Chapter 92 Thorn Gou II
The name of Toypai Mountain is rumored to have issued orders here after Jiang Taigong founded the country in the east after the founding of the country, and when he attacked Laiyi in the east.
The straight road of Qin and Han dynasties at the foot of this mountain is the only way to go from west to Donglai County.
When Gou Xi learned from the prisoners that Liu Yu led 5,000 Donglai troops to arrive at Toyama Mountain, he felt very happy.
Toykan Mountain Control strangles the important traffic roads, and the Donglai Army must want to build camps in advance based on the mountain situation.
Although attacking the narrow mountain will cause a large number of casualties, Gou Xi interrogated the prisoners of the Donglai Army and felt that Liu Yu and the Donglai Army were just some desperate stubborn bandits.
If you fill more lives by yourself, the Donglai Army will undoubtedly be defeated.
After all, more people die, and most of them are the soldiers of the powerful families. The more they die, the fewer the forces that are restricted.
Moreover, Gou Xi just got the news that the refugees in Dunqiu, Yanzhou were already in great power, and someone in the Luoyang court had already proposed to ask the Youzhou Governor Wang Jun to send troops to encircle and suppress the enemy.
Although he was temporarily suppressed by Sima Yue, who was afraid of Wang Jun, Yanzhou was too close to the Luoyang center and it was inevitable that the refugees would continue to rage.
If he cannot return to Yanzhou quickly, he may eventually have to let Wang Jun send troops south. By then, his idea of re-control of Yanzhou will be dashed.
So this time, when attacking Donglai Liu Yu, Gou Xi urgently wanted to fight and decide quickly.
He was afraid that Liu Yu would take a lot of time to clear the wild turtle in the city before, and he might even be forced to withdraw his troops due to the snowy weather in Donglai County.
At this time, it seemed that Liu Yu had dared to fight against him with only 5,000 troops in the field, and this was completely sent to death.
However, Gou Xi's expected battle to attack Tomb Mountain did not happen, because when he led the forward to arrive, he found that the Donglai army here had retreated eastward, leaving only an empty camp.
Gou Xi immediately sent cavalry to pursue and investigate, and found that the Donglai Army had retreated ten miles east and was about to retreat to Luxiangcheng...
Gou Xi immediately led 2,000 cavalry to pursue lightly, and finally chased some of the rear troops of the Donglai Army. The two sides fought briefly and fiercely. Finally, before the other Donglai troops arrived to support, Gou Xi led the cavalry to retreat. In this battle, Gou Xi's cavalry of the Ya Army killed more than 20 people at the cost of less than 20 casualties.
Gou Xi felt that although there were not many gains in this battle, it greatly affected the morale of the Donglai Army. Until Gou Xi's rear army arrived, the Donglai Army in the city had always dared to go out of the city to harass him.
By the hour of You, Gou Xi's troops, with more than 40,000 people, surrounded Luxiangcheng on three sides, leaving only the east side empty, giving the illusion that the Donglai army in the city could escape at any time.
In fact, as long as the Donglai army in the city abandons the city and flies east, Gou Xi’s two thousand cavalrymen can easily catch up with the fleeing infantry and give devastating damage.
In Luxiang City.
Dong Ping, who was responsible for the command of the palace when the withdrawal was in charge of the palace, was lying on the couch with a pale face, and a bloody wound appeared on his exposed shoulders.
"Okay, I've finished cleaning. Remember to use this alcohol to scrub each time I change the dressing cloth."
After Liu Yu wrapped the medicine cloth for Dong Ping himself, he said to Dong Ping's close body movement.
"Ji Xing, these Gou Xi's cavalry are indeed sharp, it's a pity for those dead brothers."
Dong Ping said with annoyance.
"It's common for victory or defeat, no need to worry about it."
"I don't know if the Linzi tycoons tonight said that they could succeed in assassinating Gou Xi."
"Let's wait and see."
According to Xue Qi, the powerful Qingzhou will pretend to be a sneak attack by the Donglai Army tonight, which will cause signs of turmoil in the camp. At that time, Gou Xi, who is rigorous in the army, will lead the army to suppress it. The powerful Qingzhou will send people to approach in the dark and use excellent archers to snipe Gou Xi. The chance of success is very high. Even if it cannot be successful, the Donglai Army in the city can also take advantage of the chaos to raid Gou Xi's camp.
Although Liu Yu agreed to this plan, no matter whether these powerful men assassinate Gou Xi successfully or not, he would not lead his army out of the city to raid now.
Because the strength of Gou Xi's troops has exceeded the expectations of the Donglai Army, if there is no advantage in defending the city, it may be difficult to defeat Gou Xi's troops, which are twice as many as his in field battles.
At the second update, Gou Xi, who had just fallen asleep, was suddenly awakened by a noise.
"Comeone, what happened."
Gou Xi turned over and the armor that had not taken off his body made a squeaking sound of armor pieces rubbing.
"Lord, there is a fire coming from the direction of the North and South Camps. My subordinates have sent someone to check it out."
A personal guard immediately rewarded him outside the tent.
Gou Xi immediately put on a thick cloak, took his long sword and walked out of the camp to check.
I saw large fires flashing from the military camp where Gou Xi was on the north and south sides of the camp where Gou Xi was at the same time, and waves of noisy sounds came from the night sky.
Soon, the soldiers who went to check came back and reported that the Second Battalion of North and South had been attacked by small groups of Donglai Army in the city. Although the losses were not large, there was a riot in the battalion and the turmoil had not been completed yet.
When Gou Xi heard this, although it was a small group of enemy attacks that would not cause much damage, soldiers who had been marching for more than 20 miles and had continuously built camps were extremely prone to whistling in such night attacks. If handled improperly, tens of thousands of soldiers would even collapse without fighting.
The two camps in the north and south were all from the powerful Qingzhou. These people had little experience in fighting. Gou Xi did not dare to be careless and led hundreds of his cavalry to command the bullets and suppress the riots.
After a while, Gou Xi led his army to Beiying. The camp was noisy and many people were running back and forth. Some were going to pick up water to put out the fire tents, some went to search for the horses that were running away, and some were just panicking and meaninglessly wandering around.
Under the leadership of the governor of Beiying, Gou Xi's guards began to line up in an orderly line to suppress the riots, just when everyone was calm because of the arrival of the Lord General.
Suddenly, a scream rang out from Gou Xi's side.
A guard beside Gou Xi was shot in the face by a feather arrow and fell to the ground and screamed in pain.
"There is an assassin"
"Protect the Lord"
"General, be careful"
"Lord, be careful"
The guards beside Gou Xi instantly made a warning sound, but it was too late. At least five feather arrows shot Gou Xi from different directions.
The personal soldiers who rushed forward surrounded Gou Xi in the center. After hearing the shouts, the other personal soldiers who were originally suppressing the riots had to gather around immediately.
A group of guards protected Gou Xi, whose body was already soft, and retreated towards the direction of the Central Military Camp.
"Why don't you order to intercept it?"
One person hiding from the shadows said to another person.
"I just saw clearly that Gou Xi was hit by five arrows, and two arrows hit the face, so he would definitely not be able to survive. And if we lead our troops to intercept Gou Xi's guards, if we cannot wipe out all these elite soldiers, it would be exposed. In this way, it can be said that it was a sneak attack by the Donglai bandits."
The man continued, "And, haven't you noticed it? We have already raised fire as a sign. Why has the Donglai army in the city not yet left the city to attack?"
"you mean"
"Do you think that the only one who wants our life is Gou Xi. If we fight with Gou Xi himself, I'm afraid the Donglai bandits in this city will benefit the fisherman."
"What should I do now?"
"The camp will be closed and the news of Gou Xi's death will be spread soon."
Chapter completed!