Shortly after Zhao Shicai led a large group of troops towards Wanjiazhai, Shi Zhongshu quietly sneaked out of Wanjiabao's underground warehouse with his soldiers and attacked the new auxiliary troops who stayed behind. The entrance to the underground warehouse was originally not obvious, and the Perak Army had carefully disguised it. After the new auxiliary army occupied Wanjiapu, they were busy setting up defenses and did not discover that there was an underground warehouse in the fort. So when the soldiers of the second company launched a surprise attack, the new auxiliary soldiers who stayed behind were completely stunned. In the blink of an eye, they were beaten and fled in all directions. However, they found that there was no way to escape, so they had to kneel down and beg for mercy. Only a dozen or so newly affiliated soldiers guarding the back door saw that the situation was not going well, and risked their lives by jumping off the city wall, only to be thrown unconscious and were tied up by the pursuing Perak soldiers. Only two of them were strong enough to get up. Then he limped and fled in the direction of Zhao Shicai.
The recapture of Wanjiapu went as smoothly as expected. Except for the two people who escaped, only a dozen of the new auxiliary troops guarding the fort were slightly injured. Six die-hards were killed, and the rest were made prisoners. On the Perak Army side, only four people were slightly injured. In fact, the number of soldiers on both sides is the same, and there is not much difference in individual combat power. In the case where the Perak Army did not use firearms, the outcome of the battle was so disparate. In addition to the new auxiliary army being caught off guard by the surprise attack, another important reason was that most of the new auxiliary army soldiers were confronting the new auxiliary army in Qingcheng County on the wall. , I didn’t expect that there would be a sneak attack from behind.
After receiving the news from the Mongolian centurion that Zhao Shicai had captured Wanjiabao and was heading towards Wanjiazhai, the newly attached troops in Qingcheng accelerated their march while rushing towards Wanjiabao, cursing. The battle situation at the front was unexpectedly smooth. The new Qingcheng attached troops, who were eager to share the credit, changed their procrastination style and arrived at Wanjiabao in a short time, but they were rejected. No matter what they say, Zhao Shicai's men just won't open the door. The two sides became impatient and began to exchange insults. In addition to greeting each other's ancestors and female relatives, the new auxiliary army in Qingcheng County also scolded Zhao Shicai and his group for being too dark-hearted. They ate their own meat without even leaving a mouthful of soup for the friendly forces; The new auxiliary army in Dayi County called the opponent a coward, unable to march and fight, but he was the first to take credit. The new auxiliary army of Qingcheng County started to climb up the wall with ladders and ropes. However, the cement wall was so smooth that it was impossible to climb up with only ropes. The ladders were pushed down by the new auxiliary army of Dayi. .
Qingcheng New Affiliated Army soldiers fell and injured several more people while climbing the wall, which made the quarrel between the two sides more explosive. However, although the number of newly attached troops in Qingcheng County was four times that of the soldiers guarding the fort, there was nothing they could do in the hurry. While both sides were looking at each other angrily and at war with each other, the Mongolian centurions who were guarding the formation arrived. The centurion of the Mongolian army was a Khitan, and he could speak Chinese fluently. Under his angry scolding, the officer of Dayi's new annex army who was responsible for guarding the fort ignored Zhao Shicai's order and issued the order to open the fort. Front door command. However, although this order was sonorous and powerful, it was not implemented. Because just before he gave the order, the Second Company had quietly launched a surprise attack. The raid by the Perak Army soldiers was not silent, but the sound was masked by the shouts and curses from up and down the city walls. This allowed the soldiers of the Second Company to quickly control the winch that opened the gate, and also eliminated the new annexes in the fortress. At this moment, they were swarming up the stairs toward the city wall.
Under the city wall, the new auxiliary troops and the Mongols from Qingcheng County saw a fight on the city wall, and shouts of killing were everywhere in the fortress. However, they did not know that it was a Pili army raiding, but thought that there was internal strife among the soldiers guarding the fort. However, this Mongolian centurion was very decisive. Knowing that his feelings had changed, he ordered the release of arrows and the new annexed troops of Qingcheng County to attack the city. Shi Zhongshu braved the rain of arrows and commanded the second company to deal with the new annexes on the city wall while blocking the new annexes climbing the wall. Fortunately, at this time, the newly attached troops on the city wall were crowded together and could not form a formation at all, and their fighting will was not strong. After a formation of the second company charged and stabbed several people to death, the others knelt down and surrendered, while the green soldiers who climbed the wall The new auxiliary troops in the city and county were also blocked.
While the two sides were fighting fiercely on the wall, a rain of arrows from the Mongols came. Although the wall disc blocked most of the arrows, many of them still hit the ranks of the Perak Army. Compared with the inferior bows and soft arrows of the newly attached troops, the arrows fired by the Mongolian soldiers were fast and accurate. In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen soldiers of the Perak Army were hit by arrows. Although the vine armor on their bodies blocked most of their vital points, two soldiers were still hit by arrows in the face, and their faces were instantly covered with blood. Of course, the incoming feather arrows also hit many newly attached soldiers. In the eyes of the Mongols, this was not a pity, because in their eyes, the new attached soldiers were not friendly forces, but just cannon fodder.
After clearing the new auxiliary troops on the wall, Shi Zhongshu sent people to the underground warehouse to get gunpowder and artillery shells. He wanted to use artillery to deal with the Mongols. At this moment, the Mongolian centurion understood that he had lost the opportunity to retake the fortress. He ordered his men to continue to suppress the wall with bows and arrows, while the newly attached troops from Qingcheng County retreated to the rear to prepare siege equipment. After a brief fighting interval, the new auxiliary troops from Qingcheng County rushed towards the city wall carrying several ladders. Since the mountain roads are too narrow to carry and deploy large-scale equipment, the new auxiliary army only brought light siege equipment into the mountains this time, including the latest siege ladders. This kind of ladder has a triangular bracket at the bottom and a curved iron hook at the top that can be hung firmly on the wall. It is not as thin as an ordinary long ladder. However, even if there is a siege ladder, the newly attached soldiers still cannot climb to the top of the wall, because spears will be stabbed at the crenellations at the top of the wall to kill them at any time.
The new vassal troops in Qingcheng County under the city were forced by the Mongols and attacked the city in waves. These surrendered soldiers were unwilling to step forward and die, but the Mongols were ruthless. After killing several people in a row to establish their authority, these cannon fodder had no choice but to move forward with their shields raised. However, under the fierce counterattack of the Second Company, the waves of offensives of the new auxiliary troops in Qingcheng County were defeated like a tide. Only the officer leading the team and a dozen soldiers held up shields and hacked at the fortress gate with giant axes. It's just that the door is extremely thick and solid, and sparks flew everywhere when it was split. The door was still intact, leaving only a shallow mark on the steel plate above. The officer leading the team did not go back because he knew that he would die under the knife of the Mongols if he went back. In the previous rounds of attacks, more than twenty soldiers from the newly affiliated army died at the hands of the Mongolian war team, which was actually more than those who died under the city.
At this time, in Wanjiabao, soldiers from the third, fourth, fifth and sixth companies of the field battalion were resting in a secluded place. When Zhao Shicai led a large group of troops to leave Wanjiabao to attack Wanjiazhai, the soldiers of the four battalions, led by Ouyang Xuan and Cao Ergou, quickly marched from nearby Dapingzhai to Wanjiabao. These four companies had assembled in advance at Dapingzhai, five miles away, the day before. Their mission was to cooperate with the ambushed Second Company inside and outside to recapture Wanjiapu, so as to form a closed-door and dog-fighting force. Unexpectedly, the garrison left by Zhao Shicai in Wanjiabao was really overwhelmed, and was instantly defeated by the second company's surprise attack.
