Chapter 221: Conquering Black Dragon City
The place where the next war is about to take place can be described as a flat river, and the role of cavalry is much greater than that of infantry, but the casualties on both sides are the same, Xing Tianze is not very happy about this.
Xing Tianze sat in the first place in Xing Zhaoguo's handsome tent, and many generals and Wuxian stood opposite him respectfully, so many people were only qualified to sit by the fifth prince.
As for Tao Mingxi, although he was thoughtful, after all, he was a female streamer, and it was really not good to appear on such an occasion, so he was placed in another tent by Xing Tianze, and he would wait until something happened to him to ask Xi'er to see if she had any good opinions.
The atmosphere inside the tent was very solemn, except for the slightest smile on the face of the traceless, everyone else had a straight face.
Today's victory can only be said to be a temporary small victory, which can neither hit the entire morale of the Qingcang Kingdom, nor can it recapture a town, so it is not worth much to be happy about.
I'm afraid the only thing to be happy about is that the other party is 50,000 cavalry, Xing Tianze only brought 40,000 infantry at that time, but this can only be regarded as a small profit.
Moreover, the current situation in the north is extremely passive for them, except for the Black Dragon City in front of them, the surrounding three cities and four towns have all fallen into the hands of Qingcang Kingdom.
Now the army of the Xingzhao Kingdom can be said to be stationed in the open open and vast land, and it is impossible for the 300,000 army to be stationed here all the time, which is not a long-term solution, but the nearest city that has not yet fallen to them has been more than a hundred miles.
It is impossible for a full 300,000 army to travel back and forth in a day, which will consume the physical strength of the soldiers too much, and will make them not have much combat effectiveness when fighting.
Therefore, it is imperative that a fortified city be recaptured as a foothold for the army.
Xing Tianze didn't say a word on the handsome chair, looking at the battle map on the table, standing in place without a trace and playing with the jade pendant on his waist, the rest of the generals stood straight, although there was no movement, but there was an invisible aura of slaughter, but it emanated from the bodies of several of them, fully reflecting that they were a group of battle-hardened veterans.
"Listed as a general, now that we have arrived at the battlefield, do you have any opinions on the next battle, but it doesn't hurt to say it today." Xing Tianze raised his brows, his gaze scanning over these generals.
In today's battle with Qingcang Kingdom, Xing Tianze also discovered that in addition to his strong combat effectiveness, the other party seemed to be fully obedient to the command of the general.
"Marshal, the last general thinks that we should fight in a hurry, please give me 20,000 elite soldiers, and the last general will definitely capture Black Dragon City tonight." A man with a meaty face stepped forward and spoke respectfully.
The generals brought on this expedition have all been selected without a trace, either themselves or people whose parents have followed Xing Tianze's expedition to Baiyue
Therefore, they are extremely loyal and respectful to Xing Tianze.
"General Zhang, are you exaggerating too much? Black Dragon City is easy to defend and difficult to attack, even if you are given 50,000 soldiers and horses, I don't think you can attack it in one night. The other general joked with a smile.
This person's name is Liu Teng, he was one of the generals who followed Xing Tianze back then, and he had witnessed his majestic appearance at the beginning, although the fifth prince had not asked about the army in the past few years
However, he has always respected Xing Tianze extremely much in his heart, and when Wuxian found him and said that the fifth prince was back in charge of the army, Liu Teng directly threw down the dishes and chopsticks in his hand and came.
The man he called General Zhang only snorted softly when he heard this, and did not do anything other excesses, they both had a very strong friendship between them, and this kind of joke was never taken to heart.
"What General Liu said is extremely true, Black Dragon City was originally a fortified city in the north of our country, and there are ten wells in the city that can provide water for the fifty army within half a year." Another general also opened his mouth to introduce the news of Black Dragon City.
This person is called Wen Qian, who is best at leading troops to reconnoiter the terrain, and he is also one of Xing Tianze's most effective subordinates in the army that year.
After the three of them spoke, the tent suddenly became lively, some generals supported the suggestion of sending troops to attack immediately, and some supported the proposal to surround Black Dragon City with troops.
After a quarter of an hour of discussion, Xing Tianze asked them to stop.
"Traceless, do you have any particularly good advice as our military advisor?" Xing Tianze set his eyes on him.
"I've thought about the connection between the generals just now." Wuxian put down the jade pendant on his waist: "The walls of Black Dragon City are seven zhang higher than the rest of the city walls, because if it is a strong attack, even if all the trees on Cuiping Mountain are cut down, it will not be enough to be the coffin of the children of Xingzhao." ”
As soon as the words of the traceless came out of the generals who advocated the attack just now, one or two immediately fell silent, and some even turned their eyes to the other side.
They all knew very well that this traceless boy who looked weak on the outside and had a jade face was very powerful, and his own skills were probably not comparable to ordinary generals.
"So what do you think you should do? At present, we really need a strong city to gain a foothold. Xing Tianze nodded lightly, agreeing with this very affirmatively.
"Although today's battle was only a small victory, it also boosted the morale of our army." Traceless's gaze suddenly became deeper: "If I'm not wrong in my guess, although the Qingcang Kingdom sent 300,000 troops this time, other cities and important towns still need soldiers and horses to garrison, so there should be less than 100,000 soldiers and horses in the current Black Dragon City." ”
"You mean to send an army to attack the city?" A look of surprise flashed in Xing Tianze's eyes.
"That's right, and the soldiers should send troops to attack Black Dragon City at night tonight." Traceless's words were extremely affirmative: "Marshal, who can you send to let them sneak into the city and open the city gates tonight, and then our army will pour out and capture it in one fell swoop." ”
"The main combat strength of the Qingcang Kingdom is the cavalry, but in the city with many buildings, the cavalry cannot play the greatest role in the future." After saying these words with great certainty, Traceless picked up the jade pendant on his waist again.
As for the people he was talking about, all the generals except Xing Tianze who came out were very puzzled, and they didn't know what the person Wuji was talking about.
"Falling out of the nest? Dare to ask Traceless Child, but if the enemy calculates that we will send troops, what should they do if they come to attack our camp again? Wen Qian frowned slightly, a little unsure of his intentions.
"General Wen is really smart, he was confused for a while, compared to the entire Black Dragon City, our big camp is not important." Traceless and simple explanations.
Wen Qian suddenly came to his senses, officially what he said, compared to the big camp, Black Dragon City is really more important.
"Okay, the generals immediately go down to reorganize the troops and horses, and after the three armies have eaten and drunk enough, they will gather at a position ten miles outside the Black Dragon City, and launch a general attack at midnight tonight, and they will definitely capture the Black Dragon City in one fell swoop. Xing Tianze immediately gave an order.