Chapter 195: Breaking the City in One Blow
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It was nearly dusk, in the south of Liaodong and Xiangping City, a fast horse galloped into the city, rolling up a puff of smoke and dust, and made several doormen disgraced.
The young doorman said angrily: "This is the Pingzhou Governor's Office, the Junhou Town, you dare to run horses indiscriminately, and see how Sima Patrol City cleans you up!" โ
The old doorman looked at the flag on the back of the knight who was getting farther away, and shook his head: "This is a beacon urgent report thirty miles away in the south, but the city is galloping, even if it is a city patrol Sima." โ
The young doorman's mouth opened wide: "South, yes, is it the eldest son's side?" โ
The old doorman nodded and muttered, "It seems that something big has happened......
As expected, in just half an hour, a great news spread throughout Xiangping City: the eldest son, Gongsun Kang, had successfully captured Ma Reverse and was leading the army to victory.
After a while, the south gate rushed to the welcoming procession of a group of people dressed in red and hanging colors, holding various musical instruments, and when they inquired, it was a welcome guard of honor organized by some officials of Xiangping and some wealthy businessmen. The opportunity for the eldest son to fight in person is really rare, it is rare once, and it is a big victory, how can it not be a big reason. As for the fact that there are only a dozen opponents, it has long been directly ignored by the horsemen.
As soon as the chaotic welcoming procession poured out of the city gate, it was greeted by smoke and dust, the sound of hooves thundering, and a murderous cavalry of hundreds appeared in front of them. Judging from the flag, it is the flag of the eldest son, Gongsun Kang, the capital of Wei. Hundreds of armor riders, galloping fast, roaring. The shock and coercion formed are terrifying.
Under the trembling liver of the officials and businessmen in the welcome team, they couldn't help but praise again and again: "The armor is translucent, the people and horses are fierce, and the eldest son is worthy of the prestige of the armor horseman." These words are all sincere, not patting.
The merchant with the organic spirit hurriedly commanded the guard of honor and blew and pulled the bullet to knock it out. But what happened next caught everyone off guard and stunned.
A long howl for the first rider. An extra-long giant spear appeared in his hand, urging the war horse and rushing towards the crowd. And hundreds of armored horsemen also showed their spears and halberds one after another, and the sound of killing shook the sky.
The welcoming crowd was stunned for a full dozen breaths, until the war horse spewed out a fishy hot breath and was about to spray on the face, then one by one the ghosts screamed and scattered in horror.
In front of the city gate, the four fields were vast, and a large force of cavalry rushed along the official road. As long as the crowd jumps down to the ditches on both sides of the official road, they can basically dodge. And the purpose of the cavalry charge was also to disperse the crowd and kill the city gate.
Compared with the officials and merchants who slapped the horse's legs, the reaction of the defenders at the south gate was much faster. shouted in unison: "Enemy attack!" Enemy attack! Pull the drawbridge and close the gates! โ
In a few moments, the drawbridge slowly rose and the heavy gates slowly closed.
The young doorman pushed the door with difficulty. While asking the old doorman in confusion: "Is the eldest son too excited and crazy?" โ
The old doorman was angry and gave the young doorman a hard slap on the head, and scolded: "You just went crazy." I don't have any eyesight. That's not the eldest son, and they are not the Liaodong Army, but the enemy! It's the enemy coming! โ
The young doorman was stunned, stopped for a moment, and said in a lost voice: "Where is the enemy from the south?" โ
Yes, that's the question of all the people who were raided. There are Karasuma to the east and west of Liao, Xianbei to the north, and Goguryeo to the east, all three of which are likely to be attacked by the enemy, but the south is all Han land. There has never been a precedent for an enemy to attack in this direction since the beginning of the dynasty, but today this precedent has been broken. For a moment, the defenders were completely unable to react with a basic defense, except to instinctively close the door and pull the bridge.
As a result, hundreds of attacking enemies, without even a single symbolic arrow, rushed to the city gate without hindrance. At this time, the suspension bridge was just less than halfway up.
The rider who rushed to the front shouted, lifted the reins and clamped the horse, and the white horse with the divine horse under the crotch neighed, and the strong and powerful two hind legs kicked and leaped, and actually climbed onto the suspension bridge. The other rider was saddled with a halberd, three arrows in his hand, and a bow with oblique fingers, sneering at three arrows in a row.
Amazingly, the three arrows were not fired at the enemy on the wall, but with incredible precision into the chain chute that pulled the drawbridge. I heard a few muffled grunts from the city wall, and the drawbridge slammed, and the dust fell in a pinch before slowly descending.
The knights cheered in unison: "Taishi Sima Divine Skill!" โ
More than a dozen white wolf warriors who had accompanied Ma Hu's guerrilla attack on Buyun Peak only then did they understand the reason why Taishi Sima's archery skills were above them as the city guard said that day.
Tai Shi Ci was able to show this magic skill of fighting cattle across the mountains, in fact, there was another person's credit. Before Ma Han rushed onto the suspension bridge, he told Tai Shi Ci that there were a few control wrestlers in the city wall control room, and their approximate directions, which gave Tai Shi Ci an amazing appearance. Of course, the mistake is not a marksman like Tai Shi Ci, even if he counts in detail, he doesn't want to play such a beautiful hand.
By this time the south gate had rattled shut, and the moment the gate was closed, the young gatekeeper looked through the gap in astonishment, looking at the rider of the Prancing Horse Drawbridge, and was even more attracted by the strange spear in his hand, which was outrageously long, thick and frightening. Suddenly, the collar tightened, and the voice of the old doorman came from behind him: "Look! Hurry up and help lift the deadbolt, do you want my old man to do this thousands of pounds? โ
The young doorman hurriedly shrank his head, and seven or eight doormen lifted a square hemlock wooden deadbolt weighing a thousand catties with seven hands and eight feet, and was about to buckle into the card slot in the middle of the door...... The young gatekeeper carried a huge log on his shoulders, and his ears were close to the gate, when he faintly heard a sharp sound of horses' hooves coming from the side of the gate.
It is strange that such a picture appeared in the mind of the young gatekeeper: riding like the wind, with heavy guns and thunder, slamming into the tall city gate...... He shook his head hurriedly, putting the ridiculous thought aside. At this moment, a thunderclap seemed to sound in his ears, and he was instantly deaf in one ear.
Rumble! The locks and locks on the city gate were knocked away by a huge force, and nearly ten guards carrying the door bolts turned into rolling gourds, and half were crushed by the giant wood, bleeding from their mouths and noses, and their whole body convulsed, and they couldn't even scream.
The old doorman and the young doorman are two of the luckiest of all. They were the first to be shaken out, and although their heads were broken and bleeding, and their ears were roaring, they were not afraid of their lives. The old doorman was rolling and moaning, while the young doorman was covering his right ear, his nose was bleeding, and he stared blankly at the two huge and heavy copper-clad city gates that usually took four people to push open, slowly swinging open, and the sunlight shone in, so that the young doorman who was accustomed to the dark doorway couldn't open his eyes for a while, and he hurriedly stretched out his hand to block it.
Gotta get, get get...... There was a crisp and pleasant sound of iron tapping on the hard ground. A knight with a golden light all over his body suddenly emerged from the dazzling sunlight, draped in a brilliant golden light, as if the messenger of the golden crow had descended to the world.
The young doorman's mouth opened wide, and he couldn't help but bow down to the ground......
On the fourth day of the fourth month of April, the White Wolf Army, which completely annihilated Gongsun Kang's army, used the captured complete Liaodong Army banners, seals, and uniforms to pretend to be Liaodong armor cavalry. Under the leadership of Ma Han and Tai Shici. Deceived the police post in the south of Xiangping City and raided Xiangping City.
Tai Shi Ci captured the bridge with three arrows, Ma Han broke the city with one blow, and the white wolf was handsome. Cooperate seamlessly, do not lose a single soldier, and fly to capture the city gate.
Xiangping City was broken without attack.
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Night. In front of the Marquis Mansion of Liaodong in Xiangping, the fire hunts, and the soldiers and horses are noisy. Inside and outside the house, the sword is light and the halberd is shadowing, and the sword is tense.
The White Wolf Army rode 200 feet and lined up in front of the Hou Mansion. The horseman surrounded by all the armor soldiers looked at this building and sighed with emotion. The wolf Bรจi, who fled here half a month ago, is still vividly remembered, and it reminds me of the person who once gave him important help, well, I wonder if she is okay?
As I left a message on the toilet wall - I'll be back! Gongsun Du, I didn't think I would return so quickly, did I?!
After the annihilation of Gongsun Kang's army, before Xiangping could react, he quickly attacked, took it by surprise, attacked it unprepared, and conquered the city in one fell swoop, which became the key to the success or failure of this battle. In order to gain time, Ma Hao ordered Xiahou Lan and Guan Hai to lead the cavalry behind, and he took Tai Shici to lead five hundred light cavalry (unable to bring more, because Gongsun Kang only had five hundred cavalry servants), under the banner of Gongsun Kang, ran for three hundred miles, and won the south gate of Xiangping lightly.
But the question at this time is, after breaking into Xiangping, should he first seize the four city gates and close Xiangping, or should he go straight to the Liaodong Hou Mansion and capture the thief and capture the king?
Without much time to think about it, Ma Han decisively went from the outside in, that is, to seize the four gates first, close Xiangping, and finally take the Liaodong Hou Mansion - he only had 500 light cavalry on hand, and he captured the four gates and held them, which was already the maximum use of troops, and it was really impossible to divide the troops to attack the heavily guarded Liaodong Hou Mansion.
There are pros and cons to this decision. The capture of the four gates is equivalent to controlling Xiangping, cutting off internal and external contacts, and refusing the soldiers and horses of the battalions north of Xiangping to return to the reinforcement of the army outside the city, occupying a favorable situation. As soon as the white wolf army arrives, the overall situation can be settled.
The disadvantage is that he must transfer some troops to quickly conquer the Liaodong Hou Mansion after controlling the four gates. If you can't take it as much as possible, after dawn, the enemy will find out the truth and reality, and then they will become sandwich biscuits, and if you don't do it, it will end miserably.
Looking at the firelight hunting, the figures are building, the bows and crossbows are all open, and the armor light is looming in the Liaodong Hou Mansion, and the horse's heart is like falling lead. The 200 soldiers and horses on hand were the largest troops he could draw. This is still because the incident happened suddenly, and it was dark at night, and the thousands of Liaodong troops in the Beida Battalion, twenty miles north of Xiangping City, could not figure out the situation and did not dare to rush out, which made Ma Han able to deploy troops to block the Liaodong Hou Mansion. However, he only has one night, and if he fails to conquer this Liaodong military and political center before dawn, the initiative that he has finally obtained will be lost, and the advance team will fall into passivity.
He only had 200 white wolf warriors, while the Liaodong Marquis Mansion had no less than 500 armor soldiers. Two hundred attacks five hundred, the battle must be ended within four hours, this battle is really not easy to fight! Perhaps, it will become the heaviest battle since the establishment of the White Wolf army.
Ma Han was urgently discussing with Tai Shici how to fight this battle well while minimizing losses, when he suddenly heard a commotion, and then rode over and reported to Ma Han: "Yu Cheng Shou, we caught a woman who was spying on her, and this person was clamoring to see the city guard. โ
"Woman?" Ma Han's heart moved, "Bring it up." โ
After a while, two warriors escorted a healthy woman to her, and this person screamed from afar: "Ma Jun! Ma Jun! It's me! โ
Under the firelight, Ma Han really saw that it was the servant woman beside Zhen Qin, how could she be here?
The servant woman struggled to break free from the holding, and crawled under the horse hummer with a rolling belt, crying: "Ma Jun, you must save the third lady!" If it's too late, you'll die! โ
At this critical juncture when the attack was imminent, such a thing happened.
With a crucial battle on one side and a woman who can't give up on the other, how will Ma Han choose? (To be continued......)