Feng Run paid the price of five thousand death squads, concentrated the magicians to attack, and finally knocked out five wells.

However, what worried him was that the soldiers on the well fell to the ground as if they were fine, and all of them ran back to the rear.

"A ranged soldier wearing fine armor fell from such a height and was unscathed, how could anyone train such a unit!" Feng Run was quite depressed.

After the magicians of the Shaodian Army gathered, they immediately turned the tide of the battle, repelled the magician group of their own country led by Xia Fan, assisted the ground troops to annihilate their own death squads, and saved the remaining five wells.

When the cavalry troops appeared on the side of the battlefield, Feng Run completely gave up the 5,000 people who had left the city, and did not dare to send troops to prepare for it.

"Will the enemy break through?" asked Ding Kui after the battle.

In this battle, our army lost 5,000 men, and the defenders in the city were less than 40,000, and the ratio of strength between the two armies was reversed, and if we continued to fight, our army would be defeated sooner or later.

"Not for the time being, the loss of Xixuancheng will cause Huatong City, Jiaxin City, and Chunlu City to face the threat of our army, unless the enemy army is sure that we have no new reinforcements, change our defensive tactics, and choose to block our march path. ”

Ding Kui didn't dare to say that he was more experienced than Hua Mo, but he had the help of the legion staff behind him and mastered the entire battle situation.

The course of the war is always uncertain, and the war in the north of Nanqiu County has taken a new turn.

Yudi greatly changed the deployment, transferred the Northern Third Army Corps stationed in the area of the county town to the north, and replaced the Northern Fourth Army Corps, and the Kong family army was suddenly uncomfortable in the face of the new opponent, and suffered two defeats in succession, with nearly 20,000 casualties, and was forced to retreat to the boundary city to recuperate.

Now the Northern Fourth Army has taken over the defense of the county town, from Huatong City to Jiaxin City, to Chunlu City, to the county town, to Juyang City, and re-stationed the garrison troops.

The Northern Third Army Corps deserved to be an elite corps, and took the initiative to go out of the defense line to fight with the Kong Army, defeating the opponent twice as many as its own head-on, and exerting its due combat effectiveness.

Kong Cheng was a little light on the enemy, did not concentrate his forces on his own army, and found that the front line was not supported before sending reinforcements, resulting in his own army seizing favorable terrain, and the continuous defeats made him sober up, and ordered a retreat in time to avoid a big defeat.

The reason why our army was losing and retreating during this period was because in the face of the Eighth Army Corps, the real combat effectiveness was much stronger than that of the local army, Jiang Xi had a clear understanding, so he ordered the transfer of the troops of the Twentieth Army Corps, and only ordered the Kong Army to take over the boundary city without giving the order to attack.

"The talks collapsed, Prince Xiaoyao and Prince Haichao broke up unhappily, our country and our country did not reach a consensus, and the order given by the Commander's Office to the war zone remained unchanged. Sun Jianing reported the latest news.

"Hmph, it's just relying on the inhuman victory of Yangfeng. Jiang Xi's face was full of anger, "The backbone of the imperial court is actually based on the slaughter of civilians!"

The news of the Battle of Caofang City also spread, and everyone had different interpretations of it.

The chief Zibi of the Government Council explained when he first found Shaodian, "Yang Feng's move is helpless, the defeat of the Tenth Army has caused Wangzhou to fall into danger, and the war zone urgently needs a big victory to boost morale, but Yang Feng's troops are limited, and it is difficult to save the kingdom and love the people, so he has to choose the former, after all, defeating the rebels can save more people." ”

"The meaning of the prince is that the king understands that if the people of Caofang City know that their sacrifice can be exchanged for such a great victory, the heroic spirits who go to the Eternal Sanctuary will be gratified, and the commander of the sheep is willing to bear the infamy of being easily misunderstood, and he is a rare loyal servant of the kingdom, and this king understands his painstaking efforts. ”

The Prince Regent saw the battle as a quid, and it was worth it to be able to annihilate 50,000 rebels to stabilize the war by exchanging the lives of tens of thousands of people for victory in battle. He may not be without fear of the rebels in his heart, and even the heavily defended Zhenwangzhou is also threatened, and the strength of the rebels can compete with the imperial court.

Although there is no evidence that Yang Feng deliberately sacrificed the people, they all believe that the battle of Caofang City involved innocent people in the battle, and Yang Feng, who commanded the battle, should bear the primary responsibility and must give an explanation to the tens of thousands of people who died.

The Commander's Office rarely did not respond, Shaodian Zhang faced the most difficult situation in the ten years since he became the commander, the rebels caused six states to fall into turmoil, their own country fell into the well, Shi Zheng attacked Nannuma Prefecture, Shaodian State has 70% of the land to ignite the war, and the most embarrassing thing is that the Ninth and Tenth Army Corps were defeated by the rebels, which has never happened in military history.

In the battle of Caofang City, Yang Feng had merit and fault, but the question was who could replace him now? Who was capable and loyal to the imperial court? Long Kun, Xun Qi, Gongsun Jie, and Wang Deng were not 100% reliable, and there was no one who could take on a great responsibility among the children of the royal family, and there was no one to use Shaodianzhang.

According to historical experience, it is difficult for the king to lead the army to the battle, but the traitor king and the Ding family have an old relationship, and the Ding family who guards the gate for the country is equivalent to invalidation.

A real soldier will not sacrifice the people to achieve victory, and there is no one in the commander's mansion who does not scold Yang Feng, but in order to defeat the rebel army, Shao Dian Zhang had to order a strict ban on talking about it.

The Senate didn't care much about how many people died in the state of the king, which was under the jurisdiction of the imperial court and had nothing to do with the interests of the nobility.

The clan mansion was so anxious because of the defeat of the Tenth Legion that it didn't have the time to care about Yangfeng's affairs.

In the end, the Prince Regent issued an order to reprimand Yangfeng a few words without pain, and deducted Yangfeng's one-year fine, which ended the burning of Caokou Town.

As everyone knows, this incident has planted a curse in the hearts of the people of Shaodian State, the image of the imperial court has plummeted, and the military is even more on the back of the black cauldron, where the regular army and the rebels are fighting, the people have fled, for fear of becoming the bait of the military.

The burning of Caokou Town has had a profound impact on the orthodoxy of the royal family today, and the resentment of the people is eating away at the foundation of its rule little by little. This was unexpected by Shaodian Shi and all those who supported Yangfeng.

"However, we must find a way to reduce the pressure on the imperial court to prevent the next burning of Caokou Town. How is the recruitment of new recruits?" Jiang Xi turned his attention back to the Nannuma Prefecture War Zone.

"The officials sent by Nanjing City are very experienced, and the people have long been dissatisfied with Lejia's invasion of Juyang City, and there are many forces in the state that have made plans to aid Juyang City, so the recruitment of new recruits has been very smooth, and 50,000 new recruits have been recruited so far. ”

Sun Jianing didn't expect that the recruitment of troops in Nannuma Prefecture would be so efficient, so he deliberately went to the recruitment center to understand the situation.

"Oh, it's only been a few days, and there are 50,000 people in the new barracks?" Jiang Xi was also surprised, 50,000 is not a small number, and it takes three days to register one by one.

"Yes, that's the latest number of people summarized last night, and it should increase today. Sun Jianing confirmed this matter.

"Very good!" Jiang Xi showed a rare smile, there have been a lot of bad things recently, "Order the 201st, 202nd and 205th divisions to be replenished immediately, with Zhang Jie in charge of commanding, and the day after tomorrow, they will go to attack Jizhou City, and the Huashan County Magic Guild will accompany them to help in the battle." This military order is communicated to the theater of operations. ”

Sun Jianing reminded: "The day after tomorrow, don't those three divisions need to train with recruits for a period of time?"

"No, how to make recruits quickly form combat effectiveness, they have experience. ”

Jiang Xi couldn't help but want to make a move against his own army in Nanqiu County, now the nerves of the Commander's Mansion are too fragile, and a little unfavorable news will affect the decision-making of the Commander's Mansion, and it is necessary for the Nanmara Prefecture Theater to use victory to stabilize the morale of the army.

Later that day, Ding Kui received the latest military order from the base camp in the theater and said happily: "The opportunity has come! We can seek to destroy part of the enemy army in a campaign war." ”

"There are a large number of war horses in Jizhou City and County City is the previous intelligence, and there should be changes after the enemy's deployment is adjusted, and two days is not enough time to inquire about the news. Fei Ze was not as optimistic as Ding Kui, "This time the base camp of the war zone is in Huashan County, and it will take only one day to march to Jizhou City. ”

"We can bypass Huatong City and send reinforcements near Jizhou City. Ding Kui came to the edge of the sand table. If there is a fee, he is by his side, and he does not need to call a meeting of the division commander and staff officers.

The paperwork of the former staff was no worse than that of the chief of staff of any corps.

Fei Ze followed to the edge of the sand table and looked at the terrain near Jizhou City, "You and Ding Yu can't leave, there is a problem with the connection between the various armies, and it is not safe to rely on Xinying." He was very familiar with Ding Kui's operational characteristics and had full consideration when studying tactics.

"Why don't we go to the vicinity of Jiaxin City and set up an ambush?" he suggested.

Ding Kui asked, "Do you think the defenders of Jiaxin City will be transferred?"

"Very likely! The enemy army does not know the deployment of our army, and after receiving the warning from Jizhou City, he should quickly mobilize troops to support, and Jiaxin City is relatively close to the county seat, and it is easy to get troops to replenish, so it is most appropriate to transfer troops from there. Fei drew a few lines with his fingers to Jizhou City, almost all of which passed through Jiaxin City.

"But the enemy's eyes are dense over there, which is not conducive to our army's ambush. Ding Kui didn't find a suitable ambush location near Jiaxincheng.

"If you can grasp the enemy's marching route, you can attack if you can't ambush it, you are using cavalry troops anyway, and the enemy army does not have much warning time. ”

"Aha, you know I want to transfer the 71st Division?"

"Hehe, my subordinates don't know how to do your master?"

"The question is how to predict the enemy's marching route?" Ding Kui was not surprised that he was seen through, "There are only two roads, one to Huatong City and the other to Ximu City." ”

"Or we don't need foresight, we can guide the enemy to choose one of them. Fei Ze smiled gloomily.

Ding Kui clapped his hands and said, "Eh, let's go to Huatong City to ambush, and by the way, move the militia of Shaodianfei." ”

"Tut-tut, after the lord's calculations, the swamp has no grass. Fei Ze stroked his palms and sighed.

"Hahaha, Mr. Fei, this is a bit fake, obviously you thought of it first, there is no one else in the tent who doesn't have to take care of my face. Ding Kui knew that his men were patting horses, but he was still in a happy mood.

That night, Fei Ze left the barracks with a few of Ding Kui's personal soldiers, rode a fast horse to Qinglan City, discussed with Jiang Zhi for one night, and rushed back the next morning.