Chapter 563: Reinforcements Arrived
"Zong Yan, prepare to attack the city with all your might!" This morning, Nong Zonggang just came to the Shuai tent, but he saw Li Changjie standing up with an excited face and commanding him, this is also the first time that Nong Zongjian has seen him so happy since he sent out the army.
"Taibao, there are firearms guarding the city in Yongzhou City, and our soldiers are frightened by firearms, if we attack the city with all our might, won't we let the soldiers die in vain?" Nong Zonggan was very puzzled at this time, since the first few times they attacked the city with all their strength and suffered a big loss, and then they were just trying to attack the city, on the one hand, it was to make the Song people in the city unhappy, and on the other hand, they were also waiting for the reaction of the Great Song, but now it seems that the reaction of the Great Song Dynasty is very slow, which is excellent news for them.
"Haha~, don't worry, even if the firearms in Yongzhou City are not used up, I'm afraid they won't be able to support today's war, only we are fully prepared, and we can definitely decide Yongzhou in a war!" Li Changjie laughed and said, although he just wanted to test the reaction of the Great Song Dynasty when he attacked Yongzhou, but since the firearms in Yongzhou City were exhausted and the troops were very weak, he didn't mind capturing this big city and going back with some benefits.
"Running out of firearms! Taibao, how did you know about this, did you buy a fine work in the city? Nong Zongqing was very excited when he heard the news, and then asked with some doubts, it is said that firearms should belong to the top secret of Yongzhou City, even the ordinary Song people in the city are afraid that it is not easy to know, let alone these Jiaozhi people who are guarding outside the city, unless Li Changjie bought the Song people related to firearms as their detailed work, it is possible to learn the news.
"Hehe, where is the fine work? And even if there is a fine work, but Su Mian, an old horseman, guards the city like an iron bucket. It's hard for me to get the news out, and the reason why I know that there aren't many firearms in the city is because of my eyes! Li Changjie said with a smile at the moment.
"Eyes? Could it be that Taibao, you can analyze that the firearms in the city are about to run out with just your eyes? Nong Zongyan was not stupid, he immediately understood the meaning of Li Changjie's words, and his eyes when he looked at the other party were full of shock, because he didn't see this himself. This is enough to explain the gap between him and Li Changjie.
"Yes, during this time, I have been observing the frequency of the use of firearms by the Song army in the city, and I have made some special records for this, but in recent days, I have found that the Song army has become more and more stingy in the use of firearms, and will never use firearms unless it is absolutely necessary, and the time for each use of firearms is also very short, especially the day before yesterday and yesterday, only a small number of firearms were used to intimidate our soldiers back. In fact, there are very few firearms used, and I can tell that the firearms of the Great Song Dynasty have bottomed out! Li Changjie analyzed very confidently.
However, Nong Zongjia frowned when he heard Li Changjie's words, and finally said with some puzzlement: "Taibao, although your analysis is very reasonable, it can only show that there are not many firearms in the city, but it is also possible that the old man Su Yi in the city is playing some conspiracy, what if we guess wrong?" ”
Nong Zonggan's speculation is not unreasonable. After all, soldiers are not tired of cheating, although Su Mian is a civil official. But he also knows a lot about military affairs, otherwise he would not have held Yongzhou City for so many days, so he is likely to set a trap with the help of firearms to induce them to jump on their own.
"Haha~, what you said makes sense, but you have to know. Firearms must belong to the country's heavy weapons for the Great Song Dynasty, and with their attitude towards Yongzhou City, they will definitely not be equipped with too many firearms here, so even if the Song army in the city is no matter how much they save. I'm afraid I won't save much. ”
When he said this, Tongling Li Changjie paused for a moment, and then said with a cruel smile on his face: "Take another step back, even if I guess wrong, what can I do, it's just a big deal to let the army lose some more soldiers!" ”
Hearing Li Changjie say this, especially his last sentence, Nong Zongjie couldn't help but be shocked, and then glanced at Li Changjie with some fear, don't look at the other party who seems to be very tolerant of him, but Nong Zongjie knows that Li Changjie is actually very murderous, especially for the enemy, and he has no mercy, but he didn't expect him to be so cruel to his own army.
With a melodious horn, nearly 8,000 Jiaozhi troops finally launched an attack on Yongzhou City again, this time it was no longer a temptation, but a real attack, Su Mian at the head of the city felt the difference today as soon as the Jiaozhi people launched, and immediately ordered the soldiers on the city to be on alert, and at the same time the young men in the city were also ready, those who dared to go to the city would assist in the defense, and those who did not dare to go to the city would help carry the equipment to defend the city.
Looking at the Jiaozhi army slowly attacking outside the city, and then looking at the busy soldiers at the head of the city, Su Mian frowned, because the firearms in the city have been exhausted, and there are less than a hundred grenades left, as for the other firearms have long been used up, the remaining grenades may only be used for one round, if they can't scare off the Jiaozhi people, then Yongzhou City will be dangerous.
In order to force his army to work hard, Li Changjie organized his own soldiers into a military law team, carrying machetes to supervise the battle behind, and any soldiers who dared to take a step back would be punished on the spot, and even their families would be implicated, which also made those Jiaozhi people no longer have any other choice but to grit their teeth and rush forward.
After the first few rounds of bows and arrows were fired, although some Jiaozhi people were killed and injured, they failed to stop the opponent's offensive at all, but were rushed to the city by the Jiaozhi people, and then began to climb up with the help of ladders and siege vehicles, which should have used grenades to intimidate at this time, but Su Mian was not sure, so he could only order the soldiers at the head of the city to use conventional means of defending the city, such as pushing down the ladders, or pouring boiling water down, throwing ash bottles, etc.
Seeing that the defenders of Yongzhou City did not use firearms, this made Li Changjie, who was personally in command behind, more convinced of his judgment, and ordered the army to step up the siege of the city again, but there were Jiaozhi soldiers killed at the head of the city, and the Song army at the head of the city was in chaos for a while, after all, these Song troops were originally some undertrained state soldiers, and there were also young and strong people in the city mixed in, where was the opponent of the regular army of Jiaozhi?
Su Mian saw that the soldiers in the city were losing and retreating, and he was also in a hurry at the moment, and finally ordered the use of the last firearms, and finally ordered the use of the last firearms, but with the throwing of the grenade, he finally cleared the Jiaozhi soldiers on the head of the city, and the Jiaozhi people who were attacking the city heard the explosion of the grenade, and they were all frightened, and many people turned around and ran away in fright.
However, at this time, the supervision team arranged by Li Changjie finally worked, and dozens of escaped Jiaozhi soldiers were immediately beheaded under the knife, looking at the heads that rolled down, and then thinking about the relatives at home, which made the remaining Jiaozhi people dare not retreat, so they could only turn around hard, but what they didn't expect was that after the Song army only threw a round of grenades, it was directly muted, no matter how they attacked, the explosion of firearms never sounded at the head of Yongzhou City.
"Hahahaha~, Yongzhou City's firearms are exhausted, pass on my order, attack the city with all your might, and there will be no military discipline for three days after breaking the city!" When Li Changjie saw this, he immediately laughed and said, the so-called three days without military discipline means that within three days, the Jiaozhi people can burn, kill and loot the Yongzhou City that the Jiaozhi people can take, and all the loot they have grabbed belong to themselves, which also makes the Jiaozhi people who are besieging the city roar wolf, and they no longer have any scruples to attack the city with all their might.
Seeing that the Jiaozhi people were about to attack the city again, Su Mian and Tang Zizheng were also extremely anxious, and even the two of them didn't care about their identities, and began to personally raise their swords to kill the enemy, but the strength of the Jiaozhi people was several times that of theirs, plus under the heavy reward, they all seemed to be fearless of death, and the defenders at the head of the city could no longer hold on, and they saw that Yongzhou City was about to be breached.
"Heaven is dead, I Yongzhou!" Seeing this situation, Su Mian couldn't help but roar with tears, but he didn't expect that he would hold on for a month, but in the end he still failed to hold Yongzhou, which made him feel ashamed of the people, and even more ashamed of his family.
"Zhizhou, the situation is not good, the lower officials are willing to protect you and your family to kill Yongzhou!" At this time, Tang Zizheng limped over with a long sword in his hand, and his thigh was slashed by a cross-toed soldier, but it was not too strict.
"As the parent official of Yongzhou, how can Su abandon the people and run away alone?" Su Mian sighed at this time, and then stared at the Jiaozhi army that came up with a pair of angry eyes, and roared, "I am an immortal thief!" ”
After Su Mian finished speaking, he was about to kill himself after lifting his sword, and he would rather die than fall into the hands of the Jiaozhi people, but at this moment, Tang Zizheng roared and said: "Zhizhou, look, the Jiaozhi people have withdrawn!" ”
Tang Zizheng's words finally saved Su Mian's life, but when he opened his eyes, he found that the Jiaozhi people who had already attacked the city were really retreating, and even shrinking their troops to the rear, as if they were guarding against something?
Before Su Lu and the others could figure out the situation, they only heard a rapid sound of horses' hooves from the northeast, and then a cavalry of thousands of people came over like a dragon, and the target was directed at the opposite Jiaozhi army, but the Jiaozhi people who had not been able to form a defensive formation were rushed by this cavalry, and then another army of thousands of people was killed, like a tiger straight into the chaotic Jiaozhi army, this army is different from those state soldiers in Yongzhou City, but well-trained and murderous, The Jiaozhi people on the opposite side had no power to fight back against them, and a one-sided slaughter was formed on the battlefield.
Looking at the two armies that rushed out one after another, and then looking at the familiar banner in the army, Su Mian couldn't help but roar excitedly: "My reinforcements from the Great Song Dynasty have arrived!" Kaesong! Fight the enemy! (To be continued......)