Chapter 8 Conquering Yixian
Right Fufeng, Qishan.
The night was quiet, and all that was around him was the restless snort of the horses. Ma Yue half-knelt on the hill and looked at the outline of the city in the distance like a beast hidden in the dark, and after looking at it for a long time, he raised his hand and asked, "Is that Yixian?" ”
Jia Xu nodded and said: "Yes, under your feet is the place where the Western Zhou Dynasty went on an expedition, and it is rumored that there was a phoenix bird chirping with this." ”
"After the three counties of Yixian, Meiyang, and Wugong...... You can go straight to Chang'an. Ma Yue pondered for a moment and asked, "What time is it?" ”
"Back to the envoy, son."
Ma Yue nodded and said no more. Cheng Li left enough internal response in the city, and when the torches were lit in the west of the city at night, Yixian County could change hands!
When the soldiers came out of Longguan, Ma Yue divided his soldiers and horses into three parts.
On the left, Guan Yu commanded Xu Huang, Yang Feng and others to lead 8,000 cavalry and Dong Zhuo's 9,000 soldiers and horses to join forces, from the north bank of Huangshui to the west, with the intention of supporting Qianyang, Fengxiang, Linyou, Binxian, Xunyi and other places on the right, Dong Zhuo was stationed in Binxian until June to go north and merge with the state. Guan Yu pointed directly at Zuo Feng Ling, widely spread eyeliner in the Hukou area, and finally joined the army at Tongguan.
On the right, Yan Xingdu, Gan Ning, Ma Chao, Ma Xiu, and Ma Tieyu, 7,000 troops crossed the sloping valley and went straight to the southeast of Chang'an to camp at the foot of the mound Ling Mountain, waiting for the Chinese army to converge with the horses. Due to the existence of the royal gardens, there are many plains and few cities, and Yan Xing's task is not to occupy the city, but to escort ordnance, clear the road, and supervise the passage of armored troops and heavy ballistas.
Ma Yue, who was in charge of the Chinese army, only had more than 4,000 troops around him. He will take Jia Xu, Anmu and others to take the road with the best road conditions and the most cities on the road. Go straight down to Chang'an, join Yan Xing and march to Tongguan...... This road will be his grain road, Longxian ...... Meiyang County ...... Chang'an County ...... Tongguan is the most direct and dangerous road.
When the appointed time came, there was only one crescent moon in the sky, and no silver star could be seen.
Ma Yue and Jia Xu concentrated on the dark city, and An Mu had already led more than a thousand lightly armored and even shirtless men to march towards the city in the dark, but there was still no fire at the city.
These Lijing people with short swords and spears were recruited by Anmu personally after pacifying Liangzhou, each fierce and martial, and the ironmaking division equipped them with more than half of the iron armor and fine-forged short swords, but later they needed to swim across the moat, and the armor was temporarily left on the Liangzhou Qiang Han infantry under the command of Cheng Wu in the rear camp, once things changed, those armored warriors would be the main force of street fighting.
"Envoy, there shouldn't be a problem, right?" Jia Xu said this to Ma Yue, so that Jun pinned all his strategies on the Yanzhou man who he had not seen for many years, as if it was easy to attack the entire Sanfu with the presence of that man, which always made him feel uneasy. If anything goes wrong in between, the whole strategy collapses. The left and the Chinese army will encounter stubborn enemies along the way, the 4,000 Chinese troops will not be able to force through several cities, the left will suffer heavy losses even if they can reach Tongguan, and even the most elite troops will fall into a helpless situation at Tsukasan Mountain.
"No, I believe Cheng Zhongmou will give me an explanation."
Ma Yue's words were extremely firm, and he waved his hand and said, "Ah Wu, supervise the army of soldiers to escort up!" ”
"No!"
Cheng Wu didn't say much, he trusted his father more than Ma Yue. Carrying the sword, he immediately clenched his fist and went down, put on his scarf, and a sentry beside him announced that the whole army was marching towards the city.
Located at the foot of Qishan Mountain, the hill is not far from the city of Yixian County, more than 1,000 Lijing men are divided into more than ten loose arrays staggered forward, sometimes fast and sometimes slow to explore the terrain, but half an hour An Mu has already seen the Yixian moat reflecting the faint moonlight, and more than ten arrays have gathered on the bank of the moat at this time. An Mu turned his head, and behind him squatted a group of sturdy Lijing warriors, painted with the black that symbolized Liangzhou under Ma Yue's rule and the red of the Great Han, like wooden stakes under the cover of night.
As soon as An Mu beckoned, a man got up and stepped down the moat.
The people of Liangzhou are generally not good at water, but the Lijing station is adjacent to Huangshui, and these men have some experience in crossing the river. Those who were sent down to the river by Anmu were even the best...... What's more, they had already prepared for the hemp rope in their backpacks, and if the moat was not in good condition, they would need to throw their spears on the other side of the river.
So far, the head of the city has not moved, and An Mu has already made a decision in his heart, if the prior arrangement of the king cannot work, it is to climb the five-zhang high earthen wall with a spear, and he will also take down the head of the city!
At this moment, suddenly there was a faint sound of fighting at the head of the city, and then Anmu saw a flash of torches.
Their inner response is coming!
Suddenly, the city head shouted and killed, and the sound of fighting on the city gate tower came straight into An Mu'er, and in a few breaths, the city head winch sounded loudly, and the drawbridge smashed on the bank of the moat.
"Lijing boys, the fame is in the present day, go up with a certain kill!" An Mu shouted, and with a short sword in one hand and a shield in his arm, he took the lead in stepping on the suspension bridge, and rushed straight to the city gate!
The battle for the capture of the city has begun!
The entire battlefield was more intuitive in Ma Yue's eyes, and his eyes could hardly see his own Li Jing soldiers lurking on the side of the moat several miles away, and could only see the back of Cheng Wudu and the team of men and horses hidden in the night. But that didn't stop him from seeing the fires burning in the distance and hearing the almost inaudible sounds of fighting coming from the city.
Stepping on the horse, he tightened the reins, turned his head and said to Jia Xu: "Wenhe, the city gate is open, let's get closer!" ”
Jia Xu also saw the strange state of the city gate, and his heart was like a boulder falling to the ground, and when he heard this, he also stepped on his mount and followed Ma Yue all the way down the hill.
Beside Ma Yue, the 100 armored heavy horsemen in charge of defense also turned over and got on their horses, but the heavy hooves of the 100 horses resounded throughout the four fields.
Running to three miles away, Ma Yue only stopped at the horse. The armor-covered heavy cavalry that followed immediately spread out to form a ring formation, and the commander was tightly protected in it. Ma Yue raised his head to see more clearly, but the changing figures at the head of the city could not see through the night. Suddenly, he saw a figure running swiftly across the city, and every enemy who stood in his way fell in less than a moment under the light of the fire.
Yasuki!
The figure of a fierce general who was active in the city was An Mu, who was wearing a large black brocade around his waist, with a shield on his arm and a short knife in his arm, he fought a bloody way among the hurried defenders of Yixian County, and led several Lijing dead soldiers to repel the defenders on the entire western city wall. An Mu leaned on the female wall and looked into the city, in addition to the more than 100 soldiers guarding the city, more people rushed towards the north and south gates in two groups, and Cheng Wu supervised a large group of soldiers and horses have also entered the city one after another, basically this city has been taken down by the lord.
An Mu wiped the blood on his face, looked outside the city, and saw the team of armor-covered heavy riders with bright armor beside Ma Yue, and immediately grinned, turned his head and kicked the flag at the head of the city, and the Chinese character banner fell down the city tower in the wind.
He doesn't care about the court, the big man. He only knew that his lord was Ma Yue of Liangzhou!
Picking up a wooden spear from the ground, his fingers tapped lightly on his waist, his big hand pulled the black brocade tied with his big hand, and the horse-shaped big silk with teeth and claws fluttered for a ride.
Change the banner at the head of the city!
"Envoy, it looks like this city is already in your pocket!"
Jia Xu paced the horse left and right, and suddenly saw the flag at the head of the city falling, and then saw the horse-shaped flag with red letters on a black background hanging from the city tower, and immediately clapped his hands. Ma Yue is also average, raised his hand and smiled: "Armored army, enter the city with a certain one!" ”
When Ma Yue entered the city, the street battle in the city of Yixian County had already begun.
The land of Sanfu went through several years after the Liangzhou Qiang Rebellion to recuperate, and the imperial court had the mind of guarding against the Liangzhou cavalry to attack again, and now all the military camps outside the city of Sanfu were withdrawn into the city, for fear of being attacked by the Liangzhou rebels in the field. But I don't want to, the strategy of guarding against Han Sui back then has now become a trick to guard against Ma Yue.
There were three military camps in the city of Yixian, and although there were not many guards on duty in the city, they were also organized in a short time to form an effective counterattack against the Liangzhou army that invaded the city.
In the important area of Gyeonggi, many of the fortresses of Samsuke have complete artisan camps for refining weapons and arsenals for storing ordnance, and although the number of soldiers is small, they are well-equipped. The crossbowmen in the street battle took advantage of the terrain to give the Liangzhou army a big blow.
However, it was only a blow, and although more than half of the Liangzhou army suffered casualties, it was not enough to wear down their spirit, and the two armies were in a stalemate in the alleys of the city.
It was a stalemate, but Cheng Wu took the lead in holding the battle axe, relying on his armor to ignore the loss of the shot, shouting and opening the heavy gun array blocking in front of him, and the sharp battle axe entered the battle is a burst of slashing.
The defenders of Yixian County have all kinds of weapons, but there is no iron armor, and even if they are armored, there are only a few people. Where can you stop the unstoppable Cheng Wu, not to mention that there are many spears in the Han army, once you get close, it is difficult to block, how can the flesh and blood collide with the battle axe, and in a moment, the strong gun array was cut out of a gap, which greatly boosted the morale of the Liangzhou army!
Then, the Liangzhou recruits, carrying wooden-handled battle axes, followed their main general and rushed into the enemy army to fight. The heavy soldier of the one-handed weapon of the short-handled battle axe highlights its superior performance during the handover, killing and injuring unarmored enemies is like chopping melons and chopping vegetables, whether it is split or smashed, the enemy will lose the ability to continue fighting.
In the blink of an eye, the situation changed, and the two most important spacious streets in the city were filled with the figure of the Liangzhou army, and the unstoppable defenders of Yixian County began to flee, some people rushed into the houses, some ran over the wall, and the sudden defeat directly crushed the confidence of guarding the city.
Ma Yuexin and Jia Xu paced side by side on the streets full of bloody breath and severed limbs, and even their eyes widened with horror could be seen in the cracks of the doors of the houses on both sides.
He was accustomed to killing, and riding his horse through the city to see the Liangzhou sergeants holding torches on the street and the sound of fighting on the wall made him feel empowered.
Watching the pigtailed warrior escort a rout soldier from the house and stab him to death in the street, his eyes did not flash the slightest hint of pity.
"Wenhe, this city will be the first stop of the Liangzhou Army in Sili Grain Road."