The Liaodong Army didn't think that they would lose. Because they were located in a cold place, compared to the Yangzhou Army in the south, the soldiers in the north were generally better than the soldiers in the south. In addition, those who could enter the Eastern Army were the best of the best. Therefore, Yue Peng was very confident. Although destroying the Yangzhou Navy's landing force wouldn't help the overall situation, it would still boost the morale of the troops.
Therefore, Yue Peng gave up on defending, and directly charged towards the Yangzhou army.
But as soon as Yue Peng came into contact with the Yangzhou Navy's armor, she cried. Why was the Yangzhou Navy's armor stronger than hers? Their swords couldn't break the Yangzhou Navy's armor. Even if they did, their swords would be full of holes. But the enemy's swords could cut through the Eastern Army's armor. Moreover, when the swords collided with the Yangzhou Navy's swords, there would be a gap. Now Yue Peng's soldiers and horses were defenseless, and they were facing enemies with swords and heavy armor. How could they fight this battle?
Therefore, if Yue Peng's men did not risk their lives to protect him, coupled with the high quality of the Eastern Army, he was afraid that he would not be able to return to Changyi County. However, the Eastern Army that returned to Changyi County was less than a thousand people.
Mo Zihui's face was terrifyingly gloomy. In this battle, only less than eight thousand of the fifteen thousand elite soldiers returned to Changyi County. Among them, there were more than a thousand injured people. In other words, he had only fought one battle with the enemy and he had already lost half of his troops.
How could he continue fighting? Especially when Yue Peng lost his Eastern Army. Less than a thousand soldiers returned.
"Very good, very good, very good!" Mo Zihui said to Yue Peng who was kneeling on the ground with a gloomy face. Yue Peng's body trembled more and more, and his forehead was covered with cold sweat.
"General, please spare my life, please spare my life!" In the beginning, Mo Ran wanted Yue Peng to cover the retreat of the army. He didn't want Yue Peng to fight with the Yangzhou Army. However, Yue Peng didn't listen, which led to the current situation. If they lost the other troops, it would be fine. But the Eastern Army was made of gold. Not to mention Yue Peng, even Mo Ran and Mo Zihui wouldn't be able to afford it. A set of armor and a saber would cost at least a hundred gold. With the scale of these thousands of people, it would be close to a hundred thousand gold. If his lord, Gongsun Du, were to blame him, he would be in deep trouble.
"Men, drag Yue Peng away and behead him!" If the East Zhen Army had not been defeated, they might have been able to return thousands of men and horses. Now, the East Zhen Army was finished, and the other soldiers and horses were also blocked by the enemy outside Changyi City.
Mo Ran said angrily.
"General, I was wrong, I was wrong, please spare my life, spare my life!" Yue Peng panicked. Yue Peng's whole body was covered with cold sweat, who didn't want to die.
It wasn't easy for Yue Peng to climb to the position of Deputy General, so he cherished his life even more.
Fortunately, Yue Peng's character was good, and the thousands of soldiers on the side were pleading for Yue Peng. "General, although General Yue is guilty, he doesn't deserve to die. It's not all General Yue's fault, but the Yangzhou Army is too elite. " “
"Yes, General, after we came into contact with those Yangzhou soldiers, we were defeated. Those Yangzhou profiteers sold us inferior armors and weapons. Their sabers can easily tear apart our armors but our sabers can't break their defense. Even our sabers can't touch them. Once they hit us, our sabers will definitely break." Someone on the side complained bitterly.
"En?" Mo Zihui frowned. Yue Peng also saw his own way out, so he quickly pushed the blame to the Yangzhou Army and the Yangzhou Merchants. It's not that we didn't help, but the enemy was too strong.
Yangzhou Army's armor and weapons were inferior? This was impossible. Mo Ran had touched all the armors and weapons bought in Yangzhou. Those were definitely good weapons and armors. They had been tempered hundreds of times. Therefore, the quality couldn't be bad.
"General, I took this armor and saber from an enemy who died in the battle. Please have a look." Yue Peng was smart. Even if he was defeated, he didn't forget to take the armor and weapon from an enemy soldier who died in the battle. Although the enemy won, there were casualties.
Yue Peng brought the armor and weapons.
Mo Ran took the armor and saber, and he gently cut his hair with the saber. Shua, a section of his short hair fell to the ground. Blowing short hair?
Mo Ran's face became serious. "Come, bring me a set of armor and saber from the Eastern Army." One couldn't tell whether a saber or armor was good by looking at it alone. It needed a comparison, and what the Eastern Army was wearing was a comparison.
Soon, someone brought back the armor and saber from the Eastern Army.
Mo Ran tested them one by one, and he frowned. Sure enough, Yue Peng didn't exaggerate. What he said was reflected in this. Although the sabers in their hands were elite, they were not at the same level as the Yangzhou Army's. When the sabers collided, their sabers were the first to break. Their sabers could only leave a white mark on the enemy's armor, but the enemy's sabers could tear the armor apart.
How could they fight?
Mo Ran threw the weapons on the ground. He knew that Yue Peng was not lying. It was not that their weapons and armor were not good, nor that the Yangzhou Army sold fake goods. It was that they had better things to sell. Now they were late.
"Yue Peng, you can be spared from death, but you can't escape punishment. You are demoted. Go to the city wall and be a military officer." Mo Ran said to Yue Peng.
"Thank you, general. Thank you for not killing me. Thank you, general." Yue Peng was very uncomfortable. After all, it was not easy for him to climb to the position of deputy general. Now he was suddenly demoted to a military officer. How could he feel good? However, it was fortunate that he managed to keep his life.
Mo Ran waved his hand. "Go!" Mo Ran had a headache. He didn't understand why the weapons and armor that he spent a lot of money to buy would become like this.
"General, although the enemy has sharp weapons and armor, they only have a few thousand people. We have 8,000 people left, and we also have Changyi County. As long as we wait in the city and wait for reinforcements, and wait for General Zhou Hai's reinforcements, the Yangzhou Army will inevitably collapse." Mo Ran's subordinate on the side comforted him.
Mo Ran listened and nodded. The enemy had sharp swords and elite armor, but they had a city. The scale of Changyi County was really not small. The city walls were also dozens of meters high. This was their advantage.
There was also one more point. That was, there was no need to think about the thundering thing on the giant ships. Previously, Mo Ran had miscalculated the range of that thing. But now, Changyi County was dozens of miles away from Liaodong Port. Their warships could not go ashore.
"Pass down the order. Let the troops stay alert. Changyi City must not be lost." Mo Ran was ready to live and die with Changyi City. If the Yangzhou Army came to attack the city, he would settle the score with them.
After Ling Chao defeated Liaodong's Zhendong Army, he was waiting for the Yangzhou Marines to come ashore. Although Ling Chao was a little arrogant, he was not stupid. If he went deeper, he might be ambushed by the enemy. That would not be worth the loss. Therefore, after the landing troops came ashore one after another, Ling Chao set off towards Changyi County.
Now, Ling Chao had more than 4,000 people under his command. Except for being caught off guard by the turtle ship of Liaodong Navy, there were not many losses.
However, even so, Ling Chao still frowned when he arrived at Changyi County. Changyi County was no longer a county. Even some of the remote prefectures didn't have such a scale.
"General, do we need to storm the city?" The deputy general also saw the scale of Changyi County and asked Ling Chao.
Storm the city? Although Ling Chao was not afraid of death, he did not want to lose his robe for no reason. The losses were the greatest in a battle, not to mention a siege. Above Changyi County, there were many silk banners and people bumping into each other. This showed that Changyi County was already prepared. Now, the only way to attack was to storm the city.
Ling Chao wanted to build ballistas to attack Changyi County. However, Liaodong was not like Jiangnan. The forest here was dense. It was close to the sea. The original forest had all been cut down to build a port. There was no extra wood to build ballistas. Even if there were, there were no boulders.
Did he really have to storm the city? Ling Chao did not like to storm the city. It did not mean that he was afraid of storming the city. Just when Ling Chao was about to wave his hand to command a thousand people to storm the city, a messenger came from behind the army.
This messenger found a warhorse in Liaodong port and rushed over. When he got off the horse, he did not even have time to take a breath before he knelt down and said, "Pass down General Gan Ning's order. The army will stop and rest in place. Wait for the arrival of reinforcements!"
"Reinforcements?" Ling Chao was a little puzzled. Their landing force was a total of several thousand people and they were all here. Where would the reinforcements come from? However, he still obeyed because Gan Ning gave him face before. He had to give face to Gan Ning. Now, Ling Chao had unknowingly listened to Gan Ning's orders.
"Pass down the order. The army will set up camp!" Ling Chao's order was passed down.
"General, look. With Changyi County, they can forget about attacking our Liaodong Residence!" Mo Ran's subordinate said to Mo Ran.
"En!" Mo Ran nodded. If they were to storm the city, they would rely on the defense of the city walls. This way, it could be said that the advantage of the Yangzhou army's armor and weapons would be reduced to the minimum. Now, he had to defend and wait for reinforcements. It was impossible to reverse the situation by relying on the several thousand soldiers in the city. Therefore, he had to wait for reinforcements.
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