Regardless of whether the commander of the Great Li Army released these two hundred generals alone to let them die or for some other purpose, as a general guarding the city, he had only one purpose.
No matter what the purpose of Prince Dali is, he will not let these people get close to the city.
As long as they are all shot and killed on the way over, no matter what Prince Dali's plan is, it will eventually come to nothing.
As for the army behind him, he was not too worried. In his opinion, the possibility of an army of 30,000 people trying to break through the city was almost zero.
In fact, he did not think that the two hundred generals in front had the ability to attack the city. It was just the first time he experienced this strange way of attacking the city, so he was extra cautious.
Thirty thousand people want to break through a city with a dangerous location and more troops. A frontal attack is not possible, and they must find another way.
The general was worried that these two hundred people were the prince's surprise troops from Dali.
At the same time, he also understood that Dali's fortified camp last night was probably specially shown to him. The purpose was to make him think that Dali's army was preparing for a protracted war, and then catch him by surprise when he relaxed his vigilance.
After understanding this, he couldn't help but smile.
Fortunately, he was cautious enough, and there were more than 15,000 soldiers guarding the city today. Otherwise, when it was discovered that Dali's army was launching a general attack, there might have been some riots.
An army of tens of thousands is not so easy to assemble.
As for now...
After he methodically issued various orders to block the approach of Dali's army, he turned to a general and said: "Inform the 25,000 soldiers resting in the city that the time has come to make contributions."
"yes."
The general who received the order put his helmet on his head, turned around and left the city.
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The general in charge of defending the city of Goguryeo guessed right. The more than two hundred generals leading the way were indeed Emperor Xin's extraordinary troops.
But he guessed that it didn't count the whole team. In fact, the 30,000 soldiers were all Di Xin's special forces.
Before entering Goguryeo, Emperor Xin knew that with 30,000 people, the possibility of capturing a city head-on with the previous normal strategy was almost zero.
Even if he succeeds by luck, the wealth he brought out this time will basically be exhausted.
To reach this conclusion, in addition to Goguryeo's unique geographical advantage of being easy to defend and difficult to attack, Goguryeo will inevitably concentrate most of its troops in the first city it attacks.
Only by keeping the enemy at bay can losses be reduced to the greatest extent.
The generals in the Dali border area know this truth, and the various forces that have frequently invaded the Dali border area in recent years, including Goguryeo, also understand this truth.
If an army of 30,000 men entered the hinterland of the country, it would cause huge losses, and it was impossible for Goguryeo to accept this result.
But similarly, if Di Xin could break through the first city, the remaining troops in Goguryeo would not be able to stop him at all.
Therefore, Di Xin made a plan.
Among them, one of the plans was to strengthen the camp into a semi-permanent fortification last night.
Reinforcing the camp into a semi-permanent fortification can confuse the Goguryeo generals and make them think that in order to reduce the losses of the army, they are prepared to trade time for sacrifice and fight a protracted war.
In this way, they will inevitably think that he will use a tentative play first the next day.
In order to keep the soldiers in the best possible condition during the most intense siege battle, the defenders of Goguryeo should take the initiative to allow the soldiers to rest and recuperate to the greatest extent before that.
In a war, try to expand your advantage as much as possible, even if you already have all the advantages. Not only Di Xin understands this principle, but anyone who has fought several battles will know it.
And Dixin utilizes this.
When the general who defended the city of Goguryeo thought that he would most likely use a tentative attack on the first day, there was a greater possibility that he would not assemble all the soldiers to make arrangements.
Di Xin discovered it when the troops came to the city. It cannot be said that his operation was ineffective, but the effect was not as great as he imagined.
It is true that they did not use all their soldiers to defend the city, but the 30,000 men left behind were not able to break through the city wall according to normal methods.
But since it has a certain effect, it is not considered a failure.
The time difference in the gathering of resting soldiers in the city may have resulted in a different final result.
Emperor Xin didn't think that a mere two hundred people could break through the encirclement of tens of thousands of people and open the city gate.
That's right, last night's arrangement was to reduce trouble for today's siege of more than two hundred people.
But in fact it was more than just over 200 people.
Although the generals of Northern Xinjiang all belong to Dali, they have an additional title, and that is the divine general conferred by Emperor Xin, the Lord of Northern Xinjiang himself.
Naturally, the title of God General is not for viewing.
After cooperating with Di Xin's formation, each divine general will share the energy, blood and physical strength of the hundreds or even tens of thousands of soldiers behind him.
Therefore, these two hundred charging generals, in a sense, represent the 30,000 elite soldiers brought out by Di Xin this time.
Before the formation of 30,000 soldiers collapsed, because they could be replenished at any time, they did not have to worry about the consumption of their own energy and blood. They only needed to use full power. What restricted the power of their attacks had now become their realm.
Sure enough, after being shot out from the city wall, even the innate martial arts cultivators had to retreat from the rain of arrows in the sky. However, more than two hundred god generals mustered up their energy and rushed to the ground of the city wall without showing any traces of their faces.
Not tired at all.
But they were fine. Most of the horses sitting down were hit by arrows, and each horse had many arrows planted on its body. After reluctantly carrying their master to the city wall, they all fell to the ground unable to hold on.
They had no time to grieve over the death of their war horse that had been with them for many years, but instead plucked up their energy and leaped to their feet again.
Goguryeo was a small country with few people, so even if it built a city, both the height and thickness of the city walls would be much smaller than the city in Dali.
Therefore, even the god general with the lowest level of cultivation can easily jump onto the city wall.
The more than two hundred Houtian martial arts cultivators were so strong that they survived the storm of arrows without any damage and jumped onto the city wall.
This turn of events shocked everyone.
In the end, the general came to his senses first.
The Turks were wiped out so quickly that the news that came out was half true and half false. Therefore, no one knew that the god generals in the Northern Xinjiang army were really like "god generals" in a low-demon world like the Ancient Moon Realm.
"generally.
The general couldn't understand why these people were so strong, but he must not let them go down and open the city gate.
So, he was the first to rush forward.
"Don't let them rush down the city wall. Once the city gate is opened, everything will be over!"?