Chapter Seventy-Eight: Forward
The pessimistic and desperate soldiers were slaughtered by the pikemen and archers, and some of them rushed madly to kill, but it was useless, their madness could only be to find death, while some soldiers could kneel on the ground in despair, praying for their fists to die!
"Kill!"
Qin Fei didn't have the slightest softness, now he only has 20,000 elite soldiers, and he won't leave prisoners at all, he just wants a lightning attack to weaken Lecheng to the greatest extent, and even occupy Lecheng!
The slaughter, without the slightest fighting spirit, only wanted to pray for surrender, the Lecheng soldiers could no longer pose any threat to the Qingyun army.
Solved the 20,000 army in the hands of Loctite, how could they resist Qin Fei's attack with only the hundreds of old and weak people guarding the city, but in a moment, this border town became Qin Fei's bag.
In this battle, Qin Fei annihilated more than 20,000 troops in Lecheng at the cost of losing nearly 100 people, leaving 500 wounded soldiers to guard the town and clean up the battlefield.
Ye Qing's order to Qin Fei was to weaken Lecheng's vital forces as much as possible, so that they could not take the initiative to attack Ye Qing, and they could fight wherever they wanted while ensuring their own safety, all up to their own personal performance.
Rushing forward, in half a day, Qin Fei and his army had already marched to the second defensive town of Lecheng, but unfortunately the defenders here did not know the news that the front line had fallen at this time, and the defense was very lax, almost in a state of defense, after all, they could not imagine that the 20,000 troops on the front line would be wiped out so silently.
Getting this good opportunity, Qin Fei naturally wouldn't let it go, he wanted to let the army rest for a while, but the opportunity was here, how could he let it go.
Zhang Liao took the lead, followed by elite guards, followed by a large number of elite spearmen.
"Kill!"
As soon as the mighty army appeared, the soldiers defending the city on the city wall were obviously stunned, and then shouted sharply: "Enemy attack, close the city gate!"
It's a pity that Qin Fei didn't give the Lecheng soldiers time to close the city gate, Qin Fei and his personal guards who rushed in front of the army were not vegetarians, they were all selected, and being proficient in Gongma was only the most basic requirement.
The defenders of Lecheng under the city were about to close the city gate, and at this time, the guards in front bent their bows and shot arrows, directly shooting these soldiers who intended to close the city gate into hedgehogs.
The pikemen sped their sortie and entered the town in no time.
Qin Fei's march was too fast, and when he entered the town, the general defending the city only reacted, but this general was not an idle person, so he immediately asked people to hurry up, go out through another gate, and urgently rush towards Lecheng.
And he himself quickly put on his armor, picked up his weapons, rode the war horses that the upper generals moved, and took all his elite personal soldiers to kill the generals.
Along the way, he didn't forget to gather soldiers, not to mention, when he was about to solve Qin Fei, he really let him gather thousands of soldiers around him, but unfortunately, most of them were poor people and basically had no military training.
The defense of the town was already weak, the defenders were only a thousand people, even if some enthusiastic people were gathered now, the total was less than three thousand, how could it be Qin Fei's opponent of the army of nearly ten thousand.
However, in the world of incense, this town completely fell into the hands of Qin Fei, the guards were killed, the three thousand defenders were killed nearly two thousand, and the rest were either captured or fled.
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At this moment, hearing the urgent report from the front line, the city lord of Lecheng was so angry that he took several cups in a row, and scolded in his mouth: "Loctite misunderstands me, Loctite misunderstands me!"
Now that the two towns on the front line have fallen, the next few towns are also fast, Leyang knows that now the outer defense of Lecheng has been broken, and the defensive barrier of the lost front line, Lecheng has been directly exposed to the attack of the Qingyun army, and now it is not about rescuing the peripheral towns with human words, but how to keep Lecheng.
"Guys, what's the best plan now?"
Le Yang said listlessly, apparently he himself had no hope that his subordinates would be able to come up with a useful solution.
Fortunately, Leyang's subordinates are not all wine bags and rice bags, and there are still one or two people with a little ability.
At this time, an old man stood up and said: "Lord Lord, according to the information from the front line, this Qingyun army is indeed very strong, and our army may not be an opponent in a head-on battle, but it is not impossible to let them withdraw their troops. ”
"Oh, tell me, what's the solution?"
Le Yang hurriedly asked expectantly.
The old man was not pretentious, but said, "The Qingyun army is very strong, but their number is too small, there are less than 20,000 people, although they are elite, but when they are always exhausted, our army may not be their opponent, but when the number is two, five, or even ten times that of them, it is just to consume and kill them!"
"How many troops does it take?"
"At least 100,000 elite troops!"
A wry smile appeared in Le Yang's heart, although their Lecheng is strong, 100,000 elite army Ye can make it up, but first, it is too late to come up, but these elite soldiers still have to defend the border, and it is impossible to transfer all of them to Lecheng!
Since Loctite took 20,000 elites last time, there are only 50,000 troops left in the city, and now it is too late to even temporarily recruit soldiers.
But this is a hope, although Leyang knows that it is difficult to do, he gritted his teeth and has to do it, thought about it for a while, and suddenly looked at the senior management of Lecheng with sharp eyes.
"Ladies and gentlemen, it's time for Lecheng to live and die, so I want everyone to be able to do their best, can you do it?"
Le Yang said in a heavy voice, because Le Yang knew that these subordinates had a large number of private soldiers in their homes, and their elite was not inferior to the army in the city.
"Lord Lord, there are still five hundred servants in the next family, although the ability is limited, but it is also a piece of the heart of the next family, I hope to be able to help the lord!"
It was the old man who was the first to say.
Le Yang was delighted, "The old gentleman is really the pillar of my Lecheng!"
"Is there anyone else?"
Le Yang thought that someone would take the lead, so others would also enthusiastically sacrifice their private soldiers in the future, but after waiting for a long time, there was no one again.
Le Yang's face turned pale for a while, and he shouted sharply: "Okay, very good, at this critical moment of life and death, you still want to preserve your strength, but once the Qingyun army breaks through the city, is it still useful for you to keep your strength?"
"My lord, it's not that I don't want to atone for my sins, but that I really don't have private soldiers in my family!"
Another came out of the ranks, knelt down and said.
Looking at this person, Le Yang knew that this person couldn't afford to raise a private soldier, this person used to be just a small official, and he was promoted by himself because his ability was not bad, but he was born in a poor family, he was quite honest as an official, and he didn't have much money, but raising a private soldier required a lot of financial support, Le Yang sighed: "I know that you don't have private soldiers at home, don't feel guilty, get up!"
At this time, Le Yang felt a sadness in his heart, his heart was too soft, if he had recovered their embezzled money early, and formed an army from the lord's mansion, there was such an ugly place today.
Speaking of which, Leyang, the lord, is also a real bag, the lord's power has almost been divided among his subordinates, a territory with more than 2 million people, and now he can't get together an army of 100,000, which can be said to be a lord's great sorrow.
Now it is too difficult to wrest control of those private soldiers from these greedy and uncourageous people.
Le Yang stood up at this time, he looked at these subordinates with disdain and sneered: "Hmph, do you think that if you don't go against Qingyun, people will let you go when the time comes, no! This is absolutely impossible, with the background of Qingyun City, they naturally know that they can't control such a large territory, and the ambition of Lord Qingyun seems to be very great, so if they want to really control the vast area, then there is only one way, to control all the armed forces, and even we will all be killed, think about it yourself!"
"This ......!"
The city lord's mansion was noisy, obviously what Le Yang said hit their vital point, but subconsciously, they thought that they were the upper echelons of Lecheng, and if Qingyun City wanted to control here, it should not kill themselves and confiscate the family property.
But listening to Le Yang's awakening, they woke up to the fact that now it is equivalent to a war between the two countries, and a territory like Xiang Qingyun, which suddenly rose, is too low, and will not use the original officials of the defeated place, which is not conducive to governance, so it is very likely that they will all be killed.
Thinking of this, cold sweat broke down on the foreheads of these officials, and immediately a minister came out and said: "Lord Hui, it seems that there are a thousand families in the next family who are willing to sacrifice and form an army to defend the city!"
Someone took the lead, and the rest of the people reported the number of private soldiers at home, not to say that they didn't know, but they were shocked, and there were nearly 50,000 private soldiers in the entire Lecheng, Guan is these officials, and they are all not inferior to the elite of the regular army, but they are lacking in tacit understanding.
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Qin Fei's army hurried away, and when it was about ten kilometers away from Lecheng, Zhang Liao immediately ordered: "The team runs forward, becomes a walking forward, pay attention to conserving physical strength!"
"Yes!"
All the soldiers, under the passing of military orders layer by layer, suddenly let out a huge roar, and their morale was like a rainbow, rising to the sky.
Although the successive battles made these soldiers slightly tired, their spirits were very high, and everyone dared to fight to the death, only thinking that as long as they were under the leadership of the commander in front of them, they could kill everything.
The appearance of a strong army has slowly been revealed.
The main force of Qin Fei's army is the infantry army, which slows down, and the soldiers can also use this to recover their strength, while at the same time, some cavalry scouts were sent out to investigate the movements of the Lecheng army, so that after half an hour, about two kilometers away from Lecheng, Qin Fei's army stopped and set up camp.