Chapter 177: Another calculation
Yang Mingzhong watched the more than 10,000 soldiers in front of him clean the battlefield with a familiar car, and was speechless for a long time.
He was the commander and was also the confidant of Zheng Yuanyun. He was one of the top military generals in Bo'an City.
This time, he was appointed by Zheng Yuanyun and personally led an army of 500,000 to protrude from the east side, and was under great pressure.
Although there are more than 500,000 troops, more than 2 million more than Zhuyan Empire?
He knew better that the only one who could handle him outside the city was the 30,000 troops led by Chen Ze, the young adviser.
Is it optional?
In the confrontation between two armies of millions, 30,000 people are really hard to use.
But Yang Mingzhong still took the military order without hesitation and led the army out. This was his duty as a general of Qingyang, and he did not want to let down Zheng Yuanyun's trust.
However, what he didn't expect was that he thought he was waiting for one hard battle after another, but when he received a message from Chen Ze and led his troops to the original rear of the other party, he saw corpses all over the ground.
This corpse is naturally the other party's corpse. The soldiers of the Qingyang Empire are cleaning up the corpses step by step, escorting prisoners of war, and transporting them back to the supplies. At a glance, you can tell that they are always doing this, and they are not unfamiliar at all, and they are extremely efficient.
As an experienced veteran, Yang Mingzhong just glanced at it and found that there were about 50,000 enemy soldiers who died or were captured on this battlefield, but their own soldiers were only more than 10,000.
One fights five, although the other side is a baggage unit, this is a bit exaggerated.
But he didn't know that there was even a feat of one to ten before, otherwise he would not know what to do with emotion.
"General Yang!"
Just as he was surprised, he came from the five or six cavalry opposite him. The one who was led was just a young man, but he was like a general while chatting and laughing. He had seen this young man in the meeting hall of the City Lord's Mansion.
It's Chen Ze.
Knowing that all this arrangement was made by Chen Ze, even Zheng Yuanyun followed Chen Ze's advice. Yang Mingzhong naturally did not underestimate the other party's intentions. He bowed his hand to Chen Ze who was rushing to the horse and replied with a polite manner: "Brother Chen is a good method!"
Chen Ze walked closer and strangled his horse's head, and smiled and said, "The soldiers under him are just trying to use their lives."
Looking sideways, the dense and tidy military formation behind Yang Mingzhong fell into his eyes, and he nodded in satisfaction, "General Yang's elite soldier is really extraordinary."
Upon hearing this, Yang Mingzhong couldn't help but feel a hint of pride in his heart.
Of course extraordinary.
He led the 500,000 Bo'an soldiers most often trained by Zheng Yuanyun. If it weren't for this critical moment, he would not have been able to command this army at all.
Only Zheng Yuanyun is qualified to lead the 500,000 army in the entire Bo'an City. Although these soldiers are managed by the Military Affairs Office, Zheng Yuanyun has been operating in Bo'an City for many years and has long since personally selected and trained the 500,000 troops, only to put the word Zheng on the banner.
This army is usually no one can second it, and the Military Affairs Office is also sensible. If there were no soldiers available, they would not have moved the army of Zheng Yuanyun.
Now Yang Mingzhong brought it out, which shows that Zheng Yuanyun values him, and the pride in his heart can be imagined.
"I wonder why Brother Chen asked the city lord to distribute the 500,000 troops, so why did he use it?"
Without too much politeness, Yang Mingzhong asked about the purpose of the trip.
Zheng Yuanyun only asked him to lead his troops and ordered Chen Ze to command this operation and he would serve as supervisor. However, Yang Mingzhong was not aware of the specific action.
But seeing his appearance, Chen Ze smiled and said, "General Yang seems to have some speculation?"
"yes."
Yang Mingzhong did not deny it, and at the same time he did not want to be underestimated by the little counselor. He said heroically: "I think Brother Chen asked the city lord to divide his troops because he wanted to attack the city lord in front and cooperate with the city lord's front-line attack and give the enemy troops invading Bo'an City!"
This is the result he thought about and thought that it was the most likely result.
It is precisely because of this that Yang Mingzhong felt a great responsibility and even prepared to die together.
There are quite a few troops of 500,000, and it is enough to suppress the city. Especially the funnel-like terrain of Bo'an City, with his troops at hand, he can certainly resist the enemy troops breaking through the city for a long time, freeing up time to let Zheng Yuanyun do his best.
He was walking on the road of light, not as inconsistent as Chen Ze walked on the defensive tunnel, and there were scouts passing information along the way, so he probably knew the current situation in Bo'an City.
The city lord abandoned the city and set up a strong battle outside the city. Chen Ze was here to intercept the food and grass, and clearly attacked the plan to trap the enemy in an isolated city.
Relatively speaking, Zheng Yuanyun felt very comfortable. Behind him was the Anluo Province, and he was not afraid of encountering enemy troops. They not only had to besiege Bo'an City, but also had to be prepared for reinforcements from the Nantes Province at all times, so the pressure was of course heavier.
Unexpectedly, as soon as Yang Mingzhong said something confidently, Chen Ze smiled and shook his head, saying, "Since General Yang thinks so, I guess the other coach is probably planning so."
"how?"
Yang Mingzhong was stunned when he heard this, "Isn't that the case?"
Chen Ze shook his head and said, "Although we have more than 500,000 people, if we siege the city, the other party is not afraid."
Yang Mingzhong frowned and nodded.
Chen Ze didn't need to say anything about this, he himself knew it.
In order to seize the time, the 500,000 troops he brought were not equipped with too many siege equipment, and even the food and grass were only enough to bring the minimum amount. It was really difficult to siege the city.
Besides, no one knew better than him about Bo'an City's defense. If it weren't for this, how could Zhu Yan's army choose to encircle and not attack?
Bo'an City, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, is not enough to capture the city with their strength alone.
So what Yang Mingzhong thought was to block the opponent's retreat and prevent them from escaping too easily. The main offensive mission still came from Zheng Yuanyun.
"Then Brother Chen means..."
Yang Mingzhong didn't understand why, judging from Chen Ze's appearance, he was not interested in this attack plan.
Chen Ze said: "At present, the other party must have noticed the food and grass problems, and there is no supplement in Bo'an City, so there is not much time left for them."
"The journey from Bo'an City to the nearest city in Nantes Province is about ten days. Based on the opponent's huge army of more than 2 million, I don't believe that they still have enough food to persist until they withdraw from their own city."
"not to mention……"
Chen Ze pointed to the army behind Yang Mingzhong and smiled and said, "Five hundred thousand is about a quarter of the opponent's troops. If they want to retreat, in addition to enduring hunger, they also have to be on guard against our sneak attacks at all times. Once they choose to withdraw their troops, the loss will inevitably be huge."
"According to my estimate..."
His eyes were so brilliant, "If the other party really chose to retreat to the city and retreat, the army that could eventually escape back to the Nantes province would be less than one ten!"
Chapter completed!