Chapter 516 The setback of the war (two in one)
Sure enough, the leader of Shiwei almost fell off the chair after hearing this, and there was something in his heart that he didn't dare to say. The Tang Dynasty was so rich, how great would it be if it could rob the Tang Dynasty? He immediately extinguished this idea and didn't dare to think about it unless he was too old to be too old.
Su Lie knocked on the table and reminded: "Two, I want to remind you that if our soldiers kill indiscriminately, the millions will instantly shrink by half, and only half of the food in a city will be left."
"No way, kill 500,000 people? Their army is only more than 200,000, so how can the people die and suffer so many people?" The Khitan King said indifferently.
"The people of Goguryeo are several times more than those of the soldiers. As far as I know, their cities, villages and towns are less than 10,000. Fifty people were killed in a place by accident, which means 500,000 deaths.
According to statistics, the small town southwest of Fuyu City alone was killed by Khitan soldiers... almost all died!"
What???
"How dare these bastards be so presumptuous without my orders?
I will give the death order now. Except for the enemy in Goguryeo on the battlefield, whoever dares to kill a commoner and delays everyone's income will be immediately a public enemy of the whole clan, and they will drive out the tribe and kill them with stones!"
The Khitan king roared and shouted.
The leader of Shiwei complained about the bloody murder of the Khitan.
Su Lie immediately gave another example, saying that Wei Shishu killed more than a thousand people in the town next to him...
Then the leader of Shi Wei roared even louder!
In fact, these two things were fabricated by Su Lie, but he was not worried that the other party would see through or investigate, because only they could tell if they asked a little bit that small towns and villages were not counted, and the casualties caused by the cities they passed by were enough to make them feel so distressed.
Finally, the talks between Du He and the leader of the Martial Arts were the same. The three tribes passed the Tang Dynasty and spent money to buy the people on the territory of Goguryeo. The three tribes were scared to death and ordered their tribe members not to rob and kill. Every time they passed, they only killed the troops guarding the city, and they were determined not to take action against the people.
The Tang Dynasty also promised that the wealth obtained from the government office in the city would be equal to the three tribes. As for the small money in the people's homes, they would not move. Those who do big things are not considered small accounts. Besides, how much money can the people have in their homes? They have to leave some food for the prisoners to survive.
Starving to death of prisoners is considered a war loss. In this case, all three tribes have become honest. Although there are still many incidents of bullying and harming the people, no one will kill the people anymore. Although the places where they pass are in a mess, people are still there and food is still there.
For a time, the atmosphere of the soldiers under the generals changed drastically.
The speed of change is simply unbelievable. If it weren't for their casual marching posture and their old and ragged weapons and equipment, many people would have had the illusion that the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty might not necessarily have such qualities.
In fact, this is the result that Du Shaoqing wanted. It was not just a dead order from the upper class of the three tribes. Those who really like to support this strategy were all soldiers from the three tribes who were poor.
Their family grazes, but there is not much food, which is even more precious. I heard that if one person is killed less, the family can get 150 kilograms of grain. In this way, who will kill people?
In everyone's eyes, these are not prisoners of war, not population, but walking piles of grain. Everyone is looking forward to going home and making a fortune after the battle.
In the front line camp, Xue Rengui looked at his generals seriously and asked, "How long will it take to win the new city?"
Everyone frowned, as if they were in trouble. Li Zhen analyzed: "The new city is the most solid city in northwest of Goguryeo. Yuan Gaisuwen even led 50,000 troops to guard the city himself.
Although we have 100,000 people under our command, these soldiers and horses are all nomadic and are not good at siege, so..."
"So you think we can't defeat this city?" Xue Rengui asked, "Since we can't even take a new city, why should we plan to enter the battle to destroy the country for a long time? Wouldn't that be a joke?"
this……
Li Zhen's face froze when asked, and he said with a tough forehead: "If you don't care about sacrifice and use your lives to pile up, you may be able to break the city for half a month, but it will only cause damage to the war..."
"Then you don't care about sacrifice! If you fight, how can you drive straight in without opening the door?" Xue Rengui said angrily.
"Military advisor, if he doesn't care about his sacrifice, the damage to war will probably be as high as 50%!"
"It's not a loss if you exchange 50,000 for 50,000!" Xue Rengui said indifferently.
The generals changed color one after another. You can tell that the military commander Xue, who acted as the commander of the West Road, did not care about the lives of his soldiers at all, but this was not good. Although they were aliens, they were all under our command now, and that was our soldiers.
"Mr. Xue, think twice!
It’s not that our gangs cannot fight tough battles, but that the army is damaged by half, and the fighting spirit is changing easily. Even the elites of our Tang Dynasty are like this. These soldiers from foreign races may not wait until half of the battle is damaged by half, and they will flee." Li Zhen advised.
How could Xue Rengui not know this situation? But as the head coach, he had to consider the overall situation. Although he was on the offensive side, the battlefield changed rapidly, and no one knew when the offense and defense would be changed.
"Everyone, how can I not know the situation? But the fighter opportunity was fleeting, and Marshal Li helped us hold up 100,000 Goguryeo elites in Liaodong City.
If we cannot chew off the tough bones of the new city as soon as possible and force the elite Goguryeo to retreat back to their defense nests, they will quickly increase troops to the border. Not to mention destroying the country, in a big battle, we will mobilize 300,000 people, and we will not even be killed in the hinterland. If it is reported, we may be laughed to death."
At this moment, a long horn sounded outside the tent, and a messenger came to the tent, turned over and dismounted to deliver a quick letter.
It was sent by Li Ji to deliver the letter. Xue Rengui opened it and slapped his thigh and shouted that he was not good. He was afraid of anything he was afraid of. Liaodong City mobilized 50,000 troops back to the rescue, and the defenders of Xincheng turned into 100,000, and the fighter was gone.
"If it really doesn't work, let's try it out? What if the other party is a fool, we are lucky to break the city?" Yuchi Baolin whispered.
Everyone gave this guy speechless glance, and Cheng Chumo said angrily: "We are all fighting face to face with the flat ground for 100,000. Now they have a good location in the city. Are we going to die?"
"Then we have been fighting in vain these days? We have tried to attack the city several times, and the losses are quite large." Yuchi Baolin wondered.
Xue Rengui said: "Stop the attack. The enemy reinforces 50,000 yuan. It is impossible to capture the city. What we can do now is to steadily hold on here and hold on to the 100,000 troops in front of us."
The general in charge of the front line attack wondered why he retreated to the camp after returning to the tent?
The generals explained that the other party had brought 50,000 reinforcements.
The general said in surprise: "Reinforcements? 50,000 more? Where are the ghosts? There are no reinforcements? Our people can attack the city at a small number, and the situation is getting better and better. If there are really 50,000 reinforcements, why don't you rush out to the city and attack us?
Where did the false news come from?”
"It was written by Li Dashuai from Huaiyuan City!" Someone answered, and the man immediately stopped.
But what he said also caused a question to everyone. Yes, reinforcements set out from Liaodong City a few days ago. Why was the new city not used? Could it be a bluff?
"There must be a conspiracy if there is a hidden 50,000 troops not showing up!" Yuchi Baolin said seriously.
Everyone automatically ignored his words, thinking that this is not nonsense? Are you here to show your presence? Everyone knows that the enemy has a conspiracy.
Li Zhen said in a deep voice: "How come a hidden enemy army feels chilling?"
These words made Xue Rengui's mind flash, and he exclaimed that he was not good: "Send the order and send the scouts to the north for fifty miles, and the whole army is on guard."
"Military advisor, have you said the wrong direction? The north has been taken down by us. Our enemy is in the south. What are you doing behind you? " Cheng Chu said in slander.
Li Zhen asked: "You mean the enemy might go around and attack from behind us?"
This is unlikely. The north has been captured by us, and our food and grass are transported from the north every day, and our scouts are also spread, but no movement is found.
Do you think it was this group of reinforcements who rushed to Du He and the others in the east?"
Xue Rengui waved his hand and said, "No, the east side is a few days later than us. The news is not so fast. Just imagine, if we were Goguryeo and now holding a 100,000 army, would we just huddle in the new city and not leave?"
"Of course not, then we'll rush out of the city and rush face to face..." Yuchi Baolin said loudly.
Yes, but now people are not rushing, where are people?
"That's right, not only will I not stick to it, but according to Yoon Gaisuwen's character, I will definitely regain lost territory. I even want to eat us and take revenge in one fell swoop. Otherwise, Goguryeo's military disaster would not be overcome." Xue Rengui speculated.
No, 100,000 people eat us one hundred thousand? Goguryeo was too greedy, and everyone still seemed to think it was impossible.
But at this moment, another long and rapid call came, accompanied by the commotion of the army outside.
"I'm not good at reporting. A large number of Goguryeo soldiers were found in the north, quickly coming to our camp, less than ten miles away."
What??? Everyone exclaimed.
Xue Rengui sighed, "Sure enough, everyone, prepare to take the enemy."
"What are these scouts doing? The enemy kept silently and stuck it on our backs. It's such a waste!" Cheng Chumo cursed.
Li Zhen, who was in charge of scout intelligence, sighed: "Old Cheng, it's too late to say anything now. It's not that I'm shirking the responsibility, but that behind us are the Goguryeo people. They hate the group of barbarians under our command and of course they will help the army of their country hide their traces.
What I didn't expect was that the other party marched so quickly that he actually arrived with Mariser Li's messenger."
Actually, this is nothing strange. Li Ji's messenger went to Fuyu City first, and he took a detour in the middle, so he was delayed.
Without further ado, everyone knew that the situation was urgent, so they followed Xue Rengui out of the account and observed the situation, and immediately began to organize effective strategies to respond to the enemy.
Unfortunately, the quality of 100,000 barbarian soldiers was generally not good, and they were okay to fight with the wind. In this case, when they were surrounded by others, the soldiers were excited and difficult to dispatch, which led to the Tang Dynasty losing the opportunity to defend the enemy in vain. In this situation, even if Xue Rengui was a genius, it would be useless.
So the final situation is that 50,000 soldiers and horses in Goguryeo City came out forty thousand, and formed a large army with 50,000 soldiers and horses outside the city, and attacked the Tang Dynasty on both sides.
In desperation, Xue Rengui ordered to abandon the camp and turn around in three directions to break through with a team of ten thousand people. After all, there are 100,000 people on his side, and fighting face to face is not necessarily an absolute disadvantage.
"The commander of the army in front came out to answer! We are going to see you." A general walked out of the Goguryeo military formation and shouted at the Tang Dynasty's military formation.
Xue Renguixin said, is this Goguryeo so arrogant? He didn’t take advantage of the opportunity of attacking from front and back, and he actually had the heart to chat with me?
He gave Li Zhen around him instructions, asking him to be careful to assign tasks and be ready to launch a breakout charge at any time. He went to meet the hero Goguryeo for a while.
What Yuan Gai Suwen didn't expect was that the other party's chief general was so young. Could it be that the Tang Dynasty was a mysterious person and sent a baby to help him?
"You are the commander of the Tang Dynasty? Is there no one in the Tang Dynasty? Let a baby come out to command a hundred thousand troops?"
Xue Rengui laughed and said, "This general Xue Li is the head general of the army this time.
It is said that Goguryeo is very talented and heroic about Lu Xiong, but I didn’t expect it to be just a vulgar thing.
Don’t you know that ambition is not about being old, and ignorance lives a hundred years old. Is it possible to lead a 100,000 army? Why do you need to ask more questions? Looking north to see the Goguryeo city we captured is the best answer?
Could it be that the younger generation of Goguryeo has no one anymore, so you can only wait for these old people to come out to fight the enemy?"
Although Xue Rengui is a gentleman, he will not be weaker in the face of the enemy. His words made Yuan Gai Suwen very angry. He thought to himself that the boy opposite was so eloquent, why did he meet these guys?
What he didn't know was that Xue Rengui was not good at speaking, but he followed Du Shaoqing to protect himself for more than a year. He had worked part-time on businessmen, doctors, carpenters, cooks, dads and nannies. However, he had exercised a lot and naturally made progress.
With a cold snorkeling, Yuan Gaisuwen threatened: "You are entering my territory of Goguryeo and ravaging the people and committing countless evils. Now you have fallen into our net. If you don't want to be captured and killed, then just surrender. With these miscellaneous soldiers, you are not my opponent.
For the sake of the adults in your family behind you, you may be able to spare your life."
Xue Rengui turned around and looked at Li Zhen slightly, and the other party nodded in understanding.
Then Xue Rengui laughed at Yuan Gai Suwen and said, "I have always looked down on me and younger generations in my words. Today I will teach you what it means to be the best for the young.
Look at me taking the red tassel on you with one arrow."
Well?? Junior arrogance! Yuan Gaisuwen said dissatisfied.
The personal guards around him hurriedly protected him, "Be careful with Lu."
"Go aside, two hundred steps away, I don't know who has this ability in the world. Let's see how this ignorant junior slapped the face!"
Chapter completed!