Since its establishment, the Standing Army has never been in such a difficult situation.
Under the cover of artillery fire, they successfully broke out of the encirclement, but at the cost of losing their artillery and their vehicles.
Nowadays, apart from the guns in their hands, they are no longer much different from the original troops in this world.
But that's not the worst.
Although they broke out of the encirclement, their opponents were still chasing after them.
A messenger came to report: "Report, military lord, the troops of Shaguo and Gao Lin are chasing us!"
Yang Yunzhao asked: "In which direction is the army of Sha Kingdom?"
"north!"
"North?" Yang Yunzhao's eyes were stern: "Are you sure?"
"Sure!"
Without artillery, the coalition forces no longer had to cover their whereabouts. This time they really raised their flags and pursued them with great fanfare.
Yang Yunzhao looked ugly: "It's really in the north! This makes no sense."
Zhou Xiuan said dissatisfied: "Military leader, is it meaningful to still consider this now?"
"Shut up!" Yang Yunzhao shouted: "The key to victory or defeat now lies with Sha Zonghan. If you don't know what he wants, you can't win."
Zhou Xiuan was not polite anymore: "He wants us to die!"
The prestige of a general is based on victory!
Although Yang Yunzhao led everyone to break out of the encirclement, the loss of artillery, a powerful weapon, was a major blow to the morale of the troops. This was reflected in the fact that senior generals were able to resist.
Yang Yunzhao understands and doesn't blame him.
He knew that his miscalculation had lowered his prestige in a sense.
But now is not the time to focus on that.
Looking back to the north, he murmured: "If there is a problem, there must be a problem!"
Fortunately, Xue Fangqing said in time: "Soldiers should not care about temporary gains and losses, but have to believe in Commander Yang. Commander Yang, why do you think Sha Kingdom is important in the north?"
Yang Yunzhao took a long breath and said: "The four-nation coalition knew the range of our artillery. In order to avoid being attacked by artillery, they hid their bodies, so setting up flags was an unquestionable act. Even if they set up fake camps to deceive our artillery fire, it would be meaningless.
! Because we were not fooled. But Sha Zonghan’s imperial flag has never changed in the north! If his troops are not in the north, it is pure tactical fraud. But the fact is, he is in the north. So what is the point of such fraud?
What does it mean? Isn't he afraid that a cannonball will miss and hit him? Then, tell me why?"
Xue Fangqing looked at him blankly: "Why...could it be..."
Yang Yunzhao nodded: "Just to tell me that he is in the north, and also to remind me not to try to break out from the north."
Everyone was stunned.
Xue Fangqing was the first to understand what Yang Yunzhao meant: "He knows that you will see that there is something wrong with him?"
Yang Yunzhao nodded: "Yes. He is giving me hints. He wants to tell me something, but he can't say it clearly. He can only use this method to make me not attack him."
Sun Lingguang, who caught up behind him, said: "That's why you judge that he will restore the water source? Do you think he is helping us?"
Zhou Xiuan said angrily: "But he didn't do that."
Yang Yunzhao was helpless: "That's the problem. Everything in front of me, my judgment was correct. Sha Zonghan deliberately delayed the war and gave us a chance. All of this was correct, until now, it suddenly changed!"
Lin Zhongyue asked: "Why do you think he knows that you know?"
Yang Yunzhao replied: "He didn't go to grab the artillery."
The duel between masters, in a sense, has a feeling of spiritual connection.
After Yang Yunzhao decided to abandon the artillery, he arranged explosives there.
If Sha Zonghan was fooled, then all previous speculations were that he underestimated his opponent.
But the fact is that Sha Zonghan did not.
He induced Yang Yunzhao to attack the west, attack the Rong Kingdom, and bomb the Wu Kingdom, but he did not go north or south.
In the south is Gao Lin's army, and Yue Ziyun is a lonely man. Yang Yunzhao does not attack him, but he has high hopes.
But since the four-nation coalition forces are all hidden, you must ensure that Yang Yunzhao will choose the opponent he wants you to choose.
Sha Zonghan did it, and so did Yang Yunzhao.
They are like a pair of lovers, even though they are not face-to-face, they are in touch with each other.
Only in this breakout, Sha Zonghan showed no mercy.
He did not give up, and all the tactical arrangements were optimal. Although this allowed Yang Yunzhao to break through, it also forced him to give up his artillery. This in itself was a huge victory. Now he is chasing after him all the way.
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What was originally a tacit understanding suddenly turned into I guessed your heart wrongly, and turned into a misunderstanding that was not good at all. This was a huge blow even to Yang Yunzhao himself.
He couldn't figure out what the problem was.
And now, he will continue to face the pursuit of the four-nation coalition forces.
After a vicious pursuit, Sha Zonghan's troops had no intention of letting him go, and there was no so-called defection.
"What should we do now?" Everyone was helpless.
Yang Yunzhao took a deep breath: "We can only run away first."
At this moment, a messenger hurriedly rushed over: "Military Commander, the troops of Sha Guo and Gao Lin were found ahead!"
What?
Everyone was shocked.
Yang Yunzhao's eyes also darkened.
It is normal for military encirclement to have multiple lines of defense.
But the premise is that you either have enough troops to set up defenses, or you know the opponent's key breakthrough direction.
The era of cold weapons is not like modern warfare, where 10,000 people can set up a defense line of tens or hundreds of kilometers, which will only give the opponent every opportunity to defeat it.
Four hundred thousand people may seem like a lot, but they are facing a mighty army.
If you want to deal with the Imperial Army, even if they are dispersed to deal with firearms, they cannot be dispersed like later generations, not to mention that they do not have such rich experience in dealing with them - they can't even dig trenches.
In this case, there will be a second blockade ahead, with only one explanation.
Sha Zonghan accurately predicted the direction of Yang Yunzhao's breakthrough!
This made Yang Yunzhao's eyes darken: "So, he did everything on purpose? Did he lie to me? Did I fall into his trap after all?"
He murmured.
He could find a hundred reasons to point out that Sha Zonghan's actions were unreasonable, but the reality was that he was tricked by Sha Zonghan.
The price he paid for abandoning artillery was to jump from one ambush circle to another.
Even for Yang Yunzhao, this was another huge blow.
Xue Fangqing grabbed Yang Yunzhao's shoulders: "Master Yang, you can't be discouraged! We believe in you!"
As she spoke, she looked at everyone: "Tell me, do you believe the military leader?"
Everyone shouted at the same time: "We trust the military leader!"
Yang Yunzhao looked at everyone's eyes. At this moment, even Zhou Xiu'an's eyes on him became firm.
Perhaps Yang Yunzhao made a mistake, but it is no longer important.
The important thing is that the only person you can trust here is still him!
Yang Yunzhao took a long breath, tears gradually filling his eyes: "Thank you brothers for trusting me, Yang Yunzhao. In this case, Yunzhao will continue to lead everyone to attack."
As he spoke, he pointed forward: "There is no other way now. When the two armies meet, the brave one wins, charge!"
"rush!!!"
Everyone yelled at the same time.
A close-quarters breakout battle finally began again.