During this process, Wang Shixian watched all this indifferently and never issued any military orders.
The current situation is very difficult.
And this difficulty, to a certain extent, was intentionally created by ourselves.
The Mongols are cunning and have great fighting instincts. It is not easy to deceive them. The only way to show the Mongols the weakness of the camp and make them completely convinced that Guo Ning's main force is not in Laizhou but in Yidu is to actually show a weak camp.
As Wang Shixian now has control, in a fortress with tens of thousands of people, the real soldiers are less than 500, and the rest are ordinary people. Among the common people, no more than 20% are able-bodied, and most are old and weak. And these young men are the ones left by Guo Zhongyuan.
Wang Shixian did not have enough soldiers, no skilled archers, no cavalry capable of organizing counterattacks, and no alert and alert scouts. He lacks everything and has nothing, because once he has it, the Mongols will inevitably find out the clues and then increase their vigilance against Haicang Town.
If we look at Ding Haijun as a living person, Guo Ning’s troops hiding at this time is his right arm holding a sharp blade; Guo Zhongyuan’s troops are wielding their left arms vigorously, but in fact they have no strength; and Wang Shixian’s troops are , not the arms, not the legs, but the belly.
Guo Ning was about to use this belly to face the Mongolian temptation and reassure the Mongolian people.
But no matter how careful a plan is, it is impossible to cover all changes. Now that the Mongols have launched a serious offensive, what can Wang Shixian do?
Guo Ning has sent someone to inform him, and the original plan remains unchanged.
In other words, Wang Shixian's soft belly had to withstand the heavy blows of the Mongols. If you can't eat, you will die immediately, and no matter how sharp the knife in your hand is, it will be useless.
This is so difficult.
Wang Shixian simply admired Guo Ning.
I admire him for having the courage to hand over such a difficult task to a veteran of the Wanggu tribe.
Wang Shixian knew better that even if this move was successful, it would inevitably come at a huge price and many people would die.
In the darkness, the Mongolian army began to dispatch the cavalry.
Outside the two camp gates in the southeast of the camp, the noisy roar of horse racing continued for a long time.
Occasionally, knights passed by holding high pine torches. Under the firelight, they were densely packed with Mongolian knights wearing fur hats, leather or iron armor, and sheepskin jackets. The war horses under their crotches were so close to each other that they could not even count them.
Most of the war horses are not armored, their short and stocky bodies are covered with long hair, and they are all fat and strong. One after another, they either raised their heads and neighed, or lowered their heads and puffed out, and collided with the horses beside them several times.
One of the soldiers asked nervously: "Will the Mongolian army use cavalry to force a sudden attack?"
Wang Shixian ignored him, turned slightly and asked his deputy Wen Qian: "Where do you think it will come from?"
Wen Qian looked around the camp and pointed to the northwest corner: "There."
Wang Shixian squinted his eyes and looked in the direction Wen Qian was pointing, which was a slope at the junction of the camp and the port of Haicang Town. On the high side of the slope, there are rows of rocks extending from the seawall. Behind the slope is the corridor built in the past two days, and except for a watchtower on the top of the slope, there are no other defensive facilities.
According to Wang Shixian's plan, a barrier would have been built there today, but the Mongolian army arrived in the early morning, so the barrier was naturally gone. The only thing we rely on is the slope itself.
When the Mongolian army was in northern Xinjiang, whenever they attacked a fortress, they often dispatched light troops to cause disturbances from the flanks.
If Wang Shixian had enough strength, he could naturally arrange everything around the camp to be watertight and directly block the attackers on the flanks. But now, with his strength so weak, he had to try his luck to see if Wen Qian's judgment was accurate.
Wang Shixian thought for a while: "I will give you a hundred people at most. When you get there, you can recruit strong men."
"One hundred people are enough." Wen Qian was confident.
This bald man with sharp eyes is Wang Shixian's old partner. Although his bravery is not outstanding, his experience of life and death is very rich. Moreover, he worked as a herder slave of the Mongols in his early years. Because his mother was whipped to death by a Mongolian noble, he tried his best to escape to the Wanggu tribe in the south.
With this experience, Wen Qian was particularly familiar with the various habits of the Mongolians, and Wang Shixian also trusted his judgment.
"I have to go quickly, maybe the Mongols have already surrounded them." Wen Qian didn't wait for Wang Shixian to say anything else, got off the pier, ordered his troops and ran.
Not long after, Naminfu, a Mongolian householder who was approaching the slope in the dark with hundreds of people, raised his arms and signaled the entire team to stop.
Naminfu is still a Baihu, but he has made considerable achievements in previous battles and has been praised several times by the fourth prince Tuo Lei. Therefore, the military strength of the entire hundred households was expanded, growing to more than 300, and according to usual practice, half of them were war slaves.
Originally under Naminfu's control, there were thousands of surrendered troops. Unfortunately, those trashes were defeated not long ago and suffered heavy casualties and were no longer useful.
So Naminfu returned to his profession. As the fourth prince of Uluthili, he was particularly good at stealth, pursuit and night attacks. This time, Naminfu was given the task of crossing a slope with few defenders and no trenches or rammed earth walls to respond to the frontal cavalry assault. .
They set off two moments ago, but because they didn't use torches and the ground they passed was muddy and sandy, everyone was very tired. Naminfu always stared at the new slaves who were put into the queue. It’s also inevitable that there will be some distractions.
Until then, as he was approaching the top of the slope, at the gap between the two rocks, his hound suddenly whined and barked, constantly jumping in front of him.
Naminf, like his hound, has amazing intuition. Once the dog alerted him, he suddenly felt the danger, just like when he followed Genghis Khan to conquer the forest people a few years ago and was targeted by hunters hidden in the dense forest.
The enemy is prepared!
"Raise your shield!" Naminfu shouted, "Raise your shield!"
In an instant, dozens of arrows and hundreds of sharpened reed poles flew down from the air.
In his ears, there was a continuous sound of metal and iron mingling and the sound of flesh being slurped.
As the war progressed, the Mongolian army's equipment continued to improve. At this time, almost everyone in Naminfu's men carried shields of large and small sizes. But there were also some new war slaves who were incorporated into the Hundred Households and were directly hit in the critical point. They screamed pitifully from their throats, kicked their legs, and died soon after.
After all, Na Minfu was much richer and no longer cared about this loss. He opened his eyes wide and saw the shadowy figures among the rocks high on the slope. There were not many of them. Moreover, it is obvious that some people behave in a panic! At first glance, you can tell that it is a temporary gathering of civil servants!
So he shouted: "No money is spent! Hugar! Take your people first and kill all the enemies! Abul, take out your horn bow and shoot again!"
There was a loud killing sound immediately around the slope.
Two miles away, Wang Shixian heard the sound.
He nodded, feeling a little relieved, and then continued to say to Nicong in front of him: "Instruct Chen Heng and Yu Xiaowu to block the two camp gates for me. If you can hold it, you will be rewarded with great achievements. If you can't, you will die. Be there!”
Before he finished speaking, the Mongolian cavalry suddenly launched.
The two camp gates were attacked at the same time.
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