Under the city of Chuzhou, the spacious and deep moat has disappeared, and it is full of various fillings, among which there are a lot of corpses, all of which are dressed in Yuan people's clothing. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Boom again!" A deep-eyed, high-nosed man spoke in a very awkward manner, but as he got used to it, the sergeants and craftsmen understood what he meant.

After some efforts, several rows of return cannons set up less than a hundred steps away from the city made a sound again, I don't know where the stones were thrown in the direction of the city, it looked black and pressed, no creature could survive under such a bombardment, the Song people on the head of the city were no exception, from below to up, there was no longer a standing figure, however, the instigation of the horses not far away to watch the battle was very clear, it was just a superficial phenomenon.

"Dashuai." After several rounds of continuous bombardment, a personal soldier saw that he had not given instructions for a long time, so he couldn't help but remind him, and he came back to his senses, and did not say anything, just nodded slightly.

So, followed by the bombardment, the attack began again, surrounded by the Yuan army on all sides, several foot soldiers and thousands of people under the supervision of their own thousands of households, pushing the building cart, carrying the ladder, rushed to the direction of the city wall, in front of them, there was no obvious obstacle, the moat was filled, the sheep and horse wall was opened, and it seemed that they would soon be able to reach the city.

In the midst of the expressionless gaze of the instigator, rushing to a distance of less than fifty paces, a large number of figures suddenly appeared on the originally bare and seemingly empty city, and then countless arrows, flying stones, and rolling logs hit his infantry brigade like eyes, screaming, falling, and shooting, and the same scene was like a designed stage play, and even the final result was the same.

After barely completing the assault on the head of the city, and losing a large number of foot soldiers, the rest of the men retreated like a flood, and they retreated from the gap in the military formation to the back of the formation, waiting for the completion of the collection and another arrangement, and the commander would not be condemned for this, because such a situation had been played out countless times in the nearly two months of siege.

The instigation is indeed not angry, or it may be more appropriate to be numb, the weather is getting colder and colder, no one knows if it will snow in the next moment, for him, the good news is that Huaishui is about to enter the freezing period, which means that there is no need to pass through the pontoon bridge, it can be connected to his rear, and the efficiency of supply will be better.

The bad news is that the siege will become more difficult, and once the water is dripping into ice, climbing the top of the city will become a very difficult task, the hook on the ladder may not be able to pull, and people will slip easily, but these are not his main concerns.

Compared with other places, the offensive in Huaidong can be said to be almost no progress, although Huaixi is also about the same, but after the launch of the offensive in the middle, the two armies have successfully met in Tongcheng County, located in Anqing Prefecture, and the entire Anqing Mansion has been taken, and the offensive is moving down the river, from both sides of the land and water towards Jiankang City.

Only he is here, Chuzhou City has been delayed, the Zhaoxin Army is difficult to travel on the mountain road, and even the troops that are contained cannot be discussed, after several twists and turns, they still haven't been able to find the shadow of the Song Army, where they are, what they want to do, they don't know anything, this kind of news, more difficult than Chuzhou City, makes the instigation more anxious.

After sending the hundred slaves to the front, his number here dropped to about 50,000, plus the people recruited from the rear, barely returned to the level of 80,000, after more than two months of attack, the number of losses was around 20,000, but all of them were temporary recruits, not put it in his heart at all, the Han people died a little more, it was beneficial to the rule of the Great Khan, at least it could consume some arrows in the city, didn't it.

The new offensive was opened under the bombardment of the return artillery, this sharp weapon once made the Mongols invincible, that is, the fortified city of Xiangyang was taken down, and the city of Chuzhou, which was not much less solid, did not have the slightest impact at all, most of the huge stones smashed on the city wall, and the wall did not even look like a crack was born, and the Song people who were hiding behind were accustomed to this kind of blow, and they even knew better than the Yuan people themselves when they could stand up.

After the initial passion retreated, the instigation was already very clear about the Song people's plans, clear and clear, but he did not have any surprising way to win, from here to the city of Yangzhou, all of them were barren, even if he abandoned Chuzhou City and led the army to directly attack Yangzhou, the situation encountered would not be improved, and the elongated supply line, under the threat of the cities along the way, was likely to be directly cut off by the Song people, in that way, how many of the 80,000 troops here would return to the north bank of Huaishui alive, I am afraid that it is a luxury.

The Song people want this kind of result, he basically has only one way, take Chuzhou, advance all the way, threaten Yangzhou without worries, and force Li Tingzhi to choose between Jiankang and Yangzhou. Surprisingly, it didn't take long for this choice to be delivered to him, and the person who came to deliver the news was actually his son Baijianu.

"The Song people are dispatched?" The instigator only glanced up and down, and determined that his son did not flee from defeat, it could only be a result, and he couldn't tell whether he was happy or sad in his heart.

"If you go back to the big handsome, the Song people have ridden out, and the striker has already crossed Fan Liangzhen, and it is estimated that this time should be close to the head of the world." There was indescribable excitement in Baijianu's tone, he used the fastest speed to return first, and even the mount was changed several times, the person was already tired, and his spirit was still very good.

"What about your people, are they in danger?" The eyes of the instigation capital are very severe, the more than 20,000 foot soldiers taken away by the hundred slaves are all old soldiers, which are expected to be used to lure the enemy, and only the old soldiers can retreat and not disperse, if it is a new soldier, if it is not good, it will become true, such examples, there are countless examples in the history books of the Han people.

Baijianu shook his head without hesitation, the more than 1,000 Mongolian cavalry behind the palace were led by him, and he had been in a state of imminent separation with the vanguard of the Song people, and the other party did not seem to be too close, and he only followed along the way, until he entered the boundary of Chuzhou, he really believed that his people were safe.

The instigator got the answer he wanted, so he didn't speak again, and his eyes returned to the siege battle in front of him, the foot soldiers of the Song people should be at least a day's journey away from the cavalry, and then calculate the distance from Gaoyou County to here, he had almost three days of preparation, this battle was both long-awaited and doubtful, because in terms of the performance of Chuzhou City and the situation described by his son, this Song army was very unusual, they were inspired by the victory of Jiankang, and they would never collapse as easily as elsewhere.

"Go down, so that you may be the one who has placed you, and will be at your disposal at all times."

To the disappointment of Baijianu, his father did not have any new instructions, and he couldn't even talk about excitement, so he got up and left helplessly, and just walked not far away, he passed by a sergeant who came in a hurry, and that person's expression slowed his pace.

"Dashuai, Yukou Town has reported that the naval army was attacked by the warships of the Song brigade and suffered heavy losses, and the life and death of the main general Xin are unknown!"

"What!"

The father and son shouted these two words almost at the same time, and although they stopped their mouths in time, the expression on their faces had turned into shock and disbelief.