Chapter 522 Give it a try
"Huh...huh...huh..."
The rough voice kept echoing in his ears, and his chest kept rising and falling with his breathing. A Chu soldier's gaze passed through the sweat drops in front of his eyes and fell on the Wei army that was approaching.
Surrounding him were the corpses of his comrades, and he was one of the few Chu soldiers left on the scene.
The peripheral vision of his eyes swept around, looking at the huge disparity in numbers between his own army and the Wei army, and a sense of powerlessness suddenly emerged in the heart of the Chu soldier.
Not long ago, when he received the order to withdraw from Yancheng, he was still congratulating himself that he had finally escaped.
But what he didn't expect was that the enemy who had been confronting them outside the city for several months would suddenly come to his side this night, completely cutting off their retreat.
Recalling the scenes that happened tonight in his mind, the Chu soldier suddenly felt cruel and tightened the long sword in his right hand.
Since he couldn't escape, he simply tried his best to let Wei Jun, who was approaching step by step from the opposite side, see what a good man of Chu was.
"kill!"
The moment the shouts of death rang out, the Chu soldiers stepped forward and rushed towards the Wei soldiers on the opposite side.
It's a pity that in the face of absolute strength, even trying hard is so useless.
"puff……"
The soldiers of the Chu army did not even have time to rush in front of the Wei army. Two sharp halberds stretched out directly from the ranks.
The sharp halberd blades were inserted into the chest and abdomen of the Chu soldier. The huge resistance from the front made it difficult for him to move forward. The tremendous pain his body suffered caused blood to fill his mouth.
"Bah..."
The moment the halberd blade was pulled out of the flesh, three bloody arrows shot out from bottom to top. The Chu soldiers stood there with their eyes wide open.
"thump……"
After a few breaths, the stiff body fell down weakly. After all, this Chu soldier could not escape the same fate as his comrades.
"Report to the commander of the camp, the Chu army has been completely wiped out, and no one has survived."
He glanced around calmly, looking at the corpses of Chu soldiers and soldiers all over the ground. There was no trace of emotion in the eyes of the Wei army commander.
"The general has an order to clean up the remnants of the enemy in Yancheng without leaving any trace behind."
"This place has been stabilized. Please follow me and continue searching to the north of the city."
"Follow orders."
Scenes like this are constantly happening in Yan City. After raiding the Chu army stationed in the city, the combined forces of Wei and Han are becoming the masters of Yan City at an extremely fast speed.
That is to say, while the Wei army was constantly searching the city for the Chu army that had not yet had time to evacuate, a pair of eyes stood on a high slope outside Yan City and kept watching everything that happened in the city.
"Da Sima, all the troops that can withdraw from Yan City have already withdrawn."
"It's just that the Wei and Han coalition forces appeared too quickly. Our army was temporarily unprepared and suffered heavy losses!"
After the deputy general reported the situation, there was no angry reaction. The Chu army commander, Grand Sima Qu Boyong, who was standing on the spot, silently looked back from Yancheng.
"How many soldiers are left?"
"this……"
"How much is left, tell me!" Facing the deputy general's hesitation, Qu Boyong's voice remained calm, but it seemed to contain a bit of terror.
Facing Qu Boyong, who was on the verge of rage, the lieutenant did not hesitate at all and immediately reported a number.
"Thirty thousand, our army still has close to 30,000 soldiers!"
"So in a short period of time, our army lost almost half of its soldiers, hahaha..."
Laughter suddenly rang in his ears. Looking at Qu Boyong, who seemed a little crazy at the moment, the lieutenant general felt uneasy in his heart.
He boldly came up behind him step by step, and the deputy general suggested tremblingly: "Da Sima, now that the coalition forces have occupied Yan City, and our army has suffered heavy losses, why not..."
"Why not? Why not just retreat?"
While asking the question, Qu Boyong's eyes slowly fell on the deputy general beside him. At this moment, his eyes were already red.
Holding the hilt of the sword tightly with his left hand, a low voice with a hint of madness rang out, "No, our army has not lost yet. I still have a chance to turn defeat into victory."
While speaking, Qu Boyong's gaze suddenly turned to the northwest, his eyes showing full of enthusiasm.
Following Qu Boyong's line of sight, he looked over and thought about what existed in that direction. A look of fear appeared on the lieutenant's face.
"Da Sima must not do this!"
"Da Sima has sent soldiers to try to capture the dam before, didn't he fail? Now that our army has suffered a new defeat, how can we succeed?"
"This time, that time."
As he spoke, a look of confidence appeared on his face, and Qu Boyong said loudly: "The combined forces of Wei and South Korea were on guard before, and our army was defeated."
"Now that the main force of the coalition forces has entered Yancheng, the defenses in the direction of the dam must be relaxed. Our army will attack with all its strength and we will definitely succeed in one fell swoop."
Seeing that Qu Boyong was confident, the deputy general next to him said worriedly: "Although Yan City was captured by the coalition forces, it is the territory of our Chu State after all. If we do such a heinous thing, even if our Chu State regains Yan City in the future, it will not be the same."
There will be endless trouble..."
"I don't care about so much anymore."
The cold words interrupted the deputy general's advice, and Qu Boyong said sternly: "Yan City is the gateway to Yingdu. If Yancheng is lost, Yingdu will be in danger."
"The current plan is to dig the dam and divert the Yan River to surround Yan City. This can stop the coalition forces from going south and buy more time for our Chu country."
"Besides, if Yan Shi hadn't opened the city gate tonight, why would our army have suffered such losses?"
"Da Sima, the Yan family is certainly at fault, but it has nothing to do with the common people of Chu State in the city." Faced with Qu Boyong's words, the deputy general next to him once again persuaded him earnestly.
"As long as the capital of Ying can be preserved, it is worth abandoning the common people of Yan City."
"Da Sima..."
Although they are still attacking the dam, the purpose of the Chu army has changed drastically. The original guardian has now become the destroyer who wants to destroy everything.
Despite the deputy general's final struggle, Qu Boyong remained unmoved, his eyes full of determination.
"Pass my general's order..."
Holding the sharp sword in his hand, Qu Boyong ordered in a cold voice: "Turn northwest and attack the dam!"
"Here."
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"Reporting to the general, our army has occupied most of Yan City. Han Xiangzheng is leading the soldiers..."
In the coalition camp northwest of Yancheng, General Pang Juan was sitting behind the desk, listening to the sound of reports echoing in his ears, and tapping the desk with his right index finger.
"knock……"
"Report..."
There was a knocking sound, and suddenly a report sounded, and a scout rushed into the tent.
"Reporting to the general, the main force of the Chu army did not retreat. Instead, it turned to the northwest. It seems that it is preparing..."
"boom!"
The palm of his right hand slapped heavily on the desk, and Pang Juan stood up directly from behind the desk.
Pang Juan turned around and came to the sword stand on the side, holding the sword in his hand and exerting slight force with both hands.
The frost blade illuminated his face, and a fierce fighting spirit appeared on Pang Juan's face.
Sheathing the sword and hanging it on his waist, Pang Juan said loudly: "Let's go and follow this general to meet the chief general of the Chu Kingdom."
"Here."
Chapter completed!