Chapter 459 Tunnel Siege
After Lu Bu waved his Fang Tianhua Ji in his hand and killed several powerful generals of the Anxi Kingdom in succession, he tied the reins of his war horses and stopped the pursuit of the defeated cavalry of the Anxi Kingdom. When the overall situation was settled, Lu Bu was disdainful to take action on ordinary Anxi Kingdom soldiers.
What's more, the cavalry troops in the other three directions of Gaqimu City have joined the clearance of the defeated cavalry of the Anxu Kingdom. The remaining cavalry of the Anxu Kingdom outside Gaqimu City should have been wiped out soon.
Regarding this victory, Lu Bu did not show any joy on his face, but instead showed some regret.
Originally, Lu Bu hoped to chase the defeat of Anxi Kingdom into Gaqimu City, and seized Gaqimu City in one battle. Unfortunately, Anxi Kingdom cavalry retreated quickly and resolutely. Lu Bu took the cavalry of the Second Cavalry Brigade of the Guards under his command, and only half of Anxi Kingdom cavalry left out of the city, and the other half of Anxi Kingdom cavalry successfully fled back to the city.
Marquis Obaid, the commander of the Anxu Kingdom, stood on the east wall of Gaqimu City, and looked at the scene of the Polu cavalry outside the city chasing the Anxu Kingdom cavalry, and was so angry that he almost bit his teeth.
Marquis Oubade originally wanted to give the Polu Army a warning, but he did not expect that the Polu Army cavalry on the east side of Gaqimu City had very strong combat power. More than 60,000 Anxi Kingdom cavalry who had left the city were actually suppressed and beaten. If Marquis Oubade had not made a quick decision and issued an order to retreat, more than 60,000 Anxi Kingdom cavalry would have to stay outside Gaqimu City.
In the end, more than 60,000 cavalrymen from the Alien Kingdom who finally left the city, only less than 30,000 people returned safely to the city of Gachim. Thanks to the Marquis Oubed, who left an elite cavalry in the Alien Kingdom to be responsible for cutting off the rear, otherwise the cavalry of the Polu Army would have taken the opportunity to break into Gachim.
The commander of the Sixth Legion of the Annex Kingdom, Yousuf, stood beside the commander of the Annex Kingdom, Marquis Obaid, and gritted his teeth and said, "This group of bastards in the Polu Army, I must get this hatred back!"
The elite cavalry left behind by Marquis Oubed belonged to a team of 10,000 cavalrymen in the Sixth Legion. Almost one-quarter of the more than 30,000 cavalrymen in the Annex Kingdom lost to the city this time, almost one-quarter of them were cavalry of the Sixth Legion.
Marquis Oubed said to the four legion commanders beside him in a deep voice: "The defending troops of your legions must strictly guard the city walls. It seems that we can only defend the death!"
The battle of leaving the city today left a deep shadow on Marquis Oubed. He was not going to let the army of Anxu Kingdom face the impact of the elite cavalry of the Polu Army, so he should just guard the city wall honestly!
After the remaining cavalry of Anxi Kingdom outside Gaqimu City, Fang Jie, the deputy captain of the Second Cavalry Brigade of the Guards, urged the horse to come to Lu Bu and said, "General, the battlefield has been cleaned up, and about 30,000 cavalry of Anxi Kingdom are eliminated, including more than 4,000 prisoners. The combined total of our cavalry brigades is about 3,000. The battle loss ratio is one to ten, which can be said to be a great victory."
"Take the more than 4,000 captives of the cavalry of the Aries Kingdom to a place close to the walls of the city of Gaqimu, and cut off the heads of the more than 3,000 captives of the Aries Kingdom in front of the Aries Kingdom army in the city. We have no food to raise these butchers!" Lu Bu said coldly. Lu Bu already knew that the 70,000 to 80,000 in the Aries Kingdom city had been slaughtered by the Aries Kingdom army.
Fang Jie hesitated and said, "General, if we cut down these more than 4,000 captives of the Anxia Kingdom cavalry, the Anxia Kingdom army in the city of Gaqimu will definitely resist to the end and will not surrender to us easily. In that case, we will have to pay a greater price to conquer the Anxia Kingdom city."
Lu Bu said disrespectfully: "I was not ready to accept the surrender of the Absas Army in Gachim City. From the day the Absas Army massacred our captured soldiers of the Polu Army, the fate of this Absas Army has been destined!"
Fang Jie frowned and said, "According to the information sent by Hei Shuitai, the five Slum Armies that entered the Shakhtinsk province are currently gathered in Gachim City, with a total force of nearly 300,000. Even if the more than 20,000 Slum Arm cavalry that were annihilated today, there will still be about 280,000 people in Gachim City. If we want to completely annihilate these 280,000 Slum Arm troops, we must be prepared to suffer huge casualties."
Lu Bu sighed and said, "If you attack for a strong force, it is indeed not easy to capture Gaqimu City. Without hundreds of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of lives, it is impossible to capture Gaqimu City. As for whether to choose to attack for a strong force, I have to discuss it with Mr. Wu to see if Mr. Wu has other solutions."
Wu Zixu, whom Liu Ji had just summoned, arrived in Shakhtinsk Province with three cavalry brigades of the Western Regions. Liu Ji sent Wu Zixu to Shakhtinsk Province in hopes that Wu Zixu could help Lu Bu give advice and eliminate the Abnormal army entering Shakhtinsk Province as soon as possible. Then most of the defeated troops in Shakhtinsk Province could rush to the city of Zilis and increase the strength of Liu Ji.
After cleaning the battlefield, Lu Bu returned to the Polu Army camp east of Gaqimu City and found Wu Zixu, "Mr. Wu, the army of Anxiguo in Gaqimu City today has been wiped out by our army. It is not so easy to let the army of Anxiguo leave the city again in the future. According to the information of Hei Shuitai, there must be about 280,000 enemies in the city. If we choose to attack for a strong force, our losses will inevitably be very great. I wonder if Mr. Wu has any good solutions?"
At present, in addition to less than fifteen cavalry units, Lu Bu also has twenty infantry battalions drawn from various cities in Shakhtinsk Province. The total strength of these twenty infantry battalions is only 160,000. Relying on these more than 300,000 troops, it is very difficult to capture the city of Kajimu, which has an army of 280,000.
Wu Zixu stroked his beard and said, "General Lu, since the Azari army in the city of Gajim is so strong, it is indeed a bit inappropriate for a strong attack. The loss will be too great. However, the lord hopes that we can deal with the Azari army in the Shahtinsk province as soon as possible, and then dispatch troops to reinforce the city of Chilis, so it is not possible to use the long-term siege. In this way, the best way is to take the clever way."
After pausing, Wu Zixu continued, "I think we can try digging tunnels, and in order to conceal our real means, we can act like a long-term siege."
Lu Bu frowned and said, "It would be great if the tunnels can be successfully dug out. The key is that the army of Anxue Kingdom in the city will definitely prevent such means as digging out tunnels. The possibility of our success is not high."
Wu Zixu immediately said, "Then we can only see how our luck is."
Lu Bu nodded. Digging tunnels does require luck to a large extent, but there is no other good way now, so digging tunnels can be done.
In the following days, the Polu Army in four directions outside Gaqimu City only continued to strengthen the camp and did not attack Gaqimu City, and seemed to be sieging Gaqimu City for a long time.
On the evening of June 28, 428, the Great Jin Dynasty, in a meeting room in the lord's mansion in Gachim City, Marquis Obaid, the commander of the Sakura Kingdom, told Yashini, the diamond-level pyrench guard of the Holy Fire Cult, and the four commanders of the Sakura Kingdom: "From the situation where the Polu Army has been building camps in the past few days, the Polu Army outside the city wants to trap us in Gachim City."
Yusuf, the commander of the Sixth Legion of the Slum Kingdom, sneered: "The food we get from the Gaochang civilians in the city is enough to support us to hold on to Gachim for seven or eight months. This is still the case where more than 200,000 people have not lost. In fact, we can definitely hold on for a longer time."
Yashini, the diamond-level pyrod guard of the Holy Fire Sect, followed and said loudly: "The key to the victory of this holy war is in Dayuan, the decisive battle between the two armies of the Cheshi and the main force of the Polu Army in Chilis City. If the two armies of the Cheshi and the two armies of the Cheshi win, the Polu Army in the entire Shahtinsk province will not be a concern. Now we do not lack food, so we just need to wait patiently for the news of the decisive battle in Kajim City. However, I firmly believe that the final victory must belong to our Holy Fire Sect and the various Western Regions countries participating in the Holy War!"
Marquis Obaid, the commander of the Kingdom of Rest, nodded. Just as he was about to say something, a Marquis Obaid's guard broke into the chamber and shouted: "Marquis, no good! Suddenly, there were shouts of killing in the city, as if it should be the direction of the East City Gate!"
Everyone in the chamber stood up in shock. The commander of the Sixth Legion of the Annex Kingdom shouted incredibly: "How is this possible? How did the Polu Army come in?"
Marquis Oubed knew that it was not the time to study how the Polu Army entered the city, so he said anxiously: "Hurry! All legions immediately mobilize their troops and clear the Polu Army troops in the city as soon as possible! I personally lead the troops to the East City Gate, and I must not let the Polu Army open the city gate!"
Marquis Obaid and others hurried out of the chamber, and they could hear the shouts of killing. They were indeed in the direction of the East City Gate. Then Marquis Obaid, the commander of the 24th Legion, and the diamond-level pyrotechnic guard of the Holy Fire Cult, Ashini, immediately led a large number of troops from the resting kingdom and dozens of pyrotechnic guards to the East City Gate of Gachim City. The 24th Legion was the troops responsible for guarding the East City Gate and the entire East City Wall.
However, before Marquis Oubed and others arrived at the East City Gate, they learned that the East City Gate was captured by the Polu Army. The troops of the Polu Army outside the city were rushing into the Gaqimu City from the East City Gate.
Marquis Oubed said anxiously to Zafir, the commander of the 24th Legion: "Zafir, you must take back the East Gate at any cost, otherwise we will not be able to survive!"
"Don't worry, Lord Marquis, our 24th Legion will definitely take back the East City Gate!"
At the same time, at the east gate of Gaqimu City, Lu Bu and his men had just seized the city wall above the city gate, and a large number of soldiers from the Breaking Army were continuing to attack along the city wall to the sides.
"Fang Jie, I've left it to you here. I'll continue to attack and advance towards the city blocks. You must guard the East Gate, otherwise our troops entering the city will be in danger." Lu Bu ordered Fang Jie in a deep voice.
"Don't worry, General, Fang Jie vows to guard the East City Gate even if he dies!"
Lu Bu did not expect that the process of digging the tunnel was very smooth. In less than four days, he dug out an authentic tunnel from the camp outside the city on the east side of the Polu Army. The exit of this authentic tunnel was just in an ordinary courtyard in the east of the city, less than a hundred steps away from the East City Gate.
Because of the massacre of the people of Gaochang in Gaqimu City by the Anxi Kingdom army, the courtyard has become empty, and no soldiers from the Anxi Kingdom live in this courtyard, which has caused thousands of elite Polu soldiers to enter this courtyard in Gaqimu City under the leadership of Fang Jie.
Finally, under the raid of Fang Jie and thousands of elite Polu soldiers, the east gate of Gaqimu City soon fell into the hands of Polu Army, and the gate was also opened by the soldiers of Polu Army. At this time, the large army of Polu Army had been prepared, and under the leadership of Lu Bu, the tide of the Polu City poured into Gaqimu City.
After the Polu Army controlled the East City Gate of Gajimu City, the Anxi Kingdom army launched a crazy attack, trying to regain the East City Gate occupied by the Polu Army. Unfortunately, with the cooperation of the Polu Army's cavalry and infantry, the Anxi Kingdom army returned without success. The fierce battle near the Dongcheng Gate continued until the next morning, but the Dongcheng Gate was still firmly controlled in the hands of the Polu Army, and the Polu Army had more than 100,000 people entered the City Gate.
In the Lord's Mansion of Gachim City, Marquis Obaid, the commander of the Silent Kingdom with blood cloth wrapped in white cloth on his chest, asked Yusufu, the commander of the Sixth Legion of the Silent Kingdom in a hoarse voice, and said, "Can the East City Gate be recaptured?"
Marquis Obaid personally led his troops to participate in the battle to try to retake the East Gate last night, but during the battle, Marquis Obaid was shot in the chest by an arrow. If it weren't for his strong armor, the rest country army in the city of Gachim would have been headless now.
Yusufu, the commander of the Sixth Army of Anxu Kingdom, said with a sad look: "Marquis, almost all the entire Dongcheng District has fallen into the hands of the Polu Army. The number of the Polu Army entering Gaqimu City may be more than 100,000. Even if we can retake the Dongcheng Gate, the Dongcheng Gate will not have much effect, and it is almost impossible for us to retake the Dongcheng Gate."
Marquis Oubed gritted his teeth and said, "Issue orders to the various legions to give up on the attack on the East City Gate from the streets, and each legion will launch defensive operations on the spot. We must fight the Polu Army to the end in Gaqim City!"
Chapter completed!