Chapter 101: Immediate Response
Zhang Liao personally killed Wang Fang, the entangled villain, and the blockade in his heart was exhausted, and he determined the night battle password to prevent accidental injury. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Fan Chou was a cavalryman, the fastest and the farthest, and he had to set up a second line of defense east of Heyang City, so he was the first to move. It's just that the cavalry moved too loudly, although the horse's hooves were already wrapped in cloth, but they were still afraid of disturbing the defenders in the city, so they bypassed Heyang City far away, detoured to the north to the east, and then arranged a defensive line.
Gao Shun and several major military marquis just broke through Heyang City two days ago, they are very familiar with Heyang City, and even what gaps in the city wall are clear.
The rest were the 500 soldiers under Zhang Liao's own command and the 500 Qianghu soldiers left by Wang Fang. Zhang Liao did not take a single prisoner in this battle, including the five hundred Taishan archers captured from Wang Kuang's men, all of whom remained in Xiaopingjin. Even though their combat power is extraordinary, Zhang Liao can't take it.
This battle is the starting point of his rise in this troubled world, and he wants to make a name for himself through this battle, these captives have not yet completely returned to their hearts, and he will not allow any changes!
Seeing that under the moonlight, all the men and horses had already outflanked Heyang City, Zhang Liao ordered 400 soldiers to carry baggage behind, and the remaining 600 soldiers accelerated forward to prepare to attack the city.
Generally, long-distance battles must bring baggage, but short-distance raids are light and simple, and the less baggage, the better, but Zhang Liao specially prepared some special materials this time for the night attack on Yuan Shao's thousands of soldiers and horses.
The terrain of Hanoi County was flat, and six hundred people traveled all the way, and soon walked four or five miles, and saw Ha Duong City under the moonlight. There is no moat in Heyang City, only a city wall that is a few feet high and a city tower that is more than two feet high.
There are torches on the city tower, Zuo Ci has already investigated, there are three hundred soldiers stationed in the city gate, and the rest of the soldiers are distributed in the county office and the east gate, but the garrison is not strict, most of the soldiers have slept at this time, and they are not on alert and defensive.
Zhang Liao carried a seven-foot hook scythe, squinted his eyes, and couldn't help but think of what Jia Xu said: The implementation of sneak attack tactics is not to be as concealed as possible, but to attack when the enemy least expects it!
It seems that the defenders sent by Yuan Shao did not learn the lesson of Wang Kuang's defeat a few days ago, perhaps they did not expect that themselves, who had "huge losses", would launch a second attack so quickly in such a short period of time, after the defeat of Mengjin, when their strength was the most empty!
This is the reason why Zhang Liao dared to carry out a surprise attack immediately after Hu Zhen's defeat.
However, even if Yuan Shaobing, who was defending the city, was not vigilant enough, it was not easy for him to storm this city gate, Yuan Shao could defeat Hu Zhen, and his soldiers' combat effectiveness was definitely not weak, once their six hundred people were dragged at the city gate, giving them a chance to breathe, the three hundred soldiers who woke up gathered to block the city gate, a stalemate would be formed, and they could only wait for the flank Zhao Wu and other military marquis to attack in a roundabout way.
And Zhao Wu, whether they can go smoothly after entering the city is still two words.
Zhang Liao looked at the city gate under the moonlight, thinking about the way to break the city, the avenue outside the city gate is open, there is no cover, it is difficult to sneak up on the sneak attack, if there are archers in the city, it is even more difficult.
He looked at the six hundred soldiers he led, four hundred Qianghu soldiers, and two hundred archers, the Qianghu soldiers were the king's troops, and the two hundred archers were trained by him in the past three months, and this battle was led by him himself.
Wait a minute? Archer?
A bright light suddenly flashed in Zhang Liao's mind, yes, lightning! Or lightning! Raid, or raid!
With a swing of his hook and sickle, he immediately rushed to the city gate with six hundred soldiers, blatantly and unabashedly!
The night sky was sparsely moonlit, silver light spread all over the land, and a shadow on the avenue was rapidly moving towards the city gates.
"Enemy attack!"
When Zhang Liao and them approached one hundred and fifty paces, the guards patrolling the city tower spotted their traces and roared: "Enemy attack! Enemy attack! ”
This was followed by the rapid sound of gongs, which woke up the newly sleeping garrison in the city gates.
"The shooter goes first, fifty steps, and throws it at the tower!" Zhang Liao roared: "Kill Wang Kuang!" ”
"Kill Wang Kuang!" Six hundred soldiers roared and hurried towards the city gates.
The two hundred archers ran the fastest, and the array was not chaotic, and in the blink of an eye they were within fifty paces, and they all drew their bowstrings.
For a short time, the guards at the city gate had not yet formed an effective command, and they were in a mess, shouting loudly for the soldiers in the city to go to the city to fight.
But Zhang Liao didn't give them a chance, and with his order, two hundred archers threw at the city tower, and under the moonlight, the arrow rain covered the city tower like a cloud.
"Come on...... Yes! ”
"Get out of the way...... Yes! ”
"Whew...... Don't go up to town, there are arrows! ”
The rain of arrows shrouded in, and there was a scream on the city tower for a moment, and all the torches that were originally chaotic fell to the ground.
Soon the screams fell silent again, and it was obvious that two hundred arrows were pouring down densely, and there was no longer any living mouth on the small tower.
The soldiers in the city shouted loudly, but they did not dare to climb the tower.
"Twenty steps forward, shoot!"
Zhang Liao gave another order, and two hundred archers quickly approached, and another wave of arrows rained.
This rain of arrows poured directly into the city gate, and there were bursts of screams from inside the gate.
All of a sudden, the city gate was blank, Zhang Liao waved his hand, and four hundred Qiang Hu soldiers immediately crossed the archers and rushed towards the city gate!
At the same time, there were also shouts of killing in the south and north of the city, obviously Zhao Wu and other military marquis also began to attack, but in a moment, the city was full of shouts of "kill Wang Kuang".
Killing Wang Kuang was the night battle password he determined. This password is very cunning, which is not only a means to distinguish between the enemy and the enemy in the night battle, but also a kind of psychological confusion about the enemy. Because Yuan Shaobing is now stationed here, these Yuan Shaobing heard the opponent shouting "kill Wang Kuang", not the title of their own side, thinking that the opponent was mistaken, there would always be some hesitation and luck, and they would not fight to the death, and it was difficult to exert the greatest combat effectiveness.
Turning the night battle password into a psychological tactic, I'm afraid only Zhang Liao, a guy who has been a man in two lives, can come up with it.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Without the deterrence from the tower, a group of Qianghu soldiers re-entered the door and slammed into the gate like fierce beasts.
Rumble! I don't know how many times it was, the city gate fell, and a group of Qianghu soldiers rushed in with a roar.
The city gate was not strong, it had just been knocked down by Zhang Liao with wooden rafters the night before, and after Yuan Shao's defenders arrived, they just reinstalled it, and before they could reinforce, Zhang Liao came to raid again.
Zhang Liao couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw the Qianghu soldiers entering the city, as long as they entered the city, the battle would soon be over.
In this battle, he responded to the situation, commanded decisively, gave full play to the opportunity and speed advantage of his own initiative to raid, seized the gap in the enemy's reaction on the city tower, and actually relied on 200 archers to suppress the enemy soldiers on the city tower one step ahead, and commanded the height with low, which can be described as wonderful.