In the Ning army camp, Bai Yi'an and his men were also watching the Chu army's movements.
At this time, the knights that Ning Jun went to invite the battle had been back for a long time. However, after receiving the news, there was still no movement in the Chu army camp after more than half an hour.
Seeing this, some of the generals of the Ning Army couldn't help it and said, "General, it seems that the Chu people are unwilling to accept the battle."
"Yes, General, the Chu thieves seem to want to avoid the battle."
"If the Chu thieves don't fight, what are we going to do, attack hard?"
Listening to the noise in his ears, Bai Yi'an felt a little bored and snorted coldly.
"enough!"
The sudden attack silenced everyone. They looked at their coach, not daring to argue any more.
As the head coach, Bai Yi'an's prestige in the army has reached a peak as he has been on the verge of many victories in recent days.
When such a person is angry, naturally no one dares to get into trouble.
"It seems that the Chu army will not accept the challenge."
Seeing that everyone had been frightened by him, Bai Yi'an suppressed his anger, calmed down, and then said helplessly: "They must have seen that our soldiers are sharp and our morale is high, so they are unwilling to confront us head-on.
And because we are short of food, they want to trap us at this point, wait until we run out of food, and then easily defeat them. "
As the last Marquis of Wu'an, Bai Yi'an was personally trained by Bai Mengyang. He also had many years of experience in leading troops, so he could easily see the Chu people's plans.
After understanding this, he couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart.
Two days ago, Bai Yi'an led the Ning army to break out of the encirclement. In order to return home smoothly, he tried his best and exhausted all means.
The final results were also remarkable.
Not only did he defeat and break through the Chu army's interception defense line one after another, he also successfully led the Ning army out of the encirclement of Jiangxia and returned to the current territory of Ning State.
With all these results, anyone with a discerning eye can see that although the Ning army he led suffered a disastrous defeat, its morale was still extremely high and its combat power was maintained quite well, making it a powerful force.
Fighting with such a powerful army, and this army is also stacked with the buff of returning home, I am afraid that anyone who leads the army will be wary of this.
The Chu army was no exception.
So at this time, even though the Chu people were three or four times as powerful as the Ning army, they still refused to engage in a head-on battle with the Ning army in order to reduce losses.
Instead, they chose siege, a method that cost less and didn't take long.
It has to be said that this move really hit Ning Jun's weakness.
Previously, Luokou Ferry was lost and without logistical supplies, the food left in the Ningjun camp was only enough for ten days.
Later, in the camp, the 100,000 Ning army was delayed for several days and consumed a lot of food.
In order to escape these days, I had to take the initiative to abandon some baggage materials.
Coupled with the consumption on the road, the remaining food in Ning's camp at this time is actually only enough for today.
By the end of today, Ning Jun will be short of food.
Of course, Bai Yi'an can also choose to reduce the food ration, so that he can naturally last two or three more days.
But in that case, Ning Jun, who was not full, not only lacked strength, but also could not exert his full strength. The morale that was finally boosted would be greatly reduced due to hunger.
By then, Ning's army will be very powerful, and if they can save two or three points in the end, that would be considered good.
But with only two or three points of combat strength, what can these 50,000 soldiers and horses do now?
Not to mention, the only two or three points of combat power cannot be maintained for a few days.
Therefore, Bai Yi'an would never do this strategy of waiting for death in disguise.
He chose to fight to the death with the Chu people here, even at the cost of 50,000 soldiers and horses, in order to kill the Chu army as much as possible, reduce the effective strength of the Chu state, and buy time for the Ning state.
If he cannot do this, then his own death and the death of these 50,000 troops will be meaningless.
'The Chu people will never succeed in this matter. '
These thoughts flashed through Bai Yi'an's head, and finally turned into determination.
He looked around, looked at the many generals who were looking at him, and said: "The Chu army is cowardly. They surrounded me with several times their strength, but they are still afraid to fight.
It seems that when we broke through the encirclement before, we repeatedly defeated the Chu army and frightened them out of their wits.
As a result, they feared me like a tiger and did not dare to fight with me. "
In order to boost morale and stabilize people's hearts, Bai Yi'an deliberately mentioned his previous victory at this time.
Everyone also remembered the glorious deeds they had repeatedly defeated the Chu people in the past two days, and everyone's hearts, which were still a little panicked, suddenly became much calmer.
Many people couldn't help but laugh in agreement when they saw what Marquis Wu An said was funny.
"The general is right, the Chu people are nothing more than that."
"In my opinion, Chu people can only use some intrigues and tricks to fight head-on on the battlefield, and that's nothing more than that."
"Yes, our defeat today is not due to the fault of the battle. The Chu people are too cunning."
Some people thought of the embarrassment of the past few days, or had thoughts of embarrassment or anger, or had thoughts of covering up the panic in their hearts with words, and began to belittle Chu people.
Don't tell me yet.
Regardless of this approach, the morale of many Ningren generals present has actually improved a lot.
At least it seemed that no one was afraid of the Chu army anymore.
Bai Yian didn't care whether these people were really contemptuous or pretended not to be afraid. Seeing that their morale was on the surface, he took advantage of the situation and ordered: "You are right, the Chu thieves are not terrible. As long as we are not afraid, the three armies will be under our command." , it will definitely be broken.
Now that we have returned to Ningguo, there is only the last city of Ruichang occupied by the Chu people in front of us.
As long as we break through this line of defense, we can all return home.
Since we politely invite war and the Chu people shrink back and dare not fight, then we will force them to fight.
After passing the general's order, the army came out of the camp and attacked the camp of the newly arrived Chu army.
Defeat this army and I will go home! "
Bai Yi'an's voice was like thunder, and his words were wrapped in zhenqi, which instantly spread to the surrounding area for several miles.
For a moment, all the Ning troops in the entire camp couldn't help but hear the words of Marquis Wu'an.
The crowd was instantly outraged.
"Defeat the Chu army and go home!"
"Kill the Chu thieves!"
In the Ningjun camp, as some people took the initiative to guide, many soldiers soon shouted in unison, pushing the atmosphere to its peak.
At this moment, the sound of horse hooves was heard outside the Ning Army camp, and then more than ten Chu Army cavalry began to approach the Ning Army camp. Finally, they stopped and continued to move forward a hundred steps away.
Then start running and shouting along this range.
"Ning Jun, listen, you have been abandoned."
"Do you think that the ministers, generals, emperors and nobles in your camp are living and dying with you?"
"Let me tell you, your emperor and those ministers ran away last night. They all fled without alerting any of you."
"If you don't believe me, look at how many senior officials and generals there are in your camp? Can you still find your superior generals?"
"The emperor has abandoned his army and fled. Why are you low-level soldiers trying so hard? No matter how worthless your life is, you won't be so mean-spirited, right?"
"The King of Chu has given an order. Fan Ning's soldiers will surrender without harming their lives. They can be directly incorporated into the Forbidden Army. From then on, they will directly eat the food of our great Chu."
"We are all from Jiangnan, why should we be beaten to death?"
"Ning Guo is unruly and attacked our Chu State for no reason, resulting in defeat. But this is the fault of the Emperor of Jinling. He used swords and weapons for his own selfish desires. We don't have to be obsessed with it anymore."
"Nanchang City has fallen, and Yuzhang has been lost. This is the head of the Yuzhang County Governor, as well as the banner and banner of the Nanchang garrison, as proof."
"Behind Ruichang City are our soldiers from the Chu Kingdom. Even if you escape from here, you will not be able to return to the Ning Kingdom. Why not surrender early?"
The knights sent out by the Chu army to shout were all martial arts masters with deep internal strength. With the increase in internal strength, their voices also traveled very far.
Even because everyone spoke together, Bai Yi'an's voice was louder and more brainwashing than before.
All kinds of truths, as well as certificates and corpses, were thrown at the Ning Army camp as the Chu army shouted and the knights kept speaking, in order to shake the morale of the army.
Dongying and Jiaerying districts.
After the Chu army knight finished shouting, he dragged a Ningren corpse in his hand and threw it towards the Ning army camp with his internal strength.
Ning Jun in the camp first saw a black dot flying towards him. He thought it was some kind of weapon and quickly ran away in fear.
When I heard a muffled "bang" sound and the black dots fell to the ground, I took a closer look and realized that it was a corpse.
Someone went up to check and found that the body was wearing their Ningjun uniform, so they couldn't help but take it back and dispose of the body for their colleagues.
The team next to him also brought people over. When he saw the corpse being cleaned up, he was shocked when he saw his face clearly, and exclaimed: "Colonel Bai!"
"Captain, do you know this Pao Ze?" someone next to him asked.
The team nodded and said with an ugly face: "This is Bai Jingyang, the Zhaoyi captain under General Hengye, and the nephew of Marquis Wu'an."
"Captain Zhaoyi!"
"The nephew of Marquis Wu'an!"
When the soldiers nearby heard these two identities, they immediately exclaimed.
After the shock was over, everyone came to their senses and said angrily: "As a captain of Zhaoyi, why did he fall into the hands of the Chu people and become a corpse?"
"Why is Marquis Wu'an's nephew outside the military camp?"
"Is it possible that what those Chu people said is true? The emperor ran away, and so did the ministers and nobles. We, the low-level soldiers, are left here as temperament bait to fight for their escape."
"Marquis Wu'an is lying to us! These emperors and ministers have all run away. The back of Ruichang is not a safe place at all. We can't go home at all."
"The Chu people have occupied Nanchang, and the entire Yuzhang has become the Kingdom of Chu. Even if we run away, where should we go?"
"By the way, our boss is Yang Ming, the Xinwu Colonel who comes from the Linhai Yang family. Since this morning, I haven't seen anyone else. It has always been Colonel Liu who comes from a lower class background. Could it be that Yang Ming has also run away?"
For a time, many of the words Chu people had said before began to flash through the minds of the soldiers.
Some things that had been ignored by them because of their passion and instigation by Wu Anhou were gradually noticed at this time.
And no matter how you look at it, you feel it is unreasonable.
"Liars, they are all liars."
"What Marquis Wu'an? He just wants to deceive us and work hard for those emperors and ministers to die!"
"We need an explanation, we must have an explanation."
"Yes, go to Marquis Wu'an and confront him!"
When people experience extreme emotional reversals, they will always experience some extreme phenomena and behaviors.
At this moment.
Some soldiers who saw the truth clearly, felt that they had been deceived, and thought that their true feelings were being teased. No longer able to suppress the passionate anger in their hearts, they began to openly violate military laws and regulations, began to gather people to make noise, and headed towards the Marquis of Wu'an.
There is always no shortage of brave men among the three armies.
Previously, Bai Yi'an appeared as someone who lived and died with the soldiers, and used slogans such as "live" and "go home" to inspire people. Only then did Bai Yi'an gather a large number of dead soldiers and willingly serve for him.
But now, when all these lies were exposed, many warriors who had been inspired to fight for death suddenly found that their so-called service to death was so ridiculous.
They thought that Hou Yu of Wu'an was condescending to him, that he could interact with them as equals, and even live and die together with them. This was all a deception.
Those high-ranking officials of the emperor, ministers and nobles had abandoned them early, fled the camp, and left this place of death.
Only fools like them at the bottom think that those nobles from aristocratic families, Tianhuangguiwei, will live and die with them, fighting for a way home.
After discovering all this, no one can bear it as long as there is any dignity or blood.
The commotion intensified, and hundreds of people gathered in an instant. They carried the corpses of the escaped generals and high-ranking officials who had been thrown into the camp by the Chu people, as well as various certificates, and rushed towards Bai Yi'an's direction.
On the high platform.
When the Chu people came to shout, Bai Yi'an immediately sensed something was wrong and felt uneasy.
But when the soldiers in the camp began to commotion because of the Chu people's bewitchment, the premonition became a reality.
Looking at the group of passionate and ferocious sergeants coming towards this place, everyone's expressions changed drastically.
"General, what should I do?"
The generals were no longer as high-spirited as before, and looked at the incoming soldiers with a hint of panic in their voices.
"There are laws in military law. Anyone who makes noise and causes chaos in the army will be killed."
At this time, Bai Yi'an looked at the rebellious soldiers, his eyes were no longer as friendly and gentle as before, but filled with cold murderous intent.
He knows.
After the Chu people were so bewitched, especially after they produced a large number of certificates, the trust they had gained by instigating the soldiers was completely gone.
Those soldiers who found out that they had been deceived would no longer trust themselves as the Marquis of Wu'an, and would no longer respect and love themselves as their commander.
Therefore, since it is irreversible, we must do our best to reduce losses.
"You will quickly go to your respective camps to gather troops and horses, stabilize people's hearts, and quell the turmoil. Then wait for my general's order, and after three drums, each of you will lead your troops and horses out of the camp in order to fight the Chu people."
Bai Yi'an looked at the generals and immediately made arrangements.
The top priority is to control the soldiers first and prevent the riot from spreading further.
Then, while the people's hearts were floating and had not yet completely fermented, relying on the inertia brought by the past majesty, they drove the still obedient soldiers to attack the Chu camp as soon as possible.
Otherwise, when all the soldiers come to their senses, he will be thinking about commanding the army, but he will not be as obedient as he is now.
"yes!"
The generals who stayed here were all prepared and volunteered to come to the rear and fight to the death with the Chu army.
They already knew the details, so naturally they would not be fooled by Chu Jun's words.
So when they heard the order at this time, everyone acted immediately according to the order without any delay.
After these people left, Bai Yi'an immediately summoned his personal guards, led hundreds of diehards, and directly faced the noisy soldiers.
"General, is what Chu said true?"
"Did the emperor really run away?"
"Marquis Wu'an, you liar who deceives the world and steals your reputation!"
When the two groups of people came closer, the soldiers instantly became excited when they saw Bai Yi'an.
"Are you violating military law by gathering a crowd to cause chaos? Now retreat quickly and return to your respective camps. The general can pretend that nothing happened and will not hold you accountable."
Bai Yi'an looked at the many soldiers questioning him, his expression indifferent, and he had no intention of answering. He just said coldly: "Otherwise, all military laws will be engaged."
"You are indeed lying to us!"
"General, why?"
"Haha, I'm engaged in military law. I'm right here. If you have the guts, I'll kill you!"
When many soldiers saw Bai Yi'an acquiescing to this matter, the last hope in their hearts was completely shattered, and they fell into madness.
Seeing this, Bai Yi'an knew that these people could not be saved at all, so he no longer hesitated and directly ordered: "Kill them if they are stubborn!"
After saying that, he took action himself, turned into a black wind, and rushed directly into the chaos.
The black wind swept across and killed dozens of people in an instant.
The other guards who came later did not hesitate to raise their swords and kill these former comrades.
For a time, before the Chu and Ning armies fought, the Ning army itself fell into a civil strife and massacre.
The rebellion of hundreds of people was nothing to Bai Yi'an.
With his innate master taking action and leading hundreds of elite soldiers, he suppressed it easily.
After suppressing the rebels, Bai Yi'an did not delay.
Taking advantage of the fact that the killing had just shocked people's hearts and many soldiers were still obeying the orders, they immediately gathered the central army, beat the heavy drums, led the troops out of the camp, and killed towards the Chu camp.
However, when the Ning army was in civil strife, the Chu army was already prepared and had gathered troops early.
After several hours of preparation, even the Chu army led by Lu Yuan, who finally arrived, had almost completed its camp and offensive.
So when the Ning army came to attack, tens of thousands of Chu troops relied on the camp to attack. Arrows rained down and rocks flew, instantly hitting the aggressive Ning army in the head.
Before the tens of thousands of Ning troops approached the Chu camp, more than a thousand of them were killed on the way.
By the time they reached the camp, the Chu army, which was already prepared and recharged, easily slaughtered all the remnant soldiers who were lucky enough to get in front of them.
The Ning army only had 50,000 troops, while the Chu troops guarding the Chu camp numbered 80,000.
Moreover, in terms of morale, physical strength, condition, armor and equipment, etc., they were far superior to the Ning army who was exhausted from long battles.
Not to mention, before the war started, there was a riot in Ning's army, which made the entire army agitated, disengaged the generals and lowered their morale.
Under such circumstances, Bai Yi'an's plan to fight back and break through the Chu camp was naturally just a joke and impossible to achieve.
The two armies fought for only half an hour, and not long after the fierce battle, the Ning army could no longer hold on after suffering more than 5,000 casualties.
After those die-hard Ning soldiers who were most able to fight, dared to fight, and were most willing to fight died.
The remaining soldiers of the Ning Army, whose hearts were floating, were of course unwilling to continue to work for Bai Yi'an and deceive their high-ranking officials and nobles.
Moreover, after charging for a while, more than 5,000 people were killed, and even half of the Chu army's camp was not breached.
With the support of the camp, the Chu army suffered very few casualties, but its own side suffered heavy losses.
Everyone can see that even if they die cleanly on their side, they still can't break through the Chu army's camp.
Just at this moment.
Behind in Ruichang City, Huang Xuan took advantage of the opportunity when most of the Ning Army attacked and the main camp was empty. He also led tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to capture the Ning Army's camp, completely cutting off the opponent's retreat.
When a raging fire broke out in the camp at the rear and the defeated troops garrisoned in the camp fled to the front line, the last vestiges of Ning's army's spirit of fighting to the death had completely dissipated.
A great rout, with the appearance of the first man, quickly spread to the entire army.
The remaining 30,000 Ning troops either surrendered directly in front of the battle line or lost their armor and fled.
This trend could not be stopped even if Bai Yi'an led his personal guards and killed hundreds of people again.
As for the one waiting for him to kill, all the Ning troops walked around him, and the surrounding area was completely empty.
Lu Yuan, Han Hua, Huang Xuan, and Sun Siwen had already led their troops and surrounded it from all sides, surrounding it in the center.
…
The second day of April in the eleventh year of Shenwu.
The Chu army surrounded the Ning army, Wu'anhou Bai Yi'an's troops, fifty thousand people, at the foot of Ruichang City.
The two armies were fighting that day. Bai Yi'an led his troops to attack the Chu army's camp, killing thousands of people. However, the Ning army collapsed.
Bai Yi, the Marquis of Wu'an, was in the formation and was captured by the King of Chu.
The king of Chu loved his talent and wanted to recruit him.
If Bai Yi'an refuses to surrender, he will die, and the King of Chu agrees. Make him cut off his heart and blood, leaving his body intact and die.
At this point, the last remnant of the Jiangxia camp of Ning Guo's eastern expedition was destroyed.
At the beginning of the same month, news came back from the two prefectures of Luyang and Hengyang that with the assistance of Li Xiong, Duke of Kunhai, the defenders of the two prefectures successively defeated the invading Ning army from each prefecture.
One hundred thousand soldiers and horses of the two armies of Ning were wiped out. Only the leader of the army, Xiantian Wuhou, escaped with his life due to his high strength and fled back to Ning in a hurry.
In the middle of the month, Qingyunzi, the Chu State's South Route Army, led his troops to defeat Jian'an County, led troops to capture Jian'an County, and sent back good news again.
After this battle, half of the jade from Jiangdong was in the hands of the Chu State.
Ningguo only has two counties, Linhai and Guangling, and a corner of Yangzhou, which can no longer live up to its hegemony.
This battle for Yangzhou hegemony, which started in September last year and ended in April this year, lasted for more than half a year, finally came to an end with Chu's victory.
Ning Guo became a complete loser.
The news spread and Kyushu was shaken.
