Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 313, withdrawal

The victory report of Datong was delivered to Emperor Hongzhi in the shortest possible time in the form of [-] miles of intensification. Seeing the victory report, the little prince gathered [-] troops and ran a battalion of hundreds of miles, but was killed by the tall city wall of Datong pass. In a siege battle, the enemy was counted for money, and dozens of self-inflicted losses were reported.

Emperor Hongzhi was a little unbelievable at first, thinking that there was something wrong with the good news. Is this still the frontier army of the Ming Dynasty?
In the past, facing the attack of the little prince's army of [-], being able to defend it was regarded as a great achievement, but now not only defended it, but also reported that he had killed thousands of enemies.

However, when Liu Yu's battle report arrived in the capital, the guarding eunuch stationed in the frontier army also posted a good report. He introduced the situation in Datong in great detail, and what he said was not different from what Liu Yu reported.

Moreover, Jin Yiwei and Dongchang's spies in the border town area also reported the information in time, and what they said was the same as what Liu Yu reported.

"So that's the case, it's all made of cement, and it's really a magic weapon~"

After reading several reports in succession, Emperor Hongzhi believed the battle report sent back from the front line, and understood that the army that could stop the little prince relied entirely on cement.

Because of the tall city walls built with cement, they can easily kill the enemy.

"Herald to reward the frontline soldiers~"

Emperor Hongzhi was in a good mood, and with a wave of his big hand, he ordered the reward.

Emperor Hongzhi was in a good mood and had a good night's sleep, but at the foot of the mountain outside the Datong Pass, Dayan Khan was having trouble sleeping and eating. Inside the huge golden tent, the faces of all the tribal leaders were very ugly.

Although today's attack is only a tentative attack, and it is not expected to win Datong in one battle, everyone can see clearly the situation on the battlefield. The city wall is too high, like a natural moat blocking their way to the south above the road.

"Big Khan, the city wall of Datong is really too high. It is very difficult for us to attack it. The ladders are not as high as the city wall."

"Let's go look elsewhere."

The leader of Sirte's department suggested.

"That's right, Great Khan, the city wall of Datong is too high, we should find another place."

"Their walls are too high. Our archers have no advantage. They are suppressed to death. There is no way to provide suppression for the siege troops."

"I don't know if these Ming Dynasty people built the city wall, they could build it so high. They certainly couldn't build such a high city wall everywhere."

The other tribal leaders also shouted loudly, and none of them had the confidence to take down the grand pass in front of them. The height of the city wall was almost to the point of despair.

Dayan Khan looked stern, seeing that the leaders remained silent, of course he is difficult to fight in Datong here, but it is easy to fight in other places?
On the entire long line of defense, there are only a few places that can be used for large-scale marches. Although the other mountains and mountains are relatively low on the Great Wall and there are few people defending them, their own army cannot march.

All the places that could be marched were built with tall walls by the people of the Ming Dynasty, and it was equally difficult to move to other places, even worse than Datong.

At least here in Datong, the terrain is open, and his army can spread out to swarm up, maybe there is still a chance to open this gap.

"Everyone, did a little setback today make you feel discouraged?"

Dayan Khan looked at the tribal leaders and said coldly.

His words also made the golden tent quiet down. Everyone looked at Dayan Khan and fell silent.

"I've already had people investigate the other places. All of them are the same as here in Datong, with tall walls built. Even if we move there, it may not be better than here."

"Everyone should think more about how to break through the Datong in front of us."

Dayan Khan's prestige is naturally needless to say, he said that if he fights here, he will fight here, and there will be no change.

"Khan, our ladder is too short, we must make it higher."

"When we attack the city tomorrow, we can concentrate on the eagle archers to suppress the top of the city~"

"Can we try to sneak attack at night?"

"Today is just a tentative attack. Tomorrow, we can send more people to attack, and we will surely win in one battle."

Everyone immediately began to come up with ideas, which made Dayan Khan nod in satisfaction.

The next day, with the sound of horns, Dayan Khan's army pressed up again.

This time, they built even higher ladders, specially recruited archery masters, even organized brave warriors who were not afraid of death, and planned to invest tens of thousands of people to attack the city at once.

The longer the time dragged on, the more Ming troops would come to support them, Dayan Khan's purpose of feint attack would be completely ineffective, so he had to win Datong in the shortest possible time before the Ming troops came to support him.

Of course, Dayan Khan didn't know that Liu Yu had already mobilized heavy troops and was just waiting for Dayan Khan to attack.

"Um~uh~"

The horn sounded again, and the deafening shouts of killing sounded again in front of the Datong Pass. The siege troops of tens of thousands of people rushed towards Datong.

"Shhhhhhh"

The ones at the forefront are [-] eagle archers, all of whom are top archers. The grassland people are very good at riding and shooting. It can be said that everyone is a master, but only a very small number of them can Known as the eagle shooter, almost everyone can shoot down the eagle in the sky, and all of them are masters with a hundred shots. The bows they use are all powerful bows, with a longer range and greater power.

In addition to the five hundred archers, there are also archers counting money, forming a huge bow and arrow phalanx, ready to severely teach the Ming army on the city wall a lesson.

"咻~咻~"

With the start of the siege, the terrible rain of arrows covered the sky and the sun, bringing up clusters of blood.

On the city wall, because of the existence of the eagle archers, the casualties of the Ming army increased sharply. In many cases, bows and arrows would be shot immediately as soon as they appeared, which caused great suppression to the archers of the Ming army.

"Shoot me, and attack their archers fiercely. They must have invested in the legendary eagle archers. There won't be too many people like this, and they can't afford to lose."

Liu Yu was keenly aware of this, and regardless of the loss of his own archer, he still shot at the opponent with a condescending advantage. Even if the loss was heavy, the opponent would not be much better.

The arrows between the two sides attacked wave after wave, like heavy rain, bringing howls and screams.

Under the city wall, the battle has entered a fierce stage from the very beginning. The huge number of ladders can reach the city wall after yesterday's emergency heightening. Be the first to rush to the top of the city.

Here at the gate of the city, the Hercules carrying the bumper rushed over desperately, and began to hit the gate desperately, and was then attacked mercilessly by stones and hot oil.

Only this time, the prairie army put in enough quantity, and if someone fell in front, someone would immediately make up for it, fearless of death.

"Looks like this time it's for real~"

Liu Yu carefully observed the situation on the battlefield with a telescope. When he saw tens of thousands of siege troops, he knew that the opponent was serious today. Without hesitation, he also ordered more troops to defend the city.

The city wall was full of Ming soldiers defending the city. What they needed to do was very simple, that was to keep throwing stones and rolling logs down, without even seeing people, because the bottom was densely packed with enemies.

The oil in the cauldron has been boiled, spoonful after spoonful is poured down, there must be a miserable scream from below, and then one by one torches are thrown down, and the bottom instantly becomes a sea of ​​fire, in the sea of ​​fire , a large number of prairie people are constantly howling.

The battle situation was very tragic, and in just one stick of incense, there were piles of corpses under the city wall. During the burning of the fire, bursts of stench were emitted, and no one had time to pay attention to this at this time.

Some people have already climbed up the city wall, but they are greeted by ruthless spears, and it is difficult to tear the gap. Liu Yu is well prepared and has mobilized enough troops to almost fill the city wall. As long as someone comes up, immediately will poke down.

The battle went on and on, and despite the heavy losses, Dayan Khan still had no intention of ordering the troops to retreat. Before the first wave of attacks was over, there would be a second wave of attacks to take over immediately, without giving the Ming army a chance to breathe.

However, Liu Yu also has enough manpower here. The people in front were tired, and they were immediately replaced to the rear to rest.

Under the city wall, more and more corpses were piled up. The battle continued from morning to night. At the end, the defenders on the city wall used up all the stones, rolling logs, and hot oil, but they managed to hold the city gate. Corpses littered the field, blood flowed like rivers, and after a day of attack, the grassland army was exhausted and suffered heavy losses.

"Mingjin withdraws troops~"

Dayan Khan slowly closed his eyes. Although it was difficult to accept this, he still had to order the withdrawal of troops. The losses were heavy, and all his strength was invested, but Datong was still not captured.

"How did they see through my scheme? The feint attack didn't work at all, and there are too many Ming troops here."

(End of this chapter)