Chapter 407

After this battle, the 400,000 Ning troops that had penetrated deep into Feng Country were basically declared annihilated. In the end, only Zhan Wushuang, Zhan Wudi and hundreds of defeated soldiers were left. Zhong Tian's side was even worse. There was no one left beside him except Zhuifeng Jian.

Originally, Zhong Tian still had a glimmer of hope, hoping that his son Zhong Wu could escape the siege with his outstanding spiritual martial arts skills, but soon news came back that Zhong Wu had died on the battlefield and his body was hung on the top of Jiancheng. This news completely shattered Zhong Tian's hope and made the old man heartbroken. He looked lifeless.

Zhan Wudi also advised Zhong Tian that as long as he could return to Ning Country, he would still have hope of making a comeback and taking revenge. Zhong Tian had no reaction after hearing this, but he was so angry that his teeth itched. If Zhan Wudi had not insisted on taking him away, how could Zhong Wu die on the battlefield? In the end, he ended up with his body exposed.

But he knew in his heart that it was useless to resent Zhan Wudi. If he wanted revenge, he could only rely on the Zhan brothers.

The next target of Zhong Tian and Ning Jun's escape was Fangcheng, but it was hundreds of miles from Jiancheng to Fangcheng. It would take three or four days to walk even if they walked fast.

At this time, the situation of Zhong Tian and Ning Jun was too difficult. The people were exhausted and hungry. The army had already run out of food. Including Zhong Tian, ​​they had not eaten anything decent for two or three days. The soldiers below were even worse, because they were more or less injured, and there was no medicine in the army. In addition, they could not get time to rest, so the wounds gradually worsened. The original minor injuries became major injuries, and the major injuries became serious injuries. After only one day of walking, the wounds on many soldiers gave off a foul smell. After resting for one night, when they were going to continue their journey the next day, dozens of people could not get up. Some of them died because of the worsening of their wounds, and some of them had a high fever due to inflammation of their wounds and were unable to walk anymore.

A good cook cannot cook without rice. No matter how good Zhan Wushuang is at managing soldiers and commanding troops, he is helpless at this time.

Looking at the soldiers lying on the ground dying and unable to walk, Zhan Wushuang almost ordered with tears in his eyes to stab them all to death and give them a quick end.

Zhong Tianhe Ning's army marched towards Fangcheng in the south. It can be said that their personnel died one by one. There were originally hundreds of people, but when they resisted Fangcheng three days later, there were only a hundred people left.

As the saying goes, good fortune never comes alone, and misfortune never comes alone. This is true. The news of Zhong Tianhe Ning's defeat had already spread to Fangcheng. When the city lord learned that there were only a hundred people left in Zhong Tianhe Ning's army and ran to him, he immediately ordered to close the city and never let Zhong Tianhe Ning's army into the city.

Now Zhong Tianhe Ning's army is almost becoming a plague god, and people can't avoid them.

Seeing the closed gate of Fangcheng, Zhong Tian, ​​Zhan Wushuang and Zhan Wudi were all shocked. They rushed forward and shouted, asking the city lord to open the gate immediately and let them in. However, no matter how they shouted, the city lord of Fangcheng did not answer and pretended to be deaf and dumb.

Now, Zhong Tian and others finally saw that the city lord of Fangcheng had also defected to the Tianyuan Army.

Zhong Tian could not help but sighed to the sky. Now he realized how weak his foundation was. When he was king, the heads of various counties, cities and towns bowed to him one after another. Now he was in trouble. None of these loyal county heads, county heads and city lords were loyal to him. They all defected to Tang Yin. It was really the warmth and coldness of human feelings and the fickleness of the world!

But no matter how angry and cruel he was now, it was useless. With only a hundred of them, it was impossible to forcefully attack Fangcheng. There was no other way. They were afraid that the pursuers behind them would arrive. They could only bypass Fangcheng and continue to go south.

It can be said that Zhong Tian and Ning Jun were rejected by the Lord of Fangcheng, which was a double blow to them. Not to mention the soldiers below, even Zhan Wushuang, Zhan Wudi, and Zhong Tian were so hungry that their eyes were green, as if they wanted to eat people. Zhuifengjian, who had such a high level of cultivation, felt that he was about to give up.

Fangcheng could not be entered, so this time Zhong Tian and Ning Jun chose to go straight to the south gate of Fengguo? ? Baguan

On the way, Zhan Wudi said to Zhong Tian weakly: "Your Majesty, your ministers have betrayed you and turned to Tang Yin. If the commander of Baguan also betrays you, we can't leave Fengguo or enter Moguo!" Zhong Tian couldn't help but take a breath of cold air after hearing this. After a pause, he shook his head and said affirmatively: "No, no! Although the commander of Baguan, Ying Bu, is not my confidant, I have already planted my spies around him. If he really had contact with Tang Yin, he would definitely not be able to hide it from me." Zhan Wudi glanced at Zhong Tian doubtfully and said faintly: "I hope so!" Now Zhan Wudi no longer has any confidence in Zhong Tian.

The spy that Zhong Tian mentioned is naturally Zhou Shun, the deputy commander of Baguan. Zhou Shun is Zhong Tian's direct descendant and his confidant. Zhong Tian arranged Zhou Shun to Baguan, of course, not because he expected that he would escape from Baguan one day, but because he felt that the location of Baguan was very similar to Tongmen and was also very important. He must firmly grasp it in his hands. Of course, as a great hero, Zhong Tian also had his unique vision.

Now he secretly rejoiced that he had made the right decision to arrange Zhou Shun to Baguan.

It was not far from Fangcheng to Baguan, but there were still hundreds of miles. When they walked two miles outside Baguan and the outline of the city appeared in their eyes, Zhong Tian and others could no longer walk. Zhan Wushuang sent a soldier on his warhorse to Baguan first, asking its garrison commander Ying Bu to personally go out of the city to greet him.

There was no need for Zhan Wushuang to send someone to report the news. The spies at Baguan had already brought back the news, and Yingbu also knew that they were outside Baguan.

Yingbu was surprised and secretly admired Tang Yin's foresight. When Tang Yin passed by Baguan several months ago, he told him that Zhong Tian would definitely go south through Baguan to enter Mo Country. At that time, he didn't think much of it. He didn't expect that Tang Yin was right about the development of the matter. Zhong Tian really fled to his own Baguan.

Yingbu didn't stay in the mansion for long. He immediately summoned his troops and went up to the north tower. He looked out. He looked around and didn't see any trace of Ning Jun. He frowned and asked the spies who reported the news: "Didn't you say that Zhong Tian and Ning Jun were outside Baguan? Where are they?" Hearing that Ying Bu didn't call Zhong Tian the King, but called him by his name, the spies were startled and stood there in a daze, unable to react. The generals around looked at each other and nodded tacitly. It seemed that Ying Bu had changed his position and was going to join Tang Yin.

Whether Ying Bu was loyal to Zhong Tian or defected to Tang Yin was irrelevant to the generals. They were all Ying Bu's old subordinates. They had followed him to guard Baguan for seven or eight years and were loyal to him. So no matter what decision Ying Bu made, they would support him. Of course, if Ying Bu chose to defect to Tang Yin, it would be very wise in the eyes of the generals. At least they could stay in Fengguo and didn't have to flee with Zhong Tian.

"Speak up!" After a long time without hearing the spy's answer, Ying Bu turned back dissatisfied, stared at the spy, and said: "Where are Zhong Tian and the Ning army?" The spy came back to his senses, quickly pointed his finger forward, and said: "Over there, only two miles away from our city, but the number of Ning troops is not large, only more than a hundred people, and there is no flag, so the general may not be able to see clearly." "More than a hundred people?" Ying Bu was stunned at first, then he couldn't help laughing and muttered: "I didn't expect that the dignified 400,000 Ning troops were beaten by Lord Tang to only more than a hundred people. Haha, this really boosted my morale and destroyed the prestige of Ningguo!" "Haha?" The generals on the left and right also laughed. Now they can be 100% sure that Ying Bu has indeed defected to Tang Yin, and everyone is more or less relieved.

"What are you laughing at, generals?" With the weird questioning, Zhou Shun walked up to the top of the city accompanied by several personal soldiers and guards.

If Ying Bu was still a little bit afraid of Zhou Shun before, now he has no worries in his heart. He straightened his back, smiled leisurely, and asked: "General Zhou, do you know that the Ning army has arrived outside my Baguan City?" Hearing this, Zhou Shun's face was immediately full of smiles, and he nodded repeatedly, saying: "I just got the news, so I came up to see." Humph! Ying Bu sneered and was about to speak, at this time, a soldier suddenly turned back and shouted: "General, there is a rider outside the city!" "Oh?" Ying Bu was refreshed and looked out of the city. Sure enough, a cavalryman ran quickly from a distance. This man was wearing a Ningguo steel helmet and armor, with a long white tassel on his head. It was obvious that he was a Ning soldier.

"It's a Ning soldier! It's a Ningguo cavalryman!" Seeing that it was a Ning soldier, Zhou Shun was more excited than anyone else. He jumped so high on the tower, and his joyful look was as if he had seen his own parents.

Ying Bu watched coldly from the side. He didn't know what Zhou Shun was happy about, and he didn't even know that he was about to face a disaster.

"General Yingbu, what are you waiting for? Open the city gate quickly and welcome the Ning army into the city!" Zhou Shun was so distracted that he didn't notice the strange looks in Yingbu's and the generals' eyes.

After hearing Zhou Shun's words, the generals raised their arms and put them on the swords at their waists. As long as Yingbu gave an order, they would kill Zhou Shun without hesitation.

However, Yingbu didn't say anything, but said: "Okay! We will leave the city now!" As he spoke, he waved his arm to his subordinates, took the lead and walked down the city wall, and ordered people to open the city gate.

Yingbu, Zhou Shun and several generals led 3,000 soldiers and horses, rushed out of the city gate, formed a square formation outside the city, and waited for the arrival of the Ningguo cavalry.