Chapter 261: A dilemma
Such a tragic scene, in the eyes of the murderous old prince, is slightly chilled. Beside him, Li Cunxiao's cold voice sounded: "Beat the drums, urge the Hedong Army to personally step forward and rob this camp!" ”
In front of the camp, the smoke of the fire rose to the sky, and the smell of burnt smell wafted in bursts. Such a tragic killing scene is easy to see since Huang Chao raised his army, attacking the major cities and important passes along the way. Huangchao was born in poverty, learned little military books, and after each city was defeated, he did not send troops to defend it, so that the city that he had worked so hard to build was easily recovered by the Tang army, but his strategic advantage was quickly weakened.
It can be seen that the level of the puppet Qi army defending the city was originally sparse compared with the Tang army. Although the combat effectiveness of the Huangchao puppet Qi army continued to degenerate, it still adhered to the tradition of field battles in battle, and did not put much effort into defending the city.
And here, in fact, with the puppet Qi army as the backbone and equipped with a large number of guarding equipment that only exist in the Tang army, Lin Yan's department is abnormal. Coupled with Lin Yan, a ruthless guy, he turned the front of the camp into a place for corpses in one fell swoop. Let the Hedong military horses see how cruel the siege battle is in the real face! But Li Cunxiao was still as old as iron, and Lema stood under the royal banner, loudly ordering the drums to beat, urging the heavy armored infantry soldiers in Hedong to step forward and attack the city. Li Keyong glanced at Li Cunxiao and wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything with an ugly face.
He could also see the current situation on the battlefield at a glance. In front of the current camp of Huangchao, smoke and flames rose into the sky. It also obscured the sight of the defenders on the puppet Qi military camp. And the heavy armored infantry soldiers of the Hedong Army have already pounced in front of the trench, and if they go any further, they will be able to reach the bottom of the wall. And the light cavalry on the two wings of Hedong can also dismount and follow, and suppress the city head with strong bows and crossbows. With the bravery of Hedong Jiashi, there is still a chance to succeed.
At this time, let the heavily armored infantry warriors retreat under the enemy's bow and crossbow, and the casualties paid will not be light, so it is better to fight the fucking fight! And the defenders of the puppet Qi army don't know why, and the overall garrison rhythm is also chaotic. Before the camp, it was like a pot of porridge, except that the arrow tower standing tall still supported by a bow and crossbow. Yingzhou Chengsai has not yet dispatched troops and horses to counterattack at this moment. Normally, after a wave of siege horses, the Jīng Rui division in the city will attack to prevent the enemy from retreating. Establish a sortie closer to the city. Moreover, the siege equipment abandoned on the battlefield must be burned and destroyed, so that it will not be used by the enemy again.
People are not beaten with iron, and when they are in battle, they don't feel that a fierce battle has been fought. Many armored warriors consume a lot. The defenders were also damaged, and they had to be replenished immediately. The consumed ordnance had to be transported to a safe place, and there were strong enemies outside, and there were wounded people around them moaning and wailing, which had a great impact on the morale of the army.
And in the siege battle, once you decide to attack the city, you must take advantage of it. Attack with flesh and earth, gold and iron, after a few advances and retreats. The morale of the army was immediately depressed, and it was difficult to cheer up - before the city was broken, the ratio of casualties between the attackers and the defenders was too great. If you can't attack it once, you can only encircle it for a long time. Prepare more siege equipment to restore the morale of the army. Raise more military funds, and then try to break the city, or simply surround the defenders and can't defend anymore.
But once you start to attack the city, since there is still a chance to break the city, you can't let it go easily! Li Cunxiao glanced at the situation on the battlefield, and couldn't help but glance at Li Keyong with a somber face, listening to the deafening drumming of the Chinese army. Li Ke has been using Shatuo for decades, and he has never fought such a difficult offensive and defensive battle. Today, rì drove the captives to attack the city, mostly because of the camp surnamed Lin, Li Cunxiao originally wanted to test the prisoner's life, what is the combat effectiveness of this defender, if it is lucky to take the camp first, it would be better.
But I didn't expect that this surnamed Lin was so ruthless, and he killed too badly, and the fierce scene before the camp made these generals shake their minds slightly. If you retreat at this moment, the Hedong military horses, which have always been indomitable, will also lose their confidence in winning a hundred battles. The army's heart fell, and then attacked this fortified village I don't know how much time it will be delayed, now the major festivals are about to encircle Chenzhou, if you can't defeat Huangchao before the major feudal towns come, and take this village, wouldn't it weaken your own reputation, so that the major feudal towns see a big joke, and the seventh prince Li Jie is sitting in Chenzhou City at the moment, waiting for the good news to go, where can he afford to delay? What a dilemma!
Taking advantage of the fact that the reinforcements in the city fortress did not know why they did not arrive, the defensive rhythm of the defenders was a little disjointed. And the Hedong army also relied on the consumption of the prisoner's life to approach the camp of this straight thief, so it is better to gamble and attack again! This Li Cunxiao has always been able to keenly grasp the small opportunities on the battlefield, and he is extremely quick to decide.
Li Cunxiao turned his thoughts here, Li Keyong was dignified, looking at the battlefield in front of him, all his mind was absorbed in it, and he was concentrating on the hundreds of Hedong Army soldiers who were covering with fireworks and fireworks, and the strength of the Hedong Army was that he single-handedly pushed this situation, and he cherished every soldier very much!
These Hedong Army men, although they are not tall, have extremely wide bodies. He was covered with two layers of heavy armor, and every step he took felt as if he could be nailed into the ground. They gasped heavily under their visors, and from time to time they let out short shouts, urging the soldiers around them to hurry up to the city while the smoke was still thick.
And all the infantry armor soldiers also gasped like prisoners overdrafted, and after taking out their armor, they followed the brigade step by step as fast as they could. On their side, the light cavalry of the Hedong Army had already dismounted one after another, and crossed high from both sides. They were only half-armoured, and everyone had a strong bow in their hands, three arrows in their hands, and one in their mouths. In a blink of an eye, they rushed to the front. At this moment, near the left side of the trench, hundreds of shield hands were barely holding their positions, desperately releasing arrows towards the fort. The rain of arrows from the side swept in, and from time to time someone fell crookedly into the dense pile of corpses in the trench, making the road more stable.
The soldiers of the Hedong Army were pressing, and these remnants of the captives did not dare to retreat and hold the passage. In the smoke, he red-eyed, shè shè out of the feather arrow in his hand as fast as he could. It doesn't matter what the hell is going on. Others threw their bows and jumped down the trenches to stabilize the passage that had been improvised with the corpses of earth. The commanders of the Hedong Army who led these light cavalry were the first to jump over, turned around and shouted: "Are you girls? So slow? If you don't get it, you can go up! The subordinates crossed over from the side of the commander, stood still, and suddenly there was a round of shè, holding their fingers, and the feather arrow in their mouths rushed out towards the head of the puppet Qi military camp.
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