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Chapter 278: Digging Master
In the first battle with the barbarians, Ning Yi's side suffered very little loss. Apart from the thousand casualties of the criminal army, the rest was negligible.
However, the cavalry suffered hundreds of casualties, which was acceptable.
However, the barbarians lost nearly three thousand cavalrymen, especially when the second wave was intercepted, which caused them to suffer heavy casualties.
This battle alone is enough to prevent the barbarians from being so reckless as to come to Hushan Pass.
Just know that Hushan Pass is not easy to provoke.
In the next few days, Ning Yi dealt with another group of rebels. As usual, he first screened out the officers.
They were beheaded one by one. Who made them surrender? In that era, if an officer surrendered, it would be a death penalty. It was just for the soldiers to see.
In addition, the soldiers were forced to point fingers at each other, and those who helped the barbarians break through the city and indiscriminately killed civilians, robbed, and raped women in the city were all arrested by the thousands.
They were even beheaded one by one in public.
Several other generals tried to persuade him, thinking that this was unnecessary. After all, it was normal for soldiers to do this during war.
But Ning Yi insisted on doing so.
This time, the rebels were so frightened that they were afraid of His Royal Highness the Sixth Prince, so they killed them all.
Fortunately, Ning Yi only dealt with those guys who took advantage of the chaos to cause trouble.
Then some old and weak people were eliminated, and the remaining more than 10,000 people were reorganized into an army.
As a temporary army during wartime, Ning Yi directly let hundreds of his last seed-level book boys and half of the ninth-term book boys serve in it.
Completely control this temporary army.
Their task is to set aside an area in the south of the city for training.
Most of the selected troops were from border troops, had good combat capabilities, had been on the battlefield, and still had some conscience.
They were all officers who surrendered, and they followed the officers to join the enemy.
The reason why those vassal kings' soldiers were not rounded up, labeled as criminals, and used as scapegoats was because their families were all in the vassal kings' jurisdiction.
He might defect for his family in the future.
But it’s different for these rebels, as their families are all at the border, and some of their families have also suffered.
They can still be used. As long as they are properly organized and trained for a period of time, they can become a strong army.
Ning Yi no longer needed to hide and let them all train according to the Mandarin Duck Formation.
They are only given three months, and there will be no combat missions during these three months, but they must be well trained. Once they go to the battlefield, they must be a strong army that charges at the forefront.
As for the thousands of other rebels who were screened out, they were incorporated into the criminal army.
The rebel army was made up of a mixture of vassal kings' soldiers, and a lot of sand was added to it, which made it even more difficult for them to unite.
He also incorporated the remaining servants of his ninth term into the criminal army, serving as middle-level officers, at the level of a hundred lieutenants.
From now on, a group of book boys will be selected from each period to be incorporated into the criminal army.
Qin Haifeng was worried: "Your Highness, every time the rebels charge in, there are too many casualties. The servant is too precious. If he is included in the army, the casualties will be huge."
Ning Yi said unconcernedly, "What's there to worry about? Only by experiencing a truly life-and-death battle can one become a truly good soldier, which will be of great benefit to them in the future."
How can you grow up without going through hardships?
Similarly, in the eleventh phase, a thousand servants trained at the base were also sent in. These were orphans gathered from the border, and each of them had great hatred towards the barbarians.
Ning Yi had just finished reorganizing his side when the barbarian army came again in full force.
This time, there were about 70,000 to 80,000 rebels. Such a large number shocked Ning Yi.
What's more, there were even soldiers from vassal kings among them, and they surrendered because they had no other choice.
Of course, these were all dealt with by the barbarians. Most of the vassal kings' soldiers took a detour south, and no one was willing to confront the barbarians head-on.
And the barbarian cavalry really came with an army of 100,000.
The commander of the barbarians this time was their prime minister Atulu.
As Ning Yi had fought with Aturu several times, he knew this enemy very well.
Atulu did not lead the army to attack immediately, but instead set up camp several miles away.
When he received the news, the vanguard army and cavalry had lost thousands of people, and tens of thousands of rebels were wiped out.
He was so angry that he almost killed the vanguard general on the spot. What a waste.
However, this time, Aturu assembled his army and arrived at Hushan Pass, and he was still thinking of waiting for the army in the city to come out for a decisive battle.
Unfortunately, Hushan Pass seemed very quiet and ignored him.
Arturu stroked his white beard and snorted coldly at Hushan Pass in the distance: "Little thing, you are still as cunning as before."
He felt that the Sixth Prince was not a good person either. He was too smart and extremely cunning.
When I was in the capital, I suffered a lot from him.
But now that he has arrived with a large army, why should he still be afraid of the little guy's conspiracy and tricks?
This Hushan Pass looked very strong, but he still looked down on the group of miscellaneous soldiers from the Beijing Camp led by the Sixth Prince.
The real elite troops of the Dawu Kingdom, hundreds of thousands of border troops were defeated by them, not to mention the mere 100,000 Beijing troops.
But don't rush to attack, prepare well first.
On Ning Yi's side, many generals were also worried that His Royal Highness the Prince would rashly mobilize the entire army again.
This time the elite of the barbarians really came, one hundred thousand cavalrymen. Just looking at the distance, the mighty cavalrymen were enough to make people feel terrified.
What's more, there are nearly 70,000 to 80,000 rebels. They are not rioters and can really fight with you on the battlefield.
Ning Yi stood on the city wall, watched for a while, nodded slightly and said: "Old man Arturu personally led the troops here, and he is indeed much more cautious."
"All of you go back and prepare well. Hold your position firmly. No one is allowed to send out troops at will."
After hearing His Highness's words, everyone felt relieved and immediately went back to prepare.
After so much preparation, Hushan Pass is impregnable. Ning Yi has enough confidence that he can slowly consume the barbarians.
Aturu also prepared for several days, built countless siege weapons, and finally let the rebels try to attack by force.
But it soon failed.
Aturu looked at the battlefield in front of him with corpses scattered all over the ground, and the corners of his mouth twitched.
"Little guy, you really know how to dig a hole."
In front of the city, there were trenches and traps dug everywhere. Not only that, there were also sections of so-called barbed wire.
Ning Yi pulled out the barbed wire, causing a group of rebels who were rushing over to complain bitterly.
After such a long time, a group of servants led by craftsmen built catapults one after another, which smashed them to pieces when they were blocked by trenches and barbed wire, making them cry out in grief.
Not only can they not attack but they are also constantly being hit by stones. Who can withstand the pressure?
They had barely reached the edge of the city when they couldn't stand it anymore and retreated.
The soldiers on the city wall who were on full alert were all stunned. Is this the end?
They were preparing for a bloody battle with the rebels, but found that they had not done much at all.
On the contrary, the barbarians built so many ladders and ramming carts of various types, but because they were too heavy, the defeated soldiers left them there and could not pull them back, and they were smashed to pieces one by one by the catapults.