Chapter 58: Fighting in the south of the city
When the sky was twilight, Feng'an City was shrouded in a thin layer of morning mist.
Yang Hao and Yi squinted in the arrow tower of the south gate for a while, Tang Hu came over and patted him on the shoulder, and Yang Hao hurriedly stood up.
"I'm not used to staying up late, but I'm used to it after a long time."
Tang Hu walked to the head of the city and looked at the river, Yang Hao asked suspiciously: "Dong Bacheng will really cross the river to attack the city?" There are so many earthen walls and trenches built here, which is not suitable for the movement of large armies at all. ”
"Just these earthen walls and ditches?" Tang Hu snorted disdainfully, "It's okay to block a few horse bandits." Thousands of people pounced at once, what kind of formation was that? Gently step on it. This thing can't stop the enemy, but will block its own way! I really don't know what our Lord Zeng Chongyang thinks. ”
Yang Hao was speechless, the biggest battle he had seen so far was the sneak attack on Meishan Mine by Meng Bochang on a snowy night, the scene of the war horse galloping and the fierce military flag is still in front of him, and he is still shocked every time he thinks about it. However, that time the opponent was too weak, and it was basically a one-sided stance. Yang Hao couldn't imagine what a tragic situation would be for thousands of people fighting on the battlefield.
"Dangdang ......"
The river patrol soldier suddenly rang the bamboo pole that gave the alarm, and dozens of white sails appeared on the river.
"Where did he get his sailboat?" Tang Hu's face was frightened.
"Teacher, what's wrong?" Yang Hao also panicked.
"Quickly report to Wu Shilang, Dong Bacheng has a sailor to help in the battle, and quickly transfer the Xicheng defenders to reinforcements."
"Yes."
"Come back!" Yang Hao turned around and just left, and was called back by Tang Hu again.
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Liu Xi was appointed by Dong Bacheng to join the army on the march and follow him on errands. His 1,000 subordinates were incorporated into the river-crossing pioneer battalion by Dong Bacheng and scattered on a hundred wooden platoons.
The twilight faded and the stars were sparse. It's getting brighter.
Liu Xi looked at the white sail on the river in front of him, and then looked back at Dong Bacheng who was looking far away on the high platform, and a doubt rose in his heart. Dong Bacheng demolished all the houses in the eighteen villages of Henan Province and built these 100 wooden rows, and installed sails on each wooden row. In order to make these hundred sails, he did not close his eyes for three days and three nights.
He didn't understand what was the use of Dong Bacheng's hard work to pretend this white sail? This section of the river is only more than three miles wide, the water flow is steady, ten strong men paddle together, and the work of a stick of incense passes. The wooden platoon target is small, and it takes advantage of the night to cross the river, thirty zhang away, and the defenders can't find it at all. Installing sails on wooden rafts can theoretically increase speed, but only if someone knows how to use them. Dong Bacheng's soldiers are from Hedong, most of them don't know the nature of water, and few people can know how to ship, let alone control sails. No one will use it, what are you doing with this thing? Is it just a bluff to scare the enemy?
Liu Xi couldn't figure it out, but it didn't mean that the sails were really useless, at least from Dong Bacheng's point of view, they were useful, and they were of great use. One hundred wooden platoons were arranged in a line on the south bank of the river, each platoon was equipped with twenty soldiers, ten soldiers rowed, five shieldmen defended in front, and five archers stood guard in the center and rear.
At the beginning of the hour, the mist clears on the surface of the river, and if you look good, you can see the flags fluttering on the watchtowers on the opposite bank.
"Teacher, please look, they are increasing their troops."
Adjutant General Li Yufang excitedly pointed to the other side of the river, although Dong Bacheng was already behind the armor, his eyes were excellent, he saw that there were suddenly dozens of flags on the opposite river beach, and the soldiers like ants were constantly pouring into the open space in the south of the city.
Suddenly, two fast horses galloped from the east and west, and almost at the same time arrived at the point general. The two flag-planting heralds hurriedly ascended to the high platform and reported in unison: "General Hui, the left (right) battalion is ready to stop." ”
"Drop the sails and go to battle!" Dong Bacheng drew his sword and roared.
In the deafening sound of war drums, a hundred white sails fell at the same time. The sailors, who had been holding back their strength, turned over in unison, pushing the wooden rafts to the opposite shore like arrows from the string.
There were thousands of Tiande defenders on the north bank of the river, and there were no less than two or three hundred archers, but the soldiers were unfamiliar with arrows and had little courage. Seeing that the army rushed to the beach, everyone only dared to hide behind the earthen wall and let out arrows indiscriminately, and ten thousand arrows were fired at once, but most of the arrows fell into the water, and not many people were shot.
The archers of the Hedong Army on the wooden platoon are all accurate in archery, although they cannot be called 100 shots and 100 hits, but five or six out of ten abound. After a burst of fire, the Tiande sergeants had been completely suppressed behind the earthen wall and in the trench.
Seeing this, Xiao Yong, the general of Dong Bacheng, who commanded the crossing of the river, proudly said to the guard Xiao Mang: "Send a signal to tell the general that I have successfully crossed the river." Xiao Mang piled up three piles of dry firewood on the river beach, first lit the middle one, and raised a red smoke, and then lit the left and right piles in turn, emitting billowing black smoke.
Xiao Mang said to his partner proudly: "It is said that the Tiande Army is a strong force outside the Saiwai, how can it be so vulnerable." Ha ...... "Before the laughter was over, a feather arrow suddenly broke through the air, shooting him through the heart.
"Whoosh! Sou! Two more arrows, and Xiao Mang's two companions also fell in response.
It was Yang Hao who released the arrow, and at this moment he was standing on the gatehouse of the largest camp in the south of Feng'an City. As soon as the three arrows were fired, he was forcibly put down by the four guards around him. This gatehouse suddenly became the focus of the archers in Hedong, and in a matter of moments, thirty or forty arrows were hit on the wooden beam guardrail. Yang Hao looked at the dense arrows and couldn't help but explode in his brain.
"Escort the Judge out of here." Li Tong, the camp guard, shouted loudly.
The Hedong army had already burned down the three camps along the river, and crossed the first earthen wall to kill the main village.
"I won't leave until the last minute." Yang Hao yelled at Li Tong.
In just a few incense sticks ago, there were still 1,500 soldiers of the Tiande Army in the south of the city, and in the blink of an eye, there were corpses all over the field. These newly recruited soldiers were no match for the battle-hardened Hedong soldiers at all. Xiao Yong saw this, but he was not careless at all, he sent four brigades to outflank and cut off the retreat of the Tiande army. The newly recruited soldiers, who were completely unrelenting in a desperate situation, panicked, dropped their weapons and scurried around.
The battlefield turned into a slaughterhouse. Xiao Yong opened his arms and hugged 1,500 panicked soldiers into his arms at once, and gnawed them out. The screams were earth-shattering, the corpses of the recruits filled the trenches, and the red blood pooled into a stream that flowed into the Yellow River.
Yang Hao gritted his teeth with hatred, beat his chest and cried: "Why did you send them? Isn't this driving sheep and tigers? ”
Li Tong said helplessly: "This is how to fight, in order to win, you always have to pay a little price." Your Excellency, let's go back to the city, this place can't be defended. ”
Yang Hao said with tears in his eyes: "Can others die but I can't die?" ”
Tang Hu originally planned to be held out for a period of time by the newly recruited troops, the patrol battalion, and the Assassin's Mansion Guards with the help of high walls. After polishing the sharpness of the Hedong Army, he used the Tiande Right Army brought by Yang Hao from Yongfeng to fight a decisive battle with it outside the city.
However, Dong Xiancheng deliberately chose to cross the river during the day, and erected a white sail on the river, but reminded Tang Hu that it was false for him to cross the river and attack the city, and it was true to attract his main force. If Dong Bacheng's main attack point is not in the south of the city, where will it be?
West! It must be the west of the city! There is a section of the city wall in the west of the city that has collapsed, Tang Hu went up to see it, there is a deep gap between the newly built city wall and the old city wall, this is a fatal weakness! Although there was a small hill in the west of the city as a barrier, for the Hedong army, which was mainly lightly armed, it was as easy to cross this hill as if it were walking on flat ground.
After seeing through Dong Bacheng's intentions, Tang Hu reluctantly placed the newly recruited 1,000 soldiers in the south of the city as bait to lure the enemy, only by making Dong Bacheng convinced that he had placed the main force in the south of the city, could he attack him unprepared, and it was possible to break him with a weak enemy and a strong enemy, and break him with 2,000 people, otherwise he could only wait for death in the city.
During the fierce battle in the south of the city, Tang Hu stood on the arrow tower in the south of the city, and every detail of the battlefield was clearly seen. He was looking forward to the moment when the red smoke of the three pillars rose up, which was a signal from Xiao Yong to Dong Bacheng: The main force of the Tiande Army has been pinned down by me, and now it can cross the river and attack the city.
Xiao Yong is a battle-hardened veteran in the end, although the severed heads of the Tiande soldiers have piled up a hill, he still does not believe that this is the main force of the Tiande army. There is only one last camp left outside the south gate of Feng'an, and a one-person-deep trench is dug around the camp, and the trench is half a person-deep mud, and the inside of the trench is a wooden wall made of wooden piles. There were no less than 300 people in the camp, and their style was extremely tenacious, and their strong bows and crossbows shot down one after another Hedong soldiers. When the fierce battle was in full swing, a battle flag was raised from the gatehouse of the camp, which was the battle flag of the main general Liu Yifeng.
"It's really him!" Xiao Yong was overjoyed, he finally believed that the main force of the Tiande Army was in the south of the city!
Three pillars of red smoke rise into the sky! Tang Hu at the head of the city finally breathed a sigh of relief and grinned.
"Pull out this nail for me."
Xiao Yong waved his hand contemptuously, a smile on the corner of his mouth. What a true warrior wants to see on the battlefield is not a group of enemies to be slaughtered, but a real opponent.
Li Tong is now Xiao Yong's opponent.
The order to pull out the nail was quickly issued to the most basic team, but the nail is the nail, and if you want to pull it out, why doesn't it want to prick you? The soldiers of the Hedong Army howled and charged at the lonely camp. The three charges were more fierce than the last, but they were also more and more miserable than the first.
A red hoop appeared around the camp, and the blood of the athletes in Hedong stained the water in the trench red, and the corpses that kept filling it forced the blood to the shore and ran in all directions. The red hoop is getting thicker and thicker. Xiao Yong also became more and more unable to hold his breath, and finally, he stripped off his armor and carried a long knife to personally serve as the leader of the fourth stormtrooper, and dozens of school officers also joined the ranks.
"Uhhh
The horn sounded, and the fourth charge of Hedong athletes began......