Chapter 399: Fox's Tail
After hearing the sound of drums, Gao Lang quickly appeared on the city wall.
"Are the rebels really attacking?" asked Gao Lang aloud as soon as he came up.
"There was an offensive from the other three directions, and there was no movement here. Ye Heng replied.
"Then I'll take a look!" Gao Lang was about to leave as he spoke, but was stopped by Ye Heng.
"General Gao, I think the focus of the rebels is on our side, so it's better for you not to leave. Ye Heng said, "The offensive on the other three sides is estimated to be similar to that of the day, with General Li and others, it can be completely defended, we are still worried about the west side of the city, the enemy will not give up attacking us." By the way, how are you prepared there?"
Gao Lang immediately stopped after hearing Ye Heng's words, and said with a smile: "When you're ready, you can rest assured! As long as Han Kaiyuan dares to come, he will definitely let him drink a good pot!"
The two of them are talking here, and the battle in the other three directions has begun. After more than half an hour's rest, the Pingcheng army was full of vigor, throwing stones and rolling wood at the rebels besieging the city, and continued to pour fire oil, and the arrows of the archers ruthlessly shot the oncoming rebels. The catapults placed in the city also began to attack, and after a day of fierce fighting, there were few catapults left, but the rebels also suffered heavy losses, and now both sides threw far fewer stones than they had at the beginning.
Soon there were fires on three sides of the city, and the sky was getting darker and darker, and the light of the fire became brighter! The rebel siege vehicles rumbled into the city wall again, and the place that had been broken during the day had been blocked, and a lot of heavy objects had been added to the back, and it was very difficult to hit it again, so they changed places and hit again.
Charges, shouts, screams, roars...... The sounds were mixed together, and the ears of the people who were shaking were buzzing, but the rebels in the west of the city were still quiet.
"What the hell is this Han Kaiyuan doing, why hasn't there been any movement yet?" Gao Lang stared at the enemy camp opposite, and said uneasily.
"General Gao, don't be impatient, the gift we are preparing will also take some time, let's compare our patience with Han Kaiyuan to see who can wait." Ye Heng said jokingly, as if there was no pressure in his heart.
"The city lord is right, anyway, our city is strong and well-fed, and if they have the ability, they don't attack the city and confront us for a few months. Wait a few months and it will be winter, and I don't believe they won't withdraw their troops!" Gao Lang said angrily.
Ye Heng shook his head and said: "I can't wait that long, the rebels haven't swept the entire Guping Prefecture for so long, I estimate that they are facing a lot of pressure now, otherwise, the rivers will be diverted, why don't you trap us for a while? In other words, our previous guess was correct, it is not a coincidence that there is a war around the Shuntian Empire at the same time, but there is a black hand behind the scenes that we can't see that controls all this, and the Taiyin Sect belongs to one of the forces. ”
"City Lord, I feel that what you said is likely to be true, the more desperate they try, the more it shows the importance of our peaceful city, and we must defend it, and we must not let these traitors who betrayed the empire succeed!" Gao Lang said indignantly.
"Yes, looking at the enemy's appearance, this is desperate, it's good that there is no war in our West Gate, once the rebels start to attack, it will inevitably be a thunderous blow, we have to be careful!
"Okay, I'll make arrangements!" Gao Lang agreed, and personally ran down the city wall to arrange this matter.
Han Kaiyuan saw from a distance that the guards on the western wall of Pingcheng were still heavily guarded, and there was no panic or going to other directions to support, and there was a somewhat disappointed look on his face.
"Beat the drums!Order all armies to intensify the siege!" Han Kaiyuan ordered.
The bullhide war drums of the rebels sounded again, and the drums sounded quickly and loudly, and when the generals of the other three directions heard it, they immediately increased their forces and stormed the city walls. From the very beginning, Han Kaiyuan was trying to find a way to divert the troops on this side of the western city wall, because he wanted to let the Han army attack the main attack and wanted to help them reduce the difficulty of attacking the city. The Han family army was their Han family's private army, and he didn't want to have big casualties, any loss would weaken their Han family's strength, so he didn't order the troops in the west of the city to attack from the other three directions at the same time. At this time, the other directions were ordered to strengthen the offensive, also to force the defenders on this side of the western wall to divide their forces to rescue.
It's a pity that Ye Heng concluded that Han Kaiyuan had a conspiracy, and the calmer he was here, the more he refused to transfer a single soldier, and even transferred half of the reserve army in the city. Of course, Han Kaiyuan didn't know Ye Heng's arrangement, and still had the idea of forcing the Pingcheng Army on the west side of the city to divide troops to save him.
Han Kaiyuan's strategy can't be said to be wrong, but the defenders of Pingcheng are too tenacious, and no matter how the three-sided army attacks, it has not achieved the expected effect. Even if support is needed, the reserve army in the city will be on top in time to relieve the pressure. Of course, the Heijo army was able to defend so tightly, and the killers of the Plum Blossom Fourteen and the strong support of the Snow Wolf Squad played a great role. Don't look at their small number, relying on the geographical advantages of the defenders, they can often play a huge role in blocking ten. And they often target the elite masters of the rebels, and deal a greater blow to the rebels.
The three-sided army was not good at attacking the city, and they kept sending people over to ask Han Kaiyuan why he hadn't attacked from the west. Han Kaiyuan understood that it was the other generals who were expressing their dissatisfaction with him. No matter which general values the soldiers in his hands very seriously, if the losses are too serious, he will become a bare-bones general, and his status in the army will be affected. Although no one will say these words clearly, they are like mirrors in their hearts. Therefore, the army on three sides is desperate, but if Han Kaiyuan does not send troops for a long time, no one will feel comfortable in their hearts. I read books
Han Kaiyuan just asked the heralds to tell their respective generals, saying that the marshal had his own arrangements, so that they could attack the direction they were responsible for with peace of mind.
The battle lasted for half an hour, and Han Kaiyuan found that the defenders in the west of Pingcheng were unmoved, still sticking to their positions, and he was very depressed. In this case, he can't attribute all the reasons to the various armies, whether they have tried their best to attack Han Kaiyuan knew very well in his heart that the most tangled thing was that he had already boasted that he had already boasted that he would take Pingcheng today, and he said at the meeting just now that he would send the Han army to attack Pingcheng.
Han Kaiyuan deliberately spent so long, and still didn't wait for the favorable opportunity for the Han family army to fight, he knew in his heart that if he continued to wait, it would be difficult to suppress the dissatisfaction of the other armies, and it seemed that he could only bite the bullet!
Han Kaiyuan walked out with his generals, and the teams were already waiting outside the West City. Han Kaiyuan said to a general beside him: "General Qian, order your people to start acting!"
As soon as the general gave the order, the soldiers who had been waiting for the battle immediately picked up the timber that had been prepared long ago and rushed towards Heicheng. Some of them carried a large tree and rushed forward, some of them two or three people carried a small tree and ran towards the city wall, and all of them ran wildly with their heads covered, quickly approaching the pile of corpses under the city.
"General Han, prepare to attack the city!" Han Kaiyuan ordered Han Bin.
"Rest assured, no matter what the price is, the final general will definitely break through the city wall and take the flat city!" Han Bin said confidently.
Hearing this, Han Kaiyuan really wanted to go up and slap Han Bin's two big mouths! Together with his own hollow thoughts, he wanted Han Jiajun to get military merits and protect the manpower for Han Jiajun, but when he arrived here, he didn't understand what he meant at all! If it weren't for the presence of other people, he would really scold Han Bin for being stupid, and even kick him a few times.
"General Han, don't be too impulsive when attacking the city, be flexible and control the overall situation, and don't cause unnecessary casualties. Han Kaiyuan had to remind.
"The last general understands!" Han Bin agreed, turned around and walked towards the Han family's army, holding his chest high and his head held high! As a young general, his dream is, of course, to make meritorious contributions, become famous in the world, and become a generation of famous generals. Today, such an opportunity finally came to him, and he thought in his heart that he must play the prestige of the Han family army and make himself famous in a fight, how could he easily miss this opportunity.
Han Bin only felt his blood boiling, as if a fierce beast had been released from an iron cage, and he wanted to look up to the sky and roar! He was very grateful to Han Kaiyuan in his heart, and finally created an opportunity for him. Han Kaiyuan's words reminding him were automatically ignored by him, and he thought it was just the same polite words that a marshal said to all his subordinates. He was now thinking about how to quickly break through the city wall and take Pingcheng, and he didn't have the meaning of Han Kaiyuan's words at all.
Seeing Han Bin's expression, Han Kaiyuan knew that Han Bin would be wrong. However, as the head coach, he couldn't say anything, he could only secretly pray that Han Bin would not be hot-headed and that he would minimize the loss.
"The fox has finally shown its tail!" Ye Heng had been staring at the rebel camp, and when he saw that the rebels had finally made a move, he said to Gao Lang with a smile.
"City Lord, we are all ready, as long as you give an order, we will definitely give this group of traitors a big surprise!" Gao Lang said excitedly.
"Don't worry, General Gao, let the archers prepare first, the rebels are going to attack the city. Ye Heng took the glaive sword in his hand and said to Gao Lang, "This time the main attack is the Han family's army, I will go to the front to meet the enemy, and you will command." In addition, you transfer two teams from the Wolf Tooth Regiment over, this battle is a hard-fought battle, and we will use our elite to try how many catties and taels the Han family army has. ”
"Okay, city lord, be more careful!" Gao Lang didn't say anything, just gave a simple admonition, and immediately sent someone to mobilize the people of the Wolf Tooth Regiment.
The rebels poured out like a tidal wave, quickly approaching the pile of corpses beneath the city. Then he climbed up the pile of corpses, spreading the wood he had brought over the corpses as he crawled. The front was laid, and the back was filled, and soon a large slope made of wood was laid.
"City Lord, how do you fight?" Gao Lang asked in a low voice as he stared at the city below.
"These are just ordinary soldiers, don't bother. Our goal is their main army, and wait. Ye Heng said calmly.
Han Kaiyuan saw from a distance that the defenders of Pingcheng were still not moving, and he was a little panicked for no reason. They dispatched so many people and created such a big momentum, it was impossible for the Pingcheng army not to find out, so why didn't they stop it?
Of course, Han Kaiyuan would not be naïve to think that the defenders of Pingcheng would give up resistance, and the other three directions were still full of war, the smoke of gunpowder was filled, and the Pingcheng army would not give up an inch of land, and they would sacrifice their lives to die, how could they give up the west of the city? It was precisely because they were so stubborn in defending that they were now holding their troops and could not guess the intentions of the Pingcheng army, which made Han Kaiyuan's heart even more uneasy.
"Don't have any accidents!" Han Kaiyuan muttered to himself, staring at the walls of Pingcheng without blinking.