A few days later, Ouyang Xuan finally received replies from Jiading Prefecture, Yazhou and Baizhang County. The reply from Jiading Prefecture was first sent back to Xinjin City by carrier pigeon, and then delivered overnight by speedboat.
As expected, Yu Xing not only did not send troops to assist, but blamed him for overestimating his own capabilities. In the letter, he also reprimanded Ouyang Xuan for having no superiors and carrying out military operations without authorization. He said that the Mongolian army was pressing down on the border and it was difficult for Jiading to defend itself without any troops to send.
Finally, he asked Ouyang Xuan to lead his troops to fight hard to serve the court, and use merit to offset his crime of neglecting his superiors. Yu Xing's words were high-sounding, but Ouyang Xuan knew that when he followed Pu Zezhi to attack Chengdu, he was psychologically shadowed by the Mongolian army. He only dared to retreat and defend and did not dare to send troops.
As for the charges he laid on Ouyang Xuan, it was just an opportunity to extort property, and he did not really want to punish him.
This time the envoy also brought gold, silver, silk, silk and other property, but Yu Xing was extremely greedy and wanted more property.
Yazhou is relatively close, while Baizhang County is less than a hundred miles away from Qiongzhou City, but the reply came late. Yazhou's reply was full of arrogance, while the Baizhang County Magistrate told Ouyang Xuan in a senior manner that Baizhang's soldiers were well-equipped with fine food and had a formidable city, and the Mongolian army would be severely beaten if they dared to invade.
As for the joint attack, in his opinion, the Pili army attacking Qiongzhou City with 2,000 people instead of less than 1,000 men was really an act of Meng Lang, and he should retreat immediately in order to escape intact.
After Ouyang Xuan read the two replies, he couldn't help but shook his head with a wry smile. These Southern Song officials were timid and cowardly when facing the Mongols, but they were condescending and greedy towards their subordinates and colleagues. They were really two-faced people.
Since the Perak Army dares to send troops, it must have the confidence to defeat the Qiongzhou Mongolian Army. But if Yazhou and Baizhang County can send troops and join forces with the Pili Army, they will definitely be able to achieve greater results.
In addition to the 300 sailors on the warships of the Perak Army that attacked Qiongzhou City this time, only five companies of the field battalion and one company of the reformed battalion were able to go ashore to fight.
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"Surround three times, attack five times." The number of defenders was now more than twice that of the attackers. Even with the powerful weapons such as artillery and grenades, the Perak Army blocked the south and east gates tightly, but it was obviously too difficult to block the west gate and the north gate at the same time.
It was just impossible, and Ouyang Xuan was ready to give it a try. He has ordered Zhou Jianshen to lead his troops to Qiongzhou, and Dayi City will be defended by the teaching company.
In addition, he decided to dispatch another 150 navy troops to fight ashore on the premise of ensuring the necessary ship operators and gunners.
Before Zhou Jianshen's three companies of the Reformed Battalion arrived, they first began to extend trenches and simple fortifications toward the north gate.
While the Perak Army was extending trenches and fortifications, Cherry had decided to escape. Another important task he had while stationed here was to recruit and surrender Yazhou, Lizhou and the surrounding Tibetan areas. He also invested a lot of energy in this end, and it would not take long for him to gain results. This was also an important reason for his persistence in fighting.
After the Battle of Yokohara, Liu Heima sent a messenger through the Perak Army's blockade to tell him that Chengdu would send reinforcements.
As long as you hold on until reinforcements arrive, or until the water dries up in the fall and it becomes inconvenient for warships to move forward or retreat, you can use the tactic of burning rockets across the river.
However, the reinforcements were delayed, and the horses were getting thinner and even began to die one after another. The cavalry under them were also sick all day long due to the heat.
The lack of food can rob the people in the city of food, and even deduct the rations of the newly attached troops. Anyway, the cavalry and war horses cannot be short of food.
However, horses that lack grass and food continue to die in the scorching heat. This is absolutely unacceptable.
The decrease in the number of horses is one thing. It is terrible to keep getting thinner and even lose their ability to carry loads. What is even worse is that if this situation continues, the horse population will definitely suffer from plague.
Are the Mongols still invincible after losing their horses? If by then not only would it be impossible to break the siege, but even if you wanted to escape, you would not be able to escape.
After repeated weighings, Cherry decided to escape westward. Although there are plains to the east and south, cities and strongholds such as Dayi and Pujiang are all occupied by the Perak Army. An attack without siege equipment will inevitably suffer heavy losses, not to mention that it is impossible to cross the Nanhe and Jinma Rivers.
As for the northern mountainous area, it is obviously a dead place, but to the west, although it is also mountainous, you can bypass Mingshan County in Yazhou and Hongya County in Jiading Prefecture to join the Mongolian army in Pengshan County in Meizhou.
As for Baizhang Pass, the biggest obstacle on the way to the west, it was already a smooth road in Cheri's eyes. Before the Battle of Hengyuan Fort, Ya and Li prefectures and their subordinate counties saw the strength of the Mongolian army, and they all wanted to surrender under the lobbying of envoys sent by Cheli. The reason why they did not surrender immediately was because the officials of these prefectures and counties demanded a price. It was too high, and Cheri did not dare to agree without authorization and needed to ask Nulin for instructions.
Unexpectedly, before Niulin could reply, the Hengyuan Fort suffered a tragic defeat. These losers changed their minds one after another, expelled the Mongolian envoys and continued to sit on the wall.
However, Cheli did not gain nothing. His envoys had bribed many of the assistants who were guarding the city to act as internal agents, and the county captain of Baizhang County was one of them.
Taking advantage of the darkness before dawn, some of the Mongolian troops in Qiongzhou secretly fled westward. This is partly because in addition to the 500 Mongolian cavalry, Cheri only took 600 new auxiliary troops with him this time.
Some of these new accompanying troops could ride horses, while those who could not ride were fixed to their saddles with ropes. Cherry brought these people with him not only because they were familiar with the geographical road conditions, but more importantly because the Mongolian cavalry had been tortured by the scorching heat and their combat effectiveness had dropped a lot. These newly attached soldiers could serve as cannon fodder at critical times.
Of course, the Perak Army knew that the Mongols were fleeing westward, but they did not pursue them immediately. On the one hand, there are still 900 new auxiliary troops in the city that need to be dealt with. On the other hand, they have some scruples. After all, the Mongolian army is good at using tactics to fake defeat and often use carbine rifles to defeat their opponents.
As soon as Cherry ran away with his men, the abandoned new auxiliary troops in the city suddenly became chaotic. At this moment, the artillery on the warship began to bombard, and the artillery at the south gate and east gate also fired at the same time.
Under the intensive artillery fire, the new annexed troops in the city had no intention of resisting, and they all lost their weapons and ran around. After several rounds of shelling, the wooden gate of the south gate was also blown down.
Before Cao Ergou could launch a charge, the newly attached troops in the city shouted loudly: "No bombardment, we are surrendering."
Ouyang Xuan ordered Le Quan'an to lead the navy and Zhou Jianshen who arrived to defend Qiongzhou City. He and Cao Ergou rushed to Baizhang Pass with the field camp.
In order to prevent the Mongolian cavalry from suddenly turning back, the field camp did not take the flat official road, but was led by people from Qianjiazhai to take the mountain path to Baizhang Pass.
When the Pili Army first arrived in Qiongzhou, they sent people to contact Qianjiazhai. Qian Laoer, who stayed behind in Qianjiazhai, was overjoyed when he heard the news and hurried over with his people. On the one hand, he reported the situation to Ouyang Xuan, and on the other hand, he also Visiting his son-in-law Cao Ergou.
As a native, Qian Laoer is very familiar with the area around Baizhang Pass. During many years of business, he and Mr. Qian also tried to find a way around Baizhang Pass in order to pay less taxes, but their attempts were fruitless.
He reported to Ouyang Xuan that the large group of troops could not bypass Baizhang Pass at all. They could only reach Baizhang Pass by taking a small road. If they wanted to pass the pass, they had to take the pass.
After hearing this, Ouyang Xuan was not worried but happy. He was actually worried that the Mongolian army would find a small path to go around Baizhang Pass. Now the Mongolian army will definitely be blocked by Baizhang Pass. When they lose their energy before the pass, they will definitely be in a panic.
The field battalion can quietly appear behind the Mongolian army through the path and launch a surprise attack. By then Baizhang Pass will be a chopping block, the field camp will be a sharp knife, and the fleeing Mongolian army will be nothing more than fish.
