"How many troops have we lost in the army of the three clans now?"

"In all, four thousand two hundred and seventy-two people were killed, another three thousand five hundred and thirty-five were wounded, and more than a thousand were seriously wounded. In total, 1,877 of our San tribe were killed, 352 wounded, and 509 seriously wounded. ”

Sang Qingti was sitting upright in front of the table, holding a red pen, writing something on a piece of paper, and after listening to the report, although the pen did not stop, the beautifully shaped eyebrows also rose slightly, and said, "Have you lost so many people?" It seems that the fighting has been raging for the past few days."

At this time, Sang Zaichi frowned and said, "Qingti, now that the casualties of our Sang, Jiang Li, and Tu Yong armies have exceeded half, shouldn't we slow down?" ”

Sang Qingti glanced at him and said, "Did Kong Ning and Lian Cheng look for you?" What were you talking about? Kong Ning and Lian Cheng are the main generals of Jiang Li and Tu Yong's armies this time.

Sang Zaichi was a little weak-hearted, and he didn't dare Sang Qingti to look at each other, and said: "This morning, Kong Ning and Lian Cheng did come to me and told me about their suffering for a long time, saying that now the army of our three clans has suffered too much, and this battle can no longer be fought. After a pause, he said, "I also told you something that I don't like to hear." ”

Sang Qingti put down the red pen in his hand at this time, "hummed", and said: "Short-sighted, you go and tell them, tomorrow's battle will continue as usual, if Tu Yong and Jiang Li are unwilling to send troops, then our Sang clan will send troops alone." ”

Sang Zaichi was stunned for a moment and said, "Qingti, isn't it good to do this." When you were in the clan, didn't you tell your father that we should try our best to preserve our strength in this battle and strive to be able to break away from the Jiuli clan? That's why my father handed over the full authority of this battle to you, and the soldiers of the three clans all obeyed your orders, but now that more than half of the men and horses of our three clans have been lost, it is the loss of our Sang clan, even if you want to make a show, but don't you overdo it? ”

Sang Qingti said lightly: "The battle has been fought like this, do you still think I'm doing a show?" Then you're going to let me down. ”

Sang Zaichi smiled bitterly and said, "I didn't mean that, let's be honest, although I think what you did was wrong, I think you must have your own reasons for doing this, but I can't think of a reason." ”

It turned out that the Three Kingdoms Alliance attacked Handan's out-of-town positions for several days, but made little progress, and Lu Xiuhong had no choice but to ask Sang Qingti for help and asked the armies of Tu Yong, Jiang Li, and Sang to fight. And Sang Qingti did not refuse, and immediately ordered the armies of the three clans to participate in the battle and serve as the main attacker.

Although the number of the Jiuli army was small, its combat effectiveness was far superior to that of ordinary soldiers, so on the first day of the battle, the Jiuli army was like a rainbow, breaking through three military villages in a row, achieving heavy results, and forcing the defenders of Xicheng to abandon their positions outside the city and retreat to Handan City for defense.

And Wang Ben, the chief general of the Three Kingdoms Alliance, did not expect that the army of the Jiuli clan would have such a fierce combat effectiveness, if he had known that he still had such a strong army under his command, then the battle situation would be very different.

But now it is not too late to know, although the defenders outside the city of Xicheng retreated into Handan City, but there are still defenders outside the city in the southeast and north, Wang Ben of course knows that in this situation, it is impossible for the Three Kingdoms Alliance to attack Handan City calmly, because the defenders outside the city of the north and south will cause heavy containment to themselves, so Wang Ben did not rush to attack Handan City, but immediately divided his troops into two ways and launched a fierce attack on the positions outside the city in the north and south of Handan.

After three days of fierce fighting, the Triple Alliance Army achieved heavy results on both sides of the north and south, and both sides broke through more than ten military villages, although they did not force the defenders of the positions outside the north and south to retreat into the city to defend, but lost more than half of the positions, and the containment and threat caused to the Triple Alliance Army were also greatly reduced.

But after a few days of fierce fighting, although a heavy result was achieved, the armies of Tu Yong, Jiang Li, and Sang also suffered losses from Yan Zhan, and the main generals of Tu Yong and Jiang Li couldn't help it, so they came to Sang Qingti to discuss and asked to stop fighting, but Sang Qingti was unusually tough, insisting on what had been seen, not only asking the three clans to continue to fight, but also to fight with all their might regardless of casualties, so the two had to turn to Sang Zaichi to complain.

And after hearing Sang Zaichi say this, Sang Qingti nodded slightly, and a smile appeared on his face, and said: "Being able to think of this, it seems that compared with before, there has been some improvement." ”

Sang Zaichi couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, in fact, after getting along with Sang Qingti during this time, after letting go of the knot in his heart for Sang Qingti, Sang Zaichi could also feel that whether it was knowledge, talent or mentality, Sang Qingti was indeed much stronger than himself, so although Sang Zaichi was older than Sang Qingti, every time the two got along, Sang Zaichi was the one who learned a lesson.

Sang Qingti said again: "Let me ask you, now do our Sang clan have the strength to oppose Han Teng and the two Great Elders?" ”

Sang Zaichi was stunned for a while before he shook his head and said, "No." ”

Sang Qingti's hands spread out and said, "Isn't that the end?" Since we don't have the strength to oppose Han Teng and the two Great Elders now, let's honestly follow their orders. ”

Sang Zaichi was stunned for a moment and said, "But didn't you say that you want to preserve your strength?" ”

Sang Qingti glanced at him again, and said: "If you want to preserve your strength, you have to look at how you save it, it's not just a passive avoidance of war is to preserve your strength, Han Teng and the two Great Elders are not fools, such an obvious thing, can't they see it?" Don't forget that we are still a part of the Jiuli tribe, and we haven't left the Jiuli tribe yet. ”

Sang Zaichi said: "But ......" only said two words, but he didn't know how to say it, so he had to stop.

Sang Qingti sighed and said, "Our Sang clan is the largest clan of the Jiuli clan, with a population of about 150,000 or 60,000, and although the population of Tu Yong and Jiang Li is less than that of our Sang clan, there are always 1230,000 people." ”

Although Sang Zaichi didn't understand how Sang Qingti talked about the population, since she said it, she had no choice but to say: "It's almost." ”

Sang Qingti said: "The total population of our three ethnic groups is 400,000, of which half is male and female, and there should be 200,000 male and female, and the old and young population is removed by half, and the total number of young and middle-aged men should be 100,000, and this time our three ethnic groups sent 15,000 troops, basically all of them are young and middle-aged men, although the number is not small, but compared to the remaining 85,000 young and middle-aged men in the clan, it is still a minority." Therefore, using these few people to protect the majority of the clan is also a way to preserve strength, understand? ”

Sang Zaichi was stunned for a while, and couldn't help but change color a little, and said, "You mean, the troops dispatched this time are all ......."

Sang Qingti nodded and said, "Yes, the army that went out to fight this time is used to preserve the strength of the whole clan, so even if all of them are killed in battle, they will not hesitate to do so, and in this way, in front of Han Teng and the two great elders, they can also explain it, this is an agreement that our three clans have reached an agreement before going to war." ”

Sang Zaichi said: "But these fifteen thousand people are the elite of our three clans, if all of them are buried here, it will also be a big loss for our three clans, what if someone in the clan asks in the future?" And aren't we ready to break away from the Jiuli tribe? With the loss of this group of elites, how can we break away from the Jiuli tribe? ”

Sang Jingti said: "It is not an easy thing to break away from the Jiuli clan, if you want to suffer no loss at all, then there is such an easy thing, you need the right time, and you also have to take advantage of the situation to do it, so when we have not broken away from the Jiuli clan, we must not let Han Teng and the two great elders know our plans." After a pause, Sang Qingti said again: "Besides, I am the one who led the army this time, so even after this battle, if someone in the clan asks about it, it is up to me to bear this responsibility." My father assigned me to lead the army, which was one of the important reasons. ”

Sang Zaichi was stunned for a moment and said, "You ......"

Sang Qingti shook his head and said: "I don't care, anyway, this is the last time I will do things for the clan, after this war is over, I will leave the Sang clan, so I will carry this black cauldron, and my father took a fancy to this point, so he assigned me to lead the army." ”

After a long time, Sang Zaichi suddenly seemed to remember something, and immediately asked: "What if all of our fifteen thousand men and horses are buried here, but Han Teng ordered us to collect troops from the clan again, we can't refuse Han Teng now, and we can't refuse Han Teng's request at that time." ”

Sang Qingti's eyebrows raised slightly, revealing a look of approval, and said with a smile: "You can think of this, I think my father should also be very pleased." The role of this fifteen-thousand-strong army, in addition to preserving the strength of our three clans, also has an important role, which is to buy us time and wait for the results of the overall situation. ”

Sang Zaichi was a little puzzled and said, "Waiting for the results of the overall situation? What a result. ”

Sang Qingti said: "Don't look at our Handan City, there are 1 million troops gathered in front of the city, and they are also very lively, and more than 100,000 people have died, but from the overall situation, Handan is actually only a secondary battlefield, and the real main battlefield is in Xianyang, although the number of troops in Xianyang City is far less than ours here, but now Han Teng, Gao Yuan, and Hehua are all in Xianyang, so although our battle here is not insignificant, but the weight is definitely not comparable to that in Xianyang City, Only the battle in Xianyang City is the battle of Guan Jian that affects the overall situation. ”