Chapter 19: Internal and External Attacks
"How's it going?" At the head of Guangling City, Zhang Liao heard the footsteps behind him, and knew that it was the captain he had just sent to check the military situation that had returned, and while asking, his eyes were staring at the camp tent of Yuan Shujun under the city, where several big tents were brightly lit, and there were faint songs and laughter.
"Now there are probably nearly 3,000 of our non-commissioned officers killed in battle, plus more than 1,000 wounded and unable to fight, and a little more than 10,000 capable of fighting." After the visitor finished answering, he handed Zhang Liao a cowhide bag filled with water.
"Goo-dong!" Zhang Liao took it and poured a few mouthfuls, and then exhaled heavily before saying: "The casualties are not very large, I estimate that Yuan Shu should have injured almost 20,000 in the past few days." They are so lively today, I guess Lei Shu is rewarding the soldiers, and he is ready to work hard tomorrow. ”
"General, why don't we raid tonight and give them some color?" This Lieutenant Li has been following Zhang Liao for a few years, and he knows that his generals have always liked to make some surprise attacks after defense. "It's not time yet, the morale of Yuan Shujun's army is still relatively strong today, I estimate that as long as we survive tomorrow, their morale will plummet, and the effect of the raid will be much better when the time comes." Zhang Liao also patiently explained to his old subordinate, and then sighed: "The sergeant of Xuzhou is really the elite of the world, not to mention the elite soldiers of Danyang, even the soldiers trained by General Zhao and Guan Zhang, which are also rare in the world. In contrast, Yuan Shu's soldiers were a group of rabble. ”
While sighing and turning around, Zhang Liao patted a ballista beside him, and couldn't help but praise again: "I didn't expect this ballista to be so good, it can shoot dozens of giant arrows at a time, and sometimes one arrow can shoot through several people." With this divine weapon, he Lei Ji wanted to capture Guangling with this point, which was wishful thinking, but he didn't know who made it. "After the original design of this ballista, Zhao Feng and Lu Hao have undergone many improvements, and now they are really mass-produced, and there are only more than 200 units in the entire Xuzhou. Guangling is an important town, so Liu Bei is equipped with fifty units here. Of course, the design drawings are strictly confidential.
"My subordinates heard that Zhonglang developed Zhao Feng." Captain Li remembered what they said when he was chatting with his colleagues yesterday, but then Captain Li suddenly remembered something and hurriedly said: "But General Zhang, there are not many of these giant arrows now, and they can support them for three or four days at most." ”
"You stupid boy can't use your brain? If you look at the arrow slot, it's so wide, even if we don't have this giant arrow, we can sharpen a bamboo and shoot it out, and we can still kill the enemy, but the power will be less. Zhang Liao scolded with a smile. Captain Li's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he hurriedly said, "General, that subordinate immediately sent someone to cut bamboo." ”
"Waiting for you to think of it? I have already sent five hundred soldiers in the afternoon to cut bamboo and sharpen arrows, and tomorrow I will shoot them with such bamboo arrows. Zhang Liao said angrily. In fact, as Zhang Liao expected, Lei Shu waved his army to attack the city these days, and although he suffered heavy losses, he couldn't even climb the city gatehouse. Not only that, Yuan Shujun was also deeply shocked by the combat effectiveness shown by his opponent. Especially that kind of ballista, one shot is dozens of thick and long giant arrows, which can nail people to the ground many times, which makes them even more frightened, and their morale is inevitably getting lower and lower.
Faced with such a situation, Lei Shu had no other choice but to try his best to reward the soldiers to stimulate their fighting spirit. Just when they were carnivaling all night, a team quietly went out of Xiapi City, boarded the boat arranged by Xu Sheng, and quietly traveled all the way along Surabaya to the Huai River, and then disembarked and camped more than 20 miles west of Guangling City, and it was close to noon when everything was done.
"The order went down, and the whole army seized the time to rest. Send scouts, pay attention to patrolling the Quartet, and even inquire about the news of Guangling County. Tonight, take advantage of the night to raid the rear army of the thunder book. After Zhao Feng got off the boat, he ordered, and the second general Song Wei hurriedly agreed, and each ordered to arrange for people not to mention.
And at this moment, the sound of suicide under Guangling City shook the sky. Driven by Lei Shu, a group of soldiers set up a ladder and rushed towards the head of Guangling City, and then several rushing cars and Jing Lanan were also slowly approaching. Of course, the defenders wouldn't make it so easy for them, as arrows and rolling wood and stones rained down on the ladders, while canisters filled with vegetable oil were thrown at the carts and wells.
"Whew!" Dozens of rockets were fired, and the wells and the rushing cars were suddenly burned. The soldiers who had set the cart on fire retreated one after another, and then extinguished the flames on each other's bodies, and there were no casualties except for burning the frame; But the soldiers on the well lanthanum were miserable, the lower end of the wooden well lanthanum was ignited by oil cans and rockets, and the infantry who pushed the well lanthanum could still run away, but the crossbowmen who stood on it and shot arrows had nowhere to escape, and were either burned to death or jumped down and fell to their deaths.
"Keep going!" Not long after the fire was extinguished, Lei Shu drove another wave of soldiers to rush forward, "Damn, these guys are really crazy!" "Zhang Liao, who supervised the battle at the head of the city, no longer had the leisure of last night, and the battle robe on his body that commanded while dodging had already been dyed red, and there were even a few wounds on his left arm." Come on, point it at their well, and throw a stone at it! Zhang Liao looked up at the sun after saying this, and now his head is a little westward, as long as he lasts for a maximum of two hours, he can survive today.
Although the morale of Yuan Shu's army has risen greatly, Guangling City is still standing. Lei Shu was not in a hurry, he decided that there was a shortage of arrows in Guangling City, and as long as he fought again tomorrow, he would definitely be able to break through. So the remaining two hours were spent in a monotonous offensive and defensive battle, and it was not until twilight fell that the order was given to the Thunder Book to withdraw his troops.
"Damn, tomorrow to attack harder, I don't believe that 50,000 people won't be able to take a Guangling!" Lei Shu hated and hated, and it was even more painful to reward the soldiers for his big money yesterday. After a day of high-intensity siege, the army was already exhausted, and after collecting the troops, they returned to their respective barracks and fell asleep. Lei Shu was also bored in his heart, and he didn't even want to watch the singer, so he went back to his camp to drink alcohol.
"General, listen clearly. Now that Yuan Shu's army has collected its troops and returned to the camp to rest in peace, the villain dared to take a few steps forward, and he could hear someone snoring in the barracks. In Zhao Feng's camp, a scout sent out in the afternoon came back to report, and after the last sentence was finished, it immediately caused a burst of sneer.
"Well, you go down!" Zhao Feng waited for him to retreat, and then turned to Song Wei and said, "Tonight, our army will cook on the second watch, and set off on the third watch." I led the cavalry first, and the two generals led the infantry army to enter. Set fire first, then kill people, I estimate that General Zhang Liao will also go out of the city to meet us when he sees the fire. ”
"That's right!" Song Wei and the others also promised repeatedly, and they went down separately to prepare not to mention it. At the time of the third watch, all the 4,000 men and horses were full, and all of them quietly left the camp and rushed to the camp of Yuan Shujun, which was twenty miles away. The horse's hooves were wrapped in cotton bales, and the sound was greatly reduced, until they rushed to less than two miles outside the tent of Yuan Shu's military camp, and no one found Zhao Feng and them one after another.
"Enemy attack, ah!" The sentry at the gate in the middle of the village only had time to scream, but was stabbed in the throat by Zhao Feng, who rushed to the front, and fell to the side of the road before he could let out a scream. "Smack!" The gate of the village, which was not closed, was opened by Zhao Feng with a shot, and then entered the village. Several infantry stepped forward to stop when they heard the news, but they were all stabbed to death by Zhao Feng, or stabbed to death by slashing their throats.
"Set fire first, then kill!" Zhao Feng beckoned to the sergeant behind him, and galloped on his own horse, while provoking the brazier on the side of the road and igniting the tent. Sergeant Yuan Shu rushed to hear the news, and for a while he had to put out the fire and block it, and he was in a hurry. And Song Xian and Wei Xu, who followed, saw that Yuan Shu's military camp tent was not tightly set, and they didn't even dig trenches around them, so they simply didn't squeeze the gate together, and directly cut down multiple fences to kill them separately, and now Yuan Shu's rear army was really blooming everywhere.
"Who dares to break into my Dazhai?" Zhao Feng led the army to rush to the Chinese army, and suddenly saw a general surrounded by people and horses along the way. Zhao Feng didn't answer, and directly drove forward to kill. The man was furious, and slapped his horse and danced his knife at Zhao Feng.
"More than strength, not enough skill!" Zhao Feng's mind turned fast, and the movements in his hands were not slow, and a shot stepped forward and put it on the opponent's knife shaft to open the head, and then stabbed the opponent's chest.
"Huh?" The man had an expression of disbelief, as if he couldn't believe that he had been killed so easily. Zhao Feng didn't care about him, and was about to drive the horse again, but saw the soldiers behind the man running around one by one, and shouted: "General Lei has been killed!" General Ray was killed! ”
"Dizzy, he's the Thunder Book?" Zhao Feng was also a little incredulous about his good luck, and then ordered someone to cut off the head and hang it with a long pole to show the public, and ordered the army to shout loudly: "The thunder book is dead, and those who descend will not be killed!" "To confuse the enemy's heart, the other party is even more chaotic this time.
"I wonder which general helped me break the siege?" Not long after, it was another group of people who were killed by the former army, and the person at the head was Zhang Liao. He was preparing for a sneak attack in the city tower, but found that the enemy camp suddenly caught fire, and hurriedly led the army to kill. As soon as he reached the Chinese army, Zhang Liao found that the other party was already in complete chaos, and it was obvious that someone had come to rob the camp, so he asked loudly.
"General Wenyuan, it's me Zhao Feng!" Zhao Feng replied immediately. Zhang Liao was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly drove forward to salute. "I wanted to take advantage of the night to surprise the enemy camp, but I didn't want to be robbed of the first credit by the general, and even the thunder book asked the general to behead." Zhang Liao was a little envious.
"Wen Yuan is still afraid that there will be no chance to make meritorious contributions in the future?" Zhao Feng asked with a smile, and Zhang Liao was slightly stunned and laughed. "Swift order to hunt down the enemy!" The general was killed, the camp was burned, and at this time, Yuan Shujun was already in turmoil, and everyone fled in all directions. Zhao Feng and Zhang Liao turned against Song Xian and Wei Xu, and the four of them led the army to chase for dozens of miles, and did not collect their troops and return to the camp until the sky was slightly bright.
In addition to the siege of the city and the robbery of the camp, more than 20,000 people were killed, and less than 3,000 people fled back to the Huainan base camp, and the remaining 20,000 people were captured, and the leading general Lei Shu was killed. Yuan Shu was shocked and vomited blood after hearing the news, and he recuperated for more than a month before recovering, and since then, Yuan Shu no longer dared to commit Guangling.
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