Chapter 751: Sortie
That night, Zhang Ju and Nangong Hao led the Zhao army into the camp of the Kunmi army, killed people when they saw them, and set fires everywhere. If it was simply the Zhao army attacking and setting fire to the grain, the five thousand Wusun army's 'elite' would still be able to fight to the death.
However, the earth-shattering thunder used by Zhao Jun was too lethal. Especially at night, it is deafening and deafening, and the fire is soaring. In addition, the Wusun army in the 'fat' city did not expect that the Zhao army would appear in the rear of the Wusun army, causing the Wusun army to relax its guards and attack the counterattack posture too poorly. As a result, the two sides 'engaged' each other, and it was simply one-sided.
Several times, the Wusun army began to form a formation under the orders of the officers, preparing for battle. However, in the face of Zhao Jun's earth-shattering thunder, they were helpless. The current Earthquake Thunder is smaller in overall size than before, but its lethality is greater. The iron beads placed in the earth-shattering thunder are extremely powerful under the "excitation" and "shooting" of the gunpowder.
The Wusun army had never seen this kind of weapon at all, and it was at night, so it completely collapsed under the repeated bombardment of earth-shaking thunder. Thousands of Wusun troops immediately scattered and fled, no longer caring about their duties. Even if they knew their duty, for them, even if they were executed for losing the 'fat' city in the future, it would be better than being bombarded into slag by the unknown weapon of Zhao Jun.
After the Wusun army lost resistance, Zhang Ju and Nangong Hao, who had entered from the east and west 'gates', couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Although they have 7,000 soldiers, if they can't burn the 'fat' city in the fastest time, then this task of destroying the logistics of the Wusun army will not be able to be completed.
They were not worried that they would not be able to kill the Wusun army in this 'fat' city, but they were worried that the stalemate would last too long, so that the surrounding Wusun army would rush to the rescue when they heard the news. You must know that on this night, the red fire that reflected half of the sky was enough for the Wusun Army City dozens of miles away to discover the abnormality here.
If this were just a city, perhaps reinforcements would not have rushed in before they had 'figured' the situation. However, this is the place where the Wusun army stores grain and grass, and it is unreasonable for the reinforcements to come as quickly as possible when they hear the news. Moreover, Zhao Jun's earth-shattering thunder also spread far away in the silent night, which was enough for other Wusun troops near the city to notice the abnormality here.
Therefore, after attacking the 'gate' of the city, the eastern and western armies directly opened the way with earth-shaking thunder, and killed the Wusun army with the most awe-inspiring situation. After the Wusun army was dispersed, Zhang Ju and Nangong Hao understood that the 'fat' city was already in their pockets. Of course, what they need is not to occupy here, but to destroy.
After several military formations organized by the officers were destroyed by the Zhao army with mysterious, explosive weapons, the Wusun army completely collapsed. And most of the officers and colonels were also killed on the spot by Zhao Jun's earth-shattering thunder in the organization of resistance. For these officers and colonels, they are well aware of the importance of this 'fat' city to the Wusun army. Unlike ordinary soldiers, if something goes wrong here, ordinary soldiers may be fine. But these officers and colonels will definitely die without a place to be buried, and even their families may be implicated.
Suddenly, the entire 'fat' city became 'chaotic' and 'chaotic'. The military camps on the east and west sides of the 'fat' city were the key targets of the Zhao army. One by one, the earth-shattering thunder blew up the Wusun Army barracks, and it was immediately set on fire. In the flames, many soldiers could see that some of the Wusun soldiers who had not yet escaped from the camp rose up in the sea of fire and fled until they were reduced to ashes......
Zhang Ju and Nangong Hao led the cavalry of the Zhao army to kill several times in the 'fat' city, countless fire oil was thrown, and countless torches and rockets were released by the soldiers, so that the entire 'fat' city became a city of flames in a moment. After making sure that all the granaries in the city were set on fire and all the houses of the residents were burned, Zhang Ju and Nangong Hao led the cavalry of the Zhao army to quickly evacuate while the night was dark. As soon as they left the city, they divided into dozens of teams and scattered. But above the 'gate' of the 'fat' city, the flame unicorn flag still echoes the sky-high fire of the 'fat' city.
The 'Fei' city was set on fire by the Zhao army, and the entire sky was reflected red, and the Wusun army in the two nearest cities naturally discovered the abnormality in the direction of the 'Fei' city. And with the rumbling sound, people quickly realized that there was something wrong with the 'fat' city.
The 'fat' city is very important to the Wusun army, and the Wusun army guards in the two cities heard the news and immediately got up from the 'bed', regardless of whether the 'fat' city really had a problem or not, they immediately couldn't let the army be reorganized and prepared to support immediately.
Both of them knew very well that if the city they were defending because they went to protect the 'fat' city had problems, then they would be severely reprimanded by the main general at most, or demoted. But if the 'fat' city is in danger, and they are far away, the consequences are unpredictable. If the 'fat' city is lost, then they may lose their lives for it.
The reinforcements from the two places rushed at a fast speed, pointing directly at the 'fat' city, and at the same time, the main generals of the two reinforcements were secretly praying, hoping that nothing would really happen to the 'fat' city. Even if there is a real enemy attack, you must hold out until your own help arrives.
However, the prayers of the commanders of the two reinforcements did not bring them good luck. The reinforcements of the two cities were less than half a pillar of incense, and they all converged outside the 'fat' city.
Looking at the 'fat' city that had turned into a sea of fire and could not be entered, as well as the fluttering 'swinging' and 'swinging' flame Qilin Banner, the faces of the main generals of the two reinforcements were pale and trembling. The destruction of the 'fat' city is nothing, and the exhaustion of the entire army of 5,000 'elite' is nothing. However, the burning of the food and grass hoarded in the city made them cold, and there were no more thoughts in their minds.
The Wusun army that the two generals rushed to the rescue this time were all cavalry, with a total of more than 10,000 people. After the two discussed, seeing that there was really no way to put out the fire, they gave up extinguishing the fire in the 'fat' city. After the two discussed, they sent people to report to Xiang Li, the main general of the fine sand city in the east, and began to investigate the traces of the Zhao army who attacked the 'fat' city at night.
"This Flame Qilin Banner is the military flag of the Zhao Army, and to be able to take down the 'Fat' City in such a short period of time and turn it into nothing, except for the Zhao Army, no one can do it. Either way, Ben would have needed to know the whereabouts of these 'bastards'. The two generals summoned their generals and gave orders sharply.
What made the two of them secretly curse was the soldiers defending the city, five thousand 'elite' sharp, who were actually broken by the Zhao army in such a period of time and defeated the defenders. If you can hold on until you come to the rescue, why is this situation like this? While scolding and scolding, he ordered his subordinates to inquire about the traces of Zhao Jun, and at the same time, he was still trying to deal with this disaster. For the two, they are completely innocent and are involved.
It is a pity that the actions of the two generals of the Wusun Army could not be realized, and the traces of the Zhao army could not be found at all. Outside of the 'fat' city, there are traces of the departure of knights in all directions, and the farther the distance, the more branches there are, so that the soldiers under his command cannot pursue them at all, especially at night, to check the enemy's tracks, and to increase the speed. And the fleeing enemy troops may really take the road and run wildly.
"You say the attack on the 'fat' city is a horse thief?" The Chelin City Guard was scolded loudly by the scout school under his command, "Are you a pig or are you going to treat me like a pig?" Yes? Horse thieves? Can the horse thief use this unknown weapon to 'open' the 'gate' of this 'fat' city? There are no people in the 'fat' city, and the 'gate' of the city has been closed for a long time, do you think that a group of horse thieves can make this 'gate' of the city that has never been opened to pieces? Do horse thieves have siege engines? Besides, judging from the traces of the fragments of this city 'gate', this is not an ordinary siege machine at all. ”
"Besides, do you think the horse thief dares to provoke us at this time? Dare to send troops to attack our land of food hoarding? Also, since it was a horse thief, why did he burn this 'fat' city instead of taking away the supplies in the city? Finally, it was the fire oil that burned the city's dwellings and granaries, and you think the horse thieves could 'get' so much? ”
"You're a scout, you have to figure it out, idiot! By the way, what about tracking down Zhao Jun's traces? Can you find out which direction they fled? If we can't exterminate these Zhao troops, you and I will not be able to escape responsibility. After the general roared one after another, he returned to the original point, and now, the trace of Zhao Jun is the most important.
The scout colonel said bitterly: "General, what you said, your subordinates all understand, but, judging from the traces left on the ground, there are more than 40 teams of all sizes that attacked the 'fat' city, and after they broke the city, they have scattered and fled. In addition, in addition to the traces of their escape, there are also a lot of food and various weapons of our army brought out of the city. Most of these may have been scattered when the enemy army fled. ”
"It is precisely because of these that the subordinates say that the attacking enemy army is a horse thief. In addition, we also found a lot of fragments of various 'color' flags and various armor fragments, which are not standard equipment. "Of course, the junior colonel doesn't know that this Zhao army can gather in the area occupied by the Wusun army, so it is naturally impossible to wear the standard armor of the Zhao army. In this more than half a month of preparation, these Zhao Jun pretending to be horse thieves naturally had no problem at all. And what is left behind is naturally deliberate.
"Ridiculous, can't this be that Zhao Jun deliberately pretended to be like this, so that we could be fooled?" The general scolded coldly. Whether the news is true or not, he can't report it. He knew that in the ancient city of Langu, hundreds of miles to the east, the defenders there were executed by the main general because the enemy attacked the Languyuan and robbed tens of thousands of horses, and he didn't want to suffer because of this.
"But, General, this radius of hundreds of miles is under the jurisdiction of my Wusun Army, if thousands of Zhao troops appear here, how can we not know? It is said that our army in the east has gained the upper hand, and the Zhao army is on the defensive and does not dare to counterattack at all. Come to think of it, this should be the remnants of the Gaochang Kingdom, wanting us to fight to the death with the Zhao army. The Gaochang Kingdom was destroyed by the Zhao army, and although the new king was attached to the Zhao army, the army here was attacked by the army of the Qiuzi State who acted in accordance with the orders of the Zhao army, and there was no intention of harming the Zhao army. "Someone said what they guessed.
The two generals' hearts moved, and they both felt that this might not be for nothing. But they immediately pressed these thoughts to the bottom of their hearts, and as generals, they naturally had to see farther than others. They know very well what this 'fat' city is important to the Wusun army, and what this 'fat' city means to the Wusun army if it is not burned. If you want to save your life, no matter who is raiding, you must catch it.
"Check, continue to check, be sure to 'find' the traces of the enemy army, remember, even if it is a horse thief, General Ben needs to know where their traces are? Tell the surrounding cities to help them inspect the situation. The other general snapped.
Now that the incident has happened, we can't just let the two of us bear it, and we all take this responsibility together, so as to avoid the punishment of certain death, the two generals secretly thought in their hearts. They wanted to spread the situation to other surrounding cities in the shortest possible time, and they also wanted other generals to share the responsibility with them.
Although the two thought of a way to reduce the punishment, they did not expect that the news that the 'fat' city was destroyed and all the grain and grass materials were burned would have a great impact on the Wusun army.
The news of the battle of 'Fei' City spread throughout all the areas occupied by the Wusun army within a few days, and of course, Zhao Xun and Li Chenfeng also got the news at the same time.
"Haha...... Well, we've endured it for so many days, and it's finally come to an end. After hearing the exact news, Li Chenfeng immediately laughed and said, "Everyone, it's time to fight back." ”
Wei Zilin said with a smile: "I don't know how to do it, the Wusun Army actually spread the news, so that the Wusun Army everywhere began to 'riot' and 'chaos'. We arranged spies in various places, and the opportunity did not play a big role. ”
Li Chenfeng said with a smile: "Although the Wusun Army did the matter of spreading the news by itself, but the matter of contacting the horse thieves occupied by the Wusun Army and the remnants of the former Gaochang Army, these brothers who are active in the enemy territory have made great contributions. Not to mention, it was Langu Yuan who hid 30,000 war horses for us, and the 'fat' city provided cover for our soldiers, which was all due to the merits of these brothers of the Shadow Division and the Eagle Eye Division. ”
Wei Zilin said: "Now, don't care about the merit or not, let's prepare for the army, not only our Zhao army, but also the army of Gaochang Kingdom and the army of Qiuzi Kingdom, which have been waiting impatiently for a long time, are also high-spirited at this moment." ”
Li Chenfeng understood that Wei Zilin was reminding himself that in this operation, he wanted to let the army of Gaochang State and the army of Qiuzi State be the vanguard, and fight on the front line as much as possible to reduce the losses of the Zhao army.
And the Wusun army opposite Li Chenfeng was not in such a good mood, the commander of the Wusun army, Xiang Li, was still happy about the attack on Gao Changguo on the opposite side for several days, and he didn't want to fight, but a piece of news made him change from a hot summer to a cold winter.
At first, when they heard that the city of 'Fei' had been attacked by the enemy and all the grain and grass materials had been burned, Xiang Li and the others did not believe it at all. But then the news from the rear made him understand that it was true.
Immediately, after receiving the scout's return, the coalition forces on the opposite side dispatched one after another, killing the western cities, and after the enemy army prepared siege equipment, Xiang Li suddenly understood that it should be the Zhao army that attacked the 'fat' city. Even if it wasn't Zhao Jun who personally dispatched the horses, it was Zhao Jun who did it by collecting the horse thieves. And the previous concession was to draw his attention to the east. At the same time, it is also necessary to 'arouse' the resentment of the people of Gaochang Kingdom against the Wusun Army.
At this time, Xiangli had no better way but to defend the city. At the same time, while asking for help from China, I hope that the country can transport a batch of grain and grass materials to support; On the one hand, they hurriedly mobilized the defenders in the central and western parts of the country, converged to the east, and defended the city, at the very least, to insist on not losing the territory they now occupy.
In Xiang Li's opinion, even if all the coalition forces on the opposite side are dispatched, they are only on par with themselves. But he occupies the advantage of the city, as long as the rear can be supported in time, the enemy army in the area should not be a problem. However, he ignored the country of Qiuzi in the southwest.
The raid on 'Fei' City was successful, and Zhao Xun naturally got the news. At that moment, he ordered the king of Qiuci to gather the soldiers of Qiuci and prepare for a full-scale attack. And this time, the Zhao army in the territory of Qiuzi Kingdom, except for the 10,000 soldiers stationed there and the garrisons that have begun to be reorganized in various places, the rest will all be dispatched.
After the Wusun army began to move eastward, more than 10,000 Zhao troops and 30,000 Qiuci troops were suddenly killed in the territory of Qiuci Kingdom, and their troops were divided into three routes and advanced northward. This is also what Zhao Xun wants to see, these Qiuci army cannot continue to exist in the Qiuci country, except for the wounded and discharged, except for some of them who were selected to the garrison, the rest can only fight for the Zhao army until death......
After learning that tens of thousands of enemy troops had also been killed in the territory of Qiuzi Country, Xiang Li, the commander of the Wusun Army, suddenly felt like a dead heart, and at this moment, he already understood that his own side was over. The Wusun army lacked food, grass, materials and armor and equipment, but the Zhao army received the help of the Qiuzi State and the support of the people in the territory occupied by the Wusun army. At this moment, Xiang Li even understood why the Zhao army on the opposite side wanted to make his surprise attack defensive and let himself come nonsense, it turned out that he was trying to 'provoke' the residents of Gaochang Kingdom with what we were doing.
Xiang Li's guess was accurate, because most of the garrisons in the western and central regions occupied by the Wusun army were transferred to the east, so the guards in various places were lax. However, at this time, within the territory of Gaochang State, which was occupied by the Wusun army, there were no more than one rebel army after another. Some of them were horse thieves, and some were small teams of people organized by the Zhao army, but soon, they pulled up countless people of Gaochang Kingdom to counterattack the Wusun army in these places.
In just half a month, eight of the thirteen cities occupied by the Wusun army have been lost, and those small towns and settlements are even more numerous. The army of the Guizi Kingdom 'mixed' this Zhao soldier, and brought the siege equipment built by the craftsmen of the Zhao army, which was almost invincible to the cities everywhere.
Xisha City was captured by Li Chenfeng, and Xiang Li fled in embarrassment with the defeated army under his command. At this moment, the offensive of the Zhao army has exceeded its expectations, and the Wusun army is simply unable to hold on to the arrival of rear support. While escaping from Xisha City, Xiangli received news that a city had been captured by the Zhao army.
Li Chenfeng's department and Qiuzi's department were like two big pincers of a crab, one south and one east, struck towards the center. In the rear of the Wusun Army, Zhang Ju and Nangong Hao's subordinates were also in action. Suddenly, in the place controlled by the Wusun army, there were many Zhao troops attacking outside, and chaos was everywhere inside......