After the two brothers Xiong Ba and Xiong Bi led their troops into the city, they did not sit down to rest. Instead, they brought more people out of the city to support them. The two of them made up their mind that at worst they would fight into the tens of thousands of troops, even if they lost one life.
Rescue Ji Jie.
Less than two miles out of the city, he ran into Ji Jie's guards. Xiong Ba quickly asked: "Where is your Majesty?"
The captain of the guard smiled and said: "We are behind, and the Zhao army was blown up. Your Majesty is your Majesty. You can withstand thousands of troops with one person, haha!"
The two brothers finally lost their hearts and evacuated to Zhaocheng together with everyone else.
Sima Shang screamed angrily. He saw Ji Jie right in front of him, but no one dared to catch him. Zhaocheng's men were already close at hand. If he continued to pursue him, he would be the one who would suffer.
"Retreat!" Sima Shang reluctantly gave the order to retreat.
Gathering the dead soldiers along the way, the final number was six hundred and thirty-eight, and even more were injured. Sima Shang gritted his teeth, because only about three hundred corpses were left in the Great Zhou Dynasty.
You must know that Ji Jie was once trapped in a tight siege. Although he fought his way out, he should have suffered a bigger loss anyway, but the result was this.
Li Mu was also shocked by this result. This did not include the Korean soldiers who were killed in panic. He heard that their casualties were even greater. Even though Ji Jie's men were attacked from both sides, they still burned more than a dozen of his camps and burned him to death.
Countless Korean soldiers were killed naked and naked.
Han Chuang walked up to Li Mu with a respectful expression, bowed and said, "Thank you Marshal Li for your help. Han will definitely thank you very much!"
Li Mu waved his hand and said nonchalantly: "You and I are an offensive and defensive alliance, so we should help each other! Please don't mind it, Deputy Marshal Han. After all, I didn't inform you in advance, so you suffered a lot of losses!"
Fortunately, Han Chuang thought, you didn't notify me in advance. If you had, I wouldn't believe it. Then you wouldn't send people to guard here. The result must be that Ji Jie succeeded easily, and our Korean army disappeared into the coalition.
in the array.
"Marshal Li is so polite!" Han Chuang showed such respect for the first time in front of Li Mu and said: "From now on, Han will follow Marshal Li's lead. Please let the marshal make a decision on the next war!"
What Li Mu wanted was this result. He smiled and said, "Li was frightened that Vice Admiral Han could say that! I very much hope that our Zhao and Han coalition forces can unite as one and share the same hatred for the enemy. After this battle, although Ji Jie did not eat too much
It’s a shame, but I must realize that you and I are not easy to mess with.”
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After returning to Zhaocheng, comforting the injured soldiers, and arranging the payment of pensions to the families of the dead officers and soldiers tomorrow morning, Ji Jie returned to his study.
Zhao Qian walked in cautiously and said softly: "Brother Jie, don't be angry, okay?"
None of the three women slept, waiting for Ji Jie's triumphant return. What they didn't expect was the news that he had been ambushed and fell into Li Mu's scheme. Zhao Qian hurried over to find him.
"Haha, I'm not angry. Li Mu suffered more than me!" Ji Jie put his arms around the little girl's waist and said with a wry smile: "I just feel a little unhappy. I regard Zhao Jun as my mother's family and I can't bear to treat them."
Use swords and weapons. But my mother-in-law’s family doesn’t seem to recognize me as my uncle at all. Didn’t you see the formation just now? When Sima Shang saw me, he felt like a hungry wolf had seen flesh. Li Mu was the same. He wanted to peel off my skin and remove my bones.
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Tears welled up in Zhao Qian's eyes, and she said with a bitter tone: "I'm sorry, it's all the trouble I brought to Brother Jie... If it weren't for me... they wouldn't have invaded Zhaocheng..."
"Girl, why are you crying!" Ji Jie quickly said with a smile: "How can I blame you? If you want to blame it, you have to blame your confused father! Besides, it's my fault. I know that your father is a money man, but he didn't
I sent the betrothal gift to South Korea first, what a stupid person I am! I almost let my cute little daughter-in-law become someone else's wife. Fortunately, I have a sensible uncle, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous!"
The little girl was immediately amused, and her heart felt extremely sweet.
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Since you, Li Mu, are unkind, don't blame me, Ji Jie, for being unjust. It's time to make corresponding adjustments to the coalition's strategy. Whenever the enemy invades, regardless of whether you are a Zhao soldier or a Han soldier, they will all be bombed.
Ji Jie named the three types of bombs. The "big winter melon" was called "Hangtian Lei", the "big watermelon" was called "Zhentian Cannon", and the "small cantaloupe" was called "Thunderbolt".
Hongtian Lei and Zhentian Cannon are distributed to the trebuchet unit. This unit is officially renamed as artillery. Thunderbolt shells are distributed to the soldiers before the enemy attacks the city or fights with the enemy. Soldiers are not allowed to have these items when there is no war.
Ji Jie implements strict controls on these three weapons to prevent them from falling into the hands of other countries.
The next day, the reorganized coalition forces appeared in the open space outside the south gate. The two armies were in tight military formations with clear flags, as if they would not give up until they took the city.
Ji Jie stood at the top of the city, thinking that Li Mu failed to win tactically last night, but he achieved a complete victory strategically. Not only did he trap the Zhou Dynasty's attackers, but he also won Han Chuang's approval!
Unexpectedly, a failed robbery camp would lead to such a result. Ji Jie was very upset. He originally wanted to make a fuss about the disagreement between the two of them, but now, there is no chance anymore.
However, what can you do even if your generals are focused? The city here is high and the water is deep, the troops are sufficient, and the food is even more abundant. With the thunder and thunder cannons, it will be difficult for you to get close to the city wall, so how can we capture it?
This time, Zhao and Han each sent 1,500 strong soldiers, a total of 3,000, holding shields and carrying ladders to rush toward the city gate. In view of the tragic situation at the Korean trebuchet position yesterday, Li Mu did not bring any soldiers today.
Long range attack force.
There are some stones scattered in the open space outside the city. Most of these stones are buried in the soil. They may seem inconspicuous, but they are rulers made for the city's artillery. They shoot according to the distance of the ruler. No enemy can leave alive.
When the coalition forces entered the shooting range, Ji Jie put down the telescope and shouted: "The distance is 180 feet, Type B sky thunder, fire!"
Type B thunderbolts are "big winter melons" with prefabricated fragments. They are specially used to kill enemy infantry and cavalry at long distances. In order to achieve more powerful lethality, Ji Jie ordered them to be placed on all the north gates and the east and west gates.
All the trebuchets were moved to the south gate, and sixty-six giant trebuchets opened fire at the same time. The scene was so spectacular.
"Boom boom boom..."
A series of powerful explosions knocked the coalition soldiers off their backs, broken limbs and arms flying everywhere, and the voices of crying fathers and mothers could be heard one after another.
Before the war started, Li Mu specially equipped these three thousand people with huge shields. He thought they could withstand the impact of the explosion, but they didn't expect them to be of any use at all.
What kind of weapon is this? Li Mu thinks that he has been on the battlefield for decades and has seen many things that others have never seen, but he has never seen this thing before.