Chapter 312, Withdrawal of Troops

The good news of the great victory of Datong was sent to the hands of the Hongzhi Emperor in the shortest possible time in the form of 800 miles of intensification, and the little prince gathered 100,000 troops on the good news, and the battalion was 100 miles, but it was blocked by the tall city wall of Datong Pass, a siege battle, cutting the enemy and counting the money, and losing dozens of war reports.

Emperor Hongzhi was a little hard to believe at first, thinking that there was something wrong with this good news, this is still the border army of the Ming Dynasty?

In the past, in the face of the attack of the little prince's 100,000 army, being able to defend it was even if it was burning high incense and making a great contribution, but now it not only defended, but also reported that thousands of enemies were killed, which was simply bold, and dared to lie about military exploits.

However, at the same time that Liu Yu's battle report arrived in the capital, the eunuchs stationed in the border army also received good news, and gave a very detailed introduction to the situation on the Datong side, and there was no discrepancy between what Liu Yu reported.

Moreover, the spies in the border town area of Jinyiwei and Dongchang also reported the information in a timely manner, and what they said was the same as what Liu Yu reported.

"I see, it's all cement work, and it's really an artifact~"

After reading several reports in succession, Emperor Hongzhi believed the battle report transmitted back from the front, and also understood that the army that could stop the little prince was all cement.

Because of the tall walls built with cement, it was easy to kill the enemy.

"Herald Commendation for Frontline Soldiers~"

Emperor Hongzhi was in a good mood, and with a wave of his hand, he made a reward.

Emperor Hongzhi was in a good mood here, and he slept peacefully, but under the foothills outside the Datong Pass, Dayan Khan was unable to sleep and eat, and in the huge golden tent, the faces of the tribal leaders were very ugly.

Although today's attack was only a tentative attack, and it was not expected to be able to fight down to Datong, but the situation on the battlefield, everyone also saw very clearly, this wall was too high, like a moat blocking their way south.

"Great Khan, the wall of Datong is too high, it is difficult for us to attack it at all, and the ladder is not as high as the city wall."

"Let's go somewhere else."

The head of the Sirte ministry suggested.

"Yes, Great Khan, the walls of Datong are too high, so let's find another place."

"Their walls are too high, our archers have no advantage, and the suppressed ones are dead, and there is simply no way to provide suppression for the siege troops."

"I don't know if these Ming Dynasty people built a city wall, they were able to build it so high, they definitely couldn't build such a high wall in all places."

The other tribal leaders also shouted along, none of them had the confidence to take down the majestic pass in front of them, and the height of the city wall was simply desperate.

Dayan Khan's face was cold, and he looked at the leaders without saying a word, of course he is difficult to fight here, but it is easy to fight in other places?

There are only a few places on the entire long defense line that can be used for large-scale marching, and although the Great Wall is relatively low and there are few defenders in other lofty mountains, there is no way for their own army to march.

All the places that can be traveled have been built by the Ming Dynasty with tall walls, and it is equally difficult to fight when you go to other places, and it is even worse than here in Datong.

At least here in Datong, the terrain is open, and his army can set up a position to rush up, maybe there is still a chance to open this gap.

"Ladies and gentlemen, is it a small setback today that makes you discouraged?"

Dayan Khan looked at the tribal leaders and said coldly.

His words also made the Golden Tent suddenly quiet, and everyone looked at Dayan Khan and was silent.

"I've already had people explore other places, and all of them are the same as here in Datong, with tall walls, and even if we move over, we may not be able to get better than here."

"Let's think more about how to break through the Datong in front of you."

Dayan Khan's prestige naturally does not need to be spoken, he said that if he fights here, he will fight here, and it will not change.

"Great Khan, our ladder is too low, we must make it higher."

"When you attack the city tomorrow, you can concentrate the condor shooters to suppress the head of the city~"

"Can we try a sneak attack at night?"

"Today is just an attack under temptation, tomorrow you can send more people to attack, and you will be able to fight down."

Everyone suddenly began to come up with ideas, which made Dayan Khan nod with satisfaction.

The next day, with the sound of trumpets, Dayan Khan's army pressed on again.

This time, they built a higher ladder, specially selected archery masters, and organized warriors who were not afraid of death, and were ready to invest tens of thousands of people to attack the city at one time.

The longer the time drags on, the more Ming troops will come to support, and the purpose of Dayan Khan's feint will be completely ineffective, so he must take Datong in the shortest possible time while the Ming army has not yet come to support.

Of course, Dayan Khan didn't know that Liu Yu had already mobilized heavy troops and was waiting for Dayan Khan's side to attack.

"Hmm~Hmm~"

The horn sounded again, and a deafening shout of killing sounded again in front of the Datong Pass, and the siege troops of tens of thousands of people were surging towards Datong.

"Boom~Boom"

At the forefront is the five hundred condor archers who were drawn out, all of these five hundred are top archers, the grassland people are very good at riding and shooting, it can be said that everyone is a master, but only a very few people can be become condor archers, almost everyone can shoot down the eagle in the sky, all of them are masters of a hundred shots, and the bows used are also powerful bows, with a longer range and greater power.

In addition to these five hundred condor archers, there were also archers who counted money, forming a huge bow and arrow phalanx, ready to teach the Ming army on the city wall a lesson.

"Woo~Boom~"

As the siege began, a terrible rain of arrows obscured the sky and brought up clouds of blood.

On the city wall, because of the existence of the condor archers, the casualties of the Ming army increased sharply, and many times as soon as the head appeared, there would be bows and arrows immediately, which caused great pressure on the archers of the Ming army.

"Shoot me, attack their archers fiercely, they must have invested in the legendary condor archers, there won't be too many such people, they can't afford to lose."

Liu Yu keenly discovered this, and regardless of the loss of his own archers, he still shot at the other party, with a condescending advantage, even if it was a heavy loss, the other party would not be much better.

The arrow arrays between the two sides attacked one after another, like a torrential rain, with whistling and screaming.

Under the city wall, the battle has entered a white-hot stage from the beginning, and a huge number of cloud ladders have been able to reach the city wall after yesterday's emergency heightening, and the steppe warriors who are not afraid of death continue to climb up the cloud ladders, wanting to be the first to rush to the top of the city.

Here at the gate of the city, the strong man carrying the striking wood rushed over desperately, and began to hit the city gate desperately, and then was relentlessly attacked by stones and hot oil.

Only this time, the number of steppe troops invested was enough, and if someone fell in front, someone immediately made up for it, and he was not afraid of death.

"It seems that this time it's really moving~"

Liu Yu took the binoculars and carefully observed the situation on the battlefield, and saw the siege team of tens of thousands of people, he knew that the other party was serious today, and without hesitation, he also ordered more troops to be put in to defend the city.

The city walls were full of Ming troops defending the city, and what they needed to do was very simple, that is, they kept throwing stones and rolling logs downward, and they didn't even need to see people, because the bottom was densely packed with enemies.

The oil in the cauldron has been boiled, spoonful by spoonful, a miserable scream must have been heard below, and then one by one the torches were thrown down, and the following instantly became a sea of fire, in the sea of fire, a large number of grassland people kept wailing.

The battle was very fierce, and in just a moment of incense, corpses were piled up under the city walls, and in the burning fire, there was a foul smell, and then no one had time to pay attention to this at this time.

There were already people on the city wall, but they were greeted by ruthless spears, and it was difficult to tear the gap at all, Liu Yu was well prepared, mobilized enough troops, and almost crowded the city wall, as long as someone came up, they would immediately stab down.

The battle continued non-stop, despite the heavy losses, Dayan Khan still did not have the intention of ordering the retreat, one wave of attacks was not over, and a second wave of attacks would immediately take over, and the Ming army would not be given a chance to breathe.

However, Liu Yu also has enough manpower on his side, and when the people in front were tired, they immediately changed them to the rear to rest, and they also always maintained sufficient combat power, and they held the city pass to the death.

Under the city wall, the corpses accumulated more and more, and the battle lasted from morning to night, and at the end of the day, the defenders on the city wall were all used up with stones, rolling wood, and hot oil, but they successfully held the city pass, and the corpses under the city wall were all over the field, and the blood flowed like a river, and after a day of attack, the steppe army was also exhausted and suffered heavy losses.

"Mingjin Collects Troops~"

Dayan Khan slowly closed his eyes, although it was difficult to accept this, he still had to order the withdrawal of the army, the losses were heavy, all the forces were put into it, but still did not capture Datong.

"How on earth did they see through my scheme? The feint did not work at all, and there were too many Ming troops here. ”