0p0 Chapter 190 The Northern Barbarian Army storms into Cangzhou Prefecture!
Chapter 190 The Northern Barbarian Army storms into Cangzhou Prefecture!
Commander Chen directly seized control of the Yongzhou army, while also controlling the Yongzhou prefect as a puppet to work for him, and proclaiming himself General of Might and Valor.
Even after the Yongzhou Army and the Qingzhou Army merged, they only numbered 70,000.
Just as the two armies were integrated, the Northern Barbarian army attacked!
General Chen looked at the hundreds of thousands of Northern Barbarian troops densely packed below the city and had no intention of resisting.
Under the cover of night, after emptying the granaries, he led his army to retreat directly to Lizhou and took over Bingzhou.
The troops in Lizhou and Bingzhou were few, totaling only 10,000, but General Chen had completely emptied the city of all its grain and provisions.
Behind them was the most important Cangzhou Prefecture, with a military force of up to 150,000.
With the Northern Barbarian army ahead, General Chen decisively chose to lead his troops to flee into the mountains.
They intended to send the Northern Barbarian army directly to confront the Cangzhou Prefecture army, while they themselves watched from the sidelines.
General Chen's betrayal.
This directly led to the large-scale massacre of the people of Yongzhou, Lizhou, and Bingzhou by the Northern Barbarian army.
Very few civilians managed to escape.
The secret letters and battle reports from Cheng Zongyi, the prefect of Cangzhou, were sent back to the capital one after another, but received no response whatsoever.
Without food and troop support, the only imperial edict they received was to defend Cangzhou to the death and not allow anyone to enter the city.
As the northern barbarian army continued to approach.
Cheng Zongyi, the prefect of Cangzhou, felt increasingly desperate!
but.
Cangzhou Prefecture is the last stronghold of the capital. If Cangzhou falls, then the Great Yong Dynasty will be finished.
Cangzhou Prefecture has a unique geographical location, making it an excellent place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack.
Therefore, Cheng Zongyi firmly believed that His Majesty would not stand idly by and hand over his empire to others.
The Northern Barbarian army suffered almost no losses and easily advanced into the heart of Dayong.
"General, according to news from our allies, the troops from Qingzhou to Bingzhou have not been incorporated into Cangzhou Prefecture."
"Cangzhou Prefecture only has 150,000 troops. Once our other two armies return, we should be able to break through Cangzhou Prefecture very soon."
The deputy general Engel handed the letter he had just received to General Bogda for review.
"Hmm, any news about Torre and Bagtu? How long until they can rejoin us?"
"There is no news of Torre yet, but Bagtu sent word that he has reached Wuzhou Prefecture and should be able to join us in about three days."
"Three days is too long. Our supplies won't last long. Let him finish this quickly and come to join us."
"And that damned bastard, he actually emptied out several cities."
"They cut off our supply lines, they deserve to die! Have you found out who did it?" Bogda asked, suppressing his anger.
"Reporting to the general, we have found out. Our ally said that a captain surnamed Chen from Qingzhou devised a plan to annex the military forces of several prefectures, and then disappeared after appearing in Bingzhou."
"Hmph, what a clown! He actually dares to try to make me fight Cangzhou first to deplete our forces, hoping to be the one to stalk the cicada from behind? He'll have to agree to that first!"
Bogda quickly guessed what Captain Chen was thinking and dismissed it with disdain.
"General, you are wise. I have already sent men to gather information about that army in the surrounding area. I believe we will have results soon," Engel flattered.
Hiding a massive force of nearly 100,000 soldiers is by no means an easy task.
With just a little time, you can quickly find the traces left by the other party.
"Don't be idle these next few days. Gather grass in every available spot around here. I need plenty of provisions to prepare for the final battle," Bogda ordered emotionlessly.
"Yes, General! I take my leave!"
the other side.
After being bombarded repeatedly by Shen Shuli, the Torei army was utterly defeated by the Qinzhou army.
Of the 30,000 strong northern barbarian soldiers, only 8,000 escaped.
They didn't even have time to retrieve the provisions they were carrying; they were all seized by the Qinzhou army.
General Torre was ambushed and lost a leg. He suffered severe internal injuries, and his condition kept recurring and failed to heal.
The person is still in a coma.
To care for Torre's injuries, the team temporarily retreated to Yingze County to recuperate for several days.
The army is temporarily under the joint command of Vice General Xiongta and Wun.
Qinzhou possessed so many highly lethal hidden weapons that the army was reduced to only eight thousand men, making it impossible for them to take Qinzhou Prefecture.
Their only option was to turn back and rejoin the main force from the Yongzhou direction.
The road towards Yongzhou has already been cleared by Bogda.
With no obstacles along the way, Torre's army moved quickly and successfully arrived in Bingzhou, where they were about to join the main force.
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Beijing.
The Su family, the Shen family, and the bodyguards almost fully recovered from their injuries after two days of rest.
Over the past two days, Shen Shuli has used diluted spiritual spring water and spiritual spring medicinal wine on all the wounded.
In the evening, Shen Yuebai, Su Pingan, Shen Ziqian, and Shen Zihao will each have a private medicinal bath in the spiritual spring water.
Just two days.
The four have changed a lot.
Su Ping'an's already strong physique became even more powerful after being tempered by the spiritual spring water.
Even their comprehension has improved considerably.
He has learned all the moves that Shen Shuli had previously taught Su Pingan.
He even mastered the basics of the Fire Cloud Technique.
He made the fastest progress among the four.
Shen Ziqian and Shen Zihao are of similar talent, and their progress is similar.
The oldest, Shen Yuebai, was the slowest.
However, he had been practicing martial arts for a long time and had a solid foundation, so his comprehension of the techniques was actually faster than that of Shen Ziqian and Shen Zihao.
He is the second person, after Su Ping'an, to have mastered the Fire Cloud Technique.
Shen Ziqian and Shen Zihao still haven't gotten anywhere.
After this crisis
The two families once again witnessed the horrors of humanity.
I originally thought that bandits and the like were already a difficult group to deal with.
Unexpectedly, there are even more unfathomable masters of internal martial arts than the crude and vulgar mountain bandits.
The gap between the two sides is so huge!
No one needs to urge them.
Regardless of age or gender, everyone is making time to exercise.
Even the exceptionally spoiled Shen Ziyu felt a sense of lingering fear after facing several crises.
His spoiled nature subsided somewhat, and in order to save his own life, he diligently ran laps around the yard to exercise.
And these two days.
Shen Shuli would go to the prison cell every morning to bring food to Mu Wanjun.
However, Shen Shuli noticed that Mu Wanjun's facial injuries were not healing faster; the wounds remained terrifying and gruesome, showing no signs of healing.
"What's wrong with your face? The spiritual spring water I gave you didn't work?" Shen Shuli asked, puzzled, and couldn't help but question the effectiveness of the spiritual spring water.
"I'm useless. We're still in the capital. I'm worried that if I recover too quickly, someone will find out and send me to that kind of place again. It's better to wait until we're far away from the capital before seeking treatment," Mu Wanjun explained nonchalantly.
Upon hearing this, Shen Shuli couldn't help but feel sorry for her best friend.
"Alright, you've thought this through. By the way, how's Xie Chengyuan's injury?" Shen Shuli asked.
She came to the prison specifically to see Princess Anrong, and did not want to have any public involvement with the Xie family.
Therefore, he never lingered in front of the male prisoners' cells, and he wouldn't even glance at them.
"I don't know, and I didn't ask any further, but I did have my father secretly give Xie Chengyuan the spiritual spring water you gave him, which should at least save his life." Mu Wanjun's chubby cheeks were filled with worry.
"You're so generous. I gave it to you, and you gave it to someone else. Here, this water pouch is full of pure water. Use it as you see fit."
Shen Shuli gave her best friend a water pouch before leaving the cell.