Guo Liang looked at the defeated Liaodong soldiers, and clapped his hands excitedly: "Lord General Soldier, great, it seems that the Liaodong soldiers are out of line, and the power of the tiger squat cannon is only like this, if it was an adult guarding Tongzhou at that time, he would definitely not lose the east gate of Beiping, and the battle situation would deteriorate suddenly." ”

Liu Jiang put down the binoculars, turned his head and smiled, and said: "General Guo, in fact, these are not surprising, the terrain here is different, although the south gate is wide, but the terrain is low-lying and wet, and the land is soft, which is not suitable for the attack of the army, nor is it suitable for the tactics adopted by Sheng Yong that day. ”

"But this Geng Xuan doesn't know how to be flexible, General Guo, please see, it is very difficult for the Wuhan Iron and Steel car to travel on such a soft ground, resulting in its slow progress and difficult to connect the queues; In addition, the tiger squat cannon needs to be fixed with nails, but the land here is soft and cannot be fixed, and even if it is fixed, after a few shots, it cannot be continued to be fixed, as you saw just now, this situation has happened many times under the city; In addition, there is a similar problem in the infantry siege, the ground under the city is soft, and the siege soldiers carry ladders, which consumes too much physical strength, so they have no strength to climb the city, even if they come up, they will be easily beaten down by our army. ”

In addition, the sandbags at the head of the city were taken from outside the south gate, which made it more potholes and made it more difficult for them to attack the city from the south gate. However, General Ben didn't understand that Geng Xuan was not a fool, and when he encountered this situation, he blatantly attacked the city without paving the road first, resulting in heavy casualties, which is not quite like something done by a capital division. ”

"Hehe, adults are too worried, this Geng Xuan is nepotism, and he is the brother-in-law of today, but he picked up a bargain in Mobei and squeezed out Yang Wen and was promoted to the capital of Liaodong, since ancient times, there have been few capable people in nepotism, Wei Qing and Huo Qubing are a minority after all."

"But a few months ago, Geng Xuan had already come to Beiping and killed Gu Xiang, how come back this time, why hasn't he made any progress at all, and even regressed?"

"This, general, there is only one Sheng Yong, can he be brave and break the city in one fell swoop, can Geng Xuan do it?"

Liu Jiang shook his head, then raised his binoculars to look at the tiger squat cannon under the city, and frowned: "Is this Geng Xuan a three-year-old general when he is a general?" Engage in this kind of trick? ”

"Hehe, it's a bit of a joke."

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After seeing the battle damage, Geng Xuan's face was not very good-looking, and he immediately called Tongzhi Gai Yu and other generals and staff officer Huo Zhongyun to the Chinese military account to discuss matters.

Gai Yu is in his fifties this year, with gray hair, but he is a sleek person and an old fritter. When Geng Xuan was doing things, he was the same knowledge, and now that Geng Xuan is the capital secretary, he is still the same knowledge. However, he can see it, and he doesn't have much power, and he always acts according to orders. When Yang Wen was there, the requirements for military discipline were not strict, which led to the laxity of military discipline in the Liaodong Army. Geng Xuan became the capital division, and he was very strict with military discipline and training, and he immediately became iron-faced, selfless, vigorous and resolute, which helped Geng Xuan a lot.

After everyone entered the account, Geng Xuan ordered Gai Yu to make a report on the battle situation, Gai Yu hurriedly bowed his hand, and then said: "Everyone, today is April 19 of the second year of Jianwen, and in the morning, our army dispatched 10,000 people to tentatively attack Yongping, and the final effect was very poor. The terrain of the south gate is not suitable for large-scale siege, and the most important thing is that the tiger squat cannon cannot be fixed, and it jumps up and hurts people many times, resulting in our army being unable to suppress the defenders at the head of the city, so our siege troops suffered heavy casualties. According to current statistics, more than 2,000 people were killed or wounded. ”

"In addition, the defenders Liu Jiang and Guo Liang are indeed not easy to deal with, according to the report of the Dongshan observation post, they piled up sacks at the head of the city, which should be filled with sand, and these sand, according to the general's analysis, should come from the depression outside the south gate, in addition, they also dug a hidden soldier hole under the city wall, once our army opened fire, the defenders immediately hid behind the sandbags and in the hiding cave, resulting in a great reduction in the power of the tiger squat cannon. When our army attacked the city, they immediately returned to the city and defended it. ”

Speaking of this, Gai Yu made a joke: "All actions are directed by the sound of drums and gongs on the castle tower, it would be nice if you could destroy the castle tower, but unfortunately the power of the tiger squat cannon is not strong enough." ”

When the generals heard this, they couldn't help but burst into laughter, how could this be possible? The towers are so high, and they are all made of blue bricks, and the tiger squat cannon can only make some holes in the brick wall at most.

Looking at the laughing crowd, Huo Zhongyun, who was standing in the back row, sneered in his heart: A group of dirt buns who have never seen the world, if you see the group of crazy people in the Firearms Research Institute, you won't think so.

After the generals finished laughing, Gai Yu continued: "According to the intelligence department, it is today that the Yanshu people and the Mongolian Taishi Wugeqi will join forces in Shunyi, and it is expected that the Mongols will have 100,000 troops to enter the customs to support the Yanshu people. ”

"What? 100,000 people? There was an uproar in the tent.

"In addition, according to intelligence, the Mongols have taken control of the Xifengkou Pass, tens of thousands of Mongolian cavalry have been assembled near Zunhua, according to General Wu Sheng's reconnaissance, the number of Mongolian troops is at least more than 50,000, and the five thousand cavalry of Li Rang, the son-in-law of the Yanshu people, is also in Zunhua, and will go south along the Luan River at any time to attack our army."

"Judging from today's siege, the defenders have already prepared, and it is unlikely that our army will conquer Yongping in a day or two."

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There was silence in the big tent, and everyone was shocked by the news that the Mongolian army had entered the pass, and they couldn't help but turn their eyes to Geng Xuan.

"General, let's withdraw!"

"If you don't leave, it's too late."

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Geng Xuan was silent for a while, then stood up and said, "The Yanshu people and the Mongolian army are united, and it is expected that there will be as many as 150,000, and if not our army can resist. Therefore, General Ben decided that when you returned, you should immediately pack your bags and be ready to retreat at any time. ”

"In addition, General Wu Sheng was ordered to pay close attention to the movements of Zunhua and strictly prevent the Mongol army from raiding."

In the afternoon of the same day, Geng Xuan did not continue to attack the city, but had people cut down wood to make planks and mine sand and gravel, intending to fill in the wetland outside the south gate.

The next day, Ugqi, who had reached an agreement with Zhu Di, ordered the Mongol army in Zunhua to move south along the Luan River and attack the Liaodong army.

After Geng Xuan heard the news, he immediately ordered Wu Sheng to lead his army to resist the Mongol army and cover the retreat of the infantry army. Geng Xuan personally led 30,000 infantry troops and 10,000 cavalry troops to retreat first.

When Liu Jiang learned the news of the Mongol army's southward movement, he immediately sent his general Song Gui to pursue Geng Xuan. When Song Gui pursued Geng Xuan to the tribal ridge, he was ambushed by Geng Xuan's cavalry. However, Song Gui was very cautious, because Gu Xiang died in ambush here before, so Geng Xuan did not achieve much success, only killed hundreds of people, Song Gui escaped by luck and fled back to Yongping in embarrassment.

On April 22, Geng Xuan withdrew into the city of Funing, and then ordered Wu Sheng to retreat without entanglement.

After Wu Sheng heard the news, he immediately ordered to abandon his baggage and evacuate quickly. However, the Mongol army pursuing behind him saw the wealth, gold and silver abandoned by Wu Sheng, but they immediately became in chaos and dismounted to rob it. Seeing that the Mongol army was scattered, Wu Sheng immediately killed a horse pistol, killed and wounded more than 5,000 Mongols, and then left.

The Mongolian army was in a hurry and pursued Wu Sheng, who withdrew to Shanhaiguan and could not be closed.

Regarding this scene, Zhu Di and Ugqi discussed it, and after soliciting the opinions of Liu Jiang, the general of Yongping, they ordered the Mongol army to withdraw from the siege and go south to carry out the task of harassing and looting grain.

But as soon as the Mongol army crossed the Luan River, Geng Xuan's cavalry appeared under the city of Yongping, and Liu Jiang had to report to Beiping again, only this time, the Mongol army that had crossed the river did not return, and Zhu Di did not reinforce again.