Ji Han Grand Commander

Chapter 523 517. At Dawn
Some were happy and some were sad. The Han army was happy, while the Wei army was gloomy.

The well-dressed Hu Zhi and the abandoned Hu Zun formed a sharp contrast. Although both of them had the surname Hu and had served as generals in the original timeline, they were not related at all. Hu Zun was from Anding and Hu Zhi was from Shouchun.

Although Hu Zun was just a little disheveled, Cheng Wu, who came to support Hu Zun last night, was in a really horrible state.

The tassel on Cheng Wu's helmet was missing, his armor was torn to pieces, and there were even several bloodstains on Cheng Wu's body. Fortunately, the wounds were not deep and were only superficial.

"Where is General Wen Pin? He is a calm and experienced man. He can't have suffered a great loss, right?"

Man Chong looked gloomy, and glanced at the expressions of the generals in the hall. Hu Zhi's worry and tension, Hu Zun's guilt, Cheng Wu's unfriendly look at Hu Zun...

Although Man Chong was a little angry about their failure, it was still within an acceptable range. After all, it was these new generation of young generals who were active on the battlefield in Wei State. Those old guys had passed away long ago, and there were only a few old guys like himself and Wen Pin left.

Therefore, it was acceptable for them to have some omissions and even failures on the battlefield. How could they grow without failure? Although this failure was a bit painful for Wancheng and even the entire Nanyang, Man Chong still believed that with the national strength of the Great Wei, they could still win in the end.

"Commander-in-chief, General Wen... General Wen's side..."

Hu Zhi hesitated for a moment, organized his words in his mind before daring to speak.

"General Wen's Western Camp was also breached by the Han army last night, and was also burned down. However... but according to the soldiers who managed to escape..."

Hu Zhi stopped here and seemed to be afraid to continue.

"It's not right to be so hesitant. Just say what you want to say!"

Man Chong was already annoyed, and he became even more furious when he saw Hu Zhi's attitude of keeping things in suspense.

"Yes... yes, according to the officers and soldiers who escaped back from the West Camp, General Wen... betrayed our Great Wei, and took the soldiers who had previously disguised themselves as Han soldiers to open the camp gate and cooperate with the Han army from inside and outside, so the West Camp was breached so quickly."

Hu Zhi himself was a little bit unconvinced, but many soldiers and generals who escaped said so, so Hu Zhi could only relay it to Man Chong verbatim.

"Oh, that's ridiculous."

Man Chong snorted coldly, obviously disagreeing with this statement. Man Chong would rather believe that Wen Pin's adopted son was captured by the Han army, and then forced Wen Pin to open the city gate, rather than believe that Wen Pin would betray the Wei Dynasty.

Now Wen Pin's family is in Wancheng and Luoyang. Is Wen Pin crazy or has he lost his mind to dare to betray Wei at this time?
Even if Wen Pin was besieged by the Han army in the past, he would definitely die to show his loyalty. He would not be like a treacherous villain who was afraid of death.

Man Chong did predict it correctly, but unfortunately he could not guess the second half of the story. After all, the Wei army soldiers who knew the most about the situation and Wen Hou had already been burned to ashes along with the fire of the Han army last night. Now most of the Wei army soldiers who were able to escape death were from the rear camp, and they could only speculate on what happened through some rumors and misinformation.

"In any case, General Wen Pin is now trapped in the Han camp, and the camps on the left and right wings of my Wancheng have also been eliminated..." Man Chong stroked his forehead, feeling that the situation had taken a turn for the worse.

Last night, he and Feng Xi played chess for a long time. First, in the East Camp, Feng Xi's move was to attack at night, and Man Chong's method of playing chess was to first see through Feng Xi's plan, scare off the invading enemy, and then set up an ambush for the second time. As a result, Feng Xi seemed to have seen through Man Chong's second ambush plan, and Bao Yi's troops, who were nowhere to be found, beat Cheng Wu, who came out of the city to support, and made him flee in embarrassment. Seeing that the situation was not good, Hu Zun had to retreat back to the city.

Man Chong, on the other hand, held the idea of ​​trying his best and asked Wen Pin to disguise himself as a Han soldier who had "failed to attack the East Camp" in order to see if there were any omissions in the Han army's main camp, so that he could take advantage of it and boost the morale of the Wei army. However, he was eaten up on the spot by Feng Xi's mobile forces. Feng Xi was so unscrupulous that he used Wen Pin's body, tricked open the door of the West Camp, and then ate up the West Camp.

The result was that in the battle last night, the Wei army suffered heavy casualties, and the two major camps in the east and west were completely burned down. It was impossible to divide the troops under the nose of the Han army.

The East Camp suffered over 10,000 casualties, of which Cheng Wu's support troops contributed the most, and the rest were the unlucky guys guarding the East Camp. On the contrary, Hu Zun's headquarters suffered few casualties and their strength was well preserved.

The Western Camp was in a terrible situation. Only a few thousand people returned to Wancheng, and the remaining tens of thousands of soldiers were either killed in the battle or got lost last night and never returned to the team.

In the battle between the two sides last night, the Wei army lost more than 20,000 men, or nearly 30% of its troops. It was a tragic loss.

What was even more troublesome for the Wei army was that it was difficult to boost their morale. Xiahou Ba, Xiahou Ru, and Wen Pin from last night had caused the Wei army to lose several generals in succession, making the ordinary soldiers somewhat panicked.

Currently, there are only more than 50,000 Wei troops in Wancheng, so the reinforcements for attacking Luoyang will arrive soon.

"Pass on my order. Do not go out to fight for a short time. Block the west gate with boulders and other things. Do not give the Han army any chance to take advantage."

Although the Han army had not used it on the battlefield, Man Chong was still familiar with the Han army's "magic", and it was said that even the city gates could not withstand it. Man Chong had also heard about the tragic situation in Fancheng, so although he was not sure whether it would work, blocking the South Gate first was always a last resort.

Now that he had suffered a defeat, Man Chong knew without even thinking that the Han army commander would definitely press further. Since he had retreated, the Han army would certainly surround Wancheng.

"Don't worry, Commander. Didn't His Majesty say before that he would send the elite Tiger and Leopard Cavalry to support us? Now that three days have passed, it is estimated that the reinforcements will arrive within two days."

When Hu Zhi saw that Man Chong was full of sorrow, he hurriedly tried to comfort him, but Man Chong just shook his head.

"That's exactly what I'm worried about. In the past, General Cao Ren led his army to take Xiangyang and Jiangxia while the Han army and the Wu army were fighting at Dongting Lake. However, Xiangyang and Jiangxia were separated by a river and difficult to take, which delayed the Han army's Grand Commander Feng Xi's army from the Eastern Expedition to come back for help.

Originally, our elite infantry and cavalry of the Wei army were not afraid of the Han army, but the Han army had some weird means to restrain our cavalry at that time. "

Man Chong was appointed by Cao Ren to guard Wancheng, but he did not go with him. As a result, Cao Ren was carried back half a month later. Later, Man Chong heard that the Han army had a wall of fire and spikes, which made the Wei cavalry particularly embarrassed, so Man Chong was worried about the current Tiger and Leopard Cavalry.

(End of this chapter)