This battle report was like a piece of cake and quickly reached Li Zhuo's hands.
Li Zhuo, shaking the letter in his hand with a smug look on his face, said, "My dear ministers, this is the battle report from Bazhou City. Thanks to our proper preparation, the Liao and Jin's first wave of attacks didn't gain any advantage. They retreated, leaving behind seven thousand bodies, while our casualties were only a thousand, many of whom only needed to rest and take two Sheng'en Pills to recover."
After hearing this, many people finally felt relieved.
Because of the things happening on the front line these past two days, many people have not been able to eat or sleep well. Now there is finally good news, and everyone can finally put their minds at ease.
Someone immediately stood up and said, "Congratulations, Your Majesty! This great victory is entirely due to Your Majesty's great fortune and the Crown Prince's careful command. I believe the Crown Prince should be generously rewarded!"
It's obvious that she is from the eldest prince's faction. Li Zhuo used to reward Li Xiang frequently, which made the people of the eldest prince's faction jealous.
Now that I have finally found a suitable reason, what are you waiting for? Give me the reward quickly. As their father, you cannot be partial!
Hearing this, Li Zhuo laughed heartily and said, "Don't worry. I know what I'm doing. My son has done very well this time, so of course I must reward him. When he returns to the capital, I will definitely reward him handsomely."
After hearing this, many people in the eldest prince's family began to think about it. What would His Majesty's so-called reward be? Would he directly make the eldest prince the crown prince?
After all, the eldest prince won military merit this time, which helped their Li family to defend the country. This contribution is really not small.
Compared with this kind of achievement, Li Xiang's stuff is not even worth mentioning.
Just as everyone was pondering the possibility, Li Zhuo smiled and said, "Draft an imperial edict to commend the Crown Prince and the generals!"
This imperial edict of commendation was also sent back to the eldest prince as quickly as possible. The eldest prince specially summoned important generals and read the imperial edict in front of them.
These generals were naturally very excited. It was great that their achievements were noticed by the emperor!
Since the emperor has said that there will be a generous reward later, it must not be too bad.
"Everyone, you all know what the emperor means. As long as we work together and win this battle, glory and wealth will be within our grasp."
In the next few days, Liao and Jin launched several more attacks, but all ended in failure.
In just these few days, they have left behind at least 30,000 corpses. The battle was extremely brutal.
In Bazhou City, the number of casualties caused by defending the city exceeded 7,000.
Some generals expressed concern about this, after all, the casualty ratio was much higher than they expected.
Of course, there are still optimists in the majority, because from the intensity of the previous sieges, it can be seen that the first few waves sent by Liao and Jin were elite soldiers and generals, and they certainly would not have too many soldiers like this.
Therefore, as long as we can withstand the first few waves of attacks, the quality of the subsequent attacks will definitely be greatly reduced.
Things turned out just as they expected. In the next few days, the Liao and Jin people's attacks were sparse and there was no momentum of going all out.
Some people analyzed it and felt that the Liao and Jin dynasties might have reached their end, and no one wanted to continue losing lives in Bazhou City.
Sure enough, on the seventh day, scouts came to report that several large tribes on the Liao and Jin sides had begun to withdraw their troops.
The eldest prince was so excited that he climbed to the top of the city wall and took a look through the telescope. Sure enough, he found that the scale of the camp in the distance had become smaller.
He excitedly pumped his fists twice and said, "Master Yangxu, it seems they can't hold on any longer. Some of the larger tribes must have decided it's pointless to continue wasting food and the lives of their soldiers, so they've retreated. Do you think this counts as an internal conflict? It seems the Liaojin King doesn't have much control over his people!"
Yangxuzi also felt that the situation was very good. He stroked his beard proudly and said, "I think that's indeed the case. However, it would be best if we could capture two prisoners and interrogate them."
The eldest prince nodded and said, "That's true. Of course, this is also simple. In the subsequent siege, I will ask them to be more careful and try to capture as many people alive as possible!"
It was another day of attrition war in the siege. When it was almost dark, someone came into the hall carrying two Liao and Jin people.
At this moment, the eldest prince was listening to the generals report on the consumption and results of defending the city today.
Seeing the Liao and Jin people coming in, the eldest prince's eyes suddenly lit up and said, "Let me ask you, have some of the major tribes already left?"
The interpreter at the side quickly translated. The two captives initially pouted and didn't want to speak, but after being severely beaten, they became much more obedient.
One of them no longer hesitated and babble out everything he knew.
Everyone was delighted when they heard this. Just as they had expected, the Liao and Jin people had indeed lost their patience.
Moreover, because the troops used in the previous siege were from two tribes, the losses were too heavy, which made these two tribes feel distressed.
Finally, they discussed it and decided to take the tribes with whom they had a good relationship and leave. It is said that Yelu Song also began to consider whether to continue the attack for a while or retreat.
Just as a group of people were analyzing what Yelu Song would do next, another soldier ran in and said, "Reporting to the Crown Prince, there are signs of the Liao and Jin armies mobilizing again. This time, more people are leaving. It seems they are planning to withdraw!"
The eldest prince hurriedly climbed up the city wall again, and then saw that many tents had disappeared. It seemed that other tribes had withdrawn, leaving only Yelu Song's own team.
At this moment, a bold idea suddenly occurred to the eldest prince. He hurriedly had the captives brought up and asked, "How many troops did Yelu Song bring this time?"
The prisoner trembled as he said the number of 200,000, which made the eldest prince's heart beat wildly.
He nodded calmly, intending to wait and see for a while. He felt that Yelu Song would not leave like this.
Sure enough, in the next three days, Yelu Song led his army to launch a fierce attack again. After 50,000 people died, Yelu Song finally felt the pain and finally planned to retreat.
At this moment, the eldest prince slammed the table and said, "Of those 200,000 men, they certainly can't all be soldiers. Besides, they've already left behind the corpses of 50,000 elite soldiers. Furthermore, they're a defeated army, so their morale must be low at this moment."
"We now have at least 120,000 elite soldiers and generals, facing a defeated army of over 100,000. The advantage is in our hands! Open the city gates! Pursue them!"
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