Tang Dynasty: The poisonous scholar in the Eastern Palace, please abdicate and let the wise one take

Chapter 361 Breakout, breakout.

"General, we are just pretending, are we really going to attack the city?"

The deputy general beside Guo Xiaoke was a little hesitant.

after all.

The message they received from Xue Wanche was to try their best to keep Yu Gushe in Tingzhou, rather than attacking Tingzhou, let alone capturing Yu Gushe.

This time when they led the troops to attack, they did not bring too many siege equipment. If they rushed forward like this, they would probably cause innocent casualties.

"Of course it's just for show."

Guo Xiaoke smiled calmly, "Since you want to keep Yu Gushe in Tingzhou, how can Yu Gushe believe it if you don't make any noise?"

After the battle with Yanqi Kingdom, although Yugushe suffered heavy casualties, he was able to gather a lot of troops afterwards, and there were at least 20,000 troops in the city.

Since ancient times, the five elements have been used to attack it.

At most, he had an army of 30,000, including many newly formed troops from the Yiwu Kingdom. It would be a disaster for such a force to try to capture a city with 20,000 troops.

"Once an arrow falls, they will retreat immediately."

Guo Xiaoke smiled and said, "Yu Gushe used this tactic of tiring out the enemy in Yanqi. Now it's our turn to use it on them."

"The general is wise."

"Can the personnel outside the other three city gates be arranged?"

"Everything has been arranged. We will never let Yu Gushe escape from Tingzhou so easily."

Guo Xiaoke nodded and looked towards the city wall.

Desire Valley is set on top of the city wall.

If it were on the grassland, it would naturally not be an easy task to keep Yu Gushe, but now that Yu Gushe has run to Tingzhou, it is a different matter.

Even if I cannot successfully keep Yu Gushe in Tingzhou this time, I will tear a piece of flesh from him!
"Report!"

"General, we found thirty Turkic scouts at the north gate. They dispersed into groups of ten and headed towards our army."

"Look."

Guo Xiaoke grinned and said, "The news from the grassland has also reached his ears, and he can no longer sit still."

The deputy general smiled and nodded, "If Yu Gushe stays in Tingzhou for one more day, dozens or even hundreds of people will die on the grassland, and the rebellion will become more and more intense!"

"So we have to find a way to delay it a little longer."

"General, do you want to eat them?"

"inappropriate."

Guo Xiaoke stroked his beard and said thoughtfully, "Our goal is to stop Yu Gushe as much as possible."

"Now that we know that he wants to leave Tingzhou, we can't let him leave so easily!"

"Tell Chu Chenyu to retreat!"

"I want to make Yu Gu She a turtle in a jar, unable to tell where our main force is!"

The deputy general's eyes suddenly lit up.

According to common sense, these scouts must be eaten, so that Yu Gushe will have no spies.

It's like a headless fly trapped in Tingzhou.

Similarly, as long as he did this, Yu Gushe would inevitably guess that Guo Xiaoke had hidden troops outside the four city gates.

however.

Guo Xiaoke only had 20,000 to 30,000 soldiers and horses. There were men stationed at the four city gates. So how many soldiers and horses could be hidden outside each city gate?

Five thousand, six thousand?
But Yu Gushe had an army of 20,000 under his command.

If they want to break through, they only need to choose a direction to break through. With the troops of Guo Xiaoke and his men, they cannot stop them at all!

However, Guo Xiaoke did the opposite and told him that there were no soldiers hidden outside the other three gates. If Yu Gu wanted to leave Tingzhou, he could leave from the other three city gates.

Without knowing the location of the enemy's main force, would Yu Gushe dare to break out of the city rashly? Wasn't he afraid of encountering Guo Xiaoke's main force?

"That's a good idea, General."

Guo Xiaoke calmly shook his head. "It's just a trick to delay Yu Gushe's return to Futu City. If he really wants to fight his way out, it will be difficult to stop him with our military strength."

Speaking of this, Guo Xiaoke couldn't help but sigh.

It would be better if he had more soldiers and horses, not too many, just 20,000, 20,000 elite soldiers, he could trap Yu Gu to death in Tingzhou!
But unfortunately, even if a message was sent to Ganzhou and Suzhou, it would be impossible to mobilize 20,000 elite troops in such a short time.

and many more.

Guo Xiaoke suddenly asked, "Where are Wang Xuance and Xue Li's 1,000 elite soldiers?"

"Two days ago, we received news that they had arrived at Ganzhou."

Deputy General Zuo Yun replied, puzzled: "General, they entered the grassland under the order of the Crown Prince to assist Su Chen, and there are only a thousand of them."

"Even if the two of them brought their 500 elite soldiers to Tingzhou, what impact would they have on the current situation?"

Guo Xiaoke glanced at Zuo Yun and shook his head. That was the elite force created by Su Chen himself.

And everyone has special weapons on them.

Although there are only a thousand people, the fighting effectiveness of these people cannot be underestimated!
But unfortunately, they are still some distance away.

Otherwise, you can really ask them for help.

"Looking at Yu Gushe's movements, I guess he will definitely make some moves in the next two days!"

Guo Xiaoke looked into the distance and said, "Zuo Yun ordered people to keep an eye on the four city gates day and night. If there is any disturbance, notify me immediately."

"Yes!"

Zuo Yun nodded and immediately called the soldiers to make arrangements.

at the same time.

The soldiers attacking the city retreated.

……

On the city wall.

Yu Gushe even wanted to curse his mother.

Guo Xiaoke!
Not a son of man!

A group of more than 2,000 soldiers rushed over, and just as they entered the designed range of the arrows, they retreated immediately.

They wasted a lot of their arrows in vain, but not even a single hair was left!

"Khan, calm down. Guo Xiaoke obviously used this despicable method to contain us and tire out our soldiers."

Pizza Peel said slowly: "As long as we stay alert, they will never get close to the city wall."

"Khan, you should go to bed early so that you can act at night."

Yu Gushe nodded and turned to leave when a soldier ran over and said, "Khan, no trace of the Tang army was found outside the city."

"No?"

Yu Gushe raised his eyebrows, "There are no Tang troops outside the three city gates?"

"nothing."

"..."

Yu Gushe looked at the pizza crust.

"There is no sign of the Tang army outside the three city gates. Could it be that what happened today is really a coincidence?"

"If it was a coincidence, why did the other party turn around and run away when they entered the shooting range of the arrows?"

"This……"

Yu Gushe couldn't help but remain silent.

If it's not a coincidence, then Guo Xiaoke did it on purpose?

"He's hiding the main force?"

"That's what I think too."

Pizza Peel whispered, "We can't find where Guo Xiaoke's main force is now. Once we leave the city, we might run into them head-on!"

"Guo Xiaoke's move was very sinister. He was gambling on whether the Khan would dare to break out directly when he didn't know where their main force was."

Yu Gu nodded heavily.

Once he encounters Guo Xiaoke's main force, even if he is able to break through, there will be only a few people left around him!
"He's betting that I won't take any risks."

Yu Gushe sneered, "He has 5,000 elite soldiers outside the East Gate, and at most 10,000 elite soldiers at the other three city gates!" "No matter which gate we go to, there is a 1 in 3 chance of encountering his main force."

"But Tingzhou has 20,000 troops!"

"What does Khan mean?"

"Order Kunmuzhuo to draw another 5,000 men, a total of 10,000 troops. Even if we run into his main force, what is there to fear?!"

Guo Xiaoke only had 20,000 elite soldiers, and the rest were troops drawn from Yiwulu. Naturally, their strength could not be compared with that of the Tang army.

and.

Guo Xiaoke must have left a certain number of troops to garrison in Yiwulu, so his greatest chance is to encounter Guo Xiaoke's 10,000 main forces!

Ten thousand against ten thousand, and the main purpose was to break through. Yu Gushe believed that even if he encountered Guo Xiaoke's ten thousand main forces, he could easily break through.

Pizza Crust nodded, "That works."

"I'll leave this to you. I'll go back and rest first."

Yu Gushe patted Pizza Peel's shoulder, turned and left.

After watching Yu Gushe leave, Pizza Peel turned his gaze to Guo Xiaoke's army outside the city.

The Khan is determined to leave, how can you stop him?
into the night.

Guo Xiaoke looked at the generals in front of him and arranged the deployment carefully.

The North Gate was the main gate and was heavily guarded. The remaining two gates had relatively fewer people and were heavily guarded by cavalry.

Yu Gu planned to escape back to the grassland, and going through the north gate was undoubtedly the fastest shortcut.

Deploying heavy troops and letting them go can effectively stop them from escaping back to the grassland. The remaining cavalry outside the two city gates will rush to their assistance as soon as they receive the news.

Unless you want to take a detour!

If Yu Gushe took a detour and went through the west gate to Changji, the time it would take them to return to the grassland would be extended.

After all, climbing at this time is not a good idea.

"Go and prepare. Don't let Yu Gushe leave Tingzhou so easily."

"Yes!"

Several generals nodded and left.

at the same time.

Yu Gushe in the city has already begun preparing to break out.

buzzing.

The west gate slowly opened, and a cavalry force rushed out of the west gate at an extremely fast speed.

"Report!"

"General, a cavalry of a thousand men rushed out from the west gate!"

"Explore again!"

Guo Xiaoke remained unmoved.

"Report!"

"General, a cavalry of a thousand men rushed out from the south gate."

"Explore again."

"Report!"

"General, a cavalry of a thousand men has rushed out from the north gate!"

"Explore again!"

Guo Xiaoke pondered for a moment, then slowly said, "Keep a close watch on the north gate. If Yu Gushe shows up, use all your troops to stop him!"

"Yes!"

Outside Tingzhou.

Three cavalry teams of thousands of men each headed in a different direction.

but.

Yu Gushe still stayed in Tingzhou.

"The Tang army is not making any movement?"

"This is not common sense!"

"Did he guess our intentions?"

Yu Gushe frowned.

How could the three cavalry units pretending to break out fail to attract Guo Xiaoke's attention at all?

Pizza Crust: "They'll be showing up soon."

As time passed, the three cavalry teams heading in different directions gradually converged on the road outside the north gate and headed towards the grassland.

"Report!"

"General, three cavalry teams of 1,000 men have gathered ten miles north of the city and are about to leave the ambush site!"

Guo Xiaoke remained silent.

Zuo Yun could no longer hold back and said in a deep voice: "General, Yu Gu is definitely in this 3,000-man cavalry team! We can't wait any longer, otherwise they will definitely flee Tingzhou!"

Guo Xiaoke pondered and said, "Zuo Yun, if Yu Gushe was among these three cavalry teams, why didn't they just leave, but instead gathered ten miles outside the north gate?"

Zuo Yun was stunned for a moment.

Guo Xiaoke continued, "Unless this is a smokescreen they released, Yu Gushe is still in Tingzhou!"

This……

Zuo Yun: "General, do you mean to keep waiting?"

Guo Xiaoke smiled and said, "No, why don't we eat up this team?"

Zuo Yun: “???”

Guo Xiaoke: "Yu Gushe will have to leave from the north gate anyway..."

"Pass the order, the ambush troops at the north gate do not move, the strong man at the south gate leads 2,000 cavalry to charge, and the king of the west gate is allowed to cooperate!"

……

"Report!"

"Reporting to the Khan, a Tang army has appeared outside the west gate and the south gate, and is chasing towards the north!"

"Is there any movement outside the north gate?"

"No movement at the moment!"

"it is good!"

Yu Gushe raised the corner of his mouth slightly.

Fell into a trap!
Guo Xiaoke, you didn't expect that the Khan is still in the city?

"Take care on your journey, Khan."

"After I have wiped out the rebellion of all tribes, I will lead the army to pick you up."

"it is good."

Pizza Crust smiled.

But he didn't have much hope in Yu Gushe's words.

Yu Gushe took away an army of 10,000. Even if he broke through, there would not be many soldiers left around him.

By the time he had dealt with the rebellions of various tribes on the grassland, Tingzhou would have probably fallen into the hands of the Tang Dynasty.

"Kunmu Zhuo!"

"The general is here!"

"Follow me to fight your way out."

"Yes!"

Kunmuzhuo shouted loudly, his eyes sweeping towards the soldiers behind him, "Mount your horses!"

"Breakout!"

(End of this chapter)