Chapter 776: Persuasion
Although the situation was difficult, several people were not afraid, but quite calm, they had been soldiers for so many years, they had never seen any strong winds and waves, even if it was life and death, they were prepared.
This battle was difficult, but it caused huge casualties to the other side, which is enough for several people to be proud.
With a force of less than 40,000 troops, he stubbornly resisted the enemy army, which was more than twice as large as himself, and played a battle loss ratio of one to two.
Whether it was Chen Dao, Song Biao and others, or the demoralized Mengzhou soldiers, their faces were full of excitement, and this was the happiest battle they fought.
Under the attack of the north and the south, the four peripheral military cities are still in their hands, this battle is enough, and then kill one without losing money, killing two to earn one.
At this time, the soldiers defending the four military cities all had this idea in their hearts, and when the battle was fought, there was no retreat at all, everyone put life and death aside, and the next thing to fight was the last breath.
On the tower of the city, the exhausted soldiers leaned on each other and took advantage of a short rest to rest.
Although they were tired, their eyes were quite sharp, and their eyes swept away, exuding a little killing intent.
This silence did not last long, and suddenly, outside the city tower, a low horn sounded suddenly.
The soldiers who were leaning on each other stood up violently, ready to attack as soon as possible, and with murderous intent, they looked at the large number of enemy troops gathered in the distance.
They knew that a new offensive was about to begin, and that another fierce battle would follow.
In the middle of the city tower, Chen Zhi stood on a high place with a big knife in his hand, his eyes were fierce, and his body exuded murderous intent.
Just as he was about to raise his arms and shout, he ordered all the soldiers to prepare for a desperate fight, when a messenger quickly ran behind him.
Without too much nonsense, he directly sent the letter of the news, Chen Zhi showed a surprised look, he knew that at this critical moment, if it was not something important, the messenger would definitely not appear to disturb him.
After receiving the letter from the messenger's hand, his eyes swept, and soon, his surprised face suddenly changed to excitement.
The letter in his hand was held high, and he shouted to the soldiers around him.
"Brothers! Sir Messenger! He has taken the kingdoms of the Western Regions, "I am encircling Wuwei with Lord Duhu, the fall of Saktu is a matter of time, and now the time has come to test us!" ”
"Brothers, hold out until the last moment, reinforcements will definitely come, we will definitely win, kill!"
"Kill! Kill! Kill! ”
All of a sudden, all the soldiers in the entire city brandished the big swords in their hands, their faces turned red, and they shouted loudly, and a high morale swept through the city in an instant, sweeping away the fatigue just now.
After holding on for so long, this is the best news they have gotten, and the support of seven or eight days has finally paid off.
Not only did Chen Dao's Mengbei City receive the news, but Song Biao, Er Meng, and Li Sheng all got Su Qi'an's message together.
All the soldiers in the four cities were encouraged by this news, especially the Dongshan Army to which they belonged, in addition to the excited look on their faces, they also couldn't hide their pride.
Their marquis can always bring them such a big surprise at a critical moment, and he can always surprise them.
It was shocking to them that they had penetrated the Western Regions again and controlled the entire Western Regions.
Although it is not yet known when reinforcements will arrive, at least they have hope.
The dawn of victory is in sight, and it will be up to them how long they can hold out.
With Su Qi'an controlling the entire territory of the Western Regions, the key to the victory or defeat of the war in the two northwestern states fell on them.
They know better than anyone how long they can hold out, and the balance of victory will be tilted more and more in their favor.
The soldiers defending the four cities took a deep breath, their faces were full of excitement, and they only had high fighting intentions in their eyes as they looked at the enemy troops who were attacking them again.
As the enemy army got closer and closer, an order was given, and the catapults and ballistae prepared in the city were all fired in unison.
The gloomy sky was suddenly covered by a rain of arrows, and at the same time, the closed city gate suddenly opened at this moment, and a group of cavalry, with an earth-shattering roar, rushed towards the enemy army in front of them like a sharp knife.
All of a sudden, the towers outside the four military cities were immediately drowned out by the fierce sound of rushing and killing, and another fierce battle began...
At the same time, the coalition forces occupying Wuwei Military Town had a solemn face, and there was a slight anxiety between their eyebrows.
Just now, they learned the news that their rear, their hometown of the Western Regions, was taken by Su Qi'an with his troops.
Not only that, but the other lords, under the leadership of Yuezhao and Dazhi, turned back one after another and jointly issued a crusade against the water.
The general meaning of the text is to scold Saktu for using the coalition army to achieve his ambitions, and will drag the countries of the Western Regions into the abyss, hoping that Saktu can get lost in time and surrender Kaicheng.
This crusade was not stopped, in fact, they were powerless to stop it, and now they occupy Wuwei, and they have indeed cut off the boundary of Ganzhou going north into Mengzhou.
However, the Ganzhou soldiers, who retreated to the two military towns of Longquan and Tiannan, reacted quickly, and after only about an hour, they boldly sent troops, assembled the whole army, and went straight to Wuwei.
Surrounded Wuwei, up to now, Wuwei has been besieged for two or three days, at present, they are not worried about the lack of food in the city, but how to fight against the Ganzhou soldiers who surrounded them.
At first, according to the plan, they sat in Wuwei and waited for the other party to lead the army to attack, after all, dividing 20,000 troops to the north would only make Wang Zhenshan very anxious.
If you want to send troops to support Mengzhou, you can only storm Wuwei, but once you attack, there will definitely be big casualties, and with the city wall of Wuwei, they can completely wait for work, and they can take this opportunity to kill and injure a large number of living troops.
In the first two days, in order to be able to go north in time for reinforcements, Wang Zhenshan could only attack strongly, and naturally paid a large number of casualties, which was also expected.
Now that they continue to consume like this, even if they are exhausted, the casualties of the Ganzhou soldiers will only be more and not less, no matter how they are counted, they will all earn.
But on the third day, Wang Zhenshan changed his strong attack, but instead besieged but did not fight, that is, he slowly besieged, not because Wang Zhenshan was not in a hurry, but because of their large rear, the countries of the Western Regions were pierced by Su Qi'an at some point.
And also united with other lords of the country, collectively anti-water Saktu, the daily siege, the crusade of the text like snowflakes, constantly coming towards Wuwei.
In this case, even if Saktu wanted to stop it, he couldn't do it at all, and instead of forcibly banning it, it was better to let it go.
This is also the most anxious for the coalition forces, I thought that Saktu would explain to them, no matter how bad it is, it can be said that the news is a rumor or something.
But a whole day passed, and Saktu did not react with any explanation, and remained silent.
It was this silence that only exacerbated the authenticity of the message, which made many coalition soldiers unable to sit still.
Not to mention that their hometown was captured, their country lords, collectively rebelled against the water, united with the people of Da Liang, and counted Saktu as a villain who dragged the Western Regions into the abyss.
On the surface, the text is not against Saktu, but what about them, but the coalition army, they are fighting on the front line, and their own lord is backhanded.
You know, each of them has their own family, relatives and friends, who can guarantee that relatives far away from home will not be implicated.
If it is said that they sent troops to fight before, they were justified, but now it seems that they have somewhat become traitors.
At this moment, it is difficult for them to do it, and Saktu, as the commander-in-chief, has not given an explanation for a long time, and after a long time, the coalition army will definitely be fluctuating, and the people will be panicked, and there will definitely be a big mess at that time.
As time passed minute by minute, for about half a day, the Ganzhou soldiers besieging them did not attack, but continued to maintain psychological warfare, and continued to shoot arrows with inscriptions towards Wuwei Military Town.
This scene made the coalition soldiers look a little numb, and when the rain of arrows stopped, after a while, Saktu's figure appeared.
And he stood on the high part of the tower, and around him stood a detachment of shield-bearers to keep him safe.
Saktu's appearance, the soldiers in the city consciously gathered, and they all looked up at Saktu above.
Looking at the gradually gathering soldiers, Saktu nodded slightly, his right hand was raised, and in his hand there was an arrow in his hand, and in the middle of the arrow, a note was tied to it.
He looked at the soldiers gathered in the city, didn't have any nonsense, and said directly.
"The things in the hands of the leader of this alliance, I think you are all familiar with it, during this time, you must know the above content better than the leader of this alliance, here, the leader of this alliance will not repeat."
"What the leader of this alliance can tell you is that the content of the above text is basically true, Su Qi'an led his soldiers and horses, crossed the Black Wind Mountain, and indeed occupied the Western Regions, and persuaded the other lords to collectively oppose the water and jointly issue a crusade against the leader of this alliance, these are all true."
"Wow!"
As soon as the words fell, as expected, the imaginary uproar resounded instantly, and everyone's faces were full of shock, their mouths were wide open, and they looked incredulous.
Compared with how Su Qi'an led his army to cross the Black Wind Mountain and successfully reach the countries of the Western Regions, they were more curious about why their country lord would rebel, so didn't they become sinners?
When the time comes, will their relatives not be affected? At the thought of this, a commotion immediately erupted among the soldiers.
Feeling the excitement of the coalition forces in the city, Saktu looked calm, waved his hand, signaled quiet, and then said unhurriedly.
"Everyone, your worries, the leader of this alliance can understand, the above inscription is clearly written, as long as you put down your weapons and surrender in Kaecheng, everything you do will be a write-off, and it will not involve your relatives."
"For these, the leader of this alliance is still very pleased in his heart, at least it shows that Liang Ren still has some conscience, if you want to leave, the leader of this alliance will definitely not stop you, you just need to put down your weapon and you can leave."
Saktu's words shocked the coalition forces who were in a lot of noise just now, and their eyes flashed with deep disbelief.
And these words can come out of the mouth of their lords, as the sun comes out of the west.