This was not the first time that Li Zengbo commanded the cavalry to raid the city when the city was under siege. He had done this before when he was guarding Gongchang, and now he was using the same technique again, even more skillfully.
Thanks to the large number of cavalry left by Li Xia, many tactics could be used flexibly.
The strength of the Mongolian army was enough to completely surround this small Yingli County town.
But Li Zengbo had built many fortifications as early as the twelfth lunar month. He ordered his soldiers to pour cold water on sand and stone to build city walls. The weather was freezing and the walls quickly froze.
This simple method of building walls allowed the Song army to spread out their defenses. For example, the one-line walls on the east and west sides extended from the city to the ice of the Yellow River.
Therefore, even though the Mongolian army had a large number of troops, they began to attack the city on the fifth day of the first lunar month, but by the tenth day of the first lunar month they had not had time to surround the city.
However, Li Zengbo was ready to withdraw from Yingli County before being surrounded, and was determined to seize the prisoners of the Mongolian army and build a city in the counties behind him before withdrawing.
He wanted to build ice walls between the Yellow River and the yellow sand, so in addition to cavalry, he also needed a lot of labor.
In fact, Li Zengbo defended the three sides of the Song Dynasty for decades. Rather than commanding cavalry, he was better at commanding the people to build cities...
At this time, he stood on the top of the city and looked around. He saw three thousand Song Army cavalry coming out of the city, making a circle, galloping across the ice of the Yellow River, and intersecting the Mongolian army's formation to cut them off.
It's the same roundabout way of fighting every time, except this time the prisoners are divided.
The Mongolian army's camp was not far away, so they immediately turned back and fought with the Song army's cavalry.
There was a huge gap in military strength between the two sides. When more and more Mongolian cavalry turned around and converged into a torrent, the more than 3,000 Song army cavalry seemed pitifully weak...
Li Zengbo slowly raised his hand.
Standing next to him was Lu Xiaoyou, who came from Gongchang to support and transported two artillery pieces to Hexi.
Of the original four artillery pieces in Gongchang City, two more have been shipped to Lanzhou.
It's not easy to drag that heavy thing in the ice and snow, but it can kill the enemy.
Lu Xiaoyou was staring at Li Zengbo's hand. On the battlefield in his peripheral vision, the black wave of the Mongolian army had hit hard, seeming to smash the small town of Yingli County into pieces.
Li Zengbo waved his hand suddenly.
"Set off the firecrackers."
The roar started.
For many soldiers of the Song Army at this time, this is a familiar scene. Fortified cities, cavalry, and artillery, it is these three that allow the Song Army to launch the most violent counterattack against the Mongolian cavalry.
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"boom!"
The sound of cannons sounded deafening to others, but Li Bing felt extremely happy.
He always remembered the thunder at the gate of Gongchang City that changed his fate. Now it was him who was responsible for rescuing the expelled people.
"Go into the city! You go into the city!"
Li Bing's accent could not be understood by all the prisoners around him.
These Song soldiers also looked very scary with their spears.
But the strange thing is that although the prisoners did not understand and were afraid, they could still feel their intention to protect them and began to run towards the city gate as hard as they could.
Li Bing shouted until his throat hurt and his breathing became short due to nervousness. He didn't bother to wipe the sweat from his face. While urging the prisoners to enter the city, he looked to the north to see what happened to his comrades who were responsible for blocking the Mongolian army.
He actually didn't know if a new recruit like himself was worthy of being a comrade with them...
Turning around again, just two hundred steps away to the west, a small group of Mongolian troops had bypassed the Song army's defense line and came towards them.
Li Bingcai wanted to drive his horse forward, but his general Wang Chengzong turned to him and shouted at him, ordering him to continue escorting the prisoners into the city, and then led his people to meet them.
Wang Chengzong is two years younger than Li Bing. He is only eighteen years old this year. It is certainly very powerful to be able to serve as a general at this age.
Li Bing felt trustworthy every time he saw Wang Chengzong's dark face, completely forgetting that he was still young.
It was the same day. The Song cavalry rushed up and stopped the small group of Mongolian troops, preventing them from rushing to the city gate.
Various sounds are still ringing on the battlefield, and the sound of artillery has not stopped.
After what seemed like a long time, but also seemed like only a moment, the sun had sunk into the western mountains, the sky was getting dark, and most of the prisoners had entered the city gate.
Li Bing raised his spear and drove his horse to support Wang Chengzong.
Suddenly, there was a loud sound of gold ringing on the top of the city, and the Song army's cavalry quickly rushed back into the city. Li Bing's single man and horse were quickly surrounded by thousands of horsemen.
"Enter the city!"
"Enter the city!"
There was another cannon fire, which deterred the Mongolian army from pursuing any more.
Military orders were passed along with drums and trumpets, and then a school general shouted out of the city, "Goulu! Don't retreat if you dare, come and fight your grandfather at night..."
Li Bing got off his horse and glanced at the groups of cavalry entering the city.
A school general rushed over and shouted to him: "Which team are you from?! You haven't returned to your own defense line yet?!"
"I haven't even come back yet..."
"Let you return to your own line of defense!" the captain yelled, foaming at the mouth.
However, Li Bing didn't notice that the other party was angry. He looked around at the city gate and murmured: "Our team..."
"Let you go back to the defense line!"
Suddenly someone passed by on horseback. Without saying anything, he mentioned Li Bing and slapped him in the face.
There was a "pop" sound, and Li Bing was beaten completely stunned.
"Go back to your defense line first."
A low order sounded, and Li Bing suddenly remembered the mountain of military orders and hurriedly ran towards his defense line.
The Song troops in the city immediately returned to their positions after entering the city, so that military orders could be conveyed quickly, everyone performed their duties, and gradually stabilized from the initial chaos...
Li Bing returned to the city and soon found his team, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed.
He looked at each of his comrades and felt that these ugly faces were particularly pleasing to the eye today.
At the end, he glanced back and forth again and asked: "Where is General?"
"I couldn't bring it back."
Someone responded in a muffled voice, as if adding another sentence to cover up the depressing atmosphere.
"But he killed three Mongolian soldiers, so it was worth it."
The other soldiers didn't know what to say. They wanted to praise Wang Chengzong but didn't know how to say it. They all said: "It's worth it."
“Worth it.”
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Returning to the barracks that night, Li Bing stared at the dark sky, always regretting that Wang Chengzong died in battle at a young age.
He didn't even know the eighteen-year-old Shi Jiang. He only knew an ordinary name and a dark face, and he didn't ask how many members of Shi Jiang's family he had...
There was movement outside the barracks, and Li Bing and several of his comrades stood up quickly.
"control."
"Everyone sit down."
Li Zeyi strode in, glanced around, and cursed: "Trash! If we follow the past rules, even the generals who will die in battle will be killed."
"Report to the general that we are not deserters. When he heard the sound of gold, the general ordered us to retreat. He personally cut off the rear... We are not cowards!"
The person who spoke was Wu Commander Peng Youyu. This attitude shocked Li Bing.
However, Li Zeyi didn't think there was anything wrong with Peng Youyu's attitude. She raised her hand and said, "Very good. You still have some backbone. What kind of general do you want to be?"
After saying that, Feng Feng Huohuo turned around to leave, but looked back, called Li Bing and asked, "Does your face still hurt?"
Li Bing was stunned.
"Look at how stupid you are." Li Zeyi said: "The rules in the army are that laws and orders come first. I told you not to block the gate of the city. You refused to listen every time, so I beat you. Do you understand?"
"I, I...I...know my mistake."
"Are you a new recruit? What's your name?"
"Li Bing."
"Okay, since you and I have the same surname, we may still be from the same family." Li Zeyi patted Li Bing's shoulder and said, "The prince's surname is Li, the general's surname is Li, the general's surname is Li, and the soldier's surname is Li. We give the Li family a prestige.
.”
He thought he was funny and smiled, but in the eyes of others he looked a bit childish.
Only Li Bing was greatly encouraged and his back straightened immediately.
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Li Zeyi then visited several barracks one after another. When Li Zengbo summoned the generals to discuss matters, he went to the military meeting hall.
I met Lu Xiaoyou on the road, and they walked side by side.
"injured?"
"You saw it." Li Zeyi said: "I was stabbed twice in the leg, but it doesn't matter."
"Shall I help you?"
"No need. You should quickly make more contributions, otherwise I will soon be ranked higher than you."
"What's the matter? You are more capable than me, so you should be."
Lu Xiaoyou was very satisfied with the military position in front of him. In addition, those of them who had been to Lin'an actually had a salary. Although Lu Xiaoyou did not care about these, he was somewhat detached from the official position.
After Li Zeyi was transferred to the cavalry general, he indeed made outstanding achievements repeatedly and was promoted very quickly. Because he was already a general when he was in the Wang family, he really had two skills when it came to fighting.
The two have been separated for more than a year, and have only recently been guarding the same city together. However, they are busy with military affairs, and it is only now that they can take the opportunity to talk during this journey...
Li Zeyi thought for a moment and said, "Last year you and Duke Li defended Gongchang City. Thank you very much."
Lu Xiaoyou was surprised and said, "Thank you for what?"
"My wife and children are in the city."
"It is also necessary to defend Gongchang City."
"I don't care whether you should or not. We have a lot of money as a pension. It doesn't matter if we die in battle, but nothing can happen to the family receiving the pension."
"Please say some auspicious words."
In just a few words, they had already entered the military council hall.
Li Zengbo seemed very worried. When he saw the generals gathered, he said: "We have to prepare to withdraw from Yingli City..."
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