Armor!

A soldier in a yellow robe!

Just around the corner of the street, more than 20 steps away, a team of heavily armed armor soldiers was waiting for the arrival of the Daling County soldiers!

- Too marching army?

The county lieutenant of Daling hurriedly reined in his mount and stopped advancing. His face was terrified, completely unaware of the situation in front of him!

- How could the Taimarching Army appear in the county without warning?

Fortunately, the head of the county lieutenant of Daling County is not wooden, and he quickly thought of the greatest possibility.

- Is it the fleet ......?

When the county lieutenant was guessing in his heart, his body was not idle, and as soon as he turned over, he jumped off the horse. This move undoubtedly saved a small life of the county lieutenant. Immediately afterwards, a wave of arrows roared, and the seven or eight county soldiers who were at the forefront of the county lieutenant were ruthlessly pierced!

"Assault!"

The county lieutenant, who was lucky enough to escape with the cover of his mount, heard a loud shout from the enemy in front of him, and the rolling yellow torrent rushed towards him under the flashing light of Bingge. Rao is a county lieutenant can be regarded as a strong man with a bit of bravery, and under the surprise at this moment, he is completely out of proportion.

- Battle? Or run away?

Looking at the rapidly approaching blades and spear tips, the county lieutenant made a decision as soon as possible, using his past experience of escaping his life in Shuofang. Just as the mount with the arrow fell, the lieutenant turned around and squeezed into the crowd behind him.

This decision undoubtedly ruined the last possibility of victory for the 500 county soldiers. Of course, the county lieutenant believed that even if he did not escape, this battle would not be won.

"Wan Sheng!"

The soldiers of the Taixing Army, who shouted the battle horn, collided headlong with the county soldiers who relied on inertia to advance. The county soldiers, who were completely unprepared for battle, also had no ability to resist at all. The county soldiers in the first row. Before he could even raise his swords and guns, he was killed by the enemy soldiers who rushed up with furious shouts. The other soldiers who followed behind, when they saw this posture, immediately lost their minds to resist, and turned around and fled with screams!

But. If you want to escape, you also need to have a way out.

Just when the front of the team was attacked by the Taixing army, a group of yellow-clothed sergeants armed with strong crossbows suddenly appeared on the city gate tower. These soldiers of the Taixing Army, who occupied the favorable terrain, on the one hand, used strong crossbows to kill the tails of the county soldiers, and on the other hand, threw several large bundles of firewood and grass from the city tower, and piled up the city gate hole with flammable materials.

Several cans of oil fell from the gate tower, and a torch fell, causing a raging fire at the gate. There are flames in front and ambushes in the back. For a time, the five hundred county soldiers fell into a desperate situation with no way out and no way back!

"Surrender or kill!"

The persuasion from all directions made the county soldiers confused. Faced with a desperate situation, the county lieutenant was about to say something in order to encourage the county soldiers to rush out, so that he could escape from the chaos. Suddenly, a powerful arrow flew into the air. hit him in the temple and shot the county lieutenant in the head with an arrow!

Accompanied by the death of the county lieutenant of Daling. The county soldiers completely lost the possibility of resistance, and raised their hands one after another, knelt on the ground, and shouted tremblingly:

"Surrender!"

"All of you are willing to surrender!"

Looking at the chaotic submission sound in front of him, a stout young man standing at the head of the city with a bow and arrows put down the three-and-a-half-stone strong bow in his hand with a smile on his face. This person is none other than others. It was Guo Wei who was sent out by insolence and was tasked with raiding Daling County.

Guo Wei led 400 elite Tai Marching troops, first took Xu Sheng's boat, and arrived ten miles away from Daling County. Next, he disembarked and oversaw the march of the army. It only took half an hour to drive ten miles to the foot of Daling City. Relying on the seal letter of Cao Peng, a soldier of Jinyang, Guo Wei used a team of elite soldiers who changed into Han army uniforms to knock on the east gate of Daling County very simply, and controlled the entire county without hindrance.

When the county lieutenant of Daling led 500 people, and there were still seven or eight miles away from Daling, all the commanders of Daling County and the husbands in the city had been controlled by Guo Wei's troops. The whole process was extremely peaceful, not even a drop of blood was shed.

Next, the scout sentries left by Guo Wei found the soldiers of Daling County who came all the way in the dark. Guo Wei, who got the news, only thought about it for a while, and then arranged the next plan to destroy the enemy by closing the door and fighting the dog.

Originally, Guo Wei was also worried that the enemy who came overnight would not be tricked. After all, he could think of leading his troops to Daling to assist in the defense immediately after the destruction of the naval army, such an enemy general is naturally quite delicate, and he can see the flaws from some clues if he is not careful.

For this reason, Guo Wei specially took his own soldiers to the city tower, and fiercely coerced the city gate officials Qian Chuanzi, so that he did not dare to show his feet. Unexpectedly, the enemy army was unprepared against this, which made Guo Wei feel like he was punched in the air. And the whole process of annihilating the enemy was even smoother than the ideal situation in Guo Wei's plan!

When the sky became bright and the sun hung high, the statistics of the battle came out. Of the enemy's 500 soldiers, more than 60 were beheaded and 370 were taken prisoner, including 40 wounded. Although there were 60 or 70 county soldiers who were familiar with the terrain and fled into the county's homes, there was nothing to worry about. And Guo Wei's subordinates, except for two minor injuries, actually didn't have any losses.

Great victory!

Win all!

This achievement, coupled with the full credit of Daling County, is enough for Guo Wei to raise his head in front of the veterans of the Taixing Army!

Guo Wei won a complete victory, and the news that he had 400 people in his headquarters and annihilated more than 600 enemies [including 200 county soldiers left behind in Daling] soon reached the ears of Zhang Mad. And when the second batch of reinforcements sent by Zhang Mad arrived at Daling with water transportation, Guo Wei immediately left Daling to be garrisoned by reinforcements, and he ordered 400 vanguard troops and went straight to the next important stronghold - Jiaoyang Township.

The location of Jiaoyang is Qingxu County in later generations. Although this place was only a township under the jurisdiction of Yuci County at that time, it had a city wall like a small county town. In fact, two or three hundred years ago, Jiaoyang was always a county seat. It was not until Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty established the Thirteen Prefectures Thorn History Department that Jiaoyang was incorporated into Yuci County and became a small city in the western part of Yuci County.

There is a letter from the soldier Cao Peng and Li Wei, and Guo Wei's department, who pretended to be a soldier of Taiyuan County, once again took the city of Jiaoyang very smoothly. In this way, the Taixing army not only cut off the connection between Jinyang City and Pingtao City, but also approached Jinyang City with troops. As long as Pingtao City is taken, Zhang Qiang can lead the army and go straight to the county town of Jinyang!

Facing the good news sent back by Guo Wei from the front, all the generals of the Taixing Army were overjoyed. Some people are even annoyed that they didn't grab Guo Wei's battle mission, and they are determined to fight more enthusiastically next, thinking that they have made greater achievements.

However, Zhang Qiang did not get carried away because of this battle report. After years of fighting, he can be regarded as a seasoned commander. After conquering Daling and Jiaoyang, although the Taimarching army can be said to be in a good situation, it does not mean that there is no danger.

At a certain point, because the enemy is still holding Pingtao City, the Taixing army at this moment is actually in a state of being divided and cut off. Although Xu Sheng's navy can effectively provide contact between the main force of the Taixing Army and the more than 1,000 Taixing troops in Daling and Jiaoyang, such a situation is not safe. Once the enemy army in Taiyuan County calms down again, Guo Wei's department, which is too fast to break through, is very likely to become a lone army deep behind enemy lines.

At the same time, since there were still nearly 3,000 defenders in Pingtao City, it was impossible for the Taixing army to abandon so many enemies and advance the main force towards Jinyang. Xu Sheng's navy may be able to provide sufficient supply support for the 2,000-strong army, but it is impossible to maintain the transportation of baggage for the tens of thousands of troops.

And the only way to change this situation is still to conquer Pingtao City as soon as possible. Only in this way can the Taixing army be able to open up the route to the east, truly threaten Jinyang, the county seat of Taiyuan, and finally conquer the entire Taiyuan County.

Fortunately, today's Taixing army has a great advantage in attacking Pingtao City. Due to the successive victories of the Taixing army, the morale of the Pingtao defenders was naturally greatly weakened. The occupation of Daling City also made the Pingtao defenders really fall into a state of isolation.

The so-called "there is no rescue soldier outside, there is no city to defend inside". If the Taixing army did not occupy Daling City, Zhang Qiang really did not have a little certainty, and he could attack Pingtao City in one fell swoop without using his hole cards.

Although in the production of siege equipment, Zhang Qiang, as a traverser, has his own hole cards. As long as you use this hole card, even the tallest and strongest city walls will be difficult to block the attack of the arrogant army. However, as long as this hole card is officially revealed, others may be able to imitate it after a few glances, which in turn will cause trouble for insolence.

If you can try to save this hole card for the critical moment in the future, Zhang Qiang will naturally be able to get greater benefits from it.

Siege is never easy. According to the records in the Art of War, it is difficult to forcibly conquer the enemy city if it does not have a five- to ten-fold superiority in troops.

Now in the hands of Zhang Qiang, in addition to the 1,000 people under Guo Wei's division of troops, there are more than 1,000 cavalry, which can be called elite infantry troops, and there are only more than 4,000 people. The rest of the people will be used to operate the siege equipment. If you want to get them to the city to fight, there is no hope at all.

On the other hand, in Pingtao City, although most of the defenders were only poorly trained county soldiers and powerful private soldiers, they were enough to serve as a defensive task in the defense of the city. Generally speaking, due to the difference in geographical advantages between the offensive and defensive sides, an elite attacking soldier may not be as effective as an old and weak defender in terms of combat effectiveness. The larger the wall, the better prepared the defense, and the greater the casualty exchange ratio that the attacker needs to pay.

Fortunately, the city wall of Pingtao County is not high, and the county soldiers from Jinyang were basically wiped out in advance, which reduced the difficulty of the Taixing army to attack the city by three or four percent. Otherwise, Zhang Qiang is reluctant to exchange his elite soldiers for a victory with heavy casualties, which is simply more than worth the loss.

Taking advantage of the fact that the siege equipment has basically been made and the morale of the army has remained high because of the winning streak, Zhang Qiang decisively decided to launch the siege operation immediately! (To be continued......)