After some discussion, everyone agreed that this plan was feasible, and then Chang Yu ordered the city guards to launch a counterattack. Thousands of arrows were fired from the city, and the bandits outside the city retreated continuously. At this time, the south gate suddenly opened wide, and thousands of officers and soldiers rushed in.
When they came out, Wang Tizhong personally led his troops to kill them. When the rebels saw only a few thousand infantry and were about to give orders to fight, they suddenly saw thousands more cavalry coming from the east and west wings. It was Wu Sangui and Ma Ke who were leading their troops.
Outflanking from the east and west gates, the rebels were originally afraid of the officers and soldiers' cavalry, and wanted to retreat when they saw them coming to kill them. However, it would be too embarrassing to turn around and run away as soon as they rushed over, so they gritted their teeth and fought.
The bright moon was shining in the sky, and a sudden fighting intensified outside Tongling City. The rebels mostly gathered in the south and west of the city, but they were outflanked and killed by infantry and cavalry of the officers and soldiers.
Go northwest.
The commander of the bandit army was Wang Yi'en. His original intention was to make a surprise attack at night to clear out the officers and soldiers' sights outside the city, and then lay siege to the city. Both he and Bai Wang were sure that the officers and soldiers would never have the guts to send troops before dawn. By daybreak, they would have already deployed their troops.
Ma Gao even mobilized outside the city to prepare for the siege. At that time, facing tens of thousands of troops besieging the city, the officers and soldiers could not think of leaving the city to fight. They only thought about how to defend the city.
However, against all odds, they never expected that when the officers and soldiers saw that they were besieging the city, they did not hesitate to send troops out of the city to start fighting without caring about the darkness of the night.
This move was so unexpected that Wang Yi'en was ill-prepared and hastily faced off against the powerful frontier cavalry. He ordered a retreat after just a tea break, and the officers and soldiers did not take the risk of pursuing the enemy and withdrawing their troops back into the city, leaving Wang Yi'en behind.
He was so angry that he vomited blood. You thought he really couldn't beat him and retreated. Naturally, you negotiated with Bai Wang and Yuan Sanzhong to dig a hole to trap the officers and soldiers. Aren't you brave? Then come after me...
Unexpectedly, the officers and soldiers didn't follow his tactics at all. They were fierce when they needed to be fierce, and they didn't act cowardly when they needed to be cowardly. I'd attack you when you came, and retreat when you left. I didn't drag my feet at all and didn't give you a chance to trick me.
That's it?
Under the dark night, Bai Wang, Yuan Sanzhong and Wang Yi'en looked at the officers and soldiers slowly retreating into the city, with confused faces! The plan of encircling Wei and rescuing Zhao that they had been thinking about collapsed before it was implemented?
Of course, this was not possible. Bai Wang did not give up and ordered the rebels to retreat and advance. Then he ordered Yuan Sanzhong and Wang Yi'en to lead their troops to besiege the city. He was going to torture the officers and soldiers until they could live in peace.
Unexpectedly, after the siege of the city again, the officers and soldiers in the city turned a blind eye to him, allowing him to yell and curse outside the city without paying attention. However, if he came close, he would retaliate with bows and arrows but never left the city to expel him. Bai Wang made a plan
The plan of pretending to be defeated and luring the enemy deeper was aborted again.
What made him even more puzzled was why the officers and soldiers were driven out of the city during the first siege, and then harassed them all night but never showed up again. What kind of medicine were they selling in the gourd?
In the early morning, Chang Yu, who got up early, walked into the courtyard, stretched himself, looked at the sky and murmured: "It's another sunny day." Tu Yuan hurried in from the outside: "Duke, all the bandits outside the city are gone."
Chang Yu was not surprised at all: "As expected, it will get dark again, and maybe he will get fucked again!" Tu Yuan seemed to understand when he heard this: "Well, why don't we go and beat him up today?
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"I'll beat him if he dares to come out, but if he doesn't come out, how can you beat him?" Chang Yu smiled slightly and took the wash water brought by Chang Bian and started to wash up: "Is the fleet still okay?"
Tu Yuan hurriedly said: "I asked about it early in the morning, and it's okay. The bandit army probably didn't notice it there yesterday, but just to be safe, they moved directly to the other side last night, waiting for the Shenji Battalion to arrive."
Chang Yu calculated in his mind that although the Shenji Battalion was composed of cavalrymen on the other side of the river from Anqing to Tongling, which is more than 200 miles away, they would carry artillery and baggage vehicles and the mountain road there would be difficult to travel. It would take tomorrow night or around noon the day after tomorrow.
In order to resist, during this period, the fleet on the other side could not be protected and was discovered by the pirate sailors.
It seemed that they really wanted to have a fight with the rebels, so that they could attract the attention of the rebels and contain their forces so that they would not have time to stroll on the water. So he raised his head and said to Tu Yuan: "Give me the order, let's find a place today."
At noon, the officers and soldiers sent three thousand cavalry southward and went straight to the rebel positions to show off their power. Although they did not attack, they acted provocatively, shouting and scolding, or firing cold arrows with their bows.
This move made Bai Wang dumbfounded. He was really a master who was not at a disadvantage. He had been harassing him all night, but the officers and soldiers turned a blind eye to him and made his own people thirsty and exhausted. They were worried that the officers and soldiers would send out troops at dawn and retreat to repair their positions.
, who would have thought that as soon as he closed his eyes, officers and soldiers came to the door.
Not to mention that the troops were exhausted after a night of tossing, even after Bai Wang had eaten and drank enough, he had no intention of going out to fight with the cavalry of the officers and soldiers. Although it would not be said that the egg would hit the stone, it would definitely not be a good thing, but he also knew
Even though the officers and soldiers came with cavalry, they might not dare to go deep into the position, but they could not defend themselves, so they ordered all the troops to be on wartime alert. From the ambush on the mountain to the sailors on the river, no one dared to move without permission.
Seeing that the thunder was heavy and the rain was light, the officers and soldiers were expected to dare not go deep into the position. At this time, the sun was like a scorching sun, so they allowed them to yell and curse and return to the city when their mouths were dry.
The rebel army's prediction was correct. The three thousand officers and soldiers were showing off their power on the edge of the position for more than half an hour before they felt bored and withdrew. When the rebel commander breathed a sigh of relief and was about to have a good sleep, unexpectedly another wave of people came... Wu Sangui
, Ma Ke, the three guards of Dongchang, Jin Shenghuan, after you sing, we will take turns to call for formations to harass, which will make the rebel army vomit blood. Wang Yi'en can't help but send troops to fight several times, but Bai Wang stops him: "Little
If you don’t tolerate it, you will mess up your plans.”
He thought that the officers and soldiers were just avenging last night's hatred, but it was not actually Chang Yu's plan to disturb the enemy. It was all to cover the fleet that was meeting the Shenji Battalion and the civilians who were collecting wood and building cars outside the city. Anyway, they had nothing to do, and it happened to be
Pull the cavalry out to have fun.
The day passed unknowingly under the constant harassment of the officers and soldiers. When the sun set and night fell, the officers and soldiers withdrew the last wave of cavalry. Wang Yien finally took a breath: "It's dark, it's time for me, the King of Hell, to show up."
Bang... The four gates of Tongling City are tightly closed. There are only a small group of scouts left outside the city and they are within five miles. If anything unusual happens, they will enter the city as soon as possible or go north of the city to stay away.
At the same time, Chang Yu sent an order to raise the city's defense to wartime status. He prepared enough archers and six or seven newly built trebuchets and transported them to the top of the city. He had a hunch that the rebel army would not attack tonight.
Give it up and let it go!
Sure enough, when Haishi arrived (at nine o'clock in the evening), flames were gleaming from the south, and the bandits were out again. During the day, he did not dare to go out to fight with the officers and soldiers, but at night, the officers and soldiers did not dare to go out of the city to fight with them. Now
They have the final say outside the city!
Jin Shenghuan, who was guarding the city tonight, was commanded by Nanjing soldiers. Nearly two thousand people were watching the approaching firelight on the city. Everyone was very nervous. Someone asked his companions in a low voice: "What will happen to the rebel army tonight?"
Attack the city?"
"I don't know, but even if we attack the city, we are not afraid of having so many soldiers and horses in the city..."
Unexpectedly, Chang Yu, who had concluded that the rebels would make a big move tonight, went to bed early and fell asleep. Lao Jiu shouted at the top of his lungs in the yard: "Master Governor, the rebels are coming. General Wu and others have gone to the city. You go." No"?
"Come here, why are you disturbing our family's sleep?" Chang Yu yelled angrily from inside the room. Lao Jiu touched his head: "Didn't you say it was difficult tonight? Why can I still sleep?"
"Nanshan doesn't care about our family's business. Without Butcher Zhang, you will still have to eat mixed pigs!" Chang Yu cursed. In the yard, the ninth old man wanted to speak but Jia Waixiong pulled him and whispered: "Don't be stupid. My eyesight is worth a lot, let’s go up to the city and watch the excitement. He then dragged Lao Jiu away.”
"What's wrong with the little governor? In the past, he loved to watch the excitement." Lao Jiu turned around three times and was very puzzled. Jia Waixiong chuckled: "I guess he is practicing enlightenment with that nun in the house."
"Good guy, the little governor has quite a wide range of interests." Lao Jiu licked his lips: "I haven't practiced dual cultivation for a long time. Can we find a place to practice some time later?"
The two of them ran towards the city with lewd smiles on their faces.