Chapter 373 Zhao Yun VS Budugen - Part 2 (1/2)

Chapter 373 – Zhao Yun VS Budugen - Part 2

Gongsun Zan's two thousand white riders followed Zhao Yun outside of the city, chasing the unprepared Budugen's soldiers.

The retreating soldiers turned around and tried to form an array to counter the horse charge, but they could not react in time. Zhao Yun spearheaded and broke the incomplete formation within a few thrusts of his spear.

As Budugen's soldiers had geared for the siege, they did not bring their horses. As such, the 5,000 soldiers were crushed and routed within one charge!

Although they could not kill every single of Budugen's remaining 5,000 men, the damages were significant enough for Budugen to call for a full retreat.

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The news about the sudden defeat reached Budugen at his command tent.

”What did you just say!?”

”Sir, the enemies came out of the city and defeated the remaining soldiers. We lost most of them.”

Out of 5,000 men, only 500 survived to tell a tale. As for the rest, they either died in the battle or deserted the army.

”Who is their general? Any spy or scout get his name?”

”It's Zhao Yun, sir.”

”Zhao Yun, Zhao Zilong? The one that used to be with Gongsun Zan?”

”Yes, sir!”

”Don't lie, you dumb fuck! How can an incompetent idiot be their general!?”

To Budugen, Zhao Yun was a low-rank officer who did not deserve to be promoted. He had learned about Zhao Yun's failure as a royal bodyguard, and Budugen believed that Zhao Yun was inept.

”B-But it's the truth, sir!”

”… Fine. It's my fault for not checking the enemy's banners beforehand. Tell everyone that we'll go through with the night assault plan. Cancel the ballistae construction order and tell workers to get a good rest. If we can't take Beiping by the sunrise, we'll leave this place.”

15,200 Soldiers were not a match for 12,000 garrison forces behind the walls. Budugen was not foolish enough to keep fighting in a direct siege in day-time.

He decided to test his luck for one last time with this night raid!

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Nightfall, 11 PM.

Budugen and all of his soldiers had crafted wooden ladders to climb the wall, and they marched toward the city without lighting a torch.

The darkness became their cover as they managed to reach the bottom of Beiping City wall undetected. Soldiers began climbing the ladders to the top of the wall in glee.

However, the night raid was not perfect. Soon, the garrison guards found their ladders and Budugen's soldiers.

”WE'RE UNDER ATTACK!”

As Zhao Yun had prepared a unit of night shift guards to patrol the walls, five thousand soldiers formed ranks and charged at the invaders right away.

The other 5,000 also woke up from the commotion. They climbed the wall to join the fight as well.

However, Zhao Yun and his 2,000 white riders were not here!

The night raid turned into melee combats on the top of the wall, but several garrison soldiers on the back used their repeating crossbows to fire randomly at the soldiers on the ground.

The battle of attrition continued for only five minutes before another incident occurred.

Five hundred meters away, Budugen's camp was in flame!

Zhao Yun and his 2,000 white riders raided the camp again. Because of the lack of defense, the white horsemen burnt everything to ashes, including horse stables, granaries, and all tents.

Zhao Yun was ruthless enough. He spared nothing for Budugen to take home even if he could retreat. As they had scouted the areas yesterday, Zhao Yun went for thorough destruction.

After the white rider unit had finished with their tasks, they headed back to the city, where the fight was still ongoing.

20 Minutes passed since Budugen and the garrison forces were in a melee fight.

Budugen turned around to look at his burning camp in shock. He had planned to go all-out in this battle, so he did not leave behind any troop to guard the camp.

This was his mistake!

”Fuck! Hurry and capture the wall! We'll fight to the death!”

Budugen spread his troops to other walls to speed up his siege. However, they did not have enough wooden ladders for every battalion, so the attack was slow.

The melee battle on the top of the walls was in chaos. As Budugen had not climbed the wall yet and he was at the bottom of it, he had no idea how the fight was going.

In reality, the garrison forces had the advantage because of their pieces of equipment and their repeating crossbows. In the beginning, they faltered to the sudden emergence of enemy troops, but they recovered their wall spaces and pushed back 70% of the invading soldiers.

Budugen's men wore leather armor, while Beiping police forces had the standard Imperial armor set, lamellar suits, as their lowest class armor type. Some of the soldiers with rich background bought steel plate armor from the black market As a result, the Xianbei's dead bodies piled on the wall more than the garrison soldiers.

9,000 remaining police officers were still fighting on top of the walls, while Budugen was left with 7,500 soldiers without realizing it. Furthermore, Budugen's soldiers continued to fall from the repeating crossbow arrows.

Night arrows were deadly against strategists and commanders in a battle as they camouflaged the number of their casualties.

Half an hour after Zhao Yun had ignited the fire at Budugen's camp, he returned to flank the barbarian soldiers.

As Zhao Yun Army carried torches, Budugen could see the oncoming horsemen.

The Xianbei general kicked his horse and returned to the flank, planning to counter-attack. He led his remaining bodyguards, which were the only cavalries that Budugen brought, with him.

Soon, 2,000 white riders clashed with Budugen's 2,000 light cavalries.

Zhao Yun's white riders consisted of semi-heavy knights. As Zhao Yun favored efficiency over safety and the full set of knight armors took times to wear, Zhao Yun abandoned complicated parts, such as arm parts or leg parts to save time for their deployment.

Still, their vital spots were covered, and these armors were better than the Xianbei's leather type.

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The competition of equipment concluded within the first five minutes as Budugen's soldiers fell from their horse on after another. Meanwhile, one of Zhao Yun's men only fell from their horse for every 10 soldiers killed.