At noon the next day, Chen Luoyan was the first to send someone to report that they had found a large number of enemy corpses in a depression about six or seven miles away from the pseudo-city. They should be the ones who had been washed away by the flood before.
A rough estimate is that there were at least five thousand corpses.
And that’s just what they can see.
It is estimated that many bodies are buried in the mud and sand.
Upon receiving the news, Yun Zheng immediately ordered Zuo Ren: "Immediately lead 5,000 people to support the princess! Collect all the weapons and armor, and bury the bodies on the spot to prevent the spread of plague!"
Just as Zuo Ren received the order and left, Huo Gu sent someone to report again.
Huo Gu had already led his troops to clear out the remaining enemies in the pseudo-city, but there were still a hundred or so people who were resisting stubbornly, hiding quietly under the battlements. When the enemies approached, they suddenly launched a sneak attack, causing more than 20 casualties.
In the end, Huo Gu also captured more than 3,000 people.
Originally there were five thousand people left behind.
But some people were washed away by the flood because they did not have time to run up the city wall.
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In addition, a small amount of food was also obtained and carried to the city wall.
However, because they had been freezing on the city wall for two consecutive nights, many of the soldiers they captured fell ill.
There are still many corpses within the city wall.
Huo Gu had already ordered his men to start digging a pit, intending to bury the bodies on the spot.
Yun Zheng nodded slightly and immediately ordered: "Send a message to Huo Gu, hand over all the prisoners to Deng Bao, and immediately organize the army, bring food and supplies to meet up with Fu Tianyan and Feng Yu's troops!"
It's time to attack Yiwu.
After all, the catapults and the like had been delivered.
Although it is a little difficult to break down Iya Castle, it would be good as long as it can cause some trouble to the enemy.
Anyway, stones are free, and it’s okay if one round of throwing can kill one or two enemy soldiers.
At 10 o'clock in the afternoon, the Blood-Clothed Army led by Qin Qihu finally arrived to join them.
"Brother, are you guys done fighting now?"
Looking at the mess in front of him, Qin Qihu couldn't help feeling a little depressed.
I just arrived and the fight is already over?
"There's nothing to fight about."
Yun Zheng smiled at Qin Qihu and said, "Don't worry, you still have a lot to fight! The rest will be tough!"
Yiwu, Guibei and Gule are not so easy to conquer.
Not every city can be conquered by flooding.
"well!"
Qin Qihu chuckled, "The Blood Clothes Army has rested for half a year, it's time to let the enemy have a taste of our power!"
"right!"
Yun Zheng nodded and smiled, "You guys take a break first, tomorrow morning we will start marching towards Turtle Back!"
"good!"
Qin Qihu nodded suddenly, excitement shining in his eyes.
Are we finally going to attack Turtleback City?
However, after the excitement, Qin Qihu became secretly confused.
Given Yun Zheng's temper, he shouldn't attack the turtle's back by force, right?
If they use force to attack, even if they capture the turtle's back, they will definitely suffer heavy losses.
Early the next morning, Yun Zheng led the vanguard cavalry unit towards Turtleback.
On the way to Turtle Back, they also discovered a small number of enemy troops in a miserable state.
Those were the people who had luckily survived the flood. Some of them were still trying to escape on the turtle's back, while some fell ill and were lying on the ground half dead.
Yun Zheng sent a small number of people to arrest these people and send them to the rear to hand them over to Deng Bao's troops.
For those who fell ill, Yun Zheng could only provide limited treatment.
Many of the medicines he had were intended to be kept for their own people.
Whether they can get through it depends on their luck.
Turtleback City was not far from them, and before noon, they arrived outside Turtleback City.
This place is less than ten miles away from Turtleback City.
Yun Zheng brought Qin Qihu, Shen Luoyan and others to the nearby high ground and carefully observed the terrain around the turtle's back.
The terrain around Turtleback City is undulating. Although there are no large mountains on both sides, the mountains are very steep.
Even dogs would shake their heads when seeing this terrain!
Moreover, there is almost no green on the mountain, it feels like a rocky mountain.
If they attack from their position, it would basically be like attacking from above, which is very disadvantageous for the offense.
"This is not easy to attack!"
Shen Luoyan frowned slightly, feeling a headache when she saw this kind of terrain.
"It's really hard to attack!"
Yun Zheng nodded slightly. "If we attack by force, the enemy has a general who is good at defense and has stockpiled 10,000 to 20,000 troops in the city. As long as there is no shortage of water or food, it will be difficult for our 100,000-man army to break in..."
He had heard before that Turtleback City was in a dangerous location. When he saw it today, he found that it was indeed as its reputation said.
If we simply rely on human lives, even if we put in 100,000 people, there is no guarantee that we can capture it.
"Brother, do you have any plans?"
Qin Qihu smacked his lips and looked at Yun Zheng expectantly.
Yun Zheng shook his head slightly. "If the enemy army refuses to come out, no matter how clever the plan is, it will be useless! If we want to win with a clever plan, we have to lure the enemy out of the city, or directly destroy the enemy's wall..."
If we use catapults to bombard the enemy slowly, we will be able to bring down the enemy's city wall sooner or later.
But they were attacking from above, and Turtleback City was located on higher terrain. Even if the enemy's catapults could not throw as far as theirs, they should be able to hit their catapults due to the advantage of terrain.
Moreover, they don't have so much time to waste time fighting the enemy.
This is a troublesome matter!
This time, he did bring a small amount of explosives.
If the burial location is better, it might be possible to blow up a small section of the city wall and create a gap.
But even so, the attack on Turtleback City would certainly incur extremely heavy casualties.
"If all else fails, let's fight Gulu first!"
Seeing Yun Zheng frowning, Shen Luoyan suggested: "Now that the fake city has been destroyed and reinforcements from all directions have been blocked, Guluo has become an isolated city. Among these three cities, Guluo is undoubtedly the easiest to capture."
“Yes, yes!”
Qin Qihu immediately followed suit, "First, defeat Gulue, and then find a way to defeat Yiwu and Guibei!"
"In fact, I never thought of attacking Gule from the beginning!" Yun Zheng shook his head and smiled, "It's just an isolated city, there's nothing to fight for! As long as we trap the defenders of Gule, they will be unable to hold on sooner or later and will break out or surrender."
If the Gule defenders also insisted on holding their ground, they would launch a forceful attack and suffer heavy casualties.
Since we can trap the dead in this city, we should avoid fighting if we can.
"Then we can only fight Iya and Kame?"
Shen Luoyan smiled helplessly.
“For now, this is basically the situation.”
Yun Zheng rubbed his swollen head. He had been thinking these days whether it was possible to lure the enemy troops in Turtleback City out of the city and pursue them by pretending to be defeated.
However, before Lou Yi suffered a defeat, he chose to hold his ground and not go out. Now that he has suffered a defeat, he is probably more cautious.
The key point is that Lou Yi stayed in the city and refused to come out, so he couldn't even pretend to be defeated.
Headache!
Yun Zheng thought about it silently, and then ordered the messenger: "Order Jia Yao to come immediately to discuss the matter!"
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