Chapter Seventy-Nine: The Battle of Chang'an
Under the cover of the night, Huangfu Song just wanted to do something, with the current ability of the Jiugong Division, I am afraid that he may not be able to find out clearly, this dark night is the best coat of conspiracy after all.
Whether Huangfu Song really plans to divide his troops in Luoyang and fight for the power of the world, or whether he plans to use suspicious tactics.
Liu Yun didn't want to dig deeper, so he just regarded it as his suspicious plan.
And the way to deal with this possibility is very simple, the only way is to strike first.
Zhao Deng's time to come was very tight, otherwise, Liu Yun would probably have to retreat again.
"It seems like it's really possible! Let's attack the city in an hour. Liu Yun said directly.
His order was not ordinary abrupt, and the generals in the military tent were going to discuss it carefully, but as soon as they raised their heads, the military order came down, and their faces couldn't help but be a little stunned.
Liu Yun added: "The army and horses sent out by Huangfu Song may really go to Luoyang, or they may be suspicious soldiers, so we deliberately think that he wants to divide his troops in Luoyang, but in fact, he made a detour to attack our battalion." But whatever his intentions were, we'll see. If we strike first, all his plans will have to change. ”
Zhao Deng and other generals bowed their heads together.
There are no other objections to Liu Yun's abrupt military order.
When the interruption continues, but suffers from the chaos, instead of guessing and guessing, it is better to start a night battle directly.
Huangfu Song's sneaky behavior, as soon as the war starts, will definitely become less sneaky.
Originally, this battle should have been started at the same time.
The generals stood up and bowed down to listen to Liu Yun's military orders.
"Li is named the left wing, Yan Yan is the right wing, each with 4,000 men and horses, and Shu Tongshou leads 3,000 men and horses as rangers, ready to respond at any time and protect the grain and grass of the camp, in case Huangfu Song, the damned 10,000 horses, crosses the river and comes to attack from the rear. Zhao Deng led the rest of the men and horses to attack the city head-on, without ladders and without climbing the city. Rain of arrows, give me a catapult. Liu Yun drew his knife and shouted.
"Whoa!"
All the soldiers received the order in unison, and the sound shook like thunder.
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Under the dark night, there was still silence outside Chang'an City, but the Hanyang camp was quietly busy.
There are no uplifting war drums, no trumpets, no clamour.
In the midst of the silence of the banners, the camp was full of tension and strong fighting spirit.
The tribes were quietly assembled, and the atmosphere was low and solemn.
Finally, the torches lit up like a dragon, and the whole camp was as bright as day almost instantly.
The 6,000-strong heavy cavalry led by Captain Yan Yan under the command of Zhao Deng stood outside the gate, with strict black armor, like a heavy black cloud, and took the lead in leaving the camp.
After that, the battalions performed their duties and started quickly and nervously.
Liu Yun and Zhao Dengqin led 9,000 infantry troops as the main siege army, and among these 9,000 people, there were 6,000 people, who were once the Hanzhong army.
This time, they were in control of the catapult that had blown them up.
This is probably the rotation of feng shui, and now it is their turn to blow up others, and one by one should be very happy.
Except for the main siege force of this city, which was the infantry army, all the remaining troops of Liu Yun were cavalry.
Before Liu Yun rushed to Chang'an, in order to catch up with the speed of the march, he temporarily requisitioned their war horses, and turned the cavalry into infantry, and now they are cavalry again.
Shu Tongshou led 3,000 rangers, for the scimitar cavalry, loitering the left and right wings, guerrilla strategy.
Li Mingsuo led 4,000 cavalry, pikemen and left wing, and his main function was to guard against attacks from crossing the river from the north.
Yan Yan led 4,000 cavalry, heavy cavalry, to respond to Liu Yun's main force to attack the city, ready to meet the enemy army in the city at any time.
With a sound of orders, the troops quickly moved forward and killed Chang'an City.
When the continuous firelight appeared under the city wall, the soldiers who defended it were so frightened that they almost flew away, and as soon as the war drums were beaten, the continuous feather arrows flew up to the city.
The screams turned the purged city wall into a panic in a blink of an eye, and some soldiers didn't react at all, and were sent to the palace of the old Hades by the feather arrows under the night.
This rain of arrows came too suddenly!
The captain of the city head waved his horsewhip and hurriedly organized the defense, while sending people to report to the city quickly.
When the chaos had just subsided, so did the rain of arrows outside, like the usual showers on a summer day.
Come fast, go fast!
The lieutenant cautiously looked outside, and there was a fire under the city wall, shining like day, and the military appearance was solemn and the iron armor was distinct. But what made the lieutenant a little puzzled was that he only saw the catapult, but not any other siege equipment, what were they doing? Planning to stone the walls?
At this moment, a roar comparable to a tiger's roar suddenly came from the Hanyang array.
"Put!"
The captain hurriedly retracted his head and led the soldiers at the head of the city to quickly hide.
But a new wave of arrows did not come, and the lieutenant saw something very inexplicable.
It seems to be a big iron ball, with a flaming tail dragging behind it?
He couldn't figure out what it was.
But in the next second when he was reborn in doubt, these iron balls with small tails fell in.
Some flew up the city wall, and some smashed into the outer wall.
Bang...... Bang...... Bang......
The whole deafening voice suddenly sounded one after another, and the captain was frightened, and his ears were full of buzzing sounds, and he seemed to be deaf......
It was not only this captain who was scared stupidly, but almost all of the thousands of soldiers on the city tower were frightened.
They are used to seeing you fighting to the death, and they are used to seeing death baptized by blood, but when have they ever seen this battle? They couldn't even guess what the hell this was.
The firelight in the sky shone outside Chang'an City, reflecting the night in bright red.
Liu Yun prefers to call this moment the collision of ideas between the era of cold weapons and hot weapons, although the catapult prepared with only black powder in his hand cannot be completely called a hot weapon, but it is barely a little bit touched, after all, gunpowder is the core.
War brings disaster, but it also brings change.
The leapfrog development of science and technology is often the product of war.
In the near future, everything should change dramatically, and Liu Yun is very convinced of this.
Even though the material backwardness of this era, people's brains are not stupid.
The splendor on the catapult is still continuing, the war continues to spread, in the past hundred years, the majestic Chang'an outside the city of Guo year by year, under this brilliant spark, fell apart.
Under this horrific attack, the first reaction of the soldiers on the city wall was to quickly dodge, and when they found that there was no way to hide, desperate escape became their only option.
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