The shouts of killing outside the city were clearly heard not only by Liu Mingzhi but also by the Dalong soldiers in Songzhou City, and also by the Jin army outside the city.
Yelv Mo was a little distracted for a moment, staring blankly at Songzhou City. When did the dragon soldiers and horses quietly leave the city?
Longchang waved the saber in his hand: "Commander, what should we do? Dalong's soldiers and horses left the city without our knowledge. The thundering killing sounds in the west and south of the city are most likely caused by Gui Bul, Mu The brothers led by Changfeng and the others are in trouble."
"Would you like to rush to rescue Guibul and the others? If the dragon has too many troops, Guibul and the others will be in danger."
Yelv Mo hesitated for a while: "For support, you must gather 20,000 cavalry troops in two groups to support Gui Bul and the others. I will lead a group of troops to continue guarding the city gate to prevent Liu Mingzhi from leading his troops out of the city!"
"Got the order!"
"Basha, you and I, the deputy commander, take the troops and horses to rush to the aid of General Guibul!"
"Got the order!"
The 20,000 cavalrymen charged in two cups of tea, splitting into two groups and charging towards the south and west of the city, without concealing their whereabouts.
Yelv Mo stared at the situation on the city wall: "General Humu!"
"The general is here!"
"You lead the brothers in the rear army to continue to camp. Before dark, all brothers must live in tents to keep out the cold. Without my commander's orders, no matter what happens in Songzhou, there is no need to come to support. The priority is to set up tents."
"Today's weather is already gloomy, and the cold at night must be very heavy. You have a heavy burden..."
Yelumo stopped speaking suddenly, raised his hand gently to touch his face, and subconsciously looked up.
I saw crystal snowflakes starting to fall from the gloomy sky.
It was natural for Jin Kingdom to snow at this time, and Yelv Mo was not surprised.
But Yelv Mo was worried. The tents had not been set up yet, and it was snowing at this time. If Liu Mingzhi led his troops out of the city suddenly to attack the camp at night, how could the Jin army, which was stiff with cold hands and feet, be an opponent.
"General Humu, stop talking and set up camp right away. It must be done before dark."
"You have the lives of two hundred thousand brothers on your shoulders, please!"
Humu nodded solemnly: "The general has the order!"
On top of the Songzhou city wall, Zhou Baoyu raised his hand and looked at the snowflakes that had turned into water in his hand and looked up at the sky: "Commander, it's snowing!"
Liu Mingzhi nodded blankly and looked towards the sky with a complicated expression: "I am both happy and worried. If the snow is not heavy, it will be a good opportunity given by God to raid the Jin Kingdom Camp. But if the snow is heavy enough to close the road, , If we don’t evacuate now, we will keep everything in the Kingdom of Jin, and we won’t be able to go back until spring next year.”
"All our food and grass combined can only last for two months. Once the food and grass are exhausted..."
Although Liu Mingzhi had not finished speaking, Zhou Baoyu already understood the consequences of running out of food and grass.
Either starve to death or leave the city and die in battle.
"Commander, Deputy Commander Song Duan can't bear that their 200,000 brothers haven't come back for reinforcements. If we continue to hold on to Songzhou, I'm afraid all of our 100,000 brothers will die in a foreign country!"
"The general suggests that we should withdraw first..."
"Can't withdraw!"
Zhou Baoyu was stopped by Liu Mingzhi before he could finish his sentence.
Liu Mingzhi took out a small map from his arms and laid it on the masonry of the city wall.
"There are enemy ambushes in the south and west of the city. Han Peng is now in a stalemate with them. Once entangled by the enemy, there is little chance of retreat."
"This commander has been fighting in the south and north for more than ten years, and has never given up on a brother. We can't leave five thousand of their brothers to stop the enemy. Let's retreat on our own!"
"Five thousand brothers who live together day and night, how do you ask me to order a retreat?"
"Especially, although it's snowing in Songzhou, we don't know yet whether it's snowing in Shanhaiguan. The route to retreat back home will have to pass through Shanhaiguan and head west to Yunzhou and Jeju. I'm afraid God won't give us time. Sooner or later It will be blocked on the grassland by heavy snow."
"But after passing Shanhaiguan, we will inevitably encounter the main army of the Jin Kingdom. The enemy is strong and we are weak, and the situation is not good."
"And you just said that the purpose of this Jin army is to support us. Once we retreat, they will definitely pursue us. When the time comes, we encounter the Turks or the main retreating army of the Jin country, and we will be the rear. There are pursuing troops and a strong enemy ahead, so retreating now is the worst option."
"What should we do? We don't have enough food and grass to last until next spring!"
Liu Mingzhi pondered deeply for a moment, looking faintly towards the outside of the city.
"Fight against the odds and steal their food and grass!"
"The food and fodder for the two hundred thousand troops will be enough to support the beginning of next spring!"
"But we can't stick to it until the end. If the situation is really bad, we can only strategically withdraw our troops!"
Liu Mingzhi slowly stretched out his hand, holding up the increasing number of snowflakes in the sky.
"He ordered all the soldiers of the three armies to leave the city and charge with the ashes of the brothers. Now that the snow has fallen, all subsequent battle plans have to be re-formulated. In this case, we can only eat this new army!"
"Got the order!"
Liu Mingzhi jumped onto the city wall with a leap, took out his telescope and looked at the shadowy figures of the army encamped outside the city. Due to the blockage of snowflakes, he could barely get up to get a rough look.
"Three drums!"
"One shot of drums and a feigned attack, and the troops gathered at the main gate of the city."
"The second wave of drums is still pretending to attack. Except for the north city gate, all the other three city gates are opened, and the army leaves the city!"
"Three rounds of drums will open the north gate immediately, and the whole army will attack to raid the enemy camp!"
"Brothers, be prepared. The first two drum rounds must play a role in confusing the enemy so that they still think this is our strategy to weaken the troops. The three drum rounds will be launched quickly to catch them off guard."
"If you hit, you must strike with a thunderous blow!"
"I have the order! The general will go immediately to give orders to the three armies."
"Du Yu, Sun Mingfeng obeys the order!"
"The general is here!"
"You must gather fifty high-quality scouts and find a way to deal with the enemy's scouts outside the city wall who are conducting roundabout reconnaissance, so as to gain the opportunity for the entire army to attack."
"I have the order! I will retire at the end of the day!"
"Qin Guang listens to the order!"
"The general is here!"
"You lead 10,000 brothers and rush to the aid of Han Peng as soon as the west gate opens. After the two of you join forces, fight and retreat to join the commander's main force. We will use all our strength to defeat their formation in one fell swoop!"
"The last general has received the order! The last general has resigned!"
Liu Mingzhi threw the telescope to the soldiers on the side, tightened the laces of his scarlet cloak and walked towards the city gate holding the sky sword with one hand.
He is a half-step innate master. If he creates a passage by himself, he can not only boost morale, but also demoralize the enemy.
"Report to the Commander-in-Chief, Marshal Nangong Ye Jindiao, the Generalissimo of the troops on the right, has passed the letter to the Commander-in-Chief, His Majesty the Golden Eagle, in the capital. Please have the Commander-in-Chief read it."
Liu Mingzhi had just stepped off the city wall when a heroic golden eagle stood on the shoulder of the messenger, holding a letter in his hand and stopped in front of him.
"Your Majesty's letter?"
Liu Mingzhi murmured without hesitation and read the letter.
After a long time, Liu Mingzhi put away the letter with a complicated expression, picked up the jade pendant he took out from his property, held it in his hand, took a deep breath, stared at the south and murmured.
"Green mountains, pines and cypresses will never let you down."
"A brother's daughter is also his brother's daughter."
"Prince Liang! Prince Liang, I have been crowned king!"
Liu Mingzhi solemnly put away his jade pendant, straightened his armor and knelt down on one knee to worship in the south.
"My brother Liu Mingzhi accepted the order to express my gratitude. Long live my emperor."
"A father regards his younger brother as a cypress, and a younger brother will treat his elder brother like a green mountain!"
Liu Mingzhi stood and gently drew out the Heavenly Sword.
"The whole army is ready for war!"
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