usatvline Chapter 861 A tacit understanding
Chapter 861 A tacit understanding
After saying that, Shen Shuyi led his men to the top of the city wall.
In her previous life, she had led an army with Xiao Tingshan and helped him achieve many military exploits. However, the fierceness of the Yuanxia cavalry still refreshed her cognition.
Shen Shuyi chose a relatively safe area and observed the military strength of the Yuanxia army.
For this charge, they probably only sent a small team of five or six thousand people, which was not considered a very large scale. The soldiers of Daqian pushed stones on the city wall, built ladders on the opposite side, and kept attacking upwards.
"Report! The scouts report that Yuanxia's 30,000 troops are approaching. General, please send reinforcements!" A man covered in blood climbed up the city wall.
The general in the lead looked at the smoke in the distance and asked, "Are you sure?"
"Sure! The enemy has hundreds of battle flags, and the sound of horse hooves is so loud, they are moving very fast!" the man spoke again.
The general frowned and said, "What tricks are they trying to play? Why don't they send out the troops together?"
As he was speaking, the sound of loud horse hooves was heard in the distance, and the smoke and dust became even thicker. Shen Shuyi looked up and could vaguely see a number of Yuanxia soldiers rushing over, with great momentum and might.
"Quick, transfer troops from the west gate! Open the gate and meet the enemy!" The general made a prompt decision.
Shen Shuyi frowned slightly, always feeling that something was not right. The number of 30,000 troops was really strange. 30,000 troops could not break through Liangzhou City, and consumed too much manpower and horsepower.
What does Yuan Xia want to do?
While Shen Shuyi was thinking about it, he saw reinforcements arriving, the gates of Liangzhou city were wide open, and countless soldiers rushed out.
The leader was a man carrying two hammers. Shen Shuyi had seen this man behind the Wolf King when he returned to Beijing.
This man was extremely brave. With a fine horse under his crotch, he hardly needed to control the reins. He could rush into the enemy army alone and crush them all in an instant.
After the battle between the two sides, Shen Shuyi had a general understanding of the combat effectiveness of the Daqian and Yuanxia soldiers.
The Daqian soldiers were obviously thinner, and even though they were very tall, they were still not as rugged and strong as the Yuanxia people. In addition, their horses were not as good as the Yuanxia people, so it could be said that they were at a great disadvantage.
After watching the battle, Shen Shuyi felt more inclined to fight against the Wolf King.
I really don't know how he managed to defend Liangzhou City all these years. This is definitely not something those people sitting high in the court can imagine, nor is it an achievement that can be summarized in a few words.
"Dare to touch your grandfather! Die!" The strong man shouted loudly, and his horse's legs were cut off.
After he fell off his horse, he rolled on the ground to avoid two long swords, then got up and started fighting again.
At this moment, a horn sounded from the west gate again. Shen Shuyi grabbed a soldier and asked what the signal meant. The soldier immediately said, "Yuan Xia sent people to attack the west gate. There are about 30,000 people."
Shen Shuyi immediately understood that it was just a diversionary tactic.
However, out of the 50,000 troops, only 20,000 actually came, and the remaining 30,000 attacked the other side of the city gate.
Shen Shuyi didn't understand the battle situation here, and didn't interfere self-righteously. He just asked Jiuchou and a few others to lend a hand as much as possible to help the soldiers defending the city reduce casualties.
The two sides fought for about an hour, and suddenly the other side sounded a dense stream of gongs.
Shen Shuyi frowned. Yuan Xia's offensive was strong enough. Although they might not be able to capture the city, they did not need to retreat at this time. Their morale was high, so it would be a bad idea to retreat.
"Retreat quickly, the prince's camp has been attacked again!" The enemy general spoke urgently, cursing angrily.
Shen Shuyi heard something unusual from the sound, so he asked Jiuchou to find a wounded soldier who had no fighting ability to inquire about the situation.
Not long after, Jiu Chou came back and said in a deep voice, "It was the Canglang King who led 800 people to attack the enemy's main tent. The enemy's main tent was commanded by the Yuanxia Hanxiao King. The Hanxiao King was the third son of the Yuanxia royal court and a strong contender for the throne. He was brave and good at fighting, but he was no match for the Canglang King."
"During this period of time, although Daqian has only defended and not attacked, once Yuanxia attacked the city, this Canglang King would lead his army to attack the main tent of Yuanxia's army and assassinate the opponent's Frost Owl King."
When you are in a bad mood, you have to settle the score with Han Xiao. When you are in a good mood, you have to settle the score with Han Xiao too!
Although they have not succeeded so far, a group of 800 light cavalrymen are like a force in an empty land, hard to defend against, and have made the enemy so angry that they are blowing their beards and jumping up and down.
It was also heard that in the previous night attack, the arrow of the Wolf King shot the left arm of the Cold Owl King of Yuanxia, so that the Yuanxia soldiers were so frightened that they were afraid that their third prince would die here.
Shen Shuyi couldn't help but laugh and said, "He's really quick. I guess he led his army to attack as soon as Yuan Xia attacked the city."
However, this Canglang King was really rampant. Doing this was tantamount to trampling on Yuan Xia's face. But no matter how they set up their trap, they couldn't keep Canglang King and his group.
The battle ended briefly, and Shen Shuyi turned around and prepared to return to the camp.
In the tent, Xie Jingchi had not returned yet. Shen Shuyi waited for a long time but still did not see him. Fortunately, he brought Fu Guang and Bi Cheng with him. He asked, "Xie Jingchi has not returned yet?"
"My lady, the lord is discussing military affairs in the tent."
Shen Shuyi nodded and didn't ask any more questions. He just took people to the tents of the wounded and helped the medical officers and doctors treat the wounded.
After being busy for a while, Shen Shuyi finally breathed a sigh of relief and finally found some time to talk to Mr. Liancheng.
"Master, is there any herb that can create the illusion that everyone is poisoned, but after using it, they can quickly recover their physical strength? Or, after taking the antidote, they can recover quickly?"
Hearing this, Lian Cheng couldn't help but smile and said, "You and the prince are in sync, and we are thinking the same thing."
Shen Shuyi was stunned for a moment, and Lian Cheng whispered: "There are many kinds of medicine, but there are too many soldiers, and there are not enough suitable ones, so they can't be used on most of the soldiers."
Shen Shuyi said nothing. This was indeed a problem.
After all, the Li clan only cared about poisoning, so there was no need to worry about such a troublesome thing as detoxification.
Moreover, he had just inquired about it. The master had used a lot of herbs to detoxify them, and most of the soldiers took two or three days to recover. He was afraid that there were few things that could have an immediate effect.
But if the soldiers were disguised, there would be too many people and many mouths, so the news would inevitably leak out.
"Don't worry, I've figured it out. There are quite a few herbs on the mountain, but there are many people in the Li clan who are proficient in medicine, so we can't just pick those few herbs. So I ordered people to pick all the usable herbs on the mountain. This will take some time."
"Master is so smart." Shen Shuyi couldn't help but flatter him.
Shen Shu was thinking, Yuan Xia always had these painless fights, which really annoyed him. These 50,000 soldiers were not a small number, but they were sent out as if they were playing. It seemed that they just wanted to test the situation and get some information.