Volume 1, Chapter 117 Preparing for the Battle

on the Grassland.

The three Khans once again assembled their army. This time they sent a total of 380,000 troops. The last time Bai Qi caused them to suffer heavy losses.

Now this is the maximum force they can mobilize.

In order to succeed this time, they also listened to the words of the head of the Tianji Sect, and each cavalryman brought enough dry food for a month. Only

then did they lead the army and marched towards Honghua City in a mighty manner.

After a few days of marching, the 380,000 troops soon arrived at Honghua City.

They adopted the same combat plan as last time. First, they sent a large army to surround Honghua City, and then the people of the Tianji Sect led 10,000 elites to cut off the logistics supply of Honghua City.

And the person leading the team this time was not Tian Suanzi, but an elder of the Tianji Sect.

Because the Tianji Sect opened up more roads in the mountains and forests this time, they were faster in detouring to the rear and could cut off the logistics more easily.

Honghua City became an isolated city again in the blink of an eye.

Yang Wudi also adopted the strategy of defending the city. He did not go out of the city to fight, but continued to waste time with the enemy.

Three days later.

The third Hun Khan rode to Honghua City and shouted to Yang Wudi on the city wall: "Surrender!"

"Who will save you this time?"

Now the three Khans have discussed that no matter what happens in the rear, they will never lose their composure,

let alone attack each other.

After all, more than 100,000 Hun cavalry died last time. If there is another large-scale internal conflict, their troops will be equal to the defenders of Honghua City in the Great Zhou Dynasty.

In this way, there is no advantage in numbers.

So this time, Yang Wudi must be forced to death.

Yang Wudi stood on the top of the city, looking at the mighty Hun army below, and a sneer flashed in his heart.

Thinking that this time I will definitely make you lose your armor and weapons, so as to avenge the last siege.

But Yang Wudi's face immediately showed a sense of solemnity, saying:

"I, Yang Wudi, will never surrender even if I die for my country!"

"Even if the soldiers and civilians in our city starve to death, we will defend Honghua City to the death."

When he said this, the head of the Tianji Sect smiled.

With his eyesight, he could see the micro-expression on Yang Wudi's face, and even the worried faces of the soldiers in the city.

After all, not many people knew about Yang Wudi and Bai Qi's plan.

The head of the Tianji Sect said to the khans next to him:

"Khans, I observed the faces of Yang Wudi and others, and guessed that Honghua City actually doesn't have much food. As long as we besiege the city and compete with them for food consumption, they will soon be exhausted!"

But the khans were still worried. The fifth khan asked: "What if they are lying to us?"

"We competed with them for food consumption, but they still had a lot of food."

"What if we run out of food in the end?"

This is actually what they are most worried about.

The last time they attacked Honghua City, they unexpectedly cut off the enemy's food and grass, which led to the situation where the soldiers of Honghua City almost starved to death.

But this time, it is obvious that they are prepared.

It will be very difficult to repeat the same trick.

They have to prepare for the worst.

In fact, several Hun Khans still want Yang Wudi to go out of the city to fight, so that they can directly defeat Yang Wudi's army with the advantage of military strength.

Wouldn't it be more straightforward!

The head of the Tianji Sect smiled, and then his internal force flourished, and a series of internal forces like silk and thread connected to several Khans.

Then, something magical happened.

The three Khans also found that they had sharp ears and eyes.

Not only could they see the expressions on the faces of the soldiers above Honghua City, they could even hear the whispers of those people on the top of Honghua City.

This is exactly the skill of the Tianji Sect.

At this moment, the other three Khans hurriedly listened.

They found that a dispute had already occurred above Honghua City.

When the 10,000 generals around Yang Wudi heard that Yang Wudi was going to defend the city to the death and not go out to fight, they were so anxious that they turned around.

Many of the 10,000 generals suggested at the time:

"General, we can't make the same mistake as last time."

"Our logistics supply must have been cut off. We must fight hard this time! Bai Qi can't let them have internal strife."

"And we really don't have much food and grass."

"Last time they took our food and grass, the whole Great Zhou was fighting, and there was not much to be transferred."

"If we continue to defend the city and don't go out, we will definitely die!"

These 10,000 generals knew very well that the food and grass stored in Honghua City could not last long.

When the three khans heard this, they were all surprised.

At least it can be concluded that Yang Wudi and the 10,000 generals seem to have different ideas, and the other side really doesn't have much food and grass.

This is the same as they speculated.

After all, they have united with Beiliang and Xichu to fight against the Great Zhou at the same time. The Great Zhou is fighting on three fronts, and the pressure on food and grass must be very high.

In addition, a large amount of food and grass was burned last time, which caused a shortage of food stocks in Da Zhou.

This is why they are eager to start a war, that is, to take advantage of your illness to kill you.

If they wait until next year to fight again, Da Zhou will harvest a batch of crops, and then more or less food and grass will be replenished.

Even if the emperor of Da Zhou is a little cruel, he can frantically plunder food and grass from the people, regardless of the lives of the people, and make Da Zhou's food and grass more abundant than it is now.

Then they heard Yang Wudi sighed and said:

"Do you think I don't want to fight a decisive battle with the Huns? But our strength does not allow it!"

"The last time the Huns set a trap, how many days did our soldiers starve? Many people even injured their bodies and fell ill."

"It's only been a short month, and they haven't recovered at all."

"Don't look at this period of time. The spirit of our soldiers has improved a lot, but the combat effectiveness has declined greatly, and they can't fight a protracted war."

Yang Wudi's tone was bleak, and his face was full of worry.

The tens of thousands of generals on the top of the city were also indignant. The last time the Huns besieged the city, it was too much of a blow to them.

Although the Xiongnu withdrew their troops, many soldiers were injured.

The head of the Tianji Sect smiled and said, "Three Khans, what do you think? Do you still think Yang Wudi has a conspiracy?"

The three Khans looked at each other and smiled, because what Yang Wudi said was too reasonable. If

a person is suddenly hungry for a few days, his body will have serious problems. If he does not take good care of his body, he will develop a disease, or even be directly destroyed.

Even though these Great Zhou soldiers had been through long-term and arduous training, their physical fitness was much better than that of ordinary people.

But it was impossible for them to reach their peak condition in more than a month.

Besides, there were not enough medicinal materials in Honghua City to allow these people to recover their physical strength quickly.

They continued to listen attentively.

Then I heard the 10,000 generals on the top of the city sighing one by one, and some even pounded the city wall with their fists, shouting:

"It's all the fault of those bastards of the Tianji Sect. If they hadn't cut off the logistical supply, how could we have starved for so long?"

"Last time, more than 10,000 people died of starvation."

"Many of my soldiers chose to retire directly because they couldn't fight anymore. They couldn't even complete basic training. Their physical strength declined too much."

A 10,000-man general next to him also sighed and said:

"I don't dare to train the soldiers too much now. I can only put them in the camp to recuperate."

"Fortunately, we sent troops to hunt on the top of the mountain these days and killed a lot of wild boars."

"Then come back to replenish these people's bodies."

"Otherwise, they can't even complete the basic task of defending the city."

These 10,000-man generals are complaining and spitting wildly.

This is also the current actual situation in Honghua City. If they want their soldiers to fully recover, it is absolutely impossible without a year or two of recuperation.

If you want these soldiers to fight hard battles, it will definitely cost these people their lives.

But now the Hun army is besieged under the city. If they don't fight, the situation will return to the previous situation.

They sighed and could only pray that the war between Yue Shenqiang and Qin Guogong would end quickly, and then return to help.

At this time, the three Khans laughed, their eyes full of excitement.

"It turns out that they are really at the end of their strength!"

"Now they are defending the city, waiting for Yue Shenqiang and Qin Guogong to come to rescue them."

"Yang Wudi doesn't even dare to go out of the city to fight!"

"It seems that this time we will definitely break Honghua City and then hit the Great Zhou Imperial City in one fell swoop."

"As long as we break Honghua City, we can cut off the logistics of Yue Shenqiang and Qin Guogong."

"The day of the destruction of the Great Zhou is not far away!"

Several Khans were extremely happy.

You know: The Huns have been fighting with the Dazhong Dynasty for so many years, and there has never been a precedent for the Huns Khan to destroy the Central Plains Dynasty.

If they just rob in the northwest, they will be fat and oily.

If they go to the capital to rob, it would be unimaginable.

Several khans even saw the scene of mountains of gold and silver, and groups of women.

"Now you can rest assured, right? As long as we besiege the city for more than ten days and use up the enemy's food and grass, we can easily break the city like last time."

The head of the Tianji Sect stroked his beard and laughed. He had waited for this day for too long.

The Tianji Sect also paid a heavy price for this day.

More than ten days have passed, and Tian Suanzi and the Great Elder and others have not returned.

In fact, he already had a guess in his mind, that is, these people were killed. After all, they could think of kidnapping Miao'er, and Bai Qi and the royal family of the Great Zhou could definitely think of it.

That's why he sent the Great Elder to go, and didn't go himself.

If it works, of course it's good. If it doesn't work, then he won't die there.

It's just a pity that so many elites of the Tianji Sect were lost there.

After the three khans looked at each other, they were afraid that Yang Wudi would cheat, and they carefully looked at the faces of everyone on the city.

With their ability to observe words and expressions, they found that these ten thousand generals were not lying.

After all, these people didn't know that they could see their conversations.

They could see their expressions.

There was no need to act deliberately.

Moreover, they went to see the soldiers guarding the city and found that they all looked pale, many of them looked sallow, and their steps were weak.

It was obvious that they had just recovered from a serious illness.

This was consistent with what Yang Wudi and Wanrenjiang said.

Moreover, for such an important task of guarding the city, they actually pulled out such a group of soldiers who were obviously exhausted and used them as elites.

It can be seen to what extent Honghua City has been exhausted.

"Then let's wear them out!"

Although they didn't bring much food and grass, at least they had more food and grass than Honghua City, and they brought beef jerky and mutton jerky.

These things are the most resistant to hunger.

And most importantly, after the army set out, they continued to collect food and grass in the rear and transported them to the front line.

As long as the second batch of logistics supplies arrived, they could besiege the city for another month or two.

By then, Yang Wudi would definitely be the one to die!

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And at this moment, deep in the grassland.

Two war horses came slowly, and sitting on them was Bai Qi, and Chuluo Khan who followed.

"The general is back, the general is back!"

Da Zhuang and others cheered loudly.

They have been wandering around on the grassland for a while, and even if they encounter the enemy, they can't fight. They have been frustrated for a long time.

When they saw Bai Qi coming, everyone knew that it was time to fight!

Yang Paifeng also came over immediately, bowed to Bai Qi, and then quickly asked: "What should we do next?"

Bai Qi smiled, looked around and said:

"Last time, they cut off our logistics supply. This time, let's cut off his logistics supply first!"

After that, Bai Qi looked at Chuluo Khan and said: "Can you know their logistics supply line?"

Chuluo Khan nodded solemnly, his eyes full of ambition and desire. He licked his lips and said excitedly: "Of course I know!"

As a grasslander, he knows the grassland best.

Which route is the most convenient to march to Honghua City, and which route is the least likely to get lost to Honghua City.

The people of the grassland all have fixed routes.

Of course, these routes will change with the seasons, wind direction, and the abundance of water and grass.

But in the end, there are only a few routes. If you don't take this one, you'll take that one.

It's not like what Bai Qi and others thought, that there are roads everywhere on the grassland and you can go wherever you want.

Many people choose roads out of habit.

"If the three khans want to mobilize food and grass from the rear and escort them to Honghua City, they will definitely take the roads they have taken before."

"We counted them and excluded those dangerous places, those places where hares often dig holes, and those places with swamps."

"In fact, there are only 15 roads in total."

Choro Khan told everything he knew.

15 routes!

This may seem like a lot, but it is actually very few. It is better than flying around like a headless fly.

Bai Qi pondered for a moment, then called all the generals together and said,

"Now we will divide our troops into 16 routes!"

"Each elite thousand-man general will lead them, and try to ambush the enemy on every road and kill all their logistics teams." "

There is no need to burn the food and grass. Bring back what you can, and put away what you can't."

"Then I will take some people with me and guard not far from Honghua City. If any of you fails to find their food transport team, I will intercept them in the end."

"My mission for you is to cut off their logistics supply."

"Wait until they are hungry for three or four days, then we will launch a general attack!"

After Bai Qi finished speaking, he immediately assigned the generals to lead the troops, and Bai Qi also mixed the Xiongnu and the soldiers of the Great Zhou together.

The leaders of each team were chosen to be generals from the Great Zhou.

Each team was equipped with a local Xiongnu guide.

At Bai Qi's command, these people immediately led their men to kill deep into the grassland.

And Choro Khan looked towards the direction of Honghua City with excitement. He shouted wildly in his heart: Die, die!

It would be best if all three Khans died!

As the Khan of the grassland, he actually hoped that the Xiongnu would be defeated more than Bai Qi!