Talmu and Ganbul, the two commanders, looked at each other speechlessly.
Yes, besides Buddhism, who else can make their king make a foolish decision without hesitation?
Buddhism is their belief, and anyone who blasphemes Buddhism will be cut to pieces.
The thirty-six countries in the Western Regions all respect Buddhism.
In normal times, Buddhism is their patron saint and their most respected existence. If there is a conflict between them, they will ask the Buddhist Bodhisattva Arhat to mediate.
But what happened this time? Why did Buddhism suddenly let them attack Dachuan?
The Central Plains and the Western Regions are feuding, so they have to fight as they should.
But to fight a war, you don’t just have to send troops to fight.
Army deployment, food, grass and baggage, tactics and strategies, unified command, these are all necessary.
Look now, what do they have?
The five countries all sent armies, and the five commanders-in-chief did not elect a supreme commander to give unified command. They just fought on their own, casually, and in a swarm, without any coordination with each other.
Forget it, collecting food and fodder and building luggage all take time, right? Launching a national war would take at least several months of preparation, right?
Forget it if you don’t have these, at least you should wait until after the autumn harvest and have food before harvesting, right?
No!
nothing!
He simply gave an order for the entire army to assemble and bring their own food. After gathering, they went directly to Yumen Pass.
From ordering to arriving at the place, it only took a month.
Other countries are a little better. The monarch at least kept his sense and only sent the army. The farmers stayed in the country to produce and grow food, which allowed the country to continue.
But what about Loulan?
All the young and middle-aged people from all over the country were directly pulled over, and the fields that were about to be harvested were also abandoned.
The country of Loulan is sparsely populated and has many deserts. There are very few areas where food can be grown and the food output is not high.
Now there are no more people to grow grain, and this year's harvest has all been wasted. This winter, I don't know how many people will freeze to death and starve to death.
This is heading towards self-subjugation!
Talmu still can't figure out why the king did this.
He vaguely guessed that Buddhism might have poured some kind of ecstasy soup into the king's mind, but he couldn't say.
He could not question Buddhism's decision at any time or anywhere.
He can question the king, but he cannot question the Buddha.
Since you can't question it, you can only fight.
Talmu is also a man of flesh and blood. Any commander who wants to win the battle does not want to watch his own soldiers die in vain, and he will be heartbroken.
Painful enough to bleed.
After a while, more and more corpses were piled up under the city wall. Before Talmu became anxious, Ganbul became anxious again.
"Talmu, order a retreat. First go back to the camp for repairs, then send people to Qilian Mountain and Beitou Mountain to cut down trees, collect stone bullets, build ladders and trebuchets, and then send people to ask the strong men of Buddhism to take action.
, break the formation, otherwise our 300,000 people will be exhausted and we won’t be able to climb the city wall of Yumen Pass."
"Haha, if Buddhism wanted to send strong men, they would have sent them long ago. If they really wanted to break the Yumen Pass, they would have sent Bodhisattvas out to break Han Yun's formation and kill Han Yun.
Now, even if Han Yun shows mercy and withdraws the formation, can we defeat the more than 200,000 elite troops in the city?
Can we defeat those five second-grade strong men and a dozen third-grade strong men? If they send just one person here, they can chop off your and my dog's head.
If we were more whimsical, the enemy's strong men would be merciful and not kill us. Each of our soldiers would be as good as ten and rushed up the city wall, but we still have to face the millions of soldiers and civilians in the city.
Even with a sickle and a hoe, they can hack us to death.
beat?
Tell me how to fight?
From the moment we set out, this was a losing battle, and we had no hope of winning."
"Then at least withdraw the troops first. We can't win in a fight. At least it will save us from dying." m..
Ganbul frowned and looked at Talmu, waiting for his order.
After all, those who are rushing forward now are all soldiers from the Loulan Kingdom, and their 100,000-strong army from the Hami Kingdom are still staying in place.
"Can you win the battle if you withdraw? How many days of food and grass do you have in your camp? Anyway, I don't even have enough food and grass for one day."
"I...sigh..."
Ganbul sighed heavily. He didn't have much food and grass. Hami was only a little stronger than Loulan. It had a large population and a lot of land, and with the few troops sent this time, it could barely sustain itself.
He could only do nothing to help the Loulan Kingdom's miserable situation. If he gave his food and grass to the Loulan army, then his own army would be hungry.
He has to take responsibility for his own army first.
At this moment, while they were talking, the city gate of Yumenguan in the distance was suddenly opened.
"No, the enemy is going to counterattack!"
Talmu's face changed slightly.
This is easy to understand. Our own side cannot penetrate at all, and the city gate suddenly opens on the opposite side. Apart from the dream possibility of the enemy surrendering voluntarily, there is only one possibility left.
The enemy is about to counterattack.
Sure enough, a group of cavalry filed out of the door and charged outside.
This was a cavalry they had never seen before.
The mounts under their crotches were all desert wolves that were much taller than camels. The people on the desert wolves' backs were all wearing elite armor and holding spears and short crossbows, and they directly inserted themselves into the enemy's siege.
In the camp.
Unstoppable.
Our own army, which did not even have armor or weapons, was powerless to resist under the iron hooves of the Desert Wolf.
"The defeat has been decided, withdraw."
Talmu turned his horse's head directly and ran towards the camp with his own guards.
As for the order to retreat, there is no need to issue it.
When that terrifying cavalry force of 20,000 people rushed out, they were frightened to death.
This cavalry combines the two characteristics of long-range attack and close combat, and also perfectly combines the impact of heavy cavalry with the flexibility of light cavalry.
It can be said that this is a perfect ace unit in all aspects. Any unit that wants to confront it will have to pay a heavy price.
Zhao Long took the lead and charged forward with his own soldiers. He didn't even need to take action. The desert wolf alone could trample and bite many enemy soldiers to death when they rushed over.
He is also protected by a group of experts.
After the Zhenbei Army rushed out of the city, the enemies who were far away used bows and arrows, and those who were close used crossbows.
Twenty thousand people massacred hundreds of thousands of people.
In the eyes of the Zhenbei Army, which is well-equipped and extremely powerful, the hundreds of thousands of people outside are no different from unarmed lambs, just waiting for them to be harvested.
The enemy's military formation was already in a mess, but at this time, they were divided and attacked by the Zhenbei Army, and they were even more defeated. After just one confrontation, they were completely defeated.
The coach has already run away. If they don’t run away, what are they waiting for?