Seeing Habagou holding up his pants and running out, Xue Qiluo sneered, but then he frowned and felt a little uncomfortable in his stomach.
The prisoner trade went very smoothly these days. The Sui people were very trustworthy. As long as they provided a corresponding number of sheep or war horses, they would immediately let the people sent by Xue Yantuo select the people they wanted to redeem, and give them a bowl of hot food before leaving.
Drink the soup.
The only drawback was that after two days of redemption, many of the warriors began to suffer from diarrhea.
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In view of the subsequent cooperation, after Wang Junlin told his plans and methods to the generals under his command, everyone, including Niu Jinda and Yu Zimo, almost regarded Wang Junlin as a god or a devil.
"Then Xue Qiluo still pretends to be a wise man in front of our general. Haha, he is a fool. Our general is a fairy-like figure. How can they, the Turks, be able to figure it out? This time we must let them have it.
There's no coming back." Niu Jinda chuckled and said loudly.
Everyone immediately echoed loudly.
Wang Junlin frowned and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, okay, stop blowing, if you keep blowing, the roof will be broken by you. If this little trick can destroy Xue Qiluo
We have an army of 30,000, so what else do you need to do? Besides, it’s hard to say what the final effect of this plan will be! After all, their strength is ten times that of ours, and the other side has suffered a loss. It’s almost impossible to take advantage of the tactics.
." Wang Junlin does not have 100% confidence in what he prepared. As long as the Turks pay a little attention to hygiene, except for the three thousand captives who were ransomed by the other side, the chance of the other thirty thousand Turkic warriors being infected with the disease is not very high.
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"The 800-mile express for Zhou Hu in Gaotaicheng and Guan Hu at Shapingguan Pass has been sent out. As long as the general's medicine works, I think it will be impossible for the Turks to escape this time." Xu Jingzong pondered for a moment and said something extremely
Fair words.
He has been working with Wang Junlin for two or three months. As he has more and more contacts, he feels more and more mysterious and unfathomable about Wang Junlin. This makes him secretly glad that he was forced to make a choice in the first place, although he still feels that Wang Junlin is mysterious and unfathomable.
It can't be compared with the prince's staff, but now it seems that Wang Junlin is a powerful man with both ability and ambition. It won't be too bad to follow him.
"No matter how effective my medicine is, based on what we know about Xue Qiluo's character analysis, this person is likely to lead people to attack Shifeng Village. You go down and lead people to lay another layer of ice wall on the city wall."
"Ice wall? May I ask the general, what is an ice wall?" Niu Jinda asked in astonishment.
"It is just laying water and silt on top of the current city wall. In fact, it is just taking advantage of the cold weather to let them freeze on it. Just follow what I said and arrange for the people below to try it. You will know. The ice wall is extremely effective in this weather.
It's so strong that even a siege ram can't break it. And it can be repaired as you hit it. Anyway, it's just a matter of pouring cold water on it. We don't have many troops, so we must do everything we can to reduce losses." Wang Junlin organized his words and finally added
road.
Suddenly, a long series of violent drumming sounds suddenly came to everyone's ears, "dong dong, dong dong dong, dong dong dong...", which penetrated the clouds and cracked the rocks, and the ground shook.
"Something's happening!" Wang Junlin led Niu Jinda, Yu Zimo, Tian Ming and other generals to jump up and run towards the city wall with three steps at a time.
Not long after, Wang Junlin on the top of the city looked at Xue Yantuo's army that was encamped three miles away from Shifeng Village. On both sides, covered by billowing dust, there were thousands of cavalry on each side. Indistinctly,
Even with Wang Junlin's eyes, it was difficult to calculate their exact number.
Many people have said in military books since ancient times: There are thousands of people and horses, and there is no shore. However, the number of Xue Yantuo's people in front of them has far exceeded ten thousand, and they look as vast as the sea. The dark area stretches from three miles west of Shifeng Village to the north of the city wall.
There were one or two thousand cavalry galloping outside the fort. The thunderous sound of hooves raised not only gray-yellow smoke, but also a strong fighting spirit.
"I want to know... how big is Xue Yantuo's army in front of me?"
Wang Junlin asked not only Niu Jinda, Yu Zimo, and Xu Jingzong, but also Niu Jinda's subordinate regimental leaders Tian Ming and Ren Junshuo, as well as several other captains and regimental leaders from Zhangye City.
Counting the number of troops is the most basic subject in military science. A capable scout or a general who is experienced in military affairs can often tell the number of enemy troops in front of him with just one glance, and then infer the number of enemy troops.
The total strength of the troops does not require them to line up and wait to be counted.
In the same way, any general with some military acumen will use various means to cover up and camouflage in order to prevent their troops from being seen through. For example, right in front of Wang Junlin and others, the enemy used galloping horses.
The dust kicked up blurred the number of his troops. However, experienced generals can still give a rough estimate.
When I was chasing Xue Qiluo a few days ago, I only briefly saw a lot of reinforcements on the other side. The scouts had also made inquiries in the past few days, but the specific number of enemy troops was far from as intuitive as before.
Wang Junlin has led his troops to fight several big battles in the past year since he came to this era. Although he won them all and his eyesight is far superior to others, he actually does not have much experience in this area and cannot judge the enemy in front of him.
The exact quantity, that’s why I asked.
Niu Jinda's answer was: "There must be 40,000 people!"
Xu Jingzong reported: "At least 37,000 people."
But the number Yu Zimo observed was: "Thirty-five thousand people."
The amounts reported by several other captains and regimental leaders were similar to Yuzi Moxiang.
Wang Junlin smiled and chose to trust Yu Zimo, who had a strong family background. He knew that although Yu Zimo was young and had little experience in leading troops, he had the true inheritance of Yu Juluo in this aspect.
"Thirty-five thousand Xue Yantuo's cavalry... eleven times our strength. No wonder Xue Qiluo was defeated and still had the confidence to attack the city." Wang Junlin snorted coldly from his nose and said inexplicably.
Xu Jingzong looked at the Turkic army outside the walled city and sneered: "Once Lord Marquis's medicine takes effect, the Xue Yantuo people will not dare to fight a protracted war. If they cannot break the city within a day or two, they should withdraw their troops and retreat north."
Wang Junlin said: "So they are likely to be very crazy in attacking the city in the next two days."
While Wang Junlin was talking, a sharp arrow shot up from under the city and went straight to the door in front of Wang Junlin. Before Wang Junlin could take action, Niu Jinda next to him had quick eyes and quick hands. He opened his hand and took the long arrow in his hand. His palms were burning.
of.
Xu Jingzong next to him was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat, but when he saw Wang Junlin taking the arrow from Niu Jinda's hand with a strange smile on his face.
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