choke element

Chapter 211

There was a sound of killing on the battlefield, and the rain of blood seemed to pour down.

From night to dawn, from dawn to night, the Mongolian army continued to attack, and the crowds were like waves.

But Wang Shixian commanded and dealt with it calmly, and teams of soldiers and horses boarded the camp one after another under his dispatch for bloody battles.

The outer wall of the camp was breached eleven times, the inner wall three times, and the two camp gates four times.

The defenders moved pre-stored wood and stones from the camp to fill the gaps, stacked the parapets, and then the parapets were knocked down again and again, and the broken bricks and walls fell to the ground, stirring up smoke and dust in the sky.Behind the female wall, Wang Shixian ordered people to pile up countless firewood and oil, and if they were in danger, they would be ignited immediately.

Anyone who broke into the inner circle of the Mongolian army was burned or cut off their retreat.There were endless screams, and the Mongolian army entering the city was surrounded and wiped out by the superior defenders, and they were killed and injured again and again.

After all, the strength of the Mongolian army lies in its speed. When it comes to driving straight in, out of the enemy's surprise, and hundreds of miles across, they are a terrifying army that has been rare for thousands of years; The stereotypes of the nomads have not yet reached the point where they cannot resist the enemy.

Even so, the situation is always on the verge of collapse, and it will collapse but not collapse.

The defenders confronting the Mongolian army have also shed blood like rivers.

Wave after wave of reinforcements arrived on the battlefield, and they were immediately destroyed as if entering a bottomless pit.In the gully around the camp, the corpses gradually piled up, and the stumps and broken arms were layered on top of each other, almost filling the gully.

The pointed wooden stakes that had been placed in the ravine before had long been useless.Some fell on stakes and died instantly, others groaned and wailed.When the successors fall, they will push those who wail down to the lower level.

Immediately, the leather boots of the Mongolian army stepped over the corpse, like surging turbid waves, and continued to hit the defense line on the wall.

Wang Shixian stayed up for two consecutive days, directing operations.

He stood high on the pier, carefully observed the changes in the battle situation, and gave orders at any time.Every time there was an order, the warriors in the army waiting by the side led their troops to attack, either to resist the front of the Mongols, or to attack and outflank the Mongols, cutting off the Mongols' retreat.

But there are fewer and fewer people around him.

How fierce the Mongolian army is, the defenders in the camp fought against it, and the casualties were by no means equal. If experienced veterans were the backbone, they could still get a three-to-one, five-to-one exchange.However, when a team composed of pure men ran into the offensive of the Mongolian army, the exchange ratio would often reach more than ten. If the team did not collapse immediately, it would be overjoyed.

At first, Wang Shixian sent his generals to lead his men to help the front line; later, all of them were killed and wounded, and only the lieutenant was left; the next night, the lieutenant was killed and wounded again, and only the team was left.

And in the reinforcement team he sent, at first the veterans of the headquarters were the main ones, and later the veterans and the strong men were divided in half. man of.

Wang Shixian is a deeply Sinicized Wang Gu, and he can even call himself a literati among the generally vulgar and illiterate routs in Hebei.

His appearance is not as rough as ordinary warriors, and he wears a robe and a sword on weekdays, almost like a Confucian general.But now his eyes are bloodshot, his cheeks are sunken, and the short beard under his jaw has turned gray within two days.

Fortunately, the soldiers and civilians in the camp didn't have time to look carefully, they only needed to know that Commander Wang was still there and the camp was still standing, that was enough.

Even in the most dangerous time, Wang Shixian continued to send his cronies to gallop everywhere. Anyone who killed the enemy and made meritorious service was either promoted on the spot, or generously rewarded with gold and silver; Shout:
"So-and-so, the main army of the Jiazi Battalion, won three heads! Second-class merit record, ten guan rewards, promoted as a general!"

"Xin Ziying's strong Ding XX team assisted in repelling the attack twice! The leader of the team, XX, received third-class merit, and the whole team will be given ten acres of land!"

"The general of the C-word camp so-and-so led his troops to recapture the pier at the gate of the camp and killed dozens of enemies! The general so-and-so recorded his merits first-class and was immediately promoted to the general! The subordinate soldiers, the living were promoted to generals, and the dead shadowed their family's land Fifty acres, everyone will be rewarded with a big silver ingot!"

The more intense the battle, the louder and denser the voices of praise and reward inside and outside the camp.In the surrounding fortress walls for several miles, everyone heard about it, and everyone envied it. They only felt that the enemy army would be defeated at any moment, and cheers came and went.

At the same time, military newspapers were also poured into the Tunbao of Haicang Town.

"After the death of the general Chen Heng, the headquarters insisted on guarding the camp gate and never retreating. 110 people have fought fiercely so far, and 89 people have been killed."

"The general Yu Xiaowu boarded the pier at the south gate and shot two people from a hundred Mongolian households to death. But the pier was attacked by the Mongols with all their strength. Our rescue failed, and all Yu Xiaowu's troops died."

"The battle on the highlands in the west is still going on. The Mongolian army rushed through the rocky beach twice and burned a trestle bridge in the port. Wen Qian was cut off one arm during the fight. His troops have gone to seven or eight, and they are still insisting on commanding. .”

"Within two days, more than [-] soldiers and civilians were killed or injured in the camp, and the rest were filled with doubts and fears. If Commander Wang hadn't suppressed them with all his strength, they might riot at any time. In addition, it is already difficult to organize a strong enough team. Next time Those who go to the city to fight, there will be the old, the weak and women."

Outside the Tunpu, the sound of killing was loud, but inside the Tunpu, there was silence.

The soldiers waited here for two days. From the doubts at the beginning to the numbness at the moment, everyone was looking forward to fighting immediately, but everyone knew that the opportunity to fight was only in Guo Ning's grasp.

After listening to the envoy's report, Guo Ning waved him back.

Because of his younger brother Li Yun's experience in Zhigu Village, Li Ting has recently gotten close to Wang Shixian.

At this moment, he couldn't help but said: "Old Wang is having a hard time coping, should we send him a support soldier? It doesn't need many people, five hundred... no, three hundred is enough, and I will distribute it from me!"

Guo Ning glanced at Li Ting.

Wang Shixian's subordinates are also old soldiers that Guo Ning has slowly gathered over the past few months; so many people in the camp outside were gathered by Guo Ning from Laizhou, and they are the foundation on which to build a foothold in the future.They suffered so many casualties, how could Guo Ning be reconciled?
However, casualties in war are always inevitable.

In the final analysis, raising soldiers for a thousand days is a matter of using them for a while.Another way is that kindness does not control soldiers.When a general is in command of a battle, the lives of the army and the people are just numbers, and there is no doubt about how many people need to die.

What's more, if the Mongols gain power, will the deaths of soldiers, civilians and civilians be less?Guo Ning watched the blood of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians flow into rivers inside and outside the Jiehao Great Wall that day, and his heart has long been tempered like a stone.The place of death and life, the law of survival, everything is for the final victory, no matter how many casualties are in front of you, you have to hold on!

The more tired and impatient the Mongolian army is, the more likely our victory will be!

Guo Ning reached out and pressed the thick stack of military newspapers on the table, and asked, "Old Wang is just reporting the military situation. Has he sent anyone for help?"

Li Ting sighed and shook his head.

"Then we will continue to wait!" Guo Ning shouted in a deep voice.

A few miles south of Tunpu, Tuo Lei sat on the leopard skin, watching the battle intently, equally anxious.

In the past two days, the crowds have been attacking unremittingly, taking turns to advance, but the preparation time for each attack is getting longer and longer, and the time for continuing to attack is getting shorter and shorter.In the last two hours, they have not even attacked the wall once.

According to the captured captives, the defenders are already dispatching troops to deepen the second trench inside the outer wall!
Tuo Lei had interrogated no less than twenty captives one after another, and he knew that the reason why this camp was able to persist until now was due to the talent of the city lord, Wang Shixian.

Tuo Lei didn't understand why a man from Wang Gu would sacrifice his life for the Jurchens.

He once sent people to ride horses around the camp to announce that as long as Wang Shixian surrendered, he would be treated well.He also sent people to the camp to try to recruit Wang Shixian face to face.As a result, the envoy was killed by Wang Shixian on the spot, and his head was thrown out to demonstrate.

In this way, when will this battle be fought?

There are ten thousand households under Tuo Lei's command, and tens of thousands of elites are true, but the elites of the Mongols are also human beings, and they will inevitably slack off if they fail to achieve results.This kind of slack can't be seen by others, but Tuolei has followed his father to fight in the north and south since he was a child, how keen his eyesight is?

Chiju's son-in-law whispered: "Please order to kill a few hundred households! Kill another batch of war slaves, and alert all ministries!"

Tuo Lei maintained a solemn and indifferent expression, thinking slowly.

If Genghis Khan personally leads the troops here, he can naturally punish a group of people severely and use the heads of the cowardly to warn his subordinates, but it is not allowed to drag mines.

Of the ten thousand households, five came from his own Ulus, and five were real power figures on the grassland who were close to him and trusted him.To attack these people at will is to attack one's own supporters, giving others an opportunity in vain, so why bother?
Seeing Tuolei's hesitation, Chiju's son-in-law said again: "Fourth Prince, let's start with our Hongji assassination department! I will personally chop off the heads of those who have retreated!"

Tuo Lei really wanted to kill a group of people, but he suppressed his emotions and replied calmly: "No need! The soldiers have tried their best, and they are all warriors. I want to reward them. Everyone should be rewarded. After the reward, you, Zhe The four thousand households of Dier, Tuo Sahe, and Kuo Kuo will attack together! This is the last attack, if you fail again, stop the attack and withdraw your troops to rest!"

He said with emphasis: "At least, we are sure that this is indeed where the family members of Guo Ning's troops are located, right? I went to Malay this morning to report that Guo Ning's headquarters had left Yidu, and hundreds of thousands rushed to the rescue. When they Halfway through, we immediately volley... that's what we're really good at!"

(End of this chapter)