After a while, the general soldiers from all walks of life arrived, and each of them pretended to be sad and reported to Sun Chengzong the situation in the city they occupied.
He Kegang of Guan Ning's army finally arrived and reported that the north of the city was safe and there was no sign of any captives.
Judging from the statistics reported from various places, half of Yongping City has been destroyed, about one-tenth of the burned houses in the entire city, and it is estimated that there are less than 10,000 people alive.
If Zhang Fengyi hadn't risked her life to report the news on Zhong Jinwei's orders, and Sun Chengzong hadn't arrived overnight, Yongping City would have been in ruins.
Sun Chengzong sighed. He couldn't pat his butt and pretended that he couldn't see Yongping's tragic situation, and went straight to pursue Jianlu.
Therefore, he ordered all armies to not only send troops to search for traces of Jianlu in the north at night, but also to allocate part of the infantry to collect the corpses all over the city, collect the people everywhere, and organize Yongping City.
Zhang Fengyi was then ordered to lead a thousand white-pole troops to inspect the entire city and monitor all infantry troops. If anyone dared to disturb or harm the people, he would be killed on the spot.
The rest of the troops rested for half an hour before pursuing Jianlu to the north, and went to Qingshui Mingyue Pass to join the supervisory 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. Except for the infantry at the south gate of Yongping, except for those who entered the city to perform tasks, all other infantry bypassed the city and were not allowed to enter the city.
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Sun Chengzong took this opportunity to write two memorials, one reporting victory and the other reporting the tragic situation in Yongping, and sent them to the capital.
Less than half an hour later, Ye did not collect any returns, and found traces of Jianlu's rear army about forty miles away from the city.
When Sun Chengzong heard this, he immediately ordered the cavalry to attack, bite the Jianlu rear army, delay their escape, and wait for the infantry to catch up with the decisive battle.
Besides, the northern branch of King Qin's army never moved north.
Because the Jinyi Guards in the army had just arrived, they had not yet formally started to perform their mission of monitoring the army generals. In addition, the order they had just received was only to monitor the corruption of the army generals, and had no say in their marching and fighting.
Therefore, although the Jin Yiwei knew that they were afraid of the enemy, they did not have the authority to take charge, so they had to write and send people to the supervisory army to report the situation.
Only after the Baigan messenger group found them one after another and conveyed Zhong Jinwei's orders did the Northern Route Army know that prisoners had been established in front.
So, they began to march at an accelerated pace. First, they forced the Jianlu and puppet troops in Zunhua to surrender, and then immediately reported their victory to the Chinese army.
Several general soldiers of the Northern Route Army tasted the benefits after easily recapturing Zunhua, and began to rush to Santun Camp, trying to take the credit for recovering the city.
At Shanhaiguan, Zhu Mei had just received the order from the supervisory army. After discussion, he decided to lead the remaining cavalry and part of the infantry in person.
A large encirclement of Jianlu was slowly forming.
There are only a few wooden rafts installed on the city head of Qingshui Mingyue Pass. There are some corpses of Jianluo lying under the city head, but not many.
Seeing that the retreating troops had not suffered many casualties, but they had basically pulled down the wooden rafts at the top of the city, Beleshuotu was quite satisfied and asked these people to retreat and rest first.
Then he called the two Niu Lu Ezhen who were responsible for the second wave of attacks and said: "Heshuobele is trapped in the city. His life and death are unknown. The main force of the Ming army from the rear is also coming. You must attack it with all your might. If you dare to be afraid of the enemy,
Kill the warrior!"
The two Niulu Ezhen didn't answer, they simply called Qian and then went back to their own Niulu.[
Shuotuo looked at the top of the city, waved his hand, and the archers began to approach the city wall.
In the previous round of attacks, they had tested out the Ming army at the top of the city and did not have many long-range attack weapons, few bows and arrows, and even less artillery.
Therefore, these archers were more courageous. They dispersed and advanced to a place not far from the city wall before they began to shoot arrows.
The Minzhuang army at the top of the city did not have armor, nor did they have earthen armor like Changli, so it was a headache for Jianlu's bows and arrows.
In the previous round of siege battles, not only were they unable to prevent the Jianlu from pulling off the rafts, but many civilians were also hit with arrows in the head, resulting in many casualties.
After urgent discussions between Zhong Jinwei, Lu Xiangsheng and Yan Yingyuan, they decided to let Minzhuang no longer show up to fight back, and just let the Jianlu attack the city. Anyway, the Jianlu didn't have iron catalpas and hoes, so they couldn't dig the city wall. The only thing that needed attention was that they used giant logs to hit them.
city gate.
Niu Lu'erzhen, who was on standby, saw that the archers were already in position and began to suppress the Ming army at the top of the city, so he took the lead and began to charge.
Several hundred Jianlu rushed towards the city wall carrying simple ladders and huge trees. No one made a sound. There was a tacit understanding among each other. No one bumped into their companions or archers due to lack of communication.
Seven or eight ladders clattered up against the city wall. Jianlu on both sides of the ladders consciously held the ladders. The companions behind him immediately held the ladders with one hand and weapons in the other and began to climb the city.
"Bump!" Lu Xiangsheng was on this section of the city wall and ordered when he saw Jianlu's ladder leaning against the city wall.
Minzhuang, who had been waiting for a long time, used a long log as thick as the mouth of a bowl. One person in front held the direction, while the others behind him used their strength to move forward.
With a "pop" sound, the long wood hit the ladder and exposed one end of the city wall, making a sound.
Suddenly, the ladder received force and was knocked away from the city wall. The prisoner on the ladder fell down as the ladder stood up.
Some ladders also break in the middle due to poor quality or because the structures on the ladder are too heavy and receive uneven stress.
There are still a few long trees that didn't hit the ladder, so I'll try again right away.
Between these long trees, the strong Minzhuang threw logs and rocks down the city with all his strength.
The Jianlu archers below the city only saw rolling logs and stones thrown from the city top, which fell down and hit their companions under the ladder, but they could not 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 of the Jianlu who were carrying the huge logs were also injured. With no way to defend themselves against another collision, they had no choice but to retreat, leaving several piles of Jianlu's belongings under the city wall.
Corpse.
Zhong Jinwei was watching the whole process while smiling at Yan Yingyuan beside him and said: "It's easy to defend against the city wall!"
"That's because Jianlu didn't know how to attack the city, otherwise the defense wouldn't be so easy." Seeing that Zhong Jinwei was very optimistic, Yan Yingyuan reminded him.
"Then if you want to attack, how will you attack?" Upon hearing this, Zhong Jinwei became interested and asked Yan Yingyuan.
"First of all, tie barbs on both ends of the ladder. When it gets close to the city wall, it can be hooked to the top of the city. In this way, you can use the giant wood."
Zhong Jinwei was stunned after hearing this, as if this was what happened.
"Secondly, a cloud chariot is set up outside the city, as high as the city head, or even higher than the city head, so that the archers can suppress it from a high position, and the defenders at the city head will be unable to calmly resist the enemy."
After Yan Yingyuan finished talking about these two countermeasures, Zhong Jinwei's face turned a little pale.
If Jianlu outside the city uses these two moves, the minzhuang army will not have as many archers as Jianlu, and their archery skills will not be as good as Jianlu. They will not have much defense power, and they will rely on the city wall to block them. Once Jianlu
If you can shoot from a high position, how can you still shoot?
"Also, when we Han people attack the city and hit the city gate, we don't just carry a piece of wood and rush towards the city gate like the Jianlu. This is useless and has no defensive power. There is a kind of siege vehicle, which is like a small house.
The top is strong and has sloping sides, so rolling logs and stones will not do much damage to it. The soldiers hide inside and hit the city gate with the hanging giant wood, which is not only labor-saving, but also powerful."
"Brother-in-law, Jianlu shouldn't know this, right?" Zhong Jinwei turned a little 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, which doesn't mean it won't happen in the future. They attacked in a hurry this time, and they couldn't do it that fast."
"That's good." Zhong Jinwei secretly rejoiced, and then he thought about what he could do. After thinking for a long time, he couldn't seem to remember. There was really no idea for this kind of cold weapon war.
Suddenly, his stomach growled, and an idea flashed in Zhong Jinwei's mind, and he said to Yan Yingyuan: "Brother-in-law, you watch here, I will go to the back to prepare some hot water and rice for the soldiers to supplement their food."
Get some energy."
When Zhong Jinwei said this, Yan Yingyuan remembered and forgot about it. It was the first time for him, Lu Xiangsheng and others to take charge of the army and fight, and they were not regular armies with clear division of labor. When encountering such continuous wars, they forgot to eat.
Now that Zhong Jinwei reminded him, Yan Yingyuan felt a little hungry, so he asked Yu Haijing to accompany Zhong Jinwei to the rear to prepare meals.
Outside the city, two Niulu Erzhen, who was attacking the city, knelt on the ground and begged Shuotuo.
However, Shuotuo did not use them to show his authority. He had just seen that these two Niulu'e were actually soldiers, charging forward, but because their methods were too simple, they were defeated by the Ming army at the top of the city, so they could not make any achievements.
Fortunately, the Ming army was defeated by the archers under the city. The rolling logs and stones could only be thrown but not smashed, so not many soldiers died.
Niulu Ezhen, one of the Jianlu archers, also came over and reported to Shuotuo that the Ming army could not be seen and they had no place to use it.
Shuotuo frowned and stared at Qingshui Mingyue Pass, thinking that it would be better if the city wall were shorter.
When he saw the wooden rafts under the city wall, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he immediately ordered to prepare equipment to attack the city again.