Finally, it will not lead to a defeat...but what is the purpose of His Highness Prince Su's move?
After taking over the command of the army from "King Su", Wu Wei Wang Shu frowned and glanced at the real Su King Zhao Hongrun, who was standing beside him as a guard, and felt a little puzzled.
He lowered his voice and asked: "His Royal Highness King Su, you..."
However, before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Zhao Hongrun: "Didn't King Su escape? My name is Jiang Run, and I am Wang Wuwei's personal guard. Don't forget it... Also, be careful, the Chu Army's
The offensive momentum will be even more fierce than before."
"..." Wang Shu glanced at Zhao Hongrun in astonishment and nodded slowly.
As Zhao Hongrun inferred, the retreat of "King Su" did not have a great impact on Wei Bing. It can almost be said to be minimal. After all, he did nothing after arriving at Yanling, even though he took over the entire army two or three days ago.
Yan Ling could not change the fact that his prestige in the hearts of this Wei army was far inferior to that of Chen Shi, Wang Shu, and Ma Zhang.
After all, the latter three led this army to block the Chu army on the south bank of Yan River many times. What did Zhao Hongrun do that is worthy of praise?
No!
To put it bluntly, in the hearts of this Wei army, there is almost no difference between his presence and absence as King Su.
But the Chu army on the opposite side obviously didn't think so.
For example, Pingyu Lord Xiong Hu, he was so angry that he was half dead at the moment.
After all, in his opinion, if "Su Wang Ji Run" escaped, then the battle would be over in theory. But who would have thought that Wu Wei Wang Shu and Ma Zhang would use their personal prestige to defeat those
The Wei soldiers, who had become overwhelmed because of "Queen Su fled", regained their fighting spirit.
This is simply... intolerable!
"Attack! Attack! Attack!"
After shouting several times, Pingyu Lord Xiong Hu gnashed his teeth and cursed Wang Shu and Ma Zhang, and then said viciously: "Then King Su Ji Run's son is the commander-in-chief of the Wei army. The commander-in-chief has escaped. How long can these guys hold on?"
?Give me more strength to attack!"
"yes!"
"Tell Yu You to continue to order the archers to shoot, and suppress the Wei army at all costs!"
"yes!"
As Pingyu Lord Xiong Hu's order was issued, the Chu army's offensive once again became fierce, especially the archers. They shot without distinguishing between ourselves and the enemy. In order to suppress the Wei soldiers, they did not hesitate to bury friendly troops with them.
Under the brutal suppression of thousands of archers of the Chu army, a land of death seemed to appear between the Wei army and the Chu army on the north bank of the Yan River. Anyone who sets foot on this area, whether it is the Chu army or the Wei army, will be attacked.
Baptism of arrows from Chu army archers.
"They shot and killed their own soldiers without any scruples. Are those guys crazy?"
Seeing that Chu's archers were attacking without distinguishing between friend and foe, Wu Wei Wang Shu murmured in shock.
"Hmph." Zhao Hongrun snorted and said in a low voice: "It's not that Lord Pingyu Xiong Hu is crazy, it's just that he feels that now is the best opportunity to defeat our army..."
The best opportunity...could it be because of the "Queen Su's escape" incident?
Wu Wei Wang Shu took a deep look at Zhao Hongrun.
What is this His Highness Prince Su planning?
Wu Wei Ma Zhang also looked at Zhao Hongrun with a strange expression.
Seeing Zhao Hongrun standing on such a chaotic battlefield without changing his expression, they gradually realized that the mind of His Royal Highness Prince Su was probably not as immature as his appearance.
"What should we do now?" Wang Shu asked in a low voice.
Zhao Hongrun glanced at Wang Shu with some surprise, and also lowered his voice and said: "The Chu army will keep forcing our army to retreat, so just follow their wishes and retreat slowly..."
"Aren't you going to counterattack?"
"Counterattack? Do you think you can win? Ever since the first pontoon bridge was successfully built, haven't you already concluded that this battle will be lost?... Otherwise, what news did you send to Yanling?"
"I..." Wang Shu couldn't help but be a little stunned when he heard this. He didn't expect that Zhao Hongrun actually noticed that he had sent someone to send a message to Yanling.
"Delay time, try your best to delay the evacuation of the people in Yanling City... just like you did before." Zhao Hongrun glanced at Wang Shu lightly.
…
Looking directly into Zhao Hongrun's calm eyes, Wang Shu had the strange feeling that he could not see through the other person's mind for the first time.
"Mo... I will understand."
Sure enough, the Chu army on the south bank of the Chu army used the power of bows and arrows to force the Wei army to retreat time and time again.
Each time the arrows fell, they were approximately ten feet farther than before.
The Chu army...are they really planning to force our army to retreat?
When Wu Wei Ma Zhang saw this scene, his eyes suddenly froze.
Although the Wei infantry suffered almost no casualties with the shields in their hands, the fear in their hearts at the arrow rain forced them to retreat step by step.
It's no wonder, after all, the rain of arrows was so terrifying that even though the infantrymen of Wei held shields in their hands, they still felt uncontrollable fear in their hearts.
Then the fifth wave of arrows also advanced forward for more than ten feet, and at the same time forced the Wei soldiers to retreat subconsciously.
As the Wei infantry retreated, the space for the Chu army to land on the north bank of the Yan River undoubtedly increased, and more and more Chu soldiers gathered on the north bank of the Yan River.
Delay...?
Wu Wei Wang Shu glanced at Zhao Hongrun and did not order his soldiers to attack again.
For some reason, looking at His Royal Highness Prince Su's calm expression, his mood was no longer as tense as before.
"You can counterattack appropriately with bows and arrows... This is a wasted opportunity to weaken the Chu army." Zhao Hongrun reminded in a low voice.
"Oh, yes!" Wang Shu woke up from his dream and immediately turned around and shouted: "Where are our army's crossbowmen?...Aim forward and shoot!"
The Wei archers who lined up behind the Wei infantry heard the roar and fired back with their bows and arrows.
The targets of their shooting were naturally those Chu soldiers who had occupied the north bank.
However, I don't know if those Chu soldiers were people who didn't care about life and death. They braved the arrows of friendly forces and the arrows of Wei army's crossbowmen, and did not hesitate to pay heavy sacrifices, gradually approaching the Wei infantry.
What's even worse is that subsequent Chu troops landed on the other side along the pontoon and joined this group of death squads.
Faced with the Chu army's suicidal tactics, which did not regard the lives of their soldiers as their own, but purely used the lives of their soldiers to advance the front line, although the Wei soldiers were not defeated, their retreating momentum could not be stopped.
The morale of our army... has decreased. Is it because we realize that we can no longer win this battle?
Zhao Hongrun glanced at the nearby Wei infantry and saw that their faces were a little panicked. He frowned and said to Wang Shu: "Tell your generals that you have informed Yanling of the unfavorable battle situation. At present, Yanling is quickly organizing the relocation of the people, but
, this takes time!...Their relatives need time, and the soldiers here need to stop the Chu army for a while!"
Wu Wei Wang Shu nodded in understanding, took a deep breath, and shouted: "Brothers!"
"..."
The nearby Wei soldiers all turned to look at Wang Shu.
Wang Shu smiled bitterly and said regretfully: "Sorry, our army may not be able to win this battle... But it doesn't matter. I have already informed Yanling of the situation here. I believe that Yanling is organizing the people in the city to report to Yanling at this time.
Migrate north... But this will take time. Your close relatives, brothers, and sisters will need time to evacuate... Once we hold off the Chu army for a while, many people will survive and will not be killed by the Chu dogs...
...I hope you will fight until the last moment!"
Did Yan Ling already get the news?
That's good……
It can be clearly seen that many Wei soldiers looked somewhat relaxed after hearing Wang Shu's words.
"Now, let's hold back the Chu army as much as possible! ...The infantry retreated ten steps, and the archers fired arrows!"
"Whoa whoa--"
"Step back ten steps, and the archer will let go!"
"Whoa whoa--"
Under the command of two military lieutenants, Wang Shu and Ma Zhang, the Wei soldiers retreated in an orderly manner. While retreating slowly, they also effectively used their bows and arrows to kill the Chu soldiers who rushed forward regardless of their own safety.
The Chu army's losses have exceeded 4,000 people, huh...
Zhao Hongrun looked at this scene with an expressionless face. From the bottom of his heart, he despised the Chu army's boring tactics that purely used the lives of soldiers to pile up victory results.
But it is undeniable that this tactic complements the Chu army, which has an absolute advantage in strength. It forced the Wei infantry to retreat even though they had advantages in location and equipment, and even a short-term relative strength advantage.
.
After about another cup of tea, Wang Shu whispered to Zhao Hongrun: "We have already exited the shooting range of the Chu army's archers on the south bank of Yan River... Do we still want to retreat?"
Zhao Hongrun glanced at the Chu army on the north bank of the Yan River and saw that there were roughly as many as 6,000 soldiers crossing the Yan River. He shook his head and whispered: "Our army is out of the range of the archers on the south bank of the Yan River. Doesn't this mean
Can those Chu infantry officially launch an attack on our army without any worries?... If you don’t run away now, are you waiting to be dragged to death by them? Order the whole army to turn around and run away!"
So decisive...
Wu Wei Wang Shu was slightly startled, and immediately ordered two of his guards to ride a horse, and gave the horse to Zhao Hongrun. He immediately raised his arms and shouted: "Brothers, we have bought enough time for the people of Yanling. Now, it is time to
We have thought about it for ourselves!... Let’s keep this useful life for the time being, and take revenge on these Chu dogs in the future!... Listen to my order, the whole army turns around and retreats!"
In fact, the Wei soldiers under his command had already thought about retreating, but due to military orders and the hope of buying some time for Yan Ling's relatives to retreat, they did not flee. Now when they heard this, the nearly five thousand soldiers in the army immediately turned around.
, fled towards the north.
Damn it, those Wei soldiers escaped at this time?
Wu Gan, the Chu general who had just planned to launch an offensive against Wei soldiers, was furious when he saw this scene. He said to himself that these guys had killed so many of our soldiers, how could we allow them to escape.
Without saying a word, Wu Gan gave the order: "Chase!"
"Whoa whoa--"
The Chu army, which had already crossed the Yan River, was in high morale, and after hearing this, they immediately pursued the Wei soldiers.
At the same time, Yanling.
Pei Zhan, the magistrate of Yanling County, stood on the city wall and looked down at the people in the city who were gradually evacuating the city.
"Master Pei, this is the last common people's team..."
Civil servant Zhao Zhun reminded him.
"Well," Pei Zhan nodded, looking at the whole city reluctantly, and then a trace of determination flashed across his face.