The rebels did not seem to be in a hurry. They looked like they had just gotten up and were preparing to cook. They were obviously confident about breaking through Bijie City.
In fact, An Bangyan was indeed confident. He knew the situation in Bijie City very well.
Although An Bangyan was very angry that Bijie City had not been captured yesterday, he knew in his heart that Bijie City was already at the end of its strength. As long as he put in a little effort today, taking Bijie City would not be a problem at all.
They were sure to take it down today, so An Bangyan was not in a hurry. He asked his men to get up slowly and eat well, with no intention of attacking quickly.
Firstly, it is to let his men have a good rest, and secondly, it is to give them confidence.
When the sun rose high in the sky, An Bangyan finally brought his men to the front of the battle.
He looked at Bijie City in front of him and shouted, "Take Bijie City. I won't take a penny of the spoils! If you want to get rich, go and take it with your knife!"
The meaning of this statement is very clear, that is, after breaking Bijie City, you can let your subordinates burn, kill and loot.
This is an order second only to a massacre of a city. Many people would use this method to boost morale, and An Bangyan is no exception.
As long as we capture Bijie City, everything in the city will be our spoils of war.
Upon hearing the order from An Bangyan, his men immediately became excited, licking their lips excitedly, and looking at Bijie City with greedy desire in their eyes.
Many of them had been to Bijie before and knew it was a prosperous place. The thought of the wealthy families in the city and the women in these wealthy families was exciting.
An Bangyan suddenly drew out the knife in his hand and shouted loudly: "Go to Bijie City and make a fortune!"
Following his shout, a group of people rushed towards Bijie City.
They shouted and yelled, they were very excited, as if Bijie City was a piece of fat meat in their mouths.
Zhang Cheng and Zhang Zhongmou, standing on the wall, looked at each other.
Zhang Cheng said, "Sir, please step back and forget about the fight. If I die, it won't be too late for you to come up again."
Zhang Zhongmou nodded. Although he was mentally prepared to die in battle, it did not mean that he was going to die.
He retreated to the foot of the city, tightly gripping the knife in his hand and staring at the city wall.
The battle started instantly, and An Bangyan's men rushed up desperately.
The Ming army on the top of the city was also defending desperately. They used boiling hot water, golden soup, rolling logs, thunder stones, bows and arrows, and everything they could to prevent the people below from climbing up.
But it's difficult, really too difficult.
Bijie is not a big city. The city wall is only ten feet high. After the ladder is set up, people who can climb quickly can quickly climb up.
Hand-to-hand combat broke out on the city wall in an instant.
Zhang Cheng and his men began to fight with them, trying to suppress them. However, there were not many people on the city wall, and the young and strong ones had no fighting power. After yesterday's day of fighting, almost everyone was injured. It was basically impossible to suppress An Bangyan's men.
As more and more people came to the city wall, the expression on Zhang Cheng's face became increasingly gloomy.
After chopping down a rebel with one sword, Zhang Cheng gasped for breath. He knew that he would die here today.
He had been stabbed several times, his shirt soaked with blood. Although he was protected by armor, he was still seriously injured.
Seeing more and more rebels, Zhang Cheng gritted his teeth and rushed towards the rebels with a knife.
At this moment, the ground suddenly shook.
Everyone was stunned. What was going on?
Why is the earth still shaking?
Then, something happened that no one expected.
On the horizon not far away, under the sunlight, a group of cavalry came roaring.
They were wearing armor and carrying the Ming army's flags. Although they did not seem to be moving fast and did not start to sprint, cavalry was faster than infantry after all, and they rushed towards Bijie City.
The leader was Zhang Yanfang, with an excited expression on his face.
Bijie City had not been breached yet and the fighting was still fierce ahead. Zhang Yanfang felt that his chance to make a contribution had come.
As for the cavalry he led, they were not really cavalry at all. They were cavalry assembled by Yuan Keli, and their number was not large, only two thousand.
The most important thing is that these people have not received any training in riding and swordsmanship. They are just mounted infantry, and they are drawn from various armies.
The war horses were not very good either. They were of varying quality. Some were tall and strong, some were short and thin, and there were even mares with big bellies.
To round out this 2,000-man cavalry, Yuan Keli even pulled a few poor horses from the baggage train. It looked like a mob. Would this thing work?
But Yuan Keli insisted on doing so.
In the words of Yuan Keli, unusual troops must have unusual uses.
Li Biao and Yuan Keli followed behind the cavalry, and the two watched the cavalry rush forward.
Li Biao asked, "Master Dutang, is this really okay? It's just for the sake of appearing to scare people."
In response to Li Biao's question, Yuan Keli just smiled and did not answer.
As someone who had fought in the north, Yuan Keli was well aware of the terror of cavalry. Although many places in southern Xinjiang were not suitable for the use of cavalry, after all, the mountains were high and the forests were dense, and cavalry could not be fully deployed.
But Yuan Keli also knew that sometimes he could make use of it. A large group wouldn't work, but a small group would, so he put together a cavalry of 2,000 men.
As for the claim that the cavalry's combat effectiveness is poor and that they are more like a mob, that depends on who they are compared with.
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