bookcurios Chapter 836 Ambush Yu Ziling
Chapter 836 Ambush Yu Ziling
After Shen Changgong held Yu Ziling and laughed for a while, the little prince was coaxed into closing his eyes and falling asleep. Yu Ziling couldn't let go of his cute little face, but Shen Changgong forcibly took him away and gave him to the wet nurse.
After lowering the curtain, Shen Changgong took Yu Ziling's hand and said,
"My wife will be leaving for a long expedition tomorrow. How about I reward and comfort her today?"
Yu Ziling's pretty face is shy,
"I still have to go into battle and kill the enemy tomorrow. Please don't bother me and waste my energy."
……
Early the next morning, Yu Ziling, who had eaten and drunk his fill, led his troops and crossed Qingshui Pass first, with the Southern Expedition Army following closely behind.
The other armies waited until these two armies passed before passing through one by one and heading south.
By noon, Yu Ziling arrived at Yong'an Pass, thirty miles away. The last Yan army had not even passed Qingshui Pass, which shows how large the number of Yan troops was.
The Yuying Army was the vanguard, and after arriving at Yong'an Pass, they began to deploy their troops.
Shi Liang stood on the top of the city wall, his eyes red and bloodshot, he sighed helplessly, and said slowly to the people around him,
"The Yan army doesn't need any tactics to fight a single-sided wall attack, because no tactics will work, only brute force can be used.
The only way to fight is to bombard with artillery, charge with infantry, and then bombard with artillery after the infantry charges.
With just these three tricks, they can conquer your entire world and no country can resist.
The strength of the Yan army lies in its artillery, not in its men or its commander.
My Daqian soldiers are no worse than them, yet they have this kind of weapon."
"General, don't be discouraged. We can definitely defeat the Yan army."
A general whispered.
"Do you believe this?"
Shi Liang sighed softly,
"We are just cannon fodder. Our only purpose is to die here. But even if we die, we still can't stop the Yan army. In the end, the Yan army will definitely win.
So, tell me, is there any point in us continuing to fight and die?"
"Marshal, there is no invincible country. Maybe... maybe we can win?"
Although the general said this, everyone knew that there was no hope.
With more than 100,000 people, they are no match for the enemy.
At this moment, a messenger came running over and shouted,
"Report! Marshal! A letter has arrived from the imperial court via carrier pigeon!"
The messenger rushed to Shi Liang with the note and stuffed it into his hand.
Shi Liang immediately took it and looked at it, but the words on it shocked him.
"Order Marshal Shi Liang to lead his troops and rendezvous with Marshal Kou Jin's troops in Guilin, retreat back to Yugui, and gather all forces to fight the defense of Yugui."
"What's wrong, Marshal?"
The generals asked hurriedly.
Shi Liang said with an ugly expression,
"Your Majesty has ordered us to retreat and reunite with Kou Jin's forces to protect Yugui."
Hearing this, everyone was shocked.
"What? This is nonsense! How can the imperial court change its orders so easily?"
"We need to give the order to retreat sooner rather than later. The enemy is already at the gates of the city and is about to open fire. If we retreat now, it will immediately turn into a rout."
"How could the enemy just let us go? They will definitely come after us."
"After we pass the third level, there will be no more passes. If we retreat, the enemy cavalry will cut us all down. Can we outrun the horses?"
"Fighting means death, retreating means death, so it's better to fight. At least you can die in glory."
"But this is an imperial decree. Are you going to disobey it?"
"Where is the imperial edict? I didn't see it!"
Shi Liang sighed heavily and said,
"There are treacherous officials in the court. If they wanted to defend Yugui, they shouldn't have sent us troops here to resist the enemy, only to be defeated one by one.
If you wanted to fight, you shouldn't have let us retreat when the enemy was at the gates!"
"Should we fight or retreat? Marshal, please give me a clear answer!"
Everyone was looking at Shi Liang, and the cannons under the city were already set up and ready to fire.
"Who is the commander of the enemy army that attacked us this time?"
Shi Liang looked forward.
"The designation is Yuying Army. It should be Yu Ziling, the commander-in-chief of Yan State, and the Queen of Qi State who gave birth to Shen Changgong's child."
"Is she Shen Changgong's wife? I suddenly have a bold idea."
Shi Liang waved his hand and said,
"The enemy is about to fire. Let's go down the city wall and assemble the troops!"
Everyone ran towards the bottom of the city wall.
As soon as they ran to the steps, shells fell on the city wall, making earth-shaking explosions.
They all ducked to avoid the attack and quickly ran down the city wall.
After walking a distance away from the city wall, Shi Liang saw all the generals calling over and said loudly,
"Brothers, the Emperor has issued an order for our entire army to retreat. However, if we retreat, we will inevitably be pursued by the enemy's Zhennan cavalry. Once they catch up, our army will be slaughtered by those 100,000 cavalry without a single piece of armor left, and we will never reach Yugui.
And stubbornly defending the pass is also a dead end.
Fighting means death, retreating also means death!
I have decided to fight to the death and fight the enemy to the end!
The one leading the troops on the opposite side is Yu Ziling, the wife of the enemy commander Shen Changgong. If we catch her, we can take her as a hostage and leave calmly. Even if we can't catch her, we can kill her and make Shen Changgong feel the pain!
There are many houses inside the pass and the terrain is complex, making it easy to hide soldiers.
I declare that the army will divide into 100,000 men to hide on both sides, and the remaining 50,000 men will confront the enemy head-on.
In a frontal attack, we must fight and retreat at the same time, drawing the enemy into our encirclement.
When the enemy enters, the troops on both sides will charge out and attack from three sides. Attack the enemy and capture Yu Ziling alive!"
"Next, I will make the following arrangements..."
……
Outside the city, Yu Ziling, wearing armor and with a fighting spirit in her eyes, looked at the majestic pass in front of her.
In front of us was a barrage of artillery fire, heavily bombarding the opposite city wall.
"Orders, stop attacking the city walls. Move the artillery forward a hundred steps and bombard the enemy troops inside the city to disrupt their formation!"
"As ordered!"
The Shenji Battalion continued to push the artillery forward.
Yu Ziling said again,
"The Southern Expeditionary Army has just gone out to fight. Where are their Shenji Battalion? Pull their artillery over here too. Don't let them sit idle."
"As ordered!"
The messenger immediately went to inform Jiang Shun and convey Yu Ziling's intention.
After hearing this, Jiang Shun thought it made sense, so he borrowed his own Shenji Battalion and pulled it to the front line to attack Guanli together with Yu Ying's Shenji Battalion.
At this time, the enemy troops inside the pass had just completed their deployment behind the city walls and in the surrounding military barracks and houses.
They had barely deployed when countless shells fell on their heads and houses.
The dense crowd was blown to pieces, with people screaming and howling.
"What's going on? What's going on?"
"Can the Yan army's artillery fire so far? How did they find our ambush location?"