Chapter 278: Surround but Not Fight

The early days of the battle of Wuzhou were not very smooth, on the way to the march, Li Heng sent several sneak attacks, the loss was not big but it was also very troublesome, the Song army has always been used to holding in the city, and the tactical arrangements for counter-sneak attacks are still very rusty.

At this time, the trainee officers of the martial arts hall used their brains to figure out a lot of practical tactics together in combination with the knowledge they had learned in the military books, and after optimizing and summarizing them, they submitted them to Liu Changhai and Ling Zhen. Ling Zhen was overjoyed, although these methods were not very clever, they were very effective in dealing with the sneak attack of the reinforcement team, and after a few encounters, the team sent by Li Heng was slaughtered.

On the way from the Guangzhou army to Wuzhou, there were people everywhere who took out chickens, ducks, wine and meat from their homes, and stuffed them into the arms of the soldiers on the march.

Although this is a place where the Han and other ethnic minorities live together, it has been the land of the Song Dynasty for more than 300 years, and it has been oppressed by the Mengyuan soldiers for many years. Suddenly found that this Song army was very unusual, and even sent troops from Guangzhou to fight Wuzhou, which was the meaning of the Great Song Dynasty to turn over, so they rushed out to reward the soldiers.

On the three days of besieging the city, the Song army did not fire a single cannon, so they set up cannons outside the beginning of the firing range of the Yuan army defending the city, and 50 Hongyi cannons were aimed at the city gate, and 200 rapid-fire artillery vehicles were lined up 500 steps away.

Li Heng was stationed at the East City Gate, and on the first day, he was stunned by the dense artillery carriages of the Song army, two hundred artillery carriages lined up in four teams, and within one mile of the east gate of Wuzhou, they were all within the killing range of the cannons, and no one could dodge.

Li Heng's soldiers have been bitten twice by the cannon, it can be said that as soon as they saw the cannon of the Song army, their legs began to weaken and their feet trembled, and this battle was already lost before it began.

The next day, the morale of the army began to be weakened, because after yesterday night, someone actually took advantage of the night to escape from Wuzhou, and the guard of the West City Gate gave up his post and led his hundreds of soldiers on duty to leave the city.

This is also the strange news of the times, the city gate official took the lead in leading people to escape, and the open west city gate was so bright all night, no one took the handle and the Song army did not come to attack, it was really a big joke.

On the night of the second day, Li Heng personally led the guards to inspect the guards at the city gates, so as to avoid the phenomenon of fleeing the camp at night again, but what if the army's morale was dispersed, what if it was imposed? After all, you want these people to come into battle to kill the enemy, and guarding them like prisoners will only make the morale of the army more disobedient, and there will be a mutiny if you can't get it.

For several days in a row, Li Heng fell asleep countless times, just lying on the bed tossing and turning over and over the pancakes, always worried that the Song army's artillery would attack the city and be able to enter Wuzhou at any time. There are boats to go out of the city by water, but the water of the Xijiang River goes straight to Guangzhou, which is not a good place to go.

80,000 garrisons and more than 100,000 horses, this is the base camp of the Southwest Yuan army, if it is lost in his hands, it will be a capital crime! His status is different from Boyan, although Kublai Khan appreciated his ability and named him the marshal of the Han army, but repeated defeats are also unjustifiable.

During these three tormented days, the Song army drank wine and ate meat outside the city all day, not at all like an army that came here to fight, and the whole was a tour group carrying artillery to visit here. The food and wine are placed there, not to mention visible from 500 paces away, and the soldiers with the sharp noses can smell the fragrance, which is simply a double torture from the mind and body.

This tactic of surrendering without a fight was what Liu Changhai insisted on implementing, and the power of the cannon was not a roar, but when he did not launch, the power seemed to be greater. The Song army didn't do any ladder cars at all, and they never planned to climb up from the city wall, unless the city gate was blocked from the inside, otherwise it would be convenient to walk from where it would be.

According to the actual deployment of troops, there is not much difference in the number of the two sides, Li Heng Wuzhou swallowed 80,000 soldiers in the city, and more than 100,000 people and laborers in the city, under the threat of knives and guns, they will definitely be driven to the city as a meat shield.

In the hearts of the soldiers who are very different, the Song army is relying on artillery, and it depends on how much it will cost to win, and Wuzhou will be captured if it is alive or dead. However, the defenders in the city were thinking about how to dodge the flying cannonballs, and to survive a little longer in this siege battle, it was best to hold out until the Song army broke through the city, and then they could surrender immediately to survive.

The soldiers in these two completely different states, even if they don't use artillery to bombard the city, they are pulled out to fight in the field alone, and the soldiers under Li Heng's department are probably also losers, because they have no courage.

Early in the morning of the fourth day, when the sky was still bright, there was a smoke floating in the camp of the Song army, countless cauldrons were cooking on the fire, and bursts of fragrance wafted to the city.

"Report to the general, in the camp of the Song army, breakfast is being made before dawn, I'm afraid it's going to attack the city!"

"Well, beat the drums and get ready to meet the enemy!"

After the sound of the three-way drum, the generals who were supposed to come to report in front of the Chinese military tent were a little uneven, and one-third of the middle-level generals were sick and bedridden.

Li Heng was angry in his heart, but his face was very kind, and he waved his hand and said: "Send a military medical officer to visit the patient door by door, so that they can recuperate at home with peace of mind, and I will visit later."

Generals, the Song army has been intimidating us for three days, and besieging but not attacking is not just a joke, what they hope is that our soldiers are afraid and afraid, and they can defeat our soldiers in Wuzhou without them firing a single cannonball.

Phew, that's a dream, we have a lot of soldiers in Wuzhou, plenty of supplies and horses, and so much food that we can't eat enough, can we still be afraid of them besieging the city? Today I will order the generals, who will take my order arrows out of the city and go to the Song army to fight! ”

The seven or eight generals around were a little confused when they heard this, what does this mean? Isn't it purely to send the troops out of the city to call for battle! Everyone knows very well, as long as the city gate is tied to the drawbridge, there are at least fifty cannons waiting to bombard you, how can you get out? Out?

After waiting for a long time and no one talked, Li Heng smiled slightly and said: "Since no one dares to go to the generals, then I have to name it directly, General Wei Hu, I ordered you to lead three thousand elite soldiers from your headquarters to go out of the city to meet the Song army!" ”

"Yes, Li Shuai!"

After taking a breath of hesitation, Wei Hu stepped forward and bowed down to receive the order, and several people around him were surprised and a little lucky, feeling guilty that they were not named.

Wei Hu walked out of the lobby of the Chinese army, returned to the camp to order his soldiers and horses, and it took half an hour before and after, and by the time they gathered at the east city gate, the sky was already bright.

"Open the gates, put the drawbridge! Drum cheers! ”

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