Chapter 460: A Big Fire!
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The army in Lu Zheng City was only a few thousand people, and the new army in the city defense battalion was less than 10,000 people, and there was only one cavalry battalion and 1,000 people among all of them.
The opponent is more than 30,000 people, the county town is not big, the city wall is not as high as the state capital, and more importantly, the Turkic soldiers are all tiger and wolf divisions, all of them are brave and abnormal.
It is impossible for such a force to defend the city, and Lu Zheng was able to hold on for a few days, firstly because of the opponent's light enemy, and secondly because he was well prepared, properly organized, and used reasonable tactics.
However, there is always an iron law in war, the opponent will not always underestimate the enemy, and with the consumption of troops, Lu Zheng cannot guarantee that all links will never be missed.
And he is not alone, once too many people are worried, it may affect morale, make the already difficult situation worse, and finally collapse completely......
The pressure is on Lu Zheng, he has more experience than others in his life, but he is completely blank in cold weapon combat, he only learned to ride a horse for a winter, and the time to learn to use soldiers in battle formations is even shorter.
In such a short period of time, letting him lead weak troops to fight against tens of thousands of Turkic iron cavalry is obviously to drive ducks to the shelves......
The Battle of Elm, the northwest is known, but they can't wait for the rescue, Song Naifeng's handsome tent, generals from all walks of life gathered to discuss, Song Wenhua offered advice:
"General, Hekuotai is desperate this time, and he has to go to those elm counties. With his 30,000 horses and horses, he can't stop the elm at all, even if we go to the rescue as soon as possible, it is too late, so instead of this, we might as well attack directly to the north and force him to come back to help......"
"The second prince is reasonable, but at this time, the third prince has already invaded the Hulan grassland, and he has won successive battles, at this time, we rashly sent troops north, will there be a suspicion of strong merit?"
In the account, you say a word, I say a word, and the conclusion is that nothing can be done, just wait and see the changes, sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight. After three days, the scouts came to report that Yumu County was still there, but He Kuotai seemed to be angry, and the scene was a little ugly.
When the news came, there was an uproar, Song Naifeng continued to summon people to discuss matters, this time he couldn't stand it, and immediately ordered people to go to the rescue, but the reinforcements around Yumu County were all looking forward to Song Wenjie and Song Wenhua, they went to the rescue and only watched from a distance, hesitating, and the entire northwest was staring at the small Yumu County!
"Hekuo is really old, he can't take it in a single Yumu County, it's really unbearable!" Song Wenhua was very unhappy in his heart, he couldn't get out of a bad breath, he was angry!
"The second son, the name of the person who guarded the city, Lu Zheng, is the sworn brother of the third son, and at the same time he is the county magistrate of Yumu County, this person has an extraordinary background, it is said that he was born in the Jiangnan power lord, and he has seen the emperor in the capital.
The third prince has a character whose eyes are above the top, and he can look at him, which is enough to show that this person is not ordinary! ”
The corners of Song Wenhua's mouth curled slightly, and he said, "So what?" It's just a fool, the third child took advantage of him and used him as cannon fodder, ruthless!
But the old three thousand counted, did he think about it, once the elm was lost, where would he go? I'm afraid I'm going to starve to death on the grassland and won't be able to come back, haha......"
Song Wenhua said this, a war horse under his crotch, he couldn't wait to see the situation of the war.
Elm's extreme difficulty, many times the city defense has to be broken, the critical time Liu Song's city defense battalion played a big role, although this battalion is a new battalion, but the morale is very high, Lu Zheng to them The training method is unusual, this more than 1,000 people, he can do it like an arm, the county city wall is not wide, but let the city defense battalion more than 1,000 people can play the greatest effect.
It's just that since the opponent is ruthless, such a defense is only ......... after all
"Childe, what now?" The boy lowered his voice.
Lu Zheng squinted his eyes and stared into the distance, and said faintly: "Do you think Song Wensong will come back?" ”
The boy was stunned for a moment, and his face became a little ugly. It is very likely that Song Wensong abandoned Yumu County, and it is very likely that he regarded Lu Zheng as an outcast, and he used Hekuo's mind to break his foundation, and he made mistakes and put him to death.
It is very likely that Song Wensong will not come back at all, and Lu Zheng has completely become cannon fodder, in fact, the boy has already thought of this problem, but he has not been able to speak well, worried that Lu Zheng will be very hurt.
Since Yangzhou, Lu Zheng has never suffered a loss, he has been fooled, after arriving in the northwest, he is not good at the army after all, and he fell into Song Wensong's calculations, and this failure may never have a second chance!
Lu Zheng laughed and said, "Boy, don't be so nervous, I'll just ask casually!" I am sure that Song Wensong will definitely come back, and you will pass on my order, saying that Song Wensong's reinforcements have arrived, and they can rush outside Yumu City the day after tomorrow. ”
The boy looked straight and said, "Yes, Childe!" Now it is for us to put death on the back burner, and we must unite the people and soldiers of the whole city and let everyone work together......"
Lu Zheng smiled again, shook his head and said, "Let Ximen retreat and let the thieves go one way......"
"Ah......" The boy's face changed drastically, and he looked up at Lu Zheng and said, "Gong...... Son...... This...... This caused Simon to retreat, and once it got out of control, it ...... That...... That's ......."
Lu Zheng snorted coldly and said, "Isn't it a death and a later life?" Afraid of what? We have made such a deep arrangement at the West Gate, and the success or failure is ...... in one fell swoop."
The boy let out a long breath and took the order, he was Lu Zheng's teacher to learn the art of war, but now, Lu Zheng completely dominated the military affairs of Yumu, and the boy couldn't intervene at all.
Many things require talent, talking about soldiers on paper and facing off against the two armies on the battle array are completely different things, the boy is talking on paper, and Lu Zheng is extremely talented, can apply what he has learned, and draw inferences from one another!
Hekuo was really ruthless, and the number of shield cars outside increased from three to five, and now there are thirty. The number of ladders has now increased from fifty to two hundred, and tens of thousands of soldiers are as dense as ants around the county.
Lu Zheng is still inexperienced after all, and in addition, he is also limited by the equipment of the infantry under his command, the arrows and crossbows have been exhausted, and it is difficult to pose a threat to the enemy at a long range.
At this time, both sides were red-eyed, and the attacking side suffered heavy losses, but Hekuotai couldn't care about the loss, he had to take the elm, and do it at all costs, otherwise he would not be able to return to the grassland at all.
He was roaring, he personally led the army to the city of Elm, and issued a strict order, allowed to advance and not retreat, but anyone who retreated was to be killed......
"Broken, breached! Simon is breached! Suddenly, the crowd was boiling, and he could see from afar that the direction of the West Gate had finally attacked, and he saw the shadow of the banner on the city tower, and he shouted, raised the scimitar in his hand, and shouted: "Kill the past, kill from the West Gate!" ”
Trumpets sounded, countless flags waved, the gates of the west gate were opened, the horsemen mounted their horses, and the horses' hooves kicked up a cloud of dust in the wasteland.
Attacked, finally attacked! He Kuo was so excited that his hands were trembling, and he swore that he would break the body of the Dakang dog official surnamed Lu who guarded the city into ten thousand pieces, and chop off his head to make a wine glass.
Not only was Hekuo too excited, but all the soldiers were excited, and the Great Khan said that the brothers who were the first to invade the city would be rewarded with a heavy reward, not only for silver cattle and sheep, but also for beautiful women, and after entering the city, let them enjoy the beautiful women they had captured!
The soldiers were mad and rushed inward, and it was dusk, and it was getting dark, and the more they rushed in, the more wrong it became, for there was not a single enemy in front of them, and it was all black, as if they had entered the night in advance.
The shrewd veterans came back to their senses, they looked up and found that where is the city, there are earthen walls as high as two or three zhang on all sides, rushing in from the gate, a full hundred meters, all such earthen walls, this earthen wall has to be more than three zhang wide, three zhang high, more than 100 meters long, this ......
"It's not good, it's a fraud! Thieves are cunning! Someone couldn't help but shout. But at this time, no one listened to their voices at all, and there were cavalry behind them from the city gate, and the people in front pushed the people behind, and the crowd was like a sea, and all of them squeezed in......
"Whew, whew......" Suddenly the sound of the horn was heard, and the Turkic soldiers felt a sudden pouring rain in the sky, and for a moment, the heavy rain was like a ......
"It's not rain, it's not good, it's fire oil, it's fire oil, retreat, retreat!"
Someone yelled heartbreakingly, desperately retreating, and at this time, countless torches in the sky were thrown in, and in an instant, this huge trap spread into a sea of fire.
Breaking through the West City Gate is not a passage to victory, but a road to hell, a passage more than 100 meters long, more than three zhang wide, in just a moment thousands of people squeezed in, and these thousands of people were ignited by the oil of fire, and the terrible screams turned this place into purgatory on earth!
And the soldiers behind were still in the dark, still desperately killing inward, many people couldn't contain the momentum, and even plunged into the sea of fire, the sky was dyed red by fire, and thick black smoke rose into the sky, so that the Turkic soldiers who saw this side from a distance were overjoyed, thinking that after breaking through the city, they were setting fire to the city!
The soldiers in the back continued to rush to the west gate, the scene was chaotic, the soldiers in front could not enter, the cavalry in the back could not stand it, and countless people were crowded and trampled.
At this time, the fire oil gradually burned out, and the soldiers behind were coerced and stepped on the charred corpse again and continued to rush in, and the same scene was staged again tragically.
Finally, the soldiers outside crowded more and more, and they realized that something was wrong when they heard the miserable movement inside, but the lives of thousands of robes had been lost, and the fear in everyone's hearts grew, and the joy that had just risen before was instantly shattered, and the morale couldn't help but be greatly defeated!
Khan Hekota, who had rushed from behind, saw the blackened soldiers running out of the city walls like crazy, and heard them shout: "Fire, fire...... Burned, burned all to death......"
"Ah......" Hekuotai was like being struck by lightning, his eyes were shattered, and he was so angry that he flipped off his horse directly...... A mouthful of pus and blood spat out of his mouth......