My God, is this insane?
Watching Zhang Liao descend from the city wall, Li Sansi's pupils constricted. He was truly bewildered and muttered to himself, "If I heard correctly, is he going to take the initiative to fight?"
"That's incredibly risky!" someone exclaimed.
Bai Zizai couldn't help but praise, "Well done, Zhang Wenyuan! Just based on his courage and determination, regardless of whether he wins or loses this time, I admire him. This guy is destined for greatness!"
In warfare, what matters most is courage, a spirit that disdains the All Under Heaven. Such a person is a truly top-tier general, leading his troops to victory against overwhelming odds.
Just like Lin Rusong, the Prince of Northern Liang, if he didn't have extraordinary courage, how could he have dared to lead scattered soldiers to fight against Tuoba Wanli's nearly 300,000-strong army? It was a desperate struggle for survival.
But in the end, Lin Rusong still won, which became a legendary story, so he also had high expectations for Zhang Wenyuan.
Upon hearing this, Li Yunqing couldn't help but sneer, saying quietly, "If he wins, he will naturally become a great figure; but if he loses this battle, Xiliang Commandery will likely be in grave danger!"
The Xiliang Commandery only has this small army, and they didn't even bother to break out without relying on the city to defend it. What kind of courage is that? They were just going to their deaths.
Once Zhang Liao has finished wreaking havoc with his 30,000 troops, the remaining Xiliang Commandery will be nothing but an empty shell, a lamb to the slaughter!
" Your Heir of Beining, you are mistaken. Until the very end, who can say for sure who will win or lose?" Jia Xu said with a smile after hearing his words.
Li Yunqing glanced at him. What kind of person was this with such a lewd smile, daring to speak to this young master like that?
He sneered, "Who do you think you are to say such things?"
Although he was shocked by Lin Yi Yi's Marquis Champion, it didn't mean he wasn't angry. He was, after all, the son of the Prince of Beining Commandery. He had come here and not only got beaten up for nothing, but he had also almost been taken advantage of. How could he accept this?
Now some nobody dares to interrupt? This is simply outrageous!
"Hahaha, Wenhe is my strategist. I'm so glad he has such confidence!" Lin Yi laughed heartily as he introduced him.
military adviser!
Upon hearing this, not only did Li Sansi and his son look at Jia Xu, but even Bai Zizai couldn't help but stare at him. This guy was actually Lin Yi's strategist; he had underestimated him.
Li Sansi glanced at Lin Yi thoughtfully, then smiled and said, "Since you're so confident, I'll wait and see."
The Jumbled Shi Lin, with its scattered rocks, serves as a rare buffer zone for Dayu Pass.
In the past, the Northern Liang and Great Ning forces ambushed the Northern Barbarians here because the scattered rocks here serve as a natural barrier, allowing the enemy to hide within them.
Tuoba Yu had been traveling at high speed, but slowed down when he arrived here, because he knew that this was the best place to ambush him.
"General, the Heavenly Eagle Guard have already scouted this section of the road and found no trace of the enemy. Aren't we being too cautious?" Evil Bodhisattva couldn't help but whisper when he saw his general being so cautious.
Speed is of the essence in war; if we delay like this, the Xiliang Commandery will easily be able to react.
Tuoba Yu sneered, " The Heavenly Eagle Guard aren't omnipotent in many situations. If anything goes wrong, we'll be caught in a pincer attack, and we'll likely suffer heavy losses."
To put it bluntly, he didn't trust Li Sansi's character.
Even though this guy proposed cooperation to suppress Xiliang Commandery, the credibility of this proposal was still a bit low for him, after all, Li Sansi, the Prince of Beining Commandery, was no pushover either.
If this guy goes back on his word, the consequences will be unimaginable.
Neither side is any good. Trusting the enemy on the battlefield is the most foolish thing to do. In this battle, he not only has to fight his way in, but also ensure he can get out, so he absolutely cannot be careless.
That's why he sent out a swarm of decoys earlier, just to find out what was really going on.
Just then, the person in front returned.
"Report!"
"General, our vanguard has been ambushed and killed by archers in the woods; more than half of our men have been killed or wounded!"
That's it?
This news left Tuoba Yu with a strange, even somewhat astonished, expression.
He had long known that his actions couldn't be kept secret from everyone. Even if Lin Yi, this greenhorn, lacked experience, the Northern Liang Guard were not to be trifled with. Therefore, he was mentally prepared that this battle would likely be a tough one.
However, these ambushes were rather irritating to him; they seemed far too hasty in setting up the ambushes. They should at least wait for their main force to arrive before attacking.
He sent out a hundred men as a vanguard merely to probe the route, yet the enemy attacked immediately. Don't they understand the concept of "casting a long line to catch a big fish"?
If this Heir of Northern Liang is only of this caliber, then perhaps I have overestimated him.
"Ha ha ha ha!"
The Evil Bodhisattva couldn't help but burst into laughter, saying disdainfully, "General, this brat really has no ability whatsoever. He's so impatient; he's truly a piece of trash!"
The others burst into laughter. This ambush was rather absurd; you've completely foolishly exposed yourself.
We must not be careless!
Tuoba Yu shook his head. White Asura was still in Xiliang Commandery. This matter was not so simple. If they were careless, they might suffer losses.
After some thought, I finally made up my mind that I had to eliminate these people lurking in the shadows.
The road to Dayu County is flanked by dense forests, which would allow the enemy to easily ambush us if they were hiding there, putting us in a very passive position.
" Evil Bodhisattva, send three thousand men to eliminate this person!"
"Your subordinate obeys!"
The Evil Bodhisattva nodded and immediately dispatched three thousand men to storm into the dense forest. These men were enough to wipe out the enemies lurking in the shadows.
kill!!
Three thousand men, exuding murderous intent, headed straight for the dense forest.
Tuoba Yu nodded and continued, "Leave another 10,000 men to garrison this place to prevent Li Sansi's men from launching a sneak attack. The rest of you will come with me to attack Xiliang Commandery. Except for Lin Yi, the heir of Heir of Northern Liang, who needs to be captured alive, kill the rest without exception!"
Holy crap!
The mention of this bloodthirsty matter made everyone's blood boil. As long as they stormed into Xiliang Commandery, they would become rich, and there would be beautiful women everywhere.
Only Evil Bodhisattva whispered, "General, isn't 10,000 men a bit too few? It's said that Lin Yi only has 30,000 men. Perhaps we should leave more here to defend against Great Ning!"
In his mind, Prince Li Sansi of Prince of Beining Commandery was a much greater threat than Lin Yi.
Lin Yi didn't have many troops; he only led a little over a thousand men into Xiliang Commandery. Even though he captured quite a few prisoners, they were just a bunch of scattered soldiers, no match for his side at all.
Tuoba Yu shook his head and said in a deep voice, "I have my own arrangements for Little Pine Mountain. Today, all we need to do is raid Xiliang Commandery and cripple the Heir of Northern Liang!"