Tuo Tuohaer laughed loudly at the sight of the Jin soldiers fleeing back in embarrassment at the top of the city. "These Jin soldiers are so afraid of death that they dare to cross the river to attack Pi County. They are just here to die. Send the order and strengthen your vigilance. Once the enemy forces

If you attack the city, give it a head-on attack!"

Although Totuoha'er only had a thousand households, he was a Mongolian, so the senior generals of Li Army had to listen to him.

When Li Jun and Yang You saw the soldiers and horses on the west bank, they felt a little melancholy.

Although Kuo Duan left 5,000 troops in Pi County to guard against a sneak attack by the Jin Kingdom, the garrison in the city actually did not take it seriously and did not take warning in advance.

Tutuoha'er and the Mongolian soldiers did not know how to defend the city and did not make any arrangements in advance. Li's soldiers were all workers and were not very motivated, so naturally they would not take the initiative to prepare.

After all, the thunder stones and rolling logs needed to defend the city were very tiring to carry. Moreover, they did not expect that the Jin soldiers would dare to attack after being beaten like that.

Therefore, except for the standing soldiers, there are almost no preparations on the city now, and there is no way to throw a brick.

This made Yang You feel uncertain: "Qianhu, the enemy troops suddenly arrived, and the city was completely unprepared. If they cross the river to attack the city, I'm afraid they won't be able to defend it for a long time. I thought we should call for reinforcements immediately!"

Tutuohaer had little experience in defending the city, but the long-term military victory of the Mongolian army made him confident. He glanced sideways at Yang You, "Coward, what are you afraid of?"

Yang You quickly said: "Qianhu, you see there is nothing prepared in the city. If the enemy army attacks in a large scale, it will be really difficult to resist!"

Tuo Tuohaer looked at both sides. There was indeed nothing on the city wall. He frowned and said, "Then send someone to deliver the message and prepare horses. If the enemy soldiers dare to cross the river, I will defeat them. You

Then prepare the defense equipment quickly!"

Yang You quickly accepted the order and immediately asked Li Jun to carry equipment to the city. Tuo Tuohaer gathered his 300 cavalry in Wengcheng, ready to attack at any time.

On the other side, Wu Xian knew that his name was not very famous, but it still annoyed him that the enemy was so disrespectful. "Okay! When I enter the city, no one will be left alive!"

At that moment, Zhao Tai looked at Pi County for a moment, waved his horsewhip: "Cross the river!"

Zhao Tai and others arrived too quickly, and the Mongolian army had no time to burn the ships on the canal. With 15,000 soldiers and horses, the forwards crossed the river by boat, while the main force waited to build a pontoon bridge.

At this time, as soon as the forward came ashore, the gate of Pi County opened. Tuo Tuohaer led three hundred cavalry and galloped out like a whirlwind, directly towards the forward who had just landed.

Seeing this, Wu Xian couldn't help being furious, "The Tatars are so arrogant!"

Zhao Tai was also frightened, but he had to admit that the Mongols were indeed powerful. With their army approaching the city, they actually dared to rush out.

"The Mongolian army is in great strength, and the soldiers dare to fight! It seems that when we are stationed in the camp, we must be careful to avoid being stolen by the Mongols!" Zhao Tai said in a deep voice.

Wu Xian nodded, his expression solemn, but he obviously listened.

The forwards who landed at this time caught the Mongols by surprise. Dozens of them were shot and hacked to death by arrows. The rest hurriedly jumped into the canal and relied on the cover of the archers on the ship to stabilize their position.

Tuotuohaer saw that the Jin soldiers were on guard and ran back and forth on the east bank of the canal for a while. Then he still had his thoughts and rushed back to Pi County in a show of force.

If the Mongolian cavalry were in a commotion, the Jin army would be more cautious when crossing the river. If they were cautious, they would move slowly, and most of them would not cross the canal until dark.

At this time, 15,000 troops set up camp in the northern suburbs of Pi County, and spent the night assembling and felling wood to build equipment.

Before dark, Zhao Tai followed Wuxian on horseback and circled around Pi County. He found that the city of Pi County was not very tall, but the city defense was very complete, including urns, moats, enemy towers, horse faces, and arrow towers.

A year ago, Wu Xian would not be afraid of facing such a city, but now there are 15,000 soldiers and more than 10,000 recruits who have been recruited for less than six months, which makes Wu Xian feel a little unsure.

At this time, the two returned to the camp. Wu Xian sat down in the tent and said, "Xian brother, most of our soldiers are new soldiers. If we attack rashly, we will definitely suffer heavy casualties. If we cannot win, I am afraid it will damage our morale!"

Zhao Tai nodded. They did have too many new soldiers. Letting inexperienced people attack the city would undoubtedly lead to death.

If someone is dead and the city cannot be conquered, it will indeed hurt morale and make the city more difficult to conquer.

Wu Xian continued: "But if we are under Jiutun City, the defense in the city will only become more and more complete, and once enemy reinforcements arrive, we will be in danger."

Zhao Tai actually had a countermeasure for this. He smiled and said with relief: "Our army has many new soldiers and lacks experience in siege. If we want to capture Pi County with relatively small casualties, we can only suppress the archers and crossbows at the top of the city."

.This time we brought a lot of equipment, and I ordered people to build more artillery carts. We can use the artillery carts to destroy the fortifications at the top of the city first and suppress the archers at the top of the city. When we are completely sure, we can send the soldiers down at once."

Casualties were inevitable during the siege. After listening to Zhao Tai's words, Wu Xian nodded and said: "Okay, then we will do as Brother Xian wants!"

Immediately, Wuxian adopted Zhao Tai's suggestion, ordered his soldiers to build a section of earth wall under the city, and then hurriedly assembled the equipment.

When the army set out from Xuzhou, it considered that it was going to attack the city, so it carried a lot of equipment.

Of course, these equipments are disassembled, loaded onto a cart, and then assembled again when needed.

In one night, a lot of equipment, including artillery carriages, siege towers, and siege vehicles were erected in the camp outside the city.

The Mongolian troops in the city were not idle either. They were also actively preparing defensive materials. However, they had not prepared in advance. Now Wu Xian's cavalry had crossed the river again. The stones and wood needed to defend the city could not be obtained from outside the city. They had to

Massively demolishing houses in the city.

Both armies were busy all night. Early the next morning, Yang You came to the top of the city. When he opened his eyes, he was immediately frightened.

The Mongolian army inside the city demolished houses and moved stones and wood in one night, and the results were considerable, but compared with the Jin army outside the city, they seemed a bit far behind.

He stood by the wall and looked out. He saw towering equipment rising from the ground in the Jin Army's camp. The Jin Army even took the time to build a mile-long earth wall on the other side of the moat.

At this time Tutuoha'er also came to the city. He saw the Jin army's siege equipment outside the city and was shocked, "How did they build it?"

Yang You said: "It should have been dismantled in advance and assembled last night."

While they were talking, the door of the Jin army's camp opened wide, and the cavalry galloped out to occupy the battlefield. Then a large number of soldiers, pushing more than ten artillery carts, came behind the earth wall.

Tuo Tuohaer sneered: "They thought they could break through the city with just a few artillery carts."
Chapter completed!