The 60,000 Han troops who left the fortress burned, killed and looted along the way, destroying a total of 18 large, medium and small tribes in Yuan and Mongolia, and massacred more than 300,000 Yuan and Mongolian herdsmen. Huo Qubing's gains along the way also exceeded 150,000, which also made Ran Min's
The God of Death' attribute-increasing effect was activated twice more.
When 50,000 people were massacred before, the permanently increased attribute of Ran Min's "Killing God" was randomly added to intelligence, but these two times, it was randomly added to commander and force.
The current five dimensions of Ran Min are: Commander 94, Force 107, Intelligence 75, Politics 65, Charisma 97;
Under Huo Qubing and Zhuge Liang's 'blitzkrieg', the Yuanmeng tribe wandering outside Longcheng had almost no power to resist.
The two armies marched out of the fortress in consecutive battles, and each time they were able to defeat the enemy with minimal casualties. They destroyed eighteen Yuanmeng tribes and massacred 300,000 Yuanmeng herdsmen. The total casualties were only nearly 4,000.
degree.
Before the two armies were about to join forces, Huo Qubing and Zhuge Liang each sent five cavalry to escort the wounded soldiers and return to Yanmen Pass with most of the captured troops. They took the remaining troops to join forces under Longcheng, and then launched the final battle with Yuan Meng.
The decisive battle.
"That's Dragon City?"
Long Qie observed the city in the distance through a telescope and couldn't help but exclaimed: "Although it is not as good as Luoyang, Chang'an and other capitals, it is not as generous as Yecheng, Jinyang and other state offices."
Yuwen Chengdu and other generals also looked surprised. This level of city was rare in the Central Plains, let alone seen on the grassland.
"Hey, tell me, what method did Yuanmeng use to build such a big city in such a short period of time?" Yuwen Chengdu asked curiously.
"How else could it be built? Of course it was built with slaves. Otherwise, why do you think Yuan Meng could build so many slave armies?" Ran Min said lightly.
"To build such a huge city from scratch within a few years, it's probably not enough to rely on slaves alone," Luo Yi said.
"Then how did Yuan Meng build this dragon city?" Luo Cheng asked curiously.
All the generals looked thoughtful. Just when Ran Min was about to answer, Long Qie took the lead and said, "Cement technology."
All the generals showed astonishment, and Long Qie continued: "Yuan Meng must have obtained the cement technology to build a huge city like Dragon City from scratch in such a short period of time."
The labor force required to build cities is undoubtedly huge, and the reason why the Jin army was able to build thirty cities in the Hetao Plain in just a few years was because of its cement technology.
The reason why Long Qie is so sure is because the Ming Dynasty also relied on cement technology to build dozens of defensive bunkers in the Taihang Mountains, and anyone with a discerning eye would know that cement was used when they saw Dragon City.
The technical content of cement technology is not high. As long as you are willing, you can definitely get it. The cement technology of Ming Dynasty was stolen from the Jin army. The other princes have basically mastered it now, so Long Qie is so sure of Yuan and Meng.
It can also be stolen.
However, what Long Qie didn't know was that Ming's cement technology was not stolen, but was packaged and given to Emperor Ming by Qin Hao along with new grain seeds.
After Huo Qubing went around Dragon City to observe it, he sighed and said to the generals: "I have already observed it. Although the defense layout of Dragon City is not perfect, it is already very complete.
If we had an army of 100,000 men, fifty catapults, and twenty manholes, we would be fully confident that we could defeat Dragon City.
However, we only have 55,000 cavalry left, and we don’t have any siege equipment, so it is impossible to capture Dragon City."
All the generals couldn't help but look disappointed when they heard this. After finally getting out of the blockade once, they had already reached the corner of Dragon City, but they were destined to not be able to enter Dragon City. They would naturally feel disappointed.
Zhuge Liang had a clear view of the expressions of the generals and said calmly: "There are still 90,000 elites and 180,000 recruits in Dragon City. With our current strength, even if we can break through the defense of Dragon City, it is impossible to completely occupy Dragon City.
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Dragon City originally had 100,000 elite troops and 200,000 recruits, but when Huo Qubing attacked the only large tribe that failed to fall among the 18, Dragon City sent 50,000 cavalry troops to support the front two, including 30,000 veterans and 20,000 recruits.
In that battle, Huo Qubing ostensibly used 30,000 cavalry against Yuan and Meng's 50,000 cavalry, but Zhuge Liang's army arrived in time and attacked from behind. The two armies attacked Yuan and Meng's 50,000 cavalry in one fell swoop.
Yuan Meng's 20,000 new soldiers were completely wiped out, and 10,000 of his elite troops were killed or injured, leaving only 20,000 veterans who fled back to Longcheng.
After the victory in the first battle, Huo Qubing pursued for dozens of miles and then withdrew his troops. Then the allied forces with Zhuge Liang's troops defeated the only large tribe and massacred more than 80,000 herdsmen.
Perhaps it was because he had already been defeated once, and when Huo Qubing led less than 60,000 cavalry and approached Dragon City, there were clearly 270,000 troops in Dragon City, but they did not dare to leave the city to fight with less than 60,000 Han soldiers.
Army battle.
It was precisely because of Yuan Meng's weak attitude that gave the generals the illusion that they could capture Dragon City, so when they learned that they were destined to be unable to capture Dragon City, the generals were so disappointed.
"Is there really... no hope at all?"
Long Qie asked in a seductive voice. Although he was not from the Qin and Jin armies, he still had great hope that the Han people could break through Longcheng, the capital of Yuan and Meng.
Since Long Qi, an outsider, was so friendly, the other generals, not to mention, all looked at Zhuge Liang with great hope.
"Liang is reminding everyone of one thing. Our mission has been completed. The 100,000 Yuan Mongolian cavalrymen at Zhenbeiguan have been transferred back to the grassland because of us. In a few days, Murong Ke will return with 100,000 cavalry reinforcements.
Dragon City."
Hearing this, the generals no longer took any chances. After all, if they didn't run away now, when Murong Ke came back, they would have less than 60,000 men and they would have to face 370,000 yuan of Mongolian cavalry.
"But if we just withdraw like this, I believe everyone will not be willing to do so."
Zhuge Liang suddenly changed his tone and said: "Liang has a plan. Although it cannot allow our army to occupy Longcheng, it can severely weaken Yuan Meng's troops."
When all the generals, including Huo Qubing, heard Zhuge Liang's words, their eyes lit up. Huo Qubing was even more anxious and said: "Military advisor, please come quickly."
"If you want to defeat Yuan Meng, you must lure him out of the city."
"But Yuanmeng has been frightened by our army and dare not leave the city." Luo Cheng said.
"The Yuan army in Dragon City is several times larger than our army, so how can they be afraid of people like our army?"
Zhuge Liang's eyes were full of wisdom, he gently shook his feather fan and said calmly: "The reason why I dare not go to battle is not because of fear, but because of caution."