Chapter 123: Into the City
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The victory of the pikes in the first battle gave Jiang Sheng the idea of forming a special pike, but this condition is not yet available, because Le'an's iron-smelting industry has just begun. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
There is a small amount of iron ore distribution in Le'an, but due to the limitation of mining technology, the output is scarce, and most of the iron ore used is purchased from the Xianbei departments through the Zhen family caravan, which takes a lot of time, but the quantity is not much, and it is difficult to ensure the needs of the large-scale iron smelting industry. Recently, due to the war in Youzhou, the caravan has also suspended its northward journey.
Zhang Chun's attack failed again, and he was so angry that he jumped like thunder, and then the formation of cavalry first, infantry second, and archers came out, leaving only more than 10,000 men and horses to guard the camp.
When Jiang Sheng saw the rebels coming out in a big way, he immediately sent two messengers and two cavalry on the left and right to convey the attack order.
Previously, Jiang Sheng deliberately did not defend in front of the big camp not because of insufficient troops, but deliberately showed the enemy weakness, so that Zhang Chun could not figure out the truth and did not dare to act rashly, so as to buy time for the cavalry to enter the predetermined battle position, and later set up a defense, that is, the cavalry was in place.
Zhang Chun's previous attack only sent three phalanxes, which was obviously a tentative attack, Jiang Sheng calmed down and did not launch a general attack, and this time it was time.
Jiang Sheng made people beat the war drums, with the sword and shield soldiers as the vanguard, the archers were still three-stage shooting tactics, Zhang Chun rode a war horse, brandishing a big sword to urge the army forward, how dare those soldiers disobey? Intensively pressed towards Jiang Shengjun.
When Zhang Chun fought a few days ago, he knew that Jiang Sheng was the main army with infantry and bows, and the cavalry was the flank, so he especially strengthened the defense of the flanks, but he did not see Jiang Sheng's cavalry attacking for a long time, and he was puzzled, but the attack had already begun, and the temporary change of formation was a taboo for soldiers, so he beat the drum and marched.
Round after round of arrows flew out, Zhang Chunjun did not stop under the cover of the sword and shield soldiers, and behind the army were corpses and wounded soldiers, which were extremely tragic.
Seeing the enemy approaching, Jiang Sheng ordered the army to attack, with the sword and shield soldiers in front and the pikemen in the rear to form the first echelon, roaring and rushing towards the enemy, while the archers behind were shooting as they went, focusing on attacking the troops in the rear of the enemy army.
Chu Yan took the lead, brandishing a three-pointed two-edged knife and rushed forward, only to see the knife light flying, flesh and blood, and dozens of soldiers who rushed to the forefront of the enemy army died under Chu Yan's knife in the blink of an eye. Under the encouragement of Chu Yan, the morale of all units was greatly boosted, and they harvested the lives of the enemy with the weapons in their hands.
The archers' arms were sore, but they still insisted on killing the enemy with their bows and arrows, and although the range was closer, the enemy troops who were fighting with the infantry were also killed by the arrows.
Seeing that the enemy and our armies were entangled, Jiang Sheng stopped the attack of the archers, ordered them to return to the camp to rest, and prevented the enemy from sneaking up on the camp. He deployed the strategy of stealing the camp, and naturally he also had to guard against the enemy stealing the camp.
After Yu Ban and Zhang He divided the five thousand cavalry on the left and right after receiving the order, they immediately moved to the mound, and when they reached the left of Zhang Chun's camp, Zhang Chun's main force was already far away from the camp. Yu Ban roared, led the army to kill Zhang Chun's camp, and Zhang He was no exception, leading the army to rush away.
The defenders of Zhang Chun's camp only had more than 10,000 people, seeing that the cavalry of the official army was attacking, they hurriedly divided their troops to meet the left and right roads, these cavalry rushed to the front of the battle but did not attack directly, but followed the inertia of the war horse, and threw the oil jar into Zhang Chun's camp, the defenders were splashed with oil, and the ground was also greasy and slippery, and there were many people who fell.
After throwing out the oil jar, the cavalry of the official army quickly withdrew to deal with the pursuit of the enemy, but saw that the enemy troops in the camp did not pursue, so they hit the flint and shot a rocket at Zhang Chun's camp, and the rocket ignited the fire oil on the ground when it landed, and the fire rose to the sky.
The adjutant general in the city saw that the camp was on fire, and hurriedly sent troops out of the city to rescue.
Yu Ban and Zhang He's task is to attack Zhang Chun's camp, if the camp is burned, that is, to retreat their own army, if the enemy army comes to chase, they will be annihilated on the spot.
They have completed the set task, but the fighter plane is fleeting, Yu Ban decided to take the opportunity to attack Tuyin City, Zhang He had already retreated, but seeing Yu Ban and kill back, he immediately understood, and also led the army back to kill.
The adjutant general was taken aback when he saw the cavalry of the official army rushing to the county seat, and hurriedly collected his troops, and the soldiers who had just left the city did not understand what was going on, so they saw that the city gate was closed, and there was no way to avoid it at the moment, and they were killed by the cavalry of the official army, and more than 2,000 people were killed and wounded.
And Zhang Chun's camp has completely fallen into the sea of fire, Zhang Chun, who was commanding the battle in front, found that the camp was on fire, and hurriedly led the army to rescue, Jiang Sheng immediately led the army to press up and chase Zhang Chunjun.
Yu Ban and Zhang He fought for a while and then withdrew according to the original route, after all, the number of troops was small, and it was difficult to complete the goal of encircling Zhang Chunjun with Jiang Sheng's main force.
Jiang Sheng's army continued to advance, and Zhang Chun's camp had been destroyed, most of the soldiers defending the camp were burned to death and burned, and lost their ability to fight.
Because Jiang Sheng's main force followed very closely, once the city gate was opened, it would be more than auspicious, Zhang Chun ordered more than 10,000 soldiers and horses to break off, and led the rest of the soldiers and horses into the city.
The adjutant general confirmed the safety before opening the city gate, let Zhang Chun enter the city, and more than 10,000 soldiers and horses outside the city fell into the killing of the official army, in order to achieve the purpose of deterrence, Jiang Sheng did not stop the killing of the official army, the war came, Zhang Chun claimed to be 100,000 The army lost nearly half, and he was no longer able to fight, so he had to send someone to send a letter to Qiu Liju, the lord of Wuhuan.
After Qiu Liju got Zhang Chun's distress letter, he led 30,000 elite cavalry south to help in the battle, and after Jiang Sheng besieged the city for ten days, the scouts reported that they had found traces of the Wuhuan cavalry.
The Wuhuan tribe has been outside the fortress for a long time, whether it is riding or archery, Jiang Sheng thinks that his combat strength is not as good as Qiu Liju, so he let go of the encirclement of the north gate, and concentrated his forces to storm the other three gates.
When Zhang Chun learned this, he immediately judged that Jiang Sheng must have known the news of Qiu Liju's help, and decided not to retreat, but to wait for help.
Jiang Shengjun attacked for two days, but he didn't see Zhang Jujun's movement, and knew that this Zhang Chun must want to hold on and wait for help, so he changed his feint to attack as the main attack.
The defenders of the city repelled more than 20 attacks by Jiang Sheng's army in two days, all of which were dragonflies, and as soon as the defenders were beaten, they retreated, which was commonplace, and when Jiang Shengjun suddenly attacked the city at any cost, they woke up like a dream.
The battle at the head of the city did not last long, the towers of the south gate and the east gate have been controlled by Jiang Shengjun, and then the archers on the top were condescending, killing and wounding the defenders with arrows, and soon captured the two city gates, after opening the city gates, Jiang Sheng waved his army into the city.
When Zhang Chun got the news, Jiang Sheng's main force had already entered the city, and only the cavalry was still patrolling outside the city. Now Zhang Chun can only abandon the city and flee.
Jiang Sheng originally wanted to pressure Zhang Chun to abandon the city, and then defend the Wuhuan cavalry according to the city, but Zhang Ju didn't know how to lift, so he didn't retreat, and now that he has entered the city, he won't give you a chance to retreat.