Chapter 286 The Zhen army urgently recruited the people in the city to participate in the defense, at this time, Zhao Lian's prestige in the Zhen country was reflected, and all the men, women and children in the city were able to fight on the city wall to assist the Zhen army to resist the coalition army, and those who could not fight were transported arrows, rolling wood, stones and other things for the soldiers of the Zhen army on the city wall.
There are hundreds of thousands of people in Huaning City, and the Zhenren are fierce, and all the people are soldiers, even if the people go to the battlefield, they are not unfamiliar, and they are not afraid, and they are basically no different from the soldiers of the Zhenjun Army.
Lingshuang, Yue Ze, and Li Xin thought that their million-strong army would besiege Huaning and would easily break the city, but in fact it was the opposite, due to the full defense of the people in the city, the coalition soldiers could not attack for a long time, and the corps in front was exhausted, and the corps behind immediately took over and fought in turn, but even so, it was still impossible to break through Huaning's city defense.
The battle continued endlessly, and the allied forces had already fought from the all-army onslaught launched at noon until nearly evening, and the million-strong army did not tear a gap in Huaning's city defense.
At this time, Lingshuang, Yue Ze, and Li Xin all inhaled secretly in their hearts, they couldn't imagine that the soldiers and civilians in Huaning were so tenacious and so strong, which was completely different from the city they had attacked before.
Seeing that it was getting darker and darker, and they needed to light torches to continue the battle, they couldn't help but start thinking about whether to continue the battle, and at this moment, the camp that had not yet been set up in the rear of the coalition army suddenly became chaotic.
A Zhen army that appeared out of nowhere suddenly came out of the rear of the coalition camp and broke directly into the coalition camp with lightning speed.
This change came too suddenly, not to mention that the coalition forces were unprepared, and even if they discovered the enemy situation first, they would not be able to prevent it.
First, the camp has not yet been set up, and the outer wall is full of holes, where can it defend against the enemy's charge, and moreover, the main forces of the coalition army are invested in the siege battle, and the number of soldiers left to camp is not much, and they are all old, weak, sick and disabled, how can they be the opponent of the Zhen army This army did not have many troops, at best about 5,000 people, but it was like entering a no-man's land when it broke into the camp of the coalition army.
The Zhen army did not give up, and while chasing and killing, they lit fires everywhere.
The allied camp was stockpiled with military tents, grain and grass, and baggage, which were sticky to the fire, and the wind rose at night, and the fire spread very quickly, and in the blink of an eye, the flames in the camp were several meters high.
Since the camp was on the west side of Huaning, close to the An and Huan armies, it was these two armies that first discovered that their camp was on fire.
When the soldiers below reported to Yue Ze and Li Xin, both of them were a little unconvinced, and when they turned their heads, their faces changed greatly, and their own camp was actually on fire under their noses, what was going on Before the two could figure out what was going on, the soldiers who had escaped from the camp had already run to their side and reported to Yue Ze and Li Xin that the camp had been attacked by the Zhen army, and that the enemy had now begun to set fire to the camp.
When the two of them heard this, their heads buzzed, and they couldn't come back to their senses for a long time.
Where did the Zhen army steal the camp from, why didn't he hear Li Xin's strange scream at all, grabbed the collar of the deserter, and asked angrily: "How many people are in the enemy army, why don't you report it quickly?"
The deserter was so frightened that his legs were weak, and he couldn't stand steadily, so he waved his hand again and again: "It's too dark every day, and when we found the Zhen army, they were already close to the front, and they didn't have time to report that the Zhen army had a lot of troops, and it was estimated that there were tens of thousands."
Damn it, Li Xin pushed the deserter away, and tens of thousands of Zhen soldiers unknowingly touched into their camp, which was a great shame He turned his head to look at Yue Ze, who was also panicked, and asked, "Brother Wang, what should I do now?"
"There's no way" Yue Ze grinned and muttered: "Hurry up and Mingjin withdraw the troops and go back to the camp with all his might" "Alas" Li Xin stomped his feet hard, and yelled to everyone on the left and right: "Why are you still standing here stupidly, go to Mingjin?"
The people around him woke up like a dream, shouted and agreed, and began to sing gold.
As soon as the golden sound sounded on their side, not only the two armies of An Huan retreated, but even the three armies of Feng, Zhen, and Yu who were attacking the city on the other three sides were also affected by it, and the soldiers who were besieging the city did not know why, and quickly withdrew from the battlefield like the tide of the ebbing tide.
Soon, the soldiers sent by Yue Ze and Li Xin to report the news rushed to the Feng Army, the Zhen Army and the Jade Army respectively, and told Tang Yin, Lingshuang, and Gu Anmin about the attack on their camp.
After hearing this, their hearts trembled, the camp was attacked, this is not a trivial matter, once the grain, grass and materials are damaged, it will directly affect the future battle situation.
At this time, even if people didn't want to go back to help, the rear team of the three armies of Feng, Zhen, and Yu changed into the front team and rushed back to the camp together.
The armies of the five nations attacking Huaning were all withdrawn, and by this time, the Zhen army that had invaded the camp had already fled without a trace, leaving only the fire that was burning in the camp.
The officers and men of the coalition army could not care about chasing the enemy, and all of them put out fires and rescued food, grass and supplies.
It was not until late at night that the coalition forces finally extinguished all the fires in the camp, and at this time, when they looked at the coalition camp again, it was full of devastation and messes, and the grain, grass and supplies that had been burned by the green smoke could be seen everywhere.
The damage caused by this fire to the coalition forces was not small.
Among them, the heaviest loss was grain and grass, and it was hastily estimated that at least tens of thousands of stones of grain and grass were damaged, and at least tens of thousands of camp tents were burned and burned, and many military uniforms and weapons were destroyed in one fell swoop.
This situation made the soldiers of the coalition army dumbfounded, and they didn't know what to do.
Looking at the several monarchs with gloomy faces and silent words, Kong Qing coughed low and said: "Huaning belongs to the Xitang Acropolis, and the people have always been loyal to the imperial court, even if the current king is a faint monarch, the people are still loyal to him, so it is not as easy as imagined to fight Huaning."
In addition, Zhao Lian's use of troops has always been strange and cunning, and our army is not familiar with the terrain in this area of Huaning, so it is easy to suffer, so it is really unwise for our army to rush to attack Huaning when it has not gained a stable foothold, and it also gives the enemy an opportunity to take advantage of."
His remarks were an analysis on the surface, but in fact he complained that Lingshuang, Yue Ze, and Li Xin had made the wrong decision.
These three monarchs were not fools, and of course they could hear his words, and their faces became more and more ugly.
Li Xin snorted heavily, and said coldly: "Why didn't you talk about it at the beginning, what's the use of talking about it now, let's think about what we should do next."
There are too many damaged materials this time, and if they are not replenished in time, the coalition forces will not be able to move an inch, and finally they will be forced to retreat.
The stakes are very high, as a chaste general, Kong Qing did not dare to say much, and hung his head silently.
Li Xin didn't expect him to come up with any good solution at all, he turned his head to look at Tang Yin, rubbed his hands embarrassedly and asked with a dry smile: "Brother Wang, according to your opinion" At the beginning, he, Yue Ze, and Lingshuang did not listen to Tang Yin's dissuasion, and insisted on attacking Huaning, but now that they have suffered such a big loss, they can't raise their heads in front of Tang Yin, and they also feel that they are at a loss.
What to do, Tang Yin also wanted to know what he should do now.
He pondered for a while and said, "Let's count the specific losses first, make sure that you know them in your heart, and then think of countermeasures."
"Yes, yes, you have a reason for Brother Wang" Li Xin nodded again and again, and then shouted to the generals of the Huan army behind him: "Don't hurry up and do it" The forces of the Five Nations Coalition moved up and down and began to make detailed statistics on their own losses.
There were 12,000 damaged tents, of which about 10,000 were completely scrapped, that is, in the next campaign, at least 200,000 to 300,000 soldiers of the coalition army had no tents to live in and had to sleep in the open air.
A total of 60,000 stone of grain and grass were damaged, which was more than half of the total grain and grass of the coalition forces, and there were more than 300 large weapons such as stone throwers, rushing carts, and arrow towers that were damaged, and there were countless military uniforms and weapons.
In addition, on the day when the five-nation coalition forces stormed Huaning, the total number of casualties was 70,000 or 80,000.
After only one day of fierce fighting, the losses on the side of the coalition forces can be described as heavy.
Listening to the general's report, Tang Yin felt a headache, and now the question facing the coalition forces is not whether they can take Huaning as soon as possible, but whether they can continue to fight.
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The shortage of camp tents will only lead to a part of the soldiers not getting enough rest, and the shortage of food and grass will determine the life and death of the officers and men of the whole army.
He pondered for a moment and asked Yue Ze and Li Xin: "When will the next batch of grain and grass from our army be delivered?"
Yue Ze replied in a low voice: "I have to wait for half a month at the earliest." ” It takes so long Tang Yin's brows furrowed even tighter, judging from the grain and grass left in the army at present, even if he was frugal and frugal, he would hold on for ten days at most, and if he wanted not to be forced to retreat, there were only two ways, either to take Huaning quickly, or to attack Xitang directly.
He looked at Xiao Muqing and Ziying, and said, "Our army gave up attacking Huaning and Tongcheng and went directly to fight Xitang, what do you two think?"
Now he doesn't want to ask for the opinions of Lingshuang, Yue Ze, and Li Xin, none of these three monarchs can use soldiers to fight, ask them, it's better to ask his own generals Ziying said worriedly: "Abandoning Huaning and Tongcheng will lead to hidden dangers in the rear of our army, one is that the supply line is cut off, and second, when our army attacks Xitang with all its might, the Zhen army in Huaning and Tongcheng will definitely come to attack the rear of our army, and if one is not good, our army will be defeated." ” "The logistics of our army can no longer be counted on."
Tang Yin said: "The grain and grass will be delivered in half a month, and with the grain and grass left by our army at present, it can only last for ten days at most."
If we do not want to withdraw our troops, our army must do something within ten days.
But you have all seen in today's battle, it is too difficult to defeat Huaning in a short period of time, and it is basically impossible, so I proposed to take Xitang directly and use our usual tactics to break the enemy."
Xiao Muqing's eyes suddenly lit up, and he blurted out: "Encircle the point to send reinforcements" "That's right" Tang Yin said: "Feint to attack Xitang and lead the garrisons of Huaning and Tongcheng out of the city to help":