Seeing that the Waranga division had almost completely collapsed and that the battle was ending sooner than expected, the top generals of the Taiping army were unanimously relieved. After taking the Valanga division at the foot of the mountain, there was only a lone garrison brigade left on the mountain, and it would be much easier to clean it up.

For the Taiping army, who traveled hundreds of miles to get here, this was undoubtedly an exciting start.

"On weekdays, I only hear about how the Omanis are, but when I see them today, it's not very good.

Sun Tian, who had mastered the first wing of the Taiping Battalion, couldn't help but feel a little more contempt on his face when he saw that there were only three or four thousand remnants of the Valanga Division still resisting in vain, and he couldn't even maintain the basic formation. When he chatted with several surrendered officers and soldiers in Dengzhou earlier, the rumors he heard from them were not like this.

"This division was withdrawn from Tianlong City. The division and regiment, which was originally full of more than 10,000 people, were estimated to have suffered more than one-third of the casualties, and the rest were exhausted, and the real combat effectiveness was not even half of what it was at its peak. ”

Chen Wu briefly stated the situation.

I didn't say anything else, but I was very clear. His own infantry army mobilized 17,000 men, as well as a large number of cavalry and foot archers, and more or less took advantage of the surprise attack. In this case, even if the Valanga division was defeated in just a few hours, it would not mean anything.

In short, the strength of the Omanis should not be underestimated.

The defeat of the Valanga division is not representative!

After giving the order not to underestimate the enemy, Chen Wu ordered the army to intensify the attack. Perhaps the luck of the Omanis ran out when they captured the Jianhuangling section and broke through the Nanfeng fortress earlier, and a Gaochang archer of the Taiping army was lucky enough to lock on to the division commander of the Waranga division in the crowd, Kursha, and seized the short time to shoot an arrow.

Sharp arrows flew through the gap between the two warriors, striking Kursha's face.

His heavy armor didn't help him dodge the deadly feathered arrow. The body shook for a moment, and he fell headlong and collapsed.

"The division commander is dead!"

I don't know who shouted, but the remnants of the Valanga Division, which was still trying to hold on, no longer had the will to resist, and surrendered in less than a quarter of an hour.

In addition to a few hundred people who fled, about 1,500 people were surrounded and killed by various units of the Taiping army. In the end, as many as 6,000 Omani soldiers chose to surrender. Obviously, after experiencing the battle of Tianlong City, this army's ability to withstand casualties has reached its limit.

It can even be said that they have been able to support a complete rout until now, and their fighting spirit has been brave.

"Confiscate your weapons and armor, bundle them up, and take them away!"

Seeing as many as six thousand captives, Chen Wu's eyes lit up.

These strong, well-trained soldiers were the best of the workforce. After the war, whether it was used to build roads and dig mines, it was the best object, and there was no need to pay wages at all, as long as there was a stutter. As for letting them go back for ransom or something, Chen Wu hadn't even thought about it.

The strength of the Omanis is so strong, these 6,000 captives can pull up a new division in the blink of an eye after they return, and only those who have their heads pumped will let the tiger return to the mountain for a little immediate benefit.

To put it mildly, even if these people can't create any interests at all, they can only starve to death in vain, Chen Wu will not hand them over to the Omanis!

………

While cleaning the battlefield here, Chen Wu personally looked at the top of Pingling Mountain under the protection of the personal guards.

Viewed upward, the massive Taoist temple at the top of the mountain has completely turned into a huge granary, but until then, it was a huge fortress of war. The defenders of Gu Qingguan were prepared to defend to the death, and every time the Taiping army took a step forward, they were afraid that they would have to pay a huge price reads();.

"This terrain is not very favorable to the attacker."

Chen Wu looked at it for a moment, and the first thing he considered was to use fire to attack the burning mountain. But visual observations, as well as information from the MI, dispelled him.

The Omani defenders were not stupid and cut down the lush trees around Guqingguan in advance, creating a wide bare firebreak. The plan of setting fire to the mountain may not be able to affect the ancient Qingguan, and most of them are the blind man lighting the lamp in vain.

What if it is to give way to the bow battalion after the breakthrough to use rockets?

Shooting from the mountain to the mountain, with the killing range of a stone bow, it is difficult to shoot to the center of the ancient Qingguan. The Omanis must also have some means of fire prevention, and ordinary rockets may not be able to do so.

Neither does this idea.

What if a frontal attack was launched to attract the attention of the defenders, so that the military intelligence office who had climbed up from the back hill secretly sighed and waited for an opportunity to sneak in and set fire?

This is one of the several sets of plans that Chen Wu has planned, and at present, it should be the best way to burn down the Guqingguan granary in a short period of time. Admittedly, the trails in the back mountains are rugged and difficult to climb, and there is not much place to hide on the mountains, so there are only a few people who can hide. But if there is night cover, the situation is different.

Pingling Mountain is not high, and there is a little Taoist priest who is familiar with the situation in the back mountain to respond, and Chen Wu can send hundreds of people from the back mountain at night, or even half of the team!

The Taipings then attacked from the front before dawn, drawing the attention of the Omanis to the mountains behind. The countless grains and grasses stored in the ancient Qingguan, as long as a random fire burns, the fire is afraid that it will be difficult to control.

After finalizing this plan, Chen Wu immediately ordered the army to attack the mountain, regardless of the end of the battlefield cleaning here.

It is not only to confuse the enemy, but also to consume the enemy's energy as much as possible.

The soldiers who had already participated in the battle against the Valanga division, after two days of running and the battle just now, had completely bottomed out and could no longer continue. However, the recruits of the reorganized 2nd Garrison Brigade who had previously prepared to block the defenders on the hill still had the strength to fight. Under Chen Wu's order, 4,000 soldiers slowly ascended Pingling Mountain along the mountain road.

The first encounters between the two sides took place at the first bend of the uphill road.

Although the slope is not steep, it is still a playable terrain. The defenders of the ancient Qingguan deployed five brigades here, and built traps and horses to limit the Taiping army. If they only rely on the infantry to attack, in the face of the Omanis who occupy the advantage of the terrain, the Taiping army is afraid that it will suffer a lot of losses.

The result did not turn out to be Chen Wu's expectations, and the first attacks of the Taiping army ended in failure.

The defenders of Gu Qingguan were stronger by the Valanga division in terms of strength and equipment. Not only were they equipped with shields, but they also had a group of archers to assist in the battle. The Taiping army used to attack was a recruit with little combat experience, even if there was enough of a wing and the Taiping army infantry battalion was supported, they were still beaten back, losing nearly 100 people.

By this time the battle had arrived, it was almost dark.

Time is extremely unfavorable for the Taiping Army, and Tianlong City is too close to here after all. Even if Chen Wu sent people to block the news on both sides, it would be difficult to hide it from Saladin. After all, there is regular contact between the armies at the front and the rear side. As long as the cavalry is cut off, even if they don't receive accurate information, they can guess that something may have happened here.

Even in the most optimistic scenario, Saladin would not have had more than two days left for the Taipings!

For this reason, Chen Wu decided to launch another wave of offensive before the sky was completely dark.

The second group of troops, carrying a large number of torches, rushed halfway up the mountain in the last rays of the setting sun. The defenders of Gu Qingguan obviously underestimated the determination of the Taiping army. After repelling the second wave of the Taiping attack, the five brigades guarding the area paid a lot of casualties, and finally chose to retreat to the top of the mountain in the night.

The Taiping army immediately occupied the place, but did not chase it to the top of the mountain.

With the strength of a group of recruits, it is too difficult to attack the mountain at night in this situation.

The small ploy that Chen Wu was about to adopt was very simple, it was a strategy to exhaust the soldiers!

For the first few hours of the night, the Taiping troops stationed halfway up the mountain were quiet. The defending generals of Gu Qingguan did not think that the Taiping army had the ability to attack the mountains at night, but ordered people to light more torches and take strict precautions. But it was almost midnight when there was a sudden earth-shattering cry and drumming halfway up the mountain, far away in the silent mountain night.

"Enemy attack!"

Despite the disbelief, Gu Qingguan's defenders reacted quickly. A large number of soldiers immediately jumped up from their half-asleep sleep and began to assemble quickly, preparing for a massive attack by the Imperials.

However, a full quarter of an hour passed, and the Taiping army still only shouted and made a gesture to charge, but in the end there was no movement, as if the previous uproar was just an illusion.

"It's a feint!"

Ye Fanqing, the general of the Guqingguan garrison, was very angry, but he was helpless, listened for a while, and could only order the assembled troops to disperse again, and at the same time ordered people to continue to strengthen precautions.

The brief silence didn't last long.

It had only been an hour since the midnight feint, and the earth-shattering shouts of killing sounded again.

The Omani soldiers, who had just fallen asleep, were awakened again and had to assemble for the second time.

As a result, the Taiping army was still only making a fuss for a while, and then it subsided.

At this time, Ye Fanqing probably understood Chen Wu's intentions. However, he was a little unsure whether this was a real plan of the Imperials. Wouldn't it be bad if they really ignored it, and the Imperials, after several consecutive feints, played a "wolf came" and really launched an attack, and they didn't order anyone to assemble?

Soon, as the Taiping army made a move for the third time, and this time, the Taiping army made countless torches, densely packed, as if there were tens of thousands, almost illuminating the mountains.

"Not good!"

Ye Fanqing felt that the worry in his heart was about to be confirmed, and he suspected that the Imperial people were likely to really attack this time, so he hurriedly gathered the army for the third time.

It's half a ring again......

Tens of thousands of torches were blown out little by little, and nothing happened.

was teased one after another, Ye Fanqing was already angry!

Seeing that his subordinates had been exhausted by the continuous feints, he simply gave an order, all the soldiers to stay on guard, sit on the spot and rest—the big deal is that I won't sleep this night, anyway, tomorrow and the day after tomorrow at the latest, reinforcements will be sent from the side of Tianlong City.

Even if you resist hard, you have to carry it through the past two days!