Chapter 174: Sanli Town, Broken
Woo Woo Woo ~ Arrows covered the sky, bringing a mist of blood and screams at the gates.
Due to Bai Yunxuan's sudden entry of the troops, the city gate of Sanli Town could not be closed in time, and when Bai Yunxuan and the others fought fiercely with the soldiers defending the city, Liu Shiyu led the troops to arrive in time in the open space outside the city.
Rows of crossbowmen spread out in a V-shape on both wings, 3,000 crossbowmen released arrows at the same time, and dense arrows shot down like a torrential rain, enveloping the entire west gate area of Sanli Town, and many of the defenders on the city tower who could not avoid it were directly buried under the rain of arrows.
"Kill!"
The team took the lead, and Liu Shiyu gave an order, and 2,000 hoplites formed 20 infantry phalanxes and quickly killed in the direction of the city wall of Sanli Town.
Behind the hoplites, a phalanx of light infantry carried improvised siege ladders and waited for an opportunity to storm the city walls.
Although Sanli Town is one of the important border towns in the western part of Baisha County, Kong Youde, who lacks soldiers, can no longer send more manpower, and there are only 3,000 defenders in the entire Sanli Town.
The defenders of Sanli Town, who were seriously short of archers, did not dare to rise on the city tower under the suppression of crossbowmen who were 10 times their size outside the city.
Under the cover of the overwhelming long-range offensive, the hoplite phalanx quickly approached the city tower, and the siege ladders were quickly erected, and the two armies quickly launched a fierce siege white-edged battle, and the screams on the city tower rose one after another, and from time to time soldiers were shot down and fell off the city tower.
"Hurry up and inform General Zhou Yun of the information! Anyone else is pleased! ”
With Bai Yunxuan leading his troops to break through the city gate, the offensive and defensive battle of Sanli Town was soon declared over, with the 3,000 defenders in the hands of Wei Wu could not resist the pace of 10,000 soldiers of the Western Army, seeing that the soldiers of the Southern Wang Army on the city tower continued to climb the city wall, Wei Wu, the general of the defenders of Sanli Town, decided to give up resistance when he saw this, and after ordering his henchmen to send the information of Sanli Town to Zhou Yun, the general of Baisha County, Wei Wu decisively led his troops to surrender to the Southern Wang Army.
In the face of absolute strength, it is useless to continue to resist.
"Immediately summon the general, Sanli Town has arrived!"
With the surrender of Weiwu, Sanli Town successfully fell into his hands, and a group of neatly equipped Western Army soldiers marched towards the city. Inside the city gate, looking at the soldiers who were marching in, Liu Shiyu ordered to the messengers beside him.
"No!"
A fast horse quickly headed towards the southwest of Sanli Town, and the news that Liu Shiyu's army successfully occupied Sanli Town soon reached Qin Liangyu, the commander of the Western Army.
"Order the armies to attack!"
In the south of the horseshoe, Qin Liangyu, who was leading tens of thousands of troops to gather in the mountains, immediately ordered all armies to attack after receiving the news.
Sanli Town is located in the northeastern part of Horseshoe Mountain, is the first important town of Baisha County under the rule of the Western Army from Yangshi County to the German Army, which is related to the safety of the entire Western Army.
Therefore, before confirming that Sanli Town was in his hands, Qin Liangyu did not dare to lead his troops to rashly break into the territory of Baisha County.
"Driving~"
"Urgent military intelligence! Get out of the way! ”
Outside the city of Sichuan City in the central part of Baisha County, a fast horse rushed to the city.
The day after the destruction of Sanli Town, Dongting Town, Zhonggang Town, Changxing Town, and Xinlong Town on the western edge of Baisha County were fiercely attacked by the Western Army at the same time, and the news of the request for help was transmitted to Sichuan City at the same time.
Sichuan City, where Baisha County is located, is also the base camp of the 20,000 army of Mao Youshun, a general under Kong Youde.
Since the second half of the second year of the Great Struggle, Mao Youshun has been ordered by Kong Youde to move to the city of Sichuan City, leading 35,000 troops to guard against the Liangshan army.
With the successive defeats of Kong Youde's army and Liangshan's army in Yongzhou, Pinggang City was plundered by Sima Yu's personal troops, Kong Youde's strength dropped sharply, and his command was the strongest in addition to the 30,000 troops under his personal command, Mao Youshun was the strongest.
"Father, what shall we do?"
In the capital of the city, Mao Jiayong, the son of Mao Youshun, who received the attack on Sanli Town and Dongting and other four towns at the same time, was frightened.
Mao Youshun is a person who has experienced Mao Wenlong, Yuan Chonghuan, Houjin and other forces with Kong Youde, has seen strong winds and waves, and his ability to lead troops is also quite good.
However, his son Mao Jiayong was completely raised by Kong Youde after serving Jin, and he had never seen the wind and waves at all. In the past two years, the southern king Kong Youde has risen rapidly in Jinzhou, and Mao Jiayong is only following the gangster's resume in the army, although he is now the deputy general under Mao Youshun, but he has not learned any ability, and suddenly heard that tens of thousands of Western troops were attacking, and he was frightened, and he also had some thoughts that should not be in his heart.
"What are you panicking about? Haven't you hit Chuan City yet! ”
The son's cowardice looked like Mao Youyou was not in one place, and shouted loudly.
"Father, this is 50,000 southern royal troops, Sanli Town has been lost, and the other four towns are also sooner or later, and they will soon hit our Sichuan City, let's surrender quickly!"
Mao Jiayong has no achievements in the military, but in the face of his father Mao Youshun, he is full of confidence, ignoring Mao Youshun's drinking, and still said loudly with a panicked face.
Now Mao Jiayong hopes that Mao Youshun can immediately lead the troops to surrender, and now the general trend has been decided, even he, a layman, can see at a glance that Kong Youde will be finished soon, he doesn't want to follow the funeral, Sima Yu, the king of the south, has always had a good reputation in treating the surrender of troops.
"Bastard! The king of the south has always trusted his father well, and entrusted tens of thousands of troops to me, how can he surrender without a fight! Someone! Drag this rebel down and imprison him, and he will not be released without my orders!" As soon as Mao Jiayong's rebellious words came out, Mao Youshun's heart was suddenly shocked, and he slapped the table and shouted angrily, and several pro-soldiers quickly stepped forward to pull Mao Jiayong away.
Although Mao Youshun has always been trusted by Kong Youde, if Mao Jiayong's words reach Kong Youde's ears, they will also cause disaster.
"Crunch squeak~"
"Stop! What do you do? ”
There was a creaking sound of carriage axles at the gate of Sichuan City, and dozens of carriages lined up in front of the city gate.
"Presumptuous, this is the old man's family in the east of the city, even the city guard has to be polite when he sees it, what are you guys, get out of the way, we have to get out of the city!"
In the carriage in the front row, the curtain was lifted, revealing a middle-aged man dressed as a butler, shouting angrily at the soldiers who stopped in front.
"It's the old man's family in the east of the city, get out of the way!"
Seeing this, the squad leader of the soldiers defending the city quickly ordered the people below to get out of the way.
The Wang family in the east of the city is one of the few powerful families in Sichuan City, and it is not something that those of them who are soldiers can afford to offend.
"Driving~"
"Let's go!"
Just when the Mao family was hesitant and didn't know how to deal with it, the same scene was constantly being staged in Sichuan City.
Sanli Town was lost overnight, the four towns of Dongting were besieged, and the news that tens of thousands of southern royal troops were about to call soon spread among the middle and upper echelons of the entire Sichuan City, and the major wealthy families and wealthy merchants in the city reorganized their families and fled after receiving the news.
In countless battles, it has long been proved that the Southern King's army is superior, and they don't believe that with the 20,000 troops under Mao Youshun's command, they can withstand the attack of tens of thousands of Southern King's army.
Soon, the flight of the major wealthy families and wealthy merchants in the city caused panic among the people in the city, and some people who saw the opportunity quickly also began to flee one after another, causing turmoil in the entire Sichuan City.
When Mao Youshun reacted and ordered to control the people out of the city, more than half of the wealthy families and wealthy merchants in Sichuan City had fled.