Chapter 0042: Turtle in the Urn

There is no urn gate in Baling City, and the open space near the city gate is very wide, and there are many ruins and broken walls next to it, which is obviously a war that has been experienced before. Zhang Yue transferred one or three commanders, and his own soldiers were all in charge of Zhang Yucheng, a total of 1,300 people, with their backs to the city gate.

The other two commanded the three capitals, and the archers occupied the commanding heights of the roofs of the nearby street entrances, so as to shoot and disturb them. At the same time, there are two things in the city that can be planned.

As soon as these were arranged, the Chu army headquarters also arrived along the long street, and stopped in the open space more than 100 steps away, because the venue was not large enough, the formation seemed a little crowded, and there was a long queue on the street behind, and it was impossible to come out.

A tooth soldier in fine-scale armor stepped forward and shouted from a distance of more than 100 paces: "Dare to ask who is coming?" Why did you offend my Yuezhou for no reason? ”

Stupid! I haven't figured out who the enemy is yet...... Zhang Yue thought about it, maybe he could surrender, it would be much easier, so he simply stepped forward in person and shouted loudly: "Do you see the Great Zhou Army Flag on the wall?" Tell Uncle Pan! Surrender and you will be spared! ”

The tooth soldier opened his mouth wide in shock, and immediately beat his horse and ran back, and the Chu soldiers obviously heard Zhang Yue's words as well, and the queue began to stir, and the buzzing of speech became loud. Soon a tooth soldier came out to suppress, and gradually quieted down again.

After a while, the drum beat sounded on the opposite side, and the Chu army column began to move, and two commanders were outflanked from the left and right, and the two commanders in the front were just lined up in ten horizontal columns, and the two columns in the front row were holding cowhide large square shields and horizontal knives, and the middle was full of archers and spearmen, and they began to slowly press over.

"It's a little bit like a recruit! Fang Yucheng! Are you mistaken? Zhang Yue took Fang Chengcheng with him, and then asked.

"General Zhang! There are at most two commanders and veterans, and the rest are new recruits, and there is no lie to their humble duties. Fang Yucheng immediately replied flatteringly.

Zhang Yue thought about it, according to the information provided by Fang Yucheng, as long as the front row of the Chu army is penetrated, the recruits behind may collapse, as long as they are dragged down, by the way, test the training results of our army during this period of time, the battlefield is the best way to train troops.

"Herald! Archers shoot freely! ”

Zhang Yue waved his hand calmly, and Zhang Zhixing, the head of the pro-soldiers behind him, raised the red tooth flag and waved it, and at the same time sent a herald to shout. The array of the Chu army at the entrance of the street was immediately met with a rain of arrows shot by the archers who appeared on the roofs on both sides, and the formation suddenly became commotionous.

Sure enough, it was a recruit, and it appeared as soon as the confrontation began, Zhang Yue couldn't help but be a little funny, this battle was afraid that there was no suspense. But soon, the arrays of the Chu army in front and in front of the two Hebei also opened their bows and arrows.

"Raise your shield! The back row opens the bow and shoots back! Zhang Yue gave the order again.

There was a thud in the queue ahead, and the cowhide shields collided with each other in the queue, followed by the sound of clanging tuks and arrows shooting into the big shield. The archers of the Forbidden Army, who were mixed in the back row of the queue, also returned fire with their bows, and the two sides opened fire, but the Forbidden Army did not move and completely took a defensive position.

As the Chu army approached sixty or seventy paces, casualties began to appear on both sides, and from time to time there was a muffled snort of the soldiers who were hit by the arrows, but the forbidden army except for the front row of guns and shields, and all the bows were shot in the back, so the casualties of the Chu army were heavier, and this trend was still increasing.

The advance speed of the front row of the Chu army slowed down significantly, and there were urging shouts from the rear army from time to time, but the soldiers were obviously a little hesitant. After approaching thirty or forty paces, the blow from the long-range arrows was even heavier, and the Chu army finally began to accelerate.

"The left and right sides are all withstanding the two Ji, and the front army is advancing head-on!" Zhang Yue was a little impatient, and it was very unhappy to only defend and not attack.

The hand-to-hand combat soon began, and the front row of sword and shield men used large shields to open the spears stabbed by the enemy, and the horizontal knife in the right hand stabbed or slashed, and the sound of shouting and killing was mixed with the sound of weapons colliding. The Chu army had the advantage in strength, and the forbidden army was slightly stronger, and the two sides were unable to hold each other for a while.

At this time, Xue Wenqian, who was stationed at the head of the city, ran down and reported: "The main force led by Yao Chongyu is landing and assembling, and the three commanders of the outpost are our men and horses, and they have arrived outside the city gate and are waiting to enter the city." ”

"Let them set up an ambush two miles outside the south city gate, and notify Yao Zhongyu in addition, assign a command to intercept outside the north city gate, and transfer part of the fleet to the west city water gate to snatch the warships, and they must be deployed in place as soon as possible." Zhang Yue was happy in his heart, as soon as the medicine was revisited, Chu Jun became a turtle in an urn, and no one wanted to escape.

The Chu army may not have gotten the news yet, the Chinese army is still directing the attack, and as all the follow-up troops blocked at the entrance of the street are put into battle, the forbidden army array suddenly pushes and does not move, and is gradually surrounded on three sides, which makes the Chu army see the hope of victory, and the Chinese army also began to move forward and immediately increased the intensity of the attack.

"The whole army strikes back!" Zhang Yue didn't want the Chu army to have a greater advantage, otherwise they could easily arrange to break off the rear and retreat when they got the news, and they had to bite him.

A commander of the Chinese army on Zhang Yue's side also threw himself into the battlefield in front of him, and immediately withstood the offensive of the Chu army, and at this moment, a gong sounded in the rear of the Chu army, which was in Mingjin to withdraw his troops and wanted to escape.

At this time, the Chu army's offensive was slowed down, some soldiers were still attacking forward, and some turned around and ran when they heard the sound of gongs, and the array began to be chaotic. The soldiers of the forbidden army cheered and immediately chased after them, but the venue was too cramped, and they were blocked when they reached the street corner.

"Kill!" Zhang Yue was surrounded by his own soldiers, surrounded by square foot soldiers on all sides, and finally squeezed to the front, and immediately hit his horse and rushed to kill the Chu army scattered around, Xuanlu Gun picked up several Chu army pawns, there was no enemy at all, and he enjoyed the feeling of picking a straw man with a gun, and soon lost interest.

The Chu army completely collapsed, and the soldiers scurried around like headless flies, and Zhang Yue began to gather soldiers and disperse the pursuit in the capital. There is no way to fight like this, because the troops are slightly smaller, and when you enter the city, you will attack the state government in one go, and this will be the result.

Except for the two capitals stationed at the head of the city, the rest of the people and horses were soon all transferred out, Zhang Yue glanced left and right, there was only one pro-soldier left around him, and Fang Yucheng was the two, still staying at the gate of the city and not participating in the pursuit, it is estimated that he will fight his own people against the water, and he will not feel good.

"Fang Yucheng! Come and lead the way to the state office! Zhang Yue shouted, and Fang Yucheng had to bring the soldiers of his headquarters to line up.

Three hundred men remained in a complete procession, marching along the street with torches, and from time to time scattered deserters were arrested one by one. In the air filled with the smell of blood, there was a sudden smell of burnt wood.

"Chen Jia! Take fifty people to send an order to the ministries, and those who deliberately set fire to it will be beheaded on the spot, and put out the fire as soon as possible! Zhang Yue's face was gloomy, and before leaving, he repeatedly emphasized that he should try not to set fires, which would burn many innocent residents, but this kind of thing still happened.

When he arrived at the state office, the first to arrive was actually the third commander, and the deputy envoy Han Zhongming had already led people around the back gate of the state government to block it, the main gate had been breached, and the soldiers were rushing in, only Ming Jinrong stood aside and shouted and scolded the command.