Chapter 43: Abandonment of the City

It was dark, and a moment later I was teleported to a small city in the Western Regions, it was March, and the city I was in was Jinpu City!

As soon as I received this task, I started thinking about how to break the siege! And now I don't have the original skills in the game.,All skills are sealed.,The items in the package can't be used.,It seems to be completely out of the game of "Skywalker".

In China's thousands of years of history, wars have never stopped, in the Warring States Period, according to various ancient records, there were more than 230 larger battles, two-thirds of which were siege battles, from the battle of Muye in the Shang and Zhou dynasties, the battle of Baiju to the battle of Ningyuan in the Ming and Qing dynasties, although I don't know much, but I know a little about it.

The defending side has a great advantage, Sun Tzu said: Therefore, the method of using soldiers, ten is to surround it, five is to attack it, and the enemy can divide it, and if it is less, it can be defended, and if it is not, it can be avoided.

Now the Xiongnu have 20,000 troops, which is 400 times that of us, so the defending side does not have the slightest advantage.

In the battle of Julu, Xiang Yu annihilated the 400,000 army with 20,000 people, in the battle of Pengcheng, Xiang Yu defeated 560,000 people with 30,000 people and annihilated 200,000, in the battle of Kunyang, Liu Xiu defeated 420,000 people with less than 20,000 people, and the defeated general Wang Yi only led thousands of people to flee back to Luoyang.

These wars either rely on the environment, such as flooding, fire attacks, or attack the heart, and create rumors. And the cohesion of the military spirit is also crucial.

Thinking about these things in my mind is to use modern thinking to deal with this defensive battle, first sort out my thoughts and distinguish priorities.

Standing in Jinpu City, my name immediately changed to Captain Wuji Geng Gong, the Hun army should arrive soon, first let the soldiers gather the old, weak, sick and pregnant in the city, and then ask his subordinate Sima to bring a detailed topographical map, because the map in the upper right corner is no longer displayed at this time.

Guan Pet stationed in Liuzhong City in the distance, he only has about 500 people there, in comparison, our Jinpu City is a little smaller, and there is no favorable terrain around, the Western Regions are desolate, sometimes the yellow sand is full of sky, it is difficult to achieve both fire attack and water attack here, the time here flies quickly, just when I haven't come up with a plan to deal with it, the iron cavalry of the Huns has come to the city.

I suddenly thought of defending the city, conformism, the first person to defend the city is Mozi, but I haven't read Mozi's book, as for the most powerful in the war is Sun Tzu, "Sun Tzu's Art of War" has explained the ways to deal with various war environments, but I haven't read it, which is more embarrassing.

Originally, I was confident at the beginning, counting the city defense battles of the past dynasties, but it is very difficult to really want to implement it, there is no environment similar to those wars here, and how Geng Gong did it, I don't know, fortunately, the Hun soldiers are just besieging the city, they should not know our number.

There is no time and place, the number of people is an absolute disadvantage, and hundreds of people still have to consume food, Sima said that there is not much grain and grass in the city, even if the Xiongnu do not attack, we will starve to death.

Time was still ticking in the game, and I ordered Sima to count the military and the number of troops.

Pawns: 500; Horses: 120; Grain and grass: 1800; Weapons (bows, spears, short swords): 420, arrows: 5000; Elderly, weak, women and children: 86; Scout: 5

In March and April, it still rains a lot, this rainy day may be the time of day, at this time I don't want to defend the city, but to save my life first, if it is replaced by Bai Qi, Lian Po may be able to hold the city, but for me, it is really too difficult, without the help of the external environment, I really can't think of any good way.

The night fell quickly, the heavy rain was pouring down, the Huns were encamped not far from the city, I gathered all the NPCs in the city, carried out an impassioned pre-war mobilization, and then each brought 2 days of food, the soldiers were divided into two teams, one team was led by me, in the back to protect the old, weak, sick and pregnant, the soldiers all brought bows and arrows, short swords, one team led by Sima, assigned him all the horses and spears, let him break through for the first time!

With the pouring rain, we abandoned the city to break through, and the target was Shule City, which is a hundred miles away, which is the fortress of Shannan and Shanbei, and Shannan is a small country in the Western Regions, and I can get support!

The breakthrough was very smooth, the Huns were defenseless, after we broke out of the encirclement, Sima's cavalry changed from the front team to the rear team, covering our retreat, and in the blink of an eye to daylight, we retreated to Shule City, but Sima's troops did not return, a day later, I knew that they must have died in battle.

I immediately promoted one of my men to lieutenant general and asked him to count the number of people in the city.

Although Shule City is a big city, there are no soldiers, there are only hundreds of ordinary people, I immediately sent scouts to the small countries in the Western Regions to ask for help, and various countries also sent reinforcements, but under the fierce iron cavalry of the Huns, they collapsed without a fight!

In the blink of an eye, in June, the scorching summer, the wind and sand gusted, the climate in this area is extremely arid, there was a stream of water flowing through Shule City, the water source is sufficient, but the Huns intercepted the upstream water stream a few days ago, I asked people to arrange the Han army to defend the city, and began to dig wells.

However, after digging to a depth of 40 meters, there was still no water, and death had begun to appear in the city, although the dead were all old and weak, but this would definitely affect the completion of my mission, and some soldiers began to use cloth to squeeze horse manure juice to drink.

With such a deep well, it should have dug groundwater, right? The river is blocked and diverted, but the groundwater should still be there, and it may take some time for the pressure to come out.

Sure enough, half a day later, the water came out of the well, and everyone cheered, but at this time I was not happy, the soldiers were exhausted, and there was no combat effectiveness, so if we went on, we might be able to wait for reinforcements, but the lost Jinpu City could not be recaptured, and there was no food in the city, so everyone put the leather armor in the pot and boiled it.

Seeing that the time is approaching autumn, the winter in the Western Regions is extremely cold, and with the current conditions in the city, there will be casualties in winter.

Outside the city, the Xiongnu were not idle, divided the troops to annihilate the Guan Pet Department stationed in Liuzhong City, and the Western Regions countries also surrendered to the Xiongnu, fortunately, the wife of the queen of the Cheshi was a Han person, seeing that the Han army had been surrounded for a long time, she was anxious from the bottom of her heart, and tried her best to send someone to send us food secretly, and told me the movements of the Hun soldiers many times. It was still beneficial for the Han Empire to be in harmony with the small countries in the Western Regions.

In July, I shouted to the Huns outside the city and decided to surrender!

The city gate was put down, the Huns sent a team of 100 people into the city to surrender, when the Huns all entered the city, I respectfully walked forward, at this time the city gate slowly rose, the Hun generals felt that something was wrong, I immediately comforted, let them follow me into the house, I have prepared a book of surrender, really plan to surrender!

When they relaxed their vigilance, they took advantage of their unpreparedness to annihilate the Hun team of more than 100 people, and made the Han soldiers who still had combat effectiveness change into Hu clothes.

According to intelligence, at this time, the main force of the Xiongnu was attacking another small country in the Western Regions, and although there was a military camp outside the city, there were not many people inside, and the Huns lived on horseback, and the camp was just a temporary resting place.

At noon that day, I led a hundred people out of Shule City, hurried to the Hun camp, the yellow sand gradually rose, we quickly arrived at the Hun camp, it was early afternoon, there were only some Hun women in the camp, and there were no Hun cavalry.

"Take everything you can!" I shouted loudly, and then ran in the direction of Jinpu City.

Jinpucheng was just ransacked, the city wall was also seriously damaged, there was no Xiongnu garrison, I left in a hurry, the Han soldiers behind were "cleaning" the Xiongnu camp, so I arrived in Jinpucheng for half a day, they followed, what made me speechless was that they didn't even let go of the women in the Xiongnu camp, they were tied to the horse.

The adjutant general reported to me that the women of the Huns were unusually strong, and that two of our soldiers were killed on the spot.

At this point, I naturally can't let them put these women back, and I can't bear to kill them, after all, killing them doesn't give experience.

When I saw the ruined Jinpu City, I knew that there was no point in taking this city back.

The Xiongnu are nomadic people, and their rear is herdsmen, who raise cattle, sheep, and horses, and rely on grabbing food, and at the same time the herdsmen will also provide some livestock for the army to eat.

Naturally, this news came from the captive population, and although most of the women would rather die than give in, there were still some who were young and could not help but intimidate and seduce.

As soon as I got the news, I immediately took the soldiers and returned to the Xiongnu camp, and when the herdsmen came to deliver cattle and sheep, they were directly detained by us.

"Count, how many cattle and sheep." I ordered the adjutant general.

"Lord Hui, 120 cows, 220 sheep!" The lieutenant replied after completing the count.

It's easy to do with this cattle and sheep, when Tiandan broke the Yan army with a fire ox formation and recovered Qi Seventy Cities, I still know.

"Tie the tails of these cows and sheep with grass and trees, tie all the bull heads and sheep's horns to the sword, and if there is no sword, you will be helped with sharp things!" I commanded.

"Yes!" The pawn replied immediately.

The sun is setting, the wind and dust are rolling in the distance, it is the cavalry of the Huns who have returned!

"The grass and trees of the cow and sheep's tail are lit, and then retreat!" I commanded.

"Yes!" The guards replied in unison.