CHAPTER XVII

Chang Miao's attack shocked Ah Yizhi.

Originally, after experiencing the defeat of the Liaoshui Campaign, Ah Yizhi had to admit that he underestimated his opponent. Chang Miao used trickery to achieve huge results, and almost without a single soldier, he lost nearly 40,000 elite soldiers in vain, and more importantly, these 40,000 people included almost all the cavalry under his command! This not only greatly reduced the mobile combat capability of the Goryeo army, but also lowered the morale of the Goryeo army to a dangerous level. Ah Ulji's own reputation was greatly damaged by this battle, and Ah Ulji had to admit that his ambition to become the first military commander of Goryeo had gone bankrupt.

But this is not a bad thing, the bankruptcy of ambition has allowed Ah Yizhi to regain his position, and he has returned to the state of the calm and composed war master in the past. He re-established his defensive formation in Xuansu City, believing that his formation would be enough to hold out until the reinforcements sent by the king arrived.

But the current battle situation made Ah Yizhi puzzled, Chang Miao's attack seemed to be disorderly, and he couldn't see the point at all, the army of the Silk Country was attacking in an all-out way on its own defensive front, was this because he didn't die fast enough? It is completely illogical that a person like Chang Miao would take such a stupid offensive method.

The other side must have other intentions. Ah Yizhi concluded. But the question is, what exactly is the other party's intentions? Seeing the batches of battle reports sent by Tanma, they showed that there was no great progress in any of the Silk Country.

Ah Yizhi, who was sitting on Hushou Mountain, watched the battle be in a stalemate, which was somewhat beneficial to the Goryeo army, after all, delaying the opponent's attack speed and depleting the opponent's vital force were their original goals. But Ah Yizhi just can't let go, the other party must have prepared a powerful backhand. Five days later, there was still no change in Chang Miao's attack, but Ah Yizhi was tortured by the mental pressure of the past few days.

"Report! The army of the Silk Country suddenly began to storm the front of Xuansu City and the two villages on the left and right! More than 20,000 troops! ”

Ah Yizhi immediately woke up from his drowsy state: "Is the news true?" Confirm now! ”

"Yes!"

"Report! The Silk Country storms Xuansu City! About 10,000 more went to reinforce it, and the banner was the main force of Gai Yanxiao and Wu Yuanlong! ”

"Report! The left and right villages were attacked by the enemy Zhonghe and Huameng, and Xuansu City had no time to rush to help, so he asked the marshal for reinforcements! ”

Ah Yizhi secretly rejoiced in his heart: It's finally here, and it's still running towards the trap he set. Although all the front-line departments have no time to reinforce Xuansu City, they have already prepared reserve troops and are waiting for this day to come. At the moment, he pretended to be calm and said, "Got it." ”

Seeing that the herald went down, Ah Yizhi ordered the tooth generals around him: "Take my order arrows to Che Zhengxian, the station of He Qianbing's two generals, and order them to lead 5,000 soldiers and horses from their headquarters in the afternoon." ”

"Marshal, I'm afraid it's too late in the afternoon, right?"

Ah Yizhi glared: "What do you know!" The left and right villages are not so easy to lose, let them weaken the combat power of the army of the Silk Country, so that when General Che arrives, they can easily win. ”

The tooth general took the order and left. Ah Yizhi also ordered Jin Yanxu and Chengyun to lead 3,000 people each to the vicinity of the left and right villages, and when the reinforcements arrived, they would make a detour to the two wings of the Silk Country, and then launch a centripetal assault to defeat the enemy.

In the afternoon, Ah Yizhi, who was standing on the peak of Hushou Mountain, looked down. The battle situation began to develop in the direction he expected, and the four generals he sent cooperated quite tacitly, and the timing of the combined attack was quite good. Just when Ah Yizhi felt that his plan was going to succeed, he suddenly saw a force of cavalry from the army of the Silk Country, numbering more than 10,000 people, and launched an assault on the flank of Jin Yanxu's department with a thunderous force!

This sudden change made Jin Yanxu's troops fall into extreme passivity, they originally broke into the formation of the Silk Country, and were attacked by the opponent's superior forces, and soon had to turn to a defensive posture and retreat.

Ah Yizhi was in a hurry, he didn't even find that this cavalry was hiding nearby! This is impossible, he has never relaxed his reconnaissance of the enemy army in the past five days, and even at night, it is impossible for the enemy army to move 10,000 cavalry from under his nose to such a close place. Unless・・・・・・ were these 10,000 people lying in ambush here from the beginning?

Ah Yizhi only felt cold sweat running down his spine. Chang Miao really planned to storm Xuansu City from the beginning, and his actions in the first five days were all deliberately smokescreens. And he knew from the beginning that he was a trap here, so he decided to do the opposite, using this trap to arrange ambushes to annihilate his own living forces!

If Jin Yanxu's troops can't launch a centripetal assault, Chengyun's side will inevitably be alone, and it may be surrounded by enemy forces. At present, he has no troops on all fronts to repel this cavalry, and only 15,000 people on the main formation of Hushou Mountain can save the situation. But if you use the men and horses of this formation, Chang Miao will have a backup move, and he will not be able to save him.

Just as he was hesitating, he saw the flag waving in the Silk National Array, and Ah Yizhi recognized it at a glance as Chang Miao's handsome flag. Chang Miao's own team has also rushed to the front line, so that the enemy in the direction of Xuansu City has gathered nearly 60,000 troops, and his own side is less than 30,000, if the other party starts a full-scale decisive battle at this time・・・・・・ Ah Yizhi felt his hands trembling slightly.

"Marshal! The direction of Xuansu City is critical, why didn't the marshal send troops to rescue! Han Wen, who was stationed in Hushou Mountain, hurriedly ran all the way, and shouted loudly without bothering to salute.

Ah Yizhi said with a calm face: "The enemy army still has spare strength, and if our army rushes to help now, there will be no more troops that can be deployed." ”

Han Wen hurriedly said: "But if you don't reinforce now, it will be even more irreparable when the front line is defeated!" Marshal! The last general, please gallop to the aid of the friendly army with 5,000 men and horses of the headquarters! ”

"No, 5,000 centaurs are not enough to solve the battle, but it will fall into a stalemate!"

Han Wen saw Ah Yizhi hesitating, and couldn't help but be angry. The last time he inexplicably fell for the enemy's tricks, he lost nearly 20,000 subordinates in vain, this face was simply lost home, he expected to have a chance to be ashamed, but he didn't expect to be sent to guard the main formation, and the battle has been fought for five days, and he has not even caught a single hair. He immediately said: "If the marshal does not dare to fight, the last general will attack with 5,000 men and horses, and if he can't repel the enemy army, he is willing to die!" ”

Ah Yizhi couldn't bear the fire in his heart when he heard it, and scolded: "Why are you so angry as a general!" Is Ben Shuai the kind of person who doesn't dare to fight? Since you have said such big words, this commander will give you 10,000 men, and you must repel the enemy cavalry! Then you will work with your allies to disperse the enemy who is attacking Xuansu City, don't expect to annihilate the enemy anymore, this battle can force the enemy back is a victory, understand? ”

Han Wen was overjoyed and hurriedly said, "The last general understands!" ”

Han Wen commanded his army of 10,000 with extraordinary enthusiasm, and rushed towards the 10,000 cavalry of the Silk Country like a sea of mountains. The battle situation changed again, and Chang Miao's team also entered the battle, and combined with the cavalry to attack the Hangul troops, and the battle situation once again entered a stalemate.

Watch the sun sink in the west. Suddenly, the actions of a small unit caught the attention of Ayiji. The cavalry unit, like the 10,000 cavalry, had been lying in ambush for a long time, and suddenly appeared and penetrated directly into the defense line of the Goryeo army. They tore a hole in the already thin Goryeo defense line, and then rushed all the way to Hushou Mountain!