General Nanyan, who came out to inspect with five hundred cavalry, thought he was unlucky enough, how unlucky he was to meet this legendary killer. It wasn't long before Fang Jie led the troops to regain Pingshang Dao, and neither the Nanyan people nor the He people had forgotten that bloody slaughter. Fang Jie's name still smelt of blood in the hearts of Nanyan soldiers.
No one knows why this person has such a cold heart. Whether it is Nanyan or Heren, whether he surrenders or not, no one is left alive.
Nanyan killed more than 60,000 soldiers. Looking at the numbers, it doesn't seem particularly appalling. But you must know that Nanyan's army that entered Pingshang Road did not exceed 80,000 people. Except for the nearly 20,000 people who followed up, almost none of the soldiers whose hands were stained with the blood of the people left.
As for the He people, in the battle outside Yongzhou City, the so-called army of one million He people was massacred with more than 600,000 people.
It took ten days to bury the corpses and mobilize almost all the people in Yongzhou.
But when he found that he was walking back with the cavalry, the killing god actually followed them all the way, so he felt that he was not particularly unlucky before, but now. They galloped ahead on horseback, and the man followed behind, but they couldn't get rid of them.
After crossing the Jinshui River, it was six or seven miles to Qingyuan City. The Nanyan cavalry was followed by a man but they didn't dare to let the defenders open the city gate to let them in. They had to go around to the south gate. Fortunately, Fang Jie didn't continue. Follow him around in circles, otherwise General Nanyan really has the urge to draw his sword and commit suicide.
Walking to the foot of Qingyuan City and standing about 50 meters away from the city wall, Fang Jie looked up at the city wall as if he was facing the enemy Nanyan defenders, not paying attention to the strong bow and crossbow in the opponent's hand at all. He just watched so unscrupulously, which made everyone in the city feel a stronger sense of humiliation.
Standing alone outside the city, hundreds of cavalry detoured and dared not open the city gate. The guards on the city wall were heavily guarded, but no one dared to release the first arrow.
Fang Xie looked at it for a while and got a general understanding of the layout of Qingyuan City. Defensive things are basically equipped. It has to be said that as long as a well-regulated guard does not relax, he can arrange a big city like an iron barrel. Use everything that can be used, arrange everything that can be arranged, and the city becomes a huge hedgehog. Even if it is shrunk there, no matter how fierce the beast is, it feels like it has nowhere to bite.
To take down such a city, if it is filled with human lives, if it cannot be filled with the Dali Black Banner Army, it will be filled.
The more he looked at it, Fang Jie's brows could not help but frown. Charge into the battle, kill the enemy on the battlefield, if a general does not have enough courage and wisdom, it is difficult to win. But defending the city... you only need to do what you need to do, and the rest just wait for the attacking party to rush up. Field battles in the plains are omnipotent, and defending the city is a bit like obeying the destiny.
It can be said that this was the first official siege battle since Fang Jie led the army. What was before him was not a tiny city, but a fortified city with tall walls and sufficient defenders. Even if it was hit by the catapult trucks that are currently in the army, the damage to the city would not be too great.
It can be seen from the re-strengthening of the city wall that the guard Fu Zhengnan had already expected the power of the catapult to attack the city. Meaningless, but the destructive power is undoubtedly reduced a lot. And in this way, a large number of feathered arrows shot by the attacking party on the city wall can also be collected, and the ladder can also be unstable.
The watchtower was built very solidly, and the roof was covered with a thick layer of mud, so even if a rocket was shot up, it would be difficult to burn.
While watching, Fang Jie thought about how to break through these defenses. For the Black Banner Army, this battle is of great significance.
Judging from the current record, the Black Banner Army has hardly encountered any opponents in field battles on the plains. There is no doubt about the power of the light cavalry, and they have been invincible since they went south. But if you don't have the ability to siege the city, it is almost impossible to develop in the Central Plains. The grasslands in the Central Plains are different, and they can run wild with powerful cavalry. In the Central Plains, without a strong infantry, it will be difficult to last long.
"Who is below?!"
While thinking about it, someone on the city wall shouted: "If you don't retreat, don't blame Feather Arrow for being ruthless!"
Fang Jie followed the voice and saw a general in iron armor looking towards him. It can be seen from the armor that he poked out half of the mountain, this person must have a high status.
"What did you say?"
Fang Jie looked at the man and asked.
"If you don't retreat, I will order the arrows to be released!"
Fang Jie snorted, raised his head and said seriously: "Then let it go, are you discussing it with me? If so, can I call you an idiot? The enemy is standing outside the city, and you are still here!" Persuade to leave... Even if a pig wears armor, it knows how to protect its own pigsty. Instead of saying to the wolf outside, you go away, or I will beat you."
The guard on the city wall turned pale for a while, and opened his mouth as if he didn't know what to curse.
"I am Fang Jie."
Fang Jie raised his head and shouted: "Fang Jie, the general of the Black Banner Army, will attack here in a few days. I am currently observing your city defenses, trying to figure out how to break through your city defenses. I have been watching for so long , are you going to wait for me to leave before releasing a few arrows, and then go down to the city to declare to the people that you have repelled a fierce attack by the Black Banner Army? And even the general of the Black Banner Army has been repelled. Boost your morale?"
That General Nan Yan turned pale with anger, pointed down and shouted: "Shoot him to death! Shoot him to death!"
Hundreds of archers rushed forward immediately, and then drew their hard bows and let their arrows down. Fang Jie moved his body from time to time to avoid the feather arrow, as if he was strolling in the rain. No matter how dense the arrows were, none of them hit him. In fact, he didn't need to dodge at all. With his current cultivation base, he spread his inner strength outside his body, and the feather arrow couldn't pierce it at all.
Just let the opponent's archers shoot for more than ten minutes, the arms of those archers were numb, Fang Jie seemed to lose interest and shook his head: "Like a soft woman, is there no food in the city?"
"nonsense!"
General Nan Yan roared: "I have food in the city, enough for several years!"
"That would be wonderful."
Fang Jie smiled and said, "Take care of it for me. I'll come get it in a few days."
After saying this, he randomly picked up a few feather arrows from the ground, turned around and shouted to the city wall: "I'll bring some spoils back, and tell my subordinates to just charge forward when attacking the city in a few days. The archery skills of Nanyan defenders are surprisingly bad."
General Nanyan's face turned blue and white, but there was nothing he could do.
He really wanted to open the city gate and let the cavalry go out, but he didn't dare to act rashly because he was hesitant about whether the other party had some conspiracy. He really didn't understand, what's the point of the opponent's general coming to provoke outside the city alone, is he showing his courage? Or does it mean that there is already a team sneaking over and lurking somewhere, and will swarm in as soon as the city gate is opened? Until Fang Xie's back disappeared, he didn't want to understand what Fang Xie was here for.
If it was just for provocation, it would undoubtedly be reckless or even naive for a general of the Black Banner Army to do so. Even if it pissed him off, it's okay. If they came to trick the city gate, then looking out from the city wall, it would be a flat plain, with no one except Fang Xie.
He didn't dare to open the door because it was said that Fang Jie was a great practitioner with amazing cultivation. Such a person avoids the team leaving the city and then rushes in, that is the scariest thing. Although he is only one person, he can kill some generals and escape. This is also the most realistic possibility that General Nanyan can think of. Of course, he is still wrong.
Fang Jie held a few captured feather arrows in his hand, and Shi Shi ran away.
Leave Nanyan defenders with an arrogant and unruly back.
On the city wall, a certain Nanyan soldier looked at the back and smiled, and quickly hid his smile.
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Fang Jie returned to Jinshui River, jumped back from the broken bridge, and rode a white lion back to Dingyuan City. After returning to the residence, Fang Jie put those feathered arrows on the table. It was only at this time that a few cronies who followed him saw clearly that those feathered arrows were a bit special, with some kind of cloth strips tied on them.
Fang Jie untied the cloth strips one by one and laid them flat on the desk.
"The people from the Xiao Riding School followed Nanyan's rout and returned to Dingyuan City. Although they couldn't get out, they must have been inquiring for news these days. They have been in Dingyuan City for several months. The number of defenders, their layout, food and grass , ordnance, and the reaction of the people, they must have checked these things clearly, the only thing missing is a way to send the news."
Fang Jie smiled and stitched together several strips of cloth.
It was a hand-drawn picture. Although the lines are a bit rough, the layout of the city is clear at a glance. This picture must have been drawn by the Xiaoqi school who sneaked into the city long ago, but it has never been given a chance to send it out. Fang Jie deliberately went back with those Nanyan patrolling cavalry and deliberately provoked them under the city wall. He just wanted to give the Xiao cavalry school a chance, which they couldn't find by themselves. As long as people from the Xiao Riding School sneak into Nanyan's army on the city wall, Fang Xie is sure that they will understand his intentions.
If there is no Xiaoqi School to infiltrate the army, or if they are not on the city wall, what Fang Jie did today is to give them a signal, telling them to be ready for the next time and send out the news.
"The number of defenders in the city has not increased, more than 20,000."
Fang Jie looked at the picture and the small handwriting on it and said: "Nanyan's national power is not strong in the first place, and the army in Murong Sha's hands is also limited. Rather than saying that the troops in the big cities belong to him, it is better to say that they belong to the city lords. That person on the city wall before must not be Fu Zhengnan, looking at the layout of the city defenses, one can tell that he is a very stable person with a calm mind, otherwise he wouldn't have considered every detail so clearly."
Fang Jie said while looking at the picture: "Order, let the army speed up the journey, and must arrive at Dingyuan City within seven days."
"The general..."
Qilin was puzzled and said, "It will take seven or eight days for our troops to reach Dingyuan at the fastest, but why did you tell that Nanyan man to launch an attack in five days?"
Fang Jie glanced at Wei Xiting and said, "You tell me."
Wei Xiting said: "The General's intention is to make the people of Nanyan unable to sit still. The General said that they will attack the city within five days. During these five days, no one in the Nanyan army will be able to sleep well. After five days, If the general did not attack, the Nanyan people would be even more suspicious and frightened. They would worry about when the general would attack. On the sixth day, the seventh day, and the eighth day, the general did not attack for a few days. The spirit will always be tense.”
"When the general doesn't move for a while, they tense up for a while..."
Wei Xiting smiled and said: "The more they don't attack, the more pressure they will have. If they drag on for a few days, part of their morale will be drained. Moreover, even if the Nanyan defenders in Qingyuan City don't believe in General Wu If they attack the city every day, do they dare not prepare? In less than ten days, the number of defense changes and the number of reserve teams of the Nanyan army will increase, and they will be ready to fight at any time. In seven or eight days, these people's physical strength will also be exhausted Quite a few."
"Yeah, I got it!"
Qilin nodded: "On the battlefield, even if it's just to make the opponent sleepy and tired, it's still useful!"
Fang Jie handed the picture to Chen Xiaoru: "Spell it out, enlarge it, and draw it again."
"Here!"
"Tell the soldiers not to take off their armor tonight."
He looked at Qilin: "Let the soldiers prepare, and follow me out of the city after dark."
"ah?"
Qilin asked: "Why do you still want to go out?"
Fang Jie couldn't help but smiled and said: "What am I thinking, maybe Fu Zhengnan is thinking about something too. He doesn't know my details, so he can't sleep well..."