Chapter 5: The First Battle

The east gradually revealed the whiteness of the fish's belly, and the earth was very calm, and there was no superfluous sound. Smoke rose from the bunker as usual. It seems that war is still far away from them.

He Tengxiao's mood could not be calm, he looked at the north as he did last night, and soon the army of the Manshu people would appear on the horizon, completely breaking the peace here. Today will also be the first war he has experienced since coming to this plane. This war will decide his life and death.

At the beginning of the establishment of the Great Zhao Empire, a large number of fortresses and castles were built in Liaodong, and Pingshan Fort was one of them. Pingshan Fort is built on a small hill, surrounded by a horse and a flat river, controlling the camp and covering the official road, it is the gateway to the north of Gaizhou, and it is one of the few important military forts in Liaodong. Therefore, the Pingshan Fort was built taller and stronger than other military forts of the same level.

The wall of Pingshan Fort is more than two zhang high, the wall body is shaped with rammed earth as the core, wrapped in blue bricks, there is the enemy platform protruding out of the city wall every other section to eliminate the shooting dead end, the four gates are provided with watchtowers, and there is an urn city. A trench was also dug outside the city to cushion enemy attacks.

These defenses armed Pingshan Fort to the teeth, and it was more of a fortified fortress than a military fort. As long as there are enough manpower and materials to defend the city, and if it is properly deployed, it is still possible for tens of thousands of Liao troops to hold on to Pingshan Fort for two or three days. Pingshan Fort is a relatively small military fort, and it is impossible for the Liao army to attack Pingshan Fort like it attacked Liaoyang City. Pingshan Fort is small, and it is difficult to deploy troops, and the Liao army can only invest two or three thousand troops at most in attacking Pingshan Fort at a time, and the strength advantage of the Liao army cannot be brought into play in a small military fort like Pingshan Fort.

Last night, He Tengxiao and Zhang Yuyang inspected the arsenal of Pingshan Fort, and the variety of weapons was complete, and the inventory was also considerable. Pingshan Fort hoarded a large amount of military supplies before the war, and because the rout of the Northeast Liao Expeditionary Army commanded by Gao Guang was beyond everyone's expectations, many materials were left in Pingshan Fort before they could be delivered. Except for the Xiao Cavalry Battalion and a small number of He family's troops who received some ordnance at Pingshan Fort before they set out for the battle, the gate of the Pingshan Fort arsenal was never opened again.

"The north gate is facing the advance direction of the Manshu army, if the Manshu army wants to attack Pingshan Fort, the north gate will bear the brunt, Lord Baihu, holding the north gate is the first battle of my Pingshan Fort, and only the strong soldiers of the cavalry battalion can afford to defend the north gate." Zhang Yuyang handed He Tengxiao a hot white steamed bun.

"I'll guard the north gate." He Tengxiao took a bite of steamed buns, and happily agreed to let the people of the Xiao cavalry battalion be responsible for guarding the north gate, the north gate is the most gentle of the four gates of Pingshan Fort, and it is facing the direction of the Liao army's advance, the Liao army attacked Pingshan Fort, it is very likely to start from the attack on the north gate, He Tengxiao swallowed the chewed steamed buns, "Pingshan Fort defense deployment is in charge of you, you are more familiar with Pingshan Fort than me." ”

Zhang Yuyang smiled heartily and hugged his fists, "My subordinates obey orders." ”

"Then let's make it clear now, who is the supreme commander of Pingshan Fort?" He Tengxiao looked sideways at Zhang Yuyang.

"I am the general banner, you are a hundred households, according to my Great Zhao military law, the supreme command belongs to you." Zhang Yuyang was so angry that he said, "Those remnants of refugees you brought only listen to you, and I commanded the movement?" ”

――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――

The sun had just risen over the horizon, and the banner fluttering in the distance of the morning dawn Manshu people was slowly approaching Pingshan Fort.

After the Liao army conquered the southern army, it had no intention of setting up camp under Pingshan Fort.

"My Great Liao Army is invincible, all the way down the Southern Zhao Army heard the wind and fled, the small fort in front is the last barrier in Gaizhou, as long as the small fort in front is taken, my Great Liao Army can be under the city of Gaizhou today!" The Liao army tent Jing Chafan rode behind Wanyan Fushen and Wanyan Haiya, and glanced at Pingshan Fort with disdain.

The flags on the head of Pingshan Fort had been put away, and there was nothing superfluous to be seen. Only a few wisps of smoke rising from the castle told them that there were still people in the castle.

Wanyan frowned, and always felt that something was wrong with Pingshan Fort.

"Third nephew, don't you think this military fort is weird?" Wan Yan Fu cautiously turned his head to look at Wan Yan Haiya.

Wan Yan Haiya frowned, "It's really strange, there is cooking smoke in the castle, but there is no figure of half of the Zhao army in the city." The people of Nanzhao are very cunning, so let's be careful. ”

"Haha, the third prince, you are too worried, those timid as rats of the Southern Zhao people are afraid of the military might of my Great Liao Army, and they have long since retreated back to Gaizhou, and the smoke rising from the fort must be the people who have not left cooking." Cha Fan said with a big grin, Cha Fan is brave and good at fighting in the Great Liao Army is known for his bravery, Cha Fan is Wan Yan Fushen's henchman, Wan Yan Fu Shen leads the troops to fight, and every charge is basically Cha Fan leading the troops to take the lead. Because Chafan rushed to the front every time he charged, captured the flag and killed the generals, and made great achievements, Wanyan Fushen called him a madman, and it soon spread in the Liao army, and the Liao army called him a madman.

"A madman is a madman, always a tendon, I'm afraid it's not as simple as you think!" Wan Yan said cautiously.

Although Cha Fan is a martial artist and simple-minded, he is not convinced by other people's opinions on him from the bottom of his heart, "If the fourth prince does not believe it, his subordinates are willing to lead a record (the basic establishment unit of the Liao army, there are almost 110 or so soldiers in a record) into the fort, take down this bird Shizi Pingshan Fort, and dedicate it to the four princes. Chafan patted his head and swore an oath.

Before Cha Fan could finish Yan Fushen's consent, he beckoned a group of cavalry to charge at Pingshan Fort.

"These Manshu people are really unpopular, when I am no one in Zhao!" Through the battlement, Ling Feng saw that the Liao army didn't even mean to stay under Pingshan Fort, and actually charged straight away, not taking Zhao Jun in the slightest.

"Let the brethren be ready, lure this force of captives into the urn city, and surround and annihilate them!" He Tengxiao commanded.

More than 100 horsemen and men rushed into Pingshan Fort under the leadership of Chafan, the gate of the north gate was not closed, and more than 100 horsemen and men easily entered Pingshan Fort without the slightest hindrance. Cha Fan did not suspect that the city gate was not closed, but thought that the Zhao army was afraid that the Liao army would abandon the fort and abscond, and all he had to do was to plant the military flag of the Great Liao State on the head of Pingshan Fort.

After the last cavalry of the Liao army entered the urn city, only the sound of huge wooden weapons smashing the ground was heard, and the city gates hanging on both sides fell to the ground, and the Liao army iron cavalry was trapped in the narrow urn city for a moment.

"Put!" He Tengxiao stood up and lit the fuse of the fire gun and shot at the Liao army in the urn city.

The silence was broken by the loud thud of the firebolt, and the shot Manshu fell off his horse. After the Liao army found out that it was too late to be ambushed. Several Liao soldiers rushed to the city gate and tried to cut open the city gate with all their might, but only left a few knife marks on the city gate, and the city gate stood still.

Seeing that the city gate was closed and there was no way to escape, the Liao army counterattacked the Zhao army that was ambushed on the urn city. Dozens of arrows flew towards the Zhao army on the urn city.

After finishing the shooting, the Zhao army immediately lay down to dodge the arrows fired by the Liao army and reloaded the ammunition. The second batch of Zhao troops made up the shooting, the Liao army was good at cavalry shooting, although through the thick smoke of gunpowder, there were still more than a dozen Zhao soldiers were shot, four of them were shot by the Liao army, and died on the spot.

"Oh no, I've been tricked!" Hearing the sound of fire in Pingshan Fort, Wan Yan Fu came to his senses and said regretfully, "This is Zhao Jun's empty city plan!" ”

At this moment, Wan Yan Fushen already knew that the Liao army in Pingshan Fort was more than lucky. Although he commanded 50,000 iron cavalry at this time, his personal guards were only 3,000, and the loss of more than 100 personal guards at once was enough for him to feel distressed for a while.

There are two types of units in the Liao army that are the most combat-effective. One is the personal guards under the command of the Liao Emperor and the eight princes of Manshu, and each prince has about 2,000 to 3,000 personal guards. There is also a type of 8,000 heavy armored cavalry directly under the control of the Liao Emperor. The Manshu people are known as having 200,000 people who control the strings, of which more than 30,000 soldiers and horses are the most, which can be called the essence of the Manshu people.

The urn city of Pingshan Fort became a nightmare for more than a hundred Liao troops, and one after another the Liao army fell under the fire of the Zhao army. He Tengxiao adopted the shooting tactic of three stages of fire, and fired continuously at the Liao army in the urn city, and the fire was interrupted for a short time.

As the rounds of firing continued, fewer and fewer arrows flew up from under the urn. After a round of soldier shooting, Ling Feng led the way

In a round of soldier shooting, Cha Fan skillfully opened his bow and shot arrows, and the arrows he shot had already taken the lives of four Zhao soldiers.

Ling Feng clenched the spear in his hand and aimed the arrow at Cha Fan. The spear is a combination of hot and cold weapons invented at the beginning of the country, with copper and iron as the tube, there is a medicine room at the back, when using the gunpowder in the medicine room is filled with gunpowder, and then the Trojan horse (a kind of wooden stopper) is stuffed into the pipe to tamp the gunpowder with a whole strip, and finally the arrow is inserted, and the gunpowder uses the thrust of the gunpowder to shoot the arrow out. This weapon was widely used in the Zhao army at the beginning of the country, and the spear was gradually eliminated after the invention of the gun, but due to the low manufacturing cost of the spear, it was still equipped in the Zhao army.

A trace of cold light flashed through Cha Fan's eyebrows, and Cha Fan blinked, only to see a Zhao Jun in the urn city holding a magic spear, and the cold arrow was pointing at him. Chafan drew his bow and pointed the arrow at Ling Feng. Ling Feng sneered and watched as the lead on the spear drilled into the medicine room, and there was a trace of green smoke rising from the medicine hole.

The huge thrust from the explosion of gunpowder pushed the arrow out, and in order to release the hand holding the feather, Chafan pierced his chain mail and pierced him in the heart. With the last of his strength, Chafan pulled the bow apart, let go of his fingers, and fired the last arrow of his life.

The arrows that flew out did not draw a perfect arc in the air as Chafan had expected, piercing Ling Feng's throat. The arrow pierced the battlement in front of Ling Feng, vibrating a few times with inertia.

Chafan's legs clamped tightly around the saddle, and his trembling hand touched the quiver at his waist. A few bullets flew by and hit him, Chafan only felt weak, and his eyes were dim, but his right hand had already touched an arrow, and he used all his strength to pull the arrow out of the quiver, and several more bullets hit Chafan's body, and even two or three bullets were embedded in Chafan's solid muscles. Chafan's hand was hanging in the air with an arrow, and he was already unable to lift his hand. A stray arrow pierced his forearm, and Chafan finally let go of his hand, and the feathered arrow in his hand fell to the ground with Chafan's blood, and then Manshu Yong killed Chafan after falling from his horse.

It was a battle, and the defenders of Pingshan Fort won the first battle, and the Liao army was completely annihilated. The whole fort was excited, and outside the fort, the angry Liao army was brewing a new round of attacks.

Today's second update, ask for collection, ask for recommendation, the data of the new book issue is very important to Fengchi, thank you for your support.