Chapter 229: The Camp of Death
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but admire the young master a little in his heart. Because this kind of night attack and counteroffensive strategy was what he learned from the military book sent by the young master, and he applied it.
Originally, at the beginning, when the young master asked him to read and write, he was still a little resistant. But because of the young master's order, he had to take great pains to read and read, and patiently read all the books. As a result, he was allowed to go to Bancheng and develop his power.
Later, when he fought with those bandits and horse bandits, many of the strategies described in the war books could be borrowed. And slowly, from the previous rigid routine, it has evolved into a clever use.
This also made him more grateful in his heart for the young master's kindness. The impression of the young master has also become more unfathomable.
Hearing his order, the soldiers of the Celestial Death Battalion, who had already been gearing up, all leaned towards the burning barracks. The deliberately exposed gap was also plugged. The Eagle Cavalry, who was in charge of archery, immediately turned around and rushed to the West Gate.
Although in order to take the city, the Celestial Death Battalion ambushed here was only 2,000 men. But in the case of Khorezm's army in flames and demoralization, these people were more than enough.
In the barracks, there was a lot of firewood. In addition, the grass and camp tents were deliberately sprinkled with fire oil, so that as soon as the fire burned, it was a continuous sea of fire. If Li Gao hadn't cut off the surrounding grassland in advance, the fire would have spread.
So most of the people who were able to escape by luck were the outer Khorezm soldiers. They are only concerned with rushing out of the sea of fire, and there is no order to speak of. Seeing the spear of the killing camp again, I couldn't resist at all.
Occasionally, those who did not believe in evil were beheaded to the ground by the deadly battalion.
"Haha! This lethal spear is still the brother of our lethal battalion! A centurion of a deadly battalion laughed after stabbing to death a fleeing rout with a spear.
However, among the weapons equipped by the Red Flame Corps, most of them are similar to those of the Sky Corps. In particular, spears and sabers became the most popular weapons in the Red Flame Corps. As a result, in the barracks, some people often compare the lethal battalion with the saber battalion and the battalion of the Chiyan Corps.
And the men in the army have always been bloody and sexual. This competitive mentality is also relatively common. Therefore, over time, the Death Battalion and the Saber Battalion of the Chiyan Corps secretly referred to the Chiyan Corps as a 'mongrel army'.
The word came from the mouth of the Governor, who had ordered the steward of the Horse Husbandry to not allow the superior horses to mingle with the inferior horses, thus giving birth to inferior mongrels.
Later, Modur of the Household Recruitment Department scolded several deserters who had enlisted in the army as dogs and mongrels. So the big men in the barracks also followed suit.
Coupled with the Chiyan Corps, it is indeed the most 'distinctive' corps. Riding and shooting is not as good as an eagle, and charging is not as good as the sky. But the characteristics of both are taken into account. Therefore, it is more appropriate to describe it as a 'mongrel' army.
Of course, that's just literally. If it involves swearing, it will naturally not work.
After these words reached the Chiyan Corps, those camps that used deadly spears also started to compete. In the way of the other way to treat the other, he gave the life-killing battalion the title of 'auxiliary battalion'.
You know, the auxiliary battalion is in the apologetic army, but it is equivalent to 'waste'. And the auxiliary battalion of the Chiyan Corps, as early as the beginning of its establishment, was transferred by Li Chengji with 1,000 people. The rest were also scattered and placed in the Modao Battalion and the Spear Battalion by the Captains of the Firmament Corps.
Therefore, among the three corps, Chiyan actually has no auxiliary battalion.
This Chiyan Corps deliberately gave such a title to the Death Battalion, which was obviously to belittle the status of the Death Battalion.
So the soldiers of the two different corps formed a bond.
During the day, the performance of the Chiyan 1st Battalion on the battlefield had already made the soldiers of the Killing Battalion hold back their anger. Now that he can finally kill the enemy with his own hands, he is trying his best to vent it. Therefore, under the hard work of the soldiers of the killing battalion, the defeated soldiers in the camp fell into a situation where it was impossible to escape.
Li Gao looked at it, and his mind gradually shifted to the city gate.
Compared with here, the battle at the West City Gate is obviously much more intense. Although the defenders at the head of the city were suppressed, there were quite a few defenders under the walls. So much so that Ahura even took advantage of the chaos of the defenders to seize the opportunity. Soon under the frantic counterattack of the defenders, he fell into the danger of being surrounded by regiments.
Fortunately, the remnants of a battalion lying in ambush outside the city arrived and relieved their predicament. But the defenders were so numerous that they only had time to open the gates before they were recaptured by the defenders. So that in the end, only one corner gate can be held.
"Commander!" One of the guards guarding Ahura's side screamed, and with a single spear, he broke the flying arrows. Fortunately, the accuracy was not high, otherwise the arrow would have hit Ahura's face.
But before Ahura could say thank you, an arrow struck the guard in the back. Then there was a pop and he fell off the horse directly.
Ahura looked up to see that it was the defenders of the city, organizing archers to fight back.
It turned out that the fireworks brought by the artillery battalion this time were limited! In the first battle of Salahs, because he did not know the importance of it, he used more than half of the stock. Therefore, this time to seize Tus City, Li Qi is very controlled by the amount.
As a result, the artillery battalion completely died down after only one salvo. The defenders at the head of the city slowly organized an offensive.
This is obviously very bad for Ahura and them. But in the current situation, they had no other way but to leave the city.
But their mission was to take the city gate and hold on until the arrival of the death camp. So as to take advantage of the charge advantage of the deadly battalion and break the enemy's offensive.
Thinking of this, he eagerly hoped that the death camp would arrive soon. Although it is very difficult to deal with the death battalion on weekdays, but in the current situation, I can't take care of those prejudices.
But for the sake of scruples, more than 2,000 troops of the life-killing battalion were ambushed near the north city gate. It is located on higher ground, close to the mountains. It will take a while to get here.
Now Ahura is bent on guarding the gates of the city and killing his enemies. I don't know the exact time! So in addition to being anxious, I can only grit my teeth and hold on.
But the sound of whooshing, more and more. The arrows shot down are also getting more and more dense. The fallen soldiers also puffed and puffed, one after another. Due to the condescending position of the enemy, their return fire had little effect.
I had to keep getting closer to the city gate!
However, the walls of the west gate are not wide, and the space inside the gate is not large. Although there were many dead and wounded in Ahura, they were a camp of 3,000 men. Even if it is slaughtered, it will take a while. Therefore, the inside of the city gate cannot accommodate so many people at all.
Ahura looked, it was in his eyes, he was anxious in his heart. Especially as time goes by, there are constantly soldiers who are shot off their horses. His spear-holding arm trembled uncontrollably.