Chapter 191: Wind and Snow 2
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With a short shout, a complete team of 1,000 Han troops walked to the front of the formation, and they quickly changed from a phalanx to a horizontal formation, stretched into a long column hundreds of paces, and slowly accelerated in the long sound of the horn, rushing towards the low wall in front. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
On the way they advanced, there were dead corpses everywhere, and without exception they were Han soldiers in the same costume as them, some of them were sharp arrows in their bodies, and some fell into traps, seemingly a short distance of dozens of steps, but full of death, heaven and earth are unguardable.
"Ahh Just when they were about to approach the low wall, a series of screams sounded one after another, at this time the defenders of the Song people did not move, that was not necessary, and I don't know which unlucky ghost stepped into the trap, the rest of the foot soldiers were more attentive, and the speed slowed down unconsciously, they bent their waists, tried to make their bodies become some, holding the wooden sign to make the exposed body become less one, and gradually approached the low wall, and as a result, they could see the wall, not even a shadow of the Song people, let alone attack.
"What's going on?"
Not only did they not understand, but even the hundred slaves standing behind the formation were puzzled, he arrived here with his foot soldiers an hour ago, and without even resting for a moment, he directly issued the order to attack. The first round of offensive only reached the vicinity of the low wall, and was repelled by the fierce counterattack of the Song people, he was not discouraged, and then sent another team of 1,000 people up, which was mainly a trial, and the result was not good now. ===Full-time mage/book/9677/===.
The Song people's approach is not surprising, they originally liked to defend, and they were able to pile up a low wall in such a short time, just knowing that they did not dare to fight, so he just wanted to take this way to see how tenacious the opponent was, in his opinion, the low wall was not too high, if you ran fast, you could climb it with a flying body, of course, as an obstacle, it was enough, after all, behind the wall were countless enemies with bows and arrows, swords and guns.
In his doubts, the entire team of 1,000 people was already approaching the low wall, running fast, and even accelerating, as long as it was a moment later, they would be next to the wall, and they didn't take the Song people in their eyes when it came to hand-to-hand combat.
At this moment, Baijianu didn't know if he was dazzled, and suddenly saw a row of people rushing to the front, all of them disappeared at once, and the foot soldiers behind also stopped there, pushing each other, and someone kept shouting, and the whole thousand people became a little overwhelmed, not knowing whether to move forward or retreat.
"Put!" Suddenly, they heard a loud roar from above, and the roar exploded like thunder, and it made people's hearts tremble.
Immediately afterward, countless human heads appeared on the low wall, all of which were sideways and clinging to the hilts of arrows or crossbows, and in front of their eyes were arrows that shimmered with cold light, as cold as the gaze of the Grim Reaper.
Less than twenty paces away, these condescending arrows were fired like the chest of their targets, tearing through the light armor of the foot soldiers and burrowing into their bodies, spreading pain and death.
The first round of shooting made this thousand-person team collapse with new moves, not that they didn't want to fight hard, but they were at a loss, because in front of them, there was a ditch several steps wide and two people deep, and on the other side of the ditch was a low wall, and there was no place to stand at all, but the Song people could easily harvest their lives, in such a situation, who would stand there as a target? It is self-evident how to choose, and the thousand households led by him even directly gave the order to retreat.
So, the hundred slaves watched painfully, in the process of retreating, this thousand-man team exposed their unconcealed backs to the Song people, their bows and arrows were at such a close distance, they didn't even need to aim, and countless foot soldiers fell on the way back, less than a third of them were alive, and the losses far exceeded the first round.
"Generally, it's not that the brothers are afraid of death, the Song people, the Song people dug a very wide ditch there, and they couldn't cross it at all, even if they went into the ditch, there was no ladder, and they couldn't climb up, so many brothers fell into the ditch and were shot alive by the Song people, and our people died unjustly."
Baijia Nu looked at the low wall unconsciously, and there was a wail of the thousand households in his ears, and there was a deep sense of powerlessness in his heart, in order to grab time, they didn't bring any extra things at all, let alone ladders and the like, the Song people just used a simple trick, and turned the field battle into a city defense battle that they were good at, this wall is naturally nothing compared to the kind of fortified city in Chuzhou, but the wall is a wall, if you can't push it down, you can only climb over, there is no shortcut.
"You ordered the retreat without authorization, causing the whole army to collapse, and the crime is unforgivable." In Qianhu's surprised eyes, he whispered, "I'm sorry." ”
Then he shouted: "Come on, pull it down and cut it, and before the first order army, there will be atrophy and not the front, as in this example." ”
For the sake of the morale of the army, he had to do this, with the help of this head, he suspended the attack, if he didn't want to find a way, even if he killed more people, what was the use.
Yuan Ren retreated!
This news does not need to be reported by spies, everyone can see it clearly from the wall, under the long low wall, the corpses of hundreds of enemy foot soldiers can be seen everywhere, some of them were stabbed to death by the wooden tips in the ditch, and some wanted to climb out and were shot to death by the defenders, in order to dig this ditch, they were busy for a whole day and a night, and now, if the enemy wants to fill them, I don't know how many lives will be paid, at this moment, every Song person understands what Taipuncy often says to them: "Sweat more in peacetime, and shed less blood in wartime." ”
This is just a section of the defense of the entire Yukou Town, the Yuan people were divided into several roads, and launched attacks from all directions almost at the same time, the result is the same, after leaving thousands of corpses, they retreated back together, and the Song people took advantage of this gap to replenish their food, and at the same time used a long hook to pull out the corpses in the ditch, so as not to make them full.
"Alas, alas." Xu Wende and Liu Yu stood on a high place, all the battle conditions were in full view of them, and he couldn't help but sigh when he saw that the foot soldiers were fighting happily and there were almost no casualties among themselves.
"Can't hold it down? What's in a hurry, the big head is in the back. ”
Liu Yu put down the clairvoyant mirror and smiled, he understood why Xu Wende was like this, he wanted to take advantage of the enemy's retreat and rush out with the cavalry, maybe he would be able to reap the results, but he would not let the latter do it, the Yuan people seemed to have suffered a loss, but they did not hurt the vitality, their cavalry would never go too far, and it was not a good practice to attack rashly.
The moment he got the Yuan people to suddenly attack, he understood that his plan had worked, an attack of this scale must have come from the main force of the Yuan people, attracting them over, and the help to Li Tingzhi would be huge, which was more casualties than fighting head-on.
The reason why he is so sure is that he is lucky to gamble and instigate, at least for now, he still has a way out, that is, to cross the Huaishui, as long as he returns to his own territory, the pursuit of the Song people will become deep behind enemy lines, Li Tingzhi will never take such a risk.
Therefore, although he had less than 20,000 men under his command, he decided to hold on and attract the enemy to attack, and even the grain was not carried away, and it was now a huge sweet tooth to lure the enemy army, which was about to run out of food.
"What's the matter, my subordinates admire Fu Shuai's plan, but they just watch the infantry brothers kill the enemy, and they are a little itchy."
"Don't worry, good steel should be used on the blade, and then don't complain." Liu Yu patted the shoulder of this Li Xianggong's confidant and said comfortingly.
"How can you be, you just have to see." Xu Wende patted his chest, and he had to be categorical.
The Yuan people retreated, and they didn't come up again until dark, because there were spies and ears, Liu Yu immediately let the defenders have dinner and began to rest, leaving only a small number of people on the low wall, making a look of patrolling.
Not only the defenders, but even Liu Yu himself, also went to bed early, this habit has been maintained since Jiankang, except for some special periods, most of the time he spent on the city wall is not as much as the pheasant slave, it is strange to come, this lazy attitude, in the eyes of the sergeants, but there is a kind of calmness that does not come out, therefore, the entire defenders of the West Gate are in a relaxed state, almost no critical moments.
This, as his old subordinate, Zheng Tong naturally knows what to do, how to deal with abnormal situations, detailed steps have been formulated before the war, Liu Yu's requirements for them are to be accurate like a machine, what is a machine? He didn't understand it very well, but he had seen that kind of behemoth made of fine steel in Jiankang City, and in Zheng Tong's heart, Taishou wanted them to become such behemoths, and they could give Yuan people a fatal blow at any time.
"What? Where is it. ”
Near the fourth watch, just as he was about to go back to take a nap, the spy sent a message with a microphone, and the Yuan people moved out in a big way, which seemed to have the intention of a night attack.
This news made him lose his sleepiness all of a sudden, and after figuring out the general intentions of the enemy, he immediately issued one command after another according to the previous plan.
"Go and wake up the brethren, and all of them go back to the wall, but don't sound the gong, and don't make too much noise, and no one is allowed to show his head on the wall, and he will be scared away, and he will be whipped."
His men all slept in a few large houses in the town, the only building other than the docks that had not been demolished, and it was so cold that non-combat attrition would be the biggest factor in casualties if there was no shelter.
The order was conveyed through his own soldiers, and it was not long before the originally quiet town became full of people, and countless figures emerged from the darkness and ran towards the low wall not far away, all of them silent, except for the sudden sound of footsteps, and then fell silent.