Chapter 60: Blocking the Appendix

Although it is mountainous, it is surrounded by a flat river, and there are also flat lands in the mountains. So, although there are risks here, it is not particularly ideal.

At the beginning, Yang An'er arranged troops here, and although there were many people and horses, they were still defeated by Fusan Anzhen.

The gap in combat power between the two sides is one thing, and the Red Jacket Army also has problems in command. For Wang Min, the lesson is profound, how can he not learn it?

Therefore, after Wang Min and the generals discussed, the first line of defense was arranged on the hill and high ground in the middle of the appendix, and most of the men and horses were arranged on the foothills on the east side of the appendix.

After this arrangement, there was no need to worry too much about the Jin army breaking through from the middle of the appendix and dividing the defenders. And the biggest mistake of the original defeat was that he didn't expect the Jin army to use it.

Although half of the head was ceded, the troops appeared to be more concentrated, and the road to Anqiu was blocked by the Jin army's south, so that the main force could calmly enter the army and come to rendezvous.

After this period of study and running-in, Wang Min and others have learned the fighting style of the Red Turban Army. Especially Wang Min, who usually discusses with Meng Jiucheng, coupled with the observation of actual combat, knows the strengths of the Red Turban Army.

Judging from the weapons possessed by the Red Turban Army, the field battle was not satisfactory, but the defense was quite solid.

Therefore, Wang Min put on a posture of stubbornly blocking the attack, first standing in an invincible position, and then adjusting the deployment according to the specific situation.

In fact, Wang Min made the right decision. Because, Fusan Anzhen sent reinforcements, but not a small number, in addition to the "Flower Hat Army", there is also an elite called the "Yellow Crane Sleeve Army".

The "Yellow Crane Sleeve Army" was also a force recruited by the Jin Dynasty to form a force composed of Yan Zhao Han people, which was similar in nature to the "Flower Hat Army".

And the leaders of these two armies are also surnamed Guo, one is called Guo Zhongyuan, and the other is called Guo Alin, and in history, because of their meritorious efforts in suppressing the Red Jacket Army, they were all given the surname Wanyan.

But compared with the record and reputation of the "Flower Hat Army", the "Yellow Crane Sleeve Army" is much worse. In terms of troops, the "Yellow Crane Sleeve Army" has 1,500 or 600, which is only half of the "Flower Hat Army".

The record and reputation are not as good as the "Flower Hat Army", but in terms of combat power, the "Yellow Crane Sleeve Army" cannot be underestimated, and it is also a cavalry, with strong mobility and impact.

Although these two strong armies went south to Shandong with Anzhen, the relationship between Guo Zhongyuan and Guo Alin was very unharmonious. This is naturally related to Jinting's suspicion of Guo Zhongyuan and Guo Alin, and deliberately took measures to raise and pressure to provoke contradictions between the two.

Fusan Anzhen didn't want to send Erguo to help at the same time, but the "Flower Hat Army" and the "Yellow Crane Sleeve Army" were almost the only mobile forces in his hands.

Moreover, the two armies also suffered losses in the course of the campaign, but they were never replenished, and together they were only 35,600 men.

And after Anzhen got the news that Anqiu was attacked, he immediately noticed that the people and horses attacking in two circuits were very likely to have an accident. Although it was hard for him to believe it, he did not dare to send a small number of men.

Therefore, the "Flower Hat Army" dispatched 2,000 troops, and the "Yellow Crane Sleeve Army" dispatched 1,000 cavalry, a total of 3,000 cavalry.

In order to enable the two armies to work together and not be suspicious when fighting, Fusan Anzhen appointed the main general Huang Slap Aruda and kept Guo Zhongyuan and Guo Alin by his side.

This is also because the news of Susan Anzhen is not well-informed, coupled with the limitation of the level of communication at that time, he did not know that Fusan stayed at home and Wanyan's false theory had been defeated, and thought that the Red Turban Army was avoiding the real and attacking the false, and also came to a roundabout attack to cut off the retreat of the two armies.

Therefore, Fusan Anzhen also looked forward to the troops who copied Muling Pass to overcome the obstacles and arrive at the designated position, and then he led the army to flank the front and rear to break Li Quan's red jacket army.

Also constrained by the low level of communication, the Red Turban Army did not know that it was 3,000 cavalry who came to reinforce it.

Meng Jiucheng handed over Anqiu to Wang Zhongfeng and Zheng Ruxin, who led the army from Jia Yuezhen to guard, and led more than 4,000 people to cross Wenshui and rush to Langtou, but he didn't expect that it would be a tough battle to greet him.

Also unexpectedly encountering a strong enemy was the Yellow Slap Arruda, as well as the combined forces of the "Flower Hat Army" and the "Yellow Crane Sleeve Army".

After the Jin army entered the appendix, the front was safe, but when they reached the middle of the appendix, they were blocked by the defenders of several small hills.

The Red Turban Army's several victories were due to the fact that the enemy did not understand their fighting methods and weapons, and suffered big losses but had no way to crack them.

The same is true of the Yellow Slap Arruda, who, according to the usual practice, commanded his soldiers to attack the hill on their backs.

If it is an ordinary rebel army, in the absence of protection, it will inevitably suffer heavy losses in the face of the rain of arrows of the Jin army.

The Jin army often relied on standard bows and arrows, relying on well-trained archers, which could often shake the position of the rebel army, or even collapse without a fight.

But this time, although the armor and equipment of the defenders were still inferior to those of the Jin army, they were not comparable to ordinary rebels. In addition to the conventional rolling wood stones and crossbows, the defenders also had stone throwers, flying thunder cannons, and pine cannons, which were undoubtedly weapons that the Jin army had never seen.

The first attack failed, and the defenders had not yet used the Flying Thunder and Pine Cannons; The second attack was repulsed, and the Jin army tasted the explosive gunpowder shells; The third attack after stable adjustment was again futile, and when it was about to break through the defenders' defensive line, the Jin army was bombarded at close range by pine artillery and suffered heavy casualties.

Yellow slapped Arruda in shock, this was a rare situation in his career, and it did not appear in the process of exterminating the rebel army.

The Jin army was also equally shocked, not a steep hill, but it had already suffered hundreds of casualties. Especially the kind of thing that could explode, which they had never seen before.

After a fire, a loud noise, and a cloud of smoke, it fell horizontally, and there was no way to protect it!

Huang slapped Aruda to stop the attack, he had to ponder and calm down, such a desperate fight was not only useless, I am afraid that it was exactly what the enemy wanted.

And just when the Jin army temporarily stopped moving, the defenders on the mountain had already bluffed their banners and quietly retreated under the leadership of Wang Xian.

There was no way, so these ammunition were hoarded on the mountain, and they would withdraw after the fight, which was also Wang Min's order.

By the time the Yellow Slap Aruda readjusted his deployment and sent soldiers in double armor to carefully attack the mountain, there was no one on the mountain.

"The enemy is going to fortify layer by layer, constantly depleting and exhausting our army." Receiving the reward for capturing the hill, Aruda seems to understand his opponent's intentions.

Since this is the case, Yellow Slap Arruda has two choices.

One is to attack and forge ahead, kill a way in the head, and go straight to Anqiu; The other is to bypass the appendix, first to Weizhou, and then turn south.

However, it is a long way to go around the appendix, which does not seem to be in line with the explanation of the servant Anzhen.