At the end of November in the first year of Dalong Taihe.
The Three Kingdoms War had to come to a standstill due to the unfavorable weather and heavy snowfall.
Today's snow is much darker than in previous years, but for the coaches and soldiers of the three parties who are currently fighting, this year's snow seems to have come earlier.
On the city wall of Yingzhou, Nangong Ye's armor stained with dried blood had not had time to clean for almost a month. Facing the intensive attack of the Jin Kingdom and the Turks, the guards on the city wall all ate hastily and then cuddled up. He slept on the ground against the city wall, and immediately began to defend and counterattack after resting.
Nangong Ye put down the telescope in his hand, exhaled a breath of hot air and blew on the palm of his hand, looking at Zhang Kuang, who was also watching the Jin army outside the city.
"Looking at this formation, the Jin Kingdom is planning to withdraw its troops. The snow has temporarily alleviated our current crisis. I don't know what the situation is like between the army in the center and the army on the left."
"There is news from Yunzhou that one hundred thousand cavalry led by the Song and Qing Dynasties are also in Yunzhou, and an unknown Turkic cavalry is involved in a close battle outside Ganzhou City."
"This unknown Turkic cavalry has been planning to penetrate deep into our rear hinterland. It launched dozens of charges but was stopped by Song Qing's team."
"With passive defense, the results of the Song and Qing Dynasty's battles will probably be less than ideal."
Zhang Kuang slowly put down his telescope, his expression a little negative.
"There is no other way. The Jin Kingdom and the Turks have tacitly joined forces together, with more than one million troops. We only have one million troops at full strength, but we have to defend six cities."
"As long as we can withstand it and prevent the soldiers and horses of the two countries from leaping into the thunder pool in the hinterland of our dragon, this is victory."
"Looking at the formation of the Jin army outside the city, they do intend to retreat, but we must not be careless. If it is a false move to confuse us, we will be in trouble if we take it lightly."
"Let the military doctors continue to treat the seriously injured brothers. It is better for one to live than to die in battle."
"What I'm most worried about now is the capital. I don't know if the 100,000 Imperial Guards can hold it for a month. It is said that the rebels have 400,000 soldiers and horses. I don't know whether it is true or not."
"If the Kingdom of Jin does not withdraw its troops, we will be entrusted to stay in Yingzhou and there will be no way we can return to Beijing to rescue King Qin."
"I don't know if Liu Shuai will have time to go back and rescue him."
"Say..."
Zhang Kuang patted the blood on his arm and said, "You are His Majesty's uncle. Now that the Five Kings are rebelling, why don't I think you are in a hurry? You act like nothing has happened."
The gloom in Nangong Ye's eyes flashed: "What can I do? With the enemy troops of the Jin Kingdom supporting you here, I can't get away even if I want to go back to save you."
"Don't tell me that I can't save you, so I have to be ashamed and kill myself by wiping a knife on my neck?"
"Wouldn't this mean that we are following the wishes of Jin Guo and those bastards?"
"What can I do if I'm anxious? I can't die if I'm anxious!"
Looking at the cursing Nangong Ye arrogantly, he nodded bitterly: "You are right, it depends on how long it will take for the Jin Kingdom to retreat north of Shanhaiguan this time. As long as our hands are free, we can immediately mobilize 30,000 cavalry to return to Beijing for reinforcements."
Nangong Ye's face was startled, with a sad look on his brows.
"There are only thirty thousand cavalry left?"
Zhang Kuang nodded with a sour look in his eyes: "If Liu Shuai had not sent people to help the army on the left, Duke Jing would not have been able to dispatch 70,000 infantry to help Yingzhou. Without their help, we in Yingzhou would have been It was captured by the enemy’s cavalry.”
"But it's worth it, brothers. The cost of the Jin army's attack on the city will be at least twice as much as ours, one for two!"
"It's worth it!"
"But my heart is bleeding. Nearly 100,000 people died just like this!"
"Is it really worth it?"
Nangong Ye's fists clenched loudly: "In the Kingdom of Jin, after the Turks have completely withdrawn their troops, I ordered the commander of the army to count the number of wounded and wounded brothers."
"Falcon sent a message to the other two armies, asking about the number of casualties. We have been fighting for more than a month, and we finally managed to survive."
"I'm going to go right now. You should keep an eye on the Jin Kingdom's movements first, just in case something unexpected happens."
"I understand."
On November 12, the first year of Taihe, heavy snow continued for three days and nights without stopping.
Under pressure from heaven, the armies of the Jin Kingdom and the Turks began to withdraw north of Shanhaiguan and return to their respective countries.
In this battle, the main force of the right army was 200,000, and the auxiliary troops were 150,000. The three prefectures of Yingzhou, Fuzhou, and Jeju had 70,000 soldiers. Facing the siege battle of the 600,000 main force of the Jin Kingdom, they died in the battle. There were more than 110,000 people in total, and the country was defended at the cost of 90,000 serious injuries.
Among them, the casualties of the main battle force defending the city wall alone exceeded 80,000.
The city wall of Yingzhou was in danger. With the wall in ruins and a heavy snowfall, the main army of the Jin Kingdom was forced to withdraw its troops and return home.
The cost of the Jin Kingdom's siege was even more heavy, with 160,000 people killed and 70,000 seriously injured. From beginning to end, they attacked the city seventeen times without breaking through the border fortress of Yingzhou, one of the country's gates.
The total number of Jin Kingdom casualties on the Jeju side and Fuzhou side was more than 50,000.
After the 250,000 main battle army on the left encountered the Turks, they fought and retreated and entered Jeju to start a war of attrition with the Turkic army.
Facing a sudden attack of reinforcements from the Turks from the direction of Yunzhou, the casualties of the army on the left were much heavier than those on the right.
Including the 80,000 cavalrymen that Duan Buhuan and the others sent to help, a total of 130,000 people were killed and more than 60,000 were seriously injured.
160,000 Turkic cavalry were killed and more than 40,000 were seriously wounded.
Although Da Longfang is equipped with a variety of excellent weapons, elite armor, astonishingly lethal artillery shells, terrifyingly powerful Lei Zhenzi, and advanced weapons such as feather arrows.
However, facing the Turkic cavalry with unparalleled speed advantage, they defended the border city of Jeju with almost a one to one casualty ratio.
If it weren't for the arrival of Duan Buhan's 80,000 cavalry reinforcements, the cost of casualties would have been even greater.
The 100,000 cavalrymen of the Song and Qing dynasties joined forces with the Turkic cavalry of Huyan Lianlu and Yan Yu in Yunzhou and Ganzhou and launched several critical battles.
In the end, they paid a price of 40,000 people and killed more than 78,000 Turkic cavalry, but Huyan Yunyao's army's plan to penetrate deep into the hinterland of Dalong failed.
Compared with the other two armies, Song Qing faced the Turkic cavalry, which exceeded its own strength by nearly 100,000 troops, and fought in full accordance with Liu Mingzhi's instructions, trying every means to fly the Turks' kite.
The cavalry does not need to defend the city. If you chase me, I will retreat. If you leave, I will harass you. I will not let you go deep into the hinterland of my dragon.
After several back and forth, Yan Yu and Hu Yan Lian Lu were furious when faced with the cunning tactics of the Song Qing tribe.
This tireless harassment battle almost broke the minds of the two women. They temporarily gave up their plan to raid the hinterland of the dragon and changed the direction of the battle to pursue the 100,000 cavalry of the Song and Qing tribes.
This just followed Song Qing's kite-flying plan. During the retreat, thousands of Lei Zhenzi were pulled away by the last batch of dragon cavalry soldiers and dumped on the grassland.
It can be said that the reason why the Song Qing tribe was able to kill so many people was closely related to the sudden use of Lei Zhenzi.
However, Liu Mingzhi's 120,000 troops penetrated into the enemy's hinterland and captured four cities of the Jin Kingdom. After a battle with the Jin Kingdom's 200,000 new troops outside Songzhou City, more than 90,000 people came back.
Nearly 30,000 soldiers had their bones buried in foreign lands, and their ashes were not even brought back.
As for Yelv Mo's side, more than 57,000 people were killed and more than 10,000 people were seriously injured. The result of the battle, Young Master Liu, has no way of knowing.
At this time, Liu Dashao had already led the remaining 90,000 or so cavalry along the Peruna River in the Turkic grassland, facing the wind and snow, and rushed thousands of miles towards the capital to help.
In just over a month of war, the total number of casualties in the three countries has exceeded 500,000.
In nearly two months, the corpses of soldiers from the Three Kingdoms piled up enough to cover both inside and outside Shanhaiguan.
The brutality of the national war is shocking.
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