Chapter 965 Sunrise in the West and Rain in the East
Not long after Yaozhu and his party entered the city, it started to rain. Yunnan-Guizhou has never been sunny for three days, so rain is not unusual, but what is strange is that if you stand on Guancheng and look around, you will find that it is raining on the border of Guizhou to the east.
, but it is still sunny in the west of Yunnan.
This is the wonder of Shengjing Pass, which is known as "Wind and rain judge Yunnan and Guizhou". It is said that you can tell which side is Yunnan and which side is Guizhou just by looking at the weather.
The defenders on Guancheng were already used to this. They stared at the mountain road in the distance, and from time to time they would find a group of broken soldiers escaping.
After all, the garrison officers had received orders to carefully identify the defeated soldiers. If they were Yuan soldiers, they would be let into the city; if they were chieftain soldiers, they would directly close the city gates.
Ah Rixi and Bu Ren were also in the city gate tower, staring at the waves of defeated troops, fearing to let in the wrong people.
This continued until evening, when almost seven or eight thousand defeated troops were collected. Ah Rixi rubbed his swollen eyes and said, "Close the door. It's dark and you can't see clearly. No one else will be let in."
"There aren't many people left..." Bu Ren whispered: "The marshal has been back all day long, and the ones behind him should have arrived no matter how late they are."
After saying this, he was startled and said, "Are there only so many people left?"
"You haven't seen that the marshal and deputy marshal are both withered. The loss must be huge." Ah Rixi sighed: "I'm afraid Pingzhang won't be able to spare the marshal."
"That's going to be troublesome." Bu Ren couldn't help but be afraid. Both of them were pillar-biters, so it was inevitable that they would be affected.
"Let's talk about it then..." Ah Rixi sighed again and said, "As long as we hold on to Shengjing Pass, maybe we won't have much of a problem."
Then he urged again: "Go and close the door quickly."
"Okay..." Buren responded and was about to deliver the order when he heard the soldiers at the top of the city shout: "Someone is back again."
"Wow, there are so many people this time!" the soldiers shouted excitedly: "At least three to four thousand, the largest group today!"
The two of them also followed the sound, and sure enough they saw thousands of defeated soldiers, dragging heavy steps and holding guns, struggling towards Shengjing Pass.
The defenders were used to this kind of embarrassment. In fact, except for the group of people who returned first, who were in better condition, the ones who came back later were basically like this.
Because they hadn't eaten for several days and were constantly on the road, it was strange that they were not in a bad state.
"What should we do?" Bu Ren asked, "Wait for them?"
"..." Ah Rixi did not answer immediately, but squinted his eyes to observe the group of defeated soldiers.
I saw that although they were wearing tatters, they were indeed wearing the military uniforms of the Yuan army.
And half of them have bald heads, leaving only a tuft of hair on their foreheads. No one except Mongolians would wear this hairstyle.
The other half had disheveled hair, showing off their barbarian style. This was normal, because Mongolians accounted for less than 20% of King Liang's army, while barbarians recruited from Yunnan accounted for half.
Moreover, the Luoluo people in Guizhou always tie their hair into a corner on their heads and do not let their hair hang loosely like this.
"Tell them to hurry up." Ah Rixi pondered for a long time and finally relaxed.
The Mongolians at the top of the city shouted loudly in Mongolian to the defeated troops outside the city.
It was none other than the fake rout troops led by Mu Ying.
They deliberately chose to enter the city in the evening when the light was not good, and God helped it rain. The visibility was even worse, which made it easier for them to camouflage.
When everyone was slowly moving towards the gate, they suddenly heard the Mongolians shouting at the top of the city.
The atmosphere suddenly became tense.
"What did they say?" Yu Min asked Qi Qianhu in a low voice. Qi Qianhu curled his lips as if he understood.
"Let's hurry up, it's about to close." Mu Ying explained in a low voice, and then ordered in a deep voice: "They should not notice us, speed up appropriately, but not too fast!"
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The soldiers then moved faster. Although they felt that they were not moving much faster, from the top of the city, the changes were still quite big.
"These losers are still slacking off at this time." Bu Ren spat contemptuously at the gate of Guan City: "Everyone of them is so impressive, but they are at the end!"
He said it casually, but it aroused the vigilance of the general on the side. Ah Rixi frowned and looked at the defeated troops who had arrived at the city.
Although the rain in the evening made their faces obscured, it was still obvious that they were all deliberately stooped and still one size larger.
In fact, it’s not that the nutrition of the Ming army was very good, it’s just that in this era, the body shape gap between ethnic minorities and Han people is too big.
Why did Mu Ying bring half of the chieftain soldiers? It was just to mix the two sides so that the two thousand selected fronts would not look so eye-catching. Otherwise, Qing Yishui, the son of the Han family, would have been spotted by the Yuan army halfway.
However, he still couldn't disguise it until the end, so that the condescending guard could see it.
"The brush is too thick!" Ah Rixi hurriedly shouted towards the city.
"What do you mean?" the soldiers asked Mu Ying hurriedly.
"It means don't move. They have discovered us." Mu Ying said in a deep voice: "Don't stop, seize the door!"
The defeated soldiers turned a deaf ear and instead of stopping, they walked faster and faster.
Ah Rixi on the top of the city shouted again in Mongolian, asking the soldiers to close the door quickly!
However, the door is extremely heavy, and more than a dozen soldiers can only close it bit by bit with all their strength.
The front-selecting soldiers gave up their pretense now. The soldiers in the front threw away their arms and strode towards the door. Before the door could close, they slammed into it with a heavy shoulder, and with a loud bang, the door was stopped abruptly.
Immediately afterwards, more than a dozen soldiers filed in through the two-foot-wide crack in the door, waving their swords and killing everyone in sight. In the blink of an eye, they killed a dozen Yuan soldiers in the city gate. Then they fought with each other.
The comrades who hit the door worked together to open the door again, and the large troops behind them poured into Shengjing Pass!
The Yuan army at Shengjing Pass cannot be said to be unprepared, but they are indeed poorly prepared mentally. In addition, it rained all day, and many Mongolian soldiers did not string their bows and arrows in order to protect their precious composite bows... After all, as long as the gate is closed in time, there will be
Sufficient preparation time.
I just didn't expect that the damn Ming army didn't respect martial ethics, shaved off all their hair, which they valued as life, disguised themselves as Yuan soldiers, caught them off guard, and succeeded in seizing the door at the last moment!
Now the one-sided battle to defend the city turned into a fierce melee. The soldiers of the Yuan Army and the soldiers of the Ming Army started fighting to the death in the city gate cave, in the Guancheng, and on the city wall!
Although the Ming army was tall, powerful and skilled in martial arts, after all, they were marching for several days and were not in the best condition. Moreover, there were two thousand native soldiers mixed in, so their combat effectiveness was actually compromised, and they could not defeat the people of Dongguan City in one go.
Two thousand defenders were eaten.
The Yuan army was waiting for work and had a general commanding it on the front line. Although it was short of troops and was caught off guard by the Ming army, it did not collapse at the first touch, but stubbornly resisted the Ming army's offensive.
Moreover, there are still three thousand defenders in the city. As long as they arrive in time, they will definitely defeat the Ming army! At least that's what Ah Rixi thought.
But seeing that the number of soldiers under his command was getting smaller and smaller, and the reinforcements had not yet arrived, Ah Rixi began to feel uneasy. Until Bu Ren, who he sent to mobilize troops, came back crying, Ah Rixi's heart sank to the bottom of his heart.
