No words were spoken that night.
The sun rises earlier here.
When Yun Zheng walked out of the tent, the soldiers were still cooking.
At this moment, the water in the distance has receded by half.
According to this trend, by this time tomorrow at the latest, the water should have receded in most places, except for the particularly low-lying areas in the middle.
Just as Yun Zheng was about to find a place to urinate, You Shi came to report: "Your Highness, a group of enemy troops are trapped on a hillside surrounded by water two miles northwest of the pseudo-city. Some of them have begun to wade through the water to escape, but were shot dead by their own people!"
Escape?
Can they run away?
Do you really think your cavalry is just a decoration?
Yun Zheng didn't even bother to pee, and immediately called the messenger: "Inform the princess, prepare the troops immediately!"
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"Order Zuo Ren's troops to escort a small amount of food and fodder to the princess's troops immediately after dinner!"
"Order Huo Gu to lead his troops to stay in the camp. Once the water recedes, immediately send people to persuade the enemy troops trapped on the city wall to surrender!"
"Send a message to Deng Bao of Lingzhou to lead his troops here immediately and prepare to escort the prisoners..."
After the messenger left, Yun Zheng ordered Shen Kuan to immediately prepare the personal guards.
By the time Yun Zheng led his personal guards to meet up with Shen Luoyan's 5,000 cavalry, the 5,000 cavalry were already prepared for the attack.
Yun Zheng immediately led them and followed You Shi to the northwest of the pseudo city.
They were actually not far from the location that You Shi mentioned. If calculated in a straight line, it was probably only about seven or eight miles.
But because many places were still flooded, they had to take a detour from another place with slightly higher terrain on the outskirts.
However, even so, they did not waste too much time.
More than half an hour later, they arrived in the northwest direction.
At a distance of less than three miles, they could clearly see the soldiers who seemed to be trapped on an isolated island.
Yun Zheng used his clairvoyance to check it out, handed it to Shen Luoyan, pointed to the big flag erected in the middle of the hillside and said, "Look, is there a word 'iron' written on that flag?"
Shen Luoyan picked up the Clairvoyance and took a closer look, a look of surprise suddenly appeared on his face, "It seems to be an iron character! Miaoyin, come and take a look!"
As he spoke, Shen Luoyan handed the Clairvoyance to Miaoyin again.
Soon, Miaoyin also had the answer.
It feels like the word "iron".
"So, Tiexiong is trapped up there?"
Shen Luoyan looked at Yun Zheng with surprise, her eyes full of admiration, "It seems that you guessed right yesterday! If we had released the water later, Tiexiong would have led most of the troops to withdraw!"
"Do you think it's possible that Lou Yi is trapped up there?"
At this time, Miaoyin asked again with a smile on her face.
"Probably not."
Yun Zheng shook his head, "If I were Lou Yi, I would have definitely run away before the water was released!"
“No way!”
Chen Luoyan and Miaoyin spoke at the same time.
They didn't believe that Yun Zheng would abandon the army and escape alone!
If it were Yun Zheng, he would definitely choose to advance and retreat with these soldiers.
Listening to the two women's words, Yun Zheng couldn't help but smile secretly.
Do they really think they are so noble?
When it’s time to run, you must run!
Lou Yi is the commander-in-chief. If Lou Yi was trapped by the flood, this battle would be very easy!
"Eat some dry food first to fill your stomach!"
Yun Zheng ordered Shen Luoyan, "Wait for Zuo Ren to escort the food and grass over, then cook! Send someone to shout to the people on the hillside and tell them that as long as they surrender, I will protect their lives! Whoever captures Tie Xiong alive will be rewarded with 10,000 taels of silver!"
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On the hillside, Tiexiong also saw a large group of cavalry not far away.
There were hundreds of bodies on the edge of the hillside.
Those were people who intended to escape by wading when the water receded, but they were discovered by him in time.
In order to stabilize the morale of the troops, he directly ordered his men to kill these people.
Some people who had already waded more than ten feet into the water were also shot mercilessly by him.
"Did you see everything?"
Tiexiong pointed at the dark mass of cavalrymen and glanced at the listless soldiers with an angry look on his face. "The enemy has been waiting for you! You will be shot by the enemy before you climb out of the water!"
"Now, our only way to survive is to hold on and wait for help!"
"Although we only have less than 4,000 people, as long as the water recedes, we will have the advantage of terrain!"
"As long as we take up arms and unite against the enemy, it won't be easy for the enemy to attack us!"
"I, a Qiuchi man, am willing to fight to the death for Dayue. You are all Dayue's men. Your parents, wives and children are all behind you. Are you willing to watch the enemy break through Dayue?"
"As long as we can hold on until His Highness's reinforcements arrive, we will be saved..."
Tiexiong tried his best to boost morale.
In fact, he himself didn't believe these words.
It is almost impossible for them to wait for reinforcements!
As long as Lou Yi has not lost his mind, he will not send reinforcements.
If it were him, he would not send reinforcements.
They are alone now!
As long as they are cut off from water and food, Yun Zheng doesn't need to attack at all and can defeat them without bloodshed.
But even though he knew everything in his heart, he still had to continue to boost morale.
He knew that many soldiers resented him because he had ordered the killing of those soldiers who attempted to escape by wading across the water.
But he must kill those people!
If we let those people escape, more people will follow suit.
Once the morale of the army is completely broken, he will not even have the last chance to take revenge on Yun Zheng.
He can die!
But before I die, I will tear a piece of flesh from Yun Zheng!
We must not let Yun Zheng win so easily!
Although Tiexiong himself did not believe these words, his encouragement still worked.
Under Tiexiong's encouragement, the fighting spirit of those soldiers who were originally listless gradually ignited.
If they had a choice, they certainly wouldn't want to die.
Try your best, maybe you still have a chance.
If you don't try hard, you really won't have any chance at all.
Seeing that his encouragement seemed to have an effect, Tiexiong continued to shout: "Warriors, tell me, are you willing to let the enemy break through Dayue and become slaves of a conquered country?"
"No!"
A few people shouted angrily.
"Would you like to see your parents enslaved by the enemy?"
Tiexiong roared again.
"No!"
More people joined in.
"Are you willing to let the enemy rape your wives and daughters?"
Tiexiong roared at the top of his lungs, his eyes bloodshot.
"No!"
At this moment, almost everyone shouted loudly.
"very good!"
Tiexiong suddenly drew out his sword and roared murderously: "Warriors, pick up your weapons and tell me what we should do to deal with these crazy enemies?"
"kill!"
"kill!"
"kill!"
The soldiers who were originally slumped on the ground picked up their weapons, stood up, and roared murderously.
Even those soldiers who fell ill due to the cold last night forced themselves to get up.
Although there were less than four thousand of them, the murderous aura they condensed seemed to change the situation.
Yun Zheng, who was far away, had just eaten some fried corn when he heard the deafening shouts of killing coming from the hillside surrounded by water...
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