Chapter 734 See you again
At noon on March 18th in the fourth year of Tianxuan, Qu Mao and Kong Ming led an army of 800,000 troops to reinforce Liuwang Principality. After three days and three nights of marching, they finally met Su Yan's besieging army outside the east gate of Liuwanggong King's City. join forces.
Qu Maoyuan thought that according to the normal marching speed, it would take until the evening of March 18 to arrive at the city of Wangcheng, but during the rapid march, he finally arrived half a day earlier.
Su Yan was overjoyed and ran out to meet Qu Mao's troops. Seeing Qu Mao's figure, Su Yan threw herself into Qu Mao's arms with some forgetfulness.
Qu Mao's body became stiff in an instant, and he hurriedly straightened Su Yan's body, looking at the tears in Su Yan's eyes, Qu Mao said in a panic: "I'm dizzy, Su Yan, you are going to be a queen soon!" Why are you still crying?"
Su Yan realized her gaffe, and quickly wiped the corners of her eyes, her face turned red involuntarily.
Kong Ming waved his goose feather fan, shook his head, and said, "My lord, Master Liu Qianhui hasn't come yet..."
Su Yan and Qu Mao glared at Kong Ming viciously.
Su Yan thought for a while, and said to Qu Mao: "My lord, I have let you down. Liuwang Duchy has been unable to attack for a long time, which has caused people's hearts to fluctuate and morale to drop."
Qu Mao waved his hand and said: "Don't talk about these useless things, Kong Ming and I have come all the way and marched for days. Let's go to the tent of the Chinese army first."
Su Yan quickly turned around and led the way, leading Qu Mao and Kong Mingchao to the tent in the barracks.
After walking for about 10 minutes, Qu Mao followed Su Yan into a marching account book about 20 square meters in the middle of the barracks. Seeing a table in the middle of the tent, Qu Mao went directly to the seat in the middle behind the table and sat down.
Su Yan said: "My lord, this is the command tent of the Chinese army under my command."
Qu Mao nodded and said, "Kong Ming, Su Yan, sit down too!"
Su Yan and Kong Ming sat down on both sides of the table.
Qu Mao said: "Su Yan, on the whole, the Tassel Duchy fought well."
Su Yan said with a bitter face: "My lord, don't make fun of your subordinates, the battle is like this, and you still say that you fought well.
It seems that they have been fighting for two consecutive months. In the first half of the month, half of the territory of Liuwang Duchy was taken, and in the next one and a half months, half of the remaining half of Liuwang Duchy's territory was taken.
Now, there has been no progress for a whole week, and a full 600,000 troops are trapped under the walls of the royal city, unable to move forward.
The 12 local islands and the Luanshan Marquis have a steady stream of reinforcements, but the subordinates have not made any progress, and they are still stuck at the foot of the royal city. The subordinates are a little embarrassed.
Now, Liuwang Principality still has the royal city, and the northwest region, which accounts for about a quarter of the territory, has not been recovered. In total, there are still five cities and their affiliated villages and towns that have not been captured. "
Kong Ming waved his goose feather fan and said, "Hehe, the crime of non-war is purely due to the benevolence of Master Su Yan.
The subordinates believe that, completely disregarding the defenders and residents of Prince Liu King City, and regardless of the life and death of the soldiers of our expeditionary army in Yicheng territory, after a week of storming, Prince Liu King City is still sure to be taken. "
Qu Mao frowned, and said: "Kong Ming, you can't say that. It's not a bad thing for the commander to love soldiers like sons."
The subordinates felt that whether it was the garrison soldiers of Prince Liu's King's City or the residents of the King's City, they were all his subjects, so they couldn't bear to attack and cause them to die in battle.
As for the soldiers of the expeditionary army who followed his subordinates, the adults usually fought on the 12 islands in the mainland, and they cherished the lives of the soldiers very much. Naturally, the subordinates could not play games with the lives of the soldiers.
His subordinates have also thought about what Master Kong Ming said about storming the king's city, but the city wall of Prince Liu's king's city is a sixth-tier city wall. Under a strong attack, a large number of siege soldiers from the expeditionary army of our Yicheng territory will surely die, and the defenders of Prince Liu's kingdom, even if The combat power is not as good as the soldiers of my expeditionary army, and the casualties are not many.
The subordinates actually don’t want to see bloodshed and sacrifices happen. Whether it’s the death of the people of Liuwang Principality or the death of our expeditionary soldiers, once the battle is over, these are the people of my Yicheng territory. "
Qu Mao said: "Su Yan, although I cherish the lives of soldiers, I also know one thing: how can anyone fight without bloodshed?
Being able to control the ratio of casualties among soldiers is the best result.
It is impossible to take down Liuwang Duchy, a duchy with a population of over 100 million, without any casualties. "
Su Yan's eyes turned red and she said: "My lord, when I first landed on the mainland, in order to avenge my seventh brother, the expeditionary army forcibly attacked Sucheng in order to stand up, which has caused heavy casualties to the soldiers of the expeditionary army, and the subordinates are already very self-blame .
Since the siege of Prince Liu's King's City, the subordinates really can't make up their minds to storm the King's City. "
Kong Ming waved his goose feather fan and said, "Lord Su Yan, you have to be clear, kindness does not control soldiers.
You have besieged Prince Liu’s King’s City for so long but failed to take it down, which has already made many prominent families in Liuwang’s Dukedom lack confidence in you, including your own uncle—the head of the Yancheng Yan Family…”
Qu Mao interrupted Kong Ming and said: "Su Yan, we really don't have much time to besiege and continue to weaken the king's city, so we must take it all at once.
What Kong Ming said is also true. After we landed, the head of Yancheng’s Yan family had a treat, which was also a wait-and-see and test for the famous families gathered in Yancheng.
This time Kong Ming and I came here to help you take down Liuwang Duchy quickly, and then become the queen of Liusu Duchy. "
Su Yan didn't speak, but bit her lips tightly.
Qu Mao looked at Su Yan, then at Kong Ming, and said, "Su Yan, we marched all the way here in a hurry, and we haven't had lunch yet.
Look, can you arrange something to eat for Kong Ming and me, and tell your expeditionary soldiers that the 800,000 reinforcements didn’t even have lunch at noon today. "
Kong Ming also said: "Yes, Master Su Yan, we didn't have a good meal on this trip, let's arrange lunch first.
The heroes who besieged Prince Liu’s King City from all directions were also called together to meet the new heroes in our reinforcements and get to know each other. "
Su Yan nodded, called in Su Buqing, commander of the expeditionary force, and asked Su Buqing to arrange lunch for the reinforcements, and then guarded Qu Mao bitterly.
Qu Mao smiled, and said: "Su Buqing has grown up. When the heroes eat lunch together, they chat while eating. Maybe they will figure out a way to break through the king's city."
Su Yan said: "I will obey your orders, my lord."
Kong Ming waved his goose feather fan and said with a smile: "I want to take down the king's city, but I don't want to forcefully attack and lose troops. Let's brainstorm and maybe we can come up with a way."
(end of this chapter)