Wu Sangui knew a lot about the Qing army, while Wu Qi only knew that the other party had 200,000 troops.
However, Wu Qi knew Wu Sangui, but Wu Sangui thought that he knew Wu Qi very well, but he had misunderstood him.
In his opinion, Wu Qi was just a fledgling child who had some foundation in martial arts. His use in a war with hundreds of thousands of people as units was limited. Now that the experienced Banner Lords of the two flags were dead, even if Wu Qi was still alive, he did not think he could play any big tricks.
Wu Sangui also had 200,000 soldiers, split into three groups, 50,000 on the left, 50,000 on the right, and 100,000 in the middle.
Under Wu Sangui's command, the 50,000 Left Army troops marched in and slowly entered the city. However, they did not encounter any resistance along the way and successfully entered Yue Yang City.
Seeing that they were safe and sound, Wu Sangui was completely relieved.
"Haha, we have conquered a large area of land along the way, but we did not cause any major military damage to the Qing Dynasty. This time, the 200,000-strong army is gone all of a sudden.”Wu Sangui smiled.
"Congratulations, Father." Wu Ying Xiong was congratulating him from the side. However, the moment he said this, his eyeballs almost fell out.
Because he realized that the city gate was already closed.
Wu Sangui's face turned pale." Not good! We've been tricked!"
Wu Ying Xiong also reacted quickly and panicked," What should we do?”
Just as the father and son were anxious, Wu Qi appeared on the city gate tower. His voice was mixed with internal strength as he shouted,"Ping Xiwang, thank you for the 50,000 heads, hahahaha!”
"Little thief!" Wu Sangui gritted his teeth in hatred.
Wu Qi used the Jingu Staff to enhance his hearing and heard Wu Sangui's words. He could not help but mock,"What's wrong? Ping Xiwang? Aren't you going to save your brothers who fell into the trap?”
"Sinister thief!" Wu Sangui was so angry that he glared at him. However, he did not dare to attack rashly because he had already realized that his interpretation of Wu Qi had made a serious mistake.
"Hehe, when two armies fight, it is not a street brawl. Strategy is important. How did I become a sinister person by using strategies? Wasn't Ping Xiwang scolding him as well?”
Wu Sangui was speechless because Wu Qi's words were the truth.
After Wu Qi replied, he turned around and looked at the rebel soldiers who were scurrying around in the city. Then, he waved his hand." Release the arrows!”
Weng!
The 30,000 archers fired their arrows at the same time. They were as dense as raindrops and fell on the rebel soldiers in the city.
In the blink of an eye, a large number of people had died in the gaps between the shields. There were at least three thousand of them, if not five thousand.
Weng! Weng! Buzz!
Arrows and arrows were fired continuously as if they were free. More and more rebels fell. In the end, there were less than 10,000 people left, but most of them had injuries of varying severity.
At this point, the defensive surface of the shield was enough, and the damage that the bow could do was limited.
At the same time, the threat they could pose to Wu Qi's side was also limited. Wu Qi was unwilling to create more useless killings.
"General Zhang, General Chen, take 30,000 soldiers and surrender!”
"Yes, sir!" Wu Sangui had lost 50,000 men in the first battle. At this point, no one was unconvinced by Wu Qi.
Soon, the surrender was over, and Wu Sangui, who was on the other side, had no choice but to return to the camp.
At this moment, a group of middle-ranked and high-ranked generals walked up to him and couldn't help but praise him." The marshal is really the reincarnation of Zhuge."
"Destroying Wu Sangui's 50,000 men in one move is truly miraculous.”
Wu Qi was still very comfortable listening to these bootlickers.
After secretly enjoying himself for a while, Wu Qi waved his hand and said,"You flatter me, but how can I be compared to Zhuge Liang? Alright, let's get down to business. Today's battle is not over yet.”
Hearing Wu Qi's words, everyone looked at each other and asked in confusion,"Haven't we already retreated?"
Hearing this, Wu Qi also understood. No matter how much these guys flattered him, subconsciously, they still thought that it was already good enough for him to guard Yue Yang and not let Wu Sangui enter the pass.
There was an old saying that only when one had three times the number of enemies could one attack a camp. But now, Wu Sangui's army was not only three times that of Wu Qi's, but even fewer than Wu Qi's. Under such circumstances, he only wanted to protect the city. To Wu Qi, it was a humiliation.
In the blink of an eye, Wu Qi's expression turned a little ugly. What I want is annihilation! Only by completely pacifying the chaos and ending the war as soon as possible could the people return to peace as soon as possible!”
The generals did not know what was wrong with Wu Qi. His expression changed as he spoke, but they still could not help but persuade him,"Marshal, I'm afraid it'll be difficult for us to win if we face them head-on.”
Wu Qi asked back," Why not? We have 200,000 troops while the enemy only has 150,000. Furthermore, the enemy has just suffered a great defeat and their morale has plummeted. With all these advantages, how can we not win?”
" This…" The commander hesitated. They did not dare to say that Wu Qi only had the ability to defend the city. The previous two Banner Lords had been a good example.
"There's no need to discuss anymore. We can fight a head-on battle now.”Wu Qi was too lazy to say anything. In the army, military orders were important. In the face of all kinds of advantages, these people only needed to obey orders and be willing to listen to commands.
"Alright then." The generals did not dare to disobey, but they added,"However, it's best to do this at night.”
"There's no need for that. We have to kill our way out now. Otherwise, half of our high morale will be gone! We'll lose a bit of an advantage, and we'll definitely cause more casualties than if we go at night.”Wu Qi said.
"As ordered!" The soldiers said no more.
"Leave the city! Get into formation!" Wu Qi shouted.
With a single order, only 30,000 of the 200,000 soldiers remained in the city. The remaining 170,000 were all outside the city. They formed 17 square formations of 10,000 soldiers and steadily advanced towards the rebel camp.
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