Chapter 139: Siege of the City Night
The camp was quickly set up, and Zhuang Yi sent a military order, telling the soldiers to have dinner early, and then rest and stand by, and then summoned a group of officers to the big tent to discuss the battle plan.
Wu Lu Shou Capture is the same as Yan Jun Shou Caught, the city walls are only about two zhang high, and in Zhuang Yi's eyes, it is probably more than five meters high, less than six meters. Although the defensive capability of a military city does not only depend on the height of the city wall, but also the morale, strength and combat power of the defending city, the low city wall will undoubtedly reduce the defense of the city.
There are about eight or nine hundred Bohai soldiers in the city, most of them are prisoners redeemed by Liucheng, if they are resolutely defended, Zhuang Yi's two thousand soldiers are difficult to conquer in a short time, but they have the experience of being defeated and captured, and they are mediocre generals like Wu Chongli, and their morale is not high in any case.
Such a good opportunity, how could Zhuang Yi let it go, if it dragged on for a few more days, Gao Jingcheng, the general of the Southern Guard, would lead his troops to arrive, and everything would be a big game. On the contrary, if the occupation is quickly caused by the facts, even if Gao Jingcheng comes, he will hesitate, because this is not the inherent territory of the Bohai people, and the garrison here not only does not have taxes, but also subsidizes a large amount of grain and grass.
The land of Liaodong, whether it is the Tang Dynasty, or the Lulong Festival, or the Bohai people, is regarded as a piece of chicken ribs, tasteless food, and it is a pity to abandon it. But now, this piece of chicken ribs is rushing to be wanted, and the value will undoubtedly multiply suddenly.
So if you want to grab it, you have to grab it and swallow it immediately, and you must not drag it. Although Zhuang Yi couldn't swallow Liaodong, it was more than enough to swallow the entire Yingzhou. If he still wants to swallow Liaodong, with his current strength, he will only be beaten by fat, and he also has this self-knowledge.
After the deliberations were over, it was still early, Zhuang Yi sent away a group of officers, leaving a regiment of chief and deputy lieutenants Shi Dazhong and Sha Gu, and chief and deputy supervisors Mei Tu and Kang Zhengming, and personally raised the order, asking them to lead a thousand soldiers to set off immediately, and before noon tomorrow at the latest, they must take Huaiyuan and arrest it, and then garrison it on the spot and wait for the military order.
Soon after a group of soldiers left from a detour more than ten miles south of the military city, the sky became dark. Zhuang Yi summoned the officers of the three regiments, assigned the combat mission, and asked everyone to go down to prepare, half an hour later, the sky was completely dark, the night at the beginning of this month, the moon had not appeared for a long time, and the night provided a strong cover for military operations.
"Gao Baonu! You led the three regiments of the left battalion and the two to climb the city with me to seize the gate, and the rest of the eight hundred soldiers, led by Punu and Nerigo, waited for the city gate to be opened, and then led the troops to rush in. ”
"Humble obedience!"
"Punu! In addition, one or two soldiers were deployed to lie in ambush outside the west gate, and when they fled, they covered up for me and intercepted my belongings. ”
"I can save ...... this," Punu laughed.
After the assignment was completed, 1,100 soldiers, led by the officers, began to move separately.
Zhuang Yi led Gao Baonu and other three hundred soldiers, quietly touched the northeast corner of the military fort half a mile away, waited for a while, and saw the Bohai soldiers patrolling the city, about every other cup of tea. A cup of tea lasts about ten minutes, that is, at least one or two people must climb the city wall first to provide cover for the subsequent soldiers to ascend the city.
This is not a difficult thing for Zhuang Yi, but it is difficult for him to go up alone, and it is difficult to kill so many enemy troops at the same time without alarming the enemy.
"You can only climb up with your bare hands, can you do it?" Zhuang Yi turned his head and asked Gao Baonu in a low voice.
"You can try it......" Gao Baonu was still the usual taciturn, and just replied lightly.
Zhuang Yi patted him on the shoulder, laughed silently, and then explained to the six chief and deputy heads such as Bian Wu and Shi Dali, and left with Gao Baonu first.
The two of them trotted all the way to the corner of the wall, perhaps the slightest sound of footsteps alarmed the defenders at the head of the city, and at that moment a torch came from the head of the city, completely illuminating the surroundings. Zhuang Yi pulled Gao Baonu to stand straight against the city wall, and finally had nothing to do for a long time, until the torch was gradually extinguished.
Listening to the footsteps of the city head approaching, and then moving away, Zhuang Yi gestured to Gao Baonu, signaling him to follow. Only then did he check the equipment, put the iron gun on his back, and the waist knife was a little in the way, so he also carried it on his back. Then he turned to face the protruding corner of the wall, took a deep breath, leaped up four or five feet high, and lay firmly on the corner with his elbows and knees, and jumped up and down like a frog, and gradually approached the top of the wall.
Feeling that there was no movement below, Zhuang Yi looked down and saw that Gao Baonu was still standing on the ground, looking up at him climbing, and couldn't help but curse in his heart: You are stupid, come up!
But at this time, he couldn't speak, and he couldn't move his hands and feet, so he had to ignore him for now.
In fact, Gao Baonu was frightened by his ability to go to the city, so he can go up like this? That's so much strength, no wonder you can use a thirty-six-pound iron gun, it's really unusual...... But it's up to me now!
Gao Baonu quickly took off a pair of iron-inlaid gloves full of nails from his waist, put them on his hands, and began to climb like Zhuang Yi. But he mainly relied on the nails on his gloves to lie on the wall, and at the same time, there were also nails at the bottom of his boots, so that his limbs were alternately used, like a four-limbed animal walking on flat ground, and he soon caught up with Zhuang Yi.
Seeing the way Gao Baonu climbed the wall, Zhuang Yi understood that this also requires strength, and the city wall is gradually inclined upward, with the clever use of tools, this method is not bad.
As soon as he climbed to the top of the wall, the patrolling Bohai soldiers turned back again, Zhuang Yi scolded secretly, so he had to lie still steadily, and quietly looked at it, a team of patrol soldiers was just ten people, and when it was far away, Zhuang Yi was already sweating profusely, and the clothes on his chest and back were completely sweaty. If you think about it, you just lie on the wall and don't move......
Now is it...... Zhuang Yi took a breath, took a slight leap, and stomped on the wall, and a large brazier was placed in the corner behind the stamping, and some firewood was piled up in it, and the bonfire was burning. But on either side of the brazier stood two Bohai soldiers, standing with guns and knives.
Zhuang Yi climbed the city and stomped on the mouth, jumped up half a zhang high, like a divine soldier descending from the sky, as soon as his feet landed, he drew his sword out of the sheath, quickly swept the throat of a defender, and quickly rushed to the east city wall, pounced on the next defender.
At this time, Gao Baonu followed the city, after slashing and killing several enemy soldiers, he pounced on the north city wall, and suddenly, the defenders in the northeast corner were quickly cleared, Gao Baonu picked up a torch and threw it down the city, and the three hundred soldiers on stand by the city shouted in unison, and quickly carried the wooden ladder, or rushed to the city wall with a hook.
The defenders were quickly alarmed, and sounded the drums, like a tide from the two sides of the city to the northeast corner, Zhuang Yi and Gao Baonu each stood on one side, one holding an eight-foot iron spear, completely dancing, the enemy was difficult to advance for a while; One armed with a seven-foot spear, also stubbornly guarded the corner.