coobybook Chapter 198 The city gates are wide open?
Chapter 198 The city gates are wide open?
Marching along the official road, the army was in good order and continued to march northward.
The horse's hooves moved powerfully. Xia Yuanchen sat high on the horse and hooked his hand at Jiang Yue behind him.
Jiang Yue rode the horse a few steps faster, "Major General, do you have anything to say?"
Xia Yuanchen curled his lips slightly and said, "Jiang Yue, this march is all thanks to you. This credit will be remembered by this general."
Jiang Yue: "As a soldier of Donglin, it's my duty."
"You are young, but you are much more stable than me." Xia Yuanchen said as he checked the household registration.
"Where are you from?"
"Chuanshui County." Jiang Yue told the truth. She never expected that the young general wanted to talk to her just to chat.
The two of them talked and laughed along the way, and as a result, the entire marching team became lively.
The soldiers also gathered together and began to talk about the past...
While Jiang Yue and Xia Yuanchen were talking,
"Major General, why don't you see Ah Huang?"
"I left it in Xiangyang City. What was that stupid dog doing following me?" Xia Yuanchen didn't like dogs before.
It should be said that he still had some aversion to dogs, but the appearance of Ah Huang changed his attitude towards dogs.
But now, I don’t want to see Ah Huang again.
Jiang Yue just smiled faintly and didn't ask any more questions.
…Nearly 20,000 soldiers set out in the morning, and wherever they went, they did not see any trace of the enemy.
Even if there is, it is hidden in some unknown forest.
Because the county town had no city walls, the enemy general stationed in the local county town had long since fled and disappeared.
If you don't run, you will become a prisoner.
When they came to the third county town, Jiang Yue and others started to cook.
For lunch, Wu Fei took out the wild rabbit that they had not had time to eat yesterday, and the food for the three of them improved again.
As usual, the soldiers continued on their journey after lunch.
The journey was relatively smooth.
Even though there were some enemy troops hiding on the road, they did not dare to provoke them.
The army marched neither hurriedly nor slowly. In the evening, when they were near the outskirts of Yongquan County, Xia Yuanchen gave the order to set up camp.
The new camp is located in a spacious area, easy to defend and difficult to attack.
That night, Xia Yuanchen called Jiang Yue and four of his generals to discuss matters in the tent.
"In my opinion, we should arrive at the city of Yongquan early tomorrow morning and catch the enemy off guard!" Xia Yuanchen has always been able to dispatch troops early and never late.
He liked the feeling of sitting on horseback and killing enemies, even though he was covered in wounds every time.
Therefore, he was also impatient to attack the city.
Jiang Yue: "It's impossible to be caught off guard. The official road we took on the way forward, it's impossible that the enemy didn't notice it."
Lieutenant General Sun Shao: "Major General, in my opinion, it is better to act now."
Lieutenant General Yao Sheng: "We should act now to catch them by surprise."
Lieutenant Generals Zheng Yi and Zheng Er also nodded in agreement, they all wanted to end the battle quickly.
"Sun Shao, use your brains. If you don't rest, the enemy will take advantage of us and we will suffer losses." Xia Yuanchen said, looking at Jiang Yue.
"Jiang Yue, let's attack early tomorrow morning."
Jiang Yue thought for a moment, "Major General, who is the enemy general Yongquan? Have you ever met him?"
"He's just an unknown little general." Xia Yuanchen has always been arrogant and doesn't take any enemy troops seriously.
He also didn't know who Yongquan's enemy general was.
"If we persuade them to surrender, we can avoid casualties." Jiang Yue always liked to capture a city by wits without sacrificing a single soldier.
She never liked war.
"Persuade the enemy general to surrender?" Xia Yuanchen nodded, then shook his head, "I'm afraid it will be difficult."
In his opinion, most of the enemy generals were stubborn and most of them deserved to die.
"Report——"
At this moment, a sentry knelt on one knee and appeared outside the tent.
Following Xia Yuanchen's words, "Speak!"
The sentry reported back:
"The gates of Yongquan County are wide open, and there is not a single garrison guarding it!"
"Hmm?" Xia Yuanchen's eyes turned slightly.
"Could it be that the enemy general Yongquan also abandoned the city and fled?"
After hearing this, Sun Shao could no longer hold back.
"Major General, perhaps it's because the enemy general in Xiangyang was hung upside down on the city wall by you, and the enemy general in Yong'an was simply scared away by your reputation."
Yao Sheng: "I am willing to go and recapture Yong'an."
"Don't worry!" Xia Yuanchen's temperament had long since changed from being reckless to being cautious.
"I'm afraid it's not that simple. The enemy is trying to lure us into a trap. If the enemy uses an empty city strategy to lure us into the city, it will probably cause unnecessary casualties!"
Jiang Yue was also thinking seriously. She asked the sentry,
"Is there any observation in Yongquan City to see if there are any enemy troops moving around?"
"No." The sentry replied, "The people live and work in peace and contentment, and are thriving."
"Live and work in peace and contentment?" Jiang Yue had not thought of this.
The first thing that came to her mind was the Empty City Strategy.
She admitted that her mentality at the moment was the same as Sima Yi's. If it came to a critical moment, she would of course choose to protect herself.
She asked the sentry again,
"Have we found anything outside our army? Are there any enemy spies?"
"Nothing has been found."
Jiang Yue made a suggestion based on his thoughts: "Major General, follow my instructions and surround them but don't attack."
"Yes, surround them but don't attack, cut off their food and water!" Xia Yuanchen continued.
"General, just surrounding without attacking won't work." Jiang Yue expressed his concerns.
"Is the enemy trying to lure our Donglin Army into attacking and setting up an ambush to kill them? Or is it trying to buy time and wait for their reinforcements? Our army has no idea."
"No one knows when the reinforcements from Northern Yan will arrive. If it's the former, we can still fight them off, but if it's the latter... I'm afraid our army will suffer heavy casualties."
She had heard at that time that the enemy reinforcements would arrive in a month, but now the time has not come yet.
However, the battlefield was changing rapidly, and the prince from Donglin was too dangerous in her opinion.
Xia Yuanchen: "That's right."
He also thought of this.
He weighed the pros and cons, and followed up on Jiang Yue's words, "Tomorrow, you will take a team of people and personally enter Yongquan City to spy on the truth!"
In this case, if an ambush is set in the city, on the one hand, since the team is small in number, the enemy is likely to remain silent and continue to lure the rest of the people in.
Secondly, even if the team encounters danger, they can rush to help at the first time.
Disadvantage: Too dangerous.
If anything happens to Jiang Yue, both Brother Ling and Lieutenant General Zhang will blame her.
After all, Jiang Yue's abilities are there, and no one dislikes her.
After thinking about it, his eyes darkened slightly.
"You must pay attention to safety. In everything, save your life first! If anything happens to you, I will be guilty of a great sin."
"Don't worry, young general!" Jiang Yue clasped his fists and retreated. He immediately found his own Xuanwu Army.
Straight to the point, he informed them of the upcoming adventure.
When the Xuanwu Army heard this, they knew that they would not be able to rest in peace.
"Can we come back alive?" Wu Fei's question caused the atmosphere among the soldiers to suddenly become gloomy.
"I don't know if I can still write to my family. I want to write a suicide note." This was the first time that Xue Wen had such a serious moment.
Song Jie lowered his eyes: "I want to get married."
As soon as he finished speaking, he was met with laughter, which broke the dullness.
Wu Ding patted Song Jie's forehead and said, "Have a dream tonight."