Chapter 321 - Chapter 321: Chapter 185: Pacifying the Three Mansions_3

Chapter 321: Chapter 185: Pacifying the Three Mansions_3

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Nevertheless, platoons of Yue cavalry, ranging from a few to hundreds, still chased after them like flies. From time to time, the cavalry would harass the large army, desperately slowing down their retreat.

This behavior of the Yue people only made Yang Yukjin feel more anxious.

There was no doubt that the Yue people were so unwilling to let him retreat, they were trying to buy time for the Yue State soldiers who had penetrated into Jiuyi Prefecture.

If his side allowed the Yue people to succeed and their escape’s pace slowed down even for a moment, it would be all over once the soldiers captured Jiuyi Prefecture and even threatened Lingling Prefecture.

Yang Yukjin glanced at the distance, where the Yue cavalry pretended to attack but quickly retreated, intending to intimidate him. He snorted and said, “Don’t worry about those Yue people.

There are only ten or twenty of them, they can’t do any harm.

Let some of the Jianghu experts in the sect be on guard, and if they really dare to attack, just kill them.”

“Yes.” The subordinate who came over agreed and then went to arrange for manpower.

When it came to martial arts experts, especially second and third-rate martial artists, the Five Poisons Sect had no shortage of them.

Among the tens of thousands of soldiers under Yang Yukjin’s command, there were twenty or thirty second-tier experts and over a hundred third-tier ones. Drawing out a few people would be enough to deal with the Yue light cavalry.

Ignoring the harassing cavalry, Yang Yukjin led the army quickly towards Dong’an County Town.

By noon, the large army had arrived at the county town.

Yang Yukjin summoned the town’s defending general to inquire about the current situation.

Due to the rapid capture of Lingling Fu City by Lu Yuan and the subsequent news blockade, the situation in Dong’an County was not clear.

In response to Yang Yukjin’s inquiry, it was reported that Yue people had already appeared outside Lingling Fu City, their enemy troops were formidable, and there were two thousand defenders in the city, but the current battle situation was unknown.

Hearing this news, the elder grew even more anxious.

“Now that the Yue people have attacked Lingling Fu City, Jiuyi Prefecture must have fallen. The enemy troops have arrived so quickly that if they capture Lingling Fu City too, we will all die without a proper burial place.”

Yang Yukjin sighed and then abandoned his original plan to rest and eat in the town for a while longer before setting off again.

Realizing that the situation in Lingling Fu City was now critical, he decided to force his troops, who were already exhausted, through a wave of resentment to continue on their way if they did not arrive soon.

In order to arrive at Fu City as soon as possible, he could only let the soldiers tire themselves out a bit more.

Since communication was cut off, Yang Yukjin believed that there were still two thousand defenders in Lingling Fu City who should be able to hold out against an attack.

After all, unless there was an innate expert or a top-notch first-rate martial artist, it would not be easy for an ordinary first-rate martial artist to break through a city guarded by two thousand defenders.

So at this time, Yang Yukjin unconsciously assumed that the Yue people should be still busily besieging the city, and there should be no enemy forces in Dong’an County.

Therefore, he led his army at full gallop to save time, not bothering to scout ahead and instead decided to rush on impetuously with his large force.

By the time it was nearing dusk, the army’s vanguard had finally reached the Xiang River crossing at the foot of Yuecheng Mountain.

At this time, there were no visible people on the crossing, and it was silent.

However, it was normal for the people to hide and not dare to go out during times of war and unrest.

Yang Yukjin observed for a while and didn’t find any problems. He then ordered the large army to cross the river and camp on the east bank for the night before setting off again the next day.

After crossing the river, the Lingling Fu City area would be on the other side, where there might be Yue scouting cavalry.

Since his soldiers had been on the road all day and were exhausted, and it was getting dark, it was no longer possible to take the risk of suddenly arriving at Fu City.

So the safest approach was to spend the night and then set out for battle after daybreak on the second day.

Upon receiving this order, the Miao soldiers below cheered and rejoiced.

After a day of exhaustion, they could finally rest.

Despite their fatigue, they mustered their spirits, gathered the boats at the pier, and began crossing the river to the east bank.

But the Miao people were lax, without much military discipline. Some of them, who were good swimmers, even jumped directly into the river and swam across the river while playing in the water, using it to wash away the sweat and exhaustion on their bodies.

Yang Yukjin watched this scene but did not stop them.

His brothers were tired, and if they wanted to take a bath to cool down, how could he stop them?

In this way, after about half an hour, nearly ten thousand people had crossed the river.

Moreover, more than half of the rear army had passed through Yuecheng Mountain.

Then.

“Kill the bandits!”

“There’s an ambush!”

“Kill them!”

Boom, boom, boom! Rumble, rumble, rumble!

A series of noisy shouts, golden drums, screams, and roars suddenly sounded from the back of Yuecheng Mountain.

Yang Yukjin turned around and saw countless Yue State soldiers rolling down stones, logs, torches, and arrows from the mountain onto his army below.

Caught off guard, the already exhausted Miao soldiers were immediately thrown into chaos and broke into a rout.

While this sudden change was happening, the Miao soldiers who had already crossed the river suddenly discovered that countless Yue people were surging out from the riverbanks.

Then, they launched a brutal attack on the scattered Miao soldiers, some of whom were still frolicking in the river.

Caught between attacks from the front and the back, the Miao soldiers who still had the will to resist were completely panicked.

At this moment, under the directive of Lu Yuan, Yan Wangqiu also led a thousand elite soldiers down the mountain, aiming straight for Yang Yukjin in an attempt to capture and kill the Miao commander.

A moment later, the fierce battle came to an end.

Yang Yukjin lay in a pool of blood, his eyes vacant as they took in the blue splashes of water and the endless blood.

In the surging Xiang River, countless corpses and blood, wailing cries, and screaming, cruelty, and hell all floated and drifted, eventually heading to an unknown destination where they would find peace.

On both banks, countless cheers also rang out.

In the sixth year of Hongdao, on the seventh day of the third month.

Yue State General Pingxi, Lu Yuan, at the banks of the Xiang River in Dong’an County, led his army to a great victory against the Miao army of 40,000. The Miao commander Yang Yukjin was beheaded, 30,000 bandits were killed, and 10,000 were captured.

Subsequently, General Pingxi divided his forces for further attack, and within three days, all counties of Lingling Prefecture were conquered.

During this time, Li Liang, the Hengye General, joined them with 20,000 soldiers.

Later, General Pingxi led a 40,000 strong army to the east, advancing to Yangshan Prefecture and defeating more Miao people and capturing tens of thousands of them.

By then, all the Miao men from the three prefectures were killed, their main force exhausted, and they no longer posed a threat.

The three prefectures of Jiuyi, Lingling, and Yangshan were pacified and returned to the rule of the court.

Since the Miao uprising, the five prefectures in the south of Dongting have once again become united.