Chapter 0057: Xie Yingdeng's Three Arrows to Defeat Yunyang
Outside Runan County, Yin Shishi and his son Yin Hongzhi sat in a big tent with gloomy faces. They led an army of 30,000 to attack Li Yu, but not only did they fail to defeat Li Yu, but they suffered heavy casualties. When they returned to Runan County and gathered their troops, there were only more than 10,000 people, and they had lost more than half of their strength. This made the father and son very depressed.
"Li Yu's beggar army has left Lu County and they will continue to move south. If I am not mistaken, his next target is Nanyang. After capturing Nanyang, the army will continue to move south, cross the Han River, and enter Jingzhou." Yin Shishi was still quite capable and quickly analyzed Li Yu's situation.
"Nanyang Governor Yuan Zhao is from the Yuan clan of Guanzhong, so he shouldn't be in league with Li Yu!" Yin Hongzhi hesitated and said, "He also has more than 10,000 troops, so he can be stationed in Nanyang. Father, we still have a chance."
Yin Hongzhi still did not give up attacking Li Yu. The father and son would get up from where they were defeated. Yang Guang was not so easy to mess with. At this time, if they seized the time to attack Li Yu, who knew whether Yang Guang would settle accounts with them.
"After this battle, Li Yu will have a lot more soldiers and horses around him. It is still unknown whether we can defeat the enemy." Yin Shishi shook his head and said, "Let's tell the general about the situation here first! Please make the decision." Yin Shishi didn't want to fight anymore. Without the army, Yin Shishi's prestige in the army would be greatly reduced.
"Father, I think Yuan Zhao will definitely stop Li Yu. Whether he can keep his position and his life depends on this time. Your Majesty has long wanted to destroy the Yuan family. If he wants to save the Yuan family, he must defeat Li Yu." Yin Hongzhi calmly analyzed: "If we catch up now, maybe we can attack Li Yu together with Yuan Zhao."
Upon hearing this, Yin Shishi had an idea and said, "Maybe we can really give it a try. I will write a letter to Yuan Zhao right away, and we will all attack Li Yu together." Yin Shishi immediately became interested. If both sides joined forces, they might be able to defeat Li Yu.
It controls Ru and Luo in the north and Jing and Xiang in the south. It is worth mentioning Yunyang Pass in Yuzhou, Central Plains, which is the main road to Nanyang. Li Yu's troops are huge. It is only a few hundred miles from Lu County to Yunyang Pass. Taking the opportunity of a great victory, Li Yu did not give up the chance. He fought against local tyrants and divided the land along the way. The Beggar Army became famous, and many people joined the Beggar Army.
In front of Yunyang Pass, Xie Yingdeng was followed by a thousand cavalrymen, and Pang Jue, as his deputy general, followed closely behind him. Li Yu was in charge of the central army, with Yang Ruoxi and Yang Qing'er on the left and right, Cen Wenben and Fan Jin following closely behind, while Li Gu and Ding Meng led three thousand infantrymen to guard the central army.
"General, after passing Yunyang Pass, we will be in Nanyang. Nanyang County Magistrate Yuan Zhao and County Magistrate Lu Zizang are both talented people. It is not an easy task to capture Nanyang. More importantly, Nanyang is an important military town. If we capture Nanyang, I am afraid we will appear like the Duke of Chu." Cen Wenben was a little worried.
"Are you worried that it will cause a siege by the imperial court?" Li Yu looked at the Yunyang Pass in the distance and knew what Cen Wenben was worried about. It was nothing more than becoming the second Yang Xuangan and being besieged by the imperial army.
"That's right." Cen Wenben nodded. If Li Yu could take Nanyang, it would definitely be a great success. Heroes from all over the world would gather to follow him. With the help of Yang Xuangan, it would not be impossible for him to have an army of 100,000 with just a wave of his hand.
"What should we do, sir?" Li Yu nodded. The first bird to stick its head out gets shot. Yang Xuangan is a typical example. The world is so big now, and many ambitious people have not yet rebelled. If Li Yu's momentum grows, Yang Guang will definitely send people to attack Li Yu. Even though Li Yu is invincible along the way, even Yin Shishi has been defeated by Li Yu, but that's all. If he wants to capture a city, especially a city like Nanyang, he will definitely attract a large army to encircle and suppress him.
"Bypass Nanyang, go to Biyang, enter the area between Jianghan, and then move eastward." Cen Wenben suggested: "At this time, the most prudent strategy is to leave the heavily-armed area of the imperial court. Otherwise, we will face a heavy siege by the enemy."
"General, we are afraid that we are willing, but the other side is not." Fan Jin suddenly said, "General, this Yuan Zhao is not a simple person. Yuan Zhao was born in the royal family of the previous dynasty and is now a member of the Yuan family in Guanzhong. Yang Guang killed many people from the Yuan family and almost wiped out the Yuan family. As the governor of Nanyang County, Yuan Zhao is already terrified. At this time, if he knew that the general was coming, he would definitely dispatch heavy troops to attack the general."
"Then let's go to Bi Yang." Li Yu thought about it and decided to follow Cen Wenben's advice, leave Nanyang, detour through Bi Yang, enter the Jianghan Plain, and travel between Jingxiang and the Central Plains. He believed that the officials of the Sui Dynasty would definitely have no way to deal with this kind of bandit-style warfare.
Cen Benwen was about to speak when he suddenly heard cheers from the front. He saw a corpse falling to the ground on the opposite city wall, while Xie Yingdeng was riding a warhorse, holding a longbow, with a calm expression.
"General, thank you General for shooting and killing the enemy's Guan Wei with one arrow." Pang Jue sent someone to say excitedly.
"So powerful." Li Yu's eyes lit up after hearing this. He knew that Xie Yingdeng's archery skills were very good, but he didn't expect that the opponent's archery skills were he could shoot and kill the enemy leader from a hundred steps away.
"Bang!" A loud noise rang out, and screams came from the opposite side again, and someone fell under the city wall again.
"Bang!" Another arrow was shot out, and someone screamed again. With three arrows, three people were shot and killed by Xie Yingdeng, and one of them was the guard. The entire Yunyang Pass became leaderless at this moment.
"Listen, people on the city, open the city gates quickly, otherwise, I will shoot arrows without mercy." Xie Yingdeng rode his Qianli Huanghua horse on the city wall. No one on the wall dared to answer. The soldiers raised their shields one after another, not knowing what to do. They didn't even dare to show their heads, for fear of being shot by Xie Yingdeng.
"See? From now on, generals in the army must not wear anything special." Li Yu looked at himself. Fortunately, he was only wearing black armor, no different from other generals. He pointed at Xie Yingdeng and said, "If there is such a sharpshooter in the enemy army, he can kill many generals in the chaos and collapse the enemy's command system."
Cen Wenben and the others nodded thoughtfully, and suddenly there were cheers coming from the front. Li Yu and the others looked over and saw that the gate of Yunyang Pass was slowly opening. Everyone looked at each other in surprise.
Xie Yingdeng shot down Yunyang Pass with three arrows.
Everyone was stunned by the situation before them. Although Yunyang Pass was not a strategic location and there were only a thousand people defending it, it was obviously beyond everyone's expectations that Yunyang Pass could be captured with just three arrows.
