Dahan first prince

Chapter 242 Yingbu Wasn't Fallen?
"Prince Hanwang, did you really say that?"

Half an hour later, twenty miles south of Yongcheng, Huainan rebel camp.

After roughly scanning the donated books in his hands, Ying Bu raised his head with a suspicious face, and cast his deep eyes on the young man in front of him.

But when the young man heard this, his face was full of anger!
He stared at Yingbo for a long time without fear, and then the young man let out a cold snort, and turned his head away proudly.

"The king of Huainan is careful!"

"Since Duke Lu died in Wujiang, the world has long been united. Today, the Holy One has inherited the throne of the emperor and established Han Sheji, and he thinks he is the king of the world!"

"Your Majesty is already the Son of Heaven, Your Highness, you should be the Crown Prince, after the Sheji and the Ancestral Temple!"

Saying these words in an extremely serious tone, the young man quietly narrowed the corners of his eyes, and looked at Yingbo with a hint of threat.

"In terms of system, the crown prince ranks higher than the princes; and this is also because the prince is weak, and most of the princes are elders of the clan, and the princes are mostly younger than the princes of the clan."

"The king of Huainan is not a family member, and the position of honor is originally under the prince. The current prince has been entrusted by His Majesty with the responsibility of supervising the country, and he has the right to 'do things cheaply' during the holiday of the Son of Heaven."

"It is better to be more respectful to the Prince of the Supervisory Kingdom, the King of Huainan..."

"Damn things!!!"

As soon as the young man's voice fell, before Yingbu could speak, there were roars one after another in the huge military tent!

When Yingbu turned his head with a strange smile, all the Huainan generals in the tent were glaring, looking at the young man with tearing eyes, wishing he could tear him to pieces on the spot!

Only a moment later, I saw Yingbo lightly raised his hand with a chuckle, and the explosive atmosphere in the tent disappeared quietly in an instant.

When the generals in the tent gritted their teeth and retreated to the sides with resentment on their faces, Ying Bu leaned his upper body forward with a strange smile, put his elbows on his thighs, and pointed lightly at the fearless young man inside the tent.

"You, who is it?"

Hearing Yingbo's words, the young man still had his back straight and his eyes fixed on a haughty look. When he saw the Huainan general who was in the tent, he let out another cold snort.

"If you don't want to change your name, you won't change your surname when you sit down!"

"—A certain, is a lieutenant of the First Department of the Southern Army, who is also the current prince's personal guard and supervisor of the army, and Quan Xu from Chu!"

As soon as the young man reported his family name, General Huainan, who had just calmed down in the tent, suddenly became agitated again.

However, compared to the unanimous glaring just now, the faces of everyone in the tent at this moment are different.

"South Army?!"

"The prince is here, unexpectedly!"

"There are followers of the Southern Army?!!"

As he thought about it, he saw several older Huainan generals frowning slightly, looking at each other with serious expressions, and then turned their eyes to Quan Xu who was standing alone in the center of the tent.

"This son claims to be from Chu, and he is also a captain of the Southern Army. It seems that he is only in his twenties..."

"Ok!"

"Dang Naigu, after the elite soldiers of the Southern Army who died in Gaixia!"

Different from the prudence of these elders, when they heard about Quan Xu's background, the faces of the other middle-aged men, and even the young generals who were under [-] years old, showed a look of excitement in unison.

"Your Majesty!"

A middle-aged general stood up excitedly, just bowed to Yingbo, before he could speak, he was blocked by Yingbo's gently raised hand.

Just when the middle-aged general lowered his head with a gloomy complexion, and was considering whether to continue talking, Ying Bu's cold tone rang again in the tent.

"Lieutenant of the Southern Army, after Fengpei..."

"Ah·······"

Smiling sympathetically, Yingbo straightened up with a grin, his right index finger subconsciously stuck to his lower lip and kept rubbing it, looking at Quan Xu, but it was full of amusement.

"You, don't be afraid of me..."

"Aren't you afraid that the widow will kill you?"

However, when Quan Xu heard the words, the determination on his face did not decrease at all, but his head was raised, but he raised his head higher in response to the voice.

"After a hero, the pillar of the country, is appreciated by His Majesty today, and blessed by the heroic souls of our ancestors, why should I be afraid?"

"Although the two armies are at war, it has been said for a long time that the envoy will not be beheaded, but when he came, he knew that it was indeed what the King of Huainan would have done to relieve his personal anger!"

Said with a look full of contempt, Quan Xu did not forget to stretch out his finger, and pointed at the donated book in Chao Yingbu's hand, who did not shy away from courtesy.

"A certain person came here, following the order of the current crown prince, and handed over this letter to the King of Huainan!"

"Today, a certain mission is inevitable. If you want to kill him, the King of Huainan doesn't need to say much, but he can set up five cauldrons and cook him!"

After saying that, Quan Xu looked away resolutely, and added a sentence full of resentment: "If a man can't live with five tripods, he should also cook with five tripods!!!"

"Cooked by the King of Huainan, although it may shame a certain person, and he cannot face his ancestors face to face, but he will cook with five tripods, and a certain person will die without regret!!!!!!"

Hearing Quan Xu's impassioned words, and looking at Quan Xu's firm face that showed no trace of fear, a strange look finally slowly appeared on the faces of everyone in the hall.

On the other hand, beside Ying Bu, the counselor who had officially shed his status as a "soldier" and was dressed as a scribe, had an anxious expression on his face.

"Your Majesty!"

"This son is clearly in..."

As soon as the counselor spoke halfway, Ying Bu patted his thigh lightly, stood up from his seat, looked at Quan Xu with a smile on his face, and did not forget to raise his handkerchief.

"Prince of the King of Han, if you want to speak with me, let's meet outside Yongcheng."

After saying something softly, Ying Bu turned his head with a smile, glanced around at everyone in the tent, and said playfully, "However, I really don't have time to chat with a hairy boy..."

"Tattoo cloth!!!"

Before Yingbu finished speaking, Quan Xu's eyes widened and he was about to step forward, but was stopped by several Huainan generals beside him, his arms were pinned behind him, his upper body was held down, and he lowered towards Yingbu. down.

But seeing Yingbo smiled contemptuously again, threw the donated book in his hand to the ground, walked forward slowly, and patted the face of Quan Xu who was gnashing his teeth.

"My widow, I won't kill you for now."

"Go back to Yongcheng and tell that child: Today, the widow and that child will be at peace for a day."

"When the day comes tomorrow, the widow will go to Yongcheng personally in armor, and use the head of the old thief Cao Shen as a gift to the princes and the crown prince..."

Throwing down these words meaningfully, Ying Bo turned sideways, his face suddenly solemn, not shy about Quan Xu's existence at all, and gave orders to everyone in the account.

"Order the four armies of the left, right, front, and middle to march fifty miles east of the camp and attack Cao Shen's troops!"

"The rear army stayed in the big camp, and 3 people from Jingzu's other troops went out of the camp and went five miles outside Yongcheng. They waited without attacking!!!"

"Here!!!!!!"

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But after a while, the huge Huainan camp was filled with dust.

Seeing this change, the defenders of Yongcheng just rushed to martial law.

And on the turret of the inner city wall, watching several groups of people and horses walk out of the rebel camp from afar, Liu Ying's face also quietly showed a little regret.

"Ah~"

"really······"

As far as Liu Ying saw at this moment: Huainan soldiers and horses in the rebel camp almost came out in full force!

But what makes Liu Ying feel helpless is that at least three-quarters of the rebel soldiers and horses who came out of their own camp are all targeting east.

Only a quarter of the remaining, that is, no more than 3 people, went north from the rebel camp and headed in the direction of Yongcheng.

From this situation alone, it is not difficult for Liu Ying to guess: her plan did not succeed.

Yingbo was not fooled by Liu Ying, nor wasted much time, so he focused on Cao Shen's army on the east side of the battlefield.

And the part of the rebel army that is heading towards Yongcheng will most likely not attack Yongcheng, but will only wait in formation not far outside the city, lest the defenders in the city go out of the city and rush to help Cao Shen's army.

In this way, the choice left to Liu Ying seems to be the option of "watching Cao Shen's army being attacked by the main force of Yingbu in Yongcheng, but not being able to provide the slightest help".

But obviously, Liu Ying was very dissatisfied with this option, and was extremely unwilling to choose it.

"In the Marquis of Pingyang's army, most of them are Qi soldiers."

"As early as the Warring States period, the soldiers of the Qi State were mostly well-equipped with armor and blades, and their anti-war capabilities were not high, so they were known all over the world."

"Pingyang Hou's troops are at most 4 horses; on the other hand, the rebels under the tattoo bandits are more than [-]!!!"

After saying this in an irritable tone, Liu Ying turned around and looked at Li Shang who was not far behind him.

"I just thought that the gate of Yongcheng might have reached the point where it must be opened!"

Hearing Liu Ying's words, Li Shang could only respond with anxiety.

But after a while, as Liu Ying said a few more words, the anxious look on Li Shang's face slowly turned into a look of hesitation.

"Although the gates of the city can be opened, the defenders in the city must never leave!"

"Guyi: Open the gate of the city wide, and slowly leave the city with a team of school captains, pretending to be fighting in the city."

"Knowing this, the tattooed bandits will turn their main force back and come from the east; at that time, they will order this department to go around the city and enter Yongcheng quickly from the west gate."

"If you don't do this a few times, you will get dark that day; the difficulty of the Marquis of Pingyang will be relieved!"

Hearing Liu Ying say this seemingly feasible plan, Li Shang's face showed even more hesitation.

Li Shang naturally understood the meaning of Liu Ying's words.

——You Yingbu, didn't you send all the main force to attack Cao Shen?
——Then I will open the city gate, pretend to leave the city, and attack the small army you left behind!
Discovering this situation, the main force of Yingbu will inevitably abandon Cao Shen, turn around, and try to fight the Han army in Yongcheng while protecting the left behind troops and camp.

At that time, the troops that left the city will return to the city, and everything will return to the original appearance.

At this moment, Cao Shen's army is thirty miles east of the rebel camp!

When the main force of the rebel army goes out for twenty miles, the gate of Yongcheng is opened, and the main force of the rebel army turns around and comes back, which is another twenty miles.

Walking down the [-]-mile round trip, even if the sun has not set, it will not be far from dusk.

At that time, looking at Qiuyang who was about to go down the mountain, even if Yingbo wanted to attack Cao Shen's troops, he could only give up for the time being.

When the main force of Yingbu walks out of the camp again at dawn tomorrow, they will be surprised to find that: within one night, Cao Shen's troops have already erected a tower thirty miles east of the rebel camp. barracks.

At that time, there will be Cao Shen's army with a firm foothold in the east, and Liu Ying's troops in the north, relying on Yongcheng. No matter which direction Yingbu wants to attack, he must be careful to guard against his soft side.

In other words: when Cao Shen's troops take root on the edge of the battlefield, Yingbo's strategic advantage at this moment will disappear in an instant!
But this also means that Yingbo will inevitably do everything possible to prevent Cao Shen's troops from setting up barracks...

"Pretending to be out of town..."

With a hesitant murmur, Li Shang looked at Liu Ying with concern.

From Liu Ying's resolute gaze and heavy nodding of his head, it was not difficult for Li Shang to see: Liu Ying probably knew very well about the possible risks of 'pretending to leave the city'.

——Shooting a troop pretending to go out of the city, as if attacking the rebel camp, is self-deprecating for Li Shang!

Moreover, this move will inevitably cause the main force of the rebel army to turn around and temporarily give up attacking Cao Shen's troops.

But the crux of the problem is: it is easy to release the troops out of the city, but it may not be so simple to get all the troops back into the city.

Optimistically speaking, in order for this pretended attacking school lieutenant to return to the city, at the very least there must be an elite force to 'break the rear'.

And in such a battle to defend the city, an elite team 'cutting back' for the main force returning to the city can basically be directly understood as sending to death.

Even this 'throwing a piece of meat' is still an optimistic result!

The most pessimistic result is that the entire school lieutenant's department that went out of the city was bitten by the main force of the returning rebel army, and they were chasing after them.

If that were the case, there would be only two choices before Liu Ying.

One: close the gates of the city, completely abandon the school lieutenant that was released from the city, and let it fend for itself!
But doing so will deal a huge blow to the morale of the Yongcheng defenders and Liu Ying's own prestige.

——Your Highness can leave the entire school lieutenant department outside the city to fend for itself without blinking an eye today, will he abandon us and let us fend for ourselves after that day?

As long as such thoughts appear in the minds of the soldiers of the Yongcheng defenders, the morale of the Yongcheng defenders will collapse in an instant.

In addition, the soldiers and horses stationed in Yongcheng are basically all from good families in Guanzhong, so Liu Ying's move will inevitably lose his life in Guanzhong.

Besides that, the last option left is to open the city gate and take the risk of being attacked by the rebels to take the school captain back to the city...
"Your Highness..."

"You Xiangguo doesn't need to persuade you anymore!"

"Lonely has been decided!"

"If the thieves come and stop you, and you go out of the city alone, you will never let one of the elite soldiers of our Han family die because of your incompetence!!!"

Seeing that Liu Ying was so determined, Li Shang thought about it again and again, and finally nodded slowly.

Strictly speaking, Liu Ying's plan is indeed not very good.

But other than that, Li Shang couldn't think of a second way, which was safer than Liu Ying's plan...
"Ugh······"

"That's all it takes."

"Choose a strong captain, and the chariot general will personally lead him out of the city; when the enemy shows up, he will return to the city immediately..."

"Um······"

"When it is feasible."

(End of this chapter)