Text: From the city_Chapter 123 Prelude to the event
The first battle between the Beichen Army and the Seventeen Players Alliance Army ended in the light of the sun. The number of participants on both sides reached 270,000, including 150,000 from the Beichen Army and 120,000 from the Alliance Army.
An army of nearly 300,000 men fought bloodily for more than six hours on a small battlefield. Subsequently, the battle was won at the cost of more than 30,000 casualties of the Beichen army. More than 14,000 people were killed, more than 3,000 were seriously wounded, and more than 12,000 were slightly wounded.
Overall, the casualties were still a bit large, however, compared to the Alliance Army, the losses of the Beichen Army were extremely small. Because at the time of the final retreat, the whole army formed a rout, and the Beichen army also took advantage of the situation to cover up. As a result, the casualties of the Alliance Army, which was originally only more than 35,000 people, directly increased to 50,000.
There were more than 32,000 soldiers killed in battle, of which only more than 100 were seriously injured, and the rest were all lightly wounded. It can be said that such a battle almost crippled the coalition army.
The alliance army, which originally had only 150,000 people, was at a disadvantage when facing the 200,000 troops of the Beichen Army. But today's battle directly reduced the alliance's army to less than 100,000 people. Although the casualties of the Beichen Army will definitely not be less, they can't bear the many soldiers! Tens of thousands of casualties, that's all trivial!
After this battle, both sides began a boring recuperation phase. After all, this battle doesn't feel good for either side. Tens of thousands of casualties, who does not feel sorry for it is impossible! The morale of the army was low and they had no fighting spirit, and even if they wanted to, they couldn't fight.
Of course, the situation of the Beichen Army is slightly better, after all, this battle was won by the Beichen Army, and the morale will naturally be much stronger than that of the Alliance Army.
In the days that followed, there was still little movement on either side. Even after the army finished recuperating, the two armies did not fight a battle like the one a few days ago. In a few days, each battle will have at most 10,000 people on both sides, and it will not cause any major chain reaction.
The armies confronted each other leisurely, no one provoked anyone, and they were all right.
However, although the main army puts on a show, if you don't beat me, I won't do you. But the troops led by Wang Ping and Bruce did not toss the alliance army.
Wang Ping's 80,000 horses, including 60,000 infantry, directly surrounded a city guarded by only a few thousand alliance soldiers. The rest of the 20,000 cavalry rushed directly into the interior of the alliance forces and killed the village when they saw it. Where the horses pass, there is no grass.
The villages and towns were destroyed by the brutal Beichen army, and countless groups of refugees had no choice but to take refuge in the nearest city. However, the defenders did not dare to let the refugees into the city easily. Not to mention the more than 3,000 cavalry troops following the refugees, if they really dared to open the door, those cavalry would definitely not mind sneaking a few times in the city.
This kind of thing happened once two days ago, and the general who didn't know which big guy it was actually stupidly opened the city gate, intending to let the refugees into the city. However, as soon as the city gate was opened, a cavalry team that had been hiding on the side went directly into the city.
After that, the city was naturally occupied by the enemy. The sub-cavalry would not let go of an easily obtained supply point, and after a few thousand cavalry occupied the city, tens of thousands of cavalry slipped into it.
The surrounding cities that got the news, which one is not strictly guarding against these refugees. Although, there is no place outside our city where we can hide the army. But the thousands of refugees are in the best disguise. Who knows if there are so many refugees in disguise as enemies!
If you really open the gates of the city to accept those refugees, maybe the city will not be able to be saved. For the sake of their own lofty and bright future, those generals who defended the city could only reluctantly turn away those refugees. Compared with their own lives, can those mud legs be compared to a single hair of their own?
The Alliance Army did not dare to open the city gate, and the Beichen Army did not mind. This kind of thing is not something that can be forced in the first place. If the gates were really opened, the cavalry might not dare to get in. Who knows if there are more troops in the city, ambushed inside!
Although the intelligence said that the defense force of the alliance forces was very small at this moment, it has been several days. In case they have troops from other cities to support them. Without understanding the situation, I got into it all the way, isn't it a thousand miles to give people away?
Except, of course, for creating some refugees for the Confederate military city. The cavalry of the Beichen Army also did a lot of things that made people speechless, such as grabbing a transport team when they were idle. Attacking other people's logistics is the best way to solve the war. Without logistics, even if you are a bullish army, you will definitely not be able to withstand the power of God.
One after another, the transport team was knocked out by the Beichen Army, and the defenders in the city in the rear did not dare to run out at all and acted as a food protection team. It was cavalry, not infantry. If it had been the infantry, the big guy would have killed him a long time ago. But in the face of cavalry, how do you fight on foot. A cavalryman can carry at least three enemies in the field, which is not the most important thing, and the most important thing is that your infantry can't catch up with the cavalry!
The cavalry of the people are all riding four-legged war horses, coming and going like the wind. If you want to flutter at us, you can run over and say hello to us. After fighting for a while, suddenly people didn't want to fight, so they turned around and left on a big white horse. You say what you will do then, what else can you do but stand still? Oh~ Maybe you can pray to God, take care of yourself, and let those cavalry run back stupidly again.
Is this possible, though?
Therefore, considering all this, none of the more than a dozen generals guarding the city sent soldiers to protect the grain convoy. These transport teams without the protection of the guards were beaten by the Beichen Army, and they were just used as feeding the dogs, so they didn't have to care too much. In this way, the cavalry of the Beichen Army is even happier in the sphere of influence of the alliance!
Compared with Wang Ping's army, the men and horses led by Bruce are obviously much more leisurely. Because the number of 20,000 soldiers was too large, Bruce was worried that it would arouse the doubts of the defenders. Therefore, Bruce ordered his 20,000 men to be divided into four formations. Each formation has 5,000 men and horses, each responsible for a city.
Three days after the first battle between Zhang Han and the Alliance army, Bruce arrived at an alliance army city with 5,000 servants. Don't say anything, just a word, the army at the front needs supplies. However, because of the enemy's small cavalry attack. Therefore, he brought 5,000 soldiers to be responsible for escorting grain and grass.
The defenders of the city had long known that within their forces, there was a cavalry of the Beichen Kingdom wandering, attacking the convoy everywhere. And because the city he guards is only a little more than a day's distance from the army camp, he can get by in terms of time. Because, the general of the city defense opened the city gate for Bruce without any defense.
After all, there was a large camp of more than 100,000 troops in front of him, and the general naturally couldn't imagine that this friendly army was dressed up by the Beichen Army. Besides, with a large army in front, can the troops of the Beichen Army run over? Moreover, the Beichen Army is the army of Chinese players, and the soldiers under the city are all pure Europeans, and the armor is also the armor of Europe. The general, naturally, had no defense.
In this way, when the gate was opened, the army of 5,000 servants led by Bruce directly drew their swords and spears and slaughtered into the city. An army of 50,000 guards 17 cities, and it would be good if each city had two or three thousand defenders.
But how big a city is, plus the need to defend four gates, two thousand defenders scattered into it, and not even a bubble came out. An army of 5,000 servants stormed a city gate and took it down in one go. Subsequently, when the other three city gates reacted and rushed to the rescue, it became the life of the head!
There were only more than 2,000 soldiers and horses in the entire city, and hundreds of men and horses had been killed by the time Bruce broke through the city gates. Later, after the whole army entered the city, the defenders, who had just arrived, could not resist the army of 5,000 men.
The reinforcement force of more than 1,000 people was directly dispersed by the 5,000 servant army led by Bruce in one go. Subsequently, the defending units lost the ability to resist. After losing nearly 1,000 men, some of the remaining defenders, who had survived, hurriedly abandoned their weapons and surrendered.
At this point, Bruce completely took over a city within the Alliance. By the time Bruce had taken the city, the other two teams of 5,000 men had also won. After easily opening the enemy's city gates, the force of five thousand men was not at all something that the one or two thousand defenders could resist.
However, not to mention that the defenders of the Union Army can't stop it. In this case, even the garrison troops in Beichen can only helplessly drink on the spot. The guards of the city in the rear, no matter which player will not leave too many men, at most 3,000 people. Of course, for example, for a city that has just been captured, or a city on the border line, there will naturally be more garrisons for some reason.
But the city in the rear will never be heavily defended, as if facing a great enemy. Besides, when people wear the uniforms of their own troops, can you easily tell if they are friends or foes? Especially the city guards who stay in the rear, they don't care if you are disguised by the enemy or not. They have only one thought, the army in front is blocked in front, how can there be an enemy in the rear, just kidding!
Unfortunately, though, Bruce wasn't joking with them. An army of 20,000 servants disguised themselves as soldiers and horses of the Alliance Army, and in this way swaggered and captured three cities. As for the other formation of five thousand people, it was nothing.
Because the general who defended the city was so shrewd that he would send people to his camp every day to take a look. Of course, the city he was guarding was indeed very close to the army in front of him, and he could run back and forth almost a day.
As a result, when the 5,000 servant army ran to the bottom of the city, they were directly recognized by the generals defending the city. The men send people to contact the army every day, how come I don't know that there are troops in the big camp who run out to escort grain and grass!
If the plan is discovered, then we have no choice but to retreat. If you want to storm it, it's impossible. The equipment of the servant army was originally inferior to the regular army of Beichen Kingdom, and because it was a covert operation this time, those huge and heavy siege weapons naturally would not be carried.
And without the assistance of siege weapons, with only 5,000 people pulling a few simple ladders, it is no different from sending them to death. Therefore, the leading servant army general wisely chose the retreat of the army.
Bruce didn't say anything when he learned of such news. What is there to say, there are smart people on your side, are the enemies just a bunch of stupid people? It's normal for the scheme to be recognized. As I said, although the plan was discovered and the city was not captured, there was no loss of troops, which is naturally a trivial matter.
Zhongran did not take four cities in one go, but they also took three cities, which was not much different from taking four cities. All it was necessary to stop the enemy from supporting a large force of reinforcements, but Bruce was skeptical now. Will the Confederates still have troops to be sent to support the army?
There were 150,000 troops on the front line, and tens of thousands of people defended more than a dozen cities, and most of them were pinned down by the 100,000 army led by Wang Ping. Will they drive out the remaining troops in the city?
A cavalry force of 20,000 men was enough to wipe out all the Alliance soldiers who ran out of the city. Besides, even if you run out and get to the big army camp, what can you do? The whole army is surrounded by Beichen Kingdom, and the king doesn't mind raising a few more people in the encirclement!
Bruce took three cities in a row in the southern territory of his influence, and in addition, Wang Ping's army of nearly 100,000 pressed his northern city from the north. The 200,000 Beichen army from the east was still suppressing the 150,000 army in front, and the alliance forces had reached the most dangerous situation.
The forces were attacked on three sides, but the main force was pinned down in the frontal battlefield by the army of Beichen Kingdom. If you don't withdraw, the guards in the force, who only have three or two thousand people in each city, can't stop the two armies of Beichen Kingdom at all. Withdraw, there are at least 150,000 Beichen troops in front of him.
Maybe at this moment, the commander of the 200,000 army of Beichen Kingdom is waiting for him to drill out of the camp, intending to cover up and kill him when he retreats. So, it can't be withdrawn!
But if you don't retreat, it's not a way, the seventeen cities within the force are all facing threats, and if the army doesn't defend itself, it will definitely be easily taken by the Beichen army. At that time, even if he has more troops in his hands, but without the support of grain and grass in the rear, he can starve the entire army to death if he is hungry.
Looking at the creed in his hand from a city not far away, many of the bigwigs of the Alliance Army were sad for a while. According to the intelligence, now his nest has been blown up, and he has been swallowed up by Beichen Kingdom in one go.
In such a situation, there is no point in the 150,000 troops under his command staying here any longer.