Yangzhou City has been captured by the Song army, but Changshu City is still in fierce battle. Basa attacked for several days, and it can be said that he worked hard, but he still has no progress. Instead, the Song army learned from the first day's battle experience and rebuilt a line of defense outside the west city wall. They used the range of artillery on the city, used small troops to occupy the commanding heights, and built trenches and fortifications around the mountains. With the support of long-range artillery on the city and the mortar positions outside the city, they blocked the access to the mountain, controlled the valley, and used landmines to block the paths in the forest.

In this way, Basa's plan to use Yushan as a springboard to siege the city was crushed. The siege troops sent were often bombarded by artillery on the high ground as soon as they reached the mountain, and the Song army crossed fire in the fortifications. They also tried to use the ditches and the protection of the woods to move forward in a hidden way, but stepped on the mines buried there, exposing the target. After the Song army found it on the mountain, countless grenades were thrown down, which made them fall on their backs and fall down. Ten were not united.

After failing to attack the mountain, Basa had to turn to attack Ximen again. But at this time, the Song army had established a forward position, not only was it killed and injured by the Song army on the city, but also was attacked by the Song army on the Yushan position. The siege was blocked again and again, and the casualties rose in a straight line. Now thick corpses were piled up under the city. The soldiers who attacked the city could not die even if they were pushed down from the ladder. They could still run or jump after turning over.

Three days later, Basa certainly failed to capture Changshu City as ordered, and the army had arrived. Yuxi Timur was furious when he saw this. He had already discovered that the Song Dynasty had implemented a solid wall and clearing the fields. The villages and towns along the way were empty, the houses were empty, there was no place to collect food, and the wells were filled. Not only did people have no food, but the straw that could be fed to horses and the plants in the wilderness were also burned by fire, and it was difficult to find a place where horses were herding.

There was nowhere to replenish supplies along the way, and the Yuan army that crossed the south could only maintain the baggage they carried, and Yuxi Timur could only pin his hopes on Basa who was ordered to capture Changshu. As long as he could capture this city that stored a large number of gentlemen in the Song army, the difficulties in front of him would not only be solved, but also provide the army with the needs to continue moving south.

But man's calculations are not as good as God's calculations. Not only did Basa not capture the city, but he lost his troops and generals. Yuxi Timur was angry and wanted to behead him with the military law. Only after the generals pleaded with mercy were hesitant, he was spared his death penalty and was punished for thirty whips. But he knew that he could not change the current situation of food shortage, and the most important thing was to attack the city as soon as possible. He also understood that he could not count on Basa, who had no morale, and ordered the city to be besieged, and overnight to build siege equipment, and the next day he attacked the city.

The next day, Basa took the order to lead his troops to join the siege army. After hearing the report last night, Yuxi Timur thought that the Xicheng had established its complete defense system, and that mountain barriers were not conducive to the development of the army, so he chose the target of the siege in the relatively wide east and north cities. Leaded by Wanhu Sesanna, the Mongolian army capital of Hebei, Shandong and Wanhu Hatusun, the Mongolian army capital of Huaibei, Henan, Yuxi Timur led the central army to support it, and Basa naturally joined the headquarters.

"See Mr. Du!" Basa took several people to the central army in person to wait for the order and saluted Hatusun. He looked forward and saw that there were so many people and powerful people. The 100,000 troops were logged and demolished houses and collected materials. The craftsmen who followed the army did not care about resting and made siege equipment. They built hundreds of stone throwers and dozens of siege cars overnight, and erected tall arrow towers. After seeing this, he felt very sad. If he had had these guys, why would it be like this?

They came by light horses, except for their weapons and supplies, there were no extra supplies. Only a few craftsmen were accompanying them and were unable to make these large siege equipment. In the first two days of the siege, Basa also allowed the craftsmen to have simple equipment such as ladders and poles earlier, but later they could not supply them. They could only tie the iron plowshares that collected farmland from residents' homes to long poles, and pushed the long poles with them in a lord to advance under the city wall. While they hid under the cart, they could dodge bullets and various burning objects, they stretched out the long poles with the plow. When the plow hung the battlements, they climbed up the poles.

Of course, it is not just siege equipment, and the loss of weapons is extremely serious, especially the arrows with the greatest effect. Due to the fierce battle, the spare arrows used were almost consumed the first day. In the next two days, they could only shoot arrows when approaching the city walls. The preparation time was greatly shortened, so as not to have no arrows available at the most critical moment. Even so, there was little left in the end and there was no power to launch an attack.

"Thank you for your hard work, has your whip been better?" Ha Tusun waved his whip and asked him to avoid the gift. He pointed at him and asked him to come to his side, comforting him when he was in a weak state.

"Some minor injuries are not in the way. I also want to thank Du Shuai for saving his life. They are all incompetent and have caused Du Shuai to suffer!" Yesterday, the generals pleaded for mercy, and Basa was spared from death. As his direct superior, Hatusun naturally tried his best to excuse him. He thanked him with gratitude.

"Why are our brothers saying these words? But I don't understand why my brothers were blocked in this small city and lost many troops." The fathers of Hatusun and others were all directly under Qianhu when Kublai Khan was just named king and took charge of the Han area. They naturally joined the Qixue army as hosts. Therefore, they had already known each other and followed Kublai Khan to fight north and north, and later inherited their father's title and participated in many battles to destroy the Song Dynasty. Therefore, Hatusun knew that Basa was definitely not an incompetent person, so he asked in confusion.

"Oh!" After hearing his question, Basa sighed before he could speak, "Changshu City has been rebuilt, the city is strong, and there are heavy troops stationed. After two days of fighting, he found out that the Southern Dynasty guards stationed here were not only well-equipped, well-trained, and tenacious combat, which is definitely not comparable to the previous Southern Army. In addition, their firearms were sharp, especially the artillery, and they were very powerful. They could break mountains and crack rocks and about a mile, and they were simply unavoidable. All those in the middle died. Our army came from afar, lacking siege equipment, consumed a lot of arrows, and were not good at food and grass, which was difficult to replenish. Although they did not care about casualties, they could not shake this city. The general should be careful and use the troops carefully!"

"Oh, from afar!" Ha Tusun nodded and said, "The guards in front of the imperial army are the direct relatives of the young emperor of the Southern Dynasty. They should follow him. It is a bit strange to appear here. Maybe you have met the food and grass here. If you really defeated them, it would not be embarrassing!"

Ha Tusun comforted Basa, but he also felt confused. As a senior military leader, he was involved in formulating the southern invasion plan. The defense situation of Changshu City, an important node in the battle, was naturally the key target of reconnaissance, and he knew about the configuration of the troops here. Previously, there was only a low combat power regiment stationed here, responsible for transporting materials for passing troops.

Therefore, when we used a strong team of ten thousand people to capture this city, everyone thought it was a slaughter and the coach Shu was too cautious. But in fact, this was indeed a brigade of the Southern Dynasty's imperial guards, and it was no less than a team of ten thousand people on our own in terms of military strength. And those who fought with the Song army knew that the imperial guards under the direct control of the little emperor were all elite soldiers selected from the entire army, and their weapons were also the best.

Judging from the experience of previous fights, I have never encountered any defeat. Although everyone is disdainful of this, I have long agreed in my heart: in field battles, in one-on-one situations, the enemy's front guard can completely defeat our side; in one-on-two situations, both sides may be able to fight equally; even when their troops are at an absolute disadvantage, they can form a formation to protect themselves and wait for assistance; if they are defended by the city or have dangers, even if they are three times the strength, it will be difficult to break through in a short time. I still remember the battle of protecting the tombs that year. Their Hangzhou Duwanhu Mansion attacked the valley of a front guard brigade of the Song army with four 10,000 teams. Not only did they defend, they also launched a counterattack in time, destroying all their four 10,000 teams.

As for the water battle, everyone laughed. When the young emperor of the Southern Dynasty was still in the small land of Qiongzhou and his navy was the most powerful, the two sides fought repeatedly, but they did not get any advantage. Instead, they lost their troops and generals. In the subsequent battle to seize Jiangnan, the main force of his navy was basically wiped out by them. Now, let alone fighting, they fled from afar and did not dare to meet.

"Basa, don't be discouraged! Now our army gathers the forces of the two capitals Wanhu Mansions. Even if we rode a horse, we could flatten this small small city. Let's see how we captured the city and avenge you the city of Zhefeng!" At this time, the ten thousand men of the monk Wanhu Mansion said with a smile.

"Okay, I'll see everyone flattening this city and taking the first prize in the south!" Basa bowed to him and smiled. However, in his heart, in addition to disdain, he also had a vague intention of watching jokes. After all, he lost such a big face, so of course he also hoped that they would make a fool of themselves.

"Basa, your troops have been siegeing the city for several days, and they are already in short supply. You are injured again. You don't have to participate in the siege anymore. It's better to protect the camp for the rear army and collect cannon stones!" Hatusun knew that Basa's troops were not only exhausted, but also failed repeatedly, and it also made them feel weak. It was not appropriate to participate in the siege, and it would damage the morale of other troops, so he gave him a task to stay.

"Yes, everyone is the best, the general will take the order!" Basa naturally knew his thoughts. This was a task to give him a soy sauce. The surrounding Song army was gone and there was no need to guard against enemy attacks. Collecting cannon stones and providing ammunition for stone throwers may be their main task, so they did not refuse Ha Tusun's kindness and politely said.
Chapter completed!