Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume VII The Bloody Battle in the Southwest

Chapter 3 Tiger Ben's Bloody War Quells Rebellion

Section 6 The Battle of the Five Armies (1)

The day after Yu Chongming led his troops to retreat to Hexi Pass, the rebel scouts found that tens of thousands of Han Wei troops were coming, and the army was only less than ten miles away from Hexi Pass. Luxury Chongming and An Shixian, the guards of Hexi Pass, were shocked when they heard the news, and the two always thought that there were more than 10,000 troops guarding Nanjin Pass, and no matter how unbearable they were, they could resist the Hanwei army for several days, right? It's only been a day or two, and the Han Wei army has broken through the gate and killed it? It's horrifying!

An Shixian shouted that he was going to lead the army to retreat, and immediately rushed to Yilong City. But Yu Chongming sighed and said: "A few miles away, tens of thousands of troops can be reached in an instant, and now the withdrawal can only be pursued and killed by the Han Wei army all the way, and you and I will die without a place to be buried." We have no other way but to defend the city now. ”

An Shixian said with a bitter face: "But the master of the luxury family, we only have more than 20,000 soldiers and horses in the pass, and some of them are defeated soldiers, can we resist the onslaught of tens of thousands of Hanwei troops?" ”

Yu Chongming didn't speak, but pondered for a while before he said: "I immediately sent an order to the 20,000 troops stationed in the vicinity of Baoning Mansion in the north, ordering the generals of the unified army to immediately requisition 10,000 troops to the south and Xiguan to support; At the same time, please ask General An to write a letter asking for help to the head of the An family, and ask him to lead the main army to support immediately! ”

When An Shixian heard this, he immediately exclaimed: "The master of the luxury family wants to start a decisive battle with the Han Wei army in Hexi Pass!" How can this work? ”

"That's right! I'm here to fight the Hanwei Army, why not? Extravagant Chongming said with a hideous face: "Since the Hanwei Army is pressing step by step and does not leave us a way to live, then we will simply fight with the Hanwei Army to break the net!" Anyway, we have Hexi Pass in hand, we can attack and retreat, as long as we hold on until the armies of the north and south arrive, we can hit the tens of thousands of Hanwei troops in front of us! At that time, Liu Yunwei, the commander of the Hanwei army, may be able to preserve his strength and retreat in the face of difficulties, and we may be able to reverse the situation of this battle in one fell swoop! ”

Facing the tens of thousands of Han Wei troops who were about to descend on the city, although Yu Chongming's method seemed to be very crazy, An Shixian also knew that there was no other way.

Therefore, the two immediately sent scouts to the north and south to urgently transfer troops, and at the same time began to mobilize all the troops in the city to prepare for the battle of defending the city.

During this period, Yu Chongming said to An Shixian: "The artillery and guns of the Hanwei Army are extremely sharp, and we must prepare for anti-artillery and anti-guns in advance. ”

An Shixian thought for a moment and said, "We can hang the wet quilt on the arrow stack and use it to block the cannons and lead of the Hanwei army." ”

It didn't take long for the walls of Hexiguan to be covered with wet quilts, and thousands of rebels shuttled back and forth on the city walls, constantly carrying materials to defend the city, forming a unique scenery.

An hour later, there was a sky full of dust in the west of Hexi Pass, tens of thousands of soldiers of the Hanwei Army lined up in a neat battle formation, and more than 20,000 soldiers in the pacesetter battalion and the Huben battalion were full of morale and fighting spirit, and they were divided into several huge phalanxes and overwhelmingly pressed towards Hexi Pass.

After receiving the urgent report, Hao Chongming and An Shixian hurriedly climbed the city wall to observe the formation of the Hanwei army, only to see more than 20,000 soldiers of the Hanwei army stopped at a distance of more than a mile from Hexiguan, and the fifty big Buddha cannons of the two artillery battalions were being pushed to the front of the formation one after another, and at the same time, the bird gunners of the pacesetter battalion and the tiger battalion were also being assembled.

Yu Chongming pointed to the Hanwei army battle formation in the distance, and said to An Shixian beside him: "You see, every place the Hanwei army will first bombard with artillery, and then use sophisticated firearms to kill and injure the opponent's troops, and finally send very brave soldiers to charge and kill, and there are elite iron cavalry guards on both sides of the battle array." Such an army is very powerful, and we can't confront it head-on in the field, we can only win by strategy! ”

An Shixian saw that the army of the Hanwei Army was so majestic at this moment, he was already so frightened that his face turned pale and he was sweating profusely, and said tremblingly: "The Hanwei Army really deserves its reputation, fortunately, it listened to the words of the master of the luxury family and mobilized two armies from the north and south to support in time, otherwise we would be miserable." ”

Yu Chongming smiled proudly, but he was very worried in his heart: "That's what I said, but I'm afraid that I won't be able to defeat the 20,000 or 30,000 Hanwei troops in front of me by attacking from three sides!" ”

As soon as he thought of this, Yu Chongming's heart was heavy, and he was full of worries about the development of the war. After all, the previous defeat had too much impact on Yu Chongming's heart, and it couldn't be reversed for a while.

At this time, An Shixian suddenly exclaimed: "Master of the Luxury Family, the artillery of the Hanwei Army has been set up, let's retreat quickly!" ”

When Yu Chongming heard this, he was also shocked, and sure enough, fifty big Buddha cannons were being loaded, and it wouldn't be long before they were fired.

"Let the defenders of the city immediately dodge the cannons!"

After speaking, Yu Chongming and An Shixian ran down the city together. As soon as the two of them left, the fifty cannons of the Hanwei Army Artillery Battalion began to roar.

"Ready! Put! ”

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

"Approval, at the head of the city, at the gates! Preparation! Put! ”

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

Round after round of fierce artillery fire continued, and the city head and city gate of Hexiguan were shrouded in barrage in an instant, moaning and trembling under the baptism of artillery fire. The rebel soldiers defending the city were all hiding under the arrow stacks or in the towers, waiting in horror for the moment when the Hanwei army's artillery fire stopped. At this time, fortunately, it was Yu Chongming and An Shixian who prepared a large number of wet quilts in advance to stop some of the cannons, otherwise the rebels defending the city would have already begun to shake and disperse.

Outside the city, Liu Yunwei looked at Hexi Pass in the distance, and kept thinking about the next plan to attack the city, but there was no good way to think about it, after all, now that Yu Chongming was like a frightened bird, he would not go out of the city again to fight. In the current plan, there is no other good way except to command 20,000 soldiers of the Hanwei army to storm Hexiguan.

An hour later, under the command of Edward, the commander of the Chinese artillery battalion, fifty large Buddha cannons finally stopped roaring. After that, more than 20,000 soldiers from the pacesetter battalion and the Huben battalion stepped forward together and began the offensive against Hexi Pass. In this battle, Liu Yunwei decided to concentrate his forces to storm the west of Hexiguan and kill and wound the rebels to the greatest extent.

"Pacesetter Battalion, Tiger Camp Bird Gun Hands Forward!"

"Tiger! Tiger! Tiger! ”

The two battalions of 3,500 men were mixed into three rows of phalanxes, each platoon of about 1,200 soldiers, and slowly pressed towards Hexi Pass. The remaining melee soldiers of the pacesetter battalion and the tiger battalion were divided into two huge phalanxes to follow behind, ready to rush up and attack the city at any time.

"Suppress the city! First row ready! Put! ”

"Bang! Bang! Bang! ”

"The first row is back and reloaded, and the second row is ready to go! Put! ”

"Bang! Bang! Bang! ”

"The second platoon stepped back and reloaded, and the third platoon stepped forward to prepare! Put! ”

"Bang! Bang! Bang! ”

More than 3,500 bird-stalkers pointed at the city and began the dance of death, beating everything that moved on the city like a sieve. At this moment, the thousands of rebel soldiers on the head of the city were extremely distressed, and the fierce artillery fire of the Han Wei army had just stopped, and before everyone had time to catch their breath, they were terrified by the equally fierce bird guns.

The thousands of rebel soldiers at the head of the city all cowered on the ground, or squatting, or lying down, or crawling, and no one dared to show their heads, no one dared to move, otherwise they would immediately become corpses covered with bloody holes in the ground.

After receiving the urgent report from their subordinates, Yu Chongming and An Shixian were also very anxious, and immediately gathered 3,000 archers to line up in the city, preparing to shoot in the city, so as to suppress the Hanwei arms outside.

However, the 3,000 rebel archers couldn't see the location of the Hanwei musketeers at all, and couldn't judge the distance, so how could they aim? How to shoot the soldiers of the Hanwei Army accurately?

Under the orders of Xuan Chongming and An Shixian, three thousand rebel archers carried out round after round of volleys, and the rain of arrows that covered the sky and the sun crossed the city wall and shot outside, but this was just a blind random shot, and there were not many arrows that really fell on the Hanwei gunners, only a dozen unlucky soldiers were shot by the arrows. The firepower of the entire Bird Gun Array did not weaken in the slightest, and Di Ya still pointed at the rebel soldiers on the head of the city.

Half an hour later, Liu Yunwei gave an order, ordering the army to start attacking the city, and tens of thousands of Hanwei soldiers roared angrily and rushed to the city wall, and began to erect a ladder after crossing the bird array. At this time, the rebel soldiers defending the city began to counterattack one after another, and arrows, rolling stones and trees continued to smash into the Hanwei soldiers under the city, causing certain casualties to the army.

Almost at the same time, the bird gun array that had just stopped opened fire again, and the dense lead shot at the head of the city, which immediately shot the rebel soldiers into a single area, and the city was empty, and at least hundreds of rebel soldiers died tragically under the blows of the Hanwei army's bird guns.

The soldiers of the Han Wei army took advantage of the situation to attack the city, and hundreds of brave men climbed the city wall along the ladder first, and fought with the dense rebel soldiers. At this time, the soldiers on both sides had already begun to fight, and more than 3,000 bird-stolen men could no longer intervene, so they ripped down.

Liu Yunwei saw that the army had already killed the city, and knew that this was the time to test the endurance of both sides, so he calmed down and supervised the battle in the Chinese army.

Zhao Kaishan, who was next to him, saw the sound of killing in front of him, so he was a little eager to try, and said: "Big brother, the rebels' defense is very resolute, let me lead my brothers to kill it." ”

Liu Yunwei smiled and said, "Okay! I think it's better to lead the troops with Wang Zhi to kill. If Wang Zhi can make a meritorious contribution in this battle, he will be the thousand general manager of the Tiger Ben Battalion, but if Wang Zhi escapes halfway, then the town will definitely be killed even if he is chased to the ends of the earth! ”