Chapter 176: Interrogation in the Accounts
After the battle, the rear army of the Jin army cleaned up the battlefield, disposed of the corpses, and the wounded were not mentioned for the time being, and said that Gu Liangyun and Shao Lin carried the captured wooden generals and returned to the Chinese military tent to see Ling Wuya.
Although the Jin army defeated the sneak attack of the wooden soldiers in this battle, the price paid was not small, but in this battle, the casualties on the Jin army's side were no less than 3,000 people, and two grain trucks were burned and three trebuchets were burned.
Fortunately, Shao Linsheng captured a wooden general, which made up for the losses of the Jin army to the greatest extent.
After listening to the battle situation of the rear army, Ling Wuya immediately allocated another 5,000 elites to the rear army to strengthen the strength of the rear army, and assigned deputy generals Tong Lei and Jiang Shi to be responsible for commanding the rear army.
After dealing with all of this, his eyes fell on the wooden general.
At this time, the wooden general was still in a coma, lying on the ground unconscious.
Ling Wuya looked at Shao Lin, who said, "I just knocked him unconscious, pouring a basin of cold water can make him sober." β
Ling Wuya smiled, bowed his hand to Shao Lin, and said, "This time it's really thanks to General Shao's help!"
General Ling was polite. Shao Lin didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly returned the salute.
At this time, Sergeant Jin brought a bucket of cold water and poured it on the head of the wooden general.
The unconscious wood general shook the spirit, woke up quietly, his eyes had not yet opened, and he muttered in his mouth, "Oops...... It hurts me......"
Hearing this, Ling Wuya, Gu Liangyun, Shao Lin and the others in the big tent almost laughed, and at the same time secretly breathed a sigh of relief, it seems that this wood general is a soft bone, which is easy to do.
Ling Wuya walked up to Mu and squatted down. Looking at him closely, he asked with a smile, "Is the general awake?"
The wooden general had been tied up by Wuhua at this time, and Ling Wuya was not afraid that he would hurt himself.
After listening to Ling Wuya's question, General Mu slowly opened his eyes, looked at Ling Wuya, and then looked at the Jin Army and Jin generals around him. I was stunned for a few seconds, and then I realized what was going on.
His body shook, took a deep breath, and shouted at Ling Wuya, who was squatting in front of him: "Ben will fall into the hands of the gold thief, if you want to kill or kill you, give it a good time!"
When he spoke, his expression was as if he was at home, but his eyelids were involuntarily pounding.
His eyes didn't wait to escape Ling Wuya's eyes, and the latter snorted. Then he shrugged his shoulders indifferently, stood up, and said, "Since the general said so, then it is no wonder that my subordinates are ruthless. Someone, drag him out and cut him in half!"
Beheading is the second most capital punishment after Ling Chi, cutting off people from the waist, and people are often not dead at that time. The pain, despair, and fear that can see one's internal organs flowing all over the ground is the greatest devastation before death.
The wooden general heard this. His face was pale with fright, his legs were weak, and he couldn't stand up even if he wanted to.
The Jin soldiers on both sides didn't care about that, stepped forward, grabbed General Ning, and dragged them out.
"Wait...... Wait a minute...... The general spared his life. The general spares his lifeβ" At this time, General Mu left all his backbone and integrity behind, and screamed at Ling Wuya.
Ling Wuya smiled secretly in his heart, he waved his hand to the soldier, and then looked at the wooden general with a smile. He asked, "Aren't you afraid of death?"
Mu Jiang was ashamed, but he didn't care about explaining, and there was only one thought left in his head, which was to save his life first.
He begged for mercy urgently, and wailed in a trembling voice: "The general spares his life......"
Ling Wuya restrained his smile, turned around and sat back on the collapse, his eyes were like electricity, staring straight at the wooden general for a long time, and asked slowly, "What is your Excellency's name?"
"Little ...... Villain Liu Hao...... This sneak attack on the Kim ...... It wasn't my idea to sneak up on your army, the villain was just acting on orders. The wooden general named Liu Hao explained in a loud voice, leaving aside the relationship, for fear that Ling Wuya would resent him, and then ordered himself to be beheaded.
"Liu Hao?" Ling Wuya read his name, nodded, and asked, "Who ordered you to come to attack our army?"
"Yes...... It was the order of our army commander Zhang He, General Zhang said that Jin ...... Your army is menacing, our army is difficult to do a frontal confrontation, only to contain your army as much as possible, slow down the pace of your army, and wait until the reinforcements arrive, we can compete with your army head-on, so we sent villains and General Wang Zheng to set up an ambush here. Liu Hao didn't dare to hide it at all, and told the truth.
"Who is Wang Zheng?" Ling Wuya asked casually.
"...... Shao Lin of your army has been ...... General Shao killed ......," Liu Hao said in horror. Until now, he couldn't help but feel chills in his heart when he recalled the scene when Shao Lin suddenly appeared behind Wang Zheng and killed him with one stab, it was terrifying......
Ling Wuya nodded, and at the same time glanced at Shao Lin with appreciation, with such a wise and brave lieutenant general, he was really a lot more relaxed!
He rolled his eyes, and said to Liu Hao with a smile: "In my opinion, there are no rocks or jungle cover here, and it is not suitable for ambush, if it is not for the sudden fog today, it will be difficult for you to approach our army at all, Zhang He sent you here to set up an ambush, wouldn't it be for you to come to find death?"
"No, no, no......" Liu Hao shook his head again and again, and said: "General Zhang is clever, and he has long expected that there will be fog here. β
"Oh?" Ling Wuya's heart moved, and his body subconsciously leaned forward, waiting for Liu Hao to continue.
Seeing that Ling Wuya seemed to be interested, Liu Hao hurriedly said: "General Zhang has already found out that there is often heavy fog in this area in September, and it is difficult to see beyond three zhang, so he sent me and others to sneak attack your army's rear army, and mainly attack by fire, so as to consume as much of your army's baggage and grain and grass as possible, so that your army's advance will not be peaceful, so as to slow down the speed of your army's march and buy time for the arrival of our reinforcements." β
Ling Wuya gasped, this Zhang He was really not a mediocre person, he could even calculate that there would be a heavy fog in this area, and send ambush troops in advance, if it weren't for Gu Liangyun, Shao Lin and other generals on his side, it was really possible to be attacked by the Mu army! Once the baggage and grain and grass were burned and destroyed, where could he continue to march, he could only stay in place and wait for logistical supplies.
Thinking of this, Ling Wuya couldn't help but feel a little afraid. Only uses a small force of troops, but plays a maximum of containment and buys time for his side, Zhang He is really a handsome man who is good at strategy.
After a pause, Ling Wuya changed his words and asked, "What is the current city defense in Liaodong City, and how many defenders are there?"
Liu Hao hesitated for a moment, his eyes fluttered, and he stammered slightly: "The city defense of Liaodong City is very perfect, there is plenty of grain and grass, but there are not many defenders, probably ...... Only 80,000 people ......"
Ling Wuya blinked, leaned back, and said casually with a smile: "I'm afraid it's more than that, right?" His words were not only a temptation, but also saw that Liu Hao's expression was unnatural when he spoke, and he intended to deceive him.
Sure enough, Liu Hao inhaled secretly, swallowed and foamed with difficulty, and said, "At most, it is about 100,000 troops." β
With just one sentence, an extra 20,000 troops were defrauded, and it seems that there is still water in it.
Ling Wuya snorted, raised his hand and said, "Since you don't want to tell the truth, what's the use of me keeping you?
"Wait, wait a minute!" Liu Hao originally wanted to leave a way out for himself, but now it seems that the other party also knows his own situation very well, and he can't be fooled, he said urgently: "General, the original strength of Liaodong City is indeed only 80,000, and the other 20,000 people have been transferred back to China by General Zhang to fight against the Red Army, but I heard that your army is going south, General Zhang recruited these people back, plus some recruits recruited temporarily, at present, the strength in the city is close to 100,000. The villain's words are true, there is no longer any falsehood, please check it out to the general!"
Ling Wuya nodded secretly, and at the same time he was surprised, he originally estimated that Liaodong's troops were 80,000 at best, but now it seems that he had miscalculated, Liaodong had gathered 100,000 people, and it was even more difficult for him to defeat Liaodong.
Seeing that he hadn't spoken for a long time, Liu Hao's heart rose to his throat, and he said in a trembling voice: "The villain has already told the general everything he knows, and the general will be merciful and spare the villain's life!"
Ling Wuya glanced at him deeply, and said with a smile: "If you want me to spare you from death, of course you can, but you have to help you come up with a way to break the city, right?"
"The strategy to break the city?" this ......" Liu Hao was sweating anxiously, not to mention that he couldn't think of it, even if he could, it would be impossible to help Jin Jun fight his own people.
"If you can't figure it out, I'll want your head!" Ling Wuya said slowly. (To be continued......)