The rebel camp in the east of the city suddenly became agitated, with flames reaching into the sky and making a lot of noise, then rushing toward the city wall. This made Wu Sangui and Wang Tizhong, who were watching on the city, couldn't help but frown. The two looked at each other with extremely solemn expressions. The rebel army was about to
Siege!
What weighed more heavily on the two of them than the thief's siege was the fact that the reinforcements seemed to have been defeated.
From the time when the rebel army dispatched troops to the northeast before noon, Wu Sangui and Wang Tizhong deduced that reinforcements were coming, and they were overjoyed. Seeing that the rebel troops were sending more troops one after another, totaling nearly ten thousand, they knew that they had not obtained any benefits, and guessed that the reinforcements were definitely not
Ma Ke's 800 cavalry, it is possible that the vanguard of the young eunuch has arrived.
Until dark, no enemy troops were seen attacking the city. Wu Sangui and Wang Ti Center took a long breath, taking it for granted that Bai Wang's soldiers and horses were locked in a stalemate with the officers and soldiers and reinforcements and had no time to fight with themselves. As long as they waited until tomorrow,
Almost all the main rear force of officers and soldiers has arrived. If Bai Wang's troops are not withdrawn, then all of them should be left here.
Unexpectedly, just when the two of them were about to go down to the city, they suddenly saw a movement in the rebel camp, and they were about to attack the city. Then...it seemed that the reinforcements had failed!
How could it be defeated? Wu Sangui thought for a while, could it be that the source was just Ma Ke's 800 cavalry?
However, it is no longer necessary to speculate that he must quickly start the city defense matters. At this time, the rebel army recalled all the troops and began to siege the city. Even if there is no artillery suppression, tens of thousands of people can not be underestimated, especially Tongling, which is only three or four miles in radius.
It's a small town, which is quite stressful.
Fortunately, Wu Sangui had enough time to prepare for the city defense since he entered the city last night. He mobilized the people in the city to demolish the houses and bring all the stones and logs to the city. He even made golden soup to entertain the rebels. In addition,
He also gave a heavy reward and recruited six hundred young men to go to the city. Everything was ready to wait for the arrival of the storm.
"The thieves are already determined to slaughter the city and they will leave no chickens or dogs behind. If you don't try your best, your family will be destroyed. Don't even think about surrendering. They won't let anyone go!" Wu Sangui was doing mobilization on the city. The reason why he said this
He was so direct and sincere because he knew that the people in Tongling City had some complaints or luck in their hearts. They felt that the rebels had lived the same life when they occupied the city before, but why did your officers and soldiers start fighting as soon as they arrived... The people didn't want to fight, because they wanted to fight.
After all, it was the common people who suffered, so they had an anti-war mentality. Wu Sangui was worried that when the war started, these young men would not work hard or even defect.
So say ugly things first to make them give up!
Bai Wang recalled Wang Yi'en's troops and prepared to attack the city aggressively. He knew that tonight was his last chance. If he could not break the city tonight, once the army of officers and soldiers arrived tomorrow, he would have no chance to attack the city unless he defeated it first.
, But it is not that simple. If he was still confident in the past, but in the past two days, his two generals have not taken any advantage against hundreds of others. If all his troops come...
But how did he know that the hundreds of thousands Wang Yi'en and Yuan Sanzhong were fighting against were Chang Yu's most capable troops, and the ones behind them were all idiots who could be broken with a single poke.
It's a pity that Bai Wang doesn't know. Even if he knows, he has to attack the city first. It's important. From last night to now, he has tinkered with four or five trebuchets, nearly a hundred city ladders, and two siege vehicles.
, these guys are enough to deal with this small Tongling City.
The manpower was in place, and more than a thousand cannon fodders were at the front carrying the siege ladder. Behind them were the archers of the rebel army and thousands of siege troops. After that, there were trebuchets. Bai Wang looked at the sparse buildings at the top of the city with a ferocious expression.
There was a fire, and he gritted his teeth and said: "After the city is broken, no chickens or dogs will be left!" As he raised his right hand and was about to order an attack, he suddenly saw a bright fire in the northeast and the faint sound of horse hooves. He couldn't help but frown, knowing that something was wrong.
If it happens, send people to investigate.
Soon the detective horse came in a hurry: "Commander, General Yuan is defeated!"
Damn it! Bai Wang was shocked and angry. According to Wang Yi'en, the judges and soldiers suffered heavy losses in the battle just now, no more than a thousand people at most, and they were already exhausted after two consecutive bloody battles. They could only engage in sneak attacks and were unable to fight again head-on. However, Yuan Sanzhong led
Even though he has two thousand troops, he can still be defeated by him?
Are the fucking officers and soldiers too strong, or is Yuan Sanzhong too useless?
Bai Wang was furious, and when he was about to yell, he saw scattered firelights coming from the northeast, and there were dense firelights farther away... What was the situation? Not only was Yuan Sanzhong defeated, but he was also hunted down?
Something was wrong! Bai Wang finally realized that he still had the heart to attack the city at this time. He quickly sent an order to prepare for the battle and called Wang Yi'en from Nancheng over. After hearing that Yuan Sanzhong was defeated, Wang Yi'en also felt that it was wrong. Seeing him again in the distance
The fire was getting bigger and closer, and then an excited spirit shouted, "No!"
At this time, Bai Wang also realized that the fire was definitely not a battle of more than a thousand people, that is... the main army of officers and soldiers was coming!
This time they finally guessed it right, but not entirely!
What came was not the main force of officers and soldiers, but the rear troops of Wu Sangui and Ma Ke!
Wu Sangui's Guan Ning cavalry numbered 5,000, and Ma Ke's cavalry numbered nearly 3,000. When they participated in the battle in Wuhu, most of their horses were left on the other side because they had to cross the river. After the war, Wu Sangui and Ma Ke each led hundreds of cavalry to go south first, and their subsequent soldiers were on the other side.
Waiting for Lu Zhenfei to transport the war horses from the other side, and then delaying his journey when crossing the Zhang River. As soon as Ma Ke's request for help arrived, Chang Yu hurriedly ordered Wu Sangui's general Shen Jianghu and his troops to rush to Tongling for support.
In fact, Shen Jianghu was only half a day slower than Tu Yuan and the others. However, when he arrived at the Shun'an River, it was already evening and saw that the river bank had become a battlefield. There were corpses everywhere as far as he could see, and the surrounding area was even more invincible for several miles. I Tan Ma was afraid to cross the river for a while.
We had to send scout horses to cross the river first to conduct reconnaissance.
However, when Tan Ma ran for twenty miles, it was already dark, but Ma Ke and the Dongchang Third Battalion joined forces to attack the Stone Mountain bandit camp. There was a loud killing sound in the dark night, and Tan Ma couldn't figure out what was going on for a while.
, until the fighting ended, I was still confused. I didn’t know who was fighting with whom, let alone what the situation was like around Tongling City. I could only think about whether I could capture the rebel spies and ask them about the situation.
However, just after the battle, Ma Ke and others escaped. Wang Yi'en sent several groups of detective horses to search and conduct reconnaissance within 20 miles. The force was too strong. The scouts set up ambushes several times but almost lost their lives. They managed to escape with their superb riding skills, but unexpectedly encountered them.
The small group of men and horses that Ma Ke used to confuse the enemy were overjoyed when they saw him, and they quickly led them to look for Ma Ke.
At this time, Ma Ke was leading his troops to march along the bank of the river towards the Shun'an River in the northeast direction. When he heard that his troops and horses under Wu Sangui had arrived, he was overjoyed. There were five to six thousand more elite cavalry, and they were the ones who killed them all at once.
There was no problem at all at Tongling City, so he sent someone to send an order to Shen Jianghu to cross the water and advance southward immediately.
After receiving the order, Shen Jianghu immediately crossed the water, and after crossing the other side for less than five miles, he met up with Ma Ke. He talked about the two battles in half a day with great enthusiasm, which naturally attracted the admiration of his subordinates, who bluntly said that Ma Ke was awesome and heroic.
It still retains its original style!
"Have a good rest tonight. Tomorrow morning we will go directly to the city and defeat Bai Wang." Although Marco is tired, he is full of energy. After going south, he has fought three battles and his confidence has gradually recovered. The all-powerful general back then is back!
However, things didn't go as planned. While the soldiers were repairing, an alarm suddenly sounded in the distance. Thousands of bandit troops were heading this way. Marco raised his eyebrows when he heard this: "The thieves are still determined to block the river bank, but they are so eager... Well, they are going to attack the city at night!"
It has to be said that the veteran has rich experience. Ma Ke deduced Bai Wang's intention in a very short period of time. Shen Jianghu was concerned about Wu Sangui's safety. After hearing this, he asked for help. Ma Ke agreed, but he and Dongchang The third battalion was too exhausted to join the battle, but thought that five or six thousand elite cavalry would be enough to defeat the enemy, so he took command and ordered Shen Jianghu to send troops to fight.