Chapter 406: Attack from both sides
"Is this really the road leading to the top of the cliff? Have you walked through it yourself? Tie Niu looked at the generals under his command and confirmed loudly.
The battalion master under his command swore and said: "General Hui, the last general personally climbed to the top of the cliff, so he came back a little late." ”
Hearing this, Wang San asked softly: "From the top of the cliff to the direction of the valley mouth, what are the road conditions, can our army directly condescend and launch an attack?"
"It must be possible, from the top of the cliff to the direction of the valley mouth, the slope is not large, and the army can completely attack downward." The owner of the Northern Expeditionary Barracks said affirmatively.
"Big brother, since there is a path leading to the top of the cliff, our army can attack the fangs from the top of the cliff from a high position, it's really good." Wang San said happily.
"Big brother, the soldiers are very fast, our army will set off immediately, and we will arrive at the designated position in the middle of the night." Tie Niu loudly asked Hua'an to fight.
Seeing that the road to the top of the cliff in the valley had been found, Hua Anxin was very happy, he looked at the iron bull, and ordered loudly: "Tie Niu, you immediately lead two thousand elites to climb to the top of the cliff from the path, and after reaching the attack position, immediately send a signal, and the main army will immediately feint in the direction of the valley mouth to cooperate with your attack." ”
"Yes, big brother." Iron Bull took the order and turned to gather the elite men.
Two moments later, Iron Bull led a selection of 2,000 men and horses, and quietly marched to the path to the top of the cliff by moonlight.
After the elite men and horses of the Iron Bull left, Wang San looked at Hua'an and said softly: "Big brother, do you think the fangs will set up an ambush on the top of the cliff!" In that case, the Iron Bull's 2,000 men and horses would suffer a great loss. ”
Hua An smiled and replied softly, "Don't worry! Definitely not. The fangs would not be so smart, their energy has been completely attracted by the main force of our army, and they would never have thought that our army would send a strange army to climb the top of the cliff and sneak attack their rear. ”
"Yes! The fangs are cruel and stupid, how could they think of dividing their troops to attack, I was too worried. Wang San nodded, and also felt that the fangs would not be deployed on the top of the cliff.
A few hours later, the two thousand elites led by the Iron Bull went through a difficult trek. Finally, we reached the top of the cliffs on both sides of the valley mouth.
Stand on top of a cliff. Looking in the direction of the valley, under the light of the moon and torches, the tents of the fangs and the cattle and sheep in the valley were clearly visible, and some fangmen warriors patrolling the valley. also appeared in the sight of Iron Bull.
"General. We're finally coming up. Signal! Let the main force from the direction of Taniguchi and flank the fangs with us. One of the generals looked at the Iron Bull and said loudly.
Iron Bull had a smile on his lips. nodded and said, "Okay, send a signal immediately, and all the soldiers are ready for battle." ”
"Yes, General." The general answered, and began to prepare the Kong Ming lantern with a few soldiers. The rest of the soldiers were inspecting their equipment and preparing to attack the fangs in the valley.
Soon, more than a dozen Kong Ming lanterns rose into the sky one after another from the position on the top of the cliff in the valley.
"Big brother, look, Kong Ming Deng, Tie Niu and they have arrived at the designated position, and the main force of our army can attack." Wang San pointed to the Kong Ming lantern in the direction of the top of the mountain and said loudly.
Seeing this, Hua An nodded with satisfaction and ordered: "Wang San, you immediately lead five thousand infantry to launch a feint attack in the direction of Taniguchi, you must contain the main force of Taniguchi's fangs, so that the two thousand men and horses under the command of Tie Niu can calmly attack the back of the fangs, and when chaos occurs in the valley, then attack the valley with one blow, and kill the fangs together with Tie Niu." ”
"Yes, big brother." Wang San received the order in anger, then turned around and drew his sword, and shouted: "Soldiers, attack forward." ”
"Boom, boom, boom......" The infantry of the Northern Expeditionary Army, under the order of Wang San, stepped in a neat pace, and pressed towards the direction of the valley little by little.
At the head of the group are the sword and shield soldiers, who are responsible for fending off the arrows fired by the fangs and thus protecting the entire team.
Behind the sword and shield men are two rows of crossbowmen, who are the main force of feints, and as long as they are within an arrow of arrows from the fangs, they can bend their bows and shoot arrows to attack the fangs in Taniguchi.
At the back of the team were the pikemen, whose main role in the feint phase was to increase the momentum of the entire Northern Expeditionary Army, and did not actually participate in the feint, and once they really attacked Taniguchi, they were the main force of the entire team, responsible for killing the fangs.
Soon, the main force of the 5,000 Northern Expeditionary Army led by Wang San arrived at a place a stone's throw away from the mouth of the Fangren Valley.
The frightened fangren had seen the strength of the Northern Expeditionary Army before, so he did not dare to go out of the valley to fight a decisive battle, but hid near the walled gate and fired arrows at the Northern Expeditionary Army, wanting to inflict fatal casualties on the Northern Expeditionary Army.
However, the Northern Expeditionary Army was well-equipped, and the shields in the hands of the sword and shield soldiers had been processed through multiple processes, which were enough to resist the attack of the fang's simple bow and arrow, and all the sword and shield soldiers walked in unison, and the shields in their hands were all close together, blocking almost all the bows and arrows shot by the fangs.
"Shoot the arrows." As soon as the wave of bow and arrow attacks of the fangs ended, Wang San ordered the crossbowmen of the Northern Expeditionary Army to return fire.
"Whoosh......" A rain of arrows shot at the fangman again.
Due to the lack of formal training, the shield-bearers did not form a tight shield array, and their shields were not of good quality and could not withstand the fierce fire of the Northern Expeditionary Army's strong bows and crossbows.
Under several rounds of shooting by the Northern Expeditionary Army, the Fangmen suffered a lot of casualties, and many warriors were killed on the spot, but the main force of the Fangmen still existed, and if the Northern Expeditionary Army continued to attack forward, it would still suffer a lot of losses.
"Iron Bull! It's time for you kid to attack. Wang San ordered to continue firing the arrows, while muttering in his heart.
At the top of the cliff at the mouth of the valley, Iron Bull watched the main force under his command fight with the fangs of the valley, and a smug smile appeared on his face.
"General, there is a fight in the direction of Taniguchi, and our army should attack immediately." A ministry general reminded.
Tie Niu grinned, pulled out the sword at his waist, and roared loudly: "Soldiers, attack with all your strength, kill all this group of barbaric fangs, and rush to the ......" After speaking, he took the personal soldiers beside him and personally rushed towards the direction of Taniguchi.
"Kill ......" The two thousand elites under the command of Tie Niu roared and slaughtered to the bottom of the valley.
Such a huge shouting and killing sound appeared in the direction of the overhead, and the fangs who were fighting with the Northern Expeditionary Army in the direction of Taniguchi were suddenly frightened.
They looked up and suddenly gasped, and the three souls and seven orifices were all frightened.
"Wow, wow, wow......" Some fangren warriors felt that the Jin army was condescending and irresistible, so they shouted and fled to the depths of the valley, and then more and more fangman warriors escaped.
Seeing the Jin army killing from the cliff, as if a divine soldier descended from the sky, the fangren chief was completely desperate, he knew that his team would not be able to resist the attack of the superior Jin army no matter what, and thousands of subordinates would soon be finished.
"Wow, wow, wow......" The fangman chief shouted, and he decided to take a desperate gamble and fight to the death with the Jin army that had entered the valley.
"Wow, wow, wow, wow......" Under the call of the chief, most of the fangren warriors picked up the weapons in their hands and prepared to fight to the death with the Jin army.
"I don't think I'm going to die." Seeing that the fangs were in a posture of stumbling to the end, Tie Niu shouted loudly and led two thousand main forces into the enemy group, fighting with thousands of fangs.
"Soldiers, attack on all fronts and support General Iron Bull." Seeing that the battle had already started in the valley, Wang San shouted and ordered the five thousand men and horses beside him to launch a strong attack in the direction of the valley mouth.
"Kill, kill, kill......" Under Wang San's order, the main force of the 5,000 Northern Expeditionary Army launched a strong attack in the direction of Taniguchi.
Because the Iron Bull has entered the valley, causing great damage to the deployment of the fangs, therefore, the defense in the direction of the valley mouth has been greatly reduced, Wang San led the 5,000 army, just a charge, it is very easy to enter the valley, and with the two thousand men and horses of the iron bull to attack the fangs.
"Kill, kill all the fangs." Iron Bull shouted to boost morale as he swung his sword and slashed at the fangman warriors beside him.
Although the fangs were unusually strong, their equipment was not as good as the main force of the Northern Expeditionary Army, and their troops were completely at a disadvantage, and they were suddenly attacked by the Northern Expeditionary Army's surprise soldiers and regular soldiers, so they were soon defeated, and one by one the fangs and warriors fell to the ground one after another, while the Jin army, due to their adequate preparation, well-equipped and well-organized, the casualties were much smaller than those of the fangs.
There was a fierce battle in the valley, and Hua An, who was standing not far from the valley, was not idle, he had been carefully observing the battle situation in the valley, so that he could judge the combat strength of the army under his command from the perspective of a bystander, as well as some problems exposed in the battle, and at the same time, he could also clearly see the fighting style of the fangs and the means of resisting strong enemies, so as to know themselves and the enemy, and even, they could further study the methods of dealing with the fangs.
At this time, Hua'an still has 1,000 main infantry and 2,000 heavy battalion men and horses beside him, and they can support the main force of the Northern Expeditionary Army in the valley at any time, but the area in the valley is limited, and the fangs have been suppressed by the Northern Expeditionary Army and cannot raise their heads, so there is no need to continue to increase troops in the valley.
"General Hua, there is a fight in front, is it a fangman?" Just when Hua An was thinking about what was still lacking in the army under his command, Li Guang's voice came to his ears.
Hua An's head was startled, and when he looked sideways, it was really Li Guang, he took a group of Shu army generals, and all arrived at Hua'an's location.
"King Han, why are you here, it's dangerous here." Hua An hurriedly said politely.
Li Guang smiled slightly, and replied truthfully: "I waited on the road to see the general and didn't return for a long time, thinking that the general must have found the fangren, so he came over as soon as he could." ”
"Haha! Do the Han kings and the generals like to watch the excitement? Fortunately, you came just in time, and the battle in the valley is in full swing? Hua An said with a smile.
When Li Guanghe heard this, the generals of the Shu army behind him all raised their heads and looked in the direction of the valley mouth, and sure enough, they saw the sword light and sword shadow in the valley mouth, and the sound of killing shook the sky, which was completely a scene of fierce battle. (To be continued......)