Chapter 656 The Original Plan to Save the Soldiers

After breaking through the last encirclement, the Pingzhou Army ran for more than three hundred miles again before setting up camp for repairs.

Three hundred miles was not a safe distance, but Shang Ji still ordered the troops to rest. The soldiers broke through the siege from the inner city of Longcheng, fought fiercely for more than an hour, and then ran another three hundred miles. Even with the quality of the Pingzhou army, it has reached the point where people are exhausted, and it is not worth the loss to continue marching forcibly.

Moreover, Shang Ji does not think that the Xianbei coalition forces still have the ability to mobilize and pursue on a large scale under such circumstances.

Although they broke away from the encirclement of the Xianbei people, the Pingzhou army suffered a lot in battle. Excluding the undead army responsible for the breakup, the entire Pingzhou Army suffered more than 20,000 casualties, which dropped from more than 280,000 when it left Zhang Yun's troops to the current 210,000.

Among them, Shang Ji also surrendered 120,000 Xianbei prisoners of war successively. Therefore, the actual battle damage of the Pingzhou Army was nearly 200,000!

By the way, Archmage Payne is on the verge of crying right now.

He worked hard to build up an army of 50,000 high-level undead, and before he had time to show off his prestige, the undead army was almost wiped out. At present, there is only a 100-member necromancer group left in Payne's hands. After the 50,000-strong undead army, there were only a few hundred dark warriors and more than 2,000 death knights left.

Of course, the sacrifice is so great, everything is worth it!

Not to mention the cash income of more than 4 billion gold, and the countless high-level equipment, props, skill books, etc., just destroying the massive building materials brought by Dragon City made Shang Ji laugh three times!

As a king-level city, Dragon City certainly cannot only have basic materials. There are millions of advanced materials such as basalt, diamond, and obsidian!

Many of these high-level materials are rich and may not be able to buy in large quantities. After the Dragon City is demolished, the materials for Xiangping City's promotion are almost complete.

That's right, the building materials obtained by demolishing a royal city are barely enough for a top giant city to advance to a royal city, and once you come and go, a giant city will be gone!

"My lord, I just got the latest battle report, please take a look at it!"

Not long after setting up camp, I saw Chen Guan coming in a hurry.

"General Zhang He suffered a small setback, but he has stabilized his position so far."

Shang Ji frowned slightly when he heard this, and asked, "What's going on specifically? Tell me in detail."

"My lord, speaking of it, we killed General Zhang He. It was expected that the destruction of Dragon City would have a morale blow to the Xianbei army. General Zhang He made a surprise attack plan after knowing the exact time of the destruction of Dragon City. We planned to take advantage of the chaos of the Xianbei army When it is time to hit the Xianbei army hard."

When Chen Guan said this, Shang Ji immediately understood.

Originally, Zhang Yun's plan was very good. He took advantage of the morale of the Xianbei army to make a surprise attack. Even if he couldn't defeat Ke Bineng in a single battle, he could effectively eliminate Ke Bineng's vital force.

However, who knew that Kebi could be so ruthless, taking advantage of the opportunity of the destruction of Dragon City, he immediately launched the national fortune war, not only brought back the lost morale, but also gained the status bonus of the weakened soldiers and a 15% increase in combat power.

Now Zhang He hit the iron plate with his head, Ke Bi Neng seized the opportunity to kill him when the surprise attack failed.

"What is the specific situation? How much did our army lose?"

"According to the latest battle report, our army suffered more than 40,000 casualties. Fortunately, General Huang Zhong and General Xu Huang led the remaining cavalry troops to hold back Ke Bineng's elite cavalry, so that General Zhang Yun had time to readjust his deployment. Ke Bineng Seeing that our army responded in a timely manner and there was no opportunity to take advantage of it, we led our troops back after a small victory. General Zhang Yun has sent a battle report of pleading guilty, which includes the detailed process."

"This is not a crime of war. Pass the order down so that Jun Yi can command with peace of mind, let alone lose confidence because of this small setback. In addition, the two generals Xu Huang and Huang Zhong responded in a timely manner and effectively reduced the losses of our army. They should be rewarded .”

"Yes, this subordinate is going to inform the military commander to offer wine." Chen Guan nodded and said respectfully.

Xi Zhicai is a military adviser offering wine, and his function is similar to that of the chief of staff. It is best to let Xi Zhicai do this kind of thing. Chen Guan is in charge of intelligence work and is a little sensitive about this aspect.

Shang Ji also knew Chen Guan's consistent style,

No wonder, he nodded slightly.

"By the way, what's the situation in the other two battlefields? The National Games war has started, will it have any impact on them?"

Thinking of Zhang Yun's defeat, Shang Ji couldn't help but think of Lu Bu's army and Youzhou coalition army.

"General Lu Bu's situation is alright, but Budugen is really at the end of his battle. Even with the blessing of the National Fortune War, there is no way to recover. According to the news sent by Qian Huan, Budugen sent troops to take the initiative to fight at the beginning of the National Fortune War , General Lu Bu was a little caught off guard at first. But after reacting, he gave Bu Dugen a hard lesson and wiped out most of the troops sent by Bu Dugen.

But there is something wrong with the Youzhou coalition army, the coalition force is not as strong as Ju Luohou's troops. Now coincides with the national fortune war, the strength of the Xianbei army has soared, and the situation of the coalition forces is somewhat difficult. According to the news sent by Qian Huan, Ding Yuan seems to be a little bit withdrawn, but Gongsun Zan disagrees, and the current situation is still unclear. "

"Ding Yuan is going to retire?" Shang Ji was startled when he heard this, and immediately frowned.

The Youzhou coalition forces of Ding Yuan and Gongsun Zan pinned down the two Xiongnu Wanqi under the command of Juluohou. The 300,000 wolf cavalry had already reached millions of elite Xianbei cavalry.

Once Dan Dingyuan withdrew, Gongsun Zan would definitely not stay and fight alone. The more than one million elite troops of the Juluohou tribe will be liberated. At that time, whether it is going west to help Budugen to rescue or going north to join forces with Ke Bineng to attack Zhang Yun's army, it will be a big trouble!

A bad one may also lead to the deterioration of the entire war situation.

"Pass down the order and call the generals to discuss the matter!"

Shang Ji didn't dare to procrastinate any longer, and hastily ordered a military meeting to discuss strategies.

Soon, everyone came to the big tent, and Chen Guan briefly introduced the situation.

"The Youzhou Allied Forces must not withdraw. Do you have any tricks to change Ding Yuan's mind?"

Everyone also realized the seriousness of the problem. After a little thought, Su Huan took the lead and said, "My lord, the reason why Ding Yuan wants to leave is because the Youzhou coalition forces are not as strong as Ju Luohou's troops, and it coincides with the national fortune war. Maybe Ding Yuan felt that he was not Ju Luohou's opponent, so he wanted to leave. Changing Ding Yuan's mind is very simple, as long as he can strengthen his belief in winning."

"Well, Yanchen is right. But under the current situation, how to strengthen Ding Yuan's confidence that he will win? It seems that our chances of winning are not particularly high!"

It's really like what Shang Ji said, if you simply compete in military strength, the three armies of the Han army will add up to just over four million. But if the Xianbei army counts the fishy troops near Longcheng and the tribal armies scattered all over the place, the total strength of the Xianbei army exceeds the 20 million mark!

Even counting only the main force led by Ke Bineng, Bu Dugen, Ju Luohou and others, there are seven million troops. Coupled with the increase in the strength of the Xianbei Army during the National Games War, it's no wonder that Ding Yuan would retreat.

"Is it possible to send troops to support Ding Yuan?"

"Support Ding Yuan?"

Everyone was slightly taken aback when they heard the words, of course it would be great to support Ding Yuan, as long as the strength of the reinforcements is not too weak, at least Ding Yuan's faith can be strengthened, but where to find reinforcements?

First of all, it is impossible for Zhang Yun. Facing Ke Bineng's main force, Zhang Yun's group can remain undefeated.

The headquarters of Shangji is too far away, and the day lily is cold after rushing there.

Naturally, everyone turned their attention to the only Lu Bu army that had the upper hand, "General Lu held Bu Dugen in Raowan City and beat him violently. I wonder if General Lu has the ability to allocate some troops to support Ding Yuan? "

"It's hard!" Unexpectedly, after Su Huan asked this, Chen Guan frowned and shook his head.

"General Lu seems to have the upper hand, but he only has less than one million troops, while Budugen's troops in the city of Wanwan exceed two million. He is supposed to defend the crowd with a few, and he needs to be distracted from the support of various tribes in the western Xianbei. Around ten thousand cities. It will be difficult to ensure safety if we divide our troops."

Everyone fell silent for a while, the most disadvantage of taking the initiative to attack is the lack of troops, which was vividly reflected in this battle.

"The only solution for now is to increase the number of troops!" After a moment of silence, Xi Zhi suddenly said.

"Increase troops?"

Hearing about the increase in troops, Shang Ji also secretly had a headache.

Don't think about Lu Bu, he almost came out in full force, and there were only a few garrison forces to maintain order in the rear, and the defense was even more empty than that of Dragon City.

Although Ding Yuan and Gongsun Zan were not like Lu Bu, they deployed almost all the mobile forces they could. They did not have Lu Zhi as the backstage, and they certainly would not dare to go on an expedition like Lu Bu.

And the only one capable of increasing troops is Pingzhou!

Theoretically, the total strength of Pingzhou is as high as 7 million, and now only 2 million are dispatched. It seems that there is still a lot of potential to be tapped. But theory and practice are often not the same thing.

Of the 7 million troops in Pingzhou, 2.4 million were deployed in the old Goguryeo land, Longhou City, and Longhou Mountains. This part of the force must not be used lightly.

In addition, the direction of Lulong Fortress accounted for another 400,000 or so.

These add up to 2.8 million. Counting the 2 million that Shang Ji brought out, the Pingzhou Army now has 2.2 million left.

2.2 million troops maintain Pingzhou, which is a large country, and the strength of the troops is really not ample!

Rubbing between his brows, Shang Ji said, "Send an order to Hongzhu to find a way to mobilize another 300,000 troops to support Ding Yuan!"

"In addition, start a new round of conscription work. It is planned to recruit a new army of one million troops. Make it clear to Hongzhu that money is not a problem!"

With a huge sum of money, the last thing Shangji lacks now is money. If it weren't for Pingzhou's underpopulation, too many troops would seriously affect development, and Shang Ji could even double the number of Pingzhou troops!

"General, it's no problem to squeeze 300,000 troops, but who will lead the army?" Xi Zhicai asked another sharp question.