Zhao Xiaole at the South Gate saw the Kongming Lantern signal.
An attack was immediately ordered.
Their offensive style is still the same.
During this time, he pushed the platform forward several tens of meters.
The range of the cannon can be calculated accurately.
At the same time, he also built a chariot, a thing called an earth tank, which was made of sandalwood with iron sheets nailed on it and many barbs all over the body.
At the same time, many shooting holes were also opened.
The musketeer can sit inside and fire continuously outside.
Therefore, Zhao Xiaole adjusted the angle of the artillery and fired them all at the city gate, hitting the city gate one after another.
The jack under the city gate was smashed through.
After that, it was smashed into scrap metal by artillery shells. Zhao Xiaole continued to order bombardment, after several consecutive waves.
The city gates were broken into holes.
But it hasn't fallen yet.
After bombarding for a day and a night.
Under the city gate, except for a dark hole, there were only collapsed stone walls and cannonballs all over the ground.
Zhao Xiaole no longer hesitated.
Just let the musketeers sit in the tanks and rush in.
The top and bottom of the earthen tank were sealed very tightly, and the bottom was hit by four wheels and pushed in.
One after another, tanks opened the road.
Followed by the cavalry of the Jinyi Guards, as well as the Huben Camp and the Imperial Guards.
Killed in at the same time.
Zhao Xiaole also mounted his horse and walked in slowly, holding a spear.
The Jin Yiwei first rushed to the top of the city and fought with the opponent's soldiers, and then the infantry followed one after another.
The Vietnamese soldiers on top of the city were quickly wiped out.
Next, there is street fighting.
The number of Yue soldiers guarding Jiayuguan was around 100,000.
This is destined to be a tragic massacre.
The Jingyang soldiers rushed forward under the path opened by the earthen tanks.
The earth tank is a nearly invincible offensive weapon. I can only hit you, but you can't hit me.
As they advanced, the musketeers in the tanks continued to kill Vietnamese soldiers.
The Vietnamese soldiers also realized the weaknesses of local tanks.
That's it, that hole.
Some Vietnamese soldiers who were not afraid of death rushed over on war horses, intending to destroy the tanks in one fell swoop. Fortunately, he rushed over.
The spear was also inserted into the hole.
Keren also died on the barb of the earthen tank.
The Jingyang soldiers advanced smoothly all the way, and the Yue soldiers were able to put up some resistance at the beginning.
Later, he followed Pixiu and came up from the north gate.
The Vietnamese soldiers no longer had the power to resist.
Their formation was completely disrupted.
Most of them were hanged in the streets.
Because it was night, many houses were set on fire to prevent the Vietnamese soldiers from hiding in the dark.
On the long street, corpses were lying everywhere.
The opponent's cavalry, under such circumstances, could not attack at all.
Seeing this, Naku continued to fight. He was definitely no match for the Jingyang people. He simply gave up defending the city, had someone open the north gate, and led his cavalry to kill them.
Before leaving, he ordered people to set fires everywhere.
Privately planned to burn Jiayuguan directly.
If Jingyang people want to rebuild it, it will take many years.
The East Vietnamese cavalry is about to withdraw.
Zhao Xiaole did not let anyone continue the pursuit.
Once the Yue people's horses start galloping, few things can stop them, although Pixiu can.
But in terms of durability, it is far from its counterpart.
Run away part of it, just run away!
Anyway, there are still many Yue people left in the city.
This battle also lasted from night to early morning before it came to an end.
After the sun rises.
There was a burning smell everywhere on the streets.
There were burnt houses and corpses on both sides, dumped in piles, and fires were burning in some places.
There are already Jingyang soldiers, organizing and extinguishing the fire one after another.
All the cavalrymen of the Yue Kingdom escaped last night.
Those who stayed in the city were all cleaned up. In this battle, more than 40,000 Vietnamese soldiers were killed.
Our own side suffered only five to six thousand casualties.
It can be considered a big victory.
Zhao Xiaole was sitting in the city lord's mansion. He could hear the generals below constantly reporting the battle situation to him. Feng Dachuan said with a beaming face:
"Master Marquis, we have captured more than 30,000 horses this time. These are the best grassland horses. If they are formed into cavalry."
"We don't have to be afraid of Yue Ren and King Zhenbei anymore."
Zhao Xiaole nodded, "These are 30,000 war horses, 10,000 for the Huben camp, and the rest should be handed over to the Imperial Guards!"
"yes!"
Feng Dachuan felt happy.
Now, there are not many cavalry in Jingyang.
Counting the 20,000 Jin Yiwei, the cavalry in other teams is only a little over 10,000.
With these 30,000 horses, the cavalry can be expanded to 60,000, plus the Pixiu Camp.
The number of cavalry was as high as 70,000.
These 70,000 people are fighting a decisive battle with the Yue people. What else do they have to fear?
Many other generals also captured them.
Seeing their excited faces, Zhao Xiaole had to say: "The Yue people have escaped with more than 30,000 cavalry. After they return, they will reorganize their troops."
"It's still difficult to deal with."
"Moreover, the north is full of plains, so cavalry will be the core of tactics next."
"Don't be careless."
All the generals said yes.
After that, the good news of recapturing Jiayuguan quickly spread to the capital and to various places in Jingyang.
Everyone had mixed reactions.
Of course the prince was very happy.
Such a great victory may very well be the turning point in this war from defeat to victory.
For this reason, she started asking officials to discuss what reward should be given to Zhao Xiaole?
This matter has also been discussed in both the government and the public.
Zhao Xiaole was indifferent to this.
Now, he is already the general marshal of the world's soldiers and horses, and the rewards have been exhausted.
It is impossible to reward him again.
He just wrote a book and asked for credit for his soldiers, without mentioning his own affairs at all.
However, other people's contributions can easily be rewarded.
Zhao Xiaole's situation is indeed difficult to handle.
After discussing for a long time without reaching any conclusion, the prince put the matter on hold and wrote a letter to Zhao Xiaole to explain.
Zhao Xiaole didn't care either.
But other people's rewards have already been released.
Lu Xun made his first contribution and was promoted from the original fourth rank to the third rank Huaihua General, and was rewarded with a thousand taels of gold.
Wang Chong was originally the commander of the Imperial Guard, and his rank was no longer improved for the time being. He was only rewarded with gold, a house, and a title.
Chang Kun is similar to him.
Li Lin and Feng Dachuan also received one rank of official title respectively, and received many gold and silver rewards.
Zhao Xiaole rewarded them with these money directly from the seizure in Jiayuguan, and the rest was sent directly back to the capital.
There are many details about the reward, so Zhao Xiaole won’t go into them one by one.
He is still facing the next problem. Now that Jiayuguan has been captured, how to plan the next deployment of troops?
After some thought, he decided to let Wang Han lead 20,000 imperial guards to guard King Xue Town.
This is the old garrison of the Beijing Army, and it also guards an important road leading to the north, so it cannot be left undefended.
However, Zhao Xiaole could not make the same mistake as before and had to leave the Imperial Guard behind to guard the capital.