Call of the Heroes of Chaos in Another World

Chapter 2196 Xuanxiao's Eight Hundred Attacks the Han Camp, Encirclement and Reinforcements Create Chaos in the East China Sea

With 30,000 Tianhe naval troops and 40,000 Polang Army marines, a total of 70,000 men, the scale of their warships was enormous.

Hundreds of warships of all sizes and types rushed toward the coast, making it impossible for people on land to miss them.

Meanwhile, the Crown Prince Xuanyuan Xuanxiao of the Great Yan Dynasty, who happened to be there, was extremely anxious after receiving the news, but he also knew that without a navy, it was impossible to defend the ferry crossing.

They had no navy, and although they didn't know how many troops the enemy had, they could roughly guess that their forces were probably weaker than the enemy's.

Under these circumstances, it is completely unthinkable to isolate the battlefield from land.

Therefore, he immediately recalled the three thousand garrison troops at the ferry crossing to the city of Wudi to reinforce the city's defenses and avoid unnecessary sacrifices.

As for why Xuanyuan Xuanxiao appeared here, it was of course still because of Tethys and Coeus.

After these two were exposed, the Great Yan side naturally did not believe that Wang Xianzhi was without fault. Xuan Yuanhuang even personally ordered Xuan Xiao to send troops to Wudi City to resolve Wang Xianzhi's matter.

As for Xuanyuan Xuanxiao, he didn't delegate this matter to anyone else; he personally led 30,000 troops and a group of experts from the Great Yan Dynasty.

Despite the unusual celestial phenomena at the time of Changyi's son Zhuanxu's birth, which led to Changyi receiving preferential treatment as his father, some people actually believed that he would become a threat to the crown prince and thus tried to befriend this prince.

In fact, the relationship between the two brothers was quite good; in fact, it could be said that they were very close. Xuanxiao even personally took care of Changyi's son, Zhuanxu, and taught him to play the zither.

Xuanyuan Changyi died tragically, and as his elder brother, he naturally could not remain indifferent.

Not to mention, even if the two brothers had a really bad relationship, now that the man is dead, they naturally wouldn't mind putting on a show.

However, Wang Xianzhi certainly wouldn't be idle and stay in the city to wait for the troops of the Great Yan!
Thus, these two groups of people unexpectedly bumped into each other!
Shi Lang was truly lucky. Of the 100,000 troops in the East Coast, apart from the 30,000 naval forces, the rest were mainly new recruits. After all, the elite troops had already been deployed to the front lines.

When Shi Lang received the news that he had been so lucky as to run into the Crown Prince of Da Yan, he was overjoyed. It was truly a windfall.

His 70,000-strong army ran into the Crown Prince of Great Yan, who only had 30,000 new recruits. Wasn't this a windfall?
This wasn't the first time Shi Lang had been favored by luck since the war against Yan.

He was originally the deputy commander of the Tianhe Navy, but Gan Ning, the commander-in-chief, was temporarily demoted to deputy commander due to defeat on the battlefield, while he was promoted to temporarily take over the position of commander-in-chief.

He was promoted without doing anything, even though it was only temporary. Isn't that good luck?
If we seize this opportunity now, not only will we be able to get rid of the "temporary" status, but we could also get promoted in both official rank and title. Wouldn't that be a normal thing?

Upon securing the ferry crossing, Shi Lang immediately ordered the preparation of siege equipment for the following day.

With the arrival of the Wave Breaker Army, the Fierce Whale Legion was tasked with independent operations, which naturally included assault missions.

Therefore, when they set out on their expedition, their transport ships naturally carried a large number of detachable siege weapons.

To Shi Lang's surprise, Xuan Yuanhuang's eldest son, Xuan Yuanxuanxiao, lived up to his reputation. Although his troops were mainly composed of new recruits, he did not passively defend the city. Instead, he chose to launch a proactive attack that very night.

He personally selected eight hundred brave men from among his thirty thousand soldiers, offering them a large sum of money and land, and led these eight hundred men out of the city to raid the ferry crossing. He also carried oil with him, intending to burn Shi Lang's equipment.

If the Han side hadn't remained vigilant and maintained the necessary precautions...

Furthermore, the valiant Wu Zixu, despite being wounded, led a counterattack with Fu Youde and his personal guards, forcing Xuanyuan Xuanxiao to retreat without achieving his goal. Wu Zixu had been severely injured in the battle against Xuanyuan Ba, and although he had recovered to about 70-80% of his former strength, he was not fully recovered and could only likely still exert about 70-80% of his fighting power.

After all, it seems that a long time has passed since the conquest of Yan, and they have conquered a large number of territories.

However, this was just an illusion caused by Li Jing's rapid progress; in reality, only a few months had passed.

Despite being attacked at night, the morale of the Han army was not dampened in the slightest. With such a huge pie in front of them, everyone in the army was envious.
After defeating Xuanyuan Xuanxiao, everyone will get some credit, more or less. Even the lowly soldiers will each receive a reward.

"Brother Xingba, the fact that Xuanyuan Xuanxiao is trapped in Martial Emperor City will surely cause an uproar throughout the East Sea!"

"I'm sure various places will send troops to help. I'll trouble you, Brother Xingba, to deploy more scouts and bring five thousand elite soldiers, ready to attack at any time!" Shi Lang said to Gan Ning very politely.

After all, this was his former boss, and he was only temporarily in charge of this position.

"Don't worry, leave it to me. You just focus on attacking the city!"

"If enemy reinforcements arrive, we will definitely make their lives miserable!" Gan Ning nodded and said.

Xuanyuan Xuanxiao is also a good piece for besieging a point and attacking reinforcements.

They really had to thank Thetis and Coeus. If it weren't for them, how could Xuanyuan Xuanxiao have ended up here and just happened to run into them?

Putting everything else aside, this alone significantly reduced the difficulty of their trip to the East China Sea.

However, if they could capture Wudi City and take down the Crown Prince of Da Yan before the other troops in Donghai Road could react, they wouldn't mind abandoning the siege and attacking reinforcements.

After all, given the value of this Crown Prince of Great Yan, it's not worth the risk. If they can secure their gains, they should do so as soon as possible.

These days, preparing in advance is just a precaution.

"Alright, then I'll have to trouble you, Brother Xingba!"

“Brother Wei, then I’ll leave the siege to my Broken Wave Army!” Shi Lang turned to Fu Youde and said.

The task of attacking the city should naturally be left to the Marine Corps' Wavebreaker Army.

At the same time, Shi Lang himself also needs to make arrangements at sea. He doesn't know about the other troops, but will the Great Yan Navy, which is still entangled with Mo Peng, not come after receiving the news?

If they could seize this opportunity to annihilate the Great Yan Navy, then they would have no worries about the future.

Having secured the ferry crossing, they were in a position where they could attack or defend at will.

Even if Xuanyuan Huang leads his army back to reinforce, they can retreat at any time.

(End of this chapter)