Chapter 443: Siege
The combat effectiveness of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry is unparalleled in the world, and even the Xianbei people who are strong on the grassland and for a while end with hatred, not to mention the Youzhou Army in the city.
Two days later, the camp of the Xiliang Army outside Beipingyi seemed to have been built, the camp gate was densely packed with antlers, and the patrolling soldiers were sparse, and it seemed that they were negligent on the outside, but in fact, the camp was well guarded, and once there was a change, the soldiers could be in place immediately.
The next day, Huang Zhong led 5,000 Xiliang troops to the Youzhou army in the city.
Zhao Yun, dressed in a draped body, was holding a gentian gun, and no one in the city dared to step forward to fight.
Huang Zhong looked at Guo Jia on the side, saw him nodding slightly, and ordered: "The three armies are attacking the city!" ”
A thousand cavalry suddenly set out, rushed to Beipingyi with the momentum of thunder, skillfully set up their bows and arrows, and the dense rain of arrows shot towards the city wall.
The Youzhou army in the city was under such a dense rain of arrows, it was difficult to raise their heads at all, and some soldiers even hid behind the female wall, trembling all over, Youzhou Yan Rou's development speed was indeed very fast, which also caused the ability of the soldiers under his command to be uneven, and some soldiers were people who had just put down their hoes, but they were just stronger.
After a rain of arrows, Shan Cong looked up at the city, but saw that another rain of arrows hit, hurriedly hid into the city wall, many soldiers and Shan Cong had the same action, dodged can't dodge, was shot by arrows, let out a painful wail, the Xiliang army's three consecutive shots, so that the Youzhou army in the city did not dare to raise their heads at all.
Guo Jia of the Chinese army nodded slightly, except for fighting Xianbei with Jia Rong, he had never seen the Xiliang army attacking the city, and the cavalry with superb riding skills, relying on the bow and arrow in his hand, was completely able to suppress the defenders and create conditions for the infantry to attack the city.
Huang Zhong is also the first time to personally lead the army to the battle, of course, he wants to establish a great credit, not to let others underestimate it, in terms of position, he is a battalion general, there are three regimental generals in the team, although he obeys orders on the surface, he doesn't know how to slander himself in his heart.
With the cover of cavalry, the siege ladders were firmly erected on the not-so-high city wall of Beipingyi.
Ten wells slowly towards the city wall, the soldiers of the Xiliang Army on the well showed a hideous smile, and continued to shoot arrows to the city wall, taking the lives of the soldiers of the Youzhou Army, under such pressure, the Youzhou army on the city dared to raise its head, different from the well that I had seen alone, this well was said to have paid great effort, the periphery of the wood was wrapped with iron sheets, not afraid of the general fire, and the soldiers in the well were also closely protected, leaving only a hollow one by one, shooting arrows from the archers to the city, to be close to the city wall, The soldiers on the well swarmed up.
A siege ladder was erected next to Shan Cong, and Shan Cong hurriedly got up and shouted: "The Xiliang army has begun to attack the city, fight!" "Shan Cong was the first general who followed Yan Rou, and he was quite famous in the army, and many soldiers obeyed orders and rose up to resist the enemy.
Some of the soldiers had already stepped forward and raised the shield in their hands to shield the arrows.
Seeing that some soldiers were still hiding behind the female wall, Shan Cong was furious, pulled out the saber at his waist, and beheaded three soldiers and a hundred generals in a row.
In the past, the Youzhou army encountered the Xianbei army to attack the city, how can there be such a sharp weapon as the well, the cloud ladder is the siege weapon in the eyes of the Xianbei people, not to mention this kind of battle before the siege, the cavalry can shoot arrows at the defenders on high-speed galloping horses, how terrifying, Shan Cong also realized that the Xiliang army is not in vain, relying only on the hand of the cavalry, looking at the world, there are few opponents.
The scattered arrows on the city had little impact on the Xiliang army, and the vital parts of each besieging soldier were protected by armor.
A Xiliang army climbed the city wall and, after killing four Youzhou soldiers, was killed by the swarming soldiers.
Shocked from the bottom of his heart, the name of the Xiliang Army's bravery is really not false, and an ordinary soldier has such combat power.
There are more and more soldiers of the Xiliang Army who climb the city wall, especially the proximity of the well, and the soldiers can easily carve out a place in the city and create opportunities for the robes on the ladder.
The soldiers defending the other city gates were hurriedly transferred and resisted to the death to block the first wave of attacks of the Xiliang army.
In a morning of siege battles, the Xiliang army lost more than 200 soldiers, but the defenders paid the price of nearly 700 men, and it seems that such losses should not appear on the defenders.
After the withdrawal of the Xiliang army, Shan Congyi frowned and pondered, worthy of being a famous general under Yan Rou, after a little thought, he figured out that the reason why there was such a big loss in today's siege was because the defenders did not give heavy damage to the Xiliang army when they attacked the city, so that it could easily climb the city wall, as long as the advantage of the city was taken advantage of, the Xiliang army wanted to go to the city again, and the price paid would be greater
But the cavalry archery, so that Shan Cong is a little helpless, there are many soldiers with superb archery skills, but the equipment of these cavalry, so that Shan Cong has a weak heart, all the armor, to protect important parts, want to cause casualties, some difficulties, he really can't imagine that the Xiliang Army weishenme has so much sophisticated equipment, an ordinary ladder, hard to cause iron, and those wells, want to burn with rockets, Arabian Nights, is Jia Rong so wealthy.
Huang Zhong stroked his beard under his chin, Zhizhu was in his hand, confident that he would be able to take Beipingyi in just two days, and then the county seat would be completely exposed to the front of the Xiliang army.
Under such casualties, Shan Cong hurriedly sent people to ask for help from Xian Yuyin in the county again, and there were 5,000 defenders in the city, and the other party was only more than 10,000 people, and he repeatedly asked for help.
Shan Cong's adjutant general persuaded: "General, I have heard that the Xiliang army loves the people, why don't you send the people to help defend the city and see if it collects from the unarmed people?" ”
Shan Cong Daxi said: "This is a great good, if you can hold Beipingyi, I will ask for credit for you in front of the general." ”
After Huang Zhong saw the scene on Beipingyi, the corners of his eyes twitched slightly, and he spoke out as a civilian, relying on his own strength to get to the present step by step, and now Shan Cong actually drove innocent people to the city wall.
"General, look?" Guo Jia set his sights on Huang Zhong, this time he was the main general of the march.
Huang Zhong shook his head lightly and said, "Don't attack the city for the time being!" ”
Seeing Jia Rong's unscrupulous killing on the grassland, Guo Jia seemed to disagree with this kind of woman's benevolence, "General, the Youzhou army in the city is not strong enough, and it only takes one day to capture Beipingyi, and it will change later." ”
"Our army has always loved the people like sons, so it has won the support of the people, how can it ignore the lives of the people in the city." Huang Zhong said resolutely: "Even if the general blames, he will not change his mind." ”
Seeing that the Xiliang army did not attack the city, Shan Cong secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Three days later, the Xiliang army still stood still, thinking that it had grasped the lifeblood of the Xiliang army, and intensified its efforts to capture the people in the city and climb to the top of the city.
Xian Yuyin received a letter of help from Shan Cong, and did not dare to slack off, so he dispatched troops and came to Beipingyi.
On the battlefield, there is a cavalry wandering, the number is about five hundred, the big horse scimitar, the first general, holding a bright silver spear, wearing strong armor, the robe behind him is gently fluttering in the breeze, the big flag is waving in the wind, and the word "Zhao" is written in a big book!
Huang Zhong guessed that the city would definitely ask Xian Yuyin for help, and ordered Zhao Yun's cavalry to wander on the battlefield to block the rescue army, which was quite Guo Jia's approval, and the complaint that Huang Zhong did not order the siege of the city was also alleviated a lot, and Liliang, who could weaken the county to the greatest extent, was the key to taking Dai County.
"General, ten miles ahead, there are enemy troops, and they are encamping."
Zhao Yun looked up at the gradually darkening sky, and a subtle smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "Everyone hide, try to shoot the other party's scouts, and don't reveal the location of our army." ”
"No!" The soldier clenched his fists and left.
In terms of combat effectiveness, the scouts in the army are the strongest, stepping into the battlefield, they no longer fight against death all the time, and those with little experience and low martial arts will gradually be eliminated.
In the middle of the night, Zhao Yun appeared in front of the Youzhou military camp like a ghost, looking at the camp in front of him, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.
On the local march, the soldiers were only temporarily stationed, and the Youzhou army did not take too many precautions.
"Kill!" With a shake of the bright silver spear, all five hundred cavalry dispatched, opened their antlers, and slaughtered the Youzhou military camp from all directions.
A patrolling soldier was about to shout, but found that he could only make a hoarse sound, and a sharp arrow had pierced his throat at some point.
Zhao Yun put away his bow and arrows, raised his spear, and followed the team into the Youzhou army.
At this time, the soldiers of the Youzhou Army were asleep, heard the movement in the camp, ran out of the camp shirtless, and saw the dense cavalry killing, they were already frightened, and the shouts of fear, and the terrible screams before death, converged into one.
The marching general of the Youzhou army is Liang Cheng, a general under Xian Yuyin, with strong martial arts, he can take the lead every time he fights, and he has won the hearts of the army, the soldiers are under the order of Liang Cheng, and gradually converge in the middle of the camp, and there are 2,000 soldiers and horses rescued, Liang Cheng looked at the chaotic camp, the muscles on his face trembled slightly, and he failed to succeed, but he was plotted by the enemy, what is this.
Zhao Yun frowned slightly, and led more than 50 people to kill towards the banner of "Liang" on the tall tree in the middle of the camp.
More than 50 people killed in the midst of the panicked soldiers, setting off waves of waves, although Liang Cheng had some influence in the army, but in a hurry, the soldiers still remembered what kind of formations to fight, seeing the cavalry killing, hurriedly dodged, no matter how Liang Cheng shouted, it had no effect.
Seeing that the soldiers who had just gathered together were scattered, Liang Cheng's only trace of reason was gone, and he slapped his horse and killed Zhao Yun.
The two generals compared, and after the ten combinations, the bright silver spear pierced the throat of the Youzhou army warrior with a shot, and fell to the ground weakly.
Two thousand reinforcements were killed and wounded, and Zhao Yun ordered the soldiers to clean up the battlefield and continue to wander the battlefield, but if the enemy dared to come, it must be greeted by a stormy attack.
In the middle of the night, under the light, Huang Zhong had a sad face, he never wanted to capture Beipingyi in a battle, but he couldn't bear to see the innocent and fearful eyes of the people in the city.