"Both of them, the people of the Ming Dynasty were indeed very angry when they drove the Ming Dynasty to attack the city. However, the Xilu are beasts and our army cannot be beasts as well. We must abide by the rules of human life." Lin Chen paused and his eyes turned red before he spoke.
One sentence.
His sister married a wealthy man in a guard city, and his younger brother worked as a military doctor in another guard city. They failed to evacuate to Yiwu safely. Although he had an illusory dream in his heart, the reality was that he had probably been
The Xilu captives even died under the city, but he always felt that the Ming soldiers were human beings, not beasts, and he could not be treated as beasts like the Xilu.
"You." Song Hu didn't know what to say. Of course Lin Chen was right. The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty couldn't be like beasts like the Xilu, but when they saw their own people being forcibly driven to attack the city, the soldiers were shattered into pieces.
Having a dead body is no big deal.
"There are still so many injured soldiers who have not yet been diagnosed and treated. If you don't hurry up and get treatment, why are you talking to me here?" Song Hu finally said.
When Lin Chen heard this, he understood that Song Hu didn't want to continue talking to him about this, so he sighed and went to treat the remaining wounded.
Song Hu walked from east to west and then from west to east across the city. He saw that all the injured soldiers had been treated and the corpses had been restrained. Except for the blood stains that had not been wiped clean, the outer city was almost cleaned. He nodded.
He ordered: "Leave those on duty and let the rest of the soldiers go down to the city to eat." He himself immediately went down to the city and walked towards the Prince of Qin's Mansion.
When they arrived at the palace and saw His Highness, Song Hu was about to salute when Shang Bing helped him up. While helping him back, he said: "Song Aiqing is excused from the ceremony. How is the battle situation in Beicheng today?"
"Your Highness, since early today, we have repelled six Xilu attacks on the city, killing more than 4,000 Xilu people. The number of casualties at the top of the city, including the civilians, is about 1,300, and more than 1,000 people were slightly injured.
, all have been admitted by military doctors."
As Song Hu was talking, the guards of the other three city walls also rushed to the palace. After Song Hu finished speaking, they all talked about the situation of their own city wall.
"So, today a total of more than 12,000 Xilu were killed, our army suffered more than 4,000 casualties, and nearly 3,000 were injured?" Shang Bing concluded.
"Yes, Your Highness." The four generals bowed and saluted.
"In the past few days, although the Xilu have used very despicable and shameless methods, the ratio of casualties is still about one to three. From this, it seems that our army can still hold on!" Shang Bing breathed a sigh of relief and said.
But after hearing his conclusion, Song Hu and several others looked at each other. Seeing that they all signaled him to speak, he cursed in his heart, lowered his head and said, "Your Highness, I think we should be prepared to defend the inner city."
"Why? There aren't many casualties these days?" Shang Bing asked rhetorically.
"Your Highness, although the casualties are not many, the equipment used to defend the city is too consumed."
"Our live ammunition in Beicheng has been consumed by 70%, and the shotgun ammunition has been consumed by 80%. According to the current situation, the live ammunition can last for four days at most, and the shotgun can last for two days at most."
"The oil allocated to Beicheng was also consumed by 60%, the rolling wood and stones were consumed by 65%, and the arrows were consumed by 50%."
"Seven ballistae were destroyed and three cannons were destroyed. The cannons can still be supported, but the ballistae can no longer support it."
"According to my calculations, the equipment in the north of the city can only defend the city for five days at most. After five days, they can only withdraw to the inner city." Song Hu finally said.
After he finished speaking, the other three guard generals also said: "Yes, your highness, although the equipment loss in our west city is slightly less, it can only last for six days at most." "Your highness, the equipment in the south city is not as good as that in the north city.
Support it for four more days."
As they were talking, a voice came from the door: "Left Prime Minister Song Sheng asks to see His Highness!"
"Let him in quickly." Shang Bing said immediately.
Soon, Song Sheng walked in. Before he could salute, he heard Shang Bing say: "Prime Minister Song, I won't greet you anymore. How many defense items are there in the city now?"
"Your Highness, there are still more than 30,000 solid artillery shells in the city, more than 10,000 scattered shells, and arrows..." Song Sheng said after saluting.
"There are so many objects, why not distribute them to each city?"
"Your Highness, this is the only thing left in my hand." Song Sheng said: "Whether it's arrows or cannonballs, we can't make many inside and outside the city. Once they are used up, there is no way to replenish them. I have no choice but to
, leave these as final preparations."
"Your Highness, some semen in the city managed to escape. Many of them had built these things before. Although Timur didn't know the details, he could roughly guess how many defenders there were in the city. He must have counted them. What guess is there?
The Japanese and our troops are about to run out of these things. And the Xilu have more artillery shells than ours. They must be waiting for the day when our troops are about to run out of things to defend the city and attack the city violently, causing our troops to use up all these things at once.
We need all the things we need to attack the city walls, seize the city walls, and even take advantage of the situation to seize the inner city and completely capture Yiwu City! I must keep these things to supply the necessary city walls to repel the Xilu attack on that day."
"Are artillery shells, arrows and the like so difficult to make?" Shang Bing asked.
"Your Highness, solid cannonballs require a lot of big stones, and there are not so many stones in the city; arrows require a lot of wood, but now all the wood obtained after demolishing some houses is used for rolling wood and thunder stones, and there is not enough wood.
The rest of the items are all about the same." Song Sheng said.
"Is it so difficult?" Shang Bing suddenly became anxious again.
"Your Highness, as I see it, it is better to abandon the outer city tomorrow and retreat to the inner city." Song Hu suddenly said.