Chapter 603: Counterattack

In Yingzhou, the guard general An Lushan breathed a sigh of relief and sat limp at the head of the city.

Under the city, there was a mess, the corpses were all over the ground, the swords were all over the ground, the arrows were either 'inserted' into the corpses, or 'inserted' into the ground, and the heavy smell of blood wafted with the wind.

"'Milk' and 'milk', why did they fight and retreat?"

Although the remnants of the Bohai Navy and the Khitans suffered many casualties, they were far from the point of breaking their muscles and bones, and there must be a reason for their active withdrawal. An Lushan was suspicious and puzzled, for fear that the opponent would kill him.

"Do you need to say it? General An is a heroic hero and defeats the enemy chieftain! ”

"Congratulations to the general for making another great contribution to keeping Yingzhou City for my Datang!"

The henchmen Shi Cuigan and Tian Chengsi sang and harmonized, and the high hats flew 'chaotically', but it was a pity that they lacked the shortcomings of the cultural level, and they did not use the eulogy of becoming a martial artist for thousands of generations.

The high hat flew in, An Lushan proudly caught it, and smiled happily, although the battle situation has been 'fierce' and dangerous these days, but the fragrance of plum 'flowers' comes from the bitter cold, and the difficult victory shows the gold content of the merit.

No matter why the Bohai State and the Khitan coalition army retreated, the facts cannot be changed, he held the city of Yingzhou, so that the enemy who invaded the border of the Tang Dynasty suffered heavy casualties, and the number of people outside the city was enough for him to ask for credit.

An Lushan's dream of being promoted and making a fortune flew to Luoyang City again......

If Li Huaitang knew that his actions inadvertently rescued An Lushan, he would definitely cry and laugh, and the facts proved that he was the lucky star of the person he hated, whether intentionally or unintentionally, as long as he encountered An Lushan, he could always bring him good luck and make him 'fat' again and again.

Similarly, if it were An Lushan, he would definitely be surprised.

These are all things for the future, and at the moment, Li Huaitang has to face the threat of counterattack by the army of the Bohai State.

Thousands of Bohai naval troops from Liaodong Bay and thousands of cavalry troops besieging Yingzhou led by the general Jinni converged in the north of the old county city, eyeing the lost city.

With less than 1,000 men against nearly 10,000 enemy troops, it was not easy to keep the city, and Li Huaitang had to insist on the arrival of reinforcements in the direction of Shanhaiguan. The crow had gone south to inform Lu Shangqing, who was waiting at Shanhaiguan, that if there was no accident, it was estimated that they were already on the road at this time, and it would take at least half a day or at most a day to arrive.

The characteristics of the old county town have been paraded by the great martial arts of that year, and everyone in the Bohai Kingdom knows and even talks about it.

Zhang Wenxiu had a headache, and the only way to enter the city, the 'gate' of half of the city, was blocked, which meant that he had to destroy the enemy, or perhaps drive the enemy down the city, in order to occupy the city. There was no other way to do this than to have a steady stream of soldiers build a wall of people or climb up the city along makeshift ladders. The losses caused by the crowd tactics were unbearable for him.

Needless to say, the enemy will definitely take advantage of the results of his brother's years of preparation, those defensive weapons are enough for him to drink a few pots, thinking about the warriors who have been trained into a naval army with great difficulty, his heart is like a knife.

However, the strategic position of the county town is important, and the two evils are mutually reinforcing, so he is still ruthless.

There is not much time left for him, and Shanhaiguan is not far from here. The sailors of the Bohai Sea Army arrived first, and as a matter of course, they went into battle first.

After simply 'getting' dozens of ladders, the sailors began to switch to siege.

As Zhang Wenxiu expected, the feather arrows stored by his brother became the murderer who devoured the sailors of the Bohai Kingdom.

At the head of the city, Li Huaitang changed to an infantry longbow, opened the bow left and right, squandered feather arrows to his heart's content, and set a record for the Ningyuan Iron Cavalry in one go, killing eighteen people with eighteen arrows in a row.

Zhang Gong and arrow is a combination of technical work and strength work, and only Li Huaitang is so perverted. The rest of the soldiers 'shot' less than ten arrows, and their arms were sore, so they had to stop and change to the type of work of pouring oil and setting fires.

Oil, the materials for burning fire, like bows and arrows, were ready-made, and for a time, the fire under the city walls was raging, and those who accidentally fell from the ladder were all burned to charcoal, and those who played acrobatics and stacked the walls were even worse, and they were burned to the sky.

The situation was extremely favorable for the defenders.

The attacker was at a disadvantage, but it did not 'mess' its own position, and the attack was still in an orderly manner. In the era of cold weapons, many times, the number of people can make up for the lack of quality, it doesn't matter if the sailors are not professional in attacking the city, there are many of them, and it is only a matter of time before they step on the corpse and climb to the top of the city.

Although the direction of the Bohai Navy's main attack was in the north of the city, Li Huaitang did not dare to take it lightly, and the other three city walls restrained many of his already thin troops. The war is fair, the defender occupies the advantage, and the attacker controls the initiative, each with its own advantages and disadvantages.

It's time for 'hand-to-hand' combat again.

However, this 'hand-to-hand' battle was obviously easier than resisting the counterattack of the original defenders in the city, there was no perverted giant shield, and there was no tight formation, and the sailors who climbed to the top of the city fought separately, and they were not the opponents of Ning Yuan's iron cavalry at all.

With the addition of the Jinni cavalry, the county town was in jeopardy.

The cavalry was extremely mobile, constantly trying to attack in the other three directions, and in the face of wide walls and thin defensive forces, they did not need ladders, and a team of more than a dozen people climbed the city in the way of stacking human walls.

After paying the price of hundreds of casualties, the Legion finally made a breakthrough 'sex' progress, and some of its soldiers climbed up to the top of the city, and as they entangled a small number of defenders, more climbed up.

Ask for help, divide the troops, and ask for help, and divide the troops again.

Li Huaitang took care of one thing and lost the other, and fell into a bitter battle......

The battle was fierce and stalemate, the Ningyuan Iron Cavalry was strong, and the Bohai Navy was overwhelming, and no one had any hope of winning for the time being, and it was difficult for the two sides to decide.

As an attacking party, Zhang Wenxiu is like a mirror, his hope depends on the speed of the other party's reinforcements, and it is a good choice to encircle the point to send reinforcements, but unfortunately he has insufficient troops and time, and even gave up the idea of sniping and concentrated on attacking the city. He also knows that time is on the opponent's side, so he doesn't leave a back hand at all, and he is desperate to press it all.

Investing a large number of troops, but the results were not obvious, Zhang Wenxiu was quite dissatisfied, and at the same time doubted the identity of the defenders.

"Are they Tang Jun? Or the legendary invincible Ningyuan Iron Horse? ”

If it weren't for the decisive battle of life and death, Zhang Wenxiu would have liked to see the enemy generals in the city, what kind of means and tactics the other party had used, so easily that his brother's arrogant and impregnable city changed hands overnight.

No one answered his question, there were only a dozen or so grim-looking pro-soldiers around him, and all the generals went to the front line.

More people is more power! Finally, the dawn of the Bohai Navy appeared, and with their unremitting efforts, the city 'gate' was opened, the passage was cleared, and a large number of soldiers crowded under the city wall rushed in along the narrow city 'gate'.

Zhang Wenxiu was extremely nervous, his palms were sweating, and he had a whisper to his brother who died in battle for the first time: Why do you seal half of the city 'gate' if you have nothing to do?

On the head of the city, Li Huaitang was covered with the blood of the enemy, and on the cotton armor, the knife was scarred, and even the war knife in his hand had been replaced by seven or eight handles. However, there are so many enemies that it seems that they will never stop.

Reinforcements, reinforcements, Lu Shangqing, you big bandit, why haven't you climbed like a snail yet?

Li Huaitang was very anxious.

The Lu Da bandits seemed to be waiting for this thought, and it was imminent.

In the south, thousands of troops and horses rushed at great speed, and the rumbling sound of horses' hooves gave people the feeling that they would kill in front of them in the next moment.

It's over, the Tang army has arrived!

After failing to succeed, Zhang Wenxiu closed his eyes in pain.

The battle situation was quite dramatic, and the Bohai Navy that attacked the city was like a movie rewind shot, and they poured out one after another, but unfortunately, it was too late, only half of the men and horses of Jinni could escape, thousands of sailors were almost wiped out, and only Zhang Wenxiu and more than a dozen of his own soldiers escaped by luck. Please keep in mind the URL, if you like "War Owl in Tang" written by the wolf under the moon