Chapter 164
After crossing the river and returning to the south, Toyotomi Shixu ordered all the troops to start repairing, and ordered all the ordnance and grain of Goryeo to be concentrated in Uiju, of course, including the food of the people of Goryeo.
Toyotomi Shixu also ordered the looting of Goryeo's belongings and escorted them back to Fuso, and at the same time brought back food and ordnance, especially bows and arrows, from Fuso, and bows and crossbows were needed most to hold the Yalu River.
In Fuso, the people were immersed in the great victory, from the emperor to the common people, all of them were grateful for the blessings of the gods, and prayed that the Fuso army would achieve a greater victory under the leadership of the regent Toyotomi Shixu, and the countless treasures that were escorted back pushed the passion of all the subjects of Fuso to the highest.
Yelu Jing was on the way to the mouth of the fleeing Liao army, and learned the news that Yelu Yu's 30,000 army was wiped out in the Yalu River, so angry that he scolded Yelu Yu for being a fool, discarding the advantage of cavalry and the Fusang army in hand-to-hand combat in the river, and also fell into an ambush.
Since then, Yelu's 30,000-strong army has been truly wiped out.
Yelu Jing immediately ordered 10,000 cavalry and 20,000 infantry to attack Laiyuanfu.
Emperor Liao personally conquered, and the Liao army quickly and effectively carried out Yelu Jing's orders, and now in the Liao State, no one dares to disobey Ye Lu Jing's orders, because Ye Lu Jing's cruelty is as famous as his sleeping skills.
Strange to say, this Yelujing is twenty-two years old, but he doesn't like women, so he has no heirs.
He loved drinking and hunting. And sleeping, often drinking heavily, sleeping at dawn. He woke up at noon, so he ignored the government for a long time, and the people called him the "sleeping king". If that's all, that's all, the problem is that Yelujing also has a hobby, which is to kill people, and others kill people out of interest or out of anger. But Jerejen kills just because he likes to kill.
The subjects of the Liao State dared not speak out, and of course they did not dare to disobey Yelujing's orders.
This time, he led the Liao army to attack the Liao army in the far city, and the general general of the Liao army was the herd of the herds, Linya, Yelu, and Linya. It is the official name of the Liao State, and it is the dispatched body of the Privy Council, which is called the Privy Council, and the chief official in it is called Lin Ya.
Jerod's hunt is not very old. But very cunning. He has always been friendly with Yelu Ruan and Yelu Louguo's brothers, and after Yelu Ruan was killed, although he attached himself to Yelu Jing, he secretly contacted Yelu Louguo and agreed to look for opportunities to rebel.
This time, he stayed away from Shangjing and followed Yelujing south, and Yelujing's enemy hunting has been looking for opportunities, but he can't get close to Yelujing at all.
And Jerejing now has him as the vanguard to attack the far city. This made him feel that Yelujing was deliberately trying to weaken his strength.
However, Yelu did not dare to openly disobey his orders, and Yelu Jing's brutality made him attack quickly.
That's it. The second battle between Liao and Fusang began under Laiyuan City.
Yelu first ordered 10,000 cavalry to gallop back and forth outside the far north city wall and launch cavalry shooting.
Nomadic cavalry is one of the most aggressive tactics of the Cold Weapon Age.
Rapid movement and firing arrows combine the offensive and defensive characteristics, making it difficult for defenders to hit.
A salvo is tens of thousands of arrows, and within the range, if there is no cover, it is indeed not difficult to survive.
However, there is also a disadvantage in cavalry archery, that is, it is really not enough to attack a fortified city with high walls like Laiyuan.
And the Fusang defenders were instructed by Toyotomi Shixu, except for the Liao infantry to climb the wall to attack, at any time, they did not show their heads.
The Fuso people have been very strict in the execution of orders since ancient times, and even though many soldiers were shot by arrows and suffered casualties, they never showed their heads to meet the battle.
After several rounds of cavalry fire, Jerod ordered the infantry to attack the city, as is customary.
When the infantry entered within 20 zhang of the city, the Fuso defenders quickly rose up.
And so arrows like locusts, and trees of several people hugging each other, and great boulders, and hot oil and filthy dung, fell from heaven.
The attacking Liao army suffered numerous casualties, and Yelu saw that the situation was not good, and quickly ordered the infantry to retreat.
The Liao infantry left hundreds of corpses behind and hurriedly retreated.
So, another round of cavalry fire began, followed by an infantry attack.
In this way, it was reincarnated seven times, and the distant city was as stable as Mount Tai, and the casualties of the Liao infantry were close to 3,000.
Yelu was heartbroken, so he ordered the whole army to set up camp and wait for Yelu Jing to come to help.
The next day, Yelu Jing led an army of 80,000 to rendezvous with Yelu Enemy Hunt, and when he heard that Yelu Enemy Hunt was unsuccessful, Yelu Jing immediately relieved Yelu of the command of Enemy Hunt and temporarily brought his soldiers and horses under his command.
It's a pity that the siege under the command of Yelu Jing still repeats yesterday's story.
The only difference was that the number of cavalry archers increased suddenly, and one wall could no longer accommodate so many cavalry cavalry, and it became four walls attacking at the same time.
However, there was no shortage of soldiers in Laiyuan City, and there were 50,000 soldiers left in Laiyuan City.
Another day of fruitless siege made Yelu Jing feel very embarrassed, and also made Yelu Hunt secretly snicker.
That night, after consulting with his generals, Yelujing decided to surround Laiyuan City on all sides, so that after the city ran out of food, it would be forced to surrender.
So, a siege battle began, what Yelu Jing didn't expect was that coming to Yuancheng had already made Toyotomi Shixu have enough food and arrows, without two or three months of siege, how could he run out of food so easily.
And Yelujing's own army, the number of people is twice as large as the defenders of Laiyuan, and there are 50,000 war horses, the supply of these is far greater than that of Laiyuan defenders, everyone knows that in the stalemate of the offensive and defensive battles, the morale of the defenders must decline more slowly than the morale of the attackers, because, before the city is broken, the defenders will always have an advantage over the besieging ones, and they often die besieged the city.
Only ten days, has made Yelujing can't wait, at this time away from Shangjing, the supply line is too long, and the north of the Yalu River is the territory of Liao, for his own land, Yelujing can not order soldiers to "fight the grass valley" like the south of the Central Plains, stationed outside the city night and night, so that Yelujing can't sleep well, for a person nicknamed the sleeping king, the most painful thing in the world is nothing more than this.
In the far city, the defenders were well fed and drunk, hiding behind the battlements and eyeing themselves.
Yelujing couldn't bear it anymore, so he ordered the whole army to repeat the rounds of cavalry shooting of an army of 50,000, and then the whole army of 60,000 infantry attacked the city.
This order was absurd, the strength of the defenders in the city was unknown, and the defenders ordered the infantry to attack the city without demoralization damage, and in the absence of siege equipment, which was undoubtedly a joke on the lives of the soldiers. (To be continued......)