Chapter 118
The mysterious grassland commander
Once the cavalry cleared the obstacles and the infantry followed closely behind them and joined the battle, the entire battle situation immediately became one-sided!
Soon, the grassland soldiers stationed at the gap were about to be driven out of the Great Wall!
At this moment, grassland soldiers who had rushed back after hearing the shouts and screams suddenly began to appear on the walls of the Great Wall on both sides of the gap. They attacked the Youzhou soldiers in the gap with bows and stones from a high position!
But after a while, a large number of casualties were caused! Fortunately, the original Great Wall defenders who were confronting the grassland army on the wall also discovered the abnormality here!
They fought desperately to break out of the pass and pressed the grassland army on the city wall from both sides, and the casualties in the gap were alleviated!
This delay allowed the grassland army, which was about to be driven out of the Great Wall, to stabilize its position and build a stable defense line.
As a result, both sides could only start the intensified fight in this narrow venue which was only about twenty meters wide!
The individual quality of the Youzhou soldiers who had never been on the battlefield was originally weaker than that of the grassland soldiers. Moreover, they were shot down by arrows from time to time, and they soon began to retreat step by step.
Liu Buqi looked at the unfavorable situation and felt helpless. Although Guan Ying and other retired veterans had volunteered, their broken limbs, which might be compensated in horse battles, had no advantage at all in foot battles!
Looking back at Gongsun Wuhui beside him, at this time, the role of martial arts masters would be even greater!
Gongsun Wuhui didn't say much. He and Liu Feiyan each led a team of soldiers and rushed forward. The effect was soon shown. Under the leadership of the two arrows, the grassland soldiers were pushed back!
But manpower is limited, and martial arts masters are not supermen. After holding on for a while, they can only retreat and rest. In this way, the two sides began to fight back and forth!
The bodies of soldiers from both sides have piled up into a small hill under the gap in the Great Wall!
Although Liu Buqi was extremely anxious in his heart, his face was as gloomy as water when facing the heavy casualties, without a single ripple, which made Yue Hanxin feel extremely cold!
But a general is the courage of his soldiers. If he is the first to show his emotional fluctuations, it will inevitably affect the soldiers who are fighting bravely!
At this time, the other team's commander would be even more anxious than himself! After all, those grassland soldiers on the Great Wall who had not retreated due to the tug-of-war between the two sides were being squeezed desperately by the soldiers guarding the Great Wall on both sides!
The battle between the two sides over the gap is about who loses patience first!
This meat-grinder-like battle lasted an entire night! By the time dawned in the east, there were only a few grassland soldiers left on both the east and west sides of the Great Wall!
The gap has been piled high with human lives, which is actually more beneficial to Youzhou!
Finally, the opposing commander saw that the resistance on the city wall was getting weaker and weaker. It was meaningless to continue this battle that had exhausted both sides!
At the command, the grassland soldiers retreated like a tide! The Youzhou soldiers who had just replaced them, ready to die, were stunned for a moment! Then they let out an extremely excited shout!
"The grassland barbarians retreated! We won!"
After a brief lull on the battlefield, countless cries of survivors rang out simultaneously up and down the Great Wall!
Liu Buqi raised his fist, which had been clenched almost unconsciously, high up in the air! Then he felt dazed and his body was a little unstable!
Yue Han, who was standing by, quickly helped her up, even though the tragedy before her had already made her feel as if her soul was being torn apart.
But the victory that came as promised made her feel a sense of pride that was unique to the Taiyue Chinese people!
The Great Wall defense line is still as solid as a rock and is still firmly in the hands of the Chinese people!
"Madam Liu, you can't rest at this time! The soldiers are still waiting for their commander!" At this moment, Yue Hanxin deeply understood why this honor could only belong to Liu Buqi!
Gratitudefully holding Yue Hanxin's supporting hand, Liu Buqi, with a pale face, slowly walked past countless cheering soldiers until he reached the long-missed Great Wall!
Looking at the grassland army that had retreated to the distant base camp, she suddenly understood why Yue Lingxi enjoyed the feeling of leading troops into battle!
To disregard life and death, to fight to the death and then to survive, to kill the general and seize the flag, what a heroic style!
But as a woman, looking at the countless dead soldiers from both sides scattered everywhere, she felt a deep sense of sadness! How many families were torn apart!
"Guan Ying, count the losses, collect the remains of our soldiers, and let everyone rest!"
"Zhang Ruoxu, arrange for the civilians from Zhenbei Prefecture to immediately begin plugging the breach in the Great Wall!"
"Liu Feiyan, go find out who is currently in charge of the Great Wall defense and bring them over."
Without any grand words, just calmly explaining the next arrangements, Liu Buqi asked someone to bring up a few chairs, and sat on the Great Wall with some fatigue. The rising sun in the distance dispelled the bloodshed of the night.
Two figures came riding against the rising sun from the grassland camp and stopped about an arrow's distance away!
The people who came were all wrapped in black gauze. At the signal of the leader, a man who looked like an follower behind him took a few steps forward and shouted loudly in Taiyue language.
"Is that Madam Liu Buqi of Youzhou on the city wall? My clan, Zhuanqu Yanshi, salutes you and congratulates you on having sole control of the Prince of Yan's harem!"
Liu Buqi slowly stood up. Zhuanqu Yanshi was equivalent to the empress of the Central Plains emperor! But she stood up not out of courtesy, but out of respect for her opponent!
The fact that Zhuanqu Yanshi came alone fully demonstrated that she was the only one who could be the commander of this grassland army!
No wonder when Yesen led his army to attack Dayuezhi, he was still able to organize a large army in the rear to attack the Great Wall without arousing Yesen's suspicion!
But the status of women on the grassland has never been high. It is absolutely impossible for Zhuanqu Yanshi to command the unruly grassland soldiers just by relying on Yesen's power!
This woman must also possess exceptional skill and strategy! She was the one Yesen could trust to take care of the rear.
Such an opponent is worthy of respect from Liu Buqi, who is also a woman, let alone an opponent with whom she had just fought all night!
"I feel incredibly honored to have been able to witness the beauty of the Steppe Khanate's Zhuanqu Yanshi. The men are away on a long journey, leaving us women to stay home. I imagine Zhuanqu Yanshi's life must be very difficult, right?"
Liu Buqi returned the favor by asking the energetic Gongsun Wuhui to reply, as a way of responding to him, but he couldn't help but be wary of Cao Yuan's knowledge of Youzhou affairs.
The maid, under instruction, continued to shout, "Madam Liu, there's no need for us to argue with each other here. Zhuanqu Yanshi has come here to discuss retrieving the body of the man who died on the grassland. Is that possible?"
Liu Buqi was silent for a moment before allowing Gongsun Wuhui to reply, "My Hua people have always admired heroes, and we do not wish to see the bodies of heroes from the battlefield exposed in the wilderness. Zhuanqu Yanshi can send someone to retrieve them."
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