Chapter 98: Dusk at Xiping Fort

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Although the counterattack of the Jin defenders behind the city was extremely vicious, it did not intimidate the men of the Ming army. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Seeing that the rolling wood and stones at the head of the city were almost consumed, Zhang Pan roared angrily, led more than a dozen personal soldiers, and personally participated in the siege of the city.

When the Ming army saw that the main general was going into battle, their morale was greatly boosted, and they quickly gathered together and launched a new round of onslaught on the city.

On the left flank, Chen Zhong's side also began to move, and hundreds of soldiers set up ladders and rushed to the direction of the western fort wall.

On the right flank, Li Yuanqing squinted at the situation ahead, and at this time, the threatening weapons of the Houjin defenders were basically thrown out, and it was time for the time.

"Pass my military order and order Duan Xiliang to lead three hundred soldiers to attack the city."

"Yes."

Soon, Li Yuanqing's military order was conveyed, and Duan Xiliang led three hundred Li Yuanqing's soldiers, carrying three ladders, and quickly rushed to the east side of the Nanguan Fort wall.

The reason why Zhang Panbu was allowed to be the pioneer was that this morning, Li Yuanqing and the three of them also went through careful deliberation.

Although Li Yuanqing and Chen Zhong have a large number of people, the quality of their equipment is far inferior to Zhang Pan, who has obtained Liu Aita's main force.

A siege is a pure hard-fought battle, even if your own strength is several times stronger than your opponent.

After Nanguan, the Jin defenders have the advantage of the city, if Li Yuanqing and Chen Zhongbu go to the vanguard, they can only fill with human lives, even if they can fight down, but they will kill 1,000 enemies and lose 800 themselves, with the state of the three at this time, no one can bear this heaviness.

And Zhang Panbu is well-equipped, has local advantages, and is familiar with the terrain, he comes to fight the vanguard, even if there is damage, it is within a controllable range, and it is also 'good steel is used on the blade'.

Originally, the Houjin defenders of Nanguan were already a little difficult to face the Zhang Pan Division, but as Li Yuanqing and Chen Zhong participated in the battle one after another, their pressure instantly doubled.

It was just over a quarter of an hour, and cheers came from the west, Chen Zhong had already led his troops to attack the city, completely occupying the initiative, and the Houjin defenders did not dare to resist and fled in embarrassment.

Immediately afterwards, good news also came from the front of the Zhang Pan Department, the rout of the defenders on the west side caused a panic in the main force of the Jin after the South Pass, they did not dare to fight, they could only choose to abandon the city and quickly evacuate to the north gate.

And the east side of Li Yuanqing, driven by Chen Zhong and Zhang Pan, was also brought up with spirit, and soon, it was also killed on the city.

Seeing that the main force had withdrawn, the defenders at the head of the city hurriedly retreated, and were chased and killed by Duan Xiliang and others, leaving behind many corpses.

Half an hour later, Nanguan had completely fallen into the hands of Li Yuanqing's three departments, and at this time, the sun had just risen more than half in the sky, which was about ten o'clock.

Zhang Pan greeted Li Yuanqing and Chen Zhong into the city with a big smile at the south gate of Nanguan.

In this battle, he only injured more than 40 people in his headquarters, but he killed seventy or eighty Tartars at the south gate, although most of them were Han people with Han military banners, but it was definitely a big victory.

"Hahaha. It's a pleasure. Fortunately, these dog tartars ran fast, otherwise, Lao Tzu would have killed them alive one by one. ”

Chen Zhong's face was covered with blood, and he personally led the team in the siege just now.

Among the three, only Li Yuanqing did not personally participate in the siege.

After the three entered the city, Zhang Pan held a banquet in the official hall of the fort to entertain Li Yuanqing, Chen Zhong and the three soldiers.

Soon, the results were also counted.

Chen Zhong's side got more than 50 Tartar Heads and lost more than 50 people, while Duan Xiliang's side only got more than 30 Tartar Heads but lost more than 40 people.

There is also a clear comparison of the combat strength of various departments.

It's a pity that the Jin garrison after Nanguan has already prepared, there are not many food and materials in the city, and there are few people, and the three departments have paid more than 100 lives, and the actual harvest is really very meager.

But there are also some benefits, a lot of weapons of Houjin soldiers have been captured, Li Yuanqing's side, there are more than 20 good steel knives alone, and there are some spears, hooks and forks, etc., Li Yuanqing directly captured these and equipped them to the front line of the troops.

After a sumptuous lunch, Zhang Pan and Chen Zhong both entered the camp in Nanguan Fort, but Li Yuanqing did not let the people of the headquarters enter.

Zhang Pan was obviously a little displeased, but Chen Zhong opened his mouth to Zhang Pan and told Li Yuanqing's plan.

Zhang Pan looked at Li Yuanqing with a smile and said: "Brother Li, the three of us together are a good knife, if you leave like this, won't you let go of this great achievement in vain?" ”

Li Yuanqing didn't want to fall out with Zhang Pan, and said with a smile: "With Brother Chen here, there are more than 2,000 people in your two departments." The combat power just now, Brother Zhang, you also saw it, the younger brother's side, the training equipment is insufficient, this kind of siege battle, the younger brother really has enough spare strength. After I arrive at the front line in western Liaoning, we can still maintain close contact. If the two elder brothers break through Jinzhou as soon as possible, we can meet again in Fuzhou City. ”

Hearing Li Yuanqing say this, Zhang Pan's face looked better, but he didn't answer Li Yuanqing's words anymore and maintained his arrogance.

Li Yuanqing didn't mind either.

Even if Mao Wenlong came in person, this kind of behavior of 'using his own shortcomings to attack the enemy's strengths', Li Yuanqing would maintain sufficient restraint.

Simply saying goodbye to the two, Li Yuanqing returned directly to Lushun Wharf, at this time, Xu Heizi had already arrived and hurriedly asked about the battle situation in Nanguan.

Shunzi hurriedly said the matter of Nanguan to Xu Heizi simply, and Xu Heizi was going to scold Zhang Pan.

Li Yuanqing glared at Xu Heizi.

Xu Heizi could only swallow the dirty words that came to his mouth, swallowed them back into his stomach, and said aggrievedly: "My lord, we have traveled hundreds of miles to help them, this surnamed Zhang is treating us like this, why is he?" ”

Li Yuanqing didn't want to dwell on this topic, "It's all Tartar killing, where is there so much nonsense?" Lord Zhang is like this, naturally he has Lord Zhang's intentions. Although we are not participating, we are also looking forward to their victory. It's all fucking to be patient with Lao Tzu. Junzi, go and see, are they coming soon? ”

"Yes." Junko hurried to the big ship. There is a tall watchtower on the boat, which is much farther than the pier.

Seeing Li Yuanqing like this, Xu Heizi didn't dare to mention this matter again, and hurriedly inquired about the plan of the headquarters.

Li Yuanqing briefly told Xu Heizi, and ordered Xu Heizi to count the ships, and when Guan Canghai and his party arrived, the headquarters went to sea.

Xu Heizi didn't dare to slack off, and hurried to work.

Li Yuanqing also came to his own boat, which was a large ship seized from the Liujia Salt Farm that day, with a large space and a capacity of 300 people, which was full of food and supplies.

Preparedness is the best way to avoid trouble.

Regarding the war, Li Yuanqing never dared to be careless.

Ordering Wang Hai to be in charge of the fleet guard, Li Yuanqing came to the cabin, pondered, and carefully considered the next plan.

In the evening, Guan Canghai and his entourage arrived on time, and he brought 3 large ships, 7 medium ships, and a lot of food and supplies.

This time, Li Yuanqing's headquarters has more than 20 ships, 6 large ships, 10 medium ships, and 4 fast ships, which can accommodate 3,000 people, which is also enough.

Sending his own soldiers to inform the guards of the Zhangpan Department of Lushun Wharf, Li Yuanqing did not stay too long, and under the afterglow of the setting sun, the fleet sailed to the deep sea to the west......

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At this time, in Xiping Fort, it was a different scene.

Under the red sunset, the city is in dilapidation everywhere, and groups of people are constantly carrying various materials towards the city.

The soldiers were in groups of three or five, huddled behind the battlements in the setting sun, quietly enjoying a moment of peace after the battle.

On the side, Luo Yiyi, deputy commander-in-chief of the Guangning Army and the guard general of Xiping Fort, looked at the dense battle formation of the Houjin Army not far away, and a pair of originally sharp eagle eyes showed a trace of despair.

From the beginning of the siege of the Jin army in the early morning, until now, a whole day has passed, but unfortunately, none of the reinforcements from all sides of the imperial court have arrived.

Almost all the soldiers in the city have been wounded, and Luo Cheng himself was also hit by an arrow in the chest, but fortunately he was protected by fine armor, so that he was lucky to save his life.

In the distance, the setting sun was red, reflecting the continuous clouds on the horizon, like the blood stains scattered by the soldiers.

Luo Cheng let out a long sigh, turned his head and asked the soldiers beside him, "In terms of reinforcements, is there any news?" ”

The soldier is a man in his early forties, with a beard on his face, if Li Yuanqing is here, he will definitely be able to recognize it at a glance, this is the strong man Liu Dadou who clashed with Chen Jisheng that day.

Liu Dadou shook his head a little sadly, "Master, not yet." We've been out for seven or eight waves, and none of us have come back. ”

Luo Yi nodded and let out a long sigh.

Xiping Fort is located in the center of the defense line of Guangning and Liaohe, and is the core of the core of the three defense lines of Guangning, Luo has always really not understood that the battle has been going on for a day, and the main force of Houjin is here, why ~~, why now, the main force is there, there is no movement?

Can't they see it?

Luo has always been simply puzzled.

It's a pity that the Houjin army was very tightly defended, and the elite detectives went out in seven or eight waves, but no one came back.

Luo has always been unaware of the situation on Wang Huazhen and Xiong Tingbi's side now, so he can only bite the bullet, rely on the fortress wall, and wait for help.

"Master, look, on the Tartar side, it seems that there is going to be a move again. Looking at their banners, it seems to ~, it seems that the men and horses of the yellow flag are about to attack the city. This is the old slave's pro-army. Liu Dadou's eyes were very good, and he could see the banner of the Jin Army behind the opposite side at a glance.

Luo Cheng hurriedly raised his eyes and saw that on the battlefield not far ahead, there were seven or eight hundred Houjin armored soldiers, who were assembling, and not far behind them was the old slave's royal banner.

"Hey, hey." Luo Cheng suddenly smiled hideously.

These dogs' miscellaneous pieces, from early morning to now, have launched more than a dozen waves of attacks, although their side has suffered heavy losses, but they have also killed a lot of people, and now it is almost dark, these dogs are still so powerful.

"Dog's Tartar, he's really not afraid of death. Okay, okay. and he will fulfill you. ”

Luo Cheng sneered, waved his big hand, and said to Liu Dadou, the leader of the pro-soldiers beside him: "Order the brothers, all lift your spirits to the master, and when the tartar is close, then give the master a hard beating----"

"Yes." Liu Dadou hurriedly went down to give the order.

After a while, the originally tired city head was quickly running.

The archers were tired all day, and their arms were already sore, but when they saw that the Tartars were about to rush again, they also cheered up, pulled their bows and wound them, looking for their own targets.

Luo has always been a senior general of the Quang Ninh army, and the headquarters under his command has many firearms, which is very sharp, and in the siege of the Houjin army before, these dog Tartars have suffered a lot.

At this time, although he was about to reach his limit, Luo had always relaxed.

Kill one without compensation, kill two and earn one.

As long as the main force of the army arrives, these dog Tartars will be wiped out.

For this moment, Luo has always been full of expectations, and at that time, even if he dies in battle, he will die without regrets.

Soon, with the sound of the long horn, the armor of the yellow flag had already adjusted the formation, like a dark cloud, slowly approaching the city wall of Xiping Fort.

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