Chapter 69: The Battle of Pingcheng (4)
Hearing that Xue Wanche took all the blame on himself, several generals from other states and counties immediately breathed a sigh of relief. But when they looked up, they saw that everyone's faces were still heavy, and they quickly lowered their heads again.
At this time, I only heard Xue Wanche say again: "Although we have lost this day, no matter how many and combat strength we compete, the advantage is still on our side of Beiyan! Now that we have figured out their old background, we still have a great chance of winning the first battle. But now that we have lost 30,000 brothers, we can no longer afford such a big loss, what good strategy can you have, not only to break through the city, but also to reduce casualties?"
Xue Wanche asked this, and there was a surprising silence in a big tent, and everyone buried their heads and didn't say a word.
After a while, seeing that everyone didn't dare to speak up, Guo Xian sighed secretly, stepped forward and said: "General, Pingcheng is one of the capitals of Goryeo, the city is strong and thick, if it is attacked, it will inevitably cause huge casualties." It is better for our army to besiege the city and not attack it, just wait for the Fusang people in the city to run out of food and grass, and Pingcheng will naturally not be attacked!"
Xue Wanche raised his eyebrows and said, "Siege of the city, if it is changed to usual, it is also a way." But now it is the cold winter of the lunar month, and this Goryeo is even more a very cold place, and our army of more than 100,000 is stationed outside, and many brothers are frostbitten every day, and some even are frozen to death! I am afraid that before the Fuso people run out of food and grass, more than half of the brothers have already frozen to death and frostbite, so how will we fight the battle in the future?"
Guo Xian's white face turned red, and he hurriedly bowed down and said, "It's the lower officials who are not thoughtful!"
Xue Wanche waved his hand and let Guo Xian retreat, his eyes swept over the faces of dozens of generals, and continued: "What other good strategies do others have?"
Seeing that someone had made a start, some generals also became bolder, only to see a tall and burly general stand up and say: "General, the last general is in charge of the equipment battalion, and the last general feels that there is no need to send soldiers to storm the city, just bombard the city wall with ballistas and trebuchets every day, and within a few days, the city wall will definitely collapse!"
Xue Wanche waved his hand and interrupted the words of the general of the equipment battalion: "Fusang people are not stupid. Just now we received a report from Tanma, as soon as we retreated, the Fusang people hurried to repair the city wall. Those Fuso cubs actually came up with a way to pour hot water on the city wall, and within an hour, the hot water would freeze into ice. In this kind of weather, the ice wrapped around the city wall is even harder than a stone! Let's say boom, Fusang cubs will repair it every day, so when will it be possible to collapse the city wall?"
"Why don't you dig a tunnel?"
"Stupid! Now that the ground is frozen harder than stone, how can you dig it?"
"Why don't we make some canisters of oil and throw them into the city with trebuchets and light a fire?"
"Well, that's an idea! But this method can't hurt the Fuso people hard. ”
For a while, the generals offered suggestions one after another, but they just didn't come up with a good plan that could defeat the Fusang people in one fell swoop.
After the generals finished speaking, Xue Wanche raised his eyebrows, and the tiger's eyes flashed: "Since there is no better idea, then Lao Tzu has a way!"
Everyone stopped thinking and looked at Xue Wanche expectantly.
I only heard Xue Wanche continue: "Lao Tzu wants to personally lead the death squad, and seize the city gate while the Fusang people are getting carried away and neglecting their precautions tonight! Even if the city gate can't be grabbed, at least a section of the city wall will be captured, what do you think?"
When the generals heard this, they were amazed!
This method is not bizarre, and even some generals have thought of it. But the generals were shocked that Xue Wanche actually wanted to go into battle in person!
"General, you must not! You are the commander of the whole army, if there is an accident, will it not be a global collapse?"
"The last general is willing to replace the general and attack Pingcheng at night!"
"General, you must not go into battle in person, otherwise!"
"General, the last general is willing to fight for you!"
For a while, the big tent of the Chinese army became a pot of porridge, and everyone wanted to prevent Xue Wanche from going into battle in person.
Xue Wanche's tiger eyes widened, his bronzed face revealed a chill, he slapped the table hard, and said angrily: "Lao Tzu has made up his mind, you don't have to say much! Otherwise, don't blame Lao Tzu for serving in the military law!"
Under Xue Wanche's prestige, the generals suddenly stopped their voices.
Seeing that Xue Wanche could not be persuaded to persuade him, several generals of the Liaodong Army looked at each other, immediately stood up and knelt on one knee, and said in unison: "Since the general is the first soldier and personally goes into battle, the last general and others are willing to go with the general!"
"The last general is willing to go with the general!"
"The last general wishes!"
"The last general wishes!"
After the generals in the big tent were not left behind, they all knelt on one knee and shouted in unison to follow Xue Wan to attack Pingcheng all night.
"Smack!" Xue Wanche slapped the table again, and said angrily: "You guys are trying to blackmail Lao Tzu? You all go with Lao Tzu, who will lead the soldiers under your command? Bastard! Your task, Lao Tzu has his own arrangements, now give Lao Tzu orders!"
"Hussar Camp Chu Xianming!"
"The last general!"
The hussar battalion division who was named was Chu Xianming, and hurriedly responded with his fists in his hands.
"Tonight, you will lead the hussar battalion of 20,000 iron horsemen and ambush them outside the north gate of Pingcheng. Just wait for Lao Tzu to grab the city gate, and then kill into Pingcheng, no prisoners, no living! Lao Tzu wants to Pingcheng, not a piece of armor!"
"Order!"
"Xuanwu Camp Shen Xiufan!"
"The last general!"
Xuanwu Camp Master is Shen Fanxiu, and he also responds.
"Tonight, you will lead 25,000 soldiers of the Xuanwu camp to ambush on the right side of the north gate of Pingcheng, and if the city gate is wide open, you will enter through the city gate. If the city gate is not opened, then from the city wall that Lao Tzu snatched, he will enter the peaceful city, and there will be no prisoners left!"
"Order!"
"Ironclad Battalion Cheng Shi!"
"The last general!"
"Tonight, you will lead 8,000 soldiers of the ironclad battalion, and you will also ambush on the right side of the north gate of Pingcheng!"
"Order!"
"Xiao Cavalry Camp Ding Pei!"
"The last general!"
"Tonight, you lead 20,000 Xiao cavalry battalion light horses, ambush outside the south gate of Pingcheng, if there is a Fusang army escaped, no one will be left!"
"Order!"
"Jin Jun Yang Pu!"
"The last general!"
"Tonight, you will lead 18,000 Jinju troops and ambush them outside the West Gate!"
"Order!"
"Lu Jun Zhao Zihu!"
"The last general!"
"Tonight, you will lead 20,000 Lu troops and ambush them outside the east gate!"
Xue Wanche ordered more than a dozen generals in one breath and arranged all the tasks for tonight. For a time, the murderous spirit in the big tent of the Chinese army was sky-high, and everyone was grinding their fists and fighting spirits high, sweeping away the previous decadent atmosphere.
The humiliation suffered by the Northern Yan army under Pingcheng is destined to be washed away only with blood!
Tonight, no one is destined to sleep!
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