During this process, Wang Shixian watched all this indifferently and never issued any military orders.
The current situation is very difficult.
And this difficulty, to a certain extent, was intentionally created by ourselves.
The Mongols are cunning and have great fighting instincts. It is not easy to deceive them. The only way to show the weakness of the camp to the Mongols and make them completely convinced that Guo Ning's main force is not in Laizhou, but in Yidu, is
It means actually putting out a weak stronghold.
As Wang Shixian now knows, in a fortress with tens of thousands of people, there are less than 500 real soldiers, and the rest are ordinary people. Among the people, no more than 20% are strong men, and most of them are old and weak. And these strong men are still
Guo Zhongyuan picked the rest.
Wang Shixian did not have enough soldiers, no skilled archers, no cavalry capable of organizing counterattacks, and no alert and vigilant scouts. He lacked everything and had nothing, because once he had it, the Mongols would surely find out about it.
And then increase the vigilance against Haicang Town.
If you look at Ding Haijun as a living person, Guo Ning's troops hiding at this moment is his right arm holding a sharp blade; Guo Zhongyuan's troops are wielding his left arm vigorously, but in fact it has no strength; and Wang Shixian's troops are
, not the arms, not the legs, but the belly.
Guo Ning was about to use this belly to face the Mongolian temptations and reassure the Mongolians.
But no matter how careful the plan is, it is impossible to cover all changes. Now that the Mongols have launched a serious offensive, what can Wang Shixian do?
Guo Ning has sent someone to inform him, and the original plan remains unchanged.
In other words, Wang Shixian's soft belly had to withstand the heavy blows of the Mongols. If he couldn't, he would die immediately, and no matter how sharp the knife in his hand was, it would not be effective.
This is too difficult.
Wang Shixian simply admired Guo Ning.
I admire him for having such courage and entrusting such a difficult task to a veteran of the Wanggu tribe.
Wang Shixian knew better that even if this move was successful, it would inevitably cost a lot and many people would die.
In the darkness, the Mongolian army began to dispatch the cavalry.
Outside the two camp gates in the southeast of the camp, the noisy roar of horse racing continued for a long time.
Occasionally, knights pass by holding high pine torches. Under the firelight, they are densely packed. They are all Mongolian knights wearing fur hats, leather armor or iron armor, and sheepskin jackets. The war horses under their crotches are riding on their heads, one after another.
Blocked, the number is completely unclear.
Most of the war horses were unarmored, their short and stocky bodies were covered with long hair, and all of them were fat and strong. One by one, they either raised their heads and neighed, or lowered their heads and puffed out, and collided with the horses beside them several times.
One of the soldiers asked nervously: "Will the Mongolian army use cavalry to break through?"
Wang Shixian ignored him, turned slightly and asked his deputy Wen Qian: "Where do you think it will come from?"
Wen Qian looked around the camp and pointed to the northwest corner: "There."
Wang Shixian squinted his eyes and looked in the direction Wen Qian was pointing. It was a slope at the junction of the camp and the port of Haicang Town. On the high side of the slope, there were rows of rocks extending from the direction of the seawall. Behind the slope, there were these two
There is a tunnel built from the sky, and except for a watchtower on the top of the slope, there are no other defensive facilities.
According to Wang Shixian's plan, a fortification wall would have been built there today, but the Mongolian army arrived in the early morning, so the fortification wall was naturally gone. The only thing to rely on was the slope itself.
When the Mongolian army was in northern Xinjiang, whenever they attacked a camp, they often dispatched light troops to disrupt the camp from the flanks.
If Wang Shixian had enough strength, he could naturally arrange everything around the camp to be watertight and directly block the attackers on the flanks. But at this moment, his strength is so weak, so he has to try his luck and see what Wen Qian does.
Determine whether it is accurate.
Wang Shixian thought for a while: "I will give you at most a hundred people. When you get there, you can recruit strong men."
"One hundred people are enough." Wen Qian was confident.
This bald man with sharp eyes is Wang Shixian's old partner. Although his bravery is not outstanding, he has a lot of life and death experience. Moreover, he worked as a Mongolian herdsman in his early years because his mother was whipped alive by a Mongolian noble.
After he died, he tried his best to escape to the Wanggu tribe in the south.
With this experience, Wen Qian was particularly familiar with the various habits of the Mongols, and Wang Shixian also trusted his judgment.
"I have to go quickly, maybe the Mongols have already surrounded us." Wen Qian didn't wait for Wang Shixian to say anything else, got off the platform, ordered his troops and ran towards him.
Not long after, Naminfu, a Mongolian householder who was approaching the slope in the dark with hundreds of people, raised his arms and signaled the entire team to stop.
Naminfu is still a member of the Hundred Households, but he has made considerable achievements in the previous battles and was praised several times by the fourth prince Tuo Lei. Therefore, the entire Hundred Households' military strength has been expanded, growing to more than three hundred. As usual,
Half of them were war slaves.
Originally under Naminfu's control, there were thousands of surrendered troops. Unfortunately, those useless soldiers were defeated not long ago and suffered heavy casualties and were no longer useful.
So Naminfu returned to his profession. As the fourth prince, Uluthiri, was particularly good at stealth, pursuit and night attack. This time Naminfu got the task of crossing the sparse defenders and no trenches, and ramming the troops.
The slope of the earthen fortress wall prepared for the cavalry assault from the front.
They set off two moments ago, but because they didn't use torches and the ground they passed was muddy and sandy, everyone was very tired. Naminfu always stared at the new war slaves who were put into the queue.
It's inevitable to be a little distracted.
Until then, as he was approaching the top of the slope, at the gap between the two rocks, his hound suddenly whined and barked, constantly jumping in front of him.
Naminfu, like his hound, has amazing intuition. Once the dog reminds him, he suddenly feels the danger, just like when he followed Genghis Khan to conquer the forest people a few years ago, he was alerted by the hunter hidden in the dense forest.
Staring at that.
The enemy is prepared!
"Raise your shield!" Naminfu shouted, "Raise your shield!"
In an instant, dozens of arrows and hundreds of sharpened reed poles flew down from the air.
There was a continuous sound of metal and iron chiming and the sound of flesh being slurped into his ears.
As the war progressed, the Mongolian army's equipment continued to improve. At this time, almost everyone in Naminfu's men was carrying a shield of various sizes. However, there were also some newly recruited war slaves who were incorporated into the Hundred Households and were directly hit in the vital points. They
He let out a pitiful cry from his throat, kicked his legs, and died soon after.
After all, Na Minfu was much richer and no longer cared about this loss. He opened his eyes wide and saw the shadowy figures among the rocks high on the slope. There were not many people. And, it was obvious that some people were in a panic!
Just look at it and you will know that it is a temporary gathering of civil servants!
So he shouted: "No money is spent! Hukar! Bring your people up first and kill all the enemies! Abul, take out your horn bow and shoot again!"
There was a loud killing sound immediately around the slope.
Two miles away, Wang Shixian heard the sound.
He nodded, feeling a little more relieved, and continued to say to Nicong in front of him: "Instruct Chen Heng and Yu Xiaowu to block the two camp gates for me. If you can hold it, you will be rewarded with great achievements. If you can't, you will die.
Be there!"
Before he finished speaking, the Mongolian cavalry suddenly launched.
The two camp gates were attacked at the same time.
