Chapter 691: Midnight Battle
Wei Yunxuan had Liu Er as a hostage here, and the army controlled by the Liu family in the city did not dare to mess around.
The manpower to Jindong City for help has been dispatched, and the people who went to the three cities in the south to borrow troops have also been sent, Xiaodong, Xiaotao, and Xiaohua were sent to the south with a few guards to borrow troops.
The vanguard led by Ma roughly caused more and more trouble in the city, and things went according to their expectations, and the time passed quickly, ten days passed.
According to the plan, in the middle of the night today, Ma will probably lead the troops to attack the East City Gate late at night, and the army on Wei Yunxuan's side will be ambushed at the East City Gate.
Everything was going on in an orderly manner, 10,000 reinforcements from the east city of Tianjin in the Ming Dynasty arrived, and the 10,000 troops borrowed from the south city gate also arrived, and it was not a big problem to take the Great Wei City.
In the evening, a spy from Jindong City reported that the reinforcement of Jindong City would arrive soon, and it was estimated that they would arrive here early tomorrow morning.
At this time, Han Xuening and Wei Yunxuan were even more relieved.
That night, everyone was very excited.
All the troops are ready, and the trap outside is ready for the enemy, and if the enemy is outnumbered, lead the enemy into the trap outside the city.
The sky was slowly getting dark, and the spies from the Great Wei City reported that Ma roughly led a hundred vanguard death squads to be ready to act at any time.
Wei Yunxuan told him to act after the time came. The troops outside have been ambushed, and once the city gates are opened, they will be killed!
Time passed slowly, and it was already dark.
Patches of snow drifted through the cold air, and it began to snow again.
Many of the soldiers drank wine to keep warm, and in another hour or two, the big battle would begin. Everyone is extraordinarily energetic, and they don't dare to be sloppy at all.
"Tonight is a crucial battle, once we attack the city, let's control the east gate first. Then, march to the south city gate, open the south city gate, and let the troops from Huajiazhai, Liangjiazhai, and Zhaojialou come in. Next, the enemy army was encircled and suppressed in the city. Persuade the rebels to surrender, if everything goes well, they will be able to take the city of Great Wei in half a month. Mr. Wen said that he had planned for his budget.
"Lord Wang! In tonight's key battle, after entering the city, you must control the Liu family and don't let Liu Gongquan and them escape. Han Xuening wanted to avenge the dead Zhou Xiaomei and Zhao Xin, and none of the culprits of the Liu family could be let go.
Wei Yunxuan nodded, "The Liu family is plotting to rebel, and when we take the Great Wei City, we will definitely not let go of the people of the Liu family." ”
By the end of the day, the weather was getting colder and the snow was getting heavier.
"Vast snowfall, I hope everything will go well this time, and I will return to the Wei Dynasty after a seven-month farewell to the Great Wei City." Wei Yunxuan looked at the vast snow floating in the air and sighed.
When the time had passed, the soldiers outside the city were staring nervously at the east gate, and once the gate was opened, the first daredevils would rush into the city.
A bloody battle is about to take place on a cold winter night.
In the city, Ma roughly led a hundred vanguard death squads, and they had already arrived at the east city gate.
A dozen guards jumped up the high city walls and, in the darkness of the night, eliminated the defenders on the walls. All this was going on quietly, and the defenders didn't notice it at all.
The vanguard that followed after killed the garrison guarding the gate, and an hour later, the east gate was slowly opened.
The first charging death squad, waiting outside the city gates, rushed in, and the archers cushioned behind.
At this time, the commander of the defenders of the east gate in the city knew that the east gate had been breached, and a large number of troops entered the city.
The commander of the garrison army at the East City Gate did not let his soldiers resist, but led his subordinates to surrender to Wei Yunxuan's troops.
The first battle was a great victory, and a large number of troops began to pour towards the south city gate.
A general went to the Liu family in the city with the main force of two or three hundred sailors, intending to destroy the Liu family in one fell swoop and capture Liu Gongquan and Liu Da alive.
The commander of the East City Gate came to the commander's tent outside the city and bowed to Wei Yunxuan, the king of clouds.
Mr. Wen asked: "Half a month ago, the old general entered the city to persuade him to surrender, why did you kill the old general?" ”
At this time, the old general's head was still hanging at the city gate, which made Mr. Wen very angry.
Everyone is from the Great Wei Kingdom, if you don't surrender, forget it, why do you still want to kill?
The commander of the East City Gate said: "You don't know, that night, the old general came to me and told me about the surrender of the Cloud King. I was originally an old subordinate of the old general, and I was later promoted to the commander of the East City Gate. We are all troops of the original Great Wei State, and our own people fight our own people, and we are also heartbroken. However, we had no choice in the situation. In fact, after discussing with the old general, I pretended to hold the rebels and the Persian army in the city. Even if the Persian army came to deal with the Cloud King's troops in person, our nearly 10,000 defenders would not participate. Just wait for the King of Clouds to enter the city and surrender to the King of Clouds. ”
Wei Yunxuan thought about it, what he said still made some sense, when the Persian army of 15,000 troops came to attack them outside the city. At the beginning of the battle, there was no garrison, and even if the Persian army was completely annihilated, the reinforcements of the garrison did not appear.
However, she couldn't figure out why they wanted to kill the old general, "Then why did you kill the old general?" ”
"Actually, the old general broke it off on his own. Before he died, he said that he had been captured by the army outside, and that he had come back alone in the middle of the night, and that the rest had died on the battlefield. The Persian soldiers had always been very suspicious, and they would have doubted whether he had surrendered. Moreover, he had an extraordinary relationship with the commander of the East City Gate, in order not to make the Persians suspicious, not to implicate the brothers of the East City Gate. He devised a bitter meat plan, a bitter meat plan at the cost of his life. After that, his head was hung at the eastern gate, and the Persians did not suspect the rest of the defenders at the eastern gate. ”
After listening to what the commander of the East City Gate said, everyone understood what was going on.
"It's a pity for the old general!" Wei Yunxuan sighed.
Now, they had to wait for the good news from the army that had entered the city, and tonight's siege was especially crucial.
The deafening sound of fighting in the city woke up both the Persian army and the rebels in the city, and the troops mobilized by the Persian army and the rebels fought with the naval army in the city.
The battle lasted for several hours, until dawn, and the city was still fighting everywhere.
The people of the city were in a mess and wanted to escape from the city.
The east city gate was guarded by a large army, and of course they did not dare to flee to the east city gate.
A branch army in the city opened the gates of the South Gate, and many refugees fled from the South Gate.
Soon after, a spy came to report that there were more and more Persian troops in the city, and they did not know where they came out. The naval forces suffered heavy casualties, and even the defenders of the East City Gate, who surrendered, suffered half of the casualties.
In the tent of the command camp, Wei Yunxuan and Mr. Wen both frowned, "How could so many Persian troops come out?" ”
Now, they are waiting for the reinforcements of 10,000 troops from Jindong City to come, and if the 10,000 borrowed troops from the South City Gate also arrive at the same time, they will be able to redeem their disadvantage.