But at this time, the situation suddenly changed. （）

A cloud of smoke rose from behind the city gates, followed by a blaze from the sky.

But I saw that the cavalry that had advanced to the city first ran out in panic, which had never been seen in the Ningxiang army, which had always regarded death as home.

There were more than 100 cavalry in the city, but when they came out, there were only about 40 left.

Almost all of the people who were alive had wounds on their bodies, and some of them still had marks of being burned by the fire.

"What's going on?"

A general knelt in front of Sun Yuan, his face had been burned by the fire, and his face was full of tears: "General, general, you kill me, you kill me, it's too miserable, more than a hundred brothers, half of them are left inside." ”

Huang You shouted: "What are you crying about, crying you eggs, say it clearly!" ”

The general wiped his face: "General, Mr. Huang, Liu Chao is so vicious, he deliberately opened the city gate." When we rushed in, we found that there was an urn city inside. Liu Thief had already led people to ambush on the surrounding city walls, throwing rockets and oil canisters down like raindrops. The brethren were careless and died a terrible death

！ ”

Huang You was furious: "You are stupid, since you can't attack it, you don't know how to turn around?" ”

"Can't come back, can't come back!" The general couldn't help but shake his head: "Our cavalry is wrapped in his men, and thousands of men and horses are crowded in the urn city, and it is difficult to even turn around." Liu Chao's thieves are so vicious, he doesn't care about his subordinates who have closed the city gate before they have withdrawn into the city...... They killed even their own people...... Whining! ”

Sun Yuan was dizzy for a while, and more than fifty cavalry were gone......

Unlike musketeers and spearmen who can be trained like an assembly line, such a fierce cavalry does not know how many bloody battles it will have to go through to fight. This is the baby bump that Sun Yuan has on hand, and up to now, the entire Ningxiang Army is only more than 2,000 qualified cavalry. Now so much has been lost in vain.

He shouted in his guts, "Your brother died in battle, and you still have the face to come back to me?" "Ci is not in charge of the army, Sun Yuan is about to order that the officer to be beheaded.

The officer suddenly laughed miserably: "General, it's true, what face do I have to live in the world." Then he drew his sword and wiped it from his neck.

Huang You's eyes were quick, he snatched his waist knife, and shouted angrily: "If you eat a defeat, you want to die, coward." If you want to die, you will also die on the battlefield for Lao Tzu. Although you are responsible for this battle, the blame lies with me. As a general of Yangzhou Town, he was careless for General Sun's military affairs, but he didn't expect Liu Thief to come up with this poisonous plan. Get down, wrap up the wounds, you will find a way to get Lao Tzu back for the loss you suffered today. ”

The murderous aura in Sun Yuan's heart subsided, and he waved his hand: "Go down, you don't want to be this officer, you will be directly demoted to an ordinary soldier, and you will be guilty of meritorious service." ”

After waiting for the wounded officer to retreat, Huang You hurriedly said: "General, it seems that our army has to hurry, if Liu Thief organizes a defense, I am afraid that this city will not be able to be defeated." ”

Sun Yuan understood, turned over and got on the horse: "Let's go, all the soldiers will follow a certain horse, and the killing will pass!" ”

Since the south gate was already garrisoned by a thief army, the cavalry army suffered a small loss, and Sun Yuan did not want to storm this city gate again. At that moment, with two hundred cavalry, he ran around the city wall like a splash of wind and ran eastward.

From a distance, the urban area of this Yongcheng is much larger than that of Suzhou. Although it is only a county seat, it can be seen in its appearance, but it has reached the scale of Baoding, if you are not afraid of crowding, it is not a problem to stuff 100,000 displaced people into the city. This made Sun Yuan secretly frightened and quite relieved at the same time. It is precisely because of the size of the city that Liu Chao, a thief, has already annihilated so many soldiers and horses by himself, and he should not be able to organize much strength to defend such a big city

。 Now they have fled into the city in a hurry, and the other gates may not have time to be closed.

All Sun Yuan needed to do now was find an unclosed city gate, then rush in on horseback, and the battle would be over.

But when he led the cavalry around the east gate, he was shocked by what he saw.

The east gate was even more fortified than the south gate, with not only the urn city, but also moats, drawbridges, and sheep and horse walls. The suspension bridge was hung high in the air, the city gate was closed, and the city wall on the opposite side was crowded with chaotic thieves, seeing Sun Yuan and others coming, he shouted at the same time, and shot down the feather arrow crookedly with the open bow, not to mention weakness, let alone any accuracy.

The combat effectiveness of such a defender is naturally not worth mentioning, and it seems extremely ridiculous. But Sun Yuan couldn't laugh, his men were all cavalry, there were not many people and trees, and there were no siege equipment, could it be that the soldiers all got off their horses to climb the city wall?

The cavalry around Sun Yuan all looked solemn, and some people murmured, "How is this good?" ”

Sun Yuanyi gritted his teeth: "Let's go, go to the north gate to have a look, I don't believe that Liu Chao, a lame thief, is faster than a certain war horse!" ”

The cavalry kicked up a cloud of smoke and swept north around the walls.

Along the way, the more Sun Yuan ran, the more depressed he became. There were more and more thieves on the city walls, and some people had already lit a fire on it and began to heat up the hot oil and lead, apparently on guard.

The weather was too hot, and after sprinting for such a long way in one breath, the war horse was drenched in sweat and began to pant slightly.

When they arrived at the ground, not only Sun Yuan, but even the cavalry behind him let out a low cry of disappointment at the same time.

Looking up, there was a veteran wearing a helmet like a lion's brown fur on his head on the tower of the north gate, who was it not Liu Chao?

"One step too late

！ Sun Yuan angrily slashed the horse chopping knife in his hand on an ash tree on the side of the road that had not yet had time to be cut down. The dry ash trees rumbled to the ground, raising a cloud of smoke.

Liu Chao laughed wildly from the city: "Haha, Sun Yuanxiaoer, you didn't think that Yongcheng had already prepared, right?" Haha, to tell you the truth, there are now 100,000 homeless people in Yongcheng City, and these are grandpa's soldiers. That's right, you kid can fight, his grandmother's, it's simply an invincible tiger. Lao Tzu was beaten badly by you in the past two days, losing tens of thousands of horses, but so what, it's a big deal to catch some homeless people to replenish the army. Your people are dead one and one is missing, and it will be up to you to see who can consume whom. Ever since Grandpa killed Wang Han's dog officer, he knew that one day your Nanjing army would come over. That is, from that day on, Lao Tzu began to build the city defense of Yongcheng. Hehe, the grandfather of the field can't succeed, but it's still certain to hold Yongcheng. No matter how much you can, you can't let your cavalry fly up with wings! Today, Grandpa wants you to try the taste of touching a stone! ”

Sun Yuan pointed to the city wall with an iron face: "Who can shoot that dog thief down with one arrow?" ”

The soldiers behind him looked at each other, and after a long time, they said: "General, we are more than 300 steps away from Liu Thief, and we are shooting from the back, even if General Dafang is here, there is nothing to do." ”

"General, what should I do, siege the city?"

"Nonsense!"

Just as Sun Yuan was about to give an order, Huang You grabbed his arm and shook his head solemnly: "General, the thieves have closed the four gates, and there are perfect city defenses, we have few people, we can't fight at all, everything Governor Ma will talk about it." ”

Sun Yuan calmed down and angrily threw the horse chopping knife in his hand to the ground.

On the city tower, Liu Chao's laughter was even more proud: "Sun Yuanxiao'er, you have been famous all these years, you are really the reincarnation of the flying general Lu Bu, and now you eat turtles, right?" Lao Tzu's knife is a magic weapon, don't be so bad, after a while, grandpa will have to take it back when he cuts off your head, you have to keep it for Lao Tzu! ”

Sun Yuan snorted coldly, and didn't argue with him, he rode the horse with a calm face and turned around and left.

The cruelty of urban offensive and defensive warfare has been seen in Jinan before. As strong as Jiannu, he gathered tens of thousands of elite Eight Banners, and coerced a large number of people, attacked for a whole month, paid huge casualties, but did not have a single soldier on the city wall of Jinan.

Siege warfare relies on equipment and patience, and relies on the accumulation of human lives, which has little to do with the bravery and training of the soldiers.

Sun Yuan had more than 2,000 cavalry and 1,000 direct subordinates on hand, and if all of his men and horses were on the ladder, they would be exhausted in two days

。

As an experienced commander, you can't make such a fool. If you really want to attack the city, it's better to hand it over to the infantry under Ma Shiying!

After so many years of fighting, it was the first time for Sun Yuan to suffer such a dull loss, and his heart was naturally very angry. He said to Huang You beside him with a calm face: "Brother Huang, that's it for today, let's first ask the soldiers to choose a good place to set up camp, and wait for Ma Yaocao to come." ”

After so many days of high-intensity marching and high-intensity fighting, the men and horses have been tired enough, and they are exhausted in one go, and then they are exhausted, and they can no longer fight.

He had a vague thought in his heart, Ma Shiying kept urging himself to march as soon as possible, take Yongcheng, and behead Liu Chao, maybe he had expected today's situation, right? Perhaps, a certain decision is problematic.

It's just that Sun Yuan doesn't want to admit it.

In his heart, he still despises Liu Chao very much. This guy is just a passer-by in the history of the late Ming Dynasty, what can he do. Even if the defense of Yongcheng City is still strong, but the military horses under his command have been broken by my Ningxiang army, what waves can be turned, maybe, when the Lufeng army falls, it will take a few days, relying on the advantage of numbers, this city can be taken down.

When the time comes, a certain self-led cavalry army will go to Zhuxian Town in one go, and Li Zicheng, an old friend, will have a good competition.

……

On the city tower, watching Sun Yuan leave in a gloomy manner, the smug smile on Liu Chao's face froze, and for a moment, it was solemn.

Turning his head and asking a lieutenant general beside him: "How many days has the messenger left, is there any news from Li Zicheng?" ”

The adjutant general said in a low voice: "Marshal, you have already set off when you led your troops to attack Suzhou, and it has been six days now, and you have not come back yet." Don't worry, our Yongcheng city defense is extremely strong, and the officers and soldiers can't take it for a month and a half. ”

"If you can't get it in a month and a half, what about after a month and a half?" Liu Chao shook his head: "I don't know how many battles I fought when I was in Guizhou before, but I know best. Of course, urban defense facilities are important, but the most important thing is people's hearts. If the people in the city are in turmoil, even the city of the world will not be able to defend it. ”

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