Of course Wang Shitou would not open the door to the cannon fodder who fled to the north gate.
This is war.
Brutal war.
It's not like treating guests to a meal. If you make a mistake, you can do it again.
Who knows if there are spies among the cannon fodder? If something unexpected happens, Wang Shitou will die a hundred times and there is no way to atone for his sin!
The cannon fodder waited for a while, making sure that the city gate would not open, and fled north.
In fact, the Jurchens dispatched not many cannon fodder to fill the river, only 8,000 people.
Some people died while filling the river, and about six to seven thousand people escaped.
This small amount of manpower was nothing compared to the 100,000 troops surrendered by the Wu Dynasty and the 200,000 civilians. Zong Wang didn't even notice it.
He is now wondering what kind of evil magic the city defenders used to kill so many of his warriors who were supervising the battle.
Could it be that there really were demons who knew magic in the Great Wu Dynasty?
When we attacked Bianliang City that day, wasn't that magic stick Guo Jing a liar? Why did he meet someone with real abilities when he arrived at Daming Mansion?
People's fear comes from the unknown. Before the situation is clear, Zong Wang dare not attack the city easily.
What if the other party has some evil magic and kills many Jurchen warriors in the middle of the siege? It will really be doomed!
However, hundreds of thousands of people are stuck here, and they can't just stay still.
Attacking a city is different from defending it. There is no movement every day, which will inevitably damage the vigor of the siege soldiers.
On the contrary, the longer the delay, the more confident the defending party will be, and the smaller the probability of losing the city.
Of course, the premise is that there is no shortage of food and supplies in the city.
Is there a shortage of food and grass in the Ming Dynasty?
When he thought about this problem, Zong Wang was so angry that he trembled all over.
If I had known this would happen, why would I have transported the materials collected in Bianliang City in advance?
The supplies stored in the city may not be used up for several years!
When he thought that he had taken the initiative to send grain and grass supplies to Daming Mansion for the enemy to use to defend the city, Zong Wang had the urge to destroy the whole world. He was tired.
Not only is the body tired, but the mind is tired as well.
What do those guys from the West Route Army do for food? Until now, they have not been able to come to join him.
If the West Route Army was there to support him, how could he be so passive!
In order to keep morale from being too low, Zong Wang sent troops from the Wu Dynasty to attack every day.
The Wu Dynasty's surrender army may also know their mission. Every time they attack the city, they pretend to fight for a while. In fact, the thunder is loud and the raindrops are light. Not only do they not cause any casualties to the Yun family troops defending the city, they even cause no casualties to their own soldiers. There were not many casualties either.
Apart from scolding, Zong Wang had almost no substantive punishment for Wu Chao Jiangjun who was water skiing every day.
Zong Wang himself knew that it was useless to punish them. The defenders of Daming Mansion were so evil. No wonder Wu Shu suffered such a huge loss.
Although Wu Shu was not defeated at the foot of Daming City, Zong Wang knew that the army that defeated Wu Shu must be the same as the army in Daming Mansion.
This was also the reason why he did not attack Daming Mansion with all his strength. Zong Wang would not bet all his wealth until he found out how many troops the opponent had.
While pretending to attack the city, Zong Wang sent a large number of men to inquire about information everywhere.
He wanted to find out where these guys came from, why he had never heard of them before, and why were they so difficult to deal with?
It's a pity that in front of the Yun family army scouts who have telescopes, the Jurchens' horse detection is a joke.
When the Jurchens came to explore their horses too often, the Yun family army scouts stayed away.
There were fewer Jurchens scouting horses, so the Yun family army's scouts gathered around to hunt.
On average, less than half of the detective horses sent out by Zong Wang finally came back alive.
One batch is like this, two batches are like this, every batch is like this, and the Jurchens can't stand it.
After a while, Zong Wang counted and found that his nose was almost out of breath.
It is not true that the detective horses will come back soon after they are sent out. It is normal for some detective horses not to come back for several days.
Therefore, by the time Zong Wang discovered something was wrong, more than ten days had passed, and Tan Ma had lost more than half of his value!
As expected of a famous general, Zong Wang quickly calmed down.
An inexplicable fear suddenly crept into his heart, causing Zong Wang to shiver.
What's wrong with you?
When I was hunting in the old forest, my sense of crisis was so effective that I didn't know how many times I had escaped death.
We have only had a few good days, but why have we drifted? It is already so dangerous, and I haven't noticed it yet.
terrible!
To be able to become the commander of the Eastern Route Army in the Southern Expedition, Zong Wang was unique in both his military and political talents.
Zong Wang made a decision as soon as he realized that nothing could be done.
leave here.
Must get out of here as soon as possible!
Zong Wang's determination cannot be concealed, and he can leave as soon as he says so.
Secret orders were passed down one after another, and those who received the secret orders were all senior generals of the Jurchens themselves.
Wu Dynasty surrendered its troops, but Pharmacist Guo didn't know anything about it!
…
It’s another dark and windy night.
The Jurchens set out on the road quietly.
They were lightly dressed, carrying only a few days' worth of dry food and fodder, some of the most precious antiques and jewelry, and the emperor of the Wu Dynasty and several princes.
In order to escape safely, Zong Wang has been trying to cover up the situation in the past few days. Not only did he mobilize his troops during the day, but he also stayed idle at night, euphemistically calling it a change of defense.
Therefore, even if someone noticed movement in the Jurchen camp at night, they did not take it seriously, thinking that Zong Wang was messing around again.
It was not until dawn the next day that officers from all armies rushed to Zong Wang's Chinese army tent, only to find that the Jurchen camp was empty!
this……
Looking at the empty camps one after another, the generals who surrendered from the Wu Dynasty and the generals from Guo Yaoshi all stared at each other, not knowing what to do.
None of these people are stupid. They can tell what is going on at a glance. It must be that old fox Zong Wang who saw that the situation was not good and left everyone as bait. He took the Jurchens and ran away overnight!
Uh-huh!
Swish swish swish...
Almost instantly, the generals looked wrong.
The first thing that the generals who surrendered their troops from the Wu Dynasty thought about was whether they could lead their troops back to Bianliang City?
What Pharmacist Guo and the others were thinking about was where should they go?
However, this is only a superficial phenomenon, and a group of generals also thought of something deeper.
Especially the generals who surrendered to the Wu Dynasty, many people's eyes have been fixed on Guo Yaoshi's generals intentionally or unintentionally. If they take down these rebels, can they atone for their sins?
During this period of time, the siege of the city was not going well, and the Wu Dynasty's surrendering troops had already had different intentions.
Because they discovered that the Jurchens were not really invincible, and they also had hard bones that they could not gnaw on.
Sure enough, now the Jurchens were so scared that they ran away without even daring to fart.
Can he submit a certificate of surrender to the army in the city and return to the embrace of the Great Wu Dynasty?
