Two days later.
Not surprisingly, the four walls of Jianzhou City turned into exactly the same appearance as Chongzhou City.
It is not an exaggeration to say that the walls are in ruins. The city towers no longer look like they were before, and the carbon deposits after burning are still emitting a faint black smoke. The corpses on the walls are lying on the ground, and there are no longer any places to collect them. Chance.
Bashu and Tonmo had also realized at this time that all previous inferences were wrong.
Dalong's artillery was not at all as powerful as he and others had imagined, let alone the quantity he had expected. The power was frightening, and the number was unprepared.
On the first day, Ba Shu and other generals, who did not realize how formidable the enemy forces outside the city were, deployed 70% of the halberd-bearing troops on the city wall, preparing to defend against the attack of the dragon enemy.
It was also on that day that Bashu led his halberd-bearing soldiers into the abyss.
When hundreds of artillery shells bombarded the city wall one after another, Bashu realized that he had made the most wrong decision in his life, that is, he should not have ordered the soldiers to mount the city wall to defend.
The more people on the city wall and the denser they are, the more excited it is for the gunners under Jiang Lei.
Because precisely in this way, the power of artillery can be exerted to its extreme.
With one shot, the scene of at least a few or as many as a dozen enemy troops being blown away made them feel excited. These were all military exploits that were given to them in vain.
After all, in the eyes of ordinary soldiers, serving as a soldier and eating food is for military merit. Only with military merit can one be promoted to a higher rank.
The halberd-bearing soldiers of the Jin Kingdom on the city wall were their enemies for promotion and wealth, so the gunners did not hesitate at all, let alone feel any mercy.
The two armies are at war, as has been the case since ancient times.
If I live, the enemy will die; if the enemy lives, I will die. This is an eternal truth.
The idea of compassion for others is not appropriate at all when used on the battlefield. Instead, it will make people feel a little ridiculous.
Under the Jianzhou city wall, the halberd-bearing deputy general Teng Mo's forehead and left eye were bandaged with clean silk cloth, with some faint red blood oozing out of it.
Unfortunately, Ton Mo was injured by the steel ball exploded by the explosive bomb at the corner of his left eye, and a long scar was also affected on his forehead. Even if Ton Mo was lucky enough to survive, whether his eye could be healed was still a huge problem.
Even the doctors in the army shook their heads and sighed. If he was lucky, Ton Mo would only have a little scar on his eye. If he was unlucky, Ton Mo might be blind in his left eye for the rest of his life.
Ton Mo was lucky again. Compared to the other halberd-bearing soldiers who died under the steel balls, he only injured one eye, but retained his life. This was undoubtedly extremely lucky.
Teng Mo looked at the General Bashu who was leaning on the city wall to bandage the wound on his left hand with a sad face: "General, more than half of our brothers have been injured or killed by the enemy's artillery fire. No brothers dare to climb the city wall anymore. !”
Bashu sighed silently, looking at Basu's injured eyes with a somewhat sad look: "I have received the reply from the commander-in-chief, but there has been no news from the Chongzhou Flying Bear Guard until now. It is very likely that it has fallen. We are under the attack of the dragon enemy!"
"Dalong's artillery fire is so fierce, and with the large number of troops, it is not impossible to recapture Chongzhou City in about five days. We all underestimated Liu Mingzhi!"
"The trump card in his hand is far more than what we saw when we attacked Yingzhou a few days ago. I have thought about it carefully, and now that we go south, everything is under Liu Mingzhi's plan."
"The reason why we were able to seize so many cities was not because we had many soldiers and generals, but because Liu Mingzhi had the purpose of inviting you to the urn from the very beginning and gathered our troops in the city to carry out artillery bombardment."
"Including joining forces, Liu Mingzhi's purpose is to gather our forces together so that he can implement his plan!"
Teng Mo lowered his head and thought for a moment, and his remaining right eye suddenly opened wide: "General, what you mean is that Liu Mingzhi has been trapping us in the city to defend us from the beginning so that he can bombard our troops with artillery?"
Bashu nodded slightly dejectedly: "Obvious things, if you think about our previous casualties outside the city, you can clearly understand it when you think about the loss of our troops in just these two days!"
"Although the power of artillery is great, when the terrain is wide outside the city and the cavalry rushes forward, no matter how powerful the artillery fire is, the damage is extremely limited. Even the infantry are scattered loosely, and the power of the artillery cannot be used at 40%. The power of."
"Looking at the city wall, whether it is big or small, what will happen if so many troops are gathered on the city wall? You have also seen the scene on the first day, so there is no need for me to go into detail. !”
"It can be said that Liu Mingzhi has been plotting every step from beginning to end to lead us into his trap."
"Originally, we had the advantage in attacking the city, but now they have more soldiers and generals to surround us."
"Didn't you notice? When we were fighting outside the city, we could retreat at any time if we couldn't defeat it. Now that we are surrounded by more than 100,000 troops outside the city, we have no choice but to retreat. There are only two ways to go!"
"Either surrender in Kaicheng or die in battle in Jianzhou City! There is no other way!"
Ton Mo looked at Bashu blankly: "What is the general going to do next?"
Ba Shu glanced at the low-morality halberd-bearing soldiers around him with complex eyes and sighed silently: "I have already sent a letter to the two commanders about my guess and the situation in Jianzhou. I hope they can evacuate the city in time." Well, if you continue to defend the city, your brothers will die in vain!"
"As for the matter of establishing a state, I plan to hold on to it. The longer we hold on, the more time the commander-in-chief and his brothers will have to retreat!"
"In other words, we have to use our lives to buy time for the other brothers to evacuate."
"General, I'm sorry for you!"
Ton Mo looked at Bashu's sad expression and was stunned for a long time before nodding with a wry smile.
"General, I understand. I will go and inform my brothers about the general's decision!"
"Ton Mo!"
Teng Mo paused, turned around and looked at Ba Shu quietly: "What other orders does the general have?"
"I hope you and your brothers won't blame me. For the sake of the Jin Kingdom's foundation, I have no choice but to do this."
"Since His Majesty came to the throne, he has worked hard to govern and apply benevolent policies to the people. I would like to ask all the brothers here who have not received His Majesty's favor. Which brother's wife, children, and children have not received the blessings of His Majesty's benevolent policies."
"Now that I, Da Jin, am going south, I am committed to unifying the world for future generations, and to expand my territory for the sake of my Da Jin's eternal foundation. To encounter such a disaster, it is really blind to the sky."
"Your Majesty loves the people as his sons, and it is time for us soldiers to fulfill our duties loyally and sacrifice our lives to serve the country!"
"Tell the brothers that those who are afraid of dying on the battlefield can report to Sima at any time. I will allow them to leave the city and surrender. Those who are willing to defend Jianzhou with me and buy time for the rest of the brothers' army to retreat can meet at the city gate!"
"I will never interfere in the matter of life or death, let the brothers decide on their own!"
Ton Mo looked at Ba Shu's face with his eyes closed and sighed, and the arm holding the handle of the knife trembled slightly.
"I will finally understand!"
Noon on June 12, the first year of Dalong Yongping.
One of the twelve guards of the Jin Kingdom, there were more than 22,000 halberd-bearing generals, Ba Shu, who vowed to follow the halberd-bearing general Ba Shu to defend Jianzhou and resist the dragon's attempt to seize the city.
Bashu looked at the remaining 20,000 brothers on the street with red eyes and sighed silently.
"The general has no desire to live, but the scholar has the desire to die!"
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