Following the same pattern, Li Jing burned a secret warehouse again, but the casualties the second time were several times greater than the first.
When Li Jing raided and burned the secret warehouse for the first time, Yuan Meng really had no defense at all. However, even though Yuan Meng didn't think that the Jin army dared to come the second time, he still managed to do the basic doubling.
Yuanmeng's troops guarding the secret treasury were nearly 10,000. Including Li Jing, who had doubled the number and only had 4,000 troops. Logically speaking, there was no possibility of success.
But Li Jing, who commanded 106, turned the impossible into a possibility. As the early morning approached, when Yuan Meng's vigilance was at its lowest, he led four thousand elite cavalry to forcibly break through Yuan Meng's stronghold and set it on fire.
The second secret warehouse was built, and seven to eight hundred casualties were paid for this.
In just one night, with two consecutive night attacks and two fire attacks, Yuan and Meng suffered nearly 10,000 casualties, while the Jin army only paid the price of more than a thousand people. It can be said to be a complete victory.
Afterwards, Li Jing did not return immediately. Instead, he led the Yinshan County around and spent tens of thousands of dollars on the Mongolian Iron Cavalry before finally leading the army back to Yinshan City calmly.
Zhenbeiguan.
After learning that Li Jing had safely returned to Yinshan City, Temujin was immediately furious and cursed: "They're all rubbish, they're all a bunch of rubbish. They dispatched a hundred thousand troops, but they couldn't keep Li Jing's thousands of troops. I
What’s the use of raising trash like you?”
The senior general of Yuanmeng origin who was kneeling in the hall also looked aggrieved, but he did not even dare to take a breath. After all, not only did he not stay with Li Jing, but he was also teased by Li Jing.
Yuan Meng was greatly embarrassed.
"Come here, drag him out and chop him down." Temujin said coldly.
Seeing this, the surrounding officials of Yuan and Meng hurriedly put in good words to intercede for him, but Temujin didn't seem to hear him and shouted: "Pull him down."
Seeing that Temujin was serious, the general also panicked and hurriedly begged for mercy: "Your Majesty, I will follow you in the battle in Mobei and Monan. There is no merit but hard work. I really know my mistake. I will not do it."
You should underestimate Li Jing..."
No matter how much the general begged for mercy, Temujin remained indifferent and allowed him to be dragged out by the guards.
Soon, a hysterical scream came from outside the palace, and then the guard returned to report: "Your Majesty, the guilty general Kuba has been executed."
Temujin's eyes were calm, as if this person had never appeared, while all the officials in the hall were silent.
"How much was the loss this time?" Temujin asked coldly.
"Two secret warehouses were burned, one was completely burned, and the other was burned to 80%. Our army lost a month's worth of food and grass." Tuo Lei sighed and reported that the losses this time were really too great.
Temujin looked at Tuolei calmly, and then roared: "I'm asking about people, not food and grass."
Tuo Lei's scalp suddenly went numb and he quickly reported: "There were nearly 12,000 casualties."
A cold light flashed in Temujin's eyes, and he gritted his teeth and said: "Li Jing, Li Jing..."
After conquering Zhenbeiguan, Yuanmeng's strategy in Yinshan County was extremely smooth. Yang Liulang alone was unable to reverse the situation, but was in a hurry.
But after Li Jing was transferred to Yang Liulang's command by Wang Meng, Yuanmeng's battle situation in Yinshan began to take a turn for the worse, and every city battle required heavy casualties.
In the end, although Yuanmeng captured nine counties in Yinshan, the price he paid was huge. He even suffered a bloody head injury at the foot of Yinshan City, and the person who arranged the defense of Yinshan City was Li Jing.
Although Li Jing is not yet the commander-in-chief of the Jin army in Yinshan City, his role has far exceeded that of Yang Liulang. Without Li Jing, the entire Yinshan County might have fallen long ago, so Li Jing is also hated by the senior officials of Yuanmeng.
Teeth itchy.
"Murong Chui, I order you to lead an army of 150,000 and immediately surround Yinshan City. Before the slave army forms, I don't want Li Jing to leave Yinshan City." Temujin said coldly.
"No." Murong Chui replied, cupping his fists.
Under the leadership of Murong Chui, an army of 150,000 people surrounded Yinshan City. However, Murong Chui did not attack the city. He was waiting for the slave army at the rear. After all, attacking the city at this time would consume Yuan Meng.
They are elites, and the slave army will not feel bad no matter how many casualties it has.
Yang Liulang and Li Jing stood side by side on the city tower, looking at the huge crowd of Yuanmeng troops outside. Li Jing couldn't help but sigh: "We just killed more than 10,000 Yuanmeng troops, but Yuanmeng only placed 150,000 troops under the city, and did not
Immediately launch revenge, it seems that Tiemu really wants to hold on firmly and will not give up until Yinshan City is captured."
"When the soldiers come to cover up the water and the earth, there are a full 90,000 troops in the city. If Temujin wants to take Yinshan City, he must take human lives to do so." Yang Liulang said coldly.
Li Jing shook his head and said: "It's not 90,000, but 89,000. In addition, 80,000 of our army are militiamen. After all, the militia can only play a supporting role, mainly relying on the 9,000."
Main force.
If these 9,000 main force were lost, let alone 80,000 militiamen, even 180,000 would not be able to defend Yinshan City.
And what Yinshan City will face next is not only 150,000 Yuan Meng elites, but also an unknown number of Yuan Meng slaves."
As he spoke, Li Jing looked directly into Yang Liulang's eyes and said in a deep voice: "General Yang Liulang, do you still think that the nine thousand main force is enough?"
Seeing that Li Jing didn't seem to have much confidence in guarding Yinshan, Yang Liulang couldn't help but panic and said quickly: "What should we do?"
After Li Jing pondered for a while, he said: "From now on, the whole city will be under wartime control, and the people must uniformly obey the management and accept various city defense tasks assigned by the government.
In addition, craftsmen worked overtime to make arrows for defending the city, and stored a large amount of various materials for defending the city, even if they demolished the house.
The last step is to set up a militia reserve and intensify training. Once the militia suffers a large number of casualties, it will be immediately replenished from the reserve."
As Li Jing spoke, Yang Liulang nodded. When Li Jing mentioned this, his thoughts on the future defense battle became clearer than ever before.
"These measures are only to tap the potential of Yinshan City internally. But with the strength within Yinshan City alone, even if we can defend it, we can only defend it for a while."
As he spoke, a trace of solemnity flashed in Li Jing's eyes, and he said solemnly: "If you want to securely defend the retreat from Yinshan, you must ask for reinforcements from the main force in Ningxia.
As long as Ningxia sends troops to support us, it doesn't need to be too many, as long as 30,000, we can definitely defend Yinshan City for more than half a year."
Yang Liulang nodded again. There was no shortage of food, grass, ordnance, or militia in Yinshan City. What was really lacking was the main force.
The main force of nine thousand seems to be almost a lot, but the Mongolian army worth more than one hundred thousand yuan is still too few.