The two of them were at a high place, and the wind coming from the north blew the flag behind them violently, making a flapping sound. The torch held high in the hands of the attendants was also blown and flickered; under the firelight, although his face was calm, his face was still.
On the armor and armor, there was light and shadow shaking.
Guo Zhongyuan said again: "General Wang is still attacking the city. Should we..."
Guo Ning raised his hand and said, "Wait a little longer."
"As commanded."
In the past six months, Guo Ning has been sending people to infiltrate various departments of the Red Coat Army and continuously collect information. He probably understands the looseness and weakness of the Red Coat Army better than Yang An'er.
Take the Yidu Prefecture in front of you, for example. This place was originally an important town in Daijin, housing the General Administration Office, the Transportation Department, and the Military Command Department. At its peak, there were 118,718 households and seven counties under its jurisdiction.
All seven towns are wealthy.
When the Mongolian army invaded Shandong, the Shandong East-West Route Army envoy Wanyan Salara, who was originally stationed here, took many young people in the city and stationed them in Linzi, a smaller and stronger city, and handed the place over to Zhang Lin, who was in charge.
Stay behind.
Later, Wanyan Salara was defeated by the Mongolian army. Zhang Lin had contact with the Red Coat Army, so he surrendered to Yang An'er. However, the core area of Yang An'er's power was in Juzhou and Mizhou, and he really took advantage of the situation to control Yidu, Binzhou,
In this area of Zizhou are Li Quan and Li Tiegiang who led their headquarters from Weizhou.
This Li Tiejian had clearly conspired with the Mongols in an attempt to harm Ding Haijun, so when Guo Ning led his troops to visit Yang An'er, he asked Yang An'er to deal with this person.
But in order to unify the various tribes and avoid suspicion, Yang An'er never did this. He only slightly supported Binzhou Yin Chang and Yidu Zhang Lin to contain Li Quan's power. In this way, Li Quan nominally respected Yang An'er.
As the leader of the Red Coat Army, he actually did his own thing, and even continued to mobilize soldiers and civilians from Yidu to disperse them to Zizhou and Binzhou to start farming.
Just half a month ago, Li Quan mobilized a considerable fleet of vehicles to travel between Gaoping County and Yidu Prefecture in Zizhou. It is said that he recruited more than 20,000 people in one go and ordered them to go to Zizhou to assist in the autumn harvest.
During this process, Li Quan's general Liu Qingfu proposed to take over the Yidu, Boxing, Shouguang and other salt fields controlled by Yidu Prefecture, which almost led to a conflict between the two families.
Liu Qingfu recruited 2,000 elite soldiers under his command to enter the city overnight and seized two city gates and the treasury. However, Zhang Lin was ultimately lacking in force and had to reluctantly suppress the dissatisfaction of his subordinates and swallow his anger.
As a result, although Yidu City is still a big city, the people in the city are not unified and the strength is not concentrated. The defender Liu Qingfu claims to have two thousand elite soldiers, but he has to defend internally and externally. He dare not relax everywhere and there are loopholes everywhere.
This is obviously a God-given opportunity.
More than 10,000 men from the Ding Navy marched forward bravely and launched a fierce attack. With harmony, good location, and good weather, Guo Ning had all the advantages in his hands. His own side suddenly broke out again, and Li Quan's troops were scattered in the rear and it was difficult to rescue them in time.
.This momentum is like thunder striking a rotten tree...why worry about not being able to break the city?
But after several battles today, Ding Haijun really failed to break the city.
The number of the defenders is indeed as stated in the intelligence. It is very limited, but it is extremely elite. With this elite as the backbone, and with the strong men of the people in the city, relying on its own high city and deep pool, and arranging rolling logs and stones, Yidu Mansion has suddenly become a city.
Got a strong bone.
Of course, Guo Ning believes in the power of Ding Haijun. If he bites it hard and bites it, he will definitely bite it into pieces. But is it worth it? Is it necessary?
Think about it again, why did this city that should have been easy to win suddenly become a hard nut to crack? What does this mean?
Guo Ning pondered for a while and then said slowly: "During the daytime fighting, there is often a group of heavily armored warriors appearing in the city. Although there are only a few hundred in this group, everyone is skilled in martial arts and extremely fierce. Our army has entered the city four times today.
Two of them had already gathered momentum, but the group of soldiers rushed to support them and actually drove our troops down the city!"
Guo Zhongyuan bowed and said: "I have ordered to capture someone alive and find out their details."
Guo Ning nodded: "All the ordinary prisoners we captured today said they didn't know the details of this group of soldiers... This matter is very suspicious. How can any defender not know who his comrades are? Hey, if Lao Wang does that
Even if we are able to break into the city, we must be prepared to prevent these soldiers from fighting with us in the streets."
Guo Zhongyuan was stunned for a moment: "General Wang, is there any chance of breaking the city?"
"Wang Shixian was previously involved in assisting the refugees in Shandong and had many contacts with Zhang Lin's troops in the city. In addition, Yan Ning was the guard of Yidu City last year and also had connections in the city. Just now, two people reported that they saw them in the city.
The familiar officers and local tyrants led the army to fight. So I wrote a letter with code words and shot it on the top of the city to encourage them to do anything."
"So that's it." Guo Zhongyuan stood on tiptoes and looked towards the Shizi Stream in the west of the city: "No wonder General Wang is still entangled with the enemy. He is waiting for acquaintances to come to the city, and then cooperate with each other inside and outside."
"Exactly. Let's see what the result is." Guo Ning pressed the golden knife on his waist and took a few steps in that direction: "Your troops are tired from fighting for a long time today. Please rest for a while. After the west of the city is shaken, I will ask Zhao Jue to lead the people.
Attack the east gate as a countermeasure."
To the south of Yidu City, there are mountainous areas such as Jiangjun Mountain, Wochan Mountain, and Wangcheng Port, which are not suitable for large armies to deploy. Therefore, today's attack on the city will be carried out in three places: east, north, and west, which is also in line with the number of routes to encircle three towers and one in the art of war.
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At this time, beside the west gate, Wang Shixian ordered his men to light more pine torches and continue their fierce attack under the cover of night. As the drums rumbled in the camp, and the shouts of officers from all walks of life came one after another to order dispatch, Wang Shixian himself stood hundreds or dozens of steps away from the city wall.
In this place, three soldiers each held a large shield, guarding the left and right. The shields would bounce off stray arrows from time to time.
Not far from his side, Yan Ning led a team of elite soldiers, ready to respond to the chaos at the top of the city and follow up with a fierce attack.
And ahead, Zhang Hui did not use a big gun, but held a long knife in his mouth, and led hundreds of soldiers to gather around the ladder and rush forward.
On the top of the city wall, the defenders' crossbowmen rained down arrows on the crenellations, and then raised the extra-long row of crossbows out of the crenels, trying to push down the ladder.
As soon as the first ladder was put up on the city wall, the forks were coming. The soldiers responsible for pushing the ladder were shouting, trying to stabilize the ladder. There were more than a dozen strong soldiers who climbed directly onto the swaying ladder, ready at any time.
As they ascended the city, they were covered by a hail of arrows, and five or six people fell immediately.
Those who landed on the ground suffered broken bones and tendons, and some even had their internal organs burst out from their abdomens, splattering into huge blood flowers.
This situation was so tragic and unusual that the attacking soldiers were inevitably delayed for a moment.
Zhang Hui was furious. He climbed up the second ladder and climbed twenty or thirty steps in one breath. He climbed on top and shouted: "Anyone who retreats will be killed. Follow me!"
Yan Ning, who was watching the battle from behind, said in a deep voice: "Jiang Jing's troops will be transferred soon, and Jin Dai is also here. He is the leader of Zhang Lin's attendants. He has more than fifty people under his command, and they are all good players!"
When they were shooting at each other with bows and crossbows from above and below the city, Ding Haijun tied a note on the arrow clusters to persuade them to surrender, and notified their own internal forces in secret words. The internal forces above the city also fired back, and also tied a note on the arrow clusters, saying:
Password logo.
So Yan Ning already knew that in addition to Li Quan's men, there were also two men of Zhang Lin, a local tycoon in Yidu, who were active on this section of the city wall. Jiang Jing was a brave man from Yidu, known for his strong physique.
He is also a good friend of Yan Ning; and Jin Dai is one of Zhang Lin's close followers and has received a lot of money from Wang Shixian.
Since these two people responded, it means that Zhang Lin is also on the side of Ding Haijun. With the internal and external cooperation, the city will be destroyed.
There was another battle between the attacking and defending sides. Zhang Hui managed to get back to the city, but was forced back by the defenders. He was ascending the third ladder in preparation for another attack.
Suddenly, drums sounded loudly high on the west gate tower.
Both the attacking and defending sides were surprised and looked up one after another. They saw forty or fifty bloody heads in front of the tower being lifted high and then thrown out with all their strength.
The head fell to the ground with a bang, and the blood in the cavity flowed like a stream.
Some people in the city shouted in unison: "This is the fate of traitors!"
Some smart soldiers grabbed the braid of the man's head and brought it back to Yan Ning to see.
Yan Ning held a torch to illuminate it, and when she took a closer look, she felt angry and angry, almost dizzy.
One of the heads was that of Jiang Jing, whom Yan Ning just mentioned, and the others were his subordinates. There were also several heads, including old, weak, women, and children. It seemed that the defenders had wiped out all of Jiang Jing's family!
Yan Ning turned around to look at Wang Shixian: "Jiang Jing is dead, I'm afraid something will happen to Jin Dai!"
Wang Shixian sighed: "Not to mention Jin Dai, even if Yidu Zhizhong Zhang Lin, I'm afraid there will be trouble!"
"What can I do?"
There was nothing to hesitate about. Wang Shixian gave the order in a deep voice: "...retreat the troops!"
