Chapter 219: King Wen Goes to War (I)
This battle Feng Xiaoyong was not so easy, King Ming's army was very strong in combat, and the number of people was twice as large as him. Moreover, there are still 200,000 horses behind him who have not moved, and 80,000 ironclad troops are also on standby.
But between the offense and the defense, or the defender is more advantageous, according to the general ratio, the ratio of the offensive and defensive sides should be 3:1, that is to say, the king of Ming must send 300,000 horses to capture Xiyuan City.
In fact, King Ming's casualties here are also very large, especially Feng Xiaoyong changed his tactics, and the kind of missiles fired a few at crowded places from time to time, which made those soldiers very jealous. Although King Ming has found a way to crack it, there are still many injured people. More importantly, it had a certain psychological impact on these soldiers.
After more than an hour of fierce fighting, the casualties on Feng Xiaoyong's side reached 20,000, while the casualties of King Ming's troops were even greater, reaching 50,000. Moreover, Feng Xiaoyong's side is fully prepared, catapults, arrows, crossbows, and missile assistance, King Ming is a little overwhelmed, and is considering whether to send the remaining 200,000 horses as well.
But at this moment, the spy Pegasus came to report that directly north of Liuhe County, the army of the great prince was attacking, which made King Ming suddenly shocked, and the eldest prince actually came to take advantage of the fire to rob at this time, which made him extremely angry, but also very nervous. There are many soldiers and horses in the hands of the eldest prince, if he is really beaten into Liuhe County, the consequences will be unimaginable!
King Ming weighed it again and again, but decided to withdraw his troops immediately, and he immediately rushed to the north, where he was most worried!
Although Feng Xiaoyong didn't know why King Ming suddenly withdrew his troops, he was also relieved, he was already a little scared just now, if the troops behind King Ming were also put into battle, then he might not be able to hold on!
But now Feng Xiaoyong is very spoofed, the crisis is resolved, and he also injured 50,000 enemies, which is also a big victory!
Feng Xiaoyong wrote a good news to the Seventh Princess overnight, and at the same time not only asked for more troops, but also urged him to send 3,000 missiles, which is the artifact he relies on the most now.
When King Ming arrived in the north, it was already noon the next day, but what annoyed him was that the eldest prince had already withdrawn his troops, and it turned out that the eldest prince was harassing him, in order to prevent him from taking Xiyuan City smoothly.
If there is really a war, the eldest prince is not sure that he will be able to win against King Ming. Because although he has a large number of soldiers and horses, a considerable part of them dare not move, and that is to guard against the troops of the Western Turks. So he just harassed it, but it was very realistic, as if he was going to attack in a big way!
This made King Ming very angry, but there was no way, he didn't necessarily have to take the initiative to go to war with the eldest prince, he didn't have the strength yet!
Returning angrily, King Ming went directly to King Wen's fiefdom to ask for guilt, he fought twice, and King Wen still stood still, which made him very angry.
King Wen saw King Ming and knew his intention, but King Wen also had a bitterness and couldn't say it, most of his men and horses were confronting the men and horses of the Sixth Highness, and now there were only 200,000 horses to call, and he felt that he was not sure that he could capture Xiyuan City.
"If you don't take Xiyuan City as soon as possible, and wait until the seventh sister has a firm foothold in Xiyuan City, then we will wait for death!" King Ming said exclaimed angrily. He was very worried now, if the Seventh Princess's missiles were enough, then to occupy Xiyuan City, only one of 500,000 horses would be needed to defend Xiyuan City, and then he would really be attacked from the back.
"Alright! When will the imperial brother go to war with Feng Xiaoyong again? I will cooperate with you in the attack on Xiyuan City, what do you think? King Wen gritted his teeth and said, he has little confidence in the existing horses under his hands, none of them have been on the battlefield, and they have been pampered for many years. But the situation is forced to do it, and it must also be on!
"Humph! Then in three days, I will attack Xiyuan City again! King Ming nodded angrily, King Wen is still a little bit of a team.
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The Seventh Princess received Feng Xiaoyong's two good news, and she was overjoyed, this kind of crossbow missile was really powerful, and it actually burned and injured 20,000 ironclad troops of King Ming, which was a bit unexpected by the Seventh Princess. King Ming's ironclad army totaled only 200,000, and now it has wiped out one-tenth of it at once, which is definitely a big victory.
But then Feng Xiaoyong's request gave the Seventh Princess a bit of a headache, and the three thousand missiles had already been used up? That's too fast, isn't it? The old lady doesn't need money to customize these missiles? However, she also understood that if Feng Xiaoyong lost the missile, it would be difficult to hold Xiyuan City.
"Duanmuqi, how many missiles have been customized this time? Haven't delivered it yet? The seventh princess asked a little dissatisfied. This kind of missile was all made by Duanmuqi, and Duanmuqi went to Shahu to customize it himself, and the second batch of 5,000 missiles has not yet been delivered.
"Princess! 5,000 missiles is not a small number, and the Thunderbolt Gate will also be made one by one, and I estimate that it will take at least half a month to deliver! Duanmu Qi said with a sad face.
"What? Half a month? What do you eat? What did you do earlier? The Seventh Princess was not polite at all.
"Yes! It's the old decay that is not good for things! Duanmuqi lowered his head and had to take the responsibility himself, in fact, the second batch of missiles was delayed for several days because the seventh princess was reluctant to pay and wanted to bargain, but someone always had to take the blame for this kind of thing, so Duanmuqi consciously stopped the responsibility on himself. In front of so many civil and military officials, you can't let the Seventh Princess not come to the stage, right?
"Forget it! First, send the remaining 2,000 missiles to Feng Xiaoyong, and send another 50,000 horses. The second brother and the third brother, these two shameless things, really joined forces to take down my Xiyuan City! Also, if you send another 50,000 loads of grain and grass, I estimate that the grain in Xiyuan City will not be able to keep up! The seventh princess waved her hand and said.
"Chitose, if this continues to be a stalemate, it will be very bad for us, right? Not to mention the loss of life and money, it is likely to develop into the last two fronts of combat, so it will be very passive! Duanmu Qi said very worriedly, he was against increasing troops in Xiyuan City from the beginning.
"Don't say it, it's decided! I won't give up Xiyuan City to them! "The Seventh Princess showed her ambition and domineering to win the heir at this time, and it was not as complicated as Duanmu Qi thought, that is, she wanted to take full control of Xiyuan City. Now she doesn't care about the nineteenth princess at all, as long as she controls Xiyuan City, the nineteenth princess can only obediently bow down to her subordinates, or move to her southeast county to help her make money. These are the two ways to go!
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Regarding the changes in King Wen's soldiers and horses, the nineteenth princess immediately got feedback, and at this time, a lot of spies from all walks of life were dispatched, and they would come back immediately to report if there was any movement.
This time, the nineteenth princess also understood that King Wen couldn't sit still, and he was going to participate in the attack, and Feng Xiaoyong would definitely not be able to help him, this time he really had to rely on his own strength!
Wu Yue was very excited, she had long been looking forward to being able to go into battle to kill the enemy, although Chief Wu was a little worried in his heart, but he was also very pleased, their family was originally the most loyal followers of the Nineteenth Princess, starting from Princess Wu, it has been decades.
For Wu Yue's great progress in the past six months, Chief Wu can only describe it as surprise, this girl's opportunity is too good, she can get the guidance of Da Wuzun, and her current martial arts are about to surpass herself!
As soon as there was any movement from the nineteenth princess, Zhu Xiaobao also got the news immediately, and his five hundred female guards were also ready to go. This is not to join in the fun, he needs these female guards to have real combat experience. Although the red-clothed cannon can't be exposed yet, Zhu Xiaobao also brought some good things, which will definitely make King Wen's troops unable to eat and walk around!
The old apprentice's poison has been completely lifted, and after taking blood ginseng, his skills have become much more refined, and even the wrinkles on his face are less. This time, the old apprentice consciously put on the kitchen knife, and without commanding, he was already standing behind Zhu Xiaobao! Mu Junyi is also wearing a military uniform, of course she has to follow the master, and she hasn't seen the effect of those mines yet!
Rushed to the northeast of Xiyuan City, Zhu Xiaobao sent the most shrewd and capable people overnight to go out and lay mines. About one hundred and fifty steps away from the east gate of Xiyuan City, the trigger mines were laid, and the distance of a hundred steps was replaced with a pull line, so the work at night was very intense, and those pull wires alone were more than a hundred meters long, and they had to be buried underground, so that people could not see it.
The most arduous task was Zhao Shenbao, who brought a few female guards with excellent light skills, and went deeper into the front and carefully laid more than a dozen cable mines. A few threads are hidden in a very hidden place. When the time comes, Zhao Shenbao will be free to pull these pull lines!
Every time Zhu Xiaobao lays a mine, he must also mark it on the map to prevent his own people from stepping on it by mistake.
The nineteenth princess was also very excited to look at the map in Zhu Xiaobao's hand, which had been densely marked with hundreds of mines, the difference was that the triggered mines were represented by small circles, and the pull line mines were represented by a small triangle with a curve, which was very clear. There are also dozens of small squares to represent what they mean, and the nineteenth princess didn't understand.
"Hey, hey! Let me leave me in suspense, and you'll be waiting for the surprise, right? Zhu Xiaobao was still smiling at this time.
"Nasty!" The nineteenth princess rarely scolded with resentment, but she was very happy in her heart, as soon as this little fat man came, it seemed that there was nothing difficult to do! The nineteen princesses were a little jealous of Wu Yue.
"Hey, hey! Princess, these are two triple-sized telescopes, you give them to the generals who lead the team, but remember, you must take them back when you run out! Zhu Xiaobao stretched out his hand and took out two relatively simple telescopes from Mu Junyi, as for the six-fold telescope, he didn't dare to give them to these generals......