Volume 7, the god of war thirty-one, night attack on the south gate
"This Yan Shixun has made up his mind to defend the city, if he guards it for a month, the situation will not be good! Lord, if not, give up on him, as long as you take Daosheng City, the Daosheng Temple will be in hand! Xun Yong sat next to Chen He and spoke.
"Wait a minute, this Yan Shixun is a talent, the road ahead is still very long, I need more talents who can be independent!" Chen He shook his head, for Yan Shixun, he had no intention of giving up for the time being, or rather, Chen He never thought of giving up this talent, because there was also a war emperor bound behind this talent.
That's right, Chen He got in touch with Luo Xiuyi, and Luo Xiuyi simply told Chen He that if he defeated Yan Shixun, he would not only lead the Daosheng Temple to surrender, but he himself would become his subordinate, a subordinate of the War Emperor, such a good thing, how could Chen He let it go, so even if it was a big risk, Chen He would have to try it.
Xun Yong naturally didn't understand Chen He's plans, so he felt that it was really not worth it for the sake of a Yan Shixun, at this time, Meng He suddenly said: "Lord, maybe it's time to let those lurking shadows move!" ”
Hearing Meng He's words, Chen He's eyes lit up, Yan Shixun sent a lot of information for help, but they were all stopped by the scouts under Chen He's command, plus Delong led the cavalry to patrol the periphery, the surrounding cities did not dare to send troops at all, if Chen He gave an order to those secret sons, they could return to Daosheng City after a bloody battle.
The most important thing is that there are two special troops among those shadows, once they climb the city wall, or master a certain degree of city gate, then it seems that it is not so difficult to break through the south gate.
"Chu Xia, this matter is left to you, it must be done seamlessly, and Yan Shixun must not be suspicious, otherwise, even if the shadows enter Daosheng City, I am afraid that it will not have the slightest effect! In addition, Ren Hang, since the people of Daosheng City are not guarding the other three city gates, then let the scouts infiltrate Daosheng City and collect intelligence! After Chen He was woken up by Meng He, he immediately had a vague concept of breaking the city in his heart.
Seeing Chen He's state, the generals showed excited expressions, because they knew that the Lord had a clever plan to break the city. And Meng He found Ren Hang, asked for three teams of scouts, more than 300 people, and gave them orders, for the sake of insurance, each secret son will have three scouts responsible for contacting.
As for Ren Hang, commanding the scouts, he infiltrated Daosheng City effortlessly, but Yan Shixun also guessed that Chen He would infiltrate, so he directly gave up the other three directions, but on the side of Nancheng, the garrison can be called an iron wall, and the scouts have not been able to sneak into it after several setbacks.
Outside the southern city, Chen He also organized several sieges, but they all ended in failure, I have to say that I don't know the tired crossbowmen, they are definitely the top troops defending the city, as long as someone loads them with bows and crossbows, they can keep attacking, and the archers are not good in this regard, and it is very physically exhausting to draw a bow and shoot arrows.
After attacking like this for three days, Yan Shixun frowned, although the attacks during the day were endless, making the city repeatedly in danger, but he had an intuition, this was definitely not Chen He's all-out attack, Chen He must be preparing something, but for a while, he didn't think of the mystery, so he could only order the messengers of the god of war below to be on guard day and night, even if they were on duty at night, they were fully armed and resolute.
"Lord, this Yan Shixun is really careful, even at night, the soldiers above the city head have not decreased at all, and in order to prevent people from approaching the city wall, there are torches thrown down the city from time to time, so the night attack is very difficult to fight!" After observing for three nights in a row, Mu Yong spoke. In order to dispel Yan Shixun's doubts about the next shadow operation, Chen He knew that he had to do something big, if he could directly take the south gate, it would be best, but it was really not good, and he also wanted Yan Shixun to know that he had held back for so many days just to paralyze him, just for this big move.
"Mu Yong, the general also knows that it is not easy to fight, but the bow has to be sent on the string, the scout has sent back the information, the secret son has already begun to act, and Delong's side has also made a good greeting, and will let the two support armies enter Daosheng City, what is missing now is to dispel Yan Shixun's doubts! So, tonight, it's up to the soldiers of the rear barracks! Chen He also knew that the night attack was originally a hard battle, and it had to be even stronger than the daytime, and for the soldiers in the rear barracks, it must be desperate, and this could not guarantee that the south gate could be taken, so this was almost equivalent to a war of death in vain.
"Lord, please rest assured, the soldiers in the rear barracks will definitely fight with momentum, if Yan Shixun can't rest assured after this battle, you will take your subordinates to ask for the blame!" Mu Yong knew Chen He's strategic intentions, so he patted his chest and assured.
"Okay, get ready, Ben will order Meng He to command the archers to assist you in your attack!" Chen He hugged Mu Yong and then said.
Soon, the soldiers of the rear military camp were prepared, and I have to say that Mu Yong has the skills to control it, even if it is a night march, millions of soldiers are still silent, even the footsteps are suppressed to a very low level, at least the footsteps of millions of people, in this silent night, did not alarm the South Gate guards who were miles away.
Although there is a high probability of being discovered near the city, Mu Yong prepared two teams of 10,000 people to prepare, and when the torches were thrown down from the city head again to illuminate the city, the two teams of 10,000 people quickly lurked towards the city wall.
Once the enemy at the head of the city discovers the 10,000-strong squad lurking past, the archers will shoot their bows and arrows, and then the army will launch a full-scale siege.
The advance of the two 10,000 people was very smooth, and when most of them approached the city wall, there was a bright light on the city, and it was obvious that the soldiers at the head of the city were about to throw torches again, and at this time, Meng He, who had already prepared, directly ordered the archers to launch an arrow attack.
The sound of a uniform bowstring did not attract the attention of the enemy at first, but when the arrow crossed hundreds of meters and fell on the top of the city, a terrible roar sounded: "Enemy attack, enemy attack, prepare for battle, prepare for battle!" ”
At this time, the soldiers who lurked under the head of the city immediately erected the ladder, in order to prevent the enemy from overturning the ladder, so the height of the ladder was lower than the battlement of the city wall, and the soldiers below took big swords and long swords, and quickly climbed through the ladder.
At the same time, the army of the rear military camp was also under the command of Mu Yong, and immediately launched a siege, and a large number of soldiers carried cloud ladders and rushed to the city wall. And the sound of these soldiers charging directly suppressed the sound of someone under the city head having begun to climb the city wall, when the first soldier climbed the city head from the ladder, the soldiers defending the city were startled, isn't the enemy still charging, how did it appear on the city head.
The soldiers who climbed to the top of the city, regardless of whether the enemy was stunned or not, jumped down directly, the long sword in his hand cut through the night, and killed a soldier at once, and then his body did not stop, and he slashed like a cloak, opening up a way for the follow-up soldiers.
And at this time, the follow-up soldiers also climbed up along the road, and in the same way, the defenders on the head of the city also woke up, and the enemy had climbed up to the head of the city, and immediately roared, and slashed back, but a scene that frightened them appeared, and the enemy who was cut down was not injured at all, and he also killed a person who cut him with his backhand.
Chen He for this battle, naturally will not let ordinary soldiers seize the city, this time the night attack is responsible for the vanguard to open the way, it is the rattan armor soldiers, 20,000 rattan armor soldiers, is Chen He's two-fifths of the troops, the rattan armor soldiers are easy to train, but the rattan armor is not easy to manufacture.
The news of the enemy's night attack soon reached Yan Shixun's face, and at the same time, the news that the enemy had been killed at the head of the city was also delivered, which immediately frightened Yan Shixun, and he didn't have time to put on his battle robe, so he rushed to the city with his sword.
And at this moment, there is complete chaos above the city, although the ironclad soldiers are difficult to hurt with knives and guns, but Chen He's command has long had experience in dealing with the ironclad soldiers, and they will not cut you down, and will directly knock you to the ground, so that the ironclad soldiers will be abolished.
As for the crossbowmen, they didn't dare to release arrows at will at night, because no one replenished their bows and crossbows, so they shot one less than one, and naturally, after a large number of soldiers from the rear army camp climbed up to the top of the city, they killed the crossbowmen at the first time.
"Reinforcements, support the city immediately!" Yan Shixun saw the chaotic city head and knew that it was impossible to count on the soldiers on the city head to beat the enemy back, so he immediately ordered reinforcements to reinforce him, and at the same time looked in the direction of the city gate, he knew that Chen He's ultimate goal was to open the city gate.
I have to say that the soldiers of the rear military camp, plus the rattan armor soldiers, are indeed extremely fierce, using the night attack to kill the defenders on the head of the city, killing the army, and seeing that they are about to completely occupy the city, suddenly the whizzing crossbow arrows sounded, and then the soldiers of the rear military camp sounded a miserable scream, Yan Shixun saw that the city head was not safe, and immediately ordered, the crossbowmen in the city attacked indiscriminately, and the direct result was that the soldiers in the rear military camp were hit by arrows one after another.
The defensive iron plate built for the crossbowmen could not prevent the crossbow arrows at all, and the soldiers of the rear military camp tried to rush down the city wall and open the city gate, but they were also fiercely blocked by the reinforcements sent by Yan Shixun, and the first battle lasted for an hour and a half, and the soldiers of the rear military camp successfully occupied the city wall, but they failed to rush to the city gate, so they could only give up the city wall and retreat back.
After recapturing the city wall, Yan Shixun sat under the battlements, it was too dangerous, Chen He's army really lived up to its reputation, and the attack for three consecutive days was for tonight's night attack, if it weren't for his vigilance all the time, even at night, the soldiers on the head of the city were not reduced at all, relying on them to buy enough time for reinforcements, otherwise, the south gate would be lost tonight.
"Chen He, I will never give up, now that you are the strongest, I have also seen it, and I will defend you well next, you don't want to take the city wall again!" Yan Shixun thought secretly.