Will the senior cadres be like Pang Juan during the Warring States period to send troops back to help?

"With the Warring States Pang Juan as a lesson from the past, how could Lone be in such a small skill of carving insects." Outside the Yin Pavilion City, Gao Gan laughed at Cai Jibing's move to level the city in public without care. The surrounding generals echoed in a loud voice.

In contrast, Wei Gu, who was the initiator, had an uncertain expression on his face at this time. It's no wonder that according to his original calculations, Cai Ji should have sent troops to rescue the Yin Pavilion after Zhao Yun was trapped. But who would have thought that the other party would ignore Zhao Yun and directly lead the troops to surround Pingcheng. It is true that Cai Ji claimed that he only led more than 20,000 soldiers and horses, but Wei Gu thought that if something was abnormal, he would be a demon. However, the current situation is already ready for Gao Gan, and if he gives up the Yin Pavilion to return to Pingcheng, he will definitely be attacked by the Qi army halfway, and the military book does not tell how to deal with this situation, as if there is only one way for Gao Gan and others, that is, to conquer the Yin Pavilion and take down Zhao Yun's head.

Thinking about this, Wei Gu couldn't help but step forward and said to Gao Gan, "General Mingjian, now it is imperative to quickly overcome the Yin Pavilion and force Cai Ji to withdraw his troops with Zhao Yunxiang's head." ”

Gao Gan listened to what Wei Gu said, and nodded thoughtfully, "The military advisor is reasonable. Xia Zhao! ”

"The last general!" Xia Zhao came out of the queue with his fists.

"Alone you lead 10,000 soldiers and horses to attack the city!" Gao Gan ordered with a wave of his hand.

"Whoa!" Xia Zhao was overjoyed when he received the military order from the senior cadres, and immediately pulled his gun and shouted loudly, "Sons! Follow Zhao to the Pingyin Pavilion! ”

"Roar~!" A rumbling roar erupted in the middle of the high-level formation, like a huge wave crashing against the shore and hitting the sky.

The soldiers of the Qi army on the Yin Pavilion City saw the black and oppressive cavalry on the opposite side, sweeping towards the small Yin Pavilion like a rolling angry wave, only to feel that the ground under their feet was trembling, and even their scalps were numb. It's no wonder, after all, the Yin Pavilion City under everyone's feet has long been dilapidated after several battles. Fortunately, after the Qi army entered the city. Zhao Yun decisively released the old and weak women and children in the city out of the city, which made the defenders in the city a little burden, and had more determination to fight to the death. However, it was their commander Zhao Yun who really made the six thousand soldiers in the city hate the same enemy.

But seeing above the city, Zhao Yun stood with a spear in his hand facing the wind. The crossbows and crossbows at the sentry beside him had already been erected, and life could be harvested at the stroke of an order. However, Zhao Yun allowed the high-ranking cadres on the opposite side to rush in and rush in, not moving like a mountain. It wasn't until the opponent's cavalry approached a stone's throw that Zhao Yunfang waved his hand and shouted, "Fight!" ”

With Zhao Yun's loud shout, the hearts of the defenders at the scene instantly condensed to a point. At the same time, Xia Zhao had already led the cavalry to gallop through the place in front of the Yin Pavilion City, but Xia Zhao did not stupidly crash into the city wall. Instead, he circled the city and shot the arrows in his hand overwhelmingly towards the head of the Yin Pavilion City. Hufu cavalry archery - this is the famous siege stunt in the land of Yan Zhao.

However, Zhao Yun had already prepared for this, and saw the soldiers in the front row on the edge of the city, and quickly erected a shield more than one person tall to form an impermeable shield wall. I only heard a loud crackling sound, and more than seventy percent of the arrows shot by Xia Zhao and the others were shot on the big shield. However, if some of the arrows pierced through the gaps, the defenders would fall to the ground at any point, either dead or wounded.

"Crossbow!" With Zhao Yun's order. The bows were already fully wound through the shield wall, making a sharp whistling sound. Shoot the high-level cavalry that was rushing forward to the ground.

For a while, there were screams under the Yin Pavilion City. The arrows that were originally as dense as flying locusts gradually thinned out. However, even so, the infantry that followed behind still fought all the way to the city of Yin Pavilion under the cover of Xia Zhaofei's cavalry. In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen ladders were set up at the head of the city. Mixed with the foot soldiers of the Xianbei people, they began to climb towards the city with their blades in their mouths.

"Bow and arrow!" Another shout, and the previous crossbowmen quickly retreated, arming their arrows. The corresponding archer stepped forward and began to shoot with all his strength into the city. Condescending advantage. The high-level cadres and soldiers who were climbing were completely exposed to the range of the Qi army. After a gust of wind and rain, the soldiers who rushed to the forefront were shot into hedgehogs one by one, turning over and falling, and smashing many comrades.

Seeing this, Xia Zhao, who was shooting around the city, couldn't help gritting his teeth and leading his subordinates to rush to the north gate where Zhao Yun was with arrows. A rain of arrows was sent towards the city. In an instant, there was also a burst of blood mist on the north gate, and there were screams everywhere. However, whenever there is a sword under the sword on the city, someone will immediately fill his vacancy. It turned out that Zhao Yun had divided the 6,000 soldiers and horses together with the 2,000 young men who had been temporarily recruited into five teams in advance, of which four teams guarded four gates, and the fifth team was used as an alternate to replace the brothers who died in battle in front of them at any time. He himself was responsible for commanding the north and east gates facing the enemy, and the south and west gates on the other side were commanded by Tian Yi.

Although Zhao Yun has a substitute on his side, the strength of the senior cadres is even stronger. After a tug-of-war, the siege troops led by Xia Zhao finally climbed the tower. But before they could catch their breath, Zhao Yun had already stepped forward with his gun and shouted, "Gun array!" ”

With that, the archers quickly retreated, and Zhao Yun personally led a thousand gunmen to fly forward, and with the cooperation of the shield players, they began to stab downward through a gap more than one person wide. The high-ranking cadres and colonels who were about to ascend to the top of the city were pierced through the body by a sudden row of oncoming iron guns, and fell down the ladder screaming. If it is said that the fall halfway through the climb just now is just a fall, then a person of more than 100 catties falling from the two-zhang high city head at this time is enough to crush the people below to death. In fact, in siege warfare, the attacking side suffered a large number of casualties, and Cheng Dù was stoned to death and wounded by his own people like this.

The brutal siege battle lasted from the afternoon to the evening, and in the face of nearly 1 to 10 casualties, in the end, Gao Gan could not hold on and ordered Ming Jin to withdraw his troops. However, looking at the enemy soldiers who retreated like a tide, Zhao Yun did not order to go out of the city to pursue, let alone the joy after victory. Because he knew very well that today's battle was only the beginning, and as the arrows in the city became fewer and fewer, the real bitter battle was yet to come. And his task Zhao Yun is to defend the city.

Defend the city - this is also the idea of the moment. Three days ago, with the Qi army scouts appearing outside Pingcheng, Yuan Tanbu, who was originally guarding outside the city, didn't even say hello, and evacuated Pingcheng overnight. Although he knew early on that the king of the plains was unreliable, when he saw the empty camp outside the city, he couldn't help but greet the eighteenth generation of Yuan Tan's ancestors.

It turned out that Yuan Tan ran fast enough, and Qi Jun was not slow. Half a day later, before the deployment was adjusted, 20,000 Qi troops were already in the city. There is a way. There are 10,000 people who are boundless, and 100,000 people who are all over the world. 20,000 horses don't sound as loud as an army of 100,000, but once you have to put on a position according to the art of war, you can still be as imposing as a rainbow.

At this moment, looking at the neat chessboard-like military formation outside the city, he knew that he had really encountered a strong enemy this time. However, thinking that there were still 10,000 defenders under his command who had passed through the battlefield and the hundreds of thousands of men in the city, he regained his former calm and self-confidence. In terms of military strength and geographical advantages, Pingcheng's side has the advantage, and there is no reason why he will lose this battle.

And just as he was secretly analyzing the strength of the two sides, an uproar suddenly sounded on the city, "Look! Woman! It's Qi Hou! Qi Hou is here! ”

Coming back to his senses. Hurriedly looked up to look for prestige, and saw several generals of the Qi battalion on the opposite side holding a chariot on horseback, all the way through the layers of phalanxes, and stopped at the front of the military formation. Through the fluttering flags, the people on the head of the city could faintly see a young woman in a red robe standing on the chariot. No need to ask. There is only one woman in the world who can appear on the battlefield at this time. That is the commander of the Qi army - Cai Anzhen, the Marquis of Qi.

Cai Ji stood on the chariot and looked at Pingcheng standing on the opposite side, only to feel a burst of excitement in his heart. It turned out that the Heicheng City in front of him was Datong, which was known as one of the nine ancient capitals in later generations. And Datong is in the history of northern China. It is one of the three horns that have influenced Chinese history along with Beijing and Xi'an. Among them, Beijing relies on Yanshan to control the northeast and shelter the North China Plain; Xi'an connects the West to shelter the Central Plains; Datong is the intersection of the three major mountain systems of Yin Mountain, Luliang Mountain and Taihang Mountain. Therefore, in the early days, the northern nomads often broke through Datong through Guò and opened up a passage into the Central Plains. On the other hand, as long as Datong is held, it can also protect the safety of Shanxi and the Great Central Plains south of Yanmen Pass.

However, compared with the ancient city of Datong that Cai Ji saw in later generations, the Pingcheng in front of him is far from the same in terms of scale and momentum. After all, the Datong city wall of later generations was built in the fifth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1372), and the general Xu Da was ordered to build according to the foundation of the old city of Liao, Jin and Yuan, and its east and west are 1.8 kilometers long. It is 1.82 kilometers long from north to south, 7.24 kilometers in circumference, and covers an area of 3.28 square kilometers. The city walls are all based on regular stone strips, stone slabs, and stone squares, and are rammed with "triple soil" on the basis of the original city wall. Wrap up green bricks. The walls are 14 meters high, 12 meters wide at the top and 18 meters wide at the bottom. Around the city wall, 54 watchtowers and 96 nest shops were built. There are corner towers built at the four corners of the city wall, and a military platform is built outside the four corner piers. There are four gates in the city, East and Yang Gate, South Yongtai Gate, West Qingyuan Gate, and North Wuding Gate. There are city towers built on the four gates respectively, and its moon tower, arrow tower, watchtower, and corner tower stand at intervals. Outside the four gates, there are urn castles, moon castles, and moats. The city wall is tall and majestic, strong and precipitous, well armed, all kinds of defense facilities are complete, self-contained, and can be called "the key to the north".

The Pingcheng of the Eastern Han Dynasty is only a common border fortress, the city wall built with mountain soil is about 10 meters high, and there are crossbow platforms, rolling stones, drum piers and other defensive facilities, which are built for the nomadic tribes who lack siege equipment. Its scale is far less than that of Yecheng, Liyang, Nanpi and other important towns in the Central Plains.

However, even so, Pingcheng is still a majestic pass in the eyes of Yan Rou and other Wuhuan clan leaders. So seeing that Cai Ji really only led 20,000 soldiers and horses to besiege Pingcheng, Yan Rou couldn't help but beat a drum in his heart. It must be known that in order to show loyalty to Cai Ji, Yan Rou specially came forward to persuade Lord Wuhuan in Shanggu and Lord Wuhuan in Youbeiping to join Cai Ji. But Cai Ji politely declined the request of the Wuhuan people to send troops to assist, and only invited Nanlou and Wuyan to accompany the army. Of course, Yan Rou understood that Cai Ji, as a female prince, wanted to fight and stand up, but if the Qi army attacked the city this time, wouldn't it be counterproductive.

Thinking of this, Yan Rou secretly glanced at Zhang Liao, Pang Tong, Lu Yan and other Qi camp civil and military forces who were riding their horses and standing beside the chariot. I saw a cadre of people waiting for a group of people to ride on horseback without saying a word, and the woman waiting for the car to drive raised her horsewhip and pointed straight at Pingcheng. But after a long time, Cai Ji still didn't move, but there was a sound of drums coming from the head of Pingcheng City opposite.

After listening attentively for a moment, Zhang Liao turned back to Cai Ji and explained, "Lord, this is the eighteen songs of cymbals. ”

◇ Song is the music song in the army, the legend is the Yellow Emperor, Qi Bo composed, Han Yuefu is a propaganda song, often used to stimulate morale. At this moment, playing a cymbal song on the head of the city is undoubtedly provoking the Qi army. The young koji actor on the side could not stand such provocation, but when he saw him holding his fist and raising a gun, he asked, "Lord, I am willing to take the south gate for the pioneer for the master!" ”

Cai Ji waved his hand and said with a smile, "Don't worry." ”

As a result, 20,000 Qi troops, including Cai Ji, stood outside the city in unison, quietly listening to the military music played by the defenders in the city. Such a strange scene made the palms of those who stood at the head of the city and observed the enemy's formation break out in a cold sweat. An unscrupulous opponent is often more disturbing than a brutal one. Seeing that his own provocation failed to shake the Qi army, he had to raise his hand to stop the music. After all, when the two armies face each other, they will be vigorous in one blow, then decline, and three will be exhausted, and the morale of the military music will come and go as quickly as possible.

As the cymbal song came to an abrupt end, Cai Ji in the carriage gathered the broken hair that was blown up by the wind, turned back to Pang Tong and smiled, "The song of Pingcheng is over, and the Shi Yuan is also." ”

"Whoa!" After hearing what Cai Ji said, Pang Tong bowed down knowingly, took out a red order flag from his sleeve, and shouted loudly, "Go to the gun!" ”

With Pang Tong's order, five two-wheeled carts were launched in the battle array, and each of the carts had a bronze long tube five feet long and inch long and inch wide. In just an instant, it firmly attracted the attention of Yan Rou, Nanlou, and Wuyan. It should be known that the Xiongnu were still able to build bronze weapons on their own, while the Wuhuan and Xianbei people could only rely on trade to exchange for the weapons they needed from the Central Plains. Therefore, in the eyes of Yan Rou and others, just casting these five long pipes in bronze is undoubtedly an extremely luxurious thing. Not to mention that this car and this copper pipe were all things that Yan Rou and the others had never heard of and had never seen, how could they not make them curious.

Seeing Qi Bing skillfully manipulating the cart and stuffing the stone bullets into the copper pipe, Yan Rou's mind suddenly flashed with inspiration, and she remembered some rumors she had heard before. So he hurriedly stepped forward and asked Cai Ji flatteringly, "Qi Hou wants to cast a spell?" ”

Cai Ji listened, looked at Pang Tong and smiled, and then smiled, "Good, please wait and watch the fireworks." (To be continued......)