On the way back, Lin Haoming did not hesitate to explain how he would fight.
Hong Chenyi is indeed an open-minded person. After listening to Lin Haoming's explanation of the process, he couldn't help but ask halfway through: "General Mian, I understand that you didn't continue to rob grain and grass before and instead looted those big households. After all, you have to burn them down." The other party's food and grass made it difficult for the other party and caused difficulties for the people, but why didn't you continue to do it later?"
"General Hong, after all, the Western God Kingdom is big. We burned some of the bankers, which only caused the other party to need to transport food and grass over long distances, which brought some difficulties and some unstable factors. But after all, the enemy is strong and we are weak. The enemy still has a large rear area, and we The fields burned were all from wealthy families. These families were powerful in the local area, and now most of their foundations were destroyed in one go. What would happen if you were one of these people?" Lin Haoming asked.
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"If my guess is correct, I am afraid that if my own land is destroyed, I will rob those ordinary people's fields." Hu Sheng added.
"Yes, that's it. As long as we stay until winter, Mo Yiqi will be in chaos behind him." Lin Haoming affirmed.
"Then why not just burn more?" Hong Chenyi asked.
"If even those ordinary people's property is burned, they will hate us. If there is no land, the men who burn more will choose to serve as soldiers to eat food. I'm afraid it will be difficult to deal with the hatred towards us. If I were Mo Yiqi, I would directly Recruit tens of thousands of troops locally and train them until winter is almost ready for use." Lin Haoming said.
"Although I mainly hide soldiers this time and harass and loot as a cover-up, I will not be merciless when looting." Hong Chenyi said distressedly.
"General Hong, it's only right that you clean up the area. After all, this place is too close to Tianzhu City. It's only less than half a day's journey. It's better to clean up. This is because the people of the Western God Kingdom are really careless. Behind them They actually didn't build some military forts just in case." Lin Haoming said.
"Sure enough, the art of war is that the dead are alive, I have learned it." Hong Chenyi admired Lin Haoming even more at this time.
The army returned in triumph. After returning from delivering the news early in the morning, Yang Xisheng also took the initiative to greet Lin Haoming and others at the city gate. This time he went out with 2,000 men and horses. In the end, he only lost 500 men. It can be said that he achieved a complete victory.
Yang Xisheng wanted to report to the court, but some of the subordinates who followed Lin Haoming had already received rewards. Niu Dazhuang became a centurion, and Mian Lifeng, who had previously become a centurion on official duty, was promoted to a thousand captain, and the two of them were also responsible. Managed a slave camp of two thousand people who were originally slaves.
The Three Kingdoms of Dongzhou all have a battalion consisting of a thousand men, with a battalion commander who is also a commander of a thousand men, and Lin Haoming is currently the general manager of these two battalions.
Next, after waiting for less than a month, Lin Haoming was finally promoted to partial general according to His Majesty's decree. At the same time, Mo Yiqi also led a mighty army of 300,000 people to come over.
Some harassment before did hinder Mo Yiqi's preparations, but Mo Yiqi knew better that the more the enemy acted like this, the faster he had to move. In fact, he took most of the troops to kill him before waiting for some more troops to arrive. .
Some of the fortifications here have not been completely completed, and the wall of Wengcheng is only over ten feet high, which is barely the same as that of an ordinary county town.
When the war was about to begin, the inner city wall was still being reinforced and built.
Lin Haoming was appointed as the deputy commander-in-chief of the city gate at this time, but in fact he was responsible for the specific operations, and the commander-in-chief was Hong Chenyi.
After the two settled their differences, Hong Chenyi consulted Lin Haoming a lot these days, which made Hong Chenyi respect Lin Haoming even more, even though he was still a few years older.
On the ground outside the city, many iron nails and barbs were thrown away in many places. At the beginning of the first battle, when these things were cleared away, thousands of corpses were left behind.
But there was nothing that could be done about it. Early the next morning, Mo Yiqi understood that the army would continue to attack the city. After all, this low city wall could be climbed directly by a martial spirit warrior with a slightly higher cultivation level, even with a ladder. No need to stand up.
When the enemy was about to attack, Lin Haoming ordered people to light some fires at the top of the city. Suddenly, with the strong wind, thick smoke blew toward the enemy. The fires were obviously poisonous, and the army that was ready to go could not stand. Open your eyes, let alone siege the city.
When the enemy discovered that there was a problem, Lin Haoming immediately opened the city and fought out. The army arrayed to attack the city was immediately defeated. Fortunately, there were still rear troops holding down the formation, but Lin Haoming also immediately ordered those who had fought out to come back, without greed for credit.
After suffering a big loss, Mo Yiqi did not immediately order an attack this time. Instead, he spent some time allowing the soldiers to recover. He also listened to the military doctor's advice and wrapped a wet cloth around his mouth and nose to prevent further inhalation of poisonous smoke.
However, the moves that Lin Haoming used will not be used again. In the third siege, Lin Haoming poured oil on one side of the city wall in advance, causing those who wanted to climb up the city wall to slip directly, and finally had to wait for ladders and other Here comes the siege equipment.
But as a result, a volley of fire from above also killed and injured many people, which greatly damaged the morale of the attacking party.
The morale of one side was damaged, and the morale of the other side was strong, so they fought hard. Although the city's advantage was actually not great, it was not defeated.
Although he didn't defeat him, Mo Yiqi felt a lot more at ease. From today's fight, he could see that the opponent's methods were pretty much used, and he would definitely be able to capture Wengcheng in the next two days.
On the second day, they were ready to go again. The army rushed up again early in the morning. This time, they were fully prepared and did not make any fuss. They relied entirely on the number of people and siege equipment to attack. In the end, the city gate was still a little weak and was directly knocked open under repeated attacks. , so a large number of people went straight in.
Mo Yiqi, who was watching the battle from a distance, was also very excited, but after watching for a while, he suddenly felt something was wrong. The city gate had been breached, so why was the fighting on top of the city still so fierce? No intention of retreating to the inner city?
Just when he was doubtful, he suddenly saw a big takraw ball dropped above the city gate, and then a fire was lit, and the city gate suddenly burst into flames.
"Not good!" Mo Yiqi realized something immediately, but it was already over.
At this time, there were two to three thousand people rushing into the urn city. The urn city was not big, and at this moment, the people on the wall suddenly dropped jars full of kerosene downwards.
"Not good." Upon discovering this, the army that rushed into the city also realized something. However, as the torches were thrown down and a lot of hay was deliberately placed in the city, a fire suddenly broke out in the city.
Two to three thousand people were engulfed by the flames. Some people under the city wall were better off, but the people on the top of the city were not given a chance at all. They might have been hit or shot by stones and arrows.
When the army finally retreated, Mo Yiqi looked at the dejected look on his face and ordered with a particularly ugly face: "The whole army will be repaired for two days."
