Chapter 245: Start the Counterattack
The news of the grain robbery was also sent to the Northeast Army Camp three days later.
Feng Zuwen and Chen Zhizhong were shocked and angry when they heard the news.
No one would believe that there were such capable bandits.
Someone must have played tricks.
But the incident had already happened, and they had to find a way to solve the problem.
It would take at least two months for the next batch of grain to arrive.
"Old Chen, what should we do about this?" Feng Zuwen asked.
"We don't have it, but the enemy does. Let's rob it." Chen Zhizhong was very domineering. The previous battle gave everyone a lot of confidence, and Chen Zhizhong was also full of confidence.
"Haha..." Feng Zuwen laughed out loud after hearing this, "Okay, let's go and rob. Let's discuss what to do next. Now it's our turn to attack the city."
Feng Zuwen stationed all the military tents outside Yonghe City, ten miles away from the city gate.
Because there are no high mountains, the view is very open. You can see the towering city gate in front at a glance.
The walls of several cities close to the Ice and Snow Kingdom are relatively high, just to resist foreign enemies.
Once again, all the generals were gathered together to discuss.
"Marquis, you can call on them in front of the battle and let them leave the city. The tricks we used before are really useful, we can use them again." Zhang Ziliang expressed his opinion excitedly.
"They are not stupid, will they be fooled again?" Chen Hu snorted disdainfully.
"How could they think of using the same trick on us twice? Maybe they are just stupid and will be fooled." Zhang Ziliang said unconvinced.
"Old Chen, what do you think?" Feng Zuwen asked.
"We can make two preparations. If they can really get out of the city and are not prepared, we can use this trick again." Chen Zhizhong made the final decision.
"Okay. All three armies, get ready. Shield bearers must protect archers and stay closer to the enemy for better operation.
Cavalry, be prepared for both situations. If the enemy is prepared, abandon the horsetail branches decisively, go around the wings of the main army after the battle begins, and kill in the middle.
Infantry, every ten people in a team, do not mess up the formation, form a knife shape, thrust into the enemy, disperse and kill, and try to minimize your own casualties." Feng Zuwen made the distribution very clear.
"Yes." The generals received the order.
On the tenth day of September, the weather had begun to cool down.
The weather was clear and drier in autumn.
All three armies were ready.
Feng Yuanhan took the initiative to ask to go back to the battle formation.
He led a thousand cavalrymen to the city wall, out of the range of the enemy's bows and arrows, and let the soldiers curse one after another, as harshly as they wanted.
"Ice and Snow Country dogs, are you afraid of me?"
"Are you generals idiots? Are you scared by our beating once?"
"Incompetent people."
"A mob. " "
Unable to withstand a single blow."
"Turtle grandsons, if you have the guts, come out and fight us again. Grandpa will definitely make sure that you, a bunch of shrinking turtles, will never be able to raise your heads again."
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How could the proud soldiers of the Ice and Snow Country accept such a great humiliation.
Several generals all spoke to Liu Chengwu and were willing to lead the troops to fight.
"Don't be impulsive, everyone." Juan said to appease several excited generals.
"Mr. Hu, go and listen to how badly they are scolding us." A general howled with a red face and thick neck.
"If they hadn't used a despicable trick that day, how could we have lost? Aren't we already well prepared to prevent the sand and dust?" Another general was unwilling to be scolded.
The Ice and Snow Country is a great country, and this small Flame is the smallest of the four countries.
The 200,000 soldiers are already the limit of what they can send out.
"General, you can send 5,000 soldiers to test it first. If they don't use that trick, we can send another 30,000 troops out of the city. The overall combat effectiveness of the Flame soldiers is not as good as our Ice and Snow soldiers." Juan thought for a while and said.
Liu Chengwu thought about it and felt it was feasible. He
immediately ordered to go out of the city to fight. He couldn't be a turtle.
When Feng Yuanhan saw the city gate open, a group of cavalrymen cleared the way and rushed out of the city gate, followed by neatly charged infantrymen, his eyes lit up: Now that they are out, let them have no way back.
"Which grandson dares to compete with my Grandpa Zhao." A general of the other side rode on a black warhorse, holding a long spear, with an expression of uncontrollable anger on his face.
"Your Grandpa Feng, I am waiting for your turtle grandson to kowtow to me." Feng Yuanhan showed no weakness, took the lead and rushed to the other side.
The two began to fight each other.
The soldiers of both sides also rushed to each other, and a big battle began.
However, the soldiers of Yanyan only held out for a short time before retreating, showing a sign of being unable to defeat the enemy.
Seeing this, Liu Chengwu and Juan on the tower gained confidence and gave orders for the rest of the soldiers to go out of the city to meet the enemy.
Feng Zuwen also watched the changes on the battlefield at any time. When he saw the enemy's soldiers constantly coming out of the city gate, he estimated that there were about 30,000.
He sent spies to investigate and found that there were about 70,000 in Yonghe City and 100,000 in Yunhe City. The original garrison was in the rear, with 80,000.
Feng Zuwen gave the order to use the old trick.
The cavalry in the rear started running again.
Soon, the entire city gate was filled with dust again, but the soldiers of the Ice and Snow Country also took precautions. Like Yanyan, they used gauze to cover their faces, but because of time constraints, they did not use all of them, and a small number of soldiers still did not have gauze.
In this dark and gloomy place, a fight broke out again.
But among Yanyan's soldiers, there were more than a dozen Feng family secret guards, and the prince's twenty secret guards were mixed in, as well as Feng Yuanhan, a killer.
It was a good opportunity to take advantage of the situation where no one could see clearly and start a killing spree.
With one swing of their swords and knives, ten people could be killed, or even more.
Liu Chengwu didn't know how his soldiers fought, and Feng Zuwen didn't know either, but he gave Feng Yuanhan a whistle that could make a sharp sound. As long as he blew it, he would let the drummer sound the drum to call back the troops.
However, after fighting for a while, an ice and snow general in the field realized that the situation was not good, so he killed and retreated at the same time. He could only listen to the sound of war drums to determine the direction, and finally he came out of the battle circle half an hour later.
He hurried to the city gate: "General, hurry, withdraw the troops."
When Liu Chengwu saw that it was one of his most capable lieutenants, he knew that they did not gain any advantage. He
immediately ordered the troops to withdraw.
When Feng Zuwen heard that the other side was withdrawing, it was almost time. The soldiers had been fighting for so long and were already tired. It was not appropriate to pursue. Without waiting for Feng Yuanhan to blow the whistle, he also sounded the drum to withdraw the troops.
When all the dust was dispersed, the battlefield was littered with corpses.
Both our own and the enemy's.
Feng Zuwen closed his eyes deeply.
It is impossible for no one to die in a war.
In order to protect their homes and their country, men are always ready to sacrifice their lives for the country.
Chen Zhizhong was used to such scenes. Although he was sad, he had seen too many.
Feng Zuwen arranged to treat the wounded and clean up the battlefield.
The final statistics showed that more than 3,000 Yanyan soldiers were injured and more than 600 died.
The enemy suffered 10,000 deaths because they had no time to rescue the wounded and ran into the city and closed the gates.
Feng Yuanhan was in the dust and did not need to hide his strength. He killed the enemy with all his strength, which was basically the same as killing ants.
The same was true for the other thirty or so secret guards.
The losses of the enemy can be imagined.
Because of the problem of military supplies, it was necessary to find a way to seize supplies from the enemy.
So after a day of rest, Feng Zuwen let those who had participated in the battle rest and replaced them with another group to launch a siege two days later.
But during this siege, an accident occurred.