0659 Whatever It Takes
"Impact!"
The shouting order started, and the Jizhou army array rushed straight to the state camp.
The sword and shield soldiers covered, and the spearmen pierced the barracks through the fence and poked at the state army in the camp!
The garrison and state troops also responded in the same way. Swords and shields are protected, and spears and halberds fight back!
"Crossbowman, shoot!"
The crossbowmen in the camp are concentrated in the center of the camp and shoot arrows at the enemy troops outside the camp.
The offensive channel was narrow, the attacking Jizhou army was more concentrated, and under the dense rain of arrows, a large number of Jizhou sergeants were wounded by arrows.
Wave after wave of attacks, heavy losses on both sides.
The Jizhou army on the attacking side suffered far more casualties than the Bingzhou army defending the camp.
The battle was bloody and tragic, and everyone was red-eyed.
Stimulated by blood, the recruits who had just joined the army forgot their fears at the beginning of the war, rose up with swords and guns, and fought desperately.
The Jizhou army stormed the camp for the first time, but failed.
The Jizhou army was unwilling to withdraw......
Inside and outside the camp, countless corpses. The state of affairs is unbearable to witness.
In the camp, the soldiers in charge of logistics carried the wounded comrades down and began to clean up the bodies of the dead comrades.
"The enemy is attacking again!" A recruit pointed to the outside of the camp and shouted.
"Shout!" The veteran yelled as he wrapped himself around the wound on his arm.
Outside the camp, dozens of Jizhou soldiers, with a thin bamboo pole stuck in their waists, and a white cloth floating on the bamboo pole, were silently walking in the direction of the camp.
"Raised by a son of a bitch, dare to come!" A recruit grabbed his spear and was about to rush over, but was grabbed by the veteran soldier on the side.
"Stay! This is the enemy's corpse collection team, who came to clean up the corpse, and cannot be killed, this is the rule of the battlefield! ”
With tears on his face, the recruit shouted, "They killed our brothers!" ”
"You killed their brother too." The veteran said lightly, "When you join the army and fight, it is inevitable that you will die in battle one day, and you will die." Don't want your brothers to transport your body back home? ”
"No!" The recruit patted his chest and said, "On the day I joined the army, Captain Chen said it when he gave us a lecture, and he said, said, ...... Yes. Right! Captain Chen said that wherever you dig a pit, you can bury people, so why bring the body home......
Chen Yucheng was passing by, heard the recruit's bold words, and walked over.
"Little brother. It's a bit imposing. That sentence is: Qingshan buries loyal bones everywhere, why bother to return the body of the horse leather. Serve the country loyally and be determined to die on the battlefield, that's right. However, when people die in the ground, they will wait for the day of rebirth, and then they will be good men and gallop across the field! ”
"Captain, I also know that I should be good to my brother. But why let the enemy collect the corpses? ”
Chen Yucheng gently patted the recruit's shoulder: "We are people, not animals......
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"The enemy is attacking. Get ready to defend! ”
The alarm came from the sentry post again, bloody battle, again!
This time, the Jizhou army was more well prepared and the offensive momentum was more fierce.
The battle is also more tragic......
In the distance, in Xu Huang's camp.
On the simple watchtower, Xu Huang pressed his hand on the hilt of his sword, silently watching the bloody battle.
The enemy surrounded Chen Yucheng's camp from three sides, from the north and south. Launch wave after wave of attacks.
To the east, there are barren mountains and no road.
To the west, the enemy deployed heavy troops.
Zhang He and Chun Yuqiong's intentions couldn't be more obvious.
You can let Chen Yucheng escape. But he could only flee from the east, to the boundless mountains, to the hinterland of Jizhou, and become a rogue. And Chen Yucheng and Xu Huang will never be allowed to converge.
The attacks on the north and south roads became more and more fierce, and the town guarded the west. The Jizhou military formation, which was responsible for blocking the communication between the two military camps in Bingzhou, never moved.
Xu Huang watched Chen Yucheng become a unit, trapped in a lonely camp.
He wanted to go out to the rescue, however, he couldn't be impulsive now.
Separated between the two battalions, there are only two or three thousand men and horses, and these soldiers and horses are not enough to block the impact of Xu Huang's elite generals.
However, Xu Huang saw it very clearly. The besieging of Chen Yucheng's camp, plus the enemy troops who blocked the communication between the two battalions, totaled no more than 10,000 people. Excluding the enemy troops defending the city and camp, and excluding the casualties, there are at least 5,000 enemy troops who have not been dispatched!
If, on the spur of the moment, he led his troops out of the camp to support Chen Yucheng's troops, then the enemy's reserve forces would definitely be dispatched immediately and take the opportunity to attack the riverside camp!
And the riverside camp is the key to delaying the enemy's footsteps.
Once lost, the enemy advances, and can take advantage of the situation to pursue. retreat, you can hold the east bank of the Qingzhang water, and immediately rush to the aid of Hanoi.
The lives of Chen Yucheng's three thousand brothers are at stake, but Xu Huang remembers more clearly the words of his lord Liu Mang before leaving.
Participating in the war, dozens of generals, and the lord Liu Mang, only summoned the two of them. Moreover, it was a long gallop across the Yellow River, and the king summoned the two of them.
The lord Liu Mang and the commander Xu Da gave them only one task: to lure out and contain the enemy of Yecheng.
And the only requirement for this task is: at any cost!
Sacrifice is inevitable.
Compared to the global victory, any local losses are worth it.
The enemy army does not move, there is no absolute certainty, Xu Huang can't move!
Although it has been full of blood and rain on the battlefield, it is so difficult to ignore the blood and the miserable wails of the brothers!
However, as a general, you must have an iron heart!
Xu Huang, standing on the watchtower, quietly watched......
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Chen Yucheng and his subordinate officers have repelled three enemy attacks in succession.
It was dark, and the enemy finally gave up.
However, the enemy troops did not return to the city. Instead, a simple camp was set up not far from the camp.
The attitude of the enemy army was very resolute - they would not give up until they broke through the camp.
The attitude of the enemy army is also very arrogant - if you have the guts, come and rob the camp!
The enemy army has an advantage in strength, and must have been prepared in advance, so that it can be so fearless.
Chen Yucheng will not be fooled.
Hold off the enemy and win. If you venture out of the camp, you will only fall into the trap of the enemy.
The officers and men of the battalion used the rare time to repair the damaged camp and nibble on the cold dry food.
In a clearing in the middle of the camp, there is a "hill" covered with white silk cloth. There are piles of dead soldiers' bodies there, and there is no time to bury them......
Outside the camp, at the foot of the mountain, bright torches were lit.
It was the Jizhou army, digging deep pits overnight to bury the bodies.
Their losses were several times greater than those of the state army. The piles of corpses of the Jizhou army are the pride of the warriors guarding the camp!
It was dawn, and the enemy did not attack.
Towards noon, the enemy forces assembled again!
Dozens of phalanxes, larger and stronger.
Rain of arrows, kick off another offensive and defensive battle!
The arrows like a rainstorm indicate that this battle will be more tragic than the previous ones!
On the battlefield, the shouts of the soldiers can no longer be heard.
Their voices were already hoarse, and they had no power to shout anymore, so they poured all their strength into their arms, hands, and weapons, and stabbed at the enemy on the opposite side!
Again and again, the wooden fence of the camp was overwhelmed.
"Quack......
"Boom ......"
Finally, under the continuous impact of the enemy, a walled wall collapsed!
Several soldiers, too late to dodge, were detained below by the wooden fence!
"Rush!"
"Whew......"
The enemy let out a hoarse cry and swarmed towards the gap in the camp! (To be continued.) )