"Yes. With the current snowstorm and harsh climate, it is impossible for the Crusaders to gather large armies from too far away to attack Tongzhou City. So, the only feasible way is to gather the garrisons from the small towns around Tongzhou City to Tongzhou City. It is cold now.
It was freezing and the weather was bad. It would take at least three days to gather the Crusaders from the surrounding areas. Three days later, the Crusaders gathered. At this time, they traveled a long way to prepare for a bloody battle. However, they did not expect that there were no Qin soldiers in Tongzhou City. This would make
They were overjoyed, their tense nerves relaxed, and they fell into exhaustion. Then, it was impossible for the Crusaders to return immediately at this time. In addition, Tongzhou City was rich in supplies. At least, they had to rest in Tongzhou City for a few days before attacking Tongzhou.
The city is the best opportunity to gather together and annihilate the enemy! In addition, once we annihilate these Crusaders, then the surrounding villages and towns will be back under the control of Da Qin, and some local resistance forces in Da Qin will also have a chance to breathe.
As long as they catch their breath, they will become the central force against the Crusaders..."
"I see!"
Tu Laoer and a group of generals around him looked at Zhao Yuan with reverence.
Zhao Yuan's plan can be said to be flawless. He not only speculated on the military operations of the Crusaders, but also calculated all the situations faced by the Crusaders without omitting anything. It is really incredible.
The blizzard is still raging across the land, the north wind is howling, and the entire sky has become gray.
Hundreds of thousands of troops were trudging through the snowy fields wearing white cloaks. Everyone knew that today, they would create a new miracle.
The cold snowflakes did not cool down people's boiling blood.
Hundreds of thousands of soldiers, including new recruits, are full of fighting spirit, looking forward to the miracle that is about to come, and looking forward to the stunned faces of the Crusaders.
When they arrived outside Tongzhou City, this mighty army divided into three groups and approached Tongzhou City bit by bit through the snow and wind that blocked the sky. Everyone was careful and did not make the slightest sound, because
, the soldiers knew very well that every time they got closer to Tongzhou City, they would have more victories and fewer casualties.
At the same time, Zhao Yuan sent out all the good men around him, including a group of monsters, to hunt down the Crusaders' sentries.
On this freezing night, there were almost no people on the city wall. Even if a fur-covered head occasionally popped out to take a symbolic look outside, in fact, no one thought that there was no one on this ice and snow.
Like a knife, someone will attack the city at night.
There is no moonlight.
However, under the light of the white snow, the outline of the towering city wall of Tongzhou City is still clearly visible, and several gaps knocked down by the bloody bulls are still vividly visible.
Outside the three destroyed city walls, tens of thousands of Daqin infantrymen had gathered densely.
The anti-slip materials prepared long ago were laid layer by layer on the gaps in the city wall...
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The first group to attack the city were not infantry or bloody bulls, but a few thousand cavalry.
It is worth mentioning here that when the Qin Dynasty captured Tongzhou City last time, although it captured more than 20,000 war horses, there were not many soldiers who were good at riding and shooting.
The Cinu clan on horseback. In the Qin Empire, many soldiers had never touched a horse in their lives, let alone fought on horseback.
Among the hundreds of thousands of troops, there were only more than 3,000 cavalry in total, which shows the scarcity of cavalry in the Qin Dynasty.
More than three thousand cavalrymen, their horses' hooves wrapped in velvet blankets, quietly stepped onto the city wall.
When three thousand cavalry stepped onto the city wall, they were finally discovered by a conscientious Crusader sentry.
It is impossible for three thousand cavalry to completely hide their presence, but the fact that three thousand cavalry can scale the city wall is already a victory.
When the sentry's screams pierced the sky, hundreds of thousands of troops began to let out earth-shattering shouts of killing. At the same time, three thousand cavalry soldiers divided into two groups and began to rush back and forth on the city wall unscrupulously.
, before the Crusaders infantry who climbed up the city wall could react, their heads were chopped off with sharp swords, and their blood spilled into the sky.
At the same time, hundreds of thousands of Qin infantrymen, followed by hundreds of bloody bulls, rushed into Tongzhou City like a torrent of steel.
This time, the Blood Bulls moved separately. They smashed open the already damaged city gate. Then, three or five of them rushed forward along the street. Behind them, there was a tidal wave of Da Qin troops.
The densely packed Daqin infantry crowded the streets. Even if the Crusaders cavalry occasionally rushed out, they were first knocked off their feet by the bloody bulls, and then, in the blink of an eye, they were hacked to death by the Daqin infantry who rushed towards them, without the ability to fight back.
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More and more Crusaders woke up from their sleep. They were disheveled and scurrying around Tongzhou City like headless flies. But soon, they were drowned in the rolling crowd.
Although this Great Qin army has many recruits, its total number exceeds 130,000, not including the more than 3,000 cavalry. It already has an absolute advantage in numbers, coupled with sudden sneak attacks and hundreds of invincible blood barbarians.
Oxen, coupled with the fact that the Crusaders did not ride horses, against 70,000 Crusaders, there was no suspense about the victory of the Qin Empire.
No one left alive!
Take no prisoners!
This was an order issued by Tu Laoer. Faced with this order, Zhao Yuan pretended not to hear it.
Although Zhao Yuan is on the list of villains and is not a cruel person, at the same time, Zhao Yuan is not a kind person either. He is very aware of the current environment. The Crusade is an expedition and there are almost no troops and supplies. If you kill one, you will lose one.
, if they are released, the opponent can turn around and massacre the Qin soldiers on horseback. As for the prisoners, they will be a burden. Not only do they have to eat, but they also have to arrange people and places to collect them, which is not worth the gain.
When the Qin soldiers poured into Tongzhou City, it was no longer a battle, but a one-sided massacre. Of the more than 70,000 crusaders, only a hundred escaped, and of these nearly a hundred, Zhao Yuan deliberately let go.
The massacre lasted until noon the next day. When the head of the last crusader in Tongzhou City was cut off, the entire Tongzhou City suddenly fell into a deathly silence.
More than 70,000 people.
More than 70,000 living lives.
Now, it has become 70,000 mutilated corpses.
"Mountains of corpses" and "rivers of blood" are no longer enough to describe the scene in Tongzhou City.
The corpses of the Crusaders stretched from the street to the end of the street. Their blood was mixed with the ice and snow, forming patches of dark red ice. The occasional patch of white snow looked unusually eye-catching and shocking.
The massacre in Tongzhou City was the largest casualty suffered by the Crusaders since the war broke out in the Qin Empire. Even when they captured the imperial capital of the Qin Empire, the losses suffered by the Crusaders were not as high as this time...
When the bloody and cruel massacre ended, the trembling people dared to take to the streets. Immediately, they were stunned by the scene in front of them...
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Zhao Yuan's army quietly retreated, but then quietly came back.
This time, there were no cheers or shouts, because everyone was shocked by the endless stretches of corpses.
In front of the war machine, life appears extremely fragile...
That night, the number of casualties of the Da Qin army came out.
Twenty-seven thousand people died and more than 2,000 were injured.
This casualty ratio greatly shocked Zhao Yuan. You must know that this return attack could be said to be well thought out. The Crusaders had almost no resistance at all, but they still caused nearly 30,000 casualties.
However, Tu Laoer and the others were very satisfied with this casualty ratio. The reason they gave was very simple, because at least half of the Thirteen Qin soldiers were new recruits, and many of them took up arms to fight for the first time.