Chapter 72: Can You Enter the Open Gate?
Watching Moyur leave with hatred, Urian felt a glimmer of joy in his heart. This Moygur is really not likeable, although the Donghu people are different from the Han people, and they will not pay too much attention to etiquette like the Han people, but after all, people like to be polite, right?
"Gaan!" Urian shouted, "Lead the way, be the first to rush into the city!" ”
Gaan is the captain of Urian's guard, and it stands to reason that he shouldn't be tasked with this kind of attack, but Gaan is very loyal, and Urian can understand what Urian wants with just one look, and will help Urian do it immediately, no matter how difficult it is for Urian to do. So Urian has always wanted to find an opportunity to give Gaan a promotion, although Gaan is by his side, but he is only a centurion in his position. Without military exploits, Urian has no way to promote Jia'an, even if he is a Xiaoxian King, he can't help but consider how to explain the reason for Jia'an's promotion. Now, the opportunity has come, such a simple battle, but at the same time it is extremely important, to take Xingcheng, is a big reversal, from defeat to victory, when the time is to promote a commander of a thousand commanders should have no problem, right?
Several generals around Urian glanced at each other, but they didn't say anything. Xiao Xianwang's intention is clear, that is, he wants Jia'an to make meritorious contributions, and no one wants to go against Xiao Xianwang's little request.
Jia'an got on his horse triumphantly and left, and after a while, five thousand soldiers on the north road rushed towards Xingcheng with a shout, and behind these five thousand people, 30,000 Donghu soldiers were quickly turning and following these five thousand people forward.
On the city gate, Bai Qi stood by the sword. If he wasn't worried about it, it would be fake, but he really couldn't think of any other way than the current one. If Wei Changfeng's idea is foolproof, it is impossible, and if it is not done well, the whole army may be wiped out and the city will be lost. But war is adventure, and how can there be a war in the world that does not take risks? The difference is only a question of who is more risky than the likely outcome.
Seeing Donghu Jun approaching quickly, his palms were sweating, but fortunately there was no second person around, otherwise someone would find out that his hands were trembling slightly.
The Donghu army is close to the city!
Bai Qi raised his sword and swung it hard! The soldiers lying on the ground jumped up and fired arrows fiercely at the Donghu army under the city, and the siege force of the Donghu army was temporarily blocked, but the troops who stormed the city gate still braved the rain of arrows and desperately moved forward.
Five miles away, Urian's face sank.
He seems to have made a slight mistake. The Han army did not withdraw the main force, but lay down at the city wall. But it doesn't matter, the Han army didn't close the city gate, as soon as his iron cavalry broke into the city gate, it was useless for the Han army to use all the main forces, so now there is no need to consider the problem of the whole army retreating and turning, as long as the whole army presses, the Han army will have nothing to play.
"The main force is attacking!" He ordered, "Storm the walls of Xingcheng and relieve some pressure on the troops who stormed the city gates!" ”
The horn sounded, and the 30,000 Donghu cavalry approached Xingcheng in rows, and everyone was excited. They fled all the way back from Jianchang, and were almost surrounded under Xingcheng, and now, they are about to return to Xingcheng, as long as they enter Xingcheng, they will also open up the passage with the rear, at that time, whether it is offensive or defensive, at least they are not as afraid of being surrounded as they are now, so everyone is very anxious to attack Xingcheng. Urian could see this feeling, and he was very happy. This is morale, morale together, everything is easy to do, as the proverb of the Donghu people says: the listless mountain eagle can't defeat the scrappy, not to mention, the Han army is only afraid that it can't compare with the mountain eagle, and even the sparrow can't compare.
At the city gate, Jia'an led a group of heavily armored iron cavalry, holding a big shield and rushed up, the Han army still had no intention of closing the city gate, and watched Jia'an and a group of cavalry go straight to the door.
"Yay!" Urian finally cheered, "When you enter the city, you must kill everyone!" Those ordinary people are also going to be killed, who asked them to help the Han army to sweep the streets in disguise? When we were in Xingcheng, we didn't see them take the initiative to sweep any streets! ”
"But......" one of the generals wanted to interject, and Urian waved his hand, he didn't want to be interrupted now, "it's nothing! Those smart Han people fled with the Han army, and these Han people didn't flee, this is the will of God who asked us to kill them! It's also their own death! ”
"But......," the general tried again.
"As soon as we enter the city, we will turn back and attack the interception force of the Han army!" Urian was still talking, "They must be close, but unfortunately, they're only a little bit behind!" Okay, what are you going to say? ”
"But we didn't take the gates!" The general finally spoke and pointed to the gate.
Urian looked at the gate again, and his face changed suddenly.
At the city gate, the Han army has cut off the Donghu army! A group of Donghu troops have already stormed the city gate, but more Donghu troops are blocked at the city gate and can't enter at all!
"What's going on?!" Urian shouted, "Impossible! How could it not break through the city gate? The gates are not closed! Tell Ga'an to hurry up and organize a breakthrough! Before he could finish his words, a herald galloped up and shouted, "Little Virtuous King! The centurion of Ga'an was besieged in the city, and the follow-up troops could not break through, so they asked for reinforcements! ”
"What?!" Urian is almost going to call it impossible again, how is it possible? Can the Han army block the Donghu cavalry at the open city gate? There's not even a big tree cut down there, how can you stop it? However, at the same time, he also vaguely felt that he had made another small mistake, and he did not take into account that it was not the Han army that closed the city gate, but what if the Donghu army could not break through the city gate? It's just that it's too late to think about it now, 35,000 troops are gathered under the city of Xingcheng, and if they want to retreat and then organize and turn to attack the Han army interception force, how long will it take? For today's plan, the best way is to conquer the gate of Xingcheng as soon as possible, if it is really impossible to attack it, then make sense, but, why can't it be attacked?
I believe that Urian will soon understand this question, but at the same time, I am afraid that he will also have to rehabilitate the three soldiers who were killed by him because he thought they were lying. Because the reason why the city gate could not be captured was very simple: a Han general, named Wei Changfeng, relied on an invincible divine sword to cut off the passage of the Donghu army!
A divine sword, even if it is like Tai'a, cannot destroy the 40,000 Donghu army, but it is no problem to use it to defend at the city gate where the three horses are parallel. Wei Changfeng has been lying in ambush by the city gate, seeing the Donghu army when the first group of soldiers entered the city, the sword waved, rushed straight into the Donghu army, the long sword is like the wind, the flesh and blood of the Donghu army are flying, more than 100 elite soldiers of the Han army rushed up, directly blocked the city gate, let the Donghu army iron cavalry impact, but could not break through the defense of the Han army. Wei Changfeng's sword to kill one by one, to kill two to kill a pair, the width of the city gate only allows the Donghu army to ride at most three horses in parallel, but it really can't come too much, so that although the city gate is open, it is as stable as Mount Tai.