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Chapter 1039 - 1039 500 Strongest Gu Family Army (First Update)
Chapter 1039 - 1039 500 Strongest Gu Family Army (First Update)
?Chapter 1039: 500 Strongest Gu Family Army! (First Update) Chapter 1039: 500 Strongest Gu Family Army! (First Update) The battle for Yuegu City saw heavy losses on both sides, with Zhan Country’s forces even more depleted. However, they had the numbers to quickly replenish their ranks.
Perhaps because the conquest of the previous three cities had been too easy, when Rong Fu led an army of twenty thousand to attack Yuegu City, he actually felt it was an overkill.
He was well aware of Yuegu City’s military deployment; the total guards and constables from all the government offices barely exceeded two thousand, and even with the addition of temporarily conscripted able-bodied men, their numbers were no more than five thousand. Plus, Tang Yueshan had spirited away two thousand five hundred soldiers from Ye City, making a total force of just over seven thousand.
Out of these seven thousand, Rong Fu carefully did the calculus; the two thousand five hundred troops of the imperial army had been starved for three days and nights when captured, their strength severely drained, and were then forced to march dozens of miles. Their combat power had plummeted. Moreover, the over two thousand conscripts lacked the training and quality of soldiers, Amounting to practically a death sentence on the battlefield.
To put it bluntly, compared to the robust and mighty forces of Zhan Country, these few thousand were nothing more than the old and infirm!
Yet it was this very group of “wounded and crippled” that had held out against Zhan Country’s twenty thousand-strong army for three days and four nights!
From where did these fellows draw their strength?!
This was no longer about not fearing death but holding onto some powerful, unshakable belief in their hearts. It was as if they would use their bodies as barricades at the city gates and walls to stop the invading forces even in death.
Rong Fu, as the commander of this campaign, had been attentively monitoring the siege from atop his warhorse below the city tower. The city gate had already been breached, and their mighty army was pouring in; Zhan Country’s forces wouldn’t last much longer.
The city tower, on the other hand, was proving to be more troublesome.
He had always been aware that Tang Yueshan was somewhat capable, but he never expected him to be this capable.
Among the three renowned generals of Zhan Country, the one best at military strategy was Old Duke Gu Chao, the most shameless and unpredictable was Marquis Xiao Ji of Xuanping, and the bravest and fiercest was Grand Marshal Tang Yueshan.
Honestly, when they heard that he became the Grand Marshal, both Rong Fu and his father, Rong Yao, were quite astonished. The bravest and fiercest wasn’t exactly a flattering assessment—plainly spoken, this man was brave but thoughtless, a major taboo in military strategy.
Yet a few days ago, Tang Yueshan had used a strategy to “lure the tiger away from the mountain”—spreading false intelligence that the imperial supplies had reached the Huaqing Official Road, causing them to dispatch a large force to hijack the supplies. In the meantime, Tang Yueshan took the opportunity to sneak into their Military Camp and lead two thousand horsemen to break out.
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