Chapter 0086: Hidden Arrow from Behind
The war broke out under such circumstances. Neither Li Yu nor Yu Juro had expected it. Neither of them could change anything and could only watch the two armies fight each other.
"Li Gu, Wu Yunzhao, Xie Yingdeng, fight Yu Juluo." Li Yu held the sword in both hands, roared, and fought with Yu Shiqi in the opposite infantry. Behind him, Li Gu and the other two completely followed Li Yu's orders. The three of them rode on their horses and fought around Yu Juluo.
Li Yu led a large army into the Sui army camp. The two armies collided with each other, and screams were heard one after another. Compared with the Sui army, Li Yu's beggar army was well-organized and carried out a planned encirclement and suppression of the enemy.
Azure Dragon, Vermillion Bird, Black Tortoise, White Tiger, the vanguard and the central cavalry all came on the field and forced the Sui army to retreat again and again. Although Yu Shiqi fought desperately, he had no way to stop his army's defeat.
The long sword in Yu Juro's hand flashed, covering the three of them. Xie Yingdeng and the other two did not think about defeating Yu Juro, they just wanted to hold him back. The three of them had spears, hammers, long weapons, short weapons, and some were powerful, some were quick, and some were vicious. They used all kinds of weapons to kill Yu Juro.
Yu Juro was old after all. Suddenly, he took a deep breath, swung his sword to block the attacks of the three men, and rushed towards the main camp. He could die, but he could not die like this.
"Retreat." Yu Juluo's face was gloomy, but his cold eyes were looking into the distance, as if he had discovered something.
Watching the Sui army leave, Li Yu wisely withdrew his troops. Yu Juluo's death was nothing. The key was that Wang Shichong behind Yu Juluo was the most important. Li Yu would not die with Yu Juluo before the scout came back. Seeing Yu Juluo withdrawing his troops, Li Yu did not even pursue him.
"What a great Yujuluo! We are no match for him even if we fight him in a round-robin battle." In the newly built camp, Li Yu took a deep breath with a sword in hand and said, "The only thing to be thankful for is that the other side only has 3,000 people, and Wang Shichong's tens of thousands of people did not follow him to fight. Otherwise, we would be in trouble today."
"Wang Shichong's troops are not far from us, only thirty miles away. He had enough time to get between the two armies, but unfortunately he didn't. It seems that he wants to wait until we kill Yu Juluo before fighting us." Pang Jue told the scouts the news and said, "General, Yu Juluo is determined to die, but his soldiers are not. It is better to persuade his soldiers to surrender."
"It's not that simple. As long as Yu Juro is alive, the morale of the army will be high. If he dies, the morale of the army will be low. Only can we kill the enemy." Cen Wenben shook his head. The three thousand elite soldiers around Yu Juro were obviously his personal guards, who could be trusted with life and death. As long as Yu Juro is alive, these three thousand people will be able to unleash tremendous power.
"So, this man must be killed." Li Yu took a deep breath and said, "It is probably for this reason that Wang Shichong hid behind Yu Juluo, waiting for the two sides to fight, and then suddenly rushed out to kill the two armies in one fell swoop."
"If a round-the-clock battle doesn't work, and if joining forces doesn't work, then we have to take another approach." Cen Wenben said, "It can only be an unfair victory. What do you think, General?" Cen Wenben looked at Li Yu, waiting for Li Yu's decision.
"What's your plan, sir?" Li Yu said, "In terms of martial arts, none of us is the opponent of the other. If we swarm up and attack, even if we kill him, I'm afraid the three thousand soldiers under his command will be dissatisfied. Then they will fight us to the death, and in the end Wang Shichong will only get the advantage. What we need to consider now is, first, in addition to killing the three thousand soldiers, we must also prepare for war; second, have an army use the terrain to block Wang Shichong's attack." Li Yu no longer considered whether this was a bit insidious.
"Then we will retreat here. There is Dragon Beach fifty miles behind us. Select the vanguard army, Xuanwu camp, and Baihu camp to wait for Yu Juluo's army to pass, and then defend Qinglong Ridge to block Wang Shichong's troops. The general will personally lead the Qinglong camp, Suzaku camp, and our central army to deal with Yu Juluo's army. The general will personally challenge and lead Yu Juluo to Dragon Beach. There is a lot of mud and sand on Dragon Beach. Once Yu Juluo's horse enters Dragon Beach, our army will shoot it with arrows." Cen Wenben pointed to a point on the map and said, "Only this way can we kill Yu Juluo."
"What a pity." Li Yu sighed with a little regret. Yu Juro was invincible and moved forward courageously without retreating. He just wanted to exchange his life for Li Yu's life and prove his loyalty to the Sui Dynasty to the world.
The army retreated slowly under the command of Li Yu. Li Yu personally led the central cavalry to cover the rear. Yu Juluo rarely pursued them, which made Li Yu feel very strange. However, this also made it convenient for him to withdraw his troops.
In a large camp thirty miles away from the main army, Wang Shichong was sitting in a big tent. In the tent were also his nephew Wang Renze and other trusted generals. These were his own soldiers, and most of his subordinates were also members of the Wang family.
"Wang Shichong." The big tent was opened and Yu Juluo strode into the tent.
"Old General." Wang Shichong stood up quickly when he saw the newcomer, with a smile on his face. Although he knew his mission, Wang Shichong behaved very respectfully and low-key in front of Yu Juluo.
"Li Yu's army has withdrawn. I am going to lead my elite troops to pursue them. When I fight with Li Yu, your troops must quickly launch an attack. We cannot let Li Yu escape this time. The distance between the two armies cannot exceed ten miles." Yu Juluo looked at Wang Shichong with disgust. This nominal vanguard, but with 20,000 troops under his command, was really abominable. But this guy, who was eloquent and had many excuses, plus the imperial edict in his hand, commanded 20,000 elite troops in Jianghuai, and he was helpless.
"General, rest assured. I will obey your orders. The army will not be more than ten miles away from your vanguard." Wang Shichong patted his chest and said regretfully, "General, to be honest, I would rather charge into battle myself than have you do anything. Unfortunately, the emperor's edict is with me, and I can do nothing about it."
"Hmph! Goodbye." Yu Juro glanced at Wang Shichong with disdain, turned around and left.
"Uncle, this old man has a really bad temper. No wonder he is still worse than my uncle. He deserves it." Wang Renze looked at Yu Juluo's back and snorted coldly, "Sooner or later, he will be in trouble."
"Shut up, this man is very skilled in martial arts, even His Majesty is afraid of him, how can you let him down, be careful he will chop you with a knife." Wang Shichong glared at Wang Renze and said, "It's a pity that this man has made outstanding contributions, but His Majesty is suspicious of him, otherwise he would not have ended up like this, what a pity."
"Uncle, what should we do now? Did we really agree to his request?" Wang Renze was a little unwilling.
"Of course we will follow behind, but when to attack is another matter." Wang Shichong said dimly, "If he doesn't die, it will be the end of our Wang family. So he has to die, and after he dies, we have to defeat Li Yu."
