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C1174

At this time, Zhao Huan's prestige in the Zhen Country was fully displayed. All the men, women and children in the city stood at the top of the walls to assist the Chastity Army in resisting the allied forces, while those that could not fight moved arrows, rolling wood, stone slabs and other things for the Chastity Army on the walls.

There were more than a hundred thousand citizens in Huaning City, and People of Zhen Country was valiant, he was an army of the people, even when the citizens entered the battlefield, they did not seem unfamiliar, and they were not afraid either, they were basically no different than the Zhen Xing Army soldiers.

Ling Shuang, Yue Ze, and Li Xin had originally thought that their great army of one million would easily break through the city walls to surround and attack the Huaning, but the truth was the complete opposite. Because of the city people's full support, the allied army soldiers were unable to attack for a long time.

The battle was still going on endlessly. The allied army had been attacking from noon all the way until late in the evening, and the million strong army still had not been able to tear a single hole in the defense of the Huaning.

At this time, Ling Shuang, Yue Ze, and Li Xin all simultaneously inhaled in their hearts. They never would have thought that the citizens of Huaning were actually so tenacious and valiant, and were completely different from the cities they had previously attacked.

As the sky darkened and torches were lit to continue the battle, they couldn't help but consider whether or not they should continue the fight. But at this moment, the unfinished camp at the rear of the alliance suddenly became chaotic.

A Chastity Army suddenly rushed out from the rear of the allied army camp from who knows where, and directly dashed into the allied's In Camp with lightning speed.

This turn of events was too sudden. Not to mention that the allied army was not prepared, even if they discovered the enemy first, they would still be unable to guard against it.

How could they possibly defend against the enemy's charge? Furthermore, the main force of the allied forces had been invested into the siege, and not many soldiers had been left to set up camp. Moreover, they were all old and weak, sick and handicapped, so how could they be the opponents of the Chastity Army?

There weren't many soldiers in this army, only about five thousand people at most. However, rushing into the camp of the allied army was like stepping into an uninhabited land, hacking at every person and slaughtering them at every moment, causing the allied army that was camping to cry and flee in all directions. The Chastity Army did not give up. While they were chasing and killing them, they lit fires everywhere. These things would stick to the fire, and with the help of the night wind, the fire would spread extremely fast. In the blink of an eye, the flames from the In Camp were already several meters high.

As the camp was on the west side of the Huaning, it was these two armies that had discovered the fire in the nearby An and Huan armies.

When the soldiers below reported to Yue Ze and Li Xin, the two of them could not believe it. Turning their heads to look, the two of their complexions changed greatly. Their own camp was actually on fire right under their own noses, what was going on?

Before the two of them could figure out what had happened, the army that had escaped from the camp had already ran over to their side, reporting to Yue Ze and Li Xin that the camp had been ambushed by the Chastity Army.

Hearing this, the two people's heads buzzed for a long time, unable to come back to their senses.

Chastity Army stealing camps? Where did the Chastity Army come from? Why didn't they hear anything at all? Li Xin let out a strange cry, grabbing onto the fleeing soldiers' collars, he angrily asked: "How many people are there? If enemies are attacking, why didn't you inform them immediately? "

The deserter was so scared that his legs went weak and he couldn't even stand properly. He quickly waved his hands and said, "Tian ? The sky was too dark, when ? When we found the Chastity Army, they had already approached us, there was no time to report... Chastity Army has a lot of troops, I estimate... "There are tens of thousands of them ?"

Damn it! Li Xin pushed the deserter away forcefully, the Chastity Army of tens of thousands of people sneaking into his camp unnoticed, this was simply too much of a humiliation! He turned his head and looked at Yue Ze, who was also flustered. "Royal Brother, what should we do now?"

"There's no other way ?" Yue Ze grinned and muttered: "Hurry up and call for reinforcements, return to the camp with all your might!"

"Ai!" Li Xin stamped his foot on the ground, and shouted to the people on his left and right: "What are you all standing there for? Quickly go and sound the bell! "

The surrounding people seemed to wake up from a dream as they loudly agreed and began to sound the bell.

When the sound of gold resounded, not only did Ann Country And Hui Country and two armies retreat, even the Wind, Purity and Jade armies that were attacking the city from the other three sides were affected. The soldiers who were attacking the city did not understand what was happening and quickly retreated from the battlefield like a receding tide.

Very quickly, Yue Ze and the soldiers Li Xin had sent to report the news had rushed over to Feng Army, Chastity Army and Yu Army respectively, and told Tang Yin, Ling Shuang, and the others about their own camp getting raided.

When they heard this, their hearts trembled. An attack on the camp was no small matter. Once the rations and supplies were damaged, it would directly affect the future of the battle.

At this time, even if the people didn't want to go back to rescue them, it was already too late. The Wind, Pine, and Jade armies turned into teams and headed back to the camp together.

The army of the five nations that were attacking the Huaning had all retreated. At this time, the army that had invaded the In Camp had already fled without a trace, leaving behind only the raging flames of the campsite. The allied soldiers couldn't be bothered to chase the enemy anymore. They had to put out the fire and save the food and supplies.

It was not until late at night did the allied army finally put out all of the fire in the camp. Looking at the camp now, it was a scene of complete devastation and devastation.

The damage to the allied army caused by this fire was not small.

The ones that suffered the heaviest losses were the rations, which were estimated to be at least tens of thousands of stones. In addition, more than ten thousand tents were burnt and destroyed, as well as quite a few military uniforms and weapons.

This scene stunned the allied soldiers, leaving them at a loss as to what to do.

Looking at the sullen and silent faces of the Monarchs, Kong Qing coughed lightly and said: "Huaning belongs to the Xi Tang Defense City, and the citizens have always been loyal to the imperial government, even if the current King is unconscious, the citizens are still loyal to him, so fighting Huaning is not as easy as expected. In addition, Zhao Huan has always been a cunning and strange soldier, and my army is not familiar with the terrain of Huaning, so it would be easy for us to be at a disadvantage, so ? Our army is anxious to attack the Huaning when our foothold is not stable, it is really an unwise move, and gave the enemy an opportunity! "

Although his words seemed to be an analysis on the surface, it was actually a complaint about the decisions made by Ling Shuang, Yue Ze and Li Xin. These three monarchs were not idiots. They could hear the hidden meaning in his words, and their expressions became more and more unsightly.0

Li Xin let out a heavy snort, and said coldly: "Why didn't you say it back then? What's the use of saying this now? The most important thing is to think about what we should do next! "

There were too many damaged supplies this time. If they were unable to get any in time, it would be hard for the allied forces to make even a single move. In the end, they could only retreat. This was a serious matter, as a loyal general, Kong Qing did not dare to speak anymore, and bowed his head in silence.

Li Xin didn't expect him to come up with anything good from the start. He turned his head to look at Tang Yin, rubbing his hands and laughed dryly: "Younger Brother Wang, what do you think?"

Back then, he, Yue Ze and Ling Shuang had not listened to Tang Yin's persuasion and insisted on attacking the Huaning, but now that they had suffered such a huge loss, they could not even raise their heads in front of Tang Yin and felt that it was only right and wrong in their hearts.

What should he do? Tang Yin also wanted to know what his side should do now. He pondered for a moment and said, "First, we should figure out the exact losses and make sure we have a good idea of what we're going to do. Then, we can think of a countermeasure!"

"Right, right, right! Brother Wang's words are reasonable! " Li Xin nodded repeatedly, and then shouted to the Huan Army generals behind him: "Why aren't you doing it yet?"

The five allied armies moved up and down, beginning to do a detailed count of their losses. There were 12,000 damaged tents, of which 10,000 were completely destroyed. In other words, in the following battles, the allied army had at least 200,000-300,000 soldiers who had no tents to live in, thus they had to sleep in the open air. The number of damaged food supplies was a total of 60,000 stones, which was more than half of the allied army's total food supplies. The number of damaged Trebuchet s, chariots, arrow towers, and other large weapons totalled more than 300, and there were an uncountable number of military uniforms and weapons.

In addition, on the day the five nations allied and attacked Huaning, the total number of casualties was also 70,000 to 80,000. After only a day of fierce fighting, the losses of the allied army could be described as severe.

Hearing the reports of the generals, Tang Yin felt a headache coming on. The problem the allied army was facing was no longer whether or not they could take down their Huaning as soon as possible, but whether or not they could continue fighting.

The lack of a tent would only result in a portion of the soldiers not being able to rest properly, and the lack of rations and fodder would determine the life and death of the entire army.

He pondered for a moment, then asked Yue Ze and Li Xin: "When will the next batch of food from our army be delivered?"

Yue Ze replied softly, "I need to wait at least half a month."

Take so long...

Tang Yin frowned even more. With the remaining food in the army, he would only be able to last for at most 10 days if he ate sparingly. If he did not want to be forced to retreat, there were only two options, to quickly take down the Huaning or directly enter it.

He looked at Xiao Muqing and Zi Ying, and said: "Our army has given up attacking Huaning and the city, and directly goes to fight Xi Tang, what do you think about the two of you?"

Now, he no longer wanted to seek the views of Ling Shuang, Yue Ze and Li Xin. In these three monarchs, not a single one of them knew how to use troops.

Zi Ying said worriedly: "Abandoning Huaning and Tong Cheng will cause problems for our rear guard. One is that the supply line was broken, and two is that when our army attacks the Xi Tang at full power, the Chastity Army will definitely attack us from behind. If anything goes wrong, our army will suffer a great defeat."

"Our army's logistics cannot be counted on." Tang Yin said with a stern expression, "The rations will only arrive in half a month, and with our current army's remaining rations, we can only last for ten days at the most. If we do not want to withdraw our troops, we must do something within ten days. However, you all have seen the battle today, it is too difficult and basically impossible to force out your Huaning in such a short period of time. That's why I brought up the idea of using our usual tactics to defeat our enemies by taking down their Xi Tang! "

The usual tactics? Xiao Muqing's eyes suddenly lit up, and he blurted out, "Surrounding and assisting?"

"That's right!" Tang Yin said: "We will feign assault on Xi Tang, and lure the troops of Huaning and Tong Cheng to come out of the city to provide support!"

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