Chapter 21 3 Abandonment of the City

As the commander of the Yaki Army, this battle can be said to be a rare hard battle in his military career.

Originally, his tunnel strategy in Heluer City almost hid Li Tianhao's eyes, although he was thwarted at the last moment, but it did not cause him much loss. He did not take an active offensive for eight days, on the one hand, because according to his calculations, it would take at least five days for Ulysses' 30,000-strong army to enter the mountains of Dils through that secret mountain pass, and that he could not only confuse the enemy but also reduce his own casualties; On the other hand, it was because the long-delayed Yaki fleet finally arrived in the city of Highcombe.

Originally, he planned to use the fleet to open the way and cooperate with other ships to land from the rear to attack the enemy, but after the last surprise attack on the city of Highcom, the civilian ships were completely lost and the embankment was damaged, so a large number of laborers had to be sent to build the embankment. The chances of landing a large army on enemy territory were slim now, but it was still necessary to have warships deliver a shipment of food, grass, and military supplies for Ulysses' Einsatzgruppen before the flood arrived. To this end, he took great pains to use the hastily built temporary docks to deliver the necessary supplies to the battleships, and after much difficulty, he was able to get the fleet to the mountains of Dirs before the flood season arrived.

Originally, according to Epger's plan, Ulysses should have entered the Dils Mountains and penetrated into Essrath City, at this time he could launch a fierce attack on Li Tianhao, who was dragging Horus City, to cooperate with Ulysses' actions. But what he never expected was that when his troops had just begun to line up and prepare to attack the city, Li Tianhao took the initiative to go out of the city at this time and start the attack!

Led by Li Tianhao, with Xenas and Jamo as the deputy Dils army. With 3,000 cavalry to open the way, he cooperated with the infantry to launch a swift attack on Evger. Originally, the enemy attack was also expected by Epger. It's just that the intensity of Li Tianhao's attack this time was unexpected. If Li Tianhao in the battle of the sneak attack on Hekum City left the impression of death on the Yaki soldiers, then Li Tianhao's performance in this battle was to completely concretize death. His every move is like a slaughtering machine! The desperate assault overshadowed even the Senas who followed him, even though he fought better than before.

Yajijun's courage has not changed, but this time the Yajijun in front of Li Tianhao simply collapsed like tofu cut by a knife. Li Tianhao's spirit seems to have been transmitted to the surrounding Dilcs army, and the whirlwind of killing swept the entire battlefield, this scene even Ai Fujie, who was sitting in the rear, couldn't help but be afraid when he saw it: I have to admit that in his military career, the only one who has ever seen the young enemy general in front of him is Viscount Libera, but he has never seen Viscount Libera fight like Li Tianhao. So even though Everger tried to keep his men in formation, he knew it in his heart. It's perfectly normal for any soldier to flinch when faced with someone like Li Tianhao.

The result of the battle was that his more than 10,000 forward troops were completely defeated by 3,000 cavalry, and if it were not for the strength of his own camp, this might even turn into a major defeat for the whole army. Fortunately, Li Tianhao did not launch an attack on the camp, this group of cavalry came and went like the wind, and when the Yaji army came to its senses, the Dils army had already retreated to the city.

In this battle, the Yaji army killed more than 2,000 people, and three commanders died at the hands of Li Tianhao, fortunately, there were no casualties at the general level, otherwise the morale would be even lower.

Ivger shook his head secretly: an enemy like this is too difficult to deal with. After these two battles, the soldiers of the Yaji Army under him have planted fear of him in their hearts, and in the future siege battles, as long as Li Tianhao attacks. The situation will become chaotic.

As it turned out, Everger's judgment was completely misguided. By the time the Yaki army recovered from this humiliating defeat, they were surprised to find that the city of Horur had become empty!

It turned out that Li Tianhao's attack was actually to hit the morale of the Yaji army! Until the morale of the Yaki army is restored, it is impossible for Everjie to rush to attack the city again. And Li Tianhao took advantage of this gap to withdraw his troops from Heluer City and fled.

Evje sent troops into the city of Horur, only to find that the entire city was empty, and there was not a grain of food left for him. Not even a single broken knife! There were only a few thousand slaves staring at the Yagi, hoping to get food from them.

Everger hated the root of his teeth. God knows how many spies are mixed in this group of slaves, but they can't kill them all, which will inevitably provoke the resistance of the slaves in the entire Diels Mountains, which is equivalent to providing sufficient resources for the thief army. Therefore, Evger had to send the officials to distribute the food, and at the same time to investigate the spies among these people. At this time, Ai Fujie came back to his senses, it seems that Li Tianhao has already learned the information about Ulysses' sneak attack on Esras City, otherwise he would not have given up the strategic location of Heluer City in vain, let alone emptied the entire city in such a short period of time, and then slipped away. All this only means that he is doing this to free up his forces to relieve the crisis in the city of Essras. If the thieves in the city of Cillis have also begun to withdraw, then the situation of Ulysses has become very dangerous. After thinking about it, Epger decided to stay put, and find out the enemy's movements first. If the thief army really went to relieve the siege of Essrath City, it would be just right for Ulysses' 30,000 army to consume the strength of the thief army, I believe that with the strength of the veteran, he can definitely do this, and he can seize various strategic points step by step and force the thief army into a desperate situation. This was also in line with the orders of the Prime Minister, Lord Usub, and if Ulysses was defeated, it would be an opportunity to suppress his position in the army.

However, Li Tianhao's brigade seemed to have evaporated from the world, and the scouts did not have a little news for several days, and even after Ai Fujie had settled the hearts of the people of Helur City and transported grain and grass into the city, there was still no news of Li Tianhao's own team. On the contrary, it was the deputy general Vandalus, who was far away in the city of Silys, who sent a message that their battle with Gurnas was progressing very unfavorably, and that Gernas's defense was very tight, and the Yaki army had lost its troops but did not achieve anything in the past few days.

Ai Fujie, who got this news, was puzzled, it seemed that Li Tianhao had no intention of leading his troops to rescue Essras City, if they wanted to do so, they should concentrate their forces. But now there is obviously no movement in Gernath in Silis City, and now I can't understand Li Tianhao's intentions. For this reason, Epje searched the map for a long time, and finally he decided to send troops to attack Kuba City, which is a strategic point, capturing Kuba City can not only advance eastward to cooperate with Vandal Lu to besiege Silis City, but also go south to support Ulysses in Eslas City, as long as the grain route of Helu City and Kuba City is unblocked, it is equivalent to choking Li Tianhao's throat, no matter what action Li Tianhao takes, it will not be able to offset the current strategic advantage of the Yaji Army.

Thinking of this, Evje reorganized his army, and he left Azmi and 5,000 men to defend the city of Horur, and he himself led an army of 20,000 to advance. The day after he left the city of Horur with his army, the bad news came: the fleet of the Yaki Army had suffered a crushing defeat on the Nara! (To be continued......)