boyutpedia Chapter 204 All gone?
Chapter 204 All gone?
"Duke, something terrible has happened."
Everyone looked at a young officer who rushed in, but his armor was gone and he looked very disheveled.
Fang Chengyu frowned: "What's going on?"
The young officer knelt down and cried out in pain, "Duke, I am a cavalry captain. Our cavalry, under the leadership of Commander Zhang, was ambushed by soldiers a few dozen miles from Hushan Pass. We suffered heavy casualties."
"What?" Fang Chengyu stood up straight. He couldn't believe it was true.
He stared at the junior officer, General Bai, and asked, "Where's Mr. Zhang? How many cavalrymen are left?"
"Commander Zhang, when I tried to break out, I was already deeply surrounded by the enemy," the captain cried. "Besides me, there were probably less than 500 of us who escaped back."
Fang Chengyu sat down on the chair and fainted.
Several officers came running over anxiously, shouting, "Duke, Duke."
Fang Chengyu woke up slowly after a while, and the first thing he did was to curse: "Zhang Datou has wronged me."
"I trusted him so much, how could he be so stupid."
From here to Shanhu Pass, the road is almost flat, with only some hillsides and forests on the way, but those are not a concern under normal circumstances.
However, it was these places that were not taken seriously that caused the cavalry, who had not cared at all and had been trying to seize Hushan Pass as quickly as possible, to suffer a complete defeat.
Only a few hundred cavalrymen came back, which means that all his funds were gone.
That was his most elite army, and it was gone just like that.
It’s the cavalry, which has always been his reliance.
In ancient wars, cavalry was very terrifying. A few thousand cavalry could chase tens of thousands of infantry.
Fang Chengyu spent countless money and food to train, maintain and support these 8,000 cavalrymen, but they were eventually wiped out in one battle.
The others asked worriedly, "Duke, what should we do next?"
"Are you still going to attack the Beijing camp tomorrow?"
What's the point of a forced attack? His cavalry was gone, and only 800 cavalry guards were left. These people were dedicated to protecting his personal safety.
How can they compare with the thousands of cavalrymen of the Imperial Guards in the Beijing Camp?
In addition, the Beijing troops hid in the camp and refused to come out. Even if he attacked by force, his losses would be too great, and he would still suffer heavy losses when he tried to capture Hushan Pass.
By then he won’t have many troops left, not to mention that he won’t even have much food.
Fang Chengyu finally made up his mind: "Tomorrow, we will withdraw our troops and return to Hushan Pass."
The generals were worried: "Duke, what if the Beijing troops come after us?"
The Beijing camp felt annoyed when thinking about these disgusting confrontations.
Fang Chengyu didn’t care about these people from the Beijing camp before. As long as they were in the wild, he would take care of them at any time.
I just think these guys are cowards who only know how to defend, and I will suffer if I attack forcefully.
But now, he finally made up his mind to get rid of these annoying flies.
As a result, the cavalry army encountered trouble again, which made him very helpless. Now he had to worry about this group of Beijing troops coming over and sticking to him.
"It's enough to leave those battalions behind to block the attack."
The remaining battalions of soldiers, about three or more people, were not his direct subordinates at all, but were only temporarily under his control.
"Wait until I capture Hushan Pass first, then we'll talk."
His old nest is at Hushan Pass. As long as he can take over Hushan Pass and hold it, he will have plenty of room to ease the situation.
The border troops in the north were entangled by hundreds of thousands of barbarian troops and were unable to move south, and even had difficulty in protecting themselves.
In the west, King Huai's army of over one hundred thousand was marching eastward in a mighty force.
He believed that these annoying Beijing troops would not dare to attack after he captured Hushan Pass.
They could only go back to the capital and defend against Huai Jun's army.
At that time, no matter if the barbarians broke through the border and went south, or King Huai went east to capture the capital, he would have a way to retreat and could come out again.
It's just that now it's back to the starting point, but the more than 8,000 cavalrymen make him feel distressed.
General Chong thought the same and decided to do it.
There is indeed no better way at the moment. I was full of vigor and ambition at the beginning, and wanted to conquer the capital with the Duke. My dream of getting rich has been abandoned.
In the morning, Ning Yi received news that the rebels had a large number of troops, had broken up their camp and hurried north.
Only 30,000 soldiers were left to defend.
Ning Yi immediately summoned all the generals: "Everyone, now is the time for the battle."
"Everyone, mobilize all your forces and kill the 30,000 rebels on the opposite side."
He looked at the hesitant commanders of the Beijing Camp, holding the dragon-patterned sword in his hand, and said calmly: "Only the rebels are left on the other side. If any of you dare not fight again, I will kill you with the dragon-patterned sword in my hand."
Under Ning Yi's coercion and inducement, all the commanders had no choice but to obey his orders.
Only Feng Zhong remained unmoved. Ning Yi said calmly, "Feng Jianjun, your Imperial Guards will lead the charge this time."
"Hmm?" Feng Zhong was unhappy. "Your Highness, we, the Imperial Guards, are here to fight against the direct line of the Duke of Ding. These remaining soldiers have nothing to fight against."
"Besides, His Majesty has said that the Royal Guards cannot go to the battlefield at will."
Ning Yi knew that it was impossible to let this guy go to the battlefield.
But he wouldn't let him go: "Feng Jianjun has been clamoring for troops to be dispatched several times in the past few days, but this time I ordered an attack, and he remained unmoved?"
Feng Zhong felt aggrieved. It was indeed because he had been too active in the past few days.
But he had his own reasons: "Your Highness, the rebels retreated for no reason, it might be a trick, we..."
"That's bullshit." Ning Yi said coldly, "They retreated because something happened at Hushan Pass. Now is the time to establish military merit."
"What? Something happened at Hushan Pass?"
A group of generals exclaimed.
"real or fake?"
"Something happened at Hushan Pass?"
They thought that the Duke Dingguo on the opposite side was deliberately creating confusion.
Ning Yi shouted, "This prince has no time for jokes with you. It's up to you now. The Imperial Guards don't want to attack, but the Cavalry must. If you dare to object, I will execute you for disobeying military orders."
Feng Zhong suddenly realized something and felt that he had been too rude in the past few days.
The direct descendants of Duke Dingguo have not even been seen yet, and they are about to set out.
The greatest achievement would be to defeat the direct line of Duke Dingguo and capture him.
Now he had no choice but to bow and said: "Feng Zhong, I obey your orders. All cavalry will march out."
Ning Yi was satisfied and immediately ordered the entire army to attack.
He was wearing bright armor, standing on a high place, looking at the mighty army of tens of thousands from the capital, and three thousand cavalrymen, rushing towards the camp of thirty thousand soldiers and horses that was blocking their way.
A rain of arrows covered the sky and the sun, followed by a large number of soldiers rushing forward.
The Royal Guards cavalry, who had been prepared on the side, seized the opportunity and quickly rushed into a large camp, causing chaos among the rebels in the camp.
Qin Haifeng said with a tut of his voice, "Your Highness, the Beijing Battalion is actually quite capable. Do you want to let our soldiers go up there and practice with them?"
Ning Yi looked behind and saw that two of the Beijing troops with neat military formations had not gone up. These were his own troops that he had deliberately left behind as a reserve force, so naturally they could not go up.