After several hours of fighting, the Liang army left a pile of corpses. They couldn't escape even if they wanted to. The rear was blocked by Huo Qubing and his men.
Especially after the opponent's main generals challenged them recklessly and were killed by Yuwen Chengdu and his men, the Liang army collapsed.
"Your Highness, the enemy has surrendered, and our army is cleaning up the battlefield."
With 45,000 people fighting less than 70,000 people, Shiguan City won a complete victory.
"Okay, how was the casualty of this battle?"
Long Tian asked, this was related to the subsequent war.
"Your Highness, because of the full preparation, our army suffered only more than 3,000 casualties, killed more than 30,000 enemies, and captured more than 30,000 people."
The casualty ratio was 1 to 10, and more than 30,000 prisoners were captured.
"General Bai Qi, how should we deal with these prisoners?"
This was a war between two countries, and it was not a war of annihilation. It was difficult to collect prisoners for one's own use. Moreover, Long Tian had too few troops, and sufficient troops were needed to guard the prisoners.
The reason why Long Tian asked Bai Qi actually represented his intention.
"Your Highness, our army is short of manpower and unable to guard the prisoners. Moreover, the enemy army is coming. If these prisoners are not strictly controlled, they may cause trouble. At that time, a small negligence may easily lead to the failure of the entire battle."
"Therefore, I suggest that you hand over these prisoners to me to deal with them and ensure that they will not cause trouble."
Bai Qi did not say it clearly, but Bai Qi's reputation is there, and the generals also understand Bai Qi's meaning.
No one else said that this is indeed the best way to deal with it at present. Only Yue Fei was a little reluctant and wanted to dissuade him, but it turned into a helpless sigh in the end.
Kindness does not lead to the command of the army. In some special cases, it must be ruthless enough.
Long Tian was very satisfied with Bai Qi's answer. This was not the time to be soft-hearted.
"Go and do it." Long Tian nodded and agreed to Bai Qi's proposal.
If there is enough time, we can find a way to win over some people for our own use, but now the war situation is urgent and there is no time to prepare.
In the afternoon, Long Tian received news from Xiang Yu.
Baijiang City has been successfully captured by Xiang Yu and Ran Min, and the 50,000 Zhenbei Army there is indeed controlled by Zhang Tianyi.
However, in this world, the so-called control is nothing more than controlling some major generals in the army. As for the soldiers, they are nothing more than obeying orders.
Therefore, Xiang Yu and the others acted decisively, killed several major generals, and then summoned the entire army, took out the Northern King's token, and announced that they would take over the entire army.
Although there were minor twists and turns, it was still very smooth overall. The soldiers of the Zhenbei Army are almost all from the northern border. In recent years, because of the existence of Long Dao, the northern border has been able to avoid war. People in the northern border are very clear about these things.
Therefore, the ordinary soldiers of Zhenbei Army had no objection to the Long family, and the same was true for Long Tian. Although Long Tian used to be a playboy, he only cared about romance and never bullied others. The people in the northern border just disliked Long Tian, but they did not hate him.
After Xiang Yu and his men took over Zhenbei Army, they immediately began to bloodbath the rebellious army and dug out and killed the bribed people one by one.
Afterwards, Xiang Yu sent out scouts to closely monitor the actions of Liang Army and be ready to support Shiguan City at any time.
"Okay, Baijiang Town has 50,000 northern troops and 30,000 city guards. We can mobilize more troops and have a better chance of winning this battle."
"General Bai Qi, mobilize the people of the city and prepare more defensive materials such as rolling stones. We want to give the Liang army a warning and tell the people that this prince will not let them contribute in vain. All the people who participated in defending the city will be thanked with food."
"General Shi, there is no need to limit the food collected from the noble families. Distribute it to the people who have made contributions."
"In addition, recruit young and middle-aged people in the city to participate in the defense war. As long as they participate, regardless of whether they have made meritorious deeds, they will receive food subsidies. If they unfortunately die in battle, this prince will also give them generous pensions."
Long Tian began to make arrangements. Not to mention the little food from the noble families, Long Tian was not short of food the least. As long as the people were willing to work hard, Long Tian was willing to show enough sincerity.
Soon, the people of Shiguan City were shocked by the news. For the people, the most important thing was of course to stay alive, and the necessity to support life was naturally food.
Helping to prepare the city defense equipment is just a matter of effort, but it can be exchanged for a lot of food, which is comparable to welfare for the people.
So, almost all the young and middle-aged men and women in Shiguan City took to the streets, followed the arrangements, and did their part to defend the city.
There are not many people in Shiguan City, only about 300,000, and there are 70,000 to 80,000 young and middle-aged men. The enthusiasm of these people has been mobilized, and they can also play a significant role in the later defense of the city.
In order to reassure the people, Long Tian quickly fulfilled the promised food and gave it to theYoung and strong men who are willing to participate in the defense of the city will be given enough food in advance.
The people saw the benefits and participated more actively in the defense of the city.
Three days later, Long Tian received the latest intelligence that the 200,000 troops of Liang State were approaching.
"General Bai Qi, the cavalry raids that Tianlongwei is good at are not very useful in defending the city. Therefore, please ask General Bai Qi to lead the army out of the city."
"The enemy has not arrived yet. If possible, I hope General Bai Qi will raid the enemy army and cause certain casualties to the enemy, at least not let them reach Shiguan City safely."
The cavalry left the warhorse and lost half of their combat power, especially the heavy armored cavalry.
Letting Bai Qi go out of the city to look for opportunities was something Long Tian had considered before, and it was also the purpose of Long Tian distributing a large amount of food and mobilizing the people.
Only in this way, with tens of thousands of young and strong men in the city to help, Bai Qi could leave with peace of mind. Although these people have no martial arts skills, they are not asked to go directly to the battlefield, help transport rolling stones, or directly smash them under the city. They can still do it.
The enemy is only a first- or second-grade warrior. The gap between this low-level warrior and ordinary people is not that big.
"Your Highness, it is reported that the Liang army that attacked this time only has 30,000 light cavalry, and the rest are infantry. I can really give them a head-on blow."
Whether it is equipment, arms or combat power, the Tianlong Guard has enough advantages. The only thing it lacks is that there are fewer people.
"General Bai, I believe in you, just go ahead and do it."
"The defense of the city will be handed over to General Yue Fei and General Huo Qubing. We must make full use of the power of the people, but we must also try to avoid casualties among the people as much as possible. After all, they are ordinary people. I hope the two generals will consider and arrange this."
"In addition, the gifts we prepared must also be arranged properly, which may bring us a big surprise."
Long Tian just wants to use the power of the people, but does not want to see large-scale deaths.
"Your Highness, rest assured. After several days of training, the city guards and private soldiers have been completely transformed, especially the private soldiers. These people have some skills. Once they are trained, they will soon be able to form combat effectiveness."
The two generals have been busy with training these days.
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