Chapter 729 A Fire to Burn!
The Battle of Tanzhou kicked off, and the two sides concentrated nearly 200,000 horses and horses to fight in full swing around a small Tanzhou city.
The siege of the Northwest Army is divided into two commands, one is the vanguard general of the Northwest Army, Chuan Shanyue, and the other is the general of the Northwest Army, Song Naifeng, who has just been crowned king for a long time, it is obvious that Song Naifeng is determined to win this battle!
The Northwest Army is good at cavalry combat, but how can Song Naifeng have such a high prestige and only use cavalry? Attacking cities has always been the specialty of the Northwest Army, so once the battle between the two sides begins, the situation instantly becomes very tragic.
The Northwest Army is not afraid of death, and has extremely rich experience, they have prepared a variety of siege equipment with the army, and in terms of siege alone, they are more than a little stronger than the Liaodong Army!
And Lu Zheng is good at defending the city, and has made great efforts in defending the city, and the two sides have just started to fight, and Lu Zheng also has enough troops to defend the city, so the battle is very fierce, but neither side can help each other, the two sides are a consumption, the key is to compare who can afford to consume.
Lu Zheng pulled four battalions out of ten battalions to guard the four gates, and the other six battalions were ready to attack at any time, changing the defense every six hours to ensure that the city wall could have the strongest defense at twelve hours a day.
This kind of persistence took three days, Lu Zheng suffered more than 10,000 casualties, the losses of the Northwest Army were comparable to Lu Zheng, and the casualties of the besieging side and the defending side were comparable.
The key is that the offensive of the Northwest Army has no signs of weakening, Song Naifeng is known for his bravery, and Chuanshanyue can get Song Naifeng's trust because of his bravery, and everyone in the army defending the city has a feeling that the balance of victory and defeat seems to be tilting towards the enemy's side.
In order to stabilize the situation, Liu Song has not closed his eyes in the past three days, his expression is decadent, his face is haggard, like him, most of the leaders of the ten battalions are like this, at present, more than half of the casualties in the scout battalion have been killed, and Kuangzi's whole person is so depressed that he is almost depressed.
Night fell, and with the long horn of the Northwest Army sounding, the army retreated like a tide, and the soldiers and generals defending the city breathed a sigh of relief at this time.
In Lu Zheng's meeting hall, many generals gathered, and Lu Zheng said: "Everyone, in three days of fierce fighting, we have killed more than 10,000 brothers!" The Northwest Army: I saw that they died about the same.
I have to say that Song Naifeng's Northwest Army is really the most capable army, and from the perspective of the situation, our situation is already unfavorable! Therefore, the combat strategy must be adjusted! In the next step, we will open the door to welcome guests, let Chuanshanyue break through the east gate, and then use the formation in the city to set traps, all for me! This battle is just death, there is nothing to fear! At a critical time, it depends on whether we have the courage to do so! ”
"Boom!"
As soon as Lu Zheng said this, the scene exploded directly, and everyone, including Liu Song, stood up and widened their eyes, they couldn't believe that all this was true!
Let the enemy break through the east gate? Isn't this self-defeating? How can the city be prevented from this?
The people present are all people who have been in the war for a long time, although they admire Lu Zheng's ability to use soldiers, but there has never been such a use of soldiers throughout the ages, if this is said by others, maybe they will rebel immediately, seeing this scene, Liu Song roared: "What are you yelling about? What are you yelling about? Lord Lu is the chief administrator of the imperial court, and he can carry the sword of Shang Fang on his body, and he can directly kill those who dare to disobey! ”
Liu Song's roar was really deterrent, and the restlessness on the scene immediately quieted down, Liu Song's WeChat was still very high, and everyone didn't dare to make a noise for a while!
Lu Zheng looked around and said lightly: "It's okay, it's normal for everyone to question, after all, there has been no such routine in the ancient past!" However, the current situation is becoming more and more unfavorable for us, and the longer it drags on, the more difficult it may be for us to fight back, and now is our chance to fight back!
The Northwest Army has been suffering a lot of attrition recently, and we are uncomfortable, and they are also uncomfortable! At this point, you look at Chuan Shanyue's actions, he personally went into battle shirtless in almost every battle, hehe, for a general, this is his first soldier, and it also shows that he is anxious in his heart!
At this time, we opened the net and gave him the illusion that our defenses had collapsed! After all, the tense thread in Chuan Shanyue's mind will relax, and once he relaxes, the formation we have carefully prepared will be their hell!
From the East Gate to the West Gate, we have been planning for so long for this battle! ”
Kuang Zi said: "General, if they are let in this battle, I am afraid it will be difficult to get out again, the east gate is broken, even if we can resist for a while, is it possible that we can always resist the opponent's attack?" The opponent has 100,000 soldiers and horses, once they continue to kill from the east gate, when the battle line is extended, it will be conducive to their large forces to fight! ”
Lu Zheng laughed and said: "Yes, Kuang Zi's brain is much more flexible, and this point is clear, okay, he is worthy of being the leader of our scout army, do you think you should encourage him?" ”
"Coax!" The scene burst into laughter, the atmosphere eased slightly, Lu Zheng paused, and said: "Everyone, the posture we put on in Tanzhou is a posture of stubborn defense, and everyone in the world thinks that we have to defend to the death, which will form an illusion!"
If we can destroy tens of thousands of troops in the Northwest Army in this battle, then why should we defend to the death? Take a step back and open the sea and the sky, the army is impermanent, the water is impermanent, the key to the big battle between us and the Northwest Army is how many enemies are injured! The death of one person in the Northwest Army is irreparable for them, but we are different!
In the Central Plains, we are the head snake of the land, and we have a unique geographical advantage, so if we really want to fight for a long time, they will be disadvantaged! Therefore, we don't need to care about the gains and losses of one city and one place, now we use the resources of Tanzhou, we can kill tens of thousands of people in the mountains of Sichuan, and when Song Naifeng wants to find us desperately, we will run away, our grain and grass in Tanzhou are easy to burn, and after they take Tanzhou, I am afraid that there will be heavy casualties! ”
Lu Zheng's words were shocking again, this time it was Liu Song who said: "General, we have given up Tanzhou, what should we do about the capital?" Isn't the capital in jeopardy? ”
Lu Zheng laughed and said, "I said, let's not care about the power of one city and one place, Tanzhou can be lost, and the capital can also be lost!" But we can take advantage of the opportunity in this process, for example, we withdraw from Tanzhou, and then quickly and the defenders of the capital double-sided, raid Cao Weiming, Cao Weiming will be severely damaged, let him escape, and then we can take Yuzhou, find the fighter and then return to attack the Northwest Army, in short, we got rid of the shackles, got rid of the burden, we have 50,000 or 60,000 horses, and soon the Nanfu army in the south of the Yangtze River will also mobilize 50,000 horses, in the future we will accumulate more than 100,000 horses in the north, and wait until that step, What are we afraid of the Northwest Army? ”
Lu Zheng talked eloquently, listening to the crowd's mouth open wide, their IQ obviously could not quickly digest Lu Zheng's thoughts, Liu Song was the smartest person among them, and he was also the most sensitive person, he immediately understood what Lu Zheng meant.
Lu Zheng used his troops in vain and real, everyone thought that he was defending the city, but he was actually using the defense of the city as a cover to give the opponent a thunderous blow, and then he quickly retreated.
Retreating to the capital, the raid on Cao Weiming can be said to be unaware, Cao Weiming's tens of thousands of horses are already weak, where can they withstand the internal and external cooperation of the capital and Lu Zheng?
After defeating Cao Weiming, Lu Zheng can strategically abandon the capital, by that time, the strength in Lu Zheng's hands is still there, he can take the land of Jiangbei anywhere, the key is that although there are many anti-thieves, but the people's hearts are still towards Dakang, Song Naifeng sent troops from the northwest to take the capital easily, but it is very difficult for him to hold the capital! Lu Zheng can transfer troops from Jiangnan in minutes, and at that time, if Song Naifeng defends the city, he will be passive on the whole line, and he will completely lose the advantage of flexibility.
And if he expands, Lu Zheng can use the advantages of his own land snake to use the soldiers in his hands to the extreme, and form a local advantage over Song Naifeng's Northwest Army from all aspects, so that Song Naifeng's life is worse than death, and it is difficult to support!
"Okay, the general's plan is excellent, this time our Nanfu Army will live, but the Northwest Army is wearing shackles, I'm afraid it will be difficult to do anything from now on!"
Liu Song smashed his fist on the table, and the whole person immediately became excited, and the decadence of three days without sleep disappeared in an instant! Liu Song is the soul of this army, he said yes, passionate, and the generals below have also swept away the decline one by one!
Next, Lu Zheng immediately arranged the deployment and took out a complete plan, in this way, Tanzhou City was already ready to retreat!
The next day, the sky was just bright, and today was the scorching sun, and the black and oppressive Northwest Army pressed over as usual, and in the crowd, you could see Chuanshan Yue wearing armor and riding a big horse, following the crowd all the way forward!
It seems to be no different from the previous situation, the enemy attacked the city, the Nanfu army defended the city, and soon the two sides fought together, the battle was in full swing, and the two sides were desperately attrition!
Seeing that he couldn't attack for a long time, Chuan Shanyue spewed fire in his eyes again, and roared: "Fuck, for a few little southern miscellaneous hairs, we have lost tens of thousands of horses, and there is nothing to say now!" Today must be captured, Lao Tzu Chuan and the mountains are in the front, Lao Tzu does not retreat, you don't want to retreat! ”
Chuan Shanyue's eyes widened, almost spewing fire, he rode a horse and took a gun, and sure enough, he rushed to the front, followed by his personal guards all followed, this group of people became a death squad, braving the rolling stones on the top of the city to rush forward, the people in front fell, the people behind followed one after another, and even the people in the back used the corpses of the people in front as a shield to block the attack.
Chuan Shanyue gritted his teeth and buried his head, and the soldiers around him were even more encouraged, and outside the east gate, several soldiers of the Northwest Army finally climbed up on the city wall.
"Attack, attack! Quick, keep attacking and take control of the walls! Someone shouted, the Northwest Army was like a chicken blood, and Chuan Shanyue took off his armor, went into battle shirtless, climbed up from the ladder, and climbed to the top of the city.
After going to the head of the city, a spear in his hand danced incomprehensibly, and his spear passed through, no one was his enemy, and the main general attacked it, and the northwest army continued to come up, and the city wall defending the city soon collapsed.
Chuan Shanyue was overjoyed, stood at the head of the city and shouted: "Open the city gate!" “
The Northwest Army smashed the log that had been prepared for forty people to lift on the city gate, and the city gate made a low tearing sound!
After about a dozen impacts, the East City Gate "Boom!" He was knocked open, only to hear someone outside shouting: "The city gate is broken!" The gates are broken! ”
"Chong, the city gate is broken, all the brothers are listening, but all those who make meritorious contributions will be rewarded, and now the time has come to make meritorious contributions, let us kill the city gate together, and kill all those southern barbarians, leaving no one behind!" Kawayama roared, he almost roared.
As soon as he gave the order, the besieging soldiers naturally poured into the city gate like a tide! After entering the door, everyone saw a long road, at this moment, everyone's mind was filled with victory, did not realize that there was anything wrong with the situation inside the east gate, everyone rushed to the city with their lives, it is obvious that the work of breaking the city is too great, and once the city is broken, the next is likely to be a mountain of defeat, in this era of the number of heads as the standard of meritorious service, it is obvious that everyone at this time is the time to harvest the heads!
Chuan Shanyue put on his armor again, and then rode his tall horse and rushed inside, he led a group of guards to follow all the way for about a few kilometers, and a guard next to him said: "General, what's going on?" Why does it feel wrong, there is no end to this long corridor, there always seems to be a weird feeling! ”
Chuan Shanyue was stunned for a moment, and instantly looked up at the top, the city wall of this Yongdao was three or four zhang high, there was no way to climb it, and the Yongdao was not wide, and the influx of troops was all crowded together, so at a glance, I couldn't see much armor, I could only see that the world was full of human heads!
Chuan Shanyue's heart sank, and suddenly thought of the crisis, and at this time, the crisis came as scheduled! The sky was full of fireworks, and the smell of fire oil filled the air, and then I saw that the sky was full of fire!
The fire fell from the sky, and the shadows of the hateful Nanfu army appeared on the city wall, and between these Nanfu troops threw countless fire oil downwards, and there were many Nanfu troops tied to rockets and shot down, almost in a few breaths, the entire Yongdao, I don't know how many, almost all of them were reduced to a sea of fire!
In this situation, there was simply nowhere to hide for the Northwest Army, and a huge panic was pervasive, and the Northwest Army was even more chaotic. They didn't even have the heart to fight back at all, those who had a chance to escape were desperately climbing and fleeing, Chuan Shanyue's eyes were split, his eyes widened, he couldn't believe that all this in front of him was true!
He had never seen such a method of warfare since the army, where did the soldiers defending the city put their opponents into the city to set a trap? This is undoubtedly self-destructing the Great Wall, but Lu Zheng really did it, and the effect was very good, and the whole world was burned with the smell of burnt meat.
"Lu Zheng'er, my Sichuan Shanyue is inseparable from you in this life!" Kawayamagaku roared!
"General, for the sake of today's plan, we can only rush forward, and we must not retreat, because the fire behind has already burned, and we can only move forward, otherwise we will all be burned alive!"
Chuan Shanyue gritted his teeth, clamped the horse under the crotch, and then desperately sprinted forward, the fire behind was still spreading rapidly, no one could hide where he passed, but Chuan Shanyue couldn't take care of it, his horse urged to the extreme, and no matter what crowd of people, he stepped forward with a horse all the way, no matter whether there was a road in front of him, Chuan Shan Yue could not go back, he could only go forward......