Chapter Seventy-Eight: The Battle of Hainan Pass (1)
On the high city wall, a row of Liao soldiers stood lazily at the head of the wall, and from time to time there were bursts of sighing sounds.
"It's so boring! The smell of birds fades out of the mouth! ”
"I really don't know if it's been a month since we've been guarding the birds like this every day, and the county guard has asked us to strengthen our vigilance, is it possible that the soft eggs of the Song Kingdom can still fight over?"
"Okay, I'll take over later, let's go drink two pots together!"
On the head of Tianshui City, the soldiers of the Liao Kingdom chatted casually to relieve their boredom, not noticing that death was approaching them step by step...
"Kill!"
Suddenly, less than two miles outside the city, there was an earth-shattering sound of killing, hundreds of flags were suddenly erected, and the sound of gongs and drums was surging!
Immediately afterward, a large black shadow rushed towards the city in the night, raising his sword and shouting.
Some of the soldiers in the group who were still complaining quickly reacted and shouted, "Enemy attack! Enemy attack! Go and pull the alarm bell! ”
"Boom! Boom! Boom! ”
Heavy and loud bells rang one after another, and the army in the city quickly assembled towards the city walls.
Li He, the Taishou of Tianshui City, pushed the door out of the room, and while wearing his coat, he asked the subordinate officer next to him, "What's the matter?" ”
"A wave of troops came out of nowhere outside the city, suspected to be the Song army! Attacking the South Gate in full force! ”
When Li He heard that it was Song Jun, a trace of surprise flashed on his face, and he quickly asked, "How many of them are there?" ”
"The night is too dark to see clearly, but at least 10,000 Song troops attacking the south gate at this moment!"
"Damn! Not to say half a month ago"
Li He's face suddenly turned a little ugly, and there were no less than 10,000 people in the first wave of the offensive, which can show that the Song army was menacing this time, and the army attacking Tianshui City was only afraid of no less than 50,000. And he knows the situation in the city best, excluding the 5,000 young men who have just been recruited, there are only 10,000 soldiers who can really fight.
Even if the walls of Tianshui City are thick, there are plenty of arrows and rolling stones. However, if the Song army attacked regardless of the dead and wounded, it would be difficult for Tianshui City to hold out until the reinforcements arrived.
"Take my Taishou token, and immediately order all the twitched troops in Tianshui County to rush to help!"
After speaking, Li He directly mobilized 5,000 young and strong soldiers who had just been recruited for less than half a month to do the transportation work. Although these young men who had just enlisted in the army had no experience in fighting, under the command of Li He, they transported rolling stones, arrows, and tung oil to the city gate in an orderly manner.
An hour later...
Wang Gui walked into the camp wearing blood-stained silver armor, and said a little breathlessly, "Marshal! The Liao dog was carrying it dead at the south gate, and the brothers were afraid that they would not be able to take it down for a while. ”
Yue Fei's face was flat, and he said, "If it was so simple to take it down, Ben Shuai wouldn't dare to go in." After speaking, Yue Fei looked at Niu Gao, who was looking at him with his palms on the side, and said, "Niu Gao!" ”
Niu Gao looked shocked, and walked out excitedly, "The end will be!" ”
"Order you to lead 10,000 troops and attack from the west gate." Before Niu Gao could respond, Yue Fei added another sentence, "It's not better than a strong attack, just a roundabout feint." ”
"It's... The last general commands! Niu Gao paused, and just wanted to speak, he looked up at Yue Fei and glared at him fiercely, then nodded bitterly and took the order.
"Xu Qing!"
"The last general!"
"Ben Shuai ordered you to lead 10,000 people to replace the 10,000 soldiers at the south gate! Don't weaken the offensive! ”
"The last general commands!"
After Niu Gao, Xu Qing and the generals left, Wang Gui, who was standing on the side and had not left, said, "Big brother, let that bison hold the soldiers in his hands and not fight, aren't you afraid of suffocating him?" ”
"In the past few years, our brothers have been too smooth, and Niu Gao's characterization has begun to wear off. Just take advantage of this opportunity to give him a good practice! Yue Fei looked at Wang Gui and said what he thought in his heart.
After only a cup of tea, Xu Qing took 10,000 soldiers to replace Wang Gui and launched a new round of onslaught.
Xu Qing held an iron spear in his hand and rushed in front of the battle, which greatly boosted the morale of the Song army.
Xu Qing waved his iron spear and flew away the two arrows that came from him, and then the tip of the spear pointed directly at the city wall, shouting, "Drive the cloud ladder!" Climb the walls for me! ”
"Sons and daughters of Liao! Behind you are your parents and brothers! Can you let Song Dog into the city! ”
"Can't! No! No! ”
"What should we do?"
"Kill! Kill! Kill! ”
Li He was worthy of being the Taishou of Shuiyang County, and his words quickly made the morale of the Liao army begin to rise. began to bravely resist Xu Qing's offensive.
Fortunately, Tianshui City is the county seat of Shuiyang County, and the arrows, rolling stones, tung oil, logs and other materials in the warehouse are very sufficient, and the four thousand Liao troops on the head of the city desperately smashed the things in their hands downward, and suppressed the offensive of Xu Qing's 10,000 army.
Just as Li He was commanding the soldiers to defend, a signal soldier hurriedly ran over from the west, "Report!" ”
"What?" Li He asked.
"The Song army appeared two miles away from the West Gate!"
Li He's heart tightened, and he said, "How many people are there?" ”
"About 10,000 horses!"
Li He frowned and pondered for a while. Now the south gate is guarded by 4,000 troops, while the other city gates are only 2,000 people, in the face of such a situation, it is absolutely impossible for him to mobilize manpower from other city gates, the only force that can be mobilized is the 5,000 young men who are doing transportation work in the city.
"Yang Kai! This official ordered you to mobilize 2,000 young men in the city to guard the west gate, and there must be no mistake! ”
"The last general commands!"
After speaking, Li He glanced at the Song army, who was temporarily suppressed, a trace of hesitation flashed in his eyes, and then he gritted his teeth and walked down the city wall...
At four o'clock, Xu Qing led the army to attack again, and several times the Song army was killed on the city wall, and was repeatedly beaten down by the Liao army. The morale of the Song army began to wear down.
"Damn! If only there were catapults! ”
After Xu Qing received Yue Fei's order to retreat, he unwillingly glanced at the Liao army that was resisting stubbornly on the high city wall, and led the troops to retreat.
Seeing that the Song army began to retreat, the Liao army excitedly raised its blades and shouted, immersed in the joy of victory.
......
Xu Qing walked into the camp covered in blood, half-knelt in front of Yue Fei, full of murderous aura, lowered his head and said, "The last general is incompetent and can't break through the south gate!" ”
After hearing this, Yue Fei Gujing was silent, and asked in a flat tone, "How are the casualties of our army now?" ”
Wang Gui stood up and replied, "There are a total of 2,400 wounded soldiers of different degrees, and a total of 1,700 soldiers killed in battle!" ”
Xu Qingdao: "Our army is really reorganized, and the total number of casualties is expected to reach 4,000!" ”
"Newspaper~"
A small soldier ran into the camp tent and shouted on his knees, "Marshal Qiyu, it's time for Yin!" ”
Hearing this, Yue Fei Gujing Wubo's face finally showed a smile, and his big hand clapped the handrail and shouted, "Immediately launch the signal arrow!" The east, south, and north gates are attacking with all their might! ”
"No!"
In Tianshui City, Li He sat in the lobby of the Taishou Mansion, looked at the four men sitting down, and said, "Have you figured it out?" If the Song army is allowed to break through my Tianshui City, your hundred-year-old foundation will be ruined! ”
"Okay! But don't forget the promise you made to the four of us! ”
Speaking of this, the corners of Li He's mouth twitched slightly. In order to let the four major families of Tianshui City send troops to meet the enemy, Li He promised them that in the next five years, the military orders for all the cities in the entire Shuiyang County would be handed over to the four major families.
Li He can imagine how many families will complain and accuse Li He of his buyout behavior in the past five years. And Li He promised that the four major families could not reveal this deal, which was equivalent to making Li He have to be subjected to this black pot for five years.
"That's it, as long as you can hold out until reinforcements arrive. With my exploits, it's more than enough! Li He said secretly, then glanced at the heads of the four major families hatefully, and said, "Then let's do it according to our previous agreement!" ”
As soon as he walked out of the house, Li He saw three rockets soaring into the air, which were especially conspicuous in the dark night
Three arrows in one wave, three waves in nine arrows!
Li He's face changed greatly, and he shouted in panic, "It's not good!" Song Jun has changed! ”
The four of them were also understanding people, so they naturally saw that these nine rockets were the code for the transmission of information within the Song army. They all left the Taishou Mansion quickly.
......
"Big brother, why are you..."
Xu Qing was a little aggrieved, and he was desperately trying to kill the enemy in the front, but he didn't know that Yue Fei had arranged such a game.
"If I let you know my arrangement, you can still charge so desperately. Li He is also a person who has climbed up step by step by relying on his military exploits, so he can naturally see the flaws. In order to make him think that the main forces of our army are using wheel warfare at the south gate, I didn't tell you! As he spoke, Yue Fei smiled apologetically at his brother who had died, and punched Xu Qing in the chest.
Xu Qing immediately understood Yue Fei's intentions, he and Wang Gui's leading charge was the best*, so that the Liao army at the south gate thought that the Song army was fighting a wheel war, which made Li He throw most of the city's defense weapons to the south gate.
After all of a sudden, Xu Qing was still a little uncomfortable, after all, the reason why this strategy was completed was because of the sacrifice of thousands of soldiers' blood.
"Xu Qing, I know what you're thinking. They are the heroes of the Song Kingdom, and when I return to China, I will definitely ask the king to give these sacrificed brothers additional honors and subsidies. Yue Fei looked up at the night, and when he said this, his whole person was full of desolate sadness.
"I see..."
Xu Qing let out a cold breath and was relieved to see Yue Fei's changes.
Once upon a time, their brothers also crawled all the way from the recruit eggs. Niu Gao once killed dozens of enemies in a battle of bandits, but his military exploits were robbed by the cousin of a school captain. After Yue Fei saw what happened to this brother in the same camp, he rushed to the man's tent alone, and after knocking everyone down, he forcibly pulled the man out of the camp and beat him violently.
If it weren't for the fact that the marshal at that time, Yang Ye, managed the army well, and the generals under his command found out the cause and effect of the matter, Yue Fei's head could be said to be ironclad.
Xu Qing and Wang Gui and other brothers have also received Yue Fei's favor, and they know Yue Fei best along the way. Yue Fei is a person who fights to the end for one person and one truth. After coming to this position, Yue Fei had to take care of more things, he was responsible for the 100,000 Song army, he was responsible for the victory or defeat of this battle, and he was also responsible for every unjust soul on the border of the Song State.
With these responsibilities, Yue Fei violated his heart and watched a large number of his brothers die under the sword of the Liao army......