Yi Zong and Cheng Bushi both looked at each other in confusion, looking at the lingering smoke in front of the Han army's position.
Last night, the Huns attacked the Han army's siege artillery position in the middle of the night.
Dozens of sentries were killed in the battle, and more than half of the siege guns that had been built were burned down and another one was seriously damaged.
Only the one at the end is still well preserved.
Although later, the Han army woke up and immediately repelled the sneak attack enemies, killing hundreds of them and causing the remaining people to flee with injuries.
In such weather, injury basically means death.
However, Cheng Bushi still had a livid face.
Wild geese fly around all day long, but when they arrive, they are pecked and blinded!
This is how Cheng Bushi feels now.
If we want to build those siege guns that were burned by the Huns, it will take at least five or six days. This is because the tunnel battalion is already familiar with the relevant work.
And five or six days means that the Huns are likely to get a chance to breathe and even receive reinforcements.
The battle of Gaoque is likely to be a tug-of-war.
Therefore, Cheng Bushi was very angry.
When he gets angry, the people below him will be in trouble.
Cheng Bushi directly invited the military judge to referee.
The verdict was quickly handed down.
Cheng Bushi's deputy general, Huben Guard Zuoduwei and commander Bo Zhangze, failed to supervise the battle, neglected his duty, and was slack. He was sentenced to fifty lashes.
The Han military captain who was in charge of the security last night and the third commander of the army on duty were sentenced to one hundred lashes in public because they were directly responsible.
Cheng did not know who he was. As a general, his supervision was unfavorable, so he also received fifty lashes.
Of course, the soldiers are not responsible.
This is also the current rule of the Han army. If there is an error, a general below the rank of the team will not bear any responsibility unless there is evidence to prove that it was due to him.
The officer responsible and his superiors will be held accountable.
This is because the military judge on duty today is relatively mild-tempered and does not use the strictest military law.
Otherwise, someone's head may even fall to the ground.
By the time the whip was finished, Cheng Bushi was already out of breath.
Others, especially the captain Sima who was on duty, could only breathe.
Yi Zong and the entire army watched the entire law enforcement process.
For the current Han army, military law is sacred.
Moreover, unlike the Qin Dynasty, the Han military judges were subordinate to the Military Justice Department under the Yushi Dafu Yamen, an independent organization.
The highest official was concurrently held by Yu Shi Zhongcheng, who was titled Military Envoy.
Military judges assigned to the army can even command a small army that only obeys his orders during wartime, specifically for the execution of military judgments.
Therefore, no one in the Han army dared to violate military law.
Because the trial, ruling and execution of military law have been separated from the general.
The general only has the right to make suggestions.
Of course, under certain circumstances, the general can overrule the military judge's decision.
However, military judges can also insist on their own judgments.
In that case, according to the system, the case was immediately frozen, and all relevant files and records were sealed.
Then he sent it to Chang'an and handed it over to the court for discussion.
However, under normal circumstances, this kind of thing is impossible to happen.
Because first of all, when the army appoints military judges, it will try its best to choose candidates recommended by the general. Even if the military judge is not recommended by the general, it will try to choose the friend of the general.
Secondly, if a military judge makes a major mistake and is sued, once verified, there will be only death.
Finally, all military judges are officers first and judges secondly. There will not be a situation where soldiers are hampered by arrogant and brain-dead civilians and doctors who have never led a soldier for a day.
After the punishment was completed, the military judge who pronounced the sentence immediately took the military doctor up to treat the generals and captains who had just been whipped.
Cheng Bushi was even carried back to the commander's tent.
"Let the Lord laugh..." After being carried back to the commander's tent, Cheng Bushi, who was lying on his back on the cave, looked pale and sighed: "What a shame, we only needed two more days to attack the city.
, but now it has to be delayed for several days! Once the army is ineffective due to this, I am afraid that I will not be able to see the emperor!"
A few days in a war are enough to determine life or death.
Moreover, when the Han army goes out to the fortress in such a winter, the weather will get colder every day.
In more than ten days, I am afraid that there will be heavy snowfall all over the fortress, and the temperature will be as low as minus two quarters even at noon.
In such weather, the Han army could not even attack the city.
I'm afraid it's very difficult even to move around.
According to phenological records, once Shishang enters the season of heavy snow and mountain closures in winter, generally speaking, such weather will last for more than a month, until early December, and sometimes even until the first month of the year, when spring comes.
If that were the case, I'm afraid the Han army would have to retreat. They would have to wait until the next spring when the ice and snow melt to make further calculations.
Moreover, such a retreat is not one mile or two miles away.
The Han army must retreat to at least Jiuyuan and even Siyang, or even to Ziling.
There is no other reason, just because the civilians in the rear cannot send the astronomical resources needed by the army to Gaoque City in the season of heavy snow.
It was impossible for the Han Dynasty to risk the lives of thousands of people to do such a thing.
Cheng Bushi only had to think that the imperial court had mobilized most of the northern kingdom for this Gaoque battle. The emperor even ordered to cut the cost of Weiyang Palace in half and devote all the resources and manpower to the war.
As a result, he fell short because of his carelessness, pride, and arrogance.
He even wanted to die.
Yi Zong naturally understood Cheng Bushi's feelings and emotions. He knelt down, looked at him and said, "General, don't worry, don't you still have a siege cannon? It just so happens that I have brought hundreds of them from Shi Shaofu's collection."
Thing, when the time comes, let the Huns open their eyes!"
"What's more..." Yi Zong showed a smile and said, "I wonder if the general has heard of the Mohist taboos?"
"Mo family's taboo?" Cheng Bushi murmured twice, then raised his head to look at Yizong and asked, "What is Junhou referring to?"
"What I'm talking about is the taboo that the general knows..." Yi Zong opened his hands and said with longing: "It was extracted from the brain of a strange giant beast that soared all over the world. It was processed by the Mohists and used by the alchemists and warlocks.
A poison that has been extracted, and under certain extremely special circumstances, is sublimated into a terrifying taboo that has the power of ghosts and gods!"
"In order to master this taboo, three Mohists from the Mohist family have been martyred..." Yi Zong lowered his voice and said to Cheng Bushi: "This object is extremely precious and has always been treasured in the core laboratory of the Moh Garden.
Only Juzi and the Emperor can order the call..."
"Nowadays, the contemporary Juzi is located near Gaoque. Doesn't the general feel that there is a mystery in the emperor's order for the Juzi to accompany the army?"
"Even if Juzi doesn't carry that taboo, he definitely carries a second-level creation called gunpowder!"
"If it doesn't work, the Mo family will definitely take action..."
Listening to Yizong's words, Cheng Bushi also calmed down.
Indeed, it is impossible that the emperor of Chang'an did not expect Gaoque to encounter obstacles.
He must have made arrangements in advance.
"Now, let the Huns be happy for two more days!" Yi Zong said with a smile: "In two days, when the siege cannon is completed, we will test the power of Shizhi first. Shizhi cannot sink high. Que, let the Mo family take action again!"
"Good!" Cheng Bushi thought for a while and nodded.
With the emperor in charge, he really doesn't need to worry.
That person was another emperor after the three kings who had realized his destiny.
A true man of God ordained by Heaven.
With him here, there is no need to worry about Gao Que.
Instead, the Huns should think carefully about how to survive in the severe cold of ice and snow!
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In Gaoque City, the Huns were beaming with joy.
Huyan Dangtu even ordered the slaughter of a thousand cattle and thousands of sheep to reward the entire army.
Many Huns were inspired by meat, and their morale gradually recovered and they were no longer panicked.
Because they had nipped the Han Dynasty's conspiracy in the cradle.
In another half month, heavy snow will fall on the fortress. At that time, the Han Dynasty will have to retreat whether they retreat or not.
When the ice and snow melted in spring, the main force of Shanyu returned to this place.
By that time, even if they cannot defeat the Han Dynasty people, they can still retreat calmly.
Moreover, Huyan Dangtu doubted whether the Han Dynasty people would still have the strength to continue marching out of the fortress next year?
Even though the Han Dynasty's army was invincible, what could they do if they had no money or food?
Not to mention, as soon as spring arrived, the people of the Han Dynasty had to plow the fields and sow seeds.
Unless they want widespread harvest failure this autumn, they will have to negotiate peace with the Huns.
Maybe, by then, it will be the Huns who will take the initiative.
Because the Xiongnu did not need spring plowing, they could invade the Great Wall without restraint.
Without controlling Gaoque, the Han Dynasty could not threaten the Xiongnu's hinterland and core areas.
In that case, the script will completely follow the Huns' plan.
By that time, would the Han Dynasty want the Huns to stop?
"At the very least, you have to give me the Great Huns 500 sets of equipment for their divine cavalry..." Huyan Dangtu thought proudly.
Five hundred sets of armor of the divine knights were enough to make the Huns no longer fear and fear the divine knights.
As for whether the Han Dynasty people would give it or not?
Is it even necessary to think about it?
Unless the people of the Han Dynasty are willing to watch their counties along the northern Great Wall lose their harvest this autumn, they will have to agree to the Xiongnu's request!
Thinking of this, Huyan Dangtu was no longer eager to retreat the tribal livestock, women and children behind Gaoque.
Although he was still arranging a retreat for the sake of safety, he no longer urged or spurred the retreat, and even ordered the retreat to be accelerated.
However, Huyan Dangtu did not expect that his ally, Lan Tuoxin, who had been on the same page with him in the past six months and was determined to work together for the rise of the Huns, had fallen into a huge trouble.
A cavalryman from the royal court is traveling day and night to deliver Shan Yu's orders to Junji Mountain. (To be continued.)
