Chapter 114: Head Like Rain (11)
The fierce Huachi Wanhu rushed back to Bianliang City in the morning. Because there is no smog of the 21st century, even if the weather is cloudy, you can still see the blue sky through the gaps in the white clouds.
There was a dead silence outside the city of Bianliang. More than a dozen earthen platforms in the south of the city stood there very abruptly, and there was nothing on the ground except for signs of a large group of people and horses passing by. The walls of Bianliang are intact and show no signs of damage. The real big change is that all the flags at the head of the city have become crimson military flags. There is a white circle in the middle of the military flag, and inside is the black character 'Song'.
Compared with the calm waves above the city, there was a loud sound of guns and cannons in the city, and black smoke rose from many places. It is clear that there is a fierce battle between the two sides in the city.
"This ......" Lily Hua Chi Wanhu only said one word, and he didn't know what to say. At this point, it seemed that the most appropriate order was to give the order to attack the city. But the fierce Hua Chi Wanhu is surrounded by cavalry, and it is impossible to carry any siege equipment when attacking. Is it difficult to let the cavalry hit the city wall directly?
"I'll wait ......" Wan Hu still spoke, it was definitely not right to be at a loss at this time.
Seeing that Wanhu couldn't say anything, the subordinates next to him hurriedly gave an idea, "Wanhu, let's send someone to the top of the earthen platform to have a look." ”
"Send someone now! Go now! "Fierce Huachi Wanhu immediately issued an operable order.
At the head of Bianliang City, Li Yun, the commander-in-chief of the Song army's battle, looked at the panicked Mongolian army outside the city, and couldn't help laughing, "Haha, looking at their appearance, they really look like lost dogs." ”
"But you don't know what they're going to do next?" The chief of staff next to him looked tired and yawned as he spoke.
In the siege of Bianliang City, the tactic of focusing on the enemy was put forward by the chief of staff of the 13th Division, who fought together. At first, there was a fear that the troops outside the city would be attacked by the Mongol cavalry, and when it was proposed, everyone did not support it. Yesterday afternoon, the city wall was finally attacked, and the Song army has been attacking. Seeing that he was about to be able to occupy the city wall, Li Yun finally agreed to this tactic.
Looking at the actual effect now, even Li Yun, who hasn't slept all night, can still laugh. However, fatigue made Li Yun only laugh out loud and unable to laugh anymore. The smile flashed, and Li Yun asked, "Chief of Staff, let's sleep in shifts here." Do you go first, or do I go first? ”
"You go first. Anyway, the Mongols outside the city can't do anything at this time. The Chief of Staff replied tiredly. The Song army did not engage in a fierce battle last night, and it was the 4th Division that was responsible for the attack. By daybreak, the attack was handed over to the 13th Division. The Fourth Division was responsible for guarding the city walls.
"It's fine. I'm going to sleep. Li Yun unceremoniously went down the city along the Yongdao.
The first thing Li Yun did after waking up was to ask, "How long have I been asleep?" ”
"More than four hours." The guard next to him replied.
With a big yawn, Li Yun got up. Even in the past four hours, he has already felt relieved. When he went out, Li Yun went up to the city wall and saw a small number of corpses under the city. Those men were probably killed in the tentative Mongol attack.
Seeing Li Yun coming up, he looked at the chief of staff who looked more tired, yawned a lot, and said to Li Yun: "The news from the Thirteenth Division is that they have driven the Mongolian army to the old imperial city. However, they had to go from house to house to prevent the Mongols from ambushing. I probably won't be able to finish today. ”
Looking at the Mongolian army in the distance, Li Yun sighed: "Taiwei said that it is evil to strike more with less. At first, I thought that what Taiwei said was right, but then I felt that it was not necessarily right, and now I feel that what Taiwei said is all about fairness. ”
"Hmm." The chief of staff also nodded his head and was in charge of drawing up the battle plan, and the chief of staff was deeply convinced of what Lieutenant Zhao said: "The strategy is correct because it is correct, and the tactics are correct because of the victory." He also sighed: "If we had come with four divisions this time, we would have finished fighting the enemy inside the city and started fighting the enemy outside the city." At least there is no need to worry about what tricks the Mongol army plays at night. ”
The chief of staff did not remain immersed in exclamations, he went down to rest with the troops who had changed shifts. Since the battle could not be completed, the 13th Division, which had been fighting for a day during the day, had to be withdrawn, and the part of the 4th Division, which had already rested, had to undertake the work of defensive vigilance until at least late at night.
When the chief of staff fell asleep, the Mongol army in Bianliang City was even more tired. The Song army had a modern military system, a clear division of labor, and long-term effective training. The Mongol army led by Liu Yunwanhu did not have these. If they were allowed to fight with the old Song army, the two sides would fight for a moment of courage and luck. The Mongol army was not at all inferior to the old Song army in this regard.
Since yesterday's battle, the Mongol army has been facing waves of attacks by the Song army. Liu Yunwanhu knew that if it weren't for the small number of troops in the Song army, he would have collapsed long ago. Even so, in the subsequent battles, every wave of the Song army's attack, even if it was an attack of 1,000 people, he tried his best to mobilize 3,000, 4,000 or even 5,000 soldiers and horses, but he couldn't cope with it. Although he had 15,000 men in his hands, he was surrounded on all sides by an equal number of Song troops, and he was beaten and fled, retreating into the old imperial city to hold on.
Seeing the sun set, the Mongolian soldiers in the imperial city sat on the spot one by one, and even Liu Yunwanhu just wanted to sleep for a while. But Liu Yunwanhu still held back, he had to prepare for tomorrow's battle. Judging from the sound of arrows and fireworks, the Mongol cavalry had rushed back to the outside of Bianliang City. So Wanhu still has expectations.
First called the elite troops, asked them to change their clothes, and prepared to sneak out of the imperial city at night to ask for help outside the city. Liu Yunwanhu went out to inspect, and then there was the sound of cannonballs cutting through the air outside. Song Jun began to think that the cannon had been fired inside the imperial city. Liu Yun suddenly felt that he was hit by something heavy in his chest, and then the world spun around, and he didn't know anything.
The guards beside Liu Yun Wanhu saw that Wanhu was hit by the Song army's shells, and the whole person was beaten into the air. When the guards ran to the bloody Liu Yin Wanhu, they found that Wanhu was dead.
"Ah~~~~" the guard let out a scream. In this near-hopeless situation, Wanhu's death plunged the guards into complete despair.
In the middle of the night, Division Commander Li Yun walked to the steps of the old imperial city. When you step on the bluestone steps, you feel sticky and slippery under your feet. A bloody aura lingered around, making Master Li Yun feel a little disgusted and want to vomit.
The Mongol army suddenly collapsed in the evening. They had fought well before, and it was a dead move to abandon all the strongholds in the city and stick to the old imperial city, but it was also the best way to deal with the fate. If they dared to scatter among the many strongholds, the Song army would have no choice but to carry out fire attacks on those strongholds that night.
In the evening, the artillery of the 13th Division carried out a heavy artillery bombardment of the imperial city, preparing to weaken the Mongol army as much as possible and reduce the possible surprise attack of the Mongol army at night. Unexpectedly, not long after the shelling, the Mongol army rushed out as soon as the door was opened. It means to run away from the road and run for your life.
The Mongol troops who broke through were strewn with corpses under intensive gunfire and artillery fire, and the 13th Division not only routed these Mongol troops, but also drove them into the imperial city. After several hours of fierce fighting, the Mongol army in the imperial city was annihilated.
Stepping into the imperial city, the smell of blood is even greater. The Song army really did not have the calmness to contain the prisoners in the dark night, and by this time the 13th Division was exhausted, and the attack was particularly heavy. Under the light of the torches, Li Yunying saw corpses all over the ground.
"Guard the gates." Li Yun gave the order and immediately walked out of the imperial city. At this time, the thought in his mind was simple, that is, he could finally sleep.
But Li Yun was not able to sleep as he wished, and the Mongol army outside the city sent a small group of men and horses to try to climb the city wall in the pre-dawn darkness with amazing courage. This act of bravery did not succeed, and the Song army at the head of the city was nervous, where would it give an example of the success of the Mongol army's sneak attack. It soon allowed the detachment to retreat with heavy casualties.
Li Yun, who learned the news, rushed to the city wall. At first, he thought that the Mongols were too risky, but when he was halfway there, Li Yun found that his exclamation during the day was correct. If the Song army has four divisions, he can even take advantage of the Mongolian army's actions to pretend to be attacked by the Mongolian army, and when the Mongolian army enters the city, the Song army can easily recapture the city gate and adopt the tactics of catching turtles in the urn against the Mongolian cavalry who rushed into the city.
Climbing the city wall and looking at the dark field outside, Li Yun could only sigh that everything could only be his own imagination. When he led two divisions to attack, he already had a completely definite battlefield, no matter how good he thought. It's all just imagination.
Under the dark night sky, the guards patrolled the city. When preparing to go down to the city, Li Yun felt that the sky had changed subtly. It was the dawn of dawn, the deepest darkness lifted, and the whole sky began to light. Looking up at the sky, Li Yun suddenly understood that the next day had come.
"Come on, prepare the carrier pigeons!" Li Yun said.
"What?" The guards followed Li Yun all night, and they couldn't hear clearly when they were sleepy.
Li Yun used his best strength to shout: "Come on, prepare carrier pigeons." Tell the captain the news of our capture of Bianliang! ”
Only then did the surrounding people understand the content, and someone immediately went to do it.
When the first rays of sunlight illuminated the head of Bianliang City, Li Yun saw the carrier pigeons that had been fed at the head of the city taking them out of the pigeon cages, putting on the letter buckets, and throwing them into the sky. The pigeons spread their wings and circled around the strange place several times, each time flying higher and hovering in diameter. Finally flew south.
I don't know if I was too tired, Li Yun suddenly felt that he had lost his sleepiness. And he called for someone to give the order.
An hour later, the Mongol army, having eaten breakfast, approached Bianliang again. Then they saw a string of lantern-like things rising from the head of Bianliang City, and when they looked closely, they turned out to be a large string of human heads. A Mongolian soldier with good eyesight carefully identified it, and then exclaimed, "The top one is Liu Wanhu." ”
Without waiting for the other Mongol soldiers to carefully identify it, a large number of things were suddenly thrown out of the city. When I looked closely, it turned out to be human heads. It was thrown with a catapult in the city. When the Song army attacked, the speed was too fast, and the Mongol army did not have time to use these things, and the city was breached.
Song Jun threw three times in succession. Li Yun had previously ordered the heads of the Mongol soldiers who had been killed in the battle to be cut off, and these heads were used here. Looking at the heads flying like raindrops, the Mongol army completely lost the will to fight. The Mongols looked ugly, while the Mongol soldiers from Han China screamed in fright.
Before noon, all the Mongol cavalry withdrew from Bianliang City and retreated to the west.