RPAGF Chapter 211 Return
Chapter 211 Return
Looking at the withdrawing coalition forces, Li Shun retracted his gaze and walked towards Chen Yuanshu. "General Chen, it turns out to be you. I was just wondering who is coming to help us."
After being attacked by the allied forces, Li Shun immediately sent people back to the imperial city to request support.
It is not advisable to mobilize the soldiers who remain in the city that has just been captured. After all, no one knows whether the coalition forces have any backup plans. If they are mobilized rashly, there may be more twists and turns.
Moreover, the people inside need to be appeased and order in the city needs to be maintained.
After all, there are always some restless people. If they are left unattended, it would be bad if they cause civil unrest.
After stopping in front of Chen Yuanshu, he looked at the man who was wiping the blood off his sword and said, "Why are you here? Logically, the reinforcements should have just left."
It would take almost a day and a night to rush to the imperial city, and adding the time it takes for reinforcements to arrive, it would take at least several days to get there.
Shouldn't it arrive so soon?
After wiping the clean sword back into the scabbard, Chen Yuanshu raised his head and looked at Li Shun who looked puzzled.
"Your Majesty sent me here. Your two armies were about to meet, so His Majesty asked me to lead a group of elite soldiers to provide support in advance, just in case the coalition forces chose to go to war."
Li Shun suddenly realized, "So that's how it is. Thanks to your Majesty's foresight, otherwise the current situation would have been unpredictable."
When Chen Yuanshu heard Li Shun mention today's situation, his brows furrowed again.
After instructing someone to clean up the battlefield to prevent the enemy from attacking again, Chen Yuanshu followed him back into the city without saying a word.
Entering the house, Chen Yuanshu expressed his doubts today, "What happened in the past few days? Shouldn't they have already captured Pingkang? Why are they retreating to Suilin now?"
Mentioning this, Li Shun sighed and scratched his head in annoyance. "These past few days, it feels like the coalition forces have divine help. They've always had excellent luck."
Chen Yuanshu frowned, "What exactly happened? Please tell me in detail."
At this time, Li Shun also realized his loss of composure, put down his hands, and found a place to sit down.
"General Chen, please sit down. I will talk to you slowly." Li Shun took a deep breath and suppressed the annoyance in his heart in the past few days.
"Everything went smoothly at first. We successfully captured Pingkang, and the coalition forces also happened to capture the city ahead of us. Following His Majesty's instructions, I ordered the army to remain stationary and await the coalition's decision."
"At that time, I didn't know what the coalition forces would do, so I withdrew my troops and told them to be on guard to prevent a surprise attack."
Gradually, Li Shun fell into the memories of that time.
Three days ago, in the early morning, they took Pingkang and then began to keep their troops in place.
I originally thought that no matter what choice the coalition forces made, they should reorganize their troops before taking action.
But they had just captured the city and attacked directly without caring about anything else.
The incident happened suddenly, and even the army, which was on guard, was caught off guard.
In particular, they concentrated their forces to attack one place, which happened to be a place with weak defense, and it was captured in a short time.
Next, they seemed to be assisted by God.
If we can always find their weaknesses, we can also say that it is because the generals have good eyesight and rich combat experience.
But there are other things that are really weird.
For example, in order to take the initiative, he once led his men on a night attack, but was discovered by a soldier who got up at night to go to the woods to relieve himself, causing the night attack plan to fail.
Another time, they set traps outside the city walls at night, which would surely fall into his path if he sent a large army to attack.
Unexpectedly, one of their horses lost control and rushed in, allowing them to discover the trap.
There were countless things that happened in the past few days, but they were lucky enough to avoid them all.
After recounting everything that had happened in the past few days, Li Shun couldn't help but slam his fist on the table, "This battle was so frustrating!"
Chen Yuanshu's face was solemn. "There must be something fishy going on here. How can anyone be so lucky all the time? I'd rather believe our battle plan was leaked than just believing they're lucky."
Li Shun had naturally thought about this situation.
"I suspected the same thing, but after searching for a long time, I couldn't find any evidence."
"Have you ever checked the personnel who came into contact with each combat plan after it was formulated, as well as those who had the opportunity to come into contact with the coalition forces?"
Li Shun nodded, rubbing his brow with a rough hand. "We've checked everything, but maybe it's because it's been too short. Anyway, we haven't found anything yet."
Indeed, it is not easy to find the traitor.
"Then we'll investigate slowly. The coalition forces shouldn't attack again this time. They should send envoys to negotiate peace in a few days. As for them taking the three cities from us, we'll deal with it later."
The two allied forces had already agreed on the number of troops each would send at that time, and the possibility of sending further troops was extremely small.
The soldiers stationed in the captured cities cannot be easily mobilized. If they fight hard, the cost will outweigh the gain. Considering the pros and cons, they can only come to negotiate peace.
Three days later, the two allied forces sent envoys to negotiate peace.
At this point, the territory was re-divided with Suilin as the dividing line, and each side withdrew their troops, restoring a brief peace.
Another ten days later, Yun Zhi ordered the troops to return to the capital.
During this period, they finally found out the traitor who was transmitting the information.
It turned out that they were a few scouts. Every time Li Shun discussed tactics, they would hide on the side and eavesdrop, and then pass the information to the coalition forces when he sent them out to investigate.
Now, those scouts have confessed everything.
However, everything seemed to go too smoothly, and with the area heavily guarded, could the scouts really hear everything?
On the way back, Chen Yuanshu kept thinking about this matter. Later on, the matter of investigating the traitor seemed to become a natural and easy process.
It’s not that the investigation was easy or bad, but Chen Yuanshu always felt a little uneasy behind the smooth process.
However, it might be that she was overthinking it. After all, there aren't so many conspiracies and tricks in the world.
Just as she was wavering, she suddenly thought of Yun Zhi in the imperial city.
Why worry so much? When the time comes, I will mention this matter to Your Majesty when I go to the palace to see him. Your Majesty will definitely be able to judge whether there is anything unusual.
After making up his mind, Chen Yuanshu felt much better.
The army galloped all the way and finally arrived at the imperial city before sunset.
Li Shun and Chen Yuanshu hurried into the palace to meet the emperor without having time to rest.
"Greetings, Your Majesty!" The two men saluted in unison.
Yun Zhi raised her hand slightly, "Stand up."
After the two stood up, she raised her eyes and looked at them, "Tell me."
Although Yun Zhi didn't tell them what to say, Li Shun and Chen Yuanshu both understood that Yun Zhi wanted to hear everything that happened after the coalition forces chose to attack them.
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Then, the two of them told Yun Zhi everything in detail, and Chen Yuanshu also expressed his doubts about the traitor.
Yun Zhi was silent for a moment, then said, "Yes, I understand."
The two people standing below waited for a moment, but did not wait for her next words.
Looking at the calm, unmistakable figure above, Li Shun stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, this time I failed in my duty and allowed the three cities we just captured to be taken away by the coalition forces. I beg Your Majesty to punish me."
"Lord Li, victory and defeat are common in war. I know you've done your best. After all, we're slightly outnumbered." Yun Zhi waved her hand gently. "Furthermore, you've already taken 30% of Yue's territory for me, which is already quite remarkable."
Li Shun's face was filled with gratitude. "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your generosity. However, I will continue to reflect on this mistake and strive not to repeat it in the future."
Yun Zhi nodded gently. "You two must be tired after traveling all this way. Go back to the mansion and rest first. It's late today. The celebration banquet will be arranged for tomorrow afternoon. I will reward you all then."
After expressing their gratitude, Li Shun and Chen Yuanshu turned and left the palace.