Chapter 577: Arrangement

This battle also made Jiang Lang's reputation in one aspect. Although this reputation was not very good in the eyes of Kou Mu Jun, such as devils, whether the people or soldiers, they all described Jiang Lang as a monster with green faces and fangs, eating human flesh and drinking human blood. Of course, in one aspect, this can be regarded as a deterrent. At least those people who heard that the Ming army was coming, immediately started a great escape with their families. After all, those rumors made them think that the Ming soldiers were killing without blinking, and their generals wanted to eat people and drink human blood.

Now Kumamoto has been completely attacked, and the Ming Dynasty has also suffered a lot in this battle. After all, the Komu Army can be regarded as a very powerful army. It defeated the Mongol attack twice. At that time, the Mongol cavalry had no rivals, but suffered a lot of losses in this small Komu Army.

However, it is not the day. The current Ming soldiers are naturally not the Mongolian army of that day. After all, their commander comes from the future. The future war mode and the method of training soldiers have been integrated very well by him in the current era of cold weapons. Although the fighting style looks very single when siegeing the city, the Ming Dynasty has the strongest artillery. The wrath of the God of War can burn everything to block any enemy before this. The deterrence and destruction ability of the artillery is powerful. Even if you wear armor, you will be torn apart under the artillery.

The Komu Army's current technology has not yet developed to this era. They also have artillery, but in addition to shotguns, they are solid ammunition. It is good to use shotguns to attack soldiers at close range, and the area of ​​killing is also very large. However, the disadvantage is that the range is short. Although the implementation of ammunition has a relatively long range, it is equivalent to firing a large iron ball, which can be killed by a man, but at most it is only one or two. Facing the overwhelming soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, the deterrence of this artillery is obviously very limited. As for shotguns, the city guard is naturally mounted on the city wall, but this city wall is the first place covered by the Ming artillery. Many times, these artillery mounted on the city wall have no chance to fire.

However, even so, facing the Komu Army, the Ming Dynasty lost a lot of soldiers. When the casualties were counted after the war, at this stop, the Ming Dynasty suffered more than 20,000 casualties, while the Komu Army died in battle. As for those people, countless casualties were killed. The cavalry efficiently completed the order given to them by Jianglang, and showed no mercy to those unarmed people. In the end, as many as 50,000 or 60,000 people were killed. In the end, Jianglang dispatched almost half of the soldiers and dug several large pits far away from Kumamoto City. After all, these corpses will pollute the water source after corruption. Jianglang does not want Kumamoto to have no clean water in the future.

In addition to the corpses outside, the corpses in the city were also being sorted out. Due to the initial bombardment of artillery, many people died in the city. Then the remaining 9,000 cavalry began patrols and closely monitored the movements around. After all, they had the best mobility.

The original government in the city has now become the temporary meeting hall of the Ming Dynasty. Jiang Lang was sitting on it, but the generals could only stand. After all, the customs of the Komu Army were different from those of the Ming Dynasty. There were no chairs in this hall, only cushions, and everyone could only kneel. Of course, the generals of the Ming Dynasty could not kneel, so they stood.

Below the Jianglang, there is a huge map of the Kogi Army. There are four cities on it that have been circled with red pens, including four cities including Fukuoka, Kumamoto, Kitakyushu, and Nakatsu.

Jiang Lang looked at the generals in front of him, stood up, and said, "First of all, thank you for your hard work. During this period, he has won four big cities without stopping, and everyone is tired."

"I'm not tired!"

These generals said together.

Jiang Lang waved his hand and said, "Everyone is a matter of life and death. So don't say these polite words, you are not tired, the soldiers are also tired, and there have been great casualties outside during this period. In two days, the casualties have reached nearly 40,000. Our troops have already seemed a little insufficient. So according to my plan, we will temporarily stop the attack and focus on defense!"

The generals present were shocked. Tang Qihan was the old general, of course he had the most say. He was somewhat convinced of the extremely brave young general in front of him, but he was still a little puzzled by Jiang Lang's plan and asked: "General, this war is all about one thing. Now the Komu army has fled. For us, there is not a good opportunity to start attacking them? We should completely eliminate them. Why do we have to stop at this time? Moreover, the morale of the soldiers is very high now. This is a good opportunity!"

Deng Yuanjue was slightly silent. After following Jiang Lang for two years, he was already very familiar with Jiang Lang. From Jiang Lang's soldier exercises to his usual training, Deng Yuanjue knew clearly. Now that Jiang Lang is doing this, of course, he would not be unaware of the method of making a concerted effort. But there is another reason. After thinking carefully, Deng Yuanjue realized that there was a problem, that is, the Ming Dynasty's troops were already a little tight. At the beginning, the Ming Dynasty's severely injured soldiers had reached nearly 50,000, which means that these 50,000 people were temporarily unable to participate in the battle. For four cities, if the Komu Army had been completely separated from this island, then each city could be guarded by 10,000.

After a while, we can still hold on to the support of others, but now there are still remaining forces of the Komu Army on this island, and each city can guarantee at least 20,000 soldiers. In this way, the soldiers guarding the city in the four cities will need to be close to 80,000 to 90,000, which is about 130,000. The remaining forces also include naval divisions, logistics support and other troops. In this way, there are not many soldiers who can be used to siege the city. If the absolute advantage in siege is not guaranteed, then the siege battle will be very laborious and will inevitably aggravate casualties. Therefore, Jiang Lang’s purpose is to defend the city first, and then wait for the Ming reinforcements to arrive, and then launch an attack on other cities again.

Thinking of this, Deng Yuanjue immediately said: "General Tang, you don't understand what the general means. First, the soldiers who have fought for several days are already very tired. Some soldiers will definitely not be able to bear it if they continue to fight. And now some soldiers have already shown symptoms of disagreement. So at this time, we have to let our soldiers rest. Second, our troops are already insufficient, and the troops that can be used to attack cities are only 50,000 or 60,000 to attack a city with 40,000 or 50,000 people waiting for it.

It must be a little stretched, so the adults mean to stick to the city. If the Komu Army wants to retake it, we can take the opportunity to consume their combat power. On the contrary, if the Komu Army does not come, we will not be able to find it. We can rest and rest and let the soldiers take a good rest. Moreover, the wounded soldiers also need immediate treatment. The ashes and remains of the dead soldiers must be cremated and sent back to the country. At the same time, their names must be registered. In fact, there are a lot of soldiers now."

"But didn't we waste a good opportunity?"

Tang Qihan still couldn't figure it out. The war was just a word fast. Now that Komu Army is fleeing, isn't it a good time to pursue it?

Jiang Lang smiled and said, "General Tang, as you said, you can indeed attack other cities of the Komu Army while their morale is high, but don't forget that high morale is good, but the soldiers have good physical strength. And as long as one loses, our morale will be exhausted. Although victory or defeat is common in military affairs, we cannot afford to lose now. For the Komu Army, they now hope to win a game to protect their morale. Therefore, siege is not a very wise choice when the number of people cannot guarantee an absolute advantage. Therefore, I chose to stick to it and wait for the reinforcements to arrive, we will start the attack!"

"I know this too!"

Tang Qihan said, "But it will take some time to fight, and I feel shabby in my heart!"

Jiang Lang laughed and asked, "Who said we won't fight now, we still have to fight!"

When Tang Qihan heard this, he felt immediately.

Jiang Lang walked down and came to the front of the map, saying, "We have captured four cities, and this is also the main city of the Komu Army, but it does not mean that those small islands can be given up. So when I want the army to rest, the navy will be dispatched. On the one hand, the navy will encircle the navy of the Komu Army to protect the safety of unsuccessful sea transportation. This must be the place they want to destroy the most. Another point is to start cleaning up the Komu Army on these islands. I don't want this land to become part of the Ming Dynasty territory. No one will harasse the outside from behind, so from now on, we will start to sweep them! The soldiers of the navy are probably itchy, so they should give them a chance to exercise. If General Tang feels bored, it's better to go together, but it can't be delayed for too long, otherwise they won't be able to keep up with the battle here!"

Tang Qihan quickly waved his hand and said, "What's the point of fighting those shrimp soldiers and crab generals? I'd better stay here honestly and wait for the reinforcements from the country to arrive!"
Chapter completed!