It was the middle of the day and night, and the Confederate army was encamped.
Qu Neng led his generals out of camp and waited eagerly.
After a while, the head coach of the Southern Army, Li Jinglong, arrived.
Li Jinglong originally sat in Zhengcunba to prevent Yan King Zhu Di from returning to aid.
But time passed by, and Qu Neng still failed to capture Beiping City, so he couldn't sit still.
One is because the soldiers of the Southern Army were a little acclimatized when they first came to the North. In addition, as the weather gradually turned colder, the war continued to be delayed, which was not a good thing for the Southern Army.
The second is that the longer the delay is, the more time will be given to Zhu Di to return reinforcements. Once Zhu Di seriously leads the Daning soldiers into the battlefield, the Southern Army will face the danger of being attacked from both sides, and it is really hard to say whether it will win or lose.
So Li Jinglong gritted his teeth and simply mobilized all the artillery, battering rams and other siege equipment in the supply camp, and personally escorted them to the Peiping camp.
Entering the Chinese army commander's tent, Li Jinglong sat on the main seat with a carefree attitude.
Qu Neng didn't pay attention to this, but reported the battle situation during this period in detail.
After Li Jinglong listened quietly, he probably had an idea in his heart.
During the bloody siege that lasted for half a month, although Qu Neng failed to capture Peiping, he successfully consumed all the food, grass and baggage in the city.
The price paid by the Southern Army was as high as 40,000 to 50,000 casualties.
Li Jinglong didn't pay much attention to this, because the 40,000 to 50,000 people were all local motley crews, acting as cannon fodder.
Qu Neng is a veteran on the battlefield, a real elite, but he has never used it much. He only sent it out occasionally to catch the Yan army off guard and to trick them.
So overall, Qu Neng's battle situation is pretty good, and the defeat of Beiping is just around the corner.
But now, coach Li Jinglong is not satisfied with his progress.
"My commander has brought all the artillery, battering rams and other equipment for this trip. We must capture Beiping City within three days!"
Hearing this, Qu Neng was overjoyed.
Previously, he had been conserving his troops and letting some local motley crews act as cannon fodder, consuming the strength of the Peiping defenders.
Now that we have obtained a large number of siege equipment, it is a great opportunity to defeat the city in one fell swoop!
"Don't worry, Commander, the general will be able to break the city tonight in less than three days!"
"Oh?" Li Jinglong's face lit up when he heard this, "Is what the general said true?"
"Commander, please take a rest for a while. I will go and capture Peiping right now!"
Qu Nengxin said confidently, looking full of confidence.
In fact, during the half-month siege, Qu Neng not only learned about the strength of the Peiping defenders, but also continued to explore the weaknesses of the defenders.
After all, Beiping City is a fortified city. It is impossible to conquer it using ordinary means unless it requires human lives.
After this period of observation and testing, Qu Neng keenly discovered a weak area in the Yan army's defense.
Now that he had received Li Jinglong's order, he also understood that he had to speed up and there was no need to continue delaying.
"General, go away, I will hold the battle for you!"
Li Jinglong was overjoyed and immediately put on armor and went into battle.
Of course, he would not go to the battlefield, but would only climb up to the several-foot-high watchtower to have an overview of the battlefield situation.
A general never goes into battle personally, but sits in the middle of the army and directs the overall situation.
Changes on the battlefield always happen in an instant!
The general is the brain of an army. Only under the command of the brain can the trunk make corresponding movements.
If the brain is gone, then this battle will be lost.
Li Jinglong understands this truth very well. He is not greedy for life and afraid of death, but does his job well as a coach of the Southern Army.
I saw that Qu Neng and his son had already beaten the war drums, and densely packed soldiers of the Southern Army mobilized in full force to launch a fearless attack on the crumbling Beiping City!
Rows of artillery were pulled to their predetermined positions, and after a brief preparation, they let out a deafening roar.
The black lead bullets shot out and hit the city wall hard. In an instant, smoke and dust flew and the bricks and tiles shattered. A hole was smashed into the crumbling Beiping city wall!
"not good!"
"Raise your shield quickly!"
"The enemy has artillery!"
Zhu Gaochi roared sternly, his body trembling a little.
The enemy even used artillery. They clearly wanted to complete the victory in one battle!
"Pass my military order to recruit all the young men in the city to assist the Yan army in defending the city!"
"All injured soldiers are recalled. No one is allowed to shirk the responsibility. Anyone who disobeys the order will not be spared!"
The garrison of Peiping is less than 10,000, but there are still a large number of young men available in the city.
Zhu Gaochi had recruited them long ago, but because of his compassion, he never let them go into battle to kill the enemy, but only did some supporting work.
But now that the enemy has launched a general offensive, Zhu Gaochi can't care so much anymore.
The city is still there but the people are there, but the city is destroyed and people are dead!
Li Jinglong couldn't help but smile on his face when he saw how sharp the artillery was.
As a result, the city of Beiping will be destroyed today.
However, he discovered with sharp eyes that Qu Neng and his son led the cavalry into battle in person and headed straight in one direction.
"Where is that?"
"Changui Gate!"
Li Jinglong understood.
Is this the weakness that Qu Neng mentioned?
That’s right, it’s Changui Gate!
Qu Neng chose the ruined city!
The Peiping garrison was short of troops and mainly defended those key areas.
With the offensive and defensive battle that lasted for half a month, the Yan army's strength was already empty, and now it was even more depleted, and it was impossible to fortify everywhere.
The Changyimen defenders were only two to three thousand, which was the weakest point of the Yan army's defense.
Qu Neng deliberately sent a large army with artillery to attack other city gates to attract the attention of the Yan army, but he was prepared to go into battle personally at Zhangyi Gate.
After all, if Beiping City is captured in this way, then Qu Neng will have done a great job, and I am afraid it will be enough to be knighted!
After Lao Qu's family was a veteran of the founding of the country, he never got the title he wanted, which became a matter of regret for the Qu family.
Today, he, Qu Neng, is going to break into Zhangyi Gate, break through Beiping City, and then be granted the title of Marquis and General!
"Gather up the rain of arrows to cover our attack on the city!"
Qu Neng shouted angrily and rushed outside the city wall.
Taking advantage of the cover of the rain of arrows, rows of ladders forced themselves closer, and the Yan army did not dare to take the lead.
Qu Neng led three thousand elite warriors with knives in their mouths and climbed to the top of the city on their hands and feet.
As a result, as soon as he emerged, he was hit by many bright swords. Fortunately, Qu Neng was good at martial arts and was prepared for it, so he blocked the attack with his sword, and then jumped into the city wall. After rolling around for a while, they officially reached the top of Peiping City.
"My sons, follow me and kill!"
Needless to say, Qu Neng ordered with a wild smile and rushed forward with a knife.
These three thousand soldiers of the Southern Army are all elite and brave men selected by Qu Neng from the 200,000-strong army. Each one of them is a brave soldier, the kind that can equal ten to one!
As more and more Confederate soldiers climbed onto the city wall, the entire Changuimun city wall was completely lost.
Even if the soldiers of the Yan army were brave and not afraid of death, the gap in numbers was too big, so they could only retreat steadily!
Qu Neng and his son became more and more courageous as they fought, slashing all the way from the top of the city to the gate.
"Go quickly!"
"Open the city gate!"
"Welcome the main force of the King's Division into the city!"
