Yesterday and today, more than 10,000 people died in just two days, but only about 20 people climbed up the city wall, and as soon as they went up, they were shot into a hornet's nest.
Jin Dakang was silent for a while and finally made a decision.
If this continues, there is only death. Since the way forward is blocked, the only way out is to retreat.
"Ming Jin withdraws his troops and we go to Yanmen Pass."
"Yanmen Pass?"
Jin Dakang said with an ugly face:
"Yes, do you have a better choice?"
"Now we are trapped between three levels. Only by attacking and conquering a city can we gain leverage and have a chance to survive."
"It's lucky that 20,000 people died, otherwise there would be no food in a few days and the army would mutiny,"
"Now at least we can survive for half a month."
"In addition, contact our craftsmen and ask them to contact the craftsmen in the two cities."
"As long as he can open the city gate, I will give him a big reward."
As he spoke, he looked at the city wall connecting Juyongguan with an ugly expression.
The city walls built by the Zhou people are really disgusting, otherwise even if they were captured, they would have been able to take a detour and escape.
But this city wall, which is as high as a male pass but has nowhere to step down, is like a death barrier that prevents them from crossing.
Unless they can leave their horses behind and go straight through.
But in that case, they would lose their advantage. What else could the Silla soldiers without horses have to scare the Zhou soldiers?
If they are caught up when the time comes, they will be killed and dispersed with a single charge.
When Li Wuwei saw that the army was withdrawing, his face suddenly turned ugly. He couldn't understand the reason for the withdrawal.
If it were him, he would definitely be defeated.
At this moment, he noticed Li Xiuzhu not far away.
Li Wuwei immediately rushed over quickly.
"General!"
"Um."
"General, they have withdrawn their troops."
Li Xiuzhu looked at Li Wuwei speechlessly, "Brother, I'm not blind."
Li Wuwei seemed to understand Li Xiuzhu's eyes, and for a moment he didn't dare to look at Li Xiuzhu, but he had to speak.
Li Wuwei looked at Li Xiuzhu and said, "You are a fool." He gritted his teeth and said, "The general said that the opponent was a trapped beast and would fight to the death. But now that the opponent has withdrawn, my subordinates cannot understand."
"My subordinates are worried about what conspiracy the other party may have."
It turned out that it was because of this that Li Xiuzhu withdrew his look that you were a fool and said: "Fighting to the death may not mean fighting to the death against us."
"The prerequisite for a desperate fight is hope. You defended Juyong Pass, and the number of casualties was beyond his expectation, leaving him with no hope."
"So now he can only find another way."
Li Wuwei was stunned. Is there any other way to survive now?
"General, do you mean they are going to attack Shanhaiguan?"
Li Xiuzhu held his forehead speechlessly. This kid can lead a soldier to fight, but his brain is really bad.
"Aren't you stupid? There are 50,000 people in Shanhaiguan, and General Luo Shicheng is personally in charge. They are still fighting a city defense battle that we southerners are most familiar with. How can we fight Shanhaiguan?"
"If I guess correctly, the opponent is going to attack Yanmen Pass."
"The garrison at Yanmen Pass is only 30,000, which is relatively small, and they are veterans from the frontier fortress."
"In addition, there are aristocratic families in the city. If Governor Zhu fights this battle seriously, it is possible to defend it."
"If he doesn't take it seriously, he will probably be attacked from the back by the family."
Li Wuwei was impressed at first when he heard Li Xiuzhu's words, but then he was surprised and said: "No way, Juyongguan was lost like this before. Hasn't Governor Zhu learned his lesson?"
Li Xiuzhu smiled when he heard this.
"Their situation is different from ours. The reason I dare to go into the city and kill the aristocratic families is because there is a rebellion among the aristocratic families here."
"But theirs hasn't appeared yet, so he doesn't dare to attack the family."
"Even if there is a real rebellion from a family, he will only dare to take down the rebel family."
"But the current situation is up to me. As long as those aristocratic families are not caught in the door, they will not rebel when we have the Xiongguan blockade in our hands."
"Unless there are spies supported by Silla among them."
When Li Xiuzhu said this, he looked at the Silla army that had already withdrawn most of it, and withdrew his gaze.
"Let's go, let Qi Chang come and change the defense."
Hearing this, Li Wuwei hurriedly followed and asked with a hint of curiosity: "General, don't we go to help our colleagues at Yanmen Pass?"
"unnecessary!"
"Our good news should have been delivered to Shangjing City."
Li Xiuzhu guessed right, the news of winning Juyongguan had already appeared outside Shangjing City.
At this time, a war horse was galloping on the official road, and a dusty cavalryman had two black dragon flags behind him.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way, eight hundred miles of good news."
The roar of the cavalry made passers-by hurriedly move aside. As soon as they moved away, a shadow quickly flashed past.
Then everyone looked at the horse's butt and started gossip mode.
"Did you hear it clearly? It's a good news from Eight Hundred Miles."
"The battle was won? Could it be that I heard wrong?"
The other person heard the words and said with certainty: "Yes, it's good news, I heard it too."
"The first half of the month was an urgent report, and the second half of the month is a good report. Could it be related to the previous cavalry?"
"This is so awesome, isn't it? Which general led the army?"
At this time, another person shook his head and said firmly: "It's definitely not because of them."
"These troops are all the Sixteenth Guards of Kyoto. Although they are strong and strong soldiers, they have no strength, so how can they defeat the Silla people?"
"And the most important thing is that I know that their general is the son-in-law of Fu Xiangguo's family."
"How could a son-in-law have such ability? He must be gold-plated."
"If you ask me, it must be General Luo Shicheng."
"He got 50,000 new soldiers and had equal strength to defeat the Silla people."
While the people were talking a lot, Babai Li also entered the palace.
"Good news, good news for eight hundred miles."
At this time, it was the time to go to court, and Emperor Li Kuo was facing encirclement and suppression by his ministers.
Although these people all thought that Li Xiuzhu was talented, none of them thought that Li Xiuzhu was a war material.
Can a scholar who has never been exposed to war or military affairs lead troops to fight?
Zhao Kuo's lessons in history are not enough? Your Majesty, we must learn lessons.
Such persuasion continued. After Li Xiuzhu left for a few days, these guys sprayed Li Kuo for several days.
Even Li Kuo doubted whether he was really wrong.
As an emperor, he actually felt a little tired after being scolded by a bunch of ministers.
Just when he wanted to say, dear friends, rest assured that a new army has already set out on the road, and the leader is the veteran Su Qi, he unexpectedly heard the news of the eight hundred miles victory.
Li Kuo stood up immediately, looked at the soldiers who rushed in and asked: "Good news? Good news for eight hundred miles?"
The messenger soldier was also happy. Hearing this, he held up the battle report with both hands, lowered his head and replied: "Yes, Your Majesty, a great victory."