Chapter 255 Desperate Situation
Zhebie looked gloomily at the small Wubao-like county seat in front of him.
It was such a small place, but it had blocked him for three whole days.
Now, he has figured out the garrison in Cheng County.
Five thousand people.
The Wubao can only accommodate less than 2,000 people for defense, and the remaining 3,000 people will go down to the stronghold based on the Wubao.
Thick fences, deep trenches, dense crossbow arrows, long spears, and even some stone cannons that can fire stone projectiles the size of a sea bowl.
There is a small village with one thousand people, and there is a tunnel connected with Wubao. There is a three-dimensional defense above and below the city. If there are injured, they can be transported to the city for treatment immediately along the tunnel. The morale of the soldiers is extremely high. high.
The Yuan army tried their best to attack the opponent in front of them, but the position defended by five thousand people was like a copper pea that could not be chewed or broken. It stood in front of him, leaving him helpless. .
Yesterday, they even resorted to the difficult method of digging tunnels to connect each other's trenches, and then sent elite commandos to attack in order to break through several small villages under the city.
The tunnel was dug and connected to the Qin Army's tunnel trench, but the commando never came back.
The city was well prepared, and their counterattack was extremely sharp.
The counterattack team led by martial arts masters fought with the Yuan army in the tunnel. On the city, they took advantage of their superior position and used feather arrows to accurately kill the Yuan army in the tunnel.
If the feather arrows can still withstand it, there are too many martial arts masters from the Qin army gathered here.
Li Kaixin, Xuanyuan Ninth Grade,
Ma Dacheng, the eighth-grade Xuanyuan,
Xiao Dongwei, the seventh-grade Xuanyuan,
With these people blocking the way, it is really true that one man is in charge and no one can get in the way.
The loss of several generals in succession made Zhebie furious. Just when he was about to go in person, extremely bad news came one after another.
First, An Xuan was defeated and his whereabouts were unknown.
Then Che Zhe was defeated and his head was missing.
The connection between the left and right wings failed, but what made Zhebie even more panicked was that the scouts who were traveling outside discovered that Qin troops were surrounding them from all directions.
Xiao Changche, the Protector of Anxi Protectorate,
Li Dachui, the Deputy Protector of Anxi Protectorate,
Chang Xin, the Protector of Andong,
Chen Liang, the Protectorate of Anton.
Obviously, he was tricked by Linghuye.
Not only did we lose a large amount of money for no reason, but now we are surrounded by them like an iron barrel.
In front, it is impossible to penetrate.
In the back, it is powerful. The enemy is pressing forward step by step,
On both sides are Qingshui River and Juma River.
According to scouts on the two rivers, enemy warships would pass by from time to time, which gave Jebel no chance to even cross the river.
If you are intercepted by an enemy warship when you are halfway across the river, you are asking for death.
Tens of thousands of cavalry were actually imprisoned in this narrow passage that was only twenty miles wide and about a hundred miles long.
It sounds like a big place,
But for the 70,000 to 80,000 troops gathered by both sides, and most of them were cavalry, there really was no room for movement in this place. It was the kind of situation where you could see the enemy when you went out.
What makes Zhebie even more anxious is food and grass.
He only had ten days of food and grass.
Seven days have passed since departure to today.
His men still have three days to eat.
Although after discovering that something was wrong, Zhebei immediately ordered all grains to be collected and distributed in an attempt to reduce consumption as much as possible in anticipation of a turnaround, but after all, the total amount was too small and could not last for a few days.
More importantly, the barbarians showed signs of instability due to their continuous defeats and lack of food and grass.
Standing on the tall Diao Dou, staring at the black flag flying by the Qin army not far ahead, Zhebie's heart was filled with sadness.
Now that he is in this situation, he has thought about many things clearly.
It was not just Ling Huye from the Anton Protectorate and Li Dachui Xiao Changche from the Anxi Protectorate who were playing tricks on him.
There must be Tiele's subordinates, and even Akedun's subordinates.
These people colluded together and weaved a tight network, covering themselves tightly in it.
The more you struggle, the tighter the stranglehold becomes.
It’s so strange that An Xuan and Che Zhe lost so seriously.
They were two highly mobile cavalry units with 5,000 men each. However, they were unexpectedly caught by the enemy, blocked in a desperate situation, and then defeated in a single battle.
The enemy is not a god. If no one gives them information, how can they make such an accurate judgment?
After spending so many years of farewell with the barbarians in northern Xinjiang, I found that compared to the Qin people in the south, the brains of the barbarians are really very simple.
I was invincible in battles in the north and conquered all attacks. I developed a arrogant air and thought that the heroes in the world were nothing more than this.
But now, he realized that compared with the enemy, his head was not much stronger than that of the barbarians.
"Your Highness, Your Highness!" Qin Gong's shout came from the fight. He was waving a letter in his hand and looked extremely anxious.
Zhebie jumps down.
"What happened?" Qin Gong had a worried look on his face and handed the letter to Zhebie: "Your Highness, there is news from Yandu! The princess sent someone over, and she experienced many experiences along the way. After a lot of hardships, I encountered the Qin scouts several times. If I hadn’t been able to master martial arts, I might not have been able to survive. "
"Yandu?" Zhebie Yi. His face was shocked: "Who is here?"
"Ankara!" Qin Gong said. "He was seriously injured and is being bandaged and treated by doctors in the tent."
Anka was the chief bodyguard of Zhebie's palace in Yandu. He was a seventh-level martial arts practitioner. Now that the princess actually sent him out, it was obvious that something big had happened in Yandu.
After tearing open the bloody envelope and taking a first look at it, Zhebie felt dizzy, staggered a few steps and almost fell down.
"Your Highness, what's wrong?" Qin Gong was shocked and helped Zhebie.
Zhebie stood firm, but he felt sad and burst into tears.
"My father is gone, my father is gone!"
Qin Gong grabbed Zhebie and said in a low voice: "Your Highness, keep your voice down, keep your voice down, don't let the people below know about this. Our war is not going well now. If the emperor's death is publicized again, I'm afraid... Morale has been hit even more. Your Highness, I would like to express my condolences and take this as a priority. It’s heavy!”
Zhebie took a deep breath, then took another breath, wiped away his tears, and puffed up his chest, “Take me to see Ankara!”
If you say Emperor Yuan. Among Yingzhuo's three sons, who has the most affection for Yingzhuo, it is Zhebie.
Zhebie is Yingzhuo's eldest son. When he was born, Yingzhuo was just a prince. The relationship between father and son cultivated at that time was very pure and pure.
For example, Ying Zhuo later took Princess Changle as her concubine, in order to stabilize the relationship with the Qin State, and later she took Akedun's mother as her concubine, in order to stabilize the domestic clan.
At that time, Yingzhuo was already the emperor.
Furthermore, Zhebie has been fighting with Yingzhuo in the north for several years, and by getting along day and night, their relationship will naturally develop further.
This is not like Tiele and Akdon, who have been thinking about the throne for a long time.
Zhebie thinks that the reserve position belongs to him.
So I never bothered to quarrel with my two younger brothers,
As it turns out, he couldn't be more wrong.
Yingzhuo was a wise emperor. When he established the throne, he did not think about the relationship between father and son, but the long-term future of Dayuan.
Whoever is more beneficial to Dayuan's future will be chosen.
In fact, by banishing Jebe to southern Xinjiang through Astu's death, it was the greatest love and care for him.
It’s just that there are many things that can be done but cannot be explained clearly. The parties need to experience them themselves.
It's a pity that Zhebie didn't realize the profound meaning contained in it. Maybe some of Zhebie's men realized it, but they were unwilling to give up and wanted to give it another try. What if they succeeded?
If Zhebie had arrived in southern Xinjiang and followed Yingzhuo's instructions before he left, naturally he would not be in today's desperate situation.
Yingzhuo said to Zhebie: "Keep him calm."
But Zhebie and his men all wanted to use a great victory to pave the way for him to successfully ascend to the throne. the basis of.
So, he failed.
Moreover, it failed completely.
"Your Highness!" Ankara, who was in his early fifties, burst into tears when he saw Zhebie.
Not only for the situation in Yandu, but also for the situation in front of Zhebie.
Now let alone returning to Yandu to fight for the throne, even Zhebie's ability to survive this war has become unknown.
Anka, who rushed in from the outside, of course knew that the encirclement of the Qin army on the periphery was tightening step by step. The Yuan army here had actually become the best among them.
Every piece of news that Anka brought was like falling into an ice cellar.
Yingzhuo died,
Akedun succeeded to the throne,
Xuanwumen failed to trap Tie Le,
Tie Le broke through and led the attack on Dong Daying Yandu,
Ren Duozhong in the southern camp and Keqin in the northern camp announced after several days of silence that they would comply with the emperor's imperial edict and consecrate Akedun as the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty.
Before the northern and southern camps made their stance clear, Tiele led more than 20,000 elites from the eastern camp to retreat to Zhending Mansion, while Zhending, Dading and other places were controlled by Tiele. The area claimed that Akodon had regicide and usurped the throne, claiming that he had the emperor's edict in his hand and that Tiele was the real emperor, so Tiele ascended the throne in Zhending Mansion.
And his own Western Camp is now out of control, and after Tiele's retreat, the North and South Battalions have begun to encircle and suppress the soldiers of the Western Camp.
"The princess asked me to tell you, you must immediately..." Ankara said half of the words, but swallowed them back.
The princess's original words were to ask Zhebie to immediately lead the southern Xinjiang army back to Yandu. Now Yandu is still in chaos, and if he goes back with the army, he may not have no chance.
But what's the use of talking about this now?
Zhebie was about to face the crisis of annihilation of his entire army.
Zhebie sat blankly after the big case. At this time last year, Dayuan was still full of flowers and brocade, and the country was peaceful and the people were safe. Northern Xinjiang ended its several-year campaign against Barbarian Hu and won a great victory. But now, the northern Xinjiang is peaceful, the domestic weather is smooth, and the harvest is good every year. In the southern Xinjiang, Linghuye wants to enter the pass, but the land outside the pass is about to fall into the hands of Dayuan.
So everything shows that Dayuan’s highlight moment is coming soon.
But within a year, everything was turned upside down.
Everything is turned upside down!
(End of this chapter)