Chapter 44: Encirclement and Annihilation
E Chongyu's shouting is useless, on the battlefield of hundreds of thousands of people, once the organization is lost, then all the command will be in vain, even the army of the Great Shang is almost the same, the infantry in front is indomitable, if you want to stop them from advancing, you need to Mingjin to collect the troops, but this may not be able to call back the front, the front has already killed the red eye.
And Wen Zhong commanded the relatively neat arrow array to advance one by one, and the bow and arrow were thrown at the maximum range to avoid accidentally injuring his own people, so to a certain extent, he blocked the defense line that the Southern Route Coalition wanted to establish, and directly disrupted the opponent's deployment.
Wen Zhong nodded, there is no longer the slightest suspense in this battle, the battle is decided, now it depends on how the battle on the North Road is. The battle continued until it was almost dark, when Wen Zhong Ming Jin withdrew his troops, and then began to count the casualties and gains.
The 100,000 army suffered nearly 10,000 casualties, most of them were sword and shield bearers and pikemen in the first ranks, they were on the front line, and the casualties were naturally larger, but not many were killed, most of them were injured and retreated, after all, the iron armor played the greatest protective role. Bronze weapons, on the other hand, are heavier, but they are not sharp enough, and they do not have much lethal effect when hit on iron armor.
Wen Zhong nodded with satisfaction, the results of this battle were very great, the enemy camp was defeated, and such a large amount of grain, grass and military pay were directly captured, in addition to the population. The operation of the army must have husband service, these are considered logistics arms, but they are not paid, they are regarded as a kind of conscription. These people are of little use, but there is no problem in leading the way or something, and at the same time, it can also publicize the policy of the Chaoge army.
This is Sun Ming's proposal, attacking a place, if it is defeated, it must be publicized in the local area, of course, not to publicize the big business, the royal family and the like, but to publicize the land policy, all the land is nationalized, and then 20 mu per capita is allocated, and 1 tax per year is 10.
Wen Zhong and other ministers thought that this was against the royal road at first, and they and Sun Ming did not agree with each other, and Sun Ming did not force it, but only told them to try it first, so Wen Zhong asked people to publicize those servants, and the result can be imagined, these servants looked at the army of Chaoge differently. The people are the most practical, they are not stupid, they know what is good and what is bad.
Wen Zhong was also stunned when he saw the servants scrambling to lead the way for the army, but he also understood, what the people want is benefits, who can give them benefits and let them have enough to eat, then they will support whom, don't use any power and violence to rule, if the people are desperate, then everything is fake, because everything you have comes from them, after losing them, you will find that you have nothing.
This battle wiped out a total of 230,000 troops of the Southern Route Alliance, most of whom were captured, and the end of the battle was actually to capture the prisoners, but Nanbohou E Chongyu ran away, but there were not many troops around him. Don't look at the fact that only 230,000 were eliminated, and the remaining 70,000 or so were also scattered in a hurry, these were the troops behind the palace, and they fled directly when they were finally defeated, and in the case of life and death, they didn't care about any military orders.
E Chongyu fled all the way south with some remnants of the defeated army, so he fled nearly a hundred miles of land, and finally he was so tired that he couldn't walk, so he could only stop and rest, and finally counted the number of people, E Chongyu was stupid, and there were more than 10,000 people left in the 300,000 army, E Chongyu didn't know what to do in the future, go back to his fiefdom?
The sound of horses' hooves was a little dull, and a fast horse galloped in the distance, E Chongyu and others panicked, but they saw the direction clearly, it was the south, this was their big rear, E Chongyu waved his hand, and let people go to ask.
The person who came was very embarrassed, covered in injuries, and looked dying, "Master Hou...... It's not good, Hou Ye, woo woo ......" The person who came didn't say anything, but actually started crying, and E Chongyu frowned for a while.
"Don't cry, what the hell is going on, why are you like this?" E Chongyu stepped forward and grabbed the other party's collar and picked it up directly.
"Master Hou...... It's gone, the city is gone, Dongbohou Jiang Huan Chuti's 100,000 army attacked all parts of the south, and everywhere he passed along the way was empty of troops, and he couldn't resist it at all, Lord Hou, ......"
After listening to this, E Chongyu was stunned for a moment, and then a mouthful of blood spurted out, and he fell backwards on his back. The people around him hurriedly held on, and then pushed their chests and knocked their backs, and finally rescued them, "Whew...... I'm mad at me. After E Chongyu took a breath, he looked up to the sky and sighed.
One misstep turned into a thousand years of hatred, and this time he raised the army and wanted to develop further, but he didn't expect that the foundation was occupied. E Chongyu didn't think about the Eastern Bohou Jiang Huanchu and the Xibohou Jichang to help Chaoge, but Wen Zhong raised 100,000 troops to intercept it, and he borrowed the time to train the army and waited for a month, during which he not only wanted to train the troops, but also wanted to wait for news.
As a result, Dong Bohou did not come, and Xi Bohou had no news, he did not know that Dong Bohou was attacking his rear, and Xi Bohou delayed the dispatch of troops, so he let go of the attack, but now it is too late.
"Master Hou, what should we do?" The remaining people around him have no master.
E Chongyu looked at the rest of the people, there were only two or three kittens, and now he didn't know where he should go?
"That's it, I'm Echongyu in the first life, I may not have the opportunity to make a comeback in the future, go up the mountain to be a thief, I don't believe it, he Wen Zhong can kill me in the south!"
After resting that day, and then setting off again, after a few days of marching, the original team of more than 10,000 people ended up with less than 3,000 people left, and E Chongyu did not stop the scattered deserters, "Master Hou, if it goes on like this, we won't have many people left." ”
Someone wanted to intercept the deserters, but they were rotted by E Chongyu, "It doesn't matter, we have no money or food now, there is no way to raise so many soldiers, it is best for them to disperse by themselves, and the rest is the future dependence." ”
The war in the south entered the later stage, Wen Zhong steadily marched into the army, all the way to the nationalization of all the land, and the officials prepared by Prime Minister Shang Rong for many years came in handy, directly following the army to accept the rights of various places, and the landlords in these places just borrowed the hands of the army to remove, and divided the land to the civilians, so naturally welcomed by the people, and Shang Rong was exempt from tax for a year at the same time, and was loved by the people, and the army was welcomed by the people along the way.
Wen Zhong also realized Sun Ming's words, the people are very smart, don't think about fooling them, and Wen Zhong now understands this very deeply, this is not the control of Chaoge, there is no royal rule at all, and now it is just a simple land policy, which makes the people so welcome.
On the northern border, Huang Feihu stood on the city wall, looking at the Chonghou Tiger and Chonghei Tiger brothers below, they were standing far behind, commanding the army to attack the city, and the pass here was already filled with gunsmoke. After more than a month of attacking, both ways were exhausted, and Huang Feihu did not send troops once. He knew that Chonghei Hu had some Taoist means, and at the same time, his own side was short of troops, and all of them were infantry, although they could also form a formation to resist the enemy, but the casualties would definitely be heavy.
And Chonghou Hu no longer has the same high spirits as he did at the beginning, now he is difficult to ride a tiger, he has been attacking continuously for more than a month, but he still can't get in, the army has suffered heavy losses, he already wants to give up, but is it really feasible to give up? The northern princes behind him are now being beaten by Kong Xuan, he wants to return to the army to eliminate Kong Xuan first, but will Huang Feihu let them go back?
There is no more dilemma than this, Chonghou Hu watched the army attack the city every day, hoping that one day he would suddenly enter it, but he was disappointed, although the city was full of desolation, but the soldiers on the other side still rotated the defense every day, full of energy, and the soldiers began to have the appearance of elite soldiers. The defense was the toughest, and although there was a strong barrier, it was a test for the soldiers to face a tidal wave of attacks every day.
"Big brother, what should we do?" asked Chongheihu.
"I don't know, it's hard to ride a tiger now, it's impossible to attack or retreat, it's really a mistake, we shouldn't be involved this time. Chonghou Hu's face was depressed.
"Big brother, how about I release the Iron-beaked Condor to catch Huang Feihu?" Chongheihu has a gourd with an iron-beaked Condor inside, which can take people.
"It's not right, Huang Feihu has been hiding, it's impossible to find him, and it's best not to use Dao techniques, you must know that the Holy City has always opposed the use of Dao techniques by the human race among mortals, so once you use it, the Holy City may not make a move. "Because of the relationship between the Holy City, the battles between the princes are generally the way mortals fight, even Wen Zhong is the same, and his Heavenly Eye has never been used.
"Kill the ......" Just when the two were discussing, suddenly there was a shout of killing, the two were startled, and hurriedly looked back, the rear was their camp, and at this time, the fire was soaring, the smoke was billowing, and it was a mess inside.
"Someone came to find out who attacked the rear of our army, and ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops and the army to return to defense. Chonghou Hu hurriedly ordered. The army attacking the city in front heard the sound of Mingjin and hurriedly began to retreat, while Huang Feihu stood on top of the city and laughed slightly, "Order, the assembled army is out of the city." ”
Huang Feihu was in charge of the battle on the northern road, and Xibohou Jichang was late, he took this opportunity to let Xibohou Jichang make a detour to intercept the opponent's rear road, and today is the time to attack, in order to prevent Jichang from continuing to delay time, Huang Feihu gave a military order. If Ji Chang is delayed again, Huang Feihu will inevitably arrest him after the war, Huang Feihu studied under Taishi Wen Zhong, both civil and military, so the opportunity will naturally not be missed, and Ji Chang must block the enemy's back road, so that Chonghou Hu can be encircled and annihilated under the city.