Chapter 1163: The Soldier Who Will Conquer Without Fighting
Chapter 1163: Conquering the enemy without fighting
The Qin army does not need to take the initiative to attack. As long as it continues to delay the Liang army until it runs out of food, the Liang army will naturally collapse on its own.
As Qin Hao expected, although Yang Lin knew he was in a desperate situation, he still did not sit still and wait for death.
That night, Yang Lin organized a large army to launch a night attack. However, the Qin army had already prepared for the Liang army's night attack, so Yang Lin and Yuwen Chengdu were not allowed to succeed.
The next day, the Liang army's food and grass were exhausted, but with the comfort of Yang Lin and Yuwen Chengdu, the Liang army did not collapse immediately, but they also lost control of the entire army.
When night came again, Yang Lin launched another night attack, but due to Bai Qi's strict defense, the Liang army's operation also ended in failure.
From then on, the Liang army gradually collapsed due to lack of food and could no longer pose a strong threat to the Qin army.
In the Liang Army camp, Yang Lin's face turned pale. He could no longer control the entire army, and the only ones he could still command were his personal guards.
Now the Liang army's camps are in chaos, with hunger and panic filling the entire army. If they were not surrounded by the Qin army on all sides, there would be no place to hide, and the Liang army would have dispersed long ago.
"General Yang, after our army's two failed night attacks, the Qin army still has no intention of taking the initiative to attack. It has only tightened its encirclement and its defense has become tighter." Yuwen Chengdu said solemnly.
"Bai Qi wants to defeat others without fighting."
Yang Lin looked defeated and said miserably: "Under the current situation of being unable to break out and running out of food, if our army does not want to starve to death, it has no choice but to surrender to the Qin army.
Bai Qi, you are so cruel."
At first, Yuwen Chengdu wanted to ask Yang Lin for countermeasures, but looking at Yang Lin's current appearance, it obviously didn't look like there was another solution, and he couldn't help but feel more confused. Where should he go?
Two days after the Liang army was out of food, a fierce fight broke out among the army to grab food. Hundreds of people were killed and injured, but Yang Lin had no way to do anything about it.
After three days without food, the soldiers in the army were so hungry that they surrendered their eyes to the corpses of their compatriots. Hundreds of corpses were devoured in an instant, but it was still a drop in the bucket.
On the fourth day, the Qin army rolled out grain carts containing steamed buns and meat porridge, and the soldiers shouted to induce the enemy to surrender.
Under the seduction tactics of the Qin army, the hungry Liang soldiers all walked out of the camp and surrendered to the Qin army.
In just one day, as many as 4,000 people surrendered. Although Yang Lin tried his best to stop them, not only was it to no avail, but the trend of surrender was getting bigger and bigger.
On the tenth day, in just six days, more than 30,000 people surrendered to the Qin army one after another. There were several firefights within the Liang army, resulting in more than a thousand casualties. Now there are less than 5,000 troops left in the camp.
"Everyone, under our army's blockade, the Liang army has been without food for ten days. In these ten days, a total of more than 35,000 people surrendered to our army, and this did not include Yang Lin and Yuwen Chengdu.
, obviously they are determined to fight to the end."
After Qin Hao looked around at the generals, he continued: "Yang Lin still wants to continue to persist, but our army does not have so much time to continue to delay him here. I announced that we will launch a final attack on Liang's army tonight."
one strike."
The generals were excited after hearing this. If it weren't for the purpose of reducing losses, the Liang army would have been wiped out ten days ago. Now the Liang army has less than 5,000 troops left, and it is almost impossible to cause losses to the Qin army.
It was also time to annihilate the Liang army in one fell swoop.
"Where is Bai Qi?" Qin Hao asked in a deep voice.
"The end will be here." Bai Qi stood up.
"Tomorrow, in addition to the 10,000 troops left to guard the prisoners of war, the remaining 60,000 troops will be placed under the command of the Grand Governor. They will launch an attack from all sides at the same time. I must end the battle within an hour."
Bai Qi's eyes were calm and he said calmly: "No."
Facing the hungry and exhausted army of 5,000 mountains, but sending 60,000 elite troops who have been recharging their strength, Bai Qi saw no suspense in this battle at all.
"Where are Jiang Song, Ran Min, and Gao Chong?"
"The end will be here." The three generals stood up and responded in unison.
"Yuwen Chengdu is a talented person. It would be a pity to die here. So the three of you take action together and make sure to capture Yuwen Chengdu alive for me." Qin Hao ordered with a serious look on his face.
Jiang Song and the others were stunned at first, and then they couldn't help but smile bitterly. They didn't expect that the Lord would appreciate Yuwen Chengdu so much, and he would capture him alive even if the three of them joined forces.
You must know that with the three of them joining forces, even Li Yuanba can only go around. Yu Wencheng can enjoy such treatment, so he must feel honored.
The next day, under the command of Bai Qi, 60,000 Qin troops were divided into four routes: southeast, northwest and northwest. They directly surrounded the Liang army camp three levels inside and three outside, and then sent out soldiers to carry out the final propaganda to persuade them to surrender.
When the remaining generals and soldiers in the camp saw the Qin army swarming outside the camp, they couldn't help but swallowed in fear. They looked at the golden-armored general behind them and thought to themselves: It would be better if General Yuwen was not here.
After Yuwen Chengdu saw the reaction of the soldiers, he couldn't help but sigh: "If you want to surrender, just surrender."
"General..."
All the soldiers looked in disbelief. No one could have imagined that their general would take the initiative to let the soldiers go out and surrender.
"Go ahead, rather than die meaninglessly, it's better to live on and on." Yuwen Chengdu said calmly.
"General."
All the soldiers looked at Yuwen Chengdu with tears in their eyes. At this moment, Yuwen Chengdu's image in their hearts was extremely tall.
Soon, another two thousand people came out of the camp and surrendered, but more people stayed.
Seeing this, Yuwen Chengdu wondered: "Why don't you surrender? If you stay, your sacrifice will be in vain."
"We Liangjun are not afraid of death..."
"I am willing to die together with the general..."
The remaining soldiers shouted one after another, and after Yuwen Chengdu listened, he was also moved by his own soldiers.
"Okay, okay."
Yuwen Chengdu brandished his sword and pointed it at the Qin army, shouting: "Brothers, in today's battle, there will be life or death, but Mr. Dong will definitely be proud of us."
"There is death but no life, there is death but no life..."
The roar of Liang Jun resounded throughout the sky, and the soldiers in the prisoner-of-war camp, after hearing the determination in the shouts, could not help but show guilt and a trace of regret. Some prisoners even became restless, but they were suddenly
The guarding Qin army was suppressed with force.
Seeing that no one came out to surrender, Bai Qi decisively issued the order to attack. This was the only time he attacked the camp without using tactics.
The three generals Jiang Song, Ran Min, and Gao Chong rushed to the front, waving their weapons and blasting a big hole in the Liang army camp, then leaving the army behind them and charging into the barracks.
When he saw Yuwen Chengdu's voice, Gao Chong immediately roared: "Yuwen Chengdu, if you don't just surrender, how long will it take?"
Immediately, the three of them killed each other, completely ignoring the three thousand Liang troops around Yuwen Chengdu, but then the Qin army soldiers also rushed into the military camp.