Chapter 423 Gradually, even Shangguan Yuanrang couldn't withstand the rain of arrows on the other side, and the spirit armor on his body was hit by rockets from time to time, and the sound of clanging was endless.
However, even in this situation, Shangguan Yuanrang still did not want to retreat, and still gritted his teeth and insisted, as long as he could go ashore, as long as the raft could get close to the shore, he was confident that he would kill all the ambushes on the shore.
It's just that under the rain of arrows from the other party, the distance of more than 20 zhang seems to be 108,000 miles, no matter how Shangguan Yuan gives the command, it is difficult to take a step forward.
At this time, Tang Yin, who was watching the battle in the rear, couldn't sit still, he had a premonition that the other party might have ambushes, but he didn't expect the other party to be so well prepared, even large equipment such as trebuchets had been hidden in the forest, not to mention that it was difficult for 300 rafts and 6,000 soldiers to rush through, even if 3,000 rafts and 60,000 soldiers were on it, they might not be able to pass the water.
Seeing the soldiers buried at the bottom of the river, Tang Yin's heart was like a knife, for fear that Shangguan Yuanrang would be scattered again, and in desperation, he gave the order to go down and Mingjin to withdraw the troops.
Shangguan Yuanrang wanted to continue to charge, but suddenly heard the sound of gongs behind him, he stomped his feet fiercely, sighed, and shouted: "Withdraw" Shangguan Yuanrang's raft took the lead in turning around and quickly retreated to the south bank, while the other rafts dared to delay when they saw this, and followed Shangguan Yuanrang, and they were all defeated.
But now it is not so easy for them to withdraw, depending on the face of the ambush soldiers, the opponent's arrows are raining non-stop, and the trebuchets are firing continuously, and there is a great posture that Shangguan Yuan will not let everyone be annihilated.
Under the double attack of the arrow array and the boulder, the casualties of the wind army were countless, there were few of the three hundred rafts left, and finally there were only more than thirty rafts left that followed Shangguan Yuanrang back, and the six thousand soldiers of the wind army only came back alive and a few hundred.
The scale of this battle is not large, but the defeat is the first time Tang Yin has experienced this.
He was half-seated in the carriage, his face gloomy and frightening, his eyes staring at the other side of Pan Shui, his fists clenched, and the light in his eyes flickered.
The generals standing on both sides of the carriage were also dumbfounded, people's faces were better than Tang Yin's, and they couldn't see where they went, and they didn't even dare to breathe, and wiped their cold sweats.
Ziying shook her head again and again, sighing bitterly in her heart, the enemy army really set up an ambush on the north bank, but it was a pity that the thousands of soldiers on her side died at the bottom of the Panshui River for unknown reasons.
At this time, Shangguan Yuanrang, who had fled back to the main formation, had already gone ashore, his face was red, and he came to Tang Yin's carriage with a hard head, and without waiting to speak, he first knelt on the ground with a plop, lowered his head, and said in shame: "My lord, the last general and the last general are not in proper command, please surrender your lordship" After speaking, Shangguan Yuanrang's head hung lower, waiting for Tang Yin to fall.
But after a long time, he didn't hear Tang Yin's words, he was puzzled, raised his head, and saw that Tang Yin didn't look at him at all, his eyes were still staring at the other side, he called softly: "My lord" After Shangguan Yuanrang called three times in a row, Tang Yin came back to his senses, retracted his gaze, and fell on Shangguan Yuanrang.
The latter said again: "My lord, the last general's command is unfavorable, resulting in the almost total annihilation of the six thousand brothers, please punish the crime, and the last general is willing to be punished." ” Tang Yin narrowed his eyes, then chuckled, then laughed, waved his hand and said: "Victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, Yuan Rang doesn't need to take it too seriously."
Moreover, the fault for the defeat in this battle is not yours, but me, and to punish my sins, I must first cure my own sins."
After speaking, he raised his gaze, looked at the other side again, stretched out his finger, and said loudly to the people around him: "Although we lost this battle, we also succeeded in drawing out the enemy army, and when we attack again next time, we will definitely destroy all the enemy troops on the other side, let them pay for their blood debts, and avenge the blood hatred of the brothers who died in battle."
There is no undefeated general in the world, and as a commander in the army, the most terrible thing is that once he loses, he will mess with his own hands and feet, which will lead to impetuousness and morale of the whole army.
Now Tang Yin saw that his 6,000 soldiers had only returned a few hundred, and the raft that had been built in five days had also been destroyed, not only was he not in a hurry, but he could also laugh and comfort Shangguan Yuanrang, who had returned from defeat, which made the surrounding generals sigh secretly, and also made the military spirit that had just been a little confused immediately stabilize again.
Ziying also nodded secretly beside her, admiring Tang Yin's impromptu reaction.
Tang Yin took a deep look at the happy Peng troops on the other side, sneered, waved at the generals under his command and said, "Let's go back to the city first and think about it in the long run."
"It's an adult" The Tianyuan Army was defeated by the Peng Army, which had been prepared for a long time, and ended in a crushing defeat.
Back in the county capital of Lishan City, Tang Yin didn't look for anyone else, first called Lotte and Ai Jia out, stretched out his finger and pointed at the two, and said: "Check, let me immediately find out, how many Peng troops are on the other side, who leads the army, where is the trebuchet hidden in the forest, and also, the water is so long, there will definitely be a place where the water is shallow and easy to cross the river, you two personally find out and report it to me." ” There are so many ambushes hidden on the north shore, and the Sky Eye and the Earth Net, which are full-time intelligence, are unaware of it, and Lotte and Ai Jia naturally cannot escape the blame.
Although they were not reproached by Tang Yin at this time, Lotte and Ai Jia were already sweating like rain, and after listening to Tang Yin's order, the two of them knelt on the ground, agreed, and walked away quickly.
After the two of them left, Tang Yin said to Ziying: "General Ziying, there are basically not many rafts left in our army this time, and you have to urge the soldiers to continue to build them." ” "The last will understand."
Ziying intervened.
"And" Tang Yin sighed bitterly and said: "Send someone downstream to salvage the corpses of our soldiers, how much can be recovered, although the fallen soldiers cannot be allowed to return to their roots, but they must not let the brothers die in the belly of the fish." ” Hearing this, Ziying bit her lip, choked up and said, "Yes, my lord, I will do it in the end."
When the surrounding generals heard this, their eyes were also red.
"In addition, the people who helped our army ferry also suffered a lot of casualties, and some silver taels were allocated and distributed to their respective homes, which can be regarded as a little compensation for our army."
"Yes, my lord."
After explaining everything that should be explained, Tang Yin sighed tiredly, waved his hand, and said, "If there is nothing else, you can all go back." ” "Your injuries haven't healed, let's rest early" Everyone looked at Tang Yin's ugly face and said with concern.
Tang Yin nodded, closed his eyes, and did not speak again.
The generals left one after another, but Wumei didn't leave, and Wuying stayed.
Wu Mei walked up to Tang Yin, grabbed his hand, and comforted him softly: "Yin, although we lost this time, after all, the vitality is still there, we still have more than 50,000 soldiers, after a while, we will drive out the raft, and then attack Panshui in one go." ” Tang Yin smiled, opened his eyes, looked at Wu Mei, and asked rhetorically: "Xiao Mei, you said that even if we can build thousands of rafts, more than 50,000 brothers will be able to rush through the enemy's falling rocks and arrow arrays?"
Wu Mei blinked her big fox eyes and said suspiciously: "Why can't the Peng army be full of only 30,000 people now, but we have more than 50,000, nearly twice as many as the enemy. ” Tang Yin restrained his smile and said thoughtfully: "It won't be so easy.
The enemy army first has falling rocks, and then there is an arrow array, and our soldiers are not familiar with water warfare at all, on the raft, they do not even have the ability to shoot arrows to counterattack, even if they can really fight Panshui in the end, it is also hard to pave with the surnames of the brothers, and I don't know how many casualties will be killed and wounded at that time.
Can we afford such a price?"
Wu Mei didn't think about it so much, and said confidently: "Fighting is about death, and in order to win, it is inevitable to sacrifice some soldiers."
Tang Yin shook his head and smiled bitterly, and said, "You think things too simply.
I fought in the front, and only by triumphant all the way, with continuous victories, could I silence the ministers in the rear, and if the losses were too great, no matter what the results were, I would definitely be convinced.
I am now in a situation that seems to be full of beauty, but in fact it is full of crises, and every move I have to walk on thin ice. ” These are things that Wu Mei has never thought about, she only knows that now Tang Yin is in charge of the army and controls the entire court, but how many people in the court are really willing to respect him as the leader, and how many people are waiting for him to fall, but it is not something that Wu Mei can understand.
In fact, as Tang Yin himself said, he led the troops to battle, can only win, but not defeat, once defeated, or too many casualties, will definitely leave a handle for those ministers headed by Liang Xing and Ziyang Haochun, if the other party uses this as a reason, in the name of the imperial court to recall him back to the capital or even to the battle of Yi Shuai, he should not agree, the military power is lost, and if he does not agree, he will fall into the name of disloyalty, and will follow in the footsteps of Zhongtian.
It can be said that the pressure Tang Yin is under is unimaginable to others, and this is the first time he has taken the initiative to say it.
"Yin" Wu Mei rarely saw Tang Yin showing a lonely look, she leaned forward, subconsciously hugged Tang Yin's arm, and whispered: "Don't worry, my father will help you in the imperial court."
Wu Yu Tang Yin almost laughed, among the four powerful people of the Wind Country, the most scheming is Wu Yu, as long as he doesn't tear down the stage behind his back, thank God, Tang Yin never dared to expect Wu Yu to help him.
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But in front of Wu Mei, of course he wouldn't say that, took a deep breath, cheered up, and didn't say anything more about this matter, he changed his words, and said quietly: "Zhan Wushuang is worthy of being a famous general of Ning State, obviously he has been cornered by me, and he is in danger, and he can even bite me back, making me suffer a big loss."
Hearing him talk about the war again, Wu Mei furrowed her delicate eyebrows and asked softly, "Yin, what are your plans?"
Tang Yin muttered to himself with deep eyes: "If you can't attack openly, you can only attack secretly, but how can you let our army cross the river without knowing it?"
The water is wide and deep, the current is still turbulent, and the soldiers of the Tianyuan Army are basically landlubbers, and there are few people who are familiar with the surname Shui, and it is impossible to sneak into the other side and launch a sneak attack.
Tang Yin was at a loss for the water in front of him
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