The Xinsong army, which had previously defended the city, now only has a thousand steel-arm crossbowmen left.

The power is too thin and it is no longer enough to suppress the enemy troops under the city.

After that, due to the long range of the steel arm crossbow, the safety of the city was ensured, under the cover of the city, 30,000 iron kites outside the city also began to slowly enter the city.

When Meng Gong saw that all his friendly troops had entered the Guichi City Gate, he immediately ordered his defending troops to distribute two thousand people to leave the city to clean the battlefield.

The most important thing here is the three thousand crossbowmen who were trampled to death by Tiefutu, the steel arm crossbow that fell under Guichi City! Fortunately, Meng Gong specifically advised him before retreating, saying that whoever does not have a steel arm crossbow in his hand will not be allowed to enter the city.

So these crossbowmen all carried their crossbows to the city.

While cleaning the battlefield, all these steel-arm crossbows were reclaimed in Meng Gong's hands.

To be honest, the battle just now was really dangerous! If Wu Chaoyang did not arrive in time, these four thousand steel arm crossbows would definitely fall into Wanyan Shouxu's hands.

If such a simple and efficient long-range weapon is in the hands of the enemy, it will definitely add countless difficulties to the subsequent battles! So from this incident, we can see that no matter how tragic victory is, it will bring many benefits to the defeated side.

In ancient battlefields, the first winners gained the right to clean the battlefield.

During this period, they can treat a large number of their wounded soldiers on the battlefield.

After these wounded people recovered from their health, the combat effectiveness of these old soldiers became the most precious asset of the entire army.

As for the wounded soldiers of the enemy, it goes without saying that there is no chance of returning to the battlefield.

In addition, when the winner cleans the battlefield, he can also obtain a large amount of enemy troops and armor supplies.

This was a very scarce and precious resource in ancient times.

Take this battle for example. The thousands of Jin army Tiefutu who were killed by the Western Xia Iron Harrier.

The armor on their bodies, the weapons in their hands, and even the war horses that survived by chance were worthless.

In addition, even if the defeated side wins badly, it is much stronger than the defeated general in terms of morale.

Therefore, the outcome of a battle is actually the process of reallocating the strength and resources between the enemy and us.

...This time, Meng Gong lost 3,000 people alive, and the new army of 10,000 he brought out was now only 7,000 left.

He quickly re-armed the steel-arm crossbow he picked up to the hands of his remaining soldiers.

After that, Meng Gong finally settled down. No matter what, there were 50,000 more Western Xia troops in the city. Although the Jin army on the opposite side was extremely large, it was always okay to defend the city.

At this time, Meng Gong also understood what he had encountered last night.

It turned out that the Jin general Yila Pua came across the river, and after being shot and killed for a while, he chased him out for twelve or three miles.

After that, he was extremely unlucky to meet Wanyan Shouxu's army of 170,000 to 180,000 to come to pick up... It turned out that this was the reason why the other party's torch formation suddenly became so huge in the middle of the night last night! Meng Gong was extremely regretful at this time, so there was no need to say this.

At the same time, he still couldn't make a turn in his mind no matter what.

By the way, how did Marshal Jiang know about these things he encountered today three days ago?

...At dawn the next day, the two armies also began a tense confrontation above and below the city.

The defenders in Guichi City are naturally waiting for the enemy to come and attack.

At this moment, there was no movement in the Jin army's camp and there was no sign of them attacking the city.

"It seems that this battle cannot be fought."

At this time, Asha dared not, Meng Gong and Wu Chaoyang stood at the top of the city and looked down.

But the two generals heard the captain Wu Chaoyang say this.

Asa dared not mention it for the time being. Meng Gong thought carefully in his mind and then understood how Wu Chaoyang came to this conclusion.

Since Marshal Jiang had long anticipated this battle under Guichi City, she must have known Wanyan Shouxu's whereabouts and is now in Guichi.

In this way, if Wanyan Shouxu was anxious, he could not conquer Guichi City.

The situation faced by this Jin emperor was exactly the same as when he was in Jinhua and Lanxi before - there was a strong city in front and a strong army in Tongzhou behind! So Wanyan Shouxu would never stay here, nor would he foolishly order the siege.

Since they did not take the initiative to attack Guichi early in the morning, the Jin army should leave.

...Asolutely, just as the sky light gradually brightened, the sun in the east was gushing out.

Wanyan Shouxu's army immediately set up camp and quickly evacuated to the south! At this moment, Wanyan Shouxu's thoughts were exactly the same as Meng Gong's guess, and he also knew that he could not stay here for a long time.

However, the process of his reaching this conclusion was different from that of Meng Gong.

Wanyan Shouxu didn't know that the defenders in Guichi City were actually sent by Marshal Jiang.

On the contrary, last night, Meng Gong attacked the steel arm crossbows of Asa's Danger, which made Wanyan Shouxu think about it carefully, but the more he thought about it, he became more and more frightened! According to Wanyan Shouxu's speculation, in remote places like Guichi, powerful weapons like steel arm crossbows should not appear.

So when he discovered this abnormal situation, he felt even more and more wrong.

What's more, there are tens of thousands of iron kites in Guichi City in front of you, but they are actually pure-bred Xixia people! The extremely strange combination in Guichi City now makes Wanyan Shouxu feel more and more uneasy.

So when it dawned, he immediately ordered his army to retreat.

And the direction of his retreat... Wanyan Shouxu thought hard and chose a route that the enemy would never expect!... Just three days ago, Miss Jiang sent Meng Gong to Guichi, and waited until Wanyan Shouxu rushed straight to Guichi.

She was running contrary to this Jin army and headed southwest.

At that time, Miss Jiang seemed to have forgotten one thing, which was Huizhou City behind her.

In fact, there is also a unit in Huizhou City where Wanyan Shouxu stayed.

The original meaning of Wanyan Shouxu was to leave a unit in this place where the four waters gathered, where the key to the throat was located, and to guard it tightly so that he could calmly go towards Guichi.

But what Wanyan Shouxu didn't expect was that Miss Jiang had known for a long time that he must walk the one in the middle of the three paths.

Therefore, the Tongzhou army had no need to capture Huizhou City, and the entire army crossed the Xin'an River under the Tongzhou Navy Inland Fleet.

At this time, in Huizhou City, this Jin army was originally a tragic abandoned son, waiting to be behind Wanyan Shouxu's army.
Chapter completed!