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

Chapter 265: Xuzhou

"The general fighting in front of the marshal's formation was killed by Yang Zhenlong, and the whole army was defeated..." Ye Dimi looked at the defeated soldiers in front of him and felt that all the bones in his body had been taken away.

This defeated army was deliberately put in by the Song Army in order to tell Ye Lost: Li Heng is gone, so hurry up and surrender.

The high morale of the defenders depends on food, generals, and foreign aid.

Foreign aid is not only a supply of food and grass for the troops, but also a source of hope.

So Lu Wenhuan chose to surrender after holding on for six years. He was really desperate.

At this time, Ye Lost felt desperate.

There is a lot of food in the city, and there are also sufficient reserves of salt, medicinal materials, etc. The army has suffered heavy losses in artillery, but other equipment is sufficient.

However, the biggest fear of all is that there is no firewood in the city.

Seven things to do before opening the door: firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, tea, why is firewood the first?
Think about the horror of being without electricity or gas in later generations when we were banned.

Drink cold water and eat raw rice, you can definitely live, but it is not certain how long you can last.

Therefore, when Li Tingzhi defended Yangzhou, he not only fed on human flesh, but also used dry bones as salary.

Ye's lost is a veteran, so he naturally knows the importance of firewood and has stored a lot of it in advance.

It's just that the density of this thing is too low, and the collection is too labor-intensive. Half of the preparation for more than half a year was lost by the Song Army.

I originally thought that with Li Heng's support, even if the siege could not be completely relieved, the soldiers could be sent out to collect firewood, but now that there is no support, there is no need to think about leaving the city.

In fact, it was useless to leave the city, because there was a severe drought, the vegetation was sparse, and the Song army also needed to eat.

Although the Song Army had already used coal stoves, in order to reduce logistical pressure and the most important thing was to have nothing to do, they had gathered everything outside the city.

"Come here!" Ye Dimimusi cheered up and summoned the generals to discuss matters.

The situation is like this, everyone knows it, and how to solve it is the key.

Negotiations went nowhere.

"We can't sit still and wait for death!" Ye Dimi said fiercely: "Gather the entire army and break out!"

"General, without the protection of the trenches, I'm afraid we will all die from the artillery fire."

"What are you afraid of? We have been favored by the Great Khan, and we should repay it with death!"

"It's getting colder and colder. Hiding in a ditch is a dead end. It's better to fight."

"Kill one to earn enough money, kill two to earn one, what's it worth?"

"I'm just afraid that I won't be able to fight out and I'll give Xuzhou away in vain."

"So what if we hold on? If we are stuck here, we will delay it for more than a month at most. If most of us break through, we can reorganize our defense lines at the rear."

The generals discussed it one after another and couldn't agree on what to do.

Ye Dimi could clearly see that the Mongolian generals were the ones who wanted to be killed, while the Han generals wanted stability.

After a while, the Mongolian general began to criticize him personally.

"You Han people are cowardly. You invested in gold before and then in Yuan. Now are you going to join the Southern bandits?"

"That's nonsense. I don't think any family has a son who died for the country. How can we allow you to slander us like this?"

"That being the case, why can't you shirk the blame?"

"The overall situation is of paramount importance. If we are to die here, why should we stop the Song army?"

"That's enough!" Ye Zimi shouted, stopping everyone's quarrel.

"You are all generals, and you are not on good terms with each other. How can your subordinates be of the same mind?" Ye Dimi scolded.

The generals were angrily silent.

Ye Dimi said: "I have made up my mind. I will order [-] troops tonight to attack the Song army's position. If it can be broken, the whole army will leave. If not, continue to hold on."

The general's decision was determined, and the generals no longer objected, and went back to deploy their troops.

Yuan soldiers mobilized using trenches as cover, which could indeed prevent shelling, but their movements could not be concealed.

Zhang Shijie observed for a while and immediately ordered the defenders in the west of the city to evacuate their positions.Chen Wei asked: "General manager, if the Yuan army takes the initiative to attack, it is a great opportunity to kill the enemy. How can we let them go?"

"So it's hard for you to become a general." Zhang Shijie joked and said, "It's hard to catch the mouse in the hole, so of course you have to let it out."

On the flat ground, muskets and artillery were the most powerful. When the Yuan army left the trench, it was cool every minute. Chen Wei understood it as soon as he thought about it.

In the middle of the night, Ye's lost his mind personally led the elite attack, but was not sniped by the Song army and easily occupied three trenches outside the city.

Further ahead, there is a flat and unobstructed wilderness, where you can run around.

"Surround three towers, surround three towers!" Ye was lost and his heart felt cold.

"General, the entire army is ready. Do you want to leave the city?" the guard asked.

"Can you leave?" Ye Zi lost asked.

Anyone who has fought in a war knows the principle of surrounding three buildings. They also know that the way to life is followed by the way to death.

But hesitation is the most taboo in military tactics. Even wrong orders are better than no orders at all.

"Get the whole army out of the city and kill Xianyi County!" Ye Dimi ordered through gritted teeth.

The Yuan army, which had been prepared for a long time, got the order and swarmed out of the trench and ran towards the west.

Not long after the Yuan soldiers left, the Song army entered the city from the east and took over the empty city... It was not completely empty. If the Yuan soldiers didn't want to leave, they waited until the Song soldiers appeared and immediately knelt down and surrendered.

By noon, the Song army had completely taken over Xuzhou, and at the same time gathered more than 5000 surrendered troops.

Ye Di lost his way and led a large group of troops to run wildly all night, running for fifteen miles, and lost many people in the middle of the run, with only [-] troops accompanying him.

"Instruct the whole army to rest on the spot, collect firewood and have a warm meal before leaving."

It's not that Ye is lost and doesn't want to leave, it's that the soldiers can't walk.

So the [-]-strong army dispersed, cutting grass and wood to prepare for cooking.

After being busy for a while, the smoke rose from the kitchen. The Yuan soldiers, who had been chewing raw rice for several days, were swallowing their saliva and waiting for the meal to be served. Suddenly a horse came running wildly.

"The Song Army is coming, the Song Army is coming~"

"Prepare the army for war!" Ye Dimi shouted and ordered.

The generals immediately gathered their troops, but before the assembly was completed, the Song Army had already appeared in sight.

Not many, just 1 people.

The Song army was scattered everywhere. In a hurry, Zhang Shijie mobilized so many, but it was enough.

Three thousand musketeers formed the central army, pressing forward step by step. Before they could reach the [-]-step shooting range, the panicked Yuan soldiers had already opened their bows and fired arrows.

Not to mention shooting Lonely, the musketeers wearing heavy armor were not afraid even if they were covered with arrows.

In a moment, the musketeers advanced fifty steps and opened fire at the same time without waiting for the Yuan army's sky thunder hand to throw the sky thunder.

"Run~"

There was a shout from nowhere, and Yuan Bing turned around and ran away. No matter how hard the generals tried to suppress him, it was useless.

"With the Musketeers as the core, divide into ten teams and kill them completely!" Zhang Shijie ordered calmly.

They are running everywhere, and it is impossible to annihilate them. If they are scattered and scattered, they cannot be gathered together. Just catch them slowly from behind.

In fact, Song Jun does not need to take action.

The soldiers of the Yuan Dynasty used all their strength and ran as fast as they could. When they collapsed to the ground exhausted, they were captured by the Song army.

It only took one round of gunfire to defeat the [-] yuan army, but it took three full days to capture the defeated army.

In the end, most of Ye Mi's horse-riding generals escaped, more than 1000 soldiers were captured alive, and the remaining 3000 soldiers did not know where to go.

Nothing to do with the big picture.

Jiangxi is very mountainous, and defeated soldiers can gather and gather together as bandits. From the time we captured the two lakes to this day, bandits still invade places from time to time. In Xuzhou, Mangdang Mountain is the only place where people can hide.

However, during the severe drought, the people fled, and the bandits who fell into the grass were unable to plunder, and they would starve to death sooner or later.

(End of this chapter)