Chapter 70 Section 3 The Difference Between Generals

After a long and sleepless night, early the next morning, Wang Feng and Wang Chang boarded the Kunyang city tower again, looked forward, and wanted to cry even more.Compared with yesterday, the number of officers and soldiers in the city has increased a lot, and soldiers recruited from various states and counties are still arriving.On the side of the Han army, one died in battle and one less, but on the other side of the officers and soldiers, one died in battle, and ten more were added. How can this battle be fought?How can this city be guarded? Wang Yi got up earlier than Wang Feng and Wang Chang. He looked at the exhausted Wang Feng and Wang Chang on the tower, and even began to sympathize with each other. He knew that there was no hope, but he had to resist, so let everything end as soon as possible.With a wave of the flag, the siege begins!

Everything seemed to be a repeat of yesterday, but the intensity was several times more violent.Yesterday the officers and soldiers only attacked from the west side of the city, but today they are simultaneously fighting from the west, east, south, and north sides of the city.Last night, officers and soldiers built more than a dozen high platforms with a height of more than ten feet around Kunyang City. At this time, there is a standard bearer on each high platform, so that they can have a panoramic view of the defense system of the Han army at the head of Kunyang City. Once it is found that the defense of the Han army has become weak, it is quickly conveyed to the siege troops through semaphore, and immediately the army gathers to attack the weak point of the Han army.

Time passed so slowly, it seemed that every time a person died in battle, time stopped to mourn for him.The sun walked lonely in the sky, and finally slowly set from the east to the west mountain. After bringing the bloody battlefield for a short period of bloody dusk, it gradually withdrew its light, leaving the world in darkness. Above the city tower, Wang Feng and Wang Chang looked at each other incredulously. They repelled the crazy attack of officers and soldiers, and they defended Kunyang!At the end of the day, they were still alive! That night, another casualty report was placed on Wang Yi's desk. At the end of the day, another 5,000 officers and soldiers were killed in battle.Wang Yi frowned, and asked Yan You, "What's your opinion, General Yan?" Yan You said bluntly: "Even if there are millions of troops under the fortified city, it is difficult to use them. On the surface, it is us who are waiting for you." We are besieging Kunyang, but looking at it from another angle, isn’t Kunyang also besieging us? For the current plan, we should abandon Kunyang and go straight to Wancheng, taking advantage of the cavalry advantage of the Central Army to charge in the open terrain. Destroyed."

Wang Yi laughed and said, "It's just that 5,000 people died. Is it possible that General Yan is afraid again?" Yan You is a highly respected veteran of the new dynasty, even Wang Mang dared to contradict him face to face. Facing Wang Yi's ridicule, he was naturally not to be outdone, and snorted coldly: "As the commander-in-chief, Da Sikong sticks to the gains and losses of a city and a pond. Let innocent soldiers make unnecessary sacrifices. Veteran ministers have to be afraid of this." Wang Yi said: "Could it be that General Yan thinks that I am short-sighted and ignorant of the general situation?"Yan You was angry and did not answer.Wang Yi twitched his lips and said with a smile, "8,000 people died in two days. It's no big deal. According to my plan, there are more than 400,000 officers and soldiers. In my opinion, half of them must die in battle."

Wang Yi said casually, but Yan You shuddered when he heard it.Is this human?More than 200,000 fresh human lives, you don't even blink your eyes when you talk about it? Seeing that Yan You turned pale with shock, Wang Yi smiled and said, "Why should General Yan be surprised? General Yan is familiar with the art of war. Is there any basis for what I said?" Yan You thought for a moment, then said: "The Art of War "Wei Liao There is indeed a saying in "Zi": In ancient times, those who were good at using soldiers killed half of the soldiers. Those who killed the half of the soldiers would add to the sea. However..."

Wang Yi interrupted Yan You and said sharply: Why are the rebels so rampant?It is because the imperial army is festered, weak and useless.Victory is not the only purpose of my suppression of thieves this time. I want to build an iron army for the empire through this suppression of thieves.Look, these soldiers temporarily recruited from the states and counties have loose military discipline and don't know how to order. How can they look like officers and soldiers of the Celestial Dynasty?To build these people into an iron army, they have to go through a lot of tempering, and war is the best training. As for whether the battlefield is Kunyang or Wancheng, it is actually the same.Cowards die, warriors live, more than 200,000 cowards die, and more than 200,000 warriors remain, enough!On the day when the bandits were successfully suppressed, when the iron army was formed, they would send their troops northward, chase Mobei far away, and annihilate the Xiongnu.Internal strife and external troubles, once the dynasty is settled, the new dynasty will be able to survive for a long time.After finishing speaking, he looked at Yan You coldly and said: "You are a general, and I am handsome. What you focus on is the battlefield, and what I embrace is the country."

Yan You was also unambiguous, with thorns in his words, hurting Wang Yi secretly: "The old minister is incompetent, he can't think as far as Da Sikong, the old minister is only worried, what should we do with Kunyang tomorrow!" Wang Yi smiled and said, "Tomorrow, the soldiers will be suspended for one day." Yan You said anxiously: "The Han army is at the end of its force, and a day's rest will give them a breather!" Wang Yi laughed loudly and said, "I only said that the troops will be closed tomorrow, but I didn't say that there will be no war later!"