Updated: 2013-07-03

After settling the returning soldiers and defending the city to guard against the anger of the Shule State and counterattack, Zhao Jie and others gathered in the general's mansion.

"The general has such a big harvest in this battle, more than 2,000 war horses, plus tens of thousands of arrows. Although the quality of these arrows is not as good as ours, it is enough for us to consume for a while, and it can be regarded as replenishing the supplies for our defense of the city. ”

"Most importantly, it reassures those young hearts. Of course, they also knew that this night attack would definitely make the king of Shule furious, even if they were not willing to fight for us, this Kedu city was broken, and the king of Shule would not spare them. ”

In addition, it also dealt a severe blow to the morale of the soldiers of Shule State. Perhaps, they will think that there will be a lot of such explosive weapons in my Coro City. ”

Zhao Jie nodded with a smile and said, "By the way, Zhou Qing, how much did we lose in this night attack?" ”

Zhou Qing said in a deep voice: "General, it's not bad, there are only more than thirty casualties, and most of them are injured. After all, we were prepared and unprepared this time, and they were all sleeping. ”

"Haha, I really want to know now, what is the expression on King Shule's face at this moment." At the end, Zhou Qing said with a laugh. The rest of the people also began to guess the expression on King Shule's face at this moment.

General Zhao Jun's guess is good, the face of King Shule at this moment is really ugly, his own army is nearly ten times that of Keducheng, and now he was attacked by the Zhao army of Keducheng at night, and sent troops to pursue, but he lost his troops and lost his generals.

After working on the battlefield where the final explosion occurred, looking at the scene in front of him, King Shule's face turned blue for a moment.

In the entire battlefield, within a radius of several hundred meters, there were the corpses of their own soldiers and war horses, and countless seriously wounded were wailing and gradually losing their lives. Many of their own soldiers were staggered and overwhelmed by the bombing, and occasionally one or two soldiers who were not seriously injured moved in pain in the snow as deep as a foot.

They were lucky enough to avoid the bombardment of the Shocking Thunder, but they became the target of the iron balls and nails that were 'fired' by the Shocking Thunder Bomb. These iron beads and nails are more effective than arrows and crossbows. After all, arrows and crossbows can still be pulled out of the body and can be treated, but these iron beads and iron nails are deeply drilled into the body and are difficult to take out.

King Shule saw that the entire explosion site was like a hell of Abi, full of the flesh and blood of his own soldiers and war horses. The surrounding snow is all dyed red. Due to the cold weather, the corpses of those soldiers were quickly frozen, and they were what they were, and they have been since then, posing in all kinds of strange shapes.

King Shule wanted to immediately wave his army to launch a counterattack in Xiankedu City, but when he saw the frightened faces of the soldiers on the battlefield, he immediately suppressed his anger and suppressed this idea.

"Heal the wounded and clean up the battlefield!" The last Growler of Shule commanded.

"What are the casualties? What is the loss? In the tent of the commander of the Chinese army, the iron-faced King Shule asked the generals and colonels who cleaned up the battlefield in a sullen voice.

"Returning to the king, there were more than 6,000 casualties, of which more than 4,000 were killed. Half of the soldiers were burned to death by fire. In addition, we also lost more than 3,000 war horses, and more than 2,000 were captured by the Zhao army's night attack. More than 80,000 arrows were lost. The tents of the former camp were all burned down. ”

"What? 80,000 arrows? How could so many arrows be looted by the Zhao army? Hearing that such an arrow was taken away by Zhao Jun, King Shule was furious. The consequences of these 80,000 arrows being taken away by the Zhao army are more important than the loss of 5,000 or 6,000 soldiers. Because of the siege of the city for many days, the Zhao army occupied a favorable position, and with the rain of arrows in their hands, it brought greater casualties to the soldiers of Shule State. Of course, the most important thing is that it makes the siege much more difficult. Judging from the siege situation in the past few days, it seems that the probability of the Zhao army defending the city is much smaller, and now it has been robbed by the other party of more than 80,000 pieces, which is clearly funding the enemy, which will make the next siege more difficult.

"Your Majesty, many of our bows and arrows have been damaged and unusable because of the weather, because our soldiers do not have extra bowstrings. These arrows were originally used by the soldiers themselves. But now, bows and arrows could not come in handy, so these arrows were hoarded in the camp, and who knows, they were actually attacked by the Zhao army at night and taken from them. And the horses taken from us provided them with a means of transport. ”

"Damn!" Hearing this, King Shule's angry teeth creaked.

Zhao Jie and the others naturally didn't know about King Shule's anger, and of course, knowing it would only make them happier. And what excited them at the moment was that they received a message from the east. I learned about the current war from the information.

"Okay...... Now our army has defeated the so-called coalition army to only three countries. No, it should be three crippled countries. In addition to the Shule Kingdom, where most of the territory still exists, the remaining two countries, except for the king's magnates and most of the soldiers, have all fallen into the hands of my Great Zhao. Looking at the information coming from the early morning in their hands, Zhao Jie and the others couldn't help but be excited.

"General Mu, reply immediately and pass on the situation here to us. In addition, tell the generals that we are unbreakable here, and with the Shule ** team outside the city, we don't want to take the city of Kedu. I, with 3,000 soldiers, will firmly guard this road to the west, and completely block the last remnants of the Southern Alliance in the territory of Shule Kingdom. ”

Of course, the king of Shule will not stop attacking because he is attacked, in fact, Zhao Jie and others do not know that there is no shortage of various materials in the rear camp of the army of Shule State. Especially after the eastern territory of Shule was gradually occupied by the Zhao army, the king of Shule wanted to flee west, and he had already begun to order all kinds of materials to be transported west. And the royal money of King Shule was also quietly transferred by him to the rear camp.

On the second day, the army of Shule continued to attack the city of Kelu. And the defenders of Kedu City, because of last night's victory, their morale has soared and they continue to hold on to Kedu City. The two thousand and young men in the city also used their best to join the sequence of defending the city.

Because when the Shule ** team attacked this time, it was under the slogan of revenge and hatred to slaughter Keducheng. For the Kelu City, there were young people in the city who assisted the Zhao army in defending the city, and the king of Shule also knew.

All of a sudden, the two sides once again launched a fierce battle. With the replenishment of arrows, the rain of arrows above the city of Koro once again unfolded his formidable power. In addition, splashing ice water on the city wall also became a conventional weapon for the Zhao army in the battle to defend the city.

On the third day, the king of Shule heard the latest report of the battle in the territory of Shule. News came from the Shule Kingdom that the Zhao army had 'approached' the capital of the Shule king, and the land hundreds of miles east was occupied by the Zhao army. Half of the garrisons that originally guarded the eastern part of the country were killed and wounded, and the remaining half were also captured by the Zhao army.

Hearing this news put King Shule in a dilemma for a while. Do you want to keep fighting? But if he doesn't fight, he can't do it, and if he doesn't take this Kedu city, he won't have a way to escape west. If he does not flee westward, his head will not be guaranteed.

But let's fight, the city in front of me seems to have become a cliff. Since then, after the Zhao army went out of the city and attacked at night, the 'gate' of this Kelu city has been blocked by the Zhao army. In addition, the Zhao army continued to build the city with mud and ice water from afar, making the city wall, which was originally much lower because the Shule soldiers also filled the ground with mud, even higher. In addition, the morale of his own soldiers is scattered and 'chaotic', and the enemy fortress is still heavily guarded, how to fight?

At this moment, King Shule seems to have aged a lot all of a sudden. The whole person sat in the big tent, his eyes straight, and his heart was at a loss. He really regrets it now, regretting that he shouldn't have been instigated by the people of Wusun Country in the first place, and began to form the Southern Alliance, so that now he has no way to retreat. He knew that if the Zhao army wanted to establish its authority in the southern part of the Western Regions, and wanted to completely incorporate the southern part of the Western Regions into the Zhao State, then he, the so-called head of the alliance, must be eliminated. In addition, those magnates who have mastered a large amount of money and slaves in the southern countries of the Western Regions must also be cleared.

"Originally, this king could be a lord king in Zhao Country at worst, but now, there is no way to retreat! Damn Zhao Jun, this land in the Western Regions is originally from the countries of my Western Regions! King Shule secretly scolded angrily.

"King, you can't fight anymore...... Let's withdraw our troops, at least we still have soldiers and horses, and if the Zhao army wants to control the Shule country and its surrounding areas in the shortest possible time, they should accept us. If the Zhao army does not accept us, we can also go out from the northwest, go straight to the territory of Wusun Kingdom, join forces with them, and wait for the Zhao army to retreat eastward in the future, and then kill here, the southern part of the Western Regions is still our world. There was a soft persuasion from the advisers.

These important ministers in the army naturally do not know about the problems of the upper echelons, and they naturally do not know that even if King Shule is willing to surrender, the Zhao army will not accept it.

After a little silence, King Shule said in a sullen voice: "The northern part of Shule Kingdom has been occupied by Li Chenfeng's troops who went south from the Mozhou Mansion of Zhao Junshang Prefecture, blocking the road for our retreat to the north. It can be said that this Kedu City is the only way for us to go west. ”

"Do you think this king is willing to fight to the death here? Do you think this king does not understand the present situation? Do you think this king is unwilling to give up the power in his hands and surrender to the Zhao army? ”

The repeated rhetorical questions made several generals in the tent stunned, and they were immediately stunned. If you know the situation and are willing to surrender, why let the warriors fight to the death here? Of course, these generals naturally would not ask directly about these words, but such questions appeared on their faces.

"Our Shule State is the initiator of the Southern Alliance, and the Zhao Army wants to merge the land of the Western Regions into the Zhao State, so our alliance leader will naturally be eliminated. And in order to deter more than 20 countries in the south, our Shule country will become the target of Zhao Jun's prestige. ”

After a pause, King Shule mourned: "This king also asked Zhao Jun for peace, but Zhao Jun refused to agree. Think about it, it was Khotan, the eastern power that responded to our formation of the Southern Alliance, and what the result was, it was not slaughtered by the Zhao army. In Khotan, except for ordinary slaves, from kings to ordinary soldiers, there is no one alive. What do you think is the purpose of Zhao Jun's refusal to accept our surrender? It is not to deter the western regions of the alliance countries, and to warn everyone in the western regions with our heads and blood. ”

"Do you think we can have a way out? To fight to the death is to wait for death. Zhao Jun has cut off our way of life. This sentence is extremely desolate. Of course, the generals below did not know that Zhao Jun was not attacking ordinary soldiers. The target that the Zhao army wants to eliminate is only to take down the king and the magnates. Of course, even if they were to fight to the death with the Zhao army, the Zhao army would not mind slaughtering them, warning all the people in the Western Regions who had other ideas in mind.

"Since Zhao Gou doesn't give us a way to live, let's fight them to the death!" A gruff general shouted angrily.

"Yes, fight to the death! The big deal is that as soon as you die, let's let these Zhao dogs see, the warriors of my Shule country are not muddy......"

Suddenly, the entire tent was filled with a 'excited' shouting of war. And King Shule, who was sitting on the main seat, secretly 'revealed' a smile. After a series of battles, the soldiers under his command already had some dissatisfaction. Now, he has 'provoked' their fighting spirit again.

Subsequently, the king of Shule began to send orders to the king of Shule, so that the rear army continued to gather in the city of Kelu. And some powerful people, with various identities and excuses, also marched in the direction of Kedu City with the army. King Shule had already made up his mind. Even if the Shule Kingdom doesn't want it, it will also take Kedu City and open a passage to the west. Of course, in the capital of the Shule king, half of the troops were still left to deploy defenses to delay the advance of the Zhao army.

Since receiving the situation in Keducheng, Li Chenfeng, Xu Ye, Nangong Hao and others have understood that the magnates of the Shule Kingdom are still thinking of fleeing westward.

Immediately, under the consultation of Ling Xiao, Situ Liang and others, the armies of the northern and eastern fronts quickly attacked, broke several cities in a row, and turned before the king of Shule. Unlike other ethnic groups, the Han army, as long as there are sufficient supplies, can participate in the war all year round. Therefore, with the sufficient logistical support of the Zhao army, the army advanced quickly. The snow on the ground could not stop the advance of the army at all.

"Lord Situ, three generals! According to the information sent back from the Eagle Eye Division, half of the army of the Shule Kingdom had marched westward, and it seemed that they were heading straight for the city of Kedu. Ling Xiao told everyone the information that had just been sent back from the Eagle Eye Division.

"Huh? Going west? Not good! Situ Liangdun frowned and said, "It seems that the king and magnates of the Shule Kingdom have not given up their idea of fleeing westward. In this way, the pressure on Codu City is greater. ”

Li Chenfeng also frowned and said: "There are only about three thousand soldiers in Keluo City, and even if you add the young and strong prisoners, there are only five or six thousand people. Judging from the information sent back five days ago, there are still more than 5,000 defenders in this Kedu city. In the face of a huge number of Shule ** teams, I am worried about ......"

Ling Xiao said in a deep voice: "I suggest that we immediately accelerate the speed. Judging from the information gathered, many of the powerful people we designated to eliminate also went west with the army. It seems that they are holding out the idea of delaying us here and storming the city of Coro. Whether or not Codu City can hold on, we must speed up. ”

"In addition, we can also spread the intention of the king of Shule to flee west to the armies of Shule and persuade them to surrender. Since their kings have abandoned them, there is no need for them to fight us to the death. ”

"Even if half of the army is reduced, it is inconvenient to remove some of the powerful people who remain behind. However, this also shows that those who stayed behind were not yet looked at by King Shule. In that case, why don't we give them a way to live? And the magnates and soldiers who left with the king of Shule are enough to give us a prestige in the southwest of the Western Regions. ”

"I agree, isn't the reason why the army of the Shule Kingdom is resolute in resisting is because the upper echelons of the Shule Kingdom have spread the word that we want to slaughter everyone in the Shule Kingdom? This is about to be our territory, and the soldiers and the people here are our people, and of course, good laborers. Since you can persuade you to surrender, you don't have to kill them all. Li Chenfeng nodded.

"Okay, then immediately send someone to contact the garrisons of each city, and in addition, the king of Shule, who is twenty miles ahead, will also send someone to persuade him to surrender. The king of Shule is gone, and they are still holding on. ”

Immediately afterwards, the Zhao army did not immediately wave the army forward, and began to send messengers from all walks of life to persuade the Shule ** team in various cities and checkpoints to surrender. The effect was not bad, and the four consecutive garrisons, a total of 10,000 people, surrendered to the Zhao army. And Zhao Jun did not break his promise and accepted them.

And those garrisons of Shule that did not surrender, the Zhao army attacked mercilessly and destroyed them one by one.

In the capital of the Shule king, the Zhao army suffered a setback. The one who stayed in the royal capital was the uncle of the king of Shule, and I don't know what the king of Shule said to him, but he fought to the death and did not surrender. The capital of the king of Shule was strong, and there were more than 20,000 defenders. If it was on weekdays, King Shule would be in such a city, naturally. However, this was in the weather when the snow was piling up for a long time, and there were no siege equipment, so it was difficult to attack.

In the end, after more than three days of stalemate, some merchants who had business dealings with the Zhao army were persuaded to surrender and a group of slaves and guards were organized. Under the grand holding of the Zhao army and the cooperation of the inside and outside, the king of Shule was taken.

After the king of Shule was taken, it was much more convenient for the remaining defenders in various places, after all, the royal capital was gone, there was no effective command, there was no logistical supply, plus the fate of some soldiers who surrendered locally, and most of the Shule ** teams in most regions surrendered to the Zhao army.

Situ Liang and others, while arranging for the army to stay in various places, reported the situation to the rear, and asked the rear to send people to rectify the place. The army quickly rushed to the city of Kedu.

At the end of January, the Zhao army finally rushed to the rear of the Shule State camp in the east of Keluo City, trapping the Shule State army outside Kedu City. At this time, the army of Shule State outside the city of Kelu had reached more than 45,000. In order to be able to kill out of Kedu City, King Shule transported a large number of grain, grass, materials and money to the outside of Kedu City, preparing to rush out of Kedu City desperately. The arrival of the Zhao army really surprised the king of Shule. However, he did not stop there, and still guarded against the Zhao army in the rear, and the front had already launched a fierce attack on Kedu City.