Chapter 19: Stopping the Predators
The people of Shifeng City discussed that the righteous army was a lone army in the dynasty, and it had just occupied Yanbei for a few months, although the people of Yanbei supported the righteous army, but after all, the righteous army had no foundation, if it was just sticking to Shifeng City, once the people's hearts were scattered, the Yanbei righteous army would definitely fail.
Therefore, everyone decided to attack the Iron Army, and if the battle failed, they would seek to hold on.
The 20,000 people led by Wei Zeng, after receiving the news of Yu Chaogui and Huang Yufei's victory, occupied a high and low area in front and camped firmly.
This high ground is located at the point where Anyun must pass through Shifeng City, and the area is so large that it is impossible for the enemy army to completely surround it. The rebels had a great advantage in occupying the high ground. If it is not defeated, leaving a small number of men and horses can block it for a while, and then the large army can retreat to Shifeng City safely.
Wei Zeng ordered people to dig up the soil and pile it up into a wall, the soil in Yanbei is soft, it is not difficult to take the soil, it is a cold winter, and the weather is extremely cold, and pouring water on the soil can soon build a frozen soil wall. After the wall is built, it is constantly watered on the outside, and as soon as the cold wind passes, it forms a patch of ice.
Wei Zeng ordered 2,000 people to be divided into nine villages to cooperate with each other. The camps are separated by two hundred meters and are connected by tunnels. The three camps are triangular and form a large village of 6,000 people, which cooperate with each other when defending. The 6,000-strong village is also in a triangular shape, forming a large array of 20,000 people to defend against the enemy's attack.
The walls were fortified by crossbowmen throughout the day, and patrolling soldiers constantly monitored the movements of the enemy. There were also many pits dug in the camp to stop the enemy troops from entering the camp.
Wang Qinwei personally led 30,000 iron-blooded troops to arrive, the green black ghost flag swayed in the north wind, and the ghost-faced general led the iron-blooded soldiers with green scarves on their mouths, lined up to attack.
The 30,000 iron-blooded army came with a large number of siege equipment, and Wang Qinwei thought that dealing with such a small village was really a bit of a feeling of killing chickens with a knife.
"You see, the rebels in Yanbei have Shifeng City that they don't defend, but they are stuck here. We also saved some trouble and got rid of them here. The whole army obeyed the order, and I destroyed the enemy army in front of me. Wang Qinwei immediately ordered.
The ghost-faced generals received orders one after another, and with their soldiers, they were about to attack the entrenched Yanbei Righteous Army.
Wang Qinwei suddenly thought of something, and asked the people around him, "Didn't the rebels attack in two directions?" Where is the other group now? ”
"The scouts we sent out these days have not returned, and we really don't know the movements of the enemy troops along that road." One replied.
"Nonsense! I don't know where the enemy is moving, so why hasn't I been told all the time. If you send someone to investigate, you must find a way to find out the news of the enemy. Wang Qinwei said angrily.
This man hurriedly sent a large team to scout the horses and find out that Sagari was all the way away.
Under the orders of General Ghostface, the catapults and crossbows were loaded and fired towards the rebel camp. Crossbowmen also fired arrows to cover infantry attacks. The infantry formed a military formation, carrying steel shields and carrying wooden ladders to attack the camp.
Outside the wall, the rebels never stopped splashing water, forming a thick layer of ice at the end of the day, under the attack of throwing stones and strong crossbows, a piece of ice crystals scattered around is not beautiful, but the wall did not collapse. The soldiers in the wall of the fortress crouched on the wall, and when they dodged the attack, they also shot crossbows to stop the enemy.
There was a beat of drums, and the catapults and ballistas stopped; The crossbowmen raised their pitches and attacked the rebels in the village; The infantry, who had already walked to the bottom of the wall, shouted for killing, and rushed up the high slope with ladders.
The rebels kept pouring water on the wall, and the slope was covered with thick ice, and the infantry climbed very slippery, and many soldiers slid downhill because of this.
The soldiers on the village are condescending, spear assassination, bow and crossbow shooting have a great advantage. However, the wall was only three meters high, and the iron-blooded infantry stepped on the pit carved out with weapons, walked step by step to the wall, and as soon as the ladder was erected, many people climbed up.
It's not that these 30,000 people don't have siege weapons such as building cars and ladder trucks, but the king thinks that there is no need to use those things to attack such a temporary camp. In case the floor car and ladder car are damaged, it is also very troublesome to repair. In fact, it is indeed more convenient to attack such a camp with a ladder.
As soon as the Chinese battalion ordered the flag, more iron-blooded infantry rushed forward to support the soldiers who had already climbed the stockade.
Seeing this, Wei Zeng chuckled lightly and ordered the people of the first stockade to retreat from the tunnel.
The iron-blooded crossbowmen had stopped firing, and the infantry stormed the stockade and drove the rebels away after a fight, and many people cheered victory on the wall.
"This Yanbei rebel army is too vulnerable, and it hasn't been half an hour before we have won. You go check the old money, but don't have any problems. The royal guard commanded carefully.
Qian Qinwei was ordered to come to the wall, looked around and was shocked, and then grabbed a cheering soldier and said, "What are your names!" There is no gate in this village, where have all those rebels gone? ”
The surrounding soldiers were startled, and then split up to search for the "disappeared" rebels.
The Iron Infantry descended the wall and searched the rebels where they had disappeared, and many fell into the pit without paying attention. Sharpened wooden sticks were inserted in the pit, and for a time many iron-blooded infantry were killed on the spot.
At this moment, many clay pots were thrown into the wall from outside the wall and in some places that could not be seen. When Qian Qinwei smelled the smell, he was immediately shocked and immediately jumped off the wall.
Torches were thrown again, and for a time the camp turned into a sea of fire, and many of the iron-blooded infantry who were doused with fire oil were on fire, and many people panicked and fell into the pit. The rebel soldiers in the tunnel took the opportunity to cover up and killed, and defeated the 1,000 iron-blooded troops who attacked the camp.
Seeing the victorious rebel soldiers cheering on the wall, the royal guards immediately ordered: "Sure enough, there is a trick. Ordered the soldiers to attack from three directions. So that the enemy army could not take care of both, after attacking the stockade, first test down with stones, and then try to tear down the wall for me. Qian Qinwei, you took 3,000 elites, and after the village was captured, you patrolled around the wall of the wall, and pulled out the hidden rats for me. ”
The Iron Blood Army received orders one after another, and divided into three ways to attack the current three stockades. Qian Qinwei cooperated with the soldiers attacking the village to find the tunnel of the rebel army and destroy it, intending to cut off the connection between the rebel camp and the village.
"General Wei, the enemy army has attacked in three directions, and the three stockades in front of them cannot echo each other. What are we going to do? Yu Chaogui immediately asked.
"We didn't have a gate in the first three villages, just to give the enemy a surprise blow. Now that the enemy is attacking in three directions, the troops are scattered, and the people behind are ordered to go to support, and use the tunnels in the village to deal with them, and they must survive the first day. You take me and give you 3,000 elites, so that you can intercept that group of men and horses, and you can't let them destroy the tunnel. Others gave me crossbows for cover. Wei Zeng ordered.
After Yu Chaogui received the order, he immediately took 3,000 victorious people to block Qian's troops.
Although these 3,000 people are divided into the Flying Eagle Zhai soldiers, the Yanbei peasants and the Yushan Affiliated Robbers, after a big battle, they have long been indistinguishable from each other. Immediately killed under the leadership of Chaogui and Huang Yufei. These 3,000 people have the cooperation of the crossbowmen on the wall, and they will not fall behind in the face of the 3,000 iron-blooded army. The people led by Qian Qinwei were defeated, so they retreated.
One by one, the stones were shot at the wall, and with a bang, the wall collapsed, and the iron-blooded army cheered, and they rushed in. Unfortunately, the sky was not beautiful, and after these soldiers completely captured the camp, the night fell.
"The whole army retreats, and the battle will be fought again tomorrow." In order to prevent the rebels from taking advantage of the night to besiege and kill the soldiers who attacked the village, Wang Qinwei issued an order to retreat.
The rebels took advantage of the gap in the night to repair the collapsed wall, and the defenses in the wall were rearranged. The rebels managed to fend off the Predator's attack on the first day, but the battle continued.
Just when Wei Zeng was resisting the iron-blooded army with 20,000 righteous troops, visitors from the Power Sect came to the ancient city where Gu Chayi was located.
"Wei Zeng discussed with you more than ten days ago, why did it take you so long to come." As soon as Gu Cha saw that Wan Tianquan was late with a few yellow-clothed warriors, he immediately reproached.
"Our sect has people all over the world, and it will take time to gather elite samurai. We were able to gather more than 6,000 people in half a month, which is very fast. I know that General Gu has suffered defeat, but he can't be angry with us. A man in yellow said dissatisfied.
"Xiao Lu, pay attention to the words, we are now allies with General Gu." Wan Tianquan reminded.
"Ahem, it's good that you're here, and I won't say much else. But it's not that there are more than 10,000 people, how can there be 6,000? Gu Cha looked embarrassed and coughed in question.
"Don't look at the fact that there are only six thousand people, these are all strong people in my sect, if you want more people, I can immediately gather more than 100,000 people. But if you want to fight the Predators, does that work? The others will slowly come over after a while, and there will definitely be 10,000 by then. Wan Tianquan was also a little displeased when he saw that Gu Chayi doubted the combat power he had brought these people.
"It is true that fighting the Iron Blood Army does not rely on a large number of people, and the fewer the rabble, the better. According to the previous arrangement, Wei Zeng intercepted them in front, and Miss Sa attacked their flank, so we could just copy their rear. Without further ado, let's hurry up. Gu Cha said immediately.
"Wait a minute, it's no problem to send troops. But there are some things that need to be discussed first. Wan Tianquan remembered Emperor Li's command and said.
"What else to talk about? It's important to defeat the Predators. Gu Cha was puzzled.
"Your army occupies Yanbei, but our sect does not have a piece of land, you are full and hungry, you don't know that you are hungry. As long as General Gu promised to give us the little land west of the Guanluo River and the northeast of the Guanluo River, there would naturally be no problem at all in sending troops. Wan Tianquan said.
"Those places are not occupied by us, so it's useless for you to ask me." Gu Chayi was puzzled.
"It's okay, we'll take it ourselves. As long as the time comes, your army will admit it. Wan Tianquan said with a smile.
"No problem, you can take it if you want, it's none of my business anyway." Gu Chayi didn't understand why the Power Sect had to ask for his opinion when they seized the land.
"Brother Gu is quick to talk, thinking about the friendship between Brother Gu and Brother Wei, which also represents the meaning of Brother Wei. However, it is better to make a written statement. Wan Tianquan smiled and took out the notes he had prepared in advance.
"It's so troublesome, I'll just sign it. Defeat the Predators, you can't afford to delay now. Gu Chayi signed the note, and then said impatiently.
At this time, a man in yellow couldn't help laughing, Wan Tianquan glared at him, and the man immediately didn't dare to speak.
"Haha, of course it's no problem, we'll send troops with Brother Gu. Brother Gu is a friend of our sect, and our sect has never treated our friends badly. Wan Tianquan accepted the note and laughed. The other men in yellow also burst out laughing.
"A bunch of weirdos, are you so happy to go to war?" Gu Cha slandered.