readytorunbook Chapter 829 Fang Ruhai's Defeat
Chapter 829 Fang Ruhai's Defeat
What allowed Li Kaigu to break through the defense was the 50,000-strong army of the Left Yingyang Guard. In the midst of heavy siege, with a force far inferior to that of the Left and Right Yuqin Guards, he used a life-for-life strategy to defeat the 30,000-strong army of the Left and Right Yuqin Guards.
You know, from the very beginning, Li Kaigu intended to turn Zuo Yingyangwei into a tired army.
This plan and that plan were used several times, causing great trouble to the Zuo Yingyangwei army.
The Yuqian Guards on both sides were either waiting for the enemy to tire themselves out or setting up an ambush.
Even so, there were still more than 30,000 casualties.
Li Kaigu looked up to the sky and sighed, "Fang Ruhai is truly a renowned general!"
Fifty thousand versus nearly a hundred thousand.
It was a tired army that had been ambushed twice within two quarters of an hour.
And it can still achieve such a high battle-to-damage ratio.
If he were not a famous general, it would be impossible for him to lead the army to achieve such a victory.
If Li Kaigu brought the left and right Yuqian guards with him, he would face the entire 100,000-strong army of the Zuoyingyang guards.
Even if he had the ability, he would never dare to guarantee victory over Fang Ruhai.
"Old General, you lose!"
Suppressing the discomfort in his heart, Li Kaigu rode his horse forward and spoke to Fang Ruhai.
Fang Ruhai's eyes turned red with anger. He looked up at Li Kaigu and sneered.
"Li Kaigu, you win!"
"After all, I couldn't defeat you, old man!"
"I underestimated you and thought you were incompetent."
Fang Ruhai lowered his head and looked around again and again.
Besides corpses and weapons, there were also the left and right Yuqin Guard armies surrounding him.
"I have been a soldier for half my life, and I have only made a mistake once, and that time was you, Li Kaigu."
"It's just like the saying goes, one incompetent general can tire out a thousand troops!"
He looked at Li Kaigu and raised his sword.
"Come on, Li Kaigu, take my head and go achieve the reputation of a famous general!"
"I wanted to kill the enemy, but I was powerless to save the situation. I deserved my death!"
"kill!"
He let out an angry roar, holding a big knife in both hands, and rushed towards Li Kaigu.
None of Fang Ruhai's personal soldiers were cowards. They raised their weapons, followed Fang Ruhai, and killed Li Kaigu.
Li Kaigu closed his eyes and said:
"Shoot them!"
The archer stepped forward, drew his bow and arrow, aimed at Fang Ruhai and his group, and shot.
Hundreds of sounds of breaking air were heard, and Fang Ruhai was hit by fourteen arrows and fell on the way to Li Kaigu.
None of his personal soldiers were spared and all died under the rain of arrows.
"Collect the bodies here and bury them!" said Li Kaigu.
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The news of Fang Ruhai's defeat in Xuzhou spread throughout the 19 states of Jiangdong at an extremely fast speed, like autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves.
Li Xiaoyi, who was confronting Zhang Renyuan, became anxious and began to shrink his defense line, retreating from Fuzhou to Jianzhou overnight.
By the time Zhang Renyuan's army discovered the abnormality, the 100,000-strong army of the Left and Right Eagle Guards had already left quietly.
"This old fox!"
Zhang Renyuan spat and had to order his soldiers to march towards Jianzhou overnight.
His goal was to delay Li Xiaoyi so that he could not provide support to other places.
If Li Xiaoyi had traveled a long distance to Fuzhou and given Li Kaigu a severe beating, wouldn't Li Kaigu have died in Fuzhou?
Based on Zhang Renyuan's understanding of Li Xiaoyi and Li Kaigu, even if Li Kaigu had twice as many troops as Li Xiaoyi, he would never be able to defeat Li Xiaoyi.
Not to mention that Li Xiaoyi now has an army of 100,000, and the news from Li Kaigu said that after the Battle of Fuzhou, his army of 95,000 was reduced to more than 60,000.
With such a disparity in military strength, Li Xiaoyi could easily bury Li Kaigu in Fuzhou.
However, what Zhang Renyuan didn't know was that Li Xiaoyi thought about it for a long time and finally gave up the idea of rushing into Fuzhou to find Li Kaigu.
Because he couldn't be sure whether Li Kaigu was still in Fuzhou.
If Li Kaigu led his army south to Quanzhou, he would never give up blocking Zhang Renyuan's 200,000 troops and go directly south to Quanzhou.
If he did that, he would be a big idiot.
In Suzhou, Li Cunxi also got Li Kaigu's battle report. He fought with nearly 100,000 people against 50,000 people, and finally lost more than 30,000 before he completely killed the enemy. Such a casualty ratio is quite terrifying.
Li Cunxi, who was less than 20 years old, finally understood the horror of the battlefield.
The exhausted army was ambushed twice, but was still able to burst out with such amazing combat power. It is conceivable how terrifying the combat power of the remaining 100,000 troops of the Left and Right Eagle Guards can be under Li Xiaoyi's command.
"How's the contact with Zhang Yi going?" He handed the battle report to King Liang Wu Yanhao and asked casually.
"Zhang Yi said that if Wu Sansi fled to Suzhou after his defeat, he would be captured alive." Wu Yanhao spread out the battle report, astonished. "The combat effectiveness of the Zuo Yingyang Guard is surprisingly terrifying."
"Yes, we were surrounded by an army of 100,000, and yet over 30,000 of them died in battle."
Li Kaigu enjoyed a great reputation in history and was also a figure of high status in the Wu Zhou Dynasty. Yet, he unexpectedly won a tragic victory over an unknown Fang Ruhai.
It's unbelievable.
"Hiss, after Fang Ruhai's entire army was annihilated, if Wu Sansi wants to support the southern states of the Nineteen States of Jiangdong, he can only send Yang Dacheng."
"If General Yang Dacheng also died in Fuzhou, Quanzhou, and Jianzhou, Cunxi, what do you say..."
There was a gleam in Wu Yanhao's eyes.
The pseudo-Wu regime had only three generals with names.
One is General Li Xiaoyi, one is General Fang Ruhai, and the last one is General Yang Dacheng.
After Fang Ruhai's death, the pseudo-Wu regime had no choice but to send Yang Dacheng to stop Li Kaigu.
What Li Xiaoyi had to do was to stop Zhang Renyuan's 100,000-strong army and then look for an opportunity for a decisive battle.
But Zhang Renyuan did not give Li Xiaoyi this opportunity, so the two sides kept dragging it out.
But what if Yang Dacheng also died.
Li Xiaoyi is absolutely unable to handle everything!
"Think of a way to have Li Kaigu kill Yang Dacheng as well."
Li Cunxi frowned and looked up at the counselors sitting below.
Xuguzi closed his eyes and pretended to hear nothing. Yuan Tiangang lowered his head and immediately snoring sounds were heard.
Only Luo Binwang thought carefully and proposed:
"How about a decapitation operation?"
Xuguzi and Yuan Tiangang were no longer sleepy at once, and sat up straight, ready to listen to Luo Binwang's insights.
"Tell me more specifically."
"Yes." Luo Binwang nodded. "When we received the intelligence, Wu Sansi had probably also received the news. In order to consolidate his position, he would definitely send Yang Dacheng to Wenzhou!"
Everyone's eyes immediately turned to the map.
The two states bordering Fuzhou to the north are Wenzhou and Jianzhou.
Li Xiaoyi went straight to Jianzhou, leaving only Wenzhou unguarded.
If Li Kaigu had marched into Wenzhou regardless of the consequences, it would have been too late to stop him now. But the problem was that Li Xiaoyi did not march into Wenzhou immediately.
Wu Yanhao: "You mean, we take advantage of Yang Dacheng and his tens of thousands of Right Eagle Guard troops leaving to launch a surprise attack on Shanyin County in Yuezhou?"