Chapter six hundred and fifty-eight between the equals
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Ke Yan was startled and stared blankly at Hu Luda's body. He glanced at the wine bag in his hand again, hesitated for a moment, took off another wine bag that he had carried with him for many years from his waist, and put it in front of Hu Luda with a respectful expression.
On Da's chest, he raised his head and looked at the soldiers beside him.
“Give him a good burial.
Although everyone is his own master, for such a person, even if we are enemies, we have to respect his conduct."
“Get the order!”
“General, look what this is.”
Ke Yan heard the soldiers cleaning the battlefield shouting at him, got up and walked over.
At the end, the soldiers were carrying thick ropes, and every two feet on the ropes were tied a straw man wearing armor and a straw man made of wooden sticks.
Ke Yan took the straw man that the soldier handed him after cutting the rope with his sword, frowned slightly, looked at the lifelike straw man in his hand, which was the same size as an ordinary person, and let out a breath.
No wonder that during the tentative siege of the city the day before yesterday, the troops on the city wall were crowded and powerful, but the counterattack was so strong on the outside and effective on the inside.
It turns out that the Jin guards on the city wall who did not retreat at all in the face of the artillery fire were not real people, but dummies controlled by ropes.
The city walls are tall, and the smoke is billowing from them. The straw men wrapped tightly in armor cannot see clearly even if they have a telescope in hand.
Looking at the worn-out armor on these straw men, which had been eliminated for a long time, Ke Yan handed the straw men to the soldiers on the side with a sad expression. He looked around at the smoke billowing on the Songzhou city wall with an expression that was indescribable.
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Ke Yan was not the only one, many generals who climbed onto the city wall also discovered the straw men who were pretending to be the real ones next to the real corpses of the Jin soldiers.
Yunyang took over the military strategies from Sima and started reading them, with a solemn look on his brows.
The real Jin garrison in Songzhou was only 8,000, but there were as many as 20,000 straw men on the four walls.
No wonder it was like this yesterday.
“Commander, this time we broke into the city and combined with yesterday’s battle plan, our army lost more than 1,100 brothers, more than 4,600 were slightly injured, and more than 2,000 were seriously injured.
The battle damage was within expectation.”
“Commander, the last general has led a thorough investigation of Songzhou City. There is not a single Jin citizen in the city. Except for the eight thousand garrison soldiers, the huge Songzhou City is an empty city.
Except for things that cannot be taken away, such as the house, nothing that can be taken away is left behind.
The food and grass seized were even pitiful.
These eight thousand gold soldiers obviously have no intention of going back."
“Report, report to the commander-in-chief.
Eight thousand Jin Kingdom guardsmen were all killed in battle, and no one survived.
They all died on the way to the killing, and no one was hit by an arrow in the back."
Yunyang handed the battle report in his hand to a group of generals around him for circulation, sighed and shook his head.
“They are all tough men, but it’s a pity that they can’t be used by my dragon.
I am ordering the three armies to give him a grand burial.
Repair for one day and march to Jizhou the day after tomorrow.
I have gone to prepare a battle report."
“We have the order!”
The generals looked at Yunyang, who looked regretful and walked towards the city, and began to perform their duties, sorting out the results of the battle in Songzhou City.
Yunyang's army quickly captured Songzhou, one of the twelve border cities of the Jin Kingdom, within one day.
The other army led by Deputy Commander Wan Mingliang was not slow at all in attacking Muzhou.
Although it was not as fast as the Yunyang side, the Muzhou City of the Jin Kingdom became in danger under the offensive of the army when the sun set over the Western Mountains.
Even if Muzhou City cannot be captured today, we will be able to capture the city early tomorrow and clear out the remaining enemies.
Muzhou City Defensive Construction Ji Muhu seemed to be like Songzhou City Guard General Hu Luda, who was determined to defend Muzhou to the death.
Maximize the use of the enemy's artillery to block the march of the army to the north.
Even though they knew that Muzhou City was in danger under the mighty attack of Dalong's troops, the Yunshan Guards led by Ji Muhu still led the remaining soldiers under their command to desperately defend the enemy's offensive below the city.
Yun Chong, the general of the Huben Army, put down his telescope to observe the movements of the guards on the city wall, walked to Wan Mingliang and stopped.
“Deputy Marshal, please withdraw your troops with the money. It is getting late and it will be difficult to attack the city. Let’s attack the city with all our strength tomorrow morning.”
Wan Mingliang looked up at the sky and nodded helplessly.
“Send the order and send the gold to withdraw the troops.”
“Get the order!”
“The deputy commander has an order, call the gold and withdraw the troops!”
“The deputy commander has an order, call the gold and withdraw the troops!”
The sound of huge gold foil resounded outside the city. Under the cover of the dragon troops and horses attacking the city, the front team changed to the rear team and evacuated the battlefield towards the location of the military camp.
“Ding He listens to the order!”
“The end will be here.”
"You lead the rear army brothers and find a way to level all the rugged areas outside the city. Tomorrow morning, don't block the progress of artillery vehicles, siege vehicles, and catapults because of these foreign objects like today."
“Get the order!”
After Ding He left, Wan Mingliang looked around at the terrain outside Muzhou City, with a hint of helplessness between his brows, and looked at Yunchong aside.
“Compared with the flat Songzhou, the rugged Muzhou is easier to defend and harder to attack. There are too many restrictions on siege equipment.
I don’t know how the commander-in-chief’s offensive against Songzhou is progressing.”
“Deputy Commander, the general thinks that we should abandon the attack on the east and north gates when we attack the city tomorrow, and concentrate our forces to attack the west and difficult gates.
You have also seen the situation of today's battle. The brothers from the west and south gates have all attacked the city, but not even half of the brothers from the east and north gates have reached the city.
Especially the east gate, which is littered with rocks. Apart from the small official road, there is almost no place for the brothers to stand.
The artillery on the Jin Army's city wall could easily seize the opportunity.
In this case, I think it is better to concentrate our forces and concentrate on dealing with the west and south gates."
Wan Mingliang pondered for a while and shook his head silently.
“Brother Yun, your idea is good, but you have ignored our military strength.
With only two city gates, our troops cannot be spread out, and the formation is too dense, which will allow the artillery on the Jin Kingdom's city wall to find opportunities to bombard large groups of people."
Yun Chong thought for a moment and nodded silently: "That's true! What if there is a feint attack at the east and north city gates? Just contain the troops on the city wall."
“This is feasible. Let’s plan the siege tomorrow.
I don’t know what the arrangements of brothers Nangong Ye and Lu Chengjie are in Xingzhou.
Can we surprise the Turkic reinforcements?"
Yun Chong took out the map from his pocket and placed it in front of himself and Wan Mingliang.
“Songzhou and Xingzhou are both bordering the Turkic border, and the commander-in-chief launched a massive siege against Songzhou.
According to the flat terrain outside Songzhou City, the Turkic cavalry will never go head-to-head with our cavalry in a fierce battle in Songzhou, and their equipment does not have any advantage.
In this way, Xingzhou is the best route for them to enter the Kingdom of Jin.
Brother Nangong and the others have a very high chance of succeeding in ambush outside Xingzhou City."
“I’m afraid that the Turkic Taichang Khan may have guessed our intention to divide our troops into three groups, so he will not use troops according to common sense and take a large detour to Jinzhou.
Although this little girl is not too old, she is very good at using soldiers.
With his senior brother, our King of Side by Side can be said to be in the middle of the pack.
Intelligence does not lie in one’s age.
It should not be underestimated!”
"They are hundreds of miles away, so let's not worry about them, let's just take care of ourselves first!"