The Six Arts of the Gentleman in the Bright Moon of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 554: Eternal Sorrow [Subscribe*Monthly Tickets]

When Yan Yan led the main force of the central army to the first line of defense, the soldiers on the first line of defense were still fighting with the Dayuezhi army that was left behind to delay.

The King of Dayuezhi did not tell the soldiers that they were abandoned.

Unlike King Hunxie, who found it difficult to escape alone, King Dayuezhi fled with his entire army.

So the King of Dayuezhi told these soldiers that they were making a strategic shift.

Their mission was to delay the blockading Bingzhou army and wait for the army to return.

Therefore, even though the central army had already withdrawn, the Dayuezhi soldiers on the first line of defense were still resisting under command.

The same goes for other lines of defense.

At least the Hun soldiers knew that they were abandoned.

Whether to continue fighting or surrender is up to them.

The soldiers of Dayuezhi were completely deceived and had no idea that they had been betrayed. They were still hoping that their royal army would return.

This also caused misunderstanding among the entire Bingzhou army.

No one would have thought that the King of Dayuezhi would actually abandon most of his soldiers just to bring his elite troops back to the royal court.

Therefore, after Yan Yan and the Central Army Shogunate surrounded the Dayuezhi soldiers on the first line of defense, they also captured a lot of prisoners and obtained false information from them.

This also made Yan Yan mistakenly believe that the Dayuezhi still had some backup plan.

Come to think of it, it's possible.

After all, there were seven lines of defense in Bingzhou, and each direction had no more than 10,000 people, but the Dayuezhi had left troops several times the number of defenders in each direction.

If the Great Yuezhi could break through the three passes of the Tianshan Mountains and then launch a counterattack, they might really disrupt the entire battlefield on the western front, and thus find opportunities to fight and reverse the downward trend.

"There must be a master behind the Dayuezhi!" Yan Yan also put away his contempt.

This kind of chaotic fighting method is easy to go wrong, but it is also the most likely method to change the situation on the battlefield.

In the midst of chaos, an outstanding general who can grasp the opportunity of battle with incredible precision may really be able to reverse the situation of the war.

Because the entire battlefield was disrupted.

There are too many people in Bingzhou, and command and mobilization are more arduous, making it difficult to operate quickly.

As long as the King of Dayuezhi leads his elite troops, finds the right opportunity to attack in the chaotic battlefield and randomly supports a certain front, there is a great possibility that he can swallow up that line of defense.

Because Bingzhou's defense line was towards the east, it did not have time to build defensive facilities behind it.

If the King of Dayuezhi really led his army back, the soldiers defending the position would be attacked from both sides.

And they still have to face an army that is several times larger than their own.

"Tian Hu, you lead 30,000 vanguards to immediately support the second line of defense and wait for the arrival of the main army." Yan Yan divided the troops again and let Tian Hu lead the vanguard battalion first.

He led the main army to cooperate with the soldiers on the first line of defense to first defeat the Dayuezhi soldiers who were left in front of the formation and then capture them.

The resistance of the Great Yuezhi was tenacious.

The final order they received was to hold out for 15 days, or the king's army would return.

Therefore, even when facing Yan Yan personally leading the main force, they still relied on the terrain and started a tug-of-war with Bingzhou.

For a while, Bingzhou was unable to defeat them.

It’s a pity that military advantage cannot be resisted by courage alone.

Finally, after holding out for three days, the First Direction had to surrender due to lack of food and fodder.

This was something Bingzhou could only do because it wanted to collect as many prisoners as possible.

Otherwise, they would all be gone if they met face to face.

However, it was precisely because Bingzhou wanted to gather the surrendered soldiers that the progress of the army was slowed down.

When Yan Yan led his army to the fifth line of defense, he also received a report from the Golden Fire Cavalry defending the Tianshan Pass.

The Great Yuezhi finally succeeded in breaking through the barrier. The Great Yuezhi King led 30,000 elite troops to force their way through the barrier. Although thousands of people were left behind, they finally broke through. Yan Yan and the entire Central Army Shogunate, who received the report from Meng Tian, ​​looked extremely unhappy.

"But unlike what we imagined, the Great Yuezhi did this to create chaos on the battlefield. Meng Tian reported that the Great Yuezhi king led his elite troops and withdrew to the royal court without looking back, with no intention of coming back."

Yan Yan looked at the information sent back by Meng Tian and was silent for a long time.

They thought of many possibilities and believed that the Great Yuezhi wanted to win by chaos and deliberately created chaos in order to engage in a chaotic war with Bingzhou.

To this end, they have been racking their brains to think of ways to deal with the situation one by one, and to advance step by step in a steady and solid manner.

However, they never expected that the King of Dayuezhi did this just to allow himself and his army to withdraw intact.

“Is this the barbarian?”

"No wonder they are called barbarians!"

Tian Hu was very angry and complained about the capture of the Dayuezhi soldiers who were still fighting desperately.

It doesn't matter if King Hunxie escapes, that is the trend of the times and they can understand it.

But the King of Dayuezhi is different. He has an army of 200,000 and there are many possibilities and ways to do it.

However, the King of Dayuezhi chose to deceive and used the lives of 170,000 soldiers in exchange for the opportunity for him and his army to retreat.

"We should have thought of it earlier!" Yan Yan also sighed.

They should have thought of it earlier. As a tribal regime, they are all selfish and willing to give up everything in the face of the general trend.

They thought that the King of Dayuezhi wanted to engage in chaos and would come back, so they did not use the last two lines of defense to make a desperate attempt to stop him. Instead, they advanced steadily, waiting for the King of Dayuezhi to turn around and fight back.

However, they never expected that the King of Dayuezhi was so selfish that he ignored an army of more than 100,000 just to escape.

Others would cut off their tails to escape, but he wanted to cut off his head.

"I really feel sorry for those Great Yuezhi soldiers who were kept in the dark and fought bloody battles with us."

"They fought bloody battles, but their king deceived them and used their lives to preserve his own power."

All the generals in Bingzhou were furious.

They knew they would win, but they didn't expect their opponent to be such a shameless person.

"The most terrifying thing is that even if we tell those Dayuezhi soldiers the truth, they probably won't believe it!" Tian Hu said angrily.

If Dayuezhi told the soldiers the truth, all the generals in Bingzhou would not be so angry.

However, the King of Dayuezhi used deception to trick 170,000 troops into clearing the way for him.

"For the sake of our six thousand comrades, we resolutely raised our army, not hesitating to abandon a large area of ​​territory and the royal city."

"But our opponent is like this!"

Everyone felt sorry for the Dayuezhi soldiers.

The cause of this war was that we wanted to rush to rescue 6,000 comrades, but our opponent turned out to be so weak.

This kind of sadness is not worth it for the Dayuezhi soldiers, and it also makes them angry that Bingzhou would give up most of its territory for such an opponent.

"Is such a person worthy of being called the King of the Grassland together with me?"

"It is unworthy for the heroes who died fighting for Bingzhou to be sacrificed at the hands of such an enemy."

"Pass on my order and announce to the world what the Great Yuezhi King has done."

"Among the Yuezhi tribes, any tribe that kills the king of the Yuezhi tribe will gain the friendship of Bingzhou, and Bingzhou will recognize it as the royal court of the Yuezhi tribe!"

Yan Yan said coldly.

Can you survive by escaping back to Dayuezhi?

The dead soldiers, no matter if they are friendly or enemy, will not agree to this. And neither will the 170,000 soldiers who are still resisting!

(End of this chapter)