The reason why it is surprising is that before Wei Yuntian and the others launched an attack, thousands of Japanese people in the city raised white flags and all surrendered...
Wei Yuntian fought differently from Lemon. When he led his troops, he did not rush to attack the city. Instead, he stabilized his camp first, and then sent the flying wing guards to cooperate with the Yizhou guards to search the mountains and remove all the hidden things in the mountains and forests. The Japanese soldiers removed all their strongholds and then chose a commanding height to station themselves there.
It took a lot of effort to transport several long-range artillery pieces up. From this commanding height, you can overlook the entire Fengshan City, and the range of their cannons can reach the city wall, which is enough.
Although the Fengshan city wall is extremely strong, Wei Yuntian is not in a hurry. Anyway, he will blast it slowly, and when it collapses, it will be taken down.
Two more light troops of 200 men were sent around the mountains and forests, and with the cooperation of the local Gao Juli guerrilla troops, they made a surprise attack on the grain road behind Fengshan. They also set fire everywhere to create panic.
During the day, light cavalry were sent back and forth outside the city, while the rear was beating drums and firing cannons, as if they were about to attack the city at any time, but there was no attack.
They also sent out the heavenly army at night, dropping incendiary eggs and explosive bombs on the military facilities and barracks in the city, causing the defenders in the city to be frightened three times throughout the night and unable to even sleep.
But it is also strange that Wei Yuntian made such a big noise, but the Japanese people in the city did not react at all. Not only were there not a single soldier exposed on the city wall, but no team came out to make a tentative attack. Not even a reconnaissance team was sent to investigate.
This made Wei Yuntian deeply admired despite his doubts. The little devil was so calm, which showed that the guard was very calm. He was really a formidable opponent.
According to the information provided by Goju Li's guerrilla army, there are at least 8,000 Japanese elite troops stationed in Fengshan City, plus 10,000 logistics personnel.
Moreover, their equipment is extremely sophisticated and their strength is quite powerful. There are more than 50 large artillery pieces in the city, as well as an iron artillery team of at least 500 people, and 3,000 heavy armored cavalry.
Wei Yuntian and the others only had more than 10,000 people in total, and the strength of the two sides was about the same. If the Japanese were to defend the city to the death, they would have to pay a considerable price if they wanted to attack it. Everyone agreed that we could not attack by force, but could only adopt two methods of warfare: surprise attack or siege.
But both methods have certain difficulties. If they want to besiege Fengshan City, they must send at least 3,000 troops to bypass the city, set up camp on the road behind them, and completely cut off their logistical supplies, especially food and grass.
Because according to intelligence, there is a relative shortage of food and grass in the city. In fact, after the Japanese invaded Gaojuli again, all ministries have been facing a serious shortage of food and grass.
There are not many fields in the north of Gojuryeo, and many of them have become deserted due to years of war. Now it is midsummer. Although there are a lot of fertile fields in the south, it has not yet reached the harvest season. At present, it is just a patch of green seedlings. It will have to wait until Food can only be harvested in autumn.
Therefore, the more than 200,000 troops stationed in Gaojuli can only rely on sea transportation for supplies. It was fine before, but now after the full-scale war with Yanyun and Ross, sea transportation is also not smooth.
The Yanyun Navy even sent several small fleets to specifically target their transport ships. In the month since the war started, hundreds of grain ships have been captured, sunk, or burned.
Fengshan City is far to the north and west, and the replenishment received is even more limited. Although it is still unclear how much food is stored in the city, it will definitely not last for a month.
Therefore, as long as their food routes can be completely cut off, Fengshan City will be self-defeating.
However, it is extremely difficult for a force of three thousand in size to detour through the mountains and forests, and they are unable to carry large artillery and sufficient supplies, and the established defense line is not strong enough. If reinforcements arrive from Xijing in the future and Fengshan City sends troops to respond, These three thousand people had to face the dilemma of being attacked from both sides.
A siege is difficult, and a surprise attack is also not easy, because the defenders in the city have made no movement at all, which means they have made all preparations.
Even if the cannons on the high ground blow down a gap in the city wall, they will definitely set up various obstacles and stand ready. It will be extremely difficult to break in, mainly because the casualties will be huge.
The first consideration for Xiao Chen, Wei Yuntian, Sima Zhongping and others was casualties. The strategic policy formulated by Zhuge Xiaosheng was very clear. In the battle in Gaojuli, the Yanyun Army only participated, and it was not appropriate to launch a strong attack that would cause heavy losses to one's own side.
To put it bluntly, you can eat meat and drink soup, but try not to chew hard bones...
The main thing is to let the Russians fight.
Because the outcome of this battle can actually be predicted from the beginning. The Japanese will inevitably be defeated. It is just a matter of time. In this case, there is really no need for us to consume troops... We have already consumed a lot of financial resources.
But just when Xiao Chen and the others were worried about how to attack the city to minimize their own casualties, three days later, a white flag was raised on the top of Fengshan City?
The first reaction of everyone was that the Japs were planning to surrender. There must be some conspiracy involved!
Immediately send an order to the entire army to prepare for battle!
But he also ordered the artillery in the highlands to temporarily stop bombarding to see what the little devil wanted to do?
After the cannon stopped firing, they saw three large iron baskets hanging from the city wall. Three people came down from the iron baskets, waving small white flags, and walked slowly towards them while shouting in Chinese, Russian, and Japanese. Don't shoot or release arrows, we are here to negotiate!
Damn it?
Xiao Chen and others behind the telescope looked very fresh. They really sent people to negotiate. We haven't started the war yet, and there have been no casualties on both sides. If you negotiate now, isn't it a little too early?
But I have to say that these three envoys were very experienced and sincere. When they walked in front of Xiao Chen and the others, they slowly lowered the white flag and then took off all their clothes.
Under the surprised gazes of Xiao Chen and others, they turned around several times to show that they did not carry any weapons...
After everything had been done to this point, Xiao Chen had no choice but to treat him with courtesy. He quickly sent the Winged Guards to greet him, asking the envoys to quickly put on their clothes and invite them to my central military tent.
In fact, there was only one messenger, a major officer in the Fengshan garrison, named Tamama Sumiyoshi, who was about twenty years old and about the same size as a fat man. The other two were just translators.
Tamayama Sumiyoshi didn't know whether he was too hot from the walk or too nervous. His face was red and sweating profusely. He looked extremely embarrassed, but his expression was very happy. He had a big grin on his face from the moment he came in. He didn't know what he was doing. What are you happy about?
"Jun Yushan, my name is Wei Yuntian, and I am the commander-in-chief of Yanyun. I wonder what advice Yushan Lord has here?" Wei Yuntian asked.
You can't really come here to surrender, right?
