Chapter 38: The Siege of Xinzheng

Sinjeong, South Korea.

100,000 Wei soldiers came to the city, so that Xinzheng, who had been in peace for a hundred years, experienced the war again. Compared with the 150,000 troops of South Korea and Zhao attacking Huayang seven years ago, the crisis in South Korea is undoubtedly much stricter. Under the banner of aiding Luoyang, the Wei State passed several lines of defense of the Han army, and came to the city of Xinzheng without losing a single soldier.

Looking at the busy traffic and Xin Zheng, who didn't know that danger was coming, Jin was secretly happy. South Korea's defense was so lax, or rather, so lightly believed in the Wei state, which made the Wei army overjoyed. Almost all of the Wei army thought that they only needed a small charge to take down the unsuspecting Xinzheng. A great battle feat in front of him made every Wei army's mind come alive.

In fact, Wei Jun did the same. The 5,000 cavalry and 10,000 foot soldiers who were selected as the vanguard, in the envious eyes of everyone, launched the most gorgeous and splendid charge, and it was also the most tragic charge. The frightened eyes of the Han army at the head of the city, the busy figures of the vendors and Li Shu at the gate of the city, all seemed to indicate that the Wei army would be able to rush into Xinzheng City, which was empty of troops, in the next moment.

Wei Jun laughed proudly and laughed wildly. In order to rush into Xinzheng City as quickly as possible, the charging foot soldiers and cavalry were all lightly armed, and the only 1,000 shield bearers simply threw down the shields that slowed down their speed after discovering that the Korean troops at the head of the city ran towards the inner city, and charged with only the long swords they were wearing.

Eight hundred paces, the Wei army saw that the Han army was fleeing. Five hundred paces, more and more South Korean troops fled. Three hundred paces, the South Korean army, which had finally scrupulously complied with its duties, tried to close the city gate. Two hundred paces, there is hardly a Korean soldier to be seen at the head of the city. Wei Jun's heart was completely relaxed, and many people began to fantasize about rushing into the inner city in one go and killing all sides.

But at this time, a sudden change occurred. Thousands of archers appeared at the head of the city, which was originally empty, and heavy infantry also appeared at the gates. The Wei cavalry who rushed to the front subconsciously wanted to slow down. But almost instantaneously, he realized that even if he wanted to slow down, the robe behind him would not agree. In the charging formation, there is only one end to a sudden slowdown, and that is to be trampled into meat by the robe behind him. Your side has already entered the range of the archers of the South Korean army, if you don't want to die. It is necessary to rush into the city as quickly as possible and mix with the Korean army at the city gate. Therefore, instead of slowing down, the Wei cavalry accelerated the speed of the charge. This led directly to zhì, and the 5,000 cavalry and 10,000 foot soldiers were completely disconnected.

In the next second, the black arrow rain in the sky obscured the noon sun, and the crossbows and trebuchets defending the city were all used by the Han army, allowing the Wei army to see what it meant to be a saturation strike. Every arrow. Every stone that falls into the dense phalanx of the Wei army will bloom with delicate blood flowers.

The formation of the Wei army was suddenly chaotic, and the Wei army, which was originally with high morale, suddenly found that they had been ambushed by the Korean army, and their morale suddenly declined, and they were immediately stunned. It's like a wolf going to pounce on a rabbit, when the rabbit is about to die, and the wolf is at its most triumphant. The rabbit turned into a tiger in the blink of an eye. Whoever does this wolf can't stand such stimulation.

Wei Jun only found that the robe around him was hit by a stone and his brain burst. There are those who are strung into meat skewers by huge crossbows guarding the city, there are those who fall down by shooting in the center socket without saying a word, and there are those who fall down after being shot in the thigh and then trampled into meat paste, all kinds of death stimulate the psychology of every Wei army.

However, the arrow was ready to fly, and it had to be sent. Wei Jun could only hold back the fear in his heart and sprint forward desperately. The ones who regret it the most are those shield bearers. The shield that was originally a burden became a life-saving weapon in the blink of an eye, but no one dared to turn around and pick up the shield dozens of steps away, otherwise, they could only be crushed into pulp. The shield-bearers could only pray that they would be lucky enough to make it through this land of arrows and stone forests. The Wei soldiers only hated that they had lost two legs, so they could only follow the cavalry and eat ashes.

The cavalry of the Wei army in the lead was also uncomfortable. The distance of two hundred paces was only a few breaths for a cavalry to dash. But the problem is that after a distance of two hundred paces, there is the city gate. The narrow city gate limited the space that the Wei cavalry could use, and the cavalry was the most space-hungry troop. Of course, it is very simple to break this game, that is, the cavalry draws a circle and does not rush into the city. But the problem will also arise, that is, on the way back, the Wei cavalry had to go through another baptism of arrows.

The panicked Wei cavalry quickly made a decision, that is, to face the difficulties, their own side has lost 3,000 cavalry, and the remaining 2,000 will not have the slightest merit even if they can successfully retreat beyond the range of the Korean archers. On the contrary, all will be burdened with the responsibility of defeat. Rather than be defeated in such a humiliating way, it is better to die a glorious death. Moreover, when the Wei cavalry saw the heavy infantry of the Han army at the gate of the city who wanted to resist them with their flesh and blood, they thought that they could completely rush in. Infantry, even if it is heavy infantry, does not want to compete with cavalry, unless the heavy infantry forms a thick formation, but look at the heavy infantry of the Korean army at the gate of the city, there are only dozens of people. No cautious person would think that a few dozen heavy infantry would be able to hold back two thousand cavalry, even at a small city gate.

The cavalry general of the Wei army was a school captain, and after all the pros and cons flashed in his mind, he waved the order flag and gave his own order. The cavalry of the Wei army showed a very high tactical quality at this time, and the originally wide formation became compact in a few breaths. Seven or eight Wei cavalry in a row, and the depth of the entire Wei cavalry became very long. The Wei army's plan was simple, that is, to use wave after wave of cavalry to break through the thin formation of the Korean army's heavy infantry. Under the overwhelming impact, no one would have thought that the South Korean army would hold out.

The Han army naturally knew that they could not stubbornly resist the charge of the Wei cavalry, so they rationally chose to retreat. But the Korean heavy infantry retreated in order to leave the opportunity to the archers and crossbowmen. Huge siege crossbows were shot out one after another, and each crossbow arrow could shoot through four or five Wei cavalry, and the archers of the Han army who suddenly appeared were not modest, and the continuous rain of arrows was wave after wave, and the Wei cavalry who shot turned on their backs. Compared with the archers at the head of the city, the archers of the Han army at the gate of the city aimed more arrows at the war horses under the Wei cavalry, which greatly slowed down the charging speed of the Wei cavalry.

In addition to space and speed, all the Wei cavalry knew that the cavalry relied on to survive. Now is not the time to be merciful, knowing that the robe in front of him just accidentally fell to the ground, but no one will slow down for this. Many ruthless people even stabbed the buttocks of the sitting horses with the long swords in their hands, and the war horses were in pain, and their speed was three points faster, and they forcibly offset the impact of various obstacles on the ground.

Finally. The first Wei cavalry rushed to the city gates, and the Korean archers retreated sharply under the cover of heavy infantry. Losing distance, the archers' lethality and protection are almost zero, a fact proven by countless blood and tears. Naturally, the Korean army would not lose hundreds of archers in order to kill or wound a dozen more people. This Wei soldier lit up the long sword in his hand fiercely, and along the way, too many robes fell on the way to charge, and he himself was lucky to survive. No one doesn't feel fear about it, but fear can sometimes turn into murderous intent, right now. The Wei cavalry wanted to use endless killing to dispel the fear in his heart.

The Wei cavalry behind him was also relaxed, and in their opinion, the defeat of the Han army was decided. Indeed, the Han army's unexpected forbearance and sudden attack inflicted heavy losses on the Wei army. Today, there are only 1,500 cavalry left in the battleable Wei army, but this cannot change the final outcome of the war in the slightest. The Wei army narrowed the distance between the Han army and the Han army with its tragic sacrifices, and when the Wei army's long sword could reach the Han army, the Wei army never believed that it would lose.

It's just that. Wei Jun forgot. Since Korea has seen through Wei's tricks, how can it still let any 15,000 Wei troops break into Xinzheng City without any certainty?! If South Korea is really empty of troops. Why bother opening the city gates and engaging in a fierce white-knuckle battle with the Wei army?!

The Wei cavalry poured into Xinzheng City one after another, but they were greeted by a trap pit, and the place within a radius of 20 zhang at the gate of the city was hollowed out by the Han army, and by the time the Wei army realized that they had been fooled, it was too late. Although many Wei cavalry wanted to warn the robe behind them before falling into this trap. But the Wei army, which was fully speeded, had no way to retreat, and they could only use a tragic charge and human lives to fill this trap with a depth of seven or eight zhang.

After sacrificing 500 cavalry, the Wei army finally had a foothold at the gate of the city with the corpse of the robe, but the situation ended there. The frightened Wei Jun found out. In a place where he could not see, there were more than 3,000 archers of the Korean army. Three thousand archers of the Korean army VS one thousand already frightened cavalry of the Wei army, this can no longer be described as a battle, but a massacre! After several waves of arrow rain, the Wei cavalry that rushed into the city gate was annihilated!

At this time, the slow Wei infantry was still a dozen steps away from the city gate. The city gate was full of corpses of Wei cavalry, and there was a strong smell of blood in the air, but in the eyes of the Wei infantry who had already killed the red eye, it was normal. After all, where are there no dead people on the battlefield! As for the smell of blood, it was only because of the heavy casualties on both sides. Maybe it was his own robe that rushed into the city first and slaughtered thousands of Korean soldiers! No matter how much they thought about it, they would never have thought that the underground at the gate of the city, which was twenty zhang in radius and seven or eight zhang deep, was full of dead bodies of Wei cavalry!

Along the way, the Wei infantry suffered heavy casualties. Although at first, the Wei cavalry attracted most of the attention of the Korean archers at the head of the city, because the cavalry was too fast, the slow infantry actually suffered several times the time of the cavalry. The combined power of trebuchets and crossbows, coupled with the never-ending rain of arrows, brought the Wei infantry to the brink of collapse. If it weren't for the fact that it couldn't retreat, if it weren't for the open city gate attracting the Wei army, like a light in the darkness attracting moths, the Wei army would have retreated. Thinking about the siege battle, it will only be more fierce and bloody, thinking about the heavy rewards promised by the King of Wei to conquer Xinzheng, and the Wei army mustered up courage. Seeing that the gate of the city has not yet been closed, the heart hanging in my heart has been relaxed, which means that I am one step closer to conquering Xinzheng and establishing immortal achievements.

The city was quiet, in the eyes of the Wei army, perhaps the cavalry robes who entered the city earlier were killed too cleanly, and the archers on the city seemed to be the only ones left for themselves, but it seemed that the Korean archers at the head of the city were also excellent targets for revenge. The leading captain of the Wei army has decided that he must show the heads of these thousands of Korean archers to the public, otherwise it will be difficult to dispel the hatred in his heart! Nearly half of his men were killed before they could engage the enemy, and the Wei military captain had never fought such a poor battle. Only the blood of the enemy can wash away their humiliation.

Unfortunately, the Wei army that poured into the city did not have time to be happy, and the archers of the Korean army sent a big gift to the Wei army with a rain of arrows. This gift was obviously much higher than the one thousand cavalry who had just died in battle, because the archers at the head of the city poured into the city because of the Wei army. He also aimed his arrows at the city. Adding up to more than 5,000 Korean archers VS 6,000 Wei infantry, the Wei army had a slight advantage. In this not wide area, if it weren't for the fact that the Korean archers had a wall as a barrier, the Korean army would have paid heavy casualties even if they wanted to win.

After all, the archers of the Korean army were already trembling slightly because of the continuous release of arrows. Now it's just barely holding on. But apparently, after the last Wei army entered the city, the Korean army did not retain its strength, and more than 10,000 Korean cavalry infantry poured out of the inner city, and the Wei army was unable to recover. With just a little resistance, Captain Wei wisely chose to surrender! At this point, 15,000 Wei cavalry and foot soldiers were all wiped out!

When Jin Cong received the news of the annihilation of the former army, his face showed an extremely complicated look, and he was shocked and disbelieving. There is bitterness and sadness, there is chagrin, and there is anger in the eyes.

Obviously, South Korea has long seen through Wei's tricks. Korea has long known that the 100,000 troops of Wei are just trying to destroy the enemy by false means. The loss of fifteen thousand people is great for himself and for Wei, but it is not unbearable! What really frightened Jin was South Korea's forbearance. South Korea knew that Wei Guo had a bad heart, but he always greeted him with a smile. Several lines of defense from the border to Xinzheng. Although the South Korean army garrisoned a small number of troops, there were five or six thousand people. South Korea sat back and watched its side take it effortlessly, as if it did not know at all. After his own party arrived, he let his scouts investigate Xinzheng's reality from afar. Now think about it, the endless stream of pedestrians and vendors at the gate of the city, and the casual defenders at the head of the city, are all South Korea's own play! Yes. is to make yourself believe it and lure yourself to raid Xinzheng. What a ruthless and bold plan! Jin Contempt is 100% sure that Meng Fu, who is stationed in Xinzheng, has definitely not left! Otherwise, no one else would have come up with such a good plan! After all, Meng Fu is known for being good at defending the city.

But Jin was also skeptical. South Korea is so sure that it will be fooled? I will definitely not attack Xinzheng steadily, but raid Xinzheng? At the same time, Jin Contempt thought of another question, that is, almost no one knows his purpose this time, who leaked the secret to South Korea? You must know that except for a few henchmen in the army who know the ultimate goal of this march, everyone else only knows about it today. And along the way, he didn't come into contact with anyone! But obviously, South Korea should have known the news a long time ago, otherwise it would not have been so well prepared to wipe out its own 15,000 troops in a silent manner!

In the longer run, South Korea is so bold that it does not close the city gates but takes the initiative to tempt itself to raid, and it must have a certain victory! At the very least, Xinzheng's troops must not be lacking. However, the king of Han and the king of Zhao are now besieged in Luoyang, and the rescue of the soldiers is like fighting a fire, and the side of their own Korea, after receiving the news of the invasion of the Wei state, must have closed the four gates of Xinzheng and taken a defensive position. After all, for South Korea, the most important thing is to gather an army and rescue King Han and King Zhao first. Instead of leaving the army in Xinzheng and using it to resist the Wei state. This is clearly illogical! But South Korea did such an illogical thing! It's like, well, it's like Luoyang's gains and losses, South Korea doesn't care! It seems that in the eyes of South Korea, it is far more urgent to resist their own 100,000 troops than to rescue Luoyang! Why is that? Jin Contempt is very confused!

"Could it be that there was a coup d'état in Xinzheng, and someone wants to replace Han Wangran?" Jin thought secretly. This fiasco sounded a wake-up call for Jin Cong, if you want to conquer Xinzheng, it is definitely not as simple as you imagined! In front of the trouble of Xinzheng's shape shì and South Korea's shape shì, it is not wise for him to rush and continue to attack Xinzheng in anger.

In the event of a coup d'état, the girder is close at hand, and it is impossible not to receive the news. Moreover, Han Wangran's prestige is too powerful, and there are loyal prime ministers Zhang Ping and Lang Zhongling Meng Fu stationed in it, who can set off waves in Xinzheng! So Jin Di silently denied this idea at the first time.

If Xinzheng hadn't changed, and no one wanted to fake Qin to kill King Han, then there seemed to be only one explanation left, that is, King Han was not in danger, so Han didn't panic to deal with himself! This situation also seems unlikely, Luoyang is not a solid city, Zhou Tianzi has been in Luoyang for decades, Luoyang can be described as in disrepair, dilapidated, no matter how powerful the elite carried by King Han and King Zhao, it is impossible to block the Qin army that is three times his size, because this is almost a field battle! Unless, well, unless King Han is not in Luoyang City at all!

Jin Contempt was frightened by his own thoughts! King Han is not in Luoyang City?! Where is King Han?! The Qin army raided Luoyang, no matter how you look at it, King Han has no chance of being spared! The 30,000 Han and Zhao coalition troops trapped in Luoyang are the evidence that King Han and King Zhao are besieged in Luoyang! But since Korea can know that Wei has bad intentions, why can't it know Qin's drunken intentions?! (To be continued......)

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