Zhu Chong's heart suddenly became heavy at Jin's frankness.
Although Zhu Chong knew that what Yu Jin said was right, he still didn't want the worst thing to really happen.
He knew how powerful the Mongolian cavalry was. It was clearly recorded in history books. Even though the Mongols were no longer the invincible army that roamed the world and almost covered all of Europe.
But Zhu Chong understood that if the Mongols were given the opportunity, the entire Songming City would be destroyed.
"Wen Ze, in your opinion, how should we fight next to have the best chance of winning?" Zhu Chong looked at Yu Jin.
Yu Jin frowned after hearing Zhu Chong's words. After a long while, he said, "That depends on the enemy's actions. As the military strategy says, if the enemy doesn't move, I won't move either. Moreover, the enemy's numbers and equipment are clearly superior to ours. Defending the city to the death is the only option."
Zhu Chong's heart sank again. He knew he had asked the wrong person. Although Yu Jin was one of the Five Elite Generals, he was also the only one among the Five Elite Generals who surrendered to the enemy.
He is capable, but his character flaws are too obvious. You don't have to worry about his loyalty, but pinning all your hopes on him makes it seem like you are not responsible for your own life.
At such times, a military advisor becomes particularly important, and Zhu Chong easily thought of Lin Shu.
After dismissing Yu Jin and letting him continue training the army, Zhu Chong quickly summoned Lin Shu and Changsun Shunde to inform them of the current situation.
Changsun Shunde's expression changed slightly, but he immediately bowed and said, "My Lord, the city has already forged over 10,000 spears and over 5,000 bows. We are a little short of arrows, only 20,000."
"But the foundry in the city can now produce over 3,000 arrows a day. If we don't focus on craftsmanship and lethality, and mobilize the people, this number can be doubled."
"According to General Yu Jin, as long as the military and civilians work together, defending the city shouldn't be a problem."
Zhu Chong liked to hear this, but he subconsciously cast his gaze towards Lin Shu.
Zhu Chong used Changsun Shunde as a talent for local governance. He might be more familiar with specific government affairs than Lin Shu, but when it came to military conspiracies, Zhu Chong thought that Changsun Shunde's words were a bit too optimistic.
Lin Shu paused for a moment before speaking, "General Wen Ze's intelligence is very timely, but for our lord right now, the number of troops and weapons isn't so important; what's important is morale."
"The enemy is powerful, and this place has already been breached by them. We don't have the advantage of time or place. We only have the people to make a move."
"Since the enemy has discovered our location, there must be countless eyes watching us around Songming City right now. They may even be surveying and understanding Songming City's weak points, which is why they brought so many infantry and siege equipment."
"From what I understand, the Mongols' strength lies in their cavalry, but their infantry actually possesses exceptional experience in siege warfare. It's said that their use of gunpowder has reached a pinnacle."
Hearing Lin Shu's words, Zhu Chong's eyes widened. He suddenly realized that he seemed to have underestimated the people of this era.
The reason why the Mongolian cavalry was able to sweep across Europe and Asia was not only due to their invincible cavalry, but also because of their wisdom and siege equipment. Otherwise, how could the European castles, which had a tall defense system that far surpassed that of Middle-earth, collapse so easily?
Using cavalry to attack a city, even a fool would know what the consequences would be. Thanks to Lin Shu's reminder, Zhu Chong realized that he almost missed an important piece of information.
When the Mongols destroyed the Song Dynasty, they almost completely inherited the Song Dynasty's manufacturing technology, especially the technology for military equipment.
The Song Dynasty, whether in the Northern or Southern Song Dynasty, was the best in the world in the use of gunpowder. The Mongols perfectly used gunpowder in attacking cities and seizing territories. The Huihui Cannon was a product of that time.
Lin Shu's main concern is the morale of the army and the people. The key to defending a city lies in morale, because the defenders are the passive party and are targets that can be consumed at any time. Even if the people defending the city are 100% loyal to Zhu Chong, once the time is too long, changes are inevitable.
Thinking of this, Zhu Chong suddenly remembered something and a gleam of light flashed in his eyes.
He is an expert in playing with gunpowder. When he graduated from university in his previous life, he went to his relative's fireworks factory for an internship.
Thinking of the minerals he had already obtained under his rule, Zhu Chong suddenly had an idea.
"Come here, quickly gather three thousand young men, the king has something important to tell you!"
Lin Shu and Changsun Shunde looked at each other, not understanding what was going on, but still obeyed the order.
At almost the same time, on a plain less than twenty miles away from Songming, countless yurts stretched for more than ten miles, and a large number of Mongolian cavalry and infantry were gathering. The leading general was Darima, the Prime Minister under the rule of King Liang.
This time, he was ordered by King Liang to lead a large army to destroy Songming City and remove this thorn.
In order to investigate the strength of Songming City, Darima sent more than a dozen groups of scout cavalry to conduct a full-scale survey around Songming City. Now he has basically figured out the defense deployment of Songming City.
He learned that there were only more than 20,000 troops in Songming City now, but most of them were new recruits. There were quite a few civilians, but in Darima's eyes, they were basically lambs to be slaughtered and not worth mentioning.
The most crucial thing is that the Ming army closest to Songming City was more than 200 miles away, and there was no sign of any response.
After learning this information, Darima was ecstatic. It seemed that this was a godsend opportunity.
Regardless of whether this group of Ming Dynasty people in front of him had any conspiracy or tricks, in Darima's eyes, Songming City was already in his pocket. He was already thinking about how to take it down in one fell swoop and plunder Songming City.
But Darima felt something was not right. The Ming people in Songming City seemed different from the Ming people he had seen before, even the army was different.
But after confirming that the Ming army had no intention of approaching Songming and had left enough cavalry as a reserve, Darima decided to launch an siege on Songming.
He didn't even carefully check the specific war preparedness of the Ming Dynasty people in the city, nor did he notify King Liang and others in Kunming dozens of miles away. He directly summoned his 30,000 troops and prepared to eat up the fat meat of Songming City in one bite.
The Mongols did not treat spoils of war like the Ming Dynasty people, who claimed that all captured spoils must be public. Instead, whoever captured a city owned all the spoils in it.
Darima, who had not created wealth for his tribe for a long time, would not let go of such a "good" opportunity, so he immediately launched an attack on Songming City.
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