Chapter 503: The Death of the Expeditionary Force (4)

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The Imperial soldiers who climbed the walls defended this hard-won area with their lives, and tried to expand outward so that more companions could ascend the city. Although they will soon die at the hands of the coalition soldiers who are several times around them, no one will back down, because retreating is also a dead end.

Luo Han had to strictly order the soldiers in other places to guard the city wall, so that those few trialists could concentrate on the Imperial Army trialists to avoid any more city walls being breached. At the same time, a team of soldiers was sent in advance to participate in the encirclement and suppression of the imperial army on the city wall.

I have to say that the combat effectiveness of the soldiers of the Imperial Army is very strong, even if they face several times the enemy, they can achieve two to one battle losses, and exchange two lives for one life. This is a difficult ratio for the Coalition forces that have the advantage of defense, as it means that once the Imperial forces have a certain number of troops on the walls, the Coalition soldiers will not be able to resist the fall of the walls.

Luo Han waved his hand helplessly, and a group of coalition soldiers ran up from under the city walls and threw cans of fire oil out. The canister smashed into the crowd, and the slippery oil splashed everywhere. Some experienced Imperial soldiers suddenly changed color, shouted loudly and dispersed, but in this chaotic battlefield, they really played a limited role.

One by one, the igniting arrows flew directly over the city wall and landed outside the city wall, igniting the fire oil and turning the city wall into a sea of fire in an instant. The Imperial soldiers standing in the middle of it howled wolf, their feet were full of flames, and they instinctively scurried around, unable to organize an effective attack. The Imperial soldiers on the city walls were immediately left isolated and helpless, and without the replenishment of follow-up forces, they were quickly killed by the Allied soldiers.

Horns sounded outside the city, and the Imperial soldiers, who had not yet been affected by the flames, turned around and left, and gave up the attack directly.

Seeing that the sea of fire was isolating the imperial army from the city wall, Luo Han immediately ordered the archers to go to the city wall, tilt the arrow rain again, and strike at the retreating imperial army, striving for as many results as possible until the imperial army withdrew from the attack range.

The siege battle of the first day ended like this, and in the afternoon the imperial army sent soldiers to collect the body of Tong Ze who died in battle, and Luo Han was not embarrassed, this is the respect for the dead, and it is also a customary rule.

Luo Han was not happy about the victory on the first day, although he repelled the attack of the imperial army, but the imperial army only lost a few thousand men, and the overall situation was not damaged. The details of the coalition soldiers have been figured out, and the means of defending the city have also been exposed. The Imperial Army did not continue to attack, but was just thinking about the corresponding countermeasures, and once they were asked to think of a way to crack it, it would not be so easy to repel them.

For the coalition forces, fire oil is a more precious fortification material than arrows, and it has a very important use, and it is not cost-effective to use it simply to kill the enemy. Don't look at the Imperial Army now only using long ladders to attack the city, that's just because there is not enough time to prepare, with enough time, the Imperial Army can make more siege equipment, and the greater use of fire oil is to burn these siege equipment. Simply throwing it down to kill the enemy, the effect obtained is really not good, and when there is enough space, the enemies that can be burned to death are really limited.

On the Imperial Army's side, since cavalry was not needed to attack the Jade Drum Pass, most of the mounts were used to transport supplies, and the captured cities in the rear became supply points, sending all kinds of supplies to the Jade Drum Pass in a steady stream.

Qi Tao was arranged to spy on intelligence, and it was easy to know what the Imperial Army had gotten by using his stealth ability, and report it back to Luo Han so that Luo Han could respond.

The next morning, the Imperial army advanced the camp, and part of the army had already entered the narrow valley road, but on this day the Imperial army did not attack, but was busy building the camp, and it seemed that they were ready to block the coalition forces in the valley road.

Luo Han felt a little weird, which made Qi Tao gasp after sneaking into the rear city of the Imperial Army to reconnoitre. The Imperial Army was driving the people towards Yugu Pass, and they blocked the valley road in order to prevent the coalition army from sending cavalry to break through and hinder the advance of the people's troops.

Luo Han hurriedly convened the generals to discuss, this was a real trick. If the imperial army really got a large number of civilians to Yugu Pass, drove the civilians to the city, and mixed the soldiers in it, then the defenders would not kill them? From his own point of view, Luo Han will definitely choose to kill, such a war has no woman's benevolence. But this order must not be given by him alone, otherwise he and the White Lion General's backs will not be able to wash away the infamy, and even affect his status in the coalition army, causing a gap between the generals of various countries who were originally extremely convinced of him. After all, human beings are emotional creatures, and many times emotions will unconsciously overwhelm reason.

The generals gathered, and Luo Han spoke: "According to the information obtained by the demon clan powerhouse sneaking behind enemy lines, the imperial army is driving the people to the Jade Drum Pass, and I privately think that the imperial army will force the people to enter the city, mixing the elite in it, once they succeed in landing the city, the city wall will be lost." What do you do? ”

One of the generals immediately stood up and said, "Despicable! These imperial expeditionary forces are simply not human, and they will ask for orders to lead a cavalry to fight behind enemy lines and save the people. ”

This man was a member of the occupied country, and after the defeat, he led the remnants of the army to escort the royal family to flee to the Goshawk Kingdom, and was extremely sympathetic to the people of the occupied area.

Immediately another person said: "Behind enemy lines? If you had that ability, you wouldn't be here. When marching and fighting, how can there be immortals? If the Imperial Army dares to send out the people, we will dare to kill the elite inside. This is a great battle related to the survival of hundreds of countries in the East, and it is worth sacrificing a few people to defend the city walls. ”

The previous general was ridiculed, and immediately changed his face and shouted: "It is not the people of your country who are sacrificed, of course you say so?" Aren't we desperately resisting just to protect the fortunes of the country and restore peace to the people? Anyway, our country has lost its national fortune, and if you dare to kill the people, I and all the people in the occupied areas will immediately withdraw our troops, even if we become mountain bandits, we will not die for you. ”

As soon as this statement came out, several generals from the occupied areas stood up and echoed, they joined the coalition army for revenge, if the coalition army even killed their people, how could they be trusted?

Luo Han rubbed his temples, this is not the biggest problem, among the coalition forces, the generals and armies of these defeated countries are a minority after all, even without them, it will not have much impact on the strength of the coalition army. The trouble is another wave of people.

One general stood up and said: "The imperial expeditionary force has no way, but we can't learn from them, if we don't take the people seriously, how should the people in our own country treat us." Let alone...... Have you ever thought about the opinions of many national teachers in the army? ”

This is a person who understands and hits the nail on the head. No matter what kind of Tao those national teachers cultivated, the atrocity of slaughtering the people was undoubtedly against their way. Monks enter the world in order to accumulate merit in order to cultivate, and it is already the bottom line to enter the war, if the country they help indiscriminately kills innocents, I am afraid that they will be the first to oppose it.

Everyone was silent, and most of the generals knew what was best for defending the city, but the national teachers were really sad at this level.

At this time, a person said: "The matter is urgent, this matter is not our original intention, please General Hanfeng order, we will try our best to persuade our national teachers, know it with reason, move with affection, although the national teachers are monks, they are by no means unreasonable people, they will be able to understand." ”

Luo Han was puzzled: "This ...... To tell the truth, the outcome of this staff is unpredictable, if General Ben gives this order, it will still be lost in the end, and the White Lion Kingdom will soon be broken. I am afraid that my national teacher is also worried that the people of the occupied area today will be the tomorrow of the people of the White Lion Country, and I am afraid that he will not agree. Even if Shangyuan Zhenren and Raiden Zhenren agreed, if the people knew that this order was given by General Ben, General Ben would be spurned by 10,000 people when he returned to China. ”

Luo Han's meaning is obvious, I also agreed to give the order, but I can't carry this pot alone, I have to carry it together.

The generals of the coalition army also had active brains, and immediately understood and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, you must also know that our only advantage over the expeditionary force of the Upper Empire is the wall of Yugu Pass. The forces that can be mobilized by various countries are basically mobilized, and once they can't stop the Imperial Expeditionary Force here, or even annihilate the Imperial Expeditionary Force, under their iron hooves, no one will be spared. Where else can you hide then? So no matter what the cost, the walls cannot be lost! I believe that everyone understands this truth, but I am worried about other pressures, and I have a proposal that everyone vote anonymously, and the minority obeys the majority. In the end, it was a unanimous decision, and no one can blame anyone. If someone doesn't want to vote, you can leave immediately with your men, which is understandable, but once a vote is made, it must not be changed. Do you all agree? ”

The generals look at me and I look at you, in fact, they all understand the results of anonymous voting, but this seems to be the only solution.

Luo Han took the lead and said, "Come on, prepare paper and pen." ”

Then one after another, some people spoke in agreement, and soon everyone said that they had no opinion, even those generals in the occupied areas, knowing that the result could not be changed, did not choose to leave.

The voting results were obvious, and Luo Han announced the results, saying: "This matter must be known to the soldiers below in advance, so as not to leak when it is really faced." Everyone went back and told the soldiers that this was a decision voted by all the generals of the coalition forces for the safety of the hundred countries after the Yugu Pass. It's not that we are cruel, but the imperial army exterminated humanity, and we will have to get this account back sooner or later, for the people who died outside the Yugu Pass, for the tens of millions of Li people after the Yugu Pass, and for the hundreds of thousands of soldiers from all countries who died in the war, we must win this battle at any cost! ”

The generals dispersed, Chasing the Moon and Xiaoyao walked into the venue, and Xiaoyao smiled and said: "Yes, three or two clicks turn the enemy's desperate plan into a stimulant that motivates the soldiers to fight bravely." It seems that they are right, you are really a conspirator. ”

Luo Han rubbed his temples and said listlessly: "Don't talk about cool words, if it weren't for this ghost mission, I wouldn't be too lazy to bring such a group of rabble." What are you here for? ”

Xiaoyao said: "Of course there is something serious, you are not a beauty, is it possible that we will make a special trip to see you?" ”

Chasing the moon took out a map and spread it on the low table in front of Luo Han, and said, "You took the soldiers to fight life and death in front, consuming brain cells, and we were not idle." This is a topographic map that we sent someone to draw based on the nearby terrain. I discussed with Xiaoyao during your meeting, and relying solely on the Jade Drum Pass to intercept the Imperial Expeditionary Force was not the ultimate way to win. ”

Xiaoyao added: "The daily consumption of grain and grass by more than 100,000 coalition troops on this line is an astronomical amount, and it is not like the Central Plains, which is full of arable land, which cannot support such a large consumption for a long time, and it is not realistic to transport grain from various countries, the distance is too far." In contrast, the Imperial Expeditionary Force took advantage of the strong mobility of cavalry, and could break it up and plunder the countries in the rear that had lost the ability to resist, and wait until one day when we could no longer support it, and then assemble and sweep all the way. Of course, this is also a last resort, because if the expedition is away for too long without results, it will deal a great blow to morale, and it is also easy to adapt to the soil and water, resulting in non-combat attrition. Unless we really keep to the point where they don't see a little hope. ”

Luo Han nodded: "I also know this, now both sides want to settle the battle as soon as possible, and only by taking this opportunity to completely cripple and repel the expeditionary force can we win." But the combat effectiveness of this coalition army, I can really only defend. ”

Chasing the moon said: "Relying on people to fight the coalition is definitely not an opponent, so we have to make good use of the power of nature. ”

Luo Han carefully looked at some of the signs on the topographic map, gasped, shook his head and said, "You really dare to think about it." But even if that's the case, you are considered an indirect killing warrior, aren't you afraid of being punished? ”

Chasing the moon shook his head: "We only do preparations, and the last ones to press the switch are of course the soldiers of the coalition forces." If this can be punished, we can simply surrender. ”

Luo Han glanced at it a few more times and said, "I didn't learn this, and I don't understand it very well, but the feasibility is good, you go and get it, and tell me if you need to use people." ”

Chasing the moon nodded: "We have a university here that specializes in this, and the quality and quantity are absolutely guaranteed." Then here we go. ”

"Hmm." Luo Han watched the two of them leave and shook his head: "This trial ground is really for everyone." In the future, even if someone builds me an atomic bomb on the spot, I won't be surprised. ”

On the third day after the Imperial Expeditionary Force arrived at the Jade Drum Pass, there was still no attack, and it seemed that the attack on the first day was just a test launched while the morale was high, and it was best to take it, and it didn't matter if it couldn't. On this day, more than 1,000 people were driven to the camp, but according to Qi Tao's investigation, at least 5,000 people were on their way.

But to say that the Imperial Expeditionary Force did not make any moves at all, then it is not. A high-ranking general of the Imperial Army slapped his horse to the edge of the firing range and called for a battle, asking the coalition general to come out and fight alone. Luo Han unceremoniously took the rope ladder, went down to the city, and asked the enemy general to dismount and decide for life and death. The enemy general also had the courage to put his mount back. The two fought on the edge of the range, but the result was one-sided, although Luo Han couldn't use superhuman strength, but after the previous scene, he crushed the opponent in terms of experience and moves, and killed the enemy general in a few moves. The Imperial army was furious, and immediately a cavalry rushed out, Luo Han turned around and ran, jumped up the rope ladder under the cover of the archers at the head of the city, and returned to the city wall.