At the end of Song Dynasty: I want to be the master of ZTE

Chapter 260
There was a constant roar outside the city of Xuzhou, and the city was filled with sand and dust, making it impossible to see anything.

After a while, the Song Army's artillery stopped and the smoke dissipated, revealing several acres of the city.

Months of constant bombardment saw the city walls collapse and houses razed to the ground, with only a few sturdy buildings still standing.

The Yuan army did not fight back.

To this day, all the Yuan army's artillery has been destroyed.

A large group of Yuan soldiers came out of the cannon-proof cave, and the trebuchets were also ready to launch.

Normally at this time, the Song Army would definitely send troops to attack.

The small trebuchet only needs three or five people to operate, and it can be activated very quickly. Although it can only throw the thunder two hundred steps, the accuracy is not satisfactory, but it can be launched from the bottom of the trench.

It was precisely with the suppression of more than 500 trebuchets and the reasonable use of sky mines and mines that Ye Lost firmly controlled most of Xuzhou City and caused thousands of casualties to the Song Army.

The Song army did not launch an attack.

From the trench on the opposite side, there were chaotic shouts.

"Er Gouzi, I am your father, a tartar cannibal."

"Sanlang, my eldest sister's family was eaten by the Tatars. I want revenge..."

"The youngest..."

A thousand murmurs all turned into one sound: Tartars eat people.

"Brothers on the opposite side, listen." A group of Song soldiers with loud voices shouted at the same time: "Li Heng is stationed at Mangdang Mountain. His [-] soldiers consume countless amounts of food.

However, there was a severe drought this year and the grain harvest was cut off. The Yellow River was under the control of Wang Shi, and grain could not be transported from the north. Therefore, Li Heng sent troops to capture the people for grain, which they called two-legged sheep.

Brothers, under the Tatars, we are just two-legged sheep. It is impossible to say that your parents, wives and daughters have become Li Heng's food.

The Tatar court is only so cruel, why do you still want to work for him? "

The Yuan soldiers looked at each other for a while, then whispered to each other.

"real or fake?"

“There will be a severe drought this year, and Xuzhou’s harvest will definitely be cut off.”

"We have food in storage, but Li Heng can't bring that much food."

"How to do?"

"Don't listen to the nonsense of the southern thieves. This is a poisonous plan to shake the morale of our troops." General Yuan shouted angrily: "Everyone is on alert. Those who whisper to each other will be punished for shaking the morale of the troops."

"Brothers, here is Wang Laoliu, a native of Wangjia Village in Xiao County. He was captured by the Yuan army the day before yesterday and was rescued when he was escorted to Mangdang Mountain.

Brothers, he heard with his own ears that the Tatars capture people for food! "

After Song Bing finished shouting, Wang Laoliu popped up under the cover of the shield and shouted: "I am Wangcun Laoliu. Is there anyone from Wangjiacun or nearby on the opposite side?"

There was a commotion among Yuan soldiers, and more than ten people couldn't help but come forward to take a look.

When General Yuan saw this, he immediately raised his spear and drew it, angrily shouting: "You want to die, don't you know that the Southern bandits are powerful with muskets?"

"Tou Tou, we just want to see if it's true." Yuan Bing defended weakly.

"So what if they are from your village?" Yuan Jiang shouted: "The southern thieves invaded the country, swept across the countryside, and arrested the people with ease. Aren't people like Wang Laoliu just allowed to manipulate them?

Don't be fooled, what the thieves say is all lies. Think about it, have you ever been short of food in these days?How could the imperial court descend to the point of cannibalism when its territory was vast and its food was endless? "

Makes sense.

Xuzhou City had sufficient food reserves and the defenders did not starve. In addition, they regarded the Song army as invaders, so their morale was acceptable.

By analogy, if the army outside has a steady supply of food, how can it eat people?

Therefore, the Song army only caused a commotion by calling out the people, but did not cause any major impact.

"Straight bitch, so stubborn!" Zhang Shijie was rewarded and his teeth itched with anger.

"General manager, after all, I have been missing for too long. He has forgotten his identity as a Han family and regards us as thieves." Councilor Fang Jing said.Zhang Shijie calmed down and asked: "The imperial court is short of food and grass, and the enemy must be defeated within a month. Besides attacking by force, is there any good strategy?"

The crowd was silent.

It would definitely be better to attack by force and get lost, but judging from the early battles, it is impossible without paying more than [-] lives.

Twenty thousand people were injured in one battle, which was too costly.

It will take time to wait for the food in the city to run out, and what the Song army lacks most is time.

"General manager." Chen Wei said: "Now that things have come to an end, we might as well attack Li Heng first. The Yuan captives gathered food to support Xuzhou, so the Yuan army in this department was able to maintain a stalemate. However, Li Heng's department was in short supply of food and grass. They surrounded it with a large army. It didn't take more than a month. The battle will collapse!"

"Okay!" Zhang Shijie made up his mind and said, "Except for Jiuning Mountain, all the troops will advance to Mangdang Mountain to defeat Li Heng first."

As soon as the order was given, all the troops immediately gave up their defense lines, gathered behind Jiuning Mountain, and boarded boats one by one to swim upstream.

Upon discovering the Song army's movements, Ye Shimizu immediately sent a fast horse to notify Li Heng.

More than a hundred cavalry came out separately. Although they told what they didn't intend, they were all intercepted and killed by the Song army.

With Naiyan's strong support, the number of Song Army cavalry has skyrocketed. Today, there are [-] cavalry around Xuzhou. Three thousand cavalry can cover up the news of Xuzhou.

There are not many cavalry in Xuzhou city, but Li Heng's troops have many.

When the first part of the Song Army landed on the upper reaches of Mangshan Mountain, the Yuan Army Rangers immediately reported the news.

Li Heng was not surprised but overjoyed, and said: "It's just the right time!"

"Marshal, we can only last for ten days with food and supplies. If we are surrounded, I'm afraid..." Wanhu didn't say anything yet.

Originally, the Song army was to prevent Li Hengdong from entering Xuzhou. The Yuan army in Mangdang Mountain could calmly go out and capture two-legged sheep to supplement the army's rations. Now that the Song army came in large numbers, they were bound to be surrounded.

Mangdang Mountain is not steep, but several of the hills are dozens of feet high. Stones alone can teach Song Jun how to behave.

Lack of food is the key.

Feeding on the people will not have any impact as long as the soldiers don't know about it, but without the people, you can't feed on the soldiers, right?
It's no wonder if you don't work hard.

"How can we passively defend?" Li Heng sneered: "The whole army is packed up and we will return to Bozhou tomorrow. If the Song army comes to pursue us, we will defeat it with the cavalry army!"

"The Song army also has cavalry troops, I'm afraid it's inappropriate." Meng Qi said.

"Although there are many cavalry troops, the elites are only six thousand under Yang Zhenlong's command. Why should we be afraid?" Li Heng looked at Shi Bi and asked: "Now that all the twenty thousand cavalry troops have been put into use, can they possibly defeat Yang Zhenlong?"

"Marshal, don't worry, we will teach him how to come back without coming back!" Shi Bi replied.

"Very good." Li Heng nodded and said, "The whole army has withdrawn camp. There is no need to cover up the movement. We will set off tomorrow."

"I will obey the Marshal's military orders." Everyone responded.

After a group of people discussed the details, they dispersed and gathered their own troops.

Mangdang Mountain is not too big, but there are more than ten hills, and each department is stationed on it.

After a busy night, all the ministries abandoned their heavy baggage and gathered together one after another. At dawn, the horse army led the way out of the mountain.

Seeing the retreat of the Yuan army, the Song army's cavalry immediately reported to Yang Zhenlong in Xiao County.

"Regardless of whether it's a scam or not, it's still a good opportunity!" Yang Zhenlong made a decisive decision and ordered his troops to leave the city.

He was brave but not reckless. He just stayed far behind, waiting for Zhang Shijie's cavalry to come and join him.

Don't worry about Yuan Jun running away.

When an army moves, the speed is always determined by the slowest one among them. Unless Li Heng abandons the artillery accompanying the army, he will definitely not be able to outrun the Song army.

Of course Li Heng saw Song Jun's actions, but waited patiently.

The [-]-horse army he commanded were all elite cavalry. It was unclear whether they could kill Yang Zhenlong, but they would definitely be able to kill the miscellaneous cavalry of the Song Army.

The cavalry does not just need horses. Without years of training, they are afraid that they will be knocked off their horses if they fail to kill the enemy at high speeds.

(End of this chapter)