EBE Chapter 303 Inevitable
Chapter 303 Inevitable
As more and more Chinese soldiers rushed into the pass and joined the battlefield, the numerical advantage of the Wuxi Flying Soldiers gradually disappeared. Some deserters who had escaped from the Xichuan River once again chose to abandon their weapons and run away. Although they were killed on the spot by the guards who were watching nearby, the impact gradually expanded.
As shouts of "Enemy soldiers are entering the pass!" and "Run!" rang out, more and more soldiers dropped their weapons and fled, their morale plummeting. The Chinese soldiers accelerated their entry into the city.
At five o'clock in the morning, the thousands of Wuxi Flying Soldiers who were blocking the city gate finally collapsed and fled in all directions. The Chinese soldiers split into two groups: one group pressed down on the elite guards of Yumiti inside the pass, while the other group attacked the pass walls from the stairs and occupied the walls.
After the city gate was breached, the soldiers of the Five Streams Flying Soldiers guarding the pass knew that defeat was inevitable. Seeing the continuous stream of Chinese soldiers attacking the pass from the city gate and beginning to climb the pass walls, some soldiers chose to resist the Chinese soldiers' attack on the walls, while others threw down their weapons and fled to the "Great Wall" on both sides, trying to escape from other places.
At 5:30, after only half an hour of fighting, the area of four or five hundred meters to the left and right of the city gate tower was occupied by the Chinese soldiers, who planted the Chinese soldiers' flag.
The Wuxi Flying Soldiers gradually collapsed, and more and more soldiers deserted. Although they had more than 10,000 elite guards who could put up a fight, the defeat of the Wuxi Flying Soldiers was inevitable once the number of Chinese soldiers who rushed into the pass exceeded 20,000.
The continuous influx of Chinese soldiers continued to spread into the city, gradually pressuring Yumiti's defenses and extending the positions on the city walls to both sides.
Knowing that the situation was hopeless, Yumiti finally ordered a retreat. The more than 10,000 guards who had gathered around him, under his leadership, left the Imus Pass under the last darkness before dawn and fled towards Atar, the capital of the Five Rivers Flying Soldiers.
Although they had repelled the main force of the Wuxi Flying Soldiers, there were still countless scattered soldiers hiding in the shadows. The Hua soldiers did not pursue Yumiti, but instead cleared out the remaining enemy soldiers in the houses within the pass step by step.
After more than two hours of pursuit, not a single Wuxi Flying Soldier soldier could be seen fighting on the ten-kilometer-long wall of Imus Pass. Gao Shun's general successfully captured the last line of defense of the Wuxi Flying Soldier in the north.
As dawn broke, the rain gradually subsided. The 112th Company, which had been fighting in the rain all night, was replaced by the 113th Company. They changed clothes, drank ginger soup, treated the wounded, and rested.
After lunch, the Huazu Army began to enter the pass. Looking at the two door panels that had been blown into a pile of rubble, Gao Shun laughed to Xun Yuyou and the others beside him: "If only we had an artillery regiment like the Kyoto Garrison Division, no matter what kind of city wall it was, I guarantee a few shots would bring it down."
"The arsenal's output is insufficient. It's estimated that we'll have enough by the time we attack Rome in a few years. But who knows? They might just pile up a bunch of stones in the city gate, and blowing up the gate won't do any good," Xun Yuyou replied with a smile.
"In any case, firearms organization is definitely much better than our current way of fighting, with casualties several times lower. It's just that the domestic technology is not mature, the cost is too high, and the production volume cannot be increased. We don't know when rifles will be widely available."
Gao Shun sighed, expressing his deep envy for Chen Qun's Kyoto Garrison Division. Since his unit was stationed near Luoyang, not far from the Kyoto Garrison Division, he could often visit Chen Qun's organization to observe their training and learn about the power of their firearms units.
In my opinion, he'd rather be the head of a firearms organization than a sergeant in a melee weapons organization. Otherwise, why would they have a separate Kyoto Garrison Division to defend Luoyang? It's clearly more powerful than a mere soldier.
Because of the recent heavy rain, all the roads were muddy and difficult to travel on. Gao Shun's northern troops had just rested for two days inside the Imus Pass, rearranged the garrison at the pass, and treated the sick and wounded soldiers. On the 23rd, they set off again to continue their advance towards Atar.
Atar, the capital of the Five Streams Flying Soldiers, was busy recruiting soldiers to support the Yimus Pass in order to resist the southward advance of Gao Shun's army. King Latif was so angry and anxious when he heard that the pass had fallen that he fell ill.
They had originally thought that the Imus Pass could hold off Gao Shun's troops for a few months, giving the country time to gather supplies and soldiers, but unexpectedly, it was breached by Gao Shun's troops in just a few days.
Before Latif fell, he ordered the execution of Yumiti, who had failed in battle, leading to the loss of the pass and putting the capital in danger. He entrusted the defense of Atar to the prime minister, Gil Itten, and ordered Kariwumu to return to the capital while he organized the soldiers to reinforce the defense of Atar, determined to withstand the attack of Gao Shun's army before Kariwumu could return.
To the east, the soldiers and civilians of Dayuan were frightened away by Zhuge Liang's superb skills. The engineering corps that were clearing the road along the collapsed Kemuzi Gorge were not disturbed at all and successfully opened up a mountain road connecting the two sides within two days. Zhao Yun led 140,000 soldiers across Kemuzi Mountain on March 14 and advanced westward.
Zhang Fei's cavalry brigade continued to serve as the vanguard, leading the way.
Ustuku is now the general appointed by King Kokoyitu to defend the country and lead all the troops of Dayuan to protect the homeland and resist the attack of Zhao Yun's army.
Upon hearing in Jerosburg that Zhuge Liang had used war drums to shake down a cliff, Ustuku was also extremely shocked. He never expected that the enemy's high command would possess such an incredible talent. Although he already knew that he couldn't stop the Chinese soldiers from crossing the Kemuzi Gorge, Ustuku still found it unbelievable that Zhuge Liang had buried nearly 20,000 of his soldiers in this way.
Several hundred Dayuan soldiers who survived the ordeal and fled to Jerrosburg spread rumors throughout the city that the Chinese soldiers had received divine assistance and destroyed the canyon, causing panic and a sharp drop in morale among the soldiers and civilians.
King Kokoytu also heard these rumors and summoned Ustuku for questioning, only to learn of the truth. Ustuku was furious but reassured the king that they were all rumors, and that it was merely an earthquake near the Kemuz Gorge.
Then he came out and sent men to arrest all the soldiers who had barely escaped with their lives, behead them and display their heads in public. He also announced to all the soldiers and civilians in the city that the Kemuzi Gorge was just an unfortunate earthquake, and there was nothing supernatural about it. No one was allowed to talk about it anymore.
Having dealt with the hundreds of culprits, Ustuku, deeply impressed by the formidable strength of the Chinese soldiers, pondered the matter. He concluded that a purely defensive strategy wouldn't be enough to stop their advance and decided to launch a preemptive strike. He entrusted the defenses of Jerosburg to a general and led 5 cavalry eastward to confront the Chinese soldiers, hoping to achieve a victory and boost morale.
The Huazu cavalry was powerful, and Ustuku only had 5 men. He was not confident of victory and did not want to fight head-on. After discovering that the vanguard of the Huazu was Zhang Fei's cavalry brigade, Ustuku decided to avoid Zhang Fei and attack Zhao Yun's main force, which was basically composed of soldiers.