But no matter what Ji Xing thinks at the moment, the problem in front of him is that it's too late to say anything.

There were still a few loyal subordinates around Ji Xing, watching his prince in a daze and the enemy army approaching rapidly, he forcibly dragged Ji Xing back to the city.

Just when he entered the city, Ji Xing turned around and happened to see a general of Zhao Guo who was wearing a heavy armored cavalry wielding a saber and cutting off the heads of the North Korean soldiers in front of him as if he were chopping melons and vegetables.

Of course, this guy is Yiqu Sheng.

At this moment, Ji Xing suddenly had the urge to cut off his head - of course, it was just this moment.

Empress Dowager Yan on the city wall was also stunned, and her pretty face was full of disbelief.

She was unfamiliar with war, and even this was her first time on the front lines of war, just to cheer up her soldiers.

In the opinion of Empress Dowager Yan, 60,000 to 20,000 seems to be a scoring question, and there is no reason to lose no matter how you look at it.

But there are too many things in this world that have no reason, and fighting a war is never something that can be easily won by the number of soldiers.

Therefore, it is impossible for Empress Dowager Yan to know, in fact, Li Mu thinks that if you use 20,000 cavalry to fight against 60,000 infantry, if you fight on the plain, the cavalry will still be superior......

Ji Xing finally came back to his senses, rushed to the city in three steps and two steps, looking at the Zhao cavalry who were chasing tightly and slashing his own soldiers, Ji Xing clenched his fists, and his fingernails were about to pierce into his palms.

"Close the gates, close the gates!" Ji Xing suddenly roared wildly.

This order startled the Empress Dowager Yan, and she almost subconsciously said: "If the city gate is closed, what will these soldiers do?" ”

Indeed, as long as the city gate is closed, then the fate of these allied soldiers outside the city can be imagined.

"There's no time!" Ji Xing shook his head very sadly, and said, "The people of Zhao Guoren are deliberate, if we don't close the city gate, they will follow the rout and rush into the city!" ”

Empress Dowager Yan also wanted to intercede for her soldiers: "But ......"

"No, but!" Ji Xing interrupted Empress Dowager Yan very rudely: "If we don't want the people of Zhao to break the city, we must close the city gate immediately!" ”

After a pause, it seemed that he felt that his attitude was too bad when he spoke, so Ji Xing slowed down his tone again: "Now we still have 20,000 soldiers and horses in our hands, we can hold on, we still have a chance!" ”

Empress Dowager Yan was silent.

Of course, it is possible to hold on, but the question is - what is the use of just holding on?

With the current situation, holding on to it can't make people see any hope!

In the roar of Ji Xing, the gate of Xiangping City was slowly closed.

The fleeing coalition soldiers were completely devastated when they saw this scene, and they knew very well in their hearts that they had been completely abandoned.

As a result, many of the allied soldiers no longer fled in the direction of Xiangping City, but scattered like a herd of lambs chased by wolves.

The capture of the Zhao army lasted a whole day, and it was not until night fell that all the Zhao cavalry slowly returned to the camp.

Yi Qusheng and the other Yan generals gathered in the tent to report on the military situation.

Through everyone's reports, Li Mu also came up with a summary of the battle situation of today's war.

In this battle, the Zhao army killed more than 10,000 enemy troops, captured more than 10,000 people, and about 10,000 or so coalition troops finally escaped.

This is also a matter of no choice, after all, these coalition forces are running around in all directions, and the Zhao army, which has a small number of people, is really difficult to catch.

Li Mu nodded and said, "Tomorrow, I'll take these captives to attack the city." ”

"Siege?" All the generals of Zhao Guo were a little puzzled.

Attacking the city with captives was not Li Mu's first initiative.

"It's not going to work very well." Someone reminded.

Li Mu shook his head and said, "But this also has a certain effect, rather than letting our soldiers consume on siege warfare, I would rather let the lives of these captives be exchanged for breaking the city, and our food is not enough." ”

Twenty thousand cavalrymen eat horses, which is actually a very heavy burden.

In the past six months, Li Mu's team sent out to collect grain has almost turned the entire Liaodong County upside down, and then transported grain and grass from Jidu several times, which barely solved the problem.

Now that there are more than 10,000 captive mouths at once, then this food problem will definitely not be solved.

The generals of Zhao also understood Li Mu's intentions, it was definitely impossible to let these prisoners go, didn't this increase the enemy's combat effectiveness out of thin air?

Then in addition to slaughtering all the captives, there is only one way to let the captives attack the city.

"Tell the captives that their only way to survive is to break through the city! If anyone is willing to cooperate with us and behave well, then I will reward him for his meritorious deeds after the war. ”

Li Mu didn't say what the situation was if he didn't want to cooperate, and no one asked.

Of course, if you don't want to, you die, and there is no need to ask about this at all.

The next day, the Zhao army really launched a huge siege.

When he saw countless captives rushing towards the city under the drive of the Zhao army, Ji Xing's face turned pale for a while, and he smashed his fist on the city wall.

"This damn Li Mu is so vicious!"

Watching the thousands of captives slowly move towards the city, Ji Xing's heart is called a tangle.

It's not just Ji Xing who is entangled, but even many of the defender soldiers above the city are also entangled.

If it's an enemy, then kill it, but the problem is-

Those are their comrades-in-arms!

Many people have their eyes on Apricot Miki.

Ji Xing's face was pale, staring at the approaching captives in front of him.

These damn captives, they are still pushing the cart with a ladder, it looks like they are really going to attack the city!

Behind these captives, there were thousands of Zhao cavalry as overseers, staring at them from afar.

It can be expected that once the captives escape, then the cavalry of the Zhao State will immediately shoot the escapees mercilessly.

Finally, the generals around Ji Xing couldn't help it, and someone said, "Prince, it's better to open the city gate and let them in." ”

Ji Xing snorted heavily and said, "Didn't you see those Zhao cavalry behind?" As soon as the city gate is opened, those Zhao people will definitely rush in! ”

No one spoke anymore, as the so-called dead friends don't die in the poor way, since they all know that opening the city gate is risky, then they can only not open it.

Seeing that it was gradually approaching, suddenly, a North Korean soldier at the head of the city shouted: "Brother Zhong, it's Brother Zhong!" ”

One of the captives under the city suddenly raised his head and said in a trembling tone: "Brother, brother! Open the gates, open the gates! ”

"Whoosh!" An arrow came from the top of the city and pierced the captive's chest.

Ji Xing put down the longbow in his hand with a blue face, and shouted at the silent city around him: "What are you still doing in a daze, release arrows, give me arrows!! ”

A moment later, arrows rained down on the city.

Many captives were shot one after another, and screams filled the city of Xiangping.

The arrows shot from above the city caused the captives to panic, and some people subconsciously wanted to escape, but they were greeted by the bows and arrows of the Zhao military commander's team.

Some simply knelt down and begged for mercy from their comrades at the head of the city, but under Ji Xing's stern orders, the only answers to these beggers were one arrow after another.

Finally, some of the captives under the city woke up, and shouted at the chaotic captives around them: "Now retreating is a dead end, and the only way to attack the city and seek a glimmer of life is to go with me!" ”

Soon, the captives were red eyed and braved arrows and stones to erect the ladder up the city wall, and began a fierce siege battle.

Yi Qusheng and Li Mu watched all this from a distance, Li Mu's face was very calm, but Yi Qusheng's face was not so calm.

"This move is too ......," Yiqu Sheng couldn't help but sigh.

Li Mu shook his head and said, "If the lives of these captives can be used to reduce the casualties of my soldiers, then it will be worth it." To me, the lives of 10,000 captives are not as good as the lives of one of my subordinates. Besides, do you want me to kill all these captives? Let them attack the city, at least they can have a chance to survive. ”

Yi Qusheng was silent for a moment, then nodded and said, "That's indeed the truth...... Do you think they will be able to conquer this city? ”

"Impossible." Li Mu said: "But they can deal a very serious blow to the morale of the defenders in the city, if I am not mistaken, this city will soon be conquered by us." ”

The capture of the city is the most serious blow to the morale of the defenders, after all, everyone was still a comrade two days ago, and the result is that today is a battle of life and death, and it is impossible for anyone to change without fluctuation in their hearts.

"If you do this, will it cause the disgust of the Yan people?" Yiqu Sheng is still a little worried.

The corners of Li Mu's mouth twitched slightly, and he said, "Haven't you noticed that most of our captives are Koreans?" ”

The attack of the captives was not resolute, and although some led the charge, the dense rain of arrows and stones on the top of the city still hindered their attack, and the lack of command was obvious, so that after only two quarters of an hour, the first group of thousands of captives was completely lost.

Li Mu waved his hand expressionlessly: "Let the second batch of prisoners go up." ”

It seems that because of the fate of the first group of captives, the second group of captives behaved much more resolutely when they attacked the city, and it seemed that they no longer regarded the defenders at the head of the city as their own people.

That night, Ji Xing, who had a gloomy face, appeared in front of the Empress Dowager Yan.

"Queen Mother, we must break through and retreat, otherwise, the fall of this city will be a matter of time!"