Xin Honggao called to these soldiers and said: "Search carefully to see if there are any survivors! The people who can come out from here must be the elite of the imperial court. They must know more than ordinary soldiers. Let's see if we can catch a few."
Prisoners, pry something out of their mouths!"
The guard next to Xin Honggao said: "General! No, we had several rounds of bombings here, and there are already no survivors!"
Xin Honggao sighed after hearing the words of the personal guard and said: "If I had known better, I would have acted more gently. Wasn't it because I was afraid that the force was not strong enough? If they slowed down and threatened the inner city, I could only look at Huaiyi's side.
Have you gained anything?"
The fire in the abandoned house here has been put out, and the bodies of hundreds of Zhao soldiers were carried out by the guards like black coal.
Xin Honggao said: "After annihilating the enemy forces of Zhao State, a few thunderbolts landed next to the people's courtyards due to deviations. Some people's courtyard walls were blown down. We must explain it well and compensate according to the price."
Do you all know how to build a better wall for the people?"
The soldiers around Xin Honggao immediately said: "Yes!"
Since this is an outer city, not all the walls of the common people's courtyard are made of bricks, and some are made of earth. Over the years, they cannot withstand the thunder.
Xin Honggao didn't understand these things either. To put it bluntly, these were all normal losses caused by military disasters. Even if General Long cared for the people, he didn't do this. When the people built the wall, the soldiers and generals helped them, and they were considered benevolent teachers.
, I didn’t expect that the military advisor would take the words “benevolent and righteous teacher” to the extreme.
The people whose courtyard walls were blown black did not dare to show their heads at this time and were hiding in their houses shivering.
At the beginning of the war, the people did not go out as much as they could. Especially when the thunder exploded in the city just now, they did not dare to show their heads.
It was not until they heard the knocking on the door outside that these people walked to the courtyard door tremblingly and opened the door.
When the leading old man saw that the door was full of armored soldiers, he was even more horrified and said quickly: "Masters, we did not commit any crime! We only have grandson and wife at home, so please show your respect, Master!"
The old man's words already contained pleading.
As a citizen of Shuzhou City, he had experienced several wars. When Shuzhou City was ceded to Shezhao by the imperial court, when Shezhao's army entered the city, they looted property, burned, killed and looted.
It is also traditional not to seal the sword for three days after entering the city.
Naturally, the old man also knew that these armored soldiers were not easy to deal with, so he quickly begged.
Unexpectedly, the leader of the fire chief held money in his hand and said: "There were spies who entered the city from the tunnel just now, and they have been eliminated by us. It was just that the old man's courtyard wall was blown down during the war, so we came here to compensate."
When the old man heard Huo Chang's words, he thought there was something wrong with his ears: "Compensation...compensation? No, no, no, the soldiers have already worked hard to kill the enemy bravely, but it is just a wall, nothing, nothing."
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But the fire chief insisted and stuffed the money bag into the old man's hand: "This is not acceptable. This is the military discipline set by our military advisor. If we violate military discipline, we will be severely punished. You must take this money."
Down."
Just say it, the fire chief immediately greeted: "Everyone, please act quickly and help build the courtyard wall again. Make it stronger!"
The armored soldier behind him immediately said yes, and then brought his own tools and started working.
The old man's family was shocked when they saw such a scene. Not only did they pay for the money, but they also built a wall?
There are actually such soldiers in this world?
He has lived for almost seventy years and has never seen such a benevolent and righteous teacher!
At the same time, those elite soldiers who have not yet peeked out of the tunnel will have their lives saved.
However, a few of them had their faces blackened because they were closer to the tunnel entrance, but they finally managed to save their lives and return to the camp.
When the leading general saw Jiang Hong returning to the camp from the front line, he immediately said: "General, we have fallen into a trap!"
Jiang Hong's eyes suddenly darkened when he saw just a few of the elite men he had carefully selected come back to the camp.
He said that the idea of digging a tunnel was unreliable.
At the beginning, he really thought that the matter was done, but he really didn't expect that the other party was actually trying to take advantage of his plan! Now, of the 200,000-strong army, he only defeated more than 100,000.
Now they have lost again one after another, and Eunuch Bai is still watching!
How should he explain this battle report to His Majesty?
What titles and rewards would be needed if the war reached this level?
It would be a great joy if Your Majesty does not punish the crime.
At this time, due to the failure of the internal and external strategy, the siege turned into a siege.
In Jiang Hong's opinion, unless he asks for help from the imperial court, it is absolutely impossible to capture Shuzhou City with the current strength of the army alone. He did not expect that firearms are so powerful!
Nowadays, their only advantage is probably their numerical superiority, which means that they can only bully the opponent's city, which only has 10,000 pairs of armor. Even if the opponent's advantage in firearms reduces their number by more than half, the opponent will not dare to go out of the city to fight.
Could it be that he, Jiang Hong, really wanted to hang around here for a year or two and starve the people inside to death?
impossible!
Absolutely impossible!
But it's impossible, it's impossible, and he doesn't have any other good methods now, which really makes it a bit of a headache.
Shuzhou City
At this time, after repelling the enemy attack, everyone gathered together to discuss the next plan.
From Xiao Ye's point of view, the enemy troops have already arrived within their killing line. Knowing that the tactics are arranged properly, they will definitely be able to annihilate all the enemy troops outside the city!
Now it depends on whether Xu Qing, the military advisor, agrees.
Although Long Bing'er was the one who made the final decision, Xiao Ye believed that as long as he convinced Xu Qing, Xu Qing would be able to sleep with Long Bing'er.
Xu Qing naturally knew that Xiao Ye's sword had long been thirsty.
So Xu Qing looked at Zhao Huaiyi and asked, "General Zhao, I heard that you successfully captured a few surviving prisoners. How did they explain the location of the food and grass supplies?"
Zhao Huaiyi nodded and said, "Reporting to the military advisor, they have indeed recruited people, and they are interrogating them separately using the prisoner's dilemma method taught by the military advisor. Their confessions are exactly the same."
Xu Qing nodded and said, "In this case, we will try to select elites to launch a night attack on a dark and moonless night. As long as we can burn their food and grass supplies, their military morale will be in chaos. Then we will annihilate the enemy in one fell swoop."
A good time.”
Long Bing'er nodded and said: "The military advisor's strategy is very good, that's all. Many soldiers in our army are prone to seeing things unclearly at night, so we must be careful in selecting personnel."
Xu Qing said, "I believe in Brother Xiao's ability to select people. With him here, there will be no problem."
Xiao Ye said: "Don't worry, we have dealt with the grassland before. It's just the army of the Zhao Kingdom. Isn't that easy to capture?"