Besides, Namtai, the commander-in-chief of the Jianlu rear army, heard the news and found out that the Ming army did not retreat at night. This was both expected and unexpected.
He knew that the Ming army would appear sooner or later, but he did not expect that the Ming army would follow them not long after they left Yongping.
Namtai couldn't help but hate the Ming troops who appeared at Qingshui Mingyue Pass. If it weren't for them, he wouldn't have to return to Yongping City to transport siege equipment.
After a delay of going back and forth like this, he was followed by the Ming army.
He looked at his team of more than 3,000 people and couldn't help but feel worried.
It was so fun to play in Yongping City, and the organizational structure between the soldiers at all levels has long since disappeared. After the soldiers left Yongping City one after another, they did not all form a team to leave again, but came out in groups and left in groups. Among them, Amin took one
Batch, Shuotuo brought a batch and his own batch.
Therefore, the command of my team cannot be handled smoothly at all. This is no joke on the battlefield. I can only retreat as much as possible and rendezvous with Shuotuo.
Namtai thought of this, ordered to speed up and move closer to Shuotuo, and sent someone to report the news to Shuotuo first.
But Ye Bushou of the Ming army followed Jianlu cautiously and did not come forward to make contact.[
After following them for a while, they felt strange that this army of soldiers was completely different from the soldiers they usually faced from the enemy.
In the past, the Jianlu, who would have made themselves feel at ease following them, would have sent out their elite scouting horses to drive them away.
The more abnormal it is, the more cautious Ye Busu is, but no matter how careful they are, there will always be contact. After the two sides fight, Ye Busu and others are shocked again.
The Jianlu from the lagging brigade seemed to have low combat power, and he was able to deal with them without much effort.
What they didn't know was that these stragglers were the ones who originally stationed in Zunhua, moved to An'an, and rushed to Yongping overnight. Then these Jianru had too much fun during the massacre of the city in Yongping and were too exhausted.
Only if they are big can they be easily solved by these Ye Bu Shu.
What surprised these Ye Bushou even more was that a large amount of property was seized from the Jianlu whom they dealt with.
These properties were obviously robbed from Yongping City, because many properties, especially gold and silver jewelry, were stained with blood, and a white jade wrench was even found on the severed finger and had not been removed.
These captured Ye Bu Shuang made a fortune for nothing, which made them overjoyed. At the same time, it also made Ye Bu Shuang who did not get the property extremely jealous.
The Ming army became more active at night and kept getting closer to the Jianlu rear army, trying to kill a few more Jianlu troops and rob them of their belongings.
At the same time, the news that Jianlu was carrying a large amount of property was like blood dissolved in the sea attracting sharks from afar. The Ming cavalry who were sent to perform diversionary tasks also knew the news.
There was no need to confirm it again. Just think about it and you knew that the news was definitely true. The generals from all walks of life immediately sent out cavalry in an attempt to attack Jianlu. However, when they found that the other generals had the same thoughts as themselves, they refused to continue.
They took the lead. They expected other Ming troops to attack first and took advantage of themselves, thus giving Jianlu some more opportunities to breathe.
Besides, in front of Qingshui Mingyue Pass, under the cover of their archers, Jianlu actually built a wooden frame within the bow and arrow range of the Ming army at the top of the city.
These Jianlu were wearing several layers of leather armor. Within this distance, as long as the Ming army did not hit their vital points, there was nothing they could do. Some Jianlu even had arrows shot by the Ming army hanging on their bodies, but they still ignored them.
The land is under construction.
This situation shocked Yan Yingyuan, who was on duty at the top of the city, and quickly sent someone to wake up Zhong Jinwei and Lu Xiangsheng who had gone to catch up on their sleep before Jianlu was attacked.
The two of them came over and took a look, and were greatly surprised.[
This Jianlu was clearly bullying them because they had no guns, artillery, and few bows and arrows. How arrogant!
However, this is a conspiracy by Jianlu, and there is nothing he can do about it even if he knows about it.
The three of them discussed and decided that the only way was to select people with good archery skills from the more than 700 civilians to go to the top of the city to suppress them, try to slow down the construction speed of the prisoners, and wait for reinforcements from the Ming army.
So, all Minzhuang who were catching up on their sleep were woken up, and people with excellent archery skills were selected from them. They went up to the top of the city, and with the help of the cover of the top of the city, they began to attack the Jianlu who had built wooden frames.
As a result, the construction speed of Jianlu has obviously slowed down. From time to time, injured Jianlu is carried down and new ones are added.
No matter how slow Jianlu builds, he is still building.
Beleshuotuo saw that the wooden frame was slowly being raised, and in less than an hour it would be level with the city. When the time came, he would see where the rural soldiers at the city's head would hide.
He couldn't help laughing when he thought about his success.
However, he did not feel proud for long, and his good mood was immediately ruined.
The messenger soldiers sent by Namtai arrived and reported to Shuotuo the news that the rear army was bitten by the Ming army at night.
Shuotuo felt awe-struck, and after detailed inquiries, he ordered the construction of the wooden frame to be accelerated regardless of casualties.
Although the minzhuang archers at the top of Qingshui Mingyueguan City shot diligently and achieved results, there were so many captives that there were enough replacements. There was no decrease in the number of captives building wooden frames. And as the shooting time continued, the arms began to
Weakened, their nervousness began to increase.
Zhong Jinwei saw this situation at the observation point and was very anxious, but he had no choice. If Jianlu had really built the wooden frame, as long as it was about the same height as the city head, Minzhuang would have been forced down the city head.
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He thought about it, looking here and there, trying to find a way.
It is true that where there is a will, there is a way. When Zhong Jinwei saw the corpses of Jianlu piled up in a corner of the city, he seemed to have seen a treasure. He immediately happily said to Yu Haijing beside him: "Quick, call someone to take off Jianlu's armor."
Come down and deliver it to the soldiers at the top of the city."
At that time, when the civilians were cleaning the battlefield, they collected weapons, money, etc. Many of the armors on the prisoners were damaged, so they just hid in the city for defense for the time being. There was not much demand for armor, so no one thought about it.
Let's go pick it up.
Now that the threat of Jianlu's bows and arrows to the city is increasing, the demand for armor has increased. The people inside the city are resting, and the people at the top of the city are nervously watching the movements of Jianlu outside the city, forgetting that there is another person in the city.
Piles of armor available.
On the contrary, it was Zhong Jinwei, an idler, who watched and watched. He thought about it when he saw the pile of corpses.
When Yu Haijing heard Zhong Jinwei's order, she was overjoyed and immediately went to call on the minzhuang in the city to pick up Jianlu's armor and send it to the minzhuang at the top of the city.
Not long after, Jianlu outside the city suddenly discovered that many companions appeared at the top of the city at Qingshui Mingyue Pass, all of them soldiers dressed in gold costumes.
They were stunned and realized that the Ming army had stripped off the armor of their trapped comrades in the city. They were all furious and sent arrows to the top of the city regardless of whether they could shoot or not.
Lu Xiangsheng was on the arrow tower. He looked at the many armors and the conditions of the prisoners outside the city, and began to think about it.
Archers stood thirty or forty steps away from the city, suppressing the city. Behind them were some unarmed soldiers who were busy building wooden frames. None of these soldiers had the ability to fight at close range.
But a few hundred steps away there were thousands of Jianlu, sitting on the ground to rest.
Lu Xiangsheng had good eyesight and could see that many Jianlu were dozing off.
If you choose soldiers to follow you out of the city, the wooden frame will definitely be destroyed. But the soldiers are all battle-hardened. Although they are resting now, I am afraid they will react quickly. If they stick to you, they will go out of the city to fight.
I'm afraid the troops won't be able to come back.
Lu Xiangsheng frowned and looked outside the city. The gap in strength between the enemy and ourselves was so huge that even though he had good intentions, he attacked with all his strength.
For now, it's better to wait and not go out on adventures unless absolutely necessary.
Jianlu's craftsmanship was really not very good. After the wooden frame was erected for two levels, it could no longer be erected. The height was only about half of Guan City.
Shuotuo was very dissatisfied, and just when he was about to order the troops to be forcibly put on the shelves, Namtai sent another messenger to report that the cavalry of the Ming Dynasty had also followed the rear army and asked for reinforcements.
While reporting the bad news, there is also good news, saying that the siege equipment brought from Yongping will be delivered soon.
The Jianlu were all cavalry, and the reason why they did not get rid of the Ming army was because they had to escort the siege equipment.
When Shuotuo heard this, he was overjoyed. After asking about the siege equipment in detail, he immediately gave up the idea of forcibly building a wooden frame higher up and let the archers stand on the wooden frame half the height of the city wall and shoot arrows into the city.
All were effective, but the siege mainly relied on the ordnance sent by Namtai.
Then he ordered more ladders to be made, and all the ladders were ready to be used at once.
Shuotuo's idea was to capture Qingshui Mingyue Pass in one go, because the main force of the Ming army did not have much time left for him to attack the city calmly.
Under the suppression of the archers built on the wooden shelf, the people at the top of the city were forced to hide close to the wall. They also took the opportunity to regain their strength.
Yan Yingyuan went to the arrow tower and discussed countermeasures with Lu Xiangsheng to see how to change the situation of being passively beaten.
Unexpectedly, he had just arrived at the Arrow Tower and before he could talk to Lu Xiangsheng, he heard Jianlu's huge cheers coming from outside the city.
The two people looked over and were shocked to see six catapults coming from a distance. Although they were not the largest ones, they were not something they could deal with.
The other people at the top of the city secretly saw the catapult, and all of them felt heavy.