Chapter 173: Raid on Sanli Town
In the evening, night gradually fell, the sparse people on the official road outside the west of Sanli Town rushed to the city, and the officers and soldiers guarding the city gate were checking the identities of the people passing by as usual, and everything seemed extremely normal and peaceful as usual.
On the upper floor of the South Gate, Zhao Cheng, the chief of the city, began to lead people to inspect the south wall as usual, his day's duty was about to end, and in a quarter of an hour or so, the next class of soldiers would come to pick them up.
"That's?"
Seeing that the inspection was about to end, Zhao Cheng, who was in a good mood, turned around and looked outside the city, and was stunned.
Under the afterglow of the setting sun, a small and dense black shadow at the foot of Horseshoe Mountain, two miles away, could be faintly seen moving rapidly.
"Not good, there is an enemy attack! Close the gates! ”
Zhao Cheng looked at the city wall in a daze for a long time, and saw that the black shadow was surging densely in the direction of Sanli Town, so he reacted and suddenly exclaimed in a scream.
"Bell Bell Bell ~"
"Close the gates!"
Zhao Cheng's cry woke up a group of soldiers guarding the city who were also on the city wall, and then immediately rang the alarm bell on the city tower and ordered the soldiers at the city gate to close the city gate.
"Ah, let's go inside!"
"Official, let's go quickly, let us in!"
The alarm bells on the city wall and the exclamations of the soldiers guarding the city suddenly made the atmosphere in the entire south gate area tense, and some people who had not yet arrived at the city gate saw that the city gate was closing, and they increased their speed. The people who rushed to the gate worked together to resist the closed gate, and kept banging on the gate, pleading bitterly with the soldiers inside the gate.
War has always been synonymous with terrible.
"What are you doing! You untouchables don't leave quickly, if you miss a major event in the army, your whole family will be beheaded! ”
Seeing this, the soldier and sentry officer in the city gate were furious, and directly swung his knife and slashed at a big man who was on top of the gate.
If it is ordinary, this sentry officer is angry, these ordinary people must be cowardly, but whether or not they can progress at this time is a matter of life and death for them, how can a sentry stop it with two sentences, and still stand together without flinching.
There is a city gate in front of the road, and the back is full of people who want to enter the city, this big man who just rushed to the front has nowhere to hide in the face of chopping and hitting the big knife, in his frightened look, the big knife in the hand of the sentry officer does not stop, the knife rises and falls, a good head soars up, and he dies on the spot.
"Ahh Killed! ”
The hot blood and falling human heads woke up the crowd at once, and they all looked at the big knife in the sentry's hand in horror.
"Don't go back yet! If there is another person who storms the city gate, the fate will be the same as him! ”
The sentry who cut off a human head with a knife held his head arrogantly, raised the big knife in his hand, looked at the people outside the door through the gap in the gate, and shouted.
"The officers and soldiers slaughtered the people, didn't give us a way to live, and fought for him!"
The dripping blood and the sound of neat footsteps faintly getting closer and closer behind him stimulated the people outside the door, and suddenly a middle-aged man showed a hideous look on his face, and he took the lead and wanted to rush towards the sentry inside the door.
"That's right! These dog officials know how to bully our people, and fight with him! ”
Seeing this, the other people behind him were also enthusiastic, and a group of hundreds of people crowded towards the city gate.
"Oh no! These untouchables have rebelled, quick, close the gates to me! ”
The murderous sentry officer was also startled by the sudden outbreak of ferocity of the people outside the door, and was so frightened that he hurriedly retreated dozens of steps, and in a panic beckoned people to block the gate.
For a while, the entire south city gate was not lively, and the people and soldiers guarding the city inside and outside the gate pushed together fiercely across the city gate.
"Report! General, there was a riot among the people and defenders outside the gate of Sanli Town in front! ”
One kilometer away, a scout hurried to the front of the formation and reported to Bai Yunxuan.
This time, under the leadership of Qin Liangyu, the fifth battalion of the Western Army followed Sima Yu to the east of the Yangtze River on the battleship of the South Battalion of the Navy Division, and landed directly in the north of Horseshoe Mountain in the east of Yangshi County, and 50,000 Western troops all landed in the north of Horseshoe Mountain yesterday.
After a night's rest, 50,000 Western Army divided troops along the Horseshoe Mountain to attack the German army in Baisha County, Sanli Town is located in the northernmost point, just the closest to the landing point of the Western Army, Liu Shiyu is responsible for leading the troops to attack this road, Bai Yunxuan is the captain under Liu Shiyu, the vanguard army, leading 2,000 troops to open the road.
The Western Army, based on the white pole soldiers under the command of Qin Liangyu, and later absorbed a large number of young and strong people from the Beishan tribes, which was specially prepared by Sima Yu for the future conquest of the surrounding states, all of which were the most suitable mountain infantry for fighting in the mountains and forests, and this battle came in handy.
"Quickly report to General Liu, the personal guards, follow me!"
Hearing the scout's report, Bai Yunxuan immediately did not hesitate, and directly beckoned 200 personal soldiers to leave the formation and quickly rush to Sanli Town.
In the battle of Hexing Town that year, after Bai Wenxuan died on the battlefield, Bai Yunxuan led his troops to surrender to Sima Yu.
After serving Sima Yu, due to defeat and surrender, Bai Yunxuan had been in the ranks of local county soldiers before he was in the army, and it was also after Sima Yu called the king to expand the Fifth Army, Bai Yunxuan was able to be transferred to any lieutenant in the Western Army because of his rich combat experience.
Bai Yunxuan is still confident in his ability, but his position in the army has always been a little embarrassing due to his identity, and even Liu Shiyu, who had a lower position than him in the past, has climbed to the position of the commander of the first battalion of the Western Army, which makes him how willing.
Therefore, in this battle, Bai Yunxuan desperately wanted to refresh people's understanding of him through his exploits.
Most of the people who can be selected as the guards are the elite of the army, most of them are the original Beishan tribesmen, and running fast is what they are best at, and the 200 guards under the leadership of Bai Yunxuan have been killed less than 200 meters away from the west gate of Sanli Town in less than half an hour.
"The enemy is here! Ah, run! ”
"Ahh Let's go inside! ”
The speed at which Bai Yunxuan came was completely beyond the expectations of all the soldiers defending the city, and the guards of Sanli Town, who had just received the news, had not yet had time to board the city wall, and the people and soldiers inside and outside the city wall panicked.
"Shoot the arrows!"
On the city tower, the battalion officer of the soldiers guarding the city in Xicheng hurriedly ordered loudly when he saw this.
"Woo Woo Woo ~ "
Hundreds of arrows were fired swiftly down the tower.
"Raise your shield!"
Seeing this, Bai Yunxuan's speed under his feet did not decrease, and he immediately ordered loudly.
As soon as his voice fell, the 200 guards around him quickly took off a delicate round shield from his waist that was only half a square meter in size and had a very smooth shield, and the 200 people leaned together to form a shield array, forming a whole and continuing to kill in the direction of the city gate.
"Not good! Clear everyone outside the gates and close them quickly! ”
Seeing this, Wei Wu, the guard general of Sanli Town, who had ascended the city tower, changed his face greatly, and immediately ordered the soldiers who were still entangled with the people under the city.
At this time, I can't care about hurting the lives of innocent people, and the people of Baiyunxuan under the city are elite at a glance, if they are entangled, Sanli Town may be out of danger soon!
"Ahh~"
Countless screams immediately sounded in the city, the archers in the city directly released their arrows, dozens of people who could not avoid it were shot on the spot, and the others did not dare to continue to entangle, and they retreated one after another, and the original entangled scene was quickly emptied.
"Crunch~"
With the sound of the axle turning, the gate slowly closes.
"I want to close the door! It's not that easy, tie and! ”
The rain of arrows on the city tower did not cause much obstruction to Bai Yunxuan, and it had been killed less than 20 meters away from the city gate, and seeing that the opportunity was about to slip away, Bai Yunxuan shouted.
"Huh~"
As soon as Bai Yunxuan's voice fell, a corner of the log shield array was quickly opened, and a personal guard jumped out, holding a longbow and an arrow to shoot towards the city gate.
"Duh!"
At the moment when the city gate was about to close, a sharp arrow was inserted between the two gates, blocking the closure of the city gate.
"Whew!"
"Ahh
Seeing this, a soldier inside the door stretched out his hand to pull out the arrow, but another sharp arrow shot directly through the gap and firmly inserted it into his hand holding the tail of the arrow.
"Hah!"
With just a few breaths of delay, Bai Yunxuan had already rushed over, jumped up and kicked heavily on the door, kicking open a gap.
"Kill!"
Taking advantage of this gap, the 200 guards who followed swarmed in and killed the soldiers defending the city.
"Stop them for me!"
The guard of Sanli Town, Wei Wu, also immediately led his troops to meet him.
Immediately a fierce battle broke out at the west gate.