Borrow the day to change the day

After a while, the generals from all walks of life arrived, pretending to be sad, and reported to Sun Chengzong the situation in the city they occupied.

He Kegang from the Guan Ning Army finally arrived and reported that the north of the city was safe and that there was no trace of the Jian captives.

Judging from the statistics reported from various places, half of Yongping City has been destroyed. The burned houses in the entire city accounted for about one-tenth of the total. It is estimated that there are only less than [-] people left alive.

If Zhang Fengyi had not been ordered by Zhong Jinwei to desperately report the news, and if Sun Chengzong had come overnight, it is estimated that Yongping City would be a ruin of no one.

Sun Chengzong sighed, he couldn't pat his butt, so he pretended not to see Yongping's tragedy, and went directly to pursue Jianlu.

Therefore, he ordered all the armies, in addition to sending Yebushuu to search north for the traces of Jianlu, and also sent out some infantry troops from all walks of life to clean up the corpses all over the city, gather the people from all over the place, and tidy up Yongping City.

Then order Zhang Fengyi to lead a thousand white-armed troops to patrol the whole city and monitor the infantry from all walks of life. If they dare to disturb the people and harm the people, they will be killed on the spot.

The rest of the troops rested for half an hour before going north to pursue the Jianlu, and went to Qingshui Mingyue Pass to join the supervisor army.

The army immediately began to adjust, and the cavalry that had entered the city began to withdraw from the north gate and stationed to rest.The infantry at the south gate of Yongping, except those who entered the city to perform tasks, all other infantry passed around the city and were not allowed to enter the city. [

Sun Chengzong took this opportunity to write two memorials, one was a victory report, and the other was a memorial reporting the tragedy of Yongping, which was sent to the capital.

In less than half an hour, the night did not receive any rewards, and at a place about forty miles away from the city, we found traces of the army behind Jianlu.

As soon as Sun Chengzong heard this, he immediately ordered the cavalry to attack, clenching the Jiankui rear army, delaying their escape speed, and waiting for the infantry to catch up with the decisive battle.

Besides, Qin Wangjun's northward partial army has not gone northward.

The Jin Yiwei in the army had just arrived and had not yet formally started their mission of monitoring the generals of the army. In addition, they had just received an order to monitor the corruption of the generals in the army, and had no say in their marching and fighting.

Therefore, although Jin Yiwei knew that they were afraid of the enemy, they did not have the authority to govern, so they had to write a letter and send someone to the supervising army to report the situation.

It was only after the Baigan messenger team found them one after another and conveyed Zhong Jinwei's order that the North Route Army knew that there were prisoners ahead.

So, began to speed up the march.First, he forced the surrender of the Jianlu puppet army in Zunhua, and then immediately reported victory to the Chinese army.

Several general soldiers of the Northern Route Army tasted the sweetness after easily regaining Zunhua, and began to scramble to set off to the Santun camp, trying to grab the credit for recovering the city.

In Shanhaiguan, Zhu Mei had just received an order from the supervising army, and after deliberation, she decided to lead the remaining cavalry and some infantry to set off.

A large encirclement of Jianlu is slowly forming.

There are only a few wooden rafts installed on the top of Qingshui Mingyue Pass, and there are some corpses of Jianlu lying under the top of the wall, but there are not many.

Bellesutuo saw that the retreating troops did not suffer many casualties, but he basically pulled down the wooden rafts at the top of the city. He was quite satisfied and asked these people to retreat first to rest.

Then he called the two Niu Lue Zhen who were in charge of the second wave of attack and said: "Heshuobeile is trapped in the city, his life and death are unknown, and the main force of the Ming army is also coming. You must fight to the death, dare to be afraid of the enemy Fighter beheaded!"

The two Niulu really didn't answer, they just typed thousands neatly, and then turned back to their own Niulu. [

Shuo Tuo looked at the top of the city, and with a wave of his hand, the archers began to approach the city wall.

In the previous round of attacks, they had tested out that the Ming army at the top of the city did not have many long-range attack weapons, with few bows and arrows, and even less artillery.

Therefore, these archers were more courageous, and only after they dispersed and advanced to a place not far from the city wall, they began to suppress the archery.

The Minzhuang army on the top of the city has no armor, nor does it have earthen armor like Changli, so it is a headache for Jianlu's bows and arrows.

In the previous round of siege battles, not only did Jianlu fail to prevent the rafts from being pulled away, but also many civilians were shot in the head, causing many casualties.

Zhong Jinwei, Lu Xiangsheng, and Yan Yingyuan had an emergency discussion, so that Min Zhuang would not show up to fight back, and it would be fine to let Jianlu attack the city. Anyway, Jianlu did not have an iron catalpa hoe, so he could not dig the city wall. city ​​gate.

Niu Luer, who was on standby, saw that the archers were already in place and began to suppress the Ming army at the top of the city, so he took the lead and began to charge.

Hundreds of Jianlu rushed towards the city wall carrying simple ladders and giant logs. No one made a sound, and there was a tacit understanding among each other. No companions or archers bumped into the side due to lack of communication.

Seven or eight ladders leaned against the city wall with "snacks", Jianlu on both sides of the ladders consciously held up the ladders, and the companions behind him immediately started to climb the city with the ladders in one hand and weapons in the other.

"Crash!" Lu Xiangsheng was on this section of the city wall, and when he saw Jianlu's ladder leaning against the city wall, he ordered.

Min Zhuang, who had been waiting for a long time, had a long log as thick as the mouth of a bowl, one person in front held the direction, and the people behind pushed forward.

With a "snap", the long log bumped into the end of the ladder exposing the city wall, making a sound.

Suddenly, the ladder was forced and knocked away from the city wall, and Jianlu on the ladder fell down as the ladder stood up.

There are also some ladders that are broken in the middle due to uneven force due to poor quality, or because the bridges on the ladder are too heavy.

There are still a few long logs that missed the ladder, so I will do it again immediately.

Between these long logs, strong and strong Min Zhuang threw rolling logs and rocks down the city.

The Jianlu archers under the city only saw the rolling wood and rocks thrown from the top of the city, and fell to their companions under the ladder, but they couldn't see the Ming army at the top of the city, so they could only worry.

It didn't take long for Jianlu's ladder to be completely damaged, and several Jianlu who were carrying the giant wood were also injured several times. They had no way to defend against another collision, so they had to retreat, leaving a few piles of Jianlu's under the city wall. corpse.

Zhong Jinwei was watching the whole process of the battle, and smiled at Yan Yingyuan beside him and said: "It's easy to defend against the city wall!"

"That's because Jianlu doesn't know how to attack the city, otherwise the defense would not be so easy." Seeing that Zhong Jinwei was optimistic, Yan Yingyuan reminded him.

"Then if you want to attack, how do you attack?" Zhong Jinwei became interested when he heard this, and asked Yan Yingyuan.

"First of all, barbs are tied at both ends of the ladder, and when it is close to the city wall, it can hook the city head, so that it can't be used as a giant tree."

Zhong Jinwei was taken aback for a moment, as if that was the case.

"Secondly, a cloud chariot outside the city is as high as the top of the city, or even higher than the top of the city. Let the archers condescend to suppress it, and the defenders at the top of the city will find it difficult to calmly resist the enemy."

After Yan Yingyuan finished these two countermeasures, Zhong Jinwei's face turned pale.

If Jianlu outside the city uses these two tricks, the number of archers in the Minzhuang Army will not be as many as Jianlu, and the archery skills will not be as strong as Jianlu. If you can shoot from a high position, how can you fight?

"Also, when we Han attack the city gate, we don't just lift a log and rush towards the gate like Jianlu. This is useless and has no defense at all. There is a kind of siege vehicle, like a small house. The top is solid and the sides are sloping, and the rolling logs and stones will not hurt it much. The soldiers hide inside and hit the city gate with the hanging giant logs, which not only saves effort, but also has great power."

"Brother-in-law, Jianlu shouldn't know these things, right?" Zhong Jinwei turned pale when he heard this, and asked Yan Yingyuan.

Yan Yingyuan looked back at the outside of the city, and replied without a trace of joy: "It won't happen now, but it doesn't mean it won't happen in the future. They came in a hurry this time, and they didn't want to make it so fast."

"That's good." Zhong Jinwei rejoiced secretly, and then he thought about what he could do.After thinking about it for a long time, it seems that I just can't think of it. This kind of cold weapon war really has no idea.

Suddenly, his stomach growled, Zhong Jinwei's mind flashed, and he said to Yan Yingyuan: "Brother-in-law, you watch here, I will go to the back and prepare some hot water and hot meals for the soldiers, and give them supplements." Get some strength."

After Zhong Jinwei said this, Yan Yingyuan remembered and forgot about it.He, Lu Xiangsheng and others were both in charge of the army for the first time, and they were not regular troops with a clear division of labor. When encountering such continuous battles, they forgot to eat.

Now that Zhong Jinwei reminded him, Yan Yingyuan was a little hungry, so he asked Yu Haijing to accompany Zhong Jinwei to the rear to prepare meals.

Outside the city, two Niu Luerzhen, who were besieging the city, knelt on the ground and pleaded guilty to Shuo Tuo.

However, Shuo Tuo didn't use them to build his prestige. He just saw that these two Niu Lu'er were really soldiers and charged forward. It was only because the method was too simple that they were overcome by the Ming army at the top of the city, so they couldn't make any contribution.

Fortunately, the Ming army was overwhelmed by the archers in the city, and the rolling logs and rocks could only be thrown instead of smashed, and not many soldiers died.

Niu Luerzhen, the archer of Jianlu, also came to report to Shuotuo that he could not see the Ming army, and they had no use for them.

Shuotuo frowned, staring at Qingshuimingyue Pass, thinking that the city wall should be shorter.

When he saw the wooden rafts under the city wall, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he immediately ordered to prepare equipment and attack the city again.