Chapter 666: The Coalition Forces Come Again

Under Ruan Sihai's special propaganda, the situation in the city gradually stabilized. In a blink of an eye, an hour had passed since Shi Jiangchuan ordered the withdrawal of troops. After agreeing to Zhao Xu's conditions, Shi Jiangchuan had successfully transported the corpses of his own fallen soldiers, and the coalition forces also withdrew.

Originally, there were not many people in the night army who fell into the city, and Zhao Xu wanted to clean up the battlefield first, and the purpose was to target those weapons and other things.

Not long after the coalition forces retreated, the casualties on both sides were counted, with 7,000 wounded and 5,000 dead on the night side. On the other side, the number of enemy casualties was about 20,000, and the number of wounded was not as high as that of the night army. In less than half an hour, the Yang army lost 20,000 troops, and the damage was indeed somewhat serious, but what was even more serious was the blow to the morale of the Yang army.

Judging from the reports of the generals who fled the city, the elite soldiers of the Night Army were indeed extraordinary. After a simple discussion, both Shi Jiangchuan and Tie Xin realized that the so-called elite soldiers were all veterans of the Night Army, and the overall number would not be more than that of new soldiers. Unfortunately, even so, today's battle still made both sides realize that the bone of the Night Army is even more difficult to gnaw than they imagined. After returning to the coalition camp, whether to continue with the previous plan to weaken the night army has become a question for both sides to discuss.

No matter what Shi Jiangchuan and Tie Xin decided, after the coalition troops withdrew, the Chengguan Office gradually returned to calm. The result of five thousand casualties is not big, but it is by no means a loss that can be ignored for the night army, and an attack by the coalition army still made Zhao Xu and other high-level military leaders feel a certain pressure, so after the casualty statistics came out, Zhao Xu convened the generals for the first time, and all the personnel with the rank of wolf general were present.

Throughout the council, Zhao Xu emphasized the intention of the coalition forces to attack the city. In this regard, Zhao Xu asked the generals for advice. Similar to the previous speculation results of Zhao Xu and others in the main hall of the city tower, a large number of generals believed that the coalition army was testing the combat power of the night army, and a small number of people proposed that the reason might be related to the Qingyuan power on this basis.

It is worth mentioning that there are also some generals who say that the coalition army is ready to attack the city at any time on the basis of testing the combat strength of the night army, this view has been denied by Zhao Xu before, but based on the hasty retreat of the coalition forces today and the siege behavior at the cost of damaging their own morale, this view is still established. Thus, before the actual purpose of the coalition siege was revealed, this idea was also included in the scope of the discussion.

After the generals put forward several possibilities, Zhao Xu and the generals discussed various possibilities. After a period of negotiation, the result they obtained was no different from the original battle strategy, generally saying that no matter how the coalition forces attacked the city, the night army would hold Fancheng. Of course, there are still many questions to be considered in terms of the details of how to defend the city.

And when Zhao Xu and other generals discussed the intention of the coalition army to attack the city in advance, Lin Xuanzhong's attention was always on the battle song of Yangguo. The heroic lyrics and high-pitched singing, even if he thinks about it now, Lin Xuanzhong's heart will still be excited.

Although the war song belonged to the enemy, whether it was then or now, Lin Xuanzhong's will was somewhat affected by it. It was indeed an effective means of boosting morale, and the more he thought about it, the more amazed Lin Xuanzhong became.

Due to lack of concentration, Lin Xuanzhong failed to take the initiative to put forward some of his own views during the discussion, and it can be said that he has been listening to others talking. Of course, he has been in such an environment, and Lin Xuanzhong has been somewhat affected. With just a brief consideration, Lin Xuanzhong could understand what Zhao Xu and the others had said.

According to the content of their discussion, Lin Xuanzhong got a result, no matter how the coalition forces attacked the city next time, and when it would be, all the night army could do now was to try their best to prepare for battle.

A discussion lasted for nearly an hour, and when the meeting ended, Lin Xuanzhong left with Li Jianran under Li Jianran's reminder. Not surprisingly, he was praised by Li Jianran again, killing an enemy general is considered a meritorious service, and leading a group of subordinates to quickly defeat the enemy army is also considered a meritorious service, it can be said that Lin Xuanzhong's contribution today is not enough to receive praise from above.

When the battle with the coalition forces is over, if it ends with the victory of the night army, Lin Xuanzhong will definitely receive an official reward from above. Putting this matter aside, when Li Jianran particularly emphasized that the number of casualties was mostly infantry battalions, Lin Xuanzhong couldn't help but remember that Zhao Xu had mentioned the casualties of the night army in World War I today.

Five thousand is not a small number, and it is definitely a number that cannot be ignored for the night army, which currently has only 160,000 troops. Moreover, today's battle is still carried out under the condition that the enemy army does not have large-scale siege equipment, if the enemy's ordnance conditions are better, Lin Xuanzhong can think that even if the night army fights against the coalition army with one enemy and four enemies, with the current total strength, it will not be able to withstand such consumption, so how to reduce the loss of one's own personnel when fighting with the coalition army in the future is a key.

Yan Nantian had already talked about this during the discussion just now, and now Lin Xuanzhong didn't need to tell Li Jianran what he thought, after leaving Li Jianran, Lin Xuanzhong returned to the area where the soldiers in the headquarters were located. As soon as he arrived, Zhang Jiutian immediately told Lin Xuanzhong about the casualties below.

Except for the dozen or so people who died at the hands of the enemy generals, the soldiers in the headquarters were almost uninjured when fighting against the ordinary Yang army, and Lin Xuanzhong was quite satisfied with this result.

After patrolling the queue lined up by the soldiers of the headquarters, Lin Xuanzhong and Zhang Jiutian found a place to rest. Now that things are over, Lin Xuanzhong wants to take a simple rest. It's only early afternoon, and when the two of them are rested, they go directly to eat.

Although there was a battle with the coalition army in the morning, the food in this army was not better than usual, but compared with the comfortable food in Hu's hometown, it was still a habit of eating in the barracks. There are so many people coming and going, and you don't feel quiet wherever you go.

After eating, Lin Xuanzhong received another instruction from above, Zhao Xu should boost morale this afternoon, and as long as the soldiers in the army are still capable of moving, they must be present. It took nearly an hour back and forth, and by the time the parade was over, everything was back to normal in the army, and the soldiers were supposed to stand guard, and everyone had something to do.

After returning to his normal state, Lin Xuanzhong found another place to practice archery and practiced until he rested at night. To Lin Xuanzhong's surprise, Princess Lan Xin and the others did not come to visit before resting, so they just talked to Zhang Jiutian at the residence.

Early the next morning, when he was still asleep in bed, a rapid horn sound outside directly woke Lin Xuanzhong, and after getting up and sitting on the bed in an instant, Lin Xuanzhong only heard the horn sound outside more continuously, it was the military horn before the war.

Subconsciously thinking that it might be that the coalition army came to attack the city again, Lin Xuanzhong quickly got up and got out of bed, put on a military uniform and went out directly with a weapon. After a simple wash in the courtyard, Zhang Jiutian happened to come from outside.

"General, the marshal has ordered you to gather at Chengguan as soon as possible," as soon as they met, Zhang Jiutian explained the purpose of coming to Lin Xuanzhong.

"The coalition forces are attacking the city again?" Walking next to Zhang Jiutian, Lin Xuanzhong asked in a hurried tone.

"Exactly, just like yesterday, the coalition camp was also opened early today, and now the coalition forces are already on their way to Fancheng. ”

"Then let's go over as soon as possible," he glanced up at the gray sky, thinking that it would take a while for the night army to start morning training, which was even more surprising to the enthusiasm of the coalition army.

Speaking of which, when I participated in the discussion yesterday, none of the dozen generals at that time mentioned the possibility that the coalition army would come to attack the city today, and it seemed that everyone felt that the coalition army had only one temptation. And because of the defeat, everyone thought that the coalition forces would no longer rashly attack the city, which was like a recognized common sense. It's just that now think about it, if the coalition forces really only had one temptation, why only the Yang army attacked the city yesterday.

After thinking of this, Lin Xuanzhong only felt that everyone had miscalculated, so it was not difficult to speculate that today's siege of the coalition army surprised many generals up and down. In the case of not understanding why the coalition forces came to attack the city again, Lin Xuanzhong was even more confused about whether the coalition forces were attacking the city with all their strength today, speaking of which, it was precisely because of this that Zhao Xu wanted to convene the generals to discuss the matter.

After a period of surprise, the unexpected siege behavior of the coalition army made Lin Xuanzhong feel a little afraid, that kind of fear of the unknown behavior of the coalition army could not be offset by a small victory yesterday, and when he hurried to the city pass to meet the other generals, Lin Xuanzhong noticed the solemn expressions on the faces of those generals, as if they all felt that the situation was very serious.

After standing next to them for a while, Lin Xuanzhong really heard someone guessing that the coalition army was going to attack the city with all its might today, and the coalition army came to attack the city unexpectedly immediately after a failed siege, which made this speculation very convincing, because Lin Xuanzhong, who was already a little scared, was now even more nervous.

Through the observation of other generals, Lin Xuanzhong saw the same mood on the faces of those colleagues. I have to say that the second siege of the coalition forces brought a great impact to everyone.

Not long after, Zhao Xu came over with several main generals and immediately told Lin Xuanzhong and others that the coalition army would attack the city with all its might. As yesterday, the coalition still did not have large-scale siege equipment, but because of this, Zhao Xu ignored the consideration of weapons, so that the coalition army's unexpected combat strategy had a greater impact on them.

When Zhao Xu personally explained that the coalition forces had the possibility of a large-scale siege of the city, Lin Xuanzhong and other first-class wolf generals became more and more nervous. The only thing that reassures everyone is that yesterday afternoon, when Zhao Xu deliberately boosted morale and boosted the morale of the army, he had already mentioned that no matter when the coalition forces attacked, all personnel must be ready to participate in the battle at any time.

Zhao Xu's actions yesterday afternoon had a great effect on stabilizing the morale of the army, so after learning that the coalition army was coming to attack the city again, the soldiers below were not as surprised as the generals above, and they were ready to fight with the coalition army one by one.