Turbulent Times Chapter 1489: Here comes Li Jing’s real opponent

At this point in the battle, the more than 10,000 Wagang troops that Wang Xuan brought from Fengyang City at the beginning were almost killed and wounded, and the 8,000 reinforcements in Huangshizhai also left more than 6,000 people. Exhausted and terrified, he temporarily withdrew to Huangshipo and took the time to rest.

To be honest, if they hadn't seen Cheng Yaojin coming with 20,000 reinforcements, and 10,000 of them were the elite of the inner battalion of Wagang Village, the soldiers had already fled just now.

On Huangshipo, there are only beacons, which are much smaller than Huangshizhai not far away. It is already the limit to accommodate 3,000 people. It is impossible for the remaining 8,000 Wagang troops to hide in it. The mountain is defended in formations, but the defensive strength is also very limited.

Wang Xuan stood with a livid face on the beacon wall on the top of the mountain. He could see the 20,000 reinforcements brought by Cheng Yaojin on the other side. Joining the reinforcements, they must be trapped in this beacon with them at this time.

After being unable to attack the short mountain on the other side, Cheng Yaojin also personally led troops to charge many times, trying to rescue the more than 8,000 remnants led by Wang Xuan, but the Far Eastern Army's formation around Huangshipo was extremely difficult. Ingenious, it seems that there are many loopholes, but every time he leads troops to charge, he has a feeling of rushing into a huge spider web. Not only can he not break through this web, but he may also be stuck and cannot get rid of it.

In fact, this is indeed the case. Every time Cheng Yaojin leads people to charge, he will lose some people inexplicably.

A few times down, Cheng Yaojin discovered that the 20,000 people he brought had unknowingly lost more than 1,000 people.

What chilled Cheng Yaojin the most was that the 10,000 people of the Far Eastern Army fought with them for a long time, and the loss was unimaginable to him before. He never thought that there was such a powerful army in the world. Especially the indifferent expressions of these soldiers of the Far East Army from beginning to end chilled him even more.

He also finally understood why the Far Eastern Army dared to send 10,000 people to fight against so many of them, and also understood why the 10,000 people brought by Wang Xuan were defeated by the opponent in less than an hour. Killed and defeated.

"So what, it's a big deal to consume all these people, but as long as it can consume all the 10,000 people in the Far East Army, it's worth it. The most important thing for my Wagang Army is people." Cheng Yaojin's face The meaning of ruthlessness and determination emerges.

In any case, he brought 20,000 troops, plus Wang Xuan's 8,000 troops, and now the strength is nearly three times that of the Far Eastern Army. And the people of the Far East Army

He is also a human being, but not an iron-clad monster, so wouldn't he be exhausted?

Thinking in this way, Cheng Yaojin didn't want to wait any longer, he was about to redeploy and take the initiative to provoke a fight with the tens of thousands of horses in the Violent Bear Camp, but unexpectedly there was the sound of thousands of horses galloping in the distance.

Soon the scouts he sent before galloped over, and before dismounting from the horse, he shouted loudly: "Report to the deputy chief, another 10,000 people from the Far Eastern Army have been killed from the mountains of Xiaohe Town."

Cheng Yaojin's expression changed drastically, and he gritted his teeth and said, "The Far East Army has such a big appetite. Could it be that they want to consume all the people in Fengyang City?"

But Cheng Yaojin knew he had no choice, and he had to act now, or it would be too late.

"Send an order to Fengyang City, and send another 20,000 people here." Cheng Yaojin's heart was bleeding when he gave this order.

The fighting on the battlefield started again, watching the burly soldiers of the Far Eastern Army continue to kill their people in a neat battle formation like killing machines, while he himself did not suffer much casualties, Cheng Yaojin's heart gradually grew. It sank to the bottom.

When it was completely dark, another stage of fighting stopped. The Wagang Army Wang Xuan's troops and the reinforcements from Fengyang City added up and lost more than 6,000 people. Cheng Yaojin fought hard It was fate that all the reinforcements from Fengyang City were not trapped on the Huangshi slope.

What made Cheng Yaojin depressed was that the number of them on Huangshi Slope was always around 8,000.

The 8,000 people did not mean that there were no losses, but that the people lost by Wang Xuan on Huangshipo were roughly the same as those who were driven to Huangtupo by the Far East Army during the fight.

Cheng Yaojin didn't know whether it was a coincidence or the Far East Army did it on purpose.

It’s fine if it’s a coincidence, but if all of this is intentional by the Far East Army, then the problems behind this incident will be terrifying.

With fear in his heart, Cheng Yaojin gritted his teeth and launched several raids at night, but they all failed. Apart from losing some manpower, he had nothing to gain.

In the middle of the night, Cheng Yaojin was about to grit his teeth, and finally made a decision. He decided to give up the 8,000 people led by Wang Xuan who had been surrounded in the middle, and led nearly 30,000 people to retreat to Huangshizhai .

The reason why he still has so many people is because after he learned that the Far East Army had sent another 10,000 people in the afternoon, he decisively brought back another 20,000 people to the messenger sent by Fengyang City.

In this way, add

Of the 8,000 people in Huangshizhai itself, 58,000 people have come to Huangshizhai area.

But now he can only bring nearly 30,000 people back to Huangshizhai. Apart from the 8,000 people who were still surrounded on the Huangshi slope, they lost 20,000 people in just one day and one night. , and the 8,000 people on Huangshipo are no different from dead.

As for the loss of the 20,000 people invested by the Far East Army successively, Cheng Yaojin did not have an accurate figure, but he roughly estimated that the maximum was 3,000 people.

With such a large ratio of casualties, Cheng Yaojin would not have believed it if he hadn't experienced it himself. You must know that among the 58,000 people who came to Huangshipo successively, 10,000 were from the Wagang Inner Camp people.

In fact, if it were not for the support of the elite of the Wanwagang Inner Battalion, their casualties would definitely be more than that, and they might even have been killed to a complete rout.

In order to be able to retreat to Huangshizhai smoothly, Cheng Yaojin sent two thousand dead men, and the final result was not bad. became dead.

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"I didn't expect this Cheng Yaojin to be so courageous and decisive. I underestimated him." Sitting in the tent on the top of the mountain, Li Jing watched the heavy rain outside the tent while he was warming up, with some surprise on his face, His brows were slightly furrowed.

Because he knew that Huangshizhai was easy to defend and difficult to attack, so it was not so easy to take down.

But with the current situation, especially the geographical location of Huangshizhai, he must take it down. If you can do it without attacking Huangshizhai, then you must attack Fengyang City.

However, not to mention that the walls of Fengyang City are tall and strong. In one day today, reinforcements from Wagang Village have entered Fengyang City. Of the ten thousand people, 20,000 of them are the elite of the Wagang Inner Battalion, and Xu Shiji, the head of the Wagang Inner Battalion, came in person.

Xu Shiji's reputation is not small. Even Li Jing has heard of the name of commanding troops and training troops. Nowadays, in troubled times, no one's reputation can be faked. People without real talents dare to participate in the competition of the world. The game has already died so many times.

Therefore, although Li Jing was proud, he did not dare to underestimate Xu Shiji, not to mention the example of Cheng Yaojin.

In short, Huangshizhai must be attacked, but how to attack to reduce the loss, or to capture Huangshizhai with the least loss, depends on Li Jing's ability.