The Liaodong Army didn't think they would lose at all, because it was located in a cold place, so compared with the Yangzhou Army in the south, the soldiers and horses in the north were generally higher than the soldiers in the south. Those who can enter the Zhendong Army are the best among the elite, so Yue Peng is very confident that annihilating this landing force of the Yangzhou Navy will not help the overall situation, but it can also boost morale, right
So Yue Peng gave up his defense and charged back directly, fighting towards the Yangzhou soldiers and horses over there.
But as soon as he touched it, Yue Peng cried. Why is the armor of the Yangzhou navy stronger than theirs with the same style of armor? The swords in their hands can hardly break through the armor of the Yangzhou Marine Corps. The swords are also bumpy, but the swords in the enemy's hands can cut through the armor of the Zhendong Army, and once the swords of the soldiers and horses collide with the Yangzhou swords, there will be a gap, and now the soldiers and horses of Yue Peng He looks like an unarmed person, but the opponent is full of enemies in heavy armor with swords, how can this battle be fought.
Therefore, if Yue Peng's men hadn't been desperately protecting him, and the quality of the Zhendong Army was already very high, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to return to Changi County. However, even in this way, there are less than a thousand Zhendong troops going back to Changi County.
Mo Zihui's face was terribly gloomy. Only less than 8,000 of the 15,000 elite soldiers returned to Changi County in this battle, and thousands of them were wounded. That is to say, they only fought once with the enemy. He lost half of his troops.
How can the fight continue, especially when Yue Peng lost the Zhendong Army in his hands to him, and only less than a thousand people came back.
"Very good. Very good. Very good!" Mo Zihui said to Yue Peng who was kneeling on the ground with a gloomy face. Yue Peng's body trembled more and more, and the cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
"General, spare your life, General, spare your life!" Mo Ran wanted Yue Peng to cover the retreat of the large army at the beginning, but he didn't let him Yue Peng go forward and fight those Yangzhou troops, focusing on defense, but Yue Peng didn't listen , leading to the present result. It would be fine if the other troops were lost, but the Zhendong Army is really a pile of soldiers and horses piled up with gold. Not to mention that Yue Peng couldn't afford it, even Mo Ran and Mo Zihui couldn't bear it either. A set of armor and a sword cost at least a hundred gold, and the scale of these thousands of people was nearly one hundred thousand gold. If the lord Gongsundu blamed him, he would have a lot of fun.
"Come on, drag Yue Peng down for me and cut them down!" The front of the battle made an assertion. If the Zhendong Army hadn't been defeated, thousands of troops might have come back. It's all right now, the Zhendong Army is over. These other soldiers and horses were also blocked by the enemy outside Changi City.
Mo Ran said angrily.
"General, I was wrong, I was wrong, please spare my life, please spare my life!" Yue Peng panicked, Yue Peng was covered in cold sweat, no one wants to die, right
The more friends he managed to climb to the position of lieutenant general, the more he cherished his life.
Fortunately, Yue Peng's character is not bad, and the thousands of generals around him are pleading for Yue Peng, "General, although General Yue is guilty, he is not guilty of death! It's not all because of General Yue, but It’s the soldiers and horses of Yangzhou who are too elite!”
"That's right, general, after I got in touch with those Yangzhou soldiers and horses, I would be defeated at the first touch. Those profiteers in Yangzhou sold us these inferior armor and weapons. Their swords can easily tear our armor, but Our sabers can't break through their defenses, and even our sabers can't touch them, once they are cut, they will definitely break!" Someone said bitterly at the side.
"En?" Mo Zihui frowned. The Yue Peng next to him also saw his own way of life, and hurriedly shifted the responsibility to the Yangzhou army over there and the Yangzhou merchants who sold weapons and armor. It's not that we are not strong enough, but that the enemy is too powerful.
Yangzhou's weapons and armor are of poor quality? This is impossible. Mo Ran has touched every one of those armors and weapons bought in Yangzhou. Those are definitely good weapons and armors. They are all well-trained soldiers, so the quality cannot be poor of.
"General, I took off this set of armor and sword from an enemy who died in battle. Please take a look at it!" Yue Peng still has a brain, even if he is defeated, he will not forget to find an enemy soldier who died in battle Pulling off his armor and weapons, although the enemy is victorious, there are always casualties.
Yue Peng brought up the weapons and armor.
Mo Ran took the battle armor and sword, and he used the sword to stroke his hair lightly. Swish, a section of short hair fell down, can you blow it short
Mo Ran's face became serious, "Come here, bring a pair of armor and swords from the Zhendong Army!" You can't tell if a sword and a pair of armor are good alone, you need to compare them, and those Zhendong Army What you wear is a contrast.
Soon someone brought back the battle armor and sword of the Zhendong Army.
Mo Ran experimented one by one, and his brows frowned. Sure enough, that Yue Peng did not exaggerate. What he said was reflected in this. Although the swords in their hands were elite, they were not at the same level as those of the Yangzhou Army. The two sides of the swords collided, and their swords were the first to be broken. Their swords could only draw a white mark on the enemy's armor, but the enemy's swords were able to tear apart their armor. Armor.
How can you fight this!
Mo Ran threw the two weapons on the ground, he knew that what this Yue friend said was true. It's not that their weapons and armor are bad, and it's not that Yangzhou soldiers and horses are selling fakes, but that they have better ones and didn't sell them to you. It's a pain to be late now.
"Yue Peng, you can be exonerated from the death penalty, but you can't escape from the death penalty. I will demote you from your position as a lieutenant general, and become a captain on the top of the city!" Mo Ran said to Yue Peng.
"Thank you general, thank you general for not killing me, thank you general!" Although Yue Peng felt very uncomfortable, after all, he managed to climb up to the position of deputy general, and now he was knocked down to the position of captain. Will this feel good? But fortunately, he saved his life, right
He waved his hand, "Get down!" Mo Ran had a headache, he didn't understand why the weapons and armor that he spent a lot of money on had changed like this.
"Although the general and the enemy have sharp soldiers, they only have a few thousand people, and not only do we have 8,000 people left, but we also have Changi County. With the reinforcements from General Hai, the Yangzhou army will surely be destroyed without attack!" The subordinates at the side comforted Mo Ran.
Mo Ran nodded after hearing this. The enemy has sharp swords and elite armor, but they have a city. The scale of Changi County is really not small, and the city wall is tens of meters high. This is their advantage.
Another point is that you don’t need to think about the thing that thunders on those giant ships. Before that, he miscalculated the range of that thing, but now Changi County is tens of miles away from Liaodong Port. Battleships can never go ashore.
"Pass down the order to keep all the troops on alert. Changi City must not be lost!" Mo Ran has already made up his mind to live and die with Changi City. If Yangzhou soldiers and horses come to attack the city, he will settle the matter with Yangzhou soldiers and horses.
After Ling Chao defeated the Zhendong Army in Liaodong, he was waiting for the follow-up Yangzhou Marine Corps to come ashore. Although Ling Chao was a little arrogant, he was not stupid. If he went deeper, he might be ambushed and beaten by the enemy , then the gain outweighs the loss, so Ling Chao set off for Changi County after the landing troops landed one after another.
Now Ling Chao has more than 4,000 to nearly 5,000 men and horses. Apart from being caught off guard by the turtle boat of the Liaodong Navy, there is not much loss.
But that's it, Ling Chao frowned when he walked under Changi County, Changi County is no longer a county, and even some remote counties do not have such a scale.
"General, do we need a strong attack?" The deputy general also saw the size of Changi County and asked Ling Chao.
storm? Although Ling Chao wasn't afraid of death, he didn't want to suffer such an unexplained loss of his robes. Battles were the most damaging battles, let alone sieges. Above Changi County, there were many pennants and shadows colliding with each other. This Changi County has already been prepared, and now there is only one way to attack hard.
Ling Chao wants to build ballistas to attack Changi County, but this Liaodong is not the Jiangnan area, the forest is dense, here is close to the sea, all the original forests have been cut down to build a port, where there are extra giant trees to build ballistas Well, there are no boulders, if any.
Is it really necessary to attack by force? Just because Ling Chao doesn't like strong attacks doesn't mean he's afraid of strong attacks. Just when Ling Chao was about to wave his hand for a thousand-man team to prepare for a strong attack, a messenger came from behind the army.
The courier found a horse in the port of Liaodong and hurried over. Before dismounting the horse, he half-knelt down and said, "General Gan Ning's military order, the army stops moving forward, rest where it is, and wait." The reinforcements are coming!"
"Reinforcement?" Ling Chao was a little puzzled that their landing force consisted of thousands of people, and they were all here. Where did the reinforcements come from, but he still complied, because Gan Ning gave him face before, and he had to give Gan Ning face. Now Ling Chao has unconsciously obeyed orders and Gan Ning.
"Pass down the order, and the army will set up camp!" Ling Chao's military order was passed down.
"Look, general, with Changi County, they don't want to break into my Liaodong mansion!" Mo Ran's subordinates said to Mo Ran.
"En!" Mo Ran nodded, relying on the defense of the city wall for a strong attack. In this way, it can be said that the advantages of armor and weapons in the hands of Yangzhou soldiers and horses have been minimized. Now he wants to stand firm and wait for help. It is impossible to reverse the situation with thousands of soldiers in the city, so he has to wait for the arrival of another reinforcement Zhou Hai's army. (to be continued..)