Chapter 212: A Chance to Redeem Credit
Originally, he was a little worried that Jia Yidao would open the back door to Ye Mingshen because of Yu Tianxi, which not only broke the rules under Meng Heng, but also worried that the rest of the rich businessmen and gentry who did not escape from the city would make a big announcement, but unexpectedly, things were completely different from what he expected.
No matter how long Ye Mingshen was good at dancing, he only said two words in front of this young uncle, and the rest of the rich businessmen and gentry didn't even have a chance to speak, so they were frightened by this young magnate and fled, which really made Meng Ying's heart break.
To know Lu Dao, even although Meng Heng controls hundreds of thousands of elites inside and outside Xiangyang City, he can only slowly try to deal with these rich businessmen and gentry who have an intricate relationship between the DPRK and China, and even know that some people in Lu Dao are traitors to the country, why? Isn't it because these people more or less have backers in the court?
There is nothing behind one backer and two backers, but if the backers behind these rich businessmen and gentry are united, I am afraid that even the current right minister Shi Songzhi will have a headache, right?
It is precisely because of this that those rich businessmen and gentry dared to come directly to the door to petition the ordnance supervisor, and they all expected that Meng Heng would not dare to really do anything to them, so they were so fearless.
But look at today, look at these rich businessmen and gentry who don't even dare to breathe in front of this young magnate, this is the gap brought by power.
Even though Meng Heng is already a feudal official and has hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers under his command, he is still a lot worse than the real real power figures in the DPRK and China after all.
"Huh?" Jia Rudao, who was contemplating and contemplating, suddenly let out a startled sigh.
"My lord, what's wrong?" Meng Ying hurriedly stepped forward.
"General Meng, you listen to the shouting and killing outside." Jia Rudao frowned.
Meng Ying listened intently for a moment, and then lost her voice: "Why is the sound of fighting so weak?" Could it be that the Mongols have already climbed the walls? ”
"Will the city still be so quiet after climbing the city walls?" Jia Rudao shook his head with a smile, "There was no sound of Mingjin withdrawing troops in the camp with a lukewarm mouth, it seems that the siege soldiers with a lukewarm mouth were repulsed." Not good...... You quickly go to Meng Shuai and ask him to be careful of the Mongol cavalry......"
"Boom!"
Before Jia Rudao's words fell, there was a sudden roar of horses' hooves outside Xiangyang City, where the battle had not ended. Just listening to the voice, I knew that I was afraid that this time the Mongolian cavalry under his command would pour out.
"My lord, that gentle siege foot soldier has not retreated, and it is useless for him to drive the cavalry at this time, right? If he shoots at the head of the city with cavalry, unless he doesn't even want the lives of his own soldiers. ”
Meng Ying didn't worry too much, unless he didn't lose his heart and went crazy, otherwise if he used a cavalry charge to wreak havoc at the head of Xiangyang City with the usual salvo fire before, the first thing to be beaten would be the siege infantry under his command who did not retreat.
Jia Rudao glanced at Meng Ying, who didn't care very much, and said, "If that Wen Buhua really cared about his soldiers, how could he have driven his subordinates to attack the city day and night regardless of casualties?" ”
"This ...... The mouth temperature is not spent, maybe he wanted to take Xiangyang City in one go. Adult ......"
Meng Ying obviously still didn't believe it, after all, the driving army to attack the city day and night was probably because Kou Wen Buhua wanted to take Xiangyang City in one go, in order to avenge the Great Song Dynasty's betrayal of the alliance and sneak attack, but it was blatantly and directly shot and killed without distinguishing between the enemy and me, that nature was different, and a wise commander would not do this, let alone a resourceful person like Kou Wen Buhua, which is rare in Mongolia.
Killing chickens to keep warm may get a temporary victory, but it will also chill the hearts of his subordinates.
Jia Rudao shook his head, he also hoped that he would not do this, but once he did this, it meant that he had no patience for Kou Wenhua Buhua. In order to break the city, since even his own soldiers can shoot and kill, what other means of action can't be used?
Thinking of this, Jia Rudao was even more worried in his heart. You must know that in the mouth temperature and not flower array, in addition to the nearly 300,000 troops that have been assembled one after another, there are also more than one million people who he has swept all the way from all over the Central Plains.
What if the mouth is not warm and urges the army to drive the people to attack the city as the vanguard?
"Woohoo!"
The roaring sound of sharp arrows in the sky suddenly resounded over the entire Xiangyang City! When everyone in the room heard this whistling sound, they immediately changed color.
The worst fears have happened!
"My lord......" Meng Ying suddenly felt anxious, at this time, there is no need to think about it, Meng Hui must still be supervising the battle on the city tower, if Meng Hui has three long and two short...... As a result, Meng Ying didn't dare to imagine it.
"General Meng, the warm-mouthed cavalry has already been dispatched, and it is too late for you to go at this time." Jia Rudao has already begun to plan for the worst in his heart, and now that the matter has arrived, he can only hope that the monocular he gave Meng Heng can be used by Meng Heng well, in this way, maybe Meng Hui can also find the Mongolian cavalry wandering outside the city in advance and respond.
"Hehe, Meng Shuaiji only has a heavenly appearance, and he will definitely be fine. It seems that the mouth temperature is not only the vow to break the city, for the sake of today's plan, I can only hope that Lord Wang and others can make what the official needs as soon as possible, otherwise...... I'm afraid that this official is going to let Meng Shuai prepare to abandon the city in advance. ”
In the last half of the sentence, Jia Rudao's voice was already inaudible, but Meng Ying was anxious but didn't hear it at all.
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The 60,000 Mongolian cavalry who had originally retreated and were cruising outside the city suddenly dispatched, throwing endless arrows at the head of Xiangyang City, regardless of the enemy, which suddenly made the vassal generals on the high platform who had no intention of drinking exploded in unison.
The infantry soldiers who attacked the city were mainly from the Jin Kingdom, Western Xia and some Song people, about 30,000 people.
Maybe it's because Meng Heng personally supervised the battle, or maybe it's because the arrival of the ambassador gave the Song soldiers in the Jinghu Theater courage, or because the siege of the city for more than 20 consecutive days has not even climbed the city wall, which has made the foot soldiers under the command of Kou Wen Buhua lose much morale, anyway, not long after the battle, these 30,000 vassal soldiers who were besieging the city were repulsed by the Song army on the city wall and retreated in panic.
Although the horn of retreat was not sounded, since the siege failed, it was definitely necessary to temporarily avoid the edge, and then regroup the team to continue the siege. But less than 10,000 of the more than 20,000 foot soldiers really retreated, and more than half of the remaining were still under the city wall and did not occasionally push out, at this time 60,000 cavalry dispatched to cover the Xiangyang city wall with a rain of arrows, although it can kill and injure a large number of Song soldiers who defended the city, but the first to be hit must be those who did not retreat their own people.
After more than 20 days of fighting, all the departments were seriously reduced, and the generals of the vassal Mongols were already at a loss for food, and they were even more unable to adapt at this time. Of the 60,000 Mongolian cavalry, those who can command them can only be lukewarm.
In other words, such an order is clearly from the mouth of the mouth.
For a long time, the prestige of the vassal generals who were responsible for the battle of Song and Jin has always been very heavy, so even if the generals are extremely unacceptable in their hearts, no one dares to speak out against it.
"Lord Zongwang, those soldiers are all loyal to my Mongolian country, the Song people are strong, temporarily defeated, please also ask Lord Zongwang to give them a chance to atone for their merits for the sake of their birth and death for Lord Zongwang, King Zong!"