The practice of the Mongolians completely aroused public anger.
The problem was that as the castles gradually took shape, a difficult problem was placed in front of the Lin 'an garrison. "Should we stop the enemy from building the castles?"
If the castles were really built, the Mongolian army could use it as a springboard, and Lin 'an City would suffer.
For this matter, the Grand Council held an emergency meeting.
Lu Xiufu, who presided over the daily affairs of the Grand Council, spoke first, "Everyone, please speak your views. In principle, the minority obeys the majority. As the only civil officer of the Grand Council, I will not express my opinion. "
This old cunning man gave up as soon as he came up and threw the problem to others.
"Of course not, they are our compatriots." Wen Tianxiang's attitude was clear.
Zhang Shijie saw this and a trace of dissatisfaction flashed in his eyes. He, as the main general, had not yet expressed his position, but Wen Tianxiang, as the deputy general, had expressed his position first.
Zhang Shijie was a little hesitant at first, but this time he was completely determined and said with emotion, "I think we should kill. This is not a question of whether we should or not. If we don't solve the castles, Lin 'an City can't be kept at all. The lives of the captured people are lives, but the lives of millions of people in Lin 'an City are not lives? "
What Zhang Shijie said was not unreasonable. In troubled times, there were not many conditions to talk about benevolence and righteousness. Many times, one must make a choice. This was very cruel, but it was the reality.
Wen Tianxiang was dissatisfied.
Zhang Shijie did not care. He had his own reasons.
"I also think we should kill."
Xiong Ba also expressed his position. As an ambitious man, being soft-hearted was not the same as being a tyrant. Moreover, this was a military map. The goal of the players was to win. The death of NPCs had nothing to do with him.
The supporters had the upper hand, two to one.
Lian Po saw this and said, "I give up."
Emotionally speaking, Lian Po did not want to increase the killing. The shadow of Bai Qi killing captives in the Battle of Changping was still hovering in Lian Po's heart. But as a general, Lian Po thought that they should be killed.
Under the contradiction, he could only give up.
Xiong Ba saw this and also glanced at Lian Po. Logically speaking, as a general of the [Yan Huang Alliance], Lian Po should have followed the rhythm of his leader.
Fortunately, Lian Po's abstention did not affect the overall situation. In Xiong Ba's view, Ouyang Shuo was an ambitious man like him. Naturally, he would not be soft-hearted. Guo Ziyi would definitely follow Ouyang Shuo.
In this way, the supporters still had the upper hand.
Everyone's gaze was focused on Ouyang Shuo.
Ouyang Shuo, on the other hand, was calm. He slowly put down the teacup in his hand and lightly said, "I object!"
Everyone was shocked.
"Reason?" Xiong Ba asked.
As far as Xiong Ba was concerned, Ouyang Shuo was absolutely not a person that acted on his emotions, otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to achieve his current accomplishments.
"Come down first."
Ouyang Shuo naturally had his reasons for doing so, but it wasn't appropriate for him to say it clearly at the meeting.
Lu Xiufu deeply looked at Ouyang Shuo and concluded, "3 votes against, 2 votes for, and 2 votes abstained. Since that's the case, let's think of another way. "
The decision of the Grand Council was naturally the final decision.
…
After the meeting, Xiong Ba caught up with Ouyang Shuo.
Before Xiong Ba could inquire further, Ouyang Shuo spoke first. "I think it's not only you, but the others also have the same doubts. Let's gather everyone together and discuss it together."
Xiong Ba was puzzled. "Are you that confident that you can convince Di Chen and the others?"
Ouyang Shuo smiled without saying a word.
Xiong Ba shook his head and left.
…
Lin 'an, North City Tower.
Ouyang Shuo, Xiong Ba and the other lords gathered together.
Xiong Ba looked at Ouyang Shuo with inquiring eyes. Before coming, there was a short meeting within the [Yan Huang Alliance], and the atmosphere wasn't good.
Especially Lord Chunshen, who spoke without mercy. "What is the old fox trying to do? Is he trying to buy people's hearts, or is he using our victory to sell his benevolence?! Great Xia has already destroyed four countries in the Main Plane and killed countless people. Now he's pretending that he doesn't have the heart to do so. He's really trying to be a pawn but still trying to put up a memorial arch! "
Di Chen and the others had ugly expressions on their faces.
On the city tower, Ouyang Shuo didn't seem to feel the piercing gazes coming from behind him. He looked at the continuous line of yurts outside the city and said unhurriedly, "What do you think Gaia's goal is in arranging such a battle?"
"What else can it be? It's a battle, isn't it just a battle to gain merit points?"
Ouyang Shuo shook his head. "I don't think so. Perhaps the previous battle had this goal, but it's definitely not this battle. To put it bluntly, the merit points that Great Xia gained in the Annan Region battle is equivalent to ten battles. A battle isn't worth Great Xia investing a hundred thousand soldiers. "
"…"
Di Chen and the others were speechless. They knew that Great Xia was powerful, but there was no need to show off. "What kind of truth are you spouting! It's very hurtful. "
"Then tell me, what is Gaia's goal?" Xiong Ba asked.
"No matter what you think, in my opinion, this battle is actually to make up for a regret. My Han family's empire must not fall into the hands of other races. Although it's a little self-deceiving, it's also a rare experience. "
"Heh, you're quite emotional." Lord Chunshen ridiculed.
The others didn't say anything. They all looked out of the city and watched the hellish scene.
The Mongolians had never stopped refining corpse oil. From morning till night, screams could be heard incessantly. The refined corpse oil was then smeared on the city walls by the Han commoners.
Like other city walls, Lin 'an's city walls used wood as the frame and glutinous rice juice as the binder. After being smeared with corpse oil, it would easily burn.
Basically, after a few days, the city walls and city gates would be burnt down or destroyed.
This was the secret of the Mongolian army's siege. Although they were cavalry, they could attack cities in the Central Plains without suffering any damage to their main forces.
The secret was this kind of heinous method of attacking the city.
"Ouyang, I support you!"
Looking at the tragic scene outside the city, Feng Qiuhuang's face was still pale. Finally, she stopped vomiting. Perhaps she had vomited everything she could. All that was left was hatred and grief.
"If we kill the commoners outside the city, how are we different from those beasts?"
Feng Qiuhuang said righteously.
Xiong Ba and the rest were silent. War Wolf, who was a soldier, was the first to say: "Well said. Maybe this battle is a test from Gaia. Let's see if we can win by ignoring our conscience, or if we can win without harming our fellow countrymen. "
"Easy for you to say!" Lord Chunshen muttered. He was the most unwilling to give up.
Lord Chunshen, who was a merchant, only had victory in his eyes. He had no benevolence or righteousness.
Ouyang Shuo suddenly turned around and looked at Di Chen. He asked lightly: "What do you think?" He wanted to know what choice Di Chen would make.
Di Chen felt his heart palpitate for no reason. He was stunned for a moment before saying with difficulty: "Since you've said so much, then we'll do as you say. But remember, you owe us a favor."
"Alright!"
Ouyang Shuo gave Di Chen a deep look before turning around again.
Many years later, Di Chen suddenly recalled this seemingly ordinary conversation. He could not help but break out in a cold sweat. It was only then that Di Chen came to his senses. This conversation had directly sealed his fate.
Lin 'an City had reached an agreement to never compromise with the Mongolian army. The problem in front of them was how to break the Mongolian army's siege strategy.
The first thing they had to do was to clear the boilers outside the city.
Conscripting commoners to build forts was acceptable, but using commoners to refine corpse oil was unacceptable. It had to be stopped.
The Grand Council's solution was simple: "Demolish!"
First, they would use the catapults or the Three Bow Eight Bull Bed Crossbows to destroy the boilers. If it did not work, they would send elite cavalry out of the city to destroy it.
This cavalry was like a suicide squad.
If they could return, they would. If not, they would die in battle outside the city.
Before the forts were built, Ouyang Shuo and the rest did not believe that the Mongolian army would launch an all-out attack. If they really attacked the city, the army lying in ambush near the city gates would show the Mongolian army how powerful they were.
Everything went smoothly.
In just one day, hundreds of boilers outside the city were cleared. For this, the defending troops on all sides paid the price of 3,000 elite cavalry.
The Mongolian cavalry was not easy to deal with. They were all skilled with bows and horses. Since the Southern Song cavalry dared to destroy the city, they would make sure that these small troops would not be able to return.
For the whole day, there were fights between small groups of cavalry outside the city.
Although it was a small-scale fight, the strength of each army was obvious. The weakest was naturally the Southern Song imperial army. They were completely at a disadvantage in the fight against the Mongolian cavalry.
They might even lose in a small fight.
The strongest was naturally the elite cavalry of Great Xia. When faced with the Mongolian cavalry, who were known for their ferocity, the elite cavalry of Great Xia was not at a disadvantage and even won.
The north was also the only side where the cavalry successfully retreated into the city.
The elite cavalry of Great Xia only paid the price of 300 casualties to clear all the boilers in the north. They even killed more than 200 Mongolian cavalry. It was a great victory.
Seeing the elite cavalry of Great Xia retreat, the Mongolian cavalry did not dare to pursue.
This was definitely the first time that the Mongolian army had seen such a scene.
Ouyang Shuo and Lu Xiufu spread the news in the city and further confirmed the theory of "heavenly soldiers and heavenly generals". Think about it, if they were not heavenly soldiers and heavenly generals, how could they defeat the invincible Mongolian cavalry?!
As such, the people gradually calmed down.
…
In the evening, in the Mongolian barracks in the north.
The Mongolian general Bo Ma stopped on a high mountain and looked at the defending army in the north with a grave expression. "I did not expect the mutant army to be so powerful. Where did they come from?"
No one could answer Bo Yan.
Zhang Hongfan rode behind Bo Yan with a complicated look in his eyes. He thought to himself, "If the Southern Song army was so powerful, how could they have fallen to such a state?!"
Night fell and a cold wind blew. Bo Yan unconsciously pulled the mink coat draped over his body. He took one last look at Lin 'an City, which was already submerged in the night, and said coldly, "Let's go back! Pass the order to the frontline. From tomorrow onwards, speed up the construction of the fort. We will officially attack the city in a few days. "
Bo Yan faintly felt that this attack would not be as easy as he had imagined. As such, he could not give the enemy too much time to breathe. He had to attack the city as soon as possible.
The emperor, who was at the rear, was already getting impatient. If he did not take action now, he was afraid that he would make a mistake.
"Yes!"
Zhang Hongfan nodded in response. There was nothing unusual in his voice.
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