Huang Boyan never dreamed that his nine thousand soldiers and horses could not defeat the Beimen Army's five thousand soldiers and horses.
At the beginning, when 9,000 people faced 3,000 people, they could still maintain a stalemate, and our side even had a tendency to break through the opponent's defense line. However, after the other side added 2,000 reinforcements, our side could not gain any advantage.
The main reason is not only that the soldiers are inferior to the opponent, but also the generals are an important factor.
On the opposite side, there was a black-faced general who was like a ferocious god. He rushed into his own position with hundreds of fierce soldiers, dashed to the left and killed again, as if he was in an uninhabited country. He was also very agile and avoided many cold arrows from his own side.
Several of our own generals who fought bravely were shot and killed by Qin Lingjun.
In fact, the battle was not long, just over an hour. Except for a small group of troops, the main armies of both sides still maintained their formations and did not enter a melee.
A rough calculation shows that the South Gate Army suffered more than a thousand casualties and the North Gate Army suffered nearly a thousand casualties. If we continue to fight, it is possible that all the North Gate soldiers will die first.
However, the soldiers could not see this, nor could they think of this. They only saw more of their own soldiers being killed, and the enemies in front of them were like evil ghosts, giving them a feeling of invincibility.
Once morale was lost, the soldiers began to show fear, and some recruits began to retreat.
Huang Boyan supervised the formation behind him and beheaded all the retreating soldiers, thus preventing the entire army from escaping.
However, if we continue to fight like this, we will still lose but not win, and there is no hope of turning defeat into victory.
Huang Boyan's mind went blank, and the plan to capture Jiangdu turned into a beautiful dream, which was being torn apart bit by bit like his own defense line.
At this moment, another group of troops rushed from the west, erecting Zhang-character flags and Qin-character flags. Although the number was only more than two thousand, it completely crushed the fighting spirit of the soldiers at the South Gate.
The battle line began to retreat on a large scale. Even if Huang Boyan grew a dozen more hands, he would not be able to stop the collapse in front of him.
In desperation, he could only issue a retreat order and personally led a thousand veterans to stop the pursuing troops, allowing other soldiers to retreat into the valley in an orderly manner.
His one thousand veterans were the backbone soldiers of Huangyazhai, and they followed him all the way to this day. With the brave resistance of these one thousand people, they finally bought time for the soldiers to retreat into the valley to the south.
Qin Lingsi's army successfully merged into Zhang Yangquan's army. She searched for the banner and found Zhang Yangquan and Qin Lingjun, and told Li Er's story.
Zhang Yangquan nodded after learning.
At this time, the army had surrounded the entrance of the valley. Because the entrance was narrow, the soldiers stopped outside and did not pursue a rash pursuit.
Zhang Yangquan, the Qin sisters and the generals gathered at the entrance of the valley. Zhang Yangquan said: "Why did Xu Baisheng's men retreat into the valley before they showed up as planned?"
The mountain boar asked: "Could it be blocked at the other end of the valley?"
Qin Lingsi snorted and said: "When we made the battle plan, we clearly asked him to rush directly into the valley and block the enemy's retreat. But we didn't ask him to guard the entrance at the other end!"
Zhao Desheng straightened his horse and said loudly: "Military advisor, the leader of the village, my subordinates please order us to rush into the valley and capture Huang Boyan alive!"
Although the entrance to the valley is narrow, the opponent only focused on escaping and did not defend himself.
Zhang Yangquan thought for a while and was about to agree to attack the valley. Suddenly, a sentry horse came running from a distance, shouting: "Urgent report! Urgent report!"
Rushing all the way to Zhang Yangquan, it was the messenger sent by Geng Si.
"What happened?" Qin Lingjun asked.
The messenger said: "The Yuan army is coming! It has occupied the southern port. General Xu led 3,000 people to intercept it, and Vice General Geng led 2,000 people to block the exit of the valley!"
All the generals were shocked. Qin Lingsi said angrily: "Who allowed him to make his own decisions? Didn't three thousand people go there to die?"
The messenger said: "Vice General Geng said that General Xu will delay for an hour and let us return to Jiangdu and arrange defense!"
Wang Da touched his bloody face and cursed: "Damn it, these dog Tatars really know how to pick the right time to come. Now that Zhang Mingjian is causing chaos in the city, how can they resist the Yuan soldiers?"
Qin Lingsi waved her riding whip and said: "It seems that there is no way to capture Jiangdu. We can only give up Jiangdu and withdraw from Zhenzhou!"
Zhao Desheng turned back and glanced in the direction of Jiangdu and said, "If you give up, won't all your previous efforts be wasted?"
The wild boar said solemnly: "If you keep the green hills, you won't be afraid of running out of firewood. If you continue to fight to the death, your entire army will be wiped out!"
Zhang Yangquan looked at Qin Lingjun and said, "Master of Dazhai, what do you say?"
Qin Lingjun pointed his spear at the ground and said, "Just make up your own mind, I will listen to you."
Zhang Yangquan was sure in his heart, looked around and said loudly: "Jiangdu has a population of more than 100,000 households. It has access to both the river and the sea, so it is the best development base. Only by occupying Jiangdu can we become stronger and stronger. Xu Qianhu is now
It is because we understand this that we try our best to buy time for us. How can we give up so easily?"
All the soldiers shouted in unison: "Don't give up! Capture Jiangdu!"
Zhang Yangquan said: "Master of Dazhai and Master of Second Village, you immediately bring two thousand cavalry to join forces with Li Er. Enter the city from the north gate. After entering the city, immediately seize the west gate and the east gate, leaving the south gate to Zhang Mingjian.
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Qin Lingsi was stunned for a moment, and a flash occurred in her mind. She wanted to drive Zhang Mingjian out of the south gate and let him block the Yuan soldiers!
Qin Lingjun also thought of this and reminded: "Military advisor, Xu Qianhu is still outside. Doesn't this mean he is being outflanked by Zhang Mingjian and Yuan Bing?"
Zhang Yangquan nodded and said: "Mountain Pig, Wang Da, you two take the remaining cavalry and go to Xu Qianhu. Tell him that there is no need to stop the Yuan soldiers and hide in the nearby mountains immediately!"
The two of them raised their hands in unison: "Yes!"
Qin Lingjun tightened the reins and said, "Commander, let's go too!" He turned the horse's head and headed towards the north gate with his sister and two thousand cavalry.
In the blink of an eye, there were only more than 4,000 soldiers left outside the valley. Zhao Desheng said loudly: "Commander, I will lead people to defeat the Nanmen Army. One hour is enough!"
Zhang Yangquan shook his head and said: "If you attack forcefully now, they will definitely escape through another exit. There are only two thousand people on Geng Si's side, so they may not be able to withstand it!"
Zhao Desheng said blankly: "Then we just spend time here with them?"
Zhang Yangquan was silent for a long time and said: "First take a thousand people around to the south to support Geng Si. The pressure on his side is greater. As long as they can withstand it, we will find a way to persuade them to surrender!"
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Shen Qianqian now wants to use a wooden fish to break the bald donkey in Daming Temple.
When she went to Daming Temple to worship Buddha two days ago, she paid a lot of money to ask a master to calculate the auspicious date for her recent trip.
The monk helped her figure out a divination, saying that if she travels after noon today, she will have a smooth journey.
As a result, not only did they encounter Yuan soldiers on the way, but after returning to the north gate, they encountered Li Er's army who had betrayed Zhang Yangquan.
This army is standing at the gate of the city, and many of them are still wearing red scarves on their heads!
Shen Qianqian originally had some doubts about whether Li Er had surrendered to Zhang Yangquan again, but the army in front of him all wore red scarves and did not raise any flags. It was obvious that they had established their own business.
At first she thought it was the Beimen Army, so she bumped into it. Later she tried to turn her horse around and escape, but she was able to escape, but was caught by Li Er's men.
Shen Qianqian had met Li Er several times before, and heard that Sesame Li was a heroic man, so he did not let his men resist and was taken to the city gate obediently.
She raised her head and glanced at Li Er, and saw that he was not looking at her, but was staring at the city gate, so she followed his gaze.
Then, a loud "boom" was heard!
Shen Qianqian trembled all over, and felt her ears buzzing as a burst of fire and black smoke exploded from the North Gate in the distance.
The sound was like a huge thunder, and the earth trembled. Shen Qianqian was unprepared and almost fell to the ground.
When the black smoke dissipated, a big hole was blown out of the thick city gate. Shen Qianqian was secretly shocked: "Is this gunpowder? Why is it so powerful?"
Li Er then glanced at Shen Qianqian.
Although Shen Qianqian had a good relationship with Shanzhai, Li Er did not trust the businessmen and said calmly: "Miss Shen, our Red Scarf Army never makes things difficult for the people, you can do whatever you want!"
After saying that, he led the army into the city.
Shen Qianqian looked up and saw that there were not many soldiers on the city wall. He might have been frightened by the explosion just now and even forgot to shoot arrows.
Could it be that Zhang Yangquan took everyone out of the city? Shen Qianqian frowned secretly.
No! There must be a traitor in Li Er under his command, so when he went out of the city to fight with the Nanmen Army, Li Er arrived by chance!
Shen Qianqian secretly complained that Zhang Yangquan acted inappropriately and implicated herself.
The situation in front of him was in chaos, with fighting everywhere. Shen Qianqian hesitated for a long time and decided to go back to the city for a while.
If the Yuan soldiers attacked, Li Er would be the first to resist, and he could still escape through the north gate.
While thinking, the Red Scarf Army rushed to the city wall and fought with the soldiers above.
Suddenly there was a "pop" sound, and a soldier fell down from the city wall. Upon closer inspection, he was wearing Tsing Yi.
Shen Qianqian was a little surprised. These soldiers in blue should be the Ximen Army. How come they are guarding the north gate wall?
In an instant, she suddenly realized.
Zhang Mingjian must have taken advantage of the fight between the North Gate Army and the South Gate Army to seize Jiangdu. This also explains why the South Gate just closed the door tightly and refused to let himself in.
She stood outside the city gate for a long time, guessing that the battle at the city gate was over, and then led the team into the city.