Chapter 39 Recovering Lost Ground
The battle lasted from dawn to early morning. Over several hours, the Liang army had lost more than half of it, and the rest was just to resist stubbornly. Fan Yi stood on the horse's back, unable to control his inner joy on his face. This anti-ambush battle has been carried out so far according to his design. The Guangyuan army outside the city was evenly matched with the defenders, and it was difficult to invade the city for a while. The Xuanjia Army in the city had been completely defeated, and the reason why it is still hard to support it is their commander.
Fan Yi stared at the figure and showed a weird smile. Whether the results of this battle can be expanded depends on whether he can capture the enemy coach alive, not to mention that the coach is still the prince of the enemy country!
"I'm going to decide you!" Fan Yi raised the scimitar and was about to order the battle to be completely over. He subconsciously looked towards the official residence. The sound of the battle came over there gradually subsided. It was thought that the killing of the sand halberd was coming to an end. But when Fan Yi thought that Yuchi Zong was also coming to get a share of his military achievements, he felt unhappy.
"I won't bother with you for the time being, and I'll deal with you when I return home!" Fan Yi turned his head and found that the fires surged into the sky in the south of the city, and the battle situation changed. What's going on? He didn't give an order, who dared to disobey the military order and act without authorization! Before Fan Yi could understand, the shouts of killing, which were higher than the waves, began to come into his ears continuously. Judging from the sound, this was not made by his own army!
Fan Yi's worries were correct. The battle in the south of the city changed from the bluff at the beginning to real swords and guns. The initial strategy of Guangyuan's army to lure the enemy changed after receiving the fireworks signal. Although he did not carry siege equipment, Yang Zhong had a premonition that the war in the city was stalemate and still ordered that the gatehouse would be seized. So, after sacrificing batches of soldiers, Guangyuan's army began to take the initiative in the battle in his own hands. Despite this, the resistance of the Tang Dynasty's army was still tenacious, and it would take some weeks to break the city in one fell swoop. What Yang Zhong never expected was that the fire suddenly caught on the top of Yinzhou city, and the fire became more and more fierce, causing the Tang Dynasty army to take care of themselves. Yang Zhong immediately ordered the army to charge. When the first stormtroopers arrived at the gate of the city, the city gate actually opened from the inside!
This is to lure the enemy into depth! Yang Zhong realized that he had been trapped and hurriedly wanted to withdraw his troops. Unexpectedly, a man and a horse flashed out of the city, white clothes and white horses, thin and white gauze covered his face. It seemed like a woman! She raised a flag in her hand and wrote the letter "Annan Bai Family".
Yang Zhong felt that he was dreaming, but what happened next told him that this was a dream, it would be a beautiful dream. The city gate opened and the fire on the top of the city became more and more prosperous. The Tang Shoujun and a group of unknown people were fighting, and the Tang Canglang flag on the top of the city were cut down one after another. It was really the Bai family who came to help! Yang Zhong immediately ordered the entire army to enter the city.
Fan Yi originally wanted to resist the Guangyuan army with the strong fortifications of Yinzhou City, but he had no hope of repelling the enemy. All he wanted was to hold the Liang army and let him free his hands to concentrate on dealing with the Xuanjia Army in the city. Therefore, the number of defenders deployed at the top of the city was not large, and more than half of the casualties had been killed or killed after a night of battle. Fan Yi took the right time and as long as the entire army pressed over, he would be able to defeat the Xuanjia Army and capture the thief commander alive. Then he would return to the defense of the south city, which would be a strategy of killing two birds with one stone. The strategy was indeed a superior strategy, and the time control was just right. The only mistake was that Fan Yi did not calculate that there would be reinforcements, and he did not expect that these reinforcements were all civilian armed forces of the Annan Bai family.
Originally, with the obstruction of the Ci'an Temple Tower, Fan Yi's battlefield and the south of the city were isolated, but after he ordered the tower to collapse with gunpowder, he opened the partitions between the two places with his own hands. Clever was mistaken by cleverness. Fan Yi watched the Guangyuan army running wildly from the south of the city, and felt a little disappointed. The troops under his command were more than enough to deal with the Xuanjia Army, which had been forced into a dead corner, but in the face of the Guangyuan Army's joining, the result was only a matter of difference.
"grown ups?"
Faced with the request of the deputy general, Fan Yi sneered. "You lead the army to block the attack. You must give me enough time. I must capture the Prince of Liang!"
Before the Tang army could take action, there were also besieging wars in the west and north of Yinzhou City. The sound of people neighing and horses approaching from afar. Fan Yi looked around in panic and wanted to determine who was the one, but suddenly he heard someone shouting, "Reinforcements are here!" A large number of Liang Dynasty troops appeared on all sides, only a gap in the north.
"grown ups!"
The deputy general's tone became even more anxious and urgent, and the situation on the battlefield suddenly changed. The victory that was originally within reach turned into his own life and death battle. With the addition of Guangyuan Army, the dying Xuanjia Army regained its combat effectiveness, and instead the Tang army began to retreat. The people's hearts on the battlefield were extremely important. When a very small number of soldiers collapsed in their psychological defenses and began to flee, they immediately spread throughout the army like a plague.
"Sir, if we don't leave, we will become prisoners of war!"
Fan Yi glared at the deputy general and wanted to scold him, but saw the Shaji tribe retreating from the official residence. Fan Yi was so angry that his teeth itched, and he spat, greeted Yuchi Zong eighteen times in his heart, but at the same time he also found a way out for himself.
"Sir, spies are coming to report that there are enemies in the north. If we don't leave, we will be wrapped up!"
Fan Yi was really unwilling to give up and was about to win. He could even see the high-ranking official and grandpa waving to him. The feather arrow shot into the Tang army from two directions. The soldiers' retreat made Fan Yi have to face the reality. "You are lucky this time, and I will have to repay you one day!" Fan Yi turned his head and ran towards the north of the city. He also encountered obstacles from the Liang army along the way, but the resistance was not great. He easily ran to the city gate. After killing the Liang soldiers guarding the city, he fled out of the city with his remaining troops.
As the Tang army retreated, the Han Dao Guards who were struggling in the official residence breathed a sigh of relief. Xuan Shaoning was so scared that he did not dare to put down the Junwu Sword. He always felt that the enemy had such an advantage was a trap; Duan Lang leaned against the railing and looked down with force. There were only a few soldiers standing still standing. He couldn't help but sigh that he had escaped. Shi Gong Zhengyuan was also unable to support him, and only a few arrows shot out had lost their accuracy. Even if the enemy rushed up at this moment, he was not sure whether he could pull the bow again; Ye Kai and Zhao Kexin, who were scattered in their hair, didn't care about their injuries. As long as King Yu was still alive, they would be satisfied.
King Yu didn't have time to sigh at the impermanence of fate. He understood the Guangyuan army who came to rescue him, but the sudden emergence of other "reinforcements" in the city surprised him.
"General!" Yang Zhong jumped off the horse hurriedly and asked in a very concerned tone: "After receiving the signal, he attacked the city with all his might. He never thought that the battle in the city was so fierce, so he was too late!" Yang Zhong was surprised that the Xuanjia Army was almost wiped out.
"It's okay, your ability to lead the army to arrive in time is also the key to turning the situation around the war."
"I dare not take credit, so the general is planning! I am able to arrange personnel in the city in advance as an internal supporter, and I admire it!"
"Insider?" King Yu repeated this word. Yang Zhong thought his statement was not accurate enough and hurriedly explained: "It was Annan Bai family. They were helping to open the city gate from the city so that their subordinates could lead Guangyuan army to arrive in time."
"So the unknown army that appeared in the city was the Bai family?"
"That's right!" A loud female voice caught the question of King Yu, and the white woman stepped forward and bowed: "The eldest daughter of Annan Bai's family - Bai Luoyao, see Your Highness King Yu, General Yang Zhong!"
"Please get up!" King Yu looked at the young woman and asked, "Did you open the city gate?"
"It was done by the little girl!"
"Then are you reinforcements in the city?"
"I dare not take reinforcements. The Bai family has a militia organization, but there are not many people. The movements in the city are just a few dozen people bluffing."
"It's amazing! The Bai family has made great contributions to the enemy by coming up with such a plan to force the enemy to retreat with such an illusion! But how did you enter the city to complete these deployments?"
Bai Luoyao smiled slightly and pointed at King Yu, "Your Highness might as well ask him."
The dusty Shi Gong Zhengyuan walked up and said, "Report to the general, this matter is all because of his subordinates secretly contacting the Bai family. The Bai family medicine shops are all over the country, and Yinzhou is naturally no exception. When his subordinates contacted his former classmate Luo Yao, he learned that he not only had a medicine shop in Yinzhou, but also had a secret passage to the outside of the city. He agreed with him that once the Bai family entered the city, he would use beacon as a signal."
"The reason why my Bai family dug secret passages in the medicine shop was for business. After all, Yinzhou was occupied by Xia Tang. In order to ensure the safety of goods and the funds, the Bai family spent several years digging out a secret passage connecting the city. They never thought that today's battle would come in handy." Bai Luoyao continued to explain: "But the secret passages are narrow after all, and it is impossible for a large army to pass. Even if the Bai family militia pass one by one, it will take some time. My father knew that he was unable to help in the war, so he sent me to lead all the male members of the Bai family into the city through the secret passages to provide immediate needs."
"Your needs are simply a divine weapon coming from the sky!" King Yu exclaimed, "If you hadn't helped you in time, today's battle will be a different matter."
"But how can the general not let the general know such important news?" Yang Zhong found that he had flattered him and gave him all the flattery.
"It's because of me!"
When everyone heard this, they turned to see Xuan Shaoning, who was covered in wounds and covered in blood. They thought they could suppress the restlessness in their hearts, but when the pair of bright eyes of the starry sky looked at them, the waves in their hearts could no longer be controlled! A year later, she felt that after several years, she was still as simple as she was, but there was a vague tenacity between her eyebrows. There were originally thousands of words, but now they all turned into silence.
Like Xuan Shaoning, Bai Luoyao felt uneasy when he saw his old friend again. Her breath began to be chaotic. The calmness and calmness of the year she had been extinguished in an instant. She wanted to call his name, but these three words were stuck in her throat. She only used her eyes to use the light waves to convey the complexity in her heart.
"Luo Yao is my classmate. This time I came to Annan, not far from the Bai family. The emperor wrote a private letter to Luo Yao. The Bai family has always been in love with the country. When he heard that we were going to recover Yinzhou, he decided to do his best. But at that time our army had already set off and had no time to inform the general, and all the mistakes were all on the last general!" After Xuan Shaoning said that, he knelt down and begged for military law to deal with it.
Shi Gong Zhengyuan knelt down without hesitation, saying in a simple sentence, "Please punish the general together!"
"It was also an accident that I could not tell you. I have said that if the Bai family had not helped, the result of this battle would be unpredictable. But even though our army has won, it would be a tragic victory. There are still many things to do next. I can't tell the truth to use military law!" King Yu looked at Yang Zhong and continued, "But you can reveal the military information at will, and you will still be fined one month's salary each!"
"Thank you, General!"
Except for Yang Zhong who was slightly dissatisfied, the rest of the people were relieved.
"Your Highness, there are too many wounded soldiers in this battle, so it is not time to transfer the goods. I have arranged for Baijia Yaozhuang to send all the pharmacists to treat it."
"Thank you so much!"
"Your Highness, you are polite. As the number one drug dealer in the Liang Dynasty, the Bai family must assume their due responsibilities at this moment!"
"It is a blessing for the family to have a daughter like this!" King Yu couldn't help but admire Bai Luoyao, and then changed the subject. "I won't talk much at this moment. General Yang is responsible for counting the casualties of Guangyuan Army. Geng Yan, Tong Xin, where is Zhan Ting?"
"The last general is here!" Geng Yan replied, but Shi Gong Zhengyuan and Xuan Shaoning looked at each other, unable to hide their grief. In the end, Shi Gong Zhengyuan spoke first, "The War Commander was crushed under the ruins. Although Shi Gong Zhengyuan rescued him, he is still unconscious."
"Report to the general.....President Tong died in battle..."
"Children's letter..." King Yu repeated his name and then calmly said, "Since that's the case, you two will be responsible for the Rust Claw Guard and the Han Dao Guard. Be sure to register every fallen soldier and find the body as much as possible. They cannot return to Mobei, but we living people must give them a belonging!"
"I will obey the order!" When they shouted this sentence, the two of them shouted hoarsely, and only this could they live up to their sacrifices.
Bai Luoyao knew very well that this was not the time to gather together to celebrate. Seeing Xuan Shaoning leave, he gathered his mind and began to treat the wounded.
When the news reached Dazhi City, Chen Gale was excited and immediately divided his troops to guard Yinzhou City, because this battle was really a tragic victory as King Yu said: the Han Dao Guard was almost wiped out except for the one who stayed at the tiger's mouth. The Rust Claw Guard lost more than half of the tower collapsed, and the Golden Armor Guard could not leave a thousand people. The 15,000 Xuan Armor Army was left in the end with less than three thousand people. Although the Guangyuan Army was better than the Xuan Armor Army, 10,000 people died in the battle in the siege; only the Annan Guard lost little, so the garrison of Yinzhou City could only be handed over to the Annan Guard.
The moment when King Yu took off his helmet and stepped onto the Yinzhou City Tower was exactly the rising sun. The fiery red sun poured infinite light on this land, leaving all the bloody killings last night. It wanted to show its sunny and harmonious side in front of the world. Killing has never been related to it, it belongs to the darkness. Chaoyang only wants people to see the positive side of life, but it does not know how the tragic memories can be forgotten by saying that they can be forgotten.
Chapter completed!