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Chapter 212 Whose reinforcements are they?
Ning Yi said with certainty: "This prince said there will be reinforcements, so there will definitely be reinforcements. You can rest assured."
"This prince will not fight an unprepared battle." Ning Yi consoled her, then changed the subject: "But in tomorrow's decisive battle, anyone who dares to flee or who doesn't fight to the death, I will not only chop off his head, but also execute his entire family for treason."
This scared everyone. Not only would they be punished, but their entire family would be in trouble.
Everyone chose to leave with their hearts pounding.
On the morning of the second day, Fang's army had almost nothing to eat. They made soup with some remaining mule and horse bones and added some wild vegetables, which was enough for a meal.
But when someone came to report that the Beijing camp had left the city, they came to fight a decisive battle with them.
Fang Chengyu smashed the broken bowl in his hand and said angrily, "You little brat, are you trying to bully me because I'm incompetent?"
"Do you really think I can't handle you?"
"Send the message, assemble the army. I want to let these miscellaneous soldiers from the Beijing camp know that we will fight in the open field, and the Fang family army will easily destroy them."
To put it bluntly, in yesterday's battle, it was the Beijing Camp that relied on the Beijing Camp and the numerous traps that caused the Fang family army to suffer a great loss.
But when they left the barracks and fought in the wild, everyone felt that the Beijing camp was no match.
Fang Chengyu was still worried about what they should do.
The Beijing troops were unable to defeat the enemy. If they launched another forceful attack, not only would the casualties be even greater, but they would most likely all be lost here.
He only has so many troops, and if they are all lost here, he won't have anywhere to go.
And they could not take down Hushan Pass and could not go back at all. The key point was that the military supplies were gone. If they delayed any longer, the people below would rebel.
Under such circumstances, Fang Chengyu decided to abandon Hushan Pass and lead the army westward as quickly as possible, and then capture any small county town on the way and rob it.
Anyway, this is the territory of the Great Wu Kingdom, and there are many counties everywhere. I believe that as long as the army moves westward, the miscellaneous soldiers of the Beijing camp behind will not pursue them at will.
But now, this group of Beijing troops thought that because they successfully defended their military camp positions yesterday, their Fang family army could be bullied at will?
Since they dared to come out and seek death without knowing their own capabilities, Fang Chengyu thought that he would just deal with them in the wild and then defeat them all.
Not only did they have military supplies, but they also had prisoners. They had plenty of manpower to break through Hushan Pass.
The Fang family army felt frustrated yesterday, and today they were clamoring and reorganizing the army quickly.
When the Fang family army completed its battle formation and was ready for battle, tens of thousands of troops from the Beijing camp had already arrived in front of them.
Including about 3,000 very well-trained cavalry, there were about 40,000 people.
The Fang family army suffered heavy losses yesterday, and the Beijing camp suffered even more casualties.
But when everyone looked, even the Fang family army, which was small in number, had more than 20,000 soldiers, and more than 2,000 cavalry gathered together.
The cavalry of the Royal Guards will never be able to gain any advantage.
The commanders were worried. Could they really defeat the Fang family army in a decisive battle in the wild?
Although the military strength is twice that of Fang's army, no one is sure of it.
The two sides stopped almost three miles apart, and all the military formations were set up.
In the middle were the most elite 6,000-strong Royal Guards, with their distinctive armor and weapons held high.
Both sides were almost silent.
Feng Zhong asked, "Your Highness, where are the reinforcements?"
He was also worried about his reputation. If there was no reinforcement, he really couldn't fight a decisive battle with Fang's army in the wild.
After all, the Fang family army’s formation was too powerful.
And their Beijing camp is so useless.
Of course, if there were only ten thousand of His Highness's servants, he felt that he could take the initiative to attack.
Ning Yi sat on a tall horse, wearing fine golden armor, and was not afraid at all that the other party would see him and regard him as an important target.
He has two thousand servants as guards around him.
Ning Yi kept looking towards the north and said calmly, "Wait."
His words "wait" made many people look to the south.
Everyone thought that reinforcements were coming, and they must be coming from the direction of the capital. Could it be that His Majesty felt that the battle here had lasted too long, so he sent reinforcements to end the battle as soon as possible?
This is the only possible explanation at the moment.
Fang Chengyu saw the Beijing camp that had already arrived in front of him. It seemed that there were many people, but he did not pay attention to anything else except the Imperial Guards formation.
He snorted coldly, "You little brat, you're trying to delay me again."
"Send the order, the army will attack, let them know what a strong army is."
Fang Chengyu couldn't wait any longer, because if he continued to wait, the soldiers who had just drunk a bellyful of wild vegetable porridge in the morning would soon run out of strength.
After all, armor and weapons are very heavy.
There was no way he would allow that young brat to disgust him with his delaying tactics again.
The deputy general also immediately sent someone to pass on the order, preparing to attack the Beijing camp.
This was in the wild, with two armies facing each other. The Fang family army was full of confidence and they never took any other army seriously.
But at the critical moment, someone suddenly came running from the rear on horseback to report: "Duke, something terrible has happened. Twenty thousand troops have appeared behind our army, less than five miles away."
"What?" Fang Chengyu was stunned. "The rear? Twenty thousand troops?"
"Oh no! The rebels from Hushan Pass have emerged."
He finally understood why the young boy on the opposite side dared to leave the military camp without relying on wooden stake walls and traps for defense, but instead ran out to fight in the field.
It seems that they have joined forces with the rebels in Hushan Pass and are preparing to attack from both sides.
Fang Chengyu always felt that the rebels in Hushan Pass would only hide in the city and would not dare to come out to fight.
No matter what, I never expected that they would come out at the critical moment, and at this time.
Moreover, these 20,000 soldiers are real fresh forces.
"The army must stop attacking and defend on the spot." Fang Chengyu made a decision immediately. He could not attack, otherwise he would be attacked from both sides, no matter how strong the Fang family army was.
They will also be exhausted to death here by the nearly 60,000 soldiers and horses.
Although in his eyes, the rebels in Hushan Pass had poor fighting ability and were not on the same level as his own direct line.
But they are somewhat better than those old soldiers in the Beijing camp who have not been trained for years.
Similarly, the Beijing Camp also received news that 20,000 soldiers suddenly appeared behind the Fang family army.
The flags they carried were those of the Hushan Pass city defense troops.
But they were very anxious.
One by one they came to Ning Yi to urge him.
"Your Highness, our reinforcements haven't arrived yet, but the Fang family's reinforcements have, and they number 20,000 soldiers."
"Your Highness, we can't fight any further. The Fang family army already has 40,000 soldiers, which is on par with us. We should return to the camp quickly."
Seeing how anxious and frightened they were, Ning Yi rolled his eyes and said, "What are you afraid of? Those are not the reinforcements of the Fang family army."