SFS Chapter 161: Walking into a Trap, Encircled
Chapter 161: Walking into a Trap, Encircled
After a while, Shen Changgong called Tu Queling out.
"What's wrong, Your Majesty?"
"What is the bet between Your Majesty and Gongsun Wan'er?"
"Bet? I don't know. They were just whispering."
"Oh, so you can go back then."
"Oh, my Lord, there's one more thing."
Tu Que Ling repeated what the empress had asked her in the morning, which was about Shen Changgong and Shen's sister-in-law.
After listening to this, Shen Changgong touched his chin, somewhat confused about what the empress meant. He knew that the other party must have become suspicious, after all, women have a sixth sense, but there was no evidence, so she was testing Tu Queling.
"Go back and call Gongsun Wan'er out."
"As ordered!"
Soon, Gongsun Wan'er came out and snorted coldly,
"What?"
"What is the bet between you and His Majesty?"
"How can I tell you this?"
Gongsun Wan'er's face turned red all of a sudden and she shook her head like a rattle.
Shen Changgong narrowed his eyes and asked,
"Beat you?"
"Even if you beat me to death, I can't say anything. I'm going to run away."
Gongsun Wan'er fled in a hurry.
After returning to the lobby, Shen Changgong still wanted to ask Yan Fuyao, but after seeing the other party's cunning smile, he knew that there was no hope, so he stopped asking.
……
Early the next morning, the entire army was reorganized and the deployment was arranged.
Shen Changgong personally led the army and set out from the south gate of ** City in a mighty manner.
An army of 200,000 strong, carrying food and supplies and with the belief that they would win, came out of the city that had been defended for nine days, marching with high-spirited steps, vowing to annihilate the enemy.
This time, they will no longer passively defend themselves. They will take the initiative to attack and use their own swords and guns to tell those enemies who invaded their land...
Offense and defense have changed shape!
Shen Changgong ordered two thousand cavalrymen to go out in full force, cast a wide net over the ground, strangle the enemy's spies and scouts, and demanded that there must be no enemy troops within fifty miles in front of the army.
Then, the 40,000-strong army split into two directions, took a circuitous route, and marched quickly to the ambush site.
They were moving forward, and the enemy was also moving forward, and the enemy had started a day earlier than them. The two sides were sixty miles apart, and they were moving forward all the time.
It was not until the evening of the third day that they finally arrived twenty miles north of Qianxing Valley. The army set up camp and started cooking.
According to intelligence, the enemy's main camp is located in the southern part of Qianxing Valley, stretching for ten miles and is very powerful.
"That must not be where the main enemy force is."
After Shen Changgong heard the report, he said to the generals in the tent,
"The enemy's main force must be on the mountains on both sides. Tomorrow our army will attack the enemy's main camp..."
Before Shen Changgong finished speaking, Zhang Yide activated his clever brain and said,
"Your Highness, since we already know the enemy's main force isn't in the main camp, why bother attacking it? That would be a waste of time. Why not just split our forces into two groups, surround the mountain, and attack them?"
After saying this, Zhang Yide looked at Guan Shouchang smugly, meaning that he hadn't remembered it, but he had.
Shen Changgong looked at him and said slowly,
"Don't lead troops alone in the future."
"Ah? Why is this?"
Zhang Yide was struck by lightning. Wasn’t his plan a good one?
"One hundred and sixty thousand men surrounded two hundred and seventy thousand. How could you have imagined that? How weak must the encirclement have been? The enemy could have easily broken through with a single charge.
What's more, they have the advantage of terrain and are on high ground. How can you fight them? You spend a lot of effort climbing up, and the enemy only needs to throw stones down. Bows and arrows have a long range, so they can't hit you.
After Shen Changgong scolded Zhang Yide, he ignored him and started to arrange tactics.
"Early tomorrow morning, I will personally lead the army to attack, with Guan Shouchang leading the vanguard. The enemy camp won't have many defenders. We must capture it in one fell swoop, and then use it to defend. Do you understand?"
"understand!"
Shen Changgong had arranged the tactics, but what he never expected was that the enemy actually dared to attack.
Early the next morning, when the army had just finished their meal and assembled in the camp, a spy came to report that an unknown number of enemy troops were heading this way.
Shen Changgong immediately ordered the entire army to leave the camp and form a battle line to meet the enemy.
The 160,000 Yan troops were ready for battle when they saw the enemy coming in a mighty force.
Before leaving the camp, Shen Changgong looked up at the sky.
In the sky, the morning glow fills the sky.
If you don't go out when there is morning glow, you won't go out; but if you go out when there is evening glow, you will travel thousands of miles. Judging from the situation, it is going to rain today.
Fire bombs are not very useful on rainy days.
After leaving the camp, Shen Changgong, who was sitting on the general's platform, finally understood what "an enemy force of unknown size" meant.
The enemy army in front of them was huge, with flags flying. It seemed countless, yet disorganized.
Every squad, battalion, battalion and corps in the army has a special flag, and you can usually tell how many people there are by looking at the flag.
But what I see in front of me is too messy, with flags everywhere I look.
As the saying goes, when there are more than ten thousand people, there is no end in sight. It is really hard to judge the people in front of me.
The enemy did not challenge or form a battle formation, but simply rushed forward waving their weapons.
Guan Shouchang took the lead and led an army of 20,000 to meet the enemy.
The two sides started fighting and immediately engaged in a fierce battle. The spearmen and shield soldiers were in the front, and the archers behind them kept shooting arrows at the enemy to attack them.
Seeing this, Shen Changgong immediately commanded two more corps to encircle the enemy from both wings.
The enemy had no formation to begin with, and they fought haphazardly, and were defeated from the start. When the enemy commander saw that the Yan army was going to encircle them from both wings, he knew that he could not fight any longer, so he immediately ordered his troops to retreat.
Looking at the enemy troops fleeing in panic, Shen Changgong sneered,
"What a poor acting! After such a fight, Yu Huatian still wants me to think that this is his main force?"
"Orders, all troops, attack, advance in an orderly manner, and pursue the enemy!"
"As ordered!"
The drums sounded loudly, and the Yan army marched forward in big strides.
The corps formations were arranged in neat rows and marched towards the south.
Two hours later, they entered the Qianxing Valley.
At noon, they finally arrived in front of the enemy camp.
The Yan army immediately launched a fierce attack on the enemy camp.
The enemy camp was built in an extremely fragile manner and was vulnerable to any attack. The wall could even be collapsed with just a few pushes.
The Kun army was defeated and was easily defeated by the Yan army and forced into the camp.
The Yan army began to hunt down the Kun army, but the enemy ran like rabbits and quickly ran out of the camp.
At this moment, countless enemy flags appeared on the mountains on the east and west sides, and dense crowds of people appeared on the hills.
The passages on the north and south sides were completely blocked by the enemy troops rushing down the mountain.