Yiza Chucai suddenly felt restless.
In the past few days, all the ministries were busy preparing for war, but there was nothing for a pure scholar like him to do. Guo Ning took good care of him and left him a house in a remote corner of Tunbao, with thick walls on three sides. Although a little narrow, it is safe.
Yi La Chucai would not be satisfied with this false sense of security. He was inevitably a little worried about the current situation. Although he did not miss food and food, he often tossed and turned in the middle of the night.
In the middle of the night, he suddenly woke up and felt a deep and huge strange noise outside, like thunder, but he could not hear clearly through the wall. He woke up suddenly, still feeling sleepy and a little dizzy. He threw on his clothes and stood up, holding an oil lamp, and stood at the door of the room.
Pushing open the wooden door, a roar came in.
It was the sound of drums and horns, the sound shook the roof tiles, and the shouts of death and screams echoed for a long time, like an angry wave crashing on the shore.
The soldiers in the fort had been awakened long ago. Some were preparing weapons, some were picking up armor on their shoulders before opening their eyes, and some subconsciously approached the generals of the team to inquire about the enemy. The actions of thousands of people created another wave of noise within the high walls of Tunpu.
When Chu Cai's sleepiness disappeared, he hurriedly walked towards the Chinese army's tent which was half a floor above.
After walking a few steps, he looked up and saw that Guo Ning had already stood up and was standing by the railing of the pier. He smiled and said to the officers: "We have expected this move of the Mongols. Don't worry, you can also tell the soldiers We, victory is already in sight.”
Having said this, he yawned and waved his hands to the soldiers who were gathering nearby below the fort: "Go to bed, what are you busy with now? After a good sleep, refresh yourself. When you kill the enemy and make meritorious deeds! Just wait for my orders!"
Guo Ning's confident attitude immediately calmed the soldiers down.
When the army is in a trance, ordinary soldiers do not have that much knowledge, so they will not think too much. They can only place their trust in the general, believing that the general will bring them victory as usual.
But in fact, is Guo Ning really that calm?
What the soldiers didn't notice was that Guo Ning was yawning and pretending to be at ease. In fact, Xu Bu had visited most of the camp and said the same thing to at least dozens of soldiers. The number of troops patrolling and guarding the defense points throughout the fort has increased a lot, and the person responsible for guarding them has been replaced by his trusted general Qiu Huiluo.
When all the soldiers were relieved and returned to camp, Guo Ning returned to the central army. Monk Luo, Li Ting, Ma Bao and other generals all arrived.
Except for a few watchtowers, the Chinese army was at the highest point of the camp. Standing in front of the Chinese military tent and looking out, you can see the surrounding situation.
The front cavalry of the Mongolian army did not break into the camp directly, but dispersed into several medium-sized cavalry teams, galloping horizontally around the outer trench of the camp.
Under the attack of these cavalry, seven or eight watchtowers were knocked down from the west and south sides of the camp, extending to the direction of the port. The small camp on the edge was thrown into torches, and in the blazing fire, the figures of our own soldiers struggling in pain were revealed.
And the edge of sight... that distance is not very far. Yi La Chucai raised his head and looked at the sky. Thick dark clouds half covered the stars and moon, and the wind and clouds were moving like turbid waves. In the darkest place under the clouds, a pure white banner was fluttering forward. And around Dahu, black Mongolians riding one after another stood like a forest, spreading out continuously.
"First remove the outer strongholds... They are really coming!" Guo Ning's eyes were like lightning. He glanced back and forth several times and exhaled: "Fortunately, they were discovered early."
At this time, with the sound of war drums in the camp, hundreds of strong men and soldiers stood up in a hurry and quickly gathered. Looking down from a high place, we can see that people were panicking, turbulent, and noisy, with men and women crying. However, because officers at all levels arrived in time and ordered restraints, there was no large-scale chaos.
At the same time, on the tall pier to the south of the camp, pine torches were instantly lit, and Wang Shixian stepped onto the stage with his armor clanging. When Guo Ning saw him, he nodded slightly toward the heights of the fort, and then ordered his troops to dispatch generals.
Guo Ning returned to the tent and sat down.
Li Ting also sat down next to him and said loudly: "Our plan was not wrong! At least the first half was successful. The Mongolian army did reach Laizhou! It's just that they underestimated our army's city defense in Laizhou, so they tried to capture the city first, and then Call for reinforcements? That’s nothing, it’s just about defending the city! Just hold them off!"
Guo Ning nodded, then shook his head: "Having said that, there are two things we are not sure about."
"What two things?"
"The first thing is that the confidence of the Mongols is much stronger than we thought. They broke into the Central Plains this time and broke many cities. They have already summed up some ways to attack cities. We still look at them with old eyes, but instead Being passive."
It is the usual routine of the Mongolian army to besiege a city and mobilize reinforcements in order to defeat the enemy in the wild. The Dinghai navy generals from Guo Ning on down are all veteran generals who are well aware of the strengths of the Mongolian army, so this method was used to mobilize the Mongolian army.
But precisely because they knew the Mongolian army so well, they did not expect that the Mongolian army's confidence would increase so much. Now that the Mongolian army has chosen to attack the city before the field battle, the defense of Haicang Town will surely bear terrible pressure.
On top of this, yesterday's surprise attack by Mongolian light cavalry was already a sign. But this sign did not arouse the generals' vigilance, because the Mongolian army had obviously made advance preparations for this. The light cavalry they dispatched were urgently recruited from three to four hundred miles away.
After inspecting the bodies of the Mongolian Qingqi, our side mistakenly believed that the main force of the Mongolian army was still far away, and that we still had enough time to prepare... As a result, we fell into the Mongolian army's calculations, resulting in the first attack after the , and suffered a second raid.
If we think further, the main force of the Mongolian army is obviously stationed not far from Laizhou, so that this attack can be carried out. Where will they be?
"This is the second thing we didn't calculate accurately..." Guo Ning pondered for a moment and said slowly: "Wanyan Sala's control of the Shandong East Road is weaker than we expected. The elite troops of the Mongolian army, He has long been able to easily pass through his defense line in Yidu."
"This guy Wanyan Sala... defected to Mongolia?" Li Ting was speechless: "He is a third-grade official!"
Monk Luo said solemnly: "If Wanyan Salara surrenders to Mongolia, the battle will not be fought this way. The problem lies in Weizhou."
Yi La Chucai opened his mouth, and when he was about to say something, Guo Ning glanced at him and shook his head. Monk Luo's judgment is probably true, but Weizhou's cooperation with the Mongols is not as simple as a traitor.
There is no need to discuss this matter in detail here. After the battle is won, there will naturally be an explanation.
What had a huge impact on the battle situation was that since the Mongolian army could freely pass through the two defense lines of Zishui and Qushui, they were not tired soldiers, but recharged soldiers. They sneaked into Shandong and were as unpredictable as darkness, but once they launched, they would surely move like thunder.
"They're coming!"
Ma Bao, who had been watching the situation, exclaimed.
While the generals were talking for a moment, the Mongolian army approached in darkness. Under the dark sky, one could only estimate by the light of pine torches that it should be twenty centurions in size. All the Mongolian troops dismounted, holding iron shields, and covered them fiercely.
All the archers under Wang Shixian's command were on the outer wall. There was no need to aim at this time, they could just shoot at full speed into the night outside.
But the Mongols were really brave. They moved forward under the rain of arrows. Even though there were casualties, everyone neither slowed down nor accelerated. Occasionally, a pine torch fell to the ground, and someone could vaguely be seen being stabbed into the body by an arrow and seriously injured. But even so, the man did not roar, but fell to the ground silently, and the rear team stepped over the bodies of the wounded and dead of the front team without hesitation, stacking forward like a wave.
The harsh environment of the Mongolian plateau has created such tough and terrifying warriors and their character that ignores life and death. Their bravery is shocking.
This group of Mongolians still did not attack the camp, but quickly overturned and moved away the scattered defense facilities Wang Shixian had set up in the outer trench, including fences, antlers and other objects.
Wang Shixian could only watch helplessly. Most of his subordinates were strong men, so naturally they did not dare to go out and drive them away... That was really the same as seeking death.
Guo Ning's troops are relied upon to determine victory or defeat, and they will not act rashly.
In a matter of seconds, the perimeter of the camp was completely cleared.
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My child will take the high school entrance examination tomorrow and the day after tomorrow... I have been a bit nervous about work these days, so I will probably write shorter... Readers, please make do with it.
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