Chapter 139: Planning for a Decisive Battle
Qian Ling walked back and forth on the city wall, his heavy armor and black cloak fluttering wantonly with the breeze, and every time he walked behind the soldiers, he had to keep admonishing.
"Archers are ready, don't let the enemy come closer."
Before coming here, he had already consulted Yan Xiang and knew the strength of Lu Yang's army, so he had prepared more than 2,500 archers to deal with Lu Yang's siege tower, which could be said to be fully prepared.
After a while, the army under the city crossed the moat and rushed towards the city wall, and Qian Ling came to the city wall and picked up a longbow.
"Shoot me, shoot with a bow and arrow within fifty steps, attack with giant trees and rolling stones within ten steps, and don't let the enemy army go to the city."
The newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, and Qian Ling is commanding the energy, and dozens of arrows and feathers are rushing under the city.
"General be careful."
Listening to the soldier's reminder, Qian Ling hurriedly squatted down, and in an instant, hundreds of arrow feathers flew over his head, and then stuck on the dark wall behind him.
Qian Ling was shocked, he didn't expect the enemy army to be so sharp, and he would shoot back with a bow and arrow when attacking the city, and he shot so accurately, subconsciously, he took two steps back.
"Resist the enemy, give me the enemy." Qian Ling shouted.
Looking closely, his expression was not as confident as before, and there was a trace of fear unintentionally.
In a short time, siege towers, ladders, and ramming vehicles all came to the city wall, and 5,000 elite soldiers attacked.
In the distant military array under the city, Lu Yang's heart was aching, watching countless brothers fall from mid-air, he felt a deep guilt, all of this was caused by him, everything was caused by greed, for the throne, for the sake of nineteen cities, he did not hesitate to sacrifice his brother's life.
He scolded himself in his heart, brute! 10,000 lives!
But after thinking about it, Lu Yang relentlessly, because this is what he should do, even if he doesn't have the throne, he should come to attack the city, thinking about the killed Zhou De, all the gifts he gave him in the past, shouldn't he avenge the former lord?
"Zhou Yi'er, I will kill you!" Lu Yang gritted his teeth and said.
Min Ling is happy and idle now, lying on his back on the back of a horse and looking at the gentle sun, the battle situation in front of him has nothing to do with him, people look down on you, and you will go up to death with a dead face and a white face, it will be too cheap, so Min Ling decided not to fight, and after Lu Yang's troops died, he would collect his troops and return to the camp
Wang Xu military camp.
Wang Xu was holding a map in his hand at this time, on which all the buildings, troop deployment, treasury money and grain in the royal city were marked, and above the map, there were five big characters on the book, "Detailed Map of Guxi County".
This map can be described as hard-won, it was drawn overnight by Miansheng, and it has not been sent until now, the drawing is relatively rough, but you can clearly see the situation in the royal city.
The map explains that the inner city of the outer city in the east, the inner city of the outer city in the west, the inner city of the outer city in the north and the inner city in the south, these seven places are all new soldiers, with a total of 30,000 soldiers, as for the outer city in the south, the new young master of the Qian family, Qian Ling, and he is leading 5,000 elite soldiers.
In the city, there are now 40,000 elite soldiers stationed in the east school field of the inner city, which also includes Liu Yang's troops, and now Liu Yang has defected, which means that the actual strength of the east school field is 35,000.
In addition to the 70,000 soldiers stationed in the East School Field and the Sifang City Gate, Zhou Yi still has 10,000 soldiers left, these 10,000 soldiers are newly trained by Zhou Yi, all of them are cavalry, and all the war horses are purchased from Hexi County, but they are still new recruits and have not undergone formal training.
10,000 cavalry, all stationed in the north school field.
The above are all the deployment of troops in the royal city, and the rest are the treasury money, grain, buildings, etc., Wang Xu glanced at it and knew it well.
According to repeated deliberation and evolution, Wang Xu made a decision, the decisive battle of Wangcheng must be eaten alone! This is not only to guard against Lu Yang, but also a good opportunity to train the soldiers.
After putting away the map, Wang Xu strode out, rode on a war horse and called Zhang Meng, and the two rode their horses and galloped, all the way to the direction of Wangcheng.
Min Ling was leading the army for the first time, and Wang Xu was really a little worried, so he wanted to go and see for himself.
After a while, the two came to the bottom of the royal city, the battle was still fierce, and Wang Xu walked straight to Min Ling and Lu Yang in front of him.
Min Ling was still lying on his back on horseback, Wang Xu frowned, stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder: "Hey, don't sleep, get up." ”
A familiar voice sounded, Min Ling was startled, immediately got up, and arched his hand: "Lord, I." ”
"I don't need to explain, how is the battle going now?"
Min Ling said: "Now it's General Lu attacking the city." ”
Lu Yang also saw Wang Xu, and arched his hand: "General Wang, my soldiers are about to die 10,000 people, according to the agreement, it is time for you to fight tomorrow." ”
"Brother Lu, please rest assured, tomorrow I will break through the royal city and avenge the prince! Hate the 10,000 soldiers who died for you! Wang Xu held his head high and said confidently.
Lu Yang was stunned, he listened to Wang Xu's words as a joke.
At this time, under the city in front, more than half of Lu Yang's soldiers had been killed and wounded, and there were less than 2,000 people still standing, Wang Xu took a closer look, and said to the side: "Min Ling, it's time for you to fight, 5,000 soldiers, not one left, I order you, lead them to rush to the city tower!" ”
Min Ling took a deep breath and said loudly, "Obey!" ”
In fact, Min Ling still wanted to lead the troops to attack the city in his heart, as a soldier, he should make contributions on the battlefield, but it was only because Lu Yang said those few cynical words that he lay on the back of the horse and slept a lot, and now that Wang Xu came to give the order in person, he didn't dare to hesitate.
After a simple arrangement, Min Ling gave up his war horse and launched a charge with the soldiers, this was the first time he participated in such a grand siege battle, and his heart was not only excited but excited.
Five thousand soldiers rushed out of the military formation, Wang Xu looked at Lu Yang, and said with a smile: "Brother Lu, I'm sorry, I borrowed your siege equipment for use, and I will return it to you later." ”
Lu Yang waved his hand and said: "It's okay, it's all for the purpose of killing the traitor, and you don't have to be so clear." ”
Wang Xu smiled and set his eyes on the battlefield ahead.
On the city wall, Qian Ling carefully commanded the entire battlefield, three siege towers, that is the most dangerous place on the battlefield, he sent five hundred archers to shoot at each other, in short, can not give the enemy a chance, but even so, there are still enemy troops from time to time to cross, fortunately, there are dozens of sword and shield men and pikemen guarding there, and they will kill one when they come up, and they are finally safe.
At this moment, he saw a terrifying scene, and the enemy actually launched another charge, this time with five thousand people!
Qian Ling only felt that his scalp was numb, he immediately called a soldier, and hurriedly said, "Quick, go and move the rescuers, and tell the prince that the south gate is urgent, and if the reinforcements are not within two hours, the city gate will definitely be lost!" ”
"No."
At this time, the battle had been going on for more than four hours, most of the soldiers defending the city had suffered casualties, and there were less than 3,000 people still standing, and half of the soldiers of these 3,000 people had to be used to defend the enemy's siege tower, so there were really not many soldiers that could be used in Qianling.
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