Chapter 97

Chen Yanzheng left, just as he trusted Baili Wuji and returned to the Chu State. Baili Wuji also fulfilled his promise and let him lead the army north to recover Yanyun. It's the same now, Chen Yanzheng unreservedly trusts Baili Wuji, just like believing that after night, the sky will brighten.

That night, Yelujing and his two clan uncles finally waited for 3,100 catapults, and the 6,000 they carried when they set off, so far only these are left, and the imitation catapult is too damaged after all, and after a few rounds of throwing, the body of the cart fell apart.

Being able to assemble these 3,100 is already the credit of the craftsmen who worked hard to repair them along the way.

Yelu Jing was not disappointed, he thought that this was enough, and in his imagination, early tomorrow morning, the hail of stones thrown by these three thousand and one hundred catapults would fill the entire city of Qianzhou, and at that time, he would lead his army to stand in the position where Baili Wuji and Chai Rong stood today in the posture of a conqueror, and show his imperial majesty to Baili Wuji and Chai Rong who knelt at his feet.

Yelu Jing ordered on the spot that all the transport personnel, including craftsmen, assembled and fixed the catapult overnight, and ordered the remaining 40,000 Liao cavalry of Yelu Qixi to respond to ensure that the craftsmen completed the assembly and fixation before dawn. Ordered all the 80,000 leather room troops under his command to rest in preparation for tomorrow's decisive battle.

At the same time, Yelu Jing ordered Yelu Tira to start a decisive battle with the Ming army at the north gate tomorrow.

After Yelu Tira received the order, he cautiously asked, "Your Majesty, Yelu Shuogu's tribal army has suffered nearly 20,000 casualties in the past two days, will you send the tribal army to fight tomorrow, or will it ......?"

Yelu Jing groaned: "In the past two days, the consumption of the Ming army has also been huge. Tomorrow's decisive battle, let my leather room army go into battle. ”

Jerodira replied, "Yes." ”

On the 24th day of the eighth month of the seventh year of the liberation, it was very late on this day.

Because there was a heavy fog in the middle of the day. Shrouded in the perimeter of Qianzhou City for dozens of miles.

God doesn't seem to want to see the tragedy that is going to happen today, as if it has foreseen that countless lives will pass in this fifty-mile radius today.

Baili Wuji and Chai Rong didn't sleep all night, they were carefully scrutinizing every combat step, assuming the accidents that would happen and the countermeasures, maybe the two never regarded each other as real brothers, but subconsciously introduced each other as confidants.

The common enemy eliminated the hostility between the two and deepened their relationship. It has tempered the temperament of the two. After this night, the two were surprised to find that they could really become brothers.

Stiff eyelids. Baili Wuji's spirit was still very good, and he smiled: "Second brother, do you guess Yelu Jing will take advantage of the fog today?" ”

Chai Rong also smiled: "I thought it wouldn't." The catapult was originally poorly crosshaired, so foggy. Aren't you afraid of going in the wrong direction? Smashed into the barracks of the Liao army outside the north gate? ”

Baili Wuji knew that Chai Rong was laughing, and he also joked: "When the time comes, Chen Yanzheng will be miserable, and when he wakes up, all the credit will be given to Yelujing." Second brother, what kind of official is it appropriate to give Yelujing store at that time? ”

Chai Rong thought for a while and said: "Yelu Jing's father, Yelu Deguang, is a negative candidate for the Emperor Stone, and Rong thinks that it is appropriate to be ungrateful for Yelu Jing." ”

Baili Wuji laughed. Said: "Second brother, this name is exactly what I want." In this way, this ungrateful wait for him to be determined. ”

The two looked at each other and smiled.

Yelu Jing naturally didn't know that he had been given the title of "ungrateful" by the two of them, and he was busy giving orders.

As Chai Rong guessed, Yelu Jing did not dare to attack the catapult in this foggy season, not because he was afraid of smashing the Liao army outside the north gate, but because he was afraid that the soldiers would not see clearly, but the catapult would be destroyed, and at the same time, he was afraid that the throwing target would not be clear, and the stones that were finally collected would be wasted.

Yelu Jing ordered all the soldiers who operated the catapult to be ready to attack the city of Qianzhou as soon as the fog cleared.

He led an army of 40,000 to the vanguard, and an army of 80,000 leathers divided into two flanks for the main attack. Yelujing himself led 5,000 palace guards to garrison the camp.

Outside the north gate, Yelu Tira received a clear explanation from Yelu Jing, and transferred 38,000 leather room troops to serve as the main attack, and let the tribal army of less than 50,000 suppress the formation.

The tribal army was originally Yelu Shuogu's army, which was mixed with more than 10,000 soldiers who had been captured by the Ming army, although these more than 10,000 soldiers did not understand the real reason why the Ming Kingdom released themselves, but they could guess one or two of them, and they were all people from Yelu Shuogu's tribe, how could they not obey Yelu Shuogu.

In the past two days, these people have been secretly contacting, passively fighting, and the 50,000 tribal troops who stayed in Dading Mansion are all in battle. And today, Jelutira changed the army that participated in the battle, which gave these soldiers a reason to convince their comrades, that is, you exchanged your life for the results, but let the leather room army go to pick peaches.

And this reason is often the main way for the lord to eradicate dissidents on the battlefield, and this group of tribal troops stationed in Dading Mansion has a strong dissatisfaction in their hearts.

Yelutira didn't know that Yelu Shuogu had surrendered to the Ming Kingdom, so he didn't guard against the abnormalities of the tribal army, and the big war was imminent, so he was busy transferring troops and dispatching generals, so how could he have time to take into account the feelings of the tribal army.

After all, the fog began to dissipate slowly, and after two o'clock, the fog dispersed, and the sun was revealed, and on the 24th, it was a sunny and good day.

Naturally, it's also a good weather for killing.

After the fog cleared, the Ming musketeers saw that the Liao army had approached a mile from the city wall, and countless catapults were behind the Liao army's array.

And at this time, the attack of the Liao army on catapults began.

The stones quickly fell towards Qianzhou City with a "whining ......" sound, and countless houses were instantly razed to ruins. Fortunately, the people in Qianzhou City have long been transferred, and there is no one else in Qianzhou City except for the Ming soldiers.

At present, the soldiers of the Ming army are resisting the Liao army at the north gate with Chen Yan, the musketeers are all on standby in the mezzanine of the city wall, and only the six thousand guards of Baili Wuji and Chai Rong have already been transferred to safety.

As a result, the destruction of the Liao army's catapults in the city of Qianzhou was limited to the houses and streets.

Although many stones were smashed on the city wall, more than a dozen artillery pieces or gun mounts were smashed, and some artillerymen were injured, but the casualties and losses were all controllable.

Baili Wuji and Chai Rong shrank in the mezzanine of the city wall, quietly watching the movements of the Liao army outside, exchanging views from time to time.

Thousands of catapults were launched that could have played a deterrent role, but it was a waste for the empty Qianzhou City.

But Yelu Jing and his Liao soldiers did not know, and they happily fiddled with the catapult until they could not find a single stone to throw within a radius of ten miles. (To be continued......)