The sky slowly brightened, and the battle slowly stopped. Both sides tacitly stopped fighting. After a night of fierce fighting, both sides suffered heavy casualties, especially the Sun Nation's army, which was squeezed into a camp that was about 800 meters long and 500 meters wide.
The Sun Nation's army had lost all their heavy artillery and only had more than 20 70mm cannons. The 20,000-strong army was now left with less than 8000 people. The remaining 12000 people were either killed or captured.
At this moment, Wang Zhizhen was in the camp. He saw that the Sun Nation's camp was only 800 meters away. How could they not attack? With every step forward, at least 100 people would die. Wang Zhizhen had no choice but to think of a way to fire cannons into the city and mobilize them outside the city. Now, Monk Li and Li Canghai were setting up heavy cannons and adjusting the shooting range, preparing to attack the Sun Nation's camp.
Now, the entire Sun Nation's army camp had been dug up in disorder and crisscrossed. Every traffic trench was connected end to end like a spider web. It was already very difficult for Wang Zhizhen to break through it. Under the leadership of Hatoyama, the Sun Nation's army had already stabilized their position.
The imperial court's army had also lost nearly 5000 people yesterday. The 10,000 people led by Vice Marshal Ryan had suffered the most casualties, while Wang Zhizhen's army had also suffered 2,000 casualties. The ones who suffered the most casualties were when they attacked the trenches. When they were at the rear camp, they were shot by heavy machine gun bullets and were seriously injured. Because they were caught off guard and could not retreat, they could only move forward. Therefore, they were continuously fired by the Sun Nation's army for nearly half an hour before our army stabilized their position. Now that the enemy was trapped in their dreams, it was probably only a matter of time before they destroyed the Sun Nation's army. Wang Zhizhen calmly set up the cannons.
"Sir, the heavy artillery has been set up. Please give the order to fire!”Li Cang Hai came back and reported.
"Alright, in that case! Let the cannonballs fly for a while. First, fire the heavy artillery, light artillery, and mortars. I can't make it today. Destroy this group of enemies as soon as possible and support Andong City. Fire!”Wang Zhizhen said excitedly.
"Boom! Boom! Boom! The sound of heavy artillery began to roar, and the 76mm cannon also joined the firing range. It caused my army to immediately raise a wave of soil. From time to time, there would be bodies and short skins that were blown into the air and then thrown onto the ground.
Taking advantage of the bombardment, Wang Zhizhen and Ryan met up again. They transferred the 10,000 guards in the city and 5000 elite soldiers to the position outside the city to firmly surround the Sun Nation's army in case they were desperate and broke out.
Wang Zhizhen then distributed them evenly to the positions. There were a total of 1250 people in each direction. Adding on the 5,000 people who were originally guarding the ground, there were a total of 10,000 people. Wang Zhizhen divided his army of 3000 people into two waves. After the fierce battle last night, the troops were already very tired. The heavy artillery and live artillery troops were divided into two halves. Anyway, the Sun Nation's army could not escape. As long as they surrounded him, they would slowly destroy him.
Wang Zhizhen returned to the city in a hurry and exchanged for 4000 grenades, 50 heavy machine guns, 2,000 mortar shells, 500 heavy artillery shells, and 1000 light artillery shells. He spent a total of 30,000 dollars and had a total balance of 5 million dollars in the warehouse.
Although the Sun Nation's army was beaten like dogs, none of them surrendered. Under the leadership of the 1st division's major general, Lieutenant General Hatoyama, and the chief of staff, they said," No matter what, we have to teach the Ancestral Dragon Kingdom's army a lesson. In front of the Bushido, we have nothing to fear.”Hatoyama kept walking back and forth in the trenches, encouraging the soldiers.
Jiu Shan only had 15 70mm cannons and did not dare to fire. He knew that as long as he gave the order to fire, the Ancestral Dragon Kingdom's artillery would cover the artillery position. Without the support of the artillery, the morale of the Sun Nation's army would collapse. At that time, Jiu Shan would not be able to command this lone army, and the consequences would be unimaginable. Hatoyama wanted to let the artillery team fire when the Ancestral Dragon Kingdom's army charged and deal a huge blow. But Wang Zhizhen was such a thief! He would not launch an all-out attack until he had eliminated the artillery battalion of Mount Jiu. He had surrounded Mount Jiu anyway, so he could not escape.
Both sides were scheming. The king did not attack, and Hatoyama did not allow the cannons to open fire and expose their positions. The two sides spent the entire morning together. Wang Zhizhen's troops had already started eating, and not a single smoke rose from the chimneys of the Sun Nation's army. They had lost many of their brothers, and their rations had been burned. Now, even the rations they had on them were not enough for one person to eat.
Wang Zhizhen ordered to buy chickens, ducks, cows, and sheep from the city. He drove a big pot to the camp and fiddled with it. He also invited the best chef in the city's restaurant to cook. The fragrance could spread ten miles away.
At the Sun Nation's army's position, each of them stuck their heads out and began to spit. It was so fragrant! Then he received this. Wang Zhizhen was eating in the camp when a messenger came to report that the special envoy of the Sun Nation's army, Takeyama, had come to protest and request for negotiations.
"It's a protest! Or negotiate?" Wang Zhizhen had no choice but to meet him.
"General, I have been ordered by the Regiment Commander of the Sun Nation's 1st division to come here to protest. Your actions of cooking cattle and sheep in front of the camp is really inappropriate. Our rations were burned by you. I don't know if General has considered the feelings of our soldiers. General, your actions have hurt the morale of our soldiers. We are not in a balanced stage. We request that you provide us with rations and allow us to have a full meal before we continue fighting. Both sides had to be on the same level, so that the general could be a gentleman. We request that after you provide food, you are not allowed to attack us for 18 hours. The two sides will cease fire tomorrow morning at 9 am. Please sign this agreement signed by Major General Hatoyama.”Wang Zhizhen wanted to laugh at Zhu Shan's proud expression.
However, Wang Zhizhen suddenly thought of a plan and signed on the paper,"Tell Hatoyama to surrender!"
"Hey! I will relay your words to Major General Hatoyama.”Zhu Shan said.
"Milord, you can't do this. As long as we trap them for two days, they will collapse on their own.”Li Canghai was anxious, and everyone else tried to persuade him.
"Alright, I've made up my mind. Let's not talk about it anymore. We have to be gentlemen and prepare food for a thousand people.”Wang Zhizhen instructed.
"General, our army has 3800 men. 1000 is too little.”Zhu Shan hurriedly said.
"Ah! " Thank you for your reminder, Special Envoy. Prepare 4000 people. Special Envoy can go to the granary in the camp to choose food. After all, the food in the two countries is different. Wang Yong, you take the special envoy there."”
"Sir, please reconsider General Li's suggestion.”
"How dare you! Drag him out and give him thirty strokes."
"Lord, Lord Wang Yong still has to bring the envoy to pick out food. If we fight, no one will bring him.”
"Can't you go? They can do it too."
"I have military matters to attend to. Sorry!" Li Canghai said.
" We also have…" Everyone said.
"Good! Good, good, good! Then he would lead the envoy to pick the food and come back to fight!”He turned around and said to Zhu Shan,"Envoy, please!" Wang Yong! Lead the way!"
Zhu Shan bowed." Thank you for your generosity, Generals!”After saying that, he followed Wang Yong to pick out the food.
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