I am not a deposed emperor of Han Dynasty

Chapter 380 The rebels gathered the remaining soldiers in an attempt to separate the country; Fan was lucky but heard the bad news! (Please subscribe)

The sunset seen from the top of Qixian County is certainly beautiful and tragic, but the camp where Fan Mingyou leads is filled with gloomy clouds.

After being unable to siege the city for two consecutive days, the morale of Fan Mingyou's troops was already hanging on a thread, and there were signs of collapse at any time.

Although the number of casualties in each battalion today has not been reported, the total number is at least more than [-].

Twenty percent of the troops were lost in two days, which was even more fatal for the already panic-stricken army.

Thousands of people were lost, but no progress was made. One can imagine the morale of the army.

Fortunately, the Fan Huo family under Fan Mingyou's command had many children, and the number of private soldiers was large, so they were able to suppress the situation.

In addition, the terrain here is closed and deserted, so the fleeing soldiers have no choice but to stay in the camp.

Otherwise, the morale of the army may collapse faster.

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The hastily built tent of the Chinese army was a little skewed, and all the furnishings were just hastily arranged, giving it an ominous look of a defeated army.

Fan Mingyou stood in the middle, surrounded by the other captains and generals, all of whom looked very ugly.

Today's attack on the city was unfavorable. After returning from retreat, Fan Mingyou ordered Huo Shan to lead his troops to patrol around the camp, and immediately summoned the captains and generals here to comfort them.

Ding Ping, the envoy guarding the army, also pretended to say something to make the generals loyal to the general, so as to appease the morale of the army.

There are ten school lieutenants following Fan Mingyou. One of them died in the battle yesterday, and two died in the battle today.

Fan Mingyou immediately promoted three captains from partial generals to captains, allowing them to lead the troops who had lost their commanders.

Finally, he ordered the beheading of several princes and village chiefs who had escaped from the battle, and ordered their heads to be circulated throughout the camp.

Under this vigorous and resolute handling, the precarious army finally stabilized.

Although the situation in the army has been temporarily stabilized, the situation has not improved at all.

After two days of fighting, Fan Mingyou and the generals had to accept a fact that they were unwilling to admit.

Han Zeng did not come to Qixian alone. There were probably [-] to [-] elites in the city of Qixian.

Moreover, Han Zeng still had plenty of food and grass in his hands - even if the food and grass in the city ran out, Guanzhong could continue to transport food to him.

The strength of both sides is equal, the terrain is easy to defend but difficult to attack, the enemy has food and we are tired - it is now a certainty that Qixian is invincible.

Since we can't attack forward, we have to retreat.

And if you want to retreat, you have to retreat as soon as possible. After all, there are only three days of food and grass in the camp.The camp guarded by Huo Yu, sixty miles away, only had three days of food and grass.

With these six days of food and grass, Fan Mingyou's troops could return to Yinpan County in Anding County.

After capturing the county town, we can wait for reinforcements and food from Tian Guangming's troops before we can get a chance of survival.

Everyone could see how critical this situation was, but no one dared to stand up and persuade him.

Because Fan Mingyou looked very ugly at the moment, no one was willing to come out to touch his bad luck.

For a moment, the entire Chinese army tent fell into a depressing and weird silence.

In the end, Ding Ping, who was nominally on an equal footing with Fan Mingyou, stood up and raised this dangerous topic.

"General Fan, our army's attack has been unfavorable these past two days. Do you want to stay away from the attack and join forces with the young general first?" Ding Ping carefully chose the right words.

Fan Mingyou listened but said nothing.

Even Ding Ping could see through the situation, how could he not?

But once they return to join Huo Yu, they can only take root in Anding and Beidi counties.

These two counties are not densely populated and do not produce much rice and millet. It is impossible to support an army of [-] to [-] troops for a long time.

Therefore, retreating from Qixian County can only solve the temporary problem of life and death, but it still cannot save the game of chess.

Ding Ping saw that Fan Mingyou was silent and knew that there were too many people in the tent at this time and it was difficult for Fan Mingyou to express his position in public.

So he said without permission: "The generals have worked hard today. There are many military matters to be dealt with in the camp. Let's go back to the camp for now. The general will issue military orders later."

"Wei!" Everyone left, except for Ding Ping and Fan Mingyou who stayed in the big tent.

"General Fan, there are no outsiders here. I have the guts to tell you, please withdraw your troops quickly, otherwise we will be buried under Qixian City!"

This time, Fan Mingyou finally spoke. He sighed and said: "Ding Gong, how can I not know that this Qixian County is difficult to attack, and where can I go?"

"General, don't be discouraged. We still have tens of thousands of troops in our hands. General Tian Guangming still holds many county towns in Anding County. There is still a lot to do!"

"What Mr. Ding said makes sense, but I'm afraid we can't delay what we are doing..."

"Chang'an City is two hundred miles away. The troops will arrive at the city in three days. I am really unwilling to be defeated here!" Fan Mingyou punched the case.

Of course, he was unwilling to give in and retreated. Even if he could separate his forces in Anding and Beidi, it would be difficult to enter Chang'an again.

"General, there is still time to turn things around. General Tian Guangming must have raised food and grass. If the two armies are united, they can make a comeback within half a month!"

"Staying here is an absolute death, and there is no chance of a turnaround!" The mediocre Ding Ping analyzed the situation very clearly, and finally let Fan Mingyou nod.

He had actually seen through this situation a long time ago, but he was a little unwilling to do so.

Now that Ding Ping had helped him express what he was thinking, it wasn't that difficult to make a decision.

The best strategy now is to withdraw the troops, then capture Yinpan County to the north of Beishan, raise food and grass by oneself, and wait for Tian Guangming's troops to arrive, then reorganize the troops and make a comeback.

"Ding Gong, give me the order to go and break camp at midnight tomorrow, and join forces with the young general first..."

"After joining forces, rest for a day, and then... turn in the direction of Yinpan."

"Wei!" Ding Ping was not a military commander, so it would be great if he could save his life in Qixian County. Seeing that Fan Mingyou was no longer stubborn, he immediately beamed with joy and breathed a sigh of relief.

When Ding Ping turned around and was about to leave to convey this military order, Fan Mingyou suddenly stopped him.

"Ding Gong, send some more scouts north to contact General Tian. I haven't received any news from them for five or six days, and I am a little worried."

"only!"

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The next day, Fan Mingyou's troops finally retreated.

The corpses left by his troops were only hastily buried, and the thin layer of loess might not even be able to withstand the north wind.

As for the remaining wounded soldiers in the two days, the most serious ones stayed where they were and resigned themselves to their fate, while the light ones mounted their horses and walked slowly.

The entire team was much more embarrassed than when they arrived, like a broken ship that had been in disrepair and was about to fall apart at any time.

After a day's march, Fan Mingyou's troops finally joined forces with Huo Yu, and the army finally got some breathing time.

But after just a night's rest, the tired army immediately broke camp again and slowly retreated towards the northwest direction of Yinpan.

Yinpan is only more than a hundred miles away from Fan Mingyou's camp, and can be reached in two days.

After temporarily escaping from the bloody battlefield and having another good night's sleep, the number of people has grown again...

These trivial good things made the morale of Fan Mingyou's troops slightly better.

In the next two days, nothing major happened on the way. The only thing that made Fan Mingyou and others uneasy was that he still had not received any news from Tian Guangming's headquarters.

On the seventh day of December, the exhausted Fan Mingyou's troops arrived ten miles outside Yinpan City.

The Yinpan County magistrate must have also learned of the arrival of Fan Mingyou's troops, and moved the people into the city early.

They even closed the door tightly, showing no sign of surrendering.

When the scout told Fan Mingyou the news, his already unhappy mood became even more depressed.

This Yinpan County is probably a harder bone to crack than Lingwu County.

Fan Mingyou had some regrets. He originally thought that Liu's destiny was over, but now he felt that he might have been wrong.

"Being in panic is like a bereaved dog that can't live all day long." Fan Mingyou finally understood Kong Zhongni's mood when he said this.

Because they could not enter Yinpan County, Fan Mingyou's troops could only camp ten miles outside Yinpan, and they would try to persuade them to surrender or attack the city tomorrow.

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In the large tent of the Chinese army, the captains and generals gathered together again.

The atmosphere in the tent was even more depressing than the previous few days. After all, they were going to fight for their lives on the battlefield again tomorrow.

Many of the commanders and lieutenants also had extremely gloomy expressions.

Over the past few days, another 900 people have escaped.

And those captains and generals who were incited by Fan Mingyou under coercion and inducement looked at Fan Mingyou with a hint of resentment in their eyes.

He was inexplicably involved in a conspiracy with no turning back. If he won, it would be fine, but if he lost, he would be killed.

But who can they blame?
At the beginning of the army, they could still say that they were deceived, and they were probably supported by the greed of taking chestnuts from the fire along the way.

At this point, everyone in this big tent is already guilty.

Fan Mingyou looked at everyone dissatisfied and wanted to say a few words to boost morale, but when the words came to his lips, he couldn't say them for a moment.

Just when the Chinese army's tent was about to fall into oppressive silence again, a camp commander who had led a scout to the north yesterday ran in in panic.

"General, general, I have military information to report!"

"Huh? Why are you so panicked?" Fan Mingyou asked with a gloomy face.

"Well, then General Tian Guangming, well, it seems that he was defeated!"

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