1335 Willing to gamble and lose
Ke Luo smiled, unceremoniously rode the dead general's war horse, the military situation was urgent, Wang Baoyu ordered the army to continue to move forward, and the ten thousand ** army immediately turned around and headed south, heading straight for the two cliffs.
After such a toss, when the army came to the top of the cliff, the sky was already bright, and Luo Yuebing, who was guarding the cliff, had already learned the news from the deserters, and lined up in a panic.
"Colog, how about we have a competition?" Ma Yunlu asked with a smile.
"How?"
"You and I will each lead five thousand men and horses to see who can repel the enemy first."
"It has to be me!"
Before Ma Yunlu's words fell, Ke Luo immediately led the crowd to rush towards the cliff to the north, he was cunning, this place was relatively close to the cliff to the north.
Ma Yunlu shook his head slightly, and didn't care about him, and led another 5,000 people to attack Luo Yuebing, who was on the cliff on the south side.
Originally thought that he could fight a perfect sneak attack, but because of the ambush, it seemed that he could not do so, Wang Baoyu rode the wind tiger and boarded a boulder, quietly watching the battle below.
Wang Baoyu brought Jingzhou soldiers who can fight well this time, and there is almost no suspense about the outcome when the number of troops is equal. Seeing that the sky was dawning and the sound of battle came from the top of the cliff, Nguyen Xiong at sea knew that the sneak attack plan had failed, and immediately led the army to rush up.
For a time, on the coast and on the cliffs, the shouts of killing were earth-shattering, and the fireball cannons rumbled, constantly shooting towards the cliffs.
Luo Yue's soldiers were originally small in number, and it was okay to ambush, but now they were attacked from both sides, and their positions were in chaos, and they were quickly defeated, and they were unable to stop the Jingyue army rushing from below.
Ke Luo encountered a Luo Yue general armed with a harpoon weapon, he yelled repeatedly, the other party was in a trance for a while, and within a few moves, the harpoon was swept away by a big knife, and his head was then cut off.
Kolo was so addicted that where the big knife passed, a piece of flesh and blood flew sideways, and he screamed again and again. The guns and crossbows of the Jingzhou soldiers also played a huge role, and before Luo Yuebing released his arrows, the arrows on this side were overwhelming bursts of fire, so that Luo Yuebing had no power to parry at all, and retreated again and again.
Because of the dense woods on the mountain, it gave Luo Yuebing a chance to escape, and Ke Luo did not chase after him, but led the army to occupy the clifftop and high ground for the first time, and built a pergola with arrogant hands to watch the fierce battle on Ma Yunlu's side.
Ma Yunlu also had a qiē shun lì, with the help of the weird white flame cow, the guards of the cliff on the south side were also picked up by her with a shot, and the corpses on the top of the cliff were all over the place.
By the time Nguyen Xiong Qi led his army to rush up, the war had already ended, and less than a third of the 10,000 Luo Viet soldiers guarding the pass had fled, and almost all of the rest died on the spot. The Jingyue army also had hundreds of casualties, which was basically negligible.
"Princess Yun, I won this time!" Chloe gave a triumphant thumb to his nose.
"Why?" Ma Yunlu snorted coldly and asked rhetorically.
"The fact that I led the crowd to take the high ground first is ironclad proof!" Ke Luo said arrogantly, seeing that Ma Yunlu just sneered and was silent, he was a little anxious: "Princess Yun, I know that you are from a famous family, and you have followed the king to fight for many years, you should know the truth of being willing to gamble and lose!" ”
"Ke Luo, you only care about betting with me, and you don't look at the fact that almost eighty percent of the Luo Yue soldiers who escaped are on your side. If you win by capturing the high ground, I have the divine beast White Flame Cow, are you my opponent? Ma Yunlu said disdainfully: "For the sake of the general, for the sake of the overall situation, only for one's own selfishness, eager for utilitarianism, what is the big thing?" ”
"This, this ......" Kolo was speechless, how could he take the lead in occupying the high ground or lose? But look at Ma Yunlu's side, he only escaped less than a thousand, and finally drooped his head and said: "Princess Yun, I am bent on winning, and I ordered nearly two thousand Luo Yue soldiers to return to the mountain, and they will not be victorious." ”
You've got it! Ma Yunlu wanted to teach Ke Luo two more lessons, but when he heard this word, his head was big, and he simply didn't pay attention to him anymore.
Wang Baoyu came down from the boulder, praised the soldiers, and then ordered the body to be buried, take a short rest, and continue the expedition.
Since they had landed on the shore, the warships were no longer needed, and it was still dangerous to stay here, so Wang Baoyu instructed Ruan Xiongqi, one of his lieutenants, to lead more than 10,000 people to berth all the warships back to Guangzhou County.
It's just that in this way, Wang Baoyu's strength has been reduced by 10,000, and only 40,000 people remain, but this does not affect the overall war situation, after all, at this time, the strength of Jingyue's army is still far above Luo Yue.
Seven days later, Wang Baoyu's army came to the south of Nei'an City in the north of Luoyue, five miles away, and soon after setting up camp, Mo Qianxun came to Wang Baoyu's big tent.
"Chihiro, I haven't seen you for a long time, but I'm still handsome! It must be the power of love, right? Wang Baoyu patted Mo Qianxun's shoulder and said with a smile.
"Baoyu smiled, but you haven't changed much for many years, and you envy others!" Mo Qianxun also smiled and praised.
"Hehe, let's two old buddies, don't praise it, sit down!" Wang Baoyu beckoned Mo Qianxun to sit down and poured him a cup of tea.
"Baoyu, I have a soul in my heart, and the army I led also happened to come to the north of Nei'an City." Mo Qianxun was anxious to see Wang Baoyu, he didn't care about drinking water, he picked up the teacup and drank it all, and suddenly felt a hundred times more energetic.
"Is this journey still smooth?" Wang Baoyu asked with a smile and poured him another cup of tea.
"It's not smooth, there are many mountains in Luoyue, and there are often ambushes to harass, but fortunately, our troops are concentrated, and there are fireball cannons to open the way, Qian Mo and Han Zikui are both first-class generals, there is no danger along the way, and there are not many losses." Mo Qianxun said.
"Have you inquired about the situation in Nei'an City?" Wang Baoyu asked.
"It is generally clear that there are 10,000 Luo Yue soldiers and 20,000 Yelang soldiers in Nei'an City, and the current leader is Hu Taichuan." Mo Qianxun said.
"Haha, Hu Taichuan ran all the way, but he was still surrounded by us." Wang Baoyu couldn't help laughing.
Hu Taichuan was lucky and surrendered early, why bother. To this day, no matter how much he wants to surrender, he can't agree. Mo Qianxun said firmly.
"It's a good thing to surrender, so why not agree?" Wang Baoyu asked puzzled.
"This person's style, the wolf's ambition is obvious, once he is allowed to gain power, sooner or later there will be chaos, Baoyu must not be merciful." Mo Qianxun admonished.
The banquet soon came up, the two chatted while drinking, Mo Qianxun inquired about the situation on Zhuya Island, and agreed very much with the use of the Han Lu Wei as the taishou, and emphasized that he had always advocated that more literati should be transported to these places, and the local customs should be transformed and assimilated.
The two were talking happily, when the guards outside the tent came to report, and the envoy appointed by Hu Taichuan asked to meet the king of Hanxing.