Chapter Fifty-Eight: Defeat
Three days, three days of bloody battles, during which Xiao Wangzhi organized no less than ten sieges of the city, day and night, regardless of the ladder, stone throwing and other tactics were tried one by one.
In the past three days, the rain has been majestic, as if the heavens are merciful, and the soldiers are miserable. After three days, Xiao Wangzhi lost 10,000 troops, and Mu Qing only had 5,000 left.
However, at this time, Xiao Wangzhi's heart was shocked, because his reinforcements had not yet arrived, of course he didn't believe the information from Mu Qing, he used himself as bait, and the soldiers sent were not asking for help but intercepting Xiao Wangzhi's reinforcements.
"Wai Wei to save Zhao, draw salary from the bottom of the kettle, I don't believe it!"
Don't hesitate at the moment, the next day, only heard a cannon, the city was full of fire, although the heavy rain could not stop this monstrous flame, it turned out that in the three days of the bloody battle, these people had already been taken back by Mu Qing, further consuming their grain and grass.
And this is only one of them, the second is that these people have already been mixed in with the fine work, or have been bought with a lot of money, these small works are waiting for this moment, panic is everywhere.
Mu Qing had no choice but to order the city to be abandoned, and the remnants of the army escorted the people out of the city from the west gate and into the mountains and forests. The city was broken, and Xiao Wangzhi's army entered the city.
Xiao Wangzhi was overjoyed, just build a high city wall and wait for reinforcements and beware of Mu Qing stealing the city. The drizzle continued, and the defenders in the city were very comfortable, after all, Mu Qing's reinforcements bypassing the city to stop his reinforcements could not be completed in three days or two days.
Now Xiao Wangzhi is mainly anti-guest, and the identities of the two are reversed, becoming Mu Qing to attack the city, but although the five thousand remnants of the army and the common people have mountains to hide, it is impossible to do it if they want to attack the city.
It was another three days, and Xiao Wangzhi was restless looking at the continuous rain for these three days, although his reinforcements had arrived urgently, but there was still a trace of concern in his heart.
This concern is too quiet, quiet is terrible, but he will be powerless to resist everything that follows.
In the middle of the night, with lightning and thunder, an explosion came out, and a monstrous flood roared down from the mountain, like a divine soldier descending from the sky, which could reach 100,000 elite soldiers.
Xiao Wang's voice hoarsely commanded all the soldiers to block the city wall that was washed away by the flood, but it was difficult to block one hole and not two, even if the soldiers tried to rescue the city, it was difficult to shake the power of heaven. By the early morning of the second day, the city had been half flooded, and there were green troops in front and floods in the back, and reinforcements would certainly not venture to come.
"Dead!"
Even though they had organized soldiers to wade through the water, they were awaited by ruthless arrows and well-cultivated soldiers. It was another three days of such a sleepy beast, and although the flood had withdrawn, it was difficult to use the equipment that had been drenched by the rain, and the muddy road made it difficult for the horses to gallop.
Three days later, Mu Qing's reinforcements arrived, and the two joined forces and annihilated!
Waking up from meditation, Xiao Wangzhi felt a little sorry, and in the end he missed a move, and it turned out that the abandoned city was also part of the whole strategy.
"Hope's admiration!" Xiao Wangzhi sighed and bowed.
Mu Qing waved his hand: "For generals, they need to know astronomy and geography, and know the Yin and Yang formations." ”
"If you want to do something, the right time and place are indispensable, do you understand?"
Xiao Wangzhi took a deep breath and said, "Wangzhi understands. ”
Mu Qing nodded, then looked at Liu and asked, "Little brother, do you have any questions?"
Liu Xun immediately put forward the doubts in his heart: "According to the little nephew's foolish opinion, when this black army attacks the city, it only needs to destroy the city wall to win a big victory, and then it will be easy to fight 7,000 with 30,000 against 7,000. ”
The two looked at each other and smiled, and Mu Yun burst out laughing: "Brother Liu is so funny." ”
Liu Xun touched his head and felt a little inexplicable: "Isn't what I said right, this city wall doesn't look difficult to break." ”
Qiao Yanran on the side also teased at the right time: "Shame, right?"
Xiao Wangzhi smiled and explained, "Brother Liu, what is the purpose of this siege?"
"Occupy the land!"
Xiao Wangzhi nodded: "The siege of the city is for resources, manpower and material resources are resources, so the siege is not like a monk's fighting method, if he wins, he needs to defend it more." ”
"If the city is destroyed, there is no danger to defend, and the general sieger has a long supply line, and he must not only hold it for a while, how many generals are famous for defending throughout history, and how many commanders have regrets because of the expedition?"
In other words, it is easy to build a city, but if you want to defend it for a long time, you must rely on solid walls and reinforcements.
"There is another reason, the city is the great plan of the people, if it is destroyed, the people will have no food, and if the people's will is lost, they will be sluggish. ”
"Then why can Uncle Mu destroy the city?"
"First of all, Uncle Mu is the defender, and his territory is nearby, so he can give up the city to protect the people, and move to another place, as long as the people are there, the country is there. And the attackers could not give supplies because the battle line was too long, which is why the massacre of cities often happened. ”
Liu Xun suddenly realized, it turns out that everything is based on the people, winning the hearts of the people and winning the world, as long as the people can live and work in peace and contentment, who is their king, and the city is just a tool.
This is also why the aggressor side often ends in failure, because it is dry and fishing, losing the support of the people, and violating the way of family.
Even those nomads, who often intrude on the borders, never destroy the cities easily, and do only to plunder resources to ensure the survival of their people, is like cutting leeks, if there is no grass growing in the places they pass, even if their whereabouts are difficult to find, they will be annihilated with all their might.
"I've been taught!" Liu Xun bowed, and Mu Qing nodded: "That's it for today, I still have military affairs in my body." ”
A few people said goodbye, experienced the exciting art of war exercises, and now look at the others, and Xiao Wangzhi has already sent the information of Yun Zezhuang. The bounty has been lifted, but the black market certainly still exists, especially for organizations that specialize in killing people and setting fires.
"I didn't think we were worth a lot of money!"
Liu Xun couldn't help but laugh at the two wanted warrants, but Qiao Yanran glanced at her and said, "It's you, this girl is not on the wanted warrant!"
Yunzezhuang, the origin is very mysterious, I only know that there are branches in various countries, one of the best in the business domain, of course, the largest is still the Wanjin Chamber of Commerce of Dayan, but it is an alliance composed of multiple businesses, and Yunzezhuang is dominated by the Cai family.
"I'm a mother, I can't afford to mess with it!"
Liu Xun screamed again and again, causing Qiao Yanran to laugh on the side, put the peeled pomegranate in his hand into the jade plate, and Qiao Yanran asked, "What do you think of Sister Mu?"
"The posture of a woman is admired by tens of thousands of people!"
"Including you?"
"This is natural. ”
Liu Xun hadn't noticed that Qiao Yanran had something to say, but when he looked at his evil smile, he was dumbfounded and smiled: "What are you thinking?"
"Hmph, what kind of goods are you, this girl still doesn't know?" snatched the jade plate, Qiao Yanran pouted, Liu Xun couldn't help laughing: "Auntie, I just admire her majestic hair." ”
Qiao Yanran rolled her eyes and continued: "That Mu Qing obviously wants to marry her daughter to you, is it true that this girl doesn't know?"