Gu Chengxuan was riding a black horse and stood on a hillside not far from Mingzhou City. Beside him were a large number of Dashun generals and ministers.
He couldn't help but sigh in his heart when he saw that his own army was being killed in pieces and in such a miserable state.
"I didn't expect that the emperor would be so cautious. We are already so embarrassed and still refuse to send out troops to pursue." Gu Chengxuan said in a low voice, his expression a little lonely.
Next to Gu Chengxuan, there was a man with a goatee and sinister eyebrows, which always reflected a sinister look.
This man's name is Lu Sheng, he is Lu Xing's younger brother, and he is considered an adviser to the Dashun Kingdom.
"In my opinion, the Zhou army doesn't have much fighting power anymore, and they don't even dare to pursue and kill them. Why don't we continue to sneak attack Mingzhou City at night."
Gu Chengxuan glanced at Lu Sheng, which shocked Lu Sheng.
"We have just lost the battle, our morale is low, and it is not appropriate to use troops."
"But." Lu Sheng's expression suddenly turned ugly, "Prime Minister, once the Emperor of Zhou Dynasty transfers troops from Tailin City and other places, we will probably be suppressed and beaten immediately."
As soon as Lu Sheng finished speaking, some people around him also expressed their agreement.
As the saying goes, long nights and long dreams, as long as they capture Mingzhou City now, they can take the initiative.
Lu Sheng and others can see the situation, and Gu Chengxuan can naturally see it even better.
However, he also understood that taking Mingzhou City was not an easy matter.
"Everyone, capturing Mingzhou is a small matter, capturing Eagle City is the most important thing." Gu Chengxuan said calmly, reminding everyone.
They used the northern barbarians to destroy the Great Zhou Dynasty, causing both the Great Zhou Dynasty and the northern barbarians to suffer losses. Then they reaped the benefits. This was their most important strategic plan.
"Okay, let's go back to the military camp first."
"The war is about to begin in the north, and the Zhou Dynasty cannot pay attention to both ends."
"As long as we hold on, Da Zhou will be wiped out sooner or later."
Gu Chengxuan has great confidence that Da Zhou will never be able to stop such a large barbarian army.
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Mingzhou City.
At the end of the battle, someone counted the wounded and found that today's losses were even greater than the sum total of the previous days' siege.
Moreover, the city wall was seriously damaged, requiring a lot of money to be repaired, and even taking risks to transport materials from the surrounding area.
As a result, the amount of logistical materials to be transported also needs to increase, which is another heavy burden for Da Zhou.
It can be said that although they defended Mingzhou City, they also paid a very high price.
At this time, Kou Wang and others were all called to the city lord's mansion by Bai Yutian, who was preparing to lecture them.
You know, if something goes wrong today, it can easily lead to the loss of everything during the Great Week.
"Tell me, what's going on?"
Bai Yutian sat on his seat and said angrily.
Kou Wang and others all looked embarrassed, standing aside not knowing what to do.
It was Deng Yongle who was experienced and saw everyone hesitating, so he stood up.
"Your Majesty, General Kou and the others cannot be blamed for what happened today. There is really something fishy!"
"oh."
Deng Yongle's words instantly aroused Bai Yutian's interest. He looked at Deng Yongle curiously, wondering what the strange thing Deng Yongle said was going on.
Deng Yongle knew what Bai Yutian meant, and after briefly organizing his words, he began to answer.
"Your Majesty, because we have a limited number of people and there are too many rebels, we have always adopted the layout of three strong and one weak, that is, three walls are heavily defended, and one wall is slightly weaker. At the same time, we rotate every day so that the rebels don't know what we are doing.
arrange."
"Today it was the turn of the east of the city to have a weaker defensive force. However, the rebels seemed to know our plan. Today they all came directly towards the east of the city and launched a decisive siege from the beginning, regardless of the cost."
Bai Yutian raised his eyebrows and asked, "Who is on duty in the east of the city today?"
After some hesitation, Deng Yongle replied: "Your Majesty, it is General Zhao Lian, but General Zhao Lian has already died in the battle."
Kou Wang finally raised his head and looked at Bai Yutian.
"Your Majesty, Zhao Lian used to be my subordinate. I guarantee with my life that Zhao Lian is absolutely loyal to Zhou Dynasty and has no evil intentions."
Zhao Lian has already died in the battle, and Kou Wang does not want Zhao Lian to be labeled unwarranted again.
Hearing what Kou Wang said, Bai Yutian nodded secretly.
He believed that Kou Wang would not lie, so Zhao Lian should have nothing to do with today's rebel siege.
However, only a few people know the daily defense arrangements.
And what happened today means that their defensive arrangements were leaked.
For Bai Yutian and others, this is definitely not good news.
If we don't find out who leaked the secret, Mingzhou City may be in greater danger in the future.
