si-mexico Chapter 441: Village Massacre
Chapter 441: Village Massacre
Ma Ling thought for a moment and said,
"Although it sounds a bit far-fetched, my intuition tells me that Tong Xuan is very likely to have already escaped."
"Ah? Ran away?"
Shen Changgong was startled when he heard this and said,
"That's impossible. A commander-in-chief abandons an army of four or five hundred thousand and flees?
Won't the Qi court find out about this? Doesn't the commander-in-chief need to sign off on the food and supplies shipped to the rear?
Ma Ling sneered and said,
"Do we need to command this bunch of cannon fodder? Just like what the county governor said, he only needs to place the troops in each city and give death orders to defend it.
As for food and supplies, just tell the quartermaster directly and he will deliver them to the various cities after they are delivered. It’s so simple.
Is there anything else that he, the head coach, needs to do?
As for communicating with the court, just arrange two confidants to write a reply letter.
This kid is very likely to have run away to some corner of Qi State and is living in hiding.
With so much military funding, if he just took a little, it would be enough to live comfortably for the rest of his life."
"Haha, amazing! If that's true, then I really have to praise him for being smart.
Even though I knew I was going to lose, I still ran away. No matter what, I survived."
The two men came to a government office room to handle military affairs.
By the evening, battle reports from various armies had been delivered.
Today, only Yu Huatian, Liang Kai and Yang Hongying's troops launched the siege, and the rest of the troops are still on the way.
The tactics adopted by Yang Hongying were very simple. She directly bombarded the city gate and went in to kill indiscriminately. After a day of fighting, the enemy was defeated and fled through other city gates.
Yang Hongying led her troops to chase for dozens of miles, and happened to meet the Zhennan Army that came to support them. They surrounded all the soldiers and killed anyone who dared to run away.
Finally, the remaining soldiers surrendered and were let go.
Although Yang Hongying broke into the city on the first day, it was only with the participation of the Zhennan Army that the main force of the enemy was completely wiped out, so her command this time was not perfect.
Liang Kai, on the other hand, adopted the tactic of surrounding three sides and leaving one side open.
Liang Kai ordered 30,000 troops to besiege the city from the south, north and west. They used artillery to directly blast the enemy open and then fought their way in. In the end, the enemy could only escape from the east gate, but was blocked by the 20,000 ambushes he had prepared in advance, and then surrounded the enemy.
He also obeyed the order, disarmed the enemy and let him go.
Liang Kai's battle also took a full day and ended at dark. He suffered heavy casualties, but he did not use the support of the Zhennan Army, so his contribution was greater than Yang Hongying's.
After the battle report reached Shen Changgong, Shen Changgong immediately wrote back, asking them to leave behind a few hundred people, and then cooperate with the local county magistrate to form a joint defense team, let the county continue to operate, and lead the army to catch up with the main force tomorrow.
The Tianyu Army’s mission was completed.
In front of us, there are six teams marching towards the southeast to annihilate the enemy.
This is the advantage of dividing the troops. Each army only needs to do its own thing and it will not delay the march at all.
The next morning, Shen Changgong and King Nan continued to lead the team forward.
Two days later, Yang Hongying and Liang Kai caught up.
Nie Bei and Nie Yang also arrived at the other two counties and began the attack.
The Zhennan Army sent 20,000 troops to support as usual.
The condition of this support is only to help prevent the enemy from escaping, and will not interfere with the Yan army's siege. If they really can't take it down, they can also ask for help from the Zhennan Army, or ask for help from Shen Changgong.
But if I ask for help, I will lose face.
That evening, the two armies sent back news that the entire county had been captured.
Shen Changgong recorded their time, casualties, and the number of enemies killed.
But as of now, Yuhuatian is still number one.
At this point, all the territory of Pushin County fell into the hands of Yan State.
The Yan army only spent one more day to siege the city.
When some legions were attacking a city, there was no difference in the marching speed of other legions.
Although each legion took one day, the five legions together still took one day.
Because they are played separately.
If Shen Changgong and his men used their main forces to attack one city at a time, the time spent on the siege would have to be accumulated.
Three days later, the army left Pushin County.
Entered Bercowshire.
The 200,000 infantrymen under the Southern King first engaged the enemy in the county town attacked by Li Bohan and Yanggu County attacked by Qi Feng.
As usual, the King of the South sent out cavalry support, but he sent the 6th to 10th Corps, two selected corps.
Most of these cavalrymen are new recruits, so it's a good time to train them.
Their main force is still on the move.
A day later, military reports from the front line arrived.
Although Li Bohan succeeded in breaking the city, the enemy also fled. In the end, the Zhennan Army attacked and captured the enemy alive, forcing them to surrender.
And Qi Feng couldn't even take it down.
After learning about this situation, King Nan Ma Ling frowned, took the battle report, took a look at it, and slammed it hard on the table.
"What's wrong, Brother Nan Wang, why are you so angry?"
Shen Changgong looked at Ma Ling and asked with a smile.
Ma Ling snorted coldly and said,
"Qi Feng, that useless guy, was actually ambushed by the enemy. When they were almost at the city, over 10,000 men suddenly emerged from two surrounding villages and attacked them fiercely, burning some of their food supplies and even nearly stealing their artillery.
Fortunately, he withstood the attack in time, fought a bloody battle with the enemy, and killed all of them.
In order to vent his anger, Qi Feng massacred the entire Liang village that was hiding the enemy troops. His crime is unforgivable!
Later, when they arrived at the city, it was already dark and the soldiers and horses were exhausted. Even if they blasted open the city gates with artillery, they were pushed back by the enemy after they entered. They had no choice but to rest for the night and continue the attack tomorrow.
"Qi Feng massacred the village?"
Shen Changgong frowned.
"This is not a good sign. If we wantonly massacre unarmed civilians like this, the people will hate us to the core.
Quickly give orders to Qi Feng to deal with the bodies of the village and bury them together with the enemy. Then say that the people of this village had joined forces with the enemy to attack our army, and we had no choice but to kill them.
Try to minimize the impact.”
After thinking for a while, the Southern King said,
"Zhang Han, take another 10,000 cavalrymen with you to handle this matter. Tell Qi Feng that he is currently ranked last. If he doesn't capture the city tomorrow, he will be beheaded!
"For the massacre of the village, I will punish him severely! You got into trouble and asked me to clean up his mess, you loser!"
"I will obey your orders!"
Although it was late, Zhang Han still rode non-stop with 10,000 cavalrymen to Yanggu County.