Not to mention how Cheng Yaojin gritted his teeth and hurriedly withdrew his troops to come back for reinforcements, but Xin Qiji took the opportunity to leave the city to pursue him. On the other side, after the Li thieves' former army in front of Jinyang City surrendered, Yue Hongling issued the order for a general attack.
It looks like a normal siege.
Be it artillery, carriages or infantry.
Build a ladder.
Attack the city wall.
Crossbowmen, etc.
Only one program is missing.
That is to hit the city gate.
At first, Li Huaian didn't notice this.
It wasn't until Du Ruhui reminded him that he looked at the city gate and found something strange.
A group of enemy soldiers with shields, about thirty or forty people, were outside the city gate, not knowing what to do.
"Immediately ask someone to pour gold soup and find a way to find out what they are doing!"
There are very large stones under the city gate to prevent the enemy from digging tunnels outside the city gate.
At the same time, the foundation of this city wall is relatively deep, so it is impossible to dig tunnels or anything like that.
Li Huaian didn't think that the other party would be able to dig out a passage in such a short period of time.
But, who is Yue Hongling?
The more this happened, the more uneasy Li Huaian became.
Du Ruhui got the order and immediately went over and asked people to pour gold soup towards the city gate. However, the enemy infantry below held up their shields and had no effect at all.
In the end, a big rock was thrown, killing a few people and breaking the formation, but because of the angle, I still couldn't see clearly.
Li Huaian stood on the watchtower and stared closely. He only took a quick glance and saw the tip of the iceberg.
There are several sacks, and they are still digging at the base of the city wall and so on.
I don’t know what the other person is doing.
Li Huaian became more and more uneasy, and quickly asked people to pour boiling oil and light the arrow feathers, hoping to burn the enemy soldiers under the city gate.
However, as soon as their boiling oil poured down, the opponent seemed to be well prepared, as a team of people immediately stepped forward and kicked up sand.
As a result, Li Huaian felt that things were not simple anymore.
He didn't even care about the situation on the city walls on both sides, and just stared at the city gate, trying to destroy their formation and prevent them from gathering at the city gate and causing any damage.
However, under the cover of artillery carriages, the Yulin Army moved out in front of the two city walls almost at the same time. The flashes of armor and white blades were like sparkling waves. Countless bow and crossbowmen advanced to suppress them, heading towards the city.
When the enemy's goose cart finally passed the moat and quickly advanced to the city gate, completely protecting the infantry in front of the city gate, Li Huaian became more suspicious because he had not yet found Yue Hongling's main means of siege. .
There are not many artillery vehicles, and they all use the usual siege method, building walls and ladders, and letting the soldiers rush up the city wall regardless of life and death.
what is this?
A war of attrition?
You must know that this kind of siege method will completely damage yourself by one thousand and hurt the enemy by eight hundred.
He had prepared a lot of gold soup, boiling oil, stones, and a lot of arrows, which were enough to defend Jinyang City.
It was impossible for Yue Hongling to attack the city like this and get on the city wall.
"Marshal, there has been movement on the southeast side of the city wall." Du Ruhui hurriedly reported. "The movement is very obvious, the enemy seems to be poaching!"
This made Li Huaian even more confused.
At this time, are you still thinking about digging a tunnel?
And if this was Yue Hongling's trump card, it would be too inconsistent with her status as the daughter of a military god.
There was something weird about this matter, and there must be some conspiracy that he couldn't think of.
With his mind spinning, Li Huaian didn't have time to think too much. He turned back and ordered his subordinates to go to the city to defend and prepare for a rockfall attack.
Then he ran to the watchtower and looked through the smoke and dust at the position of Yue Hongling's Chinese army in the distance. The enemy was still at its original position and had not moved at all.
After careful inspection, I found that the opponent's siege situation had slowed down a lot, and the light cavalry at the beginning was actually retreating!
The cavalry is indeed not suitable for attacking the city, and it should be retreated.
But the originally dense siege soldiers seemed to have become less numerous, and it wasn't even late at night yet!
The sun had just set and disappeared.
It’s not completely dark yet!
Is the opponent going to give up the siege?
Li Huaian fell into a complex emotion of confusion, vigilance, suspicion and surprise, and frowned.
Yue Hongling's tactics were completely beyond his understanding. It was so fierce just now that someone almost climbed onto the city wall, but now it suddenly slowed down. There were no more ladders to build the wall, and the infantry stopped charging. Only The artillery carts are still destroying the city walls with large mud balls that they don't know how to make.
As long as this kind of mud ball hits the city wall, it will explode immediately. The fragments of the mud ball will splash out and can easily hurt people.
In addition, the goose cart in front of the city gate is still there. Those infantry did not attack the city, but they were focused on poaching?
What's the point of doing this?
In less than half an hour, the infantry began to retreat.
Is this really giving up the siege?
On the city wall, many soldiers breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the enemy retreating. Some even started dancing.
"Hahaha!"
"We held on."
"We held it!"
"The enemy was defeated by us. They retreated and they did not dare to attack the city!"
"we won!"
"The Yulin Army is nothing more than that!"
Seeing this scene, Li Huaian became more and more vigilant. He was also keenly aware of what was coming, so he concentrated more and began to watch the goose carts abandoned on the battlefield. Now he only needed to order the use of kerosene and The artillery carriage can destroy these goose carriages.
The lieutenants around Yue Hongling were a little puzzled as to why they stopped attacking the city.
"marshal……?"
Yue Hongling looked at the city gate in the southeast and said solemnly: "Immediately give the order, prepare the entire army for war, and stand guard!"
On the city wall, Du Ruhui hurriedly ran to the watchtower to report the military situation to Li Huaian.
"Report to Marshal! The noise from the tunnel in the west of the city has stopped!"
"We seem to have really repelled the Yulin Army's first siege and defended Jinyang City."
Li Huaian should have breathed a sigh of relief after hearing Du Ruhui's report.
However, just as he relaxed his tone, he suddenly felt a panic in his heart, as if something bad had happened.
"Use kerosene!" Li Huaian ordered impatiently. "Quickly use kerosene or cannon carts to burn the cannon carts in the doorway, leaving no one behind!"
Soon, the kerosene was pushed up, and then fell directly onto the goose cart. The deputy general lit the torch and threw it down.
"marshal……"
When Du Ruhui saw the goose carriage being set on fire, he was about to say something. Suddenly, in the dusk, something boomed like thunder, drowning out his voice.
At the same time, Li Huaian only felt the city wall rumbling and shaking under his feet, and then his ears buzzed and his mind went blank. He had no idea where he was or what he was going to do.
In the distance, the soldiers of the Yulin Army who had retreated outside the moat were also dumbfounded, looking at the southeast wall of Jinyang City from a distance.
The city wall collapsed!
There was a plume of smoke rising into the sky, and there were some faint lights of fire.
that's all.
The tall and very strong city wall of Jinyang City collapsed like this.
After the smoke and dust dissipated, the hearing gradually recovered, and the city wall was already a mess. Many people had bruises and faces, and some even fell directly from the city wall and remained motionless.
At the same time, the city at the rear was in chaos, almost like a roaring camp, with countless people running and screaming because they had no way of knowing what was happening.
Yue Hongling immediately ordered people to raise the black and yellow flag. He also raised his spear and ordered to attack the city again.
"The city is broken! The marshal is out!"
The sky and the ground seemed to be filled with loud shouts all around Jinyang City.
"The city is broken, Marshal Yue is out!"
The heavy armored cavalry that had been in the southeast direction were frightened by the loud noise, but they quickly controlled the restless horses. After seeing the black and yellow flag erected by the Chinese army, they immediately began to move towards The collapsed Jinyang City launched an attack.
"Go back to the inner city quickly!"
Looking upstairs, Li Huaian, who was clinging to the battlements and feeling tight in his chest, suddenly looked at Du Ruhui beside him.
However, Du Ruhui looked pale and acted as if he hadn't heard anything.
Li Huaian did not blame the other party, nor did he forcefully drag the other party. He just turned around immediately, took a dozen guards around him to get off the city wall, and galloped directly into the city along the suspension bridge of the inner gate.
As soon as they entered the inner city, they found that Li Yuan and others were also running towards him in a panic. He immediately urged his horses forward and said quickly: "The city is broken. Yue Hongling's entire army is out. Jinyang City is gone. Let's go quickly!"
Li Yuan was startled. He was really confused. He didn't know how the city of Jinyang could not be defended even for one night, but was destroyed by the opponent like this.
What happened to that shocking noise?
How was the city broken?
Why did only a few of Li Huaian's people escape? What about the others?
Why are you in such a hurry to escape?
He didn't wake up until he was dragged onto his horse by his own soldiers and fled with Li Huaian.
After he woke up, he said nothing and followed Li Huaian closely to escape.
After running for more than ten miles, I was relieved to see that there were no pursuers behind me.
In other words, Li Huaian himself was exhausted physically and mentally, and suffered internal injuries from the shock. He spurted out a mouthful of blood and fell down on his horse.
When Li Yuan saw this, his heart suddenly became cold and he quickly dismounted to check.
When he found out that Li Huaian was just unconscious and still venting his anger, he felt relieved and quickly asked his soldiers what happened on the city wall.
After listening to the soldier's story, I realized that it was the enemy who didn't know what to use and directly broke through the city wall.
Hearing their descriptions, Li Yuan vaguely felt that he had thought of something, but he couldn't figure out exactly what that thing was, how it was made, and why it was used as a weapon to destroy the city.
After all, he is also a believer, and he also knows that some furnaces may explode when refining elixirs.
The situation of the city wall is similar to that of a furnace.
Li Yuan sighed and sat directly on the ground. What happened was so sudden.
He also thought that Li Huaian could hold Jinyang City, and that they could wait for Meng Yuan's support.
Who would have known that Yue Hongling came at noon and destroyed Jinyang City at dusk.
If Xiao Yi masters such a powerful siege weapon, he may not be able to stop him in any capital city with high walls and strong walls.
If the capital city cannot stop them, success or failure can only be determined by the strength of the cavalry.
"Thief Li, stop escaping, Lieutenant Yu Lin is here!"
Hearing this, Li Yuan suddenly stood up in fright, and saw dust flying in the distance. He quickly mounted his horse, asked someone to take Li Huaian, and immediately left.
However, Li Yuan and others fled in a hurry, and Li Huaian was injured internally. No one came to lead them, and no one pointed them in a direction.
Before they could escape three miles away, many people left the team.
Wait until after five miles.
Li Yuan and Li Huaian were left with only their own soldiers. These were considered dead soldiers and they were always with them. They were also loyal soldiers. On the battlefield, they could give their backs to them.
However, Yue Hongling had kept a light cavalry for a long time, allowing Li Yuan and others to escape as fast as possible. Even if they escaped early, they could not escape successfully. When they were about to reach Dingxiang City, they saw a cavalry formation in front of them. Neat and seemed to be waiting for them, Li Yuan was trembling all over, as if he was dying!
In the middle of the night, the autumn weather in the Northland is already freezing and windy.
Yue Hongling sat in the yamen and issued various orders to appease the people, guard Li Yuan's family, appease the aristocratic families in Jinyang City, and repair the city wall immediately.
After this explosion, the southeastern city wall will definitely not be able to stay, and the foundation will need to be rebuilt.
When they saw Li Yuan and Li Huaian being escorted back, they didn't say much.
Li Yuan, on the other hand, seemed to become crazy after being frightened. He stiffened his neck and yelled at Yue Hongling who was sitting in the middle: "Yue thief! You are the lackeys of the court. Over the years, I have worked hard in Jinyang to manage Hedong Road in an orderly manner." , the people live and work in peace and contentment, and it is more prosperous than Gyeonggi Road. The court does not care about this. In the past, it was the traitor who harmed the country, but now, it is the prince who harmed the country!"
However, Yue Hongling was still dealing with the matter at hand. She had no intention of fighting back against Li Yuan's crazy yelling and scolding. It seemed that she didn't even have the slightest intention of defending him or trying to surrender.
It is precisely because of this that Li Yuan's yelling became even louder.
"Daqian is already on the verge of collapse, but you don't know it, and you promised Meng Yuan and Beiyan to join forces to destroy Jin."
"Hahaha!"
"What a big joke!"
"After they unite and destroy the golden thief, they may turn around and head south together."
"Xiao Yi is so smart that he thinks he can destroy the golden thief, make Mengyuan and Beiyan surrender, and continue to be the emperor of his own kingdom?"
"impossible!"
"You can't stop Meng Yuan and the Beiyan cavalry from going south. No matter how powerful Xiao Yi is, can one person really stop thousands of troops?"
"When the time comes, both you, the daughter of the God of War, and the arrogant and arrogant prince Xiao Yi will be killed by the cavalry of Meng Yuan and Bei Yan!"
"Hahaha."
"When the time comes, we will meet underground. I'm waiting for that day!"
Yue Hongling seemed to have finished handling the matter. She raised her head and glanced at Li Yuan, who was screaming wildly, and Li Huaian, who had his head lowered. He seemed to be looking at two unimportant people and just waved his hand: "Drag him down and chop him. Spread the word to everyone on Shouhedong Road!"
The surrounding soldiers rushed up to drag him, but Li Yuan was not afraid at all. He just held his neck and yelled at Yue Hongling during the dragging process: "Yue Hongling! Even if my grandfather died, he only died for the people of Hedong Road. The people of Hedong Road will erect a monument of immortality for me, and will remember how prosperous Hedong Road was under the rule of me, Li Yuan. But as for you, you shout and kill every day, and you are just Xiao Yi's lackeys, in Xiao Yi's hands. Dao, who will remember you in the future?"
"Hahaha……!"
A moment later, Li Yuan was directly beheaded amidst shouts and curses.
So far, the two thieves leaders, Jinyang Li Yuan and Li Huaian, have been beheaded in public.
But after this incident, a mess was indeed left on Hedong Road.
It is probably more difficult to govern than Longyou Road.
Longyou Road was broken and then established, and Hedong Road did not have a great impact because of Li Yuan's rebellion.
At most, they only fought a few battles and killed hundreds of thousands of people.
The southeast wall of Jinyang City collapsed.
That's all.
After today, Hedong Road is still as prosperous as ever.
However, the people in Hedong Road did not support the imperial court. The biggest mess was the disunity of people's hearts.
Of course, Yue Hongling didn't care about this. She was the marshal and her main responsibility was to lead the troops to fight. As for appeasing the people's hearts and how to make the people of Hedong Road turn toward the court, that was a matter for Xiao Yi and the civil servants.
It's better to be in a mess than not to have this mess in Hedong Road.
