Chapter 902 Breaking the City (for all monthly passes)
Liu Mingzhi looked at the endless guards swarming out of Fenshui City with a smile on his lips.
The strategy is still slightly better. Although a battle is still necessary, the loss has been minimized by not attacking the city!
"I am ordering the three armies not to cut off their heads, but to use the enemy's body badges to calculate their military merits!"
"Got the order!"
Young Master Liu felt a little nauseous when he thought of the way the Six Guards soldiers cut off the enemy's heads and hung them around their waists during the first large-scale field battle in the Cheshi Kingdom.
Although this can effectively deter the enemy, it can also become a burden for oneself. Young Master Liu remembers most clearly that at the end of a war, a soldier had thirteen heads tied with hemp ropes around his waist, holding a rice bowl and chatting and laughing with his colleagues.
A chill.
Cutting off the head and drinking wine, Young Master Liu thought it was an exaggeration in the history books, but after seeing it with his own eyes, Young Master Liu realized that it was not an exaggeration at all.
Using the enemy's head to declare one's own bravery has been practiced since ancient times in all dynasties!
The soldiers of the three armies received Liu Mingzhi's order not to behead his head, with a hint of regret in his eyes!
The 150,000-strong army left 20,000 to defend the city, and it took several quarters of an hour to rush out at three city gates.
When the dragon army stopped four miles away, Shah Hanlu did not realize that something was wrong. After all, the smoke and dust rising from the Keqing River showed that the dragon cavalry was being killed by Danar and fled.
More than 50,000 war horses galloped towards the dragon army in a mighty manner.
Liu Mingzhi held up his telescope and looked at the smoke and dust billowing Dawan cavalry and began to recite silently: "Three, two, one!"
The position of one mile is only a blink of an eye, and the 20,000 soldiers prepared more than 30,000 horse traps, which played a big role.
You can imagine the fate of the cavalry when they charge and their horses' hooves get stuck in the pit.
The vanguard of the two cavalry groups at the North Gate and South Gate lost tens of thousands of cavalrymen in just an instant, and they died on the spot!
Even Liu Mingzhi, who was three miles away, could clearly hear the sound of the war horse neighing. It could only be described as miserable.
Shahanlu was a fool when he realized something was wrong, because he didn't know when Danar's Yuezhi King's flag had disappeared and was replaced by the big dragon flag flying in the wind!
However, it was already too late to withdraw the troops and return to the city. The cavalry led by Cheng Kai Duan could not bear to attack the Dawan cavalry in a roundabout way and outflank them.
The east city gate was also blocked by three thousand sword and shield soldiers and three thousand archers that Liu Mingzhi sent over.
"Ye Baotong, the catapult bombarded the enemy's infantry phalanx, and the eight-oxen crossbow responded to Cheng Kai's cavalry!"
"Got the order!"
"Jiang Lei! Immediately order the artillery fire. The amount of artillery shells will remain unchanged. There are so many people there where to attack!"
"Got the order!"
"Han Peng!"
"The end is here!"
"I would like to see if you, the commander of the cavalry, can dismount and command the infantry. The sword and shield soldiers are in front, and the 80,000 archers fire three consecutive rounds in three stages. Each of them consumes ten feather arrows!"
"Got the order!"
Shah Hanlu was furious, and Young Master Liu was also filled with resentment. The whole army charged forward and launched the most fierce attack!
The Dawan garrison, whose armor ratio was less than one-third, was able to move around in the hands of the Dalong soldiers. They howled like wild wolves and charged towards Fenshui City.
Shah Hanlu immediately arranged for shield bearers to guard against the attack of the dragon army. Now it was impossible to return to the city and he had to fight to the death!
"Archer, fight back!"
Ten thousand archers, under the cover of sword and shield soldiers, began to shoot their own feather arrows at the dragon's army phalanx. The dragon's infantry phalanx inevitably suffered casualties.
After a round of arrow fire, the artillery exploded, the catapults bombarded, and the sky-blocking rain of arrows hit back at the 80,000-strong Dawan garrison.
The shield can block bows and arrows, but it cannot block the power of artillery. Every time a shell explodes, a gap and dense corpses will appear among the Dawan defenders.
In terms of cavalry, Liu Mingzhi admitted that he was no match for the Dawan cavalry, but in terms of infantry combat, the Dalong soldiers with 100% armor coverage might be a bit arrogant to say they were invincible in land combat.
At best, there are few opponents!
Eighty thousand archers consumed 800,000 arrows in a short period of time. This is an astronomical figure for other generals, but for Liu Mingzhi, it is simply an extremely ordinary thing!
"General, there are still six phalanxes with about 30,000 people left. The situation is overwhelming and we should surrender!"
Shah Hanlu looked blankly at the large dragon sword and shield soldiers who were still a hundred steps away and had not rushed forward, and the soldiers under his command who were turned into hedgehogs by arrows, and became weak.
More than 30,000 people died under the catapults, artillery and arrow arrays before handing over, which was simply an unacceptable fact for me.
"Sapoye, how's the cavalry going?"
"I don't know when the Dalong people secretly dug a horse trap. The cavalry was directly converted into tens of thousands of people. We don't know what the condition of the remaining 40,000 cavalry is. They fell into the trick of Commander Dalong. Danar is basically a big dragon.
The dragon enemy is pretending to be an enemy. We have been fooled. Surrender. Another wave of arrow rain will wipe out the whole army. A rough estimate is that there will be nearly 800,000 arrows in just three waves of arrow rain!"
"Surrender, I am the general who is too stupid and fell into the trap of the enemy. I am sorry for you, General!"
"The general has an order, lay down your weapons and surrender!"
320,000 people fought against 150,000 people. There were catapults on the left, artillery on the right, and a deadly rain of arrows in the middle. It can be said that there was no suspense about victory.
The geographical advantage that Shah Hanlu occupied was reversed by Liu Mingzhi's strategies one after another.
"Commander, Shah Khanlu led his soldiers to surrender!"
Liu Mingzhi looked at the setting sun and let out a long breath: "Collect the weapons and don't kill the prisoners!"
"Got the order!"
It took three days for Fenshui City, a large frontier city in Dawan, to finally plant the dragon flag of Dalong and the flag of the Western Region Protectorate.
Liu Mingzhi glanced at Shah Hanlu, who was being escorted by his own soldiers, nodded and rode towards Fenshui City.
After climbing the city wall, Liu Mingzhi looked out at the tragic scene outside the city and sighed. If there was no trick to trick Shah Hanlu out of the city, most of the corpses lying on the ground would be Dalong soldiers and soldiers of the Western Region Alliance Forces.
The brutality of the siege can be imagined.
As night fell, Liu Mingzhi held the battle report in Cheng Kai's hand with a sad expression.
"A force three times that of Dawan's cavalry still lost tens of thousands of cavalry. Is the gap so huge?"
"Commander, the Dawan cavalry would rather trade one life for another than hold our cavalry on their backs. They are so fierce that it is unimaginable!"
"More than three thousand cavalry were killed in the direct battle. The damage to the infantry was negligible under the cover of artillery catapults and arrow formations. But the loss of this cavalry is a bit hard for me to accept!"
"How many cavalrymen are left in Dawan?"
"More than 27,000 people are being held captive in prisoner camps!"
"Old rule, learn horsemanship from them. We must face our shortcomings calmly. Although most of the casualties were coalition soldiers with low armor coverage, the three thousand dragon cavalry suffered different consequences.
What do the serious wounds on your feet mean? You are not good at riding!"
"The body protected by thick armor was actually attacked by Dawan cavalry wearing leather armor. This is an absolute difference. You must know that the defenders of Fenshui City have been hungry for a long time!"
"Got the order!"
"Commander, guess what good thing I discovered!"
Liu Mingzhi looked at Han Peng who was in high spirits and put down the battle report in his hand: "How many horses?"
"Seventy-eight horses, all of them are first-class sweat-blooded horses, sweat-blooded horses!"
"Beautiful, find a way to tame her!"
"yes!"
"Bring Marshal Shahanlu here!"
"please come in!"
"yes!"
Shah Hanlu was escorted into the main hall by his own soldiers, and Liu Mingzhi hurriedly greeted him. Although he was his opponent, Liu Mingzhi admired Shah Hanlu's talent.
You must know that in the past few days, Liu Mingzhi has drank several bowls of Dabu Decoction between you and me. Shah Hanlu is the first general to let himself consume so much energy!
"General Sha, I, Commander Liu Mingzhi, are so polite!"
Gumo Rongrong translated and Shahanlu looked at Liu Mingzhi coldly.
"If you hadn't used cunning tactics, how could I have become your prisoner? You can't win! You may not be my opponent in a battle with real swords and guns!"
Liu Mingzhi smiled helplessly as he listened to Gumo Rongrong's translation.
"General Sha, I have three million arrows, why do I want to fight you hand to hand? The way of using troops is to fight against each other. I will double your troops, possessing the power of artillery, the power of catapults, and the power of arrow formations."
If you choose to fight hand to hand, you will be irresponsible to the soldiers under my command!"
"With 80,000 infantry, you have consumed 800,000 arrows. Is this the confidence you need to try your best to force me to leave the city for a confrontation?"
"That's right, my troops are always covered with arrows, infantry charge, and cavalry make detours! You are not unjustly defeated. Few people can make this commander work so hard!"