bayedsolid Chapter 138 Recapture of Suning City
Chapter 138 Recapture of Suning City
The army arrived at the border, but not the last city in the north of Dayue, Suning City, but the second most important city, Wuwei City.
Lu Feiyong, the former general guarding the northern border and the city, was kneeling in front of Xie Qinchuan at the city gate. Tears streamed down his unshaven face and he was heartbroken.
"Marshal, I am guilty. Suning City has been lost!"
A month ago, the Northern Rong army of 300,000 suddenly invaded. He never expected that the Northern Rong army, which had just been defeated at the beginning of the year, would make a comeback only half a year later. The garrison had only 60,000 troops and was caught off guard.
After only six days, Suining City fell. He had no choice but to retreat to Wuwei City with the remaining troops, and has been defending it till now. However, 60,000 soldiers were killed or wounded, and now there are less than a thousand garrison troops left in the city!
Xie Qinchuan looked at Lu Feiyong, who was kneeling on the ground, his body covered with wounds and blood, and his gaze shifted to the city, where there were countless wounded soldiers lying on the ground, dying.
I feel both indignant and extremely sad!
According to the itinerary, the army would take another three days to arrive, but after receiving the news that Suining City had fallen, he and Heng'er immediately led a 100,000-strong army to march ahead with light equipment, followed by military equipment, food and supplies.
But they never expected that they were still too late!
Then, Xie Qinchuan leaned over, held Lu Feiyong's arm with one hand and pulled him up from the ground.
The momentum is magnificent and the momentum is as powerful as a rainbow.
"If we lose it, we'll take it back. This time, I won't return to the capital until I've driven the damn Beirong Army back to Moyan City!"
"Get up, enter the city, and help me recapture Suning City!"
One hundred thousand Zhenbei troops entered the city. Xie Qinchuan, Xie Beiheng and other generals followed Lu Feiyong to the city lord's mansion to discuss military affairs.
Lu Feiyong reported the current situation, "Marshal, Xiao Fangche is still in command of the Northern Rong army this time. Today, the Northern Rong army just finished a round of siege, and we suffered heavy losses. Therefore, I suspect that the Northern Rong army will mobilize all its forces to attack the city again tomorrow in an attempt to capture Wuwei in one fell swoop."
He had not originally planned to live beyond tomorrow, but unexpectedly, the marshal arrived early with a large army.
When Xie Qinchuan heard Xiao Fangche's name, he thought of He Lingyue and Xie Beiyu. He was already furious, and when he heard that Xiao Fangche was going to take over Wuwei in one fell swoop tomorrow, his face suddenly turned pale and he slammed his palm on the table.
"Take Wuwei in one fell swoop? I want to see how he plans to take Wuwei."
However, Xie Beiheng agreed with Lu Feiyong's guess. According to the schedule, the Zhenbei Army would arrive in three days. Xiao Fangche also knew that the 60,000 garrison troops were already at the end of their strength, so they would definitely seize Wuwei City before the Zhenbei Army arrived.
Raise all the troops? Attack the city?
Xie Beiheng's mind was working rapidly. He was originally thinking about how to maximize the effect of the gunpowder he brought this time. Isn't now a good opportunity?
Gunpowder was an important secret weapon that he had to keep an eye on personally, and the quantity was limited, so he brought it with the advance troops.
Thinking of this, Xie Beiheng immediately bowed and said:
"Marshal, I have a plan that will allow us to recapture Suning City tomorrow without losing a single soldier!"
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The next day.
The Northern Rong army was indeed at the gates of the city.
There were only six soldiers left on the city wall, and all of them had bandages wrapped around their heads and bodies. In addition, there was a torn and bloodstained Dayue flag.
Xiao Fangche looked at the city wall, laughing with utmost pride and arrogance, "Hahaha, I overestimated Lu Feiyong. I thought he could at least hold out for half a day, but I didn't expect he couldn't even gather enough people to defend the city."
After saying this, he loudly ordered: "I command you to seize Wuwei within one hour, and then follow me to take Jingyong City."
Suddenly, the morale of the 300,000 Northern Rong soldiers soared, and they shouted in unison: "Capture Wuwei and go straight to Jingyong City!"
"Seize Wuwei and go straight to Jingyong City!"
Because they believed that Wuwei City was almost a deserted city and there must not be many defenses on the city wall, the entire Beirong army no longer had any reservations and rushed forward at a rapid speed.
Just when the army rushed to within twenty meters of the city, suddenly, fire broke out on the city.
Rows of Zhenbei Army rockets were drawn and aimed at the city.
When Xiao Fangche saw this, he was immediately shocked. Did the Zhenbei Army arrive early?
But then he made up his mind, even if they arrived, what would it matter? Even if the Zhenbei Army arrived, the city would have to be attacked today.
However, looking at the rockets in the hands of the Zhenbei Army on the city wall, Xiao Fangche was very puzzled. The rockets were made by tying oilcloth to the arrowheads and then igniting them. Therefore, the rockets could not penetrate people and were only suitable for fire attacks.
But there is no flammable material such as hay around, so why would the Zhenbei Army use rockets?
Just when he was puzzled, he saw rockets falling from the city in large numbers.
Moreover, the arrows were not aimed at the Beirong soldiers, but at the ground. Just when he was deeply confused again.
A loud noise was heard, and as the sound rang out, a deep pit appeared on the ground, and a raging fire started. The soldiers in the deep pit were instantly shattered into pieces, and the soldiers around the deep pit also fell to the ground with broken limbs and blood.
Xiao Fangche's eyes suddenly turned red with anger, and he was extremely shocked. He couldn't believe what he saw.
Before he could ponder what kind of magical weapon this was, as rockets fell from the sky, earth-shaking noises were heard all around.
Suddenly, smoke billowed outside the city gate and flames shot up into the sky. Screams, screams, and explosions rang out one after another, resounding through the sky.
"Retreat, retreat, retreat..."
The constant explosions all around drowned out the sound of retreating gongs and drums.
Xiao Fangche was at the edge of the gunpowder ambush circle, his face terrified, and he shouted loudly, "Retreat, retreat..."
Xie Beiheng's eyes were sharp. He quickly fetched a rocket, drew his bow, and put an arrow on it...
"call out--"
As a sound of breaking through the air was heard, a beam of fire rushed towards the ground in front of Xiao Fangche like a meteor.
Xiao Fangche saw a rocket coming towards him, his face suddenly turned pale, and he was filled with fear. With this range, Xie Beiheng...
He immediately turned his horse around, but it was too late.
With a loud bang, Xiao Fangche was blown away.
"marshal--"
"marshal--"
The Beirong army was immediately defeated.
In fact, there was not much gunpowder and its range was limited. The Northern Rong army was not all in the gunpowder ambush circle. Xie Beiheng estimated that this battle could only destroy 100,000 Northern Rong troops.
But gunpowder was extremely powerful, and they had never seen it before. For a moment, everyone was thrown into disarray.
The sound of gunpowder explosions gradually subsided, but the remaining 200,000 Beirong troops had already been frightened. After hearing the gongs and drums of retreat, they immediately abandoned their armor and fled.
Xie Beiheng immediately led 100,000 Zhenbei troops to pursue the victory.
The Beirong army fled back to Suning City.
Xie Beiheng led his troops to the city, but did not attack it. Instead, he placed the few remaining explosives at the city gate.
There was another loud bang, and the gate of Suining City was broken.
By the time the Northern Rong army fled back to the border town of Ganda in the south of the Northern Rong region, only 170,000 soldiers were left.
Two days later, the remaining 100,000 Zhenbei troops also arrived at Suning City.
Afterwards, the two armies fought for half a month, with casualties on both sides.
That day, heavy snow fell from the sky.
Xu Chong arrived at Xie Beiheng's tent, his face anxious. "General, the army's food and fodder can only last for two days, but there's no news from the Ministry of Revenue yet."