Chapter 641 Encirclement
Union camp.
Xiao Sa looked at the faintly visible Yunzhou City with a gloomy expression.
Since the coalition army arrived at the city of Yunzhou, they have been sieging the city for five consecutive days, but today is the sixth day. Like the previous five days, from morning to night, the coalition still could not break the city of Yunzhou. The city in front of them was Yunzhou. It was like an iron wall.
At the beginning, he thought that Xiao Ming's army was only relying on the advantage of firearms, but in the face of such powerful weapons and slow reloading, he thought that he could eliminate the disadvantage with the number of people.
It was only after a few days of fierce battle that he gradually realized that things were not as simple as he thought. Compared with firearms, the soldiers in Yunzhou City made people even more fearful that the soldiers were not afraid of death and were indomitable.
After the soldiers of the coalition army climbed to the front of the city, they were faced with a icy bayonet that was more terrible than a musket.
In the past few days, not only has he become a little restless, but Cui Huai and Zhao Ang are also in a state of unease. In their common sense, the coalition forces that gather the elite of the three kings will easily take Yunzhou City, but now the time is running out. The longer it dragged on, the morale in the camp dropped to the extreme, and soldiers kept running away.
Just when he was irritable, he suddenly saw a fire in the west of the camp, and instantly, his heart was cold.
After a while, Zhao Ang came in a hurry, and he said impatiently: "The grain we brought here from Kaizhou was robbed, and the cavalry in Yunzhou City burned the grain and grass."
At this time, Cui Huai was also alerted and rushed over. He said angrily: "Your Zhao State's black armored cavalry is really a waste. The so-called first cavalry of the Great Yu State can't even protect food and grass."
Zhao Ang looked embarrassed. The food and grass transported from Kaizhou had always been protected by their black armored cavalry, but it was sixty miles from Kaizhou to the coalition camp. How could their 40,000 cavalry protect such a long food route? of the.
During the few days of the siege, the cavalry of Yunzhou City often attacked the grain and grass by means of a small group of cavalry. These days his soldiers are also exhausted, and now he is also annoyed by Cui Huai's reprimand.
"This general's black armored iron cavalry is a waste, and your Yan army is even more waste. It has been five days since the siege, and you can capture an inch of the city wall of Yunzhou City. This time, it is just for profit, not sincere, not determined.
Cui Huai's eyes were red, like the eyes of a crazy beast. The battle was unfavorable, and the soldiers were severely damaged. The ceremony of enthronement had been completed today, but they could not step into Yunzhou City.
Now even if he captures Yunzhou City and returns, he cannot explain to King Yan.
While the two were arguing, suddenly a cavalryman came to the camp in the dark of night and shouted: "The king of Liang is urgent, the king of Liang is urgent."
Xiao Sa suddenly had a bad premonition when he heard the words, and he hurriedly ordered people to put the messengers in.
As he rode his horse to the front of the tent, the ordering soldier gave an order and said urgently: "King Yong sent a large army to attack Liangdi, and now it is approaching Qingzhou. King Liang has an order, ordering His Highness to lead his troops to clear the siege immediately, without delay!"
"King Yong!" The second prince's face was ashen, with a trace of panic in his eyes, he immediately said to the lieutenant: "Now the teacher will return to Qingzhou immediately!"
Hearing this, Cui Huai stood in front of the second prince and said, "Xiao Sa, are you going to break the covenant?"
Xiao Sa knew very well the current situation of Liang Guo. If Yong army attacked with all their strength, Liang country would not be able to support it. Moreover, with Xiao Ming's support, Yong army was equipped with a large number of firearms.
He pushed Cui Huai away and said, "If Liang Guo died, what's the use of this covenant!"
After that, he walked out of the tent and ordered Liang Jun to turn back.
"There's no reason, there's no reason for this!" Cui Huai was shocked and angry. The moment Liang's army left, it meant that the coalition army lost half of its strength. Now that the elites of the Yan army have been lost, it is impossible to fight this battle.
Zhao Ang had already had the intention of retreating, and upon seeing this, he said, "General Cui, Liang Jun has left, and this coalition has already existed in name only, so I am sorry that this general will not accompany him."
When the words fell, he also went out of the big tent and assembled the cavalry to escape back to Chang'an.
Cui Huai watched helplessly as the Second Prince and Zhao Ang left, his heart was icy cold, this time the coalition failed, Xiao Ming would definitely attack the State of Yan to vent his anger.
Slumped on the ground, Cui Huai was at a loss.
Yunzhou City.
Niu Ben also got news from Bingzhou City.
After reading Chen Xinran's letter, Niu Ben said: "Everything is within His Highness's plan. Now that the city of Bingzhou has been destroyed, the second prince who has received the news will inevitably return to Qingzhou. As a result, the alliance of the three kings will fall apart. The army marched forward, annihilated the incoming enemy in one fell swoop, and seized Kaizhou, Bianzhou and other royal cities occupied by King Yan."
The generals in the camp are gearing up for each other, and now it's time for them to show off their skills, and Lu Fei is the most active. He said, "General, give an order."
At this time, Niu Ben looked around in a serious circle, he said: "After a long day of fighting, I would have known that you are all tired, but if you don't take advantage of tonight's encirclement of the Three Kings Allied Forces, these troops will flee, and now Lu Fei is facing the front. The coalition army camp left, Luo Hong and Ye Qingyun surrounded the coalition army camp from the left and right sides, fireworks were the number one, success or failure was determined by this."
"Yes, General." All the generals roared in unison.
The generals left the camp and immediately gathered their soldiers and chariots out of the three city gates, taking advantage of the darkness to move towards the coalition camp.
At this time, Qi Guangyi and Bai Mu also returned from outside the city. Seeing such a big movement, the two immediately understood what they were doing.
They found Niuben for the first time.
"General, are you ready to fight back?" Qi Guangyi asked.
Niu Ben glanced at the terrain on the sand table, he said to Bai Mu: "Bai Mu, you immediately lead 20,000 cavalry to the back of the coalition camp to block the retreat of the Yan army and Zhao army, Qi Guangyi, you immediately lead 20,000 cavalry to the They left with Chen Xinran and set up an ambush on the official road leading to Gyeongju to annihilate the Liang army."
"Yes, General." The two of them immediately summoned the cavalry.
On the moonlit night, all the troops in Yunzhou City were mobilized, and Niu Ben personally went into battle this time. If this time successfully encircled and wiped out the Allied Forces of the Three Kings, the Kingdom of Yan and the Kingdom of Liang would soon be enfeoffed and included in the territory.
After a little thought, Niu Ben went into battle himself. This night attack was too important to have any mistakes.
Riding out from the west gate, Niu Ben entered the central army where Lu Fei was.
At this time, all the soldiers of the Central Army remained silent, and no soldier made a noise. This time, what they wanted was a surprise.
The twenty-mile road was not long, and within an hour, the coalition camp appeared in front of everyone.
The cavalry hunters in the army passed the news back and forth. After getting the white wood around and all the troops on the left and right in place, Niu Ben took out his sword and shouted: "Kill!"