Chapter 235: The Expedition to Nanyue, Yongzhou Was Blocked

It was also Pang Xianchu's fate that he would not die. The thousand-jin iron fence hidden in the Yong'an Gate of Yongzhou City fell down almost close to the tip of Pang Xianchu's nose.

Even the brave general Pang Xianchu, who was brave enough to fight against ten thousand men, could not hold up the falling thousand-jin iron fence with his mortal body.

Fortunately, the Nanyue Prince's Mansion assassins hidden in Yongzhou City lost their way at the critical moment and dropped the iron fence in advance, which saved Pang Xianchu's life.

However, he was also tripped by the fallen warhorse.

At the moment of falling to the ground, Pang Xianchu, who had no time to celebrate his life, heard the deafening shout of killing in his ears again.

Through the cracks in the iron fence, I saw the Nanyue defenders in Yongzhou City, who were originally dejected and waiting to surrender, changed their appearance in the blink of an eye;

Waving the swords, spears, swords and halberds in their hands, they slashed and hacked at the left and right Yuhou soldiers entering the city;

There were also teams of fully armed Nanyue cavalry riding horses from all directions in Yongzhou City, and killing the left and right Yuhou soldiers of the Longcheng Southern Expedition Army in Yong'an Gate.

In an instant, Yong'an Gate in Yongzhou City became a cruel battlefield.

Thousands of left and right Yuhou soldiers of the Longcheng Southern Expedition Army were besieged by enemies dozens of times their number.

Although the soldiers fought bravely and fought to the death, they still could not make up for the huge gap in manpower. They were divided and surrounded by the Nanyue defenders in Yongzhou City and annihilated one by one.

"General Pang, are you okay?"

At this time, the deputy general Pang Xianchu, who had been keeping a distance of more than ten steps from Pang Xianchu, finally rode over on horseback, dodging the rolling stones and battering rams that kept falling from the city wall, and shouted with concern:

"General Pang, the Nanyue defenders in Yongzhou City are pretending to surrender. Our army is not well prepared to attack the city. Please order us to evacuate first and then reorganize the troops to attack the city!"

"Withdraw!"

Pang Xianchu finally came to his senses and decisively ordered the army to withdraw temporarily.

In the chaos, he pulled a warhorse from his personal soldiers, climbed on the horse, and evacuated in a hurry towards the outside of Yongzhou City.

At this time, the Nanyue defenders on the walls of Yong'an Gate, the north gate of Yongzhou City, had already launched an attack on the unprepared Longcheng army outside the city under the command of Prince Li Shiyu.

The bows and arrows, crossbow carts, rolling stones, and battering rams that had been prepared in advance were thrown at the Longcheng army outside the city.

The Longcheng army outside the city was already hastily fighting. Under the prepared and organized surprise attack by the Nanyue defenders in Yongzhou City, some died and some were injured, and then retreated under the order of the main general Pang Xianchu.

"Report-"

"Your Highness, the Longcheng rebels have retreated!"

At this time, the Nanyue prince Li Shiyu, who was commanding on the tower, also received a report from the deputy general Shi Feng.

Shi Feng said: "It's just that the enemy's main general Pang Xianchu escaped by chance, but the more than 3,000 personal soldiers under his command who entered the city first have been annihilated by our army!"

The report of the deputy general Shi Feng did not attract the attention of the prince Li Shiyu at all.

Or, he didn't care about this matter at all.

Li Shiyu drew his bow and shot an arrow at a captain of the Longcheng Southern Expedition Army who was evacuating in a hurry under the city.

Whoosh!

Accompanied by a sharp sound of breaking wind, the captain who was organizing his soldiers to evacuate in an orderly manner was shot and fell to the ground.

Only then did Li Shiyu show a satisfied look on his face. He threw the hard bow in his hand to the personal soldiers around him and sneered, saying: "The Longcheng army is nothing but that!"

"Let Pang Xianchu run away. When this prince reorganizes the army and leaves the city, I will get engaged to take Pang Xianchu's dog head!"

"Your Highness is mighty!"

On the city wall, a group of Nanyue garrison generals flattered the crown prince Li Shiyu.

Compared with the Nanyue crown prince Li Shiyu who was in high spirits because of the "first victory" in Yongzhou City, the brave general Pang Xianchu who was organizing the army to evacuate outside the city looked much more embarrassed.

Pang Xianchu, riding on horseback, turned around and looked towards the direction of Yongzhou City, his eyes full of hatred and murderous intent.

Because of his carelessness and underestimation of the enemy, not only did thousands of his soldiers die in Yongzhou City, but he himself almost died on the battlefield.

Pang Xianchu had fought for half his life and experienced scenes of all sizes, but he almost capsized in this small Yongzhou City. This really made the brave general very angry and he couldn't swallow this breath at all.

He secretly swore in his heart that one day he would make the Nanyue defenders in Yongzhou City bury the fallen soldiers of the Longcheng Army!

On the way back to the camp, Pang Xianchu had a gloomy face and said nothing.

Seeing this, the two deputy generals Fan Wuji and Tang Ziyi did not dare to step forward to speak.

All the generals knew that the reason why they almost lost in Yongzhou City today was largely because of the improper command of the main general Pang Xianchu, and on the other hand, it was because the Nanyue Kingdom was insidious and cunning, and even resorted to the trick of false surrender.

But no matter what, as the main general, Pang Xianchu did not even understand the basic principle of accepting surrender outside the city, and rashly commanded the army to enter the city to take over the city defense, which led to the tragedy.

Then again, as the main general of the army, Pang Xianchu, a brave general who had fought for half his life, how could he not know the principle of "accepting surrender outside the city"?

In the final analysis, it was Pang Xianchu's carelessness and underestimation of the enemy that gave the Nanyue defenders an opportunity to take advantage of.

On the one hand, Pang Xianchu was too confident in the military power of the Longcheng army and believed the edict of Nanyue's surrender;

After all, when Pang Xianchu followed Chen Huaian in the Western Expedition, Chen Huaian personally entered the city to receive the city defense and military tokens for the garrisons of the four Anxi towns and the surrender of the Uighur Khanate. This situation has never happened before;

On the other hand, it is also because since Pang Xianchu followed Chen Huaian to start the war in Longcheng to quell the rebellion, except for the setbacks he suffered in the defense of Longcheng, he has always won one-sided victories in the remaining battles;

To the extent that Pang Xianchu has forgotten what it feels like to be defeated, which has made him a little arrogant;

It is true that arrogant soldiers will be defeated!

In the evening of that day, the defeated Longcheng army returned to the temporary camp in disgrace.

The first thing Pang Xianchu did was to order all the armies to be on martial law to prevent the Nanyue garrison in Yongzhou City from making a surprise attack at night.

The second thing was to summon all his generals to the central army tent for discussion.

In the central army tent, Pang Xianchu was in the middle of the tent, with deputy generals Fan Wuji and Tang Ziyi on his left and right, and then generals at all levels in the army.

Pang Xianchu's first words were: "Everyone, today's army's first defeat in the southern expedition to Yongzhou was caused by my carelessness and underestimation of the enemy. I bear an unshirkable responsibility for this;"

"After the meeting, I will personally write a letter to report to the emperor for punishment!"

After a pause, Pang Xianchu continued: "The second thing I want to say is that the army will rest for one night and attack the city tomorrow. I want to comfort the souls of the soldiers who died today with the heads of the Nanyue defenders in Yongzhou City!"

"All generals, listen to my orders!"

"I will be here!"

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