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Chapter 364 King Yu’s Rebellion
General Xue Yue is one of the few remaining generals in the empire.

Therefore, they are particularly cautious when arranging troops, and their combat style is to seek victory steadily and not to advance easily.

Facing this kind of opponent, Juli Khan also racked his brains and couldn't find any flaws in General Xue Yue.

For several days in a row, Juli Khan was hit by the powerful siege equipment of the Great Yan Empire, and Juli Khan could no longer bear it.

After all, fierce grassland warriors like the Eastern Turks are adapted to fighting in the wild, but this kind of urban offensive and defensive warfare seems a bit inadequate.

In particular, the Ministry of War provided General Xue Yue with a large number of trebuchets, and the shells for the trebuchets could be sourced from local materials in an endless supply.

When huge boulders fell from the sky, the Eastern Turkic warriors were frightened to death.

Xue Yue stood on the high mountain in the distance, looking at the Liaoyang City that was already in the flames of war, and he couldn't help but feel filled with emotion.

This frontier city has a towering and solid city wall. Even if such dense boulders are knocked down, the city wall will still stand.

If Murong Hong had been able to hold on to the city and not fall into the enemy's trap, there would have been no bombardment of Liaoyang City today.

The problem now is that after besieging Liaoyang City, Juli Khan did not go out to fight, but huddled inside, leaving him helpless.

Of course, Juli Khan would not sit still and wait for death. Instead, he sent people to sneak into the Great Yan Empire and made contact with the rebellious King Yu in the east.

King Huainan, Prince Hao and King Wei in the west took refuge with Chen Lin in Hangu Pass because they offered the head of King Lanling.

With this big tree, the three princes now live a stable life, and they also want to discuss a deal with Chen Lin.

For example, holding high the banner of the Murong royal family, integrating local forces from various places, and then competing in the Central Plains, or even dominating the world.

Seeing that everyone else had a backer, King Yu frantically agreed to Juli Khan's conditions and attacked General Xue Yue from both sides.

"General Qi, something bad has happened! King Yu burned our army's food and grass and cut off our logistics support line."

The messenger came in a hurry.

"What? Did this beast join the Turks?"

General Xue Yue suddenly thought that King Yu might have rebelled against the empire.

"General, what should we do now?"

Several of his generals asked at the same time.

"The food and grass are burned, and we no longer have the strength to fight. For this plan, we must quickly retreat to Hesse City or Giessen City."

General Xue Yue made a prompt decision and ordered the withdrawal of troops.

"General Zhou, please lead an army of [-] to seize the rear, and the other generals will lead an army to retreat with me..."

General Xue Yue immediately ordered.

The [-]-strong army that besieged Liaoyang City began to retreat in an orderly manner, thinking of retreating to Heisen City in the rear.

Unfortunately, just as the army retreated, Juli Khan personally led the army to fight out.

At the same time, the Eastern Turkic cavalry ambushing in the periphery also got the message, acted upon the news, and came to kill them.

"Archers prepare! Block the enemy!"

General Zhou ordered loudly.

The elite divisions of the Great Yan Empire cannot be shaken by ordinary people.

Whoosh...

Countless arrows fell from the sky, and the cavalry suddenly fell in large numbers.

"Charge! Charge..."

Juli Khan personally led the troops to attack, and morale was greatly boosted.

After the archers, countless shield soldiers were waiting in formation, and the pikemen's spears were at a 45-degree angle to resist the cavalry charge of the Eastern Turks.

bang bang bang...

With a series of collisions, the cavalry charge was forcibly blocked by a formation of spears.

"Archer ready! Let go!"

General Zhou ordered again.

Swish, swish, swish... Arrows rained down from the sky, covering the sky and the earth, covering the clouds and the sun.

Juli Khan's cavalry was nailed to the ground alive, and countless horses fell in a pool of blood.

"Come here, send the signal and let Tuomu lead the army to attack Xue Yue!"

Juli Khan ordered loudly.

Whoosh!
A signal arrow pierced the sky, erupting into a ball of scorching fire.

"Kill! Kill..."

The Eastern Turkic army, which had been ambushing on the periphery for a long time, rushed out from the rear ramp and attacked the retreating army.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack..."

The soldier roared loudly.

General Xue Yue saw it and immediately gave a loud order.

"The shield soldiers form a formation! The spearmen form a formation! Stop them!"

How could the elite divisions of the Great Yan Empire be defeated so easily?

Countless iron cavalry charged forward and collided with the two-meter-long spear. Many Eastern Turkic warriors were impaled alive. The first round of charge was blocked.

Unfortunately, Xue Yue still underestimated these Turkic warriors, and saw the warriors behind launching another charge.

This time, their horses stepped on the corpses of their companions, leaped over the spear array, and pierced General Xue Yue's army like a sharp sword.

A melee broke out in a long and narrow canyon, and the two sides engaged in life-and-death hand-to-hand combat.

Calabash Valley is a narrow strip connecting Liaoyang City and Heisen City. To say it is a canyon, it is better to say it is a Gobi.

It is small on the outside and round on the inside, which is suitable for ambush the enemy. Previously, Juli Khan was ambushed by Xue Yue here and suffered heavy casualties before retreating to Liaoyang City.

Originally, Xue Yue sent people to garrison here, but now it seems that his army that was garrisoned here before has been destroyed by the enemy.

Otherwise, General Tuomu would not have come out from behind and stopped Xue Yue's army in Hulu Valley.

"General Li, General Sun, you follow this general and fight a bloody path for the army!"

Xue Yue ordered loudly.

The two generals were his capable generals, and they immediately led their subordinates towards the exit.

General Takumu deployed heavy troops at the exit, and there were also a large number of archers.

The huge gourd mouth has now become a meat grinder.

The elite divisions of the Great Yan Empire did not live up to their reputation. Instead, they used shield soldiers and spearmen to clear the way, followed by archers, and started a close contest with the enemy.

Whoosh...

The sky was filled with arrows, and the ground was covered. The other side immediately fired back, and suddenly a large number of soldiers from both sides fell down.

General Xue Yue followed the two main generals and rushed over with his own cavalry, making sure to open the gap in Hulu Valley.

"Kill! Kill..."

General Xue Yue took the lead and launched the charge.

Both sides had suffered heavy casualties. The ground was littered with corpses and the corpses of war horses, and blood pooled into rivers.

With continuous consumption, General Takumu's main army obviously suffered heavy casualties, and the Turkic warriors were not good at this kind of offensive and defensive warfare.

The most depressing thing is that General Takumu has too few shield soldiers, especially the giant shield soldiers more than two meters high.

Most of the shields they use are small bucklers, which are only suitable for cavalry combat and against ordinary archers.

However, most of the soldiers of the Great Yan Empire held giant shields that could block enemy bows and arrows.

Therefore, in the bow and arrow duel, the soldiers of the Great Yan Empire were completely victorious.

Seeing that the time was right, Xue Yue immediately led his cavalry to charge.

The two generals immediately gave way to the comrade in the middle, and the cavalry rushed towards General Takumu's army like a whirlwind.

(End of this chapter)