Chapter Twenty-Six: Incense Bait
At night, torches were lit all over the town, and some broken spears were wrapped in oilcloths with bed crossbows, and then shot out of the town, forming a circle of torches outside the town, illuminating the outside of the town, in case the golden soldiers took advantage of the night to launch a surprise attack on the town.
After arranging this, a high pole was erected in the center of the town, and a bloody human head was raised, and the news reached everyone's ears.
"This thief is the head of the county captain Zhou who escaped from the battle, this is the end of being greedy for life and afraid of death and disrespecting orders, I hope you will take it as a warning!" This is the original words passed down by Gao Huaiyuan, and everyone in the town looked at this hanging head, and all of them felt Ling Ran in their hearts.
Gao Huaiyuan dragged an injured leg, stiffened and walked around the town, checked the situation of the guards everywhere, and went to comfort the villagers who were injured in the battle, and then returned to the wall and sat down.
Even he didn't know when he was poked by the Jin soldiers, and the situation was chaotic in the evening, and he himself maintained a high degree of nervousness, not knowing how many Jin soldiers he had killed to attack the wall, so that he was so nervous that he didn't feel anything, and then he felt a sharp pain from the wound, and found a clean strip of cloth to bandage the wound, which was still Huo Huo's pain at this time.
He boasted that his kung fu was quite good, but after he really arrived on the battlefield, in the chaos of the army, he couldn't be busy at all, there were shouts of killing everywhere, and there were waving weapons everywhere, although he relied on his instinctive reaction to escape from the weapons in the hands of Jin Bing again and again, but he didn't dare to guarantee that he would not be injured at all, isn't this still a few arrows, and he was stabbed in the leg!
Originally, he shouldn't have been injured, but he just couldn't change his impulsive habit, and he didn't dare to see where the danger was, so he would immediately rush over and stand at the front to fight with the Jin soldiers, otherwise, as long as he stayed in the position he commanded, he might not be able to stand the injury at all.
But in other words, it is precisely because of his fierce and fearless style of death that he has inspired the morale of his rabble and kept this small Qifang Town, otherwise, he may not have been injured at this time, I am afraid that he would have been surrounded by the swarming Jin soldiers and chopped into minced meat!
Jia Qi brought him a bowl of rice, put a few pieces of black pickles on it, and gave him a bowl of water, Gao Huaiyuan saw that the people around him began to eat, so he took it unceremoniously and ate it in a big gulp, this day was really difficult, I thought that the last battle in the tiger's mouth was tragic enough, but this time the battle of Qifang Town was not weaker than that battle, fortunately this time he had a lot of men, and he withstood the onslaught of the Jin army, but the price paid at the end of the day made him really a little afraid.
He pondered while eating, and suddenly bit a piece of fragrant meat, chewed twice before eating a piece of chicken, so after pulling a few times, he found that there were a few pieces of cooked chicken buried under this bowl of rice, and immediately knew that this was specially prepared for him by the guys, and seeing that Huang Yan was also gobbling up the meal at this time, he knew that the guys must have specially added meals to these generals, and under the emotion of his heart, he pulled these meals into his mouth, picked up the water bowl and drank it again, Then he threw down his job and leaned on a bed crossbow.
He thought to himself, he didn't know if the few men sent out in the morning had escaped the pursuit of the Jin army, and found whether Meng Zongzheng and their army had been found, and if they could find it, they should have been informed of the situation here at this time.
Now that he is firmly surrounded by the Jin soldiers in Qifang Town, the only thing he can count on is that Meng Zongzheng or Hu Zaixing sent reinforcements to relieve the siege after they knew their situation!
After nightfall, he divided the remaining villagers in the town into three groups, taking turns to be on duty at night, otherwise, they have not slept for two days and one night, and if they last for another night, I am afraid that after dawn, no one will have the strength to fight, and he, Huang Yan and Zhou Hao also brought a group of people to take turns to watch the night, in case the Jin army sneaks up at night.
Most of the people immediately lay on the ground after eating the war meal, and they didn't care if there was still blood on the ground, so they snorted and fell asleep, only the people on duty kept patrolling back and forth on the wall, and the Jin army also set up camp outside the town at this time, and the bonfire kept flickering in the distance.
After the two armies fought for a day, the Jin army was also tired enough, in addition to fatigue, the morale of the Jin army was very low, and the attacks launched several times a day were all beaten back by the Song people, and they suffered very heavy casualties, and did not bargain at all, not to mention that the main general of the Jin army could not accept it, even these generals below him could not accept it.
After counting the losses, the Jin army commander has a strong desire to vomit blood on the spot, dealing with such a baggage team composed of Song people and Xiangyong, he lost more than 1,000 people in one day, but he was stunned that he couldn't even take down such a small Qifang Town, I'm afraid no one believes this kind of thing, but this kind of thing let him run into it, if he goes back like this, I'm afraid that like the last time Ubu, he will have to finish Yan Saibu's military stick!
But after a day of fierce fighting, his troops were all engaged in battle, at this time they were already very tired, if they were allowed to continue to attack the city overnight, I am afraid the result would not be much better, the stubbornness of the rural army of this baggage team was beyond the scope of his understanding, is this a trap set by the Song people for him? But judging from today's situation, it seems to be a little different, this township army was not very strong at the beginning, and it was a little chaotic, but later, the performance was more prominent, it seems that the reason why this township army performed so outstandingly, the key to the problem should be the other party's main general!
"Come on, do you know who the main general of the opponent's troops is today?" He called several of his lieutenants over and asked them.
The lieutenants under him, like him, came suddenly, and they didn't know who the chief general of this township army was, so they shook their heads and said they didn't know.
"Alas! I have to admit that today we met an opponent, and actually let me wait in such a small Qifang Town to lose face, you go down, tonight let the army rest well, tomorrow morning to start the war dinner, we will definitely capture this Qifang Town, otherwise, we will not be able to go back to explain to the marshal! Wan Yanqiang, the commander of the Jin Army, waved his hand helplessly to let these people go down to rest, his eyes looked at Qifang Town in the distance, and he sighed in his heart.
Looking at the torches around Qifang Town, he suddenly had a feeling of powerlessness, even at night he was so tightly guarded, he didn't know if he could really capture this Qifang Town at dawn!
The weather in the past two days is very good, the sky is bent and the moon slightly emits a bright moonlight, and the starry sky will decorate the night sky very beautifully, and no one thought that there are three Song armies, all of them, and the horses are all in the mouth, under the cover of the night, they quietly approach this side from three directions, and form a situation of encirclement of Qifang Town several miles away.
"Qi Qi Meng is under the jurisdiction of Qifang Town, Qifang Town has not fallen into the hands of the Jin army now, the Jin army has set up camp outside Qifang Town, we are only three miles away from them now, and the Jin army scouts have begun to appear in front!" A Song scout hurried to a war horse, knelt down on one knee and said to the man on the horse.
Meng Zongzheng nodded and said, "Order the army to stop!" Don't go any further! ”
So thousands of Song troops immediately stopped and hid in a wood, and at this time, a small group of Jin army scouts just bypassed in front of them, and after a circle, they left here again.
"Jue'er, this little friend of yours is really a general, and he actually led a group of village warriors, and he just withstood the onslaught of thousands of gold troops here for a day! Even the father is deeply surprised! After Meng Zongzheng saw that the Jin Bing scout had left, he said to Meng Heng, who was wearing armor beside him.
"Father, the child has already said, although Gao Huaiyuan is not very old, but the ability to control the army is no longer under the child, this son was in the mountains south of Huanglong Town, encountered a Jin army trying to smuggle across the Han River, with 500 township troops to resist the Jin army of 5,000, a full two days, so that the Jin army in the tiger's mouth is not allowed to enter, but also was beaten to heavy losses, this time he will naturally not lose! It's just that if we do this, once he learns, it will cool his heart! Meng Heng whispered.
"Jue'er's words are wrong! You yourself said that it would be fine with him, and this time it was not our intention to do so, but things went wrong, and the people sent for the Father happened to have not met them, which caused this to happen, and almost made us fall short! Fortunately, this Gao Huaiyuan is still alert, and he turned back to Qifang Town in time, otherwise, this time we would be self-defeating! This time, using them as incense bait is also a last resort, if it weren't for their baggage team, how could we transfer the Jin army of Zaoyang out?
And the reason why the father thought of this bad move, the key reason is because this time the baggage team is led by this son, the previous few contacts, I feel that this son is very alert and resolute, since you said that he has the ability, now it is just right to let this son temper more, and then he can become a great tool! If he has so many villagers and can't even defend Qifang Town, then don't say what he has the ability to do!
As for this matter, don't say it, if he knows about it, he will bear it for his father alone, and I will make amends for him myself!" You go and let everyone rest, and when the Jin army attacks the city again at dawn, it is time for us to attack, so be careful not to expose our whereabouts! ”
Meng Hui sighed slightly, then bowed down and turned around to go down to make arrangements! The other two Song armies, each under the leadership of Hu Zaixing and Chen Xiang, arrived at the predetermined position, forming a combined encirclement from three sides, clamping down the entire Qifang Town area.
The two armies had a good night's rest, and just after dawn, both armies got up early, had their war meals, and the sound of war drums rumbled again over Qifang Town.
Gao Huaiyuan sighed slightly, his heart was about to start again, he stood up and stood on the wall with his knife, and looked towards Jin Jun.
This time Jin Jiang really made a bloody investment, in order to strengthen the strength of the fortification, he overnight, ordered the craftsmen of the army to build some throwing cars again, and also surrounded some cowhide tents, surrounded by the throwing car rack, blocked the arrows for the operator, and slowly moved to the outside of the city, trying to continue to use this kind of thing to collapse the wall of Qifang Town.
Gao Huai saw this situation, and no longer waited for them to set up the throwing carts in place, so he immediately ordered the bed crossbow to start aiming at them and fired, and immediately a heart-shaking hum of the bed crossbow when it was fired sounded on the wall.
Some villagers held strong crossbows and began to hunt for the Jin army who were moving and throwing cars, and the two sides fought without declaring a war, opening the prelude to a new day of attack and defense.
In order to enhance the strength of the attack, the chief general of the Jin army even sent cavalry to participate in the attack this time, and a group of Jin army cavalry galloped near the wall, and suppressed the villagers on the wall by means of horse shooting.
At the beginning of this battle, the two sides fought inextricably, and the shouts of killing resounded in the sky.
Gao Huaiyuan shot over a centurion of the cavalry of the Jin Army with an arrow, causing the guy to knock off the war horse, and then he was engulfed by the war horse behind him, and was immediately trampled into a pile of flesh and blood.
Today's Jin Army is no longer as brave as it was back then, their cavalry is now riding and shooting is simply garbage, and the last time they met the vanguard of the Jin Army is not a grade at all, the arrows shot are soft and weak, not to mention, the accuracy is even worse scary, it looks like the random arrows take off is very scary, can really fall on the wall, the arrows that kill and injure the enemy are really very few, either shot on the wall, or directly over the wall and fell into the city, it can't play its due role at all, but at the beginning, frightened the villagers on the wall, and then stopped taking them seriously!
With a long period of pampering, their army has long since degenerated not much from the Song people, and if it weren't for the relative abundance of their war horses, they may not be far from pure infantry now.
General Jin drove a group of soldiers who had been prepared all night to the battlefield again, this battle was already a matter of his face and promotion, he spent his blood to seize Qifang Town, and use a large number of materials here to make up for his shame, so that his mind was a little hot, and he put all his attention on Qifang Town.
After the first day's training, at the beginning of the battle today, the villagers were no longer as panicked as yesterday, and followed their respective leaders to fight the battle in a decent way, plus where the heads of cowardly people such as Zhou County Lieutenant were hanging, no one dared to be afraid of the battle, so Gao Huaiyuan no longer had to worry about this matter, but used the theory of defending the city that he had learned before to use in this battle one by one, which just greatly exercised his command ability in this kind of defensive warfare, and made him accumulate a lot of experience.
When the Jin army braved the fierce arrows and stones and attacked under the wall again, Gao Huaiyuan was about to personally grab the knife and go into battle and continue to lead the troops to fight, when Jia Qi suddenly ran over to him and pointed to a forest in the distance and shouted: "Young master, look! There's another troop there! ”
Gao Huaiyuan was shocked, now this group of Jin soldiers has caused him a lot of pressure, if there is another batch of Jin reinforcements, wouldn't it be a big deal? So he hurriedly fixed his eyes and looked at it, and when he saw that the soldiers and horses in the center suddenly raised a red flag with black edges, and there was a big book in the middle, Gao Huaiyuan's heart became ecstatic.
"Haha! It's our reinforcements coming! That's the soldiers and horses under the control of Hu Zaixing, brothers work hard! Play our majesty! Gao Huaiyuan immediately determined that this army of soldiers and horses was definitely Hu Zaixing's soldiers and horses, what else did they have to worry about at this time? So he shouted loudly to the surrounding villagers.
And at this time, the villagers also saw the soldiers and horses that appeared in the distance, and after hearing that it was their own people, their morale was suddenly boosted, and they danced excitedly, and they no longer had a little fear.
At this time, the Jin soldiers also discovered the Song army that appeared behind them, so they immediately became confused, and the generals of the Jin army who watched the enemy's formation saw that the situation was not good, so they hurriedly called Jin to collect his troops and tried to immediately form a formation to fight against this Song army reinforcements, but his idea was good, but there will always be a huge gap between the ideal and the reality, and the soldiers and horses who were mixed together to attack the city, how could they say that they would withdraw when they were withdrawn!
When the Jin soldiers found that the Song army appeared behind them, they immediately shook their hearts, and they all ran wildly to the back, and the bows and crossbows of the villagers on the wall chased their buttocks all the way and shot fiercely, and suddenly killed a lot of the Jin army, which had no formation, from behind, and the Jin army was completely chaotic at this time.
And at this time, from two directions, there was also a cheer, it turned out that on the other side of Qifang Town, there was also a Song army, after the appearance of the Song army, immediately surrounded by an iron bucket, the Song army soldiers had a great posture of beating the water dogs, and the morale was like a rainbow to kill the chaotic Jin army.
At this time, the main general of the Jin army was stunned, he didn't expect that so many Song troops would suddenly appear and surround him, so he hurriedly wanted to gather the soldiers and horses and break through, but he put all the soldiers and horses that could fight into the siege in the morning, and he didn't even have a decent reserve at hand. He screamed, it's over!
After seeing that the situation was not good, he also knew that when he regathered his troops and horses, and then fled, he was afraid that it would be too late, so this guy was also decisive, so he simply left those subordinates, only took his two hundred pro-troops, and immediately got on his horse and galloped in the direction of the east, and the Song army had not yet formed an encirclement, so he jumped out of the encirclement and fled to the direction of Zaoyang.
And with his escape, the entire Jin army immediately lost its command completely, and became a nest of hornets that had been stabbed out of the hive, and crashed in all directions.
(How about the brothers help me this Monday by giving me a few red tickets and rushing to the red list?) Please, brethren! )