The next morning, Li Zhaoliang and the other three led the army under their command again and continued to kill towards the west.

After taking Fukuoka Castle, the original army of 70,000 is now only about 50,000 people. Excluding casualties, the remaining 10,000 soldiers and horses were all in Fukuoka Castle. On the one hand, it was used to defend Fukuoka Castle, and on the other hand, it was used to protect the baggage team behind it, so as to prevent a shortage of supplies at the front.

If it is 50,000 horses, it is nothing if it is put in the former cities of Annan County. Pull out a city at will, and it can withstand 50,000 horses. However, if you put it in this place, in this place where hundreds of cities have been fighting each other for months, it is invincible.

Originally, there were hundreds of cities in this area, and the strength in each city was very good. However, when the surrounding cities began to build up their armaments, they even attacked the cities in all directions. No matter how many troops there are, they can't withstand the melee of so many cities.

Because of this, hundreds of cities are like nothing. The 10,000 horses on top of each city can't defend a city at all. Especially when Xiao Chen's 300,000 army marched westward, except for the Western Route Army, which was a little unsmooth for various reasons. The army that took the waterway went all the way to the west, and did not encounter any strong resistance at all.

The army of tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands was pulled to the city, and almost all of them were taken down directly in one wave, without much effort. Of course, it does not mean that the Beichen Army can continue to fight indefinitely to the west like this. Unless you don't want the castle you captured before, at most after you have conquered a few cities, you will have to stop because of the problem of troops.

You must know that Li Zhaoliang has only just conquered ten cities, and the army has almost lost more than 30,000 people. Then remove the 10,000 soldiers and horses guarding the warships, the 15,000 soldiers and horses guarding the various cities, the 15,000 men and 20,000 militiamen guarding Dingxing City, and the 30,000 recruits who are being trained.

Coupled with the more than 10,000 people guarding Fukuoka City that had just been defeated, the ten cities alone guarded as many as 50,000 horses, so Li Zhaoliang could only pull out 50,000 horses now. As for the 30,000 recruits trained in various cities, the 15,000 in the first phase will not be able to leave the training camp until ten days at the earliest.

The next 15,000 people will need to be more than 20 days later. Therefore, the current force is far from sufficient. Also, don't look at the current 30,000 trained recruits, and 20,000 armed militia, which is a lot. But even if they were all trained, it would be only 50,000 people.

Moreover, once these 50,000 people join the establishment, the Beichen Army will face a difficult situation where there is no way to recruit. Because of the two Chinese cities of Anshui City and Dingxing City that were occupied, all the young men who could be recruited under the age of eighteen and forty years old were now all armed.

And all the people of the ten cities and the food and grass needed by the army were living on the land cultivated by slaves. All kinds of construction facilities in the city have been stopped, and only the craftsman is still relying on 10,000 or 20,000 strong men to produce weapons. However, these more than 10,000 young people who stayed in the craftsman's workshop, Li Zhaoliang did not dare to pull them to the battlefield now.

You must know that the current army of the westward expedition by waterway relies on the capture of all food, half of the weapons and arrows are captured, and half of the more than 10,000 people are produced. Although there are now more than one million acres of land first cultivated by slaves, they are about to face a bumper harvest, and the biggest problem of grain and grass is about to be solved.

However, weapons and arrows are still a shortcoming. The loss of swords, shields and Changge is not too great, and even if they are all damaged, then there are still so many captured swords, shields, and spears, so there is no worry. However, the question of bows and arrows is a bit more troublesome.

Don't look at how cool the bow and arrow shoot around, but the bowstring and arrow feathers are big eaters. After hundreds of arrows were fired, the bowstring had to be replaced. Arrow feathers are even more battle-oriented, capable of damaging tens of thousands, and the speed of building can't keep up with the consumption at all.

At least, Li Zhaoliang knew that there were now 20,000 birch bows and 400,000 arrows in the warehouse in Dingxing City. These are all specially reserved before himself, just to prevent defeat in the future, and he can rely on 20,000 bows and arrows to defend cities.

Therefore, among the 50,000 troops led by Li Zhaoliang, there are only 20,000 archers. With 20,000 archers and arrows damaged in a month, the craftsman's workshop can almost be replenished. And there will be surplus goods, which are also directly sealed in Dingxing City.

The force of 50,000 men, though a lot less than when they had just landed on land. But it's still a very considerable amount, at least, if you want to fight that city in this area, you can still fight it directly.

Standing on top of an oversized chariot in the middle of the large army column, Li Zhaoliang, Lin Hu, and Eugene were all here. Looking at the many soldiers on the march with languishing expressions, Li Zhaoliang and the three of them also frowned.

"Brother Hao, it seems that after this battle, the army will have to rest for a while!" Lin Hu frowned and said to Li Zhaoliang.

Li Zhaoliang nodded and said, "Yes, it's really time to rest for a while." Soldiers, war-weariness has already begun. Zhongran fought all the way before, and he was invincible. The soldiers also relaxed a few times in the battle lord's castle, but they were not really elite after all. For a month, except for a few days of rest, there was either a march or a war. It's also the most troublesome siege war, and it's strange if you don't get tired of fighting! ”

"Oh, yes! Now even my old You can't bear it! Eugene also agreed.

"Pass the order! After this battle, take Shadan City, and the army will seal the sword in the city for three days! All the seizures, except for the grain, were kept privately! Li Zhaoliang said to a few guards next to the chariot.

"No! Now go and give the order to the whole army! ”

Seal the knife for three days! These four words, even the guard was overjoyed when he heard them! Then, riding fast horses, he ran to the front army and began to cheer.

"The handsome man has an order! Take Shadan City, and the whole army will be sealed for three days! All seizures, no surrenders! ”

The guard galloped as he galloped, shouting loudly until it spread throughout the army.

For a time, the army of 50,000 received military orders. changed the previous sluggish atmosphere, and all of them rose up one by one. The words "three days of sealing the knife" are simply more powerful than stimulants, not only the arms and legs of the soldiers are strong, but even those mules, horses and livestock are running briskly one by one. The soldiers who were originally leading them were all in a panic.

A large number of soldiers cast their eyes with contempt on the other side of the livestock. The army has been sealed for three days, what is the matter with you livestock? Everyone is so happy, you can't do anything, rejoice a bird!

The morale of the 50,000-strong army was boosted, and the speed of the march was even faster than before. Originally, it was more than 20 miles and took several hours to travel, but it was actually run by the army in more than an hour.

By the time the army came outside the city of Shadan, it was only about ten o'clock. There was still more than an hour before lunchtime, so the army was no longer encamped. Under Li Zhaoliang's order, the army directly lined up, preparing to take such a player city in the Iranian national region with only 4,000 defenders.

According to Li Zhaoliang's meaning, it is too wasteful to set up camp now. There is still more than an hour before it is time to eat, and this is enough for his army of 50,000 to take Shadan City. Wouldn't it be good to eat in the city when the time comes, why waste that precious time by camping?

The 50,000-strong army still followed the previous siege method, and the army was divided into four routes and attacked the city in different directions. Catapults are still the first to emit war rage, after all, it's no different from the cannons of the Heater era. If you don't use this thing to hit the morale of the enemy first, will you still keep it and take it home to warm the bed?

Stones and crossbow arrows are constantly showing their strength as heavy weapons, and the muscles are constantly telling the enemy with blood through those flying stones and arrows, that they are very strong!

After flexing their muscles for a while, the catapult and the bed crossbow were ousted from the stage. Then it was time for the archers to perform, and a rain of arrows headed towards the city walls. Each city wall is a cauldron lid composed of 5,000 arrow feathers, which directly covers all the former defenders on the head of the city.

By the time the infantry brigade came to attack the foot of the city wall, carrying ladders and rushing carts, there was not the slightest resistance in the city. After the infantry climbed the city wall, they were directly stunned by the scene in front of them. The city walls, which were already thinner than Fukuoka Castle, were now completely submerged by arrows.

As soon as I got on the city wall, it was densely packed with arrows nailed to the city bricks, and even the place to put my feet was almost gone. As for the 4,000 defenders on the original city wall, more than 3,100 were crucified to the ground. The corpse of each defender was covered with several arrows, completely turning into a funnel.

Blood was shot out of the hollow and flowed out of the body. Along the cracks of those city bricks, small blood streams converged. The infantry opened the gates without the slightest resistance, and more Beichen soldiers rushed into the city.

The three days of sealing the knife officially began.

On the first day of sealing the knife, all the copper coins and materials in Shadan City were collected. The young women were all gathered together and were toyed with by the soldiers. All the men who resisted were killed, and the elderly and children were also taken to the concentration camp.

However, because of the surging influx of the Beichen army, many people in the city did not dare to resist it. Therefore, the city of Shadan did not kill too many people on this day, except for the soldiers who died in battle.

The day after the knife was sealed, a massacre began in the city. Countless old people suffered first, and many Beichen soldiers who fell into the frenzy of sealing knives cut off the heads of old men one by one. Afterwards, the heads were piled together, and the corpses were thrown directly into the field.

In the course of one day, a total of more than 14,000 elderly people in Shadan City were brutally killed. Or cut off the head, throw the corpse into the field and feed the beast, and the head is piled up into the landscape. Or cut off the limbs, and then brutally stuff the bodies that are still breathing into the vat and make them into human sticks.

On that day, the entire Shadan City was dyed red by the blood of more than 10,000 old people.

The third day of the sealing knife.

Seventeen,000 men were sent out into the streets of the city in teams. And then, like the old man of yesterday. In addition to the landscape, it is the human stick placed in the vat.

The nearly 20,000 young people are followed by thousands of children.

The youngest child was only a few months old and still babbling, and the oldest was only thirteen years old. What will become of the army when it is completely crazy. Maybe even the beasts will be turned away!

Thousands of boys and girls under the age of ten, as well as boys as young as thirteen. They were all stuffed into vats, filled with water, and drowned alive. Subsequently, the lid of the cylinder head was sealed with a seal, and the large vats made of adult sticks were neatly placed together.

As for those little girls over the age of ten and under the age of thirteen, they have not escaped the devastation of those big men.

On the night of the third day of the sealing knife, nearly 10,000 women and girls who were tired of being played with were all caught up with the footsteps of those young men in the middle of the night.

Subsequently, 50,000 Beichen soldiers who had completely turned into mad demons were soldiers. All the corpses piled up outside the city were thrown into the city, and the landscapes and vats were neatly placed in a clearing.

After scattering countless pieces of dry wood into the city, thousands of torches were thrown into the city.

After this incident, the fire burned in the city of Shatan for three days and three nights before it was gradually extinguished. A small city full of happiness turned into a pile of blackened ruins after the arrival of the Beichen army.

However, in the ruined city, there was not a single blow from the fire.

Dozens of landscapes piled up nearly ten meters high stand above the ruins, becoming the tallest building in the ruins, and the most terrifying building. Because there are large vats around this landscape, and these vats are the most terrifying.

A few years after the three days of the sword, a group of enemy troops attacking Fukuoka Prefecture passed through the ruins. At that time, the place called Shadan City was already overgrown with long weeds, and the enemy army was stationed in this area.

One night, after the enemy camp was haunted several times, a soldier finally discovered the dozens of landscapes, as well as the tens of thousands of vats.

Someone once opened those vats!

After that, the enemy army of tens of thousands disappeared from the land.

These later events are only negative, and positive ones are also indispensable. At the very least, from now on, there will be an extra bloody general in the Beichen Kingdom, and a team of only 50,000 city slaughterers!