Chapter 338: The Great War

Taking the head of the enemy general in the army is the embodiment of the combat power of every fierce general.

Yang Zaixing took Liu Yanqing's head, but he didn't expect that the fleeing general Liu Guangshi watched his father's head being cut off, and he didn't have the courage to go up to avenge his father, so he could only hide behind and say cruel words: Yang Zaixing, the Great Han Kingdom, I and you are incompatible.

The dragons were leaderless, when the Western Army attacked the South Gate City, it suffered the biggest blow, the main general Liu Yanqing was killed, these Western troops were unable to fight again, the whole situation was chaotic, the Western Army began to retreat, the people were scattered and fled, and the situation at the South Gate was shockingly reversed.

Seeing that the south gate could not be guarded, there were constantly soldiers of the Western Army rushing to the city, and the musket team at the city gate could not resist and began to retreat slowly, but it was at this time that the Western army actually withdrew, and the danger of the south gate was contacted.

After the danger of the South Gate was resolved, Zhang Xian, who was guarding the South Gate, took half of his troops to help the precarious East Gate, and he himself still held the South Gate to prevent the Western Army from coming back.

Among the four gates, the battle at the south gate is the most intense, the west gate is inseparable, and the north gate is the most dangerous, but Yue Fei personally went to the north gate, and now the situation at the east gate is the most severe.

Responsible for guarding the east city wall is the fierce general Niu Gao, this guy is more suitable for offense than things and defense, while Yao Zhen, who guards the east gate, is suitable for defense and not for offense. But I don't know why Yue Fei arranged it this way, but now it's useless to say anything, so I can only barely get through the difficulties, and I can't say anything that I can't lose to the Western Army.

The commander of the Western Army is the famous general Yao Pingzhong, this guy changed his mind before the war, sorted out the soldiers and horses under his command, and mixed up the 2,000 Western Army and 20,000 people, as a vanguard, setting an example for the people, of course, it can be regarded as a supervisor, so as to avoid the people from fleeing under heavy pressure and not being able to form an army.

What seems to be a simple change, but in fact, due to the large number of people, it still has an unexpected effect. You must know that there are only 2,000 defenders at the head of the city, and to hold the ten-mile-long city wall, the defense is still very weak, and once the attacking western army finds a hole in the defense, it will be quite dangerous.

11,000 soldiers attacking the tall city walls under the cover of large siege equipment, although the difficulty coefficient is very large, but after all, there are many people, as long as they find a breakthrough, they will occupy the absolute initiative, which is doomed to siege warfare, which is cruel and bloody from the beginning.

Yao Pingzhong's younger brother Yao Pingji led 11,000 men and horses to attack the city head under the cover of siege equipment, and Yao Pingzhong personally led 11,000 soldiers to attack the city gate, and they put the battering ram and siege vehicle in the middle of the soldiers to prevent it from being destroyed by the Han army/As long as these siege equipment can approach the city gate, then this battle has a fifty percent chance of winning, and then it is to cover the battering ram to hit the city gate, and after hitting the city gate, the army will press and rush into the city.

Yao Pingzhong's plan was very good, but the plan couldn't catch up with the changes, he never dreamed that the Han army would be able to take the initiative to kill, although there were only 1,000 cavalry and 2,000 infantry, but this encounter was not a good thing for the Western Army.

The 3,000 minfu acted as cannon fodder to block the rapid advance of the cavalry, and at this time, Yao Pingzhong quickly commanded the 1,000 Western Army and 7,000 Minfu to form a defensive array to meet the Han army.

Yao Pingzhong's wishful thinking is that as long as his side can trap the Han army to the death and win time for Yao Pingji, who is besieging the city, as long as you occupy the city, then you can break the city, and all 11,000 soldiers on this side will be considered victorious.

As long as you go to the battlefield, then you are dead or alive, and victory is won by stepping on countless heads, and the general must be decisive in killing. The so-called Ci is not in charge of the army, and if he does not have the ambition to kill tens of thousands of people, he will not be able to become a hero.

In Yao Pingzhong's eyes, the 20,000 people themselves are cannon fodder, and they are sent to death when they go to the battlefield, as for the 2,000 Western Army, they originally existed for their own military exploits, so in this battle, he bet that his younger brother Yao Pingji would lead the army to attack the city, and his side would try his best to contain the Han army to the greatest extent so that it could not destroy the siege equipment.

As long as the siege equipment is intact, then the 11,000 western army attacking the city is basically an ironclad thing, which is why Yao Pingzhong dared to block the Han army head-on.

Yao Zhen led a thousand cavalry to rush in like a group of beasts, as soon as they came up, they harvested their lives, and constantly hunted down the beautiful people, although they were wearing the clothes of the Western Army, but they had not undergone any training, so it can be said that they had no tactical cultivation at all.

Yao Zhen was not a cavalry general, and he was still not skilled enough in the use of cavalry tactics, so he didn't react at the first time, the three thousand 'Western Army' were people who came to die, which delayed the fighter in the process of killing and lost the best opportunity to impact the Western Army's formation.

Killing, 1,000 Han Iron Cavalry against 3,000 Minfu, that is a one-sided killing, 3,000 Minfu went to the battlefield for the first time, and they had to encounter a powerful Han Iron Cavalry, which was destined to be a tragic killing. After the killing began, Yao Zhen reacted sluggishly, and he understood what was going on, but he had already gone to the trap, and he could only hunt this group of people first, so he could rush forward and rely on the powerful cavalry to impact the large array of the Western Army.

The 8,000 'Western Army' soon laid down a four-elephant golden lantern array to meet the onslaught of the Han cavalry.

Yao Zhen is not good at using cavalry, but it doesn't mean that he doesn't have the talent to lead the army, this guy knows that if he uses a thousand cavalry to attack the large array of the 8,000 Western Army, then the casualties will be difficult to control, and the whole battle situation will advance in an uncontrollable direction, and it will not end well at that time.

If he was not good at cavalry combat, Yao Zhen would only meet the cavalry with 2,000 infantry, and let the cavalry soldiers divide into two ways and attack the Western Army with cavalry shooting from the left and right flanks.

Sacrificing 2,000 infantry to complete the interception of the Western Army, this time when Yao Zhen was commanding the battle, his psychology was dripping blood, but for the victory of this battle, in order to hold Yunzhou City, Yao Zhen could only sacrifice the 2,000 infantry.

The two thousand Han infantry are like two thousand ferocious and savage wolves, roaring and rushing towards the four elephants and golden lanterns laid by the Western Army. However, after the two thousand infantry rushed in, the two sides fell into a melee, the two sides were inseparable, the large number of Western troops of course to the Han infantry crushed, but this crushing is only temporary, in fact, the casualties are not very large, after all, in the Western army, only a thousand professional soldiers and the remaining seven thousand are purely the first battlefield, not even blood, Minfu. In this case, the two sides were inseparable, and the Western Army, which had the upper hand, was not very lethal, but only had the upper hand, and the Han infantry due to its disadvantage due to its extremely high tactical cultivation and skillful cooperation, the casualties were not very large, and the two sides were actually in a stalemate, and it was difficult to distinguish the winner for a while.

Five hundred cavalry launched an attack on the western army from the left flank, constantly attacking the western army with cavalry shooting, but keeping a certain distance to ensure that it would not be attacked, which can be said to be a completely cruel and ruthless hunt, after all, the advantage of the cavalry over the infantry is crushing, and the legs of the infantry cannot catch up with the cavalry, besides, the infantry must strictly guard the large formation, and cannot go out to take the initiative to meet the attack.

The 500 cavalry from the right flank completely dispersed, almost forming a semicircle to encircle the western army in the center, and then continuously shot the western army with bows and arrows. This style of play is purely a hooligan style, that is, bullying the infantry and not being able to catch up with the cavalry, and it is obviously unrealistic to shoot the Western army on a large scale, but this kind of cold shooting is very good to disrupt the deployment of the Western army.

Yao Zhen commanded the 3,000 Han Army and the 8,000 Western Army to entangle, the two sides were inseparable, for a time could not distinguish the high and low, it was difficult to have an overwhelming advantage, the two sides came and went, as if they were separated from the entire battlefield, forming a separate battlefield, and the victory or defeat on this battlefield seemed to have nothing to do with the entire battle situation. In fact, which one wins, or which one loses, has a great impact on the situation of the war.

Once the Han army commanded by Yao Zhen was strangled, then the east gate would be ironclad, and the western army would swarm up to enter Yunzhou from the east gate, and the outer city of Yunzhou would probably be conquered.

On the other hand, once Yao Pingzhong's Western Army is defeated, it means that the east gate is defended, at least for Yao Zhen, the task is completed, this is a hard rule in the Han military system, that is, regional fixed-point protection, every general has a fixed area on the battlefield and can complete his own tasks. Each general completes the task in his own area, and the whole occupation is sure to win.

Obviously, the two sides are inseparable, for Yao Pingzhong, he is victorious, because as long as the Han army is delayed, then the 11,000 soldiers led by his younger brother Yao Pingji have a great hope of attacking the city, then today's strategic layout is completed, as long as the other Western armies cooperate tacitly, it is not impossible to conquer Yunzhou City on the first day. If he conquered Yunzhou City, it would be a great credit, Yao Pingzhong was gambling, he believed that his luck would not be bad.

On the other hand, Yao Zhen has no overall situation, he has not thought about what the situation is at the head of the city, let alone what the situation is at the south gate, the west gate, and the north gate.

Yao Zhen's idea was very simple, the 22,000 western soldiers attacking the east were divided into two routes, all the way to attack the city head, and the other to attack the city gate. Yao Zhen only cares about his own task, as long as he can defend the east gate, as for the city wall, it is Niu Gao's task. Therefore, Yao Zhen led the 3,000 Han army to entangle the 11,000 Western Army to the death, anyway, he could ensure that the city gate was not lost, as for the killing, as much as he could, anyway, on the first day, the Western army must not be allowed to enter the inner city from the outer city.

According to Yue Fei's understanding of the Western Army, his tactics were the first siege battle, saying that he had to hold the city gate and not allow the Western Army to approach the inner city. On the first day, this was the tactical arrangement, and the second and third times when the Western Army attacked, they successively let the Western Army approach the inner city, and then hunted it into the city. As for the future, it will be a matter of fate, after all, there are too many western troops outside the city, and if the Han can't send reinforcements, it's only a matter of time before the city is broken.

Yao Zhen made a fatal mistake, yes, there is indeed no threat to the east gate, but the pressure of the east defense is all pressed on the city, you must know that there are only two thousand defenders on the city, and in the face of so many siege equipment, the defensive pressure is huge, and it is dangerous.

In the south, west, and north, after the Han army left the city, they all destroyed the siege equipment to the greatest extent to alleviate the defensive pressure of the city, and only the east side was an exception, which caused the huge defensive pressure on the east of the city. If Niu Gao knew the situation in the city, maybe he would go directly to Yao Zhen to fight hard.

Under the cover of powerful siege equipment, the western army finally began to climb to the east of the city, one by one the ladders carried on the city, the western army climbed towards the city like ants, the first to climb was the people, this group of unlucky people is destined to be cannon fodder. It is used to consume the defensive equipment of the Han army, after all, there is a certain amount of rolling wood thunder stones laid on the head of the city, and the more it is consumed, the greater the defensive pressure behind.

The Western army on the nest car suppressed the head of the city with bows and arrows at the beginning, and the Han army that fought could not raise its head and could only defend passively, which created an opportunity for the Western army to climb the city through the ladder.

Batches of people climbed up and were brought down, countless rolling wood and thunder stones were thrown down, firearms were also consumed a lot, and the fierce fire oil did destroy most of the ladders, but in the end, there was still a group of Western soldiers mixed in the ladder climbed to the city wall, and the Han army defending the city fought to the death in a small space.

This is a bloody battle where either you die or I die, and the western army that kills the head of the city will not be able to go down, either go forward bravely or die a tragic death. For the Han army defending the city, losing the city is a dead end, and in this case, they fought with their backs and paid all their energy to meet the battle.

One, two, three, countless Western troops slaughtered the city, and this group of guys gradually gained a foothold, and it was at this time that the Western archers on the nest car stopped shooting arrows, because otherwise it would be easy to get injured by mistake.

At this moment, the Western Army that killed the head of the city could only win a battle against the water, and life and death were only between the first line, and they began to expand their gains under the leadership of Yao Pingji and gradually gained a firm foothold.

Seeing that there were more and more Western troops killing the city, Niu Gao was in a hurry, this guy changed into a double axe, and led the Han army and the Western army to fight together. At this time, Niu Gao also had the meaning of letting the Western Army go to the city wall, because only when everyone was entangled together could they avoid the bow and arrow shooting on the nest car.

Of course, this is also dangerous, after all, there are many Western troops, and there are more and more on the city wall. Once the western army that killed the city wall exceeded 2,000, then the Han army would be forced down from the city head step by step, so as to control the city wall, and then go down the city wall to open the city gate and lead the western army into the city.

In close combat, the Western Army has a great advantage, after all, it has been fighting with the Western Xia Army for more than a hundred years, but on the contrary, the Han Army has learned the art of fighting, and it broke out with great combat effectiveness when it fought against the water, and it is difficult to distinguish from the Western Army on the city wall.