The city gate rushing convoy hit the city gate for an hour, but made no progress. No matter how stupid they were, they knew they could not do such useless efforts again, so they quickly retreated. The Tatar army's siege ladders were all burned.
It is temporarily impossible to organize a wall-climbing team, even if you want to attack the city, you will not be able to attack it.
However, the Tatar army was still unwilling to give in and sent cavalry around the city, hoping to find the weak points of the city so that they could launch a fierce attack. However, the cavalry team circled the city several times and found that the city tops everywhere were filled with defenders. As the sun set in the west,
They still couldn't find a breakthrough, so they had to withdraw their troops and return to camp to recharge their batteries and fight again tomorrow.
After an afternoon of tossing, the Tatar army stopped, and the Yan army had no intention of fighting again. They just sent a few people to the top of the city to persuade them to surrender. In the end, to no avail, they had to withdraw their troops back to the camp and make another battle plan.
Looking at the enemy's leaving figure, Tie Xuan let out a long breath. He knew that this was only the first day, and the enemy troops outside the city were just the vanguard. The large troops would arrive at the city gate in large numbers the day after tomorrow at the latest.
The more difficult battle is yet to come.
Although the battles to come will still be difficult, today’s start was good. Hundreds of enemies were wiped out. Except for those prisoners who were massacred, no one in the defenders suffered any casualties. It was a good start. Of course, this victory was achieved entirely by
"Master Wan" planned well.
Tie Xuan had to admire the little Yi Cheng in front of him. It was he who had prepared the "kerosene" used to defend the city in advance, and the defenders were able to defeat the enemy's cloud echelons so easily. It was also the tragic kneeling he suggested that not only
It resolved the crisis of the prisoners being unable to save them, and also allowed the defenders to turn their grief into the anger of revenge.
Now the defenders share the same hatred of the enemy and are no longer passive in avoiding battle. This is more exciting than annihilating thousands of enemies. With such a mournful army, there is a little more hope of defending the city. Tie Xuan took a picture with some gratitude.
He patted Wan Lei on the shoulder and said: "Nephew Wan is really my pillar of strength in Beiping. From now on, the city of Beiping will all depend on my nephew."
"Your Excellency, I am unworthy of my praise. I am not good at arranging troops, leading my troops to kill the enemy, and other military matters. Your Excellency, I should entrust military affairs to those who are brave and good at fighting. I am not very talented and have little knowledge, so I should only help from the side." Wan Lei himself.
He knows how much he has, and he is good at organizing, but he is a layman in war.
"Mr. Wan is very wise and courageous. We all can see it. If you are willing to lead our army, we are willing to obey his orders." An officer said that in the battle just now, it was Wan Lei who had a good strategy and won easily.
"Yes, we are willing to obey Mr. Wan's order and guard the city together." The defenders on the top of the city all knelt on one knee.
"Get up, all get up, I understand your good intentions." Wan Lei bowed his hands and bowed in a circle, then said: "I killed King Yan by mistake. I am guilty of an unforgivable crime. The imperial court has issued an order to demote me to a minor official. I will never be allowed to do so."
As an official, I dare not violate my orders and overstep my bounds, and please do not force me to do so."
"Ah!" Everyone present except Tie Xuan exclaimed. Naturally, they didn't know that the little Yi Cheng in front of them was still a master who dared to kill the prince. But most of them were not worth it for Wan Lei.
The King of Yan who killed the leader of the rebels not only received no reward, but was also punished by never being able to serve as an official. This was really an injustice to Dou E.
Seeing all the officers and soldiers whispering and complaining about him, Wan Lei shrugged and went down to the tower. If it were two months ago, he would definitely be aggrieved, but now, he has accepted his fate and has
His new goal in life, it didn't matter to him whether he could become an official or not. Anyway, he didn't want to be loyal to the emperor anymore.
"Master, are you okay?" Downstairs, as soon as Wei'er saw Wan Lei, he trotted over to meet him. He looked up and down, left and right, several times, and found that there were no arms or legs missing, so he felt relieved.
"The war is going on right now. Why did you come here if you weren't staying in your room?" Wan Lei had been busy guarding the city, so he had no time to pay attention to Wei'er, Zhao Xue'er and others, so he just settled them in an inn.
"What a war and chaos. Now all the gangsters and good citizens in the city, as long as they are men, have been dragged to the military camp by your city patrol team. As a result, those rich and wealthy dandies are afraid to go out on the streets. Who else dares to
Are you trying to trick our sister Wei'er?" Zhao Xueer has also been waiting outside the city for a long time, and when she saw Wan Lei, she didn't forget to say a few words.
"In any case, it's better not to run around in the future. I use military law to manage the people now. It will definitely not be good for the people I offend, and some villains have no choice but to do it." Wan Lei said with concern.
"I understand, and I will never run around and cause trouble for the young master in the future." Wei'er hurriedly whispered.
"What does it mean to cause trouble? Sister Wei'er saw that you were busy all day and didn't come back for dinner, so she kindly asked me to accompany you to bring you food. You are a heartless guy. You scold people endlessly when we meet.
"It's true that a dog bites Lu Dongbin and doesn't recognize a good heart." Zhao Xueer was angry, her little mouth pouting loudly.
"Oh, it turns out that delicious food has been delivered. Why didn't you tell me earlier? I'm almost starving to death." Wan Lei's stomach began to growl when he mentioned eating. He had been busy since yesterday and was already busy.
I didn't eat or sleep all day and night.
"There's nothing delicious. There's only soy milk and steamed buns. They're a bit cold. I hope the young master won't dislike it." Wei'er handed over the food box apologetically. In fact, she couldn't blame her. Now that Beiping City is facing a powerful enemy,
There is a shortage of all kinds of supplies, especially grain, oil, meat and vegetables. Even if you have money, you have nowhere to buy them. It is not easy to get soy milk and steamed buns.
"Wow, there's also soy milk, where did you get it from?" Wan Lei caught the steamed bun and asked as he gnawed it.
"Brother Zhao San got it, a bag of flour and a bag of soybeans."
"Where did he get it from?" Wan Lei asked again. He knew that all the food in the grain stores in the city had been purchased at full price, and the grain was collected by the government as military rations. The grain stores were
There is no food to sell.
"He didn't say it, maybe it was given by someone else." Zhao Xueer said nonchalantly.
"What?!" Wan Lei was startled and spit out the steamed bun in his mouth again. He said to Zhao Xueer: "Go and call that boy Zhao Quanzhong. He is so courageous if he dares to accept gifts from others.
Got it!"
"Isn't it just that I took some food? Is it worth making such a fuss about?" Zhao Xueer was unhappy and asked.
"Making a fuss?! If you take someone else's food this time, will you be able to take someone else's money next time?! Besides, now that food is expensive, why should someone give it to you for no reason?" Wan Lei snorted coldly and said sternly:
"Now go and call that boy and Quan Ren Quanyi. I want to ask how they gave me a face."
"Just go, do you need to be angry with me? Really." Zhao Xueer left with a straight face. Seeing that Wan Lei was so angry that he didn't even eat, Wei'er hurriedly said: "Master, don't be angry.
Let’s eat first, don’t let yourself get starved.”
Wan Lei suppressed the anger in his chest and said to Wei'er: "This matter has nothing to do with you. You can go back first."