"Send someone to persuade the surrender again!" Basa led his army to array outside the two arrows in the west of Changshu City. It can be said that when the messenger who went to recruit surrender was bombarded with a gun, his heart twitched, but he still ordered again.

"Wanhu, the Southern Army killed our envoys, but they were afraid that they would fight to the end and refused to offer the city. It would be useless to send envoys to the death!" Tuge was stunned when he heard this. He knew that there was a special issue in the South Dynasty that "two armies fought and not kill the envoys," but it was not without exception. Once the envoys were killed, it means that there was no room for negotiation, and he expressed his determination to fight to the death and not surrender. But Wanhu wanted to send envoys again, which surprised him.

"Dare you dare to disobey the order?" Basa glared and shouted in a deep voice. He cursed in his heart. Don't I know why, and am willing to send someone to die?

Through exploring the city, he already knew that Changshu City was no longer the small town of the past, and under the reconstruction of the Southern Dynasties, it had become a strong city that was easy to defend and difficult to attack. At present, he would have to go through hard battles to break through this city, and he was a cavalry and was not his leader. In addition, the methods of siege were also severely restricted. In the past, they could surrender the army or captured the people to attack the city as the front-end, but along the way, let alone surrendering the enemy, they did not even catch a few of the people, and it was a joke to attack the city.

In addition, Changshu City is surrounded by water on three sides, and the groundwater is shallow. I am afraid that it will be possible to see water after not playing for two feet. It is almost impossible to dig tunnels to attack the city. However, water is used instead of soldiers to attack the city. This season is the dry season, and the rivers are not abundant. In addition, there are many rivers and lakes around Changshu, and the water system is well developed. The moat and rivers are interconnected and can also be quickly discharged. Furthermore, it is backed by Yushan, which is the commanding heights in the surrounding area, and it is difficult to succeed in capturing the city by relying on water. Long-term siege is also one of the commonly used methods. However, this large amount of food, grass and supplies are stored in Changshu City. I am afraid that it is not the one who survives the siege of the city, but the one who survives the siege of the city is not the one who survives the death of the city.

Moreover, Basa found that the Song army did not abandon the city and fled after seeing its army heading straight to the city. This situation was very rare in fighting with the Southern Dynasties before. Many of its cities were not captured, but they were often pointed at by the military. The guards of the Southern Dynasties either fled in sight or opened the city to surrender. Those who refused to surrender often fought to the end. Even if the city was captured, they would still engage in street battles, which was what he least wanted to see.

Basa knew that as a siege, the number of people would inevitably have an advantage and psychologically had a great advantage. However, if you break through the city and engage in street fighting, you would have to fight in close combat, and it would be very tragic. The most tragic thing he had ever heard of was the last battle to destroy the Jin Dynasty - the Battle of Caizhou. After Emperor Aizong committed suicide, more than a thousand Jin troops remained in street fighting that was ready to die. In the case where the overall situation could no longer be restored, from participating in politics, chief magistrates, marshals, to ordinary soldiers, and more than 500 followers committed suicide.

Basa personally participated in the battle to attack Fancheng. At the critical moment of life and death, the local soldiers and civilians in Xiangfan resisted stubbornly and resisted them for six years. It was not until the ninth year of Xianchun that Fancheng was captured, and the commander Fan Tianshun committed suicide. After the city was broken, the commander Niu Fu still led the last hundred soldiers to resist stubbornly, fighting with his own side. He was thirsty, drank blood and continued to fight. In the end, Niu Fu committed suicide because of his serious injuries.

Basa also understood that his advantage was based on the rapid maneuvering and impact of war horses. Once he was involved in street fighting, he had to fight in the absence of communication coordination and effective organization. Relying on individual combat would consume a large number of veterans and grassroots commanders with rich combat experience. After all, a good army is not so easy to train, and street fighting will also lose a large amount of weapons and equipment, which is not conducive to future operations. This is just a bad strategy to take if it is forced. Therefore, moderate retreat and retreating to attack are also a tactic.

In addition, street fighting is very susceptible to cruel revenge by the siege party. It is often burning, killing, looting, slaughtering the city, and even when the siege troops cannot clear the garrisons of street fighting, in order to ensure safety, the city will burn in extreme cases and force the garrisons to evacuate. In addition, forcing the garrisons to engage in street fighting, it is generally divided into three situations: one is some important cities that affect the whole body; the second is that the garrisons fail to break through and there are reinforcements outside; the third is that the garrisons have strong will to resist and have the determination to fight to the death.

Basa thought Changshu City was just an ordinary county town in the south of the Yangtze River, not a capital city, nor a border defense, and did not have the value of perseverance. Moreover, his purpose was to seize the city rather than annihilate the enemy, so he only arranged troops in the west city. Without sending troops on the other three sides, the defending troops could evacuate. It was also a strategy to disintegrate the determination of the defending troops to defend the city. After all, the garrison troops in the city would certainly not fight hard. What he was most worried about was that the defending troops were determined to fight with him, but he also thought that such people were still a few.

So Basa thought it would be best to seize the city through negotiation, so he endured his anger and sent people to shout, hoping that the defenders in the city could understand the current affairs. However, a dense gunfire broke his fantasy. The envoy sent for the second time was shot dead by gunfire under the city before he even got the words. Obviously, the other party did not even have the interest to answer them...

He shot and killed the Mongolian envoys who came to negotiate twice in a row. While Luo Datong expressed his determination to defend the city, he also showed to the soldiers and civilians in the city that he had no way to retreat after killing the Mongolian envoys. Only by defending the city can he save his life. Whether it is a war or a surrender, he will be dead. This inspires the military and civilians to fight to the end and live and die with the city.

After a moment, the Mongolian army launched an attack, and their target was the west gate of the city. Because in the eyes of those with a little military vision, in the absence of ships and siege equipment, the Xicheng without a moat was also an excellent attack point. Of course, Luo Datong also knew this well, so he focused his defense on the Xicheng and the North City surrounded by mountains.

Although Xicheng did not have a moat to protect it, it also strengthened its defense facilities during construction and built a urn at the Xicheng Gate. After all, the city gate was the weakest link in the entire defense measures. At this time, a battle shed and a fortress had been built on the city wall. Luo Datong arranged a regiment of troops in Xicheng and strengthened an artillery team. Two of the battalions had already entered the city at this time, and one battalion was used as a reserve team, and the command post was set up on the Xicheng Tower.

Luo Datong stood on the city tower and looked at the enemy formation, but saw the generals waving one after another, rushing out from it. One team rushed towards Zhenshan Gate in the northwest, and the other team headed straight to the west gate quickly. He saw that the two teams were equal, about 500 each, and there were soldiers and generals following him afterwards, obviously they wanted to attack the two gates. But he knew that with the existing military force of the Mongolian Yuan, he could not take into account both points. One team would have to attack one side to attract his own troops, and the other team would take the opportunity to seize the city. So he just ordered the troops who were guarding the two places to be on the battlefield, but did not rashly mobilize their troops.

Zhenshan Gate was built halfway up the mountain in Yushan. The road leading to the city was not wide and a little steep. When the enemy rushed to the horse halfway, the horses were rushing down and they got off the main road and spread out to the two wings with the cover of the mountain. The Song army on the city fired guns and artillery to intercept, but they had already spread out their formation and the killing effect was not good, allowing them to continue moving forward. After entering the range of the bow and arrow, they immediately took the bow and arrow and fired arrows to the city, trying to suppress the Song army on the city. But after all, they were in a storm of attack, and there were rocks and bushes. The progress was very slow under the suppression of the Song army's guns and cannons, and it was difficult to get close for a while.

The west gate of Changshu is much wider than the mountain gate. This enemy cavalry is rapidly advancing forward. After being intercepted by their own firepower, they only dispersed their formation to reduce the concentrated killing of artillery fire. Some people held shields and bombs forward, destroying the fences and corners in front of the city. The other people shot at the top of the city with bows and arrows. Luo Datong knew that the enemy wanted to take advantage of his speed to quickly enter the shooting dead corner of the guns and cannons in the city, assault the city, and then climb the city.

So Luo Datong ordered the battalion guarding the West Gate to strengthen its firepower, and changed the triple-splied shooting into one-person shooting. The rest of the people were only responsible for loading guns and bullets, subtracting the time to change formations, and increasing the shooting speed. At the same time, the Baizi Gun of the battalion and the team members, the Ben Lei Gun was short and light, which was convenient for aiming and shooting, and constantly changed the cannon position to snipe the enemy group targets.

Although the firepower density was increased, the Mongolian Yuan army used war horses to maneuver quickly, and some enemy troops broke through the blockade of guns and entered the shooting dead corner. After they arrived at the city, they immediately threw hook ropes to the city. The Changshu city wall was only two meters high, and hook ropes were not only a production tool for catching horses, but also a weapon during combat, so they were all playing around. As soon as the iron hook on the head of the cable hooked the city wall, they immediately used the strength to climb up.

Seeing this, the Song army soldiers guarding the city immediately cut off the rope with hooks and sharp axes. At the same time, the grenadiers who were on standby threw the grenades from the city. For a time, the explosion of the foot at the foot of the city continued, and the enemy who were avoiding shooting at the dead corners was tilted backwards, with heavy casualties. One or two enemy soldiers who were lucky enough to climb up the head of the city along the hook. As soon as they showed up, they were stabbed down the city by several prickly bayonets.

Just when the Ximen defenders prevented the enemy from climbing the city, the Mongolian army, who followed behind, suddenly accelerated and seized their troops to deal with the enemy under the city, and the opportunity to weaken their firepower quickly advanced forward. In addition, the Mongolian Yuan archers shot arrows at the top of the city under the cover of the shield player, without asking for a hit rate, but just fired arrows quickly, trying to suppress the Song army with dense rain of arrows.
Chapter completed!