"Heaven won't help me, God won't help me!" Being attacked from both sides, one soldier after another was stabbed off his horse, Fu Kuang yelled in grief and indignation.
Although he achieved some results in this sneak attack, it was not enough. Just burning a few of the enemy's siege equipment did not make much difference to the situation in Wancheng.
"You Jin thieves, I will fight with you!" As he spoke, Fukuang actually poured the oil on his horse on his body. The torch was raised, and fierce flames rose from Fukuang's body. .
However, Fu Kuang himself remained silent, enduring severe pain, and ran straight towards the siege equipment not far away like a running flame elf.
"I am willing to die together with the general!" Several personal guards followed suit and turned into burning men and went straight to the siege equipment.
Zhou Ji roared, trying to get the surrounding soldiers to stop these people, but it had no effect at all. Once you are infected with those flames, you will be half disabled even if you don't die. People subconsciously choose to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. In this case, who is willing to risk their lives with these madmen!
"General!"
"General!"
Although most of the Chu soldiers did not dare to act rashly, there were more than 200 soldiers who seemed to be infected by the auxiliary and the guards. They threw kerosene and launched a suicidal charge towards the front.
"These crazy people!" Zhou Ji said in disbelief. In all his years in the army, he has never seen anyone so desperate.
"What are you doing standing still at a distance? Hurry up and fire the arrow!" At this time, Cheng Yaojin had to be more careful. Since the soldiers did not dare to come close to block him, he would shoot from a distance.
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The smoke filled the air, and by the time everything came to an end, the sky had begun to light up, and the night passed like this.
"Grand Governor, the losses last night have been calculated!" Yu Qian walked quickly into the tent, with some bloodshot eyes still not gone. Obviously, last night was also a sleepless night for him.
"How much is the loss?" Yue Fei asked calmly.
Even if there were some losses last night, they would definitely not be as big as the Chu army. After all, even Wen Zhong, the Jingbei general, stayed here last night.
What's more, what happened last night has been over, and no matter how big the loss is, it is a foregone conclusion. Yue Fei will not be too worried about these irreparable things. What he is really concerned about is how to fight next!
"Commander, our army lost more than 3,000 people last night, killed 4,000 enemy troops and captured 4,000 prisoners. In addition, our army lost 400 catapults, hundreds of tower carts, and hundreds of crossbows!" Yu Qian said as he recounted.
Hearing this, even Yue Fei couldn't help but darken slightly. Things like the cart and bed crossbow were fine, but the damage to the catapult was too great, and half of them were taken in.
These catapults have transferred most of the inventory from the two states of Yongsi. If you want to replenish it, you can only continue to build it temporarily!
"In addition, according to General Mo's investigation, although some equipment cannot be used after being burned, it has not been completely burned. If they are disassembled and reassembled, the losses may be reduced!" Yu Qian continued.
"Okay! General Yu, leave this matter to the general!" Yue Fei nodded.
These siege equipment must be used to reduce losses as much as possible. This is Nanyang, and there are still many battles to be fought in the future.
"Grand Governor, there were many prisoners captured in the battle last night. We can use them to attack Wancheng instead of our army. Firstly, it can reduce our army's losses, and secondly, it can demoralize the Chu army!" Xie An stepped forward to offer advice.
"This plan is feasible. Tomorrow we will mix and reorganize them with our army and attack Wancheng together!" Yue Fei did not reject Xie An's proposal!
With his army of more than 100,000 here, those 5,000 prisoners can't make a difference. Therefore, even if he uses these prisoners, Yue Fei is not worried about what will happen to these prisoners in the future. In the worst case, he can just suppress them directly.
There is another part of the reason, that is, Yue Fei is not ready to drag on here any longer. This morning, after the war ended, he had received a message from A Shu and others that Zhu Yuanzhang's troops had arrived in Jiangxia.
Moreover, Ah Shu and the others had suffered a slight defeat in the battle with Liu Yu, losing more than 5,000 riders.
Yue Fei didn't care about the casualties of the more than 5,000 riders. Yue Fei is the commander-in-chief of this battle and the governor has 200,000 troops. Naturally, Li Xiang will not refuse to tell him everything.
Before the expedition, Li Xiang had already had a personal deal with Yue Fei. Those 50,000 Qiang cavalry were used as high-level cannon fodder for him to reduce the sacrifices of the Jin army and the number of Qiang people in Liangzhou.
There were 50,000 Qiang riders, and these Qiang riders also had wives, children, and children. With these people gone, Li Xiang could take advantage of the situation and give their wives and daughters to the Han people who moved to Liangzhou to speed up the integration of the Qiang people.
When these Qiang girls give birth to children, their children will be Han people, and even they themselves will consider themselves Han people instead of Qiang people.
This method of promoting the integration of the Qiang people may be a bit cruel and bloody, but Li Xiang does not care. What he cares about is only whether this strategy can produce actual results.
Therefore, although the casualties of the five thousand cavalry were not small, what Yue Fei paid attention to was not here, but the tactics used by the Chu army to defeat A Shu and the others this time. To be more precise, the formation used to defeat A Shu and the others.
Queyue Formation, Ah Shu and the others gave a certain description of the situation during the battle that day in the letter.
However, the content that can be presented in the letter is always limited, and Yue Fei has never actually seen the situation after the formation was deployed. Therefore, it is difficult for Yue Fei to make the most accurate judgment.
Fifty thousand cavalry troops were divided into five groups and galloped freely in Jiangxia, while the Chu army in Jiangxia could only huddle at the city gate.
After all, the Chu army was guarding the city gate. These cavalry were not good at attacking the city, and they could not attack the city wall with their flesh and blood. However, if they once go out of the city for field battles, they are almost entirely infantry units and can only be abused by the opponent's cavalry.
General Wu Han was unwilling to sit back and watch these cavalry act so recklessly. So they set up a strategy to introduce a group of Qiang cavalry into a terrain that was not conducive to the performance of the cavalry, so as to attack the arrogance of the Jin army.
However, although the idea was good, it was seen through by the military counselor Zhuge Liang. In the end, Zhuge Liang, Wang Baobao, and Huo Qubing joined forces and not only killed the three thousand soldiers Wu Han used as bait, but also ambushed Wu Han. Wu Han's five thousand soldiers and horses were once again trapped.
After this battle, the Chu army in Jiangxia was discouraged and no longer dared to leave the city to fight.
Finally, Liu Xiu was forced to have no choice this time, so he invited Liu Yu out again at this time.
