A continuous burst of cheers immediately broke out in the Tang army formation, like rolling spring thunder, resounding throughout the wilderness.

The coach Weng Zhiqi also had a smug smile on his face.

Such a battle was actually his unexpected victory, and there was nothing special about the past battles. It is a pity that those enemy soldiers who fought to the death against the Tang army in the battle died in vain and died in this Annan and northern border, which had no meaning.

Weng Zhiqi was convinced that once the Zheng army was destroyed, after a few days of rest, the entire army would lead its troops south to continue to capture Beimang City in the south, and break through the Zheng family's northern defense line in one fell swoop.

After the other two towns of the Tang Army's Ninth Town wiped out eastern Yunnan, they could go south together. The troops of the Tang Army's Ninth Town, with uniform forces, could attack Zheng's old nest Shenglong City from the northern border and completely destroy the Annan capital.

Thinking of this, Weng Zhiqi's eyes were bright and her expression became more and more intense.

He immediately ordered the entire army to quickly clean the battlefield, and then retreat to Gaoping, and the entire army rested in the city.

On the side of the Zheng army, after nearly half an hour of escaping, Zheng Jian, who was dying, finally returned to outside Beimang City under the escort of a group of soldiers and horses.

At this time, Zheng Hui had led the soldiers and horses in the city to welcome his arrival together outside Beimang City. From Zheng Hui to every soldier, he had a look of kinship and everyone looked confused.

Zheng Jian, who lost blood all the way and had extremely weak vitality, struggled to open his bloody eyes. Before he could see the appearance of the city in front of him, he opened his mouth and whimpered, and fell from his horse back without moving.

"Crown Prince!"

"General Zheng!"

Zheng Hui and Zheng Hua both cried out in a row. They rushed up to help Zheng Bai up from the ground.

However, they quickly gave up their plans to rescue him.

Because Zheng Jian, who was falling to the ground, his breathing was almost gone, and his eyes gradually began to dissipate.

He was seriously injured and ran back, and finally died.

Zheng Hui and Zheng Hua subconsciously looked at each other, and both of them saw their own fear and confusion from each other's eyes.

Okay, I was defeated in this battle and the prince was seriously injured and killed. Next, where should I go with the only five thousand remaining soldiers?

"General Zheng, now our army is defeated and the prince is killed. The total number of troops and defenders in the city is less than 5,000. Such a small force, how can we continue to defend here if we are a great victory in the Tang army?" Zheng Hua looked sad.

Zheng Hui said to Zheng Hua with a complicated look: "Now that the prince has passed away and has been defeated again, our army has no ability to fight again, so we temporarily close the city in the city to defend. The current plan still needs to quickly send the prince's body back to Shenglong City, so that the head of the family can make a decision quickly."

Zheng Hua looked sad, but he could only nod helplessly and agreed with Zheng Hui's opinion.

Soon, Zheng Jian's body was burialized, and Zheng Hui ordered Zheng Hua to personally command the guards and escort Zheng Jian's body back to Shenglong City overnight.

Zheng Hui himself continued to hold on to Beimang City with the remaining troops, waiting for the next instructions from Shenglong City to be sent.

Zheng Hua, with the coffin, escorted by a group of cavalry, rushed to Shenglong City all night, and finally arrived at noon the next day.

At this time, Zheng Zha, the head of the city, almost fainted on the spot when he heard the bad news from his subordinates.

I really didn't expect that Zheng Jian, the eldest son, who was regarded as his successor, was shot and killed by the Tang army in the north with a huge advantage of military strength. This was a huge loss and a cruel blow.

He is old, but the prince died suddenly on the battlefield. What can I say about the heartache that the white-haired man gave the black-haired man?

Zheng Za stood up tremblingly and immediately left the city to meet the Zheng Hua's troops who had just arrived at the north gate of Shenglong City.

When Zheng Hua and a group of cavalry wearing heavy filial piety were escorting the dark coffin and slowly coming to himself, Zheng Zha almost fainted on the ground again, fortunately, he was supported by his left and right in time.

"Yan'er..." Zheng Za couldn't help but pounced on the coffin and burst into tears.

The officials around him also shed a few crocodile tears, and then they all came to advise Zheng Za, asking him to relax and to be mournful and follow the changes.

Zheng Zao calmed down and listened to Zheng Hua who was kneeling on the ground. He said in a trembling voice how Zheng Jian died in battle and that more than 20,000 people were all destroyed by the Tang army. The pain in his heart was like a prick.

It’s hateful! The 20,000 elite soldiers in his family, and the heirs he valued the most, were destroyed in the northern border in such a way that they almost capsized in the gutter. This is simply an indescribable shame!

Seeing Zheng Za's face with a gloomy and cruel look, Zheng Hua, who was kneeling on the ground, was worried and uneasy. He asked carefully: "The head of the family, now the remnants and remaining soldiers are collected in Beimang City, with a total of less than 5,000 guards. If there is only such a unit, it is probably difficult to resist the attack of the Tang army. At that time, I am afraid..."

Zheng Hua's words made Zheng Za feel even more sad, and it felt like a thorn on his back.

He knew that it was impossible for Zheng Hui to lead less than 5,000 defenders with insufficient fighting spirit to fight against the Tang army, which was so powerful that they could win the victory. It was simply impossible to defend the city with a narrow and sparse defense.

And this Beimang City is the most solid city in Beimang City. If this city cannot be guarded, the rest of the cities are not worth mentioning.

Therefore, for Zheng Za now, the northern border is no longer defended. If you want to protect the remaining troops under Zheng Hui, the only way is to withdraw them all back to the capital.

Zheng Za took a deep breath and interrupted Zheng Hua's words sternly: "Go back quickly and pass on my order. Zheng Hui gave up the northern defense line and led all his troops to immediately enter Shenglong City."

Zheng Hua was stunned when he heard the word "Sir, if you do this, then the northern area is not..."

"Hmph! The Tang army has strong combat power and many firearms to help, how can our army be able to fight? Even if we want to defend the city, it will be difficult to last. Instead of being wiped out by the Tang army, it is better to retreat to Shenglong City. With the strong city walls and garrisons of the capital, it is the right way to deal with it for a long time." Zheng Za said with a tense face.

"The head of the family, just if the Tang army found that there were no troops in the north of our country, wouldn't it be that we would attack Shenglong City in one go? Moreover, if the news of our army's defeat in the north reached the south, wouldn't the Ruan tribe, which was separating Hue, be ready to move, and would it be unfavorable to our southern border?" Zheng Hua was still confused.

"Oh, you are so timid and useless." Seeing him so confused and timid, Zheng Za couldn't help but sigh: "Do you know that if you keep the green mountains here, you are not afraid of burning firewood. Now that the Tang army is so powerful, how can we fight against it? Tell you, when the Tang army is coming to Shenglong City, Zheng Zhilong's reinforcements are afraid that they will arrive. At that time, there will be more than 20,000 troops in our Shenglong City, and with the 50,000 reinforcements sent by Zheng Zhilong, they will be attacked internally and externally, and work together to jointly attack the Tang army besieged in the city. I believe that they will definitely defeat them in one fell swoop."

Zheng Za sighed and said, "Zheng Hua, there are always priorities in matters. I have already calculated that if Zheng Zhilong's troops want to come to Annan, they can arrive in at most within ten days. In that case, the troops in the south of our army will not move, and the Ruan clan will definitely not dare to move lightly. At most, when the Tang army besieged my Shenglong City, they will provoke border provocations and capture several of my border cities. And when our army and Zheng clan join forces to defeat the Tang army and turn back to deal with the Ruan clan, wouldn't it be easy to capture it?"

Zheng Hua looked ashamed and responded urgently, and immediately commanded the guards and cavalrymen to hurry back. Zheng Za watched them leave, but the feeling in his heart was hard to describe in words.

He immediately ordered that Zheng Jian's funeral be kept simple and that the funeral should be arranged as soon as possible. Then all the guards in Shenglong City gathered together and arranged to garrison on Shenglong City.

At the same time, the young and strong people in the city were also gathered urgently, and more than 10,000 strong men were pulled to the city wall to defend as temporary auxiliary soldiers.

Two days later, Zheng Hui retreated all the defenders of each fort in the north to Beimang City, and then led the troops of more than 5,000 people to retreat south to Shenglong City.

Of course, when they left, they did not forget to clear the walls and clear the fields. In addition to bringing all the stored grain and weapons, the various military forts in the north were completely destroyed by them, making the Tang army no longer able to use it.

Even the people on the border were forced to move away immediately by Zheng Hui and moved to Shenglong City. Zheng Hui hoped that in such a firm and thorough way, the Tang army would get nothing in the northern border, so as to increase the difficulty for him to obtain supplies.

After Zheng Hui and others retreated, the Tang army was indeed launched. With more than 3,000 Mo troops who were assisting the troops, they crossed the Beijie River together, and the troops quickly reached the bottom of Beimang City.

"General, Beimang City is already an empty city, all the enemy troops inside have been withdrawn, and all the people in the city, military rations, equipment and other items are taken away."

After hearing the report from the whistle and cavalry, Weng Zhiqi couldn't help but frown.

Soon, the other whistle cavalry who were investigating military forts also came back to report that the current military forts were empty, and that the defenders and people inside had already retreated completely.

Damn! I really didn't expect that the Zheng army was so useless. The defeat a few days ago made them no longer have the courage to fight against the Tang army. They didn't even dare to defend the city, but instead retreated south and fled. This was really beyond their expectations.

Weng Zhiqi thought about it carefully and asked the army to temporarily station in Beimang City. At the same time, he immediately sent an envoy to urgently report the current situation to Huang Degong, the mayor of the Tang Army's ninth town in Yunnan.

Within a few days, Huang Degong, who was commanding the battle in eastern Yunnan, was reported and fell into deep thought.

In fact, just two days ago, Huang Degong received a secret report from the Security Department, telling him that Zheng Zhilong had sent a large army to Annan, preparing to join forces with the Zheng family in Annan to attack the Gaoping Mo family in the north, and then enter Gui, and attack the second town of the Tang army in Guidong east and west.

Combined with Weng Zhiqi's report now, Huang Degong couldn't help but sigh in his heart. It was a very correct move from being aided by Mo in time.

Now, the Zheng family retreated to Shenglong City with all their might, and Zheng Zhilong's reinforcements were about to arrive in Annan again, but how should he deal with it?

Huang Degong thought carefully and finally decided that when eastern Yunnan had basically been pacified during this period, only Camp B would be left to continue to wipe out the remaining chieftain forces in eastern Yunnan. He led Battalion A and the remaining half of the artillery troops to urgently enter Annan from eastern Yunnan and meet with the local Weng Zhiqi's troops.

Huang Degong led the A Battalion of the Ninth Town and all the remaining heavy artillery troops to Annan. After joining with Weng Zhiqi's B Camp at Beimang City, Huang Degong immediately ordered the Mo army to rush to Longcheng as the leader.

The Tang army's forces plus the three thousand Mo army, with nearly 30,000 troops and horses, rushed to Shenglong City in a mighty manner.

Since the Zheng army had withdrawn all the troops and horses of Junbao County, north of Shenglong City, the Tang army went south and basically encountered no obstacles. The journey was very smooth. In just two days, they arrived directly under Shenglong City.

When the Tang army arrived, the soldiers and horses on the top of the city were very nervous.

They all thought that the Tang army would definitely take advantage of its current artillery advantages to launch an immediate attack on Shenglong City, so everyone was very afraid of the possible battles.

The head of the family, Zheng Zha, also came to Shenglong City in person. He watched from afar, as several tides finally merged into turbulent waves, quickly surrounding the entire Shenglong City as tight as an iron barrel.

Seeing the Tang army besieging the city on all sides, with iron armor standing in a stern part, Zheng Zha took a breath without hesitation.

What a guy, the Tang army is so imposing, it is obvious that it is an elite army that has been through a long battle formation. It seems that Zheng Jian was defeated by him that day and his troops were killed. It is not entirely because of the reason.

Zheng Za's heart quickly became inexplicably panicked. He thought secretly that such a strong brigade with a morale as strong as the generals of the Rainbow Soldiers, the more than 20,000 defenders in Shenglong City, who had low morale and no fighting spirit, would they really be the opponent of the Tang army?

But at this time, what other choice can you have besides resisting?

Zheng Za sighed and ordered with a thorn in his mouth: "The whole army obeys the order, guard the city carefully, and be sure to resist the attack of the Tang army and protect our Annan capital Shenglong!"

"It's...I'm following the order."

Hearing the weak answer below, Zheng Zha knew that he had no fighting spirit with these 20,000 defenders. He wanted to block the Tang army's siege and protect the Annan capital, but it was probably a mantis arm to block the chariot, which would be useless.

In the current plan, I can only hope that Zheng Zhilong's troops will arrive at Shenglong City as soon as possible before the Tang army begins to formally attack the city.

Zheng Za's urgent wish was soon completely destroyed by the Tang army.

Because, after leaving the troops of the Bandit Bang to encircle Shenglong City, the Tang army did not immediately start the attack, but continued to be led by the Mo army. The troops of the A camp of the 9th Town of the Tang army turned eastward and captured the coastal areas of the Zheng family. Major ports such as Taiping Port, Xialong Port, were successfully captured by the Tang army.
Chapter completed!