Chapter 1412 Every inch of land must be fought for
Following Yuan Shu's military order, the third wave of 100,000 infantrymen once again entered Bakrat City through the gap, and under the command of Yan Liang, began to clean up the surrounding buildings.
The Chinese army's 300,000 infantrymen and hundreds of thousands of cavalry all poured into the city of Bakrat, and an army of 4 to 50,000 people directly crowded the place.
There are battles everywhere, thunderous offensives everywhere, every inch of land and every house are being fought for repeatedly, and the Chinese army can't care about anything else. It can be said that they are doing everything they can, setting fires when they should, and destroying houses when they should.
Destroy the house and kill people when necessary, without any hesitation. Because of Yuan Shu's order, they have made all preparations and will fight for every inch of land.
This battle lasted from day to night. Even though the Chinese army was powerful, their attack was still a bit slow in the face of the Daxia people who were defending their country. It was not easy to capture the huge city of Bakrat.
matter.
"Your Majesty, although the army successfully entered the city, the enemy's resistance was fierce. They broke into pieces and really fought for every inch of our territory. If we follow this progress, it will take at least a month to capture this place. This is
It’s a bit slow, and our losses are much greater than imagined.”
Zhou Yu took the information he had just compiled and came directly to report the situation to Yuan Shu and Tian Feng.
"Yuan Hao, is there anything else you can do?"
After hearing the situation reported by Zhou Yu, Yuan Shu, who had been prepared for it for a long time, was a little scratched his head.
"Your Majesty, what we should do most now is to capture the thief first. As long as we can capture the opponent's brains, their morale will inevitably collapse. It will be impossible for the enemy without morale to resist us."
Tian Feng also frowned. To be honest, this was the first time he encountered such a battle. In the battles they had experienced before, as long as the city wall was breached, the enemy would usually collapse and surrender. Like this, he could only think of one thing for the time being, and that was
To capture the thief, capture the king first. As long as the enemy leader can be captured, the battle will basically be over.
"It's not easy to capture the thief first. Capture the king first. As you can imagine, the prince of the other party will definitely not sit still and wait for death in the prince's palace. It will be difficult to find them."
Yuan Shu shook his head. He also knew that to capture the thief first, capture the king, but in the current situation, the other party would definitely not stay in the prince's palace and wait for him to kill him.
"If that's the case, then we can only implement a scorched earth strategy."
Since the decapitation strategy cannot be implemented, then more cruel tactics can only be adopted.
“Scorched earth strategy?
This is all we can do now. Instruct all ministries to prepare for execution. Take a short rest tonight. Remember to be careful about the opponent's sneak attack. We will launch it during the day tomorrow. If there is any suspicious place, set fire to it. As long as we can capture Bakrat as quickly as possible, everything will be fine.
worth it."
After hearing what Tian Feng meant, Yuan Shu also understood. After nodding, he directly ordered the soldiers to rest at night and start setting fire to the city during the day tomorrow.
"promise."
That night, the cavalry withdrew from Bakrat, and the infantry began to deploy defenses based on the terrain to prepare for possible night attacks by the enemy.
"Your Highness, it's night, and the Chinese have begun to shrink their defense lines."
The Chinese side shrank its defense line, and the news immediately reached West Pitt.
"What do you mean by that?"
Looking at Delhui, Vespit immediately understood what the other party must be thinking.
"Well, the Chinese army has a numerical advantage during the day, but the numerical advantage is not so obvious at night. We can take advantage of the terrain to take back the places they occupied during the day."
A flash of light flashed in Delhui's eyes. During the daytime battle, the Chinese soldiers had an advantage, but at night this situation could be offset to the greatest extent. They could take advantage of the situation to launch a counterattack and take back the places occupied by the opponent.
"Okay, then organize the troops to launch a counterattack. We can't let the Chinese people have a good rest."
After hearing Delhui's suggestion, Vespit nodded. Since I can't defeat you during the day, let's fight again at night.
"yes."
Soon under Vespit's order, waves of soldiers were organized, and taking advantage of the darkness, they began to launch a counterattack against the place occupied by the Chinese army.
The cry of killing instantly resounded in Bakrat City. Although the Chinese side had been prepared for a long time, their combat effectiveness was greatly weakened in the night battle. Soon the buildings in the front row were destroyed by the fearless people.
The Daxia people snatched it back.
"General, the enemy has launched a night attack. The buildings in the front row have been captured by the opponent. They are still launching an attack in depth."
Soon the news from the front row was reported to Yan Liang.
"Haha, if you want to fight at night, tell the soldiers to go out immediately and have fun with them."
After hearing the news, Yan Liang had nothing to say. He had already expected that the other party would do this, so he immediately issued an order for the soldiers who had been prepared to dispatch to support the frontline battlefield.
Torches lit up the night sky one by one, and the fierce night offensive and defensive battle began. Although the Daxia people had the advantage of the geographical location, the Chinese side switched offense and defense, turning offense into defense. In addition, they had many troops, even if they were
The people of Daxia didn't get any good results at night.
Except for being caught off guard at the beginning, for the rest of the time everyone was evenly matched, each with their own losses.
As time went by, the sky became brighter and brighter, and the prelude to the night battle gradually came to an end.
"withdraw."
Looking at the houses that had been stained with blood, Helmata directly ordered the soldiers to evacuate. Although the night gave them great convenience, there were also many elite soldiers in China. They did not take much advantage. At most, they were evenly matched.
, each has its own victory or defeat.
"yes."
The Kushan army came and went as quickly as it came, coming like thunder and leaving like a breeze, not taking away a single cloud.
"General, the enemy has retreated."
Seeing the enemy retreating, Huang Zhong came directly to Yan Liang's side. It had to be said that these Daxia people were completely different from the enemies he had encountered before. Not only were they strong in fighting power and execution, but they also had a tenacious will to fight. This made him
It feels like I'm beating myself up.
"Thank you for your hard work. How are the casualties of the troops?"
As a general, Yan Liang did not go to the front line to fight in person, but sat in the military tent, waiting for the news to arrive.
"The casualties among the troops were considerable. This night attack alone cost more than 10,000 people. Counting the casualties during the day, our casualties in a single day were almost 40,000. This loss has exceeded my imagination."
Huang Zhong couldn't help but his eyes turned red as he held the battle report in his hand. The casualties in a single day were close to 40,000. This was absolutely unprecedented in the history of Chinese wars, if not unprecedented.
"What are the enemy's losses?"
He knew the casualties and the results of the battle during the day, and he wanted to know the results of the battle at night.
"We lost more than 10,000 people, and the Daxia people's losses will definitely not be less than ours. Although they were attacked by them in the early stage, with the subsequent investment of troops and horses, the opponent also fought very hard."
Huang Zhong could only make a rough estimate of the losses suffered by the Daxia people. The real casualties would not be known until it was confirmed during the day.
"Hey, I lost 40,000 troops and horses in one day. I don't know how I will be scolded by His Majesty."
Hearing that the enemy's losses were similar to his own, Yan Liang nodded. Although this result was not ideal for China's previous battle loss ratio, at least it was not too ugly.
"Then do we still need to report the truth to His Majesty?
Or we may underreport it for the time being, and then truthfully report the total number of casualties to His Majesty after we have completely captured Bakrat."
Hearing Yan Liang's words, Wei Yan on the side couldn't help but frowned. The losses of soldiers were too high, and generals often underreported and concealed their reports. The reason was simply to whitewash their achievements so that they would not be criticized too much.
"Wei Yan, it's been a while since you joined Hua Xia. You still haven't realized who His Majesty is. Remember that His Majesty is so powerful that he knows everything and knows everything. You'd better put away those things from me in the future.
Just a little trick, no matter what the situation is when facing His Majesty, just report it truthfully."
Yan Liang glared at Wei Yan who spoke, and was directly hit by his idea of concealing and underreporting. In his opinion, Yuan Shu was an omniscient being, and you dared to conceal military reports. If this was the case,
When Yuan Shu found out, he chopped off his head and drank it.
"No, it was Wei Yan who was reckless. Thank you general for your advice."
Wei Yan glanced at Yan Liang in front of him, his eyes full of fear. He understood what Yan Liang meant. This was a blow to himself. If he brought the old ideas from the Han Dynasty to China, the final result would be to chop off his head with a knife.
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"Okay, Huang Zhong will be in charge here later, and I will personally report to His Majesty on the battle situation at night."
Yan Liang nodded, and after beating Wei Yan, Yan Liang handed the place over to Huang Zhong, and he left Bakrat under the leadership of his personal guards to report the military situation to Yuan Shu.
"Your Majesty, General Yan Liang is here."
Soon Yan Liang arrived at the camp outside the city and asked to see Yuan Shu.
"Gong Ji is here?
Let him in quickly."
Upon hearing Yan Liang's arrival, Yuan Shu directly called him over to meet him.
"His Majesty."
Yan Liang entered the camp and knelt down to salute Yuan Shu.
"Get up, we don't have to be so polite."
Yuan Shu waved his hand to signal him to get up and talk.
"Your Majesty, the Daxia people's night attack last night caused a lot of losses to the troops. Adding in the casualties during the day, the loss in one day is close to 40,000 people."
Yan Liang had nothing to say, so he directly told the situation of yesterday's battle. The losses were close to 40,000 people. To be honest, he was a little embarrassed.
"Loss of 40,000 people?
So big?"
Yuan Shu was also stunned when he heard the military situation reported by Yan Liang. He thought that the loss would not be small, but the casualties of 40,000 people were still a bit more than he expected.
"Well, the enemy has a strong sense of resistance and has to fight for every inch of land, which is why there is such a huge loss."
Yan Liang had nothing to explain, so he directly told the situation he encountered.
"Okay, don't worry about it. There is no one who can't die in a war. Just win Bakrat steadily."
Yuan Shu nodded. To be honest, street fighting is very beneficial to local soldiers and horses. As long as he continues to advance, the enemy's traveling space will become smaller and smaller, and then they will have the advantage.
"Yan Liang will definitely live up to the holy hope and dedicate the city of Bakrat to His Majesty."
Yan Liang saluted Yuan Shu again and expressed his determination to win Bakrat.
"Okay, Dian Wei."
Yuan Shu looked directly at Dian Wei beside him.
"I'm here."
Dian Wei knelt down on one knee and saluted Yuan Shu.
"You lead the guards to leave the main formation today and go to Bakrat City to help Yan Liang sweep away Bakrat."
Since you want to fight, then send all your main forces there, kill the chicken with a bull's knife, and kill it more neatly.
"Dian Wei obeys his orders."
When he heard that Yuan Shu wanted to lead the guards on the battlefield, his eyes lit up. The guards finally had a place to use.
"Okay, we will also arrange for the trebuchet troops to be disassembled and installed on the city wall to bombard the entire Bakrat."
