Chapter seven hundred and nineteenth food and grass attacked
Three days later, the autumn rain continued for three days, and the latest battle report came again.
In the Battle of Kanzhou, Dalong beheaded more than 54,200 Jin defenders. In addition, on the way from Jizhou to Kanzhou, as well as dozens of stalemate small-scale battles in Kanzhou Prefecture, he beheaded more than 54,200 Jin soldiers.
A total of more than 70,000.
The Turkic cavalry who came to aid the Jin Kingdom joined the battlefield relatively late. The three cities of Jianzhou fell one after another, and the number of Turkic soldiers and horses lost was only more than 50,000 cavalry.
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Compared with the Northern Expedition army and the Jin Kingdom's garrison, the losses suffered in the offensive battle were much smaller.
The fall of Kanzhou was very similar to the fall of Jianzhou.
It's not that Yeluha has no troops to resist the attack of Dalong's troops, but that Kanzhou City has no way to resist the bombardment of Dalong's artillery.
The east and south city walls almost collapsed due to the bombardment of Dalong artillery, and the masonry on the battlements had already slipped into the moat.
There was no place to stand on the city wall, and there were no battlements to avoid artillery fire and bows and arrows. For the Jin Kingdom defenders, it was like losing their biggest support.
If you continue to hold on, you will be attacked by the dragon's soldiers and horses in one fell swoop. Sooner or later, the entire army will be annihilated in the isolated city of Kanzhou.
Yereha summoned a group of generals under his command who were disabled and disabled to discuss it, sent a letter to Queen Wanyan Chizha, and discussed it with them. They stopped their losses and evacuated the city in time, and evacuated towards the rear of the Kingdom of Jin.
After leaving three thousand warriors who volunteered to die for their country to confuse the Dalong troops outside the city, the main force of the Jin army in Kanzhou escaped the detection of the Dalong scouts under the cover of night and arrived in batches.
Scattered away and withdrew from the Kanzhou battlefield.
After taking away all the food and grass that could be taken away, the rest was almost burned to the ground. The fire dragon chariot leading directly to the capital of the Jin Kingdom was also completely destroyed by fire and thunder bombs.
Except for the three thousand men who dared to die, Yeruha did not leave anything useful to Wan Liangming and others.
After Yeruha led the main force to evacuate, the three thousand Jin garrison relied on the artillery left by Yeruha and a large number of fire and thunder bombs to hold on for six days before Dalong soldiers and horses entered the city.
Of the three thousand people, no one survived until the last man was killed.
Except for a pile of corpses, there was not a grain of rice or a grain of grass left for Dalong's soldiers and horses.
Looking at the dilapidated city at their feet, Wan Mingliang and the other three could only sigh.
It is not sighing for the failure to capture the supplies of the Jin Kingdom, but sighing for the last three thousand people.
Recognize heroes, value heroes, and cherish heroes.
In fact, they don’t have to fight to the death.
But these generals are just following orders, so what can be changed?
If the world is not unified, more people will die one after another in the long years of war.
Let the small be the greater!
Beyond these, they really don’t know what to say.
After all, this is how I and others came here back then.
In the Kingdom of Jin, when the Turks repeatedly invaded the south and invaded the border, I don’t know if any of their generals lamented the heroes of our six northern border guards who bravely died in order to defend the border and defend the territory.
Soldiers protect their home and country and obey orders.
Who is to say whether it is right or wrong?
Liu Mingzhi put down the battle report in his hand and looked at the rainy sky outside the window with complicated eyes. His mind was full of the last few sentences of the battle report.
When they repeatedly went south and invaded the border, did they ever sigh for the brave souls of our great dragon who died bravely to protect their home and country?
Soldiers protect their home and country and do what they are told. Who is to say whether it is right or wrong?
“Ahem Brother, who is to say whether he is right or wrong? Ahem”
Song Qing was sighing with emotion when he saw Liu Mingzhi holding on to the table and coughing. He hurriedly stepped forward and patted Liu Mingzhi's back gently.
“Third brother, are you really okay? It’s been more than a month, and instead of getting better, your problem with wind and cold has gotten worse. Look in the mirror and look at your face now.
It's so yellow that it looks like you're about to be terminally ill. Doesn't the medicine the doctor prescribes for you work at all?
Besides, with your internal strength protecting your body, some minor injuries and illnesses should be cured even without taking medicine.
Have you been poisoned?”
After Song Qing finished speaking, he quickly grabbed Liu Mingzhi's wrist and took his pulse. Feeling Liu Mingzhi's disordered and restless pulse, Song Qing frowned.
“It’s not normal. Your pulse is obviously more than just wind and cold entering your body. What’s wrong with you?”
Liu Mingzhi took out a handkerchief and wiped the corners of his mouth: "It's nothing, the autumn rain is continuous, and I come here every now and then. Maybe I haven't galloped for too long, and my body is weak when I'm idle, so I might get sick easily."
"No, I have to find a good doctor to treat you properly. I really don't feel at ease with you like this."
Liu Mingzhi leaned on the chair and took a few breaths: "It's okay. I know my own body. You don't have to worry. It rained heavily last night and the thunder was loud. I didn't get a good rest. I went back to take a nap first."
You have full authority to handle matters in the study. When the battle report comes, there is no need to tell me if the matter is not important."
Looking at Liu Mingzhi’s slightly rickety back, Song Qing frowned tightly.
He always felt that his third brother was a little unusual these days.
For more than a month and a half, Liu Mingzhi did not set foot in the study room again, as if he had left all matters to Song Qing, his eldest brother.
The battle reports about the Northern Expeditionary Army are becoming more and more intensive, and one will come from the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China every three to five.
The content of the battle report is nothing more than the capture of a certain state capital or a certain city in the Jin Kingdom.
The battle reports are almost all the results of the duel between Wan Mingliang and Yeruha.
Since Kanzhou, Yeruha has led his soldiers and horses to fight against the enemy step by step. Every larger city will station troops to resist, but in the end he cannot escape the defeat.
Even a dangerous place like Kanzhou, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, can't withstand the dragon's artillery attack, let alone an ordinary state capital.
Dalong's offensive became more and more fierce, and more and more Jin Kingdom refugees began to leave their homes due to livelihood constraints and flocked to the rear capital.
However, a battle report at the end of August of the second year of Dalong Yongping made Song Qing a little panicked, and he had to ask Liu Song to invite Liu Mingzhi, who had not shown up for almost a month.
On the third day after leaving the customs, Dalong's third batch of grain and grass was attacked on the official road twenty miles away from Daizhou City.
As a result, more than 100,000 stones of grain and grass were destroyed.
The soldiers and horses that attacked the grain transport team were found to be a group of Turkic soldiers and horses that suddenly came out. As for the number of troops, they are still being investigated.
The generals of the Northern Expedition have always attached great importance to the transportation of grain and grass, and the carpet-like reconnaissance has never been interrupted.
However, there was no news at all about this Turkic cavalry that suddenly appeared.
However, the bad news has not subsided, and another bad news came one after another.
The grain and grass shipped from Yunzhou and passed through Songzhou to the commander-in-chief of the three armies were once again attacked by surprise.
After the Daizhou grain and grass incident occurred, tens of thousands of cavalry from the Futu Guard of the Six Guards of the New Army were ordered by Yunyang to go to meet the grain transport team in Songzhou.
However, when they arrived, the escort troops transporting grain and grass had already fought against the Turkic cavalry who suddenly spoke out.
When the Turks saw the soldiers and horses of the Buddha Army arriving, they quickly fled away.
Even so, about one-third of the food and grass was still destroyed.
Grain and fodder in two places were attacked in succession, and subsequent grain shipments had to be postponed.
Although the second batch of food and fodder for the Northern Expeditionary Army was more than enough to last for more than a month, they had to slow down their offensive. They did not dare to continue the offensive without any worries, and began to slow down the attack.
The Jin Kingdom still had a chance to temporarily relax the Turkic reinforcements.
However, the situation in the Jin Kingdom is still not optimistic.
About half a month after the grain and grass attack.
The Great Dragon Dynasty quickly collected another batch of grain and grass from the nearby court, and dispatched 30,000 imperial troops to escort it.
Autumn taxes were collected into the national treasury in time, and Dalong's treasury was once again enriched.
It can be said that everyone in the imperial court worked together to cope with this journey to unify the world.
Liu Mingzhi looked at the latest battle report and left Song Qing with the words "continue to wait for the follow-up results" before disappearing into the study again.