The first thousand two hundred and sixty-seventh chapters of the army arrive
Chapter 1,267 The army arrives
Hariwan stood up directly, and Klavan's fate was decided like this. He called the entire army to assemble on the school grounds, and then announced his crime in public. Finally, Hariwan personally beheaded him.
Having Klavan pay for this defeat can be regarded as stabilizing the morale of the army. After all, the losses this time were indeed quite heavy. Many people's brothers and friends were killed in the battle. If no one takes the blame, the army will definitely have problems.
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"General, what are you going to do next?
We now only have more than 100,000 troops, and it is already impossible to capture the other side's city."
Bloom glanced at Harrivan in front of him. The situation had become like this, and it was obviously unrealistic to continue.
"What do you think?"
Hariwan also knew that the situation was now unfavorable to him. There were only more than 100,000 people left in the 300,000-strong army. Although there were 40,000 ordinary cavalry and 10,000 of his own bodyguard cavalry, such strength was really not suitable to continue.
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"What we have to do now is to use the other side's three star cities as our foundation, and then send people to ask for help from His Majesty the Emperor. Now we are fighting to the death with China. If we can't hold it, there will be no major town to defend from here to the west.
So this battle must be fought no matter what.”
Bloom thought for a moment, the three eastern towns had been completely burned by Jia Xu, and there was no place to defend in the west.
Now we can only use Samsung City as the foundation to set up a defense line to resist possible counterattacks by China, because the other side cannot sit still and wait for death, and will definitely mobilize troops to support them.
When the Chinese reinforcements arrive, they will stand at attention and take a beating.
"Well, let's do as you say. The whole army will be prepared and ready to evacuate to Samsung City."
Bloom is right. In the current situation, they can only retreat. Otherwise, they may be in crisis when Chinese reinforcements arrive.
"clear."
At this moment, Hariwan is no longer arrogant at the beginning. After all, when he came, he still had an army of 300,000 and was very energetic. Now he only has about 100,000 people. He really doesn't have that ability anymore.
The next day, Hariwan did not hesitate and led his army to leave Moon City and retreat towards Samsung City. At the same time, dozens of cavalrymen and five horses began to rush towards the capital of the Kushan Empire. They now needed the whole country to support the war here.
"Sir, the enemy has withdrawn."
Hariwan retreated, and someone immediately sent the news to Jia Xu.
"Are you withdrawing now?"
When he heard that the enemy was retreating, Jia Xu was also stunned. He did not expect that the enemy would retreat like this, which made him feel a bit unreal.
"Well, they retreated this morning. The scouts inspected them many times. They did retreat."
Taishi Ci nodded. He also felt that something was wrong, so he sent people to directly investigate several times and confirmed that the other party had really retreated, and then reported to Jia Xu.
"Someone from Gao Shunke over at Richeng came here. I want to know what they went through over there at Richeng. Something must have happened, otherwise the other side wouldn't have retreated so easily."
Now that the news of the enemy's retreat was confirmed, Jia Xu immediately guessed that the enemy must have experienced something in Richeng, otherwise it would definitely not be the case.
"I will immediately arrange for someone to go to the direction of Richeng to inquire about the news."
After hearing what Jia Xu said, Taishi Ci immediately clasped his fists and arranged for people to investigate the situation in Richeng.
Just when Taishi Ci arranged for people to leave, a dozen cavalrymen rushed from outside the city.
"who?"
Seeing the cavalry approaching, the soldiers on the city wall immediately became alert.
"We are part of the trapped army. We have important matters to report to Mr. Jia Xu."
The cavalry under the city directly reported their identities.
"Open the city gate and let them in."
When Mrs. Zhu Rong heard the other party's identity, she directly ordered him to enter the city. After all, there were no traces of enemies around now, so it didn't matter if the city gate was opened.
"Crunch."
The closed city gate opened instantly, and a dozen cavalrymen rushed into the city on horseback, then closed again.
"Sir, Gao Shun's people have arrived."
It is said that when Cao Cao arrived, Jia Xu was about to know the situation in Richeng, but Gao Shun's people had already arrived.
"Let someone come in quickly."
"promise."
Soon the scout team from Richeng was brought in by Taishi Ci.
"Zhu Ran, a sergeant of the trapped army, pays homage to Mr. Zhou Mu."
When the team leader saw Jia Xu, he knelt down on one knee and clasped his fist in front of him in salute.
"Get up, why did Gao Shun send you here?"
Now that the people have arrived, Jia Xu is no longer so anxious.
"Sir, General Xu Huang has arrived at Richeng with fifty thousand troops. General Gao Shun sent me over to inquire about the next step."
Zhu Ran directly stated his mission here.
"Xu Huang has arrived?
good."
After hearing Zhu Ran's words, Jia Xu also raised his eyebrows. Xu Huang arrived unexpectedly, two days earlier than he thought.
"By the way, how is the enemy's war in Richeng?
How much is the loss?”
"The enemy fought two waves in Richeng, and the number of soldiers and horses lost was at least about 50,000."
Zhu Ran glanced at Jia Xu, thought for a moment and immediately revealed the opponent's losses in Richeng.
"I understand. You should go back immediately and tell Gao Shun and Xu Huang to temporarily garrison Richeng. At the same time, prepare to send troops. Wait for General Zang Ba to arrive. Come directly to Yuecheng to join me. It's time to launch a counterattack."
Jia Xu nodded directly. No wonder the enemy wanted to retreat immediately. Counting the total casualties in the Second City of Sun and Moon, the opponent's army of 300,000 was only about 100,000 at most. Such troops wanted to threaten him.
It's impossible. This is the fundamental reason for their retreat.
"promise."
Zhu Ran directly clasped his fists, left here, and rode out of the city again to rush to Richeng.
"Sir, can we really counterattack?"
Hearing Jia Xu's words, Taishi Ci on the side also raised his brows, his eyes full of excitement. He has been fighting defensive battles these days. Although he killed a lot of enemies, his temperament still advocates offense.
"Well, the situation has now reversed. The enemy's troops and horses have been reduced to nearly 200,000. If our General Zang Ba dares to come, the number of troops will reach around 200,000. It's time to start counterattack.
Already."
Jia Xu nodded. Now the situation has undergone a fundamental reversal. If Zang Ba's army can arrive, he will have more than 200,000 troops on his side. Facing an enemy with only about 100,000 people, let alone being careful.
But the odds of winning are at least 80%.
"But the opponent also has cavalry. Although we burned many horses with fire, it is still difficult to deal with them."
Although the situation is reversed as Jia Xu said, the opponent has cavalry, and our side is all infantry, and there is no heavy armored infantry. It is still difficult to win the opponent outright.
"It's easy to say. When the time comes, we will take down all the defensive crossbows on the city wall and go out with the army. At that time, I will show the other side how powerful the Chinese hard crossbows are. And since Your Majesty knows the war here and we have no cavalry, we will definitely allocate
Some crossbows are here, don't worry."
Jia Xu was indeed Jia Xu. He knew that Yuan Shu would never let the Yizhou war go unchecked. The cavalry would not be able to support him, but bows and crossbows would definitely be supplied here first.
"I understand, then what we have to do now is wait for General Zang Ba to arrive."
Hariwan's army withdrew from Samsung City, and 110,000 soldiers and horses were distributed among the three cities. The three cities acted as horns to support each other, while Enter's 40,000 cavalry were stationed in Zhongxing. As long as there was any problem, they would be the first to do so.
time for support.
Time passed day by day, and Zang Ba's army finally arrived outside Richeng.
"General, General Zang Ba's army has arrived."
As soon as Zang Ba arrived, someone came to report the news to Gao Shun.
"Open the city gate and follow me out of the city to greet you."
Hearing that Zang Ba was coming, Gao Shun did not hesitate and ordered the city gate to be opened. Then he took Xu Huang directly out of the city gate to welcome Zang Ba's arrival.
"General, General Gao Shun and General Xu Huang are greeting us from the front."
Zang Ba's people here also detected Gao Shun and Xu Huang who were greeting them from afar, and came to report the news to Zang Ba.
"Follow me to fight with the two generals."
Hearing that the two men were waiting in the distance, Zang Bana could still wait, so he galloped away from the army and ran in the direction of the two men.
"General Zang Ba, thank you for your hard work."
Seeing Zang Ba galloping towards him, Gao Shun and Xu Huang directly clasped their fists at him.
"The two generals are so polite. They went out of the city to greet you. How could Zang Ba bear this?"
Zang Ba also clasped his fists at the two of them, his eyes full of smiles. Although he said so, he was still a little happy to be taken so seriously.
"General Zang Ba, I heard that you came with a surprise this time. I wonder if you have any secret weapons?"
To be honest, Gao Shun is still very interested in the secret weapon brought by Zang Ba.
"Didn't General Xu Huang tell you?"
Hearing Gao Shun's words, Zang Ba also smiled slightly.
"He said he wanted to give me a surprise, which made me a little nervous."
Gao Shun glanced at Zang Ba and then at Xu Huang who was aside.
"Then come and see with me."
Zang Ba took Gao Shun and Xu Huang directly and ran towards the army.
The three of them walked towards the army together, crossed the army and arrived at the rear.
"That's the secret weapon that comes with it."
Zang Ba pointed to the van surrounded by the army and indicated that this was the good thing he had brought.
"Is this a crossbow carriage?"
Gao Shun touched the van in front of him and looked at the shooting holes, a light flashing in his eyes.
"That's right, it's a crossbow carriage. This time we stripped the navy completely. I unloaded all the repeating crossbows and trebuchets on their ships. I wasted two days with nothing on them.
Otherwise, I would have arrived a long time ago, would it be considered a surprise?"
Zang Ba also touched the solid carriage. This time Yuan Shu also spent money and unloaded all the crossbows and trebuchets of the navy in order to deal with the elite cavalry of the Kushan Empire.
"Okay, that's really good."
Gao Shun patted the van in front of him, making a fat, fat noise.
"Haha, what are Master Jia Xu's arrangements now? Now that the army is coming, is it time to counterattack?"
Zang Bachong and Gao Shun smiled slightly. You must know that Yuan Shu was an elite cavalry who relied on vans and carriages to defeat Kebineng on the grassland. Even though the cavalry of the Kushan Empire was elite, it was still a bit different from the nomads who grew up on horseback.
Different.
"Well, everything is ready now. All we need is Dongfeng. The enemy has been continuously attacking the Sun and Moon cities these days and has suffered heavy losses. We have already retreated to Sanxing City. Lord Jia Xu means that as long as you arrive, we will launch a counterattack.
"
Gao Shun nodded to Zang Ba. Now everything was ready and all he needed was the east wind. When Zang Ba came, it was time to counterattack.
"Then what are you waiting for? Let's go directly to fight Master Jia Xu and let those foreign barbarians know how powerful we are."
After hearing that he was the only one waiting for him, Zang Ba had nothing to say and just went to have a round with Jia Xu.
"Why don't you go to the city to rest?
After all, it’s been a long journey.”
Gao Shun glanced at Zang Ba, but he didn't expect that the other party was so active. He had been on the road for so many days and still wanted to continue on the road.
"It's okay. Moon City is only a day's journey from Sun City. If we arrive early, adults can arrange it early."
Zang Ba shook his head. It only took one day to get to Richeng from here. Arriving early would give Jia Xu more time to plan his tactics.
"Okay, my troops are already ready, so let's send troops directly to Richeng."
Now that Zang Ba has said this, what else can Gao Shun say? He directly leads the army and leaves Richeng, and the 170,000-strong army marches towards Yue City in a mighty manner.
