"What's more, I have invited the army of the Hami Kingdom to serve as my rearguard for you. As long as Dachuan's army dares to leave Yumen Pass, they will be attacked head-on by the Hami Kingdom's 100,000-strong army. When the time comes, you can just plunder without worry."
Talmu's words made all the generals think deeply, and it seemed that this was also the case.
Everyone knows that there is no food at home now, and a group of people will starve to death tomorrow. Let alone siege the city, there will be no way to walk, and they can only lie down and be beheaded by the enemy. Instead of doing this, it is better to rob Dachuan.
If you can live one more day, you can live one more day.
Hundreds of thousands of people were running over the mountains and plains. If Dachuan's army went to kill them, how many could they kill?
Everyone immediately accepted this order.
They just want to live now, no matter what family or country they are in.
However, the old general asked again,
"Talmu, why are the other regiments going to rob, and only five regiments one to five of us are left to guard the camp? We have no food to eat, and we are also hungry!"
"Why do you talk so much nonsense!"
Talmu became angry, stared at his eyes and shouted,
"You five corps are of course useful to me. Should I let the whole army fall into the enemy's hinterland? Shouldn't I be allowed to respond?
This is a military order and you must accept it.
Now, as soon as the general of the fifth corps is left behind, the others immediately go to assemble the army, take advantage of the night, break up into pieces, bypass Yumen Pass, and attack directly into the heart of the enemy's country!"
"As you command!"
A dozen generals immediately took orders to remove the commander's tent and assemble his subordinates.
The remaining five generals stared in disbelief in the commander's tent.
The old general sat down on the chair with a groan and turned his head away unconvinced.
He also wanted to lead his men to rob, but his troops were also starving. He even thought about the situation where his soldiers would see others going to rob food tomorrow, while he himself was starving and could not bear to mutiny.
After a while, Talmu raised his head and said,
"After they and everyone leave the camp, you also gather your troops and follow me to receive the food and grass from the Hami Kingdom."
As soon as these words came out, all five people were shocked.
"What? Receive food and grass from the Hami Kingdom?"
"Why does the Hami Kingdom give us food and grass? What do they eat?"
"What's going on? Is Ganbul so stupid? Why do you want to give us food?"
"Is the logistics team from the Hami Kingdom about to arrive?"
"Do we have food to eat?"
…
Talmu raised his head, looked to the west, and then said,
"After receiving the food, we will withdraw our troops and return home."
His tone was very calm, but it made the five people shudder and look at each other.
The commander-in-chief is going to...
Give up the hundreds of thousands of troops?
…
In the darkness, the gates of the coalition camp were wide open, and the 130,000 Loulan army, holding their own weapons and under the leadership of their respective generals, rushed towards the east.
Several Dachuan scouts who were riding horses and wandering two miles away from the camp suddenly saw the dense black shadows appearing on the opposite side and were shocked.
"Captain, what's going on?"
A scout asked in a low voice, with a look of horror on his face.
"This is an enemy attack! The enemy is going to attack Yumen Pass at night. Hurry, go back and report!"
However, before they could even take a few steps away, dense arrows flew over from behind them, pinning them into hedgehogs.
The extremely hungry Loulan soldiers didn't even use torches. Under the moonlight, they waved their machetes and chopped the horses of the Dachuan scouts into pieces of meat. They didn't care whether they were raw or cooked, and just cut them into pieces.
He put it in his mouth and started to bite it hard.
But more people continued to run towards the east.
At Yumen Pass, on top of the city, soldiers held torches high and patrolled the city wall, observing the darkness below the city.
Most of the soldiers went to bed, leaving only a few soldiers on patrol.
The general on duty tonight happens to be Xie Xing, who was born in the Yue Family Army.
After all, this is wartime, and even if the enemy cannot attack, there still has to be a general on duty to command.
At this time, Xie Xing was in the city gate tower, lighting a night lamp and reading the military strategy.
Suddenly, a patrolling soldier ran over quickly, opened the door and shouted,
"General, many enemy troops have appeared. Come and take a look."
"enemy?"
Xie Xing frowned and immediately stood up and walked outside.
At the same time, I was curious, was the enemy going to attack the city at night in the middle of the night?
If it were in other cities, it would be understandable that while the defenders were sleeping and the defense was weak, the attackers would quietly carry ladders to the bottom of the city and climb the city wall as quickly as possible, so that when the defenders were discovered, they would not be able to escape.
It was too late to look at everyone.
But any garrison commander with a little bit of brains knows how to prepare for night attacks.
But that's for an ordinary city. You can't break through the big formation at Yumen Pass. There isn't even a ladder. Is a night attack useless?
With doubts in mind, Xie Xing came to the west city wall and looked down.
The fire on the top of the city could only illuminate a small area below the city. Fortunately, it was a sunny day tonight and the moon was bright. Through the moonlight, he could see the black shadows all over the mountains and plains to the west.
"So many people? The enemy is going to attack again?"
Xie Xing frowned, puzzled. The enemy troops were running wildly with weapons in hand. It was no different from the daytime. There was not even a ladder. How could they still want to capture the city?
What does the commander-in-chief of the enemy army think? It’s okay if he doesn’t let people eat enough, but he doesn’t let people sleep if he doesn’t sleep?
"General, do you want to beat the drum to summon the brothers?"
asked a captain next to him.
"No, the enemy can't get in, let them rest."
"Oh, do you want to tell Nie Shuai?"
"Well... let's tell him. As the commander-in-chief, he still needs to know the enemy's situation as soon as possible."
"As you command!"
The captain went to report to Nie Ze. Xie Xing stood on the top of the city, looking at the enemy troops charging from a distance, frowning.
But soon, he discovered something was wrong.
The soldiers on the top of the city had already drawn their bows and nocked arrows, but the enemy army did not attack the Yumen Pass formation. Instead, they divided into two directions, one south and one north, bypassed Yumen Pass, and continued to run wildly.
"What are you doing? Are you planning to surround us?"
Xie Xing murmured to himself, but didn't pay too much attention.
If the enemy forces surround Yumen Pass, they are seeking death.
You must know that siege is indeed a commonly used tactic in siege warfare, but it is also based on cutting off the defenders' food and grass, and when the siege side has sufficient food and grass and sufficient troops, the defenders are unable to break out and can only be forced to surrender.
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Now there are many soldiers at Yumen Pass, and there is sufficient food and grass. The enemy's troops are exhausted, their horses are exhausted, and their troops are small. If they are surrounded by a weak force and have an advantage, is this not seeking death?
There is no need to worry about them now. When the defenders of Yumen Pass rush out of the city during the day tomorrow, they can easily defeat the opponent and win the victory.