The Devil's Tribulation

Chapter 190 Morale

In the Yinghua City of Dachu, Wang Xingyuan was shocked to see Wu Kui beheaded by Sun Erleng in a single encounter. He murmured, "A great reputation is a real talent, this Sun Erleng is indeed very brave!" Just as he was sighing, he suddenly heard Sun Erleng shouting to attack the city. Wang Xingyuan was shocked and shouted, "Sun Erleng!" He originally wanted to use the fight to delay time and poke the opponent's spirit, but he didn't expect Wu Kui to be chopped off his horse by an axe. The soldiers defending the city were all terrified and their morale plummeted. At this time, Sun Erleng's attack on the city was undoubtedly adding insult to injury. Wang Xingyuan shouted, "Why are you still standing there! Hurry up and defend the city! Rolling logs and boulders, all come to me!"

Sun Erleng took off his armor, leaving only his inner armor, and got off his horse and planned to charge in the first wave. Several young generals behind him hurriedly stopped Sun Erleng and said, "General, don't take risks. Just leave the small city to your subordinates!" Sun Erleng yelled, "Get out of here! When have you ever seen me hiding behind and letting my brothers fight to the death!" He threw away the young generals in a few moves, threw away the long axe, and two personal soldiers each held a short axe and handed it to Sun Erleng.

Sun Erleng yelled, "How can I climb the ladder with two axes? One is enough!" Picking up the axe, Sun Erleng shouted, "I will find a wife for you, brother who climbs the city wall first! You will be promoted three levels and rewarded with one thousand taels of silver!" After shouting, he rushed to the front with the axe in hand. Seeing their general leading the way, all the soldiers were so excited that they shouted loudly, and rushed to the city wall desperately as if they had been injected with chicken blood.

Wang Xingyuan saw that Sun Erleng was the first to rush in, and he said excitedly: "Archers, aim at the enemy general for me! Whoever shoots him dead will be rewarded with 10,000 taels of silver! He will be promoted three levels!" The arrows were densely shot at Sun Erleng. Sun Erleng was shocked and quickly waved the axe in his hand to resist. Twenty or so personal soldiers shouted: "Protect the general!" A group of people immediately stood in front of Sun Erleng with shields! They blocked Sun Erleng's way. Sun Erleng shouted anxiously: "Get out of the way, this arrow can't hurt me! Go to the ladder! The first one to attack the city wall will be rewarded!" Twenty or so personal soldiers have followed Sun Erleng for many years and know the ability of their general, so they only left two people, and the others went to climb the ladder to attack the city.

As soon as Sun Erleng got to the bottom of the city wall, he jumped up and was about seven or eight meters away. Just as he was about to continue climbing, a huge tree fell down on his head. Sun Erleng chopped the huge tree into two sections with a swing of his axe. Before he could climb a step, the ladder was pushed down by the defenders of the city wall. Sun Erleng immediately changed to a ladder, but just a few steps up, it was ignited by the fire again! Seeing the soldiers around him falling down one after another, Sun Erleng was furious and roared: "Where are the body-building soldiers! Let them go!" Immediately, a personal soldier went to pass the order. After a while, a thousand body-building soldiers swarmed up. These people were handed over to him by the third prince. If the loss was too great, he would not be able to explain to the third prince, but now was not the time to consider this. After an hour of siege, no one had climbed up the city wall. Sun Erleng was a little anxious.

As soon as the bodybuilders came up, things were really different. This group of people not only relied on the ladders to climb the city wall, many of them only needed a dagger to climb the ten-foot-high city wall. Finally, someone climbed the city wall. Sun Erleng was overjoyed and hurriedly found another ladder. Just as he was about to go up, he was stopped by the guards. The guards hurriedly said: "General! You have to command the entire army. You can't see the overall changes here. We are suffering heavy casualties now. Please think twice and go back quickly." Sun Erleng's brain calmed down instantly. Looking at the densely packed corpses under the city wall, he regretted his impulsiveness just now. He gritted his teeth, looked around, and shouted: "Retreat first!" The guards went to pass the order, and after a while, the sound of bronze gongs rang behind him.

On the city wall, watching the Great Zhou army retreat in an orderly manner like a tide. Wang Xingyuan breathed a long sigh of relief, and the personal soldiers around him reported: "General, the Great Zhou has withdrawn, we have won!" Wang Xingyuan said: "I can see it! Hurry up and count the losses in the battle and the loss of the city defense equipment. Hurry up, the enemy will attack again at any time." The personal soldiers hurried to work, but Wang Xingyuan was very scared. He saw the combat effectiveness of the Great Zhou army, especially the dozens of soldiers wearing special clothes who came up at the end. In that moment, those dozens of soldiers harvested more than 200 lives. If the copper bell of the Great Zhou withdrawal had not rang, he would have to concentrate his strength to eliminate that wave of enemies, and then other places would be dangerous. In the end, it is very likely that the city will be destroyed and people will die!

In Sun Erleng's tent, a dozen young generals sat upright. Although their armor was a little dirty, it did not affect their spirit at all. Fan Sheng, the leader of the Tiger Guards, sat at the lower left of the main seat. Like a group of young people, he also sat upright. He did not want to lose to these young people. Before, the Grand Marshal ordered him to follow Sun Erleng to go on a special mission, and he had to listen to Sun Erleng. He was very dissatisfied.

However, after this battle, he admired this new star from the bottom of his heart, and also understood why the Grand Marshal valued him so much. Sun Erleng looked careless, but he was meticulous and scheming. If he didn't have some tricks in this battle, wouldn't he be killed? Moreover, he was a leader who led by example, not afraid of being injured or even killed in battle. He rushed to the front. Otherwise, the morale of the soldiers would not be so strong. With such a leader, how dare the soldiers not fight hard?

The generals waited for half an hour, and Sun Erleng came in with red eyes. After walking to the main seat and sitting down, he sighed and asked, "How was the casualty this time?" Fan Sheng stood up and saluted, "The Tiger Guards suffered more than 500 casualties." Ren Bin stood up and saluted, "The Vanguard Battalion suffered 800 casualties." Jin Qi stood up and saluted, "The Yong Battalion suffered 15 casualties." The Yong Battalion was the body-building soldiers, with a total of people, divided into two battalions, the Yong Battalion and the Gan Battalion.

Sun Erleng said with some distress: "It's all my fault. There shouldn't be so many casualties. I was reckless. Come here! Give me 50 lashes and beat me when you get back! I'll learn this lesson!"

Everyone knows that General Sun went to see the wounded soldiers first, so he was in a bad mood when he came. This is Sun Erleng's habit. After the battle, he would first care for the wounded soldiers. If anyone dares to withhold the rations and silver of the wounded soldiers, then wait for the general to peel your skin! Fan Sheng said: "General Sun, why do you have to do this? There are many soldiers in the Chu army defending the city, and Wang Xingyuan is not incompetent. The general does not need to blame himself."

Sun Er was stunned and said, "I rushed forward in a fit of rage and failed to take charge of the overall situation, which led to such heavy casualties." Fan Sheng smiled and said, "General Sun first killed the general in front of the battlefield to boost our morale, and then led the troops himself. This time the enemy's casualties were ten times ours, which can be considered a small victory."

Sun Erleng waved his hand and said, "We are just sending fake troops to scare Wang Xingyuan. If he knew we only have tens of thousands of soldiers, it would be difficult to capture the city." Fan Sheng was shocked when he heard this and said quickly, "General Sun, are you really planning to capture Yinghua City with these tens of thousands of soldiers?" Sun Erleng didn't say anything, but Fan Sheng looked at the young generals below. No one was surprised by their general's words, as if capturing Yinghua City was a matter of course.

Sun Erleng also calmed down and said, "Time is running out. Wang Xingyuan is not stupid. If we delay for too long, he will see through our true strength. When the time comes, we only need to inform the whole army that we actually only have tens of thousands of people. The morale of the soldiers defending the city will be greatly boosted. So this general has decided!" A group of young generals stood up at once, and Fan Sheng also stood up, but he was half a beat slower. Sun Erleng said, "The whole army will cook and continue the siege in three hours. This time, the Tiger Guards will lead the way, the Brave Camp will be in the middle, and the Vanguard Camp will be in the rear to launch a general attack on Yinghua City."

Ren Bin opened his mouth, but under the majesty of his general, he chose to keep it quiet. Sun Erleng had seen it long ago, and said impatiently: "What do you want to say, kid? Say it!" Ren Bin said: "General! We are the vanguard battalion, how come we are the last!" Sun Erleng glared at him: "Are you questioning my military order?" Ren Bin shuddered, and hurriedly bowed his hands and said: "I dare not!" Sun Erleng said: "Then follow the military order!" Ren Bin bowed his hands and said: "I obey the order!"

When Ren Bin left the military tent, a group of squad leaders hurried forward and asked, "Captain, what is our mission?" Ren Bin repeated Sun Erleng's order. Several squad leaders looked at Ren Bin with strange eyes. Ren Bin recognized this look. Because he used to look at his battalion commander with this look, but now he is the battalion commander. It was a look of contempt. Ren Bin said angrily, "What kind of look is that? If you have the guts, go and tell the general yourself."

One of the team leaders imitated Ren Bin's previous tone and said, "Why don't you dare argue with the general? If it were me, I would definitely fight with the general!" Ren Bin blushed and said angrily, "Okay, Xu Jin, your team will be the last to charge this time, so go and get ready!" Xu Jin's face fell, and he still wanted to fight for it, but Ren Bin had already left.

Fan Sheng was standing behind, watching and hearing the whole process, thinking to himself, "This Sun Erleng is really a good leader. Tens of thousands of soldiers attacked a city with 20 defenders, but the morale of the soldiers was still so high." Ren Bin returned to his barracks and shouted with a depressed look on his face, "Someone come!" The personal soldier immediately came in cheerfully and asked, "Captain, what are you so angry about?" Ren Bin said with a serious face, "What the hell are you asking! Hurry up and cook! Let everyone rest after dinner, and reorganize the army in three hours!"

The personal soldiers were excited when they heard it and said, "Another attack? Why does the battalion commander look so unhappy? Those on the top of the city are all military merits~" Ren Bin couldn't bear it any longer, he stood up and said angrily, "What are you happy about! We are the last ones, and we can only pick up what others have missed! Damn it! I'm so mad!" The personal soldiers were also stunned and said, "Why are we the last ones? The general doesn't trust us?" Ren Bin said angrily, "How should I know? Ask the general yourself!"