Chapter 169: Retreat from the Enemy

In the afternoon, the Yan army began to attack the inner city, and in the absence of trebuchets, it was tantamount to a fool's dream to forcibly attack the city in the ribbon-like area between the two city walls with ordinary climbing equipment.

The space that was too narrow compressed the advantage of the Yan army to the extreme.

First, it is impossible to build a large siege tower vehicle, and the ladder cannot pose a fundamental threat to such a tall city wall. Second, the attackable area is too narrow, even if the Yan army is willing to fill it with human lives, it can't pile up so many people at the same time.

But the Yan army was still persisting in the siege.

The defense of the inner city was much tighter than that of the outer city, and more and more corpses were left behind by the Yan army.

The boiling oil on the city wall and the shovel wood that were pushed down caused batches of Yan soldiers to fall. The boiling oil was poured on the person, and suddenly the clothes and armor and the skin of the person were torn, and after the fire was lit, the fire that ignited blocked the people below. Wooden pieces with huge iron spikes will cause a row of people on a ladder to fall down every time they are put down, and then put away and reuse after forcing the enemy forces back. The archers cautiously shot feathered arrows from behind the bunker towards the Yan army under the city wall and on the opposite wall.

The reason why it is cautious is because the outer city is controlled by the Yan army, and there are also archers of the Yan army on the city wall a stone's throw away. The range of the bows and arrows configured by the Yan army is similar to that of the standard bows and arrows of the Great Jin Dynasty, but there are still some gaps compared with the crossbows and bows specially equipped by the Great Jin military. Therefore, although the crossbows and archers of the Jin army could stand in the arrow tower and shoot calmly, the archers and soldiers standing on the city wall had to be on guard against arrows from the opposite side at any time.

Siege and defense became a protracted battle.

In the evening, the Yan army erupted in cheers.

Murong Cheng climbed the walls of the outer city.

At the same time, when Murong Cheng ascended the outer city tower, more than a thousand black floats wrapped in black cloth began to ascend the city.

The pressure on the Jin army defending the city suddenly increased.

Guo Fei and Yuhuating also took their pro-army to the city wall at this time. Guo Fei danced the big gun and leaned against the wall for a moment after killing three black floating capitals in a row. Heifudu's heavy sword, shield and iron armor made him a little difficult, this is the truth, but what made Guo Fei feel most incredible was that Heifudu actually cooperated, that is, it simply imitated the small three-talent formation usually used by the Jin army!

You must know that the Black Floating Capital, which is now giving the Jin army the greatest pressure, is a cavalry on the grassland! The steppe cavalry has always had no rules in combat, but after being transformed into infantry, it is incredible that they can cooperate with each other.

And depending on the level of proficiency, it is obviously not a day or two.

This is what makes Guo Fei feel the most frightened. Although he had heard about it from the returning soldiers after the fall of the outer city, he didn't pay much attention to it at the time, and now that he thinks about it, it is understandable that the outer city fell so soon after the walls were opened.

Since it is in the outer city, the Jin army can't stop the Black Floating Capital, and it will be the same in the inner city.

Therefore, after Guo Fei took a breath, he gave an order that the rest of the Yan army infantry could slow down and block again, but they must not let a single soldier of the Black Floating Capital go to the city.

Then Guo Fei sent the elite infantry of the Northern Army - heavy infantry.

The Modao Army did not exist on the Western Front, mainly concentrated in the Cangzhou camp, so at this time, the main force in Jinzhou City was not cavalry or archers, but heavy infantry that had been recuperating before.

The heavy infantry went up to the city wall and immediately moved the somewhat tilted scales back.

Osan slashed back a Yan soldier with force, and then the Jin army next to him took the opportunity to step forward and pierce the enemy soldier with a shot, a Jin soldier with a hook pulled it over, and another Jin soldier with a big knife stepped forward and beheaded the Yan soldier with a knife.

This is just a microcosm.

Osan gradually approached Guo Fei.

"Only if you retake the outer city, the Admiral's strategy will be useful!"

Osan yelled at Guo Fei, who was wielding a big slashing horse.

Guo Fei's spear had been destroyed before, and this time it was the straight-edged slashing horse of the heavy infantry.

"Lao Tzu will definitely be able to recapture the outer city, and if his strategy doesn't work at that time, Lao Tzu will definitely behead you to bury the soldiers who died in battle!"

Wushan pulled out the straight knife from the corpse of the Yan army, and after muttering a "really long-winded", he continued to rush out of the city to another place where the Yan army ascended.

The Jin army eventually repelled the Yan army's attack and recaptured the outer city for the fourth time.

Then, under the command of Wushan, the Jin army began to collect what they needed all over the city. In normal times, it would not have been possible to meet the requirements overnight, but fortunately, the previous fortified wall cleared the field, which made the job much easier and easier.

In fact, today's Yan army did not show its full strength, otherwise it would definitely not have been repelled when there were not many people in Heifu Capital who had climbed the inner city wall.

After witnessing that the Jin army had moved all the heavy infantry on the city wall, and still couldn't stop the Yan army's attack like ants, Murong Cheng ordered Heifu to pull out of the battlefield, and then controlled the rhythm and slowly withdrew the Yan army from the battlefield.

Of course, this time, the Yan army had enough time to destroy the city gate and the blocked city wall.

This night, in order to continue to consume the fighting spirit and physical strength of the Jin army, Murong Cheng made a feint for a whole night.

Early the next morning, the red-eyed Guo Fei and the red-eyed Yuhuating met at the head of the city.

"Is this possible?"

"It's still possible."

"What if I run back again?"

"Didn't you prepare a stone?"

"What if it doesn't work?"

"Probably not."

"You said it should." 、

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"Made, now you have to rely on brutes to save us?"

"You mean you're a beast?"

Guo Fei tugged at the corners of his mouth and stopped talking. Fighting mouths and the like, he has never been Yuhuating's opponent, although when facing civilian officials, Guo Fei is quite tactful, but for some reason, as long as the other party is also a soldier, Guo Fei will become rude, and his thinking will become less flexible.

It was just dawn, and after the dust and mist cleared, tens of thousands of Yan soldiers were already lined up under the city wall. Behind the phalanx of more than 10,000 infantry, 15,000 elite cavalry of the Yan Army were slowly gathering.

Murong Cheng seemed to be ready to finish the battle.

"There are less than 5,000 people on the other side of the river"

"If it succeeds, I mean if, then Jinju City is defended, and if I want to see him in the future and salute, I am willing."

"As long as you live, Guo Fei, when you see him, no matter what time it is, you have to salute."

Guo Fei smiled at Yuhuating's unceremonious words and didn't care.

The horns of the bull have sounded, and the Yan soldiers have begun to attack the city.

This time, Jinju City can be said to be leaking on all sides, and there are three or four gaps in the city wall alone that have not yet had time to be plugged, plus the empty city gate that has no wood left, Jinju City is now like a woman wearing a light veil without the power to resist, and anyone can easily occupy it.

Then when the Yan army launched an attack, smoke rose from several gaps in the Jin army's city wall.

Then the Yan army saw a large herd of wild beasts rushing out of Jinju City with smoke and flames.

Cattle!

It's a buffalo! And the back of the buffalo caught fire.

When they were about to collide, Yan Jun saw clearly that sharp knives were tied to the horns of each fire cow.

Hundreds of fire bulls were released from five places and rushed into the Yan army's camp like crazy.

Suddenly, the Yan army was in chaos.

The infantry phalanx in front of the Yan army was rushed by the fire ox and quickly collapsed. Subsequently, 3,000 infantry and 800 cavalry were organized in Jinju City to kill the Yan army.

The rout of the Yan army's front army also caused the cavalry in the rear to suffer.

Behind the already small city is the Hutuo River, and in the narrow strip, once the Yan infantry retreated, the cavalry behind them was disrupted, and many people were squeezed into the river with men and horses.

The Jin army's cover-up took the opportunity to come, which made the chaotic Yan army even worse.

Guo Fei and Yuhuating rushed into the Yan army's position with eight hundred cavalry, and then charged all the way for a full mile before they encountered obstacles.

It is the five hundred black floating capital of Murong City.

Murong Cheng, who was armed with a double hammer, faced Guo Fei and Yuhuating with two guns.

In this battle, in the end, the Jin army defeated the Yan army, killing more than 6,000 enemies, injuring countless enemies, breaking five pontoon bridges of the Yan army, and losing less than 1,000 themselves.

Victory!

Jinju City is worry-free for at least ten days.

This is enough to wait for the reinforcements from Jizhou, once the reinforcements from Jizhou arrive, the siege of Shenzhou will be solved, and the northern defense line formed by Jinzhou-Shenzhou-Cangzhou will be able to really breathe, and drag this war into a long confrontation.

The city of Jinju that night was plunged into a sea of celebration.

Jinju City was defended, and the people in the city were happiest. The fact that 700 buffaloes were forcibly recruited before was also forgotten by the excited people as quickly as possible, and although it was not a pot of wine for the Jin army, it could be regarded as extremely enthusiastic.

It is said that in order to thank the Jin army, the wealthy merchants in the city collected 100,000 taels of silver that night to pay the army. Guo Fei happily accepted it, and then invited the big family to the banquet in the Assassin's Mansion, and promised a lot of convenience during the banquet.

Although the Jin army later pulled back dozens of lightly injured cattle one after another when cleaning the battlefield, they were all unclaimed, and finally together with the dead cattle, they were used as military rations, and they were killed that night, and the three armies were sacrificed.

The people of the city are even proud of it. After the news of the victory spread throughout the city in the afternoon, there were several fights between the people who offered the buffalo and which family was forced to send the buffalo. In the end, it was the assassin of Jinju City who issued an official document saying that the family who contributed the buffalo was exempted from paying taxes for two years, which calmed down the incident.

The next day, of course, there was a new picture of the story of breaking the enemy.

Someone preached in Jinju City that the method of destroying the enemy was conceived by the new Admiral Xie Shence of the Tiqi Division. As for the subsequent exemption from taxes for two years, it was also the result of the efforts of the Tiqis.

With the usual reputation of the Ti Rider as a foreshadowing, such news has been spread, and it has gained recognition among the largest group of people in the fastest time. For a time, the people of Jinju City, and even some of the soldiers, were extremely grateful and worshipful to the Tiqi Division and Xie Shence.

Guo Fei and Yu Huating listened to the reports of the people below, and their eyes were full of helplessness.

This is a victory, and if the battle is lost, it is estimated that the propaganda of the Tiqi Division will have to be reversed. It's not that the cavalry will say that Xie Shen's plan is not appropriate or anything like that, but he will try his best to put all the blame for the defeat on the head of the northern army.

At that time, who will be the person who will carry the black pot besides them?

(PS: There's another chapter later.) Stay tuned~. ~)