Chapter 226: Fierce Battle
The soldiers of the Qiangqu Division, who had been besieged for many days, finally saw a glimmer of hope, and the soldiers had a more ferocious impact, gathering all the grievances of this time on the three-foot blade, even if they died, they would deal a heavy blow to the officers and soldiers before they died.
There were more and more corpses of the Hun soldiers at the city gate, and the ground was raised three feet higher, and the corpses below had turned into a mess of mud under the trampling of horses' hooves. Blood mixed with broken minced meat flowed in all directions, and the bloody atmosphere was overwhelming.
This tragic scene had no effect on the fighting soldiers, and at this moment the officers and Huns were red-eyed. In their eyes, there was only the sword-wielding enemy in front of them.
Liu Bei and Zhu Jun, who couldn't stand this bloody gas, had already vomited out what they had just eaten. Liu Bei and Zhu Jun are both characters who have seen life and death, and ordinary soldiers are killed and injured, and they don't care about them at all. But this was the first time they had seen such a tragic battle, and afterwards the corpse could only be scooped with a spoon.
Zhao Yi, who saw the opportunity early, covered his mouth and nose with a moist towel at the beginning of the battle between the two sides, and saw that the shield formation in front of the official army had already swayed, and the arrows shot by the soldiers at the city gate passed through the gaps in the shields, causing the shield soldiers of the official army to be killed and wounded. And the lifeless impact of the Hun soldiers caused the official archers to be somewhat unable to cope with it.
Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, the two tiger generals, resisted at the forefront, and the wielding of weapons and machinery in their hands slashed the Hun soldiers who rushed over with a roar one by one, covered in blood. The original 3,000 soldiers behind him were under the impact of the Hun soldiers, but now there are less than 1,000 left, and they are still struggling to support.
The Hun soldiers saw that Guan Yu and the two of them were shaking violently, and concentrated their superior forces to attack this place fiercely. The Xiongnu archers at the city gate fell here under the command of Qiangqu.
The Hun soldiers wanted to tear a hole from here, so that the brigade could rush out. Liu Bei saw the tragic death of his soldiers, especially Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, his nervous palms were full of sweat. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are the generals he relies on the most, and he also wants to use the force of the two to achieve great things, if the two die here, wouldn't Liu Bei be like folding his arms.
Zhao Yi's face remained unchanged, and the calm commander army carried out the attack again and again, and the extremely lethal gun rain officers and soldiers had already thrown three times, killing four or five thousand Hun soldiers in the narrow place of the city gate. But the shock was far less than the first one. This powerful lethality did not frighten the Hun soldiers, and the screams of the people who were shot and fell to the ground actually aroused their fierceness hidden in the blood, and they rushed to kill even more fiercely. There were many Hun soldiers who were wounded and fell to the ground, but they did not die under the spears of the official army, but died under the trampling of war horses.
"My lord, according to this attack intensity, I am afraid that it will not take half an hour for the Hun soldiers to break through the shield defense line!" Gao Shun looked at the swaying official and military front, his eyes flashed. In other words, if the shield formation is broken by the Hun soldiers, then the Hun soldiers with fast horses and sharp knives will be like wild horses that have escaped from the horse, galloping across the official and military camps, and the officers and troops of Zhao Yi's department will be powerless to stop them. Gao Shun asked Zhao Yi, "Can my lord transfer General Lou Man, who is pursuing the enemy, back?" ”
Lou Man has 6,000 fresh troops in his hands, and if there are 6,000 more soldiers in the official army battalion, the situation will be reversed.
Zhao Yi turned his head and listened to the sound of galloping horses' hooves in the south, what Tai Shici said Zhao Yi had already thought about just now, but this move also has a great risk, and it is also extremely risky to transfer Lou Man back, if Batu's department can't stop the enemy from reinforcing the enemy's troops, causing the enemy's cavalry to drive in, then the situation is only afraid that it will be worse than now.
Zhao Yi waved his hand and ordered: "Order the other three gates, and immediately dispatch elite soldiers to help defend the city." Zhao Yi also emphasized one point, "Bring more archers." ”
Gao Shun did not hesitate to go forward, Zhao Yi stared at the officers and soldiers who kept falling to the ground, although his face did not change, but he was also very distressed. However, now the situation does not allow Zhao Yi to have any other choice, he can only pour his strength to block the Qiangqu, if the Qiangqu cavalry is allowed to rush over, the casualties of his own troops will be greater.
Xu Bu and Batu, who were wandering outside the city of Guangning County, heard the shouting and killing sound from the city gate, and they were also very nervous, Xu Bu was afraid that his father was not the opponent of the official army and would be beaten back to the city again, and Batu was afraid that because he left the camp with his two parts, the official army camp would collapse under the impact of the Hun soldiers.
Subu gave the order to march quickly, wanting to bypass Batu as soon as possible to support the siege of the Qiangqu Division. Batu also issued an order to get closer little by little on the way to pursue, only by eliminating the cavalry of Subu, Batu can support Zhao Yi with peace of mind, and the official army has less to worry about.
The five thousand elite soldiers drawn from the other three city gates arrived here in less than a quarter of an hour, and the shaking shield camp had a new force to join, and it was immediately as stable as Mount Tai. Moreover, the thousand archers drawn by Tai Shi Ci's department helped Zhao Yi a lot. The archers fired in batches and without stopping. The Xiongnu archers at the suppressed city gate could not probe, and some of the soldiers were also instructed by Tai Shici, and they were even more successful.
As for the wooden guns held by the Xiongnu soldiers, the lethality of the officers and soldiers was even weaker, because the city gate was narrow, and the Hun cavalry could not carry out a large-scale group charge, and the numerical advantage could not be brought into play. And the rain of guns is the way to gather and crowd, since the Hun soldiers cannot gather together, they naturally cannot cause great damage to the officers and soldiers.
Dian Wei even transferred half of the heavy armor soldiers, these more than 1,000 heavy armor soldiers can be described as the elite of the official army, each soldier was carefully selected by Zhao Yi, coupled with strict training, the combat effectiveness is extremely amazing.
They took the place of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, and the advantage of the heavy armor was immediately revealed, the bows and arrows and scimitars of the Hun soldiers could not break through the heavy armor on their bodies at all, but the scimitar spears in the hands of the heavy armor soldiers could easily pierce their chests. The Hun soldiers fought with one of them, and hundreds of people were killed and wounded, where are the soldiers, it is simply a mobile killing machine.
Guan Yu and Zhang Fei retreated to Zhao Yi's side with the remnants of the army, these two tigers killed hundreds of enemies in this battle, the hands holding weapons were now a little trembling, and the hundreds of soldiers behind them were even more nervous and pale, and they were so frightened that they were shaking unconsciously.
"Yun Chang and Yide have worked hard, let's go down and rest first." Zhao Yi waved his hand and asked the two to go back, peerless generals like Guan Yu and Zhang Fei should not do anything to kill soldiers on the battlefield. After all, two fists are hard to beat four hands, and it would be a pity to die at the hands of these nobodies.
The three Liu Bei brothers no longer dared to underestimate this small guard task this time, this guard task was more dangerous than rushing to kill on the battlefield.
The addition of the three elite soldiers greatly dampened the offensive edge of the Hun soldiers. Zhao Yi has already given an order to engage the enemy, whether it is sprinkling lime, putting cold arrows, or throwing urine jars, as long as he can win, he will use whatever method he wants, he is not afraid of being embarrassed.
The officers and soldiers are not so blindly defensive, but have adopted some offensive means. The heavily armored soldiers were even more ferocious, and even rushed into the Hun camp, relying on their heavy armor to kill the enemy.
The battle lasted for three hours, and it was already dark today, but the onslaught of the officers and Huns had not stopped.
Gao Shun reported the latest number of casualties of the officers and soldiers, and in these three hours, the casualties of the officers and soldiers were enough to 8,000, and the bodies of the dead soldiers had all been transported to the back of the camp, occupying a large area.
Hearing this number of casualties, Zhao Yi, who was treating the wounded, was stunned for a moment, raised his head and told Gao Shun: "Write down the names of these soldiers, and when this battle is over, send an order to the state capitals and counties to take care of the families of the deceased officers." His eyes stared deeply at the county seat of Guangning. If you win this battle, I am afraid that the people of the world will only remember the name of my Zhao Yi, saying that I, Zhao Yi, annihilated 50,000 elite soldiers of the Huns in one fell swoop. But who will remember the 8,000 officers and soldiers who died in battle. One will succeed and ten thousand bones will wither, which is exactly this reason.
Fighting for three hours in a row consumed not only the physical strength of the two soldiers, but also their sharpness. The official camp that resisted the onslaught of the Hun soldiers was uncomfortable, and the Hun soldiers who led the attack were not comfortable now.
Qiangqu, who was watching the battle at the city gate, saw the mountain of corpses under the city gate, and his brows furrowed into a Sichuan character. Secretly said that Zhao Yi is not simple, in the first three hours, Zhao Yi's officers and soldiers can be said to be doing everything to fight with their own people, some officials and soldiers even threw grass into the camp, where can the war horses that have not eaten grass for a long time resist this temptation, and they will not listen to the master's command at the moment, and there are not a few soldiers who have died because of this.
Although Qiang Qu scolded Zhao Yi for being despicable, he admired it very much in his heart. A soldier is the way to survive, as long as he can defeat the enemy, no matter what method he uses, it is not too much.
"Chief, our casualties have reached 10,000." The surrounding troops will report the latest casualty figures to Qiangqu, hoping that Qiangqu can find a way to reduce the casualties of the troops. If you can't think of a way, even if your own unit breaks out of the encirclement of the official army, you will definitely suffer heavy casualties.
Qiang Qu sighed: "It is inevitable to kill a thousand enemies and lose eight hundred. "This kind of breakthrough battle is similar to siege warfare, there are no shortcuts, the only shortcut is to break through quickly, otherwise the longer it drags on, the greater the casualties.
Staring at the officers and soldiers in the camp who were wielding spears and scimitars to fight with their own troops, Qiang Qu's eyes flashed, and he secretly envied himself in his heart, if he also had this kind of heavy armor soldiers, how good it would be. If there were more than 1,000 heavily armored soldiers, Qiangqu would have broken through the obstacles of the official army a long time ago, and it would have been able to wait until now.
The impact of the Xiongnu soldiers was mainly light and agile, and although the combat effectiveness of the heavy armor soldiers was strong, it was not flexible, and Qiangqu did not consider it at that time. Now they are quite appreciative of this heavily armored soldier, these soldiers are elite. The only pity is that the elite is from someone else's hand. This group of heavily armored soldiers was like a moving steel wall, blocking the escape of their own troops.
"If the leader continues like this, our soldiers will surely suffer heavy casualties." The generals around him were a little worried, "The other three elite soldiers are now all at the south gate, if we disperse our forces to attack the other city gate, we may make some progress." ”