As for Xie Baoshan and the other more than 100 horse thieves who ran away from the beginning, they were no better. The Mongols divided dozens of light cavalry to chase and intercept, and they only cared about fleeing for their lives, so they completely gave their backs to the enemy and became a living target for running. So some were pierced through the head with an arrow, and some were slashed by sabers that pursued from behind. In the end, there were only about 20 riders who could run to the gate of the city.

On the city tower, everyone looked at this scene with pale faces. Yan Hong had never seen such a large-scale bloody scene in the past, although there were many dead and wounded on the city tower yesterday, but it was the result of a whole day of siege, and most of the dead were enemies. Now he watched a group of men and horses under his command dissolve under the iron hooves of the Mongols so quickly, and they all died in a miserable state. He held back the churning in his stomach and didn't throw it up.

Sun Lie saw the Mongolian army sweeping across the battlefield like a whirlwind, and his fellow cottagers who had known him for many years became ghosts under the knife one by one. had the heart to save it, but his son-in-law had already issued a strict order, and these people under him were all hesitant, but none of them wanted to go out of the city to rescue. No matter how heroic Old Man Sun is, it is impossible to save people by riding alone, and if he goes, he will be sent to death. He had to sigh and say with tears in his eyes: "Lao Zuo, this time, but the old brother can't stand you."

Although Sun Yuerong didn't have a good impression of Zuo Shenlei, after all, they were all in the green forest, and this group of men and horses was the main force of cavalry in the city. Seeing him being killed by the Mongols, he couldn't help but sigh: "This battle was fought, T'Wo Bao." ”

Zhang Qingyan said calmly: "These heroes in the green forest, when they win, they only know how to compete for merit and grab people's heads, but after all, it is because they do not obey military orders. Pity. Pity. ”

Looking at Xie Baoshan and other remnants of the Green Forest Cavalry. It was easy to escape outside the north gate of Jinan. Shouting to open the door. Yan Hong snorted coldly: "Open the door!" The sergeant of the right guard hurriedly opened the gate, and the horse thieves hurried into the city as if they had been pardoned. Dozens of Mongolian light horsemen who followed behind were about to take the opportunity to break in, Ye Zhengfei commanded the firecracker team to put a platoon at the head of the city, knocking down two or three people, and the rest also reined in their horses.

The main force of the Mongol cavalry waited for the bandits to be killed, and then withdrew to their own team in a hurry. Some White Lotus disciples came to snatch horses and weapons. Bows and arrows and other booty, and then began to organize men and horses to attack the city. However, at this time, the north gate tower was heavily defended, and these attacks were only in vain. Yan Hong ordered: "Call the cavalry who enter the city to come to see me!" ”

After a while, Xie Baoshan and dozens of other people were scattered in their clothes and armor, stumbled up to the city tower together, knelt down and said, "I've seen Qincha." ”

Yan Hong raised his eyebrows slightly, remained silent, and stayed for a while. Pointing at Xie Baoshan and the few henchmen who took the lead in escaping, he scolded angrily: "Tie me up!" ”

Immediately. Liu Lian stepped forward with more than ten brocade guards, two or three to serve one, and tied Xie Baoshan and several others with ropes. Xie Baoshan and the others had already been killed by the Mongols outside the city, so where did they dare to resist? Seeing Qin Cha's face change, he was so frightened that he shouted: "Master Qin Cha, wronged, wronged, spare your life!" ”

Yan Hong angrily reprimanded: "Xie Baoshan, as a hero of the green forest, the enemy army is current, but you took the lead in escaping, resulting in the tragic death of hundreds of children, and the main general Zuo Laozhai was martyred. What will such untrustworthy and unrighteous traitors do? Come on, cut it down with me, and command the whole city! ”

Xie Baoshan is still waiting to cry out for injustice, and Sun Yuerong has already snatched it out. Her hatred against Lei Zhanbiao at the beginning was to the bone marrow, and now Lei Zhanbiao is dead, this Lei Zhanbiao's henchman at that time, now he has sold Lei Zhanbiao, and he wants to wash his name? Now that he has violated military law, what else is there to say. Immediately, Sun Yuerong grabbed Xie Baoshan with her left hand and slammed it to the ground. Xie Baoshan's hands were tied, he was powerless to resist, and he unconsciously bent his knees. Sun Yuerong waved the ghost head knife in her right hand, but when she saw the blood splashing, Xie Baoshan's head had already rolled off. Several other Jinyi guards also beheaded several other leaders under Xie Baoshan.

At this moment, the rest of the dozens of ringing horse thieves who had returned from the city couldn't help but look at each other, their legs trembling, and they didn't know what Yan Hong was going to do with him. Yan Hong's eyes swept over their faces, and he coughed and said: "The law of this official and army is rewarded for meritorious service, and punishment for those who have failed." Those of you who followed the bloody battle of the old village master Zuo and came back from the siege are all heroes. And the judge of the war, go and count the heads of the men before their horses, and reward them according to the number of silver. Add ten taels per person, thinking that they are shocked. At this moment, the horses that broke out of the siege were overjoyed, knelt down one by one, and shouted "Master Xie Qincha!" ”

Yan Hong said to Xiangma, who fled with Xie Baoshan: "You are waiting to escape, you are driven by Xie Baoshan, but after all, you have committed the crime of escaping from the battle, and you should be beheaded by law!" ”

The horses were so frightened that they quickly begged for mercy. Yan Hong snorted coldly: "You wait and see, all the chiefs here, who is willing to intercede for you?" ”

When Sun Lie heard this, he hurriedly came out and said, "Master Qincha, the old man is willing to intercede for them." These are all heroes on my Shandong Green Forest Road, they escaped today because they were bewitched by Xie Baoshan's thief, and they will definitely work hard to kill the enemy in the future. ”

Yan Hong nodded: "Very good." Then your capital crime today will be recorded on the head of Old Man Sun. You are all under the account of Old Man Sun, and he will work hard to kill the enemy every day and make up for his mistakes! As for the heads of you, together with Xie Baoshan and a few others, Ben Qincha counted and distributed the silver as usual, but this silver could not be given to you, but handed over to the owner of Sun Laozhai and asked him to take it to compensate the green forest people who died in the battle today. Benchin sent here another thousand taels of silver. Old man Sun, do you think this can be made? ”

Sun Lie said repeatedly: "Make, make." Those Xiangma who escaped with their lives also kowtowed again to thank Yan Qin for his kindness of not killing and Sun Lie's intercession. Yan Hong also ordered the heads of Xie Baoshan and others to be circulated four doors without mentioning them.

Zhang Qingyan was behind him, but he secretly admired that Yan Hong's trick was beautiful. Originally, if he wanted to use the crime of escaping from the battle to kill all these green forest people to avenge the revenge of attaching Lei Zhanbiao in the first place, no one could say anything. But Yan Hong's trick sold a great favor to Sun Lie, which can be said to be a degree of advance and retreat.

Although there were more than 500 Green Forest cavalry who went out of the city, not even a single one of them came back, but it was all thanks to them fighting around the four gates of Jinan City, and killing and wounding a lot of the White Lotus Sect disciples scattered and besieging outside the city, especially some cloud ladders and other things that caused a lot of damage. Therefore, after the Mongol cavalry defeated the Green Forest troops, the White Lotus Cultists regrouped to attack, but the momentum was much weaker than in the morning.

Despite this, the Ming army at the head of the city was still overstretched in defense. It was easy to get to the sunset, and the White Lotus Sect collected their troops and left. As usual, the Ming army left soldiers and horses to patrol the city, and all the dignitaries went to the governor's yamen to discuss matters. Counting the casualties in the city today, they are several times heavier than yesterday.

When they arrived in the council room, everyone's faces were not very good-looking. Qin Delu said: "After fighting today, in addition to the destruction of most of the Green Forest Horse Team, the casualties of my right guard's soldiers and horses are not small. Coupled with the ammunition, the bow and arrow are used too quickly, and if you fight like this, I am afraid that you will not be able to withstand even tomorrow day. ”

Wei Guoliang also said: "Also, the soldiers of the right guard are really lacking in training. Don't talk about martial arts, just talk about this lack of strength, can't shoot a few arrows, and your arms are sore and can't open the bow. It's not right to go on like this. ”

Although Qin Delu also knew the chronic illness of the right guard of the Dao Dao, he was not pleased with Wei Guoliang's words, and immediately sneered: "My right guard Ma Gu is not elite enough, but he is very loyal to the court and has never been a traitor. ”

When Wei Guoliang heard this, his face changed. Yan Hong hurriedly said: "The generals here, the soldiers in the city, which one is not loyal to the imperial court, and who has ever been a traitor?" You don't have to argue, just talk about what to do now? ”

Xia Zisu was quite calm, and said: "The left and right are just to fight, in my opinion, it is better to put the enemy closer tomorrow to fight, the projectile bow and arrow are used sparingly, it is really not good, so I will fight with them in a white-edged battle!" ”

Qin Delu originally finished arguing with Wei Guoliang, and the expression on his face was not very good, but now when he heard Xia Zisu say this, his face changed even more. After all, he was afraid that this stunning beauty was a good friend, so he didn't dare to open his mouth to offend like Wei Guoliang, and hesitated for a moment before saying: "What Xia Nuxia said is reasonable, but there is a section, there are already many brothers killed and injured today, if the thieves are allowed to come up to fight with white knives, the casualties will be even greater." To tell you the truth, these sergeants on the right guard, if there are more casualties, I am only afraid that they will escape from the battle......"

He couldn't say it too clearly, even the soldiers under his command were also nests, and they were only stronger than the White Lotus Cultists. In field battles, if you can arrange a good position, under the instigation of the generals, and give full play to the cooperation of firearms, bows and arrows, and long and short weapons, you may be able to take the lead. And one or two thousand people formed a line on the city wall to resist the group charge of the White Lotus Sect below, once the battle was a bad battle, it was really unpredictable to win or lose. There are tens of thousands of people and horses in the White Lotus Sect, if they really engage in any large-scale white-knuckle battle as Xia Zisu said, their soldiers and horses on the right guard really can't help but toss.

Xia Zisu didn't care what his identity was, and reprimanded: "A soldier sacrifices his life for the country, as a matter of course, if he is afraid of the sword and avoids the sword, he should be beheaded!" If General Qin can't control the military horses of Jinan's right guard, my Loyal Alliance is willing to supervise the battle on his behalf. "This purple-clothed Chang'e has a strong personality, quite like her grandfather's Xia Yan, and she leaves no room for words and deeds. Qin Delu was accused by a woman in public, and his angry face changed color for a while.

Yan Hongxin said, goddess, don't make trouble with me, okay. Everyone has only one head, and if you want someone to donate your life, who will do it. He hurriedly said: "What Xia Nuxia said is reasonable, but what Qin Yanshi said is also the truth, and it has to be weighed here." Our army does not have many ammunition bows and arrows, and there is no way to put the enemy in close combat. But if the melee combat is not good, it will be even more troublesome to be killed by the enemy. As for how to deal with it, I also ask the generals to think carefully and get a charter. This official is in charge, and today he will allocate another 15,000 taels of silver to reward the whole army and compensate the dead and wounded! ”

The greatest benefit of this little Yama is that he is self-aware. He knew that although he had read some time-traveling novels, he really wanted to strategize and counsel military aircraft, which was really not his specialty, so he simply let it go. He is only responsible for paying, but fortunately, there is money, and payroll is not a problem. (To be continued......)