Hundreds of armored siege vehicles were all dispatched. Under the cover of artillery and catapults, they quickly approached the city wall. Under the cover of iron armor, the musketeers on the vehicles were condescending and fired suppressively with continuous muskets!
The soldiers in the city were very unaccustomed to this method of siege. It was said that the commonly used methods of defending the city were not used at all. They were still waiting for the enemy to set up ladders, but unexpectedly they all followed the armored siege vehicles up and directly set up the springboard. On the city wall, a fierce attack was launched from top to bottom!
These are heavy infantry armed to the teeth. Bows and crossbows cannot penetrate their iron armor at close range, and sharp Japanese swords cannot cut through them.
The problem is that their crossbows cannot function effectively at all, because the firepower of the siege vehicles is so fierce that they cannot even lift their heads! There are also very unscrupulous longbowmen who shoot them accurately in a roll call style... This is so damn hopeless!
Two hours later, the battle ended. The three thousand Japanese soldiers in the city were all wiped out, leaving no one alive, because Dugulou heard that none of the Japanese soldiers would surrender. In this case, why bother talking to them? Kill them all! It also saves a lot of food.
But he accepted the surrender of thousands of Gao Juli's generals, but did not imprison them. Instead, he used them all as coolies and asked them to immediately start repairing the city walls and gates that were destroyed during the attack just now, and let the resistance forces serve as supervisors. , those who are passive and sabotage will be killed without mercy, and those who are active and willing to work will be rewarded heavily!
Xiang Wu Shenxue led 20,000 Japanese troops and 50,000 Gao Juli puppet troops. They entered Helan in a mighty manner and joined forces with Hu Yanqing. Their strength grew to 170,000, known as 200,000!
Two hundred thousand troops against Wanyan Pingqiu's 30,000 Northern Guards. If we win, it will be a small job. We must annihilate them all to show our ability!
The idea is very rich, but the reality is very skinny.
Before the armies of both sides encountered each other, several things happened one after another that made Xiang Wu Shenxue very upset.
The first thing that bothered him was that Hu Yanqing refused to provide him with food and grass. He said that the Helan tribe had always been very poor and the tribesmen simply did not have enough to eat. In addition, the year before last, there had been a heavy snowstorm that had not happened in a century. The losses were quite heavy, so I was really helpless.
The 100,000 troops assembled now can only eat one full meal every day without fighting. Therefore, it is best for you to handle the food and grass for your army yourself. Of course, after Wanyan Pingqiu is defeated, Finally, I will give back double the amount!
Xiang Wu Shenxue was very angry. That's not what you said before we came! Hu Changqing is also honest. If I didn't say that, could you come? But now that we are here, let’s not compete over these trivial matters. As long as we defeat Wanyan Pingqiu, we can take advantage of the situation to advance into Xianbo, take Mojie directly, capture Wuhuan, and occupy Xinghe! It's a lot of work to provide their cattle, sheep, food and grass... Of course, if we can capture Bailong City in Yanyun County by the way, then we will make a fortune. There are mountains of gold and silver there!
Xiangwu Shenzhen was stunned by Hu Changqing's ignorance and shamelessness. What kind of job do you, an old boy, want?
We are here to resist Wanyan Pingqiu, not to attack Yanyun County!
With our mere mob of more than 100,000 people, it is not very realistic to attack Yanyun County, so Your Majesty, please give up this ridiculous idea as soon as possible.
We still need to find a way to raise food and grass for us, because our front is too long now, and it is very difficult to supply food and grass! Hu Changqing expressed that it was very difficult, but he would do his best...
The second disturbing thing is that nearly 50,000 people from the Helan tribe quietly broke away from their army in the dark and went directly to Wanyan Pingqiu's arms!
More than 20,000 of these troops were loyal to Hu Yanlei. Hu Yanlei sent someone over to say hello, and they went without hesitation.
Before leaving, he also hooked up with many generals who were originally opposed to Hu Yanqing's opposition to the Northern Alliance. These generals had no intention of fighting because they were all keenly aware that no matter whether they won or lost this battle, for the Helan tribe , are all disasters!
If they win, the Helan tribe will definitely become a puppet vassal state of the Japanese, and their final fate can be imagined. If they lose, can Prince Wanyan Pingqiu and Hu Yanlei spare their generals?
In this case, what's the point of fighting this battle? Mainly because it doesn't make any sense. In the final analysis, it's all because the old prince Changchang Qing is greedy and confused.
! Just for the sake of calculating some petty profits, the fate of everyone in the Helan tribe was bet on this bet that was bound to lose!
This sudden mutiny dealt a huge blow to Hu Yanqing. He was so angry that he vomited blood for three times, fainted several times, and cursed his generals as inferior to animals. The prince Hu Yanlei committed regicide and killed his father...
He ordered people to immediately seal Hu Yanlei's prince's mansion, confiscate all his property, and behead all the people in the mansion as a warning to others!
In addition, capture the children of those who rebelled against the generals and bring them all to me. I will kill their families in front of them!
Let everyone know the consequences of betraying me and calling Changqing.
This was actually a stupid move, because the families of these generals were also closely related to other generals. After hearing the news, they were all in panic. They were angry and called Changchun Qing's move too ruthless, but also scared. This matter will involve myself...
But the people sent by Huyanqing all returned empty-handed, because all the people in Huyanlei's mansion had escaped beforehand, and all the family members of the rebellious generals had been taken away and had long since disappeared.
This incident had a huge impact on the Helan Army, because everyone clearly understood one thing. Hu Yanchangqing was ruthless, mean and ungrateful, while Prince Hu Yanlei was kind and righteous, and had great magical powers. In this kind of situation Under the circumstances, all the family members of the generals can be taken away...
It's really strange. They are obviously father and son, but why are there such big differences in their lives?
Hu Changqing hadn't realized that the military's morale had been shaken yet... or rather, he had realized it and was just pretending not to know.
However, Xiang Wu Shenzao was extremely worried about this and repeatedly put pressure on Hu Changqing, asking him to immediately remove all Helan generals from military power and let their Japanese generals take over the command.
This rude request made Hu Changqing angry again, and he had a big quarrel with Xiang Wu Shenzao, and almost fell out!
And General Helan was even more furious after learning about this. What a shameless little devils, right? You have the nerve to make such a request!
You are so arrogant even before you occupy our Helan tribe. What will happen in the future?
Go to hell, I won’t do it anymore! More than 20,000 people fled that night... Helan's army of 100,000 people almost fell apart before they even came into contact with Wanyan Pingqiu, and most of them were gone.
