Chapter 254 The Battle of Zhongzhou (2)
The next day, the intense fighting drums sounded again, and the Xuanting army launched a fierce attack on the next day, and an extremely tragic siege battle was staged again...
That night, Qin Le's general's tent was brightly lit, and the four generals and eight deputy generals were all here. At this time, Qin Le's face, who was tall and above the general's tent, had a solemn look on his face, which made the atmosphere in the general's tent solemn. All the generals looked silent and quietly stood on both sides.
Qin Le thought that under the high pressure of Xuanting's army, the defenders in the city could not last long, but reality swelled his face and attacked for two days without conquering Zhongzhou. For this reason, more than 30,000 people were killed or injured. The will and tenacity of the defenders in Zhongzhou City were far beyond his expectations.
Qin Le's face was gloomy and he looked around at the officials present. To be honest, he was the one with the greatest pressure here, because his position as the head coach was like a pie falling from the sky. If the war was not good, he would probably be rubbed by his prince's brother at any time.
Of course, no matter how unhappy he felt, he did not scold Wang Tielin. As a result, although he had some prestige in the army, he could only make them obey orders. If he really punished them, it might arouse the rebellious mentality of these generals, and he would be slanderous or disobey orders directly. Who made him just an unpopular prince? If he cares about it, no one would care about his attitude.
Secondly, Wang Tielin did his best to do his best. The siege battle itself is like this. There is no shortcut at all. He can only fill in his lives. It also took a long time. Looking at countless wars in history, a siege battle is common for several months, or even years.
But even though the truth is that, he didn't have that time to waste Zhongzhou any more, because his prince's brother would never give him too much time, and the people of the Song Dynasty were not fools. I'm afraid that their main army would arrive in Zhongzhou in the past few days. It would be even more difficult to capture Zhongzhou City by then.
"Three days, we have three days at most. If we can't take Zhongzhou City, we will go back to Xinghe City in shame. When the prince asks about his crime, it will be fine if I am a prince who is not favored.
But what about you? You are arrogant and arrogant. You just returned to Xinghe City in a dilemma. What will the governors of the other flag army think of you? What will your fate be? I think you all know very well."
Qin Le's words directly hit the weakness of the generals present, making all the generals solemn. Wu Gang, the chief general of the Red Flag Army, looked even more serious, with a repeated cold light in his eyes, and said with a grim voice: "Please rest assured, the general, I will personally supervise the battle tomorrow and swear to take down Zhongzhou City!"
Qin Le smiled faintly when he heard this, glanced at the generals present, and said in a verdict: "Very good, you send an order to go tomorrow's siege, who will be the first to enter the city, can be 10% of the wealth of Zhongzhou Treasury!"
“Wow…”
As soon as this statement was made, all the generals present looked lit up. To be honest, who in this world doesn’t love money? 10% of a city is still a big city like Zhongzhou. What a huge number is that? In an instant, the generals present were like chicken blood.
Tian Heng, the commander of the Qingqi Army, stepped forward, bowed and clasped his fists and said, "Master General, I will be the vanguard at the end of tomorrow and attack Zhongzhou!"
"The last general is willing to go!" Hua Zimo, the chief general of Huang Ti's army, also set out immediately, and the other deputy chief generals also looked at Qin Le with eager eyes.
Qin Le was extremely satisfied with the reactions of the generals and waved his hand and said, "Let's all be dispersed. Tomorrow, the four armies will all come out to attack Zhongzhou. As for whom Hua Ruo's family, we will naturally know tomorrow."
The generals dispersed and returned to the camp to rectify their troops and prepare for tomorrow's battle. After the generals left, only Qin Le and Mu Jiu were left in the tent.
"Master, you are willing to give up. You actually took 10% of the wealth of Zhongzhou City as a lottery." Mu Jiu said with a smile. To be honest, even when he heard such a huge wealth, he was a little excited.
Qin Le smiled and said, "Why, President Mu Da intends to seize this title?"
Mu Jiu shook his head and said with some concern:
"Master General, you took out 10% of Zhongzhou's wealth as a lottery without the consent of His Royal Highness. What if His Royal Highness wants to blame him?"
Qin Le waved his hand disregardedly and said in a low voice:
"I will be outside, and I will not accept the orders. Since I am now the commander of the central army, I can naturally handle everything within my authority!"
Seeing Qin Le's appearance of indifferentness, Mu Jiu felt more and more uneasy. If the prince knew about this, he thought that Qin Le was inviting people to buy people's hearts and felt a estrangement in his heart, Qin Le's position as the head commander of the central army might be out of control.
Qin Le looked at Mu Jiu with an uneasy look on his face and couldn't help but pat his shoulder, and comforted him with a smile:
"You don't have to worry, I will naturally make sense for me to do this. Now it's not in Xuanting's land, the sky is high, the emperor is far away, and the current crown prince is what? Without military merit, these expeditionary generals probably didn't really take him seriously. It's just that because he was wearing that dress, everyone respected him very much. Now there are such huge benefits. Do you think these generals will stand there?"
Speaking of this, Qin Le's eyes became sharper and he said word by word:
"This expedition to Song State is a great opportunity given to me by God. As long as I control these nine elite flag troops, my father, hum..."
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Lin'an, Yishen's residence.
"Your Majesty, according to the secret guards' response, the Xuanting people have divided into four groups, with Qin Le, the fourteenth prince of Xuanting as the head coach, and led a 400,000 army to attack Zhongzhou, the Ximen of Lin'an."
"All the way was to take Prince Lian Qin Bashan as the head commander, and he led the army of 300,000 to the south, and went south to Jingxi East Road and Huaining North Road."
"All the way is the head coach of the Zhongyong Hou Huang Tianhua, and the north side of Hedong South Road."
"And the commander of the Xuanting people, the Crown Prince Qin Ge, was in charge of Xinghe City and guarding their retreat."
Ma Jin lit a little when he heard this, and was still a little surprised at the decisiveness of the Xuanting man. He even divided his troops regardless of the danger of being defeated. It seemed that Xuanting's commander was very confident in his army, but thinking about it, as long as the combat effectiveness of the Song army, no one would be full of confidence.
But this is not what Ma Jin cares about the most. He is concerned about Xuan Ting's motive for coming from the expedition, so he asked:
"The secret guards are in Galaxy City, but what else can you find?"
Wang Chengen thought a little and said, "There is nothing else important, but a secret guard came to report that when the Xuanting people occupied Xinghe City, they plundered money and things, not only looted the treasury, but also the other people in the city. From wealthy businessmen to the people, all the people were spared. Something worth a little money was swept away. I heard that even beggars were plundered."
Ma Jin frowned slightly, are these Xuanting people crazy, and they don’t even let beggars go?
At this time, Wang Chengen said again: "Not only Xinghe City, but also other cities under Lingzhou were spared. They were all empty by Xuanting people. It was the remote village that was lucky enough to be spared from disaster."
Ma Jin frowned even deeper. The Xuanting Dynasty mobilized so many troops to plunder money. But how much could it be plundered? I'm afraid that even the expedition was not enough?
"Your Majesty, according to the secret guards' secret investigation, Xuanting's people obtained supplies worth tens of millions of taels of silver in the treasury of Xinghe City!"
"What?!" Ma Jin was completely stunned, stood up suddenly, and said in disbelief: "Are you talking about tens of millions of taels of silver?"
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Wang Chengen replied quickly.
Ma Jin finally understood it completely. Everyone said that the Song Kingdom is richest in the world. He just thought it was a little richer than the Great Zhou, but he didn't expect it to be so rich. A small state city is similar to the county city of the Great Zhou, and there are tens of millions of taels in the treasury. This is not so rich, it is obviously a rich gold.
This is just a prefecture city in the State of Song. You should know that there are more than 250 Guangzhou in the State of Song. How much money does it cost? He understood why Xuanting attacked the State of Song at all costs. This is simply a battle against Jinshan.
Thinking of this, he couldn't sit still. It was all his things from now on. How could the Xuanting Dynasty take them away? What's the difference between this and cutting his flesh?
Just when Ma Jin was making some moves, Xu Changan suddenly broke in.
"Sir, Zhongzhou City is broken!"
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