Chapter 0089 Retreat
Leaving Xie Yingdeng to clean up the battlefield, Li Yu could not wait to lead his army to Qinglong Ridge. When he arrived at Qinglong Ridge, he found that the expected war did not break out, and the two armies just confronted each other.
"Wang Shichong is ambitious. It's not surprising that he wants to take these 20,000 troops for himself, but what we are facing now is how to break through the enemy in front of us." After listening to Cen Wenben's introduction, Li Yu said, "Yu Juluo has been killed by us, which is equivalent to helping Yang Guang get rid of a major threat. But as for the rest, we will become a major threat to Yang Guang. Whether it is Wang Shichong, Yu Wenhuaji or even Qu Tutong, it has become inevitable for the three armies to encircle and suppress them together."
Li Yu did not regret killing Yu Juro. Both Wang Shichong and Yu Wenzhi were ambitious people, and there must be loopholes in the cooperation between the two. Yu Juro was a pure general who did not care about his own life and death and only wanted to destroy Li Yu.
"Most of Wang Shichong's soldiers are new recruits. We may not lose if we fight him." Wu Yunzhao was eager to try and said, "Since he is ambitious and wants to preserve his strength, he will not fight us head-on. If we attack, he may retreat."
"No, he will not retreat, but will defend the city and use the terrain to deal with us, trying his best to ensure that his army's strength is not weakened." Li Yu shook his head. If Wang Shichong simply wanted to preserve his strength, that would be Wang Shichong. A person like this, while preserving his own strength, would also perfectly solve Yang Guang's problem. This is a true treacherous minister.
"What does the general mean?" Fan Jin was a little curious. Faced with this situation, he was a little curious about how Li Yu would solve such a problem. If nothing unexpected happened, Wang Shichong would follow closely behind the army, and Qu Tutong's troops in Luoyang might have already moved south.
"Retreat. We retreat strategically. Here, we are unfamiliar with the place and are no match for the enemy. But when we get to places we are familiar with, we will have enough strength to defeat the enemy." Li Jing slapped the map. These maps were drawn by scouts when the army was advancing. They were even more detailed than the maps owned by the court.
"Yes , we will leave here temporarily. We can get more money, food and information in our rear." Cen Wenben also said: "We are familiar with these, but Wang Shichong and others are different. At least they are similar to us in terms of geographical advantages, and even in terms of people, we will surpass them. We are similar in terms of time, place and people, and our numbers may not be inferior to theirs."
"Then retreat, retreat in big strides, our cavalry will cover the rear, if Wang Shichong is not careful, don't blame me for eating his troops." Li Yu said without thinking. If it was before, he would not dare to retreat, but now it is different, the ancient spring and autumn intelligence agency can give him some help, and Li Xiuning, I am afraid she would like to delay it for a longer time, destroy more enemies, let Yang Guang send more troops, or even if she can enter Guanzhong, that would be the best thing.
Wang Shichong did not expect that Li Yu would suddenly withdraw his troops, and in large strides, allowing him to cross Qinglong Ridge easily. Soon he saw the battlefield on Elong Beach. The corpses on the battlefield had disappeared, and there was even a tomb on a hill not far away. On the tombstone was written the words "Tomb of Yu Gongjuluo, Duke of Gaotang County of Sui Dynasty, Pillar of the State, and General Manager of Fengzhou".
"Yu Juluo is really dead, and he died here, at the hands of an unknown boy." Wang Shichong looked at the tombstone in front of him and sighed slightly. Putting aside other things, he still admired Yu Juluo very much. He was a famous and fierce general of the Sui Dynasty, and his status was far higher than his own. Unfortunately, because he was born with double pupils, Yang Guang was very afraid of him, which led to what happened today.
"Uncle, now that Yu Juluo is dead, do we still need to chase him? Li Yu is retreating at this time. Doesn't he know that we are surrounded on three sides now?" Wang Renze hesitated and said, "He may still have a chance of winning against us, but facing the encirclement of three armies, he will definitely lose."
Wang Shichong thought for a moment and said, "Perhaps he doesn't know about the three-way encirclement. Or if he knows, he might be waiting for us in front, waiting for us to take the bait and annihilate us at the lowest cost."
Wang Shichong did not know that Li Yu had begun to establish his own intelligence organization, nor did he know that there were people inside the Sui Dynasty passing information to him. If he knew, Wang Shichong would definitely be very cautious, and might even turn around and run away in order to save his 20,000 troops.
"Then should we continue chasing him now?" Wang Renze was eager to try and said, "It is said that Yu Juluo is the best fighter in the world. Since Li Yu was able to kill Yu Juluo, it means that Li Yu's martial arts are also good. If he can kill him, my nephew will be famous all over the world."
Wang Shichong glared at his nephew and said, "Do you think being famous is a good thing? Foolish! Go, send out scouts to find out where Li Yu's army is. Otherwise, he will eat us up. These 20,000 men are the wealth of our Wang family. Even if we lose the battle, we cannot lose these 20,000 men."
"Yes." Wang Renze did not dare to delay and quickly sent out scouts to follow Li Yu's army and look for the movements of Li Yu's army. He was also afraid that Li Yu would launch a surprise attack on Wang Shichong.
"Bang!" A black light flashed and disappeared, and a few dozen steps away, a Sui soldier fell off his warhorse. After running for a few dozen steps, the warhorse turned its head and gently touched its master, making bursts of wailing sounds.
"General, your archery skills are getting better and better." Wu Yunzhao rode a warhorse and followed Li Yu.
"Brother Wu and Brother Xie taught me well." Li Yu said with a smile. His archery skills were pretty good. In this era, the nobles' favorite thing to do was to ride horses and hunt. When this body was in Daxing , it was also a member of the nobles' children. It also did a lot of riding and archery, but its aptitude was just average.
But things are different now. Xie Yingdeng beside him is already a master of archery, and Wu Yunzhao is also an extraordinary archer. Under the guidance of the two, Li Yu's archery skills have improved a lot. In addition, he is very strong, and the arrows he shoots are far and accurate. When he shoots an arrow, it can make people tremble with fear.
"The general is indeed brave. Wow, Wang Shichong is in trouble now. He doesn't have many cavalrymen, and many of them have been shot and killed by us. I'm afraid he doesn't have many scouts left. He has become deaf and blind. Pang Jue's men said that they can only advance twenty miles a day now, and their speed has slowed down a lot." Xie Yingdeng said with a smile.
