Chapter 1152

These words can be said by Yang Chendong. Bai Shuang naturally believes them. Now seeing Tong Sheng in such a hurry, he comforted and said, "don't worry, everything is under control. By the way, old Tong helped defend the city this time. I will report your credit. I think the southern king of Biwu won't treat you badly."

Speaking of his own affairs, Tong Sheng had to be a little reserved, smiled and said, "it's easy to say, it's easy to say."

Not to mention what happened in the Zuowei city of Jianzhou, Chen dura was defeated and fled, but ran for dozens of miles, which met General Li Tong who came to meet him. He brought 170000 northern Ming troops. Originally thought that if everything went well, he could directly move into Jianzhou Zuowei, but when he saw Chen durra's embarrassed appearance and obviously less than the troops when he sent out, he frowned, "General Chen, it doesn't seem that everything is going well."

"Alas, if the other party doesn't play cards according to the routine, I'm defeated." Chen dura seems to be getting older. After all, many of the cavalry chasing him are the soldiers of Jianzhou left guard, that is, his soldiers.

He has been the commander of the left guard of Jianzhou for many years. He thinks he can control everything, but now he has been defeated by his own soldiers. It is conceivable that he is depressed and disappointed.

"What's going on?" said Li Tong with a bad face. This is 30000 troops. Now only one third of them have returned. The gap is too huge.

Although there was some humiliation, something had happened. It was impossible to hide it. At present, Chen dura said it in detail. Finally, he said, "the cavalry of the five-star army is really powerful. Don't look at our advantage in military strength, but without preparation, the military advantage can't be used at all. This time, I'm also careless. I think the other party doesn't dare to do it. General Li, I apologize to you."

Li Tong's face was very ugly. He wanted to say that you were indeed guilty. You lost 20000 troops at once, and even deserved to die.

Just think about everything in his heart. If he really wants to be punished, Li Tong really doesn't dare.

Not to mention that Chen dura is a top-notch military officer of the imperial court. Like himself, he has no right to set up a private court. It is impossible to say that this is the eastern Liaoning region. Chen dura has operated here for many years or has no contacts at all. If he dares to kill such a person, he will surely be resisted by other guards. In this way, it is strange that he can feel better.

Even if he can't commit a crime, Li Tong won't make Chen DURU feel better. Thinking about it, he said: "General Chen, anyway, we have lost 20000 troops and horses this time, and all the food and grass have been taken away. The food and grass of the army can't last for a few days, you see..."

This is not only giving Chen dura a chance to make meritorious service, but also talking about conditions. If you want not to be guilty, you have to do something. How could Chen dura not understand it? He patted his chest and promised, "General Li, don't worry. I'm familiar with this piece. Whoever has money and food is in my heart. In this way, I'll go to them now and collect taxes again."

"Then everything will be hard to prosper General Chen." it was this sentence that Li Tong wanted. Until now, his face looked better.

The two immediately divided their work and decided that early tomorrow morning, Li Tongbing would go out of Jianzhou Zuowei to win there; Chen dura went to collect food nearby. In any case, we must not let the army hungry.

Not to mention the process of raising food, Chen dura complained about the people's livelihood with 10000 soldiers. He said that Li Tong and 170000 troops came to the city of Zuowei in Jianzhou the next morning. From a distance, flags were fluttering and soldiers were standing, looking like a battle ready.

"It seems that there are a lot of soldiers on the other side. In this way, we should arrange people to call the city. By the way, we must do a good job in defense before going, especially in rejecting horse stakes." with the lesson of Chen dura's defeat, Li Tong dared not be careless at all.

Yes, it seems that the left back of Jianzhou has a large number of troops. What Li Tong did not know was that most of them were still their companions of the Beiming army yesterday.

It turned out that Bai Shuang was still worried about the shortage of troops. In the first world war yesterday, he directly captured 15000 prisoners. He used the means of sending money to bring them all to the account. This time there was not much silver, only two liang per person. In his words, there will be a heavy reward when you make military achievements.

The captured soldiers of the northern Ming Dynasty believed this point. Because just last night, they saw with their own eyes that although the 3000 captive soldiers of the former Jianzhou left guard who stayed in the city did not go out of the city for a war, they still gave a silver or two reward for their meritorious work in guarding the city.

If you don't do anything, you will get money. Such a good thing really happens in front of you. With this, we are very convinced of Bai Shuang's words.

With the addition of the 15000 captive soldiers, Bai Shuang is full of confidence. What he thinks now is not how to defend the city, but how to cooperate with the main force of the first Cavalry Division in the world to eat the northern Ming army.

At the beginning of persuading surrender, a eloquent envoy of the northern Ming Dynasty came to the city and shouted loudly. It's nothing more than your surrender and life. Otherwise, once the city is captured, all those who help the five-star army will be punished, etc.

It can be said that these words have no nutrition. On the contrary, under the once threat, it will only make the captured soldiers rely more on the five-star army. Bai Shuang kept looking at the tower and didn't even mean to stop. This gave the envoy of the northern Ming Dynasty confidence that the other party was really afraid. In this way, the threat was even worse. Until he said that the soldiers in the city were anxious, Bai Shuang ordered to fire an arrow and scared away the envoy of the northern Ming Dynasty who came to persuade him to surrender.

Unable to persuade him to surrender, Li Tong had to launch a siege. In order to show his strength advantage as much as possible, he prepared four echelons, one with 5000 people, to attack the city in turn. He wanted to let the five-star army know their strength, not give them a break, and finally win with fatigue tactics.

Since ancient times, those who attack the city have to suffer losses. After all, they have to rush into the dangerous area of several meters and hundreds of meters, and rush to the city building at the risk of bows and arrows, sleepers, fire oil and so on. With this advantage, Bai Shuang only arranged 3000 garrisons on the city tower at one time. He had seen that the other party wanted to take a taxi round, that is, he would play with the other party.

The battle began in the afternoon. Using the long prepared ladder, the northern Ming army launched a crazy siege mode. Under the tower, there were all charging soldiers. They shouted loudly, with their left sword and right shield.

Under the leadership of Bai Shuang, the five-star armies on the tower fought back in an orderly manner. Bows and arrows are used in the distance and boulders, sleepers and kerosene are used in the near, giving full play to their condescending advantages and defeating the enemies in the future.

From the afternoon to the evening, two charging teams of 5000 people were defeated. In the face of this result, Li Tong's face remained unchanged, which had long been expected by him, but he didn't mean to stop no matter how much he paid. Strictly speaking, this was his first battle here. Xu won or lost.

Under the command of Li Tong, even if it was completely dark, the attack still didn't stop. Everyone lit up the surroundings with the help of torches and continued to attack the city. The fight continued for three days and nights without stopping.

After three consecutive days of siege, there will be no victory. Bai Shuang, who guarded the city, lost more than 6000 prisoners of the northern Ming Dynasty in three days and nights, of which 4000 were injured and could not participate in any battle in a short time.

On the side of the siege, Li Tong's army suffered more losses, more than 30000 people were killed and injured, and most of the soldiers were tired, and it seemed that they were going to run out of food and grass.

On the fourth day, Chen dura appeared with a large number of grain and grass, which he collected from the nearby 30000 Wei and the Songhua River.

Considering that he had collected it once before, he naturally encountered a lot of resistance when collecting it again this time. Finally, he robbed a lot by virtue of the number advantage of 10000 soldiers, which can be regarded as a complete solution to the problem of food and grass in the army.

Looking at the piles of grain and grass and the robbed silver as a hill, Li Tong finally breathed a sigh of relief. Looking at Chen dura with blood in his eyes, he said, "General Chen, you've worked hard."

Chen dura smiled bitterly and said, "it doesn't matter if you work harder. It's just that such a secondary expropriation will cause great damage to the people nearby. I hope this battle will end earlier and give them a chance to recuperate."

"Certainly," said Li Tong confidently. Then he ordered to cook and make a full meal for everyone, and then he was angry to win Jianzhou Zuowei tomorrow.

On the city tower of the left guard of Jianzhou, the siege continues. From time to time, a scream will be heard, and each scream represents the passage of a soldier's life. This made the white eyes in the city downstairs squint again and again.

There are only a fraction of the 18000 captured soldiers left. Let's see, the price to pay tonight will not be too small. In this way, it's really uncertain that the city can last for a few days.

This time, Bai Shuang made some miscalculations. He overestimated the combat power of these captured soldiers in the northern Ming Dynasty. I think there is no problem guarding the city with its high walls. But when they really fight, it's not the same thing at all. Their military quality is poor and they don't know how to cooperate. Even some soldiers are timid. They soften their legs before they see the dense siege army under the city. Under all kinds of changes, he lost so much. If the strength of the northern Ming army was not general, it would be two years before he could achieve the effect of three to one.