Entering the city behind, Lin Heng immediately asked his men to count the personnel and clarify the losses. Soon, the people below came back, and he told Lin Heng that in these two battles, more than 43,000 people died in the army, and one person was injured.
More than 15,000 people. This huge number of casualties made Lin Heng look ugly. He asked about Mongolia's losses again and asked their professional people to estimate them. The man thought for a while and gave his answer.
Above 25,000 people, below 35,000 people.
This is the number of people they estimated. Based on the actual situation, the Song Army should be happy with this result, but Lin Heng is not happy. Originally, the Mongols had more people, but now they have fewer deaths. The advantage of the Song Army is
Almost exhausted, how will the next battle proceed?
"Sir, Master Guo and Mrs. Guo are back!"
Lin Heng nodded, and he and Qi Gong stood up and walked outside the city to greet Guo Jing and Huang Rong. When they left, more than 3,000 Beggar Clan disciples were waiting for them, but when they came back, the number of them was less than 1,000. This time
, the Beggar Gang also suffered heavy losses. Not to mention the two thousand people lost by Guo Jing, Qi Gong himself also lost three to four thousand people. Although the Beggar Gang had many people, they were not an army and could not afford such losses.
After thinking about it, Lin Heng said to Qi Gong: "Qi Gong, the Beggar Clan has suffered too much loss this time. The future battles will be within the city, and there is no need for the Beggar Clan disciples. I think so, you can let Lu
Gang leader, please take away all the Beggar Clan disciples."
"What did the boy say?" Hong Qigong glared at Lin Heng with some displeasure and said, "Our Beggar Gang has always been known for our chivalry, and this time we have used all our strength to help the Song Dynasty. This is the time.
How can you leave first when life and death are at stake?"
Hearing what else Lin Heng could say, he sighed and said: "In that case, please ask Gang Leader Hong and Mrs. Guo to lead the Beggar Clan disciples outside."
"Didn't I say..." Qi Gong was furious and slapped the table with his palm. Fortunately, Huang Rong was clever and grabbed Qi Gong and said: "You mean to let us learn from you when you first dealt with Mongolia?"
Human methods are used to harass the Mongols outside and kill and injure their vitality."
Lin Heng nodded and said: "Outside, the Beggar Gang disciples can exert great power, but for defending the city, they are not as good as the sergeants. Now, the Mongols have not arrived yet, so it is the best choice for you to go out. Of course,
This is not your first priority. Your first priority is to send all the people in the city who are willing to leave to Xiangyang, and at the same time secretly dig a tunnel as a retreat for the army."
"Okay, I will act together with Qi Gong!" Huang Rong nodded, pulled Qi Gong and walked out. Seeing them leaving, Lin Heng breathed a sigh of relief, turned to Guo Jing and said: "Brother Guo, what's next is
It’s our business. There are more than 40,000 troops in the city now, which is too many people for this city. I hope you can lead half of the people and the residents of the city to leave together with Qi Gong and others."
"Brother Lin, you..." Guo Jing didn't expect Lin Heng to want to stay alone, and was a little shocked.
Lin Heng smiled at him and said: "Brother Guo, don't worry. I'll be fine. This time, I plan to burn Nanyang again. If I'm lucky, I won't be able to kill the Mongols with just one big fire.
Even if we can't solve it, they will kill a lot of their effective forces. Besides, I just asked people to dig tunnels, and Qi Gong and Mrs. Guo will also dig tunnels outside. The Mongols cannot trap us."
"Okay. Brother Lin said this, and I, Guo Jing, am not hypocritical!" Guo Jing stood up and clasped his fists, but Lin Heng immediately grabbed him again and ordered: "Brother Guo, you must prepare four huge rocks when you go out this time.
When a fire breaks out in the city, we seal the four gates and seal the Mongols here."
"Brother Lin, don't worry, I understand!" Guo Jing clasped his fists again and turned to leave.
After a while, Lin Heng was the only one left in the hall. He sat there and sighed slightly. This time, it was a battle to defend the city, and it was bound to be a miserable battle at the beginning. I hope I can retain more of my strength.
In the evening of the same day, Meng Ge's army arrived. Because it was already dark, they did not attack the city immediately. Instead, they had people surround the city. According to Lin Heng's visual inspection, at least 30,000 people were deployed at each city gate.
It is obviously impossible for Lin Heng to break out of the Mongolian army. Fortunately, he is smart and knows how to use tunnels, otherwise he would really be trapped and die here.
The city is already very deserted. Those who can leave have left, and the remaining ones are unwilling to leave. They don't want to leave, and Lin Heng has no choice. However, if the city is burned down, those people will be buried with them. Maybe some people will
Lin Heng was said to be cruel, but in order to deal with the Mongols, he couldn't care so much.
"General Wang, how is the tunnel excavation going?" Lin Heng stood on the city wall and asked the general beside him.
General Wang clasped his fists and said: "Reporting to the general, we followed the general's wishes and dug thirty-five tunnels together. Only three of them can lead to the outside of the city, and the others are connected to these three tunnels. I believe that by then,
As long as the general gives an order, our people hiding in the tunnel can turn the city into a city of fire."
Lin Heng nodded and said: "Okay. Next, you can command the army to defend the city. Remember, use as many defense equipment as possible to save lives."
"Yes!" General Wang received the order and immediately began to arrange the task of defending the city, while Lin Heng had someone move a chair and sit leisurely on the top of the city. He is the commander-in-chief and cannot leave here, otherwise he will definitely
Will go back to the room to rest.
After a night of preparations, the Mongolian army began to attack the city on the second day. With the number of Mongolians, they would not conduct a feint attack, but would attack from all sides. Lin Heng had expected this, so there were more than 20,000 people in the city, and each of his
The gates were divided into five thousand people, of which three thousand were to guard the city and two thousand were in reserve. The remaining people were either digging tunnels or setting up various traps, waiting to deliver a fatal blow to the Mongols.
There is not much to say about the city defense station. The Mongols attacked and the Song army used various methods to defend it. Trebuchets, bows and arrows, rolling stones, gold water, oil, etc. were all used by them. Because this was the first day, the number of Song troops
They were well prepared and well prepared. When there was no danger, they easily defended the town and killed a large number of Mongolians. However, they also suffered many casualties. In total, more than 3,000 people died.
This is only the first day, I believe the casualties will be greater on the second day, but there is no way, this is a city defense battle.
The next day, the city defenders still inflicted a large number of casualties on the Mongolian army. Countless Mongolian soldiers died under the city wall, and the Song army also suffered more than 5,000 casualties. Of course, this is not the most important, the most important thing is that the Mongols
The army continued to attack the city. They relied on their large numbers to attack again and again, which caused great fatigue to the Song army.
It can be said that without the reserve team prepared by Lin Heng, the city might have been captured today. Now, the city is defended, but the garrison is also exhausted. If the Mongolian army still attacks like this the next day, the Song army will be able to defend it.
Very difficult.
On the third day, the Mongolian army did not change their attack strategy. What was even more egregious was that they launched an attack during meal time, not allowing the Song army to have a moment to rest. As for the Mongolian army, they took advantage of the change of troops.
Time for some news.
By the afternoon of the battle, the Song army was too exhausted, and many of the city's defense supplies were consumed because of Lin Heng's words. He knew that the city could no longer be defended.
"General Wang, please send an order to all the city walls and ask them to prepare to shrink their troops and withdraw to the government office!"
"yes!"
Retreat is necessary, but how to withdraw is also a matter of knowledge. In order to prevent the Mongolian army from discovering anything wrong with the city, Lin Heng asked the army to defend the city with all their strength, but the reserve team did not need to go up, but waited until the Mongolian army attacked the city wall.
Finally, they gathered the defeated troops and retreated to the government office together.
The Mongolian army seemed to see the fatigue of the Song army, and its attacks became stronger and more urgent. Soon, the Song army could no longer hold on, and waves of Mongolian troops surged up like a tide. Lin Heng immediately gave the order
The army retreated, and the archers were ambushed on both sides of the street, preparing to block the Mongolian army. He himself took the defeated defenders and retreated to Fuya.
"Sir, this is the tunnel you ordered to dig!" Looking at the dark hole on the ground, Lin Heng nodded with satisfaction. He turned to General Wang and said, "Okay, now you order the troops to exit the tunnel.
Exit. Remember, the wounded go first!"
"yes!"
General Wang clasped his fists and then sent the order. Soon, the army was divided into four groups, three groups entered three tunnels and left the city through the tunnels, and the last group was distributed throughout the government office to guard the government office.
As the archers retreated into the government office, the Mongolian army began its final attack. Lin Heng personally only knew how to defend the army and commanded the army to defend the government office without retreating.
What’s interesting is the interlude in the middle, that is, Meng Ge sent someone to recruit the surrendering troops. But everyone knew that Mr. Lin had already prepared a retreat, and naturally they would not surrender just like that, so the man was beaten out severely.
The result was naturally a lifeless attack by the Mongolian army.
"Sir, the Mongolian army has broken through the first line of defense!"
"Sir, the Mongolian army has broken through the second line of defense!"
"Sir, the Mongolian army has invaded!"
Military reports came to Lin Heng again and again. He listened quietly without saying a word. When the Mongolian army invaded the government office, he immediately ordered: "Tell everyone to evacuate from the tunnel. Wang Shou
Set it on fire!"
"Yes!" General Wang bowed and accepted the order. He took a few soldiers and walked out immediately. Soon, a fire burst into the sky in the government office. The fire seemed to have eyes, burning in a circle.
The inner yamen were surrounded, and then they quickly started to burn outside. As for the inside, although it was also on fire, it was far less harmful than the burning outside.
Covered by the fire, the Song Army quickly pushed into the tunnel. Lin Heng also entered the tunnel at the end, and at the same time took out a loud arrow and shot it into the sky. This was Lin Heng's signal. After the signal, he was hidden in various tunnels in the city.
The Song army inside immediately started to set fire. In an instant, the fire spread all over the city, blocking the Mongolian army's approach and retreat.
The blazing fire was quickly spotted by Huang Rong, Guo Jing, Qi Gong and others who were ambushing outside the city. They immediately followed Lin Heng's instructions and blocked the city gate with big rocks. Unfortunately, they only blocked the gates on three sides.
, as for the city gate where the main army is located, they cannot approach it at all, which also leaves a way for the Mongolian army to escape and ascend to heaven. However, this is something that can't be helped, right?
