coobybook Chapter 192 Fishing
Chapter 192 Fishing
"It seems that it is not easy." Xia Yuanchen realized that he was thinking too simply and no longer insisted.
He originally thought that as long as he could sneak into the city wall, he would send the enemy general to hell before tomorrow morning.
They left Xiangyang City, but did not rush home. Instead, they watched the movements of the Xiangyang city tower from afar.
The enemy held their ground and waited for their reinforcements.
Won’t the reinforcements arrive in three days? Anyway, they can afford to wait for three days.
If the reinforcements had not arrived, the person from last night would have been a real liar.
The enemy's caution made Xia Yuanchen give up climbing the wall.
He was thinking, if the enemy insisted on not fighting, and they started to attack the city by force tomorrow, how long would it take them to break through the city.
The siege could take anywhere from a few months to a year. It was not impossible that it could last for several years.
The last two times they recaptured Linzhou city, it was due to some luck.
To put it bluntly, it means that the enemy underestimated the enemy and dared not to fight head-on.
"We will proceed as planned tomorrow. If reinforcements from Northern Yan arrive to help..."
Jiang Yue: "Don't worry, Major General. If reinforcements from Northern Yan come to the border, General Ling will block them for us."
Xia Yuanchen: “That’s true.” It seems that while they are conquering the city, they also have to keep an eye on the wars in Youlan and other places in the distance, and go out for reinforcements when necessary.
Jiang Yue: "However, if we just attack head-on, our army will be at a disadvantage, and the time will be long and the generals will be tired and the soldiers will be injured. It is better to use a clever strategy in secret."
Xia Yuanchen: "Go on."
Jiang Yue whispered: "Fishing."
"Fishing?" Not only Xia Yuanchen, but also Wu Fei and Xue Wen beside him had a look of confusion on their faces.
Xia Yuanchen also lowered his voice and asked, "What is fishing?"
Jiang Yue: "This is not the place to talk. Let's discuss countermeasures when we get back to the camp."
...the next day,
The original plan was to attack the city.
Before the army set out, Xia Yuanchen left 15,000 soldiers to guard the camp, and another 5,000 selected strong generals from Donglin were responsible for attacking the city.
He handed over all his power to Jiang Yue.
Jiang Yue didn't care whether she was questioned or not.
After all, there were five thousand soldiers, and she could only command less than a thousand at most.
The major general's actions puzzled the soldiers.
But I heard the Major General say,
"Attacking the city is not the point, saving lives is the point."
These words almost moved the five thousand soldiers in front of him to tears.
Five thousand soldiers is a huge formation.
They were on their way, walking with great momentum.
When they arrived at the foot of the city wall, the enemy general, General Mo, looked at the mere 5,000 Donglin soldiers below the city wall with disdain.
"Humph, with just these few people, you dare to attack the city?"
He was thinking that Ling Yunxiao might have only left them five thousand when he left.
Last night, he sent out sentries to the Donglin military camp to check how many soldiers they still had.
However, the Donglin Army was too vigilant, and their sentinels had not returned since they went out last night.
At the same time, he thought of the scene last night, and his eyes glanced into the distance unconsciously.
I thought the Third Prince’s men would come again last night.
Xia Yuanchen did not join the crowd, but observed secretly. Although he could not see clearly, he saw what happened to General Mo and could not help but curl the corners of his lips slightly.
He never smiled before Helan Rui and Yuwen Che died.
Team leader Jiang Yue glanced at Xue Wen, who was usually a little unfocused, from horseback.
"Challenge!"
"Me? Challenge me?" Xue Wen had never done such a thing.
"Yes, challenge me!" Although Jiang Yue didn't think that General Mo would remember her as easily as General Luo who died, but there is always a chance of something happening. What if her voice was heard by the enemy general on the city wall?
Xue Wenmaer took a step forward, and a loud voice was heard from below the tower:
"Beiyan rat, who dares to fight me?"
After saying this, General Mo on the tower did not even raise his eyelids, and just said:
"Your courage is not worthy of fighting me!"
Xue Wen didn't make others angry, but he was the one who got angry first.
Wu Fei sighed and said aloud:
"My little boy from Beiyan, you have no home to return to. If you want to spend your remaining years in my city of Donglin, don't be afraid that you will die young. You won't live for more than ten days. You are showing off in front of your master. I don't know who gave you the guts to do that!"
"You!" General Mo was so angry.
They said he wouldn't live more than ten days, but he insisted on living to give them a try.
"Then wait and see. You may not know yet, but our reinforcements will be here soon."
General Mo remained undeterred and defended the city to the death.
As Jiang Yue expected, her challenge to a fight failed, and of course she didn't expect the enemy to come out to fight.
She gave an order,
"attack!"
As soon as the word came out, the ladders, catapults, siege vehicles, etc. used to attack the city were in place one by one.
The scene was somewhat shocking.
Above, the enemy's archers began to come in an endless stream, and they used boulders and rolling logs to block the attack.
This method of entering the city has been a common practice since ancient times.
Jiang Yue began to command the battle.
In the army, everyone, from the generals to the soldiers, was determined to win this battle.
However, the first day went against our wishes.
At the end of the day, the city of Xiangyang remained impregnable.
The next day, the situation was still the same, and there was no sign of slacking off in Xiangyang City.
They fought this battle with great weakness.
On the third day of siege, there was still no progress.
General Mo on the tower was worried but determined.
Donglin, today is the third day.
Even though he was told he wouldn't live more than ten days, he insisted on living well.
Three days later, Jiang Yue led his soldiers and suddenly withdrew.
"Soldiers, retreat, retreat quickly!"
"Why are they withdrawing their troops?" On the city wall, General Mo was confused.
Until he heard the sound of horses' hooves in the distance.
The leader, Xia Yuanchen, was leading a group of 5,000 soldiers who looked like enemy troops, holding high the enemy's flag.
If you ask them where so many enemy soldiers came from?
Part of it, of course, was worn by captured enemy soldiers, but later they took off all the armor.
Another part was dug out from a pile of dead bodies.
As soon as Xia Yuanchen arrived, he said:
"Soldiers, the Third Prince has ordered us to surround these Donglin soldiers and don't let them escape! Move quickly! The Third Prince's 10,000 soldiers will be here soon, and we can't let him down!"
"Retreat, everyone, retreat quickly!" Led by Jiang Yue, the army continued to retreat rapidly.
They appeared to be in a state of panic.
At this moment, the sound of horses driving by sounded like natural music to General Mo, which made his originally depressed heart suddenly brighten up.
"Hahaha, reinforcements have arrived. The Third Prince has brought reinforcements to rescue us."
He did not rush out immediately, but only observed carefully from the top of the city wall.
Until I saw the people brought by Jiang Yue were surrounded by Xia Yuanchen's men.
Some were even beheaded on the spot.
If you want to put on a show, of course you have to do it fully.
On the tower, General Mo's blood boiled, and he immediately ordered his two young generals to
"Take the men out and kill these cowards from Donglin."
As soon as he said this, he went down the city wall as well.
Jiang Yue and the others became increasingly panicked, and their steps of escape became disorganized.
Until they saw two young enemy generals leading five thousand enemy troops rushing out one by one, they calmed down their panic.