super apocalypse

Chapter 196 Luofengpo

In the night, the wind rustled, and the fighting broke the tranquility of the night. The second army of Yizhou officers who came from stealing the camp encountered the second army of the Taiping army, and the two sides continued to entangle and fight in the night. , killed Yang Huai, captured Gao Pei, but failed to keep Zhang Ren and let him break out with three or four thousand remnants.

At this time, Dian Wei led the third group of Taiping troops to ambush and charged out. They pursued them all the way to the gate of Luocheng. Finally, the number of Yizhou officers and soldiers who followed Zhang Ren and fled back was Not even five hundred.

In this night's ambush battle, the Taiping Army killed and captured 4000 Yizhou officers and soldiers. They achieved extremely impressive results and narrowed the advantage between the enemy and ourselves.

Although the Yizhou army still occupies a favorable geographical location, they have lost 2 troops and now only have [-] defenders left. Their strength is far less than that of the Taiping Army, which is far less powerful than the Taiping Army. There is a gap, and the peace of strength is constantly tilting.

"How did this happen? How did this happen?" Seeing Leng Bao, Zhang Ren, and the thousands of defeated soldiers they brought back to Luocheng in a state of embarrassment, Jia Long couldn't help but change his face and frowned. He sent two groups of soldiers to steal the camp, even if the Taiping army saw through the strategy of stealing the camp at night, they could still inflict heavy damage, but he never imagined that what was in front of him was such a miserable defeat.

"Lord Jia, we are in ambush. The Taiping bandits are extremely cunning. They have already expected that our army will attack in two ways, so they set up an ambush in advance, and our army was defeated!" Zhang Ren was covered in blood all over his face. Heartbroken and unwilling to say, this time, they stole camps from front to back, with a total of more than 5000 people, but now they have returned with only a thousand remnants and defeated generals. How can such a result be considered a big defeat?fiasco?

The strategy of stealing the camp was his own idea. Now that something goes wrong, he can't punish himself, right?Jia Long was furious in his heart, but he also blamed himself a little bit for his loss. He said in his mouth: "The bandits are cunning. I can't blame you for the defeat tonight. However, with such a loss of soldiers and generals, I'm afraid we won't be able to fight easily in the future."

Li Yan said: "Although the troops are lost, there are still [-] troops in Luocheng. It is not easy for the Taiping bandits to attack the city. We just need to keep them out of Luocheng. If we stay for a long time, they will not have enough food and grass. Even if we don’t want to retreat, I’m afraid it won’t work.”

Hearing this, Jia Long couldn't help but be overjoyed: "That's right, the Taiping thieves have to work hard to go on an expedition, and the food and grass they bring must be limited. As long as we stick to Luocheng for a while, the thieves will definitely be destroyed without attacking. When there is a shortage and the morale of the army is unstable, we can take advantage of the situation to fight back and take back Berkshire."

Li Yan smiled and said: "Your Excellency's words are not bad, but the enemy's power is strong and powerful, and our strength is not as good as the opponent's. If we want to protect Luocheng, we need to be more careful."

"I'm afraid that just being on guard is not enough!" At this moment, Wen Lengbao said: "When I was raiding the camp of the bandits in the army, I saw that fellow Wu Lan. He had already betrayed the court and surrendered to the bandits. .”

"What?!" Hearing this, all the Yizhou generals couldn't help but became furious: "This Wu Lan, it's just a defeat and capture, but he surrendered to the bandits so quickly. It's really abominable. !"

"Ah, that's not good!" After all, he is indeed the commander-in-chief of the Yizhou army. After a shock, Jia Long suddenly came back to his senses, and said in a broken voice: "Wu Lan surrendered to the bandits, so our army's city will be defended against the enemy." It will no longer be a secret, moreover, they probably already know the road leading directly to Luo City."

"Luofengpo!" Li Yan said in a deep voice: "Your Excellency's words are very true. The general dares to predict that the enemy will definitely insert into the rear of our army from this point, attack back and forth, and break through Luocheng!"

Zhang Ren hurriedly said: "This time I was ambushed by bandits and I was defeated. Now that I have the opportunity, I am willing to lead the troops to ambush at Luofengpo. I will never let the bandits pass one by one."

Jia Long hesitated for a while, but heard Li Yan said: "Although General Zhang Ren is young, he is very calm in situations. If he leads the troops to ambush at Luofengpo, he will definitely not make mistakes."

Nodding his head, Jia Longnai said: "Since that's the case, I'll give you [-] soldiers and horses. You must secure Luofengpo for me, and you must not relax in the slightest."

"Promise!" Hearing this, Zhang Ren couldn't help being overjoyed, he didn't even care about taking a rest, he immediately accepted the military order, ordered the generals to lead the troops and went straight to Luofengpo to set up an ambush.

For two days in a row, the Taiping Army was still led by Wei Yan, and they went to Luocheng every day to scold them. They were unwilling to go out of the city to fight easily, and they honestly acted like turtles.

When Wei Yan was in a hurry, he tried to attack the city a few times, but the terrain of Shu was inherently steep, the city walls of Luocheng were tall, and the city was tightly guarded. Rao, the Taiping army was brave enough to attack Luocheng. It is such an easy thing to attack a city by force, but the casualties are too high, but it is a bit too much.

Near Luofengpo, Zhang Ren personally led an army of [-] people to ambush here, waiting for the Taiping Army that might arrive. However, after waiting for two full days, let alone the Taiping Army, there was not a single ghost figure. He was very depressed.Amid the wind and dew, even the morale of the [-] soldiers under his command was imperceptibly drained.

Fortunately, hard work paid off. On the early morning of the third day, the fog in the mountains was heavy. In the haze, a large number of Taiping Army soldiers appeared in front of Luofeng Slope, forming a long line along the mountain road. The snake came slowly, and at a glance, it was submerged in endless fog, and there were at least 2 horses!
"Here we come!" After waiting for so long, the target of the ambush finally arrived. Zhang Ren couldn't help feeling excited when he thought that he would soon take revenge for his defeat that night three days ago.

Seeing the Taiping Army entering Luofengpo and being completely trapped in an ambush, Zhang Ren's eyes sharpened and he immediately yelled: "Fire the arrow!"

On the hillsides on both sides, the figures of countless Yizhou officers and soldiers suddenly appeared. Immediately, they stretched their bows and released their arrows. Thousands of feathered arrows pierced through the air, like a heavy rain, shrouding the sky and covering the sun, almost covering the entire area. Luofengpo.

Down the hillside, shrill screams echoed continuously, and figures fell down one after another. Seeing it, this was a one-sided massacre!

"Fire the arrows, fire the arrows!" Zhang Ren kept shouting orders, urging the sergeant to let go of the arrows, while he was preparing to put down the rolling stone and wood.

"Boom..." Accompanied by a deafening bang, immediately, large chunks of rocks fell down like raindrops, although because of time and terrain, the rolling stones prepared by Zhang Ren The number of eucalyptus trees is limited, but in the special terrain like Luofengpo, they can still exert great power. Although the fog obscures the sight, it can be judged from the miserable screams coming from the hillside that the enemy After the army ambush, the casualties were heavy.

"Let the rolling stone and wood! Let the arrows, let the arrows!" Zhang Ren kept ordering, with an almost crazy fierceness on his face. Obviously, he wanted to take advantage of this great opportunity, Eliminate as many of these enemy troops as possible here.

The killing in the mist lasted for half an hour. Zhang Ren'er listened to the screams down the hillside becoming less and less, and then he ordered in a deep voice: "Listen to the order, the whole army will attack, and kill the people down the hillside." Kill all the thieves and bandits!"

"Promise!" The ambush was successful, and the morale of the Yizhou officers and soldiers was obviously very high. After hearing Zhang Ren's military order, they all responded immediately. Then, under the leadership of Zhang Ren, they rushed down the hillside to attack the Taiping Army. All the remnants of the defeated generals should be wiped out, so as to achieve success.

"Kill, kill!" The hillside was full of shouts of killing, [-] Yizhou officers and soldiers, a huge area, rushed down like a tide, threatening and irresistible.

As the general, Zhang Ren took the lead with a spear in his hand, and soon he rushed down the hillside with a group of bodyguard cavalry. There was a big change, and there was an exclamation in the mouth: "No, I fell into the trick!"

(End of this chapter)