"It should be said that they will abandon all members of the royal family in the city of Taijing. We have consulted with the intelligence department, and Xin Yuetu's background is very suspicious. He has almost no friendship with the royal family members in the city and has often been ostracized by them in the past. Therefore, if we want to join Xin Yuetu, we must not bring any members of the royal family with us."
"Well..."
This is a bit beyond Lin Hai's ability to understand.
In the past, his understanding of the cold weapon wars of the feudal dynasty was that even if they lost, the worst that could happen was to move the capital, and the last armed forces would retreat to protect the ruling body. Even if the emperor could not be removed, at least a prince or a prince should be removed to ensure that they could continue to enjoy justice after breaking through.
"Principal, we've searched all the historical records we could find and discovered that there are more than one recorded instance of capitals being attacked. Many of these instances actually met the conditions for breaking out or relocating the capital, but there's no record of an emperor or king escaping."
"Oh? So there's a tradition of 'the king dies for the country'?" Lin Hai felt that this world was a bit too chaotic. Could it be that everyone was Emperor Chongzhen?
This question is a bit beyond the scope. At least it took Marvin a while to understand what "the king dies for the country" means.
"Principal, your analogy is quite vivid. Although we haven't found any written record of such a tradition, in reality, no monarch has ever escaped."
The person who spoke was Wang Zuo who came from behind.
To be honest, Wang Zuo didn't really want to come to the front-line camp. If he had a choice, he would even prefer to lead the team to infiltrate the city of Taijing.
However, it was too dangerous to enter the city now, so his plan was stopped by Lin Hai, who asked him to live in the camp and appear in front of Lin Hai every day. He had to give up this idea.
"Hmm, so, your conclusion is that the Thai Jing Garrison is concentrating its forces and then trying to break through to Xin Yue's territory? Can such a plan be concealed from Nguyen Shiping and other officials in the Khmer court?"
"Principal, actually this plan only requires the consent of two core figures." Ma Wen said wisely.
"Yang Yizhen and Wei Shuma!" Cheng Guorong reacted.
"It should be said that it doesn't matter whether they can hide it or not. Now in terms of strength, they are the only two who have the final say in Taijing City. Even if Xin Yueping disagrees, it is probably meaningless." Wang Zuo added.
"Since this is the case, we must act without delay. The General Staff and the First and Third Armies must quickly come up with a plan. If we can't prevent them from breaking out, then we must deploy layers of defense to disrupt and tire them out, weakening their strength. Oh, and notify Brother Nineteen to watch out for surprise attacks from the rear..."
Before Lin Hai finished his order, the messenger shouted outside the tent: "East Gate Alert! The East Gate of Taijing City is wide open. A large number of armed men are rushing out!"
!
The garrison corps was always one step faster.
At Lin Hai's signal, the generals rushed out of the tent like the wind, returned to their own troops and began to command. They wanted to do their best to keep the main force of the garrison corps.
You know, from the outskirts of Thai capital to the eastern part of Cambodia where Sin Yuet Tu was entrenched, there was a complete vacuum zone in between, and the warring parties couldn't even mobilize a decent army.
Lin Hai rushed to the front line in a hurry. As soon as he climbed up the watchtower, he saw a scene that he would never forget.
A large number of civilians rushed out of the city of Taijing.
It doesn't seem right to call them civilians.
They all have weapons.
Some are standard weapons of the Khmer army, while others are simply daily necessities such as kitchen knives and axes.
They also all have protective gear.
Some of them should be old shields discarded by the army, and some of them are just door panels that are carried up by brute force.
Mixed among these people were a number of Khmer soldiers wearing armor and holding crossbows, seemingly to provide some cover for the charging civilians.
The team composed of civilians had no rules at all. They did not care about any casualties. As soon as they left the city gate, they rushed forward like crazy. The Qinghe army guarding the position began to shoot arrows under the command of the officers, but the civilian team did not care at all. They did not even care about the little cover they could provide, and just rushed forward.
"Most of them are civilians, a considerable number are elderly people and disabled soldiers, and there are very few young and middle-aged people."
Lin Hai, who was standing on the watchtower, sighed, "This is even more extreme than Marvin expected. They're going all out."
"Principal, the same thing happened at several other city gates."
The one who came to report the news was Wang Zuo. Now he was the only one who had time, as the others were locked in their positions.
"Understood. Tell the officers to shoot their arrows. Don't hesitate. The order is from me."
Lin Hai's face twitched, but he still gave the order calmly.
He was very relieved about Cheng Guorong and Ding Lin. They would not sit idly by and watch the Khmers rush out. However, many of the low-ranking officers on the front line, especially those officers and soldiers who had just changed from refugees, probably did not dare or could not bear to take action. Even if they were sent to intercept them, they would probably let them go.
Everyone has a compassionate heart.
Therefore, as the supreme commander, Lin Hai must take all the responsibility on himself.
If it was Qinghe Bo's order, they would probably carry it out more resolutely.
I just don't understand why these civilians are so obedient, acting so quickly and decisively, and rushing out to die without any hesitation.
"Report! The first barbed wire fence has been breached."
The messenger's voice came from the bottom of the watchtower.
Lin Hai actually didn't need the messenger to report. He saw clearly that a large number of civilian corpses covered the barbed wire defense line. They used the corpses to piece together a passable path.
We have to do something.
"Change the plan and let the saboteurs start throwing explosive packs to block their advance." Lin Hai squeezed the telescope tightly so that no one would notice his trembling hands.
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