Chapter 664: The Battle of Anxi
Suzhou, Ganzhou City was broken, the soldiers defending the city were all killed, the people were slaughtered, and after the hundreds of thousands of allied troops in the Western Regions bathed in blood, they finally showed madness, the Tang Army was not invincible, they were the same flesh and blood, and they would be defeated.
Relying on the absolute superiority in numbers, the coalition army destroyed the withering and decaying, and after capturing Suzhou, they marched all the way to Anxi.
The reinforcements of the imperial court did not know how dangerous the situation ahead was, although the march was fast, but it was only just out of the pass, and there were still thousands of miles away from the war-torn area, so it was obviously too late to support.
The Anxi guards had already learned of the battle report delivered by Ganzhou, and all the soldiers made a decision: the people are in the city! Never back down!
As soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, they are all arrogant in their bones, and they would rather shed the last trace of blood in their bodies than turn their backs on the enemy and abandon the city and flee. Even in the face of an army of more than 100,000 enemies, knowing that they will die, they will make the enemy pay!
Although the soldiers held on to the city with a mortal heart, the people in the city were innocent, and there were enthusiastic young people who stayed behind to fight the enemy, but most of the people still left the city with their families and mouths at the moment of receiving the news, and went east to avoid the war.
The garrison of the city stood on top of the city walls and shouted to all the soldiers: "Obey the commands, all the soldiers! Stick to Anxi, cover the evacuation of the people, no one is dead, the city is still there! Datang! Wansheng! ”
"Datang! Wansheng! All the soldiers were red-eyed, clenching their weapons and shouting, for them, it was a supreme belief.
The shouts shook the sky, and the people who had left the city turned back, saw the upright voice on the city wall, and couldn't help but weep silently, bowed down to them, and finally sighed, and left silently with tears.
One can expect a tragic war to break out here in a few days. Destined to be dyed red by blood and dry bones, leaving sorrow and sadness.
The special forces set off at night and rushed to Suzhou, but unfortunately they heard the bad news of Suzhou on the way, the city was destroyed, thousands of soldiers were killed and died, no one escaped, and the people were almost slaughtered!
When the bad news came, all the soldiers were red-eyed.
"Everyone, dismount!" Hu Di Gao drank. Three hundred people dismounted.
"Scandium!" Hu Di pulled out the knife at his waist, slammed it into the ground, and knelt down on one knee in the direction of Suzhou.
"By my sword, I will kill all the enemies and avenge you!"
"Revenge!" The soldier roared with red eyes, then got up, put away his sword, stepped on his horse, and adjusted his direction towards Anxi.
Unlike before coming, the special forces seem to have been baptized, and the whole team is like a forbearant sword, although it is not out of the body, but it is murderous!
After analyzing the march along the route and referring to the map, the special forces quickly figured out the movement of the coalition forces and judged their approximate location.
"It's not good, they're almost in Anthy!" Hu Di stared at the map, his face was very ugly. The coalition forces should be about to reach Anxi, and they are still a day and a half away from Anxi, and in a day and a half, too many things are easy to happen!
Suzhou was destroyed in just one day, and Anxi's garrison was no better, and it was very likely to be taken by a wave of coalition attacks.
"No way, it's too far away, we can't kill it even if we put on our wings!" Someone sighed helplessly.
"Is there really no way?" Some soldiers were unwilling, thinking that their compatriots were throwing their heads and spilling blood, but they couldn't help, and pinched their fingers with hatred.
"Anzay, we can't help, but maybe there is a way to make the coalition army suffer a big loss, and it is even possible to kill the opponent's general in one fell swoop like last time!" Someone spoke out, which immediately attracted everyone's attention. A wave of captains gathered around and asked for advice.
"Tell me, what do you have to do with it?"
The person who spoke was thin and weak, not like Hu Di and the others, but his mind was definitely one of the best among the three hundred, and he was constantly calculating in his heart, and he was definitely a military advisor in the team.
"Quite simply, we are still a day and a half away from Anxi, and the coalition forces will arrive in Anxi in half a day at most and begin the siege. If the siege takes a day or even half a day, we have a chance! The military advisor gestured on the map with his hand and said, "After the coalition forces capture Anxi, they will definitely enter the city in a big way to clear the supplies." This time is enough for us to rush to the rear of the coalition army, get ready, and then, while the coalition forces have captured Anxi, and our hearts are extremely relaxed, we will launch a night attack, one group of soldiers will cover outside, and the other group of soldiers will disperse into several small groups to infiltrate the enemy camp and take advantage of the chaos to kill the opposing generals........."
The advisor described a rough plan, and everyone agreed that it was feasible. Anxi will definitely not be able to save it, not to mention that there are only more than 300 of them, even if they join, they can't change anything, they will only splash a small wave.
However, being able to destroy the enemy's base camp after the enemy's siege of the city has lax can be regarded as a consolation for the heroic soul of the brothers who died in battle.
The strategy of the military advisor was unanimously agreed by everyone, and all the squad leaders agreed with the plan. The next step is the distribution of personnel, in order to reflect fairness, the final form of drawing lots, a total of 20 squads, together with 200 people as cover, fighting on the periphery at night. Ten other squads, a total of 100 people, are responsible for infiltrating the enemy base camp and delivering a fatal blow to the enemy!
After the task was assigned, everyone no longer wasted time and rode away.
Half a day later, the scorching sun was in the sky, and the allied soldiers killed Anxi's feet. Dense bows and arrows were shot towards the walls like a rainstorm.
Anxi's defenders were not afraid, they were already ready to die, holding shields to meet them, and at the moment when the arrow rain was slightly weaker, they immediately launched a round of counterattack, and treated them in the same way, and the arrow rain fell in the camp of the coalition army, and immediately screamed and fell down a piece of enemies.
After the coalition forces reacted, they immediately held their shields to resist, set up a long ladder, and rushed up to the front city wall.
What awaited them was a long time of stones, spears, and boiling hot oil!
"Ahh A boulder fell, although the coalition soldiers had a shield to resist, but the huge impact could not be resolved, the shield was smashed into a depression, and even the people fell down, and a few soldiers were brought down in the middle, and the people on a ladder all fell, and they died directly in serious cases, and they could continue to stand up and climb up if they were slighter.
But he was greeted by boiling hot oil, and the soldier roared, burned by the hot oil. Immediately afterwards, the Tang army threw down another fire, and suddenly the entire ladder began to burn, and the soldiers who were still on the ladder screamed and jumped down.
This scene was playing out all over the city wall, and the generals of the coalition army in the distance frowned at the sight of this scene.
There are not many garrisons in Anxi, but they are all fierce and not afraid of death, and their lifeless fighting style has caused the coalition side to suffer a lot of losses, even if there are many coalition troops, they can't withstand such attrition.
"Beat the drums, give the order to the people in front to come back, on the stone thrower!" The general changed his order, and the soldiers in front of him retreated like a tidal wave after hearing the sound of drums.
The catapult is pushed from the back of the camp to the front.
The reason why the stone thrower did not appear in the first place is because this big guy is cumbersome to assemble and takes a little time.
The Tang army on the city wall stared at several behemoths in front of them, with solemn expressions, they knew that the truly cruel moment had come!
(End of chapter)