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"Sir, I don't want to die!"
"Please, my lord, the villain is older and younger, I really can't die!"
"Mom, I don't want to die, I don't want to~"
"Ah~~"
Outside Zhenjiang City, the Han army officers and soldiers watched helplessly as another group of people were pushed off the city walls and died by the defenders inside the city, and everyone was filled with indignation.
"Beasts! What a bunch of beasts!"
Zheng Quan was so angry that he was trembling all over. He pointed at the city head and continued to curse.
This is already the fourth batch of innocent people to suffer. It seems that Hai Ling is determined to gamble with the lives of the entire city.
Gan Ziba said nothing and stared quietly in the direction of the city.
Hearing the continuous laughter and laughter of the Jin Army soldiers, the anger in his heart had reached its peak.
Hai Ling was still provoking at the top of the city: "How about it! If we return it, we will not retreat! If we don't retreat, the whole city will be buried with it!"
Gan Ziba suddenly stood up and was about to give an order when someone suddenly came to report: "Report to Admiral Gan! General Lu is requesting an audience in the camp!"
"Huh? Please come quickly!"
Not long after, Lu Yi entered the military camp and immediately saluted Gan Ziba when he saw him: "Admiral Gan, General Lu asked me to ask when the city will be breached so that we can join forces and march north as soon as possible."
Gan Ziba sighed and nuzzled his lips in the direction of Zhenjiang City: "The thieves in the city are threatening the people. We are in a dilemma."
Zheng Sanbao: "General Gan has planned to launch a strong attack."
Lu Yi: "Admiral Gan, can you tell me the story in detail?"
Gan Ziba told Lu Yi about Hai Ling's atrocities.
Lu Yi nodded after hearing this: "Such atrocities cannot be tolerated by nature. If the general attacks by force, the reputation of our army's benevolence and righteousness and the management of the past few months will be completely ruined.
If we don't attack, our army will fall into the quagmire of war. When the ammunition is exhausted and the advantage is gone, if the Jin soldiers react, they will lead the entire country to surround and kill them.
This conspiracy is extremely vicious, and if it is not handled properly, it will end in disaster! "
Gan Ziba: "Yeah, I don't even know what to do! It's so hateful and annoying!"
Lu Yi laughed when he heard this and said: "Admiral, don't worry, my subordinates have already devised a strategy to defeat the enemy. Let Hai Ling suffer the consequences!"
Gan Ziba's eyes lit up: "Do you have any good ideas? Come to me quickly."
Lu Yi said: "Admiral Gan, please order people to deal with it first. Yan Ke will agree to withdraw the troops thirty miles away. As for whether all the troops will withdraw, I will give you an answer in ten days."
Gan Ziba: "Retreating like this?"
Lu Yi smiled slightly: "Admiral Gan, please listen to what my subordinates have to say. After retreating, we will set up an ambush around the four gates of Zhenjiang."
"You mean to ambush the Jin soldiers halfway?" Gan Ziba frowned, "But what if Hai Ling doesn't send troops?"
Lu Yi shook his head: "No, this is not to set up an ambush, but to capture the Jinbing scout Tan Ma. Once captured, he will be handed over for interrogation. Then he will come up with a good strategy to defeat the enemy!"
Gan Ziba didn't know what medicine Lu Yi was selling in his gourd, but he nodded anyway.
Lu Yi added: "Besides negotiating with Hai Ling, remember to collect the corpses of the people below the city tower and return them to the army."
Gan Ziba: "People are the most innocent people. I can't bear to expose their bodies in the wilderness like this. I will bury them alive..."
Lu Yi interrupted him: "No, the key to defeating the enemy is the corpses of these people."
"Um?"
Gan Ziba looked puzzled...
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Just when Hai Ling was about to throw the fifth group of people off the city, Zheng Quan appeared under Cheng's head again: "General Hai, my general sent me to tell you not to hurt the people in the city anymore. To show our sincerity, we are willing to first Withdraw the troops thirty miles."
Hai Ling: "Withdraw the troops for thirty miles? Why not retreat directly?"
Zheng Quan: "Because the attacking army is not led by the coach himself, we must report to him before we can make a final decision."
Hai Ling sneered: "How can you hide this from me with just a delaying strategy?"
Zheng Quan smiled and said: "General, since our great Han Dynasty King is going to Nan'ao in the name of benevolence and righteousness, naturally he also wants to show face, but face is still face after all.
If I lose my shame and start a strong attack, how long do you think your Zhenjiang City can defend it?
It’s not that we are cruel, I don’t like to hear it. The name of benevolence and righteousness is just a superficial view of pedantic people. Even if you slaughter the entire city at once,
Our Han army has not suffered any losses, and there is no obstacle to attacking the city. Is the general really going to do this? "
Hai Ling: "Smooth words and flattery are nothing more than gaining a reputation. Then let me ask you, how long will it take for you to give me a clear reply?"
"Thirty days!" Zheng Quan said.
"What a joke! I still have to wait for you for a month!" Hai Ling said angrily, "Do you think I will be fooled by you? I will only give you three days!"
"Then please general, please just massacre the people in the city!" Zheng Quan snorted, "It took more than three days to go back and forth, how can we reply in such a short time?
Since the words are not speculative, let's simply see the difference on the battlefield. I will go back and let the army launch an all-out offensive immediately. It depends on the general's butcher's knife.
Our Han army’s artillery and muskets are still sharp! "
Hai Ling was shocked. He was most worried now that the Han army would really show off its face and ignore its reputation. In that case, Zhenjiang would definitely be in ruins.
But he was worried that a month would lead to unintended consequences, so he replied: "Okay, let's each take a step back. I'll give you seven days."
"Twenty days!" Zheng Quan said, "This matter is of great importance and must be discussed carefully. We will definitely not give a satisfactory result within seven days."
"Ten days! This is my last line!" Hai Ling said angrily.
Zheng Quan thought for a moment and then said: "General, let's just give it half a month. No matter what the result is after half a month, I will give you a reasonable answer."
Hai Ling nodded and said: "Okay, I hope you will evacuate Wusong in half a month, otherwise I will let tens of thousands of people in the city be buried with them!"
"Then I'll take my leave." Zheng Quan finished his salute and then looked at the corpses of the people under the city wall, "Also, general, I'll let you take these corpses for burial. It's too cruel to expose the corpses in the wilderness like this."
Hai Ling didn't think too much and just sneered: "Okay, since you are willing to collect the body for them, that's great. You can just take it away."
Zheng Quan said nothing and ordered his men to bring all the dozens of corpses from the city back to the camp.
Seeing that the Han army quietly collected the corpses and watched them go away without any other actions, Haiwei couldn't help but ask: "General? Will they really retreat?"
Hai Ling: "Let's see if they will really withdraw their troops."
Haiwei: "I'm just afraid that Dongyi will trick me!"
"Huh! Cheating? We in Zhenjiang City are not vegetarians." Hai Ling said confidently, "If he dares to cheat, he will be destroyed!"
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In the Han army's camp, Lu Yi looked at the several carts of corpses that had been pulled in, and then told the soldiers: "Carve out more ice in the river to remove the corpses, so as to prevent the corpses from becoming malignant."
Gan Ziba heard this and said in confusion: "What exactly do you want to do? Give me the answer."
Lu Yi said: "General, don't panic. Please listen to my subordinates carefully."
After listening to Lu Yi's words, Gan Ziba's eyes suddenly lit up: "Good boy, you are really good. You can think of all these tricks. If this happens, Hai Ling will be very worried!"
Lu Yi: "It's all the Jin soldiers who acted unjustly. No wonder we are the ones who did it."
