Chapter 852: The Gain Outweighs the Loss (for deep hitimo)
Gan Liangbo's Mansion in Ganzhou City.
Liu Mingzhi, Dongfang Ming and their generals, Song Qing, Keyan, Xiong Kaishan and others gathered together in Dongfang Ming's mansion!
Among the generals under Dongfang Ming, Liu Mingzhi didn’t know anyone except Zhou Baoyu who followed Liu Dajiangnan to suppress the bandits!
Just because Young Master Liu doesn't know them except Zhou Baoyu doesn't mean that these generals aren't curious about Young Master Liu.
The white-robed Confucian commander who defeated the 400,000 rebels with 70,000 Imperial Guards in the Jin Kingdom achieved a great victory. He has almost become a legend among the Six Guards of Northern Xinjiang.
However, these generals didn't know that if Master Liu hadn't relied on those explosives to give the rebels of the Jin Kingdom a thunderous blow, the grass on Master Liu's grave would have been three meters high!
However, these generals didn't know the reason, especially when they observed the battle between Longwuwei and the enemy forces in the Western Regions on the city wall before Song and Qing entered the city.
The overwhelming rain of arrows was heading towards the enemy troops in the Western Region. Even these generals felt chills in their hearts.
No wonder Zhou Baoyu was full of praise for Commander Liu when he arrived in Ganzhou, Northern Xinjiang. He couldn't do anything with Marshal Liu, especially as Master Liu's military skills focused on long-range attacks.
Every time they fired arrows against the enemy, as long as there were arrows, they would never let the brothers risk their lives. Several generals listened to Zhou Baoyu's words and their ears almost became calluses.
When I met these generals today, I finally understood that Zhou Baoyu's words were not an exaggeration.
They were watching the battle on the city wall and saw clearly that Long Wuwei, who was fighting in close combat, suddenly fired a deadly hail of arrows, curbing the cavalry charge and turning their advantage from passive to active.
They also read the accounts reported by the army Sima who was cleaning the battlefield. In just half a day of fighting, Long Wuwei consumed more than 280,000 arrows of different types in just arrows!
This is nothing short of crazy behavior.
If there were no molds for pouring arrowheads, the generals in Ganzhou City would not be willing to waste arrows like this. Even so, Ganzhou City's consumption of arrows in one and a half months was only about 370,000 arrows.
Compared with Mr. Liu's arrow rain covering more than 200,000 arrows in half a day, it is nothing to mention!
"The last general Dou Chuan has met Marquis Wanhu!"
"The last general has not seen Wanhu Hou!"
"The last general Geng Youliang has met Wanhu Hou!"
"The last general Han Duohao has met Marquis Wanhu!"
"Generals, there is no need to be polite!"
"Thank you Marquis Wanhu!"
"General Dongfang, what is the damage situation in this battle?"
Dongfang Ming's face was a little downcast: "Relying on the power of the city wall, we lost more than 23,000 people and beheaded more than 50,000 people!"
Liu Mingzhi looked at Dongfang Ming in confusion: "No, if we have captured so many enemies, how can there be so many people left? In just one battle outside the city, the enemy troops dispatched 90,000 troops. The troops of all the countries in the Western Regions were divided.
There shouldn’t be so many people on both sides!”
"Master Hou, let the general speak about this matter!"
Ke Yan sighed and said!
Liu Mingzhi looked at Ke Yan: "General Ke, you didn't tell me that the governor also forgot to ask. It obviously only takes more than half a month from Yingzhou to Ganzhou. Why did you arrive today? And what happened to the wounded behind your carriage?"
Ke Yan nodded in despair: "What I am going to say is related to this matter. The Marquis did not know something, and the information was wrong. The thirty-six countries in the Western Regions did not send 270,000 troops, but more than 390,000 troops. The rest
The armies of several larger countries secretly detoured to the reinforcement route of the general and Yunzhou City to harass the supporting armies!"
Liu Mingzhi took a breath of cold air: "Have all the thirty-six countries in the Western Region sent troops?"
"That's right, more than 10,000 enemy troops kept harassing the incoming reinforcements. They did not engage in close combat with Long Wuwei's army. The purpose was to delay the progress of the army. Basically, they fled at the first touch and let the last general
I was so troubled that I had to wait until this moment before rushing to Ganzhou for support!"
Liu Mingzhi thought for a while with a cold expression on his face: "Long Wuwei has encountered obstacles, and the situation of the Tiger Guards' army is not good at all!"
"The general doesn't know either!"
Dongfang Ming, the general of the Xiaoguo Guard, sighed: "I have sent a letter from the Golden Eagle to the general of the Hu Xiang Guard in Suzhou City, Lu Chengjie, to inquire about the situation. Once the siege of Suzhou has not been lifted, we will organize it in two days."
Prepare for war and rush to the Suzhou city to support the brothers of Hu Xiang Guard!"
"I really didn't expect that the countries in the Western Regions would use underhanded tactics to hide the traces of a hundred thousand troops. What a blessing. If they had attacked the city regardless of the cost, the consequences would be disastrous!"
Dongfang Ming nodded with lingering fear: "I have read the document sent by His Highness the Crown Prince, and I really asked you to make it accurate. People in the countries in the Western Regions have different ideas. They were procrastinated when attacking the city, so Ganzhou didn't have it."
Being in a desperate situation, and having bribed four countries with inducements, they have no manpower to attack the city. If they unite as one, Ganzhou will be in danger!"
Just after Dongfang Ming finished speaking, Liu Mingzhi's face suddenly turned purple and looked at Dongfang Ming closely: "The materials left behind by the enemy's retreat in the Western Regions are those gold, silver and jewels that are not paid by the treasury?"
Dongfang Ming shook his head sadly: "Except for some insignificant grain and grass, there are basically no valuable items left. Sima, show the accounts to the warlord!"
"It's the general!"
A lean old man took out an account and placed it in front of Liu Mingzhi: "Overseer, all the expenditures for this campaign are in this account. Please take a look at it!"
Liu Mingzhi was not polite, and quietly looked through the accounts of Ganzhou City. After calculating the accounts silently in his heart, Mr. Liu slapped the table hard.
"Stealing a chicken will end up losing a lot of rice. Old Jiang knows that three million taels of silver have been wasted, so he has to fight with this commander-in-chief to the death!"
Dongfang Ming and Keyan looked at each other. They were naturally aware of the plans of Young Master Liu and Jiang Yuanming, the Minister of Household Affairs, but no one expected that the Western Region would send an army of more than 300,000 troops instead of 270,000.
Not only did the dragon fail to wipe out all the enemy forces from the twenty-eight countries in the Western Region, but it suffered heavy losses!
Liu Mingzhi was so angry that he secretly scolded these people from the Western Regions for wanting money rather than their lives. You even fled and you didn't forget to bring your gold, silver and jewelry with you. How much do you love money?
Although a million taels of silver mirror is nothing, what should we do if there is still a hole of two million taels of silver? You can’t use your own money to make up for it, right?
There has been no such thing since ancient times. Throughout history, there has been no such thing as ministers replenishing the treasury's losses!
Young Master Liu had already anticipated what would happen if Lao Jiang found out that the three million taels of silver were wasted, and he kept chattering at him.
She cried and yelled, pointed at herself, scolded her, and even started to make moves with herself!
This is still secondary. What is more important is that this battle plan was drawn up by me, the regent. Now I really don’t know how to face the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty.
Young Master Liu didn't need to guess to know that once he returned to Beijing, there would definitely be many ministers participating in his own performance, which would be a fatal thing.
Liu Mingzhi wished he could pray for the Western Region army to come back immediately, otherwise there would be no benefit from fighting the dragon this time.