"Marshal, General Wu is back!" An officer in Zhang Yuting's command center reported.
"Second Brother is back?" Zhang Yuting could not help but frown. He felt that something was wrong.
If Wu Xingquan won, he only needed to send someone back to report. There was no need for him to come back! Then, there was only one possibility, and that was Wu Xingquan had suffered a defeat.
Thinking of this, Zhang Yuting's expression could not help but turn ugly.
As expected, Wu Xingquan walked in with a dejected expression.
"Second Brother, what happened?" Zhang Yuting asked patiently.
"Sigh, marshal, I've let you down! Feng Linge's troops were already prepared. They had built a strong defense line and had very strong firepower. Even if I lead the army to launch a fierce attack, we are unable to break through Feng Linge's defense line and instead suffer heavy losses.”Wu Xingquan looked ashamed.
"How is the army now?" Zhang Yuting's heart tightened.
"It's over, it's all over! Two cavalry regiments were lost. He only brought back about 200 people.”Wu Xingquan lowered his head and said.
" You..." Zhang Yuting was furious.
Two cavalry regiments were his main force! Now, Wu Xingquan had thrown them all away. Naturally, Zhang Yuting couldn't accept this result. However, in the end, he didn't reprimand her. After all, Wu Xingquan was not only his sworn brother, but he also had considerable influence among the Feng faction warlords. If things went south, it would be disadvantageous for him.
"Marshal, this is my fault.”Wu Xingquan was also very straightforward.
"Forget it, Second Brother. Victory and defeat are common in the military. How about this, you return to Fengtian City first." Zhang Yuting suppressed the anger in his heart.
"Alright then!" Wu Xingquan nodded and did not decline.
After witnessing the strength of the Feng Faction's troops, Wu Xingquan had long given up on Zhang Yuting. Of course, he was eager to escape back to Fengtian City.
After Wu Xingquan left, Zhang Fuchen came over.
"Marshal, Second Brother was defeated? And suffered heavy losses?" Zhang Fuchen looked anxious.
Zhang Yuting nodded.
"Then what should we do now? Should we retreat first?" Zhang Fuchen suggested.
Zhang Yuting thought about it and shook his head.""Although the cavalry has failed, there's still no news from the Japanese. No matter how strong Feng Linge's troops were, they couldn't possibly be stronger than the Japanese, right?”
Obviously, Zhang Yuting had placed all his hopes on the Japanese.
However, it was impossible for Zhang Yuting to wait for the news of the Japanese's victory. Soon, he would receive news that the Japanese had been wiped out. However, at that time, Feng Ping's temporary 1st division had already arrived.
On the afternoon of September 2nd, Feng Ping personally led the 1st Infantry Brigade and 3rd Infantry Brigade of the 1st Division to attack Zhang Yuting's troops from the south. At the same time, the 1st Infantry Brigade of the 1st Division attacked from the north. Feng Linge led the 28th Infantry Division and the 1st and 2nd Divisions of Liaoxi to launch a large-scale counterattack.
The 4th Infantry Brigade, 5th Infantry Brigade, and Artillery Regiment also participated in the attack.
It could be said that in this battle, the Feng Faction had already invested all their main forces.
At this time, Zhang Yuting's troops only had ten infantry brigades left. Furthermore, these ten infantry brigades had suffered heavy losses, and the remaining troops were only around thirty thousand.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The Feng Division gathered more than 200 cannons and launched a fierce bombardment on the Zhang Division.
Cannons rumbled and artillery shells rained down.
Zhang Yuting's troops suffered heavy losses under the fierce bombardment of the Feng Faction's troops.
Previously, Zhang Yuting's troops had been on the offensive, so they did not build any solid fortifications at all. As a result, when they were bombarded by the Feng family's troops, the soldiers did not even have a place to hide.
The fierce bombardment and the huge losses had dealt a devastating blow to the morale of the Zhang Division troops.
The troops of warlords were weak in terms of fighting will. He would fight for whoever paid. He was also good at fighting with the wind. Once they were in a disadvantageous situation, it would be very difficult for them to risk their lives.
This caused many Zhang soldiers to run around like headless flies.
"Marshal, what should we do now?" Feng Linge's main force is attacking us! Zhang Xuwu looked panicked.
"Marshal, Feng Linge's troops are obviously much more than we expected, and they're much stronger! Now that they had sent in their main force to launch a counterattack, the Japanese had probably failed.”Sun Zhan Ao's expression was ugly.
Zhang Yuting's face darkened. Although he was unwilling to admit it, he had no choice but to admit it!
The powerful Japanese had actually failed. This was no different from a fantasy story!
"Order the troops to resist the enemy's attack!”Zhang Yuting ordered.
"Marshal, we can't continue fighting. Feng Linge's troops are too fierce, we can't hold on at all.”Sun Zhan Ao said.
"Marshal, let's retreat! As the saying goes, as long as there is life, there is hope. Let's return to Fengtian City first and think of a way.”Zhang Xuwu urged.
"Retreat? If they retreated now, it was very likely that the army would collapse. At that time, how many troops can we gather? What else can we use to resist Feng Linge?" Zhang Yuting asked.
Zhang Xuwu and the others were speechless.
However, even if Zhang Yuting did not want to retreat, he had no choice.
Under the fierce attacks of the Feng Division, the defensive line that the Zhang Division had hastily built was easily broken through.
The soldiers of the Zhang Faction, who had lost their will to fight, put down their weapons and raised their hands to surrender to the Feng Faction.
For these ordinary soldiers, protecting their own lives was undoubtedly the most important thing. Who would be willing to risk their lives for an official at this time?
Zhang Yuting had no choice but to flee to Fengtian under the protection of the guards before the encirclement was formed.
The escape of Zhang Yuting and the other generals became the last straw that broke the camel's back.
The Zhang Faction soldiers all surrendered.
When the sun set, the battle was already over.
In this battle, the Feng Faction troops had wiped out Zhang Yuting's main force at a very low price. Ten main infantry brigades and nearly 30,000 people had surrendered. Not many were actually killed.
Zhang Yuting only brought back about 2,000 men. It could be said that Zhang Yuting's hard-earned wealth had been completely lost in this battle.
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