Father, I really don’t want to be the emperor

And this exhilarating pleasure of killing quickly turned into admiration for Ning Fan, because all of this was arranged by Ning Fan. The great success of this tactical strategy designed by Ning Fan was attributed to Ning Fan's personal wisdom. .

The Jurchens finally retreated, retreating like a tide, leaving behind nearly five thousand corpses of people and war horses.

Waves of cheers came from the city wall. Both the officers and soldiers were so excited that they were carried away. Today, Dakang directly killed thousands of Jurchen soldiers with zero casualties, which was unprecedented before. .

Even today the Jurchens didn't even have a chance to shoot arrows on the city, because they were not even close to Jianghaiguan, a distance of 150 steps.

The soldiers were happy, and Ning Fan was also excited. This was the first time in his life that he faced an alien war and achieved an overwhelming victory.

However, amidst the laughter and laughter, Ning Fan could still remain calm.

He had a hunch that the Jurchens had suffered a big loss during the day and would definitely come back to restore the situation at night.

By the afternoon, Ning Fan had basically made clear arrangements for the city defense situation at night.

"Your Highness, I feel that the Jurchens should not dare to come again at night. After all, they suffered such a big loss during the day."

Chen Yuanqing had some doubts about Ning Fan's judgment.

Even Luo Yong, who has always been steady, remained silent. He and Chen Yuanqing agreed that the Jurchens should not come again at night.

It is true that the Jurchen army of hundreds of thousands lost 5,000 people at once. This was a huge loss for the Jurchens. In a short period of time, the Jurchen commanders should not dare to launch the next attack.

"Don't be too optimistic. Although Jianghaiguan has strong city defenses, once these Jurchens are allowed to climb up with ropes at night, the consequences will be disastrous. Therefore, in the future, the focus of defense will be focused on night."

Ning Fan defied all opinions and insisted on his own idea.

After everyone ate, they began to take a quick rest. In the early hours of the morning, the sound of clanging iron rods woke Ning Fan up from his sleep.

Ning Fan reached for the sword on the bedside and turned over to sit up. In order to prevent the Jurchens from sneak attacks at night, Ning Fan didn't even have time to take off his armor.

He walked out of the camp and found that the soldiers had set up defenses on the city wall in an orderly manner. As expected, the plan arranged during the day had already prepared the soldiers, and the Jurchens' attack did not cause a panic.

As soon as Ning Fan was about to walk up the city wall, he was stopped by Luo Yong with his shield. Luo Yong raised his shield over Ning Fan's head, pointed at the outside of the city and said loudly: "Your Highness, the Jurchens have arrived at the city. At this time, we are here." The walls are not safe.”

With a whoosh, the arrow flew past Ning Fan almost grazing his ear.

Ning Fan was also startled. He quickly bent down and crouched down, looking warily in the direction of the city wall.

"The Jurchens have arrived at the city. Have you used ropes to climb up?"

Ning Fan said loudly.

Seeing the confused expression on Luo Yong's face, Ning Fan made a decisive decision and immediately rang the gong next to him and ordered the soldiers to start the winch immediately.

Thirty horses pulled the rope at the same time, driving the winch installed outside the city wall to slowly rotate. As the horses speed up, the winch will turn faster and faster.

As the huge and sharp gears rotated, the ropes climbing up the city wall were cut off in an instant. The Jurchen soldiers had already climbed into the air, but because the rope suddenly broke, they all fell outside the city wall like dumplings.

The rain of arrows from the sky was still falling like raindrops. Ning Fan hid behind the arrow stack, not daring to show his head at all. From time to time, defensive soldiers on the city wall were hit by arrows and fell to the ground screaming.

However, as Ning Fan made a prompt decision and started the winch installed outside the city, the Jurchens' dream of climbing the city wall was completely crushed.

But even if you did this, the Jurchens still did not give up the siege. Steel hooks were still thrown up the city wall and hung outside the city wall.

The soldiers cut the ropes through the holes they had set earlier and used their spears.

More soldiers threw boulders down from the city wall, and screams came from below the city. Although it was difficult to see clearly in the dark, Ning Fan felt that there should be many Jurchens outside the city.

Taking advantage of the lull in the enemy's arrow rain, several soldiers carried more than a dozen pots of boiling oil to the city and poured it out through the openings that had been set up long ago.

Immediately afterwards, large barrels of oil arrived outside the city wall. After throwing down the torches, raging flames ignited outside the city.

By the light of the fire, the situation outside the city was clearly visible, and Ning Fan finally saw the number of Jurchens who attacked at night.

Preliminary judgment showed that the Jurchens had at least 3,000 men for the night attack. Due to the previous two rounds of strangulation, nearly half of the Jurchens' manpower had been lost.

However, the Jurchen archers a hundred meters away were in disarray, and Ning Fan initially estimated that there were at least 3,000 crossbowmen out of range to support them.

In other words, the Jurchens sent out at least 6,000 people to attack the city at night. Seeing this scene, Ning Fan broke into a cold sweat.

If the city defense had not been arranged during the day, then at night, the Jurchens might have taken advantage of the chaos and climbed up the city wall. If thousands of Jurchens were allowed to rush into the city and open the city gate, the consequences would be disastrous.

After losing the protection of the night, the Jurchens began to retreat. However, Ning Fan did not give up at this time, but ordered the crossbowmen to shoot the Jurchens as soon as possible.

The rain of swords in the sky was thrown towards the Jurchens' position, and with screams, the Jurchens left corpses all over the ground and completely faded away.

After dawn, Ning Fan stood on the city wall and looked down. He saw a scene that frightened him. There were corpses of Jurchens everywhere, some of them had been burned to coke. The stench made Ning Fan lose the mood to have breakfast.

This kind of war in the era of cold weapons is the most bloody and intuitive. If you have poor mental endurance, you may go crazy when you see this scene like Shura Hell.

Including the 5,000 people who died during the day and the 3,000 Jurchens who died at night, nearly 8,000 people were lost in just one day.

No one expected that this siege battle would enter the most intense and heated level from the beginning.

It seems that the Jurchens intend to take over Jianghaiguan in a short time. They do not want to stay here too long, or they do not want to start a long-term tug-of-war here at all, but focus on a quick victory.

Once they are unable to capture Jianghaiguan, a major transportation artery, the Jurchens are likely to retreat quickly and attack Jiangzhou from other places.