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Unlike the right-hand vanguard army that captured Yingzhou City in one fell swoop, the left-hand vanguard army encountered some trouble.

At the beginning, the left-road vanguard army also wanted to destroy the 10,000 Liao army cavalry led by Yelu Mage in one fell swoop.

But Yelu Mage was not Yelu Foding. He had no intention of fighting to the death. After consuming the crossbow of the Shenji Right Army and the huge losses of a swarm of rockets, he decisively led the remaining seven thousand horses to retreat.

Seeing this, Wang De immediately led the White Army to bite and kill for a while.

As a result, because the war horses in Yundi were too good, the White Army bit off the more than a thousand Liao cavalry who had slow reactions and ran slower, and still let Yelu Mage lead most of the troops to escape.

In this regard, Wu Jie, Wang De and Lu Junyi also had no good idea because of insufficient mobility.

They discussed with the staff and finally decided to ignore the five or six thousand soldiers of Yelu Mage who had become a frightened bird and headed straight to Shuozhou City.

But what Wu Jie, Wang De, Lu Junyi and others did not expect was that he also encountered another trouble in Shuozhou City.

The trouble is that they met a veteran general of the Liao Kingdom, Chai Yi, a commander-in-chief of the Liao Daozong period.

Chai Yi was not originally a left-behind Shuozhou, and he was not even an official from the Liao Kingdom - he had long since retired and returned home.

But after all the officials in Shuozhou fled, Chai Yi resolutely stepped forward to take over Shuozhou, took over as the chief executive, and then organized the people to resist.

It must be said that even if the veteran Chai Yi stepped forward, Shuozhou City should not be able to stop Wu Jie's military attack.

After all, the Jinwu Army has a critical weapon far beyond this era - explosive pack.

In addition to explosive packs, the Jinwu Army also has many other siege weapons, such as crossbows, conscience-free cannons, swarms of rockets, thunder, stone throwers, etc.

It can be said that in this era, the Jinwu Army's ability to attack is basically unparalleled.

And Wu Jie is an outstanding expert in attacking.

The Jinwu Army led by Wu Jie can be said to have the ability to sweep away thousands of troops.

But Chai Yi is so old that he is so angry that he has a lot of experience in the battle.

Chai Yi knew that it was impossible to defend Shuozhou City with the military and civilians in Shuozhou City alone.

Therefore, Chai Yi sent people out of the city to find Yelu Mage and the five or six thousand horse troops led by him, and then found the war horses and the best riders in the city, adding three thousand horse troops to Yelu Mage.

After that, Chai Yi defended Shuozhou City, and Yelu Mage led eight or nine thousand cavalry to harass the left vanguard army and prevented the left vanguard army from siege smoothly. As long as the left vanguard army attacked the city, they would come, and then spread apart from a distance to harass the left vanguard army with bows and arrows. Because they did not gather, the Shenji Army could not do anything to them at all. As long as the Tabai Army rushed forward, they would rely on their horse speed and high riding skills to escape calmly. After the Tabai Army stopped chasing or they escaped from the Tabai Army's pursuit, they immediately went back to continue harassing.

It can be said that Yelu Mage is deeply aware of the essence of guerrilla warfare. When the enemy advances and we retreat, when the enemy stands and we disturb us, when the enemy is tired, when the enemy retreats and we chase.

In this way, the left-road vanguard army could not conquer the city with peace of mind, and then could not capture Shuozhou City.

Moreover, because of the existence of this horse army led by Yelu Mage, the left vanguard army just wanted to abandon Shuozhou City and directly attack other places.

The military strategy says: before the troops move, food and grass move first.

When marching and fighting, food and grass are the most important guarantee. When Emperor Wu of Han went to the Huns, tens of thousands of cavalry needed hundreds of thousands of people to provide logistics. This is a good explanation.

In this era, under the productivity and backward transportation means, if the city is not captured, it will be even more difficult to ensure logistics. This is also the most important reason why the city cannot be bypassed in wars.

In addition, bypassing the city where heavy troops are stationed is equivalent to exposing your back to the enemy's army's edge, so that you cannot attack with all your might, because there are often the weakest transportation lines in the rear - because the food outlet in the rear is cut off and looted, which ultimately leads to the army's defeat.

In addition, fighting is not only about equipment, training, scale, but also about morale. If fighting on both sides is attacked from both sides, it is most likely to cause psychological disintegration of the troops.

Therefore, without full confidence and absolute advantage in the military's combat effectiveness, war decision makers dare not easily expose their rear to the enemy.

In short, for a moment, the left vanguard army was trapped under Shuozhou city.

At this time, everyone looked at Wu Jie, a man whom Cai still called "Good Coach".

Wu Jie also knew that it was time to test himself.

Wu Jie pondered for a long time, his eyes slowly became firm. He said to everyone: "Everyone knows what the situation is here. As long as we start to attack the city, the Liao Dynasty's horse army will come to make trouble. Therefore, we must capture Shuozhou City in one fell swoop and cut off the thoughts of those flies... The guarding Shuozhou City is a warlike general, and there are many crossbows on his hands. He will not give us the chance to slowly approach the city wall to attack the city, so we can only compete with him."

Speaking of this, Wu Jie took a deep breath and said, "Wu Gong, Wu Fu, Wu Zhuo, Wu Kuo, Wu Yong leave!"

Wu Gong, Wu Fu, Wu Rong, Wu Kuo, and Wu Rong were all stunned, not understanding what his father asked them to leave at this critical moment?

Not only Wu Gong, Wu Fu, Wu Zhuang, Wu Kuo, Wu Huang, Wu Huang didn't understand what Wu Jie asked his son to go out at this moment, and no one else knew what Wu Jie asked his son to go out at this moment?

Wu Jie didn't let these people wonder for too long, so he said to Wu Gong, Wu Fu, Wu Kuo, Wu Sheng who were leaving the list: "My husband treats my Wu family as much as a mountain. Today is the time for my Wu family to serve the general's kindness..."

As soon as Wu Jie spoke, someone immediately guessed what Wu Jie wanted to do.

really!

After seeing his five sons one by one, Wu Jie gritted his teeth and said, "You five will draw a life-and-death lottery!"

"ah!"

Everyone was upset!

Someone advised: "General, no!"

Someone said, "General, we can think of other ways, there is no need to do this!"

Even Lu Junyi couldn't help but say, "Brother Wu, you really don't need to do this. My husband has no limit on our time, so you don't have to go to this extreme."

Wu Jie ignored Lu Junyi and others, but looked at his five sons and said, "You can retreat, you can not draw this life-and-death lottery, but no matter who it is, as long as you retreat this time, you will have to leave the Jinwu army and leave the Wu family. You are not allowed to say that you are my Wu Jie's son in the future."

Wu Gong, Wu Fu, Wu Rong, Wu Kuo, Wu Yong listened to his words and was all shocked!

but--

Wu Gong, Wu Fu, Wu Xuan, Wu Kuo, and Wu Yong also understood Wu Jie.

In fact, Cai is still too kind to the Wu family and trusts it too much. In less than a year, he not only promoted Wu Jie from the first team to the position of commander, but also promoted their uncle Wu Lin to deputy commander. It is conceivable that as long as there is a chance, their uncle Wu Lin will definitely become the commander. Not to mention Wu Jie and Wu Lin, even the second-generation Wu family children, are very trusted by Cai and entrusted with important tasks. How can the Wu family not repay such a favor that they know how to get it?

Wu Gong is the eldest brother. He took a deep breath and said, "The general is willing to draw a life-and-death lottery!"

Wu Sheng, the youngest, who was only thirteen years old, stood up resolutely when he saw his elder brother standing up and said, "I am willing to draw a life-and-death lottery!"

Seeing that Wu Sheng had stood up, if Wu Fu, Wu Sheng and Wu Kuo did not stand up, wouldn’t he be embarrassed?

Therefore, the three brothers said together: "I am willing to draw a life-and-death lottery!"

When Wu Jie saw this, he said with relief: "I, Wu Jie, have five good sons! Good sons!"

Although his heart was bleeding, Wu Jie still waved his hand and said, "Get the life and death signature!"

Everyone could not resist Wu Jie and could only get a life-and-death signature.

As a result, the "dead sign" was drawn by Wu Jie's youngest son Wu Sheng.

Anyone could see that Wu Jie's hand trembled with the dead card that Wu Rong had drawn.

But Wu Jie still pretended to be calm and asked Wu Sheng: "Son, are you afraid?"

Wu Sheng's childish face was full of perseverance and said, "My father said that a man should be kind to repay his kindness. My husband should be as kind as a mountain to my family. I should sell his life to him. My father also said that since he joined the army, he should have the awareness of sacrificing his life. The best destination for a soldier is to die in a battle between horses and corpses. Today, I am happy that I can get this best destination."

When Wu Jie heard this, he couldn't help but burst into tears.

But Wu Jie didn't say anything. He just sorted out his clothes for Wu Sheng, then bowed to Wu Sheng, and said, "Son, I'm proud of you!"

Wu Sheng didn't say anything to Wu Jie anymore, but directly clasped his fists around and said, "Brothers, let's go first!"

After saying that, Wu Sheng left everyone and went to the empty place to prepare.

Wu Jie wiped his tears, then asked someone to carry a silver coin, and then said aloud: "This is the military pay for brothers this month. Now I am recruiting suicide squads. If you are selected, you can come and catch a handful of them!"

Wu Jie's thirteen-year-old son has entered the suicide squad. What else can others say?

In addition, the mobilization of political workers.

In the end, all the soldiers of the Jinwu Front Army stood up and drew a life-and-death lottery, and chose one of them 10 times.

After the five hundred suicide squads were selected, Wu Jie said again: "The father and son are in the suicide squad, the father stays, the son goes back, the brothers are in the suicide squad, and the unmarried ones go back."

In this way, another 200 people went back, leaving only 300 suicide squads.

Wu Jie pointed to the silver coin and said, "Please!"

Wu Yong was the first to go up and grab a handful of silver coins.

However, Wu Sheng did not put the silver coins up, but threw his head behind him without looking back, saying, "Brothers, I'll spend this money for me!"

All the suicide squad members follow the example.

As a result, except for a dozen people who are greedy, concerned, and lucky, who are lucky, they put away the money or ask someone to bring it to someone, everyone else gave the money to their comrades.

After the suicide squad was selected, Wu Jie clasped his fists at Wang De and said, "Brother Wang, please ask those Liao cavalry."

Wang De finally understood why Cai still chose Wu Jie as the commander, instead of him as the commander.

Wang Dexin said: "Just ruthlessness, I am a little inferior to Wu Jinqing!"

Wang De was convinced, and he bowed to Wu Jie on the ground, and then said, "In two hours, if a cavalry of Liao came over to stop the general from siegeing the city, Wang De brought his head to see him!"

Wu Jie stopped talking nonsense and asked someone to get the spirits to drink Zhuangxing wine for the 300 members of the suicide squad, and then put explosives on them...

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Chapter completed!