Such a ridiculous move must be attributed to the power of General "Lin Li"'s artillery shells.
Qi Yuan had already expected this. In an era of pure cold weapons, the appearance of explosives in war would be a crushing blow.
Once weapons that are too advanced appear, they will bring devastating blows, and it is expected that the Mongolian army will retreat.
Qi Yuan understood the power of gunpowder, but Lin Jing did not, so the siege plan he made was more conservative.
Fortunately, they were in the same direction of using the reputation of the frontier army to frighten the Mongolian army.
These tens of thousands of Mongolian troops cannot be killed, and they will bite back on themselves if they are pressed hard. Therefore, Qi Yuan drove the Ancheng cavalry to Pingcheng.
First, the cavalry was used to defeat the Pingcheng army's morale, and the wolves were used to intensify the Mongolian army's fear and intention to retreat.
Let the wolves leave again and shoot the guard. The moment of tension and relaxation is the most debilitating moment.
The Mongolian soldiers, who thought they were certain to die, only thought about escaping after repeated desperate turns.
This psychological war has obviously achieved the result Qi Yuan wanted.
They took back the two cities without losing a single soldier and divided Ulimu's forces.
The Mongolian soldiers with explosive potential were extremely fast. By the time Qi Yuan and others arrived at the city gate, the figures of the Mongolian soldiers on the plains were difficult to see clearly in the night.
Only the sound of the marching footsteps of the army gradually faded away in my ears.
If you have good hearing, you might be able to hear the howling of wolves mixed in.
Obviously An Jiu and Lin Zhi are among them.
When the two heard the howls of wolves, they completely gave up on Ning Cheng's safety. The wolves that had just disappeared would drive the Mongolian troops away from the city and leave the pass "unimpeded."
As for whether the hungry and exhausted Mongolian soldiers who had been rushing all the way could survive the hungry wolves and severe winter when they arrived outside the pass?
That's not their concern.
At the moment, they were more concerned about Qi Yuan's body and the possible arrival of Ulimu's direct troops.
Compared with these deserters, the combat effectiveness of the 20,000-strong army under the Ulimu tent will not be greatly reduced.
They alone cannot resist it, but if they let go like the Mongolian soldiers in Pingcheng, they will still be unwilling to do so.
An Jiu and Lin Zhi followed Qi Yuan and couldn't help but think about the situation.
Where should the variables be this time?
At the same time, the remaining guards in Ningcheng were already well-trained in arranging carriages and horses to lead the people and prepare to set off. After receiving Qi Yuan's order, Lin Jing became increasingly confused about Qi Yuan's arrangements and looked at Flapping Wings. The high-flying eagle silently withdrew its gaze.
However, Qi Yuan has already made arrangements for the answer to this question.
The group of missionaries have been reveling in this great hunting scene for too long, and now Xiaotuanzi's blockade of the world has been completed. Then it’s time to clarify the roles of hunter and prey.
Compared with the Second City of Anning, the number of people in Pingcheng is larger, and it is initially estimated that there are thousands of people. It's just that the situation of everyone being hungry and cold is not good.
If Qi Yuan hadn't recaptured Pingcheng tonight, most of the people would have frozen to death after this heavy snowfall.
As a siege force, they did not carry supplies, but fortunately there were a lot of supplies in Pingcheng.
Qi Yuan stood on the city wall and glanced at the busy young people, then withdrew his gaze and continued to look in the direction of Yancheng.
The people were arranged to live in warm indoors, and the light of torches came and went back and forth outside the windows.
In the warm room, a thin man nervously held the door bolt and pressed against the door, listening attentively to what was going on outside. A thin black woman on the bed, holding her child in her arms, looked anxious and cried silently as she listened to what was going on outside. With.
The man's cheek was sunken like a skeleton hanging from skin, while the dark and thin woman had a hideous scar across her entire face, and her figure was equally shriveled. Only the child in her arms was pale but still had some flesh. However, the child was weak and had a high fever and was unconscious.
This man is Xu Mingyi, the second son of Xu Lian, the former governor of the border city. In the room are his sister-in-law Wang and his nine-year-old nephew Xu Wenwu.
Xu Mingyi felt sad for a while when he heard the guards outside answering the people.
Ten years ago, General Lin was killed in Ancheng, and the Mongolian army attacked three cities in a row. Lin Li and his father had no choice but to lead the border troops to retreat to Yanmen, hoping to defend the border city according to the natural dangers and wait for support from the court.
The border army was short of food, and reinforcements from the court were delayed.
Xu Mingyi burst into tears before he knew it when he recalled those long-lasting memories.
At that time, he, his father, and his brother were very busy. The border troops ate all the grass roots and failed to defend Yanmen.
His father and his eldest brother put on their armor and went up to the tower, while he and his pregnant sister-in-law followed Lin Li and continued to retreat.
Retreat, retreat again and again. It will take ten years to retire.
Xu Mingyi continued to listen to the conversation outside, wiped away his tears, firmly opened the door and walked into the night.
Holding her hot son in her arms, Mrs. Wang finally looked a little brighter when she saw the closed door, but she couldn't help but worry.
She knew there were border troops outside, but they were Lin Li's subordinates.
After the fall of the border town, she never heard from the Wang family again until Emperor Anjia's imperial edict arrived at Yangguan.
She had just given birth at that time, and she thought it was the hope of saving her husband. However, what she waited for after all the hard work was the execution of the Wang family's rebellion against the nine clans.
The imperial court's food and grass finally reached Yangguan, but the prosperity and gifts of the capital could not reach the border towns.
She was just a woman who couldn't save her husband, her father and the Wang family, and she couldn't even save the child who had just come into the world.
Wang's tears fell like broken beads on the child's hot forehead. She didn't believe Lin Li, she couldn't see hope.
The imperial edict stated that the first thing Lin Li did when he succeeded as Northern General was to execute the Wang family's daughter.
If you kill a woman, you can take over the military power and defend Yangguan to resist the Mongolian army.
Wang's family naturally became a person who sacrificed for the righteousness. She was only a woman and she died. But the person who delivered the decree didn't even let go of the baby who had just fallen to the ground!
She is the daughter of the Wang family, but the child is the son of the Xu family!
When Wang recalled the past, she could still see the executioner's knife raised high in his mind.
She wiped her tears, touched the scar on her face and hugged Xu Wenwu tightly in her arms.
Then, today.
She still couldn't do anything. At that time, Mingyi had not yet reached the peak, but he was able to lead his personal guards to save the mother and son and survive to this day.
That was Ming Lian's doted younger brother. Ming Yi once studied poetry and literature in hopes of winning the top prize in high school and was paraded through the streets. At that time, he was also an arrogant young man.
If it weren't for their mother and son, Mingyi wouldn't have to crush his pride and abandon his integrity. Like Lin Li, he will rise to prominence in Yangguan because of the kindness of his father and brother.
It's just that when living requires all one's strength, those past events have become blurry, and even now Wang's heart has become cold.
Just endure it, endure it.
Xu Mingyi went out and looked at the soldiers who were comforting the people. Those soldiers were not very old. They looked like they were only fifteen or sixteen years old. Their heavy armor only showed their immaturity.
Xu Mingyi moved his body slowly towards the brightest place. His body was already very weak due to long-term hunger and the beatings of the Mongolian army.
