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"Run? Where to run?" Wu Xiang said with a sneer on his face, "If he could run, your uncle would have run away with his people long ago. How could he stay here and die."
Wu Sangui rolled his eyes and said: "Dad, what I mean is that we escape back to the Ming Dynasty by ourselves, not taking too many people with us, only our own soldiers and servants."
If he continues to stay here in Shanhaiguan, he doesn't know when he will be sent to the battlefield. He is unwilling to fight a losing battle, and it is very easy to lose his life.
"Return to the Ming Dynasty?" Wu Xiang repeated in his mouth and said with a sneer, "It's not certain whether the Ming Dynasty can survive. Going back to the Ming Dynasty at this time is no different from sending death."
After hearing this, Wu Sangui's face became sad and said: "We can't go back to Ming Dynasty. If we stay here, we will die. Isn't there no way to survive at all?"
"Don't worry. Let the people below do the work of going to the battlefield. From now on, you will stay by my father's side as a guard." Wu Xiang said to Wu Sangui.
I feel sorry for my own son, not to mention he is the most promising son of their Wu family.
Wu Sangui, who had no other choice, nodded helplessly and said, "My children will listen to you, dad."
After comforting his son, Wu Xiang went to his own soldiers to explain some things.
The personal servants are the foundation of their generals. As for the ordinary soldiers, he can't take care of them at the moment. If necessary, even these people will be sent to the battlefield to attack Shanhaiguan.
At noon, Zu Dashou asked each battalion to cook porridge and gave the soldiers in each battalion an extra lunch, which was regarded as a decapitation meal.
After noon, Guan Ning's army launched another attack on Shanhaiguan.
Because it was the first day of the attack on Shanhaiguan, ordinary soldiers were not too war-weary. In addition, they had eaten at noon, so the fighting in the afternoon was considered brave.
But facing the well-prepared Tiger Banner army in Shanhaiguan, several attacks by Guan Ning's army ended in failure again, costing more than a thousand lives.
Zu Dashou, who had no expression on his face, listened to the casualty reports reported by the generals below, and just asked these generals to appease his subordinates.
Not a word was mentioned about compensation for those who died in battle or treatment for the wounded.
Whether a wounded soldier can survive in the wounded barracks depends entirely on whether he can survive. If he survives, he will have a chance to live. If he cannot survive, he will be taken directly from the wounded barracks and buried.
Those with minor injuries were fine. At least they could have some gruel to drink. Those with serious injuries could only lie in the camp waiting to die. No one treated their injuries, and no one cared about their food or drink.
One day passed, and at dawn the next day, Zu Dashou once again arranged for Guan Ning's army to attack Shanhaiguan.
There was no artillery support, and the last few carriages were destroyed in the siege the day before. The only thing left was a simple ladder, many of which were improvised.
Zu Dashou never expected Guan Ning's army to take Shanhaiguan from the beginning to the end, so as expected, the attack on this day ended in failure again.
However, the number of casualties was less than half that of the previous day.
It wasn't that Zu Dashou didn't want to sacrifice more ordinary soldiers of Guan Ning's army, but that the generals below were wise and tried to preserve their strength as much as possible.
"Brother, we can't keep fighting like this. The people below have too many opinions and can't hold them anymore." Zu Dabi approached Zu Dashou.
The casualties in the two days of siege were all ordinary soldiers. The real Guan Ning cavalry suffered no losses at all and did not even go to the battlefield.
"Then what do you want?" Zu Dashou asked Xiang Zu Dabi.
Zu Dabi was stunned when he heard this, hesitated for a moment, and said: "Should you tell the Great Khan again? These people who were sacrificed were all soldiers and horses of Da Jin. They died like this. This has no impact on Da Jin." benefit."
"If we don't die more, why should others regard us as their own?" Zu Dashou said, "As long as Guan Ning's cavalry is not damaged, I can no longer care about the ordinary officers and soldiers of Guan Ning's army."
Zu Dabi frowned and asked, "Is there really nothing you can do?"
"I can't help it." Zu Dashou spread his hands and asked immediately, "Is there anything you can do?"
Zu Dabi said worriedly: "I'm afraid if this continues, the people below will have other ideas. Brother, you may not be able to suppress those people by then."
"Then let them make trouble and clean up those who have different ideas." Zu Dashou did not take Zu Dabi's concerns seriously.
As long as he could control the elite of Guan Ning's army and the Guan Ning's cavalry, he didn't care about the rest and couldn't care less.
"well!"
Seeing his elder brother's appearance, Zu Dabi knew that it was useless to say anything, so he sighed and turned to leave.
On the third day, the siege continued.
Once again, the day's battle ended with Guan Ning's army suffering nearly 2,000 casualties.
Over the past few days, the number of casualties of Guan Ning's army has exceeded 10,000, more than half of which were wounded. Only a few thousand of Guan Ning's soldiers actually died on the battlefield.
However, some seriously injured people also died one after another in the past few days.
There is no medical treatment, no food, no normal soldiers can bear it, let alone the wounded. The wounds will only worsen and never recover.
On the fourth day, grain and fodder arrived from the rear.
Huang Taiji was also worried that Guan Ning's army would be out of control, so he sent food and grass every three days. Without food and grass, Guan Ning's army would not even have a chance to rebel.
Dozens of people may still have the opportunity to find ways to solve the food and grass problem from other places, but the food and grass for an army of tens of thousands is a huge amount. Without stable rear supply, the food and grass problem alone can bring down an army.
After the grain and grass were delivered, Zu Dashou set aside enough grain and grass for Guan Ning's cavalry to consume as usual, and distributed the rest to each battalion.
The thousands of horses on Guan Ning's cavalry are all big-bellied men who can eat better than humans.
After saving enough food and grass for Guan Ning's cavalry, there was not much left for each battalion.
When there was insufficient food and grass, all the generals of the battalions came to Zu Dashou one after another.
If you have to fight without food, the soldiers below will cause trouble.
Therefore, the generals of each battalion must give them an explanation no matter what, otherwise they will not be able to explain to the people below.
Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui and his son also formed a separate camp. Like other battalions, they did not receive much food and grass, so they could only come to Zu Dashou's camp with the generals of other battalions.
"Get away!"
The soldiers guarding outside the camp wanted to stop the generals from breaking into the tent, but one of the hot-tempered lieutenants directly pulled them away with his hands.
The small tent was quickly filled to the brim.
"Mr. Zu, did you send the wrong food and grass to the general's camp? There are six thousand soldiers and horses in the general's camp, but the food and grass sent is only enough for a thousand people." It was the deputy general who spoke.
"The same goes for my place. There is only enough food and grass for the mules and horses."
"There is too little food and grass this time. Even if you are beheaded, you still have to have a full meal!"
