Battle of Food, 800 vs 50,000
Three days after the Yuan army surrounded the city.
In the main tent of the Yuan Army, the Commander-in-chief, the Seventh Prince, sat in the main seat. The other generals had gathered. There were a few martial arts masters in the tent. Each of them was a Martial Arts Grandmaster. Their auras were faint and their strength was strong.
"Seventh Prince, are you preparing to attack the city?”A general said loudly.
"General Huber, calm down!”Seventh Wangye laughed.
"Hmph, he has already brought the army to the city and is not attacking the city. Is the Seventh Prince afraid?”Huber sneered, not giving the Seventh Prince any face.
However, it wasn't strange. Huber was a general of the Yuan Meng Army and had outstanding military achievements. This time, he should have been the commander, but in the end, he was cut off by the Seventh Prince.
Huber was angry. In addition, he had a high prestige in the army. Even if he did not give face to the Seventh Prince, the commander, the Seventh Prince could not do anything to him. After all, hundreds of thousands of the 300,000 soldiers were Huber's direct descendants.
The Seventh Prince coldly glanced at Huber. His heart was filled with hatred, but his expression remained unchanged."Everyone knows of General Huber's bravery, but if possible, I still hope that our Dayuan army will suffer fewer casualties!”
"This Ming Cult Master is said to be a martial arts expert. His martial arts are profound and few people in the world can match him. Even the high priest in the court said that the chances of winning against him are less than fifty percent!”
After the Seventh Prince finished speaking, he sneered and glanced at Huber. It was as if he was mocking Huber for overestimating himself.
The higher-ups of Yuan Meng were well aware of how powerful the Foreign Officials of the court were. Some of them had even learned martial arts from those Foreign Officials, but even the most powerful of the Foreign Officials, the Head Foreign Official, did not dare to say that he could win. Although Hu Bo Er was brave, how could he compare to the Head Foreign Official?
Huber obviously knew this, but he still sneered and mocked,""Are we not going to attack the city just because his martial arts are high? Didn't we also have many consecrated experts coming with the army?”
"Our Yuan army is not good at attacking cities. If General Huber thinks he has the ability to take down Jin Ling City, he can lead his men to try!”The Seventh Prince was also annoyed, and his tone was cold and sarcastic.
"Humph!" Huber sneered and sat down without saying a word.
He wasn't stupid. If he brought his own people to attack Jinling, the Seventh Prince would definitely not send a master to protect him. He might be killed by the enemy.
Seeing Huber sit down, the Seventh Prince looked around and continued,""As I said before, the Ming Cult Master is the top martial arts expert in the world, but he doesn't know how to lead troops in battle!”
"Those who know the art of war know that we will not gather all the troops in one city. Now that Jinling is surrounded by us, the soldiers and the people in Jinling need to consume food!”
"As far as I know, although Jin Ling City has some grain, it is only enough for them to last for three months. We only need to surround the city for three months, and the Ming Cult will naturally collapse without a fight!”
The Seventh Prince spoke confidently, but Huber could not help but mock,"As long as the people of the Ming Cult aren't stupid, they won't wait for you to besiege them for three months. They will definitely leave the city to fight or even break out of the encirclement!”
"If we fight outside the city, we'll have an advantage. It's better than attacking the city!”Seventh Wangye sneered.
Seeing the commander-in-chief and the vice-commander-in-chief quarreling endlessly, most of the others shut their mouths, afraid that the fire would burn them.
Suddenly, at the entrance of the tent, a messenger quickly ran in. Before the Seventh Prince and the others could punish him, he said directly,"Marshal, our rations have been robbed!”
"Tell me clearly, how many were robbed? Where was he robbed? How many people are there?" Seventh Wangye shouted coldly.
"What was robbed was the first batch of military rations. The enemy only had 800 people, and they were lying in ambush in the mountain forest at the Blue Mountain Pass. They were like demons, and they directly killed our 10,000 troops transporting rations. After burning the rations on the spot, they disappeared into the mountain forest again!”The messenger said with lingering fear.
"Nonsense, how can 800 people repel an army of 10,000?”Huber said angrily.
The Seventh Prince pondered for a moment and said softly,""There are a lot of Ming Cult members, and there are quite a few of them who practice martial arts. If we choose eight hundred martial artists from them and ambush them, it might really be possible!”
Although it sounded like a fantasy, this was a martial arts world after all. It was not impossible.
The other generals thought about it and seemed to be able to understand. However, there was no doubt that the 10,000 people transporting the rations had been treated as trash by them. Otherwise, no matter how elite those 800 people were, they would not have been able to defeat an army of 10,000.
"Marshal, what should we do now?" A general stood up and asked.
"The 800 people on the other side are definitely not easy to deal with. However, I believe that dealing with an army of 10,000 is already their limit. Send 30,000 troops back to protect the grain routes and transport the grain again!”Seventh Wangye said decisively.
"That's good. The rations that our army brought on the surface can last us for half a month. The Seventh Prince also secretly sent a batch of rations to the army, which is also enough for the army to eat for half a month! It would take at most seven to eight days for the rations to arrive from the rear. It would be wishful thinking for the Ming Cult to cut off our rations!”A general said proudly.
After the Seventh Prince sent 30,000 troops back to escort the provisions, Yuan Meng's army did not feel uneasy because of the looting of the provisions. They did not take this loss to heart.
In the blink of an eye, three days had passed, but the Yuan army still did not attack the city. It seemed that they were waiting for Liu Yi to give up and leave the city.
"Seventh Prince, bad news, the rations have been burned!”
It was the central tent again. When the Seventh Prince heard the news, he could no longer suppress his anger and shouted,"30,000 people escorting rations can be burned? Are they still those 800 people?"
" Yes, oh no…" The messenger was so frightened that his words were a little unclear.
"Tell me, what happened?" The Seventh Prince was furious. If it wasn't for the fact that he still had to wait for the messenger to explain the specific situation, he would have hacked this person to death right now.
"Yes, yes, yes. Those 800 people hid near the city gate. When the army transported the rations out of the city again, they took the opportunity to charge into the city. All the rations in Tiger Forest City were burned by them!”the messenger said.
"Impossible. There are fifty thousand soldiers in Tiger Forest City. Even if eight hundred people entered the city, how could they burn all the rations?”The Seventh Prince was furious. He immediately pulled out the long sword at his waist and beheaded the messenger.
However, after his anger subsided, the Seventh Prince still reacted and quickly asked for information.
There was more than one messenger in the army. Soon, the Seventh Prince confirmed that the news was true.
"800 people taking down a city guarded by an army of 50,000? Longevity Heaven, how is this possible?”The Seventh Prince sat in the main tent and muttered to himself. He was still in disbelief.
Soon, the other generals also rushed to the main tent. After sharing the information, they began to discuss.
The rear army's rations were all burned, and the army's rations were less than a month.
Was it to quickly gather rations from the rear?
Or attack Jin Ling City?
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