Li Xia didn't spend much time with the soldiers of Wu Xin Army. They only spent more than three days marching, entering the city, preparing, and mobilizing.
Although he couldn't use his arms and fingers at this time, he managed it fairly well.
There are many reasons. For example, Suizhou Wuxin Army has been the elite force of Sichuan and Sichuan in resisting Mongolia for more than ten years. There are even many veterans who participated in Yu Jie's battle to regain Hanzhong. And Li Xia is a civil servant and serves Shu.
Commander's military orders naturally represent authority;
Among the more than 1,200 people, more than 500 were prepared to put Nie Zhongyou directly under his command. They had long heard Nie Zhongyu and Lin Zi talk about the northward expedition in detail. Every time they talked about it, Nie and Lin highly praised Li.
Yes, Wu Xinjun has admired his name for a long time;
In the army, one must be convincing and put merit first. Last year, Li Xia killed Wu Lianghetai, and now he has been working for Pu Zezhi to conquer Chengdu and kill Atahu, and his reputation has gradually increased.
There is also a small detail, Yang Ben led more than 80 people, everyone has a horse, leather armor, and they are quite generous. Sergeant Wu Xin is not stupid, from this we can see that Li Xia is a soldier who is willing to spend money
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The most important thing is of course ability, and Li Xia is not lacking in this ability...:.
All these factors made Li Xia dare to order Wu Xinjun to control Yao Shian the night after entering Yunding City.
"You have all seen that we were ordered to provide reinforcements. Yao Shi'an refused, and then left me alone on Jintang Cliff. We refused to join forces to fight the enemy. Three hundred villains came to guard our colleagues. How could they have any intention of resisting Mongolia?
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"That's right!" shouted a general in Wu Xin's army: "Last time we were not allowed to enter the city, and we were not even given food and grass. We have long since become displeased with him!"
This is actually not something that is pleasing to the eye.
Li Xia did not answer, but raised a military order and said: "Shuai Pu has long seen through this man's selfish intentions and secretly ordered me to take full responsibility for the defense of Yunding City. Tonight, we will capture Yao Shi'an and use Generals Kong and Xiao as the city."
Shou."
"I sincerely obey the orders of General Shu!" Nie Zhongyou took the lead and clasped his fists.
Yang Ben and Lin Zi followed closely behind.
The generals and generals of Wu Xin's army also clasped their fists and accepted orders.
Li Xia didn't even test whether the three hundred men sent by Yao Shi'an could let them leave Jintangya. He ordered Lin Zi to summon three of Yao Shi'an's subordinates and captured them without saying a word.
Caught off guard, they broke through the defense line and rushed straight to Yao Shian's mansion in the city.
For Wu Xinjun, who fought with Li Xia for the first time, there were only four words to describe Li Xia's actions... vigorous and resolute.
It was at this moment that they suddenly heard movement from the north city gate.
There was a strong wind on the mountain, and the night wind whistled loudly. Li Xia suddenly shivered in the night wind.
He thought of many things in an instant. Why didn't Yao Shian let him enter the city? Why did he put on such a big show and then suddenly stopped? Why did he send people to watch Wu Xinjun? Why did he entertain Kong Xian and Xiao Shixian at an inappropriate time?
"The strongest fortresses are often breached from within first..."
After thinking this, Li Xia shouted decisively: "Yao Shi'an is most likely to have rebelled. Nie Zhongyou, go rescue Generals Kong and Xiao and ask them to summon the garrison in the city to reinforce the north gate."
"What……"
"Go quickly. The rest of you, follow me to reinforce the north gate."
In his haste, Li Xia could not make a more perfect arrangement and quickly led more than a thousand people towards the north of the city.
In recent years, the serious crime of "sneaking into Mongolia" has been used to frame political opponents and unjustly killed several generals. In the absence of evidence, Li Xia was unwilling to assume such malicious intent on others. At first, it was just because of Yao Shian's selfish motives.
, if you want to control him, replace him with a more suitable person as the guard of Yunding City.
Seeing the figure on the top of Wengcheng from a distance, and hearing the slight Mongolian language coming with the wind, Li Xia was completely convinced.
"Lin Zi, you first lead two hundred people to Qixing Rock, set fire arrows to light the hay on the top of the city, and use wood and rocks to hit the enemy soldiers in Weng City."
"yes."
"Yang Ben, you will lead the cavalry to block the city gate in a moment; Qiu Shou, you will lead a hundred men to support Yang Ben."
"yes."
"The rest of the people, try your best to take back the Wengcheng. Jiang Jinshi, you lead 300 people to attack the west stairs; Ma Jiu, you mainly attack the east stairs..."
Qiu Shou, Jiang Jinshi, and Ma Jiu were all generals of Wu Xin's army, and they took orders without hesitation.
If they didn't have the heart to defend their country, they wouldn't have followed Nie Zhong to the west after the defeat of Jiantandu. What's more, it was at this critical moment.
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Li Xia has never commanded a large frontal battlefield so far, and in fact his command is not good.
For example, Pu Zezhi fought with Atahu in the streets of Chengdu. After entering the city, he immediately organized his formation, with heavy infantry in armor in front and archers in the back, slowly approaching. He stopped every fifty steps.
Reorganize your formation to avoid confusion and the cavalry taking advantage of it.
At that time, the 30,000-strong army was divided into several formations. When each military order was issued, the central army blew the trumpet first, and then waited for each department to respond with the trumpet before passing on the next military order.
When approaching a hundred steps, the Song army began to projectile, not to injure the enemy, but to suppress the enemy's momentum...
In this way, Li Xia was very enlightened when he watched it in Pu Ze's army.
But that night, all these were of no use. He only had a thousand men, and what he wanted was to take back the Wengcheng as soon as possible.
Therefore, Li Xia chose to tell his generals his strategic intentions at the very beginning, who would be responsible for blocking the gates, and who would be responsible for seizing the city. He made clear arrangements in a hurry to prevent Song soldiers from being confused in the dark due to his lack of command.
As Li Xia temporarily deceived the Mongolian generals in Mongolian language, he led his troops straight to the inner city wall, and they started the battle to retake the Wengcheng without hesitation.
Fortunately, Yang Ben, Lin Zi, Qiu Shou, Jiang Jinshi, Ma Jiu and others are all experienced low-level generals. When the Song soldiers rushed into the inner city, although the front line was not aligned, it was not too chaotic...
"kill!"
Yang Ben took the lead and charged towards the gate of the inner city with a spear.
The city gate is not wide enough to allow five people to pass by side by side. Four Mongolian soldiers marched abreast. The soldiers who passed the city gate went up the stone steps to the east and west in twos and twos. At this time, only a thin defense line was formed in front of the city gate.
Yang Ben killed suddenly, and before the Mongolian soldiers could react, they saw a spear stabbing down heavily, knocking down a Mongolian soldier.
Tonight was to climb a mountain to steal the city, and it was the hottest time in late July. The Mongolian soldier was dissatisfied with his power when climbing the mountain, so he took off his leather armor. He was still not dressed neatly, and was pierced through the body by this spear. He screamed and fell to the ground.
Sorry.
What Yang Ben wanted was such a decisive momentum, but he didn't expect that the spear couldn't be pulled out, so he immediately abandoned the spear and used a single sword to strike hard.
"咴lvlv!"
Soon, Yang Ben got off the horse and was stabbed twice, knocking him to the ground.
On the frontal battlefield, cavalry is rarely used like him. Most of them harass first and continue until the enemy soldiers are exhausted, and then finally charge. On the other hand, Yang Ben's charge is equivalent to exchanging cavalry and infantry.
Life.
But the most important thing tonight is to retake the city gate, so why bother with all this?
As soon as Yang Benfu landed, he immediately hugged a Mongolian soldier and rolled on the spot.
"boom!"
Behind him, another cavalryman bumped into him and slammed into the city gate, causing him to fall over on his back.
Inside the door were densely packed Mongolian troops, who were roaring when they were hit.
"Seize the door!" Yang Ben yelled.
There was a "bang" sound and he was knocked to the ground.
However, a Mongolian soldier was shot down from the top of the city, and his body fell on a Mongolian soldier. When the Mongolian soldier fell, he also crushed Yang Ben.
Yang Ben felt severe pain in his waist. He pushed twice, but was unable to push the two corpses away.
"Shield-bearer! Shield-bearer! Quick! Block the city gate."
Qiu Shou yelled and quickly sent people to rush over.
"Yang Ben! Change the infantry to block the city gate. You lead the people to prepare for the next round of charge... You guys, grab General Yang Bai over here!"
"Bang bang bang..."
The Mongolian army's scimitar kept hitting the Song army's shield.
From time to time, someone fell to the ground, and the city gate was soon filled with corpses...
On the stone steps to the west, Jiang Jinshi commanded the heavy armored infantry holding spears in front, followed by swordsmen, and archers standing below to shoot arrows at the Mongolian army at the top of the city.
He divided his soldiers into rows of four, and the four heavy armored infantry were crowded on the stone steps. There was no room to move around, so they could only fight forward bravely.
They kept stabbing at the Mongolian army with their spears. In comparison, the Mongolian army who climbed the mountain to attack only wore leather armor, which seemed much more difficult. Every thrust of the spear could kill the Mongolian army in front.
Although the Mongolian army was not good at defending the city, the ready-made wood and stones were placed at the top of the city and pushed down by them. Every blow hit the Song soldiers, causing them to scream and fall down the stone steps.
At the same time, arrows were shot from the top of the city, and from time to time, Song soldiers were hit by arrows and fell to the ground.
The Song soldiers attacked from the rear and did not occupy a favorable position, so it was very difficult in this aspect and the casualties were much greater than at the city gate.
Seeing this scene, Jiang Jinshi felt heartbroken and hated the rebellion of surrendering to the enemy even more.
Based on the structure of Yunding City, this land should belong to the Song army. How many Mongolian Tatars could be killed?
"Damn it! Damn it! Let me attack it. The faster we attack it, the fewer brothers will die!"
"Attack! Kill!"
In the battle of Jiantandu, although Wu Xin's army was defeated, their ability to fight fiercely with the Mongolian army for a day was actually quite amazing. They knew that this was not the time to cherish their lives. Once the Mongolian army captured the city, they would not be able to do so.
A chance to survive.
For the Mongolian army, tonight is the best opportunity to capture Yunding City, which has stood for more than fourteen years.
Both sides are determined to fight bloody battles, and the battlefield becomes increasingly cruel...
The firelight on top of the city was so bright that the sweat beads on Tuolindai's face were clearly visible.
The veins on his forehead throbbed violently.
Tonight was different from what he thought. He had to admit that Yao Shian's plan to return to Xiancheng was thwarted.
The casualties were already too great. If all the defenders in the city were to rush up and destroy all the Mongolian troops they brought, they would not be able to capture Yunding City.
His only hope is that after defeating the more than a thousand defenders, Yao Shian can still control Yunding City.
Or hold on until a large force sent by Niulin enters the city.
"Hold! Hold! Marshal Du will have reinforcements soon!"
However, in the night, I could only hear another movement in the city...
Tuolindai gritted his teeth and looked into Yunding City, only to see more than two hundred people running towards this direction.
He was hesitant. If this was reinforcements from the Song army, he would retreat.
Suddenly, Zhang Wei shouted: "It's Yao Chengshou here! It's Yao Chengshou..."
"Quick!" The Tuolin belt was overjoyed and shouted: "Let Yao Shian attack the back of the Song army! Quick..." Provide you with the fastest update of the end of the Song Dynasty, Chapter 337 The Battle to Seize the City for free reading.:.