Chapter 403: Four Helpers
After a continuous feint attack on the city of the king of Jiaozhou for many days, this morning, Xiao Ding finally issued an order, ordering the Yue brothers, Gao Hongxiu, and Luo Sikou to lead an army of 30,000 to attack Zhaoqing City. This time it's not a feint, it's a real fight. At the same time, he also told the people who went to convey the order, and asked him to tell several generals who led the team that if there were deserters in the city who escaped, they did not need to intercept them, and let them escape.
Then, Xiao Ding once again sent the three Yang sisters and brothers to lead an army of 20,000 to set up an ambush on the way, preparing to intercept the reinforcements coming out of Jiaozhou City.
At the same time, Lu Changping and Di Wanjun were also sent to lead troops to pick up the leaks.
After some arrangements and distribution, everyone heard that the city could be truly attacked today, and everyone was happy. As a soldier, there's nothing more exciting than conquering a city.
The brothers of the Yue family, Gao Hongxiu, and Luo Sikou were also very happy after receiving the order conveyed by Xiao Ding. They feinted for several days, and they felt that they were not enjoying the fight, but today they were finally able to attack the city with all their might, and their blood was boiling.
When he led his troops to Zhaoqing City, he did not please the enemy and scolded the formation, and directly ordered an attack. When the soldiers heard that the city was going to be attacked today, they were naturally all fighting bravely and excitedly.
Attacking Zhaoqing City, he still followed the previous siege routine, using powerful crossbow cars and medium-sized bead crossbows to shoot wildly at the top of the city, so that no one could stand on the top of the city. The shield-bearer would then escort the soldiers carrying ladders, carts, and poles to the walls and gates.
Then attack the city gate with all your strength, and climb to the city wall to start hand-to-hand combat, as long as the city gate is knocked open by the car and the wooden pole, the army kills into the city, then Zhaoqing City is basically at your fingertips.
Duan Beishan heard that the guards at the head of the city came to report that the enemy army was attacking the city again, but he didn't care at first. He thought that the enemy army would retreat after firing a few rounds of crossbow arrows like he did yesterday.
However, he later realized that his judgment was wrong.
The enemy army was already covered by the shield bearer and began to attack the city gate, and he realized that he was going to move for real today!
He knew that the 10,000 soldiers in his city were not as many as the other party's troops, not to mention that the other party also had powerful weapons, so it was not easy to hold the city, so he sent people out from other city gates as soon as possible and went to Jiaozhou City to move for help.
Song Yuanyan, the king of Jiaozhou, saw that the soldiers sent by Duan Beishan had come to ask for help, so he was a little unimpressed.
After he figured out the purpose of the other party's feint to attack the city and intercept the reinforcements yesterday, he thought that today's siege was just an illusion made by the other party, and he wouldn't really attack the city, what were he afraid of? It's just that I hope I will send reinforcements, and then they will intercept and kill them halfway, but today I am not in your hands!
So Song Yuanyan said calmly: "You go down and rest first, the other party is just scaring and scaring you, they won't really attack Zhaoqing City." ”
When the soldier who delivered the letter heard this, he was immediately dumbfounded, the other party had attacked under the city gate, and it was not really a siege? What kind of logic is this?
However, the soldier did not dare to disobey the order of the king of Jiaozhou, but he did not dare to go down to rest, and immediately he hurried back to Zhaoqing City to reply to Duan Beishan.
At this time, under the cover of the crossbow cart, many soldiers led by the Yue brothers had climbed to the head of the city with a ladder, and on the city wall, they started hand-to-hand combat with the enemy.
The soldiers who rushed to the city gate were also struggling to hit the city gate with their carts and wooden poles.
Duan Beishan was very anxious, and he personally came to the city to command the defense of the city. At the same time, soldiers were sent to Jiaozhou City again to ask for support.
Song Yuanyan saw the soldiers sent by Duan Beishan for help for the second time, but he was still unmoved. still thinks that the other party is just a feint, and there are only 20,000 soldiers left in his city, and if he sends another 10,000 to support, if he is ambushed halfway, then he will be completely defeated.
Seeing that the king of Jiaozhou still refused to send rescuers, the soldier couldn't, and it was worth riding a fast horse back to Zhaoqing City again to explain the situation to Duan Beishan.
Duan Beishan saw that the king of Jiaozhou refused to send troops to rescue twice, and he was very angry, and said in his heart, I have traveled thousands of miles to bring troops to support you, and now there are only more than 10,000 left in the 50,000 army, and the two nephews are still dead on the battlefield, and now I am in trouble here, but you say that you will not send rescuers, you want to watch me be destroyed by the other party!
Duan Beishan was angry, immediately walked down the city, returned to the palace, and wrote a letter to the king of Jiaozhou, scolding the king of Jiaozhou, saying that he was unkind and unjust, and he should not bring troops to support him when he saw death, and when he returned to Dali, he would inevitably report this matter to the emperor of Dali, so that the emperor of Dali would never have anything to do with you again.
After writing the letter, Duan Beishan once again sent people to Jiaozhou City to move the rescue troops. At the same time, he handed the letter to the king of Jiaozhou.
After reading Duan Beishan's letter, Song Yuanyan began to hesitate, could it be that the enemy is really going to attack the city today? Why is Duan Beishan in such a hurry?
He thought about it, and felt that he couldn't offend Duan Beishan's side, but the enemy's should not be able to go up to him, and he only had 20,000 defenders of the city, and he couldn't continue to lose any more, if he lost more soldiers, then this Jiaozhou City would really not be able to hold it anymore!
However, for a while, he couldn't think of a perfect plan, so he had to pick up his pen and write a reply to Duan Beishan, saying that it was not that he refused to send rescuers, but that the enemy was just feintting, as long as you hold on, the enemy will retreat, and the enemy's purpose is to intercept reinforcements.
Give the letter to the soldier, take it back to Zhaoqing City, and hand it over to Duan Beishan. When the soldier saw that the king of Jiaozhou had no intention of sending a rescue, he was so angry that he almost cried. When did the heart say this, you still play letter exchange, and after you exchange letters like this a few more times, then Zhaoqingcheng will not be your own.
However, in a hurry, the soldier was soft-spoken, and he did not dare to offend the king of Jiaozhou, so he had to return to Zhaoqing City with a letter.
Duan Beishan read the reply from the king of Jiaozhou, his nose was almost out of breath, and he was just about to speak, when he suddenly heard a loud "boom" at the city gate, and the city gate had been breached.
No, Duan Beishan didn't have time to write a reply letter, telling the soldier that he would move the rescuers again, and said that the city gate had been broken, and my side couldn't hold out for long, if the rescuers couldn't come over within half an hour, then this Zhaoqing City would be completely unstoppable.
The soldier agreed, and went out of the city through the other gates again and headed for Jiaozhou City.
When the king of Jiaozhou heard that the gates of Zhaoqing City had been breached, he was shocked! Has the enemy changed his strategy? Did you make a mistake in your own judgment?
The king of Jiaozhou was confused, but the crisis in Zhaoqingcheng was imminent, and he had to re-examine it. If Zhaoqing City is lost, then there is only one lonely city left in Jiaozhou City, with only 20,000 soldiers, and it will definitely be difficult to defend.
What's more, if Duan Beishan made a mistake, he couldn't afford the consequences.
So after thinking about it again, even if he was very reluctant to send rescue soldiers in his heart, he couldn't, so he had to send Wang Ba to lead 10,000 soldiers to rescue Zhaoqing City.
However, Song Yuanyan didn't know that because of his decision today, he was defeated from then on.
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