Chapter 973 Arrive at the Royal City within five days

After discussing the matter of food, Xiao Yu took his people back to inspect the granary. Although he had already inspected the granary earlier, now the food was related to the victory or defeat of the war in Nanzhao, so Xiao Yu did not dare to It's too careless. You have to check it carefully at this time. Don't wait until the critical moment.

Xiao Yu has been in the court for such a long time. Of course, he knows that no matter how good he is at ordinary times, if you drop the chain at the critical moment, then your usual achievements may be wiped out for you, so you must at this time You have to be extremely careful. Only if Nanzhao is taken down by me will everything about Xiao Yu in Sichuan come to a successful end. No matter who takes over Sichuan in the future, Xiao Yu will be able to give others a beautiful Sichuan. As for the imperial court, they can also record a great achievement for themselves.

Back in the military camp, Qin Huaiyu introduced Li Xiang in detail how their army would advance after a while. Which route should be taken? The more than 20,000 troops were divided into several groups in order to arrive quickly.

Li Xiang still believed in these basic skills of Qin Huaiyu. Although Qin Huaiyu had never personally led troops to fight in a big battle, he had never eaten pork and had seen pigs running. He was busy with his father back then, and later he was in the army. There have been some small things done in the army. Although this is my first time as a head coach, there are no major mistakes.

"Now that everything is ready, I'm just waiting for His Highness's order. As long as His Highness gives me the order, I promise to arrive at Nanzhao King City within five days. According to the information we have collected, it will only take half a month at most. Let the entire Nanzhao be quiet and surrender to me, the Tang Dynasty."

After Qin Huaiyu finished all the reports, this guy was about to jump up with joy. Now he could no longer stay in the military camp. He couldn't wait to take his people and set off to Nanzhao to settle everything in the next second. .

"Sit down and calm down first. Now is not the time for you to set off immediately. Drink this cup of tea first and think about it carefully later. I will let you go when it is time to set off. Now let's go over the loss. a bit big."

Qin Huaiyu was about to fly out. Who knew that Li Xiang was tied to a rope? How could this guy have time to drink tea?

"Your Highness, the so-called military speed is so important that everything that needs to be prepared has been prepared. I have also mobilized those people on the mountain before the war. Now they are all thinking about achieving a military exploit and then completely joining the Tang army. If we let them If they continue to stay here, I’m afraid they will be worried about changes.”

Qin Huaiyu didn't understand why Li Xiang had to wait. Wouldn't it be possible to launch military operations one day earlier? In this way, Nanzhao Kingdom can be occupied one day earlier.

"I won't remind you about this. As a coach, you can't just know what's going on on the battlefield. There are many things you need to consider. You should think about it slowly here first. I'd better go back and continue fishing without me. With the order, no one can set off."

Qin Huaiyu still needs to improve slowly. After Li Xiang inspected the entire military camp, he took his people back to go fishing. As for when Qin Huaiyu will set off, it depends on when King Nanzhao abandons the outer city.

Nanzhao Royal City

The war has been going on for two days, and one part of the wall of Nanzhao Royal City has collapsed. Fortunately, the defenders in the city acted quickly and threw various things on the wall into it, thus closing the gap. If they were blocked, if they had sold a little at that time, King Zhennan's cavalry might have rushed over from a distance.

At that time, King Zhennan's cavalry had indeed charged, but when they were still five hundred steps away from the city wall, the entire city wall was littered with objects. The general at that time immediately stopped. If they continued to charge forward, Even if they could reach the bottom of the city wall, it would be impossible for the war horses to rush over. Instead, these cavalry would be destroyed by the archers on the city wall.

The comprehensive national strength of the Tang Dynasty can be regarded as the strongest around, but it is also very expensive for the Tang Dynasty to train a cavalry. It is not only the equipment of the cavalry that costs money, but also the training of the cavalry, which is required by ordinary countries. Unaffordable.

Nanzhao is a small country with no more than a few thousand cavalry. Although they are all in the hands of King Zhennan, he cannot waste these cavalry in such a way. They will bear more responsibilities in the future. What's more, in the past few days of critical battles, King Zhennan's side has indeed suffered a lot of losses. More than 2,000 soldiers have been killed, more than 1,000 soldiers have been injured, and nearly 800 soldiers are missing.

The losses of the defenders on the city wall were slightly smaller, but not much smaller. This was mainly because the catapults on King Zhennan's side never stopped. They were outside the city, and there were big rocks everywhere around them. Now the King of Zhennan has conquered tens of thousands of nearby people and asked them to go to the nearby mountains to pull stones, so these catapults will not rest for a moment.

"Not to mention, the defenders in this city really impressed me. With this style of fighting these days, even in some cities in the Western Region, I guess they can't hold on anymore, but I didn't expect that Nanzhao The king's men can actually hold on, look at how the city wall has been smashed into now."

Long Jiu has not been under the city wall in the past few days. He led his men around to inquire about the situation. He finally came over today and used a telescope to look at the cracks on the city wall in the distance. They were already as big as the mouth of a bowl. If If we continue to fight like this, in the next two or three days, I am afraid that more and more places in the city wall will collapse. Can you close this gap today? If there are two or three more gaps tomorrow, it depends on your use. What to bet on?

Of course, the King of Nanzhao has also begun to demolish houses in the city. Basically, he has demolished all the houses around the city wall. From wood to various bricks, everything has been transported to the city wall. The purpose of these things is to block the city wall. There was a gap, and all the lamp oil in the city had been collected. This was the only thing they could resist.

Although their losses were less than those of King Zhennan, their army was already small in number. If the losses of the young men in the city were included, their numbers were much higher than those of King Zhennan. The blame lies solely on those young men. Zhuang had no military training and did not know where to dodge when the enemy attacked. Too many people died.