Turtleback City.
"Lou Yi, I'm going to fuck your grandma..."
"You spend all day hunting geese, but in the end you get pecked by them!"
"Okay, you're awesome, if you can, don't let me catch you..."
When Jia Yao walked in, Yun Zheng was scolding Lou Yi.
Chen Luoyan and Miaoyin sat there, looking at Yun Zheng speechlessly.
"What's going on?"
Jia Yao asked Shen Luoyan in a low voice, "Did Lou Yi counterattack? Where did he suffer a defeat?"
"no."
Shen Luoyan shook his head and smiled, “Yi’s house is broken!”
...
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"ah?"
Jia Yao was stunned. "Yi's house was broken into, and he's still here cursing Lou Yi?"
"He was tricked by Lou Yi." Miaoyin took over the conversation, "We just got the news that the 30,000 defenders of Yiwu are all slave soldiers from the various tribes in Moxi..."
Slave army?
Jia Yao widened his eyes in surprise.
She knew why Yun Zheng was cursing Lou Yi here.
If Yun Zheng had known earlier that Yiwu only had 30,000 slave soldiers, he would have attacked Yiwu.
In that case, their casualties would definitely be much smaller.
If this is the case, it seems that Yun Zheng was indeed tricked by Lou Yi.
Jia Yao smiled at Yun Zheng and asked impatiently, "Did we get the food and grass from Yiwu?"
"No."
Shen Luoyan shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Before the enemy withdrew, they burned all the food and grass! Feng Yu was furious and led the cavalry to chase them for fifty miles..."
Speaking of this, Chen Luoyan was also a little depressed.
God knows what the enemy is thinking!
Just retreat, but at least leave the food and supplies behind!
Did they think that their 30,000 slave soldiers could outrun the cavalry?
If no food is left behind, what will they eat after being captured?
Well, for this matter, Yun Zheng has already sent someone to inform Feng Yu, asking him to make sure that the more than 6,000 prisoners do not starve to death and be sent to mine as soon as possible.
Jia Yao was surprised, "Only more than 6,000 prisoners?"
"Um."
Chen Luoyan nodded gently. "The enemy's commander was very cunning. After receiving the news that Turtleback City had been breached, he pretended to defend the city to the death, but secretly sent some troops to evacuate at night every day! They did this for two days before Feng Yu and Huo Gu discovered something was wrong..."
In addition, Feng Yu and the others were angry, so they acted more ruthlessly.
Many slave soldiers were killed by them before they could surrender.
Otherwise, we could have captured at least three to five thousand more prisoners.
I see!
Jia Yao suddenly realized.
The generals under Yun Zheng are really all the same as him.
If you can't take advantage of others, you will suffer a loss!
It is bad luck for the enemy to encounter people like them!
Just as Jia Yao was secretly sighing, Chen Kuan, who had recovered somewhat from his injuries, hurried in, "Your Highness, there's good news from Gul Le!"
"Read it!"
Yun Zheng stopped greeting Lou Yi's ancestors, but did not show much happiness.
It was only a matter of time before Gule was defeated, so there was really nothing to be too happy about.
Shen Kuan quickly opened his mind.
The Gule garrison was in internal turmoil, and the defending general Tieju was killed, and the city was opened to surrender.
"That's more like it!"
A smile finally appeared on Yun Zheng's face.
Taking down Gule without bloodshed can be considered as making up for some of their losses!
Looking at the smile on Yun Zheng's face, the three women looked at each other at the same time.
This guy is happy when he gets a big advantage, but acts like someone owes him something when he doesn't get enough advantage.
After a brief contemplation, Yun Zheng immediately gave the order: "Order Gao He to leave 2,000 men to guard Gule, and the rest of the men to escort the prisoners to the rear and immediately meet up with us! Order Qin Qihu and Lu Xing to lead their own troops and the Northern Huan cavalry to meet up with us immediately!"
All three cities along this line were captured.
The lightly injured soldiers have mostly recovered after a few days of rest.
It's time to start sweeping the Dayue Kingdom!
Fighting has already begun on the northern front.
The enemy's attack was extremely fierce, and it was clear that they were trying to use a switching tactic with him.
Fortunately, the troops under Yu Shizhong and Wang Qi were the elite among the elite, and they repelled the enemy's two attacks.
But even so, they still had to rush over and attack the enemy from both sides.
Only in this way can casualties be reduced as much as possible.
…
The next afternoon, Qin Qihu and his men rushed to Guibei City.
Qin Qihu and the others were in a good mood.
Although they did not kill any enemies outside the city of Gule, it was a good thing that they were able to capture Gule without bloodshed.
Just like Yun Zheng said, it's always better if fewer people die.
Even though the defenders of Gule were soldiers with incomplete armor, they would definitely suffer casualties if a real fight broke out.
Listening to Qin Qihu's description of the situation of the Gule garrison, Yun Zheng couldn't help but shake his head and laugh: "Lou Yi, that bastard, is really bold! Gule and Yiwu are actually just soldiers filling in the numbers!"
"Not only brave, but also cruel!" Shen Luoyan sighed.
“It’s really cruel!”
Yun Zheng nodded and smiled.
If the fake city was not breached by water attack, the defenders of Yiwu and Gul were just cannon fodder to attract their firepower.
Once they blindly attacked Yiwu and Gule, the enemy troops in the pseudo-city would launch a fierce attack on their rear.
Well thought out and well arranged.
Unfortunately, there is a loophole and I didn't notice the location of the fake city.
After a moment of emotion, Yun Zheng ordered his men to beat the drum to gather the generals to discuss matters.
Soon, the generals came one after another.
Yun Zheng didn't say anything more and gave the order directly: "Zuo Ren, Chen Luoyan, I order you two to lead your troops to guard Guibei. Wait for Gao He's troops to arrive. Leave 5,000 people to guard Gule, and lead the rest of the troops to meet up with Feng Yu's troops! Feng Yu will be the main general, and Chen Luoyan will be the deputy general, and go straight to Dayue King City!"
"I obey your orders!"
"Jia Yao and Qin Qihu order you two to lead your troops, each carrying three days' worth of dry food and two dou of beans, to follow me to capture Somai City, so that the army can store food and grass!"
"yes!"
"Fu Tianyan, I order you to lead our troops to forcibly recruit civilians to escort food and fodder, and be responsible for clearing out the remaining enemies in the surrounding cities! Remember, we need to quickly assault the northern front, and we don't need prisoners!"
"I obey your orders!"
"Send a message to Huo Gu, leaving 3,000 men to guard Yiwu, and leading the rest of the troops to garrison at Sawtooth Ridge!"
"Send a message to Deng Bao. After escorting the prisoners, immediately lead his troops to Yiwu and be ready to support Sawtooth Ridge at any time..."
Soon, the task was completed.
As usual, Yun Zheng asked the generals if they had any questions.
"We only carry three days' worth of dry food. Is that enough?"
Jia Yao asked.
"If it's not enough, go grab some!"
Yun Zheng was speechless, "We are here to fight, not to provide disaster relief!"
Da Yue Kingdom is not big.
Logically speaking, three days would be enough for them to raid the northern front.
However, we learned from the prisoners that there were several cities along the way.
They didn't know whether there were still defenders in the city.
So, we definitely need to calculate more time.
"Okay! Just pretend I didn't ask."
Jia Yao smiled embarrassedly.
She almost forgot that Yun Zheng had done a lot of looting in Beihuan.
"Shall I lead my troops with you?"
Shen Luoyan looked at Yun Zheng, "Da Yue Royal City must not have many troops left, so there shouldn't be a need for so many people to attack."
She knew that Yun Zheng wanted to give her the credit for capturing the enemy's kingdom.
However, she no longer needs these credits now.
She would feel more at ease staying with Yun Zheng.
"I didn't let you attack!"
Yun Zheng shook his head and said, "If the enemy army does not open the city to surrender, we can just besiege the royal city! At this point, there is no need to forcefully attack the enemy's royal city! This matter is settled, no need to discuss it further!"
"yes!"
Since Yun Zheng insisted, Shen Luoyan could only obey his orders...
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