OBS Chapter 838 Defeat
Chapter 838 Defeat
It took Li Xiaoyi a full quarter of an hour to explain his fighting style clearly.
After hearing this, Yang Dacheng's eyelids twitched wildly.
"Well, Li Kaigu is a famous general after all, and he even defeated Fang Ruhai. Would he really fall for this trick?"
"If he was truly a famous general, he wouldn't have wasted so much effort to defeat the 50,000-man army of the Left Eagle Guard, and wouldn't have thrown in tens of thousands of Yuqian Guard soldiers."
"This……"
"He defeated a tired army that had been ambushed several times, and still lost so many men. What kind of general is he? It was only General Fang Ruhai who was careless and lost to him."
Li Xiaoyi still has a high opinion of Fang Ruhai.
He had also heard about the specific circumstances of the Battle of Yankou from the very few defeated soldiers who escaped.
First, they had a long journey, and then they were ambushed twice. The exhausted Zuo Yingyang Guards faced the Zuo Yuqin Guards, who were in high spirits and had twice the number of troops. Fang Ruhai's ability was unquestionable.
If it were an ordinary general, he would have thought about running away after being surrounded, but Fang Ruhei wanted to capture Li Kaigu in one go, which was not easy.
"Don't worry, General Yang. Li Kaigu is doomed this time. Even if he manages to leave Fuzhou alive, there won't be many survivors among the Left and Right Yuqian Guards."
"I will use his left and right Yuqian guards to pay tribute to General Fang Ruhai and the fifty thousand Zuo Yingyang guards!"
Endless clouds rolled in, covering the moon and making the night even darker.
The hour of Xu is gradually approaching.
This period of time is often when people are most likely to feel sleepy, and the soldiers who are on duty are already ready to go back to sleep.
At the hour of Hai, the soldiers who had completed the handover were drowsy, and the soldiers who had just arrived were still dizzy. The defense of the entire camp was the weakest.
It was at this time that a group of infantry rushed in like a storm. The soldiers who had been ambushed long ago moved the barricades away fearlessly and then stormed the camp.
Gao Xiaosong heard bursts of shouting and killing in his sleep.
"Oh no, night attack!"
He turned over and ran outside without even putting on his armor. As soon as he left the tent, he saw the flames rising into the sky.
The food and fodder in their front camp had been completely consumed by a fire. The soldiers guarding the food and fodder had been killed. Before they died, they saw that they could no longer defend the camp and burned the food and fodder.
"It's over!"
He was horrified and looked around, only to see flames rising from the military camp.
He looked in that direction and remembered that was where the food supplies were stored. Since there was a fire there, it proved that their food supplies could no longer be protected.
The fires were all set by their own soldiers.
Only when they are about to lose the chance to defend the city will these soldiers set fire to the food.
From Gao Xiaosong's perspective, there was another cavalry unit slaughtering people everywhere. They bypassed the horse traps and chevaux de frise outside the camp and finally broke into the camp.
The most obvious result of a large number of enemy troops entering the military camp is the roar of the front camp.
The soldiers fled in all directions, not knowing what was happening in the world.
Gao Xiaosong quickly turned around and ran into the tent. He wanted to change his clothes quickly and give orders to his soldiers.
But before he could return, he was discovered.
The cavalry general shouted loudly, rode his horse towards him, and stabbed him in the heart with his spear.
"The enemy general is dead!"
At the same time, the left and right Yuqianwei camps in Changxi, Changle and Gutian counties were successfully attacked, and no one survived in the entire camp.
Li Kaigu was in the headquarters camp in Yongtai. The general who had just defeated Fang Ruhai could not sleep day or night.
He felt a pain like being bitten by a poisonous snake, and this pain made it difficult for him to fall asleep.
"Strange, why am I suddenly having trouble sleeping?"
Li Kaigu didn't understand why, but he put on armor and went to patrol the camp.
After a round of patrol, it was already late at night.
He felt a sense of loss and walked forward with his personal soldiers.
Soon he arrived at his own tent. He walked in, let his personal soldiers help him take off his armor, and then sat on the mat.
Time passed minute by minute, and the second half of the evening gradually approached. Outside Li Kaigu's hall, the light of the torches lit up like a prairie fire.
Of the four camp gates, only three were lit with flames.
The north gate was breached first, and the rangers shot and killed the soldiers on duty with a round of arrows. The sword and shield soldiers stepped forward to remove the barricades, and after the cavalry entered first, they led the spearmen into the camp.
Li Kaigu's central military tent soon became lively. Liu Desheng rushed in with his head down and clasped his fists.
"General, the north gate has been attacked and the enemy has already broken through!"
Zhao Kai then rushed in, looking anxious.
"General, the east and west gates have been attacked. The enemy is very strong and has broken through the gates and is slaughtering the camp."
Li Kaigu roared angrily:
"Who on earth is so bold!"
"Quick, send people to support Sanmen and let them know how powerful we are!"
Zhao Kai hurried out of the tent and began to send troops to resist.
But he soon turned back, terrified.
"General, the enemy is the Left and Right Eagle Guards!"
"The banners these soldiers are flying are 'Li, the Great General of the Great Wu' and 'Yang, the Great Cavalry General of the Great Wu'!"
Li Kaigu was stunned.
The Great General of the Great Wu and the General of the Cavalry of the Great Wu, aren’t they Li Xiaoyi and Yang Dacheng?
These two people come together to attack him?
Isn’t Li Xiaoyi’s main task to guard against Zhang Renyuan and Fang Zhe’s 200,000 troops?
"The approximately 100,000 Eagle Guards led by Li Xiaoyi and the 50,000 Right Eagle Guards led by Yang Dacheng are both elite troops. If we engage in a major battle with them, the 50,000-strong army will surely be annihilated!"
At the critical moment, Li Kaigu's mind was working rapidly.
"What about the South Gate? How is the South Gate now?"
Zhao Kai was sweating profusely: "The South Gate is very quiet."
Li Kaigu's heart sank.
Besiege from three sides and only leave one side.
This is a three-sided circle with one missing!
Li Xiaoyi is forcing him to make a choice!
They certainly cannot withstand the attack from three sides. Although the last side is quiet, it is conceivable that there will be more undercurrents beneath the calm surface of the water.
Presumably, Li Xiaoyi was already prepared to chase them all the way.
"If we don't leave the camp, we will definitely die in the end."
"If I escape, I might be able to retain some of my strength."
Li Kaigu closed his eyes.
Tears of regret welled up in his eyes.
He is still too young. These veterans are very experienced and any step they take can cost him his life.
Until this offensive began, he naively thought that these veterans would have a headache because of his advance. He didn't expect that these people did not follow the plan at all, they attacked directly!
"General, there is no time left. Give the order quickly!"
Liu Desheng clasped his fists and urged.
"If the general wishes to retreat, then I am willing to cover your retreat! Even if I die, I will still eat a piece of these people's flesh!"
Li Kaigu immediately shook his head: "You are Wuji's deputy general. If you die here, how can I face Wuji?"
"How can we do this when facing a powerful enemy? General, please hurry up and I will cover your retreat!"