Chapter 996: Comprehensive Disadvantage
After thinking about it, Geng Yi finally decided to lead the army to stay and make one last effort.
As long as you take Longcheng before the enemy's reinforcements arrive, then you can hold on to the city, even if there are more enemy troops rushing over, you don't have to worry too much.
However, Geng Yi also kept an eye on it, and sent people to Jiequan and Qingshui respectively to ask Ma Wu and Wang Ba for help, so that the two of them immediately led the army to help.
Geng Yi and the soldiers under his command all had a glimmer of hope in their hearts, hoping that the defenders in Longcheng were at the end of their strong crossbows, and they could break through the city defense of Longcheng with another round of fierce attacks.
As a result, in this battle, the defenders of Longcheng showed strong combat effectiveness and repelled the all-out onslaught of the Han army again.
At the time when the Han army returned in vain, a large number of Kui Huan troops were carried out from the two flanks of the Han army and even the rear.
At the same time as the enemy's reinforcements appeared, the gate of Longcheng suddenly opened, and the horsemen of the Kui Huan army continued to kill from the city, assembled outside the city, and looked around, overwhelming, crowded, not to mention there must be 30,000 people.
Until this time, Geng Yi and other Han soldiers also realized how wrong their intelligence was, the defenders in Longcheng were not thousands of people at all, not about 10,000, but 30,000, not counting the casualties caused by their own siege of the city for days.
The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and the Han army has changed from the main attacking side to the passive side in an instant.
At this time, there were 30,000 enemy troops in the east, 10,000 enemy troops in the north, 10,000 enemy troops in the south, and 10,000 enemy troops in the west.
The Kui Huan army had a total of 60,000 troops, and surrounded the Han army of about 10,000 people in Geng Yi's department.
Under the current circumstances, there is almost no hope of breaking out, and Geng Yi ordered the whole army to retreat back to the camp to rely on the battalion defense to resist the enemy.
Fortunately, the soldiers under Geng Yi's command are also elite soldiers, and in the face of sudden changes, the soldiers up and down did not panic, and retreated in their own camp to defend with all their might.
Don't look at the Kui Huan army, there are 60,000 people, but it is not easy to take the camp of Geng Yijun.
Ma Wu and Wang Ba, who received Geng Yi's letter, did not delay much, both of them left 5,000 soldiers to guard the city, and they personally commanded 10,000 soldiers and went to Longcheng to reinforce Geng Yi.
Originally, on the battlefield of Jiequan, Longcheng and Qingshui, the Han army had the advantage, after all, Ma Wu and Wang Ba almost all took the two cities of Jiequan and Qingshui without blood, three targets, and the Han army captured two places, which can be described as a great advantage.
But now, the situation on this line of the battlefield has become unclear, and the Kui Huan army took the initiative to abandon the two cities of Jiequan and Qingshui, and concentrated their own forces in Longcheng, forming a four-sided encirclement of Geng Yi's army, and Geng Yi's army was trapped outside Longcheng.
As for the battlefields of Longguan and Qinting, the Han army never had an advantage from beginning to end.
The terrain of Longguan is precipitous, and the Han army headed by Fu Jun cannot attack it at all.
The number of enemy troops guarding the Qin Pavilion was large, and more than 30 barracks were built around the Qin Pavilion, which can be said to have defended the Qin Pavilion as solid as a golden point, and the Han army led by Zang Gong was also blocked.
The battle reports in front of him continued to be sent back, making Liu Xiu also at a loss.
As the all-out battle between the two sides unfolded, the enemy's armament became clearer and clearer.
In the five places of Longguan, Qinting, Jiequan, Longxian, and Qingshui, Kui Huan actually laid down 100,000 soldiers and horses, and it seems that the enemy's goal is also very clear, that is, to fight a decisive battle with his own side on the border between Hanyang and Sanfu.
In the evening, Liu Xiu sat in the tent of the Chinese army, reading the battle report and sketching on the map.
Lai She walked in, looked at Liu Xiu, and whispered: "Your Majesty, it's not too early, let's go back to the sleeping tent to rest!" ”
Liu Xiu said without raising his head: "Our side has underestimated the enemy!" In this battle, we are too underestimated! ”
The crusade against the noisy Han army, starting from Luoyang and arriving in Chang'an, just a little rest, began to move westward non-stop, and attacked Hanyang County.
Before the war, the Han army thought that its own side had a great advantage, but after the start of the battle, it was found that its own side had no advantage at all, but it was the Kui Huan army, occupying the geographical advantage, so that the attack of their own soldiers was repeatedly frustrated.
With a sigh, Liu Xiu put down the battle report in his hand and said with a wry smile: "I'm too anxious!" If we can wait until Gongsun leads his troops back to Sanfu and then move troops against Hanyang, it will be much safer. ”
It's a pity that there is no regret medicine in the world, and now that the battle has begun, the soldiers of their own side can't withdraw if they want to.
Lai Shi Zhengse said: "Weichen calculates that the general of Zhengxi is also about to lead his troops to arrive, as long as our army holds on for another ten days and half a month." ”
Liu Xiu took a deep breath, pointed his finger at the map, and said: "Bo Zhao is now trapped in Longcheng, Zizhang and Yuan Bo have already led their troops to help, but even so, the strength of our army is only about 30,000, while the enemy's strength is more than 60,000, this battle is still not easy to fight." ”
Lai Xi nodded with a worried face, that's right, in the battle of Longcheng, his own disadvantage is already obvious.
Liu Xiu vigorously clicked on Longcheng on the map and said, "Early tomorrow morning, our army will march westward and rush to Longcheng to rescue Bozhao!" ”
"Your Majesty, this ...... Wouldn't it be too dangerous! Weichen thinks that His Majesty is still staying in the rear! ”
Liu Xiu waved his hand, squinted his eyes and said, "I want to see what he is capable of." ”
Liu Xiu really despised Kui Huan, even though the Han army was now at an obvious disadvantage, he still despised Kui Huan in his heart.
But this time, Liu Xiu despised the wrong object, and the person who led the battle in Hanyang was not Kui Huan himself, but the general under Kui Huan, Wang Yuan.
Wang Yuan attaches more importance to fame and fortune, and he also has a cronyistic side and a heavier selfishness, which are his shortcomings, but his advantages are also obvious, that is, he is extremely powerful in governing the army and even commanding the army.
Whether it is a famous general or an ordinary general, whether it is famous in history or a nobody, first of all, they are real people, in their bodies, there are all kinds of shortcomings, but the same, there are also all kinds of advantages, which is really normal.
When he was ugly, Liu Xiu had already fallen asleep in the sleeping tent.
He was asleep when he was awakened by a sudden commotion outside.
Liu Xiu opened his eyes and listened attentively, and after a while, he turned over and sat up from the bed.
He was about to put on his shoes and go out to see what was going on, when the curtain tent was suddenly lifted, Zhang Kun, Luo You, and Long Yuan, Long Zhun, Long Xiao and others ran into the camp tent, Zhang Kun took the lead and said: "Your Majesty, the enemy army is attacking the camp!" ”
Liu Xiu chuckled in his heart, he put on his shoes, stood up, and asked with a frown: "The enemy army attacked the camp?"
Where did the enemy army come from? ”
Long Yuan took a step forward and said, "Your Majesty, the enemy army is rushing down from the beginning of the mountain!" ”
Luo You walked quickly to the hanger on the side, took off the robe from it, and helped Liu Xiu change clothes.
Liu Xiu asked while dressing, "How many enemy troops are there attacking?" ”
"It's not clear for the time being, there should be no less than 10,000 people! Due to the suddenness of the arrival of the enemy troops and the attack from behind the battalion, our army was not prepared and was now ...... The enemy has broken through the rear camp defenses! ”
When Luo You was about to wait for Liu Xiu to put on the crown clothes, the latter waved his hand and said, "Wear armor." ”
Luo You's heart trembled, he didn't dare to say more, and together with Zhang Kun, he took off the armor on the shelf one by one and helped Liu Xiu put it on.
Liu Xiu's armor is silver, but the edge of the armor is gilded, which looks as if it is inlaid with gold edges, which is both atmospheric and mighty.
When Liu Xiudu was dressed neatly, the noise outside the camp tent became louder and louder, the rumbling and messy footsteps, and the shouts and cheers of the people were endless.
Liu Xiu was wearing armor and a red coat hanging on his back, and strode out of the sleeping tent.
When I got outside, I looked up and saw that it was almost a mess, especially on the back camp, where the fire was everywhere, and it was obvious that many of the camps had been lit by the enemy troops who had invaded the camp.
"Kill!"
"Kill Liu Xiu!"
"The general has an order, whoever can cut off Liu Xiu's head can be sealed as the Marquis of Ten Thousand Households!"
"Kill-" Even standing outside the tent, you can clearly hear the enemy's shouts of killing, and the enemy is about to kill from the rear camp to the middle camp.
Liu Xiu looked left and right, and saw a Ben Ming Lang standing not far away, holding a horse chopping sword in his hand, he beckoned to Ben Ming Lang.
Seeing this, the man immediately stepped forward quickly, bowed down, and said, "Your Majesty! ”
"Give me the sword!"
Liu Xiu took the sword from Ben Minglang's hand, and shouted to the soldiers around him: "Kill the enemy with me!" ”
As he spoke, Liu Xiu took the lead and ran in the direction of the rear camp.
There are not a few soldiers guarding around Liu Xiu's bed, including Yulin Lang, Yulin Army, Tiger Ben Army, and a large number of soldiers, many of whom are running for their lives.
Liu Xiu took the lead and rushed out a hundred meters away, only to see a large number of his own soldiers in front of him being defeated, and many of them were covered with colors and blood.
Liu Xiu shouted loudly: "Han army soldiers, kill the enemy with me!" ”
The defeated soldiers of the Han army took a closer look, and saw that His Majesty had personally gone into battle, and the people immediately came to their senses, stopped the rout, turned around, and fought back.
Liu Xiu passed through the crowd, and rushed out more than ten meters away, only to hear a few crossbow arrows shooting in front of him, Liu Xiu held a horse chopping sword in both hands, and waved several swords outward, and heard several consecutive crisp sounds, and several crossbow arrows flew out.
"Kill—" With a loud roar, an enemy soldier in an earthy yellow military uniform ran towards him and stabbed a spear straight into Liu Xiu's chest.
Liu Xiu dodged sideways, let go of the edge, and returned a sword.
A cold light appeared in the air, the cold light dissipated, blood spurted, and the soldier's body fell to the ground, and his head bounced backwards.
Liu Xiu stepped over the headless corpse, and it was another sword that slashed Huashan.
Click! First, the spear was cut off, and then half of the head of another soldier flew sideways.
He killed two enemies in a row, and the Han soldiers behind him had already followed, and the people crossed Liu Xiu and fought with the oncoming enemy army in one place.
Zhang Kun and Luo You ran to Liu Xiu's side and protected him on his left and right, while their eyes scanned the surroundings vigilantly.
Liu Xiu first looked at Luo You, and then his eyes fell on Zhang Kun, and he scolded angrily: "What are you doing here?"
Get back! ”
"Slaves and maids must be protected...... Protect Your Majesty......" Zhang Kun stammered.
"When I encounter an enemy army, do you protect me, or do I protect you?
Go back! ”
Liu Xiu grabbed Zhang Kun's clothes and pushed him hard.
Zhang Kun's eyes were red, tears almost fell, and he said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty......" "Go back!" ”
Liu Xiu didn't have time to talk nonsense with him, he carried the sword of chopping horses, and continued to rush forward to kill, the enemy approached, and before Liu Xiu could take out the sword, Luo You beside him had already rushed forward like a ghost, and the sword blade slashed, and several blood arrows appeared in the air.
Liu Xiu stepped forward and stabbed a sword through the chest of an enemy soldier.
Liu Xiu personally led the soldiers of the Han army to kill the enemy, because of the presence of the Son of Heaven, the morale of the Han army was greatly boosted, not only stopped the rout, but also pressed step by step, suppressing the enemy army that attacked the camp to a rout.
Just when Liu Xiu and the others thought that they could successfully repel the enemy army, they suddenly heard the sound of killing behind the enemy's army, and when they raised their eyes, the flames of the torches were connected into a sea, turning into a sea of fire, and it was all over the mountains, so where were 10,000 people, I am afraid that there would be 20,000 or 30,000 people, or even 40,000 or 50,000 people.
Seeing so many enemies emerging on the mountain, the soldiers of the Han army invariably gasped, and even Liu Xiu was shocked, how could there be so many enemy troops on the mountain at the beginning?
Where the hell did they come from?
Kui Huan is in Hanyang County, how many soldiers and horses are arranged?