Speaking of Li Zhaoliang, after taking Dingxing City, he got a lot of grain and grass. So, the army went out again.

This time, facing more cities in the west, Li Zhaoliang also had a few laps of his head. There are only three cities closest to the sea, Dingxing City, Anshui City and Tati City. And the west of Dingxing City is only a dozen miles away, there are enough to have five cities, and the city is even denser at the distance.

Of the five cities to the west of Dingxing City, three are located in the west and are laid out in a fan-shaped manner. The distance between these three cities is only ten miles, but they are all plains, and there is no barrier at all. In other words, if you stand at the lookout post on the head of the city every day, you can even see the other party's city as long as your eyesight is better.

Dingxing City is better, at least there is a small mountain range between it and the three cities. Otherwise, when his army came to Dingxing City, they might have been seen by others.

How do you say to fight in this situation, as long as you attack one of these three cities, one city will see it. In case, the rest of the cities see that their power is too large, and when they attack the city, they give themselves two blows, and they will not let themselves live.

The other two cities are located on the north and south sides of Dingxing City. These two cities were quite easy to fight, not only were they consumed too much in the war, but they did not have many troops. Moreover, there are no other forces in the vicinity, so it is more convenient to attack.

As a result, these two cities have become Li Zhaoliang's primary goals.

The army was still divided into two routes, one was led by Bruce with 30,000 horses, and attacked the city of Butidas, north of Dingxing City. On the other hand, Lin Hu led 30,000 horses to attack Andalusia City in the south, while Li Zhaoliang, Li Ancheng and others led an army of 40,000 people still sat in Dingxing City, ready to support the two armies at any time.

However, in Li Zhaoliang's view, staying in Dingxing City with 40,000 horses was completely lazy. After all, with the two cities of Buthidas and Andalusia, plus a city of less than 15,000 men, 60,000 troops were enough to torture them several times.

Of course, I am mainly preparing for all uncertain factors. Although there are many times when the battlefield is in pursuit of adventure, in this advantageous situation. Famous generals will still be ready for all failures. After all, leading troops into battle, everything has to be handled carefully.

Even if an uncertain factor occurs and causes the army to fail, as long as everything is prepared, it will not lose too much. But after the defeat, if your side is not prepared for anything, it is very likely that it will directly turn from a small defeat to a big defeat. So, do what you can.

Facts have proved that Li Zhaoliang is indeed a little too worried. The 60,000 troops on the two roads, in just two days, came with good news.

The cities of Butidas and Al-Andalus were taken in one fell swoop.

The army suffered minor losses!

At the same time that Bruce and Lin Hu sent good news again, they also asked the battalion to transfer some more soldiers, because there were too many foreigners here. Together, there were 120,000 people in both cities, and half of them were young men.

Because the two sides belong to two ethnic groups, these young men of the foreign race are all soldiers with yellow skin and black eyes who hate them. But again, the massacre was not possible. After all, even if the army attacked the city and lost many casualties, the casualties were not light.

Bruce had 10,000 servants and 20,000 regular Beichen troops along the way, and only more than 3,000 soldiers were killed during the siege, but as many as 5,000 were wounded. Although there are many Caucasian soldiers in the Bruce Army, facing tens of thousands of foreign young men, the Beichen soldiers in the army, who are less than 20,000, are even more worried.

Of the 30,000 horses on Lin Hu's side, only 4,000 were killed, but more than 4,000 were wounded. is also facing tens of thousands of foreign men, all of whom are also uneasy.

Although these foreigners did not have any sophisticated weapons in their hands, the Europeans were inherently stronger than the Asians. So many strong men staying together is a ticking time bomb. After the siege battle, there were few people in the Beichen army who were not physically and mentally tired.

If these tens of thousands of foreign youths directly broke out, their own soldiers might even suffer unexpected casualties. Therefore, for the sake of safety, the two generals hurriedly asked the battalion to increase the number of soldiers and horses, and use the number of people to suppress these foreign young people!

After Li Zhaoliang got the news, he was also very anxious. After all, the supporting troops arrived one minute late, and those soldiers who had just experienced a bloody battle were in more danger, and Li Zhaoliang couldn't help but be in no hurry.

Because Li Ancheng is a general of the naval division, his combat effectiveness on land is not very strong, so he was directly arranged by Li Zhaoliang to garrison Dingxing City. The army of nearly 40,000 people, led by Eugene and Li Zhaoliang respectively, divided into two roads, and rushed towards their robes to support.

What I feared didn't happen, and those many foreign youths may still have a bit of a climate when reinforcements didn't arrive. However, when Li Zhaoliang and Eugene arrived with 20,000 horses respectively, they completely turned into little sheep.

Under the threat of countless Beichen soldiers armed with sharp weapons, tens of thousands of foreign young people were all tied together by the soldiers with ropes. Then tens of thousands of soldiers were escorted to Dingxing City, and tens of thousands of old and weak women and children and countless supplies arrived in Dingxing City at the same time as these young and strong people.

The two armies each left 5,000 men and horses to guard the two cities they had just acquired, and then the rest of the army was once again all assembled in Dingxing City.

When the army turned again at Dingxing City, there were only 80,000 horses left, including nearly 10,000 wounded. The 80,000 army gathered at the foot of Dingxing City, set up camps one after another, and rested on the spot. Along with the large army camps were the captive camps, which were crowded with foreign populations.

The foreign population of 120,000 became the biggest burden to the army at this time.

It's not just the tens of thousands of young men, the bigger threat is the mouths that want to eat.

The Beichen army, which was already short of food and grass, also captured a lot of grain and grass after capturing the cities of Butidas and Andalusia. However, that is not enough to supply tens of thousands of Beichen troops. As for the 120,000 mouths, it is estimated that in a few days, the grain and grass they currently have will be eaten.

Under this threat, Li Zhaoliang did not hesitate to listen to Eugene's suggestion and take the same measures as Beichen in China. All the foreign populations were organized into slaves, and the wasteland was cultivated on the spot, and grain and grass were cultivated to provide food and grass for the army. Of course, also for the sake of their belly.

In this way, more than 100,000 foreign people were ruthlessly beaten into slave symbols, and then under the guard of a team of soldiers, the military cantonment strategy began.

However, a few days later, Li Zhaoliang had another headache. Because for the sake of the 120,000 slaves of the guards, almost all of his troops were sent out to defend against the slave rebellion. In this way, how can I go to war, how can I attack cities and plunder land?

I said, if you don't fight and plunder yourself, where will you find food? You must know that you have to supply more than 200,000 mouths now, and with the seized grain and grass, you will not be able to harvest grain next month.

After thinking about it for a long time, Li Zhaoliang still didn't have any clue, so he had to call several generals again and discuss together.

It is said that three stinkers are Zhuge Liang, not to mention a few generals. A few people bumped into each other and immediately came up with a good idea. It's not that there is a lack of troops to guard those foreigners, so why don't we just recruit some militia to help?

Anyway, as long as the recruited militia is armed, those slaves still dare not rebel. And to recruit the militia, you and others are at most paying some copper coins. But the harvest is not small, recruiting militia to disperse the pressure of the army, not only can discipline those slaves well, but also promote the relationship between the military and the people.

The next morning, Li Zhaoliang began to recruit militia in Dingxing City and Anshui City. Because you don't have to go to the battlefield to fight, and you have copper coins to get. So in less than a day, Li Zhaoliang recruited 30,000 militia troops, plus some soldiers, enough to guard these unstable slaves.

After staying in Dingxing City for two days again, Li Zhaoliang personally led the army to set off this time.

With 70,000 troops, the number of banners still did not decrease, and they formed a long line and slowly advanced towards the three cities west of Dingxing City, rolling up bursts of yellow dust.

After taking the cities of Buthidas and Andalusia, the 120,000-strong army of the Waterway Army has now captured five cities. In addition to Dingxing City, 5,000 soldiers were stationed in each of the four cities to guard the cities. Only in Dingxing City, because there were 120,000 slaves to guard, there were 20,000 regular troops and 30,000 untrained militia stationed together to defend.

However, even if a large number of soldiers were dispersed to defend various cities, Li Zhaoliang still had 70,000 men and horses available under his command. For the three cities to the west of Dingxing City, it is also enough.

It didn't take too long for the 70,000 troops to reach the vicinity of the three cities, and since it was the morning when the army set out, it was only time to eat.

70,000 soldiers set up camp on the spot and began to bury pots for cooking. It didn't take too long for the army to eat, and then it was pulled out by Li Zhaoliang and came directly to the city of El in the middle of the three cities.

70,000 horses, 10,000 of whom were stationed in the camp, 10,000 soldiers were arrayed three miles north of the army to guard against the enemy in the north of the city of Ugox, and 10,000 soldiers were arrayed to the south of the army to guard against the enemy in the city of Betafen in the south.

The rest of the 40,000 men and horses were all gathered outside the east gate of the city of Air, and the army lined up without saying much. It was at that earth-shattering sound of drums that a new battle began.

The first thing that began to get angry was the catapults, bed crossbows, and hundreds of heavy weapons that had been dismantled from the warship, and attacked directly at the city wall not far away.

Mixed between the boulders were crossbow arrows the thickness of a child's arm, which tore open the hymen of the attack and defense of El City. After that, a lot of blood flowed out. Oh, and by the way, there's some white pulp popping up!

The boulder carried a huge force and smashed directly on the city wall. If you smash it accurately, it will make the bricks and stones on the city wall soar for a while, and if you don't smash it accurately, the people in the city will be unlucky. Among them, there is a boulder, for some unknown reason, it actually flies farther than the rest of the big rocks.

This unusual boulder crossed the city wall and smashed on top of a private house behind the city wall. Suddenly, the boulder that could smash the thick city wall to pieces directly turned the small house into a pile of ruins. There were still a few ordinary people staying in the house, and the result was naturally a miserable death.

Appalling! This is what war is peculiar!

Not only the private house, but also the city wall is also a series of tragedy. The power of the boulder cannot be resisted by a person. For a time, countless stones smashed the defenders on the city wall into flesh. The blood spurted out several meters away after being subjected to strong pressure. Brains mixed with broken bones, shredded flesh, and residual organs slowly flowed into the cracks between the bricks and stones of the city wall.

At this time, even the Europeans, who have always been democratic, don't care about this anymore, and they are worried about the * crossbow arrows that have arrived in front of them.

Crossbow bolts don't have the power of a boulder, but they're still not to be underestimated.

The crossbow arrows with the thickness of the child's arm were shot at the female wall, and suddenly a burst of rocks flew up. And the section of the female wall that was complete before has long been gone.

There are even some unlucky guys who were directly shot by crossbow arrows, and the result was that their bodies were completely torn apart in half. Blood gushed and intestines swung everywhere along the wound in the abdomen. When the crossbow bolt passed through the soldier's body, it directly carried one of the enemy soldiers behind him off the city wall, fell to the ground fiercely, and fell to his death on the spot.

If the soldier who fell to death died a very happy death, then the soldier before him couldn't die even if he wanted to. The torso, broken in two, and the legs below the waist, were thrown in front of his eyes. The soldier pressed his legs, his pupils wide open. The frightened mouth couldn't make any sound, and the surrounding soldiers could only see the upper half of the body twisting constantly.

At this time, the soldier was probably envious of the man who fell off the city wall and died. I saw with my own eyes that the half of my body below the waist was slowly covered with blood, what was it like? And when I suddenly thought of what kind of expression I had now with only half of my body left?

Xiao Chen didn't know, Li Zhaoliang didn't know, only a few people around the soldier knew.

The soldier cried out in pain, criing as he held his legs with his full hands and shoved them towards his abdomen. Trying to reattach the lost half of his body to his body.

Unfortunately, the soldier could only look at his legs, which could no longer return to his abdomen, and cry out loudly.

At this time, how helpless he was, how he hoped that his companions around him would give him a knife, so that he could no longer see this cruel side.