Chapter 2086: Two-legged Sheep
Although Xuanyuan knew that the key to defending Lu Long lay not in Lu Long but in Jia Fu, he was unable to provide Jia Fu with more support.
The total number of troops that landed across the sea was only 10,000. Zhang Han took 3,000 and Jia Fu took another 3,000. Now Xuanyuan only had enough troops to defend Lulong. If the troops were further divided, Lulong's defenders would be insufficient.
Once Lu Long is lost, even if Jia Fu defends it, it will be meaningless.
At this thought, Xuanyuan couldn't help but clenched the Xuanyuan Sword in his hand and whispered to himself: "General Jia Fu, everything that follows depends on you."
At the same time, Jia Fu, who had high hopes from Xuanyuan, was facing Fu Jian's overwhelming offensive.
"Fire arrows."
Following Jia Fu's order, a shower of arrows shot at the Qing army, but most of them were blocked by shields, and only a small part killed the enemy.
Although Fu Jian's siege method did not count casualties, it was impossible for the soldiers to use their flesh and blood to consume Jia Fu's arrows. He still had the shields to arrange a defensive shield formation.
Seeing that the arrow rain had little effect, but the Qing army not only rushed down the mountain, but also set up a catapult array and a crossbow array, Jia Fu's eyes suddenly flashed with solemnity.
This Fu Jian must be too skilled at siege. From marching to arriving, to arranging the troops, and then to commanding the attack, it can be said that he did it in one go. There was no stagnation during this period, which was beyond Jia Fu's expectations.
Fu Jian's substantial improvement in siege skills was mainly due to being trained by Zhang Han and fighting against Zhang Han, a 97-level defender. It was difficult for him not to improve his experience in siege.
Jia Fu's 93-point commander attribute is naturally not as good as Zhang Han's. Given the favorable location, it is still no problem to guard the Jieshi exit, but the premise is that Fu Jian does not use human lives to force it.
However, under normal tactics, even if Fu Jian's commander is higher than Jia Fu, it is impossible to break the camp in a short time. Therefore, even Fu Jian has no other choice but to use his life to fill the gap.
In other words, the situation Jia Fu faced was not optimistic.
"Be prepared to roll stones and logs. Once the Qing army attacks, I will immediately hit this group of Tatars hard and kill them." Jia Fu said fiercely.
Woo...woo...
When the attack horn sounded, thousands of Qing troops attacked the phalanx and began to charge towards the Qin army's camp, while the Qin army smashed down the prepared stones and rolling wood.
"Ah, ah..."
Screams came one after another, but the Qing army still roared, as if they didn't care about their lives, and launched a fatal sprint towards the Qin camp, and then they were either shot to death or crushed to death.
Seeing this scene, Jia Fu was deeply moved. Such a brave and fearless army was rare even in the Central Plains. He suddenly understood why the princes of Youzhou had been suppressed and beaten by the Manchus.
While the soldiers of the Qin army launched their charge, the catapult formations and crossbow formations on the Qing army's position also directed their firepower towards the Qin army's camp. However, because they were shooting from above, and Jia Fu deliberately moved the camp It was built at a high place, so there were not many stone bullets and arrows that could actually hit it, but cumulatively, it also caused a lot of casualties to the Qin army.
Seeing that the number of casualties under his command was gradually increasing, Jia Fu's face also became unhappy, and he said to himself: "Faced with such a fierce and fearless advance of the Qing army, Zhang Han could still hold on for half a month. In terms of defending the city, I can't. Far inferior to Zhang Han."
Jia Fu believed that facing the Qing army's strategy of fighting regardless of casualties, he would never be able to defend with three thousand soldiers for half a month like Zhang Han did, but he did not need to fight with Zhang Han.
Zhang Han defended for half a month, which meant that the Qing army in Youbeiping consumed half a month's food and grass. So how much food and grass is left for the 200,000 Qing troops in the west now?
Jia Fu estimated that it would not be long before he ran out of food.
After thinking this, Jia Fu suddenly became confident and shouted: "Soldiers, hold on, the end of the Tatars is not far away. Kill the Tatars."
"Kill the Tartars."
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Jia Fu's prediction was good this time. Zhang Han held on to Jieshi Road for half a month with great difficulty, but the situation of the Qing army in Beiping was not much better than Zhang Han's.
While Nurhachi had to resist the Qin army's attack, he also faced the risk of running out of food. The sour feeling was simply heartbreaking.
No matter how much Nurhachi saves money and frugally, the total amount of food and grass for the Qing army will not increase. If it is used up, it will be less. When it is exhausted, it will be the end of the Qing army.
Nurhaci had a strong sense of crisis. Although the Qing army had not yet run out of food, he would never wait any longer for this day to come, so he began to rack his brains and use all means to obtain food and grass.
The food and grass in Wuzhong and Junmi counties had long been plundered by the Qing army. A large number of people starved to death in the city every day. Naturally, the people had no firepower and food and grass in their hands.
Since we cannot get food from the people, we can only rely on mountains and rivers to eat.
At this time, the Qin army had not yet broken through Yanshan and released its line, so the two counties of Wujujunmi and the surrounding mountainous areas were still safe, so Nurhaci ordered the army to go into the mountains for hunting and fishing from the sea.
Nurhachi wanted to increase revenue and reduce expenditure, relying on hunting and fishing to relieve the Qing army's food pressure, but this was obviously impossible.
Under the policy of increasing revenue and reducing expenditure, although the Qing army's food consumption rate was alleviated to a certain extent, it only postponed the day of food shortage for a few days, which was of no help to the overall situation.
The method of increasing revenue and reducing expenditure was ineffective, Lulongsai would be difficult to regain in the short term, and the lobbying of Wang Mang and Oda Nobunaga was not successful or failed, which made Nurhachi's sense of crisis become more and more serious.
At this moment, Nurhachi's eldest son, Chu Ying, who was cruel and narrow-minded, proposed a strategy to Haci, which was to massacre the people in Wujiang and Junmi cities and use human flesh to make preserved meat for military rations.
As soon as Chu Ying made this statement, he was immediately opposed by most people, and the most violent one was Wanyan Honglie.
"No, absolutely not."
Wanyan Honglie did not care about Chu Ying's identity at all, pointed at Chu Ying's nose and cursed: "Chu Ying, you are not a son of a man. You feed yourself with human flesh, and both humans and gods are angry. Your Majesty is a great honor, how can you perform such a funeral?" Do your best.”
Chu Ying's face suddenly turned cold. He did not expect that Wanyan Honglie would dare to insult him in public, without caring about his eldest brother's face, and he suddenly felt the intention to kill Wanyan Honglie in his heart.
"Humph, why not? To me, a man from the grassland, the Han people are like two-legged sheep. Our ancestors eat it, why can't we and other descendants eat it?"
After saying this, Chu Ying's younger brother stared at Wanyan Honglie and sneered: "Wanyan Honglie, I think you are probably assimilated by the Han people. You have lost sight of the proud traditions of your ancestors. Are you a Han or a Manchu?" ?”
"you……"
Wanyan Honglie glared at Chu Ying and was about to retort, but Chu Ying didn't give him a chance to speak. He quickly said to Nurha Chi: "Amma, Wanyan Honglie has been too deeply influenced by the Han people. He is no longer a pure Manchu. In a child's opinion, , Wanyan Honglie should be allowed to eat the two-legged sheep first to prove his loyalty to our Qing Dynasty."
