Chapter 172: So...... Let's counterattack!
"Shi Heng, what's the matter with you?" Li Qing reprimanded: "Asked you to bring the factory guards, why did you bring them all?" ”
"Hey, it's easy to get things done." Shi Heng said indifferently, "Don't worry, there are still two or three thousand people left in Deshengmen." ”
Two or three thousand is enough fart...... Li Qing smiled bitterly, "Let's go, go back immediately." ”
"I really want to fight!" Shi Heng sighed unwillingly, and then said, "You don't have to worry too much, I asked Yu Shangshu just now, except for our Andingmen and Deshengmen being attacked, the damage to the other city gates is very small, not even a fraction of ours." ”
"Oh? It's true? ”
"Why are you lying to you," Shi Heng said angrily, "Let's just carry it a little, the other portals are only lost by one to two thousand, and Xizhimen is even more lucky, with a total loss of five or six hundred, damn, the strength of the Tatars has made us all on us." ”
After a pause, "Yu Shangshu was afraid that the Tatars would take advantage of the victory to storm Andingmen, so he asked me to bring people here, and let's go directly to Andingmen." ”
"What about Deshengmen?" Li Qing was not at ease.
Shi Heng said: "Yu Shangshu is actively transferring, don't worry, he is the commander-in-chief, he won't come nonsense." ”
"Hmm...... Come on. Li Qing nodded, "You lead the army back first, and I'll go see the situation in Tatar." ”
"I'm with you." Shi Biao said.
Shi Heng glared at his nephew fiercely and scolded, "Isn't it a long ability?" ”
"Hey...... I don't fight, I just look at it from afar. Shi Biao sneered, "After a busy night, you have to see the results, right?" ”
Li Qing was in no mood to care about this, and urged: "Shi Heng, go back quickly, with so many people, if you lose it, you can't say it." ”
"Aang." Shi Heng nodded sullenly and glanced at his nephew again, "Be careful." ”
"Got it, uncle." Shi Biao nodded.
"Call me always ...... Never mind. Shi Heng glared at his nephew angrily, and said loudly, "Go back to the city." ”
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Li Qing and the others rode forward for more than ten miles, and looked far away on a high slope.
The sky was already slightly bright, but the sight was not good enough, Shi Biao couldn't see it really, and wanted to go further, but was stopped by Li Qing, "The Tatars have withdrawn." ”
"Huh?" Shi Biao was shocked: "Isn't it, this scares away?" ”
"It's just retreating, retreating doesn't mean running away." Li Qingdao said, "Xu is not sure of our situation, and tactically retreat a wave, not to be taken lightly." ”
"Okay." Shi Biao said stupidly, "So, we're still busy in vain?" ”
"Huh? Can't say that. Li Qing said with a smile, "The art of war is cloudy, the siege is the bottom, and the heart is the top; This is our home turf and our advantage has expanded little by little over time, but they are the opposite;
Tonight's trouble, at the very least, will make them dare not do their best. Li Qing turned his horse's head and walked back, and continued: "Tatar is different from our Daming,
On the battlefield, the power of their Taishi is not as good as that of our commander, especially in the case of headwinds, and they can even openly disobey. ”
"I've heard my uncle talk about this." Shi Biao said, "Do you really think that the Tatars' will to fight will decline after this trouble?" ”
"I don't dare to say ten out of ten, but there are eighty out of ten." Li Qing said with a smile, "In short, today's Tatar is never what it was yesterday." ”
Shi Biao nodded lightly: "I think so too, yesterday's fight was too fierce, we are uncomfortable, and Tatar is not comfortable, today's battle will definitely not reach yesterday's level." ”
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Tokhtar Polo looked at the Tatar warriors and was silent for a long time.
The army of 100,000 when it came, now there are only 50,000 left, and 50,000 is enough to choke.
Of course, in fact, there were not so many losses, but there were several main generals who ran away at night.
With so much less at once, Tokhtar Polo was uncomfortable.
To fight or not to fight, that's the question.
If you fight, 50,000 people is really enough; If you don't fight, you are really unwilling.
By now, Tokhoff Polo didn't have much confidence, mainly because he didn't understand whether the people before dawn were the Ming army defending the city or the Ming army rushing to support.
"Damn, just leave, and I'm not willing to die."
Tokhtar Polo gritted his teeth and began to make strategic deployments.
Except for the direct department general, who listened carefully, the others were serious on the surface, but they didn't think so in their hearts, and they were already planning to run away.
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It's close to noon.
The sound of horses' hooves trampling came, and Li Qing stood on the horseback to look at it, and couldn't help but be happy.
There are only 15,000 in total, not as many as them, yesterday's remnants of the army plus the factory guards, plus Yu Qian's transfer of more than 10,000, the defenders of Andingmen have reached 22,000.
Yesterday there were fewer people, and they all carried it down, and today there are more people, and the Tatar will to fight has obviously decreased, is it not easy to carry it down?
As it turned out, Li Qing's prediction was correct, and it was much better than he expected.
When the Tatars saw that the defenders of Andingmen suddenly became more than 20,000, their hearts were suddenly cold, which showed that it was really the Ming army reinforcements who arrived last night.
This is the army of the descendants of Tokhtar Polo, and they are still like this, and it is possible to imagine what will happen to the other masters.
Soon the battle began, this time the Ming army was no longer passively beaten, and was attacking while defending, and the numerical advantage allowed the Ming army to regain its self-confidence.
The Tatars, on the other hand, became colder and colder, and after only fighting for more than half an hour, they withdrew.
In the afternoon, there was another fight, barely for an hour, and then it was withdrawn again.
Li Qing knew: "This battle is coming to an end, probably the day after tomorrow, the real reinforcements of the Ming Dynasty will arrive, and the Tatars will either fight to the death tonight or run tonight." ”
After nibbling on the steamed buns, Li Qing clapped his hands and turned over on the horse.
Shi Biao hurriedly stepped forward, "Why are you going?" ”
"Go to Deshengmen," Li Qing had a headache, this Shi Biao got involved with him, he followed him wherever he went.
"I'll go too."
“…… Let's go. ”
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Desheng Gate.
Yu Qian only hastily transferred 8,000 people, but the number of Tatars was even less, mainly because there were too many people who ran last night, and the Tatar troops were not enough.
Today's battle was extraordinarily mild, with minimal losses on both sides.
This is exactly what Yu Qian wants, he is not afraid of delay, the longer the delay, the better, and the reinforcements will come after two more days.
Yu Qian stood on the city wall, breathed a sigh of relief, his mind relaxed, and he was even more relieved when he thought that Shi Heng said that Li Qing was back last night.
Everything is going in a good direction, it's just ...... I don't know what happened to the Emperor.
"Alas......!" Yu Qian sighed, and suddenly a familiar figure appeared in the corner of his eye, and he hurriedly looked at it, isn't the person in the city the Mr. Li he misses?
The corners of Yu Qian's eyes were a little moist: Sure enough, Mr. Li is still alive.
Li Qing looked at Yu Qian in the city and shouted, "Yu Shangshu, the lower officials have something to report." ”
"Hey, sir, wait a minute, I'll go down right away." Yu Qian hurriedly replied, and then instructed the guards to find the rope.
Soon, Yu Qian pulled the rope and swung down little by little.
The Tatars will not retreat, and the gates of the city will not be opened, which is what he said, and he cannot break his word and get fat.
After Yu Qian went down to the city, he quickly stepped forward, looked at Li Qing, and saw that he was fine, so he said happily:
"Fortunately, the gentleman is fine."
Li Qing smiled and asked, "What is the situation of Jiumen?" ”
"The main reason is that the damage of Andingmen is too heavy, and Deshengmen is much better." Yu Qian replied, "As for the other portals, the damage is very small, the Tartars are just pinning them down, originally the main attack on the Desheng Gate, and later the focus was on the Anding Gate......
Yu Qian explained the current situation.
Li Qing listened and nodded from time to time.
Shi Biao was surprised, this Li Qipin was really not polite to anyone, even facing Yu Shangshu, who was in charge of the defense of the Beijing Division, his expression was calm.
Even...... He had an illusion that it was not that Li Qing was familiar with Yu Qian, but that Yu Qian was familiar with Li Qing.
Li Qipin, this is too dragged, right?
It's just ...... His idol.
"The general trend of the Tatar withdrawal has been decided, but it may be at night, or tomorrow it will be a desperate fight." Li Qing groaned, "We still have nearly 120,000 people, and they may not even have half of our troops.
So...... Let's counterattack! ”
"It's... I'm afraid it's inappropriate, right? Yu Qian hesitated a little, "As long as we hold on, they will be defeated and retreat, and there is no need to take risks!" ”
"That's what I said, but ...... This last desperate fight has to be guarded against. Li Qing sighed: "Desheng Gate, Anding Gate, they will definitely not attack again, and they will definitely choose one of the remaining seven portals in a desperate bet." ”
Shi Biao hurriedly helped: "If the Tatars really gather all their forces to attack one point, we may not necessarily block it, the capital is so big, and it may not be too late to rush to help.
Even if they had time, what would they do if they turned around and attacked an empty city gate? ”
Shi Biao arched his hand and said: "Yu Shangshu, it's really better to listen to Li Qipin." ”
Yu Qian pondered for a while and said, "Nearly 120,000 troops, they can't be assembled at once!" ”
"Tens of thousands are gathered now, let's fight first." Shi Biao pushed Li Qing, "Li Qipin, what do you say?" ”
"......" Li Qing was speechless: This guy won't think that my name is Li Qipin, right?
Li Qing said: "Draw out 60,000, and continue to defend the city." Li Qing said, "The Tatars are weak now, and the stronger we are, the more afraid they are." ”
"The main purpose is not to fight a war, but to strangle the last desperate fight of the Tatars in the cradle." Li Qingdao said, "Otherwise, we will have to repeat the tragedy of Andingmen." ”
"60,000 foot soldiers against 60,000 cavalry, you don't have an advantage!" Yu Qian frowned.
Li Qing smiled: "You are wrong, you have to figure it out, the Tartars are here to capture the Beijing Division, not to kill the Ming army, the Ming army has been killed, they will not die, it will only intensify the mind of retreating." ”