The Reborn Lao Tzu Is the Emperor

Chapter 1600 The plan to break the city
The soldiers of the Tianhui Army in the city were slightly surprised when they heard the sound of the bugle.But soon some generals shouted, "Retreat! Retreat! Cross cover and retreat!"

The retreat call sounded outside the city.

The orders of the Great Song Army were strictly prohibited. Even if the generals were puzzled why they retreated at this time, they must be implemented immediately.

Chengtou Maohu stood watching this scene, he was a little stunned.

He couldn't stop thinking about why Song Jun retreated at this juncture.Then he naturally thought of the torch that appeared on the side of the col.

Song army reinforcements are coming!

They are going to rest for a while, and then the army will redeploy to attack the city.If we fight again, it will definitely be an overwhelming battle.

This is the only reason, a reasonable reason, for the Song army to retreat in the city.

Only when Su Quandang led the army arrived, would these Song troops choose to retreat temporarily instead of staying in the city to fight hard.

Mao Huli, who consciously thought about the key to the matter, changed his face drastically, and hurriedly shouted: "Don't chase the poor! Close the gates of the cities, and the generals will go to the government office to discuss matters immediately!"

Facing Su Quandang's army will never be as easy as facing Tianlao and Tianhui's army.It is necessary for him to redeploy his defenses and even prepare to abandon the city.

After yelling, Mao Huli led the priests and the generals around him to rush down the Wengcheng and rushed towards the government office.

The Yuan army was still sniping at the soldiers of the Tianhui Army, but under Mao Huli's order, they did not chase them out of the city.

The soldiers of the Tianhui Army in the city gathered together, and after breaking through a bloody road, they successfully left the city.

The five legions that originally entered the city had suffered more than half of their casualties at this time.Especially the four legions in the advanced city suffered heavy casualties.

Although they also beheaded many Yuan troops in the city, generally speaking, the imperial guards of the Song Dynasty have suffered some losses in this battle so far.

After all, it is much more difficult to train a Great Song Imperial Army than a Yuan Army.

But at this time, outside the city, Yao Xingchao, Fang Zhenshan and others did not have much sadness on their faces.

At the moment they don't care so much.

At this time, there is only solemnity in the eyes, and there is also a strong hope.

Of course Su Quandang's army did not come.

Those torches that appeared at the col were the soldiers of the [-]-day prison army that they had provoked before.This was done to make the yuan army in the city think that Su Shuai led the army over.

And ordering the soldiers of the Tianhui Army in the city to retreat is also to create such an illusion, so that the Yuan army in the city will be convinced.

They were unwilling to let the soldiers of the Tianhui Army fight hard in the city, and they had to find another way to break the situation.

The ultimate move is the two special regiment soldiers who have already sneaked towards the south and north gates at this time.

This policy was decided after discussions among Fang Zhenshan, Yao Xingchao and other generals.

During the discussion, they believed that after creating the illusion that Su Shuai led the army to arrive, the Yuan army in the city would panic and change their deployment.

And in the process of changing their deployment, the defense in the city could no longer be as tight as it is now.

The generals in those armies should also gather together.

More importantly, seeing the "Su Shuai" army approaching from the east, their defensive center of gravity should be slightly biased towards the east gate, which has just experienced the war.

With all these conditions superimposed, the special regiments in the Tianlao and Tianhui armies have great hopes of being able to enter from the south and north gates.

In fact, the west city gate should be the weakest place for the Yuan army to defend, but the west city gate is too far away, if you touch it, you are afraid of being discovered by the Yuan army on the way, so you have to abandon it.

Not long after, the soldiers of the Tianhui Army in the city rushed out of the city.

Zhang Chi and others all returned to Yao Xingchao.

After sieging the city for such a long time, they failed to capture Gushu County, and all the generals had shame on their faces.Of course, there is still more grief and indignation.

They have too many brothers who will stay in Gushu County forever.

Although the number of casualties has not been counted at this time, the eyes of some generals are already rosy.They didn't have to wait until the numbers came out to know that the soldiers under their command had lost a lot.

And these brothers are people who get along with them day and night...

Yao Xingchao didn't blame Zhang Chi and the others, but just sighed lightly, but instead comforted them, "The Yuan army is well-arranged in the city, and the siege was frustrated. It's no wonder you!"

Then he said: "You all go down to rest first, and get ready to attack the city again!"

Having said this, Zhang Chi and the others couldn't help but show doubts.

Zhang Chi asked: "Chairman, President, since we still have to attack the city, why did you tell us to withdraw? We can still hold on."

He just thought it was Yao Xingchao who felt that they couldn't hold on anymore.

Yao Xingchao replied: "The Yuan army's arrangement at the east gate is too strict, and there will be no advantage to take advantage of if the fight continues. President Fang and I have already sent special teams to the south and north gates. Choose to break through the city from there. The light cavalry of the two armies will overwhelm you, you infantry, continue to attack at the east gate, and pin down the Yuan army here!"

Zhang Chi was still puzzled, "But didn't the Yuan army have strict arrangements at the south and north gates?"

He thought it was impossible.

There are so many Yuan troops in the city, but the east gate is only so big.They have no reason to put all their troops on the east gate.

Yao Xingchao looked back at the night behind him, and said deeply: "President Fang and I have created the illusion that Shuai Su's army has arrived, and the Yuan army will definitely change its deployment. You don't need to ask more questions, and first lead the soldiers down to rest Come on! Wait a moment, there are still times when you are needed."

At this moment, Zhang Chi fully understood the plan of Yao Xingchao and others, showing a little excitement, and the generals quickly surrendered their hands and retreated to the back of the army formation.

They have just gone through the war, and it is obvious that they will not be asked to be the vanguard later.

Up to now, although the Tianhui Army's infantry regiments have all attacked, the Tianlao's infantry regiments, except for the two regiments that created illusions, think that the remaining three regiments are still on standby.

Time passed slowly.

Mao Huli led the priest and several generals to the main hall of the government office of Gushu County.

Soon thereafter, other generals arrived one after another.

When the generals under his command were almost arrived, Mao Huli waved his hand and asked all the generals to sit down one by one.

Then he asked: "Just now, when you were at the top of the city, you should have noticed the flames more than ten miles away from Gushu County, right?"

Many generals nodded and talked a lot.

"Quiet!"

Mao Huli frowned slightly and said: "It is very likely that Su Quandang led the army here. But you don't need to be so flustered. You just fought the Song Army at the East Gate, and the Song Army is not invincible. Gushu County is only so big. Even if Su Quandang led an army to rush over, the general expected that he would not attack the city regardless of the cost. Anyone who wants to occupy this Gushu County with only a small army is just a dream come true!"

He said, looked at the deputy general at the lower left, and said: "I have already discussed with General Gu, the Song army has been fighting at the east gate for such a long time, when Su Quandang leads the army to arrive, it will inevitably come again." Let the Song army attack from the east gate. Therefore, the deployment of the city needs to be adjusted, and more troops will be transferred to the east gate to guard. Even if the Song army is attacking the city fiercely, we will let them eat a piece of meat."

"General Qi and General Hu obey orders!"

"The end is here!"

"The two of you lead your troops to Dongcheng and Dijie to set up defenses. If you see the Song army, destroy it with all your strength!"

"The last general takes orders!"

"General He obeys the order!"

"The end is here!"

"You lead the army to deploy defenses outside the west city gate. If you see the Song army, remember not to let the Song army cut off our army's retreat, and report to the general immediately!"

"Yes!"

"..."

Mao Huli gave orders one by one.

Just as Yao Xingchao, Fang Zhenshan and others expected, he not only focused on deploying his troops at the east gate.Moreover, there is still a way out at the west gate.

He was ordered to guard Gushu County, but it was not his order to stick to Gushu County.With the general situation gone, he would never stick to this mere Gushu County again.

Because even if Gushu County fell, from here to Song City, there are still many places that are good terrain to stop the Song Army.

"Boom!"

It's just that Mao Huli and other generals didn't expect that they were still deploying in this hall, but outside, there was another cannon sound suddenly resounding.

Immediately afterwards, the sound of cannons rang like rain.

"what happened!"

Mao Huli stood up in shock, staring at the outside of the hall and shouting.

(End of this chapter)