To drive serfs to the battlefield, depleting the physical strength and fighting will of the defenders.
It did not mean that these serfs had to rush up and fight like a swarm of bees.
Bruru wasn't that stupid. As a veteran on the battlefield, he calmly divided the tens of thousands of serfs into different formations.
Like a tide, wave after wave entered the battlefield.
Moreover, the Han soldiers had been blocked in front of the defense line, attracting the long-range firepower of the surrounding mountains and more than ten fortresses.
After this lesson, he did not dare to invest too many troops at once.
They were afraid that the troops would gather and be wiped out by the ballistae.
He controlled the rhythm and drove the serfs to the battlefield, slowly exhausting them.
The results were obvious.
The serfs who were simply armed could not break through the defense line of the South Pass at all. They were all blocked outside the defense line of the South Pass.
It could be said that there were almost no results.
However, Brululu was not in a hurry. He knew that at least he had achieved his goal of depleting the physical strength and fighting will of the defenders.
In addition, a large number of serfs had been consumed. With so many mouths missing, the consumption of food had also decreased drastically.
This meant that the army he led could fight for even longer.
Just like that, a day passed.
The Qing army was bent on depleting the number of serfs and depleting the physical strength and will of the defenders.
As for the soldiers of the South Pass, they were content to guard the defense line and not let the Qing army break through the defense line.
The only ones who were injured were the Han soldiers and serfs who followed the Qing army.
Clearly, the Qing army had suffered a lot of casualties on the battlefield.
However, the Qing army did not think so.
This was because they had not lost a single soldier.
As long as there were no casualties among the soldiers, there would be no casualties in the Qing army.
As for the Han soldiers and serfs, they were not humans at all in their eyes.
As a result, the atmosphere on the battlefield of the Southern Pass was extremely strange.
The two sides fought in full swing. They started fighting as soon as the sky lit up. The Qing army attacked crazily and almost never stopped.
However, both sides felt that they had not really started fighting.
The battle at the Southern Pass was in a stalemate under this strange atmosphere.
The Qing army had achieved the goal of exhausting the defenders 'physical strength.
The soldiers of the South Pass also felt that they had achieved their goal of buying more time for the territory to develop.
Behind them, in the lord's manor.
Li Sheng also received Zhao Dahai's request.
After taking a few deep glances, he asked the advisors beside him,""Regarding Zhao Dahai's request to counterattack against the Golden State Guards 'Qing Army, kill our way out of South Pass, and head north to the Golden State Guards.”
"We'll have an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth military retaliation against the Manchu Tartars of the Jinzhou Guards.”
"To achieve the military goal of deterring the Manchu Empire and making them not dare to use the Han people as human shields.”
"What do you guys think?"
Hearing Li Sheng's question, the advisors had different opinions.
Some felt that it was very good. This was how they should treat the Manchu Tartars!
If they didn't give the Qing Tartars a good scare, they would use the Han people as meat shields in the future.
He would even do something even more outrageous!
He had to use the same method to break through Jinzhou Wei City and slaughter all the tartars to intimidate the Manchu Tartars!
He didn't dare to use his butcher knife!
Opponents felt that if they did this, it would make the territory that lacked time to develop even more tense.
The consequence of completely angering the Manchu Tartars was to welcome a crazy attack!
Perhaps killing all the Manchu Tartars of the Golden State Guards would deter the Manchu Dynasty, but it might even lead to an even more intense retaliation.
Once the entire Qing Dynasty attacked, the territory would have no time to develop.
There were pros and cons.
In the short term, it was definitely the latter. Stabilizing the Manchurian Tartars and gaining more time for development was advantageous.
In the long run, it was more meaningful to intimidate the Manchu Tartars and make them not dare to use despicable methods on the battlefield.
After all, they had fought to the death on the battlefield, and after half a day of hard work, the ones they had killed were all Han soldiers or Han civilians.
And not a single real Manchu Tartar had been destroyed. This was really disgusting!
It greatly affected the mentality of the soldiers at the front line.
Both opinions had their own supporters and had their own advantages and disadvantages.
This made Li Sheng unable to make a decision.
Unable to make a decision, he had no choice but to shift his attention to the system interface.
It had been more than twenty days since they had taken over the entire Lushun Peninsula.
In the past 20 days, in order to help the territory digest and develop the Lushun Peninsula, Li Sheng spared no effort.
At the same time, they were also sending large numbers of people to the front line of the South Pass and expanding the scale of their industries.
Because of this, the system population of the territory had skyrocketed in just 20 days.
The system interface showed that the system population had reached more than 9,800 people.
He was only 200 away from breaking the 10,000 system population limit!
This also meant that upgrading the system town center to the county level required 10,000 system residents, which was two requirements for a county.
He was about to be satisfied.
The town center would be upgraded again.
Without a doubt, once the town center was upgraded, it would unlock a large amount of technology, and the territory's technology would also be upgraded.
Perhaps, the gunpowder, artillery, and musket technology that he had been longing for would appear.
Once the firearms and artillery technology was unlocked, the military strength of the territory would skyrocket!
The combat strength of the army under his command had a qualitative increase!
Li Sheng immediately stopped hesitating and made a decision.
As long as he upgraded the town center and unlocked the firearms and artillery technology, he would agree to Zhao Dahai's request to fight back against the Qing army and give the Qing Tartars a good beating!
If he upgraded, he would not be able to unlock the technology of guns and cannons.
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He could only continue to waste time!
After all, with insufficient military strength and equipment, the territory would not be able to withstand the retaliation of the Qing Dynasty.
He still needed time to develop his strength.
Any strategy would follow the strength of the territory.
Thinking of this, Li Sheng was very clear about his choice.
All of this would depend on what changes would happen after the town center was upgraded to the county level.!
Without another word, he immediately issued the order to recruit 200 farmers to make up for the missing population.
With the current territory, there were over a thousand fishing boats, and they could catch close to five million catties of fish every day.
Even after taking down Lushun Peninsula, the population under its jurisdiction would be 50 to 60 thousand.
The daily consumption of food was more than 100,000 jin.
In addition, Li Sheng was recruiting people almost every day.
Despite the huge consumption, the territory still had a large amount of food left.
Recruiting 200 farmers was a piece of cake for the current territory.
With the recruitment of 200 farmers, the system population officially exceeded 10,000.
The Town Center could be upgraded!
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