Under the vast night sky, tens of thousands of Hexi troops, like wolves, quickly migrated south by moonlight. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Thousands of troops and horses galloped rapidly on the Longxi Plateau, and it was like a rolling torrent, and the momentum was fierce and fierce.

At this time, twenty miles away in Guangwu City, except for a few night watchmen, many Nanliang soldiers had fallen asleep peacefully.

The defenders didn't expect that tens of thousands of Hexi troops were quietly attacking at this moment.

It was almost midnight, and the Hexi army was gradually approaching Guangwu City.

The Nanliang soldiers, who were originally in charge of guarding the city, had faintly heard the vibration sound of a war horse galloping in the distance.

At first, everyone thought it was thunder, but the sound caused by the galloping of the war horse became louder and louder, and the boom almost deafened people's ears.

At this time, everyone realized that the situation was not good, and immediately reported it to the guard.

After hearing the news, the guard hurriedly went up to the city wall, squinted his eyes, and looked into the distance, trying to find the Hexi army hidden in the night.

As everyone knows, the Hexi army, which was running wildly in the night, looked at the outline of the city faintly visible in the distance, drew their bows and arrows, and prepared to attack.

Looking from afar, the torches on Guangwu City reached the sky, and the Nanliang defenders on the city were lined up, looking nervously to this side.

When the Hexi army was less than a thousand steps away from Guangwu City, Wang Zhen came to Wei Shuo's side and reminded with a smile: "Lord, the distance is almost over. ”

"With the speed of the sprint of the war horse in front of you, it only takes a few breaths to rush to the defenders."

Wei Shuo bowed his head slightly, and casually ordered: "Well, tell the four generals Fuqu Nancheng, Wang Zhongde, Kang Long, and Qigan Ali, and order the army to quickly gallop close and shoot, and take advantage of the unpreparedness of the defenders to kill them by surprise." ”

"Hehe, don't worry, my lord, it's just a small Guangwu city, and it's still difficult for our Hexi Army."

"Don't take it lightly, after the rush is over, the infantry quickly carry out the siege, move quickly, and do not give the enemy time to breathe."

"No, my subordinates obey."

Realizing that the situation was not good, the defender of Guangwu City hurriedly urged his men to meet the enemy.

At this moment, there was a sudden sound of swishing breaking the air in the night sky.

Even though the sound was muffled by the loud roar of the horses galloping, as a nomadic tribe, the guards could tell for the first time that it was the sound of an arrow breaking through the air.

He hurriedly turned his head and shouted at the unresponsive soldiers, "Quick, hide quickly, there are bows and arrows coming." ”

It's a pity that the guard general's reminder was a step too late after all, and as soon as his words fell, a wave of dense arrows fell from the sky under the cover of night.

Suddenly, one after another, pops and screams sounded on the top of the city.

Even the unlucky deputy general of Guangwu City was unfortunately shot by an arrow, and after a muffled snort, he fell directly under the city.

Due to the suddenness of the incident, the defenders did not expect the Hexi army to use cavalry to raid first, so that under several waves of arrows, the defenders suffered heavy casualties, and more than two adults fell on the city.

"General, it's not good, the Hexi Army is attacking the city!"

With a terrible scream, Guangwu City was instantly overwhelmed by the surging Hexi Army......

In 392 AD, in mid-April, the Western Regions capital guard Shuo suddenly led 50,000 foot cavalry southward, kicking off the prelude to the southern expedition.

The Hexi Army moved extremely quickly, and in ten days it had crossed the Hongchi Ridge and successfully surrounded Guangwu.

Guangwu is an important military town in Nanliang, and there are more than 10,000 soldiers stationed in the city.

With the failure of persuasion, Wei Shuo immediately issued an order to siege the city.

The crossbowmen of the Hexi Army started first, and the huge stone throwers and bed crossbows were pushed all the way to the bottom of Guangwu City.

Looking at the terrifying and sharp siege equipment outside the city, the defenders were full of panic and looked like a catastrophe was coming.

In an instant, crossbows and cannons were fired in unison, and the sound of breaking the air suddenly rose, causing a commotion among the defenders in the city.

The stones weighing dozens of catties were thrown into the air by stone throwers and ballistas, swept past the low city wall of Guangwu, and then smashed diagonally towards the defenders behind the city wall.

The defenders who were caught off guard were killed by the stones that cut their heads and covered their faces.

Originally, the city was full of dense soldiers, but who knew that it became sparse now.

Everywhere you look, there are screaming and screaming Xianbei soldiers, as well as broken arms, stumps, hearts, livers, spleens and lungs scattered all over the place.

Almost all of the Xianbei soldiers who were lucky enough to not die witnessed how the robes around them were smashed by stones and shattered their bones.

Many people were shocked by the tragic scene of flesh and blood flying in front of them, and fell into a state of trance.

And the Hexi Army, as the enemy, no matter how the Xianbei people felt, was launching wave after wave of offensives against Guangwu City.

Countless stones mixed with crossbow arrows kept coming, and some Xianbei soldiers who were in a daze were taken away by crossbow arrows like strings of sugar gourds and flew down the city wall before they could recover their senses.

After nearly seven years of dormancy, accumulation, and development, the Hexi Army has developed into a single branch of the army, and has developed into a mixed army composed of crossbowmen, archers, cavalry, and other arms.

Each branch of the armed forces performs its own duties, and each has a special military academy to train reserve officers.

Taking crossbowmen as an example, all operators, observers, and commanding generals are all proficient in arithmetic.

In wartime, simple calculations can be used to roughly estimate the flight path of stones, and then carry out precision strikes, so that long-range equipment such as ballistas can be more powerful.

After the correction is fired, the stones fired by the crossbowmen will land more accurately, causing more casualties to the defenders.

Witnessing people being smashed into flesh by stones the size of a millstone, the defending sergeants were terrified and demoralized.

The ballista and bed crossbow bombardment continued for a quarter of an hour, and did not stop until no one was seen standing on the top of the city.

Knock knock! The rumbling war drums sounded, and under the cover of the longbowmen, the sword and shield soldiers raised their shields and slaughtered the Guangwu city wall.

Suddenly, the shouts of killing shook the sky, and the enemy and us launched a fierce battle for the city.

Wang Zhongde, Fuqu Nancheng, Kang Long, Qigan Ali and others each took some men and horses and rushed up to the four city walls.

Although the Xianbei people kept throwing stones and shooting arrows, the soldiers still rushed up the city wall with the help of cloud ladders.

As soon as they jumped onto the city wall, everyone slaughtered the defenders, and a large number of Xianbei soldiers fell one after another with the flash of the sword.

Kang Long was the most courageous, only to see that his mace killed the Xianbei people and retreated one after another, and soon broke the deadlock and seized a section of the city wall.

At the same time, generals such as Wang Zhongde, Fuqu Nancheng, and Xue Li (Qigan Ali) also successfully captured part of the city wall.

With the passage of time, more and more Hexi troops attacked the city wall, and under the leadership of Kang Long, Wang Zhongde and other generals, the defenders were powerless to fight back.

In the face of the powerful offensive of the Hexi army, the Xianbei defenders in the city no longer thought about defending the city, except for a few people who were still resisting stubbornly, the rest of the people surrendered to the Hexi army one after another, in order to save their lives.

From the siege of the city by the Hexi army to the final capture of the city, it took less than two hours in total.

All the defenders in the city were destroyed, including 3,000 beheaded and more than 6,000 captured.

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When the sky was about to dawn, Guangwu officially fell into the hands of Hexi.

Accompanied by the generals, Wei Shuo walked into the city with his head held high and held an impromptu meeting to discuss his next move.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the first battle was fought beautifully, not only successfully captured Guangwu, but also shocked the enemy's courage with a sharp offensive."

"But after all, Nanliang still has tens of thousands of cavalry, and his strength cannot be underestimated."

"The enemy will definitely fight back next, so I hope you will be cautious."

"Obey the instructions of the Protector of the Majority."

"Next, continue to discuss the military situation, suppress evil, Xuanbo, what are the new movements of the enemy?"

"Back to the lord, there was an urgent report from the scouts just now, saying that Nanliang had learned that Guangwu had been attacked and had strengthened the defense of Ledu City."

"In addition, the bald Wei Tan not only notified the bald Lilu to withdraw his troops, but also sent an envoy to ask for help from Western Qin."

"Well, it seems that the bald Wei Tan is not stupid, he knows that Nanliang alone can't beat Hexi, so he wants to drag Xiqin into the water."

"My lord, the beggar Qiangui knows the truth of the death of the lips and the cold of the teeth, and it is not surprising that he will not sit back and watch Nanliang perish."

Hearing this, Kang Long said disdainfully: "Hmph, if the Western Qin soldiers dare to come, they don't need to protect most of them, and the last general will lead the troops to chop them up." ”

At this time, Wang Zhongde, Qi Gan Ali, Fuqu Nancheng and other generals also shouted: "That's right, if you dare to meddle in the Nanliang War, tens of thousands of iron horsemen in Hexi will definitely set foot in Xiqin." ”

Seeing that the generals were talking more and more, Wei Shuo's face sank and he said coldly: "Okay, what are you talking about?" It's just a win, what's the big deal? It's not too late to talk about these nonsense after the destruction of Western Qin. ”

After scolding the generals, Wei Shuo turned around and discussed countermeasures with Cui Hong and Wang Zhenwei.