Chapter 339: Recovering Liaodong (1)
The fleet set off mightily, and Tai Shici stood on the deck of the flagship, looking into the distance, and his heart was full of emotion. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
At a time when the people of the world were afraid of the sea, Tai Shici never thought that he would sail to the deep sea with such a fleet.
The sky was getting dark, and the sailors who operated the power had already rotated their teams, and the captain at the helm adjusted the course from time to time with the guidance of the compass, and sailed to Liaodong day and night.
The northern front was led by Gao Shun as the commander and Zhang Ning as the military division, and according to the plan made in advance, 150,000 soldiers and horses were mobilized to advance from Xuanfu County, Youbeiping County and Saiwai three roads, each of which was divided into several detachments, and the defenders deployed by Gongsun Du were cleared all the way.
Gongsun Du didn't care about the defeat in the early stage, and let Jiang Sheng's troops march, while he mobilized elite troops with all his might, intending to concentrate superior forces to annihilate the Tianyu Department of Xuansu County?
Tian Yu's team concentrated the warriors of the Saibei and Goryeo races, all of whom were brave warriors, and did not flinch from the encirclement and suppression of Gongsun Du's 100,000-strong army, but marched south according to the predetermined plan.
The 30,000 advance troops sent by Gongsun Du first encountered Tian Yu's troops, and Tian Yu's army of soldiers and horses was 30,000 people, so was he afraid that he wouldn't win one-on-one?
Tian Yu sent 5,000 elite cavalry to lure the enemy deeper, and then the rest of the soldiers and horses attacked in two ways.
It was early spring, the snow and water were blending, the grassland was full of muddy water, and Tian Yu's soldiers and horses had lived in this environment for a long time, and there was almost no impact, but Gongsun Du's advance force was transferred from Lelang County, and he was not familiar with the geomorphological environment in the north of Xuansu.
After the battle began, Tian Yu's 5,000 elite cavalry stepped on the snow and water to kill the enemy, and the mud from the bottom of the grass splashed from under the horse's hooves and flew in all directions, and the 5,000 cavalry interspersed into the array of Gongsun Qian's army in this mud.
Blood and mud wrapped around the two fighting teams, and people kept falling off their horses, trampled by the jumble of horses' hooves.
Tian Yu's cavalry is not afraid of death, and Gongsun Qian's forward army is also showing its edge, although not accustomed to this environment, but the courage to fight still prevails, originally to lure the enemy, but now it is entangled, Tian Yu's five thousand elite cavalry turned to lure the enemy to attack, and Gongsun Du's forward army fought together.
Tian Yu could see it clearly on the high slope in the distance, Gongsun Du's soldiers and horses had been intertwined with his five thousand fine riding dogs, and it was difficult to separate them anymore, so he ordered the banner soldiers to send out the banner, and all the soldiers and horses went out with all their might.
Five thousand elite horsemen were not afraid of death, dragging 30,000 enemy troops, their knives were rolled up, their bodies were full of blood, everyone was covered with colors, and in the face of several times their own enemy troops, they were not afraid and were still fighting.
Tian Yu personally led all the soldiers and horses to kill, the battlefield situation has been reversed, his five thousand elite cavalry is enough to make the enemy cold, and now the whole army is pressing, and the combat power is extraordinary, and there is only one word in the eyes of all the soldiers: kill!
30,000 against 30,000, but it became a one-sided slaughter, Tian Yu's grassland warriors used scimitars to give Gongsun Du a long memory, after more than three hours of fighting, the soldiers of the two armies were almost out of strength, but the number of Gongsun Du's forward army was rapidly decreasing, at dusk, the battle was nearing the end, and Tian Yu's soldiers were red-eyed, not letting go of any enemy.
After nightfall, the main force of Gongsun Du's army rushed to the place where the battle was fought during the day, and only a corpse remained, and it was a mess. Gongsun Du made people light the torches, check the battlefield situation, and counted out, and the 30,000 vanguard troops did not survive.
Although Tian Yu ate this army, he was also greatly injured, more than 10,000 people were killed in the battle, and most of the rest were wounded, so it was difficult to continue the attack, so he could only retreat for a hundred miles, set up camp, and change attack to defense.
Although Gongsun Du lost 30,000 people, but basically achieved the predetermined goal, the main force of the army entered the planned area, and at this time Gao Shun's army had conquered six cities, controlled most of the western Liaoning, and the team of officials sent by the trial and distribution followed behind the Gao Shun army.
After entering the territory of Liaodong, Gao Shun's troops divided into two routes, Bian Xi and Zhenggu led all the way north, attacking the counties in northwestern Liaoning, and Gao Shun led half of his troops and horses to attack Changli.
Zhang Ning also has a lot of plans for the fortification, at this time there are advanced siege weapons to assist, the battle to attack Changli is not too difficult, Gao Shun with heavy infantry to cover the light infantry slowly advance, these light infantry are carrying ladder car parts, some carry ladders, and Zhang Ning commanded the catapult array to suppress the defenders at the head of the city, Gao Shun's main force soon arrived at the city of Changli, and the light infantry hiding behind the heavy infantry quickly assembled the ladder car.
The defenders at the head of the city saw it clearly, and when they began to charge, they thought that the infantry wanted to attack the city with a ladder, and they were ready to push the ladder, but they did not wait for the ladder to be erected on the city wall.
There was not much time, and the ladder trucks were assembled, and the defenders were surprised, but they didn't dare to show their heads too much, because there were still large and small stone bullets flying in the air.
The guard hid behind the battlement and observed the situation, and when he saw that there were no stone bullets in the air, he shouted "Defend the city!" ”
Thousands of defenders stood up, and the bows and arrows in their hands began to pour down on Gao Shun's army, and the light infantry who took the lead in climbing the ladder car bore the brunt of the attack, and were killed by random arrows, killing and wounding more than 500 people in an instant.
Gao Shun secretly sighed that it was a pity, with a height of more than ten feet, these infantry would climb to the top of the city, but it was a pity that Gao Shun would not be stupid to let the heavy infantry enter the city. So he sent someone to inform Zhang Ning and continue to throw stones at the head of the city, Zhang Ning was a little unbearable, but the siege was imminent, and he had to work hard, and if he retreated, his morale would definitely be affected.
Zhang Ning's heart was horizontal, and he commanded the catapult array to continue long-distance support.
When Gao Shun saw that there were stone bullets attacking overhead, he ordered the light infantry to quickly enter the city, and at the same time told them to pay attention to avoiding stone bullets when killing the enemy. After the defenders at the head of the city were suppressed, the light infantry did not have much attrition when they landed in the city, although many people were killed and injured by their own stone bullets, but compared to being killed by random arrows, the casualty rate was almost negligible.
Seeing that Gao Shun's army did not avoid stone bullets and only attacked the city, the defenders were also heartbroken, and ordered the defenders to meet the enemy.
The stone bullets were whistling and flying overhead, and the soldiers of the two armies also started a fight at the head of the city, the stone bullets did not have long eyes, and when they fell to the top of the city, they were not only killed by the enemy, but also many of their own people, but at this moment it was a critical moment, and it was necessary to ensure that sufficient troops were sufficient to control the landing point.
Stone bullets flew one after another, and the soldiers of the two armies continued to fall, but the Gao Shun army under the city continued to attack the city, stabilized their position at the head of the city, and controlled more than ten landing points, Gao Shun only then notified Zhang Ning to stop firing stone bullets.
Seeing that there were no more stone bullets in the air, the defenders ordered all the defenders to go to the city to fight, trying to recapture the area controlled by the Gao Shun army, but everything was in vain, and the soldiers of the Gao Shun army piled up two walls of flesh with corpses, which blocked the counterattack of the defenders and covered more soldiers to climb the city.