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Chapter 626 - 578: I’ll Just Shoot Once to Try!

Chapter 626: Chapter 578: I’ll Just Shoot Once to Try!

"Charge, warriors of the Tujue! The enemy is at the vanguard! Victory is within sight!"

"Retreat, warriors of the Tujue! Beware the traps of the Sui People! Life lies in withdrawal!"

"Charge..."

"Retreat..."

After resting for most of the day, Wugu Li realized that fighting at night might give them an advantage against the cunning Sui Army.

So, in the afternoon, Wugu Li ordered the Tujue forces to launch an attack on the Lingwu Army’s garrison.

It wasn’t that he couldn’t bypass them, but after yesterday’s battle, Wugu Li was certain of the Lingwu Army’s substantial numbers. If they bypassed them, there was a risk that while marching, they could be viciously stabbed from behind, which would be very uncomfortable.

Those who hadn’t experienced this might not understand, but those who had knew it truly hurt.

Back then, when Wugu Li followed Khan Muzhen to conquer other tribes on the grasslands, he himself had been ambushed from behind.

Yes, that’s what he meant—an ambush from behind.

There were absolutely no other implications.

This time, the great army advanced once more.

However, having experienced last night’s bloody battle, the Tujue Cavalry would panic at the mere sight of the Lingwu Army from a distance.

Especially when they saw the Lingwu Army supposedly defending atop the city walls, yet the surrounding dust billowed, as if they were digging more pits for them.

This caused the charging cavalry to not dare move too quickly.

As a result, quite a few Tujue fell during the charge.

Because this time, the Lingwu Army was not digging pits behind the Great Wall but in front of it.

Who could have expected the change in the location of the pits? Consequently, the formation collapsed before even reaching the wall.

Combined with the Lingwu Army’s precise archery strikes, Wugu Li had no choice but to sometimes command everyone to advance and sometimes to retreat.

The main goal was to confuse the enemy, and even more, to confuse themselves.

In the repeated attempts to storm the city, the Lingwu Army soon couldn’t hold on any longer.

Finally, the faux wall in front of the pit that had slain thousands of Tujue the previous night was breached again.

Wugu Li saw another unfortunate spot had been taken, and he couldn’t help but sneer.

"Yesterday, so many of my Turkic Cavalry perished there; did you think I’d fall for the same trick a second time?"

"Order the troops attacking in that direction to withdraw, and attack from other positions!"

As a result, despite a huge gap opening, the Tujue were too scared to approach it.

Soon, several other spots where the wall was already damaged were breached by the Tujue.

As multiple locations fell, the Tujue Cavalry surged in like a tide.

And then...

They all fell into pits.

This time, Bai Dushu had ordered pits to be dug at all locations where the wall was not very sturdy, even though they weren’t large.

Once someone fell into them, the Tujue following would recognize the trap and immediately abandon that place.

So the Tujue had managed to open more than a dozen gaps in the defense of the Lingwu Army’s Great Wall, but there was a deep pit behind each one.

Wugu Li was furious, and though he wanted to charge in, he was wary of repeating last night’s tragedy.

At that moment, a general beside him said, "Khan! I don’t believe the Great Sui did nothing but dig holes from last night till now! I think we should send someone to probe!"

Wugu Li asked, "Which gap should we probe first?"

"Khan, let’s probe the largest gap! They couldn’t have cleaned out the entire pit overnight, not after so many of us perished there yesterday," the general recommended.

Wugu Li nodded, seeing the logic, and immediately ordered his troops to charge toward the massive gap.

As many horsemen charged toward the large breach, the Lingwu Army on the walls of the Great Wall actually began to retreat.

Seeing this, Wugu Li rejoiced.

He knew he had gambled correctly!

Why would the Sui Army suddenly retreat? It was because they knew he was about to break through, and if they didn’t retreat now, it would be too late.

"Your strategy is commendable, you will be rewarded generously!"

Wugu Li smiled happily at the general who had just spoken.

The general had merely tried his luck and never expected it to actually work.

Then, the Tujue commanders watching from behind saw the main force that charged forward had passed through the Great Wall, but something felt off.

Wugu Li leaped high, his feet springing off his warhorse as he looked toward the rear of the Great Wall.

He saw the troops he had ordered to charge now pouring into the pit behind the large breach like dumplings into boiling water.

At that moment, Wugu Li was stupefied!

So you Great Sui people did nothing last night but haul bodies out of the pit, huh?

Actually, Bai Dushu had simply ordered the corpses in the pit to be burned. After the burning, the top layer of ash was shoveled out, put into jars, and placed beside the catapults for later use.

Then they continued burning until the whole pit was cleaned out, and they reset the traps.

In that moment of immense anger, Wugu Li drew his side-sword as he descended from the air and took a direct swing at the head of the general who had advised the strategy.

"Incompetent fool! You’ve cost me so many soldiers! Charge! Everyone charge! I refuse to believe the Great Sui’s army has set traps all along our path after all the losses we’ve already suffered!"

An hour later...