Chapter 714 Wu Rui’s plan requires fighting!

Chapter 714 Wu Rui’s plan requires fighting!

This news was like a flash of lightning that broke through the night sky, shocking Li You violently. He never expected that at this critical moment, reinforcements would arrive, and they were black-armored cavalry! This undoubtedly gave him a glimmer of life and a glimmer of hope.

"Take me to see it quickly!"

Li You's voice revealed urgency and anxiety, and his heartbeat seemed to speed up a bit. At this moment, he had no time to care about other things, because nothing was more important than the arrival of reinforcements. If the city could not be defended tomorrow, the consequences would be disastrous, and it would be difficult to guarantee that Wu Rui would not massacre the city again.

Therefore, when he learned that reinforcements might arrive, Li You did not hesitate to put aside other matters at hand, and only wanted to confirm the authenticity of the news as soon as possible. Under the cover of night, he quickly followed the messenger to check.

After a while, Li You saw a team approaching him from a distance. Due to the distance and the dim night, he could not immediately distinguish the specific situation of the team. However, when he saw some special movements in the team, most of his doubts disappeared.

These actions were the secret codes they had agreed upon in advance, and only they knew them. Li You breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that this team should be the reinforcements he had been waiting for. However, he did not completely relax his vigilance, after all, Wu Rui was not a pushover, and he had sent troops to attack him in the past few days.

This kind of thing has happened before, and Wu Rui obviously realized the trouble Li You's harassment brought to them, so he always wanted to get rid of this trouble. However, most of the troops led by Li You were hidden in the mountains and forests, and they were all highly mobile cavalry. Wu Rui's pursuers could not catch up with them at all, which made Wu Rui feel very helpless.

When the figure on the other side gradually became clear, Li You's eyes suddenly widened, his face full of unbelievable shock. He even couldn't help rubbing his eyes, as if this would make the scene in front of him less real.

After confirming again and again, Li You finally confirmed that he was not mistaken. The person who was slowly approaching on horseback was actually Gao Yao! The shock in his heart became more and more intense, so much so that even his voice trembled a little: "I, Li You, pay my respects to the Prime Minister!"

Li You could never have imagined that the person who came at this time would be Gao Yao. This was so unexpected that he was a little overwhelmed for a moment.

Gao Yao sat firmly on his warhorse, showing no intention of dismounting. His face was still terribly gloomy, as if covered by a thick layer of dark clouds.

Seeing this, Li You's heart tightened and he hurriedly said, "I am guilty, please punish me, Prime Minister. I failed to stop Wu Rui from massacring the city, and I deserve to die!" As he spoke, he knelt down without hesitation and apologized to Gao Yao.

In fact, this matter had little to do with Li You. He was not the general in charge of this battle, but was sent to reinforce. But when he saw Gao Yao appear here, he immediately realized that it must be because of Wu Rui's massacre of the city.

In this situation, Li You knew that no matter whether it was his fault or not, he had to take the responsibility on himself first. Doing so might leave a good impression on Gao Yao. After all, it would be too stupid for a subordinate to not even take responsibility.

"This matter has nothing to do with you, Wu Rui. Do you really think that I am afraid of him? How dare you be so unscrupulous! Pass the order down, rest here immediately. Tomorrow morning, when Wu Rui attacks the city, follow me to kill him and take off his head!" Gao Yao roared angrily.

"Yes!" the servant beside him responded quickly.

After a long and rapid march, Gao Yao was exhausted and in urgent need of rest. However, what made him even more angry was Wu Rui's massacre of the city, which made him feel even worse and he had no intention of talking to Li You any more.

The loss of this city was actually not a big deal for Gao Yao, as he was not the kind of person who cared too much about the gains and losses of a city. However, he absolutely could not tolerate such a cruel act as the massacre of the city. Gao Yao must avenge this blood feud!

At this time, Li You obviously also noticed Gao Yao's anger, and at the same time, he also remembered Gao Yao's martial arts value. Although he himself had not seen Gao Yao's skills with his own eyes, he had heard from Li Si that Gao Yao's martial arts were invincible. Even Xiang Yu, who was famous in Kuaiji at that time, was also defeated by Gao Yao. However, Gao Yao rarely took action in recent years, so people gradually forgot how powerful he was.

The next morning, before the sun rose, Wu Rui opened his eyes early. He knew that today was crucial for the army and they had to successfully capture Huiyang County.

At present, the army has very little food left, and the situation is very critical. The delay along the way, coupled with the time spent attacking Huiyang County, has made the army somewhat unstable. After all, without enough food and grass, how can the soldiers have the energy to fight? Going to the battlefield on an empty stomach will not only greatly reduce the combat effectiveness, but may even lead to the loss of morale.

Huiyang County was different. As far as Wu Rui knew, a large number of soldiers of the Southern Border Army were stationed in Huiyang County, and the military rations there must be quite sufficient. Under normal circumstances, when the city was breached, the Southern Border Army could choose to burn the food directly to prevent Wu's army from getting it. But because of the previous massacre, the Southern Border Army naturally did not dare to take such a risk. They did not dare to gamble whether Huiyang County would suffer the same fate.

Wu Rui knew very well that no matter what choice he made, he would be criticized and abused. However, at this moment, he did not have much choice. The ferry was destroyed and the military rations were extremely scarce, which put him in a dilemma.

If he continued to attack, the army would be difficult to sustain without sufficient food supply, which could eventually lead to disastrous consequences. But if he chose to retreat, he would not only lose a large number of troops, but also cause the problem of military morale collapse. After all, the alliance of princes was now in name only, and he could no longer get help from other princes.

What's worse is that Wu Rui changed from a passive situation to an active attack, provoking Gao Yao, but ended up in a miserable defeat. This will undoubtedly cause the already delicate situation to collapse completely. Facing Gao Yao, many of his subordinates were already wavering in their mentality, and it can even be said that they might betray him at any time. Now, if he escapes in a panic, I'm afraid that before Gao Yao's army arrives, many people will be eager to contact Gao Yao and surrender.