Call of the Heroes of Chaos in Another World

Chapter 2212 Shi Le narrowly escapes death; the sorcerer monk plots to lure in an internal traitor.
On the other side, since Yan Liang's direction had created a breach, Dou Tai could only temporarily transfer the defending troops from other directions to that area, thus patching up one problem by robbing another.

But amidst the brief chaos of troop movements, Wen Chou's troops, who had been waiting in silence, finally made their move.

Seeing that the defenders' attention was drawn to Yan Liang, Wen Chou let out a long roar, personally took up a large shield, and took the lead, swiftly climbing up the cloud ladder.

With little resistance, he leaped onto the city wall with almost no hindrance, his spear like a venomous dragon emerging from its lair, instantly felling two defenders.

Five or six more spearmen charged forward in formation. Wen Chou's eyes turned cold. Instead of retreating, he advanced, his spear tip precisely meeting the shaft of the first spear that was thrusting at him. With a twist and a deflection, the spear went out of control and crashed into two other spears that were thrusting at him from the side.

In a flash, Wen Chou rammed into the arms of the spearmen, drew his short blade from its sheath with his left hand, and instantly slit the throats of the two men. With a backhand thrust of his long spear, he pierced the heart of an enemy soldier who was trying to ambush him from behind.

The movements were fluid, ruthless, and efficient, dismantling a small gun formation in an instant.

"You worthless wretch, how dare you block my way?"

Wen Chou sneered, pointing the tip of his spear diagonally at the ground, blood dripping down the red tassel.

Wen Chou's arrival left the city's defenders vulnerable from both sides, with breaches appearing in the walls on both sides. A tidal wave of Han soldiers surged up the walls through these gaps.

With Yan Liang and Wen Chou having already opened breaches in both directions, and the elite soldiers following behind them climbing up one by one, the walls in those two directions were clearly in grave danger.

Even on the side of the yellow robe, Dou Tai was still personally overseeing things.

However, simply keeping an eye on one person in yellow robes cannot change the overall situation.

On the other hand, after Xuanyuan Huang left, the entire front-line camp was temporarily handed over to Shi Le for command, with Feng Hou, as the strategist, providing assistance.

When the city in the very center of the first line of defense was breached, Empress Feng already knew that Xuanyuan Huang was not at the front line, and she could no longer hide it from Yue Fei and Yao Guangxiao.

Therefore, he had already decided to do as he and Xuanyuan Huang had agreed, to buy as much time as possible, even if it meant giving up some things!

After the defensive line is lost, they will inevitably be on the defensive.

However, as long as the main force remains, there is still hope.

However, with Tan Daoji and Lei Wanjun each leading 100,000 troops, the 40,000 garrison troops from the two counties had no chance to break through.

Shi Le originally planned to send troops to meet him, but instead, he almost fell into Yue Fei's ambush.

Fortunately, their spies within the Great Yan and Great Han territories sent timely news, which saved them from disaster.

In times of war between nations, it's common for them to plant spies on each other.

The Han Dynasty was able to first plant Wang Xiaoyao in the Great Yan, and then there were two more major threats, Tethys and Coeus.

So, can't the Great Yan plant a hidden seed in the Great Han?

However, the spy they planted wasn't of such high rank, so he couldn't get accurate information like Tethys and Coeus.

However, even without accurate information, the slightest clue was enough for Feng Hou to make some guesses after learning about it.

Just as Shi Le's 30,000 troops were about to fall into his ambush, they ran away at the last moment, leaving even Yue Fei bewildered.

As for Yao Guangxiao, he immediately suspected his own people! The reason was simple: Shi Le's withdrawal was too sudden, without any warning whatsoever.

Aside from someone informing on him at the last minute, Yao Guangxiao couldn't think of any other possibility.

Of course, the next moment, they received news that Qiao Rui, the former general of Zhongcang, had gone missing.

At this point, to disappear without any reason—is this really a disappearance?
At the same time, although Tan Daoji had captured Ji County, Chang County had not yet been completely captured.

Therefore, Yao Guangxiao suggested at this time to abandon the strategy of besieging the point and attacking the reinforcements, and instead implement a plan to lure the enemy's troops to come and provide assistance once again.

Once the enemy troops are drawn out, their rear towns will be undefended. Take advantage of this opportunity to bypass the front and attack the rear towns, tearing a gap in the enemy's second line of defense.

For strategists like Feng Hou, the worst thing is having no information at all. Without even a sliver of information, they have no way of making any predictions.

Even the slightest bit of information allows them to make some inferences based on that information.

Back then, Zhang Bin was able to boldly deduce the situation in Zhennan from just one result, and guess that Zhennan had been tricked by the Song Dynasty.

Now, they are just pawns buried in the Han Dynasty by the Great Yan, and although they have not risen to the high level, they are only at the middle level.

However, even though the information that could be transmitted was limited, it was still better than Zhang Bin only getting one result at the time.

Therefore, from that limited information, Feng Hou was already able to guess some of the details.

In this way, Feng Hou boldly planned to ambush Yue Fei.

Compared to the commander, the strategist is much more radical.

Most commanders prefer stability, and those skilled in warfare do not achieve great feats.

However, among strategists, there are relatively more who like to take risks. There are only a handful of strategists who are known for their open and aboveboard strategies.

After all, the commander-in-chief is the one who makes the decisions, and the lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers are in their hands, so they naturally have to be extremely cautious.

Unlike advisors, they are not the ones who make decisions, but rather the ones who come up with ideas.

Therefore, they only need to express their thoughts, and the balance between risk and reward is something that the person making the decision needs to consider.

Moreover, Feng Hou also successfully persuaded Shi Le, the commander-in-chief at the front line at that time.

If they go to rescue Changxian, they might not be able to save those 2 soldiers, and some of them might even lose their lives.

However, if they used those 20,000 troops as expendable pawns, they could use them to delay Lei Wanjun's 100,000-strong army, and then make a feigned show of support to lure more Han troops over.

However, at this time, they actually concentrated their main force on Yue Fei, who wanted to launch a surprise attack on their second line of defense. In this way, concentrating their superior local forces to severely damage a Han army unit was more meaningful for their current situation.

Moreover, the fact that Yue Fei actually wanted to launch a surprise attack on a county town within their second line of defense meant that the enemy's troops were likely only a few tens of thousands at most.

If it's tens of thousands, then what's the point of a sneak attack?