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

Chapter 337 Battle for Yangzhou ([-])

Qi Army Camp
Wang Xuance was thinking hard in his tent, and the Taiping Army set up camps every few tens of miles to resist.

Although it is possible that the Taiping Army adopted a strategy of fighting every step of the way.

But war is not a child's play, if you are not careful, you will be smashed to pieces!
That's why Wang Xuance stopped marching now and settled down instead.

After all, if you don't see through the conspiracy of the Taiping Army and march forward rashly, you will probably suffer a lot.

As the battle in Xiangzhou ceased, the battle in Yangzhou was in full swing.

It's just that, as the Taiping Army sent troops to Yangzhou on a large scale, Chen Youliang's troops affiliated to the Taiping Army also attacked brazenly.

Launch an attack on Lin Shihong, who claimed to be the king of Nanyue in the central part of Yangzhou.

It only said that Chen Youliang used the newly recruited Shi Lang as a general, and went all out to kill him.

Although Lin Shihong tried his best to stop him with an army, Shi Lang's ability to use troops is not weak.

Successive battles and victories all the way gradually eroded the territory of South Vietnam. Lin Shihong had no choice but to keep shrinking the defense line without any resistance.

But the cruel fact did not end, just when Lin Shihong was defeated.

The main force of the Taiping Army, which had captured the eastern and southern parts of Yangzhou, also followed closely.

It is only said that after seizing most of Yangzhou, Hong Xiuquan listened to Shi Dakai's suggestion and sent troops to build a defense line in Yuhang.

On the other hand, they led the army westward and joined forces with Chen Youliang's troops to attack Nanyue and completely destroy it.

Therefore, Hong Xiuquan personally sat on the front line of Yuhang to consolidate the defense line.

And alone ordered Yi Wang Shi Dakai to lead an army westward.

With the attack from both sides, Lin Shihong finally had to give up all his territory, retreat to Xin'an County, and stick to Xiuning, the government.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Youliang led the army to join Shi Dakai.

After the merger of the two armies, they attacked Xin'an in a large scale!

However, the strength of the Taiping Army after the joint army is now even greater, and its military strength has reached its peak.

Lin Shihong, king of Nanyue, knew that it would be impossible to stop the Taiping army with his own strength alone.

Therefore, Lin Shihong immediately sent envoys to the north before the Taiping Army arrived.

He wants to ask Sun Jian and Li Zitong for reinforcements to jointly resist the attack of the Taiping Army.

Afterwards, Lin Shihong personally supervised the sergeants to step up the organization of city defense, hoping to reach the Taiping Army.

Two days later, the Taiping Army finally approached the city. As the chief general, Shi Dakai had an idea after observing the city defense.

Around the same time, Shi Da fired his gun and ordered: "The whole army obeys the king's order, retreat [-] li, and set up camp!"

Hearing this, although the generals of Taiping were puzzled at the moment, they did not dare to disobey in the slightest, so they had to restrain their troops and retreat!
After all, Shi Dakai's army is strictly organized, and the most critical one is the military order like a mountain.

No matter what the chief general orders, as a general, he must obey and not disobey!

Violators, behead!
Therefore, the Taiping Army withdrew after hearing the military order!
At this time, the soldiers guarding the city wall were overjoyed.

Due to the fighting in the past few days, the South Vietnamese sergeants have seen the combat power of the Taiping Army.

The combat power among its soldiers has been greatly enhanced after systematic training.

Not only that, but the Taiping Army was also extremely fanatical in their thinking, fighting with fanatical fighting spirit in almost every battle.

This army with strength and faith coexisted, and the combat power unleashed was undoubtedly the most terrifying!

Therefore, after seeing that the Taiping army did not attack the city, but retreated, the defenders became excited.

Only, Nanyue Wang Lin Shihong's eyes were tightly wrinkled, as if he was worried about something.

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Thirty miles away, the Taiping Army Camp
In the tent, the generals of Taiping asked Shi Dakai why he didn't attack the city, but retreated directly.

Hearing this, Shi Dakai signaled the generals to be quiet first, and then slowly said: "Everyone, do you find that the city wall of Xiuning is extremely strong?"

As Shi Dakai raised his question, all the generals' attention was attracted!

Immediately, Shi Dakai continued to analyze: "Just think about it, the South Vietnamese Army is now in the doldrums!"

"But why did Lin Shihong insist on retreating to Xin'an and guarding the isolated city?"

Immediately afterwards, Shi Dakai spread out the map on the screen and explained with his finger.

"Xin'an is located in the north of Sui'an and west of Wu County. It can be reached in a straight line whether by water or land."

"So, according to my guess, the reason why Lin Shihong was trapped in the isolated city was to ask for reinforcements."

"As long as Sun Jian of Wu Commandery and Jiangnan Wang Li Zitong lead the army to help, they can arrive here in a few days."

"Afterwards, Lin Shihong can take the opportunity to recover the lost ground with the help of reinforcements!"

"So, if the king guessed correctly, his envoy has arrived in Wu Jun now."

It has to be said that Shi Dakai's strategic awareness is not weak at all, and Lin Shihong's plan was conveyed in a few words.

"Yi Wang had already guessed Lin Shihong's plan?"

"So, the reason why King Yi retreated without a fight was because he wanted to implement a plan to encircle and send reinforcements?"

After a long time, Chen Youliang thought for a while, stood up and spoke slowly.

"General Chen is really smart. No wonder he was able to independently fight against the anti-kings all around in the isolated and helpless western part of Yangzhou."

"That's right, this king is indeed planning to gather around to fight for help, because now Lin Shihong's situation is gone."

"Even if our army attacks the city with all its strength and completely destroys it, it will only be a waste of strength and will not gain the slightest benefit."

"After all, even if Lin Shihong perishes, Li Zitong and Sun Jian are still active in the Yangzhou area."

"This will definitely be extremely detrimental to my next rule of Yangzhou."

"That's why I have to wait for the reinforcements to come, and use the strategy of encircling the points to fight for reinforcements, and defeat Li Zitong and Sun Jian's troops."

"In this way, my goal of unifying Yangzhou in the kingdom of heaven will be unimpeded."

For a while, Shi Dakai shared his pros and cons with the generals.

However, one of the generals asked: "How can King Ke Yi be sure that Li Zitong and Sun Jian will definitely lead the army to help?"

Hearing this, without waiting for Shi Dakai to explain, Shi Lang took the lead in explaining: "Because Lin Shihong cannot perish!"

"If Lin Shihong exists, it will be equivalent to Li Zitong and Sun Jian having a buffer, and they don't have to face them directly to face our Taiping Heavenly Army."

"But once Lin Shihong perishes, my heavenly territory will border on it in its entirety."

"But my Kingdom of Heaven dominates Jiaozhou and Yangzhou, but its strength is far beyond what Li Zitong and Sun Jian can match."

Following Shi Lang's analysis, even the coach Shi Dakai couldn't help nodding, expressing his agreement.

For a while, Shi Dakai was very optimistic about Shi Lang, and couldn't help asking Chen Youliang who was beside him: "General Chen, what position does General Shi hold for such a talented general?"

Hearing this, Chen Youliang slowly reported: "To King Yi, Shi Lang is a general in the army, and his status is only inferior to Zhang Bixian."

Hearing that Chen Youliang had reused Shi Lang, Shi Dakai breathed a sigh of relief and felt relieved!
After all, with Shi Lang's general talent, it can be said that the Taiping Army is most scarce nowadays.

Therefore, Shi Dakai attaches great importance to the search and appointment of talents.

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As the Taiping Army made the decision to encircle and fight for aid, I don't know if Li Zitong and Sun Jian can lead the army to help?
(End of this chapter)