Chapter 744: Falling into the Well
Zhu Chongyi's words undoubtedly made Wen Chengfang, who was almost crazy, about to collapse, and after talking for a long time, he actually got a sentence of no, this and that? Brother, you were sent from heaven to punish me, right? Wen Chengfang stared at Zhu Chongyi tightly, almost speechless.
I have to say that although Zhu Chongyi's personality is still a little boy's shyness, he is unusually able to hold his breath, looking at Wen Chengfang's appearance, he still said unhurriedly: "Now the first thing we have to do is to withdraw the troops-"
"Withdrawal?" Wen Chengfang was a little skeptical that there was something wrong with his ears, and after a pause, he looked at Zhu Chongyi in surprise and said, "What did you say?" Withdrawal? Did I hear me right? ”
"Yes." Zhu Chongyi nodded solemnly and said, "Now that the Song army is at its peak, if it is in a decisive battle with it at this moment, even if it is repulsed, it will undoubtedly cause huge casualties." As he spoke, Zhu Chongyi lowered his voice and muttered in Wen Chengfang's ear.
After listening to Zhu Chongyi's words, Wen Chengfang said in surprise: "Is this what you came up with?" Although the battle plan Zhu Chongyi said is not perfect, at this time, it is the most appropriate, even Wen Chengfang, a battle-hardened and the best at defense, was surprised when he heard the plan, which naturally has its own merits, so Wen Chengfang's gaze at Zhu Chongyi has changed a little......
Zhu Chongyi scratched his head habitually again, and said, "Actually, I didn't come up with it." This is the result of the discussion between Brother Zhuo Yan and some adults, I just came to deliver something, and by the way, I just helped him pass the word! ”
Wen Chengfang took a deep breath, and saw that Zhu Chongyi's gaze had changed a little, but this time, there was less surprise in it, and more of it seemed to be saying, you didn't say it early, you kid who is grinding is too unkind.
Of course, he knew that this was not the time to care about these, and after listening to Zhu Chongyi's words, he hurriedly ordered the soldiers to withdraw from the city, and Zhu Chongyi's delay was not without effect, the resistance of the defenders at first also made the Song army suffer a lot, and the retreat at this time also seemed very reasonable, because the Song army's attack was really fierce, and avoiding its edge was also the way of the art of war, and this result also prompted Cai Yong's arrogance, and he personally rushed up with his blade.
Wen Chengfang led the people to fight and retreat, until he retreated two streets, and the residents where he passed had been taken away in advance by Zhuo Yan's faction.
The Song army was red-eyed, watching the defenders retreat, and chased them all in unison, however, when they chased to an open place on the street, suddenly the front was suddenly blocked by a fire, and the dry firewood flames poured with fire oil rose more than a foot high, blocking the way for the Song army to advance, so that they had to go around to both sides, and at this time, those soldiers with firearms gave full play to their skills, under the design of the firecracker, the Song army only saw a flash of fire in front of them, and some companions fell down, In fact, the fire gun that was just made at this time was not very powerful, but this kind of thing was unheard of by the Song army before, but its shock power was too powerful.
At this time, Cai Yong, who rushed up from behind, had also come to the front, looking at such a scene in front of him, he was furious, and he rushed to the front with a blade in his hand, however, the defenders of Song Shicheng didn't care whether you were the main general or not, as long as it was the Song army, they would shoot, the fire flashed, and the momentum was still violent, Cai Yong, who was killing Buddha and killing God, felt a pain in his chest, "Poof!" With a thud, he fell to the ground.
The Song army saw that the main generals were injured by the "demon law", and immediately panicked, and at the same time, Wen Chengfang suddenly commanded the defenders to counterattack and return, and for a while, thousands of arrows were fired, and the Song army suffered countless casualties, and all of them retreated.
Once Wen Chengfang gained the initiative, he did not intend to give them a chance to breathe, and when he was engaged with the Song army in the city, he had already sent his troops out of the city to take the Song army's biggest barrier - the siege vehicle.
Facts have proved that Zhu Chongyi's nonsense is not useless, the soldiers of Song Shicheng took advantage of the Song army's full strength to attack the city, a group of light cavalry raided, rushed to the inside of the siege vehicle, where they passed, did not fight with the enemy, just looking for a gap to see the fire oil poured inside. Here I have to say that the soldiers of the Song Division really have a set of arson, Yue Shao'an has won a lot of battles with fire attacks, therefore, the soldiers under his command are already familiar with arson, and they are familiar with it, and even some people have reached the point of perfection and reaching the peak, and the kung fu of arson is definitely unique in the world.
There was such a group of arsonists, and soon, several main beams inside the huge siege vehicle were poured with fire oil, and it was still late at night, and the most indispensable thing in the night battle was the torches, and with the things that ignited the fire, it was easy to set fire.
The arson team sent out by Wen Chengfang did not disappoint him, they calmly poured fire oil, lit a fire, and cut a few Song soldiers by the way, of course, they always had to pay back when they came out to mix, and some comrades of the arson team also paid their young lives for this glorious and great operation, as for the memory of future generations, they will not say for the time being, in short, the successful arson has finally eliminated a lot of crises in Song Shicheng.
And at this moment, Wen Chengfang also swept away the previous gloom, and also learned from Cai Yong, took the lead, and yelled at the brothers to come with me, obviously, there is a difference between the brothers coming with me and the brothers being fast, the former is sharing weal and woe, sharing risks, and the latter is a little fanning the flames, and it is not a big deal to watch the excitement.
Under the leadership of Wen Chengfang, the defenders' counteroffensive was very smooth, and the Song army, which was still arrogant in the first half of the night, was finally suppressed, of course, this is not the most direct relationship between them and their collapse, and more importantly, when the Song army retreated to the top of the city, they were surprised to find that the huge siege engine they thought was invincible actually caught fire, and the people of Song Shicheng were too unkind, giving full play to the fine tradition of falling into the well. They didn't forget to fire a few shots at the siege vehicle with the muzzle of their guns.
The artillery, which had been bombarded with immobility, was now bombarded with increased the speed of destruction of the siege vehicles. The Song army was still resisting the Song army at the head of the city, intending to see the opportunity to recover the decline, until this moment, they finally understood a problem, that is, if they didn't leave, they really couldn't leave.
Recognizing the form, Song Jun once again seemed to go crazy, only this time they did not rush down, but ran back, and their speed was more than double that of before. It's a pity that the siege vehicle can't support it for long, just after Cai Yong was carried down by his subordinates, a loud "bang-la-la-......" sound sounded in the sky, and the siege vehicle finally fell as if it had completed his last mission.
The Song army who was still above was suddenly buried in the fire, and the screams were heard in the ears of the Song army, making their faces pale, and the soldiers who were kicked down and they were scrambling to climb up couldn't help but be a little grateful to the person who kicked themselves, yes, what a great sentiment this is, for the sake of others' lives, he did not hesitate to kick it, and he resolutely went to die. Although they knew in their hearts that these people who kicked themselves were definitely not so great and noble, but for those who saved their lives by grounding, they really couldn't hate them at this moment.
However, the joy has not completely passed, another kind of despair flooded their hearts, the siege vehicle is gone, it means that there is no way for them to retreat, looking down from the city, the students who have a fear of heights directly closed their glasses, even those who are bold, and even really want to jump from here The soldiers also gave up this idea, because they were surprised to find that if they fell like this, they would definitely die instantly, and even the meat on their bodies did not need to be crushed to make meat sauce, just add some seasoning and stir it.
In this kind of situation where there is no way out and there are chasing soldiers, it seems that there are only two roads left, one is to rush up with a blade and fight hard, in fact, this choice can be understood as the word "death", because at this time, the soldiers of Song Shicheng are not stupid, they are not afraid that the other party is running away, so they will naturally not carry the blade to fight them hand-to-hand.
Wen Chengfang waved his hand, the soldiers retreated to the rear very tacitly, the crossbowmen stepped forward, and surrounded the Song army in rows at the head of the city, at this time it was the most cost-effective to use crossbowmen, Wen Chengfang contributed a lot in the construction of the Song Division, so he also dealt with a lot of money, which made him fully know how to calculate the cost and how to maximize the benefits.
At this time, the use of crossbowmen is undoubtedly the lowest cost, one can reduce the casualties of the soldiers, and the other can also practice the accuracy of the crossbowmen, the most important point is that these crossbow arrows can still be picked up, which is almost zero cost, such a deal to find there.
However, Wen Chengfang obviously felt that if he did this, it would certainly allow his crossbowmen to practice their combat skills, but it would still be a loss in comparison. Because many of these soldiers in front of them can be recruited, recruiting them can not only let them do free coolies, such as cleaning up the battlefield, and when they are done with coolies, they can also pick some of them to expand the army, which is the most important thing.
Therefore, Wen Chengfang took the lead and shouted: "Put down your weapon, surrender and don't kill—"
In fact, the most indispensable thing in the army is Ruo bones, they don't like to fight, most of them are persecuted, they can live at the moment, no one wants to die, it's just to let them put down their weapons, if they are scolded for their dad being a bastard at this moment, I believe there are people who are willing. Therefore, except for a few diehards, the Song army trapped above the city wisely chose to lay down their weapons.
The surrender was so smooth, firstly, because the Song army had indeed been trapped in a desperate situation, and secondly, because the legs of those officials were relatively fast, and most of the generals ran away, of course, there were many who were buried in the fire, but there were very few who could stay in the city, even though the Song army still left more than 7,000 people in the city, if they resisted desperately, Wen Chengfang might not be able to easily clean them up. However, the huge fear made them dare not resist, coupled with the fact that there were no people who took the lead in restraining them, military discipline was even more lost, and it seemed that the only choice was to surrender......
After cleaning up the enemy army on the head of the city, Wen Chengfang did not rush to drink the celebration wine, because there were still a large number of Song troops outside the city, and these people still had the strength to fight again.
Therefore, Wen Chengfang hurriedly ordered three thousand light cavalry and went straight out of the city to kill the Song army's middle army camp, at this moment Cai Yong was seriously injured and unconscious, and the Song army was new to it, only set up some simple tents, not even a decent defense, plus after the defeat, panic was like an infectious disease, infected to every soldier, seeing Wen Chengfang's light cavalry raid, the Song army's first reaction was to flee.
In this case, the light cavalry then covered up the two legs of the Song army, where they could run over four legs, and the cavalry caught up with the spear and stabbed it directly, sometimes three of them with one shot, and the lethality was extremely strong.
Wen Chengfang took the light cavalry to chase and kill from the second half of the night until the sky became brighter, and then withdrew the army and returned, and at this moment the Song army was completely ashamed, and Cai Yong was covered by several lieutenants under his command and escaped.
They never dreamed that the camp they had built with the intention of confusing Zhang Fan would now become their place of life......
After returning to the camp, after more than ten days, the soldiers who fled for their lives rushed back one after another, Cai Yong also woke up, barely enough more than 10,000 people, and after a painful situation, he retreated back towards the Song Realm.
And it is not so easy for them to withdraw the army, Zhang Fan was extremely annoyed after learning that he had been tricked, biting Cai Yong's tail and not letting go, at this time, Cai Yong's troops were obviously insufficient, but Yang Fan was in line with the concept of beating the water dogs, and sent Cai Yong to Jiading Mansion, and then looked at the high city wall and waved goodbye and went back......