This kind of thankless work would never have been done if it had been replaced by the previous Alipu. He is a politician, and he pays more attention to the overall situation, and how much he can get in return after paying. It's just that the Battle of Shicheng has not gotten the slightest benefit so far. On the contrary, the original 50,000 siege infantry has almost lost all of them, and even if they can't capture the city, they must have an explanation.

"Then, let's destroy it." Alip made this decision in a difficult situation, and then arranged for someone to do it. It's just that before he could give the order, a new piece of information was sent to him, which made Alipu, who had not changed color before the collapse of Tarzan, was shocked, and he finally didn't dare to think about anything else, and decided to leave immediately.

Coming to the main tent of Yexian again, Alipu said anxiously: "Lord Chief, this prime minister has just received news that a main cavalry of the Five Star Army has entered the territory of our Yili Commandery, and is now burning and looting, which once threatens the safety of the king, so I have been ordered to rush back." ”

The sudden change also caught him off guard. At first, he thought that Alipu was scared and wanted to leave first and let him go to the queen of the palace, but then the same news came from the eyeliner left by the kingdom in Yili, and he knew that this matter was not fake.

Ali usually knows first, but he just goes through a procedure, he doesn't care whether the other party will agree to his move, this time he must leave. So after Kazuya saw this side first, he turned around and arranged for the retreat of the army.

As for other things, of course, he didn't bother to pay attention to them, and even in order to hurry back, he even threw some shield carts and ladders used in the siege under the city. For Alip, less than 5,000 of the 50,000 infantry were basically gone, and there was no need to take these things away.

Alipu came with 200,000 soldiers, but when he left, he took only 125,000 men (100,000 cavalry, 5,000 infantry, and 20,000 cavalry).

In addition to the 45,000 infantry that were destroyed during the siege of Shicheng, the previous and Kegen divisions also lost nearly 30,000 cavalry. In this battle, not to mention the slightest benefit, it can be called a defeat if it was so lost.

Alip departed quickly, fearing so much for the safety of the king and the lair that it took only a day and a half from the time he ordered the retreat to the time it actually retreated. His departure left the Warat tribe led by Yexian into a lonely army.

It is said that it is a lone army, and there are still about 135,000 cavalry in his hands, of which 30,000 soldiers were killed when attacking the north direction of the desert, 20,000 were killed, and Tengshu returned from Sanbula Chuan City and 10,000 cavalry were all wiped out.

At first, his subordinates were all cavalry, and the nest in the Hetao area behind him was not attacked by the Northern Ming army, and he was more calm than Ali Puta. Even he had not forgotten the idea of shelling the food base of the city.

Even if you are leaving, you must leave something behind, otherwise it will be a great loss. At the first order, 5,000 cavalry dismounted and became infantry, pushing heavy catapults around the city to the north

Outside of the rush. He was going to complete this move under the nose of Shicheng, and he wanted to disgust Yang Chendong well.

The movement outside the city was updated every half an hour and delivered to Yang Chendong. When he heard that Alipu had retreated with the Yili army, and that he had stayed behind and stubbornly wanted to attack his own grain fields, he had an urge to send troops immediately.

Speaking of which, after a month and eight days of defensive warfare, batch after batch of veterans who had experienced the war were recruited to the New Second Army. Today's New Second Army has basically taken shape thanks to the intensive efforts of the army commander and the commander of the army, and consists of the 1st Cavalry Division, the 2nd Cavalry Division, the 3rd Cavalry Division, and the Infantry Division, totaling nearly 33,000 people.

In addition, the main force of the new First Army was nearly 20,000 people, as well as the first cavalry division and the Tatar division outside the northern city, and now he had more than 60,000 troops available in his hands. If you launch a counter-attack with all your might, you will have some certainty of victory.

But it can only be said that there is certainty, and the odds are not very big. The cavalry led by Yexian were all elite divisions that had followed him in the southern and northern wars for many years, and the remaining 135,000 people were already twice his own strength.

Either you don't fight, or you have to win, this is Yang Chendong's thoughts. As for the need for time to prepare, it is also necessary to sacrifice more than 300,000 mu of grain fields outside the northern city. Compared with these things outside the body, Yang Chendong values the lives of soldiers more.

"Come on, immediately send a report to the commander of the Xin Honghai Division in Mobei City, and ask him to bring all the cavalry he can bring to the direction of Shicheng to help, this time I will inflict heavy damage on the Wara army, and let them know what a stupid thing it is to choose our five-star army as an opponent."

Yang Chendong's eyes flashed with a strong fighting spirit, he wanted to pass this battle to establish the myth that Shicheng was unattackable, he wanted to use this battle to completely solve the security problem of Shicheng, and also dispel the idea of other people fighting this city.

The telegram was sent, and the division commander Xin Honghai in Mobei City, while mobilizing the cavalry in his hand, informed the leaders of some large tribes near Mobei City, telling them that the time had come to fight a good battle, and those who wanted to take advantage of it would join them.

In the last battle, when he dealt with Toktobu, he successfully made the first division of the elite cavalry of the elite. At the same time, a small tribe in Mobei with a weak force was given a devastating blow. Now there are not many individual tribes left near Mobei City.

Usually everyone is safe, but Master Xin Honghai is very self-respecting, and everything that happens is discussed with everyone, so that he also has a good popularity here. This time, he took the initiative to stand up and said that if there is merit, he can share it with everyone, and if there are benefits, everyone can take it together, and where will there be people who will not respond.

At that moment, under the auspices of Xin Honghai, he actually gathered more than 6,000 horses, plus the Mobei Division, a total of 20,000 cavalry, and raised troops in the afternoon of the second day after receiving the news, and rushed straight to the direction of Shicheng. At this moment, he didn't know this, he just arranged for people to keep an eye on the outside of Dalu City, and he was only worried about the 200,000 reinforcements of the Northern Ming Army, as long as these people didn't come out, he could still be the king and hegemon near Shicheng, and he could do whatever he wanted.

I want it now, too

What we did was to bombard hundreds of thousands of acres of grain fields. Although he didn't have much gunpowder in his hand, and the range he could bombard was limited, maybe not even a tenth of these grain fields, he still stubbornly did so. In his opinion, this is him swinging a knife at his own demons.

Since he was defeated in the battle of the Beiming Jingshi six years ago, Yang Chendong has become a lingering shadow in his heart. Now that he finally has the opportunity to be ashamed, how could he let it go. Moreover, he has surrounded Shicheng for more than a month, and the facts have also proved that the loyal and courageous man is not omnipotent, not invincible, as long as the method is found correctly, the other party can also become honest.

Even in this battle, he once thought that if it weren't for the fact that Shicheng was too strong, I was afraid that he would be able to defeat Yang Chendong this time.

With such thoughts, he didn't leave immediately, but waited for the bombardment of the grain fields to let Yang Chendong know what helplessness was. He thought he was showing off his might, but he didn't know that it was just making him stand on the edge of the cliff.

There is a distance of thousands of miles between Shicheng and Mobei City. Xin Honghai led 20,000 cavalry, day and night, and arrived at the capital city north of the city in less than three days, where he joined the first cavalry division and the Tatar division of the world.

It was only for them to rest for the night, and the next morning, nearly 40,000 cavalry marched straight to the Warat garrison in the direction of the first city. And at this moment, are you still busy bombarding the fertile land? All the trebuchets were set up yesterday, and they officially started early this morning, and at this moment, there was a crazy light in his eyes, and he wanted to use this move to tell the world that he was not afraid of Yang Chendong, and was even stronger than Yang Chendong.

At the same time, that is, on the morning of this day, six regimental and battalion 100-mm mortars belonging to the logistics division in the city were being debugged in the central square of the city, attracting hundreds of onlookers and curiosity.

This is the first time that many people have seen these pure iron guys show in front of them. For them, the red-coated cannons of the Northern Ming Army are already very advanced games, not to mention the artillery that can hit targets more than ten miles away is not many times more advanced than them.

Six regimental and battalion 100-mm mortars were placed in the square, and the surrounding stations were all soldiers sent out by the logistics division to maintain law and order, and in the distance stood people who wanted to see how this thing spewed flames and killed the enemy.

As one of Yang Chendong's family members, Yang Si had studied professionally and systematically with Yang Chendong, and could be said to be an artillery "expert", and this time the matter of firing artillery was naturally handed over to him.

Finalize the ruler, after the scouts have already accurately marked the coordinates of the Warat cavalry battalion, this time aiming at the opponent's main camp, once the artillery fire is opened, it also marks the beginning of the counterattack on the whole front.

9 a.m. At this moment, the sky was overcast again, indicating that a heavy rain was coming.

Yang Chendong sat in the corridor in a courtyard of the Yang Mansion, looked up at the sky, and sighed softly: "This is a heavy rain, maybe this heavy rain can wash away the coldness and cruelty of the war." ”