Liu Mingzhi stayed in the temporary tent built in Jinzhou City, staring at the sand table in front of him with sharp eyes.
Jinzhou, which was guarded by 7,000 men, was captured again as expected.
Liu Mingzhi is extremely hesitant now. It is not a problem to continue to attack the next border town of Jizhou, but what should he do next after attacking Jizhou?
Continue to attack Xingzhou?
Now that four cities have been captured, he will not be able to pull off such a long front with only one hundred thousand soldiers and horses by capturing two more cities.
Forcibly dividing the troops will only be gradually cannibalized by the Jin Kingdom's soldiers and horses. Unless 300,000 soldiers and horses unite in one place, they can capture the twelve Jin Kingdom border cities in one go.
Liu Mingzhi knew in his heart what kind of situation the middle army under his command was facing.
However, facing the city at his fingertips, he could only watch helplessly but could not take action, which really made Liu Mingzhi very troubled.
It's like a naked beauty with jade bones and icy muscles is posing in front of you, and you suddenly realize that you are not strong enough and feel so uncomfortable.
This is how Mr. Liu feels now.
Obviously, the twelve border towns of the Jin Kingdom were just a piece of fat placed in front of him, but he suddenly found that his teeth were not good and his strength was insufficient.
Song Qing sent out 100,000 troops to mediate with the Turkic cavalry whose number they did not know.
Duan couldn't bear it and the two of them took away another 80,000 soldiers and horses.
If you continue to divide your troops like this, each city will only have 5,000 elite troops stationed there. When reinforcements from the Jin Kingdom arrive, the Jin Kingdom will take back any city you captured.
Moreover, the lives of the brothers stationed in the city will be wasted.
"Commander, the situation in Jinzhou City has been settled, and it has been completely taken over by the brothers."
"Guard General Dormu was captured alive and is now imprisoned on the school grounds with the Jinzhou garrison halberd bearers."
Liu Mingzhi was staring at the map and thinking deeply when Cheng Kai and Zhou Baoyu walked into the tent together.
Liu Mingzhi came to his senses and put down the bamboo pole in his hand, picked up the teapot and poured a cup of tea for the two of them.
"How is Dormu's mood? Is there any possibility of instigating rebellion?"
Cheng Kai shook his head with regret on his face: "It's difficult. I haven't said a word since I was captured alive. I've always been silent in response to everything I asked."
"He is not an ordinary general, but a frontier general."
"We are both frontier soldiers, so I will understand his thoughts."
"You dare to serve as a frontier soldier, and to conquer the north and south and sit in the position of the commander-in-chief of the city. They are all people who fight through mountains of swords and seas of fire with their heads in their belts. They are not afraid of death at all."
"If it were the Jin Kingdom and the Turks trained troops to conquer Yingzhou, the last general would not have chosen to surrender and rebel if he was the defender of Yingzhou."
"People can die, but they must not lose their spine."
Liu Mingzhi nodded melancholy: "Yes, people can die, but they cannot be spineless."
"The soldiers among the Three Kingdoms are all people with integrity, otherwise you wouldn't have been able to attack me for so long."
"This is a decisive battle in which there is no way to tell what is right or wrong."
"The battle between nations and countries!"
"Everyone wants to fight for the best interests for their country and nation."
Zhou Baoyu looked at Liu Mingzhi with a wry smile: "The most difficult thing is you, Marshal. I didn't know anything about you, niece Luoyue and Queen Jin before, so I didn't think it was a big deal!"
"Now that I know it, I understand your difficulty."
"How can ordinary people be so cruel as to lead troops and horses to attack their own women and daughters?"
"I presume, Marshal, you made your decision after careful consideration, right?"
Liu Mingzhi looked at Cheng Kai and Zhou Baoyu sadly: "Cruel? Since you all know the relationship between me and Yue'er, I have nothing to hide."
"I would like to ask you, if you don't know about this matter, what will you do with Yue'er after capturing the Kingdom of Jin?"
"I want to hear the truth. We brothers have nothing to hide."
Cheng Kai and Cheng Kai were slightly startled, and looked at each other and at Young Master Liu.
"If they capture or kill anyone for military merit, the mother and daughter will be granted the title of marquis. Isn't it just for the military merit that the brothers carry their heads on their belts?"
"I think no matter who it is, they will turn a blind eye and let the brothers get this military exploit."
Liu Mingzhi smiled bitterly and pointed at his hoarse voice: "I will not use their mother and daughter as military exploits."
"I will only try my best to protect their mother and daughter."
"Perhaps you think it would be heartless and cruel for me to personally lead the troops to attack my daughter and to speak politely. But only if I lead the troops will the mother and daughter be safe and sound."
"Do you think I don't love them, mother and daughter? But what can I do?"
"There is only one way to protect them, a way that is not understood by others."
"No, at least my wife Qi Yun still supports me because she can best understand my difficulties."
"Do you still think I'm cruel?"
"Which of you is leading the expedition? They are all walking with great military exploits. Only I, Liu Mingzhi, regard them as my beloved ones."
"Using the most extreme way to express my most sincere emotions as a father and a husband with no real name."
Cheng Kai and the others heard Mr. Liu's somewhat hoarse voice, were stunned for a moment and nodded silently.
"The general understands."
"Commander, my great love without words may be how I describe you!"
"I hope niece Luoyue can understand your painstaking efforts. The world is destined to be unified. My dragon has been resting and dormant for thirty years. If Zhang Mo's 200,000-strong army is not temporarily unable to come back to help, otherwise it will definitely come with a thunderous force.
There were Turks who captured the Jin Kingdom."
"That's right. I've searched all the generals in Dalong and I can't find anyone more suitable to lead the expedition than you."
"Because only if you hold heavy troops in your hands can you protect mother and daughter from danger."
"If you don't go on the expedition this time, and you don't have the military talisman in your hand, you can only watch with great sadness when their mother and daughter are killed."
Liu Mingzhi waved his hands with slightly moist eyes: "Let's not talk about this anymore. Why do I feel that the wind is still a bit strong as I talk about it!"
Cheng Kai and Zhou Baoyu looked at Liu Mingzhi's sad and lonely face and sighed silently.
Cheng Kai breathed out slowly and changed the topic.
"Commander, it's still early. We can rush to Jizhou before dark and attack the city at dawn tomorrow."
"Yes, Commander, give the order to hurry up. The morale of our brothers is unparalleled now. We can attack Jizhou in one go, and even capture the six cities of Jin Kingdom Xingzhou and Daizhou within three days."
Liu Mingzhi took a deep breath to calm down his sour mood.
"If we don't attack anymore, if we continue to attack, we will lose our initiative and we will have to be passive."
"Look, this is what I have just sorted out."
"You should all understand the situation. Our front is now stretched too long. If we continue, there will be a serious shortage of troops. If we continue to waste it, the cities we captured will not only be taken back, but also lost in vain.
The lives of our brothers.”
The two of them frowned and thought deeply for a while and nodded slightly.
"Commander, you have thought very carefully. The attack on the city went so smoothly that the two generals almost lost their minds."
"That's right, Deputy Commander Song, Duan Buhuan and the others, if they don't rush to join forces and return reinforcements, our front line will be too long and we will be very passive!"
"Commander, do you mean to station troops for repairs?"
Liu Mingzhi pointed the bamboo pole above the capital of the Jin Kingdom.
"Send three hundred elite scouts who are Kung Fu masters to conduct a reconnaissance across the board to the north to see if there are any reinforcements from the Jin Kingdom."
"As soon as reinforcements arrive, we will immediately join forces with our brothers from the other four cities to garrison Songzhou."
"Songzhou is close to the Turkic grassland border to the west. Once the Jin Kingdom has too many reinforcements, we can quickly withdraw to the Turks to prevent being surrounded by the Jin Kingdom and being isolated and helpless."