Chapter 117
The Battle of the Great Wall Begins
The deafening shouts of killing were getting closer and closer. The grassland army seemed to have never expected that Youzhou could still mobilize troops to ambush.
Therefore, he did not send out scouts to patrol between Zhenbei Prefecture and Yanjing, and he easily fell into Zhang Ruoxu's plan of feigning defeat!
Of course, this is also related to the fact that only a gap was opened in the Great Wall defense line. After all, it was not completely collapsed, and there is no guarantee that it will not be blocked by the Youzhou army!
When the time comes, we will close the door and fight the dog. No matter what the final outcome of this war is, the grassland people left inside the Great Wall will probably be cut into pieces!
No one wanted to run too far, so naturally, they had no intention of going deep into Youzhou! When these grassland people walked into the ambush circle, Liu Feiyan shouted loudly and rushed into the crowd with the veterans.
Sudden attack, the grassland soldiers were bewildered and retreated in panic. They didn't expect that the civilians from Zhenbei Prefecture and a small number of soldiers who had pretended to retreat had already blocked their retreat!
There was no such thing as a cornered beast fighting back! The chaotic grassland soldiers were quickly wiped out. At Liu Buqi's signal, Liu Feiyan and Guan Ying quickly evacuated the field with the veterans. Most of the grassland soldiers were wiped out by the new recruits who were fighting for the first time!
A resounding victory will give these new recruits a lot of confidence. The most important thing is to let them see the brutal battlefield so that they can overcome their psychological barriers more quickly.
Liu Buqi and Yue Hanxin stood on a high place and watched this annihilation battle with a huge disparity in strength. This group of grassland soldiers had only three or four thousand people, and they should only be used to prevent Zhenbei Prefecture from sending troops to attack the gap in the Great Wall.
They were not strong soldiers or generals at all, and were wiped out in a short time, without any one of them escaping from Zhenbei Prefecture.
Unlike Liu Buqi who had experienced the battlefield many times, Yue Hanxin's face was now pale and he felt his stomach churning. If it weren't for his strong self-control, he would have fainted from the pungent smell of blood!
Liu Buqi thoughtfully handed her the sachet he carried with him, "Try it, it should work! You'll have nightmares for a few days. And then, after a few more times, you won't feel anything!"
Yue Hanxin hesitated for a moment, but still took the sachet. A refreshing scent mixed with mint and lily rushed into her nose, invigorating her whole spirit.
She had thousands of questions she wanted to ask Liu Buqi, but only one sentence remained.
"Is that the case with you?"
Liu Buqi smiled and said, "I'm a bit better than you. After all, I was also involved in other things, and my mind was distracted. I wasn't as focused as I am today."
Naturally, she couldn't tell Yue Hanxin that in her previous life, there was something called a movie, which contained many unimaginable tragic war scenes. It was not just the bloody and mangled flesh of the cold weapon era, but also the flying limbs caused by hot weapons!
Although it was Liu Feiyan's first time experiencing a war of such a scale, he was obviously very accustomed to this kind of fighting on the battlefield. He ran over excitedly to report that he had completely wiped out the grassland soldiers.
Liu Buqi wiped the dirt mixed with sweat and blood from his face with a white handkerchief in his hand with pity. At the same time, he gave a clear order to reorganize the formation and immediately march towards the Great Wall defense line.
Her intention was very clear, which was to take advantage of the fact that the enemy didn't know that this forward force had been wiped out and was completely unprepared, and attack him by surprise!
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The army moved stealthily for an hour, and the scouts ahead reported back that the grassland soldiers were dismantling the cornerstones of the Great Wall at the gap they had opened, and had set up some simple defenses in the direction facing Zhenbei Prefecture.
Xu Ning frowned and asked Liu Buqi in great confusion why these grassland soldiers did not rush into Youzhou to burn, kill and loot, but instead started to tear down the Great Wall.
However, Liu Buqi's expression became much more serious. This group of grassland soldiers had only 50,000 soldiers. Even if they rushed into Youzhou, facing the vast ocean of Youzhou people, it would be just a drop in the bucket!
Dismantling the Great Wall in this way can only mean two things!
First, the commander of this group of grassland soldiers is a good general who does not care about the gains and losses of a city or a place!
If we can take advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to pry off a section of the Great Wall's foundation, it will be much easier for the grassland army to attack the city when they return!
After all, this Great Wall was built over thousands of years by the three previous dynasties. As long as the gap is large enough, the difficulty of repairing it in a short period of time will increase exponentially!
Another thing that is clear is that there should be a large number of troops gathering in the grassland or already heading towards Youzhou! The purpose of demolishing the Great Wall now is to facilitate the entry and exit of the troops behind!
One of these two issues concerns the long term, while the other is immediate. This time, the commander of the grassland is likely to take a two-pronged approach.
The reason why they did not set up defenses in the direction of Zhenbei Prefecture and only sent out harassment troops was probably because they wanted to take a gamble with this isolated army of less than 50,000!
The bet is that if the Youzhou army cannot gather in the short term, then a large section of the Great Wall may really be wiped off the map by the grassland. No matter what the final outcome of this battle is, the grassland side has already gained all the advantages!
"This is another tough opponent." Liu Buqi muttered to himself, feeling very fortunate that he arrived in time. Calculating the time, the damage to the Great Wall's defense line should be very limited!
"Guan Ying, do you dare to lead two thousand cavalry to charge into the first battle?"
Liu Buqi's cry was quickly responded to, and two thousand former Yanjing cavalrymen with some physical disabilities had already stood up.
These people brought enough war horses from Zhenbei Prefecture. At first, Liu Buqi was a little worried about whether they could control the horses.
After Guan Ying's demonstration, Liu Buqi no longer had any worries. At the same time, a man named Gongshu Ban also caught her attention!
Most of these disabled veterans bought wooden prostheses from Gongshu Ban's carpenter shop. These prostheses were extremely cleverly made and even had matching saddles and stirrups to connect with.
It can basically allow these veterans to retain 70% to 80% of their daily life abilities. This ability to make prosthetic limbs is truly incredible!
Liu Buqi immediately sent someone to deliver a letter to Li Huaigu, asking him to keep a close eye on Gongshu Ban and not let him leave Yanjing easily. After the battle at the Great Wall was over, she would go and see Gongshu Ban's extraordinary and ingenious skills in person!
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Guan Ying and these veterans rode on their long-lost war horses, and at Liu Buqi's command, they rushed towards the grassland army that was completely unprepared like arrows!
The remaining 20,000 infantrymen wearing Youzhou armor from various periods, led by Liu Feiyan, followed closely behind.
At the beginning of this battle, apart from some troubles caused to Guan Ying by the intentionally set roadblocks and scattered horse spikes, the Youzhou cavalry was almost like a force to be reckoned with, with a strong momentum of crushing all enemies with ease!
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