Under no talent, is a world famous general

Chapter 383 Heavy casualties!

Liukang Dynasty, the residence of Prime Minister Zhao.

The door of the mansion was wide open, and a luxurious carriage galloped in. Immediately afterwards, Zhao Liangyan stepped on the sedan chair and got out of the carriage.

His expression was gloomy, with hints of grief and indignation, and the housekeeper and his confidants who stood beside him couldn't help but look at each other in blank dismay.

As Zhao Liangyan entered the study, the staff couldn't help asking, "Master Zhao, what is this?"

Zhao Liangyan sighed, "I don't know which sycophant taught His Majesty badly. In order to seize power, His Majesty has already disregarded Liu Kang's life and death. As long as the truth agrees, he will definitely oppose it."

The staff frowned, "Could it be that this is the case when you go to court today?"

Zhao Liangyan nodded, and said in a deep voice, "The news that Qin Yi went south, together with Mu Haoran, defeated Jing Shou has spread. Your Majesty never asked me what to do, but asked how to deal with it in the court hall. Hundreds of officials quarreled It's too much to deal with."

After hearing this, the staff immediately understood that His Majesty wanted to evade Prime Minister Zhao step by step. The first thing was to convey a signal to let everyone know that His Majesty would not adopt anything that Prime Minister Zhao agreed with, thus gradually reducing the supporters of Prime Minister Zhao.

The quarreling among the officials in the courtroom is a proof.

Your Majesty no longer trusts Zhao Xiang, so they are eager to show themselves so as to win His Majesty's trust.

It's a pity, Zhao Xiang is a loyal and upright person, and he will not do anything to deceive the emperor, otherwise, he has plenty of ways to punish the disobedient emperor!

Perhaps it was because of his loyalty and integrity that he was entrusted by the late emperor and appointed as the regent prime minister.

"I don't know what's your opinion, my lords?" asked the aide.

"Some said to send troops to rescue Qucheng, some said to send troops to rescue Changcheng, and some said to send troops to capture other Linzhan cities..."

"Then what is your proposal, Prime Minister Zhao?" asked the aide.

As a confidant and aide, he naturally has the right to know Zhao Liangyan's decision, so as to assist in decision-making. This is his role.

"Peace." Zhao Liangyan said.

The corner of the staff's mouth twitched, sighing secretly that Zhao Xiangguo was really loyal, knowing that His Majesty would not accept it, he even made such a proposal.

It was His Majesty who did not listen to dissuasion and ordered to send troops. Now that he was defeated, he immediately asked for peace. Didn't he slap himself hard?
His Majesty is looking forward to establishing prestige and regaining power, so how could he do such a self-slapping thing.

"In the end, how does His Majesty decide?" the staff member asked.

He knew that it was definitely not a summation.

"Your Majesty refuted my opinion. In desperation, I seconded others and suggested sending troops to rescue Qucheng. After hearing this, His Majesty refuted it again, and finally decided to send troops to rescue Changcheng." Speaking of this, Zhao Xiang was extremely displeased.

There were [-] guards in Changcheng, and the enemy general Sun Xinglen had only [-] infantry, so he knew without thinking that the opponent would not be able to attack at all.

But still sending troops to rescue, it's just taking off your pants and farting, it's superfluous!
After hearing this, the staff immediately understood.

Such behavior is tantamount to abandoning Qucheng.

Within the canal city, there are only [-] soldiers and horses guarding Jing. If no reinforcements are sent, they will be like an isolated island, and it is only a matter of time before they fall.

It seems that His Majesty has no strategy, but has a strong desire for power. In order to regain power, he listens to others and acts recklessly.

A war without a goal, a hammer in the east, a mallet in the west, and nonsense, will eventually make yourself suffer!

……

The Great Jing Dynasty, the six cities of Jingxi.

Under Liangcheng, the trenches were filled with countless dead bodies. The stench of corpses and blood fused together to give off a strong stench!

Many flies flew up and down, lingering constantly, and not far away, there were three or four wild dogs gathering, nibbling on the stumps.

The whole scene is a scene of purgatory, which is very frightening!

The Dali soldiers on the city wall did not feel uncomfortable, their faces were cold, they stood like javelins, and looked into the distance vigilantly.

Under Gu Yulan's command, whether it is Yulan cavalry or infantry, they all have morale and combat power far superior to other troops, because Gu Yulan leads troops well.

Therefore, even though the enemy soldiers left thousands of corpses and retreated in defeat, and it was impossible to attack again, they still did not relax their vigilance and stood on the sentry post, fully on guard.

Ten miles away from Liangcheng, in the camp of the famous Dajing general Luo Lingguang, there was a lot of wailing, bloody!
Many wounded soldiers were gathered in several camps and treated by the army doctors.

Hearing this heart-shattering howl, both the patrol team and the soldiers resting in their tents were filled with despair.

With high morale, they came here, wanting to take back the city belonging to Dajing, but they attacked every day, and after nearly twenty days, they didn't even take back a city, and instead suffered heavy casualties.

There were 15 soldiers and horses at the beginning, but now, only [-] are left!
A total of [-] comrades died under Liangcheng!

All their thoughts were lost, and they vaguely felt that they might never be able to take back the six Jingxi cities from Dali.

In addition, they were full of fear. Whenever they heard the sound of attacking drums, they felt that it was the horn of death. Either they would die or their comrades would die...

The head coach, a general reported in a hoarse voice, "General, our army has killed 8000 people in this attack..."

Luo Lingguang, who was covered in blood, trembled in his heart, and almost wanted to bleed.

He didn't expect that Gu Yulan was not only powerful in frontal battles, but also so sharp in defending the city.

The siege of the city had to be filled with human lives, and then meeting a famous general like Gu Yulan made it impossible to attack for a long time, and the casualties were extremely heavy.

In order to boost morale, every time Luo Lingguang took the lead in attacking the city, he was wounded all over his body, his left arm was hit by an arrow, his right leg was hit by a rolling log, and he was hit by a knife in his abdomen. Now he was walking staggeringly, but he never flinched Still taking his life to attack the city.

Because of this, the soldiers of Dajing were able to attack the city every day without morale collapsing.

Seeing that Luo Lingguang hadn't spoken for a long time, the general gritted his teeth and persuaded, "General, you can't fight any more. If you continue to fight, the remaining [-] troops will be killed or injured!"

Luo Lingguang shook his head, with a resolute expression, and said word by word, "I promised His Majesty that I will never return until I die! As long as I can still run, and as long as everyone is willing to attack the city with me, I will let you go!" Can't stop!"

……

In the past few days, the city has been attacked several times, but there is not much result. Just when Sun Xingleng was about to stop probing and attack Changcheng with all his strength, the letter came, Qin Yi appeared in Qucheng, joined hands with Mu Haoran, defeated Jing Shou.

Knowing that Qin Yi was safe and had escaped from the enemy's siege, Sun Xingleng and Chen Yu were overjoyed, and they also ordered the whole army to withdraw to Linzhan through Fan Guo.

Their task is to relieve Qin Yi's pressure so that he can escape back. Now that the goal has been achieved, there is no need to continue to attack the city.

If they really wanted to capture Changcheng, they would have to pay for it with their lives. With their current strength, it was simply not enough.

What's more, Changcheng is close to Fan Kingdom, and it doesn't border Linzhan. It is still an enclave if it is captured, it is difficult to govern, so there is no need to work hard in vain.

……

Relying on the war map, Qin Yi dealt with the remaining two groups of enemy soldiers. Although each group of enemy soldiers was only [-] to [-], not many, but the total number was [-] to [-], which was considered to be to a certain extent, weakening Liu Kang. Strength.

After that, he led his troops back, and when he returned to Qucheng, seven days had passed.

But Qucheng was still in the hands of Jingshou, which surprised Qin Yi a little. Later, he realized that it was the loss of [-] soldiers and horses, which made Mu Haoran dare not attack by force. The role of winning without fighting.

But Qin Yi 100% disagrees with this.

There is not enough food and grass, there are still horses, there are rich gentry, and there are common people... These are all people who are looking forward to Li Shu, and Jing Shou will not take pity on them at all.

As long as the siege continues, the first to suffer must be the Linzhan people.

Therefore, it must be captured as soon as possible, lest Jingshou soldiers and horses run amok in the city!
But Qin Yi didn't immediately urge Mu Haoran to attack. After all, 15 vs. [-], there is no crushing advantage. A strong attack will indeed consume a lot of troops.

So he was waiting, waiting for Sun Xingling to lead a hundred thousand infantry to join them.

At that time, it will be the time for the two sides to jointly attack the city!
……

Three days later, a scout quickly entered the camp, got off his horse and went straight to Qin Yi's tent, saying respectfully, "General, General Sun led a hundred thousand soldiers and horses, and they have arrived ten miles away."

Qin Yi squinted his eyes slightly when he heard the words, and immediately responded, "Send a letter to General Mu and tell him that the two armies will attack the city together in the early morning of tomorrow!"

But today, in addition to giving the hundred thousand infantry a break, they had to rush to make siege equipment.

In the early morning of the next day, with the sound of war drums, Qin Yi's troops lined up in battle formation and marched towards Qucheng.

Mu Haoran had already heard the news and gave up the west and north walls, while he himself focused on the east and south.

Qin Yi's army lined up in the west. As for the north, he did not send troops to besiege.

There is a saying in the art of war that a besieged city must be quelled.

If you don't want the enemy soldiers to fight to the death, you have to leave a gap, so that when the enemy soldiers lose the enemy, they will retreat and reduce their own casualties.

After the formation of the two sides was completed and the exchange of messages was sent, Qin Yi was in the formation and shouted loudly, "Siege the city!"

Immediately, flags were waved, drums roared, and the siege began.

The human-powered catapults at the forefront of the battle line were pulled by the soldiers, and the stones flew out and hit the city wall, making a loud roar.

In the city, many catapults also launched a counterattack, and the stones flew through the air.

Many stones hit the Linzhan catapult, and the sawdust exploded immediately, destroying the equipment.

The ranges of the catapults of both sides were similar. The catapults of Linzhan were hit, and the catapults in the city were also smashed. In a short time, the catapults of both sides were damaged, making it difficult to use.

When Qin Yi saw this, he frowned slightly. He knew that both sides had catapults, which would offset each other's damage, but he didn't expect it to be so, and it didn't have much effect at all.

It seems that when sieging a city, in order to maintain the advantage of crushing, the only way to develop more powerful siege equipment.

Suppressing his miscellaneous thoughts, Qin Yi ordered loudly, "The former army charges!"

Although he didn't like to storm the city by force, and didn't like to take human life to fill it, but at this moment, that's all he could do.

Fortunately, there is no moat in Qucheng, no thick sheep and horse walls, and the strength of our own troops is as high as 25, and the enemy only has 8 horses, so it should not cause too many casualties.

Looking at the many pawns pushing the ladder and rushing forward, Qin Yi hoped that he could capture Qucheng with the least casualties!

(End of this chapter)