Chapter 309: Siege of He Xuke City
Wulong River.
Same night.
When Chen Dajin inspected the city, he had just finished saying that he was not afraid of the Han army's attack on the city, as if in response to him, the Han army camp outside the city suddenly became noisy, and the Han army camp, which was originally just a few faint lights, suddenly burst into flames, like the clouds under the starry night were torn apart, and countless beating fire points revealed their faces, galloping back and forth. In a very short period of time, the fire points composed of these torches converged into a series of fire dragons, which came out of the Han army camp and surged towards Zhangzhi City.
"Enemy attack, enemy attack!"
"The Han army is coming!"
"The Han army is attacking the city!"
"Alert, the Han army is attacking the city, be on alert!"
Chen Dajin and others saw clearly, the Minyue soldiers who had been on guard on the city wall naturally also saw the changes outside the city in their eyes, not enough to be in time, all kinds of roars sounded at the head of the city, when the torch of the Han army was not close to the city, the head of the city of Zhangzhi was in a hurry, countless Minyue soldiers who were waiting for the day jumped out of the quilt, rushed to the city, the figure shook, the captain team was shouting orders, the armor was broken again and again because of the sergeant's violent movement, and the footsteps were dotted and arrayed, playing a sonorous movement.
The calm night was torn apart in an instant.
"All the soldiers belong to their places, don't mess up!" Chen Dajin stood on a high place and issued orders again and again, "Ballista captain, archer captain, hook captain...... Get your equipment ready! ”
Although the city was chaotic, Chen Dajin could clearly hear the sound of his heartbeat, rapid and powerful, like a war song, making his body tremble slightly while his blood was also flowing rapidly.
Outside the city, the army rushed like a raging wave.
The burning torches not only illuminated the path under the feet of the soldiers of Huiji, but also exposed themselves as targets to the defenders of Zhangzhi City, and when the distance between the two became closer and closer, the defenders of Zhangzhi City also saw the figure of the soldiers of Zhangzhi County more realistically.
The sergeant of Huiji County, who rushed to Zhangzhi City, shouted like thunder, and the sound of killing shook the sky.
Qin Cheng did not advance with the siege soldiers, he stood very calmly on the top of the pavilion of the Han army camp Yuanmen, looking at the Huiji County soldiers who rushed to Zhangzhi City from the military camp with torches.
This time, it was Captain Kong Jin who led the troops to attack the city.
The vicinity of Zhangzhi City is very lively, the Han army camp is very quiet, and the quietest is Qincheng.
"General, the two thousand archers and two thousand soldiers drawn from the Lou Boat Soldiers have arrived." Qin Qingzhi walked up to the top of the Yuanmen Pavilion and said to Qin Cheng.
"Let them wait quietly." Qin Cheng said lightly.
"Many of the sergeants said that such a big battle was rare for them to come along, so almost everyone was excited. The soldiers of Huiji County all said that it was a pleasure to be able to follow the general in battle. Qin Qingzhi said.
"Don't slap me on the back." Under the effects of firelight, night, and wind, Qin Cheng's face flickered brightly and darkly, but his tone did not fluctuate in the slightest.
After following Qin Cheng for a long time, Qin Qingzhi also knew that every time there was a war, Qin Cheng looked extremely calm, and there was no excitement and excitement at all about to do a big job. And once on the battlefield, the murderous Qin Cheng will be extremely violent, as if every enemy in front of him has a deep hatred against him, and his long knife will be extremely ruthless.
"Go see the sentry who is exploring the way, and don't have an accident at this time." Qin Cheng's words interrupted Qin Qingzhi's thoughts.
"No!" Qin Qingzhi bowed and responded.
The soldiers of Huiji County who flocked to Zhangzhi City were only four hundred steps away from the city, and at this time, Kong Jin ordered the soldiers to extinguish half of the torches, because the torches were completely used as targets for others, and now they were close to the city wall, and they were able to attack the city with the light of the fire at the head of Zhangzhi City.
"Catapult!"
The catapult began to exert its might, and then the ballistas also began to roar, and the soldiers of Huiji County rushed to the head of Zhangzhi City like a tide, and naturally they were strongly blocked by the defenders of Zhangzhi City. At this time, the siege and defense battle staged outside Zhangzhi City was no different from the battle outside Panyu City, the only difference was that one was during the day and the other was at night.
The Great War is in full swing.
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"General, everything is ready, Captain Kong Du has already commanded the army to approach Zhangzhi City." Qin Qingzhi climbed to the top of the city again.
Qin Cheng turned around, the military camp in front of him was pitch black, but he didn't need to look, he could clearly know the location of each branch of the military camp in front of him and the number of people.
"Let's go!" Qin Cheng simply spit out two words, walked down the gate, rode a war horse, and walked out of the gate.
Behind him, two thousand cavalrymen, as well as an untold number of foot soldiers in the darkness of the night, quietly walked out of the barracks, and there was not a single torch in the whole ranks.
The team of thousands of people left the camp, but did not drive towards Zhangzhi City, but bypassed next to Zhangzhi City, walked silently behind the soldiers of Huiji County who were attacking the city, and rushed towards the depths of the dark Minyue land.
After these soldiers passed by Zhangzhi City, behind the soldiers of Huiji County who were besieging the city, the soldiers who were supposed to run to the Zhangzhi city wall had gathered a number of phalanxes here, and there were no torches.
Everything was quiet, but extremely orderly.
Because Kong Jin had ordered the siege soldiers to extinguish a lot of torches, and the siege was raging, the rear of the siege force had quietly disappeared without anyone noticing.
"General Kong, General Qin ordered the withdrawal of troops!" Wang Er's horse rushed to Kong Jin, who was directing the siege battle, and gave an order.
"Good!" Kong Jin responded and said to the sergeant beside him: "Blow the horn and withdraw the army!" ”
The horn of "woo" sounded the horn of retreat, and the soldiers of Huiji County, who were besieging the city, immediately turned around and retreated, and even threw away the siege equipment, and ran very quickly, and it didn't take long for all the siege soldiers to stay away from the range of the ballista, the most long-range weapon in Zhangzhi City.
"Retire!" Kong Jin ordered the sergeant who had withdrawn from the battlefield.
The "embarrassed" retreat of the siege soldiers of Huiji County announced the end of the siege battle, which lasted only half an hour, and the open space outside Zhangzhi City, which had just been noisy, was unbelievably quiet.
Different from the silence outside the city, the Minyue defenders on the wall of Zhangzhi City were quite excited at this time, and many sergeants even let out a low cheer.
In any case, the sergeants of Huijijun retreated, and they won the victory, and naturally there was no reason to be unhappy after the victory.
"The Han army is retreating?" On the city wall, Chen Dajin still seemed to be a little unable to accept the fact that the Han army retreated so easily.
"General, the Han army has indeed retreated!" A general said excitedly, "It must be that these Han troops failed to succeed in their sneak attack, and they retreated when they saw that they couldn't succeed, after all, it is always much more difficult to attack the city at night!" ”
"......" Chen Dajin didn't speak, but he felt a little uneasy in his heart, there was no reason, it was just a feeling, and he always felt that the Han army's siege tonight was a little strange.
Want to sneak attack? Did the Han army really plan to do so? Chen Dajin asked himself in his heart. The answer, of course, is no.
"General, look, the Han army is returning to the camp, you can't be wrong!" The general pointed to the torches that could only be seen and said, still excited.
Looking at the location of those torches, the Han army has indeed returned to the camp.
"Well, that's true." Chen Dajin finally recognized this signal in his heart, even if he didn't approve of it, the Han army would never dig tunnels into the city, and one day was not enough time to dig tunnels, so what else did he have to worry about? Anyway, there will be no loss in Zhangzhi City.
"You are on duty in turn, if you don't have a shift, go and rest!" Chen Dajin said, "There will be a fierce battle tomorrow." ”
"No!" The generals were agreeing, and a sergeant came to report to Chen Dajinyu: "General, the Han army has dropped a lot of siege equipment outside the city, what should we do?" ”
"Don't worry about it...... Chen Dajin said disapprerovingly, and suddenly his heart was suddenly shocked, "What did you say, the Han army dropped the siege equipment?" ”
"Yes......"
"There is fraud!" Chen Dajin shouted, and then ordered: "Send cavalry out of the city and search the Han army camp!" ”
Chen Dajin, who suddenly thought of something, was suddenly shocked.
At this time, Kong Jin, who entered the mountain road as the rear of the palace, glanced back at the brightly lit Zhangzhi City, as if mocking someone: "If you want to enter the hinterland of Minyue and threaten the rear of Yushan, why do you have to take Zhangzhi City?" ”
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"Report to the general, the Han army camp is empty!"
"General, the Han army building boat by the river has crossed the river and docked to the other side of the river!"
Chen Dajin, who led the cavalry to search the Han army camp, listened to the report of his subordinates, his face turned into red grapes, and his expression of gritting teeth was distorted and terrifying, "What a cunning Han army, what a cunning Qincheng!" Hateful, hateful! ”
"Will ...... General, what should I do now? "The general who was extremely sure that the Han army had retreated back to the camp and was bent on winning the battle and winning the reward for meritorious service, his body was already trembling violently with panic at this time.
"There is only one passage for the Han army to enter the hinterland of Minyue from this vicinity, so we will immediately pursue and catch up with the Han army!" Chen Dajin ordered angrily, if he didn't know what was going on at this time, it would really be hopeless.
"Yes, yes, catch up with the Han army, as long as we catch up with the Han army, we will be able to flank the defenders of the city in front of the Han army, and annihilate the Han army in one fell swoop!" The general nodded again and again, seeing a glimmer of life in despair.
"Shut up! Assemble an army in pursuit! Chen Dajin whipped the general's face and roared. He can't help but be angry, now in the entire land of Minyue, except for the 10,000 defenders in Zhangzhi City, only Wangcheng is seriously ill and garrisoned, and the available soldiers of the entire Minyue have gone to follow Yu Shan to fight Nanyue! The sergeants in other places may not be able to defend the city, so why should they go with themselves to flank the Han army before and after? If the Han army really went straight to the city of Wangcheng, it would be able to win, and his own people would also be skinned by Yu Shan, and it was not impossible to lose their lives!
Zhang Zhicheng, but Yu Shan used it as a barrier to guard against the Han army! Unexpectedly, the Han army jumped over so easily, Chen Dajin felt that he had eaten shit for a lifetime, and he couldn't use it to such a point!