Chapter 130: Switching Offense and Defense
One is on the mountain and forest trail fifty miles north of Hanyang City, and the other is on the official road fifty miles east of Hanyang City, so ......" Cheng Yu said, Cheng Yu breathed a sigh of relief and continued: "The generals listened to the order and ordered Pei Yuanshao to lead the Xuanwu battalion and rush to the mountain and forest trail north of Hanyang City behind the enemy, like this...... Make no mistake! ”
"The last general obeys!" Pei Yuanshao responded.
"Ling Xu Huang led the White Tiger Battalion ......," Cheng Yu said, and after Cheng Yu arranged everything, a ruthless look appeared on his face again.
"The last general obeys!" Xu Huang responded.
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In the barracks of the Yan family outside the city of Xixian County, the king of the Chinese army, King Yama and Yama, sat on both sides of the main throne at the same time, representing the similarity of the identities of the two people, and the subordinates of the Yan family were seated below.
The private soldiers of the Yan family led by King Yama and Yama, as well as the county soldiers of the counties of Hanyang, had already been merged together. In the past ten days of siege battles, it can be said that the Yan family has suffered heavy losses, and of the 16,700 soldiers and horses, there are now only more than 8,000 remnants of the defeated generals.
"You have just received the news that Hanyang City and Shangtai County, as well as the eight counties around Hanyang County, have been lost, and now the entire Hanyang County has surrendered to Fu Lin except for three counties. So our situation is very precarious, is there anything you can do? Let's talk about it! Hades said.
Qu Qu!
There was a discussion below, but no one came out to speak, and the king of Hades saw that if he was so slow, he and the others would die and there would be no place to bury, so the king of Hades said: "Tomorrow afternoon, we will attack Xixian with all our might." Let's go back and prepare! ”
"My lord, we should retake Hanyang City as soon as possible, otherwise we will have no place to live!" The county lieutenant of Wangyuan County said.
"Don't worry, how could I not know that I want to recapture Hanyang City as soon as possible, but if we retreat now, we will definitely not be able to escape the scouts of Xixian. At that time, we will face the pursuit of Xixian and the resistance of Fulin in Hanyang City. Only when we attack the city openly, and then quietly retreat at night, can we hide from the sky and the sea! Okay, let's go down and get ready! Hades said.
"No! Wise adults! Everyone began to flatter again, and now all of them still think that Hanyang County is still the world of the Yan family, so they also feel normal about the king of Hades and the slap of the horse.
At noon the next day, the remnants of the 8,000 soldiers and horses in the hands of the king of Hades were re-arrayed outside the south gate of Xixian County, although these people and horses are now demoralized, but after the coaxing of the king of Hades, they have temporarily recovered some spirits, and more than 8,000 people lined up in formation, which also has a certain deterrent power.
Guarding the south gate of the city was Pei Yuanshao's Xuanwu battalion, and after the Xuanwu battalion followed Xu Huang and ambushed the 3,000 men and horses of Yan Tong in Shangtai County, it did not participate in large-scale battles when it returned to Xixian.
"Grandma's, the Yan family is crazy, Hanyang County doesn't want it, and it's still coming to attack the city. Thanks to Master Cheng for saying let's not relax the city defense, otherwise we will really let the enemy take advantage of the loophole. The brethren prepared to defend the city. Pei Yuanshao shouted.
Now Pei Yuanshao's south gate has more than 2,000 troops, and although the enemy has more people, he will not be able to attack the south gate for a while and a half.
Outside the south gate, the king of Hades, who was guarded by hundreds of guards, shouted: "Lieutenant Qiu, Lieutenant Yangxian and General Zhao, lead your headquarters to attack the city with all my might." ”
Qiu County Lieutenant is the county lieutenant of Wangyuan County, Yang County Lieutenant is the county lieutenant of Long County, as for this General Zhao is Zhao Yan, these three people scolded the king of Hades many times in their hearts, but they did not dare to disobey the military order, so they could only attack the city hard.
"Beat the drums and siege the city!" Hades shouted. "No! Your Excellency has an order to beat the drums and siege the city! The herald shouted.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Because the soldiers and horses of the Yan family have been lost due to the siege of the city these days, the number of people besieging the city this time is less than the number, just a little more than 2,000 people.
"Siege!" Qiu Zhan, Yang Xian, and Zhao Yan ordered at the same time.
More than 2,000 people had to launch a strong attack on the south gate, and since the moat had already been filled, it was no longer necessary. In the blink of an eye, the attacking soldiers and horses had already attacked two hundred paces away from the city wall.
"Archers prepare! Shoot the arrows! Pei Yuanshao shouted loudly, and when the enemy was within range of the archers, Pei Yuanshao gave the order to release the arrows.
Although a lot of defensive equipment has been consumed in defending the city in recent days, due to Cheng Yu's careful planning and Fu Lin's early preparation, there are still many arrows and rolling stones.
Brush Brush Brush Brush!
It was really full of arrows, and they slanted down towards the heads of the besieging soldiers.
Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes!
"The archers keep firing their arrows! Find your own target to attack! Pei Yuanshao shouted.
After a few rounds of arrow rain fell, Qiu Zhan, Yang Xian and Zhao Yan's soldiers and horses were killed and wounded more than 400 people, and if they had the intention of the three of them, they should have retreated, but the Chinese army not only did not give the order to retreat, but on the contrary, they beat the war drums.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
The three of them had no choice but to continue to urge their men to attack, and finally at the cost of more than 500 lives, they rushed to the south city wall.
"Set up a ladder!" Qiu Zhan, Yang Xian and Zhao Yan shouted. On the city wall, Pei Yuanshao shouted as soon as he saw it: "Roll the wood and stones, ready, smash!" ”
Thundered!
Countless arrows and stones rained down, and they poured down at the enemies under the city, but at this time, a small number of enemies rushed to the city wall, and Pei Yuanshao was just about to order people to block them.
Pei Yuanshao saw that these figures were very young, and he knew that they were a few young people of the Jiang family and the private soldiers of the Jiang family, and when he saw that these people were really alive and vigorous, the morale of the enemy was very low, and these people were also forced to attack the city.
Finally, when more than half of the soldiers and horses of the three families were killed or wounded, a moving melody was heard in the rear of the Chinese army.
Bite! Bite! Bite! Bite!
After Mingjin's voice sounded, the three siege leaders shouted at the same time: "Withdraw!" Remove! Retreat now! ”
The speed of these people's retreat was still very fast, and a few respites had already run away without a trace, and at this time, the king of Hades sent three thousand troops to continue to attack the south gate line fiercely.
This tragic siege battle lasted until sunset, and the final battle loss ratio was four to one, and Hades paid the price of 2,000 men and did not capture the south gate, but these casualties were not Hades' cronies. In fact, he has his own little Jiujiu, since casualties can't be avoided, let the other county soldiers die! Hades can imagine that when they each return to the army, I am afraid that these people will surrender to Fu Lin instead of waiting and seeing, so he will consume the strength of these people now, so as not to cause unexpected things to happen in the future.
Pei Yuanshao stood on top of the city tower and was covered in blood, he himself was slightly injured, Pei Yuanshao looked at the brothers around him, although there were four or five hundred dead and wounded, but this was also a helpless thing, at this time Pei Yuanshao shouted: "Everyone hurry up and rescue the wounded soldiers, clean the battlefield, and carry the equipment to defend the city." ”
Pei Yuanshao felt that this should be the last time the enemy attacked the city, and according to the explanation of the lord and Cheng Yu, they would lead the army to march to the predetermined ambush site tonight.
"You juniors are all right!" Pei Yuanshao asked at the people of the Jiang family.
"We're fine! Ha ha! The enemies all fled. Let's chase! Jiang Meng said. Because the Jiang family sent private soldiers to help Fu Lin defend the city.