Chapter 943: Stalemate Battle
The next day, a large number of enemy troops came to attack the city again, and the strength in the city was limited, some archers and ** troops resisted on the city walls, and the other part was stepping up the training of new soldiers.
They all hoped that the strong gates would withstand the enemy's attack, and the craftsmen of the city worked day and night to recraft the gates, which would come in handy once the newly pressed gates were breached.
The vanguard of 50,000 troops from the city of Dawei encountered tens of thousands of enemy troops who went to support at the border of Dali, and the two armies fought fiercely in the border area.
The 50,000 troops of the Great Wei State suffered heavy losses, and in the three-day battle, half of the army was lost, and the enemy army also lost tens of thousands of people. Obviously, Lin Ziming and Lin Zicong lack the ability to lead troops to fight.
In order to keep the remaining 20,000 troops, Lin Ziming and Lin Zicong ordered the army to retreat and wait for Han Xuening and Wei Zhaoji to come and meet the 50,000 troops they led.
The allied armies of Dali, Persia, and Hanyue, totaling 780,000 people, formed fortifications on the border of Dali to prevent the armies of the Great Wei State from coming to support the southern Xinjiang city.
Two days later, Han Xuening's army of 50,000 arrived and after meeting Lin Ziming and Lin Zicong, the two reported the situation to Han Xuening and Wei Zhaoji.
Han Xuening was surprised that the enemy's combat effectiveness was so strong, and they wiped out more than 20,000 of their troops in three days.
At night, a group of people discussed in the barracks, how to break through the enemy's defense line and go to the southern Xinjiang city to rescue people?
Han Xuening said to everyone: "In the current situation, Nanjiang City must have been besieged by the enemy, and the enemy army has a large number of men and horses outside to defend the main city, which is to prevent us from going to meet and rescue Nanjiang City." Let's have a good discussion about how to break through the enemy's fortifications and successfully reach the southern Xinjiang city. ”
Several generals expressed their suggestions, and many people thought that the strategy of choosing a sneak attack would be to wait for the enemy to relax their vigilance at night, and the death squads of Great Wei City would go to the sneak attack first. While slaying the enemy guards, he set fire to the enemy barracks and caused chaos among the enemy troops. Then, a large number of Great Wei troops attacked the enemy camp and killed their generals, so that the morale of the army would be chaotic and the enemy army could be defeated.
As soon as the enemy retreated or fled, the army of the Great Wei State pursued them, and another army went to the southern Xinjiang city to meet the guards in the city, taking the army by surprise.
Han Xue thought about it, this method can still be tried at present.
In the middle of the night, Han Xuening ordered the two junior generals to organize a death squad of more than 2,000 people and attack the enemy army in two ways. While killing the enemy's guards for the night's vigil, and setting fire to the enemy's barracks and granaries, this can disrupt the enemy's morale.
The two death squads began to attack the enemy troops from both sides, many enemy soldiers who were keeping vigil were killed, and some of the enemy tents were set on fire.
The enemy generals immediately gathered and led the soldiers to resist these surprise squads.
Later, Han Xuening sent a few more generals to lead 10,000 elite soldiers to support, and more enemy troops were shot by the sneak attack of the Great Wei Guocheng elite soldiers, and sure enough, chaos began to rise in the enemy camp.
Han Xuening personally led a group of elite soldiers to meet the battle, while the old emperor Wei Zhaoji waited in the barracks, waiting for Han Xuening's good news.
The enemy army quickly mobilized troops and horses, formed a combat capability, and the armies of the two sides began to fight.
As the saying goes, shoot the man first and shoot the horse first, and capture the thief first to capture the king, Han Xuening seized the opportunity and used her skills to kill several generals of the enemy army at once. The soldiers were in chaos without the general's leadership, and Han Xuening took the opportunity to lead the soldiers to attack and fight a bloody road.
The whole battle did not end until noon the next day, and the 70,000 or 80,000 enemy troops suffered more than 50,000 casualties, and the rest had retreated to Dali City.
Han Xuening's side also suffered more than 20,000 casualties, and although he won the battle, the casualties reached a total of 50,000.
Han Xuening knew that Hua Yun and Duan Jun might be in danger in Southern Xinjiang City, so on the one hand, she sent people back to Great Wei City to find Wei Yunxuan and ask for reinforcements. On the other hand, he personally led the army south to Nanjiang City, hoping to reach Nanjiang City as soon as possible.
Outside the southern Xinjiang city, the enemy army began a second round of fire to attack the city gate, this time the fire burned even more severely, in the blink of an eye the fire has been burning for two days, the enemy army also used huge wooden pillars to hit the city gate from time to time, the city gate is in danger.
On the afternoon of the third day, the gates were smashed open, and a large number of enemy troops entered the city. The enemy army killed and plundered, and suddenly the people in the southern Xinjiang city were in chaos, and a large number of people fled from the southern city gate.
The recruits have not yet formed combat effectiveness, and the veterans are less than five thousand.
Duan Shwe led a mixture of 10,000 recruits and veterans to stubbornly resist the enemy attack, and a day later, all of them were killed. Duan Rui retreated to the city with a few hundred people, Duan Jun, Hua Yun, and Duanlao saw that the situation was not optimistic, Nanjiang City had been attacked by the enemy, and they must flee from Nanjiang City, otherwise they would all die in the city.
Duan Jun and Hua Yun left Nanjiang City from the South City Gate under the cover of hundreds of guards led by General Duanlao.
A day later, Nanjiang City was almost captured, and the 50,000 troops led by Han Xuening also arrived outside Nanjiang City at this time, and the enemy troops stationed outside the city launched a fierce battle.
On the walls of the city, there were already archers who had been replaced by enemy troops.
The enemy troops outside the city saw that they were no match for the army of the Great Wei State, and immediately withdrew into the city, and then closed the city gates.
The army of Great Wei City could not enter the city for a while, so they could only garrison outside the city.
In the evening, in the tent of the military camp, Han Xuening and a group of generals held a meeting on how to capture Nanjiang City.
Wei Zhaoji looked very worried, "Miss Xue Ning, you have to find a way to take Nanjiang City as soon as possible, otherwise Duan Jun and Hua Yun in the city will be in danger." A large number of enemy troops entered the city, and if they did not enter early, the people in the city would also suffer. ”
What Wei Zhaoji said was true, but Han Xuening couldn't think of a good way for a while.
Han Xuening asked everyone: "Do you have any good plans, just put them forward, as long as you can attack the city as soon as possible and drive the army out of the city." ”
Many generals have expressed their own suggestions, and Han Xuening feels that they are not perfect enough.
In the end, Xiaochun said: "Boss, I think if you want to capture the city, you can try the mechanism of Linjiazhai, the mechanism of Linjiazhai is famous all over the world, if you can use the mechanism array, there is hope to break through the city gate." ”
In fact, Han Xuening thought of Zhou Tong's predecessors, Zhou Tong could drive a group of wolves to come to fight, if Zhou Tong was there, he would be able to let the wolves attack Nanjiang City, then in less than half a day, Nanjiang City would be broken by wolves. At that time, their army entered the city and killed the enemy.
Zhou Tong is not here, so he can only try the Lin family's mechanism array.
"Lin Ziming, Lin Zicong, what are your two opinions?" Han Xuening asked the two new owners of Lin Jiazhai.