Chapter 1000: Giving Up Halfway (2)
Cao Cao glanced at the generals in the tent and said regretfully: "It seems that we can only give up halfway!" โ
"Your Majesty, let's fight one more day! It should be possible to take it down! Tai Shi Ci pleaded unwillingly.
Cao Cao shook his head, "Let's not talk about whether it can be captured in one day." Even if it is captured, then what next? Our army only has enough food and grass for one day, and when we take Kukan, the remnants of the city will surely burn all the food and grass in the city! If we didn't have the variable of the thirteen tribes next to us, we could still take a risk, but now ยทยทยทยทยทยทยท"
"Tell all armies to prepare to move! Let the catapult smash all the boulders into Kukan City!! โ
When the sun rose from the sky, Kukan City was groaning in the monstrous "artillery fire", and the panicked Jin people were shuttling through the artillery fire, and from time to time someone was thrown into the sky by the air waves.
At this time, the Wei army was preparing to pull out the camp.
After noon, the artillery fire had already stopped, the city of Kukan was filled with wolf smoke, full of broken walls and human limbs, and the army that ambushed the reinforcements of the Jin State returned, bringing more than 200,000 prisoners.
Cao Cao personally went out of the camp to greet the soldiers who returned triumphantly.
"Meng Qi, I heard that you have beheaded more than 20 Jin Guoyong generals!"
Ma Chao's sword eyebrows were the same, and he laughed, "It's just a trivial matter!" โ
Cao Cao smiled, frowned and said to Tian Chou: "Zitai, do you know about Zang Ba?" โ
Tian Chou nodded, "Your Majesty's decision is correct!" At present, the best action of our army is to temporarily scatter it to the Wolf Mountain Fortress! โ
Cao Cao sighed, "I'm not reconciled! Regret not listening to the advice of the Emperor at the beginning! โ
Tian Chou said: "It's no wonder Your Majesty! โ
Cao Cao waved his hand and said with a wry smile: "Zitai, you don't have to comfort me!" I know that the responsibility for this pre-war abandonment lies with me! I'm sorry for the soldiers on the bloody battlefield! โ
"Your Majesty must not say that! This made Weichen and others embarrassed! โ
Cao Cao perked up, "Alright! Don't talk about that! Zitai, come with me, there are some things I want to discuss with you! โ
Half an hour later, the Jin army in Kukan City was pleasantly surprised to find that the Wei army had actually scattered south.
The city of Kukan resounded with cheers and cries, and the experience of just a few days made everyone feel like hell.
Kasro, the detached lieutenant, muttered: "The general has succeeded! The general succeeded! โ
It turned out that during this time, Tokhtambuhua was not in Kukan City at all, but went to the headquarters of the leaders of the Thirteen Tribes.
A day later, Tokhtambuhua returned to Kukan City, accompanied by a few mysterious guests.
After another two days, the Wei army brigade escorted more than 200,000 captives back to the Wolf Mountain Fortress.
At this time, tens of thousands of herdsmen recruited from the Northern Protectorate were repairing the broken city walls, and the corpses had been cleaned up, but the blood was still mottled everywhere on the city walls, and you could still feel the fierceness of the battle at that time.
Cao Cao walked into the place surrounded by the generals, was silent for a moment, and turned around.
"Woo Woo!"
"The last general!"
"You lead the Second Army to the village in the direction of the Great Pine Forest!"
"No!"
"The First Army Corps and the garrisons of Jizhou, Qingzhou, and Bingzhou are stationed in the Wolf Mountain Fortress! The Third Legion, the Fifth Legion, and the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry immediately galloped with me to aid the Western Regions! Meng Qi, Ziyi, Dian Wei, Zhongkang, you four rushed to my aid! The rest will stay behind to defend the Wolf Mountain Fortress! โ
"No!" The generals agreed in unison.
Cao Cao came to Tian Chou and admonished: "Zitai, all the things here will be handed over to you!" โ
"Your Majesty, rest assured! There is a long road ahead, take care of your majesty! โ
Cao Cao nodded and strode out of the office.
On the same day, Cao Cao led the 3rd and 5th Army Corps and the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry to the west to help.
At this time, the battle in the west was very unfavorable to the Wei army, Cao Ren was extremely difficult to defend in the Raven Mountains, and the Jin army's offensive against Yan Yan and Cao Hong's defense line was also constantly strengthening.
"Pass the order, don't care about the formation, go full speed!" Zhao Yun grabbed the white dragon horse and shouted to the herald.
Immediately, the 50,000 cavalry team accelerated towards the southwest, and the team was like a fast-moving swimming dragon, and the sound of hurried horses' hooves was just like Zhao Yun's urgent mood at this time.
Since the city of Nisa was captured by the Wei army and the Roman coalition army last year, it has not been completely repaired, and the intense restoration work is still going on.
Acre was originally the northernmost province of the Anxi Empire, and the Jin army stationed 30,000 defenders in Acre, two broken legions that had just been scattered from the northern front of Raven Mountain and Kangju, the two golden legions should have been 100,000 people, but now there are only 30,000 people.
The sun had set in the west, and wisps of smoke were rising from the city of Acre. The two fireheads carried a basket of food to the east gate tower, and more than 100 defenders on the city gate tower immediately surrounded them.
A soldier gnawed on a piece of meat and complained, "If you eat this every day, is there nothing else?" โ
A soldier next to him quipped, "Why don't I exchange a cup of bitter tea with you?" โ
"Scanler, why don't you become a profiteer?"
The two soldiers chatted against the wall as they ate their dinner.
"Hey, it's been almost a month since we attacked Crow Mountain, and we haven't taken it yet!"
The soldier said with emotion, and his companion nodded, "There are 1780,000 dead and wounded on this line alone!" โ
Shaking his head, "Corpses are everywhere!" There was almost nothing else to be seen on that hillside, it was all corpses! Such a cruel war, I'm afraid there has never been one! I don't know if we'll be able to take Raven Mountain! โ
"Our Jin Army will definitely win! Don't you know that our army has already won a decisive victory on the Kangju Northern Front? "You mean to capture the royal capital of Fear Kangju! I don't think it's much better than we are! โ
At this moment, the sentry in charge of the lookout suddenly shouted: "A squad of cavalry is coming!" โ
The two soldiers, who were chatting, looked out of the city and saw a cavalry of about 5,000 men coming towards them without hurry.
"Which unit is this?"
"They're from the north, so they should have been sent from home!"
The cavalry came under the city gates. This group of cavalry was all standard Jin cavalry attire, wearing heavy capes and scarves against wind and sand.
One of the cavalrymen at the head pulled down his scarf and shouted: "Open the gates, we are the cavalry of the Guards!" "This cavalryman has a beard, a Hun race.
The gate officer glanced at the cavalryman who was shouting at the gate, and then ordered the gate to be opened.
Immediately, the gates of the city were slowly opened.
Five thousand cavalry marched into the city without haste. Then the ruler of the city gate came up and said, "Who is your general?" Come and sign up! โ
A knight came to the city gate officer, and just as the city gate officer was about to speak, the knight suddenly pulled out a narrow blade that was completely different from the golden saber, and cut off the city gate officer's head with one sword.
The surrounding Jin soldiers couldn't help but be stunned, they didn't expect this scene in front of them at all. (To be continued.) )