Chen Yin smiled bitterly and replied, "Lord, the minister doesn't know what's going on?" ”

"Check! Check it out for the widow immediately! No matter what, the widow has to know what's going on! Gou Jian Huo Ran stood up and gritted his teeth.

"No!" Chen Yin responded and immediately walked out quickly.

It wasn't until a day later that Chen Yin heard what Yang Zilu said on the north shore and understood the strategic intentions of the Han army. But what if you get it? Is it capable of blocking? Gou Jian's three thousand gentlemen dared to appear in front of Yang Zilu's eyes, and nine out of ten were eaten up by Yang Zilu's cavalry. The remaining 0.10% discipline was only eaten by Yang Zilu.

Gou Jian walked out of the cave, looked up at the sky, and didn't speak for a long time. The four remaining doctors under his command, Ku Cheng, Ji Ran, Ling Jingyuan, and Chen Yin, all looked at each other. After a long time, he still came out of the horse, came to Gou Jian's side, and comforted: "Lord, Yang Zilu is so arrogant, this battle will definitely be defeated!" Don't worry about it! ”

When Gou Jian heard this, he lowered his head with a wry smile and said, "Dazai! Don't comfort the widow, for you and the widow both understand. Now those left in Wu are the old and weak soldiers. Yang Zilu seems to be taking a risk, but in fact, this battle will definitely be won! If you want to lose, at least a general like Wu Zixu will lead the troops, and it is possible to defeat Yang Zilu! The widow only now understands that from the very beginning, Yang Zilu understood the widow's intentions, so he marched like this! ”

Speaking of this, Gou Jian's eyes showed deep disdain, Gou Jian Huo Ran raised his head, looked at the sky, and asked loudly: "Heavens! Firmament! Why! Why do you do this to the widow? O ancestors and ancestors of the Yue Kingdom! Ancestor Dayu! Why! Why do you want the widow and Yang Zilu to live in the same era! Why! Why! Why! ”

The three 'whys' are the unwillingness in Gou Jian's heart. But no one answered Gou Jian's reason, only the voice echoing in the valley, repeating what Gou Jian had just said.

………… At this time, Yang Zilu had already come to Wuyuan, an important town in the southern Xinjiang of Wu State. Although it is an important town in southern Xinjiang, it is located in the plain, and Wu has always been aggressive towards the southern Yue country. Therefore, this so-called important town in southern Xinjiang is actually not a city with high walls, and I am completely sorry for the word important town.

The city wall of Wuyuan Castle is nothing more than a rammed earth wall two zhang high, but a six-zhang high corner tower was built at each end of the city wall. In recent years, because of the husband's efforts to achieve hegemony, the city wall has not been repaired much, because the rain erosion has caused the soil clods to peel off, and the wall is concave and convex, making the city wall particularly fragile. But even so, the Wu army was stationed in the city, because their forces were too weak, and they were pitifully weak.

Yang Zilu turned over and dismounted, looked at Mangao, who arrived before him, and asked, "Have you heard everything?" Who is the defender? How many troops are there in the city? ”

"Back to the Lord's Word! I've already heard! The keeper is the son of Fucha, the prince Gucao. There are not many troops in the city, only 800 people, even if the prince Gu Cao recruits the strong men in the city, at most 2,000 people will be made up for him. With the current strength of our army, the capture of such a small city is only a matter of half a day at most! Mangao said respectfully.

"Aunt Prince? Remnant bamboo, this name is quite familiar! Does he have any outstanding abilities? Hearing this, Yang Zilu frowned, and asked the remnant bamboo who was following him suspiciously.

"In the Battle of Ailing, Prince Gu Cao was temporarily appointed as the general of the Right Army by his husband, and his subordinate Ru Cao was very brave! Against the fierce generals of the Qi State, Gao Wupi and Zong won, and they will not be defeated by one enemy and two! But this Ru Cao doesn't seem to be by his side! I followed my husband to the north to fight for hegemony! Remnant Zhu thought for a moment before speaking.

When Yang Zilu heard this, he nodded his head and said, "Oh! No wonder it's quite impressive, but it seems that the husband is not stupid, and he knows how to guard against widows! It's a pity, since you are on guard, you will send more people! As for that Ru Cao or something! Isn't there a fierce general under the command of the widow? ”

Remnant Zhu shrugged, noncommittal to Yang Zilu's words.

Yang Zilu continued: "Okay, Mang Gao sent the order, the whole army rested for an hour, and then launched an attack!" ”

"No!" Reckless and respectful response.

An hour later, Han Jiading led 1,500 longbowmen to take the lead in the attack, relying on the advantage of range to suppress the archers of the Wu army at the head of the city. More than half of the soldiers of the Wu army in the city were strong men who had just been recruited, and they thought that the bows and arrows of the Han army were so powerful.

Caught off guard, the soldiers of the Wu army on the city wall were not only suppressed by death, but also suffered heavy casualties, especially those who were temporarily recruited, who suffered the most casualties, which made their morale drop sharply. If it weren't for the decisive order of Prince Gu Cao to overturn a few who escaped, I am afraid that the Wu soldiers on the city wall would have collapsed long ago.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! The fierce beating of drums sounded, and three hundred hoplites of the Yulin Army marched forward in great stride. Because of the suppression of the longbowmen, the archers of the Wu army at the head of the city could only shoot arrows secretly, or even throw them blindly. Under the sporadic rain of arrows, the hoplites, protected by thick armor, simply let out a "clank!" The three hundred hoplites of the Yulin Army calmly came to the city wall as if they were on an outing and set up a wooden ladder.

"Kill!" When the siege ladders were erected, Jiao Shuyan, the three generals of Euyang and Tongue Yong immediately roared. The pioneers launched the attack, especially Euyang and Yuyong, they were all newly surrendered to Yang Zilu, although Yang Zilu was good to them, but they did not take any credit. I feel a little weak about my official position, so you are brave.

"Shoot the arrows! Shoot the arrows! Seeing that the other party had already arrived under the city wall, the prince immediately ordered the soldiers to stand up and fight back.

But where are the soldiers willing? Occasionally, a few of them had just stood up, and before the arrow had been fired, the man had already been shot into a hedgehog and fell to the ground. With this experience, all the soldiers of the Wu army pretended to be stupid and stunned, whether you beat or scolded, they just said that they would not stand up for anything. The prince Gu Cao was also dead set on this, so he could only order the soldiers to prepare for hand-to-hand combat.

Does hand-to-hand combat work, though?

Tongue Yong took the lead in climbing the city wall and shouted: "Kill! ”

As soon as Yu Yong's words fell, the battle axe in his hand had already swung out, cutting a trembling Wu soldier in front of him in two, and the blood splashed at once Yu Yong and the nearby Wu soldiers. All the soldiers of the Wu army were stunned, and they were frightened by the preemptive voice of Yu Yong, and everyone took a step back.

"Kill a barbarian! 500 rewards! "The prince and Gu Cao are also ruthless.

As the saying goes, there must be brave men under the heavy reward, and the Wu army, who was originally cowering, immediately boosted his morale. yelled: "Kill! ”

But how could the hoplites of the Han army be easy to deal with? Although the hoplites were bulky, they were also as stable as Mount Tai, and the joints of their armor were covered with leather, so it was not so easy to hurt the hoplites.

On the contrary, the Wu army, although brave, paid too much attention to personal bravery, and was formed by the hoplites, and immediately killed the soldiers of the Wu army who were fighting separately. Blood gushed out like a stream, flowing down the contours of the city walls.

"Attack! Push the Han barbarian down! Kill a man and reward a penny! Kill a barbarian officer, and the officer will be promoted to one level! "The prince and aunt Cao can't care about whether he can fulfill his promise, he just hopes to be able to keep it.

But is it possible? After the hoplites firmly controlled a section of the city wall, the Han army's follow-up infantry immediately calmly climbed the tower. These infantry were all armed with crossbows, and in the face of crossbows, everything in front of him seemed to be paper.

In the end, after half a day of fighting and purging, about 1,500 Wu troops in Wuyuan City surrendered, and the others either fled or died in battle. The defending prince Gu Cao resisted stubbornly, and was finally killed by soldiers with crossbows and arrows.

Yang Zilu respected that Prince Gu Cao was a man, so he asked Prince Gu Cao to be buried.

In Wuyuan City, Yang Zilu also captured 4,000 stone of grain, although these grains were not much, but they were enough for the Han army to spend ten days. In Yang Zilu's opinion, this is enough. After all, Gusu City is very close to Wuyuan, that is, about two hundred miles. Even if it's an infantry march, you can reach it in two days.

However, Yang Zilu still didn't dare to take it lightly and summoned the generals to the original guard's mansion.

Yang Zilu commended the generals who made meritorious contributions in this battle, and then said: "Everyone did a good job in this battle, but the Wu army still has a lot of combat effectiveness, especially in the area of Gusu City. There are 20,000 people in Gusutai, who can be armed! plus the strong men in Gusu City. It is estimated that Wu can arm nearly 30,000 soldiers, or even more than 30,000. Coupled with the more than 9,000 soldiers of the Wu Army who were originally left behind, it is estimated that there are about 40,000 people in Gusu City! Of course, it depends on the courage of the prince's friends! But no matter what, there are at least more than 10,000 Wu soldiers in Gusu City. ”

Ayang asked suspiciously, "Lord, how did you interpret what you just said?" 40,000 at a time, 10,000 at a time! The ministers are confused! ”

When Yang Zilu heard this, he laughed and said, "This is not clear enough for the widow." There are 20,000 people in Gusutai, but they are not to mention serving hard labor in Gusutai, and now they are let go to war. Didn't they complain? Aren't the princes afraid that these people will come to force the palace if they have weapons in their hands? And this is 20,000 people, if the prince and Gu Cao do not arm them, then he can only recruit the people in Gusu City, then it is more than 10,000 people! But in any case, once the prince and you defend it, then it is unlikely that we will capture Gusu City! Gusu City is not comparable to Wuyuan! ”

(To be continued)