Chapter 33: The Battle for the Fortress (4)
The war horses of the Han army are just ordinary war horses, they do not have the super long endurance of Hu Guoma, nor the bravery of northern horses, so Wang Ze will buy Hu people's war horses at a high price, because he is simply vulnerable in the face of the cavalry of the Zhenbei army.
On this trip, Cao Yi brought 500 cavalry, Wang Ze's cavalry was not much, and the losses in the northern battlefield were relatively large, so it was good to be able to squeeze out 500 cavalry.
Five hundred cavalry quickly rushed out of Cao Fang's camp, followed by a thousand sword and armor soldiers, at this time, Cao Fang had already sent nearly half of his troops to attack the city.
The two thousand sword armor soldiers who had begun to attack in front saw their cavalry army after paying nearly half of the price, and gave way to the side one after another, making enough room for them.
"Driving... Driving ......"
The horses trampled on the dust, and the yellow sand was full of sky.
From a distance, it looks like a hurricane blowing in your face.
On the city wall, the archers of the Snow Dragon Army at this time had already been numb to shooting, and they didn't know how many bows and arrows they had shot in this short period of more than an hour, and their hands were almost cramping.
"Strategist, no, their cavalry is here." Seeing this, Xuan Miaozhu exclaimed.
Zhao Dahu frowned at the same time, now at this time, if the cavalry opens up the road, then the sword armor soldiers will be close to the city wall, and at that time, as soon as the ladder siege vehicle is on, the battle will be at the last moment.
"The archers continued to shoot, mainly blocking their swordsmen." Su Mingda shouted: "Others, put the log up and pour tung oil on it." ”
Listening to the order, a large number of soldiers immediately went to carry out the order.
At this time, the casualties of the Snow Dragon Army were actually quite large, after all, there were only more than 1,000 of them, and there were many soldiers who did not go down the city wall because they were only slightly injured, and continued to fight.
Seeing the cavalry getting closer and closer, less than a hundred meters away from the city wall.
Suddenly.
On the city wall, logs were pushed down one by one.
They rolled forward some distance as they fell off the wall.
Seeing this, Cao Fang in the distance couldn't help frowning, he really couldn't figure out what the other party wanted to do.
Before the cavalry reached the city walls, they threw logs, could it be that the soldiers threw them in advance? But it's not, so many logs came down together, it must have been ordered by the general, this is ...... What the hell is the conspiracy in it.
Just when Cao Fang was puzzled.
A fiery red glow flashed in the corner of his eye.
"It's not good, it's a fire attack."
I saw that in the sky, rockets were heading towards the logs.
The logs that were hit instantly burst into flames, and the flames were huge.
Numerous logs were piled up together, and the flames that burned were more than a person high, just enough to block the momentum of the war horse's forward rush.
"Phew, Hoo ......"
The five hundred cavalry stopped in an instant, collided together, and turned their own men on their backs.
It was not the cavalry that wanted to stop, but the horses themselves.
The sword armor soldiers behind also rushed over, and when they saw the fire, they also didn't dare to take a step closer.
"Knock, knock, knock......"
At this time, the Han army camp sounded the sound of war drums.
When all the Han soldiers heard this, they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and they all retreated desperately.
And just like that, the first collision ended, and both sides paid the price in blood.
Seeing the retreat of the Han army, the Snow Dragon Army on the city wall couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, their faces were full of smiles, and they fell to the ground weakly one by one.
Tired, just too tired.
Zhao Dahu and Xu Miaozhu's eyes were also extremely happy, with these 1,000 people, they finally blocked the attack of 10,000 Han troops, which was unprecedented.
Of course, they all knew that it was the strategy of their Snow Dragon Army division that defeated all this.
Coincidentally, they looked at Su Mingda with respectful eyes.
At this time, Su Mingda's whole body was soaked with sweat, he was more afraid than anyone else that he would not be able to defend this city, after all, when Qin Dali left, he handed over Hefeng Town to him.
Seeing the retreat of the Han army, the tense strings of the whole person were loosened all of a sudden, and he almost didn't stand firm, but fortunately, Zhao Dahu stepped forward to support him.
"Strategist, are you alright?"
"It's okay, it's okay." Su Mingda shook his head and said, "Hurry up and deal with the matter here, let the brothers rest for a while, and the wounded hurry up to get treatment." ”
"Strategist, don't worry, I'll leave this matter to me." With that, Xu Miaozhu left directly.
"General Zhao, we have resisted this battle, but the next attack of the Han army is the top priority, we don't have many arrows and bamboo guns, and it is estimated that we can still hold on to such a battle."
"The logs have been used for play just now, and when the Han army is rushing up, you throw all the stones down, and you must hold on until dark." Su Mingda commanded quietly.
"As long as it gets dark, the Han army will definitely withdraw, and we will have a chance to turn around then."
"Don't worry, Strategist, I understand." Zhao Dahu nodded and said, "Strategist, I'll let you help you down to rest first." ”
Su Mingda nodded, this battle consumed too much of his energy, and this was also the first time he truly embodied the value of the military division, so he paid great attention to it.
At that moment, a loud noise came from the side.
"Kid, eat some."
"Child, this steamed bun is still hot, you can eat some."
“……”
I saw that a large number of ordinary people, holding freshly made steamed buns in their hands and steaming hot, came up and gave them to the soldiers defending the city one by one to eat.
However, the Snow Dragon Army is disciplined, and they can't take a stitch from the common people, so they swallow their saliva and want to eat in their hearts, but none of them have their hands on it.
At this point, their recruits do better than the veterans, the veterans' predecessors are bandit refugees, all of them have some bad habits, and the recruits are all peasant children in Hefeng Town.
When the people saw this, they were immediately anxious, and one of the old men saw Zhao Dahu and them, and hurriedly walked over and said, "General, you can let these children eat something." ”
As he spoke, the old man knelt down.
Zhao Dahu and Su Mingda hurriedly stepped forward to help them up: "Uncle, this can't be helped." ”
"General, you can do it, let the children eat some. This grain was given by you, and now it is given to you to eat, and this is not counting the things that we have taken from our people. The old man also knew the rules of the Snow Dragon Army, and hurriedly explained.
"Yes, General, let the soldiers have some food."
"General......
Many of the people behind were willing to pray.
Seeing this, Zhao Dahu turned his head and glanced at Su Mingda, and said, "Fellow villagers, on behalf of the Snow Dragon Army, I thank you. ”
"Brothers, let's eat, we've given Lao Tzu enough food and drink, those bastards have washed their necks and are waiting for us to cut them, we can't run out of strength, we won't even be able to cut off our heads when the time comes."
"Haha......"
The soldiers of the Snow Dragon Army burst out laughing when they heard this.
When the common people saw that the general had spoken, they hurriedly sent the steamed buns in their hands to the soldiers, and at the same time there were bowls of porridge.
The people who ask for warmth are like their own parents.