MTL - Poor Family-v2 Chapter 1017 Swing north

  Chapter 1017 Swing northward

  【I'm really sorry, Lao Gao misremembered the date, thinking that today is the 27th, I missed a chapter in the morning, and I will make up for it with three chapters today! 】

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Li Yanqing led the army into the city. At this time, Gao Chong led a dozen soldiers of the Han army who surrendered and said: "Qi reports to the commander-in-chief. Before the Jin soldiers retreated, they sent people to burn the hay storehouse. These dozen people are guarding the hay They killed two Jin soldiers who came to burn the warehouse, thus keeping the forage warehouse and the entire warehouse city!"

  Li Yanqing nodded approvingly and said, "Each person will be rewarded ten taels of silver, and they will be replaced with Song army armor!"

  More than a dozen soldiers kowtowed to thank them, and the soldiers led them down. Li Yanqing asked Gao Chong again, "How much food and grass are there?"

   "The humble officer asked the other party, and said that he has 300,000 shi of military rations, 500,000 dans of fodder, as well as armor and various military supplies."

  Li Yanqing nodded, and the 300,000 shi of the army ration alone was enough to support the Northern Expedition of a 100,000 army.

   Not long after, Cao Meng sent someone to send news that more than a thousand Jin soldiers had been wiped out, and the Song army only injured dozens of people, and none of them were killed.

  Li Yanqing immediately ordered the army to rest for two days, and commanded Gong Zuwen to lead an army of 10,000 to defend Xuzhou, while he led an army of 90,000 to continue northward toward Jeju.

However, Li Yanqing did not directly intervene in the war with the Qi army, so it has nothing to do with him. It was a battle of the five capitals, and the five capitals supported more than 200,000 troops against the 80,000 Qi army. At least at this stage, Li Yanqing I don't think I need to do it myself for the time being.

  Although there were strong winds and waves in the southeast of Shandong Province, Wang Gui had to land in Haizhou ahead of time, but another army escaped the strong winds and waves because they set off a few days earlier, and continued to drive towards the entrance of the Yellow River.

  This army consisted of fifty warships, including 10,000 sailors led by Zhang Shun and Ruan Xiaoer, and 20,000 elite soldiers led by Niu Gao and Yang Zaixing. They came to aid Daming City.

Two days later, the warship landed in Gaotang County, where the pier had been burned down by the Song army, so Zhang Shun had to ask someone to build a temporary pier. Niu Gao and Yang Zaixing led 20,000 Song troops to land, each carrying seven days' worth of dry food. Marching quickly towards Daming City.

  At this time, the offensive and defensive battle of Daming City has entered the fifth day.

Gao Qingyi launched five large-scale attacks successively, all of which ended in failure. However, although Gao Qingyi sent a large number of troops, he did not take the Daming City at all costs, as Wan Yanxie also demanded. His attacks were very restrained, as long as the soldiers As soon as the attack was slightly expanded, he immediately ordered to withdraw his troops, so each attack only lasted for more than an hour before it ended.

   Even so, Gao Qingyi's army suffered heavy casualties of 12,000 people in just five days, and this was because the Song army did not use Zhentian Lei.

There are so many casualties, but little gains. There are many reasons. On the one hand, Gao Qingyi’s army does not have heavy siege weapons. All the heavy siege weapons stored in Hebei were taken by Wan Yanxie to Hedong to attack Taiyuan. Warehouses in various places in Hebei There are only more than a thousand siege ladders left in the city, and these siege ladders constitute the main force of Gao Qingyi's attack. Of course, they will be hit hard by the Song army's powerful arrow array and rolling logs and rocks.

On the other hand, Gao Qingyi didn't want to do his best for Wanyan Xie, but in the end Wanyan Xie easily picked the peaches, so he had reservations about attacking, basically he just tried his hand at it. army poses a real threat.

Yan Qing discovered this secret on the first day, so he ordered that the thunderstorms should not be used for the time being, and only bows and arrows, kerosene, and rolling wood and stones should be used to defend the city. After five days, the Song army also suffered nearly 2,000 casualties, mostly arrows. hurt.

Five days later, Gao Qingyi's army was gradually exhausted and stopped attacking the city. The remaining 38,000 troops were stationed outside the North City and West City. The reason why they were stationed outside the West City was because the west of Daming City was Yongji At the canal wharf, a large number of ships are transporting supplies and wounded soldiers back and forth, and the army needs to protect the safety of the shipping lines.

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As night fell, Yan Qing stood on the top of the city and watched the Ji army camp in the distance. He was a little worried after five days of fierce fighting. Gao Qingyi's army obviously didn't want to attack the city with all their strength, but they refused to retreat, which showed that There will be a real siege army coming soon. As the commander-in-chief said, the real test is the siege of the golden soldiers.

Yan Qing was not afraid of the Jin soldiers, but he was a little worried. His own strength was insufficient. The 10,000 main force had already lost 2,000 casualties. This was caused by not attacking the city with all its strength. It will increase, but the combat effectiveness of the army converted from prisoners of war is still not good. Yan Qing is afraid that if the casualties are too large, the famous city may not be able to be kept. Wouldn't that delay the overall situation of Dushuai?

  While he was meditating, a soldier rushed to report, "General Qi, a brother came down from the east city and said he was sent by General Niu Gao."

  Yan Qing cheered up. He just received a letter from Du Shuai Ge a few days ago, saying that he would send Niu Gao and Yang Zaixing to lead the army to support him. He was worried that he would not be able to come, but he did not expect to arrive so soon.

  Yan Qing quickly asked: "Where is the person?"

   "I have already climbed the ladder to the city."

   "Bring him to me quickly!"

   After a while, the soldiers brought a thin and smart young man. He didn't wear a military uniform. He looked like a local farmer. The young man knelt down on one knee and saluted, "Li Zhen, the humble scout general, see Du Tong!"

  Yan Qing is the leader of the scout battalion, of course he remembers this subordinate, but the matter is important, Yan Qing dare not be careless, and asked: "Where is the token?" "

  The young scout said in a deep voice, "Tangyin is a great victory!"

  Yan Qing suddenly laughed, this sentence was exactly the password that Du Shuai left for him in the pigeon letter, so it was correct.

  Yan Qing quickly helped him up and smiled, "General Li please get up quickly, thank you for your hard work."

  He sent two stools and asked the young scouts to sit down. Yan Qing asked again: "Is there a lot of patrols outside?"

The young scout nodded, "It's not too crowded, that's why the low-ranking staff can sneak in. If there are more people, they will be discovered. There are enemy patrols ten miles away. General Niu Gao is also worried about this, so the low-ranking staff are allowed to sneak in first." Get in touch with the capital."

  Yan Qing asked again: "Where is General Niu now? How many troops does he have?"

"General, a total of 30,000 troops sailed north this time. General Zhang Shun and General Ruan led 10,000 troops to block the Yellow River. General Niu and General Yang led 20,000 troops to support Daming City. Now they are in Yangzhou, 30 miles away. Shezhen."

Yan Qing walked a few steps, turned back to the soldiers and said, "Go back and tell General Niu that there are hundreds of transport ships of the Ji army on the Yongji Canal. I think it is a big threat. The main force of the Jin army can take these The boats are crossing the Yellow River, General Niu, please send someone to destroy these transport boats."

   "I understand, and General Niu hopes to make an appointment with the general to enter the city."

  Yan Qing thought for a while, "It's only Haishi, thirty miles is not far away. In order to prevent long nights and dreams, we made an appointment to enter the city at five o'clock tonight. If you come from the south city, I will cover you entering the city."

   "Humble job, go back and report!"

  Yan Qing asked someone to change him into a Ji army uniform, and the scout then left and left in a hurry.

   Before the hour of the first watch, the scout general named Li Zhen returned to Yang Shezhen fifty miles away, met Niu Gao and Yang Zaixing, told the time Yan Qing had agreed upon, and also talked about the ship.

Yang Zaixing said to Niu Gao: "According to my experience in dealing with the Xixia people, the Xixia people can use leather rafts to carry cavalry across the river, and it is estimated that the Jin soldiers will do the same, so destroying the ships is only one aspect, and more importantly, keep an eye on the main force of the Jin soldiers. I suggest So send a scout army to monitor the main force of the Jin soldiers, so that we can know where the Jin soldiers want to cross the river and go down the river."

   "You are right, you really have to beware of Jin Bing's leather raft."

  Niu Gao said to Li Zhen, "Maybe General Li is responsible for this task?"

   "Hizhi is willing to do its best to complete the task!"

  Niu Gao immediately ordered 500 scout cavalry and handed them over to Li Zhen. Li Zhen quickly led the cavalry away from the main force and headed south to Yongji Canal by detour.

   At the same time, Niu Gao and Yang Zaixing also led an army of 20,000 detours to the south, preparing to enter the city at five o'clock.

  According to the information left by Li Zhen, there were two teams of patrols outside the south city, about ten miles away from the city, each team of ten patrols. Niu Gao immediately sent two troops of one hundred people to hunt and kill these two patrols.

At four o'clock, a ten-man sentry cavalry was patrolling the wilderness listlessly. Gao Qingyi arranged a total of fifteen patrol teams around the periphery, focusing on the north and west, and arranged five patrol teams each to prevent them from being stolen by the enemy. In addition, three camps were arranged in the east of the city, and two were arranged in the south of the city.

   Once an abnormal situation is found, immediately use rockets to sound the alarm.

  Although Gao Qingyi thought carefully, his soldiers couldn't stand this kind of high-intensity combat. The siege for five days in a row had exhausted all the soldiers, and they had to patrol around the clock. The soldiers really complained.

   "We are made of iron, even war horses can't stand it!" a soldier complained.

   "Stop rambling, after walking around, I'll find a place to sit with my brother for a while."

   "Do you two want to die?"

  The detachment turned around and yelled angrily, "I must patrol all night, whoever dares to neglect, the military law will do it!"

  Everyone had no choice but to complain in a low voice, and then continued to patrol.

   At this moment, countless black shadows rushed out from both sides and surrounded them. A general of the Song army shouted sharply: "If you don't want to die, raise your hand!"

  The first **** hurriedly drew their bows and set up arrows, ready to shoot Mingdi. The general of the Song Army was furious and ordered: "Let the arrows!"

   Hundreds of soldiers of the Song Army immediately fired arrows at random, shooting and killing all ten patrolling soldiers.

   A few miles away, another patrol was also arrested by hundreds of soldiers, but their **** was not reckless, and did not lose the lives of their soldiers, and they all became prisoners of the Song army.

In a forest fifteen miles to the south, Niu Gao was patiently waiting for news from the hunting team, but he did not rely on the hunting team. Even if you send cavalry, it will be difficult to rush over.

   "Lao Niu, why don't we attack Gao Qingyi's army directly?" Yang Zaixing asked in a low voice.

Niu Gao smiled wryly and said: "Why don't I want to attack, but have you ever thought about why Dushuai entrusted us with this task? Isn't it because we have always resolutely carried out military orders? After all, the enemy has nearly 40,000 troops. If you don’t destroy the enemy army, but your rescue plan is ruined, wouldn’t it ruin the strategic plan of the commander in chief.”

  Yang Zaixing nodded, "You're right, we have to withstand this temptation, and we can't plan to destroy Dushuai's strategic plan in a short while."

At this time, two hunting teams came back one after another, one killed all the patrols, and the other brought back ten captives. Niu Gao interrogated and confirmed that there were no enemy patrols outside the southern city, so he immediately led 20,000 troops to set off. They crossed the patrol line and rushed towards the south gate.

  (end of this chapter)