Chapter 434: The Beginning of the War (27)
"General Qiyu, there is an enemy army outside the north gate, the number is about 20,000, and when the subordinates come to report, the enemy army is already preparing to attack the city. ”
"What?"
Gongsun Xu's eyes widened, and he looked at the soldier in front of him who had reported the military situation to him with a shocked and extremely disbelieving expression.
"What did you just say, tell me again?"
Looking at Gongsun Xu's expression of wanting to devour himself alive, the soldier's face was a little afraid. However, in line with the duty of a soldier, he still said clearly word by word: "General, there is an enemy army at the north gate, and now I am afraid that it is already attacking the city." ”
"Bastard thing!"
When he listened to the soldier's words again and made sure that he had heard correctly, Gongsun Xu immediately scolded.
"How did this enemy army appear at the north gate, can anyone tell me! What the hell is Lu Lan doing, how did he let this enemy army go? Who can tell me?"
Listening to Gongsun Xu's roar, the soldiers around him all had a silent expression, and no one dared to stand up at this time to anger Gongsun Xu's anger that had reached a critical value.
Although he has not yet seen the specific situation of that enemy army, Gongsun Xu only thought about it a little and knew where this enemy army came from. You don't have to think about it to know that it must be the Bohai County soldiers who Yuan Chang divided his troops to attack Fangcheng, and then bypassed Fangcheng. It's just that he has already sent Lu Lan to lead 30,000 soldiers and horses to ambush the enemy's troops and horses, even if he can't win in a short time, can't he even have the ability to hold back the other party? Gongsun Xu really couldn't understand how the situation could become like this. Of course. Gongsun Xu definitely couldn't figure it out, everything was expected by Guo Jia, a top strategist, and it would be strange if Gongsun Xu figured it out easily. So. It is reasonable that Gongsun Xu can't understand.
After scolding for a while, Gongsun Xu also knew that it was useless to scold again, and the top priority was to think about how to solve this problem.
"Who can tell the general how many more reservists we have?"
There were originally thousands of defenders in Tongxian, but when Gongsun Xu came, he brought 50,000 soldiers, plus 5,000 white horse volunteers, and the defenders in Tongxian County totaled more than 60,000. Previously, Gongsun continued to give Lu Lan 30,000 to intercept the other party. In addition to those killed in the previous battle, there are still about 30,000 troops in Tongxian County. Because he didn't expect that Han Sui's 20,000 soldiers would be able to pass through Lu Lan's interception smoothly, therefore. The north gate was only symbolically guarded by 3,000 soldiers, and the enemy army had 20,000 troops, if there were no reinforcements, they would definitely be lost in less than an hour, and the south gate was Yuan Chang's main force. The opponent is strong. And well-equipped, at least with a considerable number of troops to defend, otherwise, it will also be very dangerous. In this way, there is no reinforcement at the north gate. However, once the north gate is lost, the south gate will be under the attack of Bohai County from both sides. Can it be kept? The answer is yes, of course, it can't. Therefore. The North Gate must also send troops to reinforce it.
Gongsun continued to ask and waited for a while, but no one answered, and his anger suddenly increased.
"Didn't you hear what Ben would ask you? Are you deaf or stupid? What is the use of you rice buckets and waste? ”
Gongsun Xu couldn't help the anger in his heart and scolded again, and then began to think in his heart. There are 20,000 soldiers and horses of Bohai County outside the north gate, and if you want to defend it, you must have at least 10,000 troops. And just in case, support an additional reserve of three thousand. In this way, 8,000 troops will be drawn from the south gate. Originally, the battle at the South Gate was a little tight, and if these 8,000 troops were missing, I am afraid it would be even more difficult. However, Gongsun Xu has no choice, and this reinforcement has to be sent if it is not sent. The only thing that can be done now is to hold on until the 30,000 soldiers and horses in Lu Lan can come back to help, otherwise, Tongxian is afraid that it will not be able to hold it.
Time returned to half an hour ago, outside the north gate of Tongxian County.
"It's 10:30, which is 6:00 a.m. The military advisor said that the siege of the city began when the lord was on the side, and when the time came, the siege would begin again, and Gongsun Xu would not be able to quickly reinforce him. ”
Han Sui crawled at the front of the army, looked at the mechanical watch on his wrist, and lowered his head in thought.
This mechanical watch is naturally made by Yuan Chang, and before Yuan Chang crossed, he also had a lot of friends. One of my friends is a three-handed, a thief. However, his friend doesn't steal anything, he just steals brand-name mechanical watches from rich and noble families. As the saying goes, a long-term illness becomes a good doctor, this friend is used to stealing watches, and he can find out how to assemble some simple mechanical watches. And Yuan Chang learned a little fur from this friend, and happened to have Ou Nanbao, a master craftsman, so he asked him to build some parts, and then Yuan Chang assembled them himself. The crude craftsmanship naturally cannot be compared with before the crossing, and the error of one hour is close to thirty seconds, and it has to be proofread once a day. Also, it's not easy to build. Therefore, now Yuan Chang's henchmen can wear the above watches, and there are more than ten in total. As one of Yuan Chang's earliest henchmen, Han Sui naturally has it.
"Wow, General, what is this thing on your wrist, it looks so powerful!"
"Yes, General, can you let the little one touch it, and the little one wants to get one. ”
"Smack!"
Han Sui patted away the cronies who wanted to touch his watch, glared at a few people, and said very smugly: "It's okay to see, but it's not okay to touch it." This thing is very expensive, it was given by the lord, and there are only a few in the whole world, except for the lord, no one else can make it, you can't buy it if you want to. However, if any of you can make a great contribution, the general will ask the lord for it for you. ”
After Han Sui finished speaking, a flush flashed on his face. He said a little too much, Yuan Chang said when he gave them the watch, this thing is not easy to make, and it took Ou Nanbao nearly half a month of painstaking effort to create it. Then, Yuan Chang spent a night of hard work to assemble it, if it was not necessary, he could not let Ou Nanbao be so sad. Unless it is developed well in the future, you can consider making watches, which is naturally impossible now. Han Sui said this to his cronies, that is, he wanted to motivate them, if he really made a great contribution, Yuan Chang would naturally not be stingy with this thing. If it really doesn't work, Han Sui will give his watch to his cronies at most. I can't chill my cronies.
"Wow, this thing is so big, no matter how small you say it, you have to strive for a great achievement. Get one. ”
"Hey, don't rob me, this thing must be mine, the general is waiting for me to make a great contribution." ”
Listening to Han Sui's words, the eyes of all the cronies beside Han Sui lit up. As Han Sui's cronies, they have long seen the watch on Han Sui's wrist and have always been envious. Now, finally, they have a chance. When the time comes, they will also wear a watch, and when they see people, they will show it off, and it will make people excited to think about it.
"Alright. Don't talk nonsense, look at your performance. It's almost time, let's go!"
The place where Han Sui camped was only ten miles away from the north gate of Tongxian County, and the army had already arrived at the north gate of Tongxian County after marching for half an hour. When a dense army was seen appearing under the city. The Youzhou soldiers at the head of the North Gate City were suddenly dumbfounded.
"What's going on. Where did the soldiers and horses come from? Could they be General Lu's soldiers and horses?"
", blind your dog's eyes, can't you see that it's the soldiers and horses of Bohai County? Obviously, this is an enemy army, and you still think it's your own people. ”
"Fuck, you two are stupid. The enemy army has appeared, and you are still here chattering, so don't hurry up and warn!"
"Enemy attack!"
"Enemy attack!"
With the shouts of the two soldiers, the 3,000 guards at the head of the north gate suddenly went to the top of the city, or looked at the enemy troops under the city in horror or worry.
"Look at what the other party's soldiers and horses say, there are also 20,000. We have 3,000 soldiers and horses, can we hold it?"
"Nonsense. Naturally, we can't hold it, and one person can drown us with a mouthful of spit. ”
"You two fools, if you don't hurry up to ask the general for help when you know about it, you're still rambling here. If it weren't for the fact that you and Ben Jiang are in the same country, Ben Jiang would not have brought you two fools with him. ”
After a while, the neighing of a war horse sounded, and then they hurried towards the south gate.
Time passed quietly in the waiting, and the soldiers at the north gate of Tongxian County were full of anxiety and panic, while the soldiers and horses of Han Sui under the city were all gearing up, with a high-spirited battle spirit on their faces, vowing to make great achievements in this battle, and then get the same watch as the general. Han Sui's previous words have been spread by Han Sui's personal soldiers, and everyone knows this awesome watch, and they all have ideas in their hearts. However, only one person has a chance, so no one will give in to each other, and everyone will compete according to their ability.
"The time is up, brothers, kill!"
When the pointer on the watch pointed to eleven o'clock, Han Sui waved his hand and shouted angrily, and a group of 5,000 soldiers who had been ready behind him roared and rushed to the north gate of Tongxian with a siege ladder. There is only one opportunity to make a great contribution, and being the first besieging soldier is the most promising. Therefore, in order to compete for the opportunity to become the first team of soldiers, everyone also broke their heads.
"Kill!
"Fuck me, for my watch!"
"Don't rob me of anyone, the watch is mine!"
Quite simply, whoever first storms the city and then opens the gates is the great achievement.
"Damn, what's going on?"
The Youzhou soldiers at the head of the city were all dumbfounded when they saw the green-eyed Bohai County soldiers. Listening to the shouts of these Bohai County soldiers, it seems that they are fighting for something. And they became the target of the other party's fight for that thing.
"Boulders, sasswood, and boiling oil ready!"
The guard on the north gate saw the soldiers of Bohai County rolling in, and immediately gave an order in a loud voice. However, as soon as he finished giving the order, the soldiers under his command brought him bad news.
"General, there are only a dozen boulders, which is not enough!"
"General, there are only a few dozen pieces of sasswood!"
"General, there are only two barrels of boiling oil!"
When he heard the news of the report from the soldiers under his command, the guards were also dumbfounded. Without these fortified materials, how could they resist the opponent's attack? The opponent had 20,000 soldiers and horses, and if they were under a strong attack, they would be able to attack the city in two rounds at most. It will take time to mobilize reinforcements from the south gate to come to reinforcements, at least two quarters of an hour.
The guard gritted his teeth and shouted angrily: "If you don't have these materials to defend the city, you will use people to go up, and you must hold on until the reinforcements sent by the general arrive." It is time for us to raise soldiers for a thousand days, and adults have raised us for so long, it is time for us to be loyal. Sons, kill with General Ben!"
Under the encouragement of the guards, the three thousand Youzhou soldiers also calmed down a lot. Looking at the surging crowd under the city, there was also a little less fear.
"Kill!"
Boulders, sasswood, and boiling oil were only used up in a matter of moments, and there was no way. I didn't expect Han Sui's soldiers and horses to arrive at the north gate so smoothly. Therefore, Gongsun Xu was not prepared. And the defenders of the north gate are also accustomed to the fact that there is no war here, so naturally they will not care. So much so that the cups that are now in line with Han Sui's soldiers and horses are directly in close service.
"Khooth!"
"Ahh
The first group of 5,000 siege soldiers had only suffered nearly 1,000 casualties before they had climbed the ladder and approached the city. Without the threat of boulders, sasswood, boiling oil, etc., the besieging soldiers did not have the slightest fear, and some soldiers did not use their face shields. Holding the siege ladder in one hand and the weapon in the other, he climbed up strongly. It's just a blink of an eye. The three thousand Youzhou soldiers have already suffered hundreds of casualties. The reason why there are such casualties is because there was no fighting in Tongxian in the first place, and the defenders of Tongxian were very bad. The 3,000 defenders on the north gate are all the original Tongxian defenders, plus the north gate is calmer than the south gate. These 3,000 soldiers were slack in their training in peacetime. I don't sweat normally, but now I bleed, that's what I said. In addition to this, there is another reason for the disparity in weapons between the two sides. Needless to say, the weapons of the soldiers of Bohai County are all high-quality. Although the weapons are not as good as those of some generals, they are also much better than today's standard weapons, and Tongxian is located in Youzhou, so there is no opportunity to fight with the alien races in the north, and the equipment has naturally not been replaced. Some of the equipment was rusty. As soon as the weapons of the soldiers of Bohai County were handed over, they were immediately broken in two. Then he was beheaded.
"The sons and daughters are resisting, and the general's reinforcements will arrive soon. ”
When the guards saw that their soldiers were falling into disadvantage, they immediately shouted loudly. At this point, the morale of the soldiers has increased a little, but only slightly. If the reinforcements sent by Gongsun Xu have not yet arrived, I am afraid that they will not be able to hold on for long.
Although his own side had the upper hand, Han Sui was still not satisfied. According to Guo Jia's prediction, after the south gate dragged Gongsun Xu, the battle on the north gate side would only need to end in two quarters of an hour to half an hour. Then, Han Sui could lead the 20,000 soldiers and horses to the south gate and attack Gongsun Xu on both sides of the soldiers and horses at the south gate. Now that a quarter of an hour has passed, and in another quarter of an hour, the reinforcements sent by Gongsun Xu are almost coming, and the situation will not be optimistic. Although Han Sui was confident that even if the other party had reinforcements, he could forcibly capture the North Gate, but the casualties were too large and the delay was too long, which was not the result that Han Sui wanted to see.
And the reason why the defenders of the north gate are so firm is that the guards are a big reason.
At that moment, Han Sui made a decision in his heart, stretched out his left hand, and shouted: "Come on, take the bow!"
Han Sui's voice fell, and someone immediately handed him a well-made longbow behind him. Han Sui didn't say much, bent his bow and arrows, and did it in one go.
"Whew!"
The arrows swept towards the city with a sharp whistling sound like meteors. Looking at the direction in which the arrow was fired, it was the head of the guard who was commanding the city.
"Not good!"
The guard, who was commanding loudly, jumped in his heart, and suddenly a sharp whistling sound sounded in his ears. The experienced guard naturally knew that this was the sound of a bow and arrow, and when he reacted immediately, he was about to lie down on one side. However, the guard's eyes only saw a little cold light galloping towards him, and then, the guard's eyes gradually lost their lustre, and slowly fell backwards.
"Ah, the general was shot by the enemy!"
"What should we do! The general is dead, can we still hold it?"
"Don't mess around, we must stick to the general's orders, hold on until the reinforcements arrive, and the brothers will continue to kill!"
When the guards fell, the soldiers were either panicked or excited, in short, they had all kinds of thoughts. However, the death of the defender still caused chaos at the head of the North Gate, and for a while, it seemed that it was a little unable to resist the offensive of the soldiers of Bohai County.
"Second team, follow Ben general!"
Han Sui saw that there was chaos above the city, and immediately knew that the time had come. At that moment, he put away his longbow, drew his long knife, waved his big hand, and charged towards the city gate in the first place. Behind Han Sui, the five thousand soldiers of the second team also rushed forward with shouts.
"Oh, no, the enemy is here again, what should we do, we can't hold it!"
"We can't hold it, or we can escape!"
"Now that the city is surrounded, where can we escape?
"We can't escape or surrender, we can't let the general die in vain!"
When Han Sui led the second team of 5,000 soldiers to rush up. It was like the last straw that broke the camel's back, and the Youzhou soldiers above the city suddenly became even more panicked. Some soldiers want to flee, some soldiers want to surrender. Some soldiers choose to fight to the death, without the command of a general, how can the chaotic team resist the imposing siege soldiers of Bohai County?
"Haha, I'm the first person to attack the city, and I'm done!"
"It's a joke, it's just a siege of the city, and I want to take the first credit before the city gate is opened. Don't dream, the first credit must be mine!"
"Hmph, the first credit is mine. Don't rob me!"
After only a moment's effort, in the chaotic situation of the Youzhou soldiers defending the city, the first team of siege soldiers finally landed on the top of the city. When the first soldier came to the top of the city, the second and third gradually appeared. Blink of an eye. The city was already covered with soldiers from Bohai County. At this time, the five thousand soldiers of the second team led by Han Sui had also climbed the siege ladder.
"Kill!"
"Hold the battle line and don't let the enemy open the gates!"
However, at this time, on the other side of the city, a soldier and horse suddenly appeared, and a general took the lead with a spear, and killed the soldiers of Bohai County when he saw it. And. The opponent's army is obviously quite numerous, and it is very fast. The soldiers of Bohai County who ascended to the top of the city were suppressed.
"This is the time to make a contribution, brothers, what are you still hesitating about!"
At this time, Han Sui also led the second team of siege soldiers to climb to the top of the city. About 10,000 men and horses on each side fought fiercely on the small city, one to crush the other and then rush to the city and open the gates, and the other to suppress the other and drive the other off the city. The soldiers on both sides did not let anyone, and for a while, the small city was like a meat grinder, tearing apart the lives one by one. In the blink of an eye, countless soldiers fell, and the soldiers on both sides were also red-eyed, and no one would take a step back.
Han Sui was at a stalemate between the two sides, and he was also a little anxious in his heart. Although it is less than two quarters of an hour now, there is still half an hour before the agreed time with Guo Jia. However, since he has taken on this task, he naturally wants to do his best.
At that moment, Han Sui raised his arms and shouted: "Brothers, raising soldiers for a thousand days and using soldiers for a while, the lord has let our family live a happy life and given us the opportunity to get ahead." Now, it's time for us to repay the Lord. The soldiers obeyed the order, followed the general to kill, there was no life or death, never retreated, killed!"
"Kill, kill, kill!"
Under the encouragement of Han Sui and the leadership of Han Sui, the 10,000 Bohai County soldiers at the head of the city suddenly became excited and shouted loudly. The sound could be heard even at the South Gate, miles away. Then, Han Sui took the lead, surrounded by soldiers around him, and struggled to press the battle line.
"Sons, let them know that our soldiers in Youzhou are not vegetarians, and they will be killed with this!"
"Kill, kill, kill!"
Being able to be sent by Gongsun Xu at such a critical moment, the general's ability is obviously not bad. Soon, he mobilized his own morale, and he also took the lead in killing the formation of the soldiers of Bohai County. After a moment's effort, Han Sui and the other party's generals met each other.
In such a small space, unless it is a top general, no matter how sharp the martial arts are, they can't play well. Just like Zhao Yun, he was surrounded by Cao's army when he was on Changban Slope, and he was stunned to get out of the encirclement with a gun, a sword, and a horse, although it was said that there was a reason for Cao Cao's release of water. However, Zhao Yun's strength is also beyond doubt. Han Sui and the other party's generals obviously couldn't reach Zhao Yun's level, so when the two of them met each other, they could only hold their respective weapons and collide with each other.
"Khoop, boom!"
Han Sui's martial arts are not outstanding, so he can only fight evenly with the opposing generals.
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
"Bang!"
The two staggered a step, each roared, and rushed forward again, and the weapons collided together. However, after this collision, an abnormal sound sounded, and then, I saw that the spear of the opposing general was cut off by Han Sui's big sword. As Yuan Chang's henchman, Han Sui naturally has the most sophisticated weapons. If it is an ordinary soldier's weapon, it will naturally not be able to cut off the opponent's spear. It's a pity that he met Han Sui, Yuan Chang's henchman, and the result was naturally different.
"Ahh
After Han Sui cut off the opponent's spear, the big knife slashed at the opponent without hesitation. How could Han Sui, the exquisite craftsmanship of Bohai County, not know how to waste such a good opportunity. At that moment, the opposing general was killed by Han Sui. It's not about strength, it's about hardware, and it's no one else to blame.
After the opponent's general was killed, the morale of the 10,000 reinforcements sent by Gongsun Xu naturally plummeted, and there was no suspense about being defeated. Not long after, after suppressing the 10,000 enemy troops, Han Sui opened the city gate, and 10,000 soldiers outside the city also rushed in. After leaving 5,000 soldiers to guard the nearly 10,000 enemy troops, Han Sui waved his hand, and the army rushed towards the south gate.
"Brothers, the time has come to make a contribution, kill!"
"Kill!" (to be continued......)