In a fierce battle in one day, four or five thousand people were lost.

Wan Yan Yong's army rushed into Linhuang City several times, leaving countless corpses several times, and was driven out of the city, with several ups and downs, and the morale of the army was damaged.

But the attack on Linhuang City several times also gave Wan Yan Yong great confidence, letting him know that the city in front of him was not impossible to capture, and he only needed to spend a little more time, and the next time he attacked the city, he would definitely be able to gain a firm foothold in it!

Wan Yanyong personally summoned the commanders and commanders of all armies, affirmed the achievements of this day, summed up the shortcomings, and put forward tomorrow's requirements, telling them to continue to strengthen the offensive tomorrow and strive to capture the city in one fell swoop.

The southern gate has been breached, the city wall has been breached, and the commanders are also full of confidence, of course, except for the front army with the greatest losses.

After a night's rest, although the defenders of Linhuang City had repaired the gap between the South City Gate and the city wall, the next day Wanyan Yong's army still launched a frantic attack on the South City Gate again.

The defenders of the city remained the same, condescending, bows and arrows suppressed, and wantonly harvested the lives of the besieging soldiers.

Half an hour later, the city gate was breached again, the gap in the wall near the city gate was opened again, and Wan Yan Yong's army attacked the city again.

At the same time, the defenders of the city began to retreat in an orderly manner, retreating to the inner city, occupying a favorable position and continuing to counterattack.

There is a wall more than one zhang high between the inner city and the outer city, and the two cities are only thirty or forty zhang away from each other, and the siege soldiers who enter the city are exactly within the range of the crossbow of the golden army defending the city.

The siege equipment and ladders were still outside the city, and it was difficult to send them into the city through the crowded gates and gaps in the city walls for a while, and this wall more than one zhang high became the life line of many siege soldiers.

A few quarters of an hour later, hundreds of soldiers who hurried into the city fell inside the city, and after entering the city, the Dongjin soldiers, who were defenseless, were quickly driven out of the city again.

A wave of offensive was repulsed, and both sides had to pack up their formations, reorganize their armies, and then attack again.

Taking advantage of the short time to recuperate, the defenders quickly blocked the broken gates of the city walls with wood and masonry again.

At the same time, collect all the arrows in the inner city one by one, continue to use them intact, and send the arrows back to the inner city for repair or damage if they are broken or damaged.

Wan Yan Yong learned the lesson of yesterday and did not give the defenders in the city much time to rest, and ordered the left army to attack a few quarters of an hour later, so that the right army could continue to rest.

Immediately, an offensive and defensive battle began again.

As before, Wan Yanyong's army quickly entered the city, but after a short time, hundreds of casualties were left behind, and they were driven out again.

This round of offensive did not take more than an hour before and after, and the two armies advanced and retreated freely, gradually getting better.

As almost all of Yan Yong's troops approached Linhuang City, they gradually began to become familiar with the defenders' routines, and their offensive strategies began to change.

After returning again the next day, Wan Yanyong couldn't help it, and rarely became angry.

From the third day onwards, Wan Yan Yong's army began to adjust its offensive strategy, no longer focusing on rushing into the city, but focusing on the demolition of the outer city walls.

Starting from the gap in the broken city wall, the Dongjin army focused on expanding the gap to the left and right, from one zhang to two zhang, and from two zhang to three zhang.

On the third day, in this offensive and defensive battle, even if the Dongjin army rushed into the city gate and the gap in the city wall, it was no longer close to the wall of the inner city that was more than one zhang high, and when evening came, the gap in the southern city wall was already more than four zhang wide.

At night, it was impossible to continue the siege, and Wan Yanyong ordered the troops to be collected.

It was also from this night that the generals of Wan Yanyong's army set a strategy, first demolishing the outer city of Linhuang City, and then demolishing the inner city, completely destroying the advantage of the defenders and forcing the other party to face it head-on!

The defenders of Linhuang City were indeed in trouble.

According to the plan of the capital of Linhuang Prefecture, the strength of the two armies is equal, they have the advantage of holding the city, using the two defense lines of the inner and outer cities, it is not a problem to effectively resist Yan Yong for a month or two, and they can also cause huge damage to the other party.

The facts of the past few days have proved that this strategy is indeed very effective, they let the other side suffer nearly 10,000 casualties at a very small cost, if it continues, Wanyan Yongjiu will not be able to attack, and will inevitably lead troops back to Dading Mansion.

But now the other side suddenly changed its offensive strategy, no longer focusing on the inner city, but focusing on demolishing the outer city.

The outer city wall is thick, the inner city wall is very thin, once the outer city wall disappears, the inner city wall will be broken as soon as it rushes, if the street battle is finally launched, they dare not win or lose, it is difficult for them to continue to stay in Linhuang City, there is no other way but to escape.

In desperation, the defenders of Linhuang City had to take a risk and urgently change their strategy to deal with the enemy's strategy of demolishing the city.

On the fourth day, after Wan Yan Yong's army repelled the defenders of the city again, occupied the gap between the city gate and the city wall, and organized troops to tear down the city wall with all their might, the defenders of the city suddenly rushed out of the inner city with swords and guns, and engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the Dongjin soldiers who were demolishing the city wall.

Melee hand-to-hand combat, destroying Wanyan Yongbu's strategy of demolishing the city wall with all his might, they had to pick up swords and guns to fight.

But after a short battle, the defenders fought and retreated, retreating into the city.

The two armies fought until their eyes were red, and when they saw one side retreating, there was no reason not to pursue.

Wanyan Yongbu chased into the city, and once again encountered an ambush from the west occupied by the defenders of the city, in order to avoid excessive casualties, in desperation, he could only withdraw from the city and find an opportunity to attack the city.

On this day, because of the hand-to-hand combat and hard power, the casualties of the defenders of Linhuang City exceeded the sum of the previous days, reaching the number of thousands.

It was also from this day that the two sides began to go back and forth between demolishing the city and destroying it with hand-to-hand combat, leaving countless corpses behind the gaps in the city walls and near the city gates.

Those corpses could be cleaned up at the beginning, but later they couldn't be cleaned up, and after continuous fighting, both sides could not get effective rest, and their energy was low, and they had no extra energy and physical strength to deal with the soldiers who died in battle.

The tenacity of the defenders of Linhuang City exceeded Wan Yan Yong's expectations, and after seven days of fierce fighting, the idea of a quick victory failed, and he began to become anxious.

Pingzhou sent military information many times, saying that the Song army had occupied five cities, according to reliable information, the Song army was gathering troops, preparing to seize Pingzhou City, cut off the connection between Liaoyang Mansion and Yanjing, in addition, the Jin army of Zhending Mansion was also ready to move, with the intention of going north to Zhuozhou, and once again asked to send reinforcements to support Yanjing and Pingzhou!

After two more days of fighting, after losing thousands of soldiers, the soldiers were exhausted, and after listening to the generals of each army to discuss, Wan Yanyong's will to capture Linhuang City began to waver.

Nine days before and after, has lost more than 15,000 soldiers, although the south gate of Linhuang City, the city wall to tear out a gap of five or six zhang wide, but also caused nearly 10,000 casualties to the other side, but there is still a big gap from the capture of Linhuang City, and then fight, even if the Linhuang City is finally taken, the army in the hand will basically fight a fine light, the gains outweigh the losses.

Compared with Pingzhou, Linhuang City can't run, you can take it again in the future, and once Pingzhou is lost, let the Song army connect between Hejian Mansion and Pingzhou, plus the powerful naval army of the Song Army, Laizhou can't be kept, the most convenient coastal passage from Liaoyang Mansion to Yanjing is cut off, and if you want to contact the two places, you have to detour thousands of miles, over the mountains and mountains, which is greatly unfavorable to the retention of Yanjing.

After the whole army stopped attacking and rested in place for two days, Wan Yanyong finally decided to give up the capture of Linhuang City for the time being and retreat to Dading Mansion.

The edict was issued, and the armies quickly withdrew.

The defenders of Linhuang City were worried that the other party would lay an ambush trap and did not dare to go out of the city to pursue.

Five days later, Wan Yanyong led the army back to Dading Mansion, and on the same day received a request for help from the direction of Pingzhou, regardless of the fatigue and low morale of the soldiers, he immediately sent 10,000 troops to Pingzhou.

After Yan Yong stayed in Dading Mansion for three days, he immediately led 5,000 Imperial Guards to return to Liaoyang Mansion.

River, Marshal's Palace, Council Hall.

"Yes, all the armies quickly took control of the recovered city as planned and completed the set goal. But then, you have to stop, the supply of logistics and materials is difficult, it is not appropriate to attack rashly, and the troops cannot continue to be dispersed. Of course, if you can solve the problem of food and grass supply by yourself without looting or plundering, and then go to capture the city, I will not object. But there is one thing to tell you in advance, Wanyan Yong's army from the north to Linhuang Mansion may move south in the near future, and it is very likely to enter the Pingzhou area. Yang Congyi looked at the commanders, deputy commanders, and individual commanders in the hall, first encouraged, and then warned, lest they swell up and suffer big losses.

"My lord, Xue Wang has taken the entire Hedong in less than half a year, and we also have hundreds of thousands of troops, when will we be able to capture Zhending Mansion and Yanjing? If it drags on any longer, I won't be able to move. "The person who spoke was Luo Cong, the capital of Hejian Prefecture.

After gathering the Shandong Righteous Army to the west and helping the Northern Expeditionary Army to seize Bianjing, he led the reorganized Righteous Army back to Yidu Mansion, and led the troops north to Hejian Mansion three years ago to garrison the first line.

"Don't rush, be prepared, maybe the opportunity will come soon. Xue Wang's capture of Hedong is related to the safety of Bianjing, and the imperial court has been preparing for decades to succeed in one fell swoop, and the same is true for recovering Yanjing and Zhending Mansion. In front of everyone, Yang Congyi did not say when to make a move on Yanjing.

"My lord, we can't wait, this kind of small fight like this time, it's actually very boring, as far as these small counties we have recovered, there is nothing to do, and the population is only a few thousand people, we usually don't look down on it, if it weren't for the adults who ordered to seize the city, we wouldn't be too lazy to do it." A pair of commanders also spoke.

Yang Congyi's face turned cold, staring at the commander, staring at the other party's heart, bowing his head slightly, and said: "My lord, forgive me, the last general is wrong!" ”

"How many times have I told you that fighting a war is not child's play, and it is not just about taking a city or a land. You may not be able to decide whether to fight a battle or not, but the court decides to fight, and the enemy decides to fight, so you have to think about how to fight it, and at the same time figure out why you want to fight. Why is this battle fought, don't you know? Yang Congyi's eyes swept over the generals and asked in a deep voice.