"We'll do our best."
Zhuge Liang waved his feather fan and looked at Wang Li. He cupped his hands and said,"General Wang is very thoughtful in defending the city. It is my honor to meet you.”
"Sir, you're too kind. It's my honor.”
Wang Li cupped his hands in return.
"I'll go prepare for the logistics.”
Zhuge Liang turned around and walked down the city wall. He began to arrange what to eat for lunch today.
In this city defense battle, Wang Li was in charge of commanding the battle, and Zhuge Liang was naturally in charge of logistics.
The city defense battle consumed a lot of soldiers 'physical strength. Therefore, their food and drink were related to the safety of the entire Youzhou City. Therefore, they had to care about it.
At the same time.
The alliance army had also set up camp. All the soldiers were mobilized and gathered together to prepare to attack the city.
All the tribal leaders were looking at Youzhou City from afar on their horses.
"We're about to start a war. If anyone has any ideas, feel free to say them.”
The sudden attack must be strong.
"What else do you want? It's just a siege. Let the soldiers do it. We have 500,000 elites. If we can't even take down a small Youzhou City, we will be doomed.”
The leader of the Tuye tribe, Batuo, said disdainfully.
His words immediately attracted the approval and agreement of the other generals.
"That's right. What other ideas do you need? Let's start the war quickly.”
"500,000 people couldn't take Youzhou City?”
"These are all our elites. We will definitely win this battle!”
“……”
Hearing their words, Tubili frowned and rolled his eyes at them.
Tu Bili thought to himself,'It's precisely because leaders like you don't care about tactics or schemes that the Prairies people go south every year but get nothing other than a bit of loot.'
It was also because he didn't care about strategy that he missed the opportunity of the civil war between the Central Plainsmen and the Sui Dynasty.
Humph.
A bunch of idiots.
Tu Bili looked away disdainfully and said indifferently,"We can't just attack with 500,000 people. Send out 100,000 people to attack first, and let the slaves bring siege weapons to act as meat shields in front to attack the city gates.”
When the order was given, the other leaders didn't seem to care and didn't have any objections.
The order was passed down.
At the very front of the Turkic army stood over a hundred shamans with horns in their hands. They brandished instruments made of human bones and chanted.
At the same time, a large group of slaves were driven to the front of the battle formation and forced to push the catapults and ram in front of the siege weapons.
After chanting, the shamans raised their horns, took a deep breath, and blew hard.
Buzz!
Buzz!
Buzz!
Hundreds of horns simultaneously let out a deep sound, which was so loud that it hurt people's ears.
After the horn sounded, 100,000 soldiers lined up neatly and followed the slaves.
"These slaves…"
Wang Li looked at the slaves with a deep gaze.
There were men and women, old people and children among these slaves. All of them were naked as they walked barefoot in the snow.
Moreover, these slaves had wounds on their bodies and tears on their faces. One could imagine what kind of inhuman treatment they had suffered.
Most importantly, these slaves were all from the Central Plains and Youzhou.
"That's my younger brother. He left the city to farm, and the Turks never came back after attacking…damn savage dogs!”
"Second Uncle, don't advance! Don't listen to the Turks!”
"Don't come over!"
“……”
Shouts sounded from the city wall.
Back Wei Army and Dragon City Iron Guards were all rewarded by the system. They had self-awareness, but all of them were orphans.
However, it was different for the common soldiers of Youzhou City. Those slaves were their relatives or family members. They were taken away by Jieli Khan and Tuli Khan when they led their troops here.
Seeing the tragic state of their loved ones, the soldiers were all furious. At the same time, they could not do anything to their loved ones.
The slaves also knew that they were their relatives in the city, so they were even more unwilling to advance.
But the Turks were ruthless. Those in charge of guarding the slaves directly seized the women and children and forced the others to advance.
"General, what should we do?"
The messenger ran to Wang Li and asked.
Wang Li was also pondering.
The Turks 'use of this tactic was truly difficult. If they forced the soldiers to kill the slaves, their morale would plummet.
However, if he didn't kill them, would he have to watch the city be breached by the enemy?
However, there was still a solution. If the soldiers guarding the slaves could be thrown into chaos...
"Fire the cannons!"
After thinking about it, Wang Li gave the order to the messenger.
"General, those people are our relatives. Are we going to bomb them with cannons?”
The messenger asked in disbelief.
"Have the cannoneers fire at the rear of the slaves!”
Wang Li said.
Upon hearing this, the messenger came to a realization and quickly went to deliver the order.
The Divine Arms Battalion soldiers in charge of operating the cannons immediately moved, loading gunpowder and explosives, and tying up the fire ropes.
Finally, after the Divine Arms Battalion commander gave the order, all the cannons on the city gate opened fire.
After a series of explosions, the bombs left deep craters behind the slaves, implicating many Turkic soldiers.
And because the Divine Arms soldiers were extremely skilled at controlling their cannons, none of the slaves were hurt.
The second wave of fire followed.
After a series of explosions, a few dazzling sparks appeared in the Turkic army, and the blood of the exploded soldiers rained down on the heads of the other soldiers.
The soldiers immediately fell into chaos.
The Turkic soldiers guarding the slaves were so frightened that they fled in all directions.
Once they were in chaos, the slaves would have a chance.
"Counterattack!"
Someone shouted, and the slaves all left their siege weapons. They took advantage of the chaos to beat up the Turkic soldiers responsible for guarding them, snatching back their women and children.
Then, these half-naked slaves did not care about the cold anymore. They rolled and crawled in the snow as they ran toward the city wall.
"Open the city gates! The Divine Arms Battalion and crossbowmen will cover us!”
Wang Li ordered again.
Closely after that, the gate of Youzhou City was opened. Seeing hope, those slaves ran even faster as they directly rushed into the city.
"Hurry up and enter the city while the city gates are open!”
The frontline commander of the alliance army ordered angrily.
Then, a large number of soldiers were organized and rushed towards the city gate without caring about anything else.
But arrows immediately rained down from the walls, and the muskets and crossbows began to kill the Turkic soldiers, forcing them back.
The general could only watch helplessly as the city gates gradually closed.
In Youzhou City.
Wang Li personally organized people to come to the city gate and check the slaves that ran in one by one.
The soldiers didn't need to tell who these slaves were. They just needed to look at their hair.
The Central Plainsmen had the habit of tying their hair. Although the slaves in front of them had long had disheveled hair, the long tying of their hair would still leave marks on their hair.
After checking and confirming that there were no Turkic spies among the slaves, Wang Li gave the order to distribute clothes and food.
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