After leaving the city gate, Zhao Huan took Sun He and others and lurked in the woods outside the city, waiting for the Dung Ba to leave the city.
It was not until the time of Xu that the three hundred dung tyrants were gathered in batches one after another.
Zhao Huan immediately led everyone to the material storage point reserved by Chen Zhao.
This place is not far from Bianjing City, and is the only Yizhuang within a radius of thirty miles.
There are more than a dozen large coffins placed in the righteous village. When the lid of the coffin is pushed open, there are neat armors and weapon bags inside.
When Sun He saw what was in the coffin, he was so shocked that he couldn't speak for a long time.
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty."
"These are the best infantry armors. If the Ministry of War suddenly loses so many infantry armors, wouldn't it be a disaster?"
Zhao Huan pressed his hand and signaled to Sun He not to worry: "Chen Zhao bribed the officials of the Ministry of War, so naturally someone will cover it, and we are only borrowing it temporarily and will return it after use."
"If nothing else, there are a total of three hundred sets of infantry armor here, and each person can be assigned one set."
"We don't have the logistics this time, so we're going with all our might!"
Sun He's mood was extremely complicated. He didn't know whether to be shocked or excited.
A set of these foot soldiers in front of him would be enough for Sun Heyun to use his dung truck for several years.
Not to mention ordinary people, even some soldiers in service may never come into contact with this kind of sophisticated heavy armor in their lifetime.
Only soldiers who fought bloody battles on the front line are eligible to wear it.
As everyone knows, Zhao Huan still has a lot of pieced together heavy armor from the Beiwei Army, as well as heavy armor from the Forbidden Army left behind by the Tiger Wing Army.
However, these armors are all stored in the palace. In order to avoid being discovered by Cai's eyes and ears, they can only stay close and seek far away.
In addition to heavy armor, there are a large number of long and short weapons in Yi Zhuang, but there are no bows and arrows.
After all, archery requires long-term training. Even if Zhao Huan uses arrows, he can't cause much damage.
Simply abandon the bow and arrow and engage in melee combat with all members.
"Don't be cold, Chen Zhao has bribed all the checkpoints. We must leave the Bianjing area before dawn."
Under the command of Zhao Huan, the three hundred Dung Ba took out all their weapons and armor, stuffed them into sacks, piled them on the carriage, covered them with straw for simple camouflage, and headed north.
In the evening of the next day, Zhao Huan finally arrived at the scheduled inn.
Chen Zhao had already arranged for manpower to respond. When he saw Zhao Huan, he saluted and immediately brought the prepared horses over.
"Prince Qi, these one hundred and thirty horses are already the limit, and we can't find any more."
"Besides these private horses, we also found some donkeys and mules."
In order to deceive others, Zhao Huan was also worried about not buying anything that could attract attention. Even transportation, he could buy gray private property from landlords and squires.
Three hundred people barely got one horse each. At this time, it didn't matter whether it was a horse or a mule, as long as it could ride and run.
After leaving Bianjing, there were many fewer checkpoints, and Zhao Huan's traveling speed naturally increased.
At the same time, the fighting in Yizhou Prefecture had calmed down for two days.
No matter how stupid Gao Tuoshan was, he realized something was wrong.
He stood on the city wall, looking at the messy city, his eyes were already bloodshot, and he gritted his teeth and said: "No need to hesitate, the defenders in the city must have received supplies!"
"The death and injury rate of our army has gone from high to low, and then from low to high. The combat effectiveness of the defenders in the city has been restored. If we continue to fight, we will only lose all our capital."
"This damn street fighting has severely damaged our army's vitality."
The deputy general on the side was also quite desperate. Under the attack regardless of losses, the defenders' activity space had been compressed to the area around the state capital, which was less than 20% of the urban area.
However, in recent days, the scope of activities of the defenders has become larger and larger, and on the contrary, our own side has begun to retreat steadily.
The deputy general racked his brains and couldn't figure it out. The defenders were completely trapped, and spies found no trace of the Song Dynasty's logistics troops. How did the defenders get supplies?
Is it possible that there really is a good thing like pie in the sky?
"Commander, if we retreat now, we will really lose both my wife and our troops."
Hearing this, Gao Tuoshan sighed and said helplessly: "Otherwise, what else can we do?"
"We are almost exhausted by the street fighting, our morale has already collapsed, and...from the beginning to the end, the defenders' servants and logistics troops have not entered the battlefield, and the only ones fighting are elite soldiers."
"The enemy's and our losses in battle are conservatively estimated to be one to twenty!"
"Twenty recruits can't kill even one soldier of the other side. The gap is really too big!"
Gao Tuoshan was filled with regret. When the new army camp was destroyed, he should have understood that the army stationed in Yizhou this time was an elite combat force that was brave and good at fighting.
Just three days ago, his men dragged back a corpse of a defender. Seeing the armor on the opponent's body, Gao Tuoshan felt a chill in his heart.
If I had known that there was a brave warrior in the city, I would not have started a street fight with him even if I killed him.
You know, these brave warriors who originally served in Dingzhen Mansion, but the Liao soldiers they killed were all running away.
Especially in small-scale combat such as street fighting and mountain fighting, it is like a life-threatening evil spirit.
"Why!"
Gao Tuoshan sighed again: "The Dare Warriors have been disbanded a long time ago, so why do they appear in Yizhou Mansion in large numbers? Is it really like the rumors say that King Ding has taken all the Dare Warriors under his command?"
The deputy general had never seen a brave warrior with his own eyes, but this brutal street battle made him fear the words "daring warrior" into a nightmare.
"If we don't retreat, we will definitely be dragged to death by street fighting."
"If we retreat, our vitality will be severely damaged. Our comeback will not happen overnight, and we will also lose the trust of the Jin people. When the time comes, we will face simultaneous encirclement and suppression by the Song Dynasty and the Jin people. I'm afraid..."
Although the lieutenant general did not continue talking, Gao Tuoshan felt like a mirror. Even if he wished he could just get his wings and escape from this damn meat-grinding purgatory, he could only bite the bullet and continue to fight.
He has no way out for a long time.
"Now we can only leave it to fate and see who falls first, us or the defenders."
The situation on Yue Fei's side is also extremely serious. After counting, there are still 60 brave warriors and more than 300 Tiger Wing soldiers left. This is the entire elite.
As for the servant army and logistics, in the face of this extremely brutal street fighting, they can actually play a very limited role.
Once all the elite soldiers are dead, it is impossible for the servant army to gain any advantage other than to fill up their lives and fall into a pure attrition stalemate with the opponent.
As for the logistics... they can't fight the war at all, half of them are coolies.
Yue Fei stood at the gate of the state capital, looking at the ruins in front of him, and couldn't help but sigh: "If there is no change, when the ever-victorious army comes back, we will surely collapse first because we have few people."
"Your Majesty, since you have even sent supplies, why don't you send a surprise force and take advantage of the chaos to sneak attack behind Gao Tuo Mountain?"