From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Chapter 1126

"Report! Report!"

The cavalry ran over quickly and shouted: "Commander-in-chief! The Goryeo army has arrived at the west gate of Shenzhou and is entering the city."

The war was in full swing, and the attack on Shenzhou never stopped. In addition to the 50,000 troops taken away by Andrei, Gumanyev still had 110,000 elite troops and more than 20,000 prisoners, a total of 130,000 people.

In just two days, he smashed nearly 50,000 people into the city, and the walls of Shenzhou were stained with blood. The corpses piled on the ground, and it was like hell.

But the order to continue the attack was still issued. Gumanyev believed in Andrei's three-day appointment. After the third day, the situation would definitely change.

At this moment, he heard the news that the Goryeo army entered the city, and he was stunned for a while.

"Enter the city? Goryeo?"

He stood up and glared, "How many people entered the city?"

The spy said, "The formation is very neat, about 30,000 people."

"It's bad!"

Gumanyev's face suddenly turned pale.

Andrei didn't intercept Goryeo's soldiers? Impossible! Such a low-level mistake couldn't happen to Andrei!

There is only one possibility, that is, he didn't fight with the other side at all.

Where did he go? Two days, two full days, where did he run to!

Gumanyev's heart was sinking, he thought of the worst result, and this result reminded him of the abnormal excitement and confidence of Colonel Andrei when they parted...

He ran away!

Gumanyev sat on the ground with his buttocks, and the whole person seemed to be trapped in an ice cellar.

"I should have thought of it earlier..."

Gumanyev's body was becoming numb. Yes, Colonel Andrei had always been calm and cautious about war, but he was full of confidence that day and made all kinds of promises...

He was cheating!

He was confusing me!

He used me to defend the Shenzhou army and attract the soldiers of Dajin to surround him, giving him a chance to escape.

"Andrei! You bastard!"

Gumanyev couldn't help but roared: "You are a serf! Even if you sit in a high position, you can't change your inferior nature!"

"You are a soldier! How can you escape! How can you be so shameless!"

Gumanyev was so angry that he smashed things crazily, rushed in and beat up the two female slaves. He came out with blood, his eyes were red, and his face was gloomy.

"He may not care about honor! But I must care!"

"I, Gumanyev, am a noble! I have won countless honors!"

"Even if I die, I will die on the battlefield!"

The subordinates around him looked at him with determination in their eyes.

Gumanyev said in a deep voice: "Take Shenzhou! As long as we take Shenzhou! We can gain a foothold!"

"Give the order to continue the siege! Fight to the death!"

So, the remaining more than 80,000 soldiers launched a new round of attack, and the intensity was even higher than before.

The defenders of Shenzhou were fighting, and Wu Dingzhong patrolled on the city wall, cheering the soldiers and watching the situation of the battle.

He said in a deep voice: "Two days of attack, sleepless and non-stop, the enemy's losses are huge, estimated to be around 50,000."

"But we also have sacrifices. Although they are defending the city, the soldiers of the Tsarist Empire are indeed very good at fighting. Facing this difference in terrain, they can actually kill 20,000 of us."

Xiang Yong, who had just arrived, was shocked and stared: "How many? 20,000? Can they attack the city in exchange for 20,000 of us?"

Wu Dingzhong sighed and said: "After all, it's not the Beijing Camp, not the Northwest Army..."

"The soldiers from Tianjin, Jizhou and Shanhaiguan have only been in the army for more than a year. They have no combat experience. They can't cooperate tacitly in the face of complex situations. Sometimes they will mess up..."

"Alas, if they were replaced by elite soldiers from the Beijing Camp, the number of sacrifices might be reduced to less than 10,000."

Xiang Yong said: "But among the 90,000 defenders, a full 50,000 are from the Huguang Army. and the Leiden Army..."

Wu Dingzhong smiled bitterly and said, "They are just better than my soldiers, but they are still a long way from the Beijing Camp."

Xiang Yong said in a deep voice, "It's okay. I brought more than 30,000 people here. Together, we have more than 100,000 people, and Gumanyev only has 80,000 or 90,000 people still attacking. They are doomed to lose."

Wu Dingzhong said, "This is also what I am relieved about. After all, we won this battle. Shenzhou was saved, and the next battle will not be difficult to fight."

"It's just that this Gumanyev seems to be determined to fight us to the death. If he is willing to kill himself, we will lose tens of thousands of people."

"After all... With the consumption of our war resources such as bows and arrows and boulders, it will be harder to fight later, and the proportion of casualties will increase."

"Fifty thousand can be exchanged for twenty thousand, then eighty thousand may have to be exchanged for our forty thousand."

Xiang Yong frowned and gritted his teeth and said:"No matter what, let's hold on first. The intelligence from Shenque says that the Xuanfu Army has begun to shrink inward from Mohe."

"Liu Fang's Beijing Camp is holding the strategic location in Sayihewei, and Min Tianrui's Northwest Army is also shrinking westward from Tuduhewei. They are trapped in a trap, and none of them can escape."

Wu Dingzhong looked at the tragic battles around him and sighed, "But it's too tragic. This desperate fighting style is just like the Jurchens' attack on Shanhaiguan. We have lost too many brothers for this."

Xiang Yong said, "But at least we have preserved a huge force. There are 20,000 people in Guhewei and 50,000 people in Jianzhou. Even if we sacrifice another 60,000 here, plus other scattered sacrifices, we probably sacrificed about 130,000 to 140,000 people."

"I don't think this number is small, but Compared to a normal confrontation, we have tried our best to reduce the losses. "

"The Marshal's plan was quite successful."

Wu Dingzhong nodded and said, "Gumanyev lost 30,000 people in Songhuajiang, 30,000 people in Guhewei, 50,000 people in Jianzhou, nearly 40,000 grain soldiers in Tashanwei also died, and another 50,000 died here, almost 200,000 people were lost."

"There are still 60,000 people in Andre's assault corps and more than 80,000 people in Gumanyev's front-line troops, a total of 140,000 people, which is their full strength."

Xiang Yong smiled and said, "We killed 10,000 people, and Andre ran away with the remaining 50,000 people. Gumanyev's 80,000 people are also running out of food."

"The battle situation is determined, and only the final capture and killing are left."

The two looked at each other and relaxed a lot.

...

"I really don't want to leave this lake!"

Huang Taiji looked at the sparkling lake and said slowly: "But it's time for us to take action."

"Gumanyev gambled his life and property in this gamble, and also gambled the fate of the Tsarist Empire."

"The Great Jin will definitely win. After this blood and fire, the previous hatred between the Jurchens and the Great Jin will be washed away by this tragic battle, and they will become one family from now on."

"Even if there will be pain, even if there are some bumps, but the direction is right after all."

Buyanggu sighed: "So Where is our battlefield?"

Huang Taiji said: "Either Lianerwenwei or... Hunchunwei!"

"If Gumanyev escapes, he must escape to Lianerwenwei."

"If Andrei escapes, he will most likely go east from Goryeo to Muyanghewei."

Here, he slowly turned his head to Buyanggu and murmured: "It is likely that we will go to Lianerwenwei to kill Gumanyev."

"Ha, if we die, we die! The last dance! Of course, we have to dance brilliantly!"

"Use the head of the commander of the Tsarist coalition forces to cheer me up for my death!"