klisemfg Chapter 821 Enemy Attack
Chapter 821 Enemy Attack
A scout stood on a hot air balloon, looking down with a telescope.
Although I have seen this kind of scene many times, I am still shocked every time I see it.
The Yan army below was like a black ocean, eroding the enemy's defense line.
Neither the wooden camp nor the brick and stone city walls could stop the Yan army.
The walls of those camps were blown down, leaving many gaps. The Yan army roared and rushed in from those gaps, continuously attacking forward and slaughtering the enemy troops.
As for the fort and Lingling City, the army entered through the city gates. Just like a river, the black torrent outside the city narrowed at the city gates, then became turbulent and rapid. After passing through the city gates, it dispersed again, quickly invading the enemy's territory and dyeing the earth black.
This scene was extremely shocking. It was a pity that there were no cameras in that era, otherwise the scout would have taken pictures of all of this and kept them as heirlooms. When he was old, he would have shown this shocking scene to his children and grandchildren.
He held a telescope, looked at the battlefield, and then patrolled back and forth towards the distance.
Although the battlefield was shocking, his job was to detect the enemy situation.
Don't forget your work.
He looked to the east and suddenly saw a dense army rushing out of a valley and charging towards their own camp.
Seeing this scene, he was shocked. He adjusted the focus and confirmed that it was not his own army. Then he immediately waved the flag and conveyed the military information to the central army below.
The flag language is very simple, expressing only three words in total.
East, twenty miles, one hundred thousand.
After receiving the message, the signalmen below immediately galloped towards the central army's tent.
"Report! Your Majesty!"
The signalman rushed into the commander's tent and said to Yan Fuyao, who was sitting inside looking at a map,
"A hundred thousand enemy troops are approaching twenty miles from the east. Your Majesty, please prepare early!"
"An army of one hundred thousand?"
Yan Fuyao looked down at the map, then sneered and said,
"They openly fight against our main army, but secretly send people to attack our camp. It seems their target is me.
This Qian country is really a nest of snakes and rats. They can even use such means.
Send a message to all the frontline legions: attack the enemy lines with all your might and do not return to rescue me!
"As ordered!"
"Send a message to Liang Kai of the Divine Vanguard Army and Nie Bei of the Sky Eagle Army, and have them prepare their defenses.
Send a message to Zhao Biao, commander of the White Horse Army, to lead 50,000 White Horse soldiers to meet the enemy and stop this enemy force."
"As ordered!"
The imperial decree was quickly passed down, and Liang Kai came alone to see Yan Fuyao and said,
"Your Majesty, the White Horse Army's 50,000 cavalry can easily defeat the 100,000-man army, but annihilating them completely is not easy.
I can lead the Shenfeng Army to the south to intercept them, set up a pocket formation, and completely keep this army of the Qian Kingdom on the battlefield, preventing them from escaping back to the Qian Kingdom.
Your Majesty, I will only take 50,000 men with me. The remaining 70,000 can continue to guard the main camp with General Nie's 100,000 men. Even if the enemy has any further plans, nearly 200,000 men can still protect the main camp."
Yan Fuyao nodded and said,
"Okay, then you need to speed up. Don't let the White Horse Army finish their charge before you have your defense line ready."
"Twenty miles isn't far. The enemy is also charging. We should focus on defending the area ten miles to the south. We can ask General Zhao to move his troops a little more slowly."
"Well, let's go."
Liang Kai immediately ran out, mounted his horse, sent someone to tell Zhao Biao, and then quickly selected 50,000 Shenfeng troops, marched out from the southeast gate, and went to the south to stop the enemy from fleeing.
He needed to march ten miles quickly, and this intensity of loaded marching was also a very important training subject in the army, and the distance was just right.
The messenger went to find Zhao Biao and told him what Liang Kai said.
But after hearing this, Zhao Biao cursed directly,
"Fuck him! Why should I listen to him? A mere 100,000 infantrymen, can't my White Horse Army kill them all? Do I even need his help? He's just here to take the credit.
Liang Kai is just the deputy commander of the Tianyu Army, and he's ordering me around. I don't give a damn about him!"
After saying this, Zhao Biao was about to mount his horse and charge.
However, the messenger continued,
"This is His Majesty's order!"
Hearing this, Zhao Biao did not dare to refute anything and could only mutter,
"Your Majesty must have listened to his slander."
The king's order was as heavy as a mountain. Zhao Biao had no choice but to wait for another quarter of an hour before setting out to stop the Eighth Legion of the Qian Army.
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Eastern part of the battlefield.
A large group of cavalrymen, covered in dust, rushed up a hillside, and then rested nearby, drinking water and eating dry food.
"Your Highness, according to the map, Lingling City is twenty or thirty miles to the west. Should we go directly there?"
A scout asked, holding a map.
"Your Majesty and the others should have arrived in Lingling, right?"
Shen Changgong took out the telescope from the saddle and wiped it.
They ran so fast along the way, riding horses all the way. Not only could the carrier pigeons not locate them, even the scouts and intelligence personnel of the Yan army didn't know where they were.
Similarly, they were completely clueless about the situation of the main army and could only roughly calculate the time. The main force should have arrived in Lingling City.
Shen Changgong took the telescope and looked up at the sky, vaguely seeing a few small black dots floating in the sky.
"The war must have started. There are hot air balloons floating in the sky."
"Take a break and send scouts to explore the way ahead."
"As ordered!"
Everyone dismounted, and the cavalrymen fed the horses with water from their water bags.
For cavalrymen, war horses are their best comrades. They would rather suffer themselves than let their war horses suffer from hunger and thirst.
When there is water and food, you must feed the horses first.
The scouts went out quickly and came back quickly.
"Your Highness, this is bad. I saw an army of no less than 100,000 soldiers heading west, but Lingling City is to the southwest."
Shen Changgong was startled when he heard this, then suddenly realized.
"Lingling City is in the southwest, so isn't our army's main camp to the west?
They were going to launch a surprise attack on our army camp.
Go to the main camp immediately and report to them. Have them prepare for defense. Everyone else, mount your horses and follow me to intercept the enemy!"
"As ordered!"
Prince Nan put down the water bag, jumped on his horse, and pulled out his rice.
These cavalrymen who had traveled back and forth for more than 4,000 miles, took up their weapons and started fighting without saying a word when they encountered a war!
They rushed down the hillside and headed westward in a mighty force.
After running for more than ten miles, they saw the tail end of the Qian army.
Without saying a word, Shen Changgong and King Nan led their cavalry to attack the Qian army.
The Qian army was charging westward, and had no idea that the enemy would suddenly appear behind them.
Caught off guard, they had no formation at all and were immediately rushed in by the cavalry.