Two days later, Qin Qihu led two thousand elite cavalry and rushed to Tianqiong Pass.
However, it was not the Blood-Clothed Army that came, but only two thousand light cavalry.
"Why are you here?"
Yun Zheng asked Qin Qihu with some surprise.
"Why can't I come?"
Qin Qihu smiled innocently and asked tentatively: "Brother, you are not still angry with me, are you?"
"If I were angry, I would have told you to go back and reflect on your actions long ago!" Yun Zheng shook his head and smiled, "By the way, have you figured it out?"
Speaking of this, Qin Qihu's face flushed slightly, and he laughed dryly, "I figured it out."
"oh?"
Yun Zheng smiled, "Did you figure it out yourself, or did someone tell you?"
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Qin Qihu smiled awkwardly, "I asked the deputy commander, but he didn't tell me. He just allocated 2,000 light cavalry to me and asked me and Lu Xing to split into two groups to wipe out the resistance forces in Qiuchi. I was in charge of Lu Xing's group..."
Although Qin Qihu is honest and upright, he is not a stupid person.
This isn't something that's too difficult to figure out.
When you divide your troops into two groups and want to give orders to one group, you will understand if you think about it a little more.
Only after he thought it through did he understand Dugu Ce's good intentions.
Although Dugu Ce did not tell him the answer directly, he deliberately arranged it this way so that he could figure it out himself.
"Just figure it out!"
Yun Zheng patted Qin Qihu on the shoulder and said, "Then let's put this matter behind us. Tell me about your battle situation these days."
"good!"
Talking about the battle situation, Qin Qihu suddenly became excited again.
Although they had less than 5,000 troops and were divided into two groups, most of the scattered resistance forces were small groups with less than 300 to 500 people, and they basically had no armor.
This kind of resistance force cannot pose much threat to them at all.
There were some resistance forces that wanted to unite, but they were wiped out before they could do so.
Over the past few days, they have successively cleared out more than a dozen resistance forces, all of which were suppressed with iron-blooded means.
Not only them, Tong Gang would also clear out the resistance forces while forcibly requisitioning food and young and strong men.
At present, except for Yufeng City, people in other cities of Qiuchi are relatively honest.
In addition, there are 5,000 troops in Xing'an Fort, an important border town in the south of Qiuchi.
Lu Xing now led the Blood-Clothed Army to block the Xing'an Fort defenders' way back for reinforcements.
But judging from Lu Xing's report, the defenders of Xing'an Fort seemed to have no intention of returning for reinforcements.
After all, they only had 5,000 men, so there was no point in returning for reinforcements.
Yun Zheng was not surprised by this result.
Given Qiuchi's current situation, even if some people are unwilling to accept it, no matter how much they resist, it will be meaningless.
The destruction of Qiuchi has become inevitable.
From a bystander's perspective, he admires those who are still resisting.
But from King Jingbei's perspective, these resistance forces must be eliminated!
"How many young and strong men has Tong Gang forcibly recruited?"
At this time, Yun Zheng asked again.
"About twelve thousand people."
Qin Qihu replied: "The young and strong men in the cities of Qiuchi were forcibly conscripted once before. After Yuanxu abandoned the pass and fled, people in the cities were in a panic. Some people ran away with their families, and some young and strong men were captured by Yuanxu and taken back to Yufeng City as soldiers..."
There were not many young and strong people left in the cities of Qiuchi.
Some escaped, some were captured by Yuanxu, and there were relatively few young and strong people left for them.
These twelve thousand people were captured by Tong Gang and his team by capturing young and strong men from several cities.
Moreover, there were several thousand people who were rounded up for forced labor.
Otherwise, they would have fewer young and strong people to forcibly conscript.
More than 10,000 people?
Yun Zheng stroked his chin and thought secretly.
If Yufeng City is captured, we can probably get a lot of young and strong people, and also a lot of surrendered soldiers.
Adding their own military strength, there would be no problem in gathering an army of 70,000 or 80,000 civilians.
By then, we can directly claim to have an army of 100,000 and march towards the tribes in western Mohai. This should put considerable pressure on them, right?
Let’s first take a look at the reactions of the various tribes in Moxi!
At this time, if he could avoid attacking, he would definitely not want to attack.
They had just captured Qiuchi and captured so many prisoners, so it would definitely take them some time to clean up the mess.
Once this mess is cleaned up, let alone fighting, if they move, all the tribes in the western part of the desert will tremble.
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Two days later, Yun Zheng, escorted by his personal guards and two thousand elite cavalry, arrived outside Yufeng City and met up with Dugu Ce.
On the way, they actually encountered a small group of resistance forces.
However, Yun Zheng's personal guards did not move, and only two thousand elite cavalrymen directly destroyed this small resistance force.
After a brief greeting, Dugu Ce told Yun Zheng about the current situation.
At present, there are about 20,000 regular defenders in Yufeng City.
These 20,000 people were the people Yuan Xu evacuated from Tianqiong Pass, plus the royal guards of Qiuchi and the personal guards of high-ranking officials.
In addition to these people, there were also 40,000 young and strong people who were forcibly conscripted.
Most of these 40,000 young and strong men conscripted had no weapons or armor.
If they were released into the wild, a thousand Blood-Clothed Soldiers would be able to kill indiscriminately.
But these people defended the city, and even though they had no armor or weapons, they could still throw stones at the soldiers who were attacking the city.
Moreover, Qiuchi had just collected the autumn tax grain, and before their army arrived, a lot of tax grain had already entered Yufeng City.
Yufeng City should have stored a lot of food now.
It is almost impossible to capture Yufeng City by force.
In addition, there are many mines left in Yufeng City due to jade collection.
Over the years, those mines gradually turned into small lakes, providing sufficient water to the people of Yufeng City.
Therefore, cutting off the water supply to Yufeng City is not a reliable idea.
There had been riots in Yufeng City before, but they were all suppressed.
So, as of now, Qiuchi Wang Yuanfu is still persisting.
Dugu Ce originally wanted to get as complete Yufeng City as possible, but when he saw that King Qiuchi was reluctant to open the city and surrender, he lost his patience.
Dugu Ce has already ordered people to build large catapults, hoping to use the catapults to put pressure on Yuan Fu and force him to surrender as soon as possible.
In this way, they can advance towards the tribes in the western part of the desert as quickly as possible.
"How many trebuchets have been built?"
Yun Zheng asked.
Dugu Ce replied: "At present, none of them have been built, but I have ordered people to speed up the work. In a day and a half at most, two catapults will be built."
"good!"
Yun Zheng made a prompt decision. "As soon as we build a catapult, we will immediately tell the enemy that I will give them three days to surrender. If they don't surrender after three days, when the city is captured, I will make Yufeng City a river of blood, leaving no one alive!"
As long as they keep at it, it is only a matter of time before they capture Yufeng City.
But right now, they don’t have so much time to waste in Yufeng City.
It is necessary to put pressure on the people in Yufeng City.
Otherwise, there's no telling how long it will take to fight with these bastards.
"Your Highness, is that really what you're saying?"
Dugu Ce was a little worried, "If we shout like this, it might backfire and make the enemy more determined to defend the city!"
"Try it first!"
Yun Zheng said resolutely: "This method won't work, I'm going to give them some powerful information!"
Damn it!
The city will be breached sooner or later, why bother defending it?
If you make him angry, he will send people back to Dingbei to get explosives!
If we can’t blow up Tianqiong Pass, can we blow up Yufeng City?
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