Chapter 174: Prisoner Army
When the bad news came, Lin Yuan's whole person was shocked.
Jin Guo actually sent troops to reinforce the Lin'an battlefield!
Han Shizhong's 200,000 troops were beaten to the point that only tens of thousands of sailors remained, and he fled in a hurry.
Everything was so sudden that Lin Yuan didn't react at all.
After Lin Yuan learned the news, he strictly ordered all the generals not to leak the news.
Now that the morale of the forbidden army is high, it is supported by a belief in victory, but it cannot break their faith.
According to Lin Yuan's estimate, after finishing Yan Zongbi's army, it would be defeated if it held out for a few more days.
But now the Jin State has sent three famous generals, Wanyan Yinshuke, Wanyan Lou Room, and Sushi Lie Zhining, and sent an additional 100,000 Meng'an escort troops to Lin'an City to support.
With these 100,000 Meng'an escort troops, the forbidden army in Lin'an City couldn't resist it at all.
Now, Han Shizhong can't count on the reinforcements on the periphery.
Yang Qi of Huzhou, he still has 80,000 infantry in his hands, but in the face of 100,000 Meng'an escort troops, he can only be eaten.
There are hundreds of thousands of allied forces of the lords of the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, but these low-level troops can't stand up to it at all.
The key to guarding Lin'an City is to rely on the forbidden army.
It's just that the forbidden army has been defending the city for several days and has suffered a lot of casualties.
"My lord, the forbidden army has killed 50,000 people and wounded 60,000 in the past few days, and there are still 100,000 remaining combatants."
"Among them, there are 10,000 Baima Yicong, 18,000 Tianwu Army, 30,000 Japanese cavalry, 15,000 Shenwuwei, and 30,000 Shence Army."
Zhao Yun found casualty statistics and reported.
After Lin Yuan listened, he fell silent directly.
There were four battalions of the forbidden army, and each battalion suffered more than half a dozen casualties.
The casualty rate is too great.
However, Lin Yuan knew that Wanyan Zongbi's army suffered more casualties.
Their servant army had almost 300,000 dead in battle, and only 100,000 remained.
These 100,000 servant troops have no intention of fighting.
Lin Yuan didn't need to worry about them.
In addition, of the 60,000 Jurchen elites of Wanyan Zongbi, there are only about 40,000 left.
In the siege of the city in the past few days, the Jurchen elite suffered more than 20,000 casualties.
If only these 40,000 Jurchen elites were used, it would be impossible to defeat Lin'an City.
What Lin Yuan has to deal with now is brought by Yinshuke and others, 100,000 Meng'an escort troops.
"Lord, for the sake of today's plan, I can only abandon the city and run away!" Zhao Yun proposed.
Lin Yuan shook his head, "Abandoning the city can only be used as a last resort, we still have 100,000 elites, with Lin'an City, we can more or less fight with the golden soldiers." ”
"If I abandon Lin'an City directly, I will definitely be spurned by the people of the world, and even if I return to Suizhou, there will be worse punishments."
Zhao Yun nodded, and continued: "Since the lord is unwilling to abandon the city, it is better to recruit another wave of soldiers in Lin'an City, and just end up with the golden soldiers!" ”
Lin Yuan shook his head after hearing this.
"Those who are willing to join the army, the previous recruitment has already enlisted, and if there is no willingness, even if you recruit again, not many people will respond!"
"I still rely on these 100,000 forbidden troops, hold on for a while, and see when Yang Qi's reinforcements will arrive."
So, for the next three days, there was no fighting in Lin'an City.
On the one hand, Lin Yuan asked the battalions of the forbidden army to seize the time to rest, and at the same time, he let go of the food and let everyone eat with an open stomach.
It is necessary to recuperate before the arrival of the large army of golden soldiers.
On the other hand, Lin Yuan actively communicated with Yang Qi and asked about the reinforcements.
Yang Qi has been walking for a week since he set off from Huzhou, and it stands to reason that he should have arrived a long time ago.
Lin Yuandu began to wonder if Yang Qi had heard the news of Jin State reinforcements, and began to tighten his troops, deliberately stagnating, and did not intend to reinforce Lin'an City.
This kind of thing is very common in all dynasties.
In addition, the sentry horses sent out to monitor the Jin soldier camp came back to report that a large number of elite Jin soldiers had begun to reinforce from the direction of Pingjiang.
It may not take two days for all 100,000 Meng'an escorts to arrive.
The sentry horse also brought another bad news, that is, the golden soldiers who came from this reinforcement also carried a large number of servant troops.
These servant troops, if Lin Yuan did not guess wrong, should be the army of lords of the territory of Yangzhou Prefecture.
He can't get in touch with Allure Dance, most likely because of the latter, who has been imprisoned.
Lin Yuan sat in the palace of the king of Chujiang and began to discuss tactics with the generals.
Right here, the little guy outside the door reported.
"Lord Wang, Armament Supervisor Li Shen asks to see you!"
"Let him in." Lin Yuan's impression of Li Shen is very good.
At the very least, after he took over Lin Yuan's task, he overfulfilled it every day.
Lin Yuan demanded that the ordnance supervisor make 100,000 arrows every day, while Li Shen exceeded the quota every day and handed over 200,000 arrows.
There are subordinates like this who overfulfill their tasks, and there is a leader who doesn't like it.
Soon, Li Shen walked in.
"See King Chu Jiang!" Li Shen bowed, then stepped aside in an orderly manner and handed over an account book.
"That's today's turn-in!"
Lin Yuan took the account book, opened it and saw that he had actually handed over 210,000 arrows today.
He immediately nodded appreciatively.
"Well, that's good."
"The prince has won the award, this is all the duty of the lower officials!" Li Shen replied with a smile.
Lin Yuan handed him the ledger and didn't speak again.
The other generals in the hall were all thinking about the tactics of defending the city at the moment, and they had no time to care about Li Shen at all.
Li Shen saw that everyone looked sad, his lips moved slightly, and he hesitated.
Lin Yuan looked at him like this, and was puzzled in his heart, and immediately asked, "Li Shen, is there something wrong with you?" ”
Li Shen replied: "Lord Wang, the lower official has a word, I don't know whether to say it or not!" ”
"Oh?" Lin Yuan was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "Please speak, this king listens!" ”
"The prince should be worried about the troops?"
"That's right!" Lin Yuan smiled and nodded.
Li Shen frowned, and said with a smile: "Actually, the prince doesn't have to worry, if you want elite soldiers, there is one in Lin'an City!" ”
"Oh? Are there other troops in Lin'an City? Why has this king never heard of it? Lin Yuan had a trace of doubt.
Not only him, but even Zhu Shengfei, Cheng Min, Li Gang and other generals who have stayed in Lin'an City for a long time are also puzzled.
Li Shen smiled, "Wang Ye Kechen has heard of the story of Zhang Han?" ”
"In the last years of the Qin Dynasty, the world was in turmoil, Zhao Gao sent Qin General Zhang Han to quell the chaos, but he didn't give Zhang Han a single soldier, the prince knew how Zhang Han did it, and in the blink of an eye, he summoned an army of hundreds of thousands of people?"
Lin Yuan smiled and said, "Lishan Prisoner Army!" ”
"Not bad! It's the Prisoner Army! With a hint of madness in his eyes, Li Shen said: "In the prison of Lin'an City, a large number of criminals are imprisoned!" ”
"These criminals, some are thieves, some are murderers, and some are so old that people can't remember their names, but each of them is very brave, and one is a hundred!"
"Why don't you follow Zhang Han and recruit the criminals in the prison of Lin'an City as a prisoner army to jointly guard Lin'an City?"
Lin Yuan looked at Li Shen and tapped his fingers thoughtfully.
From the beginning, he felt that this Li Shen was not simple.
Now that he had made this proposal to himself, he was a little suspicious for a while.