Chapter 343: The Soldier's Trick (Part II)
Xuan Shaoning must thank Lu Xiang for their efforts, bought the most precious time for himself, and took advantage of the night to find the first target after entering the inner city was the granary. This trick was learned from the people of the Tang Dynasty, they used this trick to burn down the granary of Anzhou City, and this time Xuan Shaoning was just a tooth for a tooth.
There are still a lot of people of the Liang Dynasty in the city of Duzhou, and Xuan Shaoning ordered all the people involved in the action to embroider a big "Liang" character on the back of their night clothes, as big as they can be, in order to let the people in the city recognize them as their own people at the first time.
Zhang Hanshan didn't expect this trick, and when he saw it, he had to praise Xuan Shaoning for his active brain. So the two teams of nearly 80 people carried the word "Liang" into the city of Duzhou, without relying on any people's guidance, Zhang Hanshan directly led everyone to the vicinity of the granary, and there was a small-scale battle with the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty guarding the granary, it was really small-scale, and the battle ended in a stick of incense. The Cold Knife Guards successfully and completely occupied the granary, and they simply took out the flint and set the granary on fire.
By the time Linghu Chao found out that he had been tricked, he rushed towards the granary with his army, and Zhang Hanshan had already led his men around half of the city towards the north gate. The two armies passed through the gates of the inner city, and they headed in their respective directions, perfectly staggering the possibility of a head-to-head battle.
When Linghu Chao rushed to the granary and gave the order to extinguish the fire, the Han Dao Guard had already rushed to the northern gate of the city and started a fierce fight with the guards stationed near the city gate. This battle is also about buying time, and the sooner they can deal with these guards, the faster they can open the city gates.
Xuan Shaoning fought extremely hard, and the Jun Wu made the tiger and tiger angry, and took the lead in rushing into the enemy, and took the lives of two Xia Tang defenders as soon as he shot. Inspired by Xuan Shaoning, these soldiers of the Cold Dao Guard, who had been tossing and turning for half a night without stopping, also fought hard, and from the beginning of the battle between the two armies, the battle situation was tilted in the direction of the Cold Dao Guard.
In the face of the fierce enemy, the defenders of the Xia Tang could only fight and retreat, until they retreated to the point where there was no way back at the city gate, and they wanted to fight back, but the Cold Sword Guard would not give them any chance. This time it was Xuan Shaoning who was the first to rush up and try to open the city gate, although he was blocked by the defenders and his action was unsuccessful, but soon the robes had come up to help, especially Ji Wenhan had no more promises in the battle of Luojia Mountain last time, he had been following Xuan Shaoning's side as a personal guard.
Zhang Hanshan saw that Xuan Shaoning was so desperate, and at the same time so appealing, he saved a lot of effort, glanced in the direction of Xuan Shaoning, and then took the half of the men behind him and ran up the steps towards the city, they wanted to start a frontal battle with the defenders at the head of the city.
This road is difficult, the defenders at the head of the city have already divided part of their forces to deal with the enemy under the city, Zhang Hanshan is trapped in half of the position, and he can't go up or down. The crossbow arrow attack at the head of the city was too intensive, but Zhang Hanshan did not feel discouraged, but was a little relieved, because he had already attracted a part of the troops, and the attack at the head of the city weakened this obvious change Lu Xiang must be able to see.
Of course, Lu Xiang could see that the battle for so many years was not in vain, and taking advantage of the weakening of the crossbow arrow attack at the head of the city, he ordered the shield array of the guards to be lined up. Rows of shield-bearing guards endured the impact of the shields and approached the city gate as fast as they could. Naturally, there was a price to be paid along the way, but compared with the previous one, the casualties were still much reduced.
The first batch of soldiers successfully arrived at the city gate, but there was still very little they could do, they did not hit the wood, and they could not open the city gate with their own hands. They are still waiting for an answer from the city, and what is the situation in the city now?
Xuan Shaoning led his subordinates to successfully solve all the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty who were guarding the city gate, his blood-stained chest rose and fell violently, and then he picked up Junwu and pulled the bolt open with force.
"Brother Xuan!" Ji Wenhan shouted: "Your combat state this time is different from the last time. ”
Xuan Shaoning did not answer Ji Wenhan, once the city gate was opened, the guards outside immediately poured into the city, and now it was still a critical moment in the battle, and there was absolutely no distraction. Xuan Shaoning pulled Ji Wenhan and said: "You can only be ruthless with the enemy, and you will understand in the future." The battle continues, concentrate! ”
Ji Wenhan nodded vigorously, in his opinion, Xuan Shaoning was his model, and Xuan Shaoning's words and deeds were an example for him to follow.
Seeing that the city gate was broken, the guards of the lower Tang Dynasty at the head of the city immediately blew a more poignant horn, and then they began to retreat, and now they could only temporarily abandon the city head and retreat into the inner city to continue fighting. With the reduction of the pressure on the top, Zhang Hanshan got a chance to breathe, he immediately jumped up, ran towards the city head in three steps and two steps, and when he arrived at the head of the city, he happened to meet the retreating Xia Tang defenders, and it seemed that a battle was inevitable.
Zhang Hanshan pulled out the pitch-black shovel from his back and shook it at the enemies who dared to step forward to provoke, and then the shovel flew out directly, cutting off half of the head of the enemy who was running at the front.
The soldiers of the Cold Sword Guard continued to rush to the head of the city to fight with the Lower Tang defenders, trapping these Lower Tang troops who had originally planned to retreat. The battle at the northern head of the city entered a white-hot phase, and the defenders of the other two sides of the city immediately came to support.
Ling Fox Chao saw that the fire in the granary would not be extinguished for a while, and at the same time, there were four horns of long and short horns in his ears, he suddenly turned to stare in the direction of the north city, and he realized that he might lose this battle tonight.
Ling Fox Chao didn't intend to admit defeat. Now that the Jingyi army has come in, then the people in the city should be happy, how to say that it is also the army of their home country, okay, then I will fulfill you!
"Someone! Set all the houses on fire and force the people to come out! ”
With an order, the people of Xicheng District suffered, and they had never encountered such a miserable reality when Duzhou was occupied by the Tang Dynasty. The army of the Lower Tang began to aim its head at the houses of the people, and wave after wave of flaming feathered arrows were shot into the houses, and soon the continuous fire spread in the city. Forced by the fire, the people ran out of their houses, almost all of them did not get dressed properly, and they looked around in panic and fear, not knowing where they should flee to save their humble lives.
Driven by the Linghu tide, the people had to rush towards the northern gate. At this time, the Han Dao Guard and the Pull Guard had almost solved the Lower Tang Guard, and they originally wanted to pursue Linghu Chao in one go, but unexpectedly, a group of innocent people poured over, and they were also the people of the Liang Dynasty.
Xuan Shaoning was a little stunned at this time, he didn't know what to do, these people blocked their way. Like him, most of the soldiers stopped what they were doing, and watched as the people rushed over and were helpless.
Lu Xiang wanted to say something, but Zhang Hanshan said lightly: "It's an old method of the Tang people, and it's still used like this after so many years, it's really no progress at all!" Can this still stump you, Commander Lu? ”
was reminded by Zhang Hanshan like this, Lu Xiang looked at the city head again and finally understood, yes, the road in the city can't be walked, isn't there a plank road in the city? And shouldn't they be good at running in the air?
Lu Xiang immediately ordered all the soldiers who led the guards to divide into two ways and run along the plank road at the head of the city in the direction of the inner city.
Xuan Shaoning looked at Zhang Hanshan a little distracted, from his words he seemed to smell something unusual, and the doubts in his heart resurfaced in an instant.
"What are you watching me do?"
Being reminded by Zhang Hanshan like this, Xuan Shaoning hurriedly withdrew his gaze and said, "How to act at the moment is still to ask the commander to make it clear!" ”
Zhang Hanshan looked at Xuan Shaoning for a while, and then said loudly: "Keep up with the pace of the guards, they will clear the obstacles for us in front, we must not let go of Ling Fox Chao!" ”
The performance of the guards did not disappoint Zhang Hanshan at all, and when they ran to the end of the plank road, the soldiers who pulled the guards pulled out the rope around their waists, and immediately two wings grew behind the armor on their bodies.
At this time, the wings were able to exert their due effect, and the soldiers who led the guards jumped from the top of the city, and with a pair of wings, they glided through the air for some distance before they landed. A few people fell halfway through the process, and the vast majority of the rest landed smoothly.
After Duan Lang landed, he tied the rope around his waist again and gathered the pair of wings, and shouted behind him energetically: "Brothers, let's take the guards and behave well!" ”