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Chapter 1270 Wu Sui City

Baigou.

Here is the boundary between Song and Liao, and there is Baigou River.

Baigou River and Yishui belong to the same water system. When the autumn wind blows, it really feels like "the wind is rustling and the water in Yishui is cold".

Since the end of June, the Tang army and the Yuan army have fought several consecutive battles here.

When the Yuan army was about to start a counterattack, Kublai Khan sent an order to the Boyan tribe in Kaifeng to attack the Tang army's rear, and at the same time ordered Brother Yixiang to attack the Tang army in Hebei.

Perhaps it was really because of Boyan's restraining effect on the Tang army that the Tang army in Hebei did not fight the Yuan army in the field.

At least in the north of Baozhou City, the Tang army was defending with solid walls and clear fields, hiding in the city pool.

Brother Yixiang wanted to send cavalry detours to the south of Baozhou several times, looking for places where the Tang army did not have strong walls and clear fields to destroy and plunder.However, it is difficult to go deep.

Because the Tang army built a large number of forts here, this is a bit like the strategy of "point to area" in the defense system of Yujie mountain city, but there is no mountain city in the central plains, so the Tang army used firearms to strengthen the defense of the fortress.

In addition, the surrender of many Hebei princes gave the Tang army more cavalry who were familiar with the terrain. These cavalry cooperated with the city forts, and they could often severely setback the Yuan army who went deep south.

When the Yuan army wanted to attack, the first Tang army fortress they encountered was Wusui City. There was a tall watchtower in the city. Once they saw the Yuan army, they would immediately warn them with beacon fire. The cavalry of the Tang army stared at them, consuming a little bit.

Brother Xiangyi felt a headache deeply, and he was determined to take Wu Suicheng down.

Wusui City was first built in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. During the Song and Liao Wars, there was a famous ice city battle here. Yang Yanzhao led the troops here, pumping water to fill the city. Big crash.

The city walls on all sides are eight miles in circumference, so it can only be regarded as a small city, but it is a military city. The city wall is three feet high, the city wall is very wide, seven feet thick, and there are three moats outside the city.

The guard of the Tang army is still Zhang Yanxiong.

Zhang Yanxiong had resisted Namuhan's attack when he was in Baozhou, now he is guarding a bigger and stronger city, so he can deploy many tactics.

He placed the four cannons at the heights of the four city walls, making it impossible for the Yuan army to attack the city with return cannons.

Even if the Yuan army ignored them and rushed to the city with their horse's ears plugged, they would still step into various traps.

Faced with this situation, Brother Phase Shift has no choice but to use the simplest method, which is to drive the strong ants to attack the city.

On August [-]th, after the Yuan army paid countless lives, they finally cleared the trap outside the city of Guangwu Sui, allowing Minzhuang to rush to the city...

"boom!"

The cannon spits out another shell.

"Don't let it go!" A school general shouted, pointing to the outside of the city to make the gunner stop.

It is not only because there are not many artillery shells in the city, but also because the Yuan army no longer tries to push the artillery vehicles.

You can only bombard some civilians at a time, so it's better to save the artillery and wait for it to be used at a more critical time.

As soon as the sound of the artillery stopped, the morale of the Yuan army was greatly boosted, and they began to try to push the return artillery to this side again, and they pushed closer and closer.

"General, do you want to bomb it?!"

"Wait, wait... I don't think it's right, the Yuan army seems to be consuming us."

"Fire arrows!"

"Fighting fuel tank!"

Arrows and raging fire poured down the city, and the generals on the top of the city raised their binoculars to sweep across the battlefield, but they felt a little strange.

I didn't see too many Yuan army cavalry today.

But across the densely packed battlefield with corpses everywhere, in the camp of the Yuan army, Brother Yixiang was not watching the battle, but was laying out the map in front of the tent.

"We have attacked Wusui City many times, and every time when it is about to be captured, Zhang Hongdao will lead the troops to support."

"He will definitely come today, otherwise we will capture Wu Sui City."

Brother Phase shifted his fingers on the map and pointed at a certain place on the Baigou River, and said: "I intentionally sold a loophole here. When encountering the cavalry of the Tang army, don't tear down the pontoon bridge, just withdraw."

"Your Majesty is wise, Zhang Hongdao will definitely send a cavalry from the Baigou River to the rear of the battlefield when he discovers the pontoon bridge, and divide our soldiers and horses."

"Most of the people under Wusui City are Min Zhuang, and he thought that he could capture those Min Zhuang in this way."

"Defeat him." Brother Phase Shift said cleanly.

Soon, a Tanma hurried over and said: "Your Majesty! We found the cavalry of the Tang Army!"

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"Report! Marshal, the Yuan army has completely surrounded Wusui City..."

When Zhang Hongdao arrived near Wusui City, he frowned when he heard the battle report.

It can be said that in the early stage of the Northern Expedition, the Yuan army was adjusting. When they got out of the haze of the defeat at Helan Mountain and began to counterattack, more than half of the main force of the Tang army had not arrived.

For Zhang Hongdao's army, now is the worst time to fight.

But Xiang Xiang chose to keep attacking at this time.Although the Tang army's defense line is well arranged, once the Yuan army adopts this style of play that does not hesitate to kill or die, it still makes them physically and mentally exhausted.

"Big guy!"

Suddenly, a scout horse came from the northwest and reported, "I found a Yuan army in the north who wanted to cross the river and attack our rear."

Zhang Hongdao raised his binoculars and looked into the distance, reconfirmed that the main force of the Yuan army did not participate in the siege, and then ordered: "Defeat them first!"

"Here."

The cavalry of the Tang army turned quickly and rushed to the bank of the Baigou River, only to see the cavalry of the Yuan army crossing the river.

Zhang Hongdao decisively ordered to attack halfway.

At this time, he looked at the pontoon bridge on the river, and then thought of the distribution of the Yuan army outside Wusui City in his mind, and suddenly he had a plan.

The next moment, a whisper came from his ear.

"I'm afraid there is an ambush."

Zhang Hongdao turned his head and saw that Zhang Honglue had rode over.

He couldn't help asking: "How did Liu Lang see it?"

"intuition."

Zhang Honglue simply answered two words, and after a while, he said again: "Really."

Zhang Hongdao shook his head with a wry smile, and said, "This is the most irritating thing."

He sent scout horses to investigate further north, and at the same time ordered the soldiers and horses not to pursue too deep.

Less than half an hour later, he saw dust and smoke billowing in the north, and Yuan army cavalry chased his Tan Ma and killed him.

"Shoot them!"

At this time, Zhang Hongdao was able to fully confirm that Brother Yixiang deliberately exposed his flaws to lure him into ambush, so he quickly retreated and turned to Wu Suicheng.

I could only hear the shouts of killing from the north, presumably Brother Yixiang saw that he was not in the trap, so he simply swung his troops to fight out.

On the huge battlefield, on one side, the five thousand troops of the Tang Dynasty rushed towards Minzhuang under the city of Wusui like a dragon, and on the other side, the 3 troops rushed towards them like waves.

"boom!"

The artillery fire on the top of the city rang out again, crashing into the formation of the Yuan army...

~~
The two sides fought until sunset.

Brother Phase Shift stood on the watchtower, looking at the distant battlefield under the setting sun.

"Report! Your Majesty, I was one step too late and failed to ambush Zhang Hongdao, and let him lead the army into the city."

"I saw."

Unexpectedly, Brother Yixiang was not very angry, but turned to the few Wanhus under his command, and said, "You say, why did Zhang Hongdao only bring this few soldiers?"

"Because we are afraid that we will bypass Wusui City and attack Baozhou?"

"Not Baozhou."

Brother Phase Shift beckoned and asked someone to bring up the big map and spread it on the observation deck.

This is a map of the Central Plains, and the Helan Mountains are drawn in the middle.

Under the same setting sun, brother Xiang Yi pointed to the southwest direction of Baozhou, and said: "Our scouts once discovered that the Tang army was stationed in the fields here."

"What does your Majesty want to say? The Han people just like farming."

"How many fields do you think they farmed?"

"How many can there be?"

Several Mongolian households didn't care about it, and they were not interested in the matter of the fields.

Only the general of the Han army, He Renjie, said: "If the fields have been settled, now is the time to harvest."

Brother Phase Shift was taken aback for a moment, raised his head, and looked around, but he didn't know what he was looking at.

"E Xiute, no wonder Tang Jun built so many fortresses, no wonder Zhang Hongdao was so careful, no wonder they only had so few people left..."

"Your Majesty?"

"E Xiute, you are fighting with me, and you are still farming, you damned enemies like cattle and horses." Brother Yixiang cursed angrily, looked at the map again, and said, "Why haven't the soldiers and horses from Shandong attacked the Tang army yet?" ?!"

"My lord, we don't know about this matter."

"Send me a cavalry force to the east immediately, go south along Cangzhou, and detour behind the Tang army. They are harvesting grain! They must be harvesting grain, burn them all!"

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At the head of Wusui City, Zhang Hongdao sighed while clutching his wound.

"Are you worried?" Zhang Honglue stepped forward and asked.

"It's lamenting that I don't have the talent to fight." Zhang Hongdao laughed at himself, "I'm not as good as you."

"But you are the handsome man, which means that you are better than me, and your vision is better than mine."

"That's true."

Zhang Honglue turned his head to look south, and said, "Fifth brother is really not worried about this situation?"

"Small things, no matter how hard it is, it's all over." Zhang Hongdao regained his composure, and said, "Don't worry, there will be reinforcements coming. Although I am not as talented as you, I know Your Majesty better than you, and I know our Tang soldiers .”

"hope so."

"Really, that's how I became a commander-in-chief." Zhang Hongdao laughed and said, "For war, it's enough to trust the brothers in the same robe. What talent do you need?"

Zhang Honglue couldn't help but also laughed.

The two brothers patted each other, and he suddenly thought that it would be great if Jiulang could understand these principles...

(End of this chapter)