Three days later, the autumn rain continued for three days, and the latest battle report came again.
In the Battle of Kanzhou, Dalong beheaded more than 54,200 Jin defenders. In addition, on the way from Jizhou to Kanzhou, as well as dozens of stalemate small-scale battles in Kanzhou Prefecture, Dalong beheaded more than 54,200 Jin soldiers. A total of more than 70,000 people.
The Turkic cavalry who came to aid the Jin Kingdom joined the battlefield relatively late. The three cities of Jianzhou fell one after another, and the number of Turkic soldiers and horses lost was only more than 50,000 cavalry.
Compared with the Northern Expedition army and the Jin Kingdom's defenders, the losses suffered in the offensive were much smaller.
The fall of Kanzhou was very similar to the fall of Jianzhou.
It's not that Yeruha no longer has the troops to resist the attack of Dalong's troops, but that Kanzhou City has no way to resist the bombardment of Dalong's artillery.
The east and south city walls almost collapsed under the bombardment of Dalong artillery, and the masonry on the battlements had already slipped into the moat.
There is no place to stand on the city wall, and there are no battlements to avoid artillery fire and bows and arrows. For the Jin Kingdom defenders, it is tantamount to missing their biggest support.
If you continue to persevere, the dragon soldiers and horses will attack the city in one fell swoop. Sooner or later, the whole army will be annihilated in the isolated city of Kanzhou.
Yeruha summoned a group of generals under his command who were disabled and disabled to discuss it, sent a letter to Queen Wanyan Chizha, and discussed it with them. They stopped their losses and evacuated the city in time, and evacuated towards the rear of the Kingdom of Jin.
After leaving three thousand warriors who volunteered to die for their country to confuse the Dalong soldiers and horses outside the city, the main force of the Jin army in Kanzhou escaped the detection of Dalong scouts under the cover of night and arrived in batches. Scattered away and withdrew from the Kanzhou battlefield.
After taking away all the food and grass that could be taken away, the rest was almost burned to the ground. The fire dragon chariot leading directly to the capital of the Jin Kingdom was also completely destroyed by fire and thunder bombs.
Except for the three thousand men who dared to die, Yeruha did not leave anything useful to Wan Mingliang and the others.
After Yeruha led the main army to evacuate, the three thousand Jin Kingdom garrison relied on the artillery left by Yeruha and a large number of fire and thunder bombs to hold on for six days before being attacked by Dalong soldiers and horses.
And none of the three thousand people survived until the last person was killed.
Except for the corpses on the ground, what was left for Dalong's soldiers and horses was not a grain of rice, not even a grain of food.
Looking at the dilapidated city at their feet, Wan Mingliang and the others sighed.
Not sighing for the failure to capture the supplies of the Jin Kingdom, but sighing for the last three thousand people.
Recognize heroes, value heroes, and cherish heroes.
In fact, they don't have to fight to the death.
But these generals are just following orders, so what can be changed.
If the world is not unified, more people will die one after another in the long years of war.
Let the small make the big!
Other than that, they really don't know what to say.
After all, this is how I and others came here back then.
In the Kingdom of Jin, when the Turks repeatedly moved south to invade the border, I wonder if their generals ever lamented for the heroes of our six northern border guards who died heroically in order to defend the border and defend the territory.
Soldiers protect their homes and country and do as they are told.
Who is to say whether it is right or wrong?
Liu Mingzhi put down the battle report in his hand and looked at the rainy sky outside the window with complex eyes. His mind was full of the last few sentences of the battle report that were tens of thousands bright.
When they repeatedly went south to invade the border, did they ever sigh for the brave souls of our dragon who died bravely to protect their homeland and country?
Soldiers protect their homes and country and do as they are told. Who is to say whether it is right or wrong?
"Ahem...brother...who can judge whether it's right or wrong...ahem..."
Song Qing was sighing with emotion when he saw Liu Mingzhi holding the table and coughing. He hurriedly stepped forward and patted Liu Mingzhi's back gently.
"Third brother, are you really okay? It's been more than a month. Instead of getting better, your problem with the cold has become worse. Look in the mirror and see how you look now.
It's so yellow that it looks like you're about to be terminally ill. Doesn't the medicine the doctor prescribed for you work at all?
Besides, with your internal strength protecting your body, some minor injuries and illnesses should be cured even without taking medicine.
Have you been poisoned? "
After Song Qing finished speaking, he hurriedly grabbed Liu Mingzhi's wrist and took his pulse. Feeling Liu Mingzhi's disordered and restless pulse, Song Qing frowned.
"It's not normal. Your pulse is obviously more than just the cold coming into your body. What's wrong with you?"
Liu Mingzhi took out a handkerchief and wiped the corners of his mouth: "It's nothing, the autumn rain is continuous, and we come here every now and then. Maybe it's been too long since I haven't galloped, and my body will be weak after being idle, so I might get sick easily."
"No, I have to find a good doctor to treat you properly. I really don't feel at ease with you like this."
Liu Mingzhi leaned on the chair and took a few breaths: "It's okay. I know my own body. You don't have to worry. It rained heavily last night and the thunder was loud. I didn't get a good rest. I went back to take a nap first."
You still have full authority to handle matters in the study. When the battle report comes, there is no need to tell me if the matter is not important. "
Looking at Liu Mingzhi's slightly rickety back, Song Qing frowned tightly.
He always felt that his third brother was a little unusual these days.
For more than half a month, Liu Mingzhi did not set foot in the study again, as if he had left everything to Song Qing, the eldest brother, to handle.
And the battle reports about the Northern Expedition are becoming more and more intensive, and one will come from the Central Committee every now and then.
The content of the battle report is nothing more than the capture of a certain state capital or a certain city in the Jin Kingdom.
The battle reports are almost all the results of the duel between Wan Mingliang and Yeruha.
After Kanzhou, Yeruha led his soldiers and horses to fight against the enemy step by step. Every larger city would station troops to resist, but in the end he could not escape the defeat.
Even Kanzhou, a naturally dangerous place that is easy to defend but difficult to attack, cannot withstand the dragon's artillery front, let alone an ordinary state capital.
Dalong's offensive became more and more fierce, and more and more Jin Kingdom refugees began to leave their homes due to livelihood and poured into the rear capital.
However, a battle report at the end of August of the second year of Dalong Yongping made Song Qing a little panicked, and he had to ask Liu Song to invite Liu Mingzhi, who had not shown up for almost a month.
On the third day after Dalong left the customs, Dalong's third batch of grain and grass was attacked on the official road twenty miles away from Daizhou City.
As a result, more than 100,000 stones of food and grass were destroyed.
The soldiers and horses that attacked the grain transport team were found to be a group of Turkic soldiers and horses that suddenly came out. As for the number of troops, they are still under investigation.
The generals of the Northern Expedition have always attached great importance to the transportation of grain and grass, and the carpet-like reconnaissance has never been interrupted.
But there was no news at all about this Turkic cavalry that suddenly appeared.
However, the bad news has not yet subsided, and another bad news came one after another.
The grain and grass shipped from Yunzhou and passed through Songzhou to the commander-in-chief of the three armed forces encountered another sneak attack.
After the Daizhou grain and grass incident occurred, tens of thousands of cavalry from the Futu Guard of the Sixth Guards of the New Army were ordered by Yunyang to go to meet the grain transport team in Songzhou.
However, when they arrived, the escorts transporting grain and grass had already fought against the Turkic cavalry who suddenly spoke out.
When the Turks saw the soldiers and horses of the Buddha Army arriving, they quickly fled away.
Even so, about one-third of the food and grass was still destroyed.
Grain and grass were attacked in two places in succession, and subsequent grain shipments had to be postponed.
Although the second batch of food and grass for the Northern Expeditionary Army was more than enough to last for more than a month, they had to slow down their offensive. They did not dare to continue the offensive without any worries, and began to slow down the attack. The Kingdom of Jin still had a chance for Turkic reinforcements to temporarily relax.
However, the situation in the Kingdom of Jin is still not optimistic.
It was about half a month before the grain and grass were attacked.
Dalong Dynasty quickly collected another batch of food and grass from the nearby court, and dispatched 30,000 forbidden troops to escort them.
The autumn taxes were collected into the treasury in time, and Dalong's treasury was once again enriched.
It can be said that everyone in the imperial court is working together to cope with this journey to unify the world.
Liu Mingzhi looked at the latest battle report and left Song Qing with the words "continue to wait for the follow-up results" before disappearing into the study again.
