In half a day, the city was broken, and the 6,000 barbarians defending the city were captured, and the rest were all killed. The Tang army also suffered more than 2,000 casualties, but on the whole, this result satisfied everyone. According to Song Jiangong's pre-battle estimates, it would take at least a day to break through the city, and the number of casualties was more than double the actual casualties.

Wang Yuan was also more satisfied, and what he was satisfied with was not the quick removal of the nail on the road ahead, but other reasons. Because in Wang Yuan's view, it is inevitable to attack a city defended by 6,000 people with more than 40,000 soldiers and horses, well-equipped and well-equipped materials. If even this small city had been delayed, there would have been no need to fight the battle that followed.

Wang Yuan was satisfied with the state of the army in this battle, marching, suppressing, building bridges, siege battles, and the run-in between new and old soldiers was calm and orderly. Although it was not so perfect, it basically achieved the result that Wang Yuan wanted to see. In fact, this was the first time that Wang Yuan officially commanded a siege operation, and the success of this battle can be regarded as a warm-up and rehearsal, and it also strengthened the confidence of the whole army.

Another satisfying aspect is the increased confidence in those under him. Song Jiangong knew that the frontal attack he led was a feint, and the real besieger was Liu Jun, who attacked from the south gate. With Song Jiangong's strength, he could have broken through the front before Liu Jun broke through the city, as long as he was not afraid of paying a lot of casualties. But he was not radicalized because of this credit, but faithfully and meticulously implemented the pre-war arrangements, suppressed the defenders of the North Gate, put great pressure, and gave Liu Jun a chance.

Before the war, when Wang Yuan decided to make Liu Jun a real siege general, he made it clear that he wanted to give Liu Jun this credit. Wang Yuan was not openly showing favoritism, he just wanted to observe the reaction of the generals in the army through this decision, so as to determine whether they carried out their orders without any doubts or complaints. Wang Yuan needs to screen out the generals who are completely loyal to him, and these are the generals that Wang Yuan can entrust with the important task of commanding the troops and horses in the future. And Song Jiangong's performance was obviously qualified, and Wang Yuan was very satisfied with it.

For Liu Jun's performance, Wang Yuan is becoming more and more assured, although he is not very old, he has already shown the potential of a famous player. The siege was completed overnight, without dragging the mud and water at all, and Wang Yuan was very satisfied with him.

After the battlefield was cleaned, in the afternoon, the army marched into the city to rest. Although time was precious, Wang Yuan still ordered to rest and wait here. Because it is necessary to wait for the arrival of Li Mi's logistics troops and horses here for a major replenishment. From the dispatch of troops from Yaozhou to the capture of this city, a lot of grain and grass materials were consumed. In today's siege, 600,000 arrows alone were consumed, and these needed to be replenished.

In the evening of the next day, Li Mi escorted a huge team of 600 truckloads of grain and grass supplies out of Cangshan Mountain Road after many hardships, and rushed to the city of Nongdong under the greeting of the cavalry troops led by Liu Jun. Wang Yuan personally greeted Li Mi at the gate of the city into the city, and saw that Li Mi was dirty all over his body, and his expression was very tired, knowing that his journey was not easy.

"The humble Li Mi has seen the deputy marshal, congratulations to the deputy marshal He Xi deputy marshal, he won the city in half a day, which was very unexpected. The old man thought that the army would be dragged here for three or two days. General Liu told me to take this city in half a day, and I almost didn't lose a few old and rotten dangerous teeth. Hahaha. Li Mi saw Wang Yuan turn over and dismount, quickly stepped forward and saluted, and laughed.

Wang Yuan stepped forward and arched his hand, and said with a smile: "The old general has won the award, the soldiers use their lives, and they are united, how can a small city resist the crushing of our army." ”

Li Mi nodded and said with a smile: "The deputy marshal is in command of the troops, and he will be able to break through, and the old man is willing to be this escort officer to give the deputy marshal the greatest help." ”

Wang Yuan nodded and said: "Thank you old general, the old general has worked hard all the way, I'm afraid he has suffered a lot of sins along the way." ”

Li Mi smiled: "What is that?" As long as the logistical supply of the army can be guaranteed, it is nothing to be old and tired. The deputy marshal played a triumphant song all the way, and the old man was satisfied. ”

Wang Yuan said with a smile: "With the old general to ensure logistics, I don't have to worry about it." Old general, please, I have already set up a banquet for you to catch the wind and wash the dust. Let's have a good drink tonight. ”

Li Mi stroked his beard and said: "Very good, but before that, I have a few good things to make the deputy marshal happy." ”

Wang Yuan took Li Mi's arm and walked side by side, and said with a smile: "Oh? What's the good news? ”

Li Mi said: "I'll bring you a few things." The first is that I have brought you 4,000 new troops. The 4,000 recruits were recruited and arrived in Yaozhou on the second day of the army's departure. The old man brought them all. This time, the capture of Nongdong City, the deputy marshal's soldiers and horses also lost thousands, just to make up for the losses. It's just that they are all newcomers, and they may not have much combat effectiveness, but they can still be used as coolies to transport supplies in the rear army. ”

Wang Yuanxi said: "Sure enough, it's a good thing, Xinding is not afraid, what I'm afraid of is that there is no manpower." This is to attack Yangheba City and Taihe City, even if it is good to have one more soldier. ”

Li Mi nodded and said: "That's good, I originally planned to keep them in Yaozhou and train for the deputy marshal for a few days before bringing them in, but after thinking about it, the deputy marshal said that actual combat is more than a hundred times stronger than training, so I brought them all." ”

Wang Yuan nodded with a smile and said, "Very good, what else is good?" ”

Li Mi said: "The craftsmen that the deputy marshal asked me to recruit also brought this time, and the five hundred craftsmen were recruited from Quzhou, Wangzhou overnight. As soon as I heard that although the deputy marshal beat the Nanzhao, the craftsmen were very enthusiastic. ”

Wang Yuan was overjoyed and said, "Okay, this one is better." There is a shortage of craftsmen in the army right now, and they will soon be needed, and I am worried. The number of 300 craftsmen accompanying me is too small, and with these 500 people, I am not worried. ”

Li Mi blinked and said, "There is a third good thing, and the deputy marshal must be even more happy." ”

Wang Yuan said with a smile: "Don't sell Guanzi, let's hear it." ”

Li Mi stood still with a smile, looked at the convoy of flowing water in the city around him, squinted and looked carefully, and after a while, he stopped two big carts covered with felt cloth, and beckoned Wang Yuan to come and see. Wang Yuan stepped forward, Li Mi ordered the soldiers to untie the rope and uncover the tarpaulin, the tarpaulin was removed, Wang Yuan's eyes suddenly lit up, and his mouth let out a sound of admiration.

I saw that the two carts were each firmly fixed with ropes, and there were four crossbow carts stacked, which turned out to be a rare Fuyuan crossbow. There were as many as six of them on the two carts.

"This ...... Where did this come from? Wang Yuan was surprised.

Li Mi said with a smile: "The old man ordered someone to make it, that day on the bank of Lushui, I saw that the deputy marshal was very interested in this Fuyuan crossbow, it just so happened that the old man had participated in the manufacture of the Fuyuan crossbow when he was in the military department, and he knew some details." The Fuyuan crossbow was later abandoned because it was expensive and had little effect. But since the deputy marshal liked it, the old man ordered the craftsman to build six and give them to the deputy marshal to play with. ”

Wang Yuan was greatly admired and very happy. Although the Fuyuan crossbow is not very useful, it still plays a key role at certain times. For example, in this siege battle, Fu Yuan's crossbow blasted open the chains of the drawbridge, which is crucial.

"Do you like it? Lieutenant Marshal. ”

"Great, I like this thing, and I still want to go back and study or stuff after the crusade against Nanzhao is over. This thing is easy to copy the structure of the machine spring arrow or something, but this powerful bowstring is probably the rarest thing, I don't know how you have the material of the bowstring, I heard that the hamstrings of wild yaks are dried and rubbed together, and one hundred and eight strands can become a bowstring. It would take hundreds of wild yaks to make a bowstring. ”

Li Mi laughed and said: "How can it be so precious, this bowstring does need a strong material, but it is not one." In the middle, there are three things: silk, wild yak hamstrings, and yak hides. Everything you have to do to make it tougher. These three things are twisted into thin ropes, and then these strings are twisted into thumb-thick bowstrings, which can be loaded on this Fuyuan crossbow. The specific method, if the deputy marshal is interested, he can explain it to you in detail when he has time. ”

Wang Yuan smacked his tongue and said, "It's so powerful, where did the old general get so many materials?" ”

Li Mi smiled and said: "Coincidentally, I happened to find such a short section in the warehouse of the Governor's Mansion of Netzhou, which is only enough to make six frames." Otherwise, if I didn't have these, I wouldn't have been able to give these six Fuyuan crossbows as gifts to the deputy marshal. ”

Wang Yuan laughed and arched his hand: "The old general is very reliable, Wang Yuan has thanked him here, go, drink, and have a few glasses of respect for the old general tonight." ”