Chapter 779: Conquering the Huguan
Wei Changhai received Yi Xingchen's order and quickly rushed to the outside of the city to conduct a pre-battle review and instruction on the 20,000 Xinghua troops who had been assembled outside the city and were ready for a counteroffensive, and to boost the fighting morale of the Xinghua soldiers. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Everything is on the way. The second counterattack of the Xinghua army was quickly launched, the flames of war were ignited, and the rockets covered the entire Huguan!
Huguan is much smaller than Jianguan, but compared with the Xia army camp, it has a more restrictive defect - Huguan is actually a closed barracks-style town, not only a large number of people, but also a large number of wooden buildings.
However, because the Xinghua Army's attack weapon is a highly lethal multiple rocket launcher, once hit, the damage caused is not limited to the area hit. When a fire starts, it quickly spreads to nearby buildings, and the wooden material is like dry wood encountering a blazing fire, making the fire quickly grow larger.
More importantly, compared with dealing with the Xia army camp, the Xinghua army took a more tragic attack on Huguan, and the Xia Xia defenders in Huguan were so fierce that they had no power to parry.
The result of the rocket artillery coverage was to keep the pot locked up in just five minutes, and half of the city was in flames.
After firing a round of rockets and taking the lead, Wei Changhai led the main force of the Xinghua Army to Huguan.
When he arrived at Huguan, he found that outside the Huguan city gate, there were 12,000 remnants of the Xia army, who were turned away by the Huguan defenders.
Wei Changhai almost immediately understood that these remnants of the defeated army must be the Xia soldiers who fled from the defeat of Jianguan.
Seeing this, Wei Changhai hesitated slightly. However, although he didn't know why these Xia soldiers were turned away from the city, Wei Changhai believed that as long as they were Xia soldiers, they were their enemies, and no matter what, they had to strike first.
Therefore, Wei Changhai's face sank, and he immediately prepared to order the main force of the Xinghua Army to set up a formation. Unexpectedly, at this time, the scene underwent an unexpected change - the remnants of the Xia Army who were locked up outside the gate of Huguan City saw the pursuers of the Xinghua Army coming from the rear
Without saying a word, they surrendered directly to their knees!
This scene made Wei Changhai stunned for a moment, he subconsciously looked up at the city wall, but, strangely, the Huguan defenders on the city wall did not seem to have any signs of attacking the Xinghua army in order to help the remnants of the Xia army outside the city break the siege.
Wei Changhai hesitated again. However, those remnants of the Xia army never had the slightest intention of resisting, and they didn't look like a trick to capture and indulge.
Capturing Huguan is Wei Changhai's real goal, he doesn't want to be pinned down by the remnants of the Xia army in front of him, so after Wei Changhai confirmed it again, he no longer hesitated, and immediately ordered a company to be responsible for collecting and surrendering the defeated soldiers.
In fact, the soldiers of the Xia army defenders on the city wall of Huguan did not fail to see that the Xinghua army led by Wei Changhai had obvious intentions to deal with the remnants of the Xia army outside the city gate, but the defenders of Huguan were helpless against the situation of the Xinghua army surrendering the defeated troops.
This is because the defenders in the Huguan have actually panicked and become a pot of porridge. Because of this, the defenders of the entire Huguan were not prepared to resist in the slightest.
More than eighty percent of the defenders, in the first round of rocket artillery shelling of Huguan, were already frightened because of the powerful and irresistible explosion scene, and lost the courage to resist. Then the fire spread to half of the Huguan, which caused the defenders of the Huguan to panic.
It's just that it's not just these that really crush the psychological defense line of the Xia soldiers guarding the city, the last straw actually comes from the inside of Huguan!
Affected by the Xia army's earlier fiasco, the generals of Huguan, after realizing that they were being attacked by multiple rocket launchers, actually led two personal soldiers to save their lives, and immediately led two personal soldiers, leaving everything without even leaving a word, and escaped from Huguan on fast horses to retreat from the rear!
Pity those soldiers of the Huguan garrison who did not know that they had been left behind, when the fire and smoke were everywhere in the pass, and found that the main force of the Xinghua Army had already approached the city, and when they were about to attack the city, they were still anxious to report the emergency military situation to the Shangguan, but at this time they learned this fact that shocked them extremely - Shangguan's official office was blown up, and their backbone, the generals of Huguan, had already fled on their own!
And this is the last and most severe blow that crushes their spiritual pillars.
All of a sudden, the soldiers of the Huguan garrison, who were still trying to put out the fire, suddenly lost their minds, not to mention that they could put their minds on defense.
The entire Huguan fell into the dilemma that the soldiers did not know where they would be, and the generals would not know where the soldiers were.
Next, those Huguan defenders who were still hesitating to be like the generals who had fled, and immediately abandoned the city, and before they even had time to make a decision, they could only watch as the main force of the Xinghua Army successfully arrived outside the Huguan City Gate, and then collected the remnants of the Xia Army who were locked outside the city gate, and then set up a mortar specially used for siege not far from the Huguan City Gate.
The combination of these factors led to the fact that these Xia soldiers defending the city no longer had the will to resist. When the Xinghua army set up mortars and carried out the third round of shelling, there was no longer a single Xia soldier on the Huguan city wall, because they were all hiding behind the city wall and shivering.
Wei Changhai's biggest feeling was that everything seemed so inexplicable! He had never fought a battle without a fight.
However, in the process of ordering mortars to shell the defenders on the Huguan city wall, Wei Changhai always found that there was almost no movement on the Huguan city wall, just like the scene he had just ordered to subdue the remnants of the Xia army, Wei Changhai felt surprised and surprised again.
But Wei Changhai once again did not stop advancing because of this abnormal situation, but immediately arranged soldiers to attack the city with a ladder.
Five ladders were first erected on the city wall of Huguan. Xinghua soldiers climbed the Huguan city wall without hindrance.
To the surprise of all the soldiers of the Xinghua Army, when the soldiers of the vanguard of the Xinghua Army who were ordered to climb the city wall along the ladder were cautious, while climbing the city wall, while guarding against a possible surprise attack by the Huguan defenders, they unexpectedly discovered a particularly bizarre phenomenon - there was not a single Huguan soldier standing on the Huguan city wall.
"It's all gone!" Soon, the Xinghua soldiers who investigated the situation quickly reported the situation.
Wei Changhai hurriedly ordered the soldiers who climbed the city wall to open the gate of Huguan and let the rest of the Xinghua soldiers enter the city, while he followed the entry to personally verify the situation.
In the end, Wei Changhai had to accept this statement, and the war went very smoothly, even unusually.
Wei Changhai didn't care about thinking about anything, he had to seize the fighter. He cautiously ordered his troops, temporarily sending 5,000 soldiers, to enter Huguan first to clear the enemy.
Through the walkie-talkie, Wei Changhai was able to understand the situation in the Huguan in real time. The Xinghua soldiers who entered Huguan and the soldiers of the Xia Kingdom who soon met Huguan, the two sides were short of each other, and the victory of the Xinghua army ended.
In the end, through the interrogation of the captives, Wei Changhai knew that the chaos in Huguan could no longer be described clearly in a few words.
Wei Changhai was faced with two choices: one was to clean up the mess of Huguan and then attack Jiangzhou. This strategy is steady, but it will ease the Xia army's breath; the second is to ignore the pot pass, leaving only a small number of soldiers to collect the remnants of the Xia army and actively attack. In particular, it is necessary to attack and kill the army of the Xia State and completely disperse the army of the Xia State that was originally preparing to attack Shucheng. It's a risky strategy, but when it succeeds, the credit is great.
Wei Changhai quickly seized the opportunity and decided to send troops to attack the Xia army camp north of Huguan.
The camp of the Xia army north of Huguan is a real hard bone. It was the camp of the Chinese army in the Xia State to recover Yunzhou, and about 100,000 Xia troops were stationed.
Wei Changhai dared to attack the camp of the Xia army, because he believed that after the Xia army suffered successive defeats at Jianguan and Huguan, he was afraid that he would not have much strength left to form an effective counterattack.
The advantage of the Xinghua Army is still the confidence of one assault rifle and two grenades on the waist. Such equipment is enough to crush most of the Xia soldiers who hold cold weapons.
After all, the alchemy army of the Xia army is a small-scale elite force, unlike the Xinghua army, which is completely firearmed.
Huguan fell into the hands of the Xinghua army, and Bai Qi, the commander of the Xia army, expected it. As soon as he returned to the camp, he was thinking about how to stop the Xinghua army.
However, Huguan can be lost temporarily, but the Xia army can no longer lose the country.
Bai Qi knew where his advantages were, and sent the general to purchase more thunderbolts from the Shenwu cannon, as well as the energy crystals of the Shenwu cannon. Without these two sharp weapons, the Xia army would hardly have much advantage in the confrontation with the Xinghua army.
"I'm afraid I won't be able to hold the kettle. Bai Qi was in the camp and said to the generals in the tent. He also thought that the kettle was not lost, but more that the kettle would be lost.
"Marshal, the city wall of Huguan is towering and strong, and the Xinghua army may not be able to capture Huguan. A senior general said.
"The Xinghua Army's weapons are sharp, and the overwhelming artillery fire makes people's hearts palpitate. Bai Qi paused and continued: "We have to be mentally prepared, the pot is broken, what should we do?"
"Marshal, I will immediately lead troops to support Huguan. A general stood up and said.
Bai Qi looked at the general, sighed, and said: "You haven't personally experienced that kind of overwhelming blow, I'm afraid you can't understand that the more soldiers we support Huguan, the more damage I am afraid will be and the less good it will be for us." After a pause, Bai Qi thought for a while, and said: "However, this kind of high-power rocket artillery, I think there are definitely not many Xinghua countries." Furthermore, they need to be tuned so that they can't attack moving targets......"
"Report!" a soldier outside the tent shouted a report.
A personal soldier entered the tent and reported to Bai Qiyu: "Marshal Qiyu, Huguan has been shelled by the enemy, there is fire, and there is thick black smoke......
"The Xinghua army is moving very quickly! I am afraid that Huguan has fallen, but the Xinghua army must not be allowed to enter Jiangzhou easily. Bai Qi stood up and arranged for the general to lead the army to block the Xinghua army.
"You led your troops to Huguan and found that the Xinghua army should not be in a hurry to attack, but observe first. If the enemy is strong, then do not attack head-on, use ambushes, harassments, etc...... Your task is to prevent the Xinghua army from advancing to Jiangzhou and prevent the Xinghua army from endangering Yangcheng, and second, to consume the enemy's military strength as much as possible. Compared to the number of troops, I think Xinghua Country is not as good as our Xia Kingdom!" Bai Qi assigned the task and said.
The camp of the Xia Army was greatly shaken because of the attack on Huguan.
In fact, many of the low-level sergeants of the Xia army in the camp did not know the results of the Xia army's attack on Jianguan. Not to mention that the Xia army not only failed to attack Jianguan, but also lost the Xia army's camp, Huguan and other places one after another.
Therefore, the news of the defeat of the Xia army spread completely. When Bai Qi realized the control news, the army's heart was already in chaos.
At the temporary headquarters of the Sword Pass, Yi Xingchen sat on a chair made of black iron and wood, looking at the pictures displayed on the screens of the five tablets on the table.
Five drones controlled by the Royal Guards of the Xinghua Army monitored the whole process of the Xinghua Army's attack on Huguan in real time at high altitude.
Yi Xingchen smiled when he saw that the Xinghua army had successfully occupied Huguan. However, then he frowned again when he saw that there was a fire everywhere in the Huguan.
Then, Yan En, who was standing behind Yi Xingchen, said, "Your Majesty, Wei Changhai led the army north. ”
Yi Xingchen also saw Wei Changhai lead his army out of Huguan and march to the northeast. According to the intelligence information of the Xinghua Intelligence Bureau, five kilometers away was the main camp of the Xia army's attack on the Yunzhou army - the Xia army's central army camp, which was also the command center of the Xia army. If Wei Changhai destroyed the camp of the Xia army, it would mean that the Xia army's plan to attack Yunzhou was completely defeated.
Yi Xingchen frowned, he was a little worried about the result of Wei Changhai leading the army to battle. However, Yi Xingchen couldn't say anything wrong with Wei Changhai, he was not good at combat, and professional matters should be handled by professionals.
Yi Xingchen said to Yan En: "Transfer and surrender the troops as soon as possible! In addition, send people back to Shucheng to inform the Xinghua army that the Xia army has defeated the Xia army and calm the people!" The Xia army was defeated, and some Yunzhou people who have their hearts set on the Xia country may have to think carefully about their future.
"Your Majesty rest assured, the minister has sent a report to the Shucheng Intelligence Bureau. Soon, the news of the Xinghua Army's victory over the Xia Army will spread throughout the entire territory of Yunzhou and inspire the military and people of Yunzhou. At that time, the people who are committed to prosperity will also be extremely proud. Yan En said happily.
"This is a good thing!" Yi Xingchen replied, thought about it, and asked another thing: "Our artillery, have you mastered the use of multiple rocket launchers?"
"Your Majesty, they have mastered the essentials, and the next time, that is, practice more. Yan En replied.
"Okay! I know that real artillery can only be trained through actual combat. Yi Xingchen responded, smiled slightly, and said: "Since our artillery has learned how to fire, let's send the Chinese artillery away." Later, I open the spatial channel...... You go back to Xinghua City and ask the pharmacist to prepare a small dose of amnesia potion as soon as possible and give it to them, so that they will lose their memories within a month. (To be continued.) )