Chapter 1871: Take the city
Raiding the enemy army is a big deal for Dianjiang City, and the generals who are responsible for guarding the city gate are under tremendous pressure.
"Who are the defenders of the city, open the gates quickly, and the enemy will chase after them." Zhang Ren stepped forward and shouted.
The defenders of the city looked a little frightened when they heard these sounds, the enemy army came after at such a time, which means that the surprise attack on the enemy army tonight failed, and they certainly did not get the news before the raid, but when the army left the city, many of the defenders saw it with their own eyes.
"Where are General Li Yan and General Fei Guan?" The goalkeeper said cautiously.
Zhang Ren's voice replied eagerly: "The enemy army learned of this surprise attack in advance, set up an ambush in the camp, and on the way to retreat, Zai Xia and General Li Yan were separated. ”
Through the light of the fire outside the city, the general defending the city saw the situation of the army outside the city, the clothes were ragged, and many soldiers could not hide the panic on their faces, obviously they had just experienced a crushing defeat.
"Who are you? Why hasn't General Ben seen you before? The goalkeeper asked.
"Zai Nai is a captain in the city, and the general is high and powerful, so he naturally doesn't recognize him." While answering, Zhang Ren kept looking back, as if the enemy might kill at any time.
"There used to be such a captain in the city?" The goalkeeper asked.
"General, this person is known to the last general, he is a captain in the army, and the last general and this person have also drunk in the restaurant." Qin Du said in a low voice.
When the gatekeeper heard these words, he did not hesitate and opened the city gate.
Zhang Ren suppressed the joy in his heart, his words were only said after Pang Tong's guidance, as for the specific reason, Pang Tong did not tell him, Zhang Ren also understood that no matter how he dressed, as long as the guards were cautious, it was difficult to deceive the city gate, with Li Yan's cautious character, the people who guarded the city gate must be the generals who relied on him.
Things went smoothly beyond Zhang Ren's imagination, but after the city gate was opened, Zhang Ren thanked him and led the soldiers into the city gate without the slightest hesitation.
After entering the city gate, the spear in Zhang Ren's hand shook, and a defender was caught off guard and fell directly in a pool of blood.
When the news of the change at the gate reached the city, the face of the gatekeeper changed greatly, and he hurriedly ordered the soldiers of the city to rush to the city gate.
Qin Du suddenly pulled out the sword at his waist, beheaded the gatekeeper to death, and shouted: "We have taken refuge in the King of Jin, and those who surrender will not be killed!" ”
More than 100 people around Qin Du were the private soldiers of the Qin family, and this was also after Li Yan took over the defense of Dianjiang, he asked the family to send troops to help defend the city in order to weaken the power of the family, and these private soldiers were naturally absolutely loyal forces.
The private soldiers of the Zhang family and the Zhao family responded one after another, before this, they had already secretly gone to the same city wall, which was also agreed in advance, Li Yan violated the interests of the family, and the Zhang family and the Zhao family planned to betray Li Yan.
In the successive sieges of the enemy, so that the family did not see the hope of victory, in this situation, it is reasonable for them to choose to take refuge, the private soldiers of the three families gathered in one place, there are three hundred people, this is an extremely strong force, especially in the battle, the private soldiers of the family are not afraid of death, will not retreat because of the strength of the enemy, they get the order, will not retreat, this is also a very terrible scene of the private soldiers on the battlefield.
If the defenders of the city are the elite of the army, in the face of such an attack by the family's private soldiers, there is naturally no problem, they can bring great damage to the family's private soldiers through close cooperation, but at this time, most of the soldiers in the city have not been fought, the gatekeeper general was killed, and the rebellion of the robe Ze made many soldiers give up resistance directly.
With the strategy of more than 300 private soldiers led by Qin Du, Zhang Ren was able to easily enter the city.
"Qin Du pays a visit to the general." Qin Duyao saluted.
After Zhang Ren first saw Qin Du coming, he was still a little vigilant, after all, there were quite a few soldiers who followed Qin Du, but after seeing Qin Du's actions, he had a realization in his heart, this must be Pang Tong's internal response in the city, but with Qin Du's help, it was much easier to capture.
"General Qin, now Li Yanzheng is leading his troops and horses to fight with our army, maybe he will return later, you lead two hundred men to defend the city wall, and you must not let the enemy enter the city.
"Whoa." Qin Du hugged his fists.
After Zhang Ren, there were 4,000 soldiers who entered the city.
With Zhang Ren's orders, the 4,000 army was divided into four parts, seizing the other city gates, and the remaining part was to capture the enemy's camp.
The success of this raid on Dianjiang made Zhang Ren more in awe of Pang Tong, and he was able to judge the enemy's movements through clues, so as to make actions that were more beneficial to his own side, which is what a top strategist should have, it is undeniable that Li Yan did a very tight job when defending the city, if Li Yan did not lead the army out of the city to sneak attack, if he wanted to break through Dianjiang, it would take some means.
And the situation in the army made Li Yan have to make such a choice, Zhang Ren is also a general in the army, he understands how anxious Li Yan is in the case of repeated setbacks in the defenders, no matter who is the main general in the army, he will also think about recovering the disadvantage.
In the face of the siege of the defenders, there were no elite cavalry in the army, and Li Yan was more likely to choose a night attack camp.
The arrangement of Pang Tong in the city in advance played a key role, and the private soldiers of the Zhang family, the Zhao family, and the Qin family gathered together to help Zhang Ren easily seize the city gate.
In the Chang'an army, Li Yan and Fei Guan are under tremendous pressure, among which the situation in Fei Guan's army is the most miserable, under the ravages of thousands of cavalry, their formation has been completely torn apart, and the Chang'an army that is killing by the trend is constantly wreaking.
Fei Guan reluctantly gave the order to retreat, and the current situation was no longer capable of causing greater damage to the enemy.
The cavalry did not pursue the retreating Fei Guan, but thought about killing on the east side of the camp.
According to Pang Tong, no matter what kind of strategy the enemy army has, as long as the soldiers in the army are not flustered in the face of war, relying on the superiority of the army is enough to defeat the enemy, in the face of absolute strength, no matter how arrogant the enemy army is, it can only be defeated in the end, not to mention this enemy raid, Pang Tong also sent Zhang Ren to raid Dianjiang, if it succeeds, Li Yan and others will be homeless and can only leave in panic.
(End of chapter)