northernbook Chapter 217 They are coming
Chapter 217 They are coming
Zhang Yan knew that the enemy might arrive at any time, so he and Jiang Yue had already split up into two sides.
There were more than 50,000 soldiers, with less than 30,000 troops on each side of the official road, ambushing in the bushes hidden on both sides, each led by his own centurion.
Zhang Yan chose this place because there were bushes growing on both sides of the official road for 100 meters, which made it easy to hide.
And the distance here is just within the shooting range of their soldiers.
...Enemy General Yuwen Jian initially slowed down his march, intending to wait for Xin Meng to return.
Yu Wenjian began to feel suspicious as he had not received any news for a long time.
Two days ago, he thought that there were still two days left for the march, and he felt complicated, fearing that Youlan Prefecture would be lost because he was late.
He was even more afraid that Youlan Prefecture had already been lost. At this moment, he was feeling uneasy and kept thinking about it.
He was even more afraid that it was a plan of the Donglin Army, so he decided not to wait any longer and started riding his horse at full speed.
He was riding his horse at full speed, and his horse and foot running speed was even faster than the enemy general Xin Meng who was chasing Xia Yuanchen.
Anyway, Liangzhou City cannot be conquered in a short time, and there are many counties near Liangzhou City. How can it be conquered in a few days?
Then, his horses' hooves splashed, and wherever their army marched, the dust flew up.
In just a moment, the Northern Yan soldiers ran from one hilltop to another...
When passing through a canyon, Yuwen Jian waved his hand to signal for a break in his horse stance.
"The Donglin Army may have set up an ambush here. Don't fall into it!"
He first sent people to climb the peak to investigate the enemy situation.
After making sure that the Donglin Army had no ambush, they carefully passed through the canyon.
He continued to gallop until he reached the back of a mountain peak. He also ordered the horses to slow down.
Be careful that they may be ambushed as soon as they get out of the mountain.
After confirming everything is correct, move forward again...
When he reached a clear and unobstructed road, he relaxed his vigilance and gave the order again:
"Soldiers, speed up the march!"
Because the road was unobstructed, Yuwen Jian's march was as fast as lightning.
I only hear the sound of marching, but I don't see the marchers.
People outside the army could only see a black shadow moving in a flash...
"They are coming!" Zhang Yan heard the whistling sound from a distance and immediately ordered the soldiers beside him.
"Keep hidden, ambush at any time!"
Jiang Yue and other Xuanwu soldiers were on the opposite side of Zhang Yan.
The moment she heard the marching sound, she gave the order.
"Ready to strike!"
Yuwen Jian led his Northern Yan soldiers and continued to advance unhindered...
But suddenly, rows of barricades appeared inexplicably on the road ahead.
However, when Yuwen Jian saw the chevaux de frise, it was already too late.
For visual reasons, the color of the barricades is close to the road and is easy to be overlooked.
They couldn't stop the horses.
Just like being unable to stop a car on the highway in this world,
Yuwen Jian, who was running in the front, had his horse reach the barricades first...
He only had time to exclaim,
"There's an ambush!"
The horse will charge as it should.
In a hurry, he tightened the reins, and in an instant, the horse's hooves rose up and leaped into the air, passing through the chevaux de frise,
It was all his fault. He was too anxious when he heard that Youlan Province was threatened.
It was also his fault for underestimating the enemy.
It's even more his fault for running too fast.
He never thought that the Donglin Army would set an ambush here.
Aren't ambushes usually set between two mountains or in valleys?
Immediately afterwards, the Northern Yan soldiers in the front row all leaped into the air.
Pass through the barricades and keep going forward,
Those who failed to cross the river would fall off their horses the moment their horses were blocked.
The horse fell down, neighing loudly, and accidentally trampled the enemy soldiers on its back under its hooves.
Because of the congestion, the horses collided with each other and fell to the ground in rows.
The soldiers at the front fell on the chevaux de frise as a result. That feeling, that taste... only they themselves know.
But at this moment,
Jiang Yue, Zhang Yan and other captains found the right time.
Just as Jiang Yue and Zhang Yan gave the order at the same time,
"Fire arrows!"
Without any orders from the captains, their soldiers had already fired a rain of arrows at the enemy troops on the official road.
Because the enemy troops are crowded together, every shot can hit the target accurately.
The moment Yuwen Jian rode his horse through the barricades, he began to stop along with the others.
However, because the two rows of chevaux de frise were too close to each other, it was obviously difficult to stop.
Because Jiang Yue and Zhang Yan were both targeting Yuwen Jian, he was overwhelmed by the movements of blocking the rain of arrows.
Seeing the rows of barricades blocking the way ahead, Yuwen Jian's heart was burning with anger.
I had no choice but to ride my horse and climb over the barricades one after another.
Finally, Yuwen Jian stopped and turned his horse violently.
The horse turned too quickly and fell to the ground.
But it was only for a moment, when the horse behind approached,
Under Yuwen Jian's pressure, the horse quickly stood up and moved to one side.
Jiang Yue, Zhang Yan and other generals still drew their bows and aimed their arrows at Yuwen Jian, firing arrows in a rain.
However, the arrow hit him, and he retreated on the spot and fell to the ground.
It can be imagined that Yuwen Jian’s armor is as indestructible as the Youlan City, and the materials used are of the highest quality.
There is no opportunity to exploit any vital points.
Yuwen Jian looked at the layers of cold arrows on the ground, took a deep breath, and began to order his soldiers.
"Move forward on both sides!"
But he never thought that his soldiers had just rushed to the two sides.
Screams rang out...
What awaits them are further traps of varying sizes.
If someone in front gets caught, the people behind can bypass the trap perfectly.
And then fell into a new round of trap,
Some people continued to explore the way, continued to fall into traps, and pointed out the direction for the enemy troops behind them.
When Yuwen Jian and his men had completely escaped Zhang Yan's ambush,
Their army of 100,000 had already lost nearly 20,000 men...
Yuwen Che watched his soldiers being shot to death one by one, watched them step into the trap without any preparation, watched them bleed, listened to their screams...
This ambush site was hundreds of meters long, larger than he could imagine.
He could no longer hold back his anger.
But he was not blinded by anger.
He calmed down, and led the more than 70,000 soldiers behind him who had rushed out of the ambush intact, still thinking, and continued to rush forward to rescue Youlan.
However, at this moment, Zhang Yan led Jiang Yue and other Donglin soldiers to block their way forward.
At the moment when Yuwen Jian was stopped by the Donglin soldiers, his chest seemed to explode.
The two armies faced each other. Yuwen Jian looked at the Donglin general in front of him, Zhang Yan, whose name he could not remember.
He inadvertently glanced at Jiang Yue beside Zhang Yan again.
"I didn't expect that they were two unknown people!"
In his eyes, Zhang Yan had already become a dead man.
Zhang Yan also looked at the general in front of him calmly, and he looked familiar.
"You came here to die, so you can't blame us!"
Yuwen Jian: "Don't even think about taking Youlan Prefecture!"