Qi Zhen naturally understood that the two of them could not be blamed for this matter. After all, she only thought of this when she was traveling through the enemy's cavalry camp.
Therefore, consolidating the formation and playing steadily is still the safest choice for them.
One party held a torch in his hand, and the other party became completely blind in the dark after losing the night vision halo. Naturally, there is no need to explain the victory or defeat of both parties.
But this is just a comparison between the two sides. If the scope of the battle extends to the other three city gates, the result will obviously be unpredictable.
That's why Qin Feng ordered to pursue the enemy with the southern city wall as the boundary, instead of directly starting a large-scale siege at night.
When the time came to midnight, the captains of ten thousand stopped their pursuit and returned to the Chinese army's garrison to report the results to the three of them.
Sure enough, as Qi Zhen and Wang Jianguo had judged, after losing the powerful ability of night vision, the next battle simply turned into a one-sided massacre.
The enemy not only has to face the pursuit of his own soldiers, but also has to be careful where he steps to avoid tripping over corpses or stones.
Because of this, their behavior is more accurately said to be a rout than a retreat.
Both sides were attrition to each other, and the final result was that, coupled with the large number of deaths of soldiers under his command in the first half of the night, our battle losses were still controlled within the total number of 30,000 people.
And the damage to the enemy is quite terrifying.
According to the incomplete statistics of various captains, the number of soldiers killed by the enemy during the retreat alone has reached a terrifying 50,000. This is still a conservative estimate.
Including the cavalrymen who were killed by grenades and cannons before, it is conservatively estimated that the three military towns added together will only have one third left at most.
In a frontal battle on the plains, at least 100,000 enemy lives were lost at the cost of 30,000 people. This did not include those generals with their own halo. No matter from which point of view, it was undoubtedly a great victory. .
If you think about it carefully, it is actually because of the existence of weapons like grenades that it completely broke the enemy's layout. If not, once Ma Chao's 50,000 cavalry troops disrupted the artillery formation through impact from the beginning, it would obviously be very difficult. Calmly deal with the infantry slowly pressing up from behind.
After listening to her subordinate's feedback, Qi Zhen finally relaxed, and there was a hint of exhaustion on her face.
"I'll leave the rest to you. I need to take a rest."
Qi Zhen's mental strength suffered a lot from the time she went out to clear out those generals. Later, she forced herself to go to the enemy's rear to take Huang Zhong's life. Although the physical consumption was not great, the mental consumption was doubled. Growth, even if he completely handed over control of his body to Xiao Bai at the end of the battle, the stimulation he could receive was not half as bad as before. The tense nerves under the ups and downs of emotions had already reached their limit.
After returning to the Chinese army camp, he was always thinking about the enemy's movements in the other three directions, and did not dare to relax a little. It was not easy to persist until now.
Almost as soon as he said these words, his body fell straight back.
This isn't a rest for a while, it's obvious that I'm dizzy.
Having two faints in one day was an unprecedented first for Qi Zhen.
The two of them worked together to help Qi Zhen onto the bed, and Qin Feng showed a hint of unbearability on his face.
"Brother Wang, I have a question."
Wang Jianguo sighed and said softly: "I know what you want to ask, and what you want to ask is also what I want to ask."
Qin Feng said nothing, but there was anger in his eyes.
Regardless of the pro-troops brought out from Yizhou or the generals who were raised along the way, in a war, they can't be inferior to anyone in terms of fighting with all their might.
But what makes Qin Feng angry is why, except for Lu Bu, none of the most prestigious generals in the world are on his side?
On the other hand, looking at the enemy's army, those famous generals that he had admired for a long time appeared in front of him in piles as if they were wholesale from the market. Is it possible that His Majesty in Luoyang is so unpopular?
"Don't think too much. The things here are very complicated, and it's not something you and I can figure out. Just do your own thing with peace of mind." Wang Jianguo seemed to know what Qin Feng was thinking, and reminded him.
"If there is a situation like this again tonight, we can't always point at Brother Qi alone, right?" Qin Feng said instead.
"Of course not. If it really doesn't work, let the two of us step in. At least we can't let our son die in vain." Wang Jianguo said.
Qin Feng nodded, it seemed that this was all he could do.
After the army was stationed in place, except for the soldiers who kept watch at night and were still awake and patrolling, the world returned to silence again.
This night actually passed very briefly.
In less than three hours, the sky in the east turned white, and it was almost dawn.
At dawn, Qin Feng sent several cavalry troops out of the camp to investigate the situation. This place was less than two miles away from the three enemy military towns in front of him, and only about ten miles away from the south gate of Jizhou. He couldn't help but be cautious.
An hour passed, and the sky was already bright. The sun jumped above the horizon and began its day's work, bringing warmth to the earth.
However, in the Chinese army camp, Wang Jianguo and Qin Feng's hearts felt cold at this moment.
According to Tan Ma's report, at this time, outside the four gates of Jizhou City, a total of twelve military towns, except for the three in the south, were now empty and completely turned into unguarded empty towns.
The number of defenders in the military town in the west has obviously increased a lot, apparently filled by the enemy troops who fled last night. The three military towns in the north are as usual, without any changes or movements.
Only these three military towns in the east are actually empty...
The 150,000-strong army evaporated from the world in one night, as if they had never appeared before.
Both Wang Jianguo and Qin Feng understood that this was an impossible thing, so the only possibility was that the soldiers and horses in these three military towns moved to other places last night while the armies of the two sides were fighting and had no time to pay attention. place.
The question now is, where did they go?
"Expand the scope of the investigation and make sure to find the whereabouts of the 150,000 soldiers and horses in these three military towns!" Qin Feng ordered through gritted teeth.
Since the enemy troops disappeared so completely, they must have made up their minds to prevent them from discovering their traces. How could it be so easy to find them?
Time came to noon, and the sent out detective horse still had not returned. From this, we could know that the detective horse had searched a very far range, and there should be no trace of the enemy yet.
Every minute that passed, Wang Jianguo and Qin Feng became more and more anxious.
The exploration horses move extremely fast, much faster than the enemies with a mixture of cavalry and infantry. However, nothing has been discovered so far. Is it possible...
"Did you run away because you found you couldn't defeat us?" Qin Feng asked.
Wang Jianguo looked helpless: "It would be better if I ran away, but I'm afraid I don't know where to hide and prepare for some dirty tricks."
Just as the two of them were guessing what the enemy general was thinking, a noise came from outside the Chinese camp.
The two looked at each other with solemn eyes.
I quickly went out of the tent to take a look. In the distance, many wounded soldiers were walking towards the Chinese army's tent with disgraced faces.
Wang Jianguo's heart skipped a beat as he saw the attire of these wounded soldiers.
These are logistics soldiers responsible for transporting supplies. The armor and weapons they wear are slightly different from those of combat soldiers to distinguish their identities.
The presence of these embarrassed soldiers here means...
"Reporting to the general, our grain and grass supply line was attacked by the enemy's army and suffered heavy losses!"
"Damn! Wait for us here!" Wang Jianguo cursed.
"Command the entire army to adjust their formation and move to the rear!" Qin Feng ordered loudly.
"Here!"
In less than half an hour, the 120,000-strong army began to march towards the south along the original route. For the 150,000-strong army on the expedition to Jizhou, the supply line is obviously the most important logistical support. If the supply line is cut off by the enemy, then Jizhou, with its strong walls and clear country, obviously would not leave any chance for this lone army to fight for a long time.
There is currently no movement in the military towns to the west and north. Not counting the defenders in Jizhou City, there are at least 300,000 soldiers and horses. Obviously, the current strength of the army is not enough to cleanly attack Jizhou City from the south. Once both sides start to fight and consume, Even if they are stronger, they will still face the danger of a sneak attack by the 150,000 troops behind them.
The most important thing is that in addition to replenishing food, grass and military supplies for the army, the most important thing is to replenish ammunition for the artillery.
Once this line is cut off by the enemy, never dream of capturing Jizhou City.
Therefore, they must change their formation and deal with the 150,000 troops first before thinking about anything else.
In one night, it was unexpected that the enemy would silently make such a large circle to cut off supplies at the back. This incident had a huge impact on Qin Feng and Wang Jianguo. It would be too much to say that there were so many enemy soldiers and horses here. Appearing at this location at this point in time can even determine the direction of this war.
There is leakage in the house and it rains continuously all night long. Good fortune and misfortunes never come alone. If a person is unlucky, even drinking cold water will choke his teeth.
Famous aphorisms never deceive.
The army had just begun to march towards the south, and the captain behind them sent someone to report that the three military towns in the west seemed to be preparing to organize the army and set off!
"You want to intercept us from both sides." Wang Jianguo raised his eyebrows.
There was no time to think anymore, Qin Feng issued the order again, and the army accelerated its march. It was necessary to eat the sneak attack enemies before the enemies in the rear outflanked them!
However, both of them knew that this battle would be difficult.
For the current plan, the most ideal situation is to completely defeat the 150,000 enemy troops who are attacking from the rear, and then turn around to face the enemies supporting from the west in front.
But both Qin Feng and Wang Jianguo knew that there was little hope in this matter.
As long as unexpected situations like yesterday still occur among the enemy forces in the sneak attack, they will inevitably face the worst situation.
Besieged by enemies!
