Chapter 250: Ingenious Stratagems(1/2)
After Akiyoshi Taki finished speaking, the tent was surprisingly quiet.
Everyone was thinking, but they were a little sad.
If you think about it, you know the happening and happening of the matter, and you will lose without any fault.
The frown is naturally worried about the current situation.
After such a catastrophe, the horses lost 30,000 horses, millions of stones of food, and heavy military supplies... nothing was left.
According to previous preparations, there is no doubt that it can support it until October.
Even if you lose so much, it will be fine until the end of September.
The loss of the horse is not the same thing. There are more than 80,000 horses left now, and the loss can save some feed!
Otherwise, the food that you eat, drink, defecate and scatter every day will consume a lot of inventory and have to be transported from the grassland, which will cost a lot.
The key lies in people!
Now the losses are not only not only the most elite Golden Tiger Army, but also the remaining Yuhe Army of Zupuguz, Shilin Army of Essatsu, etc. Together, there are about 20,000 people who die alone.
This is the elite of Shi Wei’s headquarters!
There are only more than 50,000 people here in total, and now there are only more than 20,000 people left.
Although such more than 20,000 people do not affect their control over the vassal tribe, if it is spread, it will definitely become a laughing stock.
And the losses are so great that if the emperor holds the blame, no one can escape.
There are only a little more people in Shiwei, and this time the losses are all the elite among the elite. Do you think those old men in the court feel very distressed?
"What should we do now? Let's talk about it!" Yelu Lijun still spoke, "Would we continue to attack, or should we ask for rescue from the country first, and then talk?"
"Continue to fight!"
Zesast said without hesitation: "If I let them work hard for another three days, I don't believe that their wooden handle grenades are endless! Then I led my army to the ground myself. This time I couldn't defeat Jinzhou City, so I cut off my head!"
His Shilin Army also suffered heavy losses in the catastrophe last night, and it was not able to successfully reach the top of Jinzhou City, which made Zesast even more worried.
"no."
Zupuguz directly denied his proposal: "Don't go crazy. These people are not enough now. If they are all lost, wouldn't Jinzhou City be able to rescue them? Once they are allowed to escape, and the port transports various materials and even reinforcements, and even the entire Shanhaiguan army is dispatched to encircle and suppress. The great marshal on the side of Ningyuan City, Erqin, will take a picture of them, but they will all die in the battlefield!"
Yelu Lijun didn't think of this just now, but when he heard this, his face suddenly changed.
That's true.
If they were killed so little, would tens of thousands of people suddenly pop up in Dakang's fleet, and the army of Jinzhou City, killing Ningyuan City together?
Then the Shanhaiguan Guards, Li Nanyuan and others attacked each other together, and Wu Lizhen and others had no choice but to retreat, and it was a high probability that the entire army would be wiped out.
At that time, even if they could lead the remnants of the army back, they would all be beheaded and displayed to the public by the emperor. Even if Yelu Lijun was the emperor's own son, he would not be spared.
"But what can we do if we don't do anything?" Zesassas asked, "It took so much and we paid so much. If we can't get Jinzhou City and Ningyuan City before this winter, there will be no such good opportunity next year! It is possible for Dakang people to send a million people to block us!"
The Zhesatsu is right.
This year is a rare six-party force attacking Dakang.
Nanzhao is the most cowardly and was beaten down from the beginning, which can be ignored.
Even the most cunning Qiyan tribe left, which contained at least 200,000 troops in the north of Dakang.
The Western Qiang and Uighurs combined together almost captured half of Dakang in Gansu, and then dragged down 400,000 troops in the northwest and Jingji areas.
Not to mention the Japanese, they almost defeated Jiangnan, the most important thing in Dakang.
These people provided the maximum support for Shi Wei's battle in the Northeast. Otherwise, if Shi Wei's family worked alone, they would probably not have even had Jinzhou City, and hundreds of thousands of troops from Dakang would surround him.
Dakang's army may not be able to fight in field battles, but if they defended step by step, even if the Shiwei coalition forces wiped out all one million, they might not be able to occupy the entire western Liaoning Corridor.
If this year continues, will you expect other people to fight with Dakang next year like this year?
At least Nanzhao is not good, the Japanese are not good, and the Qiyan tribe is even more unreliable.
Even the Western Qiang and Uighurs, their financial and material resources could not support them in continuing to fight for another year.
So if they fight again next year, it is really possible that they will face Dakang, who is full of power alone, so how can they even fart?
Just as everyone was in a dilemma, a general outside ran in like a flying man and presented a copy of the document.
"Report! Your Highness, Ningyuan City has an urgent report!!"
Yelu Lijun suddenly felt bad.
I picked it up and saw that I almost fell into a coma again.
"Bastard! Bastard! God kills you!"
Yelu Lijun jumped up, pulled out his sword, and slashed the camp bed frantically.
Mingyi, who was beside him, calmly picked up the document on the ground and recited: "Late last night, more than a dozen mysterious fireballs fell from the sky, pouring tinder oil caused a fire, causing damage to materials, and rioting horses...
More than 50,000 troops were killed or injured by our besieged Ningyuan City. Now that the morale of the soldiers has plummeted, I have rushed back to the Ningyuan City base overnight to clean up the mess, stabilize the morale of the army, and prevent the enemy in the city from sneak attacking.
As soon as I left the front line, I could not resist the crazy Li Nanyuan and Wanyan Yi just because I took a picture of Erqin and stabbed Lu Tu. I hope your highness will tell you what to do next! The lower official Wuli Zhen."
Zesatsu's eyes were as big as bull's eyes: "Sure! As expected! As if Mr. Di and Mr. Chen analyzed! That's what they did! There is no doubt about it now!! These evil beasts!!"
If it is just the attack on Jinzhou City, it is still a bit confusing.
Now Ningyuan City has had the same experience, so the conspiracy of the Dakang people is obvious!
Damn it!
What a great loss this is to kill more than 100,000 people in one breath!?
Now they all understood the reason why Yelu Lijun was crazy.
Both sides suffered such a big blow, and his guilt was even greater than that of the third prince Yelu Feiyang!
It is less than half a month since he accepted the entire battle situation. He is going to be punished in Beijing with guilt. This contrast between the previous and the next is really a collapse!
"Your Highness!"
Chen Kuzhen suddenly said: "Don't worry, we have another way to go! There is still a way!"
"ah?"
Yelu Lijun suddenly paused his hand, turned his head and asked, "Tell me quickly! What is it?"
Chen Kuzhen said quickly: "General Zupuguz, there are about 150,000 people who are attacking Jinzhou City now, right?"
"Well..." Zupuguz nodded, "If you count the wounded soldiers, it's almost the same. But if you fight, you can only have about 130,000 people to fight."
"General Essata." Chen Kuzhen looked at another person, "According to your considerations, if we leave behind 50,000 elite troops, 10,000 of which are your Shilin Army, and the remaining 40,000 are the troops of the vassal tribe, will their Dakang army dare to come out to fight us?"
"I'll give them three courages!"
Ze Sasai gritted his teeth and said, "Even if they have wooden grenades, if they are fighting on the plains, I have a way to wipe them out!"
"Yes." Zupuguzi said first, "Although they still have about 60,000 or 70,000 people, in fact, there are only more than 30,000 veterans at most, and the rest are all strong men! It may be okay to defend the city, but if you come out to fight, you will have no combat power at all. People from the vassal tribe can fight three at one."
"good!"
Chen Kuzhen smiled faintly, and then turned to Yelu Lijun, who was impatiently waiting: "Your Highness, we will lead 80,000 elite troops to Ningyuan City and take Ningyuan City!"
Yelu Lijun: "!?"
But Akiyoshi Taki was thinking, "You mean..."
Chen Kuzhen said: "Now the pressure on Ningyuan City is very high. Not only has Dakang increased its troops, but the losses are still so great. If we don't support it, the situation will be really stalemate until winter, and then we retreat in a hurry.
And if we lead 80,000 elite troops here and take advantage of the fact that Dakang cannot increase his troops again and conquer Ningyuan City desperately, our trip will not be completely defeated, and we will still take the lead."
"Why didn't they come back here and capture Jinzhou City?" Zupuguz asked him.
"Because if we capture Ningyuan City, we not only have a place to station ourselves, but also cut off the connection between Shanhaiguan and Jinzhou." Chen Kuzhen said leisurely: "When winter comes, the port is completely frozen, and Dakang's fleet cannot transport troops to Jinzhou City. As for those fireballs, can they still fly in winter? It is also impossible to transport people! And it is impossible to repair any city walls in winter.
So as long as we survive this year, after the beginning of next spring, we can continue to attack Jinzhou City from both east and west. Jinzhou City is still so shabby and the manpower has not increased. What are they going to fight with our 200,000 army?"
"Wonderful! Wonderful! So wonderful!!"
Yelu Lijun jumped up excitedly and hugged Chen Kuzhen: "Mr. Chen, Mr. Chen, you are really my Zhuge! This idea is good! Very good! Just do it!!"
He was like a person who was living in a desperate situation. He suddenly got such a clever plan, which was so excited that he was losing his composure.
Not only him, but also his eyes lit up.
This is really a death-taking life!
But you have to say that such a plan is really wonderful, and it is not something that purebred Shiwei people like them can think of!
Taking down Ningyuan City is indeed much better than taking down Jinzhou City.
If they take down Jinzhou City and give up Ningyuan City, then their Dakang people will maintain a fulcrum in Ningyuan City. When spring is in full bloom, they will start to attack Jinzhou City frantically.
By then, it will become a serious war of attrition. The people of Dakang can afford energy, but the people of Shiwei may not be able to afford energy, and there is no need.
So most of the time when both sides suffered heavy losses, the Shiwei people withdrew from Jinzhou City.
It would be different if you took Ningyuan City. At that time, you can guarantee the possession of Ningyuan City, and Jinzhou City, which was attacked on both sides, will also be the only thing in the pocket of Shi Wei people!
It’s just that time is delayed a little bit. Jinzhou City is still ours, and the entire Liaoxi Corridor is still ours!
To be continued...