Chapter XXIV VI The Remnants of the Battle
The battle under the city of Celis continued as usual.
Later historians have varied their evaluations of the commanders involved in this war, with the main contradictions focusing on the command of Epger after his successful entry into the Dils Mountains and the way Ulysses dealt with the solitary army. They have different views and argue with each other. However, all historians have a surprisingly unanimous assessment of the Yaqui commander Vandalru, who fought endlessly under the city of Sillis - a lack of flexibility, a complete follow-up to Epger's original plan, and a complete lack of flexibility, and it can even be said that a large part of the responsibility for the defeat of the Yaki army was actually due to Vandaro's slow response.
But in fact, this assessment is somewhat unjust to Vandarru. First of all, his role as Everger's lieutenant is enough to show that he is not a mediocre talent, because it is impossible for a brave general like Everger to tolerate an incompetent person as his deputy, and just looking at Everger's courage to hand over nearly half of the entire army to him for command is enough to prove Everger's trust in him. Secondly, and Vandarlu has been the deputy general of the brave general for a long time, precisely because his calm and solid military methods are a good compensation for Ivjie's relative rashness, but it also proves that Vandarlu is a cautious person. In the face of Epger's battle plan, he carried it out thoroughly. Ulysses raids behind enemy lines, then ramps up the siege with the enemy's morale greatly damaged, and no matter which of the two armies opens the situation first, he can attack the remaining city with allies on both sides. Therefore, although the attack and defense of the city of Sillis were quite difficult, Vandharu calmly continued the siege battle. In his concept, if he tried his best to hold back the defenders of the city of Silis. Then the pressure on Epger and Ulysses would be greatly reduced, and that alone would already have great strategic value.
It was also suggested that after the city of Horol was captured by Xenas. If Vandalus had divided his forces to attack, Isenas would not have been able to hold on. Then the grain route of the city of Horus will be opened again, and the defeat of the Yaki army can be avoided after that. In fact, it is precisely because Vandharu is not a mediocre general that he did not do so. Because he knew the dangers of dispersing his forces, and at the same time, with his ability, he could certainly complete the task of capturing the city of Heruhr, but in this case, there was no one to take over the siege of the city of Sillis. Of course, he would not give up a nearby target that had been attacking continuously for a long time because he was going to attack a distant target. And judging from the intelligence at the time, neither the quality nor the quantity was enough to convince Vandalu that there were no more reinforcements for Xenas in the city of Horul. In fact, there is no need for more explanations to prove how capable Vandarru is, just look at how many days he has been fighting against a veteran of the battlefield like Gernath in Silis City, although he has never been able to capture Silis City, Gernarth is also tired of coping and does not dare to slack off. You can deduce the strength of Vandharu. Moreover, it is worth mentioning that in the long period of unsuccessful siege, there was not a single deserter under Vandalu's men, and the morale remained high, which was by no means something ordinary ordinary generals could do.
Vandalu was also very distressed, as Evger's attack on the south of the city had failed, which could have been felt without intelligence, as evidenced by the cheers of the Tyrsian army. The failure of the commander's operation worried Wangdarlu, but Li Tianhao kept the news tightly sealed. The news of the death of Ivjie and the other Yaki generals did not reach the ears of the Yaki army in the north of the city, so Vandharu always waited for Evjie's comeback with a glimmer of hope. But the waiting process was unexpectedly long.
This seemingly endless wait has finally come to an end. For in the early morning of that day, the head of the city announced loudly the news of the death of Epger and others and the capture of Ulysses, and declared that all the Yaqui troops that had entered the mountains of Dils had been annihilated.
Yakijun was shocked when he got the news. Even Vandharu himself couldn't believe it. Later, Gernas sent someone to return the corpses of a group of generals led by Ivger, which convinced Vandharu that his beloved general and many of his colleagues had indeed been killed. Grief-stricken, Vandalu immediately ordered an all-out siege of the city. But at this time, the morale of the Yaki army has been hit by an irreparable blow, and the effect of the attack is getting worse and worse every time.
In fact, Vandarru knew that there was no hope of victory. The purpose of his intensified attack was actually to paralyze the enemy army, and secretly he had already begun to prepare for a retreat. However, the news that came next completely deprived him of a long time to withdraw his troops. Because it is reported that Li Tianhao has sent troops from Horur City to Hekum City!
If the city of Highum is lost, Vandalru will not only lose the base for supplies in the rear. It will also cause these tens of thousands of Yaki troops to fall into the encirclement of the enemy army, and the numerical superiority will soon be destroyed by starvation. Therefore, Vandalu knew the danger and had to urgently retreat to the city of Highcum.
The retreat was unusually arduous, and Gernus completely routed Yaqui's rearguard with a well-timed attack, and then followed the pursuers all the way. Had it not been for the ambush set up by Vandalu to discourage Gernas, the Yaki army would likely have been completely routed by the pursuers.
Having managed to escape the pursuit of Gernas, Vandallu's vanguard was soon met with a resistance from the Dils rebels. Although the scale was small and the casualties were extremely minor, the psychological impact on the soldiers was severe. This undoubtedly proves that the Tyrsian army has been stationed in the city of Haiqom and is doing its best to prevent the Yaki army from returning. Knowing that he had lost the opportunity, Vandharu led his troops to advance towards the city of Highum at a rapid pace while arranging the operational strategy of the troops behind the palace.
After a long journey, Vandallu's vanguard forces finally approached the city of Highcomb, but at this time they were ambushed by Li Tianhao!
The battle was won and lost from the start. Vandallu's troops were already exhausted from the long march, while Li Tianhao's troops were waiting for work, and the morale of the two sides was even more different, so it didn't take long for Yaqui's forward troops to be defeated. The soldiers scattered and fled, while the Dils rebels led by Li Tianhao rushed over like a sea of mountains.
Li Tianhao still rushed to the front of the team all the way, but Xenas refused to show weakness at all, urging the horse to follow Li Tianhao's side closely. These two strongest of the Tier rebels were undoubtedly a double nightmare for all the soldiers of the Yagi Army, and all resistance in front of them paled in the face of them. However, at this moment, an incredible scene appeared in front of Li Tianhao's eyes: a young infantry actually blocked the giant sword that Xenas swung violently!
This is simply incredible, you must know how heavy Cenas's giant sword is, coupled with the swing of Senas and the speed of the horse, its momentum is so fierce that even Li Tianhao himself is unwilling to take it hard, not to mention how an ordinary soldier can withstand this thunderous blow? However, the fact was so vivid that the young soldier not only caught this move of Xenas, but only took a few steps back.
This momentary incident not only surprised Li Tianhao, but Xenas himself also let out a strange exclamation, and even Alam who was following Li Tianhao noticed it: "Boss, this soldier is strange. ”
"Interesting, let's see." Li Tianhao was also interested, and immediately stopped pursuing the Yaji troops, grabbed the horse's head and turned back. During this time, Xenas had already attacked the soldier more than a dozen times in a row.
Now Li Tianhao understands that this soldier's martial arts can be said to be no different from ordinary subunit soldiers, but this person's strength, speed and reaction ability are vastly different from ordinary soldiers! Although his strength is not enough to withstand the heavy blows of Xenas, he can actually resist it, and his reaction speed is very fast, once the situation is not good, he will immediately avoid it, although the movements are ugly, but everywhere reflects his rare talent.
"This kid is a genius who learns martial arts." Li Tianhao couldn't help but sigh. In fact, he completely ignored the fact that he was also called a kid at an age. (To be continued......)