One hundred and ninetieth chapters hindsight
"Brothers, follow me!"
About half an hour later, Zhu Yan's army, which had arrived late from Shanshan, rushed to the vicinity of Chen Ze's military camp.
After careful consideration, Zong Chengye sent an army of 300,000 men this time and rushed out of the city gate in a desperate battle. The remaining 700,000 troops behind him were also ready to fight when the two armies met.
Unexpectedly, they charged all the way, all the way...
He really rushed all the way to the outside of Chen Ze's military camp, being careful and cautious along the way, but in the end he didn't even see a shadow of a person.
When they were only a stone's throw away from the military camp, but saw that there was still no response from the enemy, the captain who was in charge of leading the charge gritted his teeth and shouted, leading more than 50,000 charge cavalry straight to the camp gate.
boom--!
The charging force of the heavy cavalry was so overbearing that the temporary camp gate could not bear heavy damage. Only the first wave of collision caused the camp gate and the wooden wall surrounding the fence to collapse.
The sound of killing shook the sky, followed by extremely chaotic cries, cries for mercy, cries of surrender, and occasionally, occasional cries of surprise.
…………
"Damn it!"
Zong Chengye smashed his fist on the table, causing the small wine jar placed on it to bounce twice and fall to the ground with a crack, and a small amount of wine splashed everywhere.
This jar of wine was something that Chen Ze drank during his free time.
The place where Zong Chengye is currently is exactly where Chen Ze's big tent once was.
Of course the person had already run away.
Three hundred thousand troops invaded the military camp and were completely under control without any hindrance. Immediately afterwards, Zhu Yan's generals discovered that the military camp was full of prisoners of war, all soldiers of their own empire.
Although it is not yet clear whether there are spies mixed in, but people are already sure.
so……
Zong Chengye's anger came from this.
So what they always thought was that most of the Qingyang army that prevented them from breaking through and returning to Nantes Province were actually their own people...
Who can not be angry?
It was clear that there was a way to survive from the beginning, but this way of survival was hidden like a dead end, which delayed them for so long.
So what if I'm angry?
The only way to vent was perhaps the punch on the table.
"General Zong!"
Someone outside the tent shouted to come in, but it was the scout leader who was sent back to Bo'an City by Zong Chengye to report to Zhang Chengwang after he realized something was wrong.
Now that the military camp has been captured, the obstacle between Zhu Yan's army and the Nantes province is gone. And through interrogation of the prisoners of war, Zong Chengye also knows that the total number of Qingyang soldiers stationed here is only tens of thousands.
That's all.
This also explains why the other party only sent 10,000 people out to fight.
In any case, tens of thousands of people would not be able to cause big losses on their way home, as the road would be almost unimpeded.
In this case, why does Zhang Chengwang still need to risk his life to defend the city?
Zong Chengye sent people back just to welcome back his real commander, who would lead the entire army back to the province of Nantes as quickly as possible.
However, seeing the look on the scout leader's face, Zong Chengye's heart dropped.
"Where's the coach?"
Although he knew something was wrong, he gritted his teeth and asked.
"That's too late……"
The scout leader looked sad, shook his head and said: "After my subordinates brought the news, the commander only asked his subordinates to bring a message to General Zong."
"He...the coach said that Zhang Chengwang...is dead!"
Zong Chengye couldn't help but swayed when he heard this, and sighed heavily in his heart.
late.
It's too late.
In fact, when he sent someone to invite Zhang Chengwang, he knew in his heart that the coach would not agree, but he just held on to the hope of success.
Although the road here is open, it does not mean that the mistakes made before can be erased.
More than half of the soldiers eventually fell to Zheng Yuanyun's army, and this was the mistake Zhang Chengwang made due to his misjudgment.
If he had known that the enemy forces here were only strong on the outside but weak on the inside, and if he had known that there were not more than 500,000 troops here ready to intercept and kill them, then Zhang Chengwang would not have had to make such a plan.
So when Zong Chengye led his men to raid the military camp and discovered that it was all just a scam, the outcome was already doomed.
The difference was just another stab in Zhang Chengwang's dead heart.
Zong Chengye sent someone back to tell the coach about this, not because he wanted to slap Zhang Chengwang in the face, but because he really didn't want his coach to perish in Bo'an City and come back to continue leading the remaining million-strong army.
But what he didn't expect was that this news made Zhang Chengwang even more heartbroken. Even though he knew there was still a glimmer of hope, he was unwilling to fight for it or live in this world.
When Zheng Yuanyun recaptured Bo'an City, the soldiers who stayed behind might still have a way to survive, or at most they would become prisoners. But Zhang Chengwang, in fact, had already died under Bo'an City along with his brothers who numbered over a million.
"damn it!"
Zong Chengye suddenly became furious, took out the sword from his waist and chopped all the intact items in the tent into pieces.
As if he was venting his madness, he struck the ground with his knife, supported his heavily panting body, and said with red eyes: "Give me the order, march all night!"
It would be useless to stay for a long time. What he can do for Zhang Chengwang at this moment is to lead this million-strong army back to Nantes Province to preserve this huge military force for Zhang Chengwang and the Zhu Yan Empire.
As for...
"besides!"
Just as the messengers were about to leave the tent, Zong Chengye shouted again: "We won't take any of those damn scholars with us. We'll tell them to go to Bo'an City and defend the city under the command of the commander-in-chief!"
Rufu, he is talking about the 200,000 to 300,000 prisoners of war. The angry Zong Chengye did not order these people to be beheaded. It was considered his mercy, not to mention that he had to take them with him. There were not many of them to divide.
of food.
These people are ten times as many as the enemy here!
Anyone who has a bit of blood and a little bit of loyalty to the empire will not be willing to be controlled.
They are not required to annihilate all the enemy troops, but it is good to at least create some riots so that they can detect abnormalities at the top of Bo'an City and respond in time.
But these bastards, they really just stood their ground and didn't resist at all!
Even when Zong Chengye led his troops into the military camp just now, these prisoners only had expressions of surprise on their faces, without any dignity as soldiers.
What is the use of such soldiers?
Being sent as cannon fodder to the boss can be regarded as the last contribution these wastes can make to the empire.
That's all!
It's not worth wasting precious food on this waste!
Zong Chengye also knew the enemy commander's intention of keeping these prisoners of war, so how could he let the enemy get his wish?
Chapter completed!