The Chu army secretly attacked the north gate of Huaining City. The more than 5,000 troops who entered the city were wiped out. They also took up a general. This time the Chu army was completely defeated.
After the war, Lin Shihong returned to the army, hugged Liao Ling's head, and couldn't help crying.
Throughout the army, morale was also low, people were in turmoil, and there was a cry of mourning.
When the battle reached this point, the entire Chu army could no longer hold on. If the battle continued, the entire army would be wiped out.
The generals in the army knew that Lin Shihong was in a bad mood and wanted to persuade him to retreat, but no one dared to touch this bad luck. After some discussion, everyone went to Wang Rong and asked him to advise Lin Shihong to withdraw his troops.
Wang Rong could see everyone's thoughts clearly than anyone else. Faced with this request, Wang Rong was also in a dilemma. Of course he knew it was time to retreat. The potential of the Chu army had been wiped out under Huaining City. At the same time, he also understood that if they retreated now, went north to Huaibei, and occupied the southeast to defend themselves, their strategy would be completely bankrupt. By then, they would still be a grass-head king in Yuzhang at best.
And Lin Shihong was defeated so miserably, will Cao Tiancheng give up when he returns to Yuzhang?
But this group of soldiers could not control so much. Everyone only knew that the war could not go on, so they begged and almost knelt in front of Wang Rong and kowtowed.
Wang Rong knew very well that these people were all warriors with rough personalities. They came to beg him now, not because they were afraid of him. If he really ignored it, maybe next time these people would come to him with knives.
So Wang Rong had to go to see Lin Shihong and persuade Lin Shihong to return to Yuzhang.
As soon as Wang Rong finished speaking, Lin Shihong stared at him, as if he didn't recognize him.
"Bo Chong (Wang Rong's courtesy name), I thought you were always on the same page with me and could understand my painstaking efforts. How could I know that today, even you are not willing to help me?"
Wang Rong looked at Lin Shihong who was worried and could only say: "Emperor, Feirong wants to retreat, but the morale of the army is already in chaos today. Many generals are working together in groups, hoping that the emperor will retreat. If we continue to fight, I am afraid that the army will be retreated." Change."
Lin Shihong was shocked, but speechless.
After a while, Lin Shihong asked: "What about Huaining City? If I return here, won't I just give Cao Tiancheng and the others an excuse to attack?"
Wang Rong could only say: "The situation may not be like this. After all, the emperor is the emperor, and Cao Tiancheng is a minister after all. Most of the veterans in the army still stand with the emperor."
Lin Shihong showed a hint of sneer.
"It was like this in the past, but if I just go back like this, it won't necessarily be the case."
Lin Shihong and Cao Shiqi are fellow villagers, and both are wealthy households in the village. When the two started the rebellion, their followers were their township parties. Now these people have become leaders in the military and high-ranking officials in the country.
Although Cao Shiqi died, his influence within the Chu State was no less than that of Lin Shihong.
Cao Tiancheng is also considered a capable person and is well supported by civil and military officials. If Lin Shihong loses power, this group of already wavering people will definitely turn to Cao Tiancheng.
Lin Shihong still wanted to fight, but he didn't want to retreat.
But soon the situation that Wang Rong expected occurred, and the generals of all armies jointly requested Lin Shihong to withdraw his troops.
Lin Shihong could not suppress everyone by himself, and Wang Rong kept persuading him, which also shook Lin Shihong's mind. In the end, there was really no other way. Lin Shihong made an agreement with everyone that if he retreated rashly, it would be detrimental to the battle, and the Sui army would only be chasing him. The generals could prepare their equipment tonight and make full preparations for retreat, and fight again tomorrow to confuse the Sui army. At night, all three armies retreated.
The generals felt that Lin Shihong's method was good, but nothing would happen if they stayed for another day, so they agreed.
Lin Shihong actually wanted to take a gamble, so he was prepared to put the outcome of this battle on tomorrow.
Of course, no one in the army saw Lin Shihong¡¯s intentions, such as General Li Qiang, who was close to Cao Tiancheng. But Li Qiang didn't take it seriously. After fighting for so many days without winning, he really thought he could win tomorrow. Besides, if Lin Shihong wants to fight hard, he can only use his own confidants, and he has no interest in that.
On the second day, the Chu army arrayed again. As expected by Li Qiang, Lin Shihong sent all his direct troops to the front army as the main force of the attack.
The morale of Lin Shihong's department was pretty good. As for the other departments, they looked dejected. They were just waiting for a formality, perfunctory, and then retreated.
Halfway through Mao hour, Lin Shihong ordered the Chu army to attack Huaining City.
In fact, Lin Shihong¡¯s direct descendants are also trying to fish in troubled waters. After all, no one is willing to waste their lives on something that is impossible to accomplish.
But this attack was beyond everyone¡¯s imagination.
When the Chu army attacked the city, the top of the city unexpectedlyEveryone was a little confused as to what kind of bows and arrows there were. The Sui army had powerful crossbows. Is there no crossbows today?
This time z. com Zhang Si. Lin Shihong also discovered something fishy later and hurriedly asked people to come forward to inquire about the situation.
At this time, a soldier ventured close to the city gate. At this time, he tried to push the city gate that had damaged countless armies, but suddenly found that there was something unexpected at the city gate.
The soldier was stunned for a moment, and a thought came into his mind, which startled him.
Then the man pushed the city gate hard, and he was allowed to push open a gap that allowed pedestrians to pass through. This man was also brave, and he actually squeezed in through the gap.
After entering the city, it was dark inside the city gate because there was no sun. The key was that there was no one there.
At this time, the soldier was really shocked. He quickly walked out of the gap, and then shouted loudly: "The city gate is open, and there is no one in the city."
At this time, many people heard his shouting and rushed over. The soldier was hurriedly gesticulating with them.
Seeing that everyone didn't believe it, he actually pulled everyone to push the city gate with him.
Everyone stepped forward and worked together to push open a city gate.
The sun shone into the city gate hole, and as expected there was no one at the city gate.
Everyone rushed forward happily, and some people ran towards the city wall.
At this time, Lin Shihong, who was behind the army, also discovered the commotion in front, but he didn't know what happened. He thought he was ambushed by the Sui army again. He was full of anxiety and asked people to inquire.
After a while, the former general Zhang Jinchen came forward to report in person: "The city gate is broken."
"ah!"
Everyone was also shocked.
强牺 zhuiwen.org 读牺。 After a good explanation by Zhang Jinchen, everyone figured out the whole story. .
Looking at this posture, the Sui army seemed to have abandoned the city.
But neither Lin Shihong nor Wang Rong dared to relax their vigilance. They suffered too much at the hands of the Sui army.
So Lin Shihong did not rashly order the army to enter the city, but ordered Zhang Jinchen to send some troops to find out the movements of the Sui army and report back.
After a while, the scouts came to report that the Sui army seemed to have abandoned all the outer city walls and had all retreated into the inner city.
??????????????????????? For a city these days, it would be nice to have a city wall. But Huaining City is a big city, one of the largest in Huainan, and Huainan has been prosperous since ancient times, so Huaining City has two walls, and there is an inner city within the outer city.
Zhida z.com Zhixiao. Lin Shihong and Wang Rong were a little confused when they heard the report