The Japanese have no generals!
If we ignore the previous sniper battle fought on the three natural lines of defense, we ignore the two brothers Shimazu Yoshihisa and Shimazu Yoshihiro, and even Konishi Yukinaga and others.
Such a conclusion can indeed be drawn.
After all, the Japanese's official attack looked impressive, but in reality it was just that.
Lu Li, who used his magical power to transform into a giant, slapped him past and smashed the sheds into pieces, preventing them from reaching the top of the city and causing effective damage to the interior.
What would happen if there were generals among the Japanese pirates?
Among the four gates, only the north gate was in difficulty, but the presence of two large general cannons prevented the group of militiamen from engaging in hand-to-hand combat and showing signs of cowardice.
The fight lasted for about two hours, but the two sides did not engage in a battle against generals or even soldiers against soldiers. They were always attacking with firearms.
However, the noise created was so frightening that the people in the city did not dare to close their eyes to rest. There were explosions everywhere, and the fire dyed half of the sky.
For a moment, Lu Li felt that Old Monkey Hideyoshi was unwilling to lose any more generals, so he relied on his large numbers and ample ammunition to consume Nanyuan City.
The Art of War goes like this: If you are ten, you will surround it, if you are five, you will attack it, if if you double it, you will divide it.
Judging from the current strength of the Japanese bandits, it is completely possible to besiege the city and continue to harass them like this.
Maybe they themselves will suffer casualties, but there are only so many defenders in the city and they cannot get any kind of supplement. As time goes by, the number of deaths accumulates little by little, and morale will definitely be low. This is also the reason why many armored soldiers want to die quickly - —
Compared with death itself, the process of waiting for death is obviously more painful and grinding. Many warriors who initially had the courage to fight the enemy to the death lost their fighting spirit during the long waiting and fighting.
After returning to his normal body shape and shaking off the projectiles embedded in his fingers, Lu Li looked at the bottom of the city. The group of defeated soldiers who had retreated looked particularly embarrassed. Some even lost their iron cannons.
"Chen Baihu, take someone down and collect those firearms."
"yes."
There is no way, the number of firearms in the city is far less than that of the Japanese army, so I can add a little.
In addition, Lu Li felt that Hideyoshi, an old guy, would probably not be around for long because he was too conceited and his brain was different from most commanders.
This slightly formal attack is probably a big test to test the defensive strength of the four gates of Nanyuan in order to formulate a better siege plan.
noon.
Lu Li completed his routine patrol of the city. He used the Earth Demon Technique, Talisman Water, to draw healing talismans on the injured in the other three sects, and tried his best to boost morale.
The Liaodong cavalrymen have a firm consciousness and are very much like the general soldiers. They feel that it does not matter whether they live or die, as long as their wives, children and children in the rear can be taken care of.
And those militiamen from the Li Dynasty...
Admittedly, it is a bit too much to say that mud cannot hold up a wall, but there is indeed not much patriotism.
After all, their court, known as "Little China", is not a good thing from top to bottom. It cannot be kind to the people and patronize its own enjoyment.
But resenting the imperial court and not having much sense of national belonging in life and death does not mean that you can implicate others. The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty who guard the city together are likely to be held back!
So, Lu Li simply acted like a bad guy. He asked Tang Chuan to arrest a group of militiamen who couldn't escape from the fighting at night and were crying and disturbing their morale. They had their heads displayed in public.
Dozens of heads flew out.
The way all the militiamen looked at Lu Li, Tang Chuan, Li Funan, Jin Jinglao and other generals changed instantly.
Needless to say, there must be resentment and curses.
But mercy does not command troops!
This has been true since ancient times.
In the Art of War written by Li Jing, the recognized god of war in the Tang Dynasty, it is stated: For those who can be generals, three out of ten soldiers must be killed. Only in this way can the enemy be deterred. If not, one out of ten soldiers must be killed, so that the three armies will be trembling. , follow your orders seriously.
In order to prevent the North Gate from suddenly falling and causing the other three gates to fall into crisis, Lu Li struck while the iron was hot and wrote down dozens of temporary military orders. Anyone who violated one of them would be killed without mercy!
1. Collaborate with the enemy and leak military information.
2. Abandon the military formation and flee.
3. Those who secretly pray to ghosts and gods, use yin and yang to tell divination, spread rumors about misfortune and good luck in the army, and disturb the morale of the army, as well as those who talk and discuss with them.
4. Alarming the army for no reason, running around shouting, and falsely reporting that Japanese pirates were attacking.
5. Discuss changes in celestial phenomena, predict good and bad luck, recommend each other and ask for help, and talk nonsense about military aircraft.
6. Loot the people’s belongings in the city.
7. Rape women and bring them into the camp.
8. Those who surrender without fighting.
9. The formation has been set, and if you run around at will and interfere with the front, rear, left, and right, you will be executed on the spot.
10. When fighting, turn your body towards your own people and aim the firegun at your comrades.
11. Those who defend a besieged area and fail to hold on with all their might will have their entire team put to death.
12. When encountering an enemy siege and the situation is critical, if the neighboring troops on the front, rear, left, and right do not come to rescue, the position will be captured by the enemy, and all surrounding troops will be executed.
13. If a general, including a lieutenant or lower, fails to follow the enemy in turn, does not rescue each other, or does not work together as one, he shall be put to death.
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When these rules were announced to the entire army, all the Li Chao militiamen immediately exploded. They had never seen such strict military orders!
Then, Tang Chuan executed another group of people in accordance with the above-mentioned order, and in an instant, the military was in awe.
Being stretched but not relaxed is a sign of incompetence in civil and military affairs.
Lu Li also arranged comfort measures.
If there are sick people, it must be ensured that they can eat sick rice. The porridge must be thick and meat must be visible in it.
Doctors should conduct rounds of inspections in turns to ensure that the wounded can receive timely treatment in any situation.
For those patients who were able to walk, a young man from the city was assigned to help them walk.
It is forbidden to abandon wounded soldiers without the order of the commander-in-chief. Once abandonment is found, the supervisory officer and relevant persons will be executed.
The status of those who fell ill and those who died due to illness were reported regularly every morning. The deceased would be given a five-foot-deep tomb in the corner of the city, where they would offer wine as a memorial and arrange for people to cry and offer sacrifices.
Lu Li even registered a roster and promised Li Dynasty soldiers that if anyone escaped from the city alive, he would urge their court to provide pensions to the widow and give preferential treatment.
With the combination of kindness and power, Beimen is temporarily free of worries.
Unfortunately, the happiness did not last long.
The problem arises again.
This time it's not from within, but from the outside.
There was a Zen temple near Nanyuan, where Zhao Feng had previously abducted monk soldiers and monks. There were four giant statues of heavenly kings enshrined in the temple. After the Japanese occupied it, they dragged them out and walked around the city. This made the coalition forces feel inexplicable horror. .
A monk immediately came to see Lu Li and asked him to take the Buddha statue back, because if he ignored such provocation, the soldier's spirit would be continuously damaged.
Mastering the stick, but aiming for the yard.
This was obviously a conspiracy by the Japanese to force the troops in the city to go out to fight.
Hundreds of households under his command tried to dissuade him many times, but Lu Li was determined. He would personally go out of the city and take back the four statues of the Heavenly Kings to boost the morale of the soldiers and civilians in the city.
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