Chapter 0061: Feint to the East and Attack in the West
On the official road, Master Yin Shi and his disciple looked at the letter in front of them and looked at each other in surprise. Yuan Zhao actually withdrew his troops. Li Yu's troops appeared at the foot of Nanyang City, not in Fangcheng. This shocked him.
"Father, do you think that Li Yu's troops are really at the gate of Nanyang? Will they take Nanyang while it is empty? Is he so bold?" Yin Hongzhi hesitated and said, "Why do I feel that this is a trap?"
"Do you mean that Li Yu's troops are still in Fangcheng? They didn't go to Nanyang?" Yin Shishi actually had this doubt. Where exactly did Li Yu's troops appear? This would be the direction of his attack.
" Nanyang city is high and the moat is deep. How many people does Li Yu have? Only a few thousand. Can he capture Nanyang? It's not that I look down on him, he's just not that capable." Yin Hongzhi shook his head.
"But now Yuan Zhao has taken all his troops away, Wancheng is empty, and there are at most a thousand people left to guard Wancheng. If Li Yu attacks, he will definitely be able to capture Nanyang." Yin Shishi was undecided. The army continued to move south and attack Fangcheng. Perhaps they could destroy Li Yu's detachment, but if they attacked Nanyang, they might not get anything.
"Don't we have Yuan Zhao himself in Nanyang? Father, no matter whether the troops under Fangcheng are a detachment or Li Yu's main force, we should destroy him first. If this is not Li Yu's main force, we can attack the troops under Nanyang." Yin Hongzhi decided to attack both teams to completely eliminate Li Yu.
"Then we will follow our initial strategy and attack the Beggars' Army in Fangcheng. Even if Li Yu is not in Fangcheng, we can still cut off one of his arms." Yin Shishi decided to continue attacking the Beggars' Army in Fangcheng, even if Li Yu's real body was not there.
"Father is wise." Yin Hongzhi was very happy to hear that. Even if Li Yu was not there, there were still tens of thousands of old and weak people in Fangcheng. These people were all Li Yu's subordinates. After killing these people, the previous defeat of Master Yin Shi and his disciple would be almost compensated. Killing innocent people for credit is naturally unacceptable, but these people are rebels, which is a different matter.
Yin Shishi glanced at his son. He also saw what his son was thinking, but he didn't say anything. Everyone was doing this kind of thing, even Yuwen Shu. It was easy for Yin Shishi to do it, but he felt sorry for Yuan Zhao. As for the matter of Nanyang, Yin Shishi would not take it to heart. Yun Zhao's life or death had nothing to do with him. If things went wrong, Yang Guang would even praise himself.
Yun Zhao naturally didn't know that he had been sold out by Yin Shishi. This guy who had just joined forces with him to deal with Li Jing, sold him out in the blink of an eye. At this time, he was leading the army on the official road. Facing the weak Nanyang, Yun Zhao was very panicked.
"Sir, the soldiers are exhausted, why don't you take a break?" Lü Zizang looked at the infantry behind him and saw that most of them looked tired, so he couldn't help but say. He and his personal soldiers were riding war horses. Although the war horses were tired, the infantry behind them were different. These infantry were walking. Yuan Zhao wanted to rush back to Nanyang immediately. The marching speed was very fast, so it was normal for the soldiers to be tired.
"No, Nanyang is in danger. One thousand soldiers cannot resist Li Yu's attack." Yuan Zhao was panicking. He said, "Li Yu is such a thief. He is so bold that he dared to attack Nanyang City."
Lu Zizang didn't know what to say. Li Yu was naturally bold, but this boldness was forced by others. Two armies besieged Li Yu, and Li Yu had his family with him. It would be strange if he didn't fight desperately.
"Sir, sir, urgent news, urgent news, 10,000 rebels are attacking the city." At this time, a scout came running from a distance and shouted, "Sir, 10,000 beggar soldiers have arrived at the foot of Wancheng. I'm afraid, I'm afraid they have already attacked the city."
"What, ten thousand people? How could there be so many people?" Lu Zizang's face changed drastically. Lu Zizang didn't know how many people were in Li Yu's beggar army, but it was unlikely that there were as many as ten thousand people.
"This guy must have captured all the young and strong refugees. Tens of thousands of people! How can Nanyang City resist?" Yuan Zhao couldn't help but say, "This damn Yin Shishi, if he wasn't incompetent, there would be no need for us to come here, leaving Nanyang empty. Hurry , speed up the march and get to Nanyang as soon as possible." Yuan Zhao didn't care about much anymore. Nanyang was his old nest. If Li Yu was allowed to wreak havoc in Nanyang County, at most he would be scolded by Yang Guang, or lose his job. But if Nanyang was lost, it would not be as simple as losing his job, but even his own life would be in danger. Now he was thinking about how to rescue Nanyang.
Upon seeing this, Lu Zizang immediately put aside what was in his mind. Nanyang was very important, not only because it involved Yuan Zhao's official position and life, but more importantly, everyone's families were in Nanyang. Once Wancheng was breached, according to Li Yu's approach, I'm afraid that all the prominent families in Nanyang would suffer the consequences, and at that time, everyone would die.
The army set off again. In order to save Nanyang and the lives of their families, the exhausted soldiers had no choice but to let go and follow Yuan Zhao towards Nanyang.
However, two hours later, seeing that the sun was about to disappear over the horizon, the soldiers' faces were filled with fatigue, their pace slowed down, and even Yuan Zhao felt tired.
"Let's take a break!" Yuan Zhao looked around and saw a vast expanse of green. This was a vast field. This kind of terrain was very common in Wancheng. Yuan Zhao rolled off his horse and looked around. The solemnity between his brows did not disappear. According to the current itinerary, he would be able to return to Wancheng tomorrow morning. Now he could only hope that Wancheng was still in his hands.
"It's almost nightfall. I believe the rebels won't attack Wancheng so soon." Lu Zizang comforted.
Yuan Zhao was about to speak when his face suddenly changed. He felt the earth shaking. This was the call for a cavalry charge. He looked in the direction he wanted and saw black smoke rising into the sky and a black line whistling. Soon he saw countless cavalrymen charging over. They were a black mass, like a mountain torrent roaring down, overwhelming the sea, with a terrifying momentum.
"Enemy attack, enemy attack! Quick, resist." Yuan Zhao's face changed drastically, and his old face was ferocious. He suddenly realized that everything was a bait, and the enemy didn't care about Wancheng at all, but him, Yuan Zhao, or the more than 10,000 troops around Yuan Zhao. If it was a normal day, Yuan Zhao didn't care about these cavalry at all, at least he had the strength to resist, but now, the Nanyang Yingyang Army was exhausted and was preparing to rest for a night so that they could march normally tomorrow. Unexpectedly, the enemy came at this time.
Unfortunately, Yuan Zhao's loud shouting did not have any effect. Some of the soldiers had even taken off their armor, some threw their weapons aside and lay on the ground, lying however they were comfortable. Facing the enemy's sudden attack, there was chaos.
