The king behind the empress

Chapter 428 To follow or not to follow?
The military flag is the soul of an army, and it is also the symbol of the commander of the army. Generally, if the banner is broken, it means that the commander is beheaded.

So the moment the flag fell, there was a riot in the Qianjiang army. Although Yang Yanzhang didn't know what happened, he could feel that the resistance of Qianjiang County, which was originally full of resilience, was much weaker at this moment. There are many loopholes in the cooperation between the battle formations.

He knocked down several soldiers standing in front of him with one shot, and then looked up, and found that the banner that the Qianjiang Army had erected high had disappeared at this time.

For this kind of opportunity, Yang Yanzhang naturally couldn't let it go, he shouted loudly: "The enemy general is dead, kill them all!!!"

Hearing Yang Yanzhang's shout, the soldiers who hadn't looked at the army flag subconsciously turned their heads to look at their own handsome flag. When they found that the flag was gone, they panicked.

The capture of the flag usually means the death of the commander, and once the commander dies, the military system will be chaotic, the soldiers will have no generals, the generals will have no commanders, and there will be no one to command the army.

Therefore, the morale of the Qianjiang army was shaken in an instant. Not only that, but because Bai Changqiu was indeed dead, and all the generals on the battalion had fled, the command of the army was also a little chaotic for a while.

And those generals, although they knew the seriousness of losing command, but there were sharpshooters aiming at them, and they would die if they went up, and none of them dared to carry the banner again.

Without anyone commanding the Qianjiang army, the formation quickly fell into chaos. Under such circumstances, the Chiyan dragon cavalry rushed out like a broken bamboo.

After the Qianjiang army was cut through, Situ Yao, who was in the camp, received the news very quickly. Not only that, but even the news that 1 Yulin troops camped behind and cut off their back route also reached him. .

"How did the court's reinforcements come so quickly?"

Situ Yao knew that under the circumstances of being attacked from both sides, this general attack could no longer be fought, and with all the troops on top, Guangling City still did not show much pressure, and it was obviously unrealistic to break through the city in a short time.

Moreover, the besieged [-] Shenwei troops had already escaped from their predicament, and it was meaningless to continue the fight if neither of the two goals had been achieved.

"Mingjin withdraws troops."

Situ Yao gave the order to withdraw the troops with a gloomy expression. Although he was a little unwilling, he knew that it would be useless to continue fighting.

And the situation of the various families that are attacking the city is not going well. The Shenwei army on the top of the city is too strong. Although they don't have much combat experience, they don't need that experience at all to defend the city. Just throw the stones down from the city wall.

Even if there are occasional fish that slip through the net and climb up to the top of the city, they only need to draw out their waist knives and chop people down with one blow.

With their strength, it didn't take much effort to do these things. Thousands of people were killed by the allied forces of the aristocratic family, and there was not even a single soldier who could climb to the top of the city. The fight was extremely difficult.

Hearing Ming Jin's voice at this time, there was no need for the general to urge them, these soldiers ran back from the city wall in a single-minded manner.

"What's going on, why did you suddenly withdraw troops?"

Because Patriarch Cui was not assigned the siege task, he was shooting arrows there, but he was suddenly called back at this time, and he was somewhat puzzled.

"If you don't withdraw your troops, my men will be wiped out!"

Xu Ran gave him a cold look, and wondered if Situ Yao, an old man, had specially targeted him and arranged for him to go to the main gate to attack the city. This battle would be his biggest loss.

It didn't take long for him to lose thousands of people. If the fighting continued, even if Situ Yao didn't issue an order to withdraw the troops, he would have to withdraw.

"The imperial court has sent reinforcements, so we can't fight for the time being."

Situ Yao ignored the argument between the two, and explained lightly: "Just now, the scouts sent news that 1 Yulin troops appeared behind us. Although I don't know why they didn't take the opportunity to attack the camp, but we need to slow down when we attack the city." Slow down."

"Otherwise they will come out from behind, and we will be in big trouble."

"Habayashi Army of the imperial court?"

Hearing Situ Yao's explanation, the patriarchs of the aristocratic families present all frowned. They still knew a little about the combat power of the Habayashi Army. They really can't fight this battle.

"How did they come so fast?"

Xu Ran's face was a little gloomy. When they sent troops before, they also guarded against the court's Habayashi Army, but until they took action, the Habayashi Army did not show any sign of mobilization, so they did not put the Habayashi Army in their plan.

But now, it has only been a few days since they attacked the city, why did the Habayashi army come here?

"It's useless to say that now."

Situ Yao shook his head, did not answer Xu Ran's question, but said, "I don't know what to do now, let's think about how to defend against the Habayashi Army."

"A mere 1 people, what are you thinking about?"

Patriarch Wan snorted coldly, and then said: "My Wanjia army has about 5 to [-] people in total, so I will take people to destroy them."

"Don't act rashly."

Situ Yao raised his hand to stop Patriarch Wan, and said with a dignified expression: "The recruits recruited by Yang Yanzhang in the city are already so strong in just a few months. Do you think that as Mo Zizai's direct descendants, these Habayashi Army will be weaker than those recruits?" ?"

"You don't need them to be stronger than those recruits, even if they are the same strength, can you fight?"

"Besides..."

Situ Yao paused at this point, and then slowly said: "The Habayashi army did not take the opportunity to enter the city, but chose to station in the rear and cut off our retreat. Don't you understand what this means?"

"Does he still want to catch me all in one go?"

Hearing Situ Yao's words, all the heads of the families were a little shocked. Their army is 50, and even if the soldiers in the city are added to the Habayashi Army, it is only a little over 50. [-] vs. [-] Wan, actually wanting to wipe them all out, this is really crazy!

"If we leave now, those Habayashi soldiers will naturally not be able to stop us."

Situ Yao let out a sigh of relief, and said in a solemn tone: "But what if we wait until we have suffered heavy losses in the siege?"

Hearing Situ Yao's words, the tent fell silent. It is very clear how difficult Guangling City is to beat them now. If it was before, it could be said that they were not in harmony, that's why they couldn't beat them.

But today, almost the whole army of them pressed up, and the result was almost no results. They lost so many people, and they didn't even get to the top of the city. If they continue to fight, how many people will they lose, including themselves? Not sure.

So if they continue to fight, if they really can't beat Guangling City later, then after they have suffered heavy losses, they may really be wiped out by the Habayashi Army.

If this is the case, then the coalition forces of these aristocratic families will become a big joke.

"Then what is the plan of the leader now?"

Xu Ran looked at Situ Yao. As the leader, if something like this happened, he must find a way, otherwise what would the leader do.

"Stop attacking the city."

Situ Yao also has no good solution, after all, there are too many forces and people's hearts are too complicated, if these 50 people are all in his Qianjiang Army, then he will definitely destroy the Habayashi Army behind him without saying a word , and then continued to attack the city.

But in this situation, he can't think of a way to solve it.

"By the way, where is Chang Qiu?"

When Situ Yao said this, he suddenly felt that something was wrong. The patriarchs of these aristocratic families have all withdrawn, why Bai Changqiu hasn't come back yet, could it be that he went to chase after the mighty army?

"The banner of the Qianjiang Army was shot off, and the formation was in chaos for a while. Your student must be reorganizing the army."

Because after Yang Yanzhang and the others broke through the siege, the Qianjiang Army was a little confused, so until now no one has come to report to Situ Yao about Bai Changqiu's death in battle. Only the head of the Yin family saw the scene where the Qianjiang Army's banner was shot off, so he answered casually. One sentence.

"The banner was shot off?"

Situ Yao frowned slightly. The sound of the death whistle just now was reported to him by the people below, but they didn't say that the Qianjiang Army's banner was shot off. No wonder the Qianjiang Army was defeated so quickly.

It's just that there is no one else who can shoot so far except those sharpshooters in the north. Could it be that Mo Zizai also transferred the Divine Bow Battalion?

If that's the case, when you go back to the battle, you need to tell those generals more, lest they be killed by snipers.

After all, as a person who once commanded those sharpshooters, no one knows the deterrent power of those sharpshooters better than him. If they don't take precautions, I'm afraid that all the generals in command will be killed one by one by them.

"Everyone, go and straighten out your armaments first, lest Mo Zizai take the opportunity to attack the camp."

Situ Yao said to the crowd, "Let's discuss how to take down Guangling City in the evening."

"it is good."

Everyone has no objection, it is definitely not possible to fight hard now, so it is better to take a rest first.

After they dispersed, Situ Yao turned back to his personal guards and said, "Go and call Chang Qiu back, and tell him not to reorganize the army, I have a problem."

"Here."

The personal guard responded, and then went directly to the Qianjiang army to look for Bai Changqiu, but he went there for a long time, Situ Yao was getting impatient, and he finally came back.

However, there was no Bai Changqiu behind him, only a few generals of the Qianjiang army with very ugly faces.

Seeing this situation, Situ Yao suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart. He looked at the guard and asked, "Where's Changqiu?"

The personal guard knew about Situ Yao's feelings for Bai Changqiu, but he couldn't hide this kind of thing, so he could only face his scalp and say, "Master Changqiu, he... died..."

"what?"

Situ Yao was stunned for a moment, he didn't realize it for a while, Bai Changqiu was in the army, and there were several Marrow Cleansing level warriors beside him, how could he die?

The personal guard had already asked everything clearly before he came. He moved to Situ Yao's side and told what had happened in a low voice, but because he was worried about irritating Situ Yao, he only said that Bai Changqiu was shot by an arrow. He shot him to death without telling Situ Yao about his tragic death.

"The personal guard was sent by Changqiu to intercept the army, and he was shot to death with an arrow?"

Situ Yao was in a daze. At this time, there was not much grief in his heart, but a sense of unreality.

In just a few days, first Tu Yu died in battle, and then Bai Changqiu. His three disciples, except for Hu Ming who had already died in Yining City before, all died under his nose.

"How could this be?"

Situ Yao shook his body for a while, and then fell directly on the chair. The generals of the Qianjiang Army who followed him didn't even dare to vent their anger when they saw this situation.

Although the incident happened suddenly at the time, Bai Changqiu died under their noses after all, especially Kong Fan of Chongnuying. Before Bai Changqiu died, the two had some disputes. If Yaowan took his anger out on him, there was nothing he could do.

Situ Yao sat on the chair for a long time before he came back to his senses. He looked up at Kong Fan and the others, and said to them with force: "This happened suddenly, and it has nothing to do with you. Don't you wait?" Xu blamed himself too much."

"Go down."

"Thank you governor."

Hearing what Situ Yao said, Kong Fan and the others breathed a sigh of relief, and then they didn't dare to say more, and hurried out of the tent.

After they left, Situ Yao had a look of coldness in his eyes, and then turned to look at his personal guards, "I fled before the battle, abolished their military authority, and executed them in military law."

"Here!"

The guard was stunned for a moment, and then quickly realized that when he was about to go out, Situ Yao stopped him again.

"and many more……"

Situ Yao looked slightly hesitant, and after a while, he said again: "Let's keep Kong Fan for now."

It is reasonable to kill those generals with the reason of running away, and no one will say anything, but Kong Fan had just had a dispute with Bai Changqiu before, and he also advocated protecting the soldiers of the Qianjiang Army, so if even he was killed , I am afraid it will cause criticism.

So, after thinking about it for a while, he decided to keep Kong Fan first.

Not long after the guard left, another messenger suddenly entered the camp.

"Leader, an envoy from Guangling City sent a letter."

"An envoy from Guangling City?"

Situ Yao ignored the sadness in his heart and opened the letter directly.

"This king will send one thousand troops, and you will send three thousand troops to accompany me in training."

"I will give you time to procrastinate. If you don't, I will destroy you right now."

There are only these two very domineering sentences in the letter, and then there is an additional signature, which is uncomfortable.

"Too deceiving!"

Situ Yao, who was already full of hatred in his heart, lifted the table in front of him with his hand, and the sand table immediately rolled to the ground.

He originally wanted to tear this provocative letter of war in his hand into pieces, but his hands were all on the paper, and he stopped again.

The Habayashi Army arrived suddenly, and they didn't take any precautions against the rear at all, so if they really wanted to fight now, although Situ Yao felt that his side could win, it would definitely be a miserable victory, so he hesitated for a moment , Slowly put down the letter again.

"Come here, invite all the Patriarchs here."

(End of this chapter)