065 Counterinsurgency(1)
"The last will go!" Sun Jian was the first to stand up and hug his fists.
Huangfu Song was overjoyed when he saw Sun Jian coming out, and immediately said: "Wentai is unstoppable, he is the best candidate, but your subordinates have been seriously injured these days, and now there are less than a thousand people, if you want to storm the city, you need someone to cooperate with each other......"
"General Qiyu, for several days in a row, the subordinates of the last general have been recuperating in the rear, and the last general's headquarters has 2,000 men and horses, plus 2,000 soldiers, and 4,000 people are waiting for him, and he is willing to work with General Sun to be the first to die, and please complete the general!" Gao Fei saw that this was an opportunity, and now all the troops were injured, but his subordinates were sitting firmly in the rear and there were no casualties, so he took the initiative to stand up and immediately ask for his life.
Huangfu Song squinted at Cao Cao on the side and asked, "Meng De, what do you think?" ”
"The last general thought that the soldiers under General Gao could take on this position, but now all the departments are damaged, and the soldiers have been exhausted by ten days of continuous fighting, and General Gao's subordinates have been recuperating for a long time, and this is the time to be the first to die."
"Cao Mengde is right, Gao Fei should fight at this time, we are fighting on the front line, he enjoys happiness in the rear, and it is reasonable to let him fight!" Yuan Shu was uneven in his heart.
Dong Zhuo took the opportunity to add fuel and vinegar, and said coldly: "Everyone is fighting to defend the Han River, Gao Fei's army has arrived at the camp a few days ago, and the general has been abandoning it, is it because Gao Fei is not the relationship between the general's old department?" If the general obstructs his subordinates from gaining credit in this way, if it is passed on, won't it damage the general's reputation? ”
Huangfu Song originally wanted Cao Cao to fight, but he didn't expect Cao Cao to speak for Gao Fei, facing Dong Zhuo's cynicism, as well as Yuan Shu's resentment, and the suspicious eyes of the generals in the tent, he slapped the table and shouted loudly: "Sun Jian and Gao Fei listened to the order and ordered the two of you to lead the soldiers and horses of your headquarters to be the first to attack the city." Zhou Shen and Bao Hong, the two of you withdrew from the defense of the West Gate, leaving a small road, and each led the headquarters to ambush outside the West Gate, but when they saw the rebels rushing out, it was convenient for the road to cover and kill. Liu Biao and Yuan Shu, you two bluffed and guarded the south gate and the north gate. Dong Zhuo and Cao Cao, the two of you each led your own men and horses to follow me to watch the battle under the city, and if there is any shortage in the siege troops, you will immediately fill it. ”
"No!"
After Huangfu Song's order, Gao Fei and the others went to prepare their own affairs, and when the sun was on the third day, Gao Fei had already taken the lead in gathering his flying feather troops together, and this siege battle would once again test his flying feather troops, and his two thousand Han soldiers, let Gai Xun lead and follow behind him.
After noon, Gao Fei and Sun Jian's troops had already assembled outside the east gate of Jicheng, and the ladders that had been prepared long ago were also carried on the bodies of the five thousand soldiers. At the forefront of the team, Gao Fei was dressed in a strong suit, and behind him were two thousand flying feather troops in an orderly manner, Zhao Yun, Hua Xiong, Zhou Cang, Guan Hai, Liao Hua, Lu Heng, Bian Xi, Pei Yuanshao, Xia Hou Lan, Li Wenhou Ten generals lined up, each holding a sword and shield, standing there in a strict manner, behind them were two hundred archers, two hundred crossbowmen, four hundred sword and shield soldiers, one thousand two hundred soldiers carrying ladders and holding long knives, all in black clothes and black armor, standing on the white snow looked particularly eye-catching.
On the side of Feiyu's troops were Sun Jian's thousand Han soldiers, each with a hideous look on their faces and their eyes full of hatred. Behind the Feiyu troops are two thousand Han soldiers led by Gai Xun, two thousand people are pushing the bulky weapons such as wells and siege vehicles, and then behind are the catapult teams led by Cao Cao and Dong Zhuo, each of the ten people controls a catapult, the leather groove of the catapult has been filled with stones, and the last is the cavalry team led by Huangfu Song himself.
On the tower of Jicheng, Han Sui and Beigong Boyu held the battlements and looked at the Han army outside the city gate, Han Sui pointed to the army wearing black armor and asked, "Is this the army that resisted you before?" ”
Beigong Boyu nodded heavily and said, "Yes, that's right, it's this army." I have already made it clear to people that they are Gao Fei's private soldiers, called the Flying Feather Army, everyone is a brave and warlike Liangzhou athlete, and their strength is no less than those Qiang people who are good at fighting! ”
After hearing this, Han Sui sneered and said, "With only two thousand people, what kind of wind and waves can be set off?" Since the Han army is about to attack the city, let's defend the city well. You go and tell Bian Zhang, let him wait in the city, as long as I give an order, I will rush out of the city gate with the cavalry! ”
Beigong Boyu said "No", and then immediately went down the city tower and ran towards Bian Zhang, who was waiting by the city gate. Not long after he left, he saw a person running up in a hurry, and after coming to Han Sui's side, he whispered a few words in Han Sui's ear, but saw that Han Sui's face changed.
"When did you find out about this?" Han Sui asked.
The man replied, "Just now, one of my subordinates found out about this and immediately reported it to the general." ”
Han Sui waved his hand and said: "You now hurry up and remove the people from the West Gate, replace them with our people, without my order, you must not open the door without permission, let alone let anyone go out of the city, the Han army wants to ambush our army, there is no door, haha!" ”
When the man received the order, he hurried away, leaving only Han Sui and his retinue standing on the city tower, and on the city wall stood more than 2,000 Qianghu, who were good at archery, all of whom were his personal retinues. Since Chen Cang's retreat to Liangzhou, Han Sui tried his best to win over Qiang Hu as his subordinates, and appointed more than 20 generals in one go, and used money to buy Bian Zhang, Beigong Boyu's subordinates, and now among the rebels, he Han Sui is the de facto head of the family, Bian Zhang, Beigong Boyu and the two are just a chess piece for him to resist the Han army.
There were 250,000 rebels in the entire Liangzhou, and after two months of war, only 50,000 of the 100,000 rebels were left, which was a huge blow to Han Sui. Just now his henchmen came to tell him that the Han army had withdrawn from the siege at the West Gate, and the withdrawal of the siege at this juncture was clearly a trap, and he would not be fooled by this.
"Knock, knock, knock, knock......"
The drumbeat of the Han army outside the city of Ji rang, gradually turning from a short interval to a dense drumbeat, and then under the order of Huangfu Song, the besieging troops began to rush out with shouts.
Sun Jian led his men to rush forward quickly, while Gao Fei led his flying feather troops to move forward in his unique way. The ten generals behind Gao Fei quickly returned to their positions, and Zhao Yun and Hua Xiong each led two hundred sword shield soldiers to escort Gao Fei around him, forming an impermeable wall with shields, and rushing forward at an even speed; The 400 crossbowmen led by Pei Yuanshao and Xiahou Lan followed, and Lu Heng, Zhou Cang, Liao Hua, Guan Hai, Li Wenhou, and Bian Xi led 1,200 infantry carrying ladders to walk in the rear, and the entire army advanced at a uniform speed, as if it were a whole. Gai Xun commanded the 2,000 infantry behind him to push the tall well and the heavy siege vehicle slowly forward.
In just a moment, the thousand soldiers led by Sun Jian had already rushed into the range of the rebel archers, and dense arrows flew from the city wall, some soldiers carrying cloud ladders were the first to be shot to the ground, and those soldiers with swords and shields followed Sun Jian to the front, forming a small formation with the shields in their hands, blocking the arrows, but they did not dare to advance easily.
"The ladder behind rushes up!" Sun Jian hid behind the shield, listened to the crackling arrows on the shield, and turned his head to shout to the soldiers carrying the ladder who were still behind.
Five hundred soldiers carrying the ladder were shot dead in the first round of arrows of the rebels, and only more than 100 people rushed up fearlessly, but without any cover, they were still hit hard by the rebel archers, and the second wave of arrows fell, leaving less than thirty people.
"Stay here!" Seeing that the soldiers behind him suffered heavy casualties, Sun Jian shouted to the five hundred sword and shield soldiers beside him, and he withdrew from the shield array, holding the shield and retreating, braving the rain of arrows to meet the ladder, without which he would not be able to climb the city wall.
Before Sun Jian could run, the third wave of arrows of the rebels shot down, and none of the soldiers carrying the ladder behind them survived. Sun Jian's eyes were full of anger, and he ran over quickly, picked up a cloud ladder from a low voice, dropped the shield in his hand, and rushed towards the city wall, but an arrow came, so he used his knife to pull it away. When the rest of the soldiers saw it, half of them went back to carry the ladders, and the other half hurriedly came to protect Sun Jian, and then the soldiers borrowed the defense of the shields and successfully got dozens of ladders, and under the protection of the shields, they began to slowly approach the city wall.
Compared with Sun Jian's rapid onslaught, Gao Fei's flying feather troops were much slower, and after approaching the range of the rebels' arrows, the four hundred sword and shield soldiers quickly separated, lined up into a wall that could cover the arrows, so that the crossbowmen who followed behind could hide under the shields, and when more and more people gathered, the shields began to be erected together, making the walls a lot taller, and the soldiers behind were covered.
Gao Fei saw through the gap in the shield that there were only more than 2,000 archers on the city wall, and the target of the attack was Sun Jian's troops who were already close to the city wall and were about to set up a ladder, he immediately shouted to Pei Yuanshao: "Archers prepare, aim at the traitors on the city wall!" ”
After the 200 archers had all drawn their bows and arrows, Gao Fei shouted at the sword and shield soldiers led by Zhao Yun and Hua Xiong: "Withdraw the shield!" ”
As soon as the voice fell, but seeing that the two hundred sword and shield soldiers suddenly withdrew their shields, revealing a huge gap, Pei Yuanshao's two hundred archers shot arrows towards the city tower at this time, and when the arrows flew out, the two hundred sword and shield soldiers put the shields back in their original positions again, and erected another wall.
"Ahh
But hearing the screams of more than a hundred people on the tower, Goofy saw through the gap that the archers on the tower had fallen to the bottom of the city, but as soon as there was a vacancy on the tower, it was immediately filled.
Gao Fei squinted and saw the battle situation on Sun Jian's side, but saw that the ladder was pushed down again, and hundreds of sword and shield soldiers were also in a hurry under the city wall, and there were rolling stones falling from the city wall, killing more than a dozen people.
"Sun Jian is brave, but the casualties of his subordinates are too great if he continues like this. Zhao Yun, Hua Xiong, Pei Yuanshao, and Xia Houlan will follow me, and the others will stay out of range, waiting for Gai Xun's siege weapons to arrive before attacking! ”
Gao Fei was afraid that all of Sun Jian's troops would be killed, so he prepared to advance with sword and shield soldiers and crossbowmen, and reached the city wall to shoot at the rebels on the city wall, so as to attract troops and enable Sun Jian to climb the tower. When he had finished shouting the order, he held his shield and joined it with a wall of four hundred sword and shield soldiers, and slowly advanced together, while the crossbowmen hid behind the shield wall, ready to fire arrows on the wall.