Chapter 143: The First Victory
Three days later, the guards who had been guarding in front suddenly hurried back.
"Lord Wang, no, a large number of troops have appeared in front of you coming this way!" The guard said anxiously.
"Lord Wang! It seems that the rebels and the Persian army are about to attack the city of Great Wei. Mr. Wen said.
Wei Yunxuan ordered everyone to immediately follow the originally planned plan, and Wei Yunxuan and Han Xuening began to return to the back of the Grand Canyon.
"Lord Wang! It seems that we didn't let the refugees who passed the checkpoint go back before, and those spies in Liangzhou City also managed to go back to report, it is estimated that they don't know that we have set up an ambush here! Han Xuening said to Wei Yunxuan.
"That's right! He also said that Xue Ning was thoughtful, and besides, the archers we were ambushing in the woods wore clothes that blended in with the surrounding environment, even if those fake refugees passed by, they couldn't find it. Wei Yunxuan is still quite confident in this plan.
The two returned to the camp behind the Grand Canyon, and the personnel in front kept reporting the situation.
The 2,000 elite soldiers led by Wu Tong and Ma roughly were also ready, and as soon as those rebels and Persian troops came, they would be the vanguard to attack head-on.
"General! The army ahead is less than two miles away! "The spies came back again.
"Good! Keep watching! ”
After the spies left, Wu Tong said roughly to Ma: "Roughly brother! In a moment, we must take them by surprise and force them to the edge of the woods on both sides of the road. Then, the brothers who were lying in ambush in the woods made them suffer again! ”
For this battle, Wutong is very confident.
Besides, of the more than 2,000 people he brought out of the mountains, only a few dozen people died, and these were his father's old subordinates, and he must avenge this revenge.
The horse was roughly on the horse, with a large sword in his hand, and was ready to fight against the enemy.
With a giant spear in hand and a giant bow and crossbow on his back, Wu Tong and his brothers were ready to face the rebels and the Persian army.
The spies in front came to report again, "General! The army in front was less than five hundred meters from this side. ”
Wutong looked from afar, a few hundred meters ahead, densely packed with soldiers, some soldiers were still holding big flags, and the four big characters of 'Persian Empire' on them were particularly conspicuous.
The ranks of the Persian army were getting closer and closer to them, and when they were less than two hundred meters away from their side, Wu Tong gave an order, and he and Ma rushed forward with two thousand elite soldiers and fought with each other.
The drums on the battlefield were thunderous, and the two sides were fighting together, although the Persian army had at least 20,000 troops, but Wutong's elite soldiers were all ruthless characters, and they were brave enough to kill.
The 20,000 army was divided into several sections by the army roughly led by Wutong and Ma, and the two sides were killed together.
Wu Tong led a group of brothers to drive the Persian army towards the edge of the woods, and when the Persian army was less than fifty meters away from the woods, Wu Tong shouted, and all the elite soldiers retreated.
The horses are also retreating quickly!
The Persians thought that the other side could not defeat them, and they were afraid, and a large number of troops rushed forward.
At this time, a large number of archers suddenly appeared in the woods on both sides, and these two thousand archers took turns shooting arrows at the Persian army.
The Persian army suffered numerous casualties, and some of the Persian soldiers who rushed through the rain of arrows fell into the trap that Li Jingrong was responsible for when they rushed forward.
In this way, the Persians lost almost half of their army.
Wutong and Ma roughly pursued the victory, and the elite soldiers who had just retreated began to fight with the remaining remnants of the army, coupled with the archers constantly firing arrows, in less than an hour, the 20,000 soldiers and horses of the Persians were almost completely wiped out.
The remaining hundreds of people have fled quickly!
Everyone was happy to see the rest of the Persian army fleeing.
Wei Yunxuan and Han Xuening also rode over from the other side of the canyon.
Because he won this big battle, and almost wiped out the attacking Persian army with absolute superiority, Wutong was very happy.
"Lord Wang! Let's finally raise our eyebrows, it's so refreshing to kill the enemy just now! Wu Tong said, and raised the bloodstained spear in his hand.
Mr. Wen said: "Although we have won a big victory this time, we should not take it lightly, the Persians and the rebels have a total of 300,000 soldiers, and now they have lost 20,000, and they know that we have set up traps and ambushes here, and they will be more careful next time they come to attack." ”
Mr. Wen is right, there are as many as 300,000 Persian troops and rebels around Liangzhou City, and Wei Yunxuan's side is only 40,000 people in total.
Wei Yunxuan said: "This great victory has also extinguished the prestige of the Persians, let's celebrate the victory tonight." In addition, send a team of men to deal with the casualties on the battlefield, and then send people to keep an eye on the front. Just in case they come to sneak up at night. ”
Li Jingrong was also very happy for the trap he led and dug just now to make many Persian soldiers fall into it, and said that he must celebrate tonight.
The group entered Wei Yunxuan's tent and began to drink to celebrate, and everyone was very happy for this first victory.
For although the Persians were defeated, no one dared to take it lightly, and they were not drunk.
The next day everyone got up early, and after breakfast, Ma roughly came to report the casualties of yesterday's battle.
The Persians suffered more than 10,000 casualties, and Wei Yunxuan's soldiers and horses suffered less than 500 casualties.
In the palace of Great Wei City, the news of the defeat of the Persians by the army led by Wei Yunxuan has reached the emperor.
In the court, Emperor Wei Zhaoji said: "Although the city of Liangzhou was captured, the army led by King Yun dealt a severe blow to the Persians on the main road from Liangzhou to the city of Great Wei, and the Persian army suffered heavy casualties. It seems that the Persians are just around the corner to drive the Persians out of the Great Wei Kingdom! ”
His son won a great victory, and the emperor was of course very happy.
At this time, the eldest prince Wei Yunpeng said: "Father! The third brother is indeed a genius who leads troops to fight, it is better to take advantage of the morale of the third brother's army to rise now, and the father and emperor ordered the third brother to lead the troops to pursue the victory and recover the lost Liangzhou City. As long as the third brother guards Liangzhou City, I don't think the Persian army can break it! ”
Many of the court's henchmen were Wei Yunpeng's henchmen, and as soon as Wei Yunpeng raised his opinions, they all said yes.
Some of the other ministers did not dare to disobey the will of the eldest prince, so they could only refrain from expressing their opinions.
The emperor saw that almost everyone agreed with the opinion of the eldest prince, and there was no one who objected, so he said: "Good! Just do what the prince wants. Come here, immediately issue an order, let King Yun lead the troops to recover Liangzhou City! ”
After the emperor's personal eunuch received the decree, he immediately took a cadre of entourage guards out of the palace with the holy decree and went straight to the west gate.
Wei Yunxuan's troops had been waiting for two more days behind the Grand Canyon, and there was no movement from Liangzhou City.
He knew that the Persians had suffered a big loss in the last battle, and this time they would not act rashly.
Suddenly, his guards came to report that the emperor's personal father-in-law had come to read the holy decree.
Wei Yunxuan, Han Xuening, Mr. Wen, Wu Tong, Ma Kuo and other generals all went out and knelt to receive orders.
The father-in-law took out the holy decree and began to read it: "Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict said, King Yun won the first battle of the Persians, and the special prize was 10,000 taels of gold and 2,000 palace maids." The special Yun King is a crusade against the boss and is limited to recover Liangzhou City within one month! ”
"Emperor Xie, long live the emperor, long live long live!"
The father-in-law gave the holy decree to Queen Yun and left.
"Lord Wang! The emperor actually told us to recover Liangzhou within a month! Mr. Wen was a little puzzled and a little angry.