"Ye He and Hui Fa suffered too many casualties yesterday and are unwilling to attack the city today," Wang Yaochen said.
Wang Tingchen turned to look at the rear camp and asked with a smile: "You think if the Tatar civilians are expelled from the city and consumed, what kind of punishment will we bear?"
Wang Yaochen was stunned: "Both you and I will be dismissed from our posts, and this battle will no longer be based on merit. I'm afraid it will take a year and a half before I can be reinstated and continue to lead the troops. If I'm unlucky, my title will also be downgraded."
"Then do it!"
Wang Tingchen rubbed his hands and said: "The Tatars' defense supplies have not been exhausted yet, and Ye He and Huifa can no longer sustain the casualties. To attack by force at this time is to cost the soldiers their lives. We are all still young, and there will be many battles in the future. Fight, even if you lose your title, you can still be promoted back!"
"This... this is not good." Wang Yaochen is the chief missionary officer of the cavalry division after all.
Wang Tingchen said: "If you don't want to, forget it. If something happens, I will handle it alone. Just say that you tried hard to persuade me, but I forcefully violated military regulations."
"It's not a question of who will carry it," Wang Yaochen said. "The Datong Army has strict disciplines and the military regulations are clearly written. You cannot force the people to fight, even the people of the enemy country."
Wang Tingchen sneered and said: "I was born as a general in the former dynasty. I have fought with the Tatars for several years. I have seen many disasters caused by the Tatars. Which Tatar has not stained the blood of the Han people on his hands? This is the territory of the Huifa Department. Today, it is the Tatar people who are farming. Where did they come from? They were brought by the Mandahai Sea.
The land they cultivated was snatched from the hands of the people of the Huifa tribe. Do you think they are civilians? When they killed the Han people and the people of the Huifa tribe, why did you feel sorry for those people?"
Wang Yaochen was still hesitant, but he was moved by what he said.
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Wang Tingchen added: "When the Datong Army first established a foothold in Liaodong, they killed Tatars whenever they saw them, regardless of whether they were civilians or not. Killing Tatar civilians is
What’s the difference between fighting to expel Tatar civilians?”
Wang Yaochen said: "That's different. When we first established a foothold in Liaodong, we had to kill the Tatars on sight. This was consuming the population of the Tatars, otherwise our army would not be able to gain a foothold in Liaodong. Now the court has said that in order to disintegrate the Tatars Morale, Tatar civilians cannot be killed indiscriminately."
"Although the Tatar prisoners in the rear camp were all civilians, did they resist when our army came to kill them?" Wang Tingchen asked.
Wang Yaochen nodded: "I resisted."
Wang Tingchen added: "If the cavalry division hadn't come and gone like the wind and allowed these Tatar civilians to escape back to the city, would they have become enemies defending the city? The closer you get to here, the fewer Tatar civilians are. Why? Because? The young men have been drafted to fight. If we arrive later, will the Tatar civilians further north also be drafted to fight? "
"Definitely." Wang Yaochen said.
"That's right, these are not civilians, they are Tatar soldiers! We are not driving civilians to fight, we are driving prisoners of war to fight,"
Wang Tingchen smiled and said, "Besides, we don't bring much rations and herbs for the army. How can we have food for these prisoners to eat and drink?"
Wang Tingchen is really not being unreasonable. Today's Eight Banners Army has degenerated into a combination of soldiers and peasants, and it is impossible to distinguish the difference between soldiers and civilians.
Let these Tatar civilians take up arms and they will be transformed into Tatar soldiers one after another.
Wang Yaochen thought about it, and finally gritted his teeth and said: "I agree, but I will report it truthfully. We will receive the punishment together when the time comes."
"Good brother!" Wang Tingchen laughed happily.
These prisoners of war, or Tatar civilians, were captured from various villages in the north and robbed their food as supplies. There were not many of them. The total number of men, women, old and children was less than 3,000, but adult men
Accounted for more than one-third.
According to Wang Tingchen's idea, all the old, weak, women and children were driven out to fight. However, Wang Yaochen stopped him and only allowed him to drive out the adult men.
"Listen, you Tatars, you have so much blood on your hands." Wang Tingchen went to the prisoner of war camp in person. "Now I give you a chance to make atonement and follow our army to attack the city. Not only will your lives be spared after the war,
I can also help you settle down and allot your fields!"
Weapons were quickly handed out, and each person held a wooden stick in his hand.
They had to fight even if they didn't want to fight, and there were swords and guns pointing behind them. The soldiers of Datong had no sympathy for this, and wanted to kill all the prisoners, because they had a bloody feud with each other.
On the city wall.
What is that?" Dorji asked confused.
Leng Saiyi observed it with a telescope for a moment, and then said angrily: "That's our tribe!"
The siege began soon. The servants of Ye He and Hui Fa reluctantly rejoined the charge. A small number of soldiers from Datong also set out in formation. These were all feint troops, and they mainly let cannon fodder die, but feints can happen at any time.
It might turn into a real fight.
"kill!"
Outside the two city walls, there were loud shouts of killing, mainly from Datong soldiers.
The young and strong Tatars held wooden sticks and simple wooden ladders and advanced timidly. There were also a few who wanted to turn around and escape, but were executed on the spot by the Datong army responsible for suppressing the formation.
"Remember, if you perform meritorious service and atone for your sins, you will be absolved if you conquer the city!"
More than a thousand Tatars, young and strong, rushed forward with their heads down.
Gao Li asked: "Beizi, do you want these tribesmen to climb up? They are forced to attack the city. They will definitely switch sides after climbing the city wall."
Leng Saiyi asked: "How do you know that there are no Nanmanzi hidden inside? Even if there are no Nanmanzi hidden inside, what should we do if these people board the city in panic, disrupt the city's defense deployment, and the Nanmanzi take the opportunity to attack the city?"
Gao Li was speechless.
"Fire the arrow!" Leng Saiyi ordered.
The Eight Banners Army guarding the city could only fire arrows at their tribesmen. A burst of rain came, and the young and strong Tatars running in front were frightened and turned around and ran away.
"Bang bang bang!"
The cavalry division was equipped with a small number of dragoons. At this moment, they immediately fired at the defeated troops. In fact, the angle was slightly upward, and they did not want to kill them.
It just forced them to attack the city again.
With arrows in front of them and bullets behind them, these young and strong Tatars were forced to run back and forth like a group of headless flies.
It didn't matter whether they were left or right. Finally, someone carried the ladder and continued to charge. After capturing the city, they still had a chance to survive. If they continued like this,
Sooner or later, they will all die under the city wall.
"Gold juice!"
"Rolling logs!"
The hot oil had been used up, and at this moment, the golden juice and rolling logs were thrown down, once again beating the young and strong Tatars who were attacking the city to pieces.
On the other side, Wang Fuchen led his troops, sandwiched among Ye He soldiers, and started the first round of feint attack. Their weapons and equipment were obviously better, so Leng Saiyi mobilized elites to focus on defending this section of the city wall, and the number of bows and arrows was obviously more
.
In one morning, hundreds of people died, and the siege made no progress.
It continued in the afternoon, and it was still the same, with the battle situation not changing at all.
That night, cannons were heard outside the city and many torches were lit.
Leng Saiyi successfully defended the city for two days, and became much more confident. He sneered and said: "It's another trick to exhaust the troops. Do you think I haven't read "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms"? They took turns guarding the city. The soldiers on the city were always on guard, and the soldiers inside the city were so sleepy.
!"
For two consecutive nights, the Datong army was making trouble outside the city, which only prevented the defenders from resting.
Although Lenseyi ordered his soldiers to take turns guarding the city, who in the city could sleep?
The houses in the city are still being demolished one after another, and the logs can be used as rolling wood, door panels, etc. for cooking gold juice.
The fire dared not stop for a moment, because the feint attack could turn into a real attack at any time. The dung water kept boiling in the pot, and the smell near the city wall was so bad that the Tatar defenders were so smoked that they temporarily lost their sense of smell.
"These pots of golden juice are almost dry. Bring more quickly!"
"there is none left."
"If you don't have any more, just take someone to pee or poop, and then they can poop into the pot for me!"
The dung water is agricultural fertilizer. It is usually put in buckets and transported outside the city for sale. There is unlikely to be much stock in the city. For two consecutive days, the dung water has been boiled. Even if it is not poured down, it will become worse after a long time.
Burn to dry.
"kill!"
The Tiger Crouching Cannon suddenly stopped firing, and the Datong Army shouted and charged. Each man did not carry a weapon in his hand, but held several torches. The rest of them feigned an attack, forming a night attack formation of thousands of people.
"The Nanmanzi are attacking the city, come and defend it quickly!"
The Tatar defenders were so frightened that they fired arrows indiscriminately in the direction of the torches. The Eight Banners troops who were resting in the city were also called up one after another and stopped resting to prepare to support the city wall at any time.
After all the fuss, the Datong Army in charge of the feint attack managed to retreat within the range of their bows and arrows.
This situation became the norm, almost every half an hour, and the Tatar defenders were exhausted.
If it were a serious city wall, they would definitely not be afraid. But the city wall here is too short and you will climb up if you are not careful. You must be vigilant at all times.
Gradually, the defenders stopped firing arrows. They had to save arrows and at the same time save their own arm strength. Otherwise, there would be several more rounds of feint attacks.
They were so tired that they couldn't even draw the arrow.
The Tatars took turns defending the city, and the Datong army took turns feinting attacks. Both sides could not sleep, and they continued like this until dawn.
"ha!"
A group of defenders yawned and left the city wall, allowing friendly troops to come over and change defenses.
The Tatars who were changing defenses were also yawning. They didn't sleep well in the city. They were all dozing against the city wall. As soon as their eyes closed, they were woken up in a daze.
Moreover, they didn't get much sleep the night before, as the Datong Army fired artillery fire at regular intervals.
After staying up for two nights and two days guarding the city, they couldn't bear it. There were already some Tatar defenders who were so sleepy that they couldn't wake up despite the shouts of killing. They leaned against the wall and fell asleep directly.
The golden juice is not cooked very much, mainly because there are not so many raw materials, and it will be boiled dry quickly if it is kept burning.
The sky started to turn white, and things could be seen at a close range.
Wang Fuchen yawned and walked forward. He had slept all night. A thousand warriors were selected and planned to attack the city at dawn. These people didn't care about anything last night and rested peacefully in the camp.
Wang Fuchen led five hundred warriors to attack from the northwest.
Lu Rui led five hundred warriors and attacked from the west. Junqu Pavilion
These one thousand people were all cavalry, all wearing armor. They usually rode in close combat, but now they dismounted and ran to attack the city.
"kill!"
From a long distance away, friendly troops started shouting.
It was almost dawn, and the visible distance was only a few meters away. The Datong army had no torches, so the defenders could not observe the situation, but they quickly organized a defense.
It's just that the Tatars defending the city didn't pay much attention. They were already used to the Datong Army conducting feint attacks.
The archers were too lazy to nock their arrows and just stood behind the arrow stacks waiting.
The friendly troops were still shouting from behind, but the warriors who were actually attacking all trotted forward in silence, quickly approaching the city wall under the dim sky.
"Enemy attack, enemy attack!"
After running more than ten meters outside the city, the defenders vaguely spotted them, and then let out panicked shouts.
The Tatar archers were busy setting arrows and drawing their bows. There was no gold juice at all, and only some rolling logs were left.
A thousand warriors ascended first, only bringing a dozen or so ladders.
When they approached the city wall under the rain of arrows, more than twenty people had been shot down. Several people used a wooden pole to push one person in front to accelerate the charge. The joint between the wooden pole and the waist was designed with a shaped groove.
"Rolling logs!"
Many rolling logs were carried and smashed down, and more than ten Datong soldiers were hit on the spot.
Arrows were still being fired, and Datong soldiers were shot to death one after another.
After Wang Fuchen got close to the city wall, he used the push of the wooden pole to run up the city wall. The city wall was not straight, it had a certain slope, and there was a wooden pole pushing behind him, so he could easily run up.
Who made the city wall here less than three meters?
"Your mother..."
When Wang Fuchen was about to climb the city wall, there happened to be a rolling log there. Although he was not hit, the edge of the rolling log rubbed his arm, causing him to lose his balance and fall down.
Lu Rui, who was on another section of the city wall, also fell down, but was stabbed by a spear. Fortunately, he was protected by armor.
At that time, Lu Rui's subordinates, a battalion commander named Han Shouxin, successfully rushed to the city wall.
In an instant, three spears were aimed at Han Shouxin.
This person carried it with his armor, wielded his sword and chopped hard, using his life to buy time for the following friendly forces.
"kill!"
Further away from the city wall, there were loud shouts of killing, and countless Datong troops came into view of the defenders. This time, the entire army was really attacking the city.
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