After Qin Liangyu's army retreated to the camp, Namutai, Turge, and Tang Gudai all broke out in a cold sweat because of the blocking of the city gate just now. Unlike the Later Jin Army, which despised the power of the firecracker, all the generals of the Later Jin Army regarded artillery as an artifact.

Today, in order to block the city gate, the Houjin army suffered more than 100 casualties, plus those who were killed and wounded by firecrackers on the city wall, there were 200 people. And the medical level of this era, those soldiers who were injured by firearms also have a high probability of dying eventually.

Although the casualties today are basically Mongol soldiers and surrendered Ming troops, there are not many bannermen with blue flags. But now in the entire Luanzhou City, there are less than 3,000 Houjin troops in the city.

In addition, except for a few hundred young women who were left in Luanzhou City to be lustful after the return of the Jin army, the rest of the people were killed and plundered. So now there is no place in the city to even catch a strong man.

In today's battle to attack the city gate, the Houjin army only shot and killed a few white-pole soldiers who cut the chains of the drawbridge, and the casualty ratio between the two sides was very different. If it continues like this, there will be no need for Qin Liangyu's army to attack the city, as long as it takes ten or twenty days, the Houjin army in the city will also be exhausted.

Therefore, Turg said to Namuty: "We can't just be beaten passively. Even if the sons of the country are brave and brave, they can be ten with one, but the Han people are a hundred times more than me. Even the consumption has consumed us all. And today's white pole soldiers of the Ming army have not shown any flaws at all, and there are artillery, this battle is absolutely difficult to fight! ”

Tang Gudai continued: "That's it! Shall we go to Lord Belle and ask for an idea? If you want to fight, let Belle Ye send reinforcements, and we will fight a field battle with the Ming army; If we want to leave, we can also make arrangements early. ”

After hearing this, Namutai nodded and said, "I will immediately send someone to Yongping City to tell Lord Belle about the situation here, and ask for an idea to come back." However, you also have to keep an eye on the soldiers, especially the Ming soldiers who surrendered. Find some henchmen and talk to them, and let them all gather their horses at the north gate, and if they can't resist it, withdraw our men and horses to Yongping City. ”

Both Turg and Tangudai agreed. They knew that if the army withdrew, the horses in the city could only bring their own blue flags and the Mongol army, and those Ming troops who surrendered would definitely be abandoned.

And the next day, under the command of Qin Liangyu, the army began to attack the city. It is said that it is a siege, but in fact, it is all about doing some civil engineering. Qin Liangyu told Wu Shigong: "This battle, especially the siege of the city, is slow and meticulous. Only after the people have done a lot of work can they ensure the safety of the siege troops and facilitate the attack on the city. Sometimes, it takes a year, two or even longer to attack a city. ”

First, the men dug two U-shaped trenches around the gates, and then, under the cover of the wagons and the firecrackers behind the wagons, they began to cut off the water in the moat and fill it in. There are also smoothing roads that allow rushing cars to pass through, etc.

Of course, in the process of filling the moat, under the shooting of the bow and arrow of the Later Jin army, those people were shot dead and wounded. Of course, the Houjin soldiers who shot arrows on the city wall were also killed and wounded by the firearms.

In the process, of course, some people couldn't resist the threat of death and turned to flee, but they were all beheaded by the overseers sent out by the white pole soldiers. Therefore, although it seems that the casualties on both sides may be much larger than Qin Liangyu, Qin Liangyu died all of them, and the soldiers basically had no casualties.

And there were also a group of people in the camp, and under the guidance of the craftsmen carried by the white pole soldiers, they also stepped up the construction of rushing carts and ladders, preparing tools for attacking Luanzhou City.

This process is only a few words, but it took more than 20 days to get to work. And during this time, the Houjin army in Luanzhou City was not idle. Although they saw that there were no flaws in the siege troops, they gave up the plan to go out of the city for field battles. However, the Houjin army still sent a force to rob the camp one night.

However, that night, after they saw the appearance of Qin Liangyu's camp, they immediately despaired. They didn't even try to attack the camp, and the Jin army returned to Luanzhou City in disgrace.

Wu Shigong has been by Qin Liangyu's side, learning the ancient traditional methods of preparing for attacking the city. I sighed a little in my heart: "I always thought that in the ancient traditional siege of the city, it was to climb the ladder, throw stones, fly arrows and fight at the head of the city." I didn't expect to do so much civil engineering before the siege. This ancient siege soldier seems to have to learn to be a sapper first! ”

Wu Shigong's exclamation was not wrong. In the Ming Dynasty, not only when the city was sieged, but also when the army was marching, the army had to do a lot of civil engineering work to cross the river and set up camp. Besides, there was no machinery to help in the Ming Dynasty, so to be a qualified soldier in the Ming Dynasty, you must first be a qualified engineer.

In addition, the battles in the Ming Dynasty were basically face-to-face fighting, and the physical strength consumed by the soldiers was quite large, and these soldiers needed physical strength to do civil engineering, so the physical requirements for the soldiers were also particularly high.

In order to solve this problem, the army of the Ming Dynasty recruited a large number of young and strong people to do these civil projects. Although this practice allowed the soldiers to get a good rest, it caused the soldiers to be unwilling and would not do these civil works, so in case of a situation where the people could not be recruited, a sneak attack would often occur in which the entire Ming army would be defeated.

There is also a sequelae, because the good thing is to recruit people, and the ugly thing is to forcibly arrest. The people who have been arrested in this way not only have to do civil engineering, but also often play the role of cannon fodder in the army.

Therefore, when the Ming army was fighting on the inner front, it did not get any support from the local people at all. In the eyes of these ordinary people, the Ming army and the enemy army are also the same dog, and at most they are only 50 steps and 100 steps. In this way, the Ming army's operations on the inner line lost in vain the two major factors of victory: geographical advantages, people, and people.

And Qin Liangyu's purpose in attacking the city this time was to capture this Luanzhou city, and he did not require how many Houjin troops to be killed. Therefore, Qin Liangyu only arranged some soldiers to monitor the other three sides of Luanzhou City, and his main army focused on attacking the southern city wall of Luanzhou City. Therefore, the traffic information of Luanzhou City and Yongping City has not been blocked.

And on the eve of Qin Liangyu's siege of the city, Zu Dashou, the commander of the main force of the Ming army, sent a messenger, who told Qin Liangyu that Zu Dashou was only five days away from Luanzhou City. Moreover, the main force of the Ming army also carried six red-coated cannons. Let Qin Liangyu wait until the main force of the Ming army arrives, and after using the red-clothed cannon to bombard Luanzhou City, everyone will attack the city together.

After receiving this news, Qin Liangyu was also very happy. Qin Liangyu is not a person who treats his soldiers as mustard for his own honor. Although there is Zu Dashou to share the credit, but now that there is a red-clothed cannon, Qin Liangyu's soldiers, the loss will definitely be much smaller. Therefore, Qin Liangyu stood still and waited for the arrival of the main force of the Ming army led by Zu Dashou.

At this time, Amin, who was in Yongping City, had already received news from Namutai in Luanzhou City. In addition, Amin received news from the spies of the Houjin army, and the main force of the Ming army behind them marched towards Luanzhou City with red-clothed cannons. So, Amin made such a decision.

On the one hand, Amin sent a batch of captured Ming weapons to Luanzhou City, and asked Namutai to try his best to hold Luanzhou City; On the other hand, Amin took the main force of the Houjin army of more than 4,000 people to block the main force of the Ming army. Amin thought so, without the red-coated cannon, it would be difficult for Qin Liangyu's army, which was the vanguard of the Ming army, to capture Luanzhou City.

The main force of Zu Dashou's Ming army, because he had to transport red-coated artillery, the speed of the march was very slow. When they met the Houjin army led by Amin, the whole army came to a complete halt.

Zu Dashou was not interested in a decisive battle with the Houjin army, because Zu Dashou had already risen to the highest position among the generals in Liaodong, and if he had any merit, it would be nothing more than adding a false title or general number, which had no practical significance. Therefore, Zu Dashou's combat thinking is not to seek merit, but to seek no fault. Besides, Zu Dashou also understood that the reason why after Yuan Chonghuan was arrested, the imperial court came to appease him, and that was because he still controlled the largest part of the Liaodong Iron Cavalry.

And Amin's purpose was only to hinder the advance of the main force of the Ming army, and he was not interested in a decisive battle with the Ming army. Besides, after adding the people, the main force of the Ming army led by Zu Dashou has more than 30,000 people, and it looks huge, so Amin is not sure to defeat this Ming army. As a result, the two sides were at a stalemate.

But it is not a way to keep stalemate like this, in the end, under the orders of the imperial court and Sun Chengzong, the main force of the Ming army still has to rush to Luanzhou City as soon as possible.

So, Zu Dashou asked the army to form a group, put the red-coated cannon in the middle of the team to protect it, and forcibly marched towards Luanzhou City. But as soon as the army acted like this, those people and the Shanxi and Shandong armies, which had already been defeated once, showed their flaws.

Seeing the situation, Amin immediately ordered the Houjin army to attack the weak place of the main force of the Ming army. Once again, the Minfu and Shanxi and Shandong armies were scattered. However, the Liaodong Iron Cavalry did have strong combat effectiveness, and after they saw the Houjin Army charging, they gathered the Liaodong Iron Cavalry and carried out a counter-charge towards the Houjin Army.

Because both sides refused to fight to the death, after a small fight, they both retreated. However, in this way, although the Ming army prevented the consequences of complete defeat and basically ensured the integrity of the main force, it did not dare to move towards Luanzhou City anymore. And the Houjin army led by Amin also achieved its desired goal.

Zu Dashou led the main force of the Ming army to retreat, and immediately sent a messenger to Qin Liangyu, asking Qin Liangyu to send an army to respond, and then drive to Luanzhou City together.

When the messenger informed Qin Liangyu of Zu Dashou's request, the military attachés in Qin Liangyu's big tent were speechless in surprise. Especially Qin Liangyu, she has been fighting horses for most of her life, and she has never encountered this strange situation of supporting the rear from the front and the vanguard supporting the main force. Therefore, Qin Liangyu categorically rejected Zu Dashou's request for reverse support.

Qin Liangyu ignored the messenger who was still kneeling on the ground, and immediately ordered the military attaches in the big tent: "Prepare and attack Luanzhou City immediately tomorrow." ”

Then, Qin Liangyu said to the messenger: "Go back and tell General Soldier Zu that this official's attack on Luanzhou City here is the best way to rescue you." ”