Under the bright sun, Dali City is like a hell on earth. The city is full of desolate people wailing all over the city. Many houses in the city were set on fire by artillery shells and the fires are getting more intense. The whole city is filled with thick smoke and foul air. Many people have been killed by stray bullets. Injured by stray arrows, the sky and the earth cry endlessly...
No matter who wins or loses in a war, the people who suffer the most are always the people.
Two of the four city towers collapsed, and the other two were either crumbling or burned. Only the walls were left, and there were charred corpses. Corpses were everywhere on the city, and piled up like mountains below the city. Struggling...
In the officers and soldiers camp, Ma Huabao was scolding his subordinates for their incompetence, who only ate but did not work, and only boasted but did not make meritorious deeds. Wang Zuntan and the others were eating slowly and chatting with Wu Weiying.
After scolding for a long time, he finally dissipated a lot of the anger in his heart. Ma Huabao asked Ji, Wang Zuntan and others when the next wave would start!
Wang Zuntan suggested a night battle, while Yu Shaoxun suggested a surprise attack in the early morning... Each had their own excuses, and the dispute lasted for a long time without reaching an agreement. This made Ma Huabao more and more irritable. The military order he received from Li Yan was to break the city in three days, and he began to be confident. It was a hundred times worse, but the reality was shattered. This was still the case when Gao Yigong had no foreign aid. If there were foreign aid, wouldn't it mean that his front teeth were all gone? When he thought of this, Ma Huabao quickly sent people to Zhang Guozhu's side to check the situation.
Zhang Guozhu will be very leisurely now. He found a village on the bank of Beiluo River more than ten miles northwest of Dali City to serve as a temporary headquarters. The injured soldiers were placed in the homes of ordinary people in the village and handed over to the care of the people, while the remaining soldiers camped outside the village to rest. , of course, various spies still spread out a lot and far away, but he himself ate and drank enough at Muramasa's house and then slept in darkness. After all, he hadn't slept since last night until now.
Not only him, but the soldiers in the camp outside the village were also exhausted. They ran nearly a hundred miles all night and fought another battle. It was strange that they were not tired or sleepy. After receiving the order to rest, they ate dry food and slept in the camp. Well, it was said that it was a camp, but in fact I just found a spot in the grass and lay down on the spot. There was no quilt, no bed, and of course no tent.
The ivy was hung half-dead on a dead tree at the head of the village. Most of his nearly a thousand captives had their clothes and shoes stripped off, and some were tied up and huddled in a depression in the northeast of the village. They were cold, hungry, and afraid, waiting to be captured. They were escorted away. They didn't know what the outcome would be, but Zhang Guozhu also said: "Li Yan also has the same background as you. He will not kill you because of his nostalgia. As long as you follow him, you will have a great future... "
Zhang Guozhu said this naturally to stabilize the hearts of these prisoners and let them relax and stop thinking wildly. Otherwise, if you prevent them from seeing the sight of survival and smelling the breath of despair, it would be strange not to riot. The soldiers are tired at this juncture, and he really doesn't want to Cause trouble.
Fortunately, these prisoners all believed it and waited to be escorted. The reason why they believed it so easily was because they all knew that Li Yan, Hao Yaoqi and others were doing well there, and Li Yan's His reputation has always been very good. No matter when he was a thief or after he surrendered, he was not a person who killed prisoners indiscriminately.
Zhang Guozhu didn't sleep for long. It was almost evening. He didn't know if he had a nightmare. He suddenly got up and sat on the bed sweating profusely for a while before he came back to his senses and washed his face with cold water. Ask the soldiers around you what they are doing during this time.
The soldiers informed that traces of the rebel spies were found more than ten miles away in the due west and northwest, but they were only wandering around the periphery and did not dare to go deep. Zhang Guozhu did not say anything. He was responsible for blocking the rebel reinforcements, mainly in the northwest. In these two directions, because the east side belongs to our own people, there are no cities within a hundred miles to the south. The further away, as far as Huazhou (today's Huazhou District of Weinan), it already belongs to the southern front line of Tongguan! Even if the soldiers and horses over there come, it won't happen in a day or two. What's more, Tongguan is in danger at this time, and there are soldiers who will not come here for reinforcements.
"I'll keep an eye on both sides of the northwest. Don't make any trouble. Our future glory and wealth will all depend on this battle!" Zhang Guozhu said seriously. His men nodded and couldn't help but say: "The reinforcements from Crouching Tiger Mountain We have been defeated, unless they send more troops from Sanyuan, but it will take two or three days at the earliest. By then, Dali has been defeated. As for the north... Chengcheng County, where are there any soldiers in Heyang... "
"Be careful when sailing the ten thousand year ship, the thieves are very cunning," Zhang Guozhu scolded: "Who knows if they will build a plank road openly to sneak into Chencang. I estimate that they still have soldiers in Pucheng, and they should also have soldiers in Baishui. We must be careful against this Two places..." His subordinates responded, and Zhang Guozhu asked again: "Is there another attack in Dali?"
The men shook their heads, and Zhang Guozhu looked up. It would be dark in half an hour at most. Did Ma Huabao wait until dark before taking action?
It's a dark and windy night, and it's indeed a good time to attack the city.
The news that officers and soldiers sent troops from Puzhou to attack Dali overnight seemed to have grown wings. It spread hundreds of miles away in a very short period of time. Li Guo of Tongguan knew about it at noon. After all, the straight-line distance between the two places was only more than a hundred miles. Kilometers, before dawn, Tian Jianxiu sent someone to report before the officers and soldiers besieged the city. Li Guo was startled when he heard it, but he quickly realized that Li Yan should have learned that soldiers were going to attack Puzhou, so he went down This is a risky move. Why is it called a risky move? First of all, the movement is very scary, because Dali is the gate in the middle. Secondly, if you really want to win, it will be a big deal!
But he probably didn't really want to fight, it was more of a feint, trying to relieve Hejin's troubles and Puzhou's worries.
After thinking about it, Li Guo was a little dissatisfied. After all, Dali's city defense was still very strong. There were two solid generals stationed in the heavy defense, so it was safe. Moreover, even if Li Yan really started to attack, he would not be able to go there. To call for reinforcements, I still have a lot of work to do here. Wu Sangui's tens of thousands of troops are gathering, and they can't care about other places. They just send detective horses to continue reconnaissance there, and new news will be sent immediately.
Liu Fangliang, who was in Sanyuan, learned about the news before it reached Li Guo's ears. He sent an order to prepare for war and reported it to Xi'an. When it got dark, Xi'an received the news. For a while, the Prince of Qin's palace became restless again. Song Xiance was talking about this. What kind of peace? Everything was fine at first, but why did they start fighting as soon as he went to the capital to negotiate peace? First the imperial court was lost, and now they are attacking Dali. I heard that there are also officers and soldiers gathering at Tongguan. What is going on? What a piece of wool!
Even Liu Zongmin couldn't sit still at this time. To be precise, he was too embarrassed to continue eating, drinking and having fun in Xi'an. After all, he was also the second-in-command deputy director of Dashun Group, right? There was a fight over there, so he had to be exposed no matter what. To show his face, he led more than a thousand riders to Miyuan overnight.
Besides, Liu Fangliang is still waiting for news in Sanyuan. As the Dashun general with the greatest military exploits in the Eastern Expedition, he has a lot of experience in fighting with officers and soldiers. Moreover, he and Li Guo have similar conclusions. They feel that Li Yan is not really going to fight. Dali, and he knew that Tian Jianxiu was also in Dali, so even if it was a real fight, it would be fine.
It wasn't until dark that the latest news came. His right-hand man, the ivy, was defeated and captured!
Liu Fangliang was dumbfounded at that time and said how could it be possible that such a stable guy as the ivy was actually defeated by the officers and soldiers with a small number, and was tricked by someone!
That can only mean one thing. Li Yan has already calculated all the factors and is just waiting for the right medicine!
In this case, he is not here to show off, he is really going to do it!
Tens of thousands of troops surrounded the city...hundreds of large and small artillery...the city towers were blown down, and the city was almost destroyed several times after climbing to the top...As various detailed information was sent, Liu Fangliang's expression became more solemn. He knew that, The situation is serious and Li is in danger!
