Chapter 880
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Yunzhou City seemed to be in danger, as if it could be broken at any time. Then Yelu Shilu attacked the city without any casualties, but the result was that both sides fought bloodily until dark. Yelu Abaoji was knocked down to the city tower. Although he retreated to a pile of corpses for buffering some force, he also retreated several fractures, vomited blood several times, and remained unconscious. Then, the deputy commander Yelu Yigu also personally led a suicide squad composed of Khitan warriors. Under the cover of a large number of crossbowmen, the two sides fought until dawn. Under the cover of night, Yigu had to rush up to the city tower several times, but each time he was finally driven off the city wall.
The battle was until dawn, and Yunzhou City kept shaking, but it never stood up.
Although they were unwilling to give up, when dawn came, the long-range equipment of the defenders on the city began to show their power again, and their crossbows and Yunche Tower cars were almost destroyed. Continuing to attack the city would only be in vain. It was obviously not a wise man to continue to attack strongly at this time. What's more, the huge casualties and high-intensity siege battles made all the leaders of the coalition tribe feel great pressure. They went south to make money, not to attack a fortress that could not be captured.
If they continue to attack the city like this, they will not only not be able to grab their children, but also let the few tribal warriors of their last drop of blood be consumed under the city.
Finally, at the request of the leaders of various tribes, Yelu Shilu had to call the gold and withdraw his troops.
At this time, the Qin generals such as Song Jirong on the top of the city were also exhausted. It was extremely difficult to defend to this level of 10,000 to 100,000. If they could have an elite cavalry in their hands, it would be a good time to leave the city at this time. Now they could only watch the Hu people's ladder retreat, and symbolically fired a rocket to show their way.
In fact, compared with the Hu people, the Qin army defending the city was under greater pressure.
Although a city like Yunzhou is strong, no matter how strong the city is, people will need to defend it. Especially when facing 100,000 Hu people siege the city, the pressure of overwhelming overwhelming and breaking the city almost at any time would be very huge. If it weren't for the four artillery battalions and many heavy equipment left by the Western Expedition Army in the city, they would have never been able to defend until now. If it weren't for the enemy's catapult formation and tower car group, the city would have fallen long ago. Even so, the battle last night and night caused heavy losses to the defenders on the city, and countless people and Qin soldiers were killed in battle.
Yelu Shilu returned to the camp, and did not even take off his armor. He only took off his helmet and immediately went to the injured barracks. The injured barracks were filled with minor and serious wounded people.
Yunzhou City is like a huge meat grinder. While constantly killing and injuring the Qin army's guards, the Hu people suffered more casualties. Up to now, according to the rough-step statistics, Yelu Shilu's 100,000 troops have been killed in battle and more than 5,000 seriously injured. These are basically no different from those who died in battle, and they can only wait for death. There are more people with minor injuries and disabilities.
The combat personnel were reduced by more than 20%, and the remaining soldiers who could fight were less than 80,000.
After the death of his brother Yelu Sassah in battle, his nephew Yelu Abaoji was now seriously injured. He had been one day and one night and had not woken up yet.
"What's wrong with Shari?"
"Tama Rongshali was very injured. She had broken several ribs before falling from the city. Then she fell from the top of the city. Although the body was padded and relieved some of the rush, she was still seriously injured. Her left leg was broken, her arms were dislocated, and she suffered serious muscle loss. In addition, her internal organs were injured. The broken ribs pierced the spleen, and her brain was shocked."
Listening to the white-bearded doctor, Yelu Shilu's face became increasingly ugly.
"When will he wake up?"
"According to the current situation, he should have woken up, but he has been unable to wake up for a long time. It is probably related to the shock of his head. It depends on the luck of Tarma Rongshali. If he is lucky, he may wake up soon, and then the other injuries will be able to recover after about a year of rest. But if he is lucky, maybe, maybe."
"Maybe what?"
"Yu Yuedang knew that the head of a person is the most mysterious and unpredictable. It hurts the head, but it is extremely difficult to cure. If it is not good, it may never wake up, and maybe it will be even more dangerous."
Yelu Shilu grabbed him: "I'll ask you to cure him immediately, otherwise, if he has something to do, you will be buried with him."
The doctor wiped the sweat from his forehead, and Lao Yu was powerless. Lao Yu heard that Dengzhou, in the south, now has the largest medical clinic and the most comprehensive doctor in the world. Especially the Liaochang of Dengzhou Medical College, who is known as Xiaoyixian, has extraordinary medical skills. Maybe he can find a way to send it to Dengzhou or ask Xiaoyixian to come for treatment." Baibei immediately thought of a way to move the disaster eastward.
Yelu Shilu glared at the old man, pushed him aside, looked at A Baoji in a coma, sighed and turned his head away. At this time, he had any way to go to Dengzhou to invite that little medical immortal. As for sending his nephew to Dengzhou, it became even more impossible."
Turning back to the camp, he saw that the deputy commander, Yigu, had just sat in his camp and asked his personal soldiers to cook tea. The tea had already started. Yigu only saw him come back and said with a fist, "Please forgive me, my husband, I have cooked tea myself."
Yelu Shilu waved his hand: "All of them are their own brothers, why are you polite?"
"Is there anything wrong?"
Yan Gu only put down the teacup and straightened his face. Of course, he wouldn't just come to have a cup of tea.
"Master, I think we should make some other considerations."
"Other considerations? What considerations?"
"For example, withdraw the troops!" Yan Gu only replied. In this case, the war is really powerful and the power is really a tiger. Yunzhou City cannot take it, so it will be difficult for them to gain a foothold in Daibei. What's more, the army went south to be destroyed, and there was no movement in the three towns of Yanmen, Chengde and Weibo, while the Qin army reinforcements had arrived early, which made their current situation worse day by day. The Khitans did not really come to clean up any portals for Li Keyong. Their main purpose was to go south to Daibei, and finally point directly to the states behind the mountain, and even attack Jundu Pass, threatened Yanjing, and forced Li Jing to dispatch troops from the north to help reduce the huge pressure caused by the burning and killing of the two legions in Huangshuituhe, the Khitan and Xi area.
If these tens of thousands of people were allowed to burn, kill and loot everywhere on the grassland, the first thing they couldn't stand was their Khitan.
However, this time the dispatch of troops has been said to have failed. They could not have fought the army, and they could not even be able to capture Yunzhou. Since that is the case, it would be better to leave early, otherwise they would be delayed here. If Li Jing surrounded them, their troops might have been packed with dumplings. They are already one of the countless mobile forces in the Khitan. If they are destroyed, the Qin people would have burned, killed and robbed the grassland without any worries.
"Have you not contacted Li Keyong yet?"
Yan Gu only smiled bitterly: "That Shi Yan was a little shiver recently, saying that he had not been in contact yet, and the road was long and difficult. I guess, I was afraid that Li Keyong might be dragged by the Hedong army, so Zheng Cong-sei and other Hedong generals had a good relationship with Li Jing. In addition, I suspect that Li Keyong saw the bad situation here and had already sent an order to the Yanmen army to prevent them from going north. If this is true, the two soldiers, Zhang Zimian and Liu Xun, would have no worries and would be killed at any time. If they came, they would be in trouble. The general should not forget the Niupai Pass in the north of Yunzhou, and the 20,000 subordinates of Li Siyuan who we ignored."
"Didn't Tiemuzhai and Gui Chier cut off Li Siyuan's head yet?" Yelu Shilu frowned. There were 30,000 people there. If Li Siyuan's defeated troops could be settled earlier, they could be transferred to fight the Niupi Pass and eat up the remaining troops of Li Siyuan together.
"No news has come yet. I haven't contacted us for two days. Could it be that something happened?"
Yelu Shilu: "What happened? What happened?" He asked knowingly. If something happened, it would never be defeated by Li Siyuan. It was only because the Qin army had a reinforcement suddenly appeared outside the frontier. "Where is the reinforcements on Li Jing's side?" He felt a little uneasy.
"The news sent back yesterday is that Li Jing is still in Jundu Pass and is gathering troops. It is said that this time the reinforcements will exceed 100,000."
"Is it true that Li Jing is still in the army at this time?" Yelu Shilu pinched his beard. Liu Xun's tens of thousands of people suddenly appeared on the battlefield in Jincheng, causing Sala to die in battle and 50,000 troops to be wiped out. Since Liu Xun arrived in Jincheng so soon, Li Jing has no reason to be still in the army at all times. Even if he values his identity and refuses to take risks, he can send troops to help first.
Something is not right.
A thought suddenly flashed through his mind. Li Jing is not the kind of person who dare not take risks. On the contrary, Li Jing likes to use strange troops the most, and he likes to charge when fighting. Such a young general has no reason to keep his troops locked up in the military under the favorable situation. Could it be that the military gates are just empty and flags are placed, and Li Jing has actually led his troops out of the military? Could it be that Tiemuzhan and the others have no news for two days because they have met Li Jing?
Have they been wiped out by Li Jing?
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He couldn't help but curse, since he crossed Yin Mountain, he always felt that the information could not keep up with the rhythm. Often, sometimes the information was sent back was still wrong. Just like Liu Xun's reinforcements, the spies did not find any trace in advance, until they suddenly traveled thousands of miles and appeared on the battlefield in Jincheng.
What a useless guy, if there is more useful information, I'd better say it.
Being here, he felt like he was in the dark night, except for his side, the rest of the place was full of fog.
Perhaps, we should consider the retreat. Although there was no intelligence, he felt that a large net was already rushing towards him.
"Master, Shali was seriously injured. The conditions left here are poor and cannot be cured. It is better to send him back first. At this time, the injured soldiers were not helpful. It is better to let them go back together, which can also reduce the burden of food and grass." Yan Gu only saw Yelu Shilu's hesitation and proposed tactfully.
It is actually just a step to send Yelu Abaoji and the wounded soldiers back. Once Abaoji and the others are really gone, it will be much more convenient to talk about retreating next. What's more, it is really not helpful for these wounded soldiers to stay here. Now that they are sent away, if the situation is urgent, there will be no burden around them, and they will have to move forward and retreat more easily.
"Okay, as you said, send a team of people to send all the mobile wounded soldiers back with Abaoji." After a pause, Yelu Shilu said again: "Send more probes, scatter them for a hundred miles, and monitor them closely. If you find the Qin army, you will immediately repay them. Well, send a message to Tiemuta to quickly destroy Li Siyuan, and then take Li Siyuan's head to persuade him to surrender. If the seal does not surrender, you will directly attack the key."
"Will you ask Shi Yan to send a letter to Li Keyong and ask the Yanmen Army to dispatch it to help us restrain Zhang Zimian and Liu Xun from Shuozhou?" Feng Gu only added.
"Okay, tell Li Keyong that if he does not send troops as agreed, then we will retreat to the outside of the border."
Chapter completed!