vrcanaries Chapter 841 Stone Blocking the Door
Chapter 841 Stone Blocking the Door
Emperor Qian looked at the civil and military officials below and said,
"I grew up in this palace, educated as the crown prince, and after growing up, I ascended the throne. It has been over twenty years.
During these twenty years, I have personally taken care of everything, governed the country and made Daqian flourish.
Now facing this situation, it is not my fault, nor is it the fault of my ministers, but the fault of the jackals from the north who are too strong.
It was destiny that Daqian was defeated by the State of Yan.
But I will never surrender, nor will I become an exiled monarch.
I will not abandon the legacy laid by my ancestors and go to a barbarian land to linger on and lose the face of my ancestors.
I will live and die with Yugui, I will live and die with Daqian!
I will fight the last and most heroic battle of Daqian in Yugui!
If those Yan people want to chop off my head, let them do it!
Even when I am in the netherworld, I can tell my ancestors with pride.
Although I am the king of a fallen nation, I have never brought shame upon them!"
"Order Kou Jin to march quickly back to Yugui and join forces with the Yugui defenders. Prepare for a decisive battle with the Yan army!"
"As ordered!"
……
North of Guilin, at the northern entrance of Longhu Gorge.
Guan Shouchang came here with an army of more than 300,000.
"Report!"
"Report!"
"General Guan! Urgent news from the prince!"
A messenger came galloping over on horseback.
Guan Shouchang stopped his horse and turned to look.
The messenger came to Guan Shouchang breathlessly, took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Guan Shouchang, saying,
"General Guan, three days ago, the prince sent a letter to you by carrier pigeon, but which road did you take? The carrier pigeon couldn't find you and flew for two days before returning.
The prince asked me to ride quickly to deliver a letter to you, and luckily I managed to catch up with you."
As he spoke, the messenger picked up the water bag and started drinking it.
Guan Shouchang nodded and said,
"Thanks for your hard work, little brother."
He opened the letter and read it. It said that a few days ago, Emperor Qian ordered the defender of Longhu Gorge, Kou Jin, to lead an army of 200,000 south to support Yugui, and asked him to investigate the enemy situation so as to change the strategy in time.
After receiving this news, Guan Shouchang's face changed and he thought to himself that something was wrong.
If these 200,000 people were allowed to return to Yugui, the number of enemy troops would increase to 500,000, and it would be difficult to fight them.
And the credit will also be divided.
The most important thing is that if the enemy really runs away, then his tactics must be changed and he can no longer go up the mountain.
Guan Shouchang immediately gave orders and sent scouts to rush to Longhu Pass to check the situation. He also sent out hot air balloons to check whether there were any ambushes at Longhu Pass and on the surrounding mountaintops.
After sending the people out, he immediately invited several other generals to come and discuss the matter.
After Bai Wuan, Su Wuan, Zhao Biao, and Zhang Yide arrived, Guan Shouchang immediately said,
“Just now, the prince sent a message saying that Emperor Qian ordered Kou Jin to lead his 200,000 men to retreat back to Yugui.
I have already sent people to investigate. Tell me what we should do."
Hearing this, Su Wuan immediately became anxious and said,
"That won't do. If they run away, won't our trip be in vain? All the credit we've earned will be gone!"
Bai Wuan calmly analyzed,
"We can't let them retreat. Divide and conquer is the key to victory. If they unite, with the capital Yugui behind them, their fighting spirit will surely be high, and then it will be difficult for us to defeat them.
The Qian people are more proud than other nations. If 500,000 of them truly defend Yugui, even if we destroy the city walls, they will be able to hold out for a long time. By then, we might even cripple several of their armies."
Guan Shouchang nodded and said,
"That's what I mean, Marshal. No matter what, we can't let them successfully withdraw.
However, their retreat is also a good thing for us.
No matter how difficult other enemies are, they are easier to defeat than Longhu Pass. We don’t have to take the risk of going up the mountain to fight Longhu Pass.
If they really retreated, they should have retreated to Guilin by now.
When the time comes, Zhao Biao, you will lead the White Horse Army to hunt them down, harass them, and block their march. When we arrive, we will annihilate them completely."
Zhao Biao grinned, patted his chest and said,
"No problem, I have experience in this matter, just like when I attacked Xianyang before, I went to harass the reinforcements from Sichuan.
Hey, leave it to me!"
"it is good."
Guan Shouchang nodded.
Not long after, the scout returned and reported,
"General, there are still defenders inside Longhu Pass. Keep the gates closed. We've communicated with the scouts in the hot air balloon. There are no more than a hundred people inside Longhu Pass. They must be the enemy who stayed behind to stop us."
"A hundred people? Still want to stop us?"
Guan Shouchang snorted coldly,
"Zhao Biao, take the fire bombs and the White Horse Army and quickly advance into Longhu Gorge. Blow open the city gates and kill everyone inside. Then immediately head south to Guilin, find the main force, and stop them. We will follow with the main force!"
"Got it!"
Zhao Biao immediately returned to his headquarters and ordered the soldiers to take food, fodder and weapons with them, and not to bring tents. After all, autumn in the south was not that cold, so they just needed to carry bedding.
They hung everything that could be hung on the horses, without pulling any carts, and set off immediately.
(I know that Guilin Longhu Gorge is not easy to walk in, and there is water inside, but the plot needs to be changed. It’s fictional, so please understand.)
They ran all the way to the edge of Longhu Pass. Looking at this majestic pass that stretched between two mountains, Zhao Biao immediately ordered the archers to suppress the defenders on the city wall and the demolition team to blow up the city gate.
The Yan army below was numerous and powerful, and the dense arrows shot at the hundreds of defenders on the city walls made it impossible for them to raise their heads. The demolition team immediately rushed up and skillfully placed bombs on the gate.
Then there was a loud bang and the door was shattered.
Revealing the huge rock inside.
Zhao Biao: ???
What the hell is this?
The damn guy actually blocked the gate with a huge rock!
In order to disgust the Yan army, the Qian army really did everything they could.
Zhao Biao was so angry that he gritted his teeth, and immediately sent someone back to ask the infantry for ladders.
At this point, the only option was to use a ladder to climb up, kill all the people there, and then move stones together inside and outside to open up the road.
When Guan Shouchang found out, he immediately allocated some ladders to them.
Zhao Biao's cavalry had to transform into infantry, dismount, climb the city wall and fight the enemy.
It was a waste of time to use cavalry to attack a city. Fortunately, the enemy was not numerous and few cavalrymen were killed. They swarmed up and killed everyone.
Zhao Biao climbed to the top of the city wall and directed people to move the stones away, while sending people to the south to see if the gate was also blocked.
It doesn't matter when I look at it, it's really blocked.
He sent several hundred more people to move stones from the south gate.
It took two full hours to move all the stones away, and by then Guan Shouchang had arrived with the main force.
"Lao Guan, this damn Kou Jin is just disgusting to us. Once we surround him, I must kill him with my own hands!"