Chapter 196 Zhang Babai’s first appearance, Hefei God of War emerges! [Please subscribe and vote monthly]

Author: Phoenix Swallows Dragon

Chapter 196 Zhang Babai’s first appearance, Hefei God of War emerges! [Please subscribe and vote monthly]

Jinxiang County.

Above the county government hall.

Everyone gathered together, Cao Cao, the commander-in-chief of the entire army, sat in the main seat, and the others sat on the left and right.

This is already the third day of the Jinxiang County Defense Battle. It can be seen that the faces of everyone participating in this discussion have obvious signs of exhaustion.

After a whole day yesterday and half a day of high-intensity command operations today, all the generals in the army looked tired.

Even if he is physically as strong as Cao Ang, under the constant continuous operation, his mind feels like a ball of paste has been forcefully stuffed into his mind.

Even civil servants and counselors who do not need to personally command on the battlefield have become equally exhausted because they are always paying attention to battlefield dynamics, sitting in the middle to coordinate logistics operations, and also need to think about strategies to defeat the enemy.

"Miaocai, what are the casualties of our army? Have they been counted?"

Xia Houyuan hurriedly presented the bamboo slips he had been holding tightly in his hands, then stood up and gestured to Cao Cao and everyone on his left and right.

"Reporting to the Lord, according to the count of the generals under my command, the number of casualties in our army so far is less than 3,000, and generally speaking, the majority are injured."

"It's just that because Jinxiang is a small city, there aren't many doctors in the city, and there are not enough doctors accompanying our army. Therefore, a small number of these wounded soldiers are likely to die from their injuries in the next period of time."

Cao Cao nodded slightly when he heard this.

There were less than 3,000 casualties, which accounted for less than 10% of the 30,000 troops originally in the city. This was completely acceptable.

Cao's army is defending the city. At the same time, most of the soldiers are composed of regular troops. Their quality is much higher than that of the enemy troops and they can withstand such casualties.

But there is one thing to note.

No matter how small the loss is.

People in Jinxiang City will also be shaken by this, and the mobilization of people and horses from all walks of life is no longer as smooth as when the war began. There is often a sense of sluggishness in the execution of military orders.

After all, among the troops defending the city.

Only a part of them belong to the direct lineage of the Cao family.

The rest are the family forces from surrounding counties recruited by Cao Cao as Yanzhou Mu.

There are many hills.

Once the casualties are too heavy, Cao's army may still be able to stabilize its headquarters, but these fringe armies may collapse first.

"What about the enemy's casualties? Have you ever ordered someone to count them?"

Xia Houyuan can be regarded as a general with relatively high military literacy. He can already do some things very well without being told by his superiors.

So Cao Cao asked.

Xia Houyuan, who had been prepared for a long time, reported the situation without thinking.

"It is not easy to collect the casualties of the ant thieves, so the general can only send people to do a rough count. The number of enemy casualties should be around 30,000."

"However, what is different from the situation of our army is that the enemy has many killed and few disabled."

"At the same time, the number of doctors accompanying the army in the ant bandit army should be extremely rare. Any wounded soldier who is seriously injured is no different from being killed in battle."

…

Some things are just afraid of comparison.

Once he heard that the Yellow Turban bandits outside the city had suffered such heavy losses and maintained a high casualty ratio of at least ten to one, Cao Cao couldn't help but secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as the enemy army cannot break through Jinxiang County, if this situation continues, the enemy army will soon usher in their defeat.

But when he thought about the tragic situation of this war, which had lasted for two and a half days since the beginning of the war, it was still difficult for Cao Cao to calm down.

The nearly 200,000 troops invested by both sides turned Jinxiang City into a meat grinder, and the entire northern city wall was even dyed a dark red with blood.

Both sides' offensive and defensive equipment are basically exhausted.

The trucks prepared by the enemy outside the city crashed into each other, and now there is no one left.

Most of the ladders and ladders were also damaged, so we had to cut down trees outside the city at night and grab some temporary work to make some simple ladders.

And things are not much better in the city.

The arrows used by archers, no matter how recycled and processed, still maintain a high consumption rate.

There isn't much left now.

Objects such as rolling logs, thunder stones, and hot oil have become scarce supplies in the city.

So until now.

It has evolved into a hand-to-hand fight between the two sides and the most primitive war.

As can be expected.

If this war continues and the enemy and we persist for two or three days, then I am afraid that the number of casualties will rise sharply.

Even then he won.

The price paid is definitely not small.

So after thinking about it for a while.

Cao Cao looked around at everyone present, and then asked in a deep voice.

"The ant thieves outside the city are made up of refugees, bandits, and thieves. Logically speaking, they are a team whose morale is easily broken up and morale is easily broken."

"But now they have lost nearly 30,000 troops, but there are still no signs of collapse. If this continues, there may be something bad. I wonder if you have any good ideas?"

…

Just when everyone was lost in thought and ready to express their opinions on Cao Cao's issue.

Zhang Liao, who was usually not very talkative in such meetings, stood up uncharacteristically and said to Cao Cao and Cao Ang.

"My lord, General Cao, the last general discovered a situation while resisting the enemy on the east wall today. Please allow me to report it to you two!"

A person who usually doesn't like to talk much.

Once you speak seriously, there must be something important to report.

Cao Cao did not dare to despise him.

He quickly straightened his body, then raised his hand to Zhang Liao and said, "Wen Yuan, please report the situation as soon as possible!"

Zhang Liao quickly came to the center of the hall.

After bowing slightly towards Cao Ang.

Then he raised his hands and said: "Before noon today, when the last wave of offensive was approaching, the enemy's formation showed a tendency to disperse to the left and right sides."

"While escaping, the enemy also stopped their fierce attack on the city wall. There was a long gap until the next time they resumed their attack on the city."

"And later on, I watched from the city tower and saw with my own eyes that some fleeing soldiers were captured and later executed on the spot by the supervising team."

"Based on the general's judgment, there should be a commotion in the enemy's formation, and some soldiers fled because they were afraid of fighting!"

As soon as this statement came out.

The whole audience was immediately shocked.

Even Cao Cao couldn't help but trembled all over, and his eyes suddenly showed excitement.

"The morale of the army is shattered!"

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among those present at the meeting.

Either he is an experienced general or he is an excellent counselor.

How could you not see what this means?

There were scenes of soldiers fleeing and being captured and executed in public. This is definitely a sign of the morale of the army being broken. It means that some soldiers in the enemy's large army already have the intention of retreating.

And as the number of people in this group increases.

It will cause the entire army to collapse.

This is undoubtedly great news!

In less than three days of fighting between the two armies.

Cao Cao and others had actually been waiting for signs of the enemy's collapse.

As long as there is such a trend and the trend is tilted, Cao Cao will dare to give it a go and directly open the city gate to counterattack.

If it goes well.

The war can be ended a few days early, which not only reduces our own casualties, but also increases the capture ratio. This is definitely a good thing that kills two birds with one stone.

However, after a whole day of bloody battle yesterday.

The Yellow Turban Army remained firm, and although its soldiers were tired and numb, they had no intention of collapsing.

This way.

Naturally, Cao Cao did not dare to act rashly.

This made him very depressed.

Everyone knows that the Yellow Turban Army will collapse, but they just can’t figure out when it will collapse, and they can’t wait for it to happen.
To be continued...