PNB Chapter 188 Forced to Return to Beijing
Chapter 188 Forced to Return to Beijing
The war lasted for three months. More than eight months have passed since the two countries joined forces to attack the State of Wu.
At this time, in the main tent of the Wu army, Xie Chengyun was looking down at the map on the table.
"Tomorrow when we attack the city, we will send a group of elite soldiers to bypass here and attack..."
The main tent was filled with Xie Chengyun's trusted generals. They gathered around the table, listening solemnly to Xie Chengyun's battle deployment.
"Your Majesty, although this plan is good, it also carries considerable risks. If the enemy discovers it, this elite force may never return." A general expressed his concerns.
Xie Chengyun raised his head slightly, his eyes firm, "No venture, no gain. Only by sacrifice can one gain. As long as we act swiftly, we will surely catch the enemy off guard."
When everyone heard this, they all nodded in agreement.
General Ma looked at Xie Chengyun, his tone rather hesitant, "Your Majesty, our people stationed there have sent word that the enemy is planning an attack tonight. Should we be prepared?"
Ever since the coalition forces lost three cities in a row due to an internal traitor, they began to strengthen their defenses.
During that period, they captured many people who had been recruited with great effort. As for the rest who had not yet been discovered, the news they sent back became difficult to distinguish between true and false.
It seems that they were deliberately asked to pass the message back, so General Ma didn't know whether the news was true or not.
Xie Chengyun's eyes narrowed upon hearing this. "Regardless of whether this news is true or false, we must be fully prepared. Pass on my orders to strengthen patrols and defenses in the camp, and set up multiple lines of defense. If the enemy truly attacks tonight, they will be defeated without return."
The generals responded in unison: "Yes!"
Xie Chengyun continued, "Also, send out spies to verify the accuracy of this information. If there is any new information, report it immediately."
Everyone accepted the order and was about to start the action when a soldier hurried into the tent and knelt on one knee. "Your Majesty, there is an urgent report from the capital."
Xie Chengyun's heart tightened, and an ominous premonition emerged in his heart, "Present it."
He unfolded the letter and his face instantly became gloomy.
Seeing Xie Chengyun's face as gloomy as a dark cloud, the generals in the main tent even became cautious in breathing and slowed down their pace.
Is something wrong in the capital?
Xie Chengyun crumpled the letter in his hand and held it in his hand, looking at the generals who were watching him nervously. "Something has happened in the capital, and I need to go back and deal with it. General Ma, I leave this to you."
After he finished speaking, he turned and walked out of the tent without waiting for General Ma's response.
Watching His Majesty's hurried steps as he left, General Ma secretly complained in his heart, this didn't look like a trivial matter, and His Majesty had not told them what it was. Could this matter be serious enough to shake the morale of the army?
As soon as this thought came to his mind, General Ma shuddered and quickly dispelled it.
No matter what, what he has to do now is to stabilize the morale of the army and drive out the coalition forces.
As for the rest, he firmly believed that His Majesty would be able to handle it.
He turned to the other generals and said, "Everyone, His Majesty has returned to the capital to handle affairs. Our current mission is to complete the battle plan His Majesty has instructed us to take advantage of. We must not allow the enemy to take advantage of the situation."
The generals responded and began to prepare in an orderly manner to deal with the possible enemy night attack and the subsequent siege.
Xie Chengyun rode a fast horse and galloped towards the capital with a group of trusted confidants.
Along the way, he was extremely anxious and kept urging everyone to speed up.
In his heart, he kept cursing Wang Yi.
He really couldn't understand how there could be someone as stupid as Wang Yi in the world. This was obviously an enemy's plan, but he was willing to fall into it.
Did he think the Wu Kingdom was not falling fast enough? He attempted a restoration at this critical moment.
idiot!
The same was true of the counselors around him. Instead of persuading Wang Yi to unite against the outside world, they chose to fight among themselves.
The more Xie Chengyun thought about it, the angrier he became, and he swung the whip in his hand more and more rapidly.
At this time, the newly completed cement road finally showed its function. After working day and night, the capital city was already within sight.
In fact, Wang Yi was not as stupid as Xie Chengyun thought. How could he not know that this was a conspiracy of the enemy country?
Of course he knows.
He was successfully rescued at that time. Those people said that they were sent by one of his old subordinates and told him to escape quickly.
He believed it at that time, but after gathering all his old subordinates and finding out that it was not done by any of them, he began to have some vague suspicions.
As for why the enemy country is so kind, it must be because they want the two of them to continue fighting.
Even though he guessed the enemy's intentions, Wang Yi still chose to send troops to attack the capital at this critical juncture. After all, this was their only chance to restore the monarchy. If they missed it, they would be ordinary people for the rest of their lives.
As for the coalition forces of the two countries, if they can win, they will fight; if they cannot win, they will surrender and become a vassal state.
Anyway, Wang Yi doesn't want to live like this anymore.
Xie Chengyun finally returned to the capital. Without taking time to rest, he immediately summoned the ministers to discuss countermeasures.
On the other hand, not long after Xie Chengyun left, the news of his departure was known to the coalition forces of the two countries.
"Xie Chengyun has returned to Beijing. It seems that the plan was successful. General Chen, are we still going to carry out the night attack tonight?" Duan Yao asked.
Several generals knew that the two countries had joined forces to create chaos in the capital of Wu.
At that time, Yun Zhi sent a letter to Chen Yuanshu, informing her of this matter, so that they could take advantage of the time when Xie Chengyun returned to Beijing and take down the Wu Kingdom as soon as possible.
Chen Yuanshu pondered for a moment and said, "Of course we must go, but not at the scheduled time. We should move at dawn. By then, the enemy will think we are unaware of the night attack and will have lowered their guard."
Duan Yao nodded, a hint of excitement flashing in her eyes, "Okay, then I'll go prepare it."
After Duan Yao went to prepare, Chen Yuanshu also went to find Ning Cen and told him the plan.
In a blink of an eye, more than two months passed.
The Wu soldiers were defeated one after another.
The generals of Wu were not as good as Xie Chengyun in commanding troops. If the two armies had equal strength, they might have been able to hold out and not be defeated.
However, the difference in the strength of the two armies was as much as 70,000.
Previously, the coalition forces sent out an army of 600,000, and the State of Wu sent 500,000 to meet the enemy. Adding the 50,000 brought by Xie Chengyun later, there was a difference of 50,000 people.
But before Xie Chengyun brought his troops, the army had already suffered a lot of losses, so now there is a difference of as much as 70,000.
In early June, the allied forces of the two countries successfully captured half of the Wu Kingdom.