After the officers' meeting, the officers told the soldiers about the incident.
So by dinner time, the entire garrison basically knew the significance of this battle and everything Wu Anxiang had sacrificed.
They also realized that it was not their fault.
It's not their fault, there's no need for them to blame themselves, and there's no need to look inward for their own responsibilities.
It was the gold thief who was wrong.
So the right thing to do is to make the gold thief pay the price with blood.
They should make the gold thief who did this pay with blood.
This dinner was the dullest dinner among the Liberation Army defenders since the siege of Hejian City. Every previous meal, no matter how tense the situation was, someone would talk and laugh to relieve the tense atmosphere and relieve everyone's stress.
But from the beginning to the end of this dinner, no one spoke.
Every soldier was eating quietly, completing the meal as a task, and then arranging their armaments.
It's late at night, keeping vigil and sleeping, waiting for the next day.
From this moment on, each of the soldiers guarding the river was holding a breath that would not be let go for a while.
And Wan Yanliang will also face his nightmare.
He continuously attacked Hejian City and attacked Hejian City in more ferocious ways. However, Hejian City was not broken, but became more and more tenacious.
He organized a large-scale attack every day for seven consecutive days. The number of troops in each attack would not be less than 20,000, and the attack time would not be less than two hours, but none of them was successful.
The Jin army could reach the city and attack the city wall every time, but what greeted them was a more fierce defensive counterattack by the Liberation Army.
Not to mention the thunder cannon, rolling wood, stones and flying muskets are also common. The Jin army was burned until his whole body was on fire, his soul was blown away, his head was smashed and bleeding, and finally he was doused with gold juice. Fleeing in embarrassment.
The tenacity of Hejian City gave the Jin Army a great blow and shock. By the tenth day of December, the total number of Jin Army battlefield casualties officially exceeded 7,000.
In a month's battle, seven thousand gold soldiers died directly under Hejian City because of the battle.
The number of wounded has not been fully counted, and the number of casualties such as soldiers and civilians has not been counted. However, the number of casualties due to injuries in combat troops is increasing every day.
Since the war started one month ago, more than 3,000 Jin Army soldiers have been sent back to the rear and died of injuries caused by the battle. Almost every day, more than 100 people die of various injuries.
Some simply bled to death, some died miserably due to inflamed wounds due to arrow wounds and explosion wounds that were not properly treated, and some were burned by gold juice and were not dead at the time but died within a few days.
Most of these people actually have the possibility of survival, but the Jin army was very reluctant to go south this time. The army's reserves of military doctors and medicines were extremely short, with an average of 1,200 soldiers being able to share one military doctor.
In this case, even if the military doctor has three heads and six arms, he cannot save him.
Many people can survive as long as some trauma healing herbs are used to help treat their wounds, but they cannot get even such medical resources, and finally die in despair in the cold wind.
Although some military doctors are doing their best out of the professional ethics of being a parent, this is not a situation that can be reversed by manpower. The number of casualties in the wounded camps in the rear is still increasing.
Because this group of people were sent to the rear, Wan Yanliang did not have a very direct feeling.
Despite this, the Jin army still suffered extremely heavy casualties under Hejian City.
In order to prevent the outbreak of the plague, these dead people were stripped of their clothes, their heads were shaved, and their belongings were searched, leaving only their bare bodies and handed them over to specialized personnel for disposal.
Among them, the soldiers who died in battle were generally cremated because they were organized and recorded, and their ashes were placed in an altar, and they had the possibility of returning home to their families.
As for the signing army and civilian husbands, they did not receive this treatment. Their bodies were directly pulled by carts to the wilderness and buried in a pit.
Their last value was stripped away, and they were miserably buried in mass graves, never to see the light of day again.
Their blood and tears will never be remembered or discovered by anyone again.
Faced with such heavy casualties, Wanyan Benjian couldn't stand it anymore. He once again suggested that Wanyan Liang not to attack this fortified city. If he did not retreat, then leave some troops to besiege the city, and then continue southward.
If they must go south, the Jin army needs to take advantage of the cavalry, charge forward vigorously, penetrate the depth of the Liberation Army, find its main force to launch a resolute strategic decisive battle, and fight quickly. This is the way to win.
Continuing the siege and duel under Hejian City will not have any effect, and the Jin Army's cavalry advantage will not be brought into play at all.
"The supplies required by one cavalry are enough to support five elite infantry. If the cavalry does not participate in the battle, it will be a pure loss. Your Majesty, our army does not have sufficient food and grass. If it continues, this war will be in danger! The Kingdom of Jin is in danger. That’s it!”
Wanyan Benjian shouted loudly, almost planning to risk his life to remonstrate with Wanyan Liang, asking him not to continue doing stupid things.
Faced with such a situation, Wan Yanliang almost lost his mind and almost didn't order the entire army to assemble for the last desperate charge. Even if he chewed it with his teeth, he would tear down the Hejian City Wall.
At the most critical moment, on December 12, He Shi Lieliangbi, the commander-in-chief of the right-wing army, sent a military report.
He said that after a month of hard fighting, he was still unable to capture Boye City.
Faced with the serious casualties of the army and the increasingly tight logistics supply, he asked the emperor to either allow him to withdraw north and not fight this battle. If he wanted to continue fighting, please allow him to go south.
Or if the emperor feels that he is not capable enough, he can send someone to take his place. He is willing to bear all the consequences of the failure of the siege, and asks to be dismissed, waiting for disposal.
He didn't know why the defenders of the Liberation Army were so tenacious and powerful. They just couldn't take down a small city. He even doubted his commanding ability.
When Wan Yanliang saw this military report, he almost lost his temper.
Forty thousand soldiers, facing a city guarded by only a few thousand people, fought for a month and couldn't defeat it?
Is Boye City a fortified city like Hejian City?
Of course Wan Yanliang has reason to be angry. Although he was beaten and bloody at the foot of Hejian City, Hejian City is such a strong fortress. Boye City is unknown, and you, Shi Lieliangbi, became the Privy Councilor. !
In fact, He Shi Lieliangbi is not to blame, there are some things that he cannot imagine.
Heshi Lieliangbi really didn't know why the defenders of Boye City were so tough and tenacious.
Boye guard Hu Yue was one of the regiment training envoys of the Xuanjia Army and a subordinate of Wei Kexian.
He had numerous military exploits during the Great Uprising and was selected by Su Yonglin to serve as one of the thirty city guards, guarding Boye City.
Boyecheng is a state city, but it is only a small city compared to the large state city. However, compared to some surrounding cities, it is a big city.
Among the dwarfs, Boye City was chosen. Hu Yue and others were ordered to lead the entire city and the strong men who entered the city for refuge to speed up the renovation of the city wall, making it taller and thicker.
There were 2,000 regular army defenders in Boye City. After Hu Yue was ordered to take full responsibility for Boye's defense, he also selected more than 10,000 strong men from the city to join the garrison and receive the most basic training.
After the city defense battle began, Hu Yue led the defenders to repel Heshi Lieliangbi's fierce attacks many times, causing heavy casualties to the army led by Heshi Lieliangbi.
He also made full use of firearms to cause heavy damage to the Jin army. Later, when the firearms were exhausted, he used gold juice on a large scale, putting the Jin army in a dilemma.
However, something unexpected happened, and the Jin army's fierce attack on the city wall injured Hu Yue.
An iron artillery piece fell on the city wall and exploded, affecting Hu Yue. Hu Yue was hit by an iron piece and died of serious injuries. He died in the line of duty on the seventeenth day of the battle to defend the city.
After Hu Yue died in the line of duty, the defenders in the city continued to fight, assisted by Hu Yue's deputy Zhang Changli.
However, Hu Yue's death in battle brought a great blow to the defenders in the city, and his successor Zhang Changli's tactical level was not as good as Hu Yue's, making Boyecheng's defense increasingly difficult.
The Jin army gradually broke through the defenses and rushed to the city wall, fighting bloody battles with the defenders of the Liberation Army. The defenders tried their best to fight the Jin army and refused to retreat, repelling the Jin army many times.
As time went by, the Liberation Army's firearms were exhausted, and the last barrel of gunpowder was packed in flying muskets and used up, leaving only cold weapons and gold juice as a big killer.
Moreover, the Boye defenders suffered a heavy blow, losing one-third of their strength, and nearly half of the defenders lost their combat effectiveness. The situation was very critical.
