Nine dragons fight for the throne, I don't want to sit on this throne

"Your Highness, let me lead the charge. I promise to take Ying Zheng's head!"

Ran Ming watched Ying Zheng arrogantly leave with his troops, his eyes blazing with anger, and he wished he could rush up and chop that guy into pieces alive.

But Chu Ning had a gloomy face and said in a cold voice: "Although the Qin army retreated, their formation was not scattered. The soldiers on the left and right sides have been protecting Ying Zheng."

"If we lead our troops to charge over now, we will only fall into their encirclement. Wang Jian is indeed a great general on par with Bai Qi."

Taking a deep breath, Chu Ning forced himself to calm down.

Although he also wanted to kill Ying Zheng, it was obviously not the time.

Firstly, he did not have enough soldiers and horses, and secondly, everyone had been fighting for a whole day and night and had already exhausted their physical strength.

Under such circumstances, the outcome of a decisive battle with the Qin army is unpredictable.

Of course, what is more important is that there are many defeated Qin troops around. Once these people hear the noise and rush over, he will be surrounded here.

Up to now, he has made a lot of money from this battle and it is not advisable for him to make any more rash moves.

What's more, the purpose of his battle tonight was to consume the Qin army's strength, and the real purpose was to rescue Princess Changping.

"Let's go, let's go back to the city first!" Chu Ning rode his horse and turned to leave.

Ran Ming touched his head, and then had to ride his horse to catch up. Zhao Yu also waved his hand to signal everyone to return to Yucheng.

Although they failed to kill Ying Zheng this time, they also received important news.

Qin army’s reinforcements have arrived!

They can't fight any longer, otherwise they will be the ones who suffer.

Most of their troops are from Yunzhong, and their combat effectiveness is not as good as that of Bingzhou infantry and Liangzhou cavalry. Being able to fight like this is already a great achievement.

If they did not use any strategies and fought one-on-one with the Qin army on the front battlefield, they would definitely not be a match for the Qin army.

It is wise to quit now while you are ahead!

After more than an hour, everyone returned to Yucheng with Chu Ning. Feng Anguo and others who received the news immediately rushed over.

House, living room.

Chu Ning sat in the main seat, and everyone in the hall gathered together, bowed and saluted: "Greetings, Your Highness!"

"No need to be polite."

Chu Ning nodded slightly and said in a deep voice: "The victory of this battle depends entirely on the concerted efforts of all of you."

Everyone shouted in unison: "It's all thanks to your wisdom and bravery that you tricked the Qin army."

This battle could have been won. If it weren't for Chu Ning's plan, the Chu army would not have been able to defeat the Qin army in terms of the military strength of both sides.

From the very beginning, Chu Ning knew that Ying Zheng's purpose was to lure him to the State of Wei.

To this end, Chu Ning simply took advantage of the situation and took his men out of the city in the middle of the night, deliberately creating the illusion that he was going to the State of Wei.

When Ying Zheng got the news, he naturally would not miss this opportunity and wanted to take advantage of it to retake Yucheng.

Therefore, Chu Ning arranged a troop outside the city in advance and asked the troops inside the city to cooperate. He deliberately let a Qin army enter the city and lure Ying Zheng into the city.

Ying Zheng was indeed fooled, but the fact that there was Zhang Yi by his side prevented the plan from fully working.

But even so, the Qin army suffered heavy losses.

It was thought that Zhao Yu could hunt down Ying Zheng, but Zhang Yi tricked Zhao Yu again, allowing Ying Zheng to escape again.

Although Chu Ning caught up in the end, the Qin army's 20,000 cavalry reinforcements arrived too timely, making the plan to encircle and kill Ying Zheng a complete failure.

If it weren't for Zhang Yi and Wang Jian, Ying Zheng would have died in this battle!

Chu Ning sighed: "If we can kill Ying Zheng in this battle, it would be great, but Qin is a vast country with abundant resources and talented people. It is not easy to destroy Qin and kill Ying Zheng in one battle."

"However, after this battle, the Qin army was severely damaged and will not dare to rashly start a war with our army in the short term."

After a pause, he looked at Feng Anguo and asked, "Lord Feng, tell me about the damage."

Feng Anguo's face straightened, he stood up and said in a deep voice: "Your Highness, the Qin army suffered about 40,000 casualties in this battle, and all their siege equipment was seized by our army."

"However, our army also suffered many casualties in this battle, and more than 12,000 people are left here."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's faces turned ugly.

According to the casualty ratio of the Chu army in previous battles, this time the casualty ratio is obviously much worse.

Although it was a great victory, they also lost a lot of soldiers.

And this is because there are 20,000 Bingzhou soldiers and horses among them. Without these soldiers and horses, the Yunzhou soldiers and horses alone would not be able to compete with the Qin army.

Chu Ning was naturally well aware of this. After all, the Yunzhou troops first took over the Yan area and went to war with the Qin State without resting for too long.

Moreover, this battle consisted of three consecutive fierce battles, and the Yunzhou soldiers had consumed a lot of physical strength. Although their morale was higher than that of the Qin army, their combat effectiveness was still inferior to that of the Qin army.

If he hadn't used a trick to trick Ying Zhengyi this time, it would be hard to tell who would win or lose.

And this is the real reason why he did not fight with Ying Zheng tonight.

The combat effectiveness of the Yunzhou troops is not as good as that of the Bingzhou troops and the Liangzhou cavalry. Under such circumstances, if they fight a decisive battle with Ying Zheng, they will most likely be defeated.

After all, some of the Yunzhou soldiers are new recruits, so he is not surprised that they have such combat effectiveness.

"It's enough to win this battle. The casualties don't have to be taken so seriously!"

Chu Ning took the initiative to comfort: "The Yunzhou soldiers have been fighting since the beginning of the year and have not really rested yet. In addition, there are many new recruits. It is a miracle that they can defeat the Qin army!"

"I will definitely ask my father for credit for this battle."

"Now, I will tell you about the next arrangements."

Everyone's faces straightened, and Feng Anguo also returned to the train to await orders.

Chu Ning slowly stood up and said solemnly, "The Qin army was defeated in this battle, and their vitality was severely damaged. Their morale has plummeted. Although their 20,000 cavalry and 50,000 infantry came to support them, they will definitely not dare to start a war without authorization."

"Sir Feng, you will lead the troops to garrison Yucheng to prevent a surprise attack by the Qin army."

"Guan Yu and Ran Ming, the two of you are here to assist Lord Feng to prevent a surprise attack by the Qin army."

"Mr. Su, you will return to Yandi and be responsible for recruiting soldiers, training them, and providing logistics."

"Zhao Yu should go with me to Wei State. I will leave this place to you all."

This made Ran Ming curl his lips: "Your Highness, can't we take this opportunity to directly attack the Qin army?"

"Our troops will be divided into several groups, bypassing Hecheng and killing all of Qin Jun at his residence!"

Chu Ning rolled his eyes when he heard this: "What if the Qin army concentrates on dealing with our army and cuts off all our logistical supplies?"

"This..." Ran Ming shook his head and stopped talking.

Although they could bypass Hecheng and go to the heartland of Qin, the Qin army left behind in Hecheng could also cut off their supplies.

If you lead troops into battle without logistical supplies, you will be defeated without even fighting!

"Alright, this is settled. I will rest tonight and leave for Wei tomorrow afternoon!"

Chu Ning narrowed his eyes and said in a cold voice: "By the way, remember to spread the news that I am going to Wei State!"

"Not only will I let Ying Zheng know, I will also let the Emperor of Wei and Wei Zhang know!"

This time, he's going to show his cards!