Rebirth: The Journey of an Heiress novel Chapter 1175

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Chapter 1175: Chapter 1169: The Younger Generation Surpasses the Old

Ye Shouguan raised his hand, pointing to the peaks on either side: "When the time comes, will my Xiliang soldiers come into the city to fight against your Zhou troops? This is, after all, Xiliang’s territory. When the time comes, however many of you come in, we’ll just as well kill as many and divide Zhou to feast upon. Aren’t you afraid?"

Bai Qingyan’s lips curved up, and she smiled as she spoke to Ye Shouguan: "If that is the case, then... the catapult will come into play."

Ye Shouguan was suddenly enlightened, understanding what Bai Qingyan’s motionless catapults were really for.

As he guessed, if he allowed the soldiers from the two peaks to come down to support, Bai Qingyan would use the catapult!

"According to the terrain of Yecheng Pass, the most important thing for Yecheng Pass is not this city itself, but the high peaks on both sides of Yecheng Pass. Therefore, the main force of Yecheng Pass must be on those high peaks, not within the city!" Bai Qingyan seriously shared her battle tactic with this elder, "As long as Xiliang’s scouts come out to investigate, they will surely know that all the Bai family generals, including myself, are attacking the city..."

Ye Shouguan’s gaze fell behind Bai Qingyan, where the young generals of the Bai family, all clad in silver armor, stood. He could not deny that Bai Qingyan was right.

Seeing all the Bai family generals present, he assumed that the main force of Zhou was in front of the Yecheng Pass. Zhou was certainly going to attack Yecheng Pass with full force to lure the soldiers from the peaks on either side of Yecheng Pass to come to their aid.

"According to the strategy of deploying troops, after the catapults, the main army will follow. With the darkening sky, Xiliang soldiers can only see the catapults but not behind them, where in fact, there is no Zhou army. The main force of the Zhou army is... ambushed on the high peaks!" Bai Qingyan’s voice was slow and steady, "If General Ye sends troops to outflank the back to attack Zhou from both sides, it will fall right into the ambush!"

Ye Shoucheng was suddenly enlightened in his heart.

"If General Ye is conservative and lets the soldiers from the peaks come down along the walls to aid, the Zhou’s catapult will surely move! Once the catapults move... the ambushed main force of Zhou will attack the walls with all their might!"

Now that the Bai family army already has a spearheading force to take down the walls, and knows the detailed structure within Yecheng Pass, capturing the walls is only a matter of time.

But Bai Qingyan does not want to use the catapult unless absolutely necessary...

A catapult hurling fire stones into the city would inevitably harm the civilians.

Ye Shoucheng nodded: "If I command the soldiers from the peaks along the walls to aid, the Zhou’s catapult could lose some troops, which would instead reduce the burden on the Zhou army attacking the two peaks and lighten the load on the army attacking Yecheng Pass! Good... good! Prepare for both! Ye Shoucheng... concedes wholeheartedly!"

Bai Qingyan nodded: "On the battlefield, the situation changes moment by moment. Leaving more contingency options for our soldiers to adapt is always a smaller price to pay than attacking once and having to come back to fight a second time."

Ye Shoucheng agreed with Bai Qingyan’s words, watching her straight posture, he smiled, raised his hand to pat his leg, looked up at the sky, exhaled a breath of warm air, and sighed: "Young people are truly remarkable! They say... after King Bai Weiting of Zhen and Duke Bai Qishan, along with the Bai family generals perished, the Bai family army would have no successors. But it seems now... the descendants of the Bai family have surpassed their predecessors!"

"General Ye... the defeat of Xiliang is already settled." Bai Qingyan’s gaze turned to the Xiliang soldiers on the city wall, almost all injured, "Stubborn resistance has no meaning anymore, many Xiliang soldiers are still very young."