Xiaoshi brought 8,000 men, and in the battle just now, 600 were killed, and more than 3,000 were lightly wounded or seriously wounded. This is thanks to the terrain and weather, which makes the attack of the Cochins less overwhelming.

Otherwise, the number of casualties would have to double.

However, if the weather is better, the gunpowder will be able to be used, and then it will be another possibility.

Of the 1,200 people who came to support the Pingxia battalion, 80 were killed in battle, more than 300 were injured to varying degrees, and the rest did not have any particularly serious problems, but the grenades were consumed a lot in this battle.

After cleaning up the entire battlefield, the Song army captured nearly 2,000 Jiaozhi soldiers. Most of these people were injured, either their legs were lame and they couldn't run and were left behind, or they were found pretending to be dead, and they had no choice but to surrender.

All in all, judging from the final result, this surprise attack launched by Li Changjie was still a fluke victory for the Song army.

On the other side, Li Changjie led his subordinates to flee back to Guangyuan City in a hurry, and the defenders who braved the heavy rain did not recognize who this group of people who fled in embarrassment were for the first time.

It wasn't until these people approached that they realized that this was not the handsome man who had just been out.

Hurriedly opened the city gate, and after the whole army entered Guangyuan City, he hurriedly closed the city gate.

Turning his head to look at the dejected soldiers, the defenders of Guangyuan City swallowed their saliva.

Looks like this is another defeat......

The eyes of the people on both sides of the street looking at Li Changjie were no longer admiration and awe, but suspicion and uneasiness. Li Changjie can understand their thoughts, he has lost a battle when he entered Guangyuan City twice, even if he is below, he will have the same idea - what kind of bullshit general is this, is it reliable or not?

But what worries Li Changjie the most at the moment is not the people's trust in him, but the reaction of the people.

Before his defeat, the people in Guangyuan City wanted to leave Guangyuan City. They didn't know what evil they had fallen into, so they had to believe the nonsense of the Song people, and they swore that the Song people would not harm them.

Later, on the one hand, it was the prevention of some people in the city, coupled with their own military suppression, that the matter did not make a big fuss, and in a short period of time, those people who were clamoring to leave Guangyuan City died down.

But this time he lost the battle, and his disgraced appearance was seen by the people. Losing faith that the army can protect its own people, a riot may break out even more violently than the last one.

It is not easy for the army to move in such a situation, it is one thing to lose a war, and it is another thing to turn around and deal with the people.

If this is the case, then Guangyuan City will collapse from within. Song Jun didn't even have to do anything, and after waiting for a day or two, he could easily pocket Guangyuan City.

Return to Li in Guangyuan City

Chang Jie began to feel uneasy, and he made up his mind that he couldn't go out of the city rashly during this time. In any case, solve the problems in the city first, and then face the threat of the Song army.

After discussing with the city guards of Guangyuan City, the two finally decided to send more soldiers patrolling the city, and once they found the clues of the riot, they would immediately arrest the initiators.

While this is the way to go, there is no better way to do it in the current situation.

After Li Changjie carried out this plan, the dissatisfaction of the people in the city greatly increased.

As the saying goes, where there is oppression, there is resistance.

The non-stop feints launched by the Song army at the north gate exhausted the defenders of Guangyuan City, and also plunged the people near the north gate into an unprecedented panic.

Finally, three days later, a rumor completely ignited the discontent of the people.

"You know what? A few days ago, Brother Hu, they came back! But they were shot by the archers, and the corpses were placed outside the West Gate, and in the end, it was the corpses that the Song people helped collect! ”

"Really? Don't talk nonsense! There are so many soldiers patrolling outside, be careful to catch you! ”

"What did I lie to you! My nephew was the archer who was guarding the city at the west gate, and he rested last night, and when he came back, he drank some wine, and told me about it. ”

"Oh my God...... Why do you want to do this......"

"Maybe they have a deal with the Song people? Alas, it's not easy to survive these days......"

“……”

The rumors spread quickly, and in less than half a day, they spread throughout Guangyuan City, and by the way, they also reached Li Changjie's ears.

When Li Changjie heard this, he was puzzled. Who has nothing to do when they are full, and wants to smear the army like this?

Still, he called the leader of the garrison of Simon to ask if anything had happened.

If not, it's best, if there is...... Li Changjie shuddered, he didn't know what he was about to face.

He was full of hope that the leader of the garrison would give him a satisfactory answer, but what the leader of the garrison said was the exact opposite of what he expected.

Li Changjie slumped on the chair in the Shuai Mansion, took several deep breaths, and then said, "This incident didn't happen, remember?" This didn't happen! ”

The leader of the garrison hung his head and said, "Knowing the commander, all rumors are rumors, and nothing like this has happened to Simon. ”

“……”

Over the next two days, Mr. Li traveled around the city, trying to convince the people not to believe the rumors, but to believe themselves.

The effect is not bad, and some people quickly broke through the defenses laid by the Song army in the south, and entered Guangyuan City to send a message to Li Changjie, saying

Reinforcements arrived, but the Song army held a favorable ground to the south and prevented them from advancing.

Now they are dividing their troops and making a detour, telling Li Changjie not to worry.

Li Changjie said in his heart, how could he not be in a hurry? The Song people released people in the east, west, north and south directions of Guangyuan City, and their gunpowder was staggeringly powerful, and if there were fewer people, it would not be enough for them to blow up gunpowder for a round.

So he hurriedly asked this man to go back with a letter to inform the commander of the reinforcements, telling him that he had to concentrate his forces to eat the Song army in the south no matter what, otherwise he would not have the slightest chance.

He also decided that two days later, he would send his troops to attack the rear of this Song army to assist the reinforcements in the attack, flanking the enemy in front and rear, and annihilating the Song army in the south in one fell swoop.

The idea is good, it sounds very feasible, and now it depends on whether the herald can break through the siege of the Song army again and deliver the letter to the ears of the reinforcement commander.

It rained heavily again at night, and Li Changjie was sitting in the Shuai Mansion, faintly hearing the sound of fighting and explosions coming from the south in his ears.

What he couldn't understand the most was why Song Jun was still able to use gunpowder on rainy days, what kind of thing they were using, and he didn't know at all when it exploded.

It's like fighting with someone in the dark night when you can't see your fingers. I don't know how the opponent throws a punch, and I don't even know where the opponent is, so how to hurt the enemy?

While he was thinking about these things, there was a commotion in the city.

A group of patrolling soldiers was patrolling in the rain when they suddenly heard a loud movement in a house. So they went in and searched and found that the people inside were actually digging tunnels.

This move is both surprising and infuriating.

Throughout the ages, we have only heard of the enemy army outside the city wanting to dig tunnels to enter the city, but we have never heard of the people inside the city wanting to dig tunnels to go outside the city.

So the soldiers began to blame the people who were digging the tunnels, and the people broke down and said a few unpleasant words.

There were a lot of people watching the excitement around, and the captain of the patrol team was unable to get off the stage with a word, plus he lost the battle with Li Changcheng not long ago, and was demoted from a partial general to the captain of the patrol team, and he was indignant in his heart.

This time, I was scolded by this people in front of so many people, and anger rose from my heart, and evil was born to the side of my guts.

The heart said that he was bullied by dogs in Pingyang, if he was still a partial general, how could he face this kind of thing now?

So he stretched out his hand and pushed the people, who knew that the people were also a fool. As soon as the patrol leader pushed him, he fought back.

Where can the patrol captain's dignified predecessor stand this anger? There was already a fire in his heart, and in a fit of rage, he drew his knife and cut the people into two parts.

“……”

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