(Historically, Li Siqi was in panic all day long when he learned that Zhang Liangbi's city was destroyed and people were killed. As soon as Xu Da's army of conscripts arrived, he led his troops to surrender. There are slight changes here. Because not fighting is not enough to show the protagonist's brilliance.)
With banners fluttering and war drums beating, Dakui led 50,000 forward troops to Lanzhou City to prepare for the attack.
When Li Siqi learned that the forward troops of the Ming army had arrived at the city, he ordered his 80,000 elite troops to fortify the city on all sides. There were 20,000 elite troops on each of the four walls in the southeast, northwest and northwest. On the city walls, there were all bows, crossbows and artillery in place. Li Siqi personally led 30,000 horse infantry troops to coordinate the movement.
There is sufficient food and grass in the city of Lanzhou. It is no more than a dream for the Ming army to attack the city immediately. Even if the forward army arrives, they may not dare to attack the city. They will definitely wait for the large forces to arrive. Li Siqi has already planned that as long as Lanzhou persists for three months, nearly
Timur will send troops to support his expansion in Xining, and by then a pincer attack from both inside and outside will be able to defeat the Ming army.
Xining is only a few hundred miles away from Lanzhou, but in the early stage of expansion, Timur sent troops to march eastward, but the food and grass were burned. Later, Li Siqi merged with it and wanted to take the Guanchuan River again, but he didn't expect that the army had just arrived at the Guanchuan River.
On the west bank, they learned the news that Qingyang city had been broken. Qingyang was the throat of the east-west military route. Xu Da stationed troops in Qingyang and expanded his territory. Timur knew that there was no hope of advancing eastward, so he had no choice but to retreat to Xining. When he retreated,
Li Siqi only gave him one month's worth of food and grass.
This time when the Ming army arrived at Lanzhou City, Li Siqi had already sent a messenger on horseback to ask for help from Timur. Unfortunately, Timur had more than 200,000 soldiers, but they suffered from lack of food for the winter. Even if he came to rescue Li Siqi, he would have to
It took several months to raise food. But Li Siqi was very calm in his heart. There were more than 100,000 elite soldiers in the city, and the food and grass were enough to last for a year. Even if Timur came to expand his territory next year, he would not be afraid.
Can the Ming army fly over?
Swords were rising outside the city, and peace was rising with singing and dancing in the city. Li Siqi was enjoying himself and enjoying himself. He was relieved because Tan Ma had come to report early, and Xu Da's army was still resting in Qingyang City. At this moment, it was actually the Ming army.
The forward troops arrived alone. Li Siqi originally wanted to send out his troops from four gates and use the 100,000 elite soldiers in the city to fight the 50,000 Ming army forward troops in a decisive battle. However, when he learned that Zhang Dakui was leading the troops, Li Siqi couldn't help but give up this idea.
When the Jiangbei Red Scarf Army was invincible, it was Zhang Dakui who took the greatest credit. His bravery and toughness make Li Siqi still fearful to this day.
Close the four gates tightly and defend without fighting. Let's wait and see who can outsmart the other! Li Siqi was a little worried at first, but soon the city soldiers came to report and the Ming army began to set up camp. Li Siqi was happy when he heard the report.
flower.
For three consecutive days, Dakui sent soldiers to call for formation in front of the city, but the Yuan soldiers in the city ignored them.
During these three days, Da Kui ordered his soldiers to cut down trees and build siege ladders, and carry soil to fill the river at night. By noon on the third day, the moat in front of the east gate of Lanzhou City had been filled in. Even so, the Yuan army did not care. Every time
The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty went to the city to call for formation, and soldiers of the Yuan Dynasty laughed and cursed loudly on the city from time to time.
In the Chinese army tent, Dakui sat on a tiger-skin chair with a livid face, accompanied by Sun Qian and other generals. Sun Qian secretly laughed in his heart: "Now that Lanzhou city is impregnable, and the marshal does not send a single soldier, I
I want to see what you, Zhang Dakui, are capable of doing to win Lanzhou.'
Looking at the generals in the tent, Dakui said slowly: "What strategies do the generals have for this battle?"
Sun Qian clasped his fists and bowed, saying: "The general thought that the gate of the village was tightly closed and he would only defend without fighting. He would wait until the marshal's army arrived before attacking the city."
Hearing this, Dakui was noncommittal and asked, "General Yang, what do you think?"
At this moment, Yang Xiaohu had been promoted to commander of the infantry camp by Da Kui. Although he was still a commander of thousands, he was able to lead troops.
When Yang Xiaohu asked about it, he came out and reported: "In response to what the general said, I thought I could use a trick to lure the enemy and trick the Yuan soldiers into leaving the city. Then I will definitely win in one battle."
Yang Xiaohu said so plausibly that Dakui couldn't help but ask: "How to lure the enemy? I would like to hear the details."
Yang Xiaohu then continued: "There is Lintao County eighty miles south of Lanzhou. Although the city there is small, it is enough to house our 50,000 Ming army. Now Lintao County is guarded by Li Siqi's troops, and the defenders are no more than
Only 10,000. Our army can pretend to attack Lintao, and hide 30,000 elite troops on the road. We only use 20,000 horses to capture Lintao. When the Yuan army sees that our army is attacking Lintao, they will definitely wait for our army to attack the city and send troops from behind to attack.
, when the 30,000 troops and horses who had set up an ambush took advantage of the situation to rush out, and the 20,000 troops and horses who pretended to attack Lintao will also return to cover up the attack, the Yuan soldiers will definitely be defeated."
Dakui smiled and nodded, approvingly saying: "Xiaohu has grown up."
Yang Xiaohu smiled slightly and said: "Thank you, General, for the compliment." The other generals also agreed and praised Yang Xiaohu full of praise. Yang Xiaohu was in a daze for a moment.
Dakui asked: "Even if this plan is feasible, it will not harm Lanzhou City. Our forward army is here to capture Lanzhou. If we want to attack the city in an open and honest manner, why do we need to make small moves?"
Hearing what Dakui said, Yang Xiaohu suddenly wilted like an eggplant beaten by frost.
Another commander came forward and reported: "General, even if we attack the city, our army of 50,000 men will not have enough troops to attack the city from all sides. What can we do?"
Dakui laughed loudly and said: "It is true that we don't have enough troops to attack from all sides, but we have more than enough to attack from one side." As he spoke, Dakui stood up and walked to the tent door, pointing to the Lanzhou City Road in the distance: "Look, there is only the east gate wall.
How many Yuan soldiers are there?"
Sun Qian looked at it and said: "At the moment, the Yuan soldiers are only defending but not fighting. The soldiers on the city are slack, and there are only more than a thousand soldiers. But once our army attacks the city in a large scale, there will be Yuan soldiers below the city who come up to resist."
Dakui smiled softly and continued to ask: "There are Yuan soldiers all over the city wall, how many people can stand on it?"
Sun Qian looked at it carefully and then said: "At least it can stand eight thousand people."
Dakui asked again: "Fifty thousand versus eight thousand, what are the chances of winning?"
When Sun Qian heard this, he couldn't help being shocked and asked: "General, do you want to attack Lanzhou City with our fifty thousand soldiers and horses?" Seeing Dakui smiling and saying nothing, Sun Qian hurriedly said: "General, does he know that even if we are in the city?"
There are only eight thousand soldiers, but they occupy a commanding position and are supported by longbows and crossbows and artillery. Even if our army succeeds in attacking the city, it will inevitably suffer heavy casualties, and it may seriously damage our vitality."
Dakui laughed at Sun Qian's words and did not answer. He turned around and said loudly: "Send my general's order to gather the three armies in front of the camp and prepare to attack the city."
When the generals heard this, they all looked at each other, but the general had already come out, so the generals had no choice but to follow.
At noon in early winter, the warm sun shines on the earth. The Ming army under Lanzhou City formed a formation in front of the camp, with four 10,000-person infantry squares lined up neatly, and in front of them was a 10,000-person cavalry square.
Dakui, in red robes and golden armor, sat on a maroon horse, looking at the 50,000 elite soldiers under his command. After a long time, he raised his voice and shouted: "Soldiers!" The sound of Dakui's energy filling his Dantian spread far and wide.
"The city of Lanzhou is behind you, and today is the day when we can make a great contribution. Our forward army was unfavorable in the first battle of Qingyang. Today I will help you wipe away the shame." Dakui said, lifting his leg to take off the iron gun from the saddle hook, and raised his arms and shouted
Said: "Recover Lanzhou and become famous in one battle!"
Unexpectedly, Dakui shouted three times out of wishful thinking, but the fifty thousand soldiers fell into silence.
When Dakui saw this, he was not angry. He just shouted: "Yang Xiaohu, take the lead."
In the formation, Yang Xiaohu responded loudly: "I will obey the general's order." After saying this, he waved his iron gun and shouted loudly: "First echelon, attack the city."
Yang Xiaohu's subordinates, Qian Erlang, carried hundreds of ladders, shouted and rushed out of the crowd, rushing towards the Lanzhou city wall.
When the Yuan soldiers on Lanzhou City saw this, not only did they burst into laughter, but a thousand men and horses carried ladders to capture Lanzhou City?
Until Yang Xiaohu led his soldiers to put the ladder up on the city wall, the Yuan soldiers only fired one round of feather arrows. Nearly a hundred Ming soldiers under the ladder were hit by arrows and fell to the ground, but the rest still clung to the ladder and refused to retreat. This time
The thousand men and horses were borrowed by Dakui from Tang He. They were carefully selected elite soldiers.
Dakui still stood up in front of the formation, looking at the 50,000 soldiers and shouting again: "Liberate Lanzhou, make a name for yourself in one battle!" As soon as he finished speaking, he turned his horse's head, knocked the horse's belly with both feet, and actually rushed towards Lanzhou with his whip raised.
city wall.
The 50,000 Ming army were stunned. As a general, he went to attack the city? This move of Dakui actually aroused the excitement of the crowd. While Sun Qian was still hesitating, a school captain had already stepped out of the crowd, drew his sword and shouted loudly.
: "Recover Lanzhou and become famous in one battle! Kill!"
A single spark can start a prairie fire, and the morale of the Ming army suddenly rose. Fifty thousand soldiers shouted in unison: "Recover Lanzhou, make a name for yourself in one battle! Kill." Then the five square formations advanced together, and the Ming army soldiers roared and raised their weapons high to attack Lanzhou City.
The Yuan soldiers on the city were shocked, and fifty thousand Ming troops swarmed into the city like a tide.
Dakui immediately ran to the base of the city wall. He jumped up on his horse and rushed towards a ladder without stopping. From a distance, he could see Dakui running like flying and rushing to half of the city wall.
"Woooo" the alarm horn sounded, and the more than a thousand Yuan soldiers guarding the city opened their bows and fired arrows. For a moment, the arrows shot down the city head like locusts. The Ming army under the city had just rushed to the root of the city, and the arrows rained across the Ming army immediately.
Throw it down.
Dakui was climbing up the city. Because he was wearing a general's armor, he naturally attracted special attention from Yuan soldiers. When Dakui was still three to five feet away from the city, dozens of long arrows with fierce roars were shot in front of him. Here.
At the critical moment, Dakui stretched out his hand to tug on his cloak, shaking his hands as if to "know the world in his sleeves". The fiery red cloak was not stirred by the wind, and dozens of long arrows were already included in it.
Just as the Yuan soldiers who were releasing arrows were stunned, Dakui had already taken a few steps forward and turned over into the city wall.
When Dakui meets on a narrow road, the brave wins. As soon as Dakui entered the city wall, the spear in his hand was shaking and stabbing out several points of cold light. The spear was like a dragon and its body was like a tiger. The Yuan soldiers who had just approached had blood spurting from their throats before they even made a move.
Fall to the ground.
Dakui succeeded in his move and did not hesitate. He rushed to the right without risking his own life. There was a city defense cannon there. Once the cannon was fired, it would definitely cause a large number of casualties to the Ming army. The 50,000 Ming army only attacked one city wall, and there were a huge number of Ming soldiers under the city.
The power of one shot can be imagined.
As Dakui charged fiercely, the iron spear danced like a wheel, either sweeping or smashing. Wherever it passed, Yuan soldiers howled miserably and corpses were scattered on the ground. While Dakui and Yuan soldiers were fighting, the city went "boom" and "boom".
"There was a continuous sound of artillery. The shells exploded under the city. For a while, the Ming army under the city was full of blood and flesh, causing numerous casualties and casualties.