The emperor is biased and wants to kill me, but you chickened out when the army is at the city gates

Chapter 32 The Tu Lan Army Retreats!

At the south city gate tower, only half an hour after the battle began, the Tu Lan army, taking advantage of the sacrifice of its cavalry, had already advanced to within about fifty meters of the city wall.

With the help of dozens of infantrymen, several massive siege ladders had already been erected and leaned against the city wall.

The Shence Army soldiers on the city wall were already bloodthirsty, ignoring the arrows raining down from below, and kept firing at the enemy on the ladders.

With screams of agony, Jurchen soldiers fell one after another from the siege ladder.

Some died instantly from the fall, while others suffered severe injuries and screamed in pain.

Despite the military orders, the Jurchen soldiers continued to climb the ladders without fear of death.

Finally, after a fierce battle, a ladder on the right side of the city wall was successfully used to reach the top.

But as soon as the three Jurchen soldiers landed, Shence Army soldiers charged at them with swords drawn.

The two sides clashed instantly, and one of the Shence Army soldiers was the first to fall due to exhaustion.

Seeing their comrades fall in battle, the other Shence Army soldiers were energized and charged forward recklessly.

In just two or three moves, a Jurchen soldier had his head chopped off.

But the Shence Army soldier was also badly injured, taking a knife to the shoulder.

At this moment, however, such injuries could not stop their desire to kill each other. Another Jurchen soldier fell, but more Jurchen soldiers were already climbing up the ladder.

In the distance, a slight smile finally appeared on Gulna's usually tense face.

The Shence Army's swift defeat confirmed his suspicions—the Shence Army was already exhausted.

Tu Lan burst into laughter: "Grand Preceptor, your strategy of exhausting the army is indeed effective. I think those Shence Army soldiers don't even have half of their previous fighting strength."

"No matter how powerful the Shence Army is, they are still just flesh and blood. We besieged the city for seven days, and they are hungry and exhausted. This battle..."

Gourner was about to feel smug when his expression suddenly changed.

"What's going on?"

His eyes bulged out, as if he had seen a ghost. Even Tu Lan was shocked and subconsciously asked, "A cavalry charge?"

At the south gate of the city, the gate, which had been tightly closed, suddenly opened, and a cavalry force charged into the battlefield like a whirlwind.

The Tulan Army's infantry battalion never dreamed that the Shence Army would dare to open the city gates at this time.

Fully armed cavalry charged into the crowd like wild beasts, rampaging through everything in their path.

At the same time, more cavalry were swarming out, tearing several gaps in the battlefield.

"Fire arrows!"

On the city wall, Qin Xuan, who should have been in the north city, suddenly appeared and gave an angry order.

Countless arrows rained down on the heads of the Tulan army like a dense, impenetrable storm.

In the blink of an eye, hundreds and thousands of Tulan soldiers fell to the ground.

"How dare he?"

Gourner fell into a brief daze.

Everyone knows that the city gates should not be opened lightly when defending a city, but Qin Xuan did the opposite. Could there be a conspiracy here?

"Dare to engage me in a cavalry charge? My Tulan Army is the king of cavalry."

Enraged, Tu Lan gave the order, and 20,000 Tu Lan cavalrymen immediately charged out.

However, he overlooked one point: at this moment, the battle formations on the battlefield were: infantry battalions in front, archer battalions in the middle, and siege battalions in the rear.

If Tulan's cavalry battalion wanted to charge forward, they would inevitably clash with the siege battalion and the archer battalion, and might even accidentally injure their own soldiers.

"Something's not right! The fighting strength of this batch of Shence Army soldiers is off."

Gulna seemed to have grasped something crucial and suddenly shouted, "Tulan, there's a problem. These Shence Army soldiers who have charged out show no signs of exhaustion whatsoever."

Upon hearing this, Tu Lan realized what was happening, but his murderous intent had already been aroused, and he instinctively asked, "So what?"

"If the Shence Army has always been at its peak, then what has been the point of our seven-day siege?"

"Furthermore, Qin Xuan is a military genius; he would never make such a basic mistake as leaving the main gate wide open!"

"More importantly, he was supposed to be guarding the North City, so why did he appear in the South City?"

Gulna's series of questions annoyed Tulan, but at the same time, he couldn't help but worry.

"Have the Great Qi Allied Forces already reached the city walls?"

Gulna quickly summoned a scout, who replied tremblingly, "Reporting to the Grand Preceptor, half an hour ago, the Great Qi Allied Forces were still more than a hundred meters away from the city wall."

"Go investigate again immediately." Gurna felt extremely uneasy.

Although the Daqi Allied Forces were not as strong as the Tulan Army, the key was that the enemy had a force of 150,000. No matter how weak they were, it was impossible that they hadn't even reached the city walls by now, unless the Daqi Allied Forces were just putting on a show.

Upon thinking of this, Gourner's face instantly turned pale.

"Damn it, how come the Shence Army has so many troops?"

Suddenly, Tulan's angry curse caught Gulna's attention.

Gulna turned around abruptly, only to find that the Tulan army, which had rushed in when the city gate opened, was now being slowly driven back out.

Long spears, like the scythe of death, swiftly reaped the Tulan soldiers who had stormed into the city.

It turned out to be a group of well-equipped spearmen who, after rushing out of the city, lined up in a row, forming a huge square formation.

From a distance, this formation likely numbers no less than ten thousand people.

Gurna's pupils contracted, and when he looked up again, he saw that all the Jurchen soldiers on the city wall had died in battle, and in their place were the Shence Army, densely packed, as if the entire city wall could not contain them.

"Report!"

At this moment, the scout returned again and said urgently, "The Great Qi Allied Army infantry is retreating..."

These words struck like a bolt from the blue. Gulna immediately roared, "Tulan, withdraw your troops immediately! This is a conspiracy by the Great Qi. If we don't leave now, we will be attacked from both sides."

"That's impossible! The Emperor of Daqi clearly sent an envoy, and besides, for the past seven days, the Daqi allied forces have been doing the same thing as us..."

Tu Lan wanted to retort, but suddenly the sound of horses' hooves and shouts of battle came from the west side of the army.

Under the cover of darkness, Tu Lan could only see a large group of dark figures rushing toward the side of the army at an extremely fast speed.

"Haven't you realized yet? This is all a trap set by the Great Qi from beginning to end, with the sole purpose of wiping out our Tulan Army in one fell swoop."

Gourner was frantic and shouted:

"If the Shence Army had really been besieged by the Great Qi Alliance for seven days, they wouldn't have the fighting strength they have now."

"Moreover, the south city only has 30,000 garrison troops, but look at the situation right now, the cavalry and spearmen who have just charged out number close to 30,000, not to mention the archers and infantry that fill the city walls?"

"You heard what the scout said earlier. How many people are there in the Shence Army? Why are they all showing up in the South City? Have they abandoned the North City?"

"This is all a conspiracy. The North City is just a show. The Shence Army must have moved all its forces to the South City."

Tu Lan was shocked, his face turned pale, and he said urgently, "Pass down the order to retreat immediately!"