Seeing that the other Wan Hu in the tent did not dare to speak in the face of the furious Right Wise King Helian Ke, the Wan Hu Qiu Linnan, who was a close confidant, hesitated for a moment and said, "Right Wise King, calm down.
The defenders in Ganyang City mobilized a large number of civilians to help defend the city, which resulted in nearly 100,000 casualties and still failed to break through the city walls of Ganyang City.
However, according to the scouts' reports, tens of thousands of people in Ganyang City escaped from the north gate the night before yesterday and last night, including a large number of armored soldiers.
This shows that the strategy of surrounding three sides and leaving one side open formulated by the Right Wise King has been effective. These people who escaped will definitely weaken the morale of the Liang people in the city.
As long as we can continue to attack fiercely, I believe that breaking the city should be just around the corner."
Wan Hu Qiulinnan’s words made the anger on Right Xian Wang Helian Ke’s face less intense, “This king is not trying to force you.
But you should all know that our Xiongnu Khanate has been planning for many years to regain control of the trade routes from the Western Regions to the East.
Now Ganyang City is right in front of us. I hope you will no longer have any thoughts of conserving your strength and leave the most elite Black Feather Cavalry behind to cheer us on.
This king demands that starting tomorrow, all households must dispatch their elite Black Feather Cavalry to capture Ganyang City as quickly as possible to avoid any further complications."
In fact, most of the nearly 100,000 casualties in the Xiongnu army were soldiers from subordinate ethnic groups, and the total casualties of real Xiongnu soldiers were less than 20,000.
The Black Feather Elite Cavalry were armored cavalry composed entirely of real Huns, equipped with iron armor, bows and arrows, spears, and scimitars. They could serve as both light cavalry and heavy cavalry.
In the Xiongnu Khanate, Black Feather Elite Cavalry was synonymous with elite cavalry, and each Wanhu of the Xiongnu Khanate generally only had more than a thousand Black Feather Elite Cavalry.
Up to now, no commander has deployed his elite black-feathered cavalry into the siege.
Just as the Right Wise King Helian Ke finished speaking, a Xiongnu captain rushed into the tent in panic, "Right Wise King, this is bad!
Prince Youren’s army was ambushed by the Liang imperial guards outside Shuoyuan City. Prince Youren… Prince Youren…”
"What happened to my third uncle? Tell me quickly!" asked the Right Wise King Helian Ke anxiously.
The Xiongnu captain said sadly, "Prince Youren was killed in battle, and the seventeen captains also suffered heavy losses. They are now retreating towards Ganyang City."
Upon hearing this, Right Wise Prince Helian Ke's face turned pale instantly, "Impossible, how could my third uncle die in battle!
This is Pizhou, how could the Liang Kingdom's imperial guards appear here? "
On the night of August 15th, Sun Hao went to the mansion that originally belonged to Axier and got an extra sign-in opportunity from Zhen Luo and Cai Wenji respectively.
After Sun Hao used up these two sign-in opportunities, although only two ghostly voices rang in his ears, he signed out 256 Black Armor Cavalry Hundred-Man Generals and 256 Beiwei Cavalry Hundred-Man Generals respectively.
The combat power of the Black Armor Cavalry Hundred Generals (Sui and Tang Dynasties) and the Beiwei Cavalry Hundred Generals (Song Dynasty) are both 80 points, and their weapons, armor, and war horses are exactly the same as those of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry and the Western Liang Iron Cavalry.
The only difference is that the tassel on the helmet of the Xuanjia cavalry is purple, while the tassel on the helmet of the Beiwei cavalry is dark green.
If you add the 183 Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, 184 Xiliang Iron Cavalry, 60 Four Cavalrymen, and 18 Yanyun Cavalry, Sun Hao has nearly a thousand heavy cavalrymen, and they are all heavy cavalrymen composed of "level 80" and "level 90" generals.
This made Sun Hao think of attacking the Hun camp at night. Even if there was a one in ten thousand chance, Sun Hao was unwilling to escape from Ganyang City.
Being reluctant to part with the tens of millions of taels of wealth in Ganyang City was only one reason. Sun Hao was more unwilling to see more than one million Liang people in the city fall into the hands of the Huns.
Sun Hao had witnessed the cruelty of the Huns many times. The Huns treated the Liang people like pigs and dogs.
Early the next morning, when Sun Hao arrived at the north city wall with 256 Black Armor Cavalry and 256 Beiwei Cavalry, Sun Hao immediately told his thoughts to Qin Qiong, Taishi Ci and other generals.
Qin Qiong then said, "I support Young Master's idea. The most powerful thing about heavy cavalry is charging into battle. If they were to abandon their horses and climb the city walls to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the Huns, their combat effectiveness would be reduced by at least half.
Moreover, given the Huns' siege strength, they could not hold out for long by simply defending the city.
Young Master, Qin Qiong is willing to lead the Yanyun Cavalry, the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, the Black Armor Cavalry, the Beiwei Cavalry, and the Four Cavalry Groups to attack the Xiongnu camp outside the city at night."
Taishi Ci, standing aside, hesitated a little, "Master, the Xiongnu army outside the city, although they suffered heavy losses in the previous siege, they have not yet deployed their most elite Black Feather Cavalry.
The combined forces of the Yanyun Cavalry, the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, the Black Armor Cavalry, the Beiwei Cavalry, and the Four Cavalry Groups are less than a thousand. I'm worried that even if the night attack is successful, of the more than nine hundred brothers who left the city, only a few will be able to return."
Sun Hao sighed and said, "It's precisely because it's dangerous that I'm so conflicted.
However, even if we want to attack the Xiongnu camp at night, it cannot be just our 900-odd brothers who go. The Ganyang Army's vanguard and rearguard also have thousands of cavalry.
Let's send someone to contact the vanguard commander Meng Bingrong and the rearguard commander Liu Yin to see what they have to say."
Qin Qiong nodded and said, "Master, I will contact General Meng and General Liu myself."
When Meng Bingrong and Liu Yin learned that Sun Hao wanted to attack the Xiongnu camp at night and could provide nearly a thousand heavily armored cavalry, they both agreed. Meng Bingrong was even prepared to lead the remaining 1,300 cavalrymen of the vanguard to raid the camp.
Liu Yin was also willing to take out all the remaining 2,000 cavalrymen in the rear guard, and was also prepared to gather another 2,000 cavalrymen from the family soldiers left in the city by the six generals to participate in this night attack.
However, during the day on August 16, the Huns suddenly stopped attacking the city, and Sun Hao's plan to attack the Huns' camp at night was temporarily suspended.
Standing on the north wall of Ganyang City, Sun Hao looked out at the Xiongnu camp in the distance and asked the rear guard commander Liu Yin, "Uncle Liu, why didn't the Xiongnu attack the city today?
Could it be that because of the heavy losses, the Xiongnu are ready to give up attacking Ganyang City?"
Liu Yin shook his head and said, "Although I don't know why the Xiongnu stopped attacking the city today, I can be sure that they definitely didn't stop attacking the city because of heavy casualties.
In the previous eleven days, most of their losses were soldiers from affiliated tribes, and not many real Huns died."
"Uncle Liu, do you think it's the Huaide Army or the Zhenrong Army that's coming to rescue Ganyang City?"
Liu Yin smiled bitterly and said, "I also hope that's what you said, but unfortunately that hope is very slim. Instead of relying on the Huaide Army and the Zhenrong Army, it would be better to hope that the court can send the imperial guards from the capital to rescue our Ganyang City."
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