After Daishan withdrew his troops and returned to the camp, he wanted to hold a military meeting and analyze the defense of Changli City to the leaders of the Mongolian tribes to encourage them.
Unexpectedly, no one came to report. Daishan understood that the Mongols were afraid of heavy losses, and he resented himself for forcing them to attack the city.
Anyway, Changli City won't run away, so let's calm down their mood. Today's siege casualties fell on others, so Daishan went to drink and have fun by himself.
Although the Tatar siege was prevented and the battle was won, the atmosphere of the discussions in the Changli County government hall was not relaxed.
It's not because of the heavy casualties, on the contrary, the death rate of the rural soldiers was not high. The Mongolian Tatars who attacked the city this time were really poor. Many of the arrows that hit the city head were made of bone.
Yes, shooting the rustic armor of the local soldiers will not cause much damage to the local soldiers.[
These people in the lobby are currently in charge of Changli County, and they basically understand all matters related to Changli City.
It is precisely because of this that they all know that the supplies in the city, whether for civilian or military purposes, are seriously insufficient.
If the Tatars only need to siege without attacking, or if they attack the city with such high intensity as today, Changli City will fall sooner or later.
Although the small town of Changli County has withstood Jianlu's continuous attack for so many days, it is enough to win a high honor. But now the people in the lobby are concerned about the final fate of Changli City, because they understand that this talent
is the most important.
"Your Majesty, why don't my subordinates try to break out tonight and see if they can break out and ask for reinforcements?" Guard Shi Guozhu broke the silence in the lobby and asked for orders from Changli County Magistrate Zuo Yingxuan.
Zuo Yingxuan shook his head and disagreed: "Changli City still has to resist the siege of the Tatars outside the city, and you are indispensable."
Tens of thousands of Tatars are outside the city, and there are many Tatar patrol horses scattered around. There is little hope of being able to escape alive. Zuo Yingxuan does not want Shi Guozhu to sacrifice in vain, so keeping him in the city is still very useful. In the lobby
Suddenly he fell into silence again.
After a while, Wanjie stood up from his seat, clasped his fists to the left and said: "County Lord, why don't the students go? Apart from Shi Shouwei, I am the only one who has a chance to rush."
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After hearing this, Zuo Yingxuan thought for a while and shook his head: "Changli is about to enter a difficult stage. You have to stabilize the people's hearts and morale in the city, but you can't leave."
Leaving the city was a narrow escape. Wanjie had just mustered up the courage to commit suicide, but Zuo Yingxuan stopped him. He said it made sense, so he didn't insist anymore and sat back in his seat.
Everyone in the county government lobby had a good idea for a while, so they had no choice but to explore the potential of Changli City and wait for two days to see the situation before making a decision.
When everyone went back after the meeting, they all prayed to the gods and Buddhas in the sky, hoping for a miracle.
The leaders of the Mongolian tribes outside Changli City also complained one after another. The siege of the city suffered heavy losses, which was the largest loss since entering the customs.
At this time, they had confirmed that they had been fooled by Huang Taiji, and they were all regretting it. If they made up their mind to let them attack the city again, they must rely on it, or at least bring the Jin army to attack the city together.
Some tribal leaders were even thinking of finding an excuse to return to the grassland first. Anyway, they had grabbed more things than ever before, which would take a while.
No matter what the three parties to the war thought, night fell as always.
There was basically no sound in Changli City and the Jianlu Camp. Only the Mongol Tatar camp could hear the suppressed cries and screams of wounded soldiers from time to time. Fortunately, it was a separate camp for wounded soldiers, otherwise other camps would have made noise at night.
It is possible.
The five thousand cavalry troops who rescued Changli City set up camp in a remote place not far from the battlefield. At this time, a military meeting was being held in the Chinese military tent.
Zhong Jinwei was the supervisor of King Qin's army and had the highest status in this cavalry army, so he sat in the middle, but it was Guan Ning's deputy general He Kegang who presided over the meeting.[
He first introduced to the participants the information that had not been collected at night: Changli City withstood a large-scale siege by the Tatars during the day, and the people in the city are still safe and sound.
The army generals had already learned that they were going to rescue Changli City after setting off. Now that they knew the situation on the front line, they understood why Lieutenant General He was not in a hurry to advance.
Zhong Jinwei already knew the news, so after listening to He Kegang's explanation, he sat there with a calm expression.
Then He Kegang went on to talk about the situation of the enemy troops that he has detected at night: the Jianlu army is about 10,000, and the Mongolian Tatar army is about 40,000. This information is based on observing the enemy's camp size and flags from a distance.
The result is not very accurate, it can only be said to be an approximate value.
All the generals in the tent were silent when they heard that there were so many enemies. Except for He Kegang and Cao Wenzhao, none of these generals knew about it before setting off.
Now there is a huge disparity in the numbers between the enemy and ourselves. If anyone can still laugh, he is either a god or a fool. Therefore, it is no wonder that these generals are silent.
He Kegang had anticipated this situation and had discussed it with Zhong Jinwei and Cao Wenzhao beforehand. Therefore, after announcing the current situation, he directly assigned tasks and arranged tomorrow's war.
When the generals in the tent heard that they were not asked to fight the Tatars, they felt relieved and accepted the order one after another.
After all these generals retreated, Zhong Jinwei was a little worried and said: "The key to our first battle is the enemy's presence and our own covert, and our surprise. But we still have one night, so we won't be discovered by the Jianlu, right?"
Cao Wenzhao was leading the front army, and he was the one who sent it out if it was not to be collected at night. When Zhong Jinwei asked about it, he replied: "Please rest assured, the supervisor, the generals in advance have ordered that they should not be collected at night, and the Tatars are not allowed to explore the horse and find out."
, otherwise it will not be able to expose the location of the army if it is directed elsewhere."
"Supervisor, the Tatars probably didn't expect our army to come. It's just one night, so it should be fine." He Kegang also comforted Zhong Jinwei.
Seeing that these two famous generals had said this, Zhong Jinwei stopped worrying and went back to his tent to rest. After a day of riding, he was tired enough.
Early the next morning, Daishan forcibly held a military meeting. After a night's rest, it was time to start work.
As soon as Daishan insisted, the leaders of the various Mongolian tribes did not dare not listen, and reluctantly came to hold meetings one after another. Daishan wanted to use them, and he did not care about their procrastination.
When these Mongolians entered the tent, they all looked sad. But Daishan didn't seem to notice and greeted them affectionately.
After everyone had arrived, Dai Shan spoke: "Yesterday, you fought very well. You consumed a lot of defensive supplies in Changli City and even almost attacked the city. Ben Beile is very satisfied."
Why don't you tell us how many of our sons have died and how many lives have been taken to fill them? The leaders secretly cursed Daishan, the culprit who caused them heavy losses, for giving birth to a son without an asshole.
Daishan did not expect them to respond to his words, so he went on to say: "Ben Beile can assure you with all his heart that we will be able to capture this little Changli City today."
The Mongolian leaders still hung their heads and let Daishan sing a one-man show.
"Next, Ben Beile began to assign tasks." Seeing that no one listened to his kind words, Dai Shan went straight to the topic.
When the Mongolian leaders heard this, they immediately felt like a pot was exploding. They complained to Daishan one after another: "Master Beile, my tribe's ladders haven't even had time to finish work, so we can't fight."
"Master Beile, using only ladders to attack the city will cause too many casualties. Can you provide some artillery for use?" [
"Our tribe has suffered too many losses and has lost its vitality. How about Daijin's warriors go first?"
"That's right, the warriors of Dajin have always been the enemy of the world. As long as they attack the city, they are not easy to capture."
"..."
Daishan listened and heard that these Mongolians were either looking for excuses not to go, or they wanted to force him to send troops to fight. He couldn't help but get angry. He slapped the table and said: "What are you doing? What are you doing? You think this is the Yamen of the Ming Dynasty. It's so noisy."
What does it look like?”
Seeing Daishan getting angry, the big tent became quiet.
"If there were other siege tools, Changli would be left for you to attack. Let me tell you, Ben Beile doesn't even have a hoe or shovel in his hand, otherwise the wall of Changli would have been dug down long ago." Daishan said accidentally in anger.
Lost his mouth.
When the Mongolian leaders heard this, they secretly said in their hearts: "You, the Jin Kingdom, can't conquer it on your own, and yet you still say how rich Changli is and how easy it is to fight. I will never believe your lies next time."
At this time, Tan Ma came to report that he had discovered the Ming army.