At midnight, the retreating 50,000 Song army was overtaken by the main force of the signing army, which was chasing them one after another. The morale of the Song army had collapsed, and they had no intention of fighting. They collapsed in the first battle. The Song army was defeated and the soldiers were thrown away.
They abandoned their armor and scrambled for their lives. Fifty thousand Song troops were killed and countless surrendered. This time Li Cheng showed no mercy and chased them for nearly two hundred miles and stopped only when they reached the Huaihe River.
In the end, only a few thousand people were able to escape across the Huaihe River, and the rest of the 100,000-strong army was completely destroyed.
Li Cheng was also worried about the loss of Haizhou, so he left a small number of soldiers to guard Suzhou and Sizhou. He led the main army and escorted more than 20,000 captured Song troops back to Haizhou in a hurry.
Li Cheng's army had just fought out of the city when they were discovered by Western Army scouts deployed outside the city. The scouts hurried back to the island to report.
At this time, the 30,000 Western troops on the East China Sea Island were fully prepared. Since this morning, the Song Army launched its largest attack and suffered the heaviest losses. The generals of the Western Army all agreed that things must be reversed at the extremes, and the Song Army must withdraw.
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Starting from the afternoon, the 30,000 Song troops had an early dinner and prepared their troops vigorously, waiting for the opportunity to attack.
Liu Qiong and Tang Qian stood on the pier, looking at the dark side of the bay. Behind him, groups of Western troops began to board the boats. Tang Qian would lead three thousand soldiers to attack the west city. After Tang Qian succeeded, Liu Qiong
Then he led 20,000 main troops into the county town.
At this time, a small boat came from the darkness. After a while, the boat docked and the scout jumped ashore. Liu Qiong went up to meet him and asked: "How is the situation?"
The scout saluted and said: "Inform the capital, the Song army has retreated, and the main army in the city is chasing them!"
Liu Qiong was overjoyed and asked urgently: "Are there any defenders in the city?"
"There are still defenders, but unlike the entire army, like the militia soldiers, they all wear hats, cloth armor, and hold pewter tassels."
Li Zi hat, cloth corset, and white wax tassel gun are the typical equipment of militia soldiers.
Tang Qian said in a deep voice: "That humble officer led his army to attack!"
Liu Qiong nodded, "After I lead my troops to assemble on the shore, I will launch a rocket."
Tang Qian bowed and left in a hurry. Not long after, ten large ships full of soldiers left the dock and sailed towards the other side.
Liu Qiong also issued an order, and 20,000 troops immediately gathered at the dock and boarded the ship.
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Qushan County is about five miles away from the seaside and is separated by a small hill. From the seaside to the county town, you can bypass the small hill. The distance is quite long, more than ten miles. However, you can also go directly across the hill, which is only three miles.
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Tang Qian led three thousand soldiers in a straight line, passing directly through the hills.
At this time, a scout rushed to report, "General Qi, there are many militia soldiers coming out of the city to collect corpses, they are in the south city."
This news really surprised Tang Qian. He asked anxiously: "Can the city gate be opened?"
"The city gates are wide open and the drawbridge has been lowered. However, there are also many soldiers on top of the city, more than a thousand of them."
Tang Qian realized that this was an excellent opportunity. Although according to the agreement, he had to wait until all Liu Qiong had crossed the sea before launching the attack, it was a pity that he did not have to take this opportunity.
He pondered for a moment and asked: "How many people came out to collect the bodies?"
"About two thousand people."
"Are there any defenders in Beicheng?" Tang Qian asked again.
The scout shook his head, "It's pitch dark in the North City. There probably aren't any patrol soldiers, and the same goes for the East City!"
Tang Qian nodded, and he quickly made a compromise, which was to wait until the opponent was about to finish before launching the offensive, thus buying time for Liu Qiong's army to cross the bay.
Tang Qian sent the defenders back to the island and asked Liu Qiong to send troops to support immediately.
The militia soldiers had been busy all night. They had just moved the entire Song Army camp into the city, and then they had to clean up the bodies of the fallen Song army soldiers. This chore finally fell to the militia soldiers. These militia soldiers were unwilling to clean up the burned bodies.
However, he had no choice but to endure his nausea, use a shovel to shovel the charred corpse into a mat, roll it up, throw it into a cart, and send it to a distant place for burial.
Two thousand people started working at the second watch, worked until the third watch, and then went back to rest and sleep.
Everyone was busy cleaning up under the city wall, and there were already the last few hundred charred corpses. It was about to end, and the soldiers on the top of the city no longer watched, and each sat down, yawning, and preparing to squint for a while.
No one noticed that an army of dozens of people had quietly approached the city gate. The army naturally lined up, walked onto the drawbridge, and walked into the city.
Finally, more than a dozen militia soldiers saw them, and some of them cursed loudly: "The matter is not finished yet, so we are in a hurry to go back and die!"
"Who are you?" Someone noticed that their armors were different.
The Western soldiers ignored them and entered the city gate directly.
The leader's name was Chang Long. When he heard the shouting, he rode over and scolded: "You guys, what are you shouting for?"
"General, an army has entered the city just now. Its armor is completely different from ours. It's a bit like the Song army's armor."
Chang Long urged his horse to run towards the city gate, but halfway through the run, an arrow shot out of the dark night. "Pfft!" It hit Chang Long's neck. Chang Long let out a muffled cry and fell from his horse.
A dozen soldiers were shocked and looked back together, only to find that countless soldiers were coming to kill them in the dark night.
They screamed in fright, turned around and fled. Many soldiers working outside the city also discovered the enemy's situation and started shouting.
The soldiers on the top of the city were alarmed and stood up one after another, trying to close the city gate and pull up the drawbridge.
At this time, they found that the suspension bridge could not be pulled up, and the city gate could not be closed. The bottom of the suspension bridge was hooked to the embankment by a large iron hook. Of course, it could not be pulled up, and the city gate was also blocked by wood.
The soldiers on the top of the city were in chaos, and the alarm bells rang, "Dang! Dang! Dang!" After a while, it suddenly stopped. The Western Army attacked the city, but the alarm bells on the other three city tops also rang immediately.
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Urgent alarm bells sounded throughout the city.
At this time, 6,000 Western soldiers rushed into the city. The first batch of 3,000 supporting troops arrived, increasing Tang Qian's strength to 6,000. The second batch of 5,000 supporting troops were crossing the hills towards the south city.
The door is coming.
Tang Qian led his army into the city gate, only to be met by densely packed militia soldiers. The rapid sound of alarm bells throughout the city alerted the 20,000 militia soldiers in the city. They did not dare to take off their clothes to sleep. They all wore cloth armor and hugged their tassels.
Gun falls asleep.
The alarm bell rang suddenly, and the militia soldiers woke up from their sleep. The general shouted and forced them to rush out of the barracks. They happened to encounter 6,000 Western troops entering the city, and a fierce battle broke out between the two sides in the streets.
It's a pity that this fierce battle was a one-sided massacre. Most of the militia soldiers had no training and had never seen blood. They were killed by the fierce and brave elites of the Western Army until they were howling like ghosts and wolves. They retreated steadily and could only hold out for less than a quarter of an hour.
When the second batch of 5,000 reinforcements from the Western Army entered the city, the soldiers of the militia army completely collapsed and fled in all directions within the city. They took off their armor, threw away their weapons, and fled home.
Tang Qian immediately divided his troops into five groups and occupied the city gates, walls, warehouses, military camps and other key places in the city. He also imposed a curfew in the city and prohibited people from going out.
Half an hour later, Liu Qiong led the third batch of 5,000 troops into the city. Qushan County, which Li Cheng had held for nearly a month, fell.