The Song army rushed towards Qushan County like a tide. Tens of thousands of arrows were fired from the top of the city, overwhelmingly shooting at the city. The arrows were lost like a storm, and batches of Song soldiers fell in the rain of arrows.
However, the soldiers of the Song Army still rushed forward one after another, carrying the siege ladder and rushing forward bravely.
As soon as the siege ladders were set up on the top of the city, thousands of barrels of kerosene were suddenly poured on the top of the city. Dozens of torches were thrown down. The kerosene was ignited. The siege ladders also became fire ladders, and the city quickly spread into a sea of fire.
In the sea of fire, countless soldiers screamed and ran away.
On top of the city, Li Cheng shouted loudly, "Shoot!"
Thousands of arrows were fired again from the top of the city, and a storm of arrows hit the Song soldiers.
Many soldiers had just escaped from the fierce fire, but because they had no shields to resist, they gave their backs to the enemy troops on the city. A dense rain of arrows shot through their backs and legs.
Many soldiers were shot to the ground. Just after they had climbed two steps, they were nailed to the ground by dense arrows.
Liu Qi let out a long sigh, "Retreat your troops!"
"Dang! Dang! Dang!"
The bell rang to withdraw troops, and the surviving soldiers fled desperately. The tragic battle ended in less than an hour.
Ten thousand soldiers attacked the city, but in the end fewer than two thousand survived.
The Song army had been besieging Qushan County for almost a month and launched more than a dozen siege battles, large and small, but all ended in failure.
The key is that the troops are constantly being depleted, and a small amount adds up. Coupled with today's disastrous defeat, the Song army has killed and injured more than 40,000 people. It is only the luck of the soldiers that they were injured but not dead, but it is one thing for the army. They have lost a soldier who can fight.
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Yang Yizhong and Wang Jian both couldn't bear it anymore and found the general Liu Qi.
Walking into the big tent, they saw Liu Qi holding his forehead with one hand, sitting tiredly and haggardly in front of the table. Yang Yizhong and Wang Jian looked at each other. Yang Yizhong still couldn't help but said: "Liu Dutong, it's not okay to continue fighting like this."
No way, our entire army will be destroyed!"
Liu Qi sighed and tapped a copy of the emperor's handwriting on the table with his fingers. Yang Yizhong was startled and asked: "Did it just come?"
Liu Qi nodded, "Let's take a look!"
Yang Yizhong picked up the handwriting and recognized it at a glance. It was the emperor's handwriting. It was actually his own handwriting.
'If you abandon Haizhou and go north, your logistics and retreat will be cut off by Haizhou's Jin soldiers. Therefore, Haizhou cannot be abandoned and Haizhou must be captured at all costs.'
There is a supplement below, "The victor has morale, and morale can be boosted but not diminished. Instead of taking the city in ten battles, it is better to capture the city in one battle to boost morale."
"Your Majesty, what does this mean?" Wang Jian was confused.
Yang Yizhong smiled bitterly and said: "Your Majesty is telling us that he has decided to abandon the second plan, not allowing us to retreat, and asking us to concentrate our forces to capture Qushan County at all costs."
Wang Jian was stunned, "But... we went up a lot and burned a lot to death. Who can bear this kind of loss?"
Liu Qi sighed and said: "This should be the suggestion of a certain husband. It is a typical paper talk, as if we can seize the city at any cost. What I am afraid of now is not that we cannot seize the city, but whether we can escape the whole army."
The fate of destruction.”
"Is the general also aware of this crisis?"
"How could I not realize it? Ten thousand people were killed, and less than an hour later, only 1,400 people came back alive. The rest were burned to coke. All the soldiers watched this tragic scene.
What will they think, and will their morale be high? Do you think Li Cheng can't see this?"
Yang Yizhong pondered for a moment and asked: "The key is how many troops are there in the city? Is it only 20,000 people?"
Liu Qi sighed, "Our initial intelligence was that there were 50,000 troops in Haizhou. Later, it was said that 15,000 troops were taken away from Donghai Island, and 15,000 troops were taken away from Yizhou, so there should be only two troops in the city.
Ten thousand people, now I am worried that these two pieces of information are wrong. If the information is wrong, the problem will be serious."
Wang Jian frowned, "If we dig deeper, I'm afraid there's something wrong!"
Liu Qi and Yang Yizhong looked at him together, "What should I say?"
"As for the fifteen thousand people on Donghai Island, Han Shizhong told us, but he did not go to the island or attack the city. How did he know that there were fifteen thousand people? He must have listened to the fishermen on the island, but which fishermen
How many troops would you say? This was obviously arranged by someone. Secondly, the Western Army captured Donghai County. It is said that they captured the city overnight. There were really 15,000 people. How could it be so easy to capture?
There is a more important point. Han Shizhong said that the Western Navy only had about 10,000 people. Ten thousand people captured a city of 15,000 people in one night and occupied the county town without any effort. Obviously the number of people was wrong. It was estimated that there were at most two or three people.
Thousands of people, Han Shizhong himself fell into the trap."
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Yang Yizhong nodded, "If the information on Donghai Island is false, then the information on Yizhou may also be wrong."
Liu Qi's face suddenly turned very pale, and Yang Yizhong and Wang Jian also felt heavy. All three of them realized that the problem was serious.
If this is a trap, they have fallen into it and it may be difficult to escape.
"We must withdraw our troops as soon as possible!"
Yang Yizhong said in a deep voice: "If there is any responsibility, the three of us will bear it together!"
"I agree to withdraw the troops!" Wang Jian also immediately expressed his position.
Liu Qi pondered for a moment. Although it was against the holy will, they had no choice but to withdraw their troops. There was still a glimmer of hope. If the fight continued, the entire army would probably be destroyed.
Liu Qi nodded, "Then withdraw the troops!"
The three of them discussed for a while and decided to set up a suspicious formation, and then the entire army retreated in the middle of the night.
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The number of casualties suffered by the signing army in the city was far less than that of the Song army, with less than 5,000 casualties. This was also due to the sufficient reserves of kerosene and bows and arrows of the signing army. There were more than 10,000 barrels of kerosene and more than a million arrows.
Of course, there is also a powerful general. Li Cheng can be called the first general of the Puppet Qi Army, and is now praised as the first Han general by Wanyan Wushu. He is extremely seasoned and experienced in fighting. From the beginning, he formulated a plan
Taking advantage of the tallness and solidity of Qushan County, they killed a large number of Song troops, destroyed their morale and fighting spirit, and then waited for an opportunity to counterattack.
For this reason, he constantly concocted false intelligence and false news, successfully making the Song army think that he only had 20,000 troops in the city. In fact, he had 50,000 troops in the city. If you add in the 20,000 militiamen who assisted in defending the city, he actually had 70,000 troops.
Army.
Li Cheng had been holding back, waiting for an opportunity, but today, more than 8,000 Song soldiers died under his arrows and kerosene, and Li Cheng also realized that the time was ripe for a counterattack.
As the night gradually fell, a dozen spies pulled ropes and dropped from the top of the city, using the cover of the night to rush towards the three Song army camps...
Li Cheng stared outside the city. He discovered something unusual about the Song Army. After each siege, the Song Army would send people over to collect the bodies of the fallen soldiers. They would wait for up to half a day, but today they have not come. Now night has fallen.
, I still didn’t see the Song Army sending anyone to collect the bodies.
This is very abnormal. Could it be that the Song army has retreated?
Li Cheng's heart tightened when he thought of the word 'retreat'. He also believed that the Song Army would withdraw in the near future. The morale of any army would collapse when it suffered nearly half of its casualties. He had been waiting for this moment to come. If the Song Army was allowed to escape,
, is what he regrets deeply.
He looked carefully at the Song Army camp. The Song Army camp three miles away was brightly lit, as usual. If it was the same as usual, why didn't he care about the corpses under the city?
The more Li Cheng thought about it, the more something was wrong. At this moment, he made up his mind.
Li Cheng immediately shouted: "Send the order for the entire army to assemble!"
Li Cheng had decided that he would attack regardless of whether the Song army retreated or not.
Forty-five thousand elite troops quickly gathered. Li Cheng left 20,000 militiamen to guard the city. He wanted to pursue the Song army all the way.
At this time, the spies came to him with news that surprised him. Just half an hour ago, the Song army in the three military camps had withdrawn south.
After almost failing, Li Cheng shouted: "Open the city gate and pursue the whole army!"