Chapter 50: Counting is Counting
Attacking Yongping for two days in a row, Amin failed twice, both times almost lost his life, he hated and feared Lin Yi, but after he was shocked, Amin was still not convinced.
But there were not many men left, and when they left the main force of Azig, he brought with him a total of 10,000 men with red and blue flags, and now half of them have been lost.
He couldn't go back to see the boss Azig and the overseer Abatai, and he felt that it was too embarrassing.
At this time, Yue Tuo, who had just improved his condition, came to see him and said that the Han people are good at using tricks, attacking the heart and attacking the city as the bottom, we might as well learn from the Han people and outwit Yongping City.
"How do you learn these Nanban?" Amin pouted disdainfully.
"Lord Belle, my subordinates caught a spy of the Ming army and searched for two letters from him." Yue Tuo said and gave the two letters to Amin.
I have been dealing with Han people for a long time, and they still know these Chinese characters.
Amin looked at the two letters, one was written by Li Qi, the prefect of Yongping, and the other was written by Zu Keyong, and the signatures had their names and stamps, the content of these two letters was the same, both of them asked Zu Kuan for help, and the letter also mentioned that this Zu Kuan is currently the deputy chief soldier of Shanhaiguan.
"You want to make something out of these two letters?"
"Lord Belle is wise......" Yue Tuo said his plan, Amin stroked his palm and laughed, "You are worthy of being the great commander of Huang Taiji, but it's a pity that my cousin can't treat you well, and when we take down Yongping, you Yue Tuo will be my lieutenant, and I, Amin, will definitely not treat you badly." ”
"Thank you, Lord Belle. ……”
"Did this spy kill? Benbel wanted to meet him. "Amin is arrogant, but he is not ignorant.
For such a spy, of course, Yue Tuo will not kill it easily.
Soon, the spy was brought to Amin's approach.
Amin's coercion and temptation, coupled with cruel methods, not only knew the authenticity of these two letters from the mouth of this spy, but also learned a lot about the situation in Yongping City.
When he learned that there were only a thousand old, weak, sick and disabled soldiers in the city, and that his 8,000 Eight Banners elite had been repeatedly defeated, Amin couldn't believe it.
He realized that Lin Yi was a particularly difficult opponent, and he even thought of Yuan Chonghuan of the Ming Dynasty.
At this time, he completely agreed with Yue Tuo and outwitted Yongping!
After the plan was decided, Amin took 5,000 Tartars and came to the outside of Yongping City again.
The besieged city was a little overstretched, so they simply concentrated their forces outside the west gate and the south gate, set up camps, did not attack, and began to implement their strategy.
When night. One Tartar quietly lay in ambush outside the city gate, while another Tartar pretended to be reinforcements from the Ming army, under the banner of Zu Kuan, and suddenly entered the camp of the Tartars.
For a while, Amin's camp was full of shouts and killings, and the flames soared into the sky, turning into a pot of porridge.
Someone Pegasus had already reported to Lin Yi, saying that our reinforcements had finally arrived, and it was Zu Kuan's men and horses who were attacking the Tartars' camp.
Lin Yi immediately dressed up neatly, and stood on the top of the city with Xiaoying, Zhang Hua and others, looking at it very carefully by the light of the fire.
Sure enough, there was an army of Han people, under the banner of Zu Kuan, who rushed into the company camp of Tartar and killed anyone he saw.
"My lord, let's open the city and kill it, this time we will definitely be able to wipe out this group of Tartars and capture Amin alive." Zhang Huadao beside him.
"No, I suspect it's a fraud." Lin Yi shook his head.
"My lord, where is the deception?" Zhang Hua, Xiaoying and others were stunned, could this still be fake?
"Reinforcements haven't come for so many days, and they're coming today? And it's still night, the Tartars are not besieged in the city, they don't even say hello and directly attack the Tartars' joint camp at night, you have to confirm it. ”
Lin Yi immediately ordered someone to invite Zu Keyong to the city, Zu Keyong stared at the two bun-like eyes, and then scolded, "Bastards, the Tartars are too cunning, this is not the team of General Zu at all, it is definitely pretended by the Tartars, luring us to be fooled." Brother Lin, you are too powerful, you can see at a glance that there is fraud in it, if you open the city and fall into the bastards, the consequences will be unimaginable, we are here to see how this group of bastards ends! ”
"I don't sleep in the middle of the night, I don't sleep at night, I watch them act, and the commander is good at Yaxing, but Lin doesn't have this time, so it's better to have a plan......"
"It's a bit dangerous, is it too late?"
"Since the Grand Commander has Yaxing, let's take a look here."
Lin Yi immediately ordered someone to prepare......
In the camp of the Tartars outside the city, the Tartars and the Tartars faked a fake battle, shouting, running, chasing, faking falls, faking injuries, faking death, and fake movements, all of which were directed and acted by themselves, but the performance was really similar, by the light of the fire in the camp, from a distance at night, it was the same as the real one.
But the Tartars tossed and turned in the camp for a long time, and there was no movement in the city.
Amin, who was anxious, couldn't help but ask Yue Tuo, "Did they see through it, why didn't this kid surnamed Lin come out with his troops to kill?" ”
Yue Tuo said confidently: "Don't worry, Lord Belle, calm down, you have to give them enough time to react."
After some more time, there was movement in the city. First, the drawbridge was lowered, and then the jack gate was opened, the city gate was wide open, and a Ming army came out of it.
Amin and Yue Tuo, who were watching in the dark, couldn't help but be overjoyed that their plan had finally succeeded.
"Stop rushing, rush into Yongping, and start slaughtering the city!"
As soon as this Ming army rushed out of the city gate, the Tartar ambushes on both sides outside the city gate were everywhere, and the Ming army ran away.
Shouting while running.
"Amazing, we've been fooled...... The Tartars are in...... Yongping City can't hold it, let's run......"
The Ming army ran fast, and the Tartars behind were chasing quickly. And not only did the ambush soldiers chase in, but the Tartars who followed closely behind also rushed over, and they simply poured out.
It was too late to close the city, and these Tartars rushed into the city, like a flood of breaking embankments, and countless Tartars crowded into the city.
But when the Tartars stormed the city, they were a little stupid.
Because they chased and killed the Ming army, none of them could be found. The city was quiet, and it was dark all around. The Tartars who rushed in front were stunned for a moment, and then decided to continue to charge.
But at this time, they found that there was a lot of firewood and grass under their feet, and these firewood and grass were scattered on the ground, and some of them were piled up so high that they could not move. The Tartars in the back gathered more and more, and the Tartars in front had to clear these obstacles.
At this moment, a cannon rang out at the head of the city, and ambushes were everywhere. Countless torches shine like daylight, the soldiers on the head of the city, as well as the houses in the streets and alleys, the walls are all ambushes of the Ming army, in addition to the bow and arrow in the hands of the Ming army, it is the bird gun fire gun three-eyed gun, there are no these soldiers, both hands are holding torches, instead of knives and guns.
In the firelight, Lin Yi stood on the head of the city and laughed.
"Dogs, Tartars, you have been fooled! Come, send them to the western heavens! ”
Lin Yi gave an order, and the Ming army condescended, throwing the countless torches in his hands at the Tartars below.
At the same time, Ming archers and firearms also opened fire.
Arrows rained down, and gunshots rang out like popping beans. The Tartars were caught off guard, and there were countless people who were shot and shot.
At this time, the torches thrown from above ignited the firewood and grass on the ground, and the fire burned in the street.
Immediately after, an earth-shattering explosion was heard.
"Bang, bang, boom......"
Its sound even drowned out the Hongyi cannon.
It turned out that there was nothing under the firewood, but some explosives were placed, and the firewood and grass were covered with firewood, and the torches ignited the firewood, and the firewood and grass caused the explosion of the explosives.
Some of the Tartars were on fire, some were blown into the sky, and with the continuous attack of bows and arrows and muskets, these Tartars who rushed into the city were three points more unlucky than going to hell.
The Tartars in the back looked bad and ran away, but the Tartars behind them were still rushing forward. In this way, the Tartars' procession was in disarray, and near the gates inside and outside the city, countless Tartars rushed and trampled on each other, and countless casualties were inflicted.
"And the cannon in the city?" Amin and Yueto, who thought they had a plan, were so shocked that they almost fell off their horses.
Originally, the two of them saw that their 5,000 soldiers would rush to the city, and now Yongping City could not hold anything, not to mention that there were only 1,000 old, weak, sick and disabled in the city, even if there were 10,000 elites, they had to be wiped out.
But the sound of fires and explosions in the city shattered their dreams.
Immediately afterwards, both of them felt that this was impossible, if there were cannons in the city, would the Ming army still be able to wait until now? As early as the first two battles, the Ming army opened fire on them.
Soon they could tell that it was an explosion that was more powerful than the sound of artillery.
The tartar who reported the incident came running over in a panic, almost out of breath with the skull.
"Lord Baylor...... Lord Belle is not good...... We were fooled, and there was an ambush in the city...... Can't get in, can't get out, and there are heavy casualties......"
"Withdraw, withdraw...... Amin was deflated.
Next, Amin and Yue Tuo watched as the explosions and fires in the city continued until they calmed down.
It was already dawn, the drawbridge of the city gate had long been pulled up, the city gate had long been closed, the outer entrance of the city gate, the moat, was full of Tartar dead and wounded, and they could not see the scene inside the city gate.
5,000 Tartars were wiped out overnight.
There were very few Tartars who were lucky to withdraw, and with the two Great Beylor's personal guards, there were still five or six hundred people around Amin and Yue Tuo at this time.
Looking at these remnants of the defeated soldiers, Amin's big face was so gloomy and terrifying, Yue Tuo felt that the world was spinning, his chest was tight and short of breath, and then, his chest rose and fell, and a mouthful of blood spurted out and was planted under the horse.
The soldiers were in a big mess, helped Yue Tuo up from the ground, and called for rescue.
At this moment, there was movement in the city again. The drawbridge was lowered and the gates were wide open. A Ming army howled and rushed out.
At the forefront are Lin Yi, Xiaoying, Zhang Hua, He Tao, Wang Qi, Erhu, Dongsheng, and they follow closely around them.
There is also the fat man who made the flat burden, and the big man with the shovel also rushed over, the flat iron in Gan Bao's hand has already become an iron flat burden, and Jiang Xingyuan's big shovel has also become a veritable big shovel made of pure metal.
Behind them were countless soldiers of the Ming army, shouting like a tide, rushing over.
The invincible Amin did not dare to engage in the battle now, and with hundreds of remnants of the defeated generals and the unconscious Yue Tuo, he had no choice but to run away.
Lin Yi and the others were in hot pursuit, this time they chased more than thirty miles in one go, and it was not until Amin and the others ran away without a trace that they collected their troops and returned to the city.
By the time Lin Yi returned to the city with more than a thousand victorious soldiers, it was already evening.
Although Lin Yi and the others were tired, this battle was still very exciting, and they counted thousands of enemies to be annihilated overnight, and the camps of the Tartars outside the southern and western cities were all their trophies.
The battlefield in the city has long been cleaned, the city gate is wide open, and the prefect Li Qi and the staff of the yamen beat gongs and drums to welcome these heroes, and there are also the shadows of Zu Keyong and Wang Jian inside.
There are many spontaneous poor people among the rich squires and wealthy families, and there are many people.