diskusbooks Chapter 193: Victory by Cleverness
Chapter 193: Victory by Cleverness
At the tower, General Mo's heart was pounding. He walked downstairs steadily to greet them.
He seemed to be thinking about what to say to the Third Prince when he met him later.
…At the same time, outside the city wall, the Donglin soldiers who had been killed were all intact and stood up.
"Kill!" Jiang Yue gave the order, and a melee between the two sides was about to break out.
Wherever her sword went, the enemy was not spared.
He watched with his own eyes as the soldier he had been with day and night was killed by a young enemy general, dying right in front of him.
Jiang Yue became furious and immediately rushed towards the young enemy general. After several rounds, he dealt him a fatal blow.
Of course, Xia Yuanchen had no time to attack the enemy, but instead rushed into Xiangyang City as soon as possible.
The people he brought with him immediately took off their outer armor, revealing the Donglin armor underneath, and quickly pointed their spears at the enemy.
As for why he took off his armor, of course it was because he was afraid of killing the wrong person.
...General Mo had just come down from the city wall, but what was waiting for him was a sudden and fierce arrow.
His smile froze on his face, and his hands still maintained a welcoming posture.
The arrow was too fast and he couldn't dodge it no matter how hard he tried.
Just like that, he died? He was unwilling to accept this!
"You...who are you?"
"As for me, listen carefully. I am Donglin, the son of Xia Qi, Xia Yuanchen!" Xia Yuanchen said with a smile. He watched General Mo's wrinkled pupils, filled with fear, and finally died. He directly ordered his subordinates to
"Tie him up and hang him upside down on the city wall to show our national prestige!"
The soldier beside him did as he was told, but poor General Mo's body was hung on the city wall with a rope.
At the moment he was hanging out of the tower, under the tower,
The enemy was at a loss and completely panicked...
Xia Yuanchen looked down at the thousands of soldiers under the city wall, then exchanged glances with Jiang Yue, a look of triumph on his face.
"Jiang Yue, Xiangyang County, is back!"
The smile on his face grew wider and wider. It was such a pity that Jiang Yue didn't become a military advisor.
Xiangyang County was back in their hands, and every soldier in Donglin had a smile on his face that came from the bottom of his heart.
Xia Yuanchen stood high on the city wall and shouted to the enemy troops below.
"Those who surrender will not be killed!"
The enemy knew they had been tricked.
A large part of them knelt down and surrendered.
A small number of people were unwilling to become surrendered soldiers.
They turned around and ran, but could they escape?
They escaped, but Jiang Yue and his men chased after them.
Looking at the young enemy general stumbling on his horse in front of him, Jiang Yue looked to the side and saw He Chong standing beside him with a bow and arrow on his back.
"Give me the bow and arrow!"
He Chong hesitated and put down the arrow and handed it to Jiang Yue.
"can you?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a scream was heard. The young enemy general was shot in the heart and fell off his horse. His body, which was not yet dead, was trampled by his comrades beside him. He died in endless grief.
He Chong was stunned.
After the enemy general died, Jiang Yue shot another arrow, which pierced the back of the head of another general.
The enemy was terrified and wanted to escape, but they couldn't.
Jiang Yue had already brought people around.
When she surrounded him, she swung her long sword, and when one man attacked her, she stabbed him in the chest.
Another blow of the sword, and the enemy fell off their horses... In the end, they were all wiped out.
...When the Dongjin Army entered the city, as usual, the first thing Xia Yuanchen ordered was to plunder the enemy troops in the city.
This process is quite long.
He had gained experience in searching for the enemy, and today he ordered his men to search house by house for the enemy's location while also looking for military supplies.
Jiang Yue also led his team to search the streets, not missing any corner.
I knocked on the first door, but there was no sound from inside.
Until Jiang Yue said,
"We are soldiers from Donglin. Xiangyang County has been recovered."
Inside, a skinny woman dared to stick her head out.
The woman was holding a little boy in her arms.
Suddenly, Jiang Yue smelled a foul odor and felt suffocated.
When the woman opened the gate, she saw three bodies lying on the floor of the house. They were her parents-in-law and her daughter. Her husband had died fighting in the war.
The woman's eyes were red and swollen.
"There was no more food at home, and they all starved to death. I have been waiting for this day so that I can bury them in peace."
The scene was so shocking that Jiang Yue couldn't bear to watch it.
"Xue Wen, Song Jie, Xu Qiang, you stay and help with the burial and give us some food."
When the woman heard about the food, she knelt down excitedly, holding her child.
"Thank you, thank you."
The lives of these orphans and widows were finally guaranteed.
Jiang Yue hurriedly helped the woman up: "It's my duty."
This is all she can do...
That night, the search was completed and the enemy forces in the city were cleared.
At first, the army couldn't find any food, and Xia Yuanchen was very anxious.
Finally, traces were found in a remote villa.
The enemy hid very well, and their food supply occupied several houses.
After the food and grass arrived, Xia Yuanchen ordered his soldiers to
Today's injured will stay in Xiangyang County tonight, and will stay here temporarily. A separate camp will be set up in the city to recuperate.
Since it is my own city, I will live here at home.
Of course, some injuries need to be treated first.
When Ling Yunxiao left, he took the military advisor and military doctor with him.
Yun Yi was not there because Zhang Yan told Ling Yunxiao that Jiang Yue had extraordinary strategies, so before leaving, he specifically told Xia Yuanchen that he should be independent and not be reckless, and should discuss everything with Jiang Yue.
I'm afraid even Jiang Yue herself didn't expect that the general would value her so much.
There was no Yang Ziqian, but he kept several of his apprentices.
Most of the soldiers were injured by knife, gunshot, smash, or blunt force wounds.
Of course, priorities vary, but simple tasks like cleaning wounds and applying medicine are not difficult for them.
The wounded were left in Xiangyang City, and Xia Yuanchen built comfortable tents for them so that they could recuperate on the spot.
On that day, two apprentice military doctors were left behind to treat the patient.
Moreover, he left two thousand guards.
As for the garrison commander of Xiangyang, Xia Yuanchen had no say in the matter. After all, such matters needed to be decided by His Majesty himself.
So he asked one of his capable subordinates to stay here first.
Jiang Yue and other soldiers, led by Xia Yuanchen, went to the original camp.
That night, Xia Yuanchen was full of confidence.
He summoned his soldiers.
"We will break camp in three days and retake Yongquan County."
The general said that he was responsible for recapture three county towns including Xiangyang.
The general himself recaptured the other two county towns, as well as the difficult-to-attack Youlan City.
By then, when they have recovered all the cities, they will be rewarded according to their merits and the next battle plan will be made.
Not to mention Xia Yuanchen, Jiang Yue and the soldiers were also full of confidence. The soldiers had won battles one after another and their morale was high.
Although we won the battle tonight, the food is not as sumptuous as previous celebratory banquets. After all, the ingredients are limited.
So, Xia Yuanchen made a statement,
"Soldiers, take a day off tomorrow!"