Chapter 253: The Attack Is Blocked
The six archers holding bows and arrows in the back, when they shot the second round of bows and arrows, they all threw away the bows and arrows in their hands at once, suddenly lifted their weapons, shouted wildly, and quickly rushed to kill the four soldiers from the front in a group of three or three.
Although their second round of arrows was only six arrows, it directly caused the charging speed of the Yuan soldiers to pause, and at the same time shot three or two of them. This made the pressure of the four soldiers who rushed in front of them relaxed, and the four swords slammed into the crowd of Yuan soldiers who rushed out of the cave at once.
The soldiers of the New Han Army, who were close to each other, happened to be caught off guard by the soldiers of the Yuan Army, who were shot with bows and arrows, and four or five people were killed in an instant.
In this way, from the time the two crossbowmen fired their arrows, it was only a few breaths, and the soldiers of the Yuan army had already killed almost ten people. The soldiers of the Yuan army, who were the first to rush out, were killed almost instantly.
However, the Yuan soldiers in the cave behind them still rushed out frantically, and in the blink of an eye, the Yuan soldiers who rushed out suddenly reached dozens of people.
"There are few people in the New Han Army, brothers, don't be afraid, kill Lao Tzu! Kill them and we'll be able to retreat! The commander of the Yuan army, who led the troops, also rushed out of the cave at this moment, saw the situation on the cliff platform clearly at a glance, and hurriedly shouted loudly to order the sergeants to kill the dozen or so soldiers of the New Han Army.
"Kill!"
These soldiers of the Yuan Army, they also saw the situation of the soldiers of the New Han Army clearly, and also found that there were only ten people, for a while. Their hearts are unconsciously a little settled. completely ignored the fact that Fang Cai's own army was killed more than a dozen people in a row at once, thinking that if it was just a dozen or so soldiers of the New Han Army, they didn't seem to have to panic.
All of a sudden. They burst out with a terrifying murderous aura, roaring and rushing at the soldiers of the New Han Army.
In this way, the soldiers of the Yuan army, who were originally stunned, suddenly pressed forward. In the blink of an eye, there was a posture of surrounding the four soldiers of the New Han Army who were the first to rush and kill.
However, after such a short handover, it seems that there are only ten people in the New Han Army. Being killed by their Yuan soldiers seemed to be just a matter of falling with a knife. But when the battle really started, the soldiers of the Yuan Army could truly see the strength of the soldiers of the New Han Army, and the courage and tacit melee cooperation of the soldiers of the New Han Army.
Moreover. It seemed that the four soldiers of the New Han Army in front of him could be surrounded immediately, but in fact this was not the case.
Because, just when the soldiers of the Yuan army were swarming over, the six soldiers of the New Han Army who threw away their bows and arrows. In the blink of an eye, he had already come forward. They rushed up from the left and right of the four soldiers in groups of threes and threes. With a bang, several spears, solid and sharp, suddenly attacked the Yuan soldiers who wanted to outflank and kill the four soldiers of the New Han Army from both sides.
It may be a bit slow to say, but things are moving fast. And, the attack of the soldiers of the New Han Army, every step, every detail. It seems like they've all gone through countless rehearsals.
I saw that on both sides of the four soldiers of the New Han Army. Among the six soldiers of the New Han Army in groups of three or three, two of them each held a spear, and their spears, first of all, were like the usual attacks of the spear phalanx, and after a loud roar, they seemed to be unstoppable and stabbed out a shot at Xiang Ping. And this shot killed the four soldiers of the Yuan army in unison.
Soon, their spears were withdrawn as soon as they were stabbed. Then another powerful thrust. A few porphyries sounded into the flesh, and several Yuan soldiers who rushed over were stabbed, and, under the force of the four pikemen, directly pushed the Yuan soldiers back.
At this time, the soldiers who originally rushed over were naturally not only the ones who were stabbed separately. The soldiers of the Yuan army, who were not stabbed by the spears, raised their swords and were about to kill the four pikemen who had rushed to the front and had been exposed.
However, among them, there was a New Han Army soldier with a round hat shield on both sides, but they all flew forward in unison, and they used the round hat and shield in their hands to block all the knives and guns that hit the four pikemen.
Of course, the two soldiers with round caps and shields, after blocking the attack, themselves were exposed. However, the two soldiers who rushed to kill first with a shield in one hand and a knife in the other also recovered their breath and made up for it just right, not only resisting the attack of the Yuan soldiers, but also killing two or three of the Yuan soldiers.
The soldiers of the New Han Army, from the very beginning of the attack, cooperated with each other, and they had a tacit understanding, one link was closely linked to the other, and it was just right.
This, the battlefield is very complicated and chaotic, and there are more and more soldiers of the Yuan army, but the soldiers of the New Han Army can attack the routines in front of these Yuan soldiers, and they seem to be able to kill with ease.
Here, don't forget, there are two new Han soldiers who rushed forward first, holding a sword in one hand and a bow and crossbow in the other.
The two soldiers, who were still armed with bows and crossbows and had not yet fired arrows, suddenly seemed to be invisible after the six New Han soldiers rushed up behind them, and instead fell behind.
The soldiers of the Yuan army in the fierce battle did not notice the two soldiers with bows and crossbows for a while.
And these two soldiers armed with bows and crossbows, they quickly locked on to the target at this moment, and almost simultaneously aimed at the Yuan army commander who gave a loud order and ordered the Yuan soldiers to charge at the soldiers of the New Han Army.
In fact, in the wars of this ancient era, or in the ancient armies, under normal circumstances, soldiers who want to be promoted are promoted by military merit. Under normal circumstances, the combat ability of a team commander, whether in terms of his own martial arts or combat experience, is slightly inferior to him. And Duber is better than Shilong. The team rate is better than Dubo, and it is even stronger. Then the tun chief is stronger.
This refers to the promotion of ordinary soldiers under normal circumstances, and they are linked to their positions and their abilities. Those special circumstances, for example, Wei Yan in the Jingzhou army, take him out, compared with the general tun commander or a higher military general, then there is not much comparison.
What we are talking about here is just a comparison of ordinary soldiers.
It stands to reason that this fifty-man Xinhan army searching the mountains. The strongest ability is naturally the leader of the team, Dubo, but. Duber was still at the bottom of the cliff, and he hadn't climbed up for a moment. However, even if Du Bo came up, in terms of fighting alone, although the New Han Army was brave, but in terms of personal combat strength, I am afraid it was still a little inferior to the commander of Yuan Jun.
If you are killed by that tun commander into these ten new Han army. I'm afraid that no matter how fierce these ten soldiers of the New Han Army are, no matter how tacit they cooperate, I am afraid that they will not be the enemy of the tun chief.
So. At this time, it was the responsibility of the two soldiers of the New Han Army who had not fired crossbow arrows for a long time to shoot the enemy leaders who were difficult to match in their own army among the enemy troops.
This time. That Yuan army soldier tun chief. saw that his own soldiers were killed by these ten people of the New Han Army in the blink of an eye. For a while, he couldn't help but be furious, roared, pounced with his knife, and with a fierce wave, the knife flashed like a flash, wanting to kill a New Han Army soldier in front of him.
However, his angry sword was only raised. But he couldn't cut it down. Because, he was trembling all over at the moment. On his body, he had been shot by two crossbow arrows from the ground.
"Ah......h
Yuan Juntun was long, holding a knife, his bloody eyes widened, and he roared unwillingly, and the whole person fell to the ground heavily.
In the midst of the scuffle, he didn't even notice that someone was casting cold arrows at him. One arrow was aimed squarely at his face, and the other was aimed at his chest.
"Ah, head!"
"Oh no, they killed our leader."
……
"Kill!"
Among the soldiers of the Yuan army, many of them naturally saw their leader being shot. I couldn't help but be a little frightened for a while.
However, the soldiers of the New Han Army suddenly burst out with a loud roar and launched a new round of attack.
The frightened soldiers of the Yuan army, although they were frightened, they had also been driven to a dead end, and they could only fight bravely.
Jingle ......
The weapons clashed, and the two sides came together.
"Hold on, we're coming!"
The soldiers of the Yuan army have surrounded the ten soldiers of the New Han Army, although the soldiers of the New Han Army cooperate very tacitly and are very brave, but the two fists are difficult to defeat the four hands, and in an instant, there are soldiers who are injured in the lottery.
After all, there were only ten people, while the soldiers of the Yuan army numbered about two hundred.
However, just when these ten soldiers of the New Han Army were in danger, ten soldiers of the New Han Army climbed on the edge of the cliff again.
These ten soldiers, after their words attracted the attention of their brothers and Yuan Jun, they immediately fired bows and arrows and crossbow arrows respectively, which immediately disrupted the formation of Yuan soldiers besieging and killing the ten soldiers of the New Han Army.
The soldiers of the Yuan army, because they lost the command of the commander, looked particularly confused, and saw the soldiers of the New Han Army coming up from the edge of the cliff, they were at a loss for a while, and some of the soldiers of the Yuan Army wanted to divide their troops to kill the soldiers of the New Han Army on the edge of the cliff, but they were killed by fast arrows, and then, they were charged by the ten soldiers, which completely disrupted the rhythm of the soldiers of the Yuan Army.
It seems that the soldiers of the Yuan army occupy an absolute superiority in strength, but in the actual attack on the soldiers of the New Han Army, it is particularly difficult, their soldiers, dozens of dead, but it seems that they only injured a few soldiers of the New Han Army, but they have never been able to kill a soldier of the New Han Army head-on.
The soldiers of the New Han Army are so strong?
In the hearts of the soldiers of the Yuan army, there was a kind of invincible cowardice of the New Han Army.
The battle was fierce, but it didn't last long.
After another group of soldiers from the New Han Army came up, the soldiers of the Yuan Army confessed.
They began to flee, and when they could not, they fell to their knees and surrendered.
In the end, this skirmish ended with three or four soldiers of the New Han Army wounding three or four, and there were no casualties.
This is the result of the tacit understanding of the New Han Army and the ability to use their bodies as cover for their comrades. The disabled soldiers, they were cut off their hands and feet while blocking knives and guns for their comrades, and after rescue, they survived tenaciously.
Battles like this happen everywhere in these mountains.
All day long, in the mountains and forests, the shouts and screams were endless, but the small number of Yuan soldiers lurking in the mountains and forests were almost all pulled out by the New Han Army and killed them one by one.
When it came to camping at night, most of the mountainous areas from Zhao State to Maocheng had been cleared by the New Han Army, and according to the incomplete statistics of the New Han Army below, the soldiers of the Yuan Army were cleared in the mountains and mountains within a radius of dozens of miles. There were actually 30,000 or 20,000 horses, among them, they were directly killed. More than 20,000 people, more than 10,000 people were captured.
The officers and men of the Xinhan Army, in high spirits, boasted to their comrades in the camp about their search for mountains during the day, and described the process of their respective battles. I washed the depression of being attacked by Yuan soldiers in the early march.
However, Zhao Yun was a little angry and a little worried in the military tent.
It's not that there was anything wrong with the battle of their own army. Zhao Yun was still satisfied with today's mountain search operation, because in the process of searching for Yuan Jun's soldiers. The officers and men of the New Han Army showed their due combat effectiveness, and the casualties of their own army were minimal. So, for the results of the battles of their own army. Zhao Yun had nothing to say. And I want to commend the soldiers.
What made Zhao Yun angry was that Yuan Jun dared to dispatch so many troops at once to take the initiative to block his march, so that his army could not be killed under Maocheng according to the original plan. This, the plan to consult with Xi Zhicai, Tai Shici, Gongsun Chan and others to attack Maocheng, Guangping, and Yangping City together failed.
Now, he doesn't know what the situation of Tai Shi Ci and Gongsun Zhan's military horses is, and it is estimated that there will be no news until the second half of the night. He himself had already sent out fast horses. Go to Guangzong and report to Xi Zhicai what happened to his army.
What Zhao Yun was worried about. is worried that if his army cannot reach Maocheng in time, whether it will cause danger to the attacks of Tai Shici and Gongsun Zhan, and even, whether it will have a certain bad impact on the entire plan to eliminate Yuan Shao and seize Jizhou.
Soldiers, you are fast!
Zhao Yun had a very deep understanding of these four words, and he was worried that because his army could not attack Yuan's army as he did, it would affect the battle plan of the entire army of the New Han Army.
At the same time, the march of Tai Shi Ci and Gongsun Chan was also unfavorable.
Because, when they marched from Guangzong to Guangping and from Guantao to Yangping, they were attacked by the cavalry of the Yuan army.
It has always been the New Han army that attacked and harassed the enemy, and now, the Yuan army used the tactics of the New Han army to harass the New Han army in turn, which really made Tai Shici and Gongsun Zan a little annoyed.
Of course, although it was an attack, the result was different, and the Yuan army's attack on the New Han Army was not so much an attack as a containment. Because they simply did not dare to engage the New Han army in real battle. It just appeared from afar and attracted the attention of the new Han army.
But even so, the New Han Army can't ignore it, right? Even if Yuan's cavalry is not too much, it cannot be ignored. Because, once their army leaves Guangzong and Guantao, if these cavalry of Yuan's army invades their rear and attack, then the gains will outweigh the losses.
This, or perhaps one of the greatest weaknesses of the New Han Dynasty. Once the enemy invades his sphere of influence, he will be destroyed by the enemy. Even if it is the casualties of the people, the losses of the people must be counted as the losses of the New Han Dynasty. If the New Han Dynasty wants to firmly grasp the hearts of the people, it must protect the people within its own power. Empathize with the people.
You must know that when the people have nothing, the New Han Dynasty must take on the responsibility of sponsoring and guiding them to rebuild their homes and start a new life. All along, the New Han Dynasty has done exactly this, so that the people can support the court and make the people share the glory and disgrace with the New Han Dynasty. If the people who were already under the rule of the New Han Dynasty were attacked and destroyed by the enemy, the consequences would really not be imagined. At the very least, it will make the people who have already returned to the New Han Dynasty lose confidence in the New Han Dynasty if they have been hurt.
In this way, Tai Shi Ci and Gongsun Zhan had to slow down the attack towards the destination, and instead, like Zhao Yun, they had to send military horses to pursue those enemy troops and clear their rear.
In addition, the Qin Jie and Dian Wei armies, who launched an attack on Jizhou Hanoi from the Shangdang side, launched an attack all the way from Huguan to Hanoi, although they had no worries, because the Yuan army would not be able to enter the Shangdang area to cause chaos. However, their road out of the pass was still bumpy, and the defensive passes arranged by Yuan Jun over the years played a great role.
The mountain road was only twenty or thirty miles long, and the Yuan army desperately blocked layer by layer, taking advantage of the steep terrain that was not smoother than the mountain road from Chencang to Tianshui in Guanzhong, forcing the Qin Jie and Dian Wei armies to attack regardless of casualties.
This, it can also be seen from the other side, although the New Han Army is well-trained, brave in battle, and not afraid of sacrifice. However, under some specific environmental conditions, if you want to achieve a certain strategic goal within a specific time, this does not mean that you will be able to do it with a plan. In many cases, people are not as good as heaven, and not everything can be as people want.
Of course, the brutality of war can also be seen.
No matter how weak a prince is, when they are determined to fight to the death, they can indeed burst out with a kind of energy, and they are no longer lambs to be manipulated.
The lion fights the rabbit with all his might.
If the New Han Army wants to unify the Han Dynasty, it is impossible to pay without a certain amount of sacrifice.
However, even if he was a trick of all choices, he did not expect that Yuan Shao's tactics of putting himself to death and then being born did give the New Han Army a lot of trouble.
Originally, Zhao Yun thought that within one day, he had cleared most of the mountains from Zhao to Maocheng, so he would only need one more day to kill Maocheng. However, the next day, after ordering the New Han Army to search the mountains, it was found that Yuan Jun took advantage of the terrain of the mountains and detoured back to the back of his own army, and those mountains that had been searched found traces of Yuan Jun again. This time, Yuan's army no longer seemed to be lurking in the mountains, but was always moving, chasing the soldiers of the New Han Army scattered in the mountains and forests in search.
In this way, Zhao Yun estimated that in a short period of time, he was afraid that he would not be able to directly attack Maocheng, unless he really cared about the front and the back, and no longer cared about whether his rear would be attacked by Yuan's army. (To be continued......)