Pingjian County was captured by the Jin army, Lu Jinsuo panicked, and his entourage told him that it was 5,000 cavalry who occupied the county seat of Zhouzhi, but.... Where did these five thousand cavalry come from?

Strategist Jia Shu persuaded: "I'm afraid that these 5,000 cavalry are actually infantry, the general forgot, the 10,000 troops led by Wu Zhiyuan are all riding north, it is said that the infantry of the Jin army has war horses to walk, and only when fighting will they distinguish between infantry and cavalry." ”

"Sir, do you mean that these 5,000 cavalry are Wu Zhiyuan's troops to the north?"

"I think so, general, Wu Zhiyuan is probably using a suspicious strategy, he is afraid that there are only 5,000 troops in the front barracks, and the other armies I suspect are all pretended by the people, if so, this is an opportunity!"

Lu Jinsuo understood what Jia Shu meant by the opportunity, which was to let him lead the army to raid the opponent's camp, attack the 5,000 army with 10,000 troops, and win with the advantage of numbers.

Lu Jinsuo was a little hesitant, the lord did not let him attack the Jin army, if he rashly launched an offensive, it was better to say if he succeeded, but what if he failed?

"Maybe the prince doesn't want to fight with the Jin army yet!"

Jia Shu said angrily and anxiously: "How can you not fight, unless the prince immediately retreats to Youzhou, maybe he won't fight, but Zhu Zhu's army has already crossed the Yellow River, can the prince retreat?" General, now you only have three choices, either return to the army to attack Pingjian County, or withdraw the army to Xindu, or directly attack the Jin army camp, Xiangcheng is so small that it can't be held at all. ”

Jia Shu's words hit the nail on the head, and Lu Jinsuo also knew that he had no choice now, it was okay to kill back to Pingjian County, but what did he take to attack the city? If he returns to Youzhou directly, the prince will definitely not be able to spare him, if he gives up Zhaozhou and retreats to Xindu, it will also ruin the prince's big business.

Lukin's lock is as big as a fight, does he really have only one way to attack?

Jia Shu saw that Lu Jinsuo was already moved, and persuaded again: "The general has 10,000 troops, and the other party only has 5,000 people, overwhelming the other party in terms of numbers, as long as the general does not use risks, does not take advantage of the other party, and advances step by step, even if he can't annihilate the other party for a while, he can calmly retreat, there will not be too much loss, and the prince can also explain, why not?" ”

"General, the enemy army disperses its forces, in fact, it is a taboo for the soldiers, we should take advantage of the enemy's mistakes and break through each one, this is an opportunity, the general will send troops!"

Jia Shu persuaded again and again, and Lu Jinsuo was finally persuaded, he nodded, "Just follow what Mr. said, give it a try!" ”

.........

The next day, Lu Jinsuo led an army of 10,000 to leave Xiangcheng County and advance to the Jin army camp thirty miles away, which was a bit unexpected by Wu Zhiyuan, he thought that after occupying Pingjian County, the enemy army would withdraw to the east, but he did not expect the enemy army to attack him in the south.

Wu Zhiyuan paced back and forth in the big tent with his hands, he realized that he had made a mistake, and made the originally simple things complicated, he had 15,000 troops, and he went directly up to surround the other party, and it was not difficult to completely annihilate the other party by kicking the door with cavalry, but he scattered his forces, but instead gave the other party a chance to break through.

Wu Zhiyuan was very annoyed in his heart, but he was annoyed, he had to make amends now, Wu Zhiyuan immediately sent a herald to find Yang Meng, and ordered him to lead 5,000 cavalry to kick the enemy's Xiangcheng County camp, and then go south to join him.

'Woo-'

A low trumpet sounded in the distance, and 10,000 enemy troops were killed.

The Jin army built a slab-walled barracks, surrounded by high walls made of mud and wood, and the walls were as high as one zhang, although the barracks were not very large, but they were also sturdy.

Wu Zhiyuan had already ordered all the tents to be dismantled to prevent the enemy from attacking with fire, all 5,000 soldiers went to the city wall to defend, and 2,000 people who pretended to be soldiers also assigned various chores, taking care of war horses, cooking, carrying supplies, and so on.

10,000 enemy troops appeared three miles to the north, marching lightly and without carrying baggage.

Wu Zhiyuan shouted loudly: "Don't go to battle, the crossbowmen are ready, the trebuchets are ready!" ”

This time, the Jin army carried four whirlwind cannons, that is, small trebuchets, only eight feet high and two zhang long, which could throw small iron fire mines weighing forty pounds to eighty paces away.

Gan Xin led his army to Pingjian County and took away two trebuchets, and Wu Zhiyuan's army also left two in his army.

The 10,000 Youzhou Yan troops marched in a formation towards the Jin army camp, the horn sounded continuously, and the army stopped when it was about three hundred steps away from the Jin army camp.

Lu Jinsuo rode on the war horse and squinted at the enemy camp, to his surprise, the other party was actually a wall-type barracks, although the wall-type army is not as easy to pull down as the Muzha barracks, but it also has weaknesses, you don't need siege weapons to deal with it, just cut down a few big trees, make a battering ram, and knock it out of a big hole with a few hits.

Lu Jinsuo looked around, saw a grove of trees a few miles to the west, and immediately ordered, "Go and cut down twenty of the thickest trees!" ”

Hundreds of soldiers ran to the woods miles away, while the rest of the army continued to line up, waiting for the soldiers to bring the siege trees.

On the city wall, Wu Zhi looked at the murderous enemy army from afar, but he calmed down, if the enemy army forcibly attacked the barracks, although he could hold it, he would also pay a heavy price, and he must think of ways to deter the other party and weaken the morale and determination of the other party to attack the barracks.

Thinking of this, Wu Zhiyuan ordered: "The whirlwind cannon throws an iron fire thunder!" ”

The small trebuchet creaked open, and two firearms battalion soldiers put an iron fire mine in their pockets, and they lit the fire rope, and the fire rope sneered and burned, and when it reached the red line, the firearms battalion soldiers shouted the order: "Fire!" ”

The hook rope was cut, and the long throwing rod was swung out, throwing the iron fire and thunder in the throwing pocket to the north, and the soldiers on the camp wall fell down one after another, covering their ears.

Lu Jinsuo was immediately in the team, and suddenly found a black thing flying out of the opponent's camp, I don't know what it is? It doesn't seem to be very powerful, the range is less than 100 steps, and the iron fire thunder is still three feet from the ground, so 'Bang! There was an explosion, and pieces of iron shot out, and then a black smoke rose into the air.

The sound was like a thunderclap in the clear sky, so frightened that the soldiers covered their ears, and many of them crouched down in terror.

"Don't be afraid!"

Lu Jinsuo shouted in a trembling voice: "That's the enemy's iron fire thunder, a weapon, not a demon spell, you can resist it with a shield!" ”

Although he tried his best to comfort the soldiers, Lu Jinsuo himself was also frightened, and he secretly scolded himself for being confused, and he actually forgot the sharpest iron fire thunder of the Jin army.

At this time, there was a shout from the front, "General, many brothers are injured!" ”

Immediately afterwards, the soldiers carried over dozens of wounded soldiers, all of them soldiers from the first three platoons, who were hit by shrapnel from the iron fire mine, covered in blood, and several soldiers had already gone into shock.

The killing distance of the iron fire thunder fragments is generally about 100 steps, but that means that the iron fire thunder explodes after it lands, and the iron piece flies upwards at an oblique angle, although it flies high, but it does not shoot far.

But if the iron fire thunder explodes in the air, it is different, the shrapnel will shoot in a straight line, and some fine pieces of iron can burst out to 300 paces away when exploding.

Just now, this iron fire thunder exploded when it was three feet above the ground, and hundreds of pieces of fine shrapnel shot horizontally into the enemy's army, injuring more than 30 people.

"Stop the bleeding immediately!" Lukin Lock shouted.

All the soldiers saw their bloody companions, and the explosion of iron and fire thunder was like a roar of a tiger, making the hunters suddenly realize the horror of the tiger, and I am afraid that they will not only fail to shoot their prey, but will also lose their lives here.

Most of the soldiers' hearts began to feel uneasy, and an inexplicable sense of fear began to spread rapidly in the army, and the original murderous aura also dissipated.

"Strategist, should we retreat?" Lukinlock asked timidly.

Jia Shu sneered, "Can a sound scare the general away?" ”

"But morale ......."

"Morale doesn't matter, it's easy to agitate again, come on, beat the drum!"

'Boom! Boom! Boom! The drums in the ranks of the Yan army were loud, and the passionate drums gradually calmed the timid hearts of the soldiers.

An hour later, hundreds of soldiers dragged twenty huge logs, and the branches were all cut off, leaving only the main trunk, which was a natural battering ram, and they were distributed to the battalions of the Youzhou army.

The 10,000 army was divided into twenty battalions, and exactly one battering ram was allocated to each battalion.

At this time, Lu Jinsuo was already a little difficult to ride.

Jia Shu looked at the camp wall and said coldly: "The number of enemy troops is not large, and they are still scattered with such a wide defense, this Wu Zhiyuan made the mistake of dispersing the troops for the second time, the general does not have to worry, concentrate his forces to attack the gate, we will win this battle!" ”

The arrow is already on the string, and Lukin cannot be locked up.

He had no choice but to swing his sword and shout: "Attack the enemy camp, attack!" ”

'Woo-'

The horn of the attack sounded, and under the urging of the main general, the 10,000 army had to be killed by the Jin army camp.

The 10,000-strong army was like a rushing tide, but the width of the attack was only more than 30 zhang, like a torrent to kill the enemy's gate.

In the barracks, Wu Zhiyuan had changed the way of infantry, he withdrew the 3,000 troops from the east and west sides, lined up in a crossbow team under the north wall, and cooperated with the 2,000 soldiers on the city wall to fire arrows at the enemy.

Two thousand men were sent to the high wall with spears, and they were responsible for monitoring the enemy in the east, west, and south directions.

Above the camp wall, dense crossbow arrows formed a cloud of crossbow arrows, flying towards the enemy's heads, crossbow arrows roared like a storm, and the soldiers raised their shields to resist, but a large number of soldiers were still hit by the arrows and fell.

"Launch!"

The two whirlwind cannons were fired again, and two iron fire thunderbolts rose into the air, drawing two arcs and flying towards the outside of the camp.