As expected, artillery shells will not land in the same crater twice, especially for trebuchets like the returning artillery, which have extremely poor accuracy. Although they continued to fire in the ensuing battle, there was no such thing as the stone hitting the tower just like before. Instead, seeing the three princes still sitting on the tower among the roaring rocks, the morale of the Ming army was greatly boosted, and they repelled the attack of the Yuan army under Guantong's command faster than yesterday.
"Although we have defended the city wall today, it will be in danger tomorrow." Seeing that both sides had begun to clean up the battlefield, Zhu Di stood up. He looked around at the city towers that were smashed by rock cannons: "Tomorrow, the Yuan army will definitely set up more return cannons. After all, the city wall of Changli County is low. Under the simultaneous and indiscriminate bombardment of multiple return cannons, the city wall is still You may not be able to handle it.”
"I know." Zhu Su rubbed his brows with a headache. These returning artillery pieces moved out by the Yuan army were really a bit tricky. Although accuracy is a big problem, there is a chance that tomorrow, a blind cat will meet a dead mouse again. What should I do if I really smash myself into a pulp?
"Damn it, as a time traveler, I was suppressed by the natives in terms of firepower...Looking back, if I hadn't dragged dozens of cannons over, I wouldn't have killed you guys." Zhu Laowu looked at Huihui Cannon with extremely unkind eyes.
"Huh? What did you say, Lao Wu?" Zhu Xi heard Zhu Su's muttering.
"Oh, it's okay, it's okay." Zhu Su suddenly came back to his senses, waved his hand quickly, and said: "I mean, after two days of guarding, it's almost done. It seems that it's time to give Guantong a little surprise. Already..."
"Huh? Fifth brother, are you finally going to start using tricks?" Zhu Di was excited.
"We have been guarding for two days, and we are almost ready for the next step." Zhu Su nodded. "Well, actually I don't like using these conspiracies." He glanced at Zhu Di and fanned his folding fan. "According to my opinion, it is best to directly use the overwhelming superiority of the majestic army to completely sweep all the opponents of my Ming Dynasty into dust. My Ming Dynasty... is still not strong enough, and I still have to resort to tricks after all. "
"You are right." Zhu Di was stunned for a moment, and then nodded in agreement. "If my Ming Dynasty were powerful, how could these Yuan Gou have the courage to attack my Ming Dynasty city? But fifth brother, you don't have to beat around the bush to remind me not to indulge in dangerous tricks. I still understand the principle of using troops to be upright. It's just that it's very autumn now. You'd better stop hiding it and use your strategy quickly."
"Hey." Seeing that Zhu Di had understood his reminder, Zhu Su stopped talking and turned around and ordered: "Go and gather all the prisoners in the city."
"When the Yuan army retreated across the river, they opened the city gate and drove all the prisoners out of the city..."
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On the other side of the river, a tired-looking Guantong had just taken off his helmet when he saw the deputy general Nai'er Buhua going into the account and reporting: "Sir, we only have dry food left for tomorrow and the day."
"If we still can't capture this city tomorrow... Sir, do you have any plans?"
"Isn't there still one day left?" Guantong waved his hand extremely irritably. "Let the camp build up the artillery all night and attack the city immediately tomorrow morning. I don't believe that we can't capture Changli County tomorrow and in one day!"
What is more urgent than the "three to five days" guessed by Zhu Su is that in fact, the Yuan army led by Guantong only carried with him a mere three days' worth of food and grass.
After all, even the headquarters of Naha did not have much food and grass, and they did not take the Ming army led by these young Ming court princes seriously. According to common sense, a county town garrisoned by only 10,000 people can be captured with one drum. If another part of the soldiers were allocated to maintain the logistics and transportation of food and fodder, it would not be possible to attack the city with all their strength, and there would be no need at all.
You know, Guo Xing's troops are still watching closely around Naha. Although they did not have enough troops under their command, they only dared to hide in Jianchang Camp and did not dare to act rashly. But if he finds an opportunity, both Guantong and Naha Chu have no doubt that the Ming Dynasty's Gong Changhou will definitely show his fangs and tear off a piece of flesh from their bodies.
Therefore, "quick victory" is the strategy Guantong formulated for himself when he came to Changli on the order of Nahachu. The way he thought about it, even though these young princes of the Ming Dynasty were a little clever, they were used to being well-dressed and well-fed, so they must have no courage. If you see soldiers several times your own pressing down on the territory, you will definitely lose morale and become chaotic.
He also did not expect that these young princes not only did not mess up the situation, but actually dared to sit at the top of the city to boost morale, so that this ragtag group of Ming troops could withstand their two-day fierce attack!
"Look! The Ming army has opened the city gate!" Someone pointed in the direction of the city and shouted.
Guantong was stunned for a moment, then turned around and saw that under the setting sun, the Ming army had indeed opened the city gate wide. Then, many figures walked out from the city gate.
"Huh? Could it be that the Ming army wants to leave the city for a decisive battle?"
"Go and inform the Lord! The archers are ready to fight!"
"No, why don't these people have weapons?"...
As those soldiers of the Yuan Dynasty said, Guantong saw in the afterglow of the setting sun that this group of people was indeed unarmed.
After a rough estimate, after more than 20,000 people were released from the city gate by the Ming army, the city gate suddenly closed again, and then, the more than 20,000 unarmed people swarmed towards them.
"Don't fire arrows! Don't fire arrows! We are friendly forces!" Someone in the front row shouted in Mongolian. The Yuan army was obviously confused by this group of people who suddenly appeared from the city. They didn't know whether they should be on guard or not. Let your guard down. Someone reported their shouting to Guantong. After hesitating for a while, Guantong finally made a decision: "Archers, don't let go of arrows. Call for those people to slowly cross the river from the side. The whole army is on alert and the Ming army will take advantage of the situation to open the city to cover them up!"
Originally, Guantong was worried that these people were some kind of treacherous trick used by the Ming army. Therefore, although he gave the order not to shoot arrows, he still asked the archers to draw arrows. Once this group of people made any move, they would immediately launch thousands of arrows. Salvo.
But this group of people was very obedient. After hearing the Yuan army's shouts, they slowly walked around the river from the side and did not attack the Yuan army's formation head-on. The Ming army that Guantong was worried about suddenly left the city and took advantage of the situation to cover up the killing did not happen.
"What...what's going on?" He blinked in surprise. "Could it be that these people are really our captured allies?"
"But... why? This is a Yuan army of more than 20,000 people! Could it be that the head coach of the Ming army is stupid? Is he despising his opponent's insufficient strength?"
You know, the Ming army was already at a disadvantage in terms of military strength. At this juncture, releasing more than 20,000 prisoners without any reason is not to increase the strength of one's opponents before the battle?
(End of chapter)
