Chapter 974: Arrive in the royal city within five days
After discussing the matter of food, Xiao Yu took his people back to inspect the granary, although he had already inspected it earlier, but now these grains are related to the victory or defeat of the Nanzhao War, so Xiao Yu didn't dare to be too careless, at this time, he had to check it well, don't wait until the critical moment to drop the chain.
Xiao Yu has been in the court for so long, of course, he knows that no matter how good he usually does, if you give off the chain at the critical moment, then your usual achievements may be erased for you, so you must be very careful at this time, only Nanzhao will take it down for me, then Xiao Yu's everything in Sichuan can be regarded as a successful end, no matter who takes over Sichuan in the future, Xiao Yu can give people a good Sichuan, as for the imperial court, you can also give yourself a great credit.
Back in the barracks, Qin Huaiyu gave Li Xiang a detailed introduction, how their army should march after a while? Which route to take, the more than 20,000 troops were divided into several groups, in order to be able to arrive quickly.
For Qin Huaiyu's basic skills, Li Xiang still believes very much, although Qin Huaiyu has not personally led troops to fight a big battle, but he has never eaten pork and seen a pig run, he was busy with his father back then, and later did some small things in the army, although this time it was the first time to be the commander, but there was no big mistake.
"Now everything is ready, just wait for His Highness's order, as long as His Highness gives me an order, I promise to arrive in Nanzhao Wang City within five days, according to the news we have gathered, it will take half a month at most, and I will definitely be able to calm down the entire Nanzhao and surrender to my Datang."
After Qin Huaiyu finished all the reports, this guy was about to jump up with joy, and now he couldn't stay in the barracks, so he couldn't wait to take his people and go to Nanzhao to settle everything in the next second.
"You sit down and calm down first, now is not the time for you to set off immediately, you drink this cup of tea first, and then think about it carefully later, when to set off I will let you pass, now the loss is a bit big."
Qin Huaiyu is about to fly out here, who knows that he was tied to a rope by Li Xiang, where does this guy have time to drink tea?
"Your Highness, the so-called soldiers are fast, everything that should be prepared has been prepared, I have also done pre-war mobilization for those people on the mountain, and now they are all thinking about making a military exploit, and then completely joining the Tang army, if they are allowed to continue to stay here, I am afraid they are worried about changes."
Qin Huaiyu didn't understand why Li Xiang was waiting, wouldn't he be able to launch a military operation a day earlier? In that way, you will be able to occupy Nanzhao Kingdom one day earlier.
"I don't want to remind you of this, as a coach, you can't just know what is going on the battlefield, there are many things you need to consider, you think about it here slowly, I'll go back and continue fishing, no one can set off without my orders."
Qin Huaiyu still needs to improve slowly, after Li Xiang finished inspecting the entire military camp, he continued to go back fishing with his own people, as for when Qin Huaiyu will set off, it depends on when King Nanzhao gives up the outer city.
Nanzhao Wangcheng
The war has been fought for two days, and the city wall of Nanzhao Wangcheng has also collapsed, but fortunately, the defenders in the city moved relatively quickly and threw all kinds of things on the city wall into it, which blocked this gap, if they sold so much at that time, the cavalry of Zhennan Wang might have rushed over from afar.
At that time, the cavalry of the king of Zhennan had indeed charged, but when they were still five hundred steps away from the city wall, the whole city wall was throwing messy things, and the general at that time immediately stopped, if they continued to rush forward, even if they could reach the bottom of the city wall, the war horses would not be able to rush through, but these cavalry would be abolished by the archers on the city wall.
Datang's comprehensive national strength is also the most powerful around, but it also costs a lot of money for Datang to train a cavalry, not only for the equipment of the cavalry, but also for the training of the cavalry, which is unaffordable for ordinary countries.
Nanzhao is a small country, up and down there are no more than a few thousand cavalry, although all are in the hands of the king of Zhennan, but he can't waste these cavalry so much, they will bear more responsibilities in the future, not to mention that in the past few days of the battle, the losses on the side of the king of Zhennan are indeed a lot, more than 2,000 soldiers have been killed, more than 1,000 soldiers have been injured, and nearly 800 soldiers are missing.
The losses of the defenders on the city wall are a little smaller, but they are not much smaller, mainly because the catapults on the side of the king of Zhennan have not stopped, they are outside the city, and there are big stones everywhere, and now the king of Zhennan has conquered tens of thousands of people nearby, and let them go to the nearby mountains to pull stones, so these catapults do not stop for a moment.
"Don't say it, the defenders in this city really impress me, these days on this way of fighting, even in some cities in the Western Regions, I estimate that they can't hold on, but I didn't expect the people under King Nanzhao to be able to hold on, you see what this city wall has been smashed into now."
Long Jiu didn't come under the city wall in the past few days, he took his men to listen to the situation around, and finally came over today, and looked at the cracks on the city wall in the distance with a telescope that were already as big as a bowl, if you continue to fight like this, in the next two or three days, I'm afraid that there will be more and more places where the city wall will collapse, you can plug this gap today, if there are two or three more gaps tomorrow, see what you use to gamble?
Of course, the king of Nanzhao has also begun to demolish the houses in the city, basically demolishing the houses around the city wall, from wood to all kinds of bricks, all of them have been transported to the city wall, the function of these things is to plug the gap, and all the lamp oil in the city has been collected, which is the only thing they can resist.
Although their losses are less than those of King Zhennan, the number of their army is already small, if you count the losses of the young people in the city, their number is much more than that of the King of Zhennan, and it is to blame that those young people have no military training, and when the enemy attacks, they don't know where to dodge, and they die too much.