Ji Han Grand Commander

Chapter 245 239. Slowing down

In the end, because Kou Feng was the commander-in-chief, Guan Suo had to obey Kou Feng's orders and prepare to attack the enemy troops in Tanlu Mountain. The plan proposed by Kou Feng was also very bold, which made Guan Suo a little unbelievable.

The next morning, on Tanlu Mountain, a man who was dressed like an officer was sitting idly under a tree, holding a piece of grass in his mouth and staring at the sky with lifeless eyes.

He was originally just a garrison commander, but because he had foresight, he immediately pledged loyalty to Yong Kai after he came to power. As a result, Yong Kai was so delighted that he directly appointed him as a general.

Of course, Yong Kai did not have this power originally, but now he has the final say in the entire Yizhou County. Let alone a lieutenant general, theoretically it is not impossible for him to be appointed a general or a general of chariots and cavalry. However, that would be too stupid.

The first major task he received after being promoted to general was to set up an ambush at Tanlu Mountain, wait for the Han army to arrive, and kill them in order to dampen their morale.

But the lieutenant general also knew that he and Yong Kai were just deceiving themselves. Everyone knew that the Han army was powerful, but now it was just struggling to survive. If they defeated 10,000 Han troops, they could still send another 10,000, 30,000, or 50,000. Yizhou County would never be able to resist.

"General, the Han army is coming!"

The shout of a soldier interrupted the general's thoughts. He immediately stood up and followed the soldier to a high ground and looked at the mountain path below.

A Han army seemed to be really unprepared and walked into their encirclement in a swagger.

"This is a gift from God to me..."

The lieutenant general was instantly excited, but immediately calmed down. As I said just now, he was a smart man and knew that Yong Kai could resist the Han army for a while, but certainly not forever. So he couldn't offend the Han army to death. If he really killed many people in the Han army, he would definitely not have a good ending in the future.

"Shoot arrows, throw battering rams, and roll stones."

After thinking for a while, the general ordered a long-range attack to attack the Han army.

"Kill!"

The three thousand ambush troops under the lieutenant general immediately shouted and killed, and countless arrows, battering rams and boulders rolled down the mountain towards the Han army below.

However, the Han army below seemed to have been prepared. Some raised their shields, some hid behind cover. Even in an ambush, they only lost a hundred people, and they did not seem to panic.

"General, the Han army doesn't seem to be defeated. What should we do?"

Seeing the Han army in this state, the subordinates were at a loss. They thought that if they were ambushed like this, there would be chaos, and the ambushers only needed to rush out in the chaos, and the army would be finished.

Now the Han army is as hard as a bone, and seems to be determined to fight them to the end. These local county soldiers are a little bit unprepared. They can't really rush down and fight the Han army hand to hand, right?
"Retreat. We have already killed a wave of Han troops. Even if Lord Yong Kai asks us about this, we will be able to report it. Retreat in the direction of Shannan and return to the county city!"

The lieutenant general thought for a moment and immediately announced the withdrawal. All the soldiers were a little surprised. Although they did not want to fight the Han army in a hand-to-hand fight, was it too much of a gamble to just shoot a few arrows and then run away?
But the higher the rank, the more powerful the person. Even if the superiors held the general responsible, they, the soldiers, were happy to save their lives and retreated happily.

Kou Feng and others below were still waiting for the enemy's second wave of long-range attacks or charge, but after the enemy paused, they fell into deathly silence, which made Kou Feng a little confused.

"You five, scout forward."

As an old soldier, Kou Feng would not stand there at a loss. He immediately ordered a squad of soldiers to move forward and conduct fire reconnaissance.

The soldiers of this squad carefully walked forward a few steps and entered the range of the attack just now, but the mountain was still quiet, without any rolling logs or rain of arrows. So the squad leader took courage and continued to walk forward a few steps with his dozens of brothers, but still nothing happened. Now they completely let go and even began to try to climb the mountains on both sides.

"General, the enemy has retreated!"

Not long after, the sergeant came back and reported to Kou Feng what he had discovered, leaving Kou Feng speechless.

"Go to another section and search carefully. If the enemy really retreats, notify General Guan Suo to come over."

Kou Feng's original plan was to enter the game himself, with Guan Suo leading the rest of the soldiers outside. If he was surrounded by the enemy, Guan Suo would rush into the valley to rescue him. But now he really threw a wink to a blind man, and the other party actually beat him up and ran away.

Not long after, Guan Suo came riding a horse. After learning what had happened, he felt helpless. It was his first time to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy, but the enemy ran away before he even saw him, which made him a little bored.

But in any case, it was a good thing that the Han army could survive Tanlu Mountain with relatively small losses. Kou Feng ordered his men to sort out the corpses, re-form the team, send out scouts, and walk carefully in the mountains to avoid another ambush by the enemy.

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"Tanlu Mountain is so dangerous, how could it be lost just like that?"

Yong Kai was somewhat surprised, but the lieutenant general reported that the elite Han army was not at all panicked after being ambushed by him, but instead were on high alert. He retreated when he saw there was no chance.

Yong Kai also felt that there was some truth in it, but something was not right. However, the Han army had already passed the Tanlu Mountain area, and it was only a matter of time before they approached Dianchi Lake. He still needed to make plans early.

Yizhou County is also a big city. If he holds out for a while and waits for Meng Huo's reinforcements to arrive, he and Zhu Bao and Gao Ding will form a pincer attack and should be able to fight.

"Any news about Meng Huo? Where is he now?"

Yong Kai is now waiting for Meng Huo and the days are like years. He wishes the southern barbarians could rush into Yizhou County to help him fight against the Han army.

"Your Excellency, Chief Meng said... they are still in the south of Yongchang County, probably the location of the Minpu tribe..."

The subordinate immediately handed Meng Huo's reply to Yong Kai.

"Damn it, it's been almost a month, why are they still on the edge of Yongchang County? Even if they were to crawl, they could have crawled all the way from Nanzhong to Yizhou County, right!?"

Yong Kai could not help but scold Meng Huo. It was obvious that the other party was procrastinating. His original plan was to wait and see how Meng Huo's rebellion progressed before launching his own rebellion. However, because of that brainless Gao Ding, now Meng Huo had to wait and see while the three of them launched their rebellion.

Yong Kai cursed Gao Ding and Meng Huo several times in his heart, but life had to go on. Since Meng Huo could no longer be relied on, he would see what Gao Ding's situation was.

"Hurry up and write a letter to General Gao Yi, asking him to send some reinforcements to support Yizhou County."

Yong Kai immediately ordered his officials to ask Gao Ding for help, but he didn't know that bad news would soon arrive in Yizhou County one after another.

(End of this chapter)