Chapter 353: When the Situation Suddenly Turns and Becomes Critical (4)
The current situation has taken a turn for the worse with the arrival of the cavalry in the Northern Wilderness, especially the supply line has been cut off, not only is there no supply support, but even the retreat will be intercepted by the enemy.
Ling Yi didn't expect the current situation to change so drastically, and hurriedly asked, "If Han Ce can't successfully attack the city, how long can the grain and grass in his army last?"
These Hao Jun had secretly investigated before, and hurriedly replied: "I have investigated before, under normal circumstances, Han Ce should only be able to support for three days!"
"Three days?" Ling Yi didn't expect such a short time, and then asked, "Can the soldiers and horses of the state have time to support in three days?"
Hou Aoxuan has been studying the deployment of the two armies since he returned to the city of the Far East, and now when he heard Ling Yi ask, he hurriedly replied: "Three days is a bit insufficient, and now I don't know if our news has reached Gupan Mountain, even if it arrives, and the soldiers and horses of the state march at full speed, three days is still far from enough, it will take at least five days, and there are cavalry from the Northern Wilderness attacking the city in Tongshan Pass and Beiwei Pass, if the supporting troops are dragged back, then five days are far from enough!"
"In five days, can Han Ce hold out for so long?" Ling Yi didn't have much confidence in Han Ce, in the previous ambush battle in the hills outside the Far East City, Han Ce showed the qualities that a general should have, but now his actions surprised Ling Yi.
"Han Ce is very earnest, he thought that the cavalry of the Northern Wilderness was not marching so fast from the north of Yanbei to here, and he was too confident that his army could break through the city of the Far East in one fell swoop, who knew that everything was not as simple as he thought!" Hou Aoxuan replied.
Sun Ze on the side said: "But looking at it now, Han Ce's soldiers are more courageous, do you think he can break through the city gate, if he can break through, with the help of the defense of the city in the extreme east and the grain and grass inside, maybe he can hold on to the reinforcements from Bingzhou to come to support." ”
Hou Aoxuan continued: "The premise of this conjecture is that he can successfully break through the city gate and occupy the city of the extreme east, if he can't do so?
"What Hou Aoxuan said makes sense, the situation in the Far East City is unclear now, even these defenders and that Martial Saint are enough for Han Ce to have a headache, what if there are other armies under these hiding?" Ling Yi also agreed with Hou Aoxuan's statement, although Han Ce now has the advantage of attacking the city, but he has no way to deal with that high-level Martial Saint, as a result, the situation of the Youzhou army is not optimistic.
"Are you saying that there will be hidden armies in the Far Eastern City?" Sun Ze asked strangely, "If there are other armies, why haven't they appeared?"
Hou Aoxuan replied: "It has been more than twenty days since Han Ce sent his troops, and it has been more than half a month even to attack the city of the Far East, and you said that there have been no reinforcements in the Northern Wilderness for so long?"
Sun Ze calculated the time, it was really, it stands to reason that for such a long time, not to mention the support troops, even if they were newly recruited recruits, they should have rushed to the city of the extreme east, but now the city of the extreme east has not changed at all, as if there are still 30,000 or 50,000 people stationed.
"What kind of door is the Northern Wilderness selling?" Sun Ze asked.
Hou Aoxuan explained: "If I guessed correctly, the Northern Wilderness is preparing for this sneak attack, and now that the sneak attack is successful, if it is me, it is a good time to go out of the city to face the battle, forming a flank attack before and after, and Han Ce's entire department will become a turtle in the urn!"
"You mean now?" Sun Ze hurriedly asked, "But nothing has changed?"
At the moment when Sun Ze asked, I saw that from the city of the extreme east, one tiger and wolf mount jumped on the city wall, and without stopping, they jumped off the city wall directly, and there was a fight among the siege infantry in Youzhou.
In just half an hour, no less than 20,000 tigers and wolves have already entered the siege team of the Northern Wilderness.
"It's really an ambushed tiger and wolf horse, it seems that Han Ce is going to lose his troops this time!" Sun Ze was also attracted by the sudden appearance of the tiger and wolf horse!
The battle continued, but the situation was not in favor of Han Ce's side, and their siege infantry was overwhelmed by the tiger and wolf cavalry!
Looking at the battlefield, the smoke, blood, and sacrificed soldiers, Ling Yi said helplessly: "It is difficult for the infantry to resist the impact of the cavalry without forming a formation, and now Han Ce's infantry only has the fate of being slaughtered!"
Hao Jun said approvingly: "Now all Han Ce can do is to withdraw his troops, otherwise his losses will only get bigger and bigger!"
As Hao Jun expected, in less than half an hour, Han Ce had no choice but to blow the horn, it was "retreating to the position"!
Just when the Youzhou soldiers retreated, the gate of the city of the extreme east was opened, and about 30,000 tiger and wolf riders rushed out in an instant, and now there are 50,000 tiger and wolf riders forming a charging formation, and they began to rush and kill the retreating infantry.
This was a one-sided massacre, and I saw one Youzhou infantry falling in a pool of blood.
Han Ce was not useless, when the siege troops retreated, he had already begun to deploy defenses, and his cavalry was also sorting out the formation, as long as the infantry retreated, then they began to hedge against the Northern Wilderness.
The shield-wielding and spear-wielding men had formed a formation to prepare for the onslaught of the tiger and wolf cavalry, and the archers began to fire a salvo to suppress the pursuing tiger and wolf cavalry, creating a chance for the retreating infantry to retreat.
Seeing that the infantry was about to withdraw to the position, the cavalry gave an order and blew the horn to "charge"!
The two sides collided together with a tremor of the earth, and the neighing and roaring of the tiger wolf mount and the Youzhou horse, mixed with the shouting of killing and the collision of weapons, turned the original siege battle into an encounter.
The cavalry of both sides collided together, fighting each other, the momentum of Youzhou gradually did not have the upsurge of the cavalry of the Northern Wilderness, and now Youzhou was at the bottom of the battle, their infantry was scattered by the tiger and wolf cavalry, and the infantry who had been besieged and killed by the cavalry before lay down on the ground, and the horn of retreat sounded, and now the morale of the Youzhou soldiers is not as high as when they attacked the city before.
"The general trend has gone, all Han Ce can do is retreat to the barracks, the back road is cut off, I don't know what kind of deployment he will have?" Ling Yi asked.
Hou Aoxuan shook his head and said, "Who knows, if there is no good retreat route, Han Ce will be very dangerous this time!"
Sun Ze was a complete battle maniac, and said to Ling Yi: "You said that if we want to make a move, we can't watch the brothers in Youzhou die in the city of the extreme east, I can't get used to Han Ce, but these soldiers don't deserve to die!"
Ling Yi nodded: "These soldiers really don't deserve to die, but we can't solve the problem with such a small number of troops, unless we ......"
Sun Ze watched Ling Yi finish half of his words, but he didn't finish speaking, and hurriedly asked, "You explain it!"
Ling Yi looked at Hao Jun and then at Hou Aoxuan, and asked, "You guys, it's not feasible!"
"With the way of others, the Northern Wilderness should never have imagined that we would have such a hand!" Hou Aoxuan replied with a sly smile.
Hao Jun also nodded and said, "As long as you are careful, there should be no problem!"
"No, what are you talking about?" "Sun Ze, Ah Hai, and the other ruffians asked anxiously.
"The most important thing in Youzhou now is to retreat, I am ready to divide into two steps to help!" Ling Yi looked at the people with puzzled faces, and said: "The most important thing is to clear the retreat road, but there are too many cavalry over there, and we are not enough personnel, so we can only act at the opportunity, and it is not a temporary success, the most important thing now is to create an opportunity for Han Ce's Youzhou army to retreat, at least let them retreat to the barracks first!"
"How?" asked Sun Ze eagerly.
"Brother Zhang, Hou Aoxuan!" Ling Yi gave an order and called the two of them to his side.
"The subordinates are here!" The two came to Ling Yi, they knew that Ling Yi had another task.
"You lead the brothers of the second, third, fourth, and fifth tuns to join the brothers of the first tun, and give advice to the Youzhou army on the side, don't fight head-on with the cavalry of the Northern Wilderness, and change places when you fight, don't let you be besieged by the cavalry of the Northern Wilderness, and discuss things more when you encounter them!"
"Yes!" the two commanded.
Sun Ze asked on the side, "What about us?"
Ling Yi turned to Hao Jun and asked, "Is the armor of the Northern Wilderness soldiers that the second brother collected before still there?"
Hao Jun nodded, took out four sets of armor from the storage bag, and threw them on the ground.
Ling Yi picked up a set, threw it to Sun Ze, and said, "Put it on, big brother!"
Seeing these armors, Sun Ze already understood Ling Yi's intentions, this is preparing to blend into the team of the Northern Wilderness, the tiger and wolf riders are mostly soldiers who practice beast exercises, somewhat like beasts, they naturally can't disguise themselves as orcs, so they can only disguise themselves as ordinary soldiers.
Sun Ze put on his armor in two by three, Hao Jun, Ah Hai and Ling Yi also put on their armor one after another, Sun Ze asked, "Are we going to the city of the extreme east or going to their rear?"
Ling Yi replied: "Now that Han Ce's situation is tense, let's find an opportunity to create an opportunity for him to retreat first, let's advance to the city of the Far East and create some chaos for the Northern Wilderness!"
"Okay, let's go!" Sun Ze couldn't wait!
Ling Yi said to Zhang Cheng: "You guys be careful, take care of everyone!"
"Don't worry, I'll take care of the brothers!" Zhang Cheng nodded in agreement!
Ling Yi nodded slightly, then walked to Hou Aoxuan's side and whispered a few words in his ear.
I saw Hou Aoxuan looking at Ling Yi with a shocked face, and just wanted to refute, but was pressed on the shoulder by one of Ling Yi's big hands, and said, "Listen to the order!"
"This ......" Hou Aoxuan wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Ling Yi's irresistible voice, nodded and agreed: "Listen to the order!"
Ling Yi said to the ruffians: "When I am not there, you will obey the arrangements of Zhang Cheng and Hou Aoxuan, otherwise I will come back and deal with it by military law!"
"Yes!" replied all the ruffians!
Then, the four Lingyi brothers disappeared into the night in a flash!
Zhang Cheng gave an order: "Let's go!"
All the ruffians rode their horses towards the Yanjing checkpoint to put down their defenses, and on the way, Zhang Cheng asked Hou Aoxuan: "What did Lingyi tell you, I seem to be shocked when I see you!"
Hou Aoxuan shook his head and replied, "Now is not the time, I'll tell you when I find a chance!"
Seeing that Hou Aoxuan didn't speak, Zhang Cheng didn't ask!