Chapter 128
The Unwilling Changsun Wuwo
The city was instantly filled with cheers and even Changsun Wuwo outside the city could hear the continuous shouts of "great victory"!
"Great victory at the Great Wall?" Changsun Wuwo waved his hand and stopped the Tiance Army that was already prepared!
Han Zhiruo on the side was silent for a long time, and she wanted to say something several times but stopped herself from saying it!
In fact, it doesn’t matter whether you say it or not! Because Changsun Wuwo knows exactly what Han Zhiruo wants to say!
When he was about to attack the city, news of a great victory at the Great Wall came from the city. If it was somewhere else or by other people, Changsun Wuwo would have simply sneered and thought it was just a delaying tactic by the defenders!
But Youzhou is different, and the Youzhou fox spirits are different! From Youzhou to Jinan, from the capital to the outside world, Yue Hanxin and Liu Buqi are creating miracles along the way!
Especially against the two empire's arch-enemies, the foreign grasslands and Yehe, the empire is almost invincible!
Although from the intelligence obtained from various sources, Youzhou is facing great difficulties in resisting the invasion of the grassland this time, but who can guarantee that the Youzhou fox spirit will not find a new way to win the battle in the impossible situation?
Therefore, the risk of starting a war at this time becomes extremely great! If this is Marquis Lu's delaying tactic, as long as he can capture Tai'an Prefecture, everything will be under control!
But if the Great Wall victory is true! Then rashly starting a war would be giving the other side an advantage, and the consequences would be unpredictable! If they could really capture the city, they could still just use wrangling and verbal battles to get away with it!
If the siege drags on for a long time or Liu Buqi leads the troops to rescue, it will be a complete defeat!
Most importantly, the Crown Prince cannot and must not make any mistakes! So, who will ultimately bear the consequences of going to war?
That's why Han Zhiruo hesitated to speak, and that's why Gongsun Wuwo lowered his head and remained silent!
In the end, rationality overwhelmed emotion! From any perspective, relying on Youzhou's current strength to completely resist the grassland is already difficult, let alone defeat it!
At this time and place, the reality that the Tian Ce Mansion’s army is suppressing Tai’an is obviously more objective than the blind fear of Liu Yue Lingxi and Buqi!
Changsun Wuwo took a deep breath. In order to show his gratitude to two generations of crown princes, in the face of risks and opportunities, he had to shoulder some responsibilities alone!
"Pass the order and start attacking the city!"
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When Song Chen and Guan Ying arrived at Tai'an City first with 3,000 cavalrymen, they were faced with another offensive and defensive battle that had become one-sided!
Lu Qinghou is not a veteran of the battlefield. As a pure civil servant or businessman, it is unrealistic to rely entirely on him to command the defense.
The only regular troops in Tai'an City are all new recruits. If it weren't for the retired veterans from the escort agency leading the way, they would have lost their combat effectiveness by now!
In order to capture Tai'an as quickly as possible, Changsun Wuwo did not choose the siege strategy of surrounding three sides and leaving one side open, but instead concentrated all his forces on one side!
The person he was betting on was the civil servant Lu Qinghou, who had no command experience. He was worried about gains and losses and did not dare to give up the defense on the other three sides easily!
Although the Tian Ce Army's arguments are not as sharp as those of the Youzhou Army, they have been confronting the Guannei Hou Datong Army, which is also a powerful army in the world, for years, and they are definitely not the A'mon of Wu!
Under normal circumstances, this offensive and defensive battle would not last for three days, and it would be considered a miracle if Lu Qinghou could even see the sun tomorrow morning!
When Song Chen saw the situation of the attacking and defending sides, he knew that even if he immediately replaced Lu Qinghou in command, he would not be able to play any role now!
So, Guan Ying was ordered to lead the cavalry and go around the outside of the city while the Tian Ce army was fully focused on attacking the city and had no time to pay attention to other things!
By the time he met with Lü Qinghou and formally handed over the defense of Tai'an City, the Tiance Mansion had already made several breakthroughs on this section of the city wall, and countless soldiers were preparing to climb up from the occupied section of the city wall!
At this critical moment, Guan Ying gave Changsun Wuwo a wake-up call!
The three thousand world-famous Yanjing cavalry swept through the entire Tiance Mansion army with overwhelming momentum!
In fact, with 3,000 troops against 80,000, the loss of the Tian Ce army was not that great! But it was undoubtedly a huge blow to both the Tian Ce army, who had seen the dawn of breaking the city, and Gongsun Wuwo, who had made a big gamble!
The siege, which had lasted for three hours, had to be stopped! If the battle continued, the Tiance Mansion army would be unable to show any combat effectiveness due to its hesitation.
Looking at the Tian Ce Army retreating like a tide, Marquis Lu Qing felt his legs go weak and he collapsed to the ground. The same thing happened to the defenders of this city!
Reinforcements have arrived!
Song Chen and Guan Ying, who had just entered the city after a meritorious service, were led by Lü Qinghou, who had managed to stand up but whose hands were still shaking, and quickly inspected the city walls and met with soldiers and generals in various places. This was a necessary process for the handover of military power that had just been omitted.
The reason his hands were shaking wasn't because of fear, but because of spasms caused by holding the weapon tightly for a long time!
Song Chen and Guan Ying smiled bitterly at each other. It was not just Lu Qinghou who was in this situation, but also a large number of new recruits!
The two veteran generals naturally understood that if the Tiance Mansion launched an attack now, these soldiers who suddenly rested would probably not even have the strength to pick up their weapons!
The enemy is a strong army that has fought for many years, how could they not know about this recruit syndrome!
Fortunately, the defenders on the other three city walls that Lü Qinghou hesitated to mobilize can still be used!
Guan Ying, Song Chen and Lu Qinghou immediately began to change guards separately. When they were halfway through, the Tian Ce army unexpectedly completed the adjustment first and started another attack!
The Youzhou reinforcements have arrived, but Changsun Wuwo, who is already in a difficult situation, quickly recovers from the blow!
The top strategist of Tian Ce Mansion knew better than anyone else at this moment that it was time to burn our boats!
The news of the great victory at the Great Wall is already confirmed, but the reinforcements are light cavalry. Considering the distance, a large number of follow-up reinforcements will take at least half a day to arrive. This half a day is enough for Tiance Mansion to make a last-ditch effort to gain a foothold in Youzhou!
But his opponent is no longer Lü Qinghou who is not familiar with military formations, but Song Chen, the number one defender of Youzhou!
Although the garrison rotation was only halfway completed, the rational use of a large number of city defense equipment, coupled with clear instructions issued to each flag!
The weakened Taian defenders became even more formidable than before! As time went on, more and more defenders began to join the battle.
Due to the lack of ability to resist the Youzhou cavalry, Zhangsun Wuwo never let go and launched a large-scale attack. This also gave Song Chen ample opportunity to breathe, and the battlefield situation became increasingly favorable to Youzhou!
When the scorching sun set in the west, Changsun Wuwo knew clearly that the Tiance army was doomed!
A feeling of unwillingness rushed into his mind. If he had arrived at the Tiance Army even half a day earlier, the current situation would be completely different!
Looking back now, it’s true!
It’s too late to regret!
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