Jianzhou, the hinterland of the Kingdom of Jin.
The sun sets.
This once prosperous and important city has long lost its former appearance, with broken walls and billowing smoke. The moat outside the city exudes a pungent stench. Outside the city, there are ravines and blood stains. A scene of purgatory on earth.
Dalong's banner was slowly erected on the city wall of Jianzhou, and the troops of the brigade entered the city in an orderly manner, announcing that Jianzhou of the Kingdom of Jin had also fallen under Dalong's offensive.
Yunyang slowly climbed up the city wall of Jianzhou and looked at the hell-like scenes inside and outside the city. He took the dilapidated Jin Kingdom flag handed to him by his soldiers and sighed silently.
The cloak behind Zhang Kuang's back could no longer see what it used to be, and he didn't know how much enemy blood was stained on it. He was walking towards Yunyang holding a book of tactics compiled by the Sima of the army.
"Commander, the strategy has been sorted out."
Yunyang clenched the flag in his hand tightly: "You can tell me roughly!"
"yes!"
Zhang Kuang opened the war strategy and began to scan: "Commander, we captured Jianzhou, captured more than 45,000 enemy heads, captured a thousand war horses, no food, no prisoners, no weapons and armor.
Our soldiers' siege and casualties totaled more than 31,600 people. "
Yunyang kicked the battlement in front of him with his foot, and with a light kick, the originally strong battlement fell down towards the city wall as loosely as gravel.
The city under your feet seemed to collapse with the slightest exertion.
"well!"
Yunyang sighed faintly: "With 130,000 defenders, more than 45,000 enemy soldiers were killed, and none of the remaining 80,000 people were captured alive. Is this called an attack?"
Not even a shadow of the Emperor of Jin was seen, and Wanyan Chizha, his old rival, and the remaining remnants were nowhere to be seen.
Is this called an attack? "
Yunyang easily took off a city brick and threw it towards the moat below the city.
"This is because they knew that Jianzhou could no longer withstand the bombardment of artillery, so they stopped their losses and withdrew their defenses and changed locations in time.
They were not defeated, but went to a brand new city to prepare to resist our attack. "
Looking at Yunyang's heavy expression, Zhang Kuang's expression also became heavy.
"Commander, I have to say that in the decades since I have been in the army, I have never faced such a tough nut to crack.
Based on the power of artillery, we completely had the upper hand, but the remaining enemy soldiers defending the city desperately held their fire bombs and jumped into the phalanx of our siege soldiers with a posture of dying together, which suddenly increased our casualties to More than 30,000 people.
Their fire thunder bombs are no different from our thunder bombs, they explode into a large area.
Forty percent of the brothers' casualties were caused by the way they defended the city and died together.
It seems that all the soldiers and horses of the Jin Kingdom carried out what the Jin Empress said that day.
They want to defend the Kingdom of Jin to the death and resist our attack.
They are all bloody men, and I have to say that even though they are opponents, I will always admire their righteousness in facing death! "
Yunyang raised his hand and patted Zhang Kuang's shoulder: "Soldiers are all worthy of admiration, but don't forget when they went south to invade our six border cities.
In order to resist the enemy in Yunzhou, old soldiers and children joined hands to defend Yunzhou's past.
It's okay to admire the enemy, but our soldiers' stance of protecting our family and the country cannot be shaken.
After all, we are just following orders.
The battlefield has always been about you killing me and me killing you. There is no telling who is right or wrong.
Let's just do what we should do, other things are the affairs of the court and cannot be interfered with by you or me. "
"Yes, Commander, don't worry!"
"Report to the commander-in-chief that the remnant troops of Jianzhou have withdrawn to Anzhou of Jinguo."
Yunyang's old eyes suddenly lit up after hearing the scout's words: "As expected, as expected by the commander, apart from the relatively strong fortified city of Anzhou, the remnants of Jianzhou had no other way to escape.
Send the order and gather the generals to discuss matters! "
"Got the order!"
In the blink of an eye, soldiers and horses from Yunyang gathered in a relatively safe civilian courtyard in Jianzhou City.
Yunyang did not hesitate to tell the generals about the news that the Queen, Wanyan Chizha and others led more than 80,000 remnants to station in Anzhou.
"The commander plans to repair for three days and clean up the Jianzhou battlefield, then immediately pursue the victory and march directly to Anzhou. What do you think?"
"We have the order!"
"Commander, Deputy Commander Wan Mingliang, and General Yun Chong have asked for advice on dealing with the Fire Bull Formation. Do you have any countermeasures?
Three days ago, you asked the last general to send a message to Deputy Commander Wan, asking him to order the craftsmen of the rear army to build a long-armed wheelbarrow. Now that it has been built, Deputy Commander Wan sent a letter to ask for the next step. "
Yunyang looked at the expectant eyes of a group of generals, took out a piece of rice paper from his sleeves and handed it to Dongfang Ming.
"Send a message to Wan Mingliang, ordering him to bring grain and grass, light firewood, and tie them together on the wheelbarrow, pour kerosene on it, and when the Turkic enemy forces launch a fire bull formation, they will gather all the wheelbarrows and light a blazing fire to restrain the enemy. Arms Bull Formation.”
Everyone's eyes gradually brightened, and they seemed to understand Yunyang's intentions.
They used the natural fear of fire in wild beasts to counterattack their Fire Bull Formation. In order to ensure the power of the Fire Bull Formation, the Turks would naturally not use too violent fire on the cattle.
In this way, using fire to defeat fire may have unexpected power.
Dongfang Ming walked directly outside, preparing to pass a message to Wan Mingliang and Yun Chong.
Yunyang looked at the map in front of him and looked at the generals around him: "Have you not received any news about joining forces with Cheng Kai and the others?"
Zhang Kuang took out a piece of paper from his arms and handed it to Yunyang: "Come back to the commander-in-chief, the last general has not had time to report this matter. This is the latest letter from their general Six Guards. It's not that General Cheng and the others don't want to join forces, but They really can’t get away, and now they are trying their best to encircle and suppress the Turkic wandering cavalry and the cavalry under the command of Wanyan Qingshan, the ancestral land of the Jin Kingdom, who are hanging around our periphery, waiting for an opportunity to sneak attack on our main army.”
Yunyang took the note and read it for a while, then raised his hand and gently rubbed his forehead.
"Indeed, with their roundabout encirclement and suppression, we no longer encounter sudden surprise attacks by enemy cavalry, and we can launch the siege wholeheartedly.
But this was too wild. For two whole months, I didn't even see their shadow.
If it weren't for the fact that prisoners and their heads were escorted back from time to time, I would have thought they were sleeping somewhere. "
Hearing Yunyang's helpless words, everyone looked at each other and didn't know what to say.
Because Cheng Kai and the others have been like wild horses running wild since they were ordered to go to Xingzhou, and they can never be taken back.
Not only had Yunyang not seen any trace of them, he and the others also knew nothing about their whereabouts.
Except for the scouts who came back from time to time to report to Zhang Kuang, the 300,000 cavalry of the Six Guards of the New Army seemed to have become an army of their own, galloping around the battlefield as they pleased.
It's not that Yunyang doesn't want to order them.
To pass orders, you have to find them.
Over the past few days, Yunyang had gradually realized that something was wrong, but he kept this thought deep in his heart and did not dare to say it out.
Right now, stability is the most important thing!
"In three days, we will set out for Anzhou. When Anzhou is captured, I think that in addition to Kanzhou and the capital of the Jin Kingdom, which Yeluha is still holding on to, the Jin Kingdom will no longer have any city that occupies the advantage of the terrain to stop me. The army is in the process of attacking the city.
God bless me, and I hope that the Kingdom of Jin can be pacified in one fell swoop before the heavy snow comes this winter.
Everyone, please step back and renovate! "
"We have the order!"
