Chapter 129: Behind enemy lines
"Sure enough, as cunning as a fox." Hua An smiled indifferently, hugged a piece of rolling wood behind him, and hit the rushing car under the city.
"Click, click...... Boom. ”
Although the main body of the car was a thick trunk, it had become vulnerable after the fire, and at this time, it was broken in two by a piece of rolling log.
If the car is broken in two, it will naturally lose its use, and the enemy will not be able to use it to hit the city gate.
"Pour out the water, and quickly extinguish the fire under the city." Huaan ordered loudly.
"Whoa......
Zhao Wu took dozens of soldiers and poured dozens of jars full of cold water around the rushing car under the city.
"......"
Under the watering of so much cold water, the flames of the enemy troops rushing under the city were quickly extinguished, and only a few wisps of green smoke were still slowly rising.
After extinguishing the fire, Hua An raised his eyes to look at the enemy army in the distance, thinking in his heart, how the enemy general would feel when he saw this, but he was afraid that he would be angry and grit his teeth and stomp his feet! Thinking about it, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
The retreat of the enemy army gave the Jin army defending the city enough respite, and Hua'an decided to seize this precious time to reorganize their war preparations.
"Zhao Wu, you continue to bring a group of people, fill these empty vats with water and transport them here, thunderstorms, iron bulls, you are responsible for bringing all the enemy ladders leaning on the city wall to the city, Wang San, you take a group of people to count the materials for defending the city, and if it is not enough, make up for it immediately, go quickly."
"Yes, big brother." The four of them spoke in unison, and immediately went to prepare after speaking.
The soldiers of the Jin army are actively preparing for war in full swing, but Zhang Ju, the enemy commander in the distance, is a belly of fire, he originally withdrew the army, in order to wait for the Yinling City Gate to be engulfed by the fire, at this time, seeing that the fire was extinguished, the Yinling City Gate is safe and sound, how can he not be angry in his heart.
Not only did he not achieve his goal, but also the retreat just now gave the Jin army defending the city a chance to breathe, especially the siege weapons he brought, most of which were lost or became the trophies of the Jin army.
Seeing the ladders being dragged into the city by the Jin army, the anger in Zhang Ju's chest could not be calmed down for a long time.
"How many siege equipment do our army have, and how many ladders do we have?" Zhang Ju looked back at one of his generals.
"Back to the general, the siege equipment is mainly concentrated in the front army, and now there are only thirty ladders, twenty shields and less than ten thunderbolts in the whole army."
When Zhang Ju heard this, he said angrily: "Why are there only these, why is there only one siege car in the whole army." ”
"General, don't blame the last general for this!" The general immediately knelt down and explained: "The general has asked the whole army to march in a hurry, and he can bring so much, and the last general has done his best, and the remaining siege equipment of the army is still on the way, and it will definitely arrive in half an hour." ”
"Hmph." Zhang Ju scolded with his nose and looked up at Yinling City, his eyes full of endless anger.
Although he didn't see his son die in battle, judging from Taowu's blood-soaked situation, most of them couldn't be faked, and in the siege contest of Tongguò, Zhang Ju also realized that the Jin army on the opposite side was a very powerful army, and it was very likely that his son would die in their hands, and the anger in his chest suddenly burned again.
"General, the front army is also tired, it is better to wait for half an hour, and it is not too late to attack the city when the siege equipment in the back arrives." Another ministry will build yì road.
Zhang Ju is not willing to wait for a moment, the sooner he breaks the city, he can avenge his son earlier, but the Jin army on the opposite side is quite tenacious in defending the city, there is no large number of siege weapons, I am afraid that the army will suffer heavy losses, all, although Zhang Ju is not willing to wait, but also has to listen to the general's construction yì, wait patiently.
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At this moment, Tao Leopard, the commander of the Central Route Army of Zhao State, had already led his main army to leave Dangtu and slowly pressed towards Yinling.
In order to protect the grain and grass in the rear, the main force of 40,000 people of Peach Leopard has left 10,000 to defend it, and it is 30,000 main forces that are rushing to Yinling.
At this time, the 20,000 main army led by Han Qian had arrived ten miles outside the south gate of Yinling, and the herald soldiers quickly whipped up to report to the city.
"Big brother, the main force of our army of 20,000 has arrived outside the south gate, and the enemy army outside the city is only 10,000 horses, as soon as the main force enters the city, our army can launch a counterattack." Tie Niu returned to the city to carry the stones, and when he heard the good news, he couldn't wait to tell Sù Hua'an.
Hua'an was also happy when he heard this, the arrival of the main force of the Northern Expeditionary Army in Yinling was undoubtedly a declaration that the enemy was completely hopeless in attacking the city, but from another point of view, this was not a good opportunity to annihilate the enemy.
After thinking for a while, Hua An decided to mention yì to his master Han Qian, and completely eat the nearly 10,000 enemy troops outside the city, so as to completely hit the morale of the enemy army.
"Tie Niu, Wang San, do you remember the two paths outside the city that lead to the north gate?" Huaan asked.
"Of course I remember, how can I forget the road I just walked yesterday so quickly."
"That's good, the two of you immediately go to the south gate, tell the main general about the situation of the enemy army, and the main general will take the path on both sides, detour back to the rear of the enemy army, and strive to completely annihilate this enemy army, go quickly." Hua An ordered.
"Yes, big brother." When Wang San and Tie Niu heard the order, they immediately turned around and went to the south gate.
Outside the south gate, Wang San and Tie Niu stepped forward and told Han Qian, the commander of the Northern Expeditionary Army, all the situation on both sides of the enemy.
Han Qian pondered for a moment, and felt that Hua'an's mention was very good, so he ordered: "Qin Yong, you lead the 700 men and horses of your own army battalion to enter the city immediately to reinforce, and you must hold the city before my main army surrounds the enemy." ”
"General rest assured, Qin Yong swears to live and die with Yinling." Qin Yong, the captain of the pro-military battalion, shouted loudly and rushed into Yinling City with more than 700 soldiers from the pro-military battalion.
"Chen Xiong, you lead 10,000 horses and iron oxen to detour from the left path to the rear of the enemy, and you will take the right path with Wang San, this battle must play the momentum of our Northern Expeditionary Army."
"The general can rest assured that the enemy's 10,000 horses can't run away." Chen Xiong responded confidently.
Han Qian nodded and said loudly: "The army sets off and encircles the enemy army." ”
Under the leadership of Wang San and Tie Niu, Han Qian and the deputy general each led 10,000 horses and killed the enemy's back in two ways.
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"Why haven't the siege equipment arrived yet?" Before half an hour arrived, the enemy's commander-in-chief Zhang Ju was already impatiently waiting.
"General, wait! The Jin army held the city, and the losses of our army were too great. ”
"Yes! General, the Jin army is quite stubborn in defending the city, and it is difficult for our army to break the city by storming. ”
Several generals saw the anxiety in Zhang Ju's heart and hurriedly persuaded him.
"Wait, wait, when." Zhang Ju was furious when he heard this, and he was eager to immediately capture the city and slaughter all the people in the city to avenge his son who died in battle.
Several subordinates saw that the main general Zhang Ju was angry, and they all lowered their heads and remained silent.
Zhang Ju glared at the generals, looked back at the Yinling City in front of him, frowned and remembered the countermeasures, at this time, the rushing car used to hit the city gate had been burned into charcoal by a fire from the Jin army.
How can you break through the city gate without a rushing car? It is naturally impossible for a soldier's flesh and blood to break through the city gates, and it is unlikely that a thunderbolt will smash the heavy city gates open.
Hateful, the only rushing car was actually burned into charcoal by the Jin army, Zhang Ju thought hatefully in his heart, and suddenly realized, and said to himself: "Fire, fire the city gate, hahaha!" ”