Chapter 287, one advance and one retreat
After another three days, fifty heavy crossbow arrows made in a hurry were finally transported to the front line, and this time Luo Ji obviously made up his mind to break through the gate of Shangyuan City, and directly pushed out all the five three-bow bed crossbows brought this time!
There is no nonsense, Luo Ji waved his hand, and five three-bow bed crossbows fired at the same time, and the first round of salvo fire directly locked the bed crossbow placed on the city wall by the other party.
A series of violent roars directly hit Li Kuo's heart, making him feel a burst of panic, in the face of this range suppression, the bed crossbow on the head of their Shangyuan city wall was completely reduced to an ornament, and there was no power to resist at all, the powerful and violent attack mercilessly destroyed the bed crossbow on their wall, and hit the morale of the soldiers defending the city.
After three rounds of fire, after destroying the bed crossbow on the opposite wall, Luo Ji signaled the army to advance a hundred meters, turning the target of the attack to the gate of Shangyuan City.
After closing the distance, the three-bow bed crossbow has significantly improved its hit rate and power, and only one round of attacks has caused obvious damage to the city gate of Shangyuan City, just when Luo Ji was thinking about what the other party would do next, he held a telescope and found that the soldiers defending the city on the opposite wall were actually evacuating quickly.
Originally, he thought that the other party was going to go out of the city to meet the attack, however, the closed gate of Shangyuan City was slow to move, and Luo Ji, who noticed the abnormality, flashed a trace of thoughtfulness in his eyes, and then signaled the three-bow bed crossbow to stop attacking, and after a while, he raised his hand and directly sent a small cloud ladder force to quickly get closer, climb the wall of Shangyuan City to confirm the situation, and finally found that the city defenders in the city had actually destroyed the mechanism of the east city gate and withdrew......
"Damn! This gang of cowards actually abandoned the city and fled? What a man! ”
Luo Yong, Guo Zhen and Liu Meng, who learned the news, were all full of depression, and the most depressed of them was probably Liu Meng, Luo Yong and Guo Zhen were already meritorious, and he had just gone to the front line, and before he even had a chance to make meritorious contributions, the enemy ran away by himself......
And unlike the three who were full of depression, Luo Ji obviously wanted to think more, Shangyuan City was an important defense line in the eastern border of the Great Zhou, and that Li Kuo actually retreated without even fighting after sensing the destructive power of the three-bow bed crossbow? This move and the posture of them defending the city a few days ago are simply two extremes.
After quickly sorting out the thoughts in his head, Luo Ji pondered for a while, and then asked Zhou Yi, who knew the situation of Da Zhou best, "Zhou Yi, what do you think?" ”
As a wise general, Zhou Yi at this time obviously noticed the unusual behavior of Li Kuo, so he had been thinking about this matter in his mind just now, "Without Zhou Dongnan's order, according to Li Kuo's character, he would never dare to abandon the city and flee like this, but he withdrew so simply this time, and nine times out of ten he got Zhou Dongnan's signal." ”
Hearing this conclusion, Luo Ji rubbed his chin, and then asked out loud again, "Behind this Shangyuan City, there is Wangcheng's 'Great Zhou', right?" ”
"Yes." Zhou Yi nodded.
"Do you think it is possible for Zhou Dongnan to abandon the Great Zhou Wangcheng and retreat?"
"The subordinates think it is unlikely, and then retreat to the west, there are only two small cities left that are quite weak in defense and garrison, in comparison, the Great Zhou King City is the most populous and largest city in the entire Great Zhou, if even the Great Zhou is abandoned, then don't think about having a chance to turn around after the southeast."
Hearing this, a hint of clarity flashed in Luo Ji's eyes, according to Zhou Yi's statement, if Zhou Dongnan wants to turn the tables against the wind, he must not give up the Great Zhou Wangcheng, once he gives up, there will be no one to ask for resources, and there will be no resources, what capital does he have to talk about this turnaround?
In this way, it is easy to guess the meaning of the other party's hand, obviously he wants to preserve the troops, and then fight him to the death outside the Great Zhou King City.
With this thought flashing through his mind, the two teams of people who climbed to Shangyuan City with the help of the cloud ladder finally opened the east city gate.
After the army entered the city, Luo Ji found that the Shangyuan City was extremely lively, and at a glance, he saw a fire burning in the distance.
Considering all kinds of circumstances, Luo Ji decisively mobilized troops to assist the people in the city to extinguish the fire, and then confirmed that the two buildings that were burned down in the city were granaries and armories, and other buildings around were also affected to a certain extent, but fortunately, the fire was controlled in time and did not cause further losses.
In the eyes of Zhou Dongnan and Li Kuo, this hand may have successfully prevented the grain, grass and ordnance that could not be taken away from falling into the hands of the enemy, but for Luo Ji, who is not short of grain, grass and ordnance at all, there is basically no impact.
On the contrary, it was the people of Shangyuan City who were panicked and complained about the people who were burned by this fire, coupled with the previous forced recruitment of soldiers, it is conceivable how strong the people's grievances in Shangyuan City are at this moment.
The other party's cooperation gave Luo Ji an excellent opportunity to buy people's hearts, decisively asked people to send porridge and grain, and then let Zhou Yi and them help pacify the people in the city, and they could also brush up on the loyalty of a wave of soldiers, why not?
It turned out that Luo Ji's hand was successful, and he shouted directly in the crowd, 'Is there anyone who will repair the city gate mechanism?' Immediately, several people stood up and expressed their willingness to help them repair the city gate organs, and even Luo Ji later asked a few people about the situation of the cities in the Great Zhou during this time, and the people were completely in a posture of knowing everything and saying everything, there is no doubt that the loyalty of these people to the Great Zhou and the southeast of Zhou has fallen below sixty points.
At this time, Luo Ji was wondering in his heart, after this all-out war is over, should he simply transfer all the populations in these cities to his own territory, anyway, the popularity of the people has been brushed out, and after these people are submitted, with the blessing of the loyalty of his 'ruler' talent, it is estimated that they can easily reach more than seventy-five points, which is just enough to replenish a large wave of manpower to his civilization.
Of course, this is just an idea for the time being, whether to do this or not, he has to think about it again, so many people, and it is not that you can accept it, you also have to see if there are so many jobs and living areas on your own territory, not to mention that the current all-out war has not yet been fought.
In order to avoid long nights and dreams, Luo Ji did not stay in Shangyuan City for a long time, and after resting for one night, he left a hundred troops in the city as a response, and then the army slowly left the city and rushed towards the decisive place of this all-out war!
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