At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the competition for the deer in the world

Chapter 147 The Ambition in Ru Zhongbai's Heart, the Tragic Attack and Defense Battle in Huai'an City

On Cheng De's side, he was worried about how to bypass Ru Zhongbai's [-] troops and support Huai'an City; on the other side, Ru Zhongbai was racking his brains on how to completely hold Cheng De back.

At this time, the sky was full of stars, illuminating the entire night sky.

Ru Zhongbai led an army of [-] troops from Huai'an city at noon, and arrived at a distance of ten miles outside Hongze city at Xu hour.

The entire army was stationed here under Ru Zhongbai's order.

The big camp was set up, and many people were arranged to inspect it in all directions.

In order to prevent the night attack of the Sizhou army in Hongze City, Ru Zhongbai also set up many traps outside the big tent of the Chinese army where he stayed.

In Ru Zhongbai's view, the preparation he made was just in case.

According to the investigation by the spies sent out, the gate of Hongze City in front is the east gate of Hongze City.

Ru Zhongbai led hundreds of people to a higher hillside three miles away from the east gate of Hongze City.

Standing on the hillside, Ru Zhongbai looked towards the east gate of Hongze City.

He could see that there were more soldiers stationed at the east gate, although all he saw were vague shadows.

But this does not affect his judgment.

Then, his eyes inadvertently glanced at a village under the hillside.

Ru Zhongbai's eyes flickered suddenly. He looked at the quiet village for a while, and then at Hongze City, which he couldn't see clearly. He quickly thought of an idea that could hold Cheng De back.

According to his guess, Cheng De wanted to lead troops to support Huai'an City, and there were only two routes by land and water.

As far as the waterway is concerned, he has sent people to keep an eye on Hongze Lake. Once they find a ship passing through Hongze Lake, they must report the situation to him immediately.

As far as the land route is concerned, he has studied the surrounding terrain, combined with the map of the Dayuan territory, he knows that there are three roads that can lead to Huai'an City.

One starts from Hongze Lake along a straight line, one starts from Jinhu City along a straight line, and the other starts from Baoying City along a straight line.

But no matter which road it is, Cheng De's Sizhou army will have no chance to pass through and reach Huai'an City.

The reason is simple: because the place where he stationed his army was at the junction of the three roads.

This place is the place where all three roads leading to Huai'an City must pass.

And this is also his intention to station the army here.

Thinking of this, the corners of Ru Zhongbai's mouth showed a smile line, and he looked in the direction of the east gate of Hongze City with a gloomy gaze.

If he wants to complete the task given to him by Prime Minister Tuotuo, he doesn't have to be restrained by Cheng De, he can also take the initiative to restrain him.

The best way to contain the enemy is to take the initiative to attack.

Right now, he has grasped the place Cheng De must pass through to support Huai'an City, and he is in an invincible position.

If he takes this opportunity to win Hongze City, it will make him famous.

Ru Zhongbai carefully analyzed the possibility of taking Hongze City.

He felt that he still had some hope.

The entire Sizhou Army is spreading the word on how Cheng De treats the people benevolently and righteously, so this time, I will see how Cheng De should make a choice.

Thinking of this, Ru Zhongbai looked coldly at the quiet village under the hillside.

"Come here, pass my order to let Utuchi lead 1 people under his command to bloodbath that village, then cut off their heads, and put their heads under the east gate of Hongze City. Remember that , regardless of men, women, or children, cut off their heads!"

"In addition, tell Utuchi that after the bloodbath of that village, find another nearby village, tie up all the people in the newly found village, and take them to Hongze City. Tomorrow, I will use These people, expose Cheng De's hypocritical side."

Ru Zhongbai's words were full of terrifying killing intent.

The murderous look in his eyes seemed to condense into substance, so that the surrounding air pressure was a little low.

Ru Zhongbai's left and right soldiers all felt awe-inspiring.

Among them, the head of a hundred households of the soldiers, with cold sweat on his forehead, responded directly: "Follow the order!"

Immediately, the head of a hundred households with his own soldiers quickly returned to the direction where the military camp was stationed with a few people.

Ru Zhongbai stared at the direction of the wall of the east gate of Hongze City for a while, then looked away, looked up at the sky, and sighed in his heart: "Tomorrow, my name, Ru Zhongbai, will spread to every corner of Dayuan."

Hongze City under the night sky is full of undercurrents, while Huai'an City under the other night sky is already full of blood.

As early as when Ru Zhongbo was ordered by Tuotuo to hold Cheng De, Tuotuo divided the 24 army into four groups, each with 6 yuan, and every [-] people were responsible for attacking one gate of Huai'an City. Four: East City Gate, South City Gate, West City Gate, and North City Gate.

He temporarily changed his previous plan of asking Bo Timurxian to lead an army of [-] to attack Huai'an City, and then half an hour later, all the remaining troops would be overwhelmed.

Tuotuo vowed fiercely in his heart that he would take Huai'an City within one day.

Therefore, he issued a ruthless order to let the 24 troops storm Huai'an City.

The city wall of Huai'an City is tall and strong, and the guarding army is about 2 people, almost all of whom are elite, which can be said to be indestructible.

However, power is relative.

Not to be outdone, the Yuan army attacking the city took Tuotuo with an army of 24, all weapons were well prepared, and all the siege equipment was available.

The vigorous siege battle began when Ru Zhongbai left, and entered a white-hot stage in the night sky filled with stars shining with crystal brilliance.

As the attack time got longer and longer, the siege battle became longer and more tragic.

The screams and howls never stopped.

Tuotuo's heart could not be shaken by the various sounds coming from all directions. His eyes were only fixed on Huai'an City, and a raging flame was ignited in his eyes.

"Kill Yuan Thief!!"

"Kill the traitor!!"

"kill!!"

"kill!!"

On the east wall of Huai'an City, Feng Guoyong stood at the front, with his arms pierced, waving his long knife continuously, slashing and killing Yuan soldiers who were trying to climb the city wall one after another.

The soldiers of the Sizhou Army around Feng Guoyong were all struggling to wield their long knives, fighting a life-and-death battle with the Yuan soldiers who had already climbed the city wall.

The Yuan army on the opposite side seemed to be endless, constantly popping up and climbing onto the city wall.

After Feng Guoyong hacked and killed another Yuan soldier who climbed up the city wall, he didn't have time to catch his breath and killed in another direction.

Feng Guoyong knew very well that this time, he had to guard the east gate of Huai'an City.
Otherwise, I feel sorry for the many brothers who died.

There were already countless corpses lying on the ground, so far, there was no place to step on the city wall.

Both the Sizhou army and the Yuan army are now fighting on corpses.

"Follow me to kill the Yuan thief!" Feng Guoyong let out a stern roar to cheer himself up.

One is to deter Yuan soldiers, and the other is to improve the morale of one's own side and cheer up to kill the enemy.

"what!!"

"what!!"

The world seems to be crying.

The place Deng Youde took was the North City Gate, and he was under a lot of pressure.

There are 7000 soldiers of the Sizhou Army stationed at the North City Gate.Among them, 2000 people are Jinyiwei and Jueshengwei of Huai'an City.

Because he was facing the most elite army of [-] led by Tuotuo under the city.

From the very beginning of the battle, the entire north gate of Huai'an City has been in fierce battle.

The continuous artillery fire intertwined with the shouts of the soldiers of the Sizhou Army, making it difficult for the people in Huai'an City to sleep, and they all felt uneasy.

Deng Youde led the soldiers of the Sizhou Army to disperse vertically and horizontally on the tall city wall, constantly changing formations to deal with the onslaught of thousands of Yuan troops climbing up the city wall.

Flames burst into the sky on the wall of the North City Gate.

From all directions came the sound of rumbling cannons.

The divine crossbowmen of the Sizhou Army, who had been waiting for a long time, shot towards the direction of the city behind Deng Youde and the soldiers of the Sizhou Army.

However, the Yuan army soldiers under the city wall were crowded like a vast ocean, and the falling arrows only harvested the lives of thousands of people.

For the vast Yuan army, there were not many waves at all.

Whenever the Yuan army who climbed up the city wall and attacked the city was killed, the shells of the Yuan army below the city would always bombard the city wall wave after wave, endangering the life and death of Deng Youde and other Sizhou troops on the city wall.

From the attack at noon to the current hour of Hai, the blood of the defenders of the Sizhou Army on the various walls of Huai'an City has already been agitated to the extreme, while the Yuan army attacking the city below the city is almost exhausted and its morale is low.

The battle intensified, the sound of gunfire and arrows rang together, and from time to time there were exclamations of pain from the top and bottom of the city.

Whether it was the Sizhou army above the city or the Yuan army below the city, there were extremely tragic scenes everywhere.

So far, with the passage of time, the Sizhou army above the city was seriously injured, and the morale of the Yuan army below the city was low. The results of the attack and defense became more and more obvious.

The soldiers of the Sizhou Army on the top of the city held their breath one after another, relying on their tenacious will to support them, and withstood the huge pressure of the Yuan army's siege.

The Yuan army under the city had low morale and could not raise their spirits.

Disgraced, everywhere.

Tuotuo looked at all this with a pale face, he stared at the tall city wall of Huai'an City, his eyes showed endless killing intent.

After a while, Tuotuo saw that the morale of the soldiers on his side was getting lower and lower, so he said to the left and right with a cold face: "Ming Jin retreats!"

next moment.

"When - when - when -"

A particularly crisp and sharp voice suddenly resounded over the city of Huai'an, and the distance it spread became farther and farther away.

Hear the sound of drums and advance, and hear the sound of gold and retreat.

After hearing the sound of the gong, all the Yuan soldiers retreated quickly like the ebbing tide.

They didn't dawdle at all.

Because if you don't enter after hearing the drums, if you don't hear the gold, if you can't raise the flag, if you can't press the flag down, this is called disobedience to the army, and the offender will be killed.

This is a military order they must obey!

Feng Guoyong on the east gate, Deng Youde on the north gate, Zhou Dexing on the south gate, and Zhang Qi on the west gate, all of them felt relieved after hearing the sound of the Yuan army's golden call, and sat slumped Under the city wall, leaning against the mountains of corpses all around, he took this opportunity to pant heavily.

Damn it, he finally retreated!

This Huai'an City, defend it!

This is the common thought of several of them at this time.

After resting for a while, Feng Guoyong sent someone to count the number of Sizhou Army soldiers.

Tuotuo under the city also sent people to count the current number of Yuan troops.

After some inventory, the battle report about this offensive and defensive battle also came out.

The Sizhou Army had 130 casualties, and the Yuan Army had 69 casualties.

At present, there are nearly 9000 survivors of the Sizhou Army.

But the Yuan army still has nearly 22 or so.

For a time, the soldiers of the Sizhou Army in Huai'an City were cast a shadow over their hearts.

In the next offensive and defensive battle, can they still defend Huai'an City?
Whether it is Feng Guoyong, Deng Youde, Zhou Dexing, Zhang Qi, or all the soldiers of the Sizhou Army in Huai'an City, they have no confidence in their hearts.

Three miles below the city of Huai'an.

The large tent of the Yuan army.

Tuotuo looked gloomyly at the statistics of casualties in this battle.

Bo Timur, who was staying in the big tent, shrugged his head and stared at the ground dejectedly, he didn't dare to look up at Prime Minister Tuotuo.

In this battle, Bo Timur was hit like this.

"This Huai'an City, I didn't expect it to be so difficult to attack! It's like a hard bone. Right now, our army's morale is low, so it is not appropriate to attack Huai'an City again. However, in this battle, I expect the casualties of the Sizhou Army in Huai'an City." Not a lot. If it happened three or five times in a row like today's battle, I think the soldiers of the Sizhou army stationed in Huai'an city would be completely wiped out by my Dayuan army."

Hearing Tuotuo's words, Bo Timur's eyes lit up, "Prime Minister, I don't know when should be the next attack?"

Tuotuo heard the words, pondered for a while, and then said: "These days, it is not appropriate to go to war again. Once morale is lost, it will be a bit troublesome to bring it up again. As for the next attack, it will be at Two days later! In these two days, I will try my best to raise the morale of our Dayuan army. At that time, I will try my best to take Huai'an City."

"Prime Minister, what should the Prime Minister do with Huai'an City after taking it down?" Bo Timur stared at Tuotuo.

As soon as Tuotuo heard Bo Timur's words, he knew that he wanted to imitate Xuzhou's massacre of Huai'an City.

After thinking about it, Tuotuo finally agreed.

So, Tuotuo replied: "Huai'an City is already the person who rebelled against Cheng De, so why not follow Xuzhou's massacre of the city again, this time, if Huai'an City is massacred, it will definitely shock the people in the world."

Bo Timur: "The prime minister is wise!"

Tuotuo shook his head, with a dignified expression on his face: "This time, I didn't take Huai'an City within a day, which made me deeply realize that this Sizhou Army is no better than the Red Turban Army of Zhimali before. Compared with the Sesame Li Hongjin army, it is obvious that Cheng De's Sizhou army is more difficult to deal with."

"For the sake of Da Yuan, this time, I want to wipe out all the Sizhou Army of the traitor Cheng De in one fell swoop. Only in this way can I return to Dadu with peace of mind."

Tuotuo's words showed determination, and his eyes showed endless killing intent.

Bo Timur deeply agrees with Prime Minister Tuotuo's words.

Today, he led the army to attack the north gate of Huai'an City.

As a result, he didn't get any benefits from the guard at the north gate of Huai'an City.

He had inquired that the guard at the north gate of Huai'an City was named Feng Guoyong, and he was the number one general under the rebel Cheng De.

This Feng Guoyong made Bo Timur fearful.

He felt that if Huai'an City was captured this time, he would be the first to kill Feng Guoyong to clear the way for Da Yuan.

"Two days later, we will attack Huai'an City again. During these two days, you should rest well." Tuotuo told Bo Timur.

Bo Timur nodded and replied: "Yes, the last general obeys the order!"

"Well. It's late at night, you go back to your big tent to rest first." Tuotuo picked up a book and said to Bo Timur.

Hearing this, Bo Timur bowed and bowed, then withdrew from the tent of the Chinese army.

Tuotuo looked at the back of Bo Timur leaving, and then looked at the document in his hand, his eyes were thoughtful.

Cheng De realized that the night was getting late, and He Wenhui and Ye Dui were still silent there, so he knew that the two of them couldn't come up with any idea to hold back Ru Zhongbai's [-] troops, and then he led The reinforcements went around Huai'an City to support Feng Guoyong.

Therefore, Cheng De waved his hands at He Wenhui and Ye Dui and said, "It's already late at night, you should go back and rest first!"

He Wenhui and Ye Dui felt guilty when they heard the words.

They didn't come up with any ideas on this matter, which made them feel ashamed as the military advisers of the Military Aircraft Department.

However, they really couldn't come up with any good ideas.

Hearing Cheng De's words, they looked at each other and could only smile wryly in their hearts.

In the end, they all bowed to Cheng De and then left.

After Cheng De watched He Wenhui and Ye Dui leave, he left the meeting hall, and after telling Li Xiaoci, Cheng Neng and other six people to also go to rest, he walked to the room in the inner courtyard of the General's Mansion.

In a flash of time, the night passed quietly.

(End of this chapter)