Chapter 347 The Incompetent King

Author: Gongsun Wujiu

Chapter 347 The Incompetent King

While King Yu Cheng ordered the entire army to attack, he quietly retreated towards the palace with his men.

Yu Chenggong and others quickly noticed King Yu Cheng's actions.

His heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly felt a sense of despair.

Then endless anger rose from his heart.

"Follow me!"

The angry palace minister immediately rushed to King Yu Cheng with the soldiers beside him.

"Where does Your Highness want to go?" Gong Xiang asked, suppressing the anger in his heart.

King Yu Cheng said na na, "I am going to the rear to gather the young and strong people..."

The Prime Minister said, "This is the responsibility of my subordinates. Your Highness should be with all the soldiers!"

King Yu Cheng said with a look of worry on his face, "I am not good at fighting. Just leave the matters ahead to the generals!"

The palace minister heard this and said angrily, "Your Highness, don't you know what will happen if you leave..."

King Yu Cheng became angry and said, "What will happen, and what does it have to do with you... Why don't you get out of the way!"

At this time, the palace minister could no longer suppress the anger in his heart. He said angrily, "Your Highness wants to leave unless you step over my body!"

King Yu Cheng saw this and shouted, "Get out of my way!"

Gong Xianghao did not back down, "Your Highness, please return to where you should be!"

The anger in King Yu Cheng's heart had reached its extreme at this time.

He suddenly drew out the sword from his waist and stabbed Gong Xiang fiercely.

The palace minister looked at King Yu Cheng with horror on his face. He did not expect that King Yu Cheng would actually take action.

Faced with the sudden change, the people around him were actually horrified.

It was not until the palace minister turned back unwillingly that the soldiers who followed the palace minister to stop King Yu Cheng screamed in horror.

"The Prime Minister was killed by His Highness... The Prime Minister was killed by His Highness..."

The furious King Yu Cheng ordered, "Kill them all!"

After receiving the order, King Yu Cheng's personal guards immediately killed the soldiers brought to the palace.

The soldiers brought by the palace minister were also angry at this time. They drew their swords and fought with King Yu Cheng's guards.

At this time, in front of the battlefield, Yu Cheng's soldiers, led by their centurions, were still attacking the Han army's position like waves.

Yu Cheng's soldiers screamed and shouted, raised their spears and daggers and charged towards the enemy.

At this time, the trenches outside the city had also been filled in by Yu Cheng's soldiers.

They have been able to use their huge numerical advantage to launch attacks on the Han army.

The Han army itself is dominated by cavalry, and all the cavalry officers have been deployed on the battlefield.

Although the Han army had equipment advantages, as later generations said, six times the quantitative advantage was enough to overwhelm the qualitative advantage.

During the Soviet-German War, the Soviet army overwhelmed the more elite German army with its huge numerical advantage.

At this time, the Han military officers had been forced to retreat continuously.

If this battle continues like this, the Han military officers will also be overwhelmed by Yu Ren's numerical advantage.

Although the Han army had the advantage of cavalry, the terrain of the battlefield greatly restricted the movement of the cavalry.

Moreover, facing the two armies that were anxiously together, it was difficult for the Han cavalry to effectively exert their combat effectiveness.

In order to maintain the battle line and wait for changes in the battle situation, Mahan had to dismount his cavalry and engage in foot combat with the enemy.

Zhang Yue saw the situation in front of him on the military vehicle, and felt more and more critical that the situation was critical, but the front line was already anxious.

Yu Cheng's soldiers continued to attack in waves, and more and more Han soldiers fell into a pool of blood.

"Two or three sons, hold on!"

Fortunately, the Han army was well-trained. Although they were forced to retreat step by step, they never collapsed.

The situation before him reminded Zhang Yue of the Battle of Kuqa Water.

Zhang Yue knew that he was overconfident, so he forced himself to calm down and think of ways to break the situation.

"This won't work, we must fight back!"

At this moment, Zhang Yue suddenly noticed that there seemed to be chaos behind Yu Cheng.

He had an idea and shouted, "King Yu Cheng is dead... King Yu Cheng is dead..."

The surrounding Han soldiers were stunned for a moment, and then quickly started shouting along with Zhang Yue.

Yu Cheng's soldiers, who were attacking the Han army officers, couldn't help but look behind them, and they immediately discovered the melee at the rear.

When the attacking soldiers of Yu Cheng saw this scene, their morale suddenly dropped to the bottom.

An army that has lost morale will not have much combat effectiveness no matter how large it is.

Yu Cheng's soldiers gradually began to retreat and collapse.

Shama tried to stop this, but found that it was in vain.

Just like the battle that took place by the Yellow River a thousand years later, Yu Cheng's soldiers suddenly collapsed when they were about to win.

The demoralized soldiers no longer had the desire and courage to fight.

One by one, they scrambled to escape to the rear.

Under the command of Ma Han, the Han soldiers took advantage of the situation and launched a counterattack.

Driven by the Han army, Yu Cheng's soldiers became even more confused. General Yu Cheng's right general accidentally fell to the ground while retreating.

The retreating soldiers trampled directly over him, and he was trampled to death in an instant.

This scene was seen in the eyes of left general Shama. He couldn't help sighing and gave up resistance dejectedly.

He looked at Yu Chengcheng behind him in memory, then drew his sword and killed himself in despair.

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The sudden collapse of the frontline soldiers shocked Brynberg, who was leading the troops to fight Su Fei and Wu Zheng.

Although he still didn't know what exactly happened, he knew that Yu Cheng was completely hopeless in this battle.

He decisively issued the order to retreat, and more than two thousand Yucheng cavalry quickly left the entanglement with the Han cavalry and headed north.

King Yu Cheng was also stunned by the sudden collapse.

He immediately shouted, "Retreat!"

Then he was the first to flee towards the palace.

The palace also has strong walls and a secret passage leading outside the city.

Unfortunately, the palace minister's personal guards were not willing to let King Yu Cheng leave.

They acted immediately and blocked King Yu Cheng's path again.

King Yu Cheng was blocked for a while, and it was not that easy to leave again.

At this time, the fleeing soldiers had retreated back to the city, and King Yu Cheng was carried by the crowd and forced to continue towards the west of the city.

"All troops attack!"

At this time, Zhang Yue finally issued the order for the entire army to attack.

The Han soldiers drove the defeated soldiers into Yucheng City.

However, these people were just mantises using their arms as chariots, and were quickly killed by the Han army.

When the sun went down, the Han army occupied all places except the palace.

But at this time, there were still a few soldiers under the leadership of their respective centurions to resist the Han army entering the city.

It was not until night fell that the Han army completely controlled Yu Cheng after a whole day of fierce fighting.

In this battle, Yu Cheng's soldiers were almost completely wiped out. Not even one out of ten soldiers left the battle, and the casualties were estimated to be as high as 80%. The blood of Yu Cheng's soldiers dyed the entire city red inside and outside.

Not many of these soldiers actually died in frontal battles. Most of them died after collapsing and trampling on each other.

In this battle, the Han military officers also suffered heavy losses, especially Sanqu Yicong, whose casualties reached an astonishing 30%.

Fortunately, not many soldiers were killed, and because the entire army was wearing armor, the majority of them were slightly injured.

Zhang Yue entered the city relatively late, and did not enter Yucheng until the Han army took control of the entire city.

As soon as he entered the city, he heard bursts of cheers.
Chapter completed!