Chapter 34: The Siege of Hedong
The army of Oudeli on the northern road went smoothly and soon advanced to the edge of the Guanluo River. When receiving the news that 60,000 troops of the Hedong coalition army had crossed the river, Wu Deli divided into a part and went south to support Bai Zheng, and at the same time led his troops to cross the Guanluo River.
After the Force Sect occupied Hedong and Hexi, it quickly built up an army of 40,000 or 50,000 people. However, due to the lack of adequate training, most armies are not very effective in combat. The defenders of Hexi defended the city, and it was difficult to resist in the face of the attack of the iron-blooded army; In addition to the Tianjia Army carefully established by Zhang Ling, the defenders of Hedong were also difficult to fight.
Because Zhang Ling wanted to directly confront the Iron Army, he brought 20,000 elites with him. These 20,000 elites did play a big role in the battle against the Iron Warriors. But just as Wei Zeng and Zhang Ling were rejoicing at the victory just now, the northern defense line of the Guanluo River was broken through by Wu Deli.
After receiving the news, Bai Zheng gathered the troops who came to pursue Wei Zeng and Zhang Ling, and ordered the men and horses of the southern road to continue to attack the Luohe River.
Wei Zeng and Zhang Ling hurriedly returned to Hedong, resisting Bai Zheng's attack while organizing troops to go north to support.
Sagali led more than 10,000 people to be stationed in Hedong, and when she heard the news that the Power Sect was in an emergency, she immediately rushed to support her.
Sajiali has been helping Wei Zeng train men and horses since the incident, and has made great contributions in the fight against the Jingnan Army and the Iron and Blood Army, and now Sajiali has a very high reputation in the Yanbei Righteous Army. Although Sagali is a woman, Yanbei soldiers admire this female general who can fight well.
The army led by Sajiali on this expedition was trained by one of her elders, the Goddess Sect, and the weapons were equipped with Yao Dongfeng style and marching and fighting.
The widow of the Goddess Sect is bent on reviving the Goddess Sect, hoping to reoccupy Yaodong with the help of Wei Zeng's power. Now that Sajiali is leading the army, she has tens of thousands of troops in her hands, which makes the remnants of these goddess sects happy.
They thought that Miss Sa's husband was too generous, and it would not be a problem to recapture Yaodong in the future with Miss Sa's army. Although it made them uncomfortable to have Valkyries with a man who was already married, they didn't say much for the sake of the Goddess Cult's revival.
Of course, the parties Wei Zeng and Sa Jiali didn't care what these people thought at all, as long as they were willing to serve the Yanbei Righteous Army.
Sagaree wants to be a free and easy person, and now although it is hard to lead the troops to fight, Sagaree feels a kind of happiness.
This is the joy of defeating a strong enemy and achieving victory; This is the joy of defending the Promised Land and maintaining the tranquility of one side; It is also the joy of an unyielding heart galloping in the vast world.
War is about to ignite, but it's not just the earth that is burning.
After Udeli's army broke through the defense line of the Guanluo River, they attacked the central city of the Hedong Power Sect. As long as that city is uprooted, the entire east of the river will completely fall into the hands of the Iron Army.
The soldiers of the Power Sect were completely unable to resist in the face of Udli's attack, so they had to retreat in the main city of Hedong and wait for reinforcements to arrive.
Wu Deli is an old Qin native in the north of Anyun, and the old Qin is brave and good at fighting, killing the enemy on the battlefield regardless of life and death. The 30,000 old Qin soldiers in the north are also a very strong force of the Iron and Blood Army. It's just that there are Di Xianlan's Anyun Iron Cavalry in the north, and Bai Zheng's iron-blooded warriors in the south, and the name of the old Qin soldiers is not so loud.
Wu Deli and Bai Zheng were originally not convinced by anyone, but the joint operation of Jiangnan played a relationship, and they both wanted to surpass Di Xianlan, so they became friends over time.
This time the battle of Hedong went surprisingly well, and Udli decided not to give the enemy any respite. After hearing the news that the Yanbei rebels had come to support, Wu Deli decided to use the method of besieging the city to send reinforcements to consume the enemy's strength, and when the 100,000 troops gathered, they could sweep Yanbei in one fell swoop.
When Sagart's troops appear not far to the east, a battle is about to begin.
"Who is Yanbei coming this time? Is it Wei Zeng or Gu Chayi? Udli asked, seeing an army approaching from afar.
"General Qiyu, the leader of the troops is a woman, it is said to be the Valkyrie of Yaodong, named Sajiali, who now has a very high reputation in the Yanbei rebels, and is also a not simple character."
"Yaodong's Valkyrie? I've heard of it. The Valkyrie of Yaodong was ordained by the imperial court, and she used to represent the imperial court in Yaodong to carry out indoctrination. Why are thieves rebelling now? My father was once an envoy to Yaodong, and he was also received by the Valkyrie. Father said that although the Valkyrie of Yaodong is a woman, she is stronger than many men in terms of martial arts and wrists, and the entire Yaodong is properly governed by the Valkyrie, and there is no one who is disobedient at all. Why is this happening today? Oudli said.
"I heard that when the Valkyrie was replaced, something went wrong, and the Goddess Sect was overthrown by several gangs in Yaodong. This Sagali has an inexplicable relationship with Wei Zeng, a rebel in Yanbei, and after the fall of the Goddess Sect, she has been by Wei Zeng's side, and naturally rebelled with him. ”
"I see, I thought that the Yanbei rebels had the support of the Yaodong people. That's it, no matter what Wei Zeng is, or what Valkyrie is, as long as they are met by me Wu Deli, I will let them come back again. After saying that, Udli ordered his soldiers to attack.
Wu Deli has 30,000 old Qin soldiers in his hands, of which 10,000 have been ordered to go south to cooperate with Bai Zheng's battle, and now there are only 20,000 against Sajiali.
The old Qin soldiers all had bows and arrows at their waists and long knives in their hands, facing the enemy, they just stared straight ahead, as if there was nothing that could attract their attention except for the enemy in front of them; After hearing the order to attack, a bloodthirsty madness filled their bodies, and it seemed that if they couldn't kill the enemy with a sword, the whole person would explode because of it.
Sagardi arrived with only 10,000 men, mainly infantry, no cavalry, and few crossbowmen. Infantry detachments formed formations, and the spacing between the infantry was not large, but the spacing between the detachments was large.
The captain of the infantry of each team has a flag behind his back, and every thousand people have a big flag. At the time of the charge, the soldiers looked at the captain's flag, the captain looked at the thousand-man banner, and the thousand-man team divided and merged according to the orders of the Chinese army and cooperated in the battle.
Seeing the enemy attacking, Sagaree ordered her soldiers to seize a high ground in front of her and threaten the enemy's flank. Wu Deli is also a veteran of the battlefield, and he doesn't know the reason for seizing the advantageous terrain, and the two thousand old Qin soldiers also killed on that high ground.
Sagart's army formed a sparse skirmish formation to prevent the enemy from inflicting excessive casualties with bows and arrows. During the charge, the main flags gradually gathered in one place, and the formation was already very dense in front of the enemy formation.
Sagart's troops, all armed with javelins, approached the enemy with a volley of javelins, and the soldiers rushed forward with axes and shields.
The old Qin people did not like to use shields, because their combat style was to move forward bravely and not avoid life and death. Before the old Qin people charged, they took their bows and arrows to aim and shoot, and the way they looked straight ahead seemed that even if their heads were cut off, they could still shoot another arrow; When he received the order to charge, he put away his bow and arrows, picked up his long knife in both hands, and killed him with a shout.
In the face of the javelin projectile of Sagart's army, many of the charging old Qin people died on the way to the charge. But after the battle between the two armies, the previous losses were pulled back little by little.
In the process of fighting for the high ground, Wu Deli's two thousand old Qin soldiers rushed to the high ground with long knives, then put the long knife at their feet, took out bows and arrows and crouched on the ground, and took advantage of the terrain to kill the enemy.
The people sent out by Sagart, although they could not take the lead in grabbing the high ground, were not far from the highest point, and when they saw the enemy start to fire bows and arrows, the people in front threw their javelins one after another, and then rushed up to fight.
Several javelins were not broken in a row, and the old Qin soldiers on the high ground were caught off guard, and they had the tendency to retreat in the face of the axe and shield soldiers who rushed up. At this moment, several columns of old Qin soldiers in the rear gave up their bows and arrows, picked up their long knives, and launched a counter-charge against the axe and shield soldiers who rushed to the high ground.
The old Qin soldiers are good at archery, and they are also resistant to hard fighting, accurate shooting from a distance, and they are not afraid of death or death in close combat. After a fight, the axe and shield soldiers who rushed up were beaten back.
If this is the case, then this high ground will not escape the hands of the Iron Army after all, but Sagaree has also ambushed the backhand.
After the axe and shield soldiers, there are soldiers armed with two-handed axes. These soldiers have high attack power, but poor defense. They are good at overcoming difficulties, but they are also the most vulnerable to heavy losses along the way.
When the soldiers with two-handed axes rushed forward, the axe and shield men began to take a defensive position, using their shields to defend themselves against enemy attacks, giving all the opportunity to attack to the man with the two-handed axe.
This is a tactic adopted by Sajiali with reference to the tactics of the Yaodong barbarians, and she has also been trained many times in peacetime.
Although the old Qin soldiers fought bravely, they were prevented from attacking by axe and shield soldiers, and were killed and wounded by the enemy with two-handed axes, and were soon driven off the high ground.
When Sagart saw that the high ground was occupied, she sent all the crossbowmen over. Occupying the high ground, the crossbowmen overlooked the whole field, and the crossbow took advantage of the terrain to increase its power.
Seeing that the high ground had been captured, the morale of the enemy troops on the frontal battlefield had been greatly boosted, and the casualties of his own army had begun to increase, he organized his men and horses to try to retake the high ground.
However, under the blows of javelins and arrows, the old Qin soldiers who seized the high ground suffered great losses, and even if they rushed to the high ground, they were quickly repelled by the axe shield soldiers and the two-handed axe soldiers. Finally, Udli gave up his plan to annihilate Sagari to come to the aid of the army, and ordered his soldiers to retreat and hold on, waiting for the opportunity to attack again.
"Miss Sa was victorious, and the prestige of the Valkyrie resounded throughout the Central Plains. Even the most elite Iron Blood Army is not Miss Sa's opponent, and those Yaodong gangsters are not a problem, and there is hope for the revival of my Goddess Sect. One said excitedly.
"You have no end, and when you find an opportunity, you will talk about reviving the Goddess Cult. Am I not going to be able to do anything but revive the Goddess Cult? The top priority now is to defeat the strong enemy and keep Yanbei. The enemy simply retreated, and victory could only be considered if they were completely defeated. Sagaree replied.
Although Sagaret was happy after her victory over the enemy, these people always mentioned that the revival of the Goddess religion made her feel a little uncomfortable. Sagaree naturally has feelings for the Goddess Cult, but the Goddess Cult has perished, and Sagaree has accepted this reality. Now Sagarie just wants to be her own Sagaret. She just wanted to know what it was like to be able to be herself, and now she felt so much joy that she didn't want to taste that feeling of being tied down anymore.
"Yes, yes, I'm glad early. Yanbei and Yaodong are originally one, and General Wei's territory is naturally also the territory of our Goddess Sect, so we should protect Yanbei first, and then plot against Yaodong. In order to protect Yanbei, we will do our best. The elders of the Goddess Sect said one after another.
The goddess saw that these people did not understand her mind at all, and did not say anything more. Now she can control her own destiny, and naturally she doesn't have to care about something.