The Reborn Lao Tzu Is the Emperor

Chapter 891 Bloody Battle at Hengshan ([-])
The gunfire faded away.

But there was no cheering in the camp.

The soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty who were fighting outside the trenches just walked back into the trenches in silence.

The Dali Army's fierce attack also exceeded their expectations. If the fight continues like this, tomorrow, no, even tonight, they don't know whether they can hold it.

No one can be sure that the Dali Army will not attack the camp at night.

Liu Hongyi and the others walked out of the trench and looked at the corpses lying all over the place, but they were just silent.

The Dali army retreated down the mountain slowly.

After a little rectification at the foot of the mountain, they withdrew to Hengshan Village.

Chi Fenggu and Wang Zigan ran side by side in two chariots.

Although he did not capture the Song camp in one fell swoop, Chi Fenggu had a mocking look in his eyes, and asked Wang Zigan, "Junior brother, who broke the camp first?"

Wang Ziqian chuckled, "It was the battalion that your subordinates broke through first."

Chi Fenggu laughed dryly, "Then the bet between the two of us, but the senior brother won?"

The prince cupped his hands dryly, "Senior brother is so powerful, I admire you!"

This made Chi Fenggu slightly stunned.

He never thought that Wang Ziqian would admit defeat so willingly, this really doesn't look like Wang Ziqian's character.

And he had prepared some words in his stomach to respond to the prince, but right now, he couldn't say any more.

The sense of joy does not seem to be as strong as imagined.

Chi Fenggu, who was a little unwilling in his heart, had no choice but to say: "The way of the military strategist is infinitely mysterious, you and I still need to work hard..."

The prince laughed lightly, noncommittal, as if he didn't understand the sarcasm in Chi Fenggu's words.

Then both of them fell silent.

Chi Fenggu frowned slightly.

He seems to be proud, but in fact this tough battle is obviously far from meeting his expectations.

To say it is a victory is to put money on one's own face.

How much did he and the prince's army lose?
And how much did Song Jun lose?

For the entire afternoon's attack, the loss of their lieutenant soldiers may have far exceeded the overall number of the Song army.

Can such a victory be considered a victory?

On the other hand, Wang Ziqian had a flat smile on his face, and he was in a daze, but he didn't know what he was thinking at this moment.

The sun is about to set over the hills.

The Dali army marched farther and farther.

Although the hillside camp was still filled with the strong smell of gunpowder smoke and blood, but at this time, there was a faint fragrance in it.

Liu Hongyi gave an order to let the soldiers eat horse meat.

He's not that particular.

Under the influence of Zhao Dongting, the army of the Song Dynasty did not value war horses as much as the Yuan Dynasty and Dali.Otherwise, Liu Hongyi and others would not use the method of using horse formations to tie thunder.

There were no more than a few thousand horses in the army, and the two horse formations were almost exhausted of all the horses in the general's army.

Of course, the results are also remarkable.

I don't know how many soldiers of the Dali Army died between the horse formations.

The water in the pot was boiling hot and bubbling.There are ingredients such as dried chillies tossing in the pot.

This makes the horse broth not a faint milky white, but also oil stains, with the red color of pepper.Watching it can also whet the appetite of the soldiers.

It's just that some soldiers gorge on it, while others have no intention of swallowing it.

This meal is most likely their send-off meal.

After eating this meal of horse meat, whether he can still see the morning light of tomorrow is still unknown.

There are already too many old faces, and too many robes have fallen on the battlefield.

Liu Hongyi, Zhu Haiwang and the others did not stay in the tent, but outside, surrounded by an iron pot suspended from a wooden frame, eating horse meat and talking at the same time.

No one counts how many robes have been killed, but in their hearts, they know more about how long they can hold on than the soldiers.

Zhu Haiwang was so scalded by the scalding horse meat that he couldn't help but burst into tears. He didn't even wipe away his tears, and said, "Shuai Liu, the Dali army may attack the camp tonight. And they only need to dispatch more than [-] elite Pawns, plus those good soldiers in the army, I'm afraid...it will be difficult to defend even tonight."

Everyone's faces were a little dignified.

Liu Hongyi didn't speak.

Zhu Haiwang said again: "Shuai Liu, just let us know, when will the reinforcements arrive at the earliest?"

Liu Hongyi shook his head and sighed, "It's not that I don't want to say it, but I really don't know...maybe...can I arrive tomorrow morning? Who knows?"

Hong Wutian was surprised when he heard the words, "I can arrive tomorrow morning? Didn't you say it will take two days?"

"You!"

Mrs. Xu patted his hand, "You don't have to think about it. If the comforter Liu didn't say it for two days, would the soldiers be so decisive?"

Hong Wutian was slightly stunned.

Liu Hongyi sighed again, and said: "It's just the vanguard, and I don't dare to say whether it will arrive tomorrow morning. The army, I'm afraid it will take two days to arrive."

Hong Wutian looked around, "I just feel sorry for these sacrificed soldiers..."

Everyone was slightly silent.

Then Liu Hongyi suddenly pointed in the direction of Hengshanzhai, and said: "As long as we can defeat these two groups of Dali bandits, even if we all sacrifice our lives here, we will die well."

"The wind is blowing, the water is cold, the strong man is gone, and he will never return..."

As if infected by Liu Hongyi's aura, Zhu Hecong suddenly recited a poem, and then said in a low voice: "It's a pity that there is no wine in the army, otherwise I would really drink three cups at this moment!"

In the blink of an eye, he raised the porcelain bowl in his hand and said loudly: "Why don't we just make wine with this hot soup? Seniors, I, Zhu Hecong, do it first as a respect!"

A mouthful of hot water rolled into the stomach.

Zhu Hecong burst into tears from the scald, but laughed out loud.

Liu Hongyi, Hong Wutian, Ran Anguo and others all raised their bowls, "It's done!"

Everyone laughed.

The loud laughter caused the surrounding soldiers to look this way.It's just that I don't know why they laugh.

Night falls.

The soldiers of the Song Dynasty did not go back to rest in the tents, but lay down in the trenches.

The barracks fell into silence, with only a few hundred scouts wandering around to keep watch.

It's just that some scouts travel very far.

The Dali Army torches spread and returned to Hengshan Village.Then the generals of various ministries led their soldiers to the barracks one after another.

Wang Zigan hosted a banquet in the barracks lobby for Chi Fenggu and others.

There are several generals of the imperial army, plus the generals of various ministries and the chiefs and deputy chiefs of soldiers and horses of various prefectures and towns, there are dozens of people.

It's just that during the banquet, there was no exchange of toasts and chips, so it was not very lively.

In the past, the various tribes in Dali could not be regarded as united, and fighting openly and secretly was commonplace.It's not bad that these generals didn't mock each other.

Although Wang Ziqian and Chi Fenggu were both sitting in the head seat, the seats were next to each other, they didn't have much to say.

Only about ten minutes later, Chi Fenggu put down the bowl and chopsticks, and said to Wang Ziqian: "Junior brother, the Song army is exhausted, when are we going to take the Song camp tonight?"

He obviously made up his mind to attack the camp at night.

After all, in this Hengshan stronghold, he and Wang Zigan had many soldiers who just guarded the city before, and they are still full of energy now.

With such an army to fight the tired Song army, the probability of winning the Song camp is extremely high.

Then, Wang Ziqian shook his head unexpectedly, and said: "Brother, in my opinion, it is better to attack the camp tonight than to send out all the troops tomorrow morning, and destroy the Song camp in one fell swoop."

Chi Fenggu frowned slightly, then sneered, "Could it be that Junior Brother has no confidence in our Dali soldiers?"

"No."

Wang Ziqian shook his head again and said, "I just don't want the soldiers to suffer too many casualties."

Chi Feng said: "What do you mean? Do you think the Song army can still resist our army as fiercely as just now?"

Wang Ziqian said deeply: "The commander-in-chief of the Song Army is named Liu Hongyi. Although he was only a mere lieutenant of the eighth-rank Yuwu in Leizhou before, the brother also led the army to fight against them just now. From the defensive lines arranged by the Song Army, we should be able to see this. Liu Hongyi is not that easy to deal with. From my point of view, the Song army will most likely be prepared for our army to attack the camp at night."

Chi Fenggu sneered, "So what? Even if they are on guard, how much energy can they raise?"

The generals below just looked at the two of them.

The prince suddenly stretched out his finger to the outside.The moon and stars are sparse, but the whole world is not bright at all.

He said: "Although there is a bright moon tonight, if our army wants to attack the Song camp, we must still light torches. Brother, do you have any doubts about this?"

Chi Fenggu nodded slightly.

Wang Ziqian said again: "Our army only has bows, arrows, knives and guns, but the Song army has sharp weapons such as Shenlong blunderbuss. To attack the camp with torches, if the Song army is in the barracks with our soldiers, they are familiar with the terrain of the barracks. How many soldiers can destroy the Song army so easily?"

Chi Fenggu was not moved, "Junior brother is right, but don't forget that there are hundreds of hot air balloons in our army."

The prince laughed dryly, "Then there are also sky cannons in the Song camp. Although there are not many, they must be able to hit the hot air balloons in the night sky. And our hot air balloons, can they hit them?"

(End of this chapter)