The Summoning of the Troubled Times at the End of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 198 Sudden change, decisive battle against the rebels

As the young general guarding the water camp summoned the soldiers to resist with all their might.

For a while, the rebels were firmly resisted and could not be stored.

As time goes by, although the soldiers of the water camp are all brave and unstoppable.

But under the siege of the rebel army dozens of times larger than himself, he was still gradually unable to do what he wanted.

Casualties gradually increased, and soldiers fell one after another in a pool of blood.

Suddenly, a trace of green smoke from inside the water camp crossed the sky, followed by a fire that soared into the sky instantly.

In an instant, the commander Gong Yuan, who was directing the siege, couldn't help being startled, and had some vague guesses in his heart.

"Soldiers of the Great Liang, break through the battalion quickly!"

It's just that Gong Yuan drew out the sword around his waist for a while, continued to boost the morale of the whole army, and launched an attack.

Hearing the order, the soldiers of the rebel army became even more crazy, and the pressure on the soldiers of the Yanmen in the water camp increased infinitely in an instant.

Casualties are increasing!
"General, General Hussars sent a military order to burn all the warships in the water camp, and then retreat urgently!"

It's just that when the Shuiying soldiers tried their best to fight to the death, the messenger bravely rushed to the side of the young general and quickly reported.

It is only said that as soon as the messenger's words fell, the soldier in charge of burning the warships led more than a hundred soldiers to kill them, and handed over their hands to report: "General, all the warships have been burned!"

Hearing this, the young general couldn't help laughing out loud, and the laughter was full of joy.

Afterwards, the teenager made a decisive decision and immediately ordered the surviving soldiers to retreat towards the camp.

"boom!"

In the instant of a bang, the gate of the water camp was knocked open.

Following that, countless rebel soldiers rushed in like a tidal wave.

Originally, the rebels wanted to continue to pursue the evacuated Yanmen soldiers.

However, at this time, the coach Gong Yuan immediately sent an order to suspend the pursuit of the whole army and put out the fire in the camp.

However, although Gong Yuan finally extinguished the fire in time, the warship was basically destroyed.

Xiao Liang's army only salvaged dozens of boats, but this was of no real use to the battle situation.

You know, although the Yanmen army's warships have been greatly damaged now, there are still [-] navy troops on the river, continuing to block Jiangling City.

Therefore, this time Gong Yuan planned a surprise attack on the water camp of the Yanmen Army.

So far, it's really useless.

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It is only said that the Yanmen Army's two strongest defense lines are on the periphery.

Gao Qi led the main force to suddenly launch an attack on the rebels who were acting as suspicious soldiers to contain the defenders in the line of defense.

All of a sudden, caught off guard, the rebels were thrown into chaos and were defeated!
As the guards, Wang Xuance and Xue Rengui also keenly grasped the opportunity to fight, and decisively led the army to fight out.

Immediately, under the combination of the two armies, the Yanmen Army, whose number was already several times that of the rebels, quickly wiped out the suspected rebels, more than [-] people.

In the end, Gong Yuan, who got the news, sighed helplessly, and said, "Alas! Do your best, and know the destiny."

"The commander-in-chief planned such a blow here, but he still failed to seriously injure the Sui army."

"I'm afraid there won't be such an opportunity in the future!"

Afterwards, the coach Gong Yuan had to face the facts, and withdrew his troops to station outside the city full of unwillingness.

The reason why they did not enter the city to defend was because the rebels lost another [-] soldiers and horses now.

Although the morale of the army has dropped again, it has not been affected in any way after the victory of the water battalion.

But if Gong Yuan enters the city again and guards behind closed doors, the morale of the army may drop even more.

But now, Gong Yuan ordered the whole army to be stationed outside the city, and he clearly planned to fight the Yanmen Army to a decisive battle.

After all, Xiao Liang's army had no way to retreat now, even if they retreated into the city and defended it to the death.

Once the Sui army was allowed to wipe out the Jingnan area, and then the two armies converged, the Xiaoliang regime would only delay its defeat.

Therefore, Gong Yuan decided to fight the Sui army while the morale of his own army had not completely declined.

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After setting up the camp, the coach Gong Yuan immediately wrote a letter and sent it to the palace in the city.

Explain the reason why he set up camp outside the city, and the biggest benefit of the decisive battle at this time.

I hope that Xiao Mian will fully support his decision.

After the last incident, Gong Yuan is now much more careful.

He knew that there were many intrigues and factions in the court.

Therefore, he is much more cautious now, and when he makes big plans, he always writes to explain the reasons.

Soon, Liang Wang Xiao Mian also gave the latest instructions, giving Gong Yuan full responsibility for the decisive battle.

Xiao Mian said that he will always be Gong Yuan's backing.

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"Report, General! The commander of the rebel army, Gong Yuan, sent a letter of war."

"Invite our army to a decisive battle, and the winner will be determined!"

It is only said that the Yanmen Army, under the command of Gao Qi, wiped out more than [-] rebels and returned to the camp.

A messenger could not help rushing over quickly to report to Gao Qihui.

"Oh, the decisive battle?"

Hearing this, Gao Qi couldn't help feeling a little puzzled, wondering what kind of trick Gong Yuan was playing.

Soon, Gao Qi summoned all the generals and counselors to enter the main tent, and said: "Now that Gong Yuan invites our army to a decisive battle, I don't know how our army will respond?"

Immediately, Liu Bowen pondered for a while, and said slowly: "General, if Yiwen's guess is correct, the reason why Gong Yuan is so impatient for the decisive battle."

"Actually, it is a last resort. Now Gong Yuan must have seen through the situation."

"He knows that once General Zhou Yu sweeps the Jingnan area, he will definitely lead his troops northward to join forces and attack Jiangling."

"At this time, not only can he not lead his army back to the city, but he must actively fight our army."

"I don't know why?"

"Jiangling City is so strong, wouldn't it be easier to stick to it?"

Hearing this, Gao Qi asked with a puzzled look on his face.

Hearing this, Liu Bowen laughed twice, and said slowly: "Because the morale of the army determines that Gong Yuan cannot lead the army back to the city and stick to it."

"Although our army wiped out [-] soldiers and horses of the rebel army this time, the rebel army also broke through our army's water camp."

"Therefore, the morale of the rebel army was not greatly affected in this battle."

"But if Gong Yuan leads his army back to the city, it will be a voluntary admission that he lost the battle with our army."

"In this case, the morale of the rebel army will collapse, and they will not be able to escape the end of destruction."

"But if the decisive battle with our army is different at this time, the rebels still have at least a chance of victory."

For a while, Liu Bowen spoke slowly and told the exact situation of the decisive battle of the rebels.

Only now did Gao Qi realize that what Gong Yuan took over was just a mess.

"decisive battle?"

"In this case, our army will hang up the exemption card, refuse to fight, and drag down the morale of the rebels."

After thinking for a while, Gao Qi had an idea, and said slowly.

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"Report, general! The latest news came from General Zhou Yu in Jingnan."

"A Taiping army of nearly [-] men suddenly entered Jingnan from Guiyang County, and the soldiers headed straight for Changsha."

In an instant, an urgent message came quickly!
(End of this chapter)