Chapter 36: Evacuation
Quack~
The day's fierce fighting was over, and a crow flew through the air with a low cry. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
On the plain outside Xiangjia Town, the battlefield was in shambles, full of ruins and broken walls, and pools of bright red blood were filled with corpses, all barbarians in rudimentary fur.
After taking over Xiangjia Town, in order to strengthen this fortress town on the edge of the Yangwu Army, Sima Yu ordered the town's walls to be strengthened three times, all of which were built with hard stone excavated from the treasury system, nearly 10 meters high.
In the face of such a strong city, the barbarians, who were only good at roaming through the mountains, could not effectively impact the city walls.
In the space of 20 days, the Beishan tribe of more than 100,000 people continued to attack Xiangjia Town, which had only more than 7,000 defenders, but has not been able to capture Xiangjia Town so far.
However, in the continuous attrition, the 3,000 garrison battalions under Shi Dan and the 4,000 soldiers of the North Battalion of the Naval Division under Yu Dayou also suffered heavy losses.
In particular, the garrison battalion and the recruited young men have lost a total of more than 6,000 people, and Yu Dayou's North Battalion of the Navy Division has only suffered more than 500 casualties under the deliberate preservation.
"Lord Captain, are we really going to evacuate tonight?"
On the city wall, Feng Xu, who was covered in blood and filth, whispered to Shi Dandao, who was standing in front.
Since joining Sima Yu, Feng Xu has been guarding Xiangjia Town for a long time, and this time the Beishan tribe attacked, Feng Xu quickly moved the people outside the city to the city for refuge because of the timely detection, and blocked the first wave of attacks of the barbarian army, and made great contributions.
Now he has been promoted to the garrison battalion Sima for duty, and is Shi Dan's deputy, assisting him in managing the garrison battalion.
"This is an urgent order sent by the lord, can we still disobey the military order!"
Shi Dan, who was standing at the head of the city, silently looked at the barbarian camp not far away, frowned, and said secretly, since he was qualified to be the captain of the garrison battalion, after such a long period of training, Shi Dan's momentum has become more and more calm, and his talent has gradually unleashed.
Not far from the camp of the barbarian army is the battlefield, after such a long siege battle, these barbarians are also tired, even those who fell on the battlefield of the corpses of the same people are not willing to deal with it, let it be densely placed on the battlefield, there is a faint smell of rotting corpses in the air.
If these corpses continue to be piled up like this, there will inevitably be lesions and plagues, and I am afraid that if this battle is not over, the armies of these northern tribes will be lost due to the plague, and even Xiangjiazhen and other places will also be affected.
He had already reported this matter to General Yangwu, and asked the above to send a wise doctor as soon as possible to prevent the spread of the plague after it occurred.
Unexpectedly, the doctor did not wait, but waited for the order to evacuate.
Not only Feng Xu couldn't figure it out, but Shi also couldn't understand why Sima Yu gave them such a military order.
You must know that once evacuated, the remaining army of more than 80,000 Beishan tribes will drive straight in, which will directly threaten the villages and towns in the southeast of Qilin County, and will cause great harm to the people and economy in this area.
"What about the people of the town?"
Feng Xu's face sank slightly when he heard this, and his tone was slightly anxious.
According to the order that Shi Dan had just given in the military tent, the army would withdraw in the middle of the night tonight.
Although a large number of people have already migrated to Xiangjia Town due to the war, there are still nearly 15,000 people, and it is impossible to move them all in such a short period of time.
"Rest assured, all the people in the city will leave with us on the southern and northern battalions of the naval division and the temporarily conscripted merchant ships, and the general's palace will compensate them for their losses."
Shi Dan is not worried about this, with the current Southern Battalion of the Nine Ghost Jialong Naval Division and the Northern Battalion of Yu Dayou's Naval Division, as well as the ability of the Yangwu Army's commercial fleet, it is still very easy to transport this person, and with the fullness of Yang Wujun's treasury, compensation is not a problem at all.
"The subordinates are still a little unwilling! With Xiangjiazhen's defensive capability, we can still support it, and the newly recruited soldiers have also completed their preliminary training and can be put into defensive warfare! ”
Feng Xu looked at the barbarian army camp in the distance, which was full of gloomy atmosphere, and shook his teeth unwillingly.
"Don't worry! The lord will not let the blood of the soldiers be shed in vain! ”
Hearing this, Shi Dan retracted his gaze and stared at Feng Xu with slightly sharp eyes, he heard a different meaning in Feng Xu's words.
Feng Xu's expression froze, and he hurriedly lowered his head to avoid Shi Dan's sharp gaze.
After Sima Yu led the army to conquer Ainengqi, with the invasion of the army of Pakistan and the army of the barbarians, the entire Yangwu army has been empty, and there have been many rumors inside, it is said that Zhao Chuan and his son in Sanxing Town and Feng Hui and his son in Yuping Town have rebelled, and there are even rumors that Qilin City has fallen into the hands of the rebels, these rumors have had a great impact on the officers and soldiers in the army, and some people have dissenting hearts.
"The strength of the lord is far stronger than you imagined, we just need to do our own work, go down and prepare!"
Feng Xu had been looking at Feng Xu with his head lowered and his face was ashamed, Shi Dancai withdrew his gaze, raised his head and looked in the direction of Qilin City, and said leisurely, with a warning in his tone.
"Yes!"
Feng Xu, who looked embarrassed, bowed his head when he heard this, and quickly turned around and left in embarrassment.
"My lord! What the hell do you mean? ”
After Feng Xu left, Shi Ye couldn't help but sigh in a low voice, slightly worried in his heart.
Even the middle-level generals such as Feng Xu, who have been cultivated step by step by the Yangwu Army, have already had different intentions, and there are probably not a few people in the entire Yangwu Army who have this idea at this time, whether Sima Yu, who is out on the expedition, can control the whole situation, Shi Dan is not sure in his heart, and if he is not careful, he may cause a huge blow to the entire Yangwu Army.
In the camp of the Beishan tribe outside the city, dozens of leaders of various tribes of the Beishan tribe are gathering in the tent.
"Patriarch Wuna, the warriors of our Beishan tribe have lost nearly 30,000 people, and the Han army on the opposite side still has thousands of people, and they can't continue to fight!"
A tall and sturdy barbarian of the Beishan tribe wearing a wolf's skin stood up and said to the chief of the Beishan tribe on the throne, Urna Ankang, with a sad expression.
This barbarian's name is Tudanka, the leader of the Juyan tribe, the Juyan tribe is one of the three major ethnic groups of the Beishan tribe, with a population of 100,000 people, and this time it sent 25,000 troops, which is one of the main forces of the Beishan tribe army.
After such a long battle, tens of thousands of soldiers were still unable to take Xiangjia Town, and there were also some disagreements within the Beishan tribe army on whether to continue the attack, among which the pioneer army of the Juyan tribe, which was responsible for the attack, suffered the heaviest losses and was the most eager to withdraw.
The 25,000 people brought by Tudanka this time have lost more than 10,000 people, and if they continue to fight, I am afraid that the strength of the Juyan tribe will be severely damaged, and they may lose the position of the three major ethnic groups of the Beishan tribe.
This is a dangerous signal, although the dozens of tribes in the mountains and mountains of the northeast mountain range of Xiangjia Town are collectively called the Beishan tribe, there are often wars between the tribes, and once the strength of one tribe is sharply reduced, it will inevitably be coveted by other tribes.
This time, if it weren't for the wealth of the Yangwu Army and the threat of Sima Yu's name as the barbarian king, these various ethnic groups of the Beishan tribe would not have gathered together to attack Xiangjia Town.
"Has the Tudanka leader forgotten our purpose this time? If we allow the Yangwu army to develop, sooner or later our position will be replaced by the name of Sima Yu's barbarian king, and it is not unknown how many clansmen have joined the leader of the Yangwu army Tudanka. Besides, wasn't it the task of the Tudanka tribe to snatch the vanguard of this army before the expedition, and we also promised that once the city was broken, the nobles would be the first to loot the supplies, why, did the warriors of the Boulder tribe want to retreat? ”
Hearing this, Wu Na Ankang raised his head and looked at Tudanka, and said in a light tone.
Although the tone of his words was not strong, he hit the nail on the head, and Tudanka's face turned red, but he couldn't refute it, and the leaders of the other tribes in the tent didn't even glance at it when they saw this, even the other small tribes who also suffered heavy losses didn't dare to open their mouths at all.
Now that the strength of the tribe has been greatly damaged, how dare they offend the strongest Wuna tribe in the entire Beishan tribe again.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the giant rock tribe was pitted by the Guna Ankang in this battle, and after that, the position of the first tribe of the Guna tribe in Beishan is still as stable as Mount Tai.
"Good! Tomorrow I will continue to launch a strong attack, but if the others are still unwilling to exert their strength as before, and they can't attack this Xiangjia Town again, my Giant Rock tribe will withdraw from the Beishan tribe! ”
Tudanka, who stood on the spot and blushed with a red face, saw that no one in the tent was willing to stand up for him, and couldn't help but look angry, and after putting down a sentence, he threw the tent away.
In the end, a post-war meeting was put to rest.
"Wow~"
As the night deepened, there was a faint sound of a continuous water surface breaking on the bank of the Yangtze River a few miles outside Xiangjia Town, and in the mist on the river, the figures of warships and merchant ships were gradually revealed.
"Quick! Everyone's orderly uploading! ”
The black figures had already gathered on the bank of the river, and it was the people of Xiangjia Town who were dragged to the river by Shi but they took advantage of the night to retreat, and only after these boats docked did they light a torch and began to board the ships under the organization of the soldiers.
At the same time as the army and civilians boarded the boat, the people of more than a dozen villages south and north of Xiangjia Town were also notified and began to retreat overnight along the built gallop road, retreating to Yigang Town and other places that had not fallen into the hands of the rebels.
"Kill!"
On the second day, before it was full of light, Tudanka began to lead the warriors of the Giant Rock tribe to attack Xiangjia Town.
When the barbarian army climbed the wall of Xiangjia Town along the rudimentary siege ladder, they found that the entire Xiangjia Town had long been an empty city.
"The city is broken, grab it!"
"This is mine!"
After successfully breaking through Xiangjia Town, the barbarian army was instantly attracted by the various materials left in the town, and the original aggressive siege army immediately became chaotic under the stimulation of property, and the leaders of each tribe led their clansmen to loot everywhere in the town.
From time to time, there will be some tribes who will make a big deal out of each other because of looting supplies.