Chapter 197: Siege and Rescue
After a vicious battle, the Northwest Army suffered heavy losses, and so did the Southern Qi Army.
But this is also the most battle that Dong Haoyu has fought in his life, and it is also the most wrong battle.
The most wrong thing he did was to misestimate the situation, and if he had withdrawn earlier, I am afraid that this kind of outcome would not have happened.
A general came to Dong Haoyu's approach, swallowed his saliva, and said: "General, now that our army's strength is still at its peak, and the physical fitness of the soldiers below has not yet reached the point of deficit, if we don't organize a breakthrough now, then when the Northwest Army builds fortifications, we won't be able to get out." ”
"You're thinking too much. ”
Dong Haoyu shook his head with a wry smile, and said: "Not to mention, that Modao heavy armored cavalry can make our army feel like hitting a copper wall when breaking through, and it can't break out at all, and now the morale is low, even if I use a gambling battle to fight and fight at the cost of casualties, then the final outcome is to cause the futile casualties of the soldiers below, and it is useless at all, it is better to let the soldiers below rest and rest and wait for the opportunity." ”
What else could the ministry say?
After sighing, he went down to help the wounded and gather all the resources he could use.
As I said before, the cliffs on both sides of the canyon are very steep and impossible to climb at all, and they set up camp outside, and the grain and grass materials are outside, and almost nothing is brought in, which can be said to be even worse than the original Northwest Army.
After all, the Northwest Army at least had a dry ration with them, and they didn't bring anything, so they could only shoot the Northwest Army's war horses before they were collected from everywhere.
But there were nearly 40,000 people in the valley, and these 40,000 people were counting on these horse corpses obviously not being able to last long, so they still had to prepare to break through.
But they want to break through now, and it's really a little late.
Because they had built fortifications outside before, the Northwest Army came to pick up ready-made ones, and Chu Yujia asked people to go to the woods to cut down some trees, and then make them into simple defensive weapons such as rejecting horses and lying across the valley.
There is no food or water in the valley, and if the Southern Qi army does not break through, then what awaits them is only to die of thirst and starvation.
Next, the Southern Qi army did not launch a counterattack, while the Northwest Army sent Lian Tianying out to continue the safari in various places.
Because the Northwest Army never carried grain and grass supplies, they had to go wherever they wanted to eat and grab it.
In fact, after receiving the supplies of the Southern Qi army, the grain and grass were obviously very sufficient, but Chu Yujia still sent Lian Tian Battalion.
It's nothing more than that he feels that the morale of Lian Tianying is a little low, and the only way to solve this problem is to vent his anger and fear during the war on those people in Qianshu.
Three days later, the Southern Qi army was a little difficult to hold on, not only did they have no food, but the water source also began to run out.
The most important thing is that they are different from the Northwest Army, the Northwest Army almost everyone has a first-aid kit, and the soldiers can be treated immediately if they are injured, but the Southern Qi Army does not.
The medicine they brought was used up on the first day, and for the next two days, the wounds were not treated with any medicine, and the wounds began to inflame and suppurate.
The people also began to have a high fever, so that the water in the army was used up faster......
The wounded were not properly treated, and eventually minor injuries turned into serious injuries, and the seriously wounded simply closed their eyes and could never open them again.
A huge canyon was filled with the intermittent wails of the wounded day and night.
The Northwest Army outside was tortured by this voice, let alone the Southern Qi Army inside.
However, Dong Haoyu was also prepared in an orderly manner, and began to slaughter war horses in the army three days later, so that the soldiers in the army could drink horse blood and eat horse meat.
But where can so many people eat war horses?
After five days, not only was there no water, but there was also no horsemeat.
The soldiers began to eat grass roots, even moss, and everything from soil.
It's not that Dong Haoyu hasn't organized a breakthrough, but the sharp arrow arrays of the Northwest Army outside have already terrified the soldiers whose morale has been low to the trough, and just hearing the sound of bows and arrows bouncing, the army's hearts have collapsed like frightened birds.
How can such an army fight?
If you go up, you are completely sending you to death.
After breaking through a few times, even if Dong Haoyu gave the order, no soldiers were willing to break through, because they really didn't have the strength.
Seven days later, Chu Yujia entered the valley alone.
At this time, there is nothing left in the valley, even the dry grass has been eaten, if it is not for Dong Haoyu to control it, I am afraid that there will be a scene of cannibalism.
When Chu Yujia entered the valley, many people were already too hungry to stand up, let alone take up arms to resist.
Dong Haoyu walked out of the crowd, and at this time he still had that kind of high-spirited appearance, his hair was messy, his face was pale, there was a layer of blisters on his lips, and his armor looked a lot looser.
Chu Yujia asked people to set up a coffee table in the valley, and also put tea and pastries.
The two sat opposite each other, as if it was not a confrontation between the two armies, but a reminiscence between two old friends.
Chu Yujia raised the corners of his mouth, looked at Dong Haoyu in front of him, and said, "It seems that the Qi royal court has given up on you." ”
"Perhaps. ”
Dong Haoyu smiled lightly, grabbed the teacup from the table, hesitated, but drank it all, and said, "I didn't expect that you, General Chu, have become a marquis of a country, but you still drink this kind of inferior tea." ”
"If you get used to drinking, you won't be able to taste good or bad. ”
"And I was supposed to bring wine. ”
Chu Yujia chuckled and said: "But my father gave a military order before his death, and you can't drink alcohol in the army, especially during the march, if you drink alcohol, it will be dealt with by military law, and no one below dares to commit it, and I, as a general, naturally can't." ”
"These soldiers of yours are really good soldiers. ”
Dong Haoyu pursed his mouth, looked at the high-spirited Northwest Army soldiers behind Chu Yujia, and then looked at the hungry soldiers in his own house, shook his head with a wry smile, and said: "To tell the truth, I am not convinced of losing this time, if I am given another half a day, I will definitely eat all of your Liantian camp." ”
"But in this world, there is no such thing. ”
Chu Yujia looked at Dong Haoyu and said, "If you lose, you lose, even if God makes you lose, you will lose, count it, you have already lost to me twice." ”
"I have to say, God is really on your side. ”
Dong Haoyu raised his hand and stroked his messy hair, and said, "When you come over today, do you just want to show off with me, or do you want to send troops to strangle us all after drinking this cup of tea?"
"I was going to do that. ”
Chu Yujia shrugged his shoulders and said, "It's a good thing that your kid is in good health, and someone has come to save you." ”
Hearing this, Dong Haoyu raised his eyebrows, looked at Chu Yujia, and said, "Who?"
"Your friend, Tao Beisheng......"
Chu Yujia's words fell, and a man wearing a cloth coat with a hat walked out of Chu Yujia's pro-army team.
When he raised his head, Dong Haoyu also saw the other party's appearance clearly, if it wasn't Tao Beisheng, who else could it be?