No matter how hard Guhuatara worked, no matter how capable and experienced he was in leading troops, morale would inevitably gradually collapse.
The most important thing is that he is not the real commander-in-chief of the Northwest Army. If Lu Gao were here, he might still be able to win the loyalty of the soldiers by relying on his status as the leader of the Northwest Army and his kindness and power over the years. But Guhuataro did not
He is just a general with this ability. In the past, he did not dare to win over the morale of the troops in the Northwest Army. Otherwise, wouldn't he be suspected by Lu Gao? Therefore, the soldiers would not die for him, and his own direct troops turned out to be cavalry.
He was also taken away by Lu Gao a long time ago.
Whether it is rewards of wine and meat, or the temptation of promotion and wealth. This method may be effective once or twice, but if it is used too many times, it will be useless.
Isn't it? Although most soldiers are illiterate and rough, they are not fools after all. You give a small reward every two days and a big reward every three days, which makes me feel weird. Moreover, they are surrounded by enemies, and they are expecting it.
"General Lu Gao's return attack" is always a moon in the water, but you, the boss of the army, only know how to coax us with money and official position... Damn, you really think we are fools.
On the night of the tenth day, Guhuataro got the news, which kept him awake all night.
Deserters appear!!
Many people had doubts about the current situation. Just that night, a small group of soldiers patrolled and ran away. When other soldiers on guard found out, they immediately fired arrows and killed more than a dozen people on the spot.
Three were captured, but two or three more escaped.
This incident made Gu Hua Duoluo feel chilly in his heart. He was even a little absent-minded when dealing with these deserters. He just casually said the word "kill" and went back alone.
At night, Guhuataro thought carefully for a long time, and finally made up his mind: Don't delay it any longer! Tomorrow, no matter what, the whole army will fight decisively and take the initiative to attack! Now there will be a big fight, at least the enemy can still be inflicted
Some damage caused them to lose some combat power. If they wait a few more times, I am afraid that my Northwest Army will not have much combat power left.
Unfortunately, when the sky was just getting dark, Gu Huaduoluo walked out of the tent and conveyed the order, asking everyone to prepare for dinner and launch an attack at noon... This order was only conveyed for less than an hour before Du Wei took action again.
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But this time, Du Wei's blow to Gu Hua Duo Luo was truly fatal!
When the sun had just risen, a roaring sound suddenly broke through the sky from the Tulip family fortress in the distance. Then, amid the surprised looks and exclamations of many soldiers in the Northwest Army camp, there was something in the sky.
Dozens of things were thrown in front of them.
There was a loud crash. It hit a place about 100 meters outside the northwest army camp.
"Trebuchet!!! Everyone separate and find a place to take cover!!!" Experienced officers and veterans immediately shouted at the top of their lungs, and then with a roar, all the soldiers in the barracks who heard their shouts immediately dispersed.
But then the yeller felt his butt being kicked hard. He stumbled, turned around and was about to curse, when he saw his landowner, Lord Guhuatolo, with a "hateful" look on his face.
With an expression on his face, he said bitterly: "Are you out of your mind? Even if it is a trebuchet, can the trebuchet in the city hit our camp? Are you an idiot?"
After saying that, Guhuataro immediately shouted to the soldiers behind him: "Send a hundred people out! Pick up those things for me!"
Soon, a hundred soldiers rushed out and ran to the battlefield. They picked up the things thrown out by trebuchets in the city. But when they saw these things, Guhuataro was dumbfounded!!
Armor!
All of them are armors! There are scratches, bloodstains on them, and many of them are even broken... But the problem is, these armors are all in the style of the Northwest Army cavalry! The 70,000 cavalrymen that Lord Lu Gao took away were wearing
It’s all this kind of armor!!
What does Du Wei want to do by throwing these things out? Want to disrupt our military morale?
Make me think that Lord Lu Gao's westward cavalry is finished?
Some officers under my command saw these things. Someone had already exclaimed loudly: "Ah! It's the cavalry armor of our Northwest Army! Brothers... Could it be that the brothers who are marching westward have already..."
thump!
Before he could finish speaking, Gu Hua Duoluo went up and kicked the officer in the heart, scolding: "You are also a pig, aren't you? General Lu Gao led 70,000 cavalry!! Now the Tulip family's army has been conquered by us
He is in the city! How could General Lu Gao fail? He has to defeat 70,000 cavalry. Does Du Wei have so many troops?! Idiot!"
He said these words deliberately and loudly, and many soldiers and officers around him who heard them nodded their heads.
Yes, to defeat 70,000 elite cavalry, the opponent must have at least this number of elite cavalry! Although Duke Tulip’s men claim to have 100,000 coalition troops (Tulip family and Luo Lin family), most of them are new troops after all.
And there are definitely not as many cavalry as 70,000! There is no way they can defeat the iron hoof led by our General Lu Gao.
Yes! These armors must have been forged by the other side to disrupt our military morale! That must be the case!
"Hahaha! Du Wei, you are too naive. You forged dozens of sets of broken armors just to deceive my military morale!" Guhuaduoluo laughed deliberately.
But then, he really couldn't laugh anymore.
Dozens of sets of armor can be forged...but what about hundreds of sets? What about thousands of sets?
Not enough? What about adding hundreds of prisoners of war?
Almost all the trebuchets in the fortress kept stopping. For more than an hour, countless pieces of armor stripped off the prisoners of war were thrown out. Du Wei thought it was enough, so he waved his hand, and the city gate opened, and five hundred Tulips
The family's cavalry rushed out on horseback, quickly swept across the battlefield, threw the armor behind their horses on the ground, and then turned around and ran back.
For a time, there were at least a thousand pairs of armors placed on the battlefield in the middle!!
Guhuatara couldn't laugh anymore, he couldn't even say a word!!
Even if Du Wei is crazy and creates these thousands of armors... Could it be that Master Lu Gao has really been defeated?!
Fake! It must be fake! With the financial resources and cunning of Duke Tulip, it is not difficult to forge a thousand sets of armors!!!
Guhuataro still wanted to convince himself this way, but then the city gate opened again. More than a hundred soldiers of the Tulip family ran out of it, and then hundreds of dejected prisoners of war ran out of the city with swords.
They were all captured cavalrymen of the Northwest Army, including two at the command level. These prisoners were driven out one by one with ropes tied in their hands, as if they were pulling a bunch of candied haws. Behind them were the soldiers of the Tulip family, swords and swords.
Under threat, they all ran from the city towards the northwest army camp.
While running, they were shouting for fear that someone would fire arrows.
Gu Hua Duoluo's face was pale. At this moment, he finally collapsed in his heart. He looked at the hundreds of people running on the battlefield. He originally felt a trace of viciousness in his heart, and was about to order the archers to shoot them all to death, but turned around.
At first glance, many officers, generals and soldiers behind him had despairing and pale faces. Gu Hua Duoluo knew that it was now impossible to kill people and silence them.
He could only sigh, wave his hand and order someone to go out to respond.
"Bring these hundreds of people back, and then carefully guard them and send people to guard them. They are not allowed to have contact with others without my order!" Gu Hua Duoluo sighed, he just gave such an order as if he was almost numb.
, but even he himself knew that this order actually had little meaning anymore.
At this moment, a flaming tulip flag was raised on the fortress wall in the distance. Du Wei climbed onto the wall in armor and military uniform, then smiled slightly and took a deep breath. Driven by a magic position he cast, he
Word by word, his words spread clearly throughout the entire battlefield, and his voice echoed.
"Guhuataro!!! The westward cavalry of your Northwest Army has been defeated by me! The 70,000-strong army collapsed and descended from Lugao. They were either killed in battle or captured!! Your Northwest Army is finished! So are you.
Leaders, don’t you cherish the lives of your soldiers! Now you have no chance, why not surrender early and let these soldiers have a way to live!! In the name of Duke Tulip, I want to guarantee that those who surrender will avoid death!!
"
At this moment, those hundreds of prisoners had already entered the camp of the Northwest Army. When Du Wei's words spread throughout the venue, thousands of Northwest Army soldiers rushed to the entrance of the camp. Some people couldn't wait to ask the prisoners of war loudly for confirmation.
However, under Guhuaduoluo's order, his trusted soldiers were shouting around with weapons, and no one was allowed to approach the prisoners of war, nor were they allowed to speak, and then they were escorted to the back.
At this moment, the mood in the military camp was aroused. Thousands of people rushed to Guhuataro's tent to seek proof. Guhuataro ordered a suppression. Under strict military law, the soldiers were gradually dispersed... But
Even the soldiers who were enforcing the law did not dare to look at the faces of their colleagues.
Everyone has already believed what Duke Tulip said.
General Lu Gao, was he really defeated?! Seventy thousand cavalry fell apart?!
That night, another incident of desertion occurred among the Northwest Army, but this time, Gu Hua Duoluo was too lazy to take care of it. He knew that the matter was irreversible.
Morale has dropped to the lowest point. When the number of people was counted the next day, there were actually more than a thousand people missing. When Gu Hua Duoluo was patrolling, he could feel the eyes of the soldiers directed at him, with a hint of anger.
, and many others are numb.
But on this day, Du Wei and the imperial army still did not attack.
Gu Huaduoluo already understood that Du Wei was completely using tactics to attack the enemy. The main cavalry in the westward march had completely failed. The news spread throughout his military camp. The soldiers had no fighting spirit and even deserted on a large scale.
Du Wei is not in a hurry to fight now. This guy probably doesn't even want to fight! As long as he waits for two more days, his army will collapse and mutiny.
So that’s it, that’s it! Du Wei has been refusing to fight with him in the past few days, which is to delay time and undermine the fighting spirit and morale of his soldiers!!
"Sir, are we really not going to attack?" Robert looked at Du Wei's motionless look and couldn't help but said: "Those armors and prisoners of war have been thrown out for two days! The opponent's morale has collapsed. Now as long as we go out of the city to fight
, they will disintegrate immediately. Such a good opportunity... why do you..."
Du Wei sighed, shook his head and said nothing.
Next to him, General Longbottom of the 250th Army also frowned and said: "Say boss, what else is there to wait for now? Look at the appearance of these northwest troops, as long as I take two or three thousand cavalry out and charge for a while, I can kill them in one go.
!”
Du Wei looked at the 250-year-old general and said with a smile: "Longbottom, Longbottom, you suffered from not understanding the rules of officialdom back then, but now it seems that you haven't learned to be smart yet."
Du Wei stood up, pointed in the distance, and said with a smile: "Look, the Storm Legion, the Royal Guards, and Governor Bohan's army are all outside now! There are nearly 100,000 people in total. But this time they were defeated
Since the war in the northwest, we have killed Lu Gao's main cavalry force and eaten his 70,000 elite cavalry in one go. This huge military contribution cannot be escaped no matter what! Our empire has not had this for many years.
Is there a war? Now among the people outside the city... no matter which army the generals and soldiers are in, they all hope that this final battle can get more credit! To put it bluntly, we have all eaten the meat.
Just leave the last bit of soup for others to share. Otherwise, everyone will eat it alone, hehe... Aren't you afraid of offending others?"
Offend someone?
Du Wei's men looked at each other in confusion... When did our Lord Duke become afraid of offending others?!
"Since we are fighting together and we are all friendly forces, we have to give them some benefits. Otherwise, we will inevitably be jealous. If we secretly stumble us in the future, it will be more than the gain. Besides...the last four people outside
If we take down the 50,000 Northwest Army infantrymen, will it do us any good?!"
