Chapter 0011: End of the Road
Li Zixiong saw it clearly and a smile appeared on his face. He was still very surprised about his youngest son. In the past, the three sons of the Li family were all good, but Li Yu was not particularly outstanding. But now it is different. Li Yu's talent and martial arts far surpass those of his two older brothers.
"I just don't know if Duke Chu can defeat the enemy." Li Zixiong was a little worried.
"Attack." Li Zixiong waved the flag in his hand, taking advantage of Li Yu's upper hand and boosting morale, he commanded his troops to attack Hongnong City.
All of a sudden, the rebels carried ladders and rushed towards Hongnong City. Even nest cars, catapults and other equipment were ready. With an order from Li Zixiong, the battle to attack Hongnong City finally began.
At this time, Li Yu's role was only to shoot arrows. Before the enemy's defensive means such as rolling logs and stones, and gold juice were exhausted, Li Yu could not rely on his personal bravery to attack the city wall, which would be a suicidal act. Not to mention the enemy's rolling logs and stones, even if the gold juice was poured on him, it would cause infection and he would definitely die.
Attacking the city was certainly important, but Li Yu would not give his life to the battlefield casually. Only sharp arrows could achieve success at this time. Once an arrow was shot, the enemy would fall under the city.
"Damn it." Yin Hongzhi dodged an arrow and couldn't help but roar. He wasn't afraid of the enemy's attack, but he was worried about the arrows that could be shot at any time. Unfortunately, the enemy stood far away, and the arrows on the wall couldn't hit them at all. Instead, he could hear screams from time to time. Even he had to be careful.
"Gather the archers and launch an attack on the city wall." Li Yu said to the soldiers around him , "Those with strong arms, no matter how good they are at archery, as long as they shoot the sharp arrows, at least we can help our brothers to attack the tower."
In this cold weapon era, attacking a city is a very dangerous thing. Soldiers attacking the city will be attacked from multiple angles. Even if they manage to reach the tower, they will face multiple attacks from the enemy. Especially now, the walls of Hongnong City are higher than the horizon. If the rebels want to reach the wall, they have to climb a steep slope, which brings great difficulties to the rebels.
Yang Zhiji on the city wall didn't care about the lives of the soldiers around him, and even his own life. There weren't many soldiers in Hongnong City before, but Yin Hongzhi brought thousands of soldiers now. He was sure to resist the rebels. He kept ordering the soldiers to shoot their bows and arrows to kill the attacking enemies. The Sui army was in a high position, and it was very easy to shoot. If it weren't for Li Yu's sniper, these soldiers would not be in much danger.
Li Yu quickly gathered a lot of archers around him. These archers followed Li Yu and shot their sharp arrows one after another. Unfortunately, these people's arrows could not effectively kill the enemy. Only a few people could threaten the enemies on the city wall. When the other archers shortened the attack distance, they were soon hit by the enemy and soon suffered casualties.
When the rebels went through untold hardships to put the ladders on the city wall, the cruelty of war was revealed at this time. The enemy pushed the ladders away with spears, or simply rolled logs and rocks down with the ladders to kill the rebels below.
No matter what it was, the rebels who attacked first died under the rolling logs and rocks. Some soldiers had just climbed a few steps when they were hit on the head by the rolling logs and rocks. They fell to the ground with blood gushing out, deader than dead. Some ladders could not withstand these rolling logs and rocks at all. They were smashed into two pieces and could not be used at all. The soldiers who escaped by chance had the boiling gold juice falling from the sky, either on their faces or on their bodies. The rebels let out a wail and fell to the ground from the ladders.
This situation can be seen everywhere, and the rebels suffered countless casualties. If it weren't for the existence of the supervision team behind them, I'm afraid some soldiers would have started to flee. Li Yu also held back the nausea in his heart and could only shoot the sharp arrow in his hand.
At this moment, behind Li Zixiong, Yang Xuangan personally led the army to resist the arrival of the Sui army. Yuwen Shu, Wei Xuan, Qu Tutong, Lai Huer and other generals led the army slowly and kept approaching Yang Xuangan's army.
Yang Xuangan personally led the army to charge into battle, but even so, Yang Xuangan's army was no match for the four generals. Yuwen Shu, Qu Tutong, Lai Huer and others were all powerful figures, and they were no less capable than Yang Xuangan in charging into battle or commanding the army. Although Yang Xuangan was extremely brave, facing this situation, he could only retreat again and again and slowly move towards Hongnong.
The army of more than 100,000 suffered heavy losses under the attack of Yuwen Shu and others, and even Yang Xuanting was killed by Lai Huer. The failure of the rebels seemed to be a foregone conclusion.
In the afternoon, Li Zixiong ordered a withdrawal. The army moved slowly and set up camp thirty miles away from Hongnong. Li Zixiong, regardless of the heavy losses of his own army, invited Li Yu into the tent.
"The Duke has been defeated and is heading towards Hongnong." Li Zixiong said in a low voice.
"Then what should we do?" Li Yu remained calm. Yang Xuangan was doomed to fail. What faced him now was how to leave here. There were enemies blocking the way in front of him and pursuers behind him. It seemed that there was no way out.
"Help the Duke of Chu to defeat Yuwen Shu." Li Zixiong's eyes lit up as he said, "The Duke of Chu still has a lot of troops under his command. Behind him are Tongguan and Hongnong. It is almost impossible to escape. We can only fight to the death. Maybe there is still a glimmer of hope. Not only the Duke of Chu knows this, but the soldiers below also know it."
Li Yu did not say anything. Li Zixiong thought too simply. If Yuwen Shu was so easy to deal with, Yang Xuangan would not have failed. Moreover, Yuwen Shu and others were commanding the best troops in the world. It would be very difficult to defeat the enemy.
However, one thing is certain, in the chaos of the army, there may be a chance to break through the siege, so he said: "When the decisive battle comes, please stay with me, father. Maybe the possibility of defeating the old thief Yuwen is small, but it is still possible to protect you and break through the siege."
After hearing this, Li Zixiong showed a relieved look, patted Li Yu on the shoulder and said: "If that's the case, you can break out by yourself, don't worry about your father, as long as you can escape, the rest will be easy. Your father has some popularity in the court, even Yuwen Shu and I have some friendship. Look at how many people under the Duke are from aristocratic families. Your father has not made any achievements for the Duke during this period of time. As for you, you haven't appeared on the battlefield during this period of time. I'm afraid you are hiding your incompetence!"
Li Yu did not refute Li Zixiong's words. During this period, he did not appear on the battlefield in order to hide his incompetence. Only by hiding his incompetence could he avoid the attention of Yuwen Shu and others and escape conveniently. He had no sense of belonging to Yang Xuangan, even if Yang Ruoxi married him or even if she gave him the Great Xia Dragon Bird sword.
Mercenary Li Yu now just wants to live for himself.
