Fighting for Love Episode 19 Recap
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Chang Yuqing led his soldiers, preparing to attack Pingjia'ao. Cui Yan was already fully prepared, but Chang Yuqing handed him an urgent letter. The letter was from Chang Yuqing's second uncle. The Empress Dowager now highly valued Chen Qi, and the greater Chen Qi's influence, the more their Chang family army would be suppressed.
Therefore, his second uncle told them to feign being held up by the southern advancing army, so that Chen Qi would not have the energy to continue advancing south. The next day, Chang Yuqing led his soldiers, who had clearly won the battle. Most of the troops had reached the foot of Pingjia'ao Gate, and some were already close to climbing the city gate, but behind them came the signal to retreat. Chang Yuqing announced the withdrawal.
Fortunately, they did not continue the attack, otherwise A Mai's troops would have suffered heavy losses. That night, A Mai and the commander of the southern army discussed countermeasures in the military camp. The military advisor thought the enemy was feigning surrender, but didn't know the conspiracy behind it. A Mai bet that since the enemy hadn't pressed their advantage, they wouldn't launch a sneak attack on their army tonight.
At dawn, Chang Yuqing led numerous generals to attack the city again. Among them was a general named Jiang Chengyi, who was brave and invincible. During the first assault, he almost climbed onto the enemy's city wall, only to receive the signal to retreat. He was furious at Chang Yuqing's order. When Chang Yuqing heard about this, he heavily promoted him in the military camp and made him the chief commander for future attacks.
During the second assault, it seemed the southern soldiers were about to be defeated, but at the critical moment, Chang Yuqing still sounded the gong to withdraw the troops. Everyone didn't know what scheme their leader was planning, but military orders were paramount, so they could only retreat in disarray. The enemy feigned surrender twice in a row, and the military advisor and Shang Yizhi couldn't understand it.
A Mai carefully examined the enemy's equipment and finally figured out the general situation. The enemy must have internal problems now, and the repeated attacks were just to buy time. Instead of just surviving here, it would be better to take the initiative and attack. A Mai and the military advisor laid out their plan. They planned to dispatch a large main force to outflank the Northern Desert army from behind.
The next time the Northern Desert army attacked, it wouldn't be so easy for them to retreat. More than half of the guards in the city were reduced. Fearing that the Northern Desert army would notice the change, A Mai ordered her subordinates to chop more firewood and build more stoves. When the enemy saw the number of stoves hadn't decreased, they wouldn't suspect anything. In addition, they also chopped more bamboo to make more repeating crossbows.
According to A Mai's plan, the Northern Desert army indeed didn't detect anything. Although they ambushed the soldiers who went out to cut wood, there weren't many casualties, and moreover, those soldiers who returned also captured Cui Yan of the Northern Desert army. Cui Yan was tied to the city wall, and Chang Yuqing naturally rushed with his troops to rescue him. A Mai asked Shang Yizhi to enter the city alone for negotiations.
Although it was fraught with danger, for Cui Yan's sake, Shang Yizhi nodded and agreed. Just as Shang Yizhi was riding his horse alone, preparing to enter the city, Jiang Chengyi deliberately gave the wrong order from behind, causing the cavalry behind to still attack the city. There weren't many soldiers on the city wall, and they were outnumbered. Fortunately, Shang Yizhi arrived with his troops in time and launched a pincer attack on the Northern Desert army.
This time, A Mai's army achieved victory. In order to cause internal strife in the Northern Desert army, A Mai released Cui Yan again. This time, the southern army defeated the Northern Desert army, greatly boosting morale. A Mai's reputation spread, and everyone called her the "Little War God.
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