Chapter 856: May is approaching
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April 20, Tang Wangfu, Beijing.
This day is the birthday of the concubine of Nangong, in the past, even in the three years of the national funeral when the first emperor died, the Tang King never ignored it. At noon, the princess came forward to hold a banquet, and in the evening, the king of Tang went to the concubine of the Nangong to eat and rest. Rare treasures, silk and satin, into boxes to the small treasury of the concubine of the Nangong side. Although it is not as pompous as the princess's birthday, it is also among the best among the three side concubines and the remaining more than ten concubines. It was the complete failure of King Tang's arrangement in the Northern Han Dynasty, the usefulness of the Nangong family was greatly reduced, and King Tang's love for the concubines of Nangong never stopped. Therefore, everyone knows that King Tang really loves the concubine of Nangong.
Every April 20th, the Tang Palace's mansion is full of joy and joy. Many of the masters may be forced to make a good face, and the subordinates are really happy when they have rewards and meals.
However, this year, the atmosphere of the entire Tang Palace's mansion has become so solemn and majestic. The luncheon that had been prepared seven days earlier, and King Tang only showed up. The reward for the concubine on the side of Nangong is the same as before, but now it is dark, and King Tang is still in the council hall, and there is no sign of moving.
"Waste, Shi Yuan, Shangguan, Xing Zuochang, as well as Tang Bin and Song Zuoxian, are all waste! A bunch of incompetents"
Tang Wang couldn't help but scold again.
Yao Jing and Zhang Wentian, the right-hand men on the side, were silent, let Tang Wang vent, it was really the battle reports of Bozhou, Daizhou and the Western Front that made people angry.
If you are not afraid of not knowing the goods, you are afraid of comparing goods, this sentence is really a wise saying.
Without Zhu Biao Zhuyu in front, Shi Yuan and other generals were still on the stage. But with Zhu Biao here, Shi Yuan and the other generals looked so unbearable.
Shi Yuan and Shangguan Renqing had 400,000 horses, but they had no choice but to trap the party leaders in 15 counties. The morale of the Zhou army, which was completely demoralized after the defeat, was shocked. After that, until now. Seeing that the party leader is defeated, there are signs that the army will become stronger and stronger as the more the war is fought. How can it not make people angry to watch?
Xing Zuochang was not as unbearable as the two of Bozhou, but Liu Zhongru was unable to defend the city and firmly contained his main force in Daizhou. Let the Tang army watch the good opportunity flow away, and watch the soldiers and horses of Qingzhou and the Jin clan fill Yizhou, and they can't take the opportunity to advance eastward and sweep south.
Xing Zuochang is also crying, and there are few soldiers!
But look at how Zhu Biao fights?
Only 200,000 soldiers and horses, swept 3,000 miles, crisscrossing Texas. The Dezhou official army and 400,000 Jin soldiers could not move, and the day before yesterday I reported that Zhen'an City's 60,000 infantry armor defeated more than 300,000 Jin troops for a while. More than 20,000 soldiers were beheaded, and countless weapons were burned. There are five times as many enemies outside the city of Zhen'an, and the city is also impregnable and unshakable.
Such a comparison really made Yao and Zhang both can't help but sigh that they are not very friendly to their colleagues.
It's really not angry!
When Tang Bin and Song Zuoxian arrived, the battlefield on the Western Front was very progressive, and there was also a state to expand the territory. The war is now getting closer and closer, but it is becoming more and more difficult to make progress.
From the beginning of autumn last year to the present. More than half a year has passed, and there has not been a single piece of good news. On the contrary, not long ago, he was attacked by the wolf cavalry of Bingzhou, and lost more than 40,000 soldiers.
Yes, the Northwest Battlefield is not easy to fight. It was the place where the imperial court was heavily armed, and the imperial court had a lot of control. Since the start of the war, the imperial court has also continuously imported grain and grass materials into Bingzhou, so that the well-fed northwestern men have no worries. Fight and everyone serves. Stunned, he used the land of Sizhou to block the attack of the Tang King and the Xia King on both sides.
Tang Bin and Song Zuo can first complain about the weakness of the Xia army, and the king of Xia is now killed by the Qin army. It is really impossible to spend much energy on the northwest battlefield, but the second general of the Tang and Song dynasties has a million heavy troops, and the conditions are not too good compared to Zhu Biao.
But look at Zhu Biao's record, and then look at the record of Tang and Song, there is no comparison!
Tang Wang now has less and less military strength in his hands, and he is more and more reluctant to let out all the soldiers and horses in the Youzhou battalion. Now he can understand the misery of being 'unarmed soldiers' by the old king of the Northern Han Dynasty after the 'Battle of Baiping Mountain'. I also experienced the horror of the new king of the Northern Han Dynasty after Zhongshan's betrayal of the alliance.
The small number of soldiers is really a hurdle that all princes can't get around.
But at that time, there was Zhu Biao in the Northern Han Dynasty, first Yandong attacked, and later in the battle of Beiling, Zhu Biao relieved the 'siege' of the old king of the Northern Han Dynasty. Then the Battle of Quzhou, the Battle of Muzhou, the troops entered Zhongshan Kingdom, a series of battles, and he unlocked the 'siege' of the new king. With this Qingtian guard, it is really the luck of the king of the Northern Han Dynasty and the Sheji of the Northern Han Dynasty.
However, "Where is my 'Zhu Biao'?" ”
Although Zhu Biao is now used by him, it is not his, and it is not his after all. The war is still going on in the future, and who knows what will happen. can destroy the enemy's front, turn the tide in the fall, help the building in the general, famous generals and talents, that prince will not be too much, will not be unwanted!
King Tang's anger and emotion would not cross thousands of miles away, and instantly reached Zhu Biao's ears. He is now hurrying to form an army.
Yes, the formation of the army.
When the Jin army besieged Zhen'an and did not show any flaws for a while, Zhu Biao was making up the army.
In the previous war, the 80,000 Texas army was broken, and the captured people naturally still worked with the army. Zhu Biao's army has 400,000 war horses and more than 100,000 people, and it needs people more than the Texas army. Of course, the large amount of grain and grass captured in the camp is also the biggest reliance that he can always rely on with the Jin army for these days.
I had just entered Central and South Texas before, and in order to maintain a good reputation, I didn't dare to pull Zhuangding to do labor. It was only then that he gained a firm foothold in the four counties of central and southern China, and then he gave orders to the county officials, township elders, husbands, and wanderers, and collected the remnants of the people and joined them in the army. Now that he has 20,000 young strength, Zhu Biao people are stupid before they are put back.
Of the 60,000 prisoners, in addition to the die-hard and the wounded, and then the officers above the rank of commander were deducted, and there were still 43,400 people under Zhu Biao, so he took the infantry sergeants of the personal guard battalion as the main body, and then transferred some of the personal guards of the generals in the army, such as Zhu Wu's personal soldiers, who drew 500 people, and gathered a total of about 6,000 people, as the chief of the security army, divided into more than 40,000 prisoners. Then, a number of middle- and low-level officers were transferred from the army and incorporated into the new army, and all of them were used for promotion, and finally completed the establishment of eight integrated battalions of the Texas Public Security Army.
Even so, the system is just a pile of sand wrapped in fishing nets and turned into pillars, and only the slightest turmoil will scatter and collapse, and it will be a mess. But it is also a decoration from a distance. It is also a deterrent.
With these eight formed battalions, immediately, in just one decade, Zhu Biao's control over the four counties in central and southern Texas has risen to more than one level.
Although only Zhen'an County is controlled by Zhu Biao in the county seat of these four counties, aren't the three county towns of Dawan, Zhongmu, and Qiangxing all surrounded by the iron cavalry of northern Xinjiang. If those county orders are still stubborn and do not bow their heads and obey, Zhu Biao will only have a bright knife.
As it turned out, there were very few such strong orders. There are 143 counties in the four counties, but there are more people who have abandoned their official positions and fled, there are 52 people, but there are many county lords or lords in the city who stay. Naturally, he took over the position of the prefectural order. Only eleven people resolutely resisted, and the army attacked separately, sweeping by, like autumn wind sweeping leaves, with a trace of blood.
Zhenanseong.
On the towering city wall, 3,000 crossbowmen had already lined up, holding crossbows in one hand and tail arrows in the other, and the crossbows on the beds on the horses and saucers had also been hung. The arrows were put away and just waiting to be fired. The thunderbolts hidden all over the city, the stone bullets have also been loaded into leather holsters, and the gunners have pulled the hooks. All that is owed is a command. Before the war, it was always surprisingly quiet, and the officers who had been running and shouting earlier had already taken their places. Vigilantly watched the front line of the Jin army.
And the other party, obviously, has made all the preparations. The black-pressed crowd was just outside the longest-range range of the bed crossbow, and tens of thousands of Jin soldiers gathered around a trench bridge, a flying bridge, and a shield cart. But when it comes to attacking a city, they are always the first troops.
After the guy who paved the road and blocked the arrows in front of him went, there were sixty or seventy thunderbolts, and then there were wells and rushing cars wrapped in raw cowhide + silt, and there were hundreds of them. As for the ladder truck, there are two hundred.
With so many equipment, it has exceeded all the siege battles commanded by Zhu Biao, but for the base of more than 300,000 Jin troops, it is too pediatric.
If it weren't for the defeat the day before yesterday, which destroyed the equipment that the Jin army had accumulated for many days, the Jin army that launched an attack today would have more than 500 thunderbolts, and at least three times as many ladder cars, wells, rushing cars, and crashes.
After that, there were several formations of Jin army infantry troops, all of whom were wearing fine armor and had strong protection, especially the weapons in their hands. There are no big knives, no spears, they are all short soldiers, and the longest ones are all simple knives!
The entire battlefield was silent. But everyone knows that behind this silence, there is endless killing opportunities!
The endless Jin army cluster gradually stopped, which meant that they were ready. The troops in charge of the command will leap in front of the battle and make a final mobilization to boost morale.
When the vanguard came out and shouted in unison, the Jin army was boiling! The earth-shattering cries came and went, and they went straight into the sky with the sound of destroying the sky and the earth! The huge sound echoed in the suburbs of Zhen'an for a long time, and it was endless!
At the head of the city, Liu Zhuo's eyes narrowed slightly, and the momentum of the Jin army surprised him a little. Have you recovered after that defeat?
took a deep breath, and the whole person seemed to be sober a lot. With his right hand on the hilt of his sword, he slowly drew his sword.
The soldiers around him were Liu Zhuo's henchmen and elites trained in the past few years, but it was the first time they faced so many enemies alone, and they couldn't help but shudder!
After all, since joining the war, although they have experienced some battles, even big battles, their experience is really three streets behind those veterans who have been on the battlefield for a long time.
However, shock, fear, hesitation, and timidity, the moment Liu Zhuo pulled out his sword and raised it above his head, it disappeared. Be a soldier and be paid, and kill the enemy and receive a reward. Soldiers, soldiers, Qiu Ba, isn't what he does is to make a living licking blood from the knife edge!
The trumpet sounded!
The drums of war thundered.
Many soldiers in the city felt their hearts sink down! Both hands involuntarily clenched their weapons! In addition to the comrades around them, only this guy in their hands is their most powerful support!
The shouts of the Jin army outside reached its peak! It exploded like thunder in the nine heavens! When the front trench troops swarmed like a flood, everyone at the head of Zhen'an Nam knew that the real decisive battle had begun!
God forbid! There were soldiers praying silently in their hearts. But Liu Zhuo didn't think about the ghosts and gods at all, holding his Li high, and staring at the Jin army rushing over like a flood without blinking.
It's just because he has experienced many battles that he clearly knows that only he will bless himself on the battlefield!
Four hundred steps, three hundred and fifty steps, three hundred steps!
"Release" Liu Zhuo's roar resounded all over Nancheng!
In a neat movement, forty bed crossbows fired in unison, and more large yellow crossbows vibrated with a buzzing aftershock. Immediately a creaking sound arose on the head of the city, and after an arrow passed, both the bed crossbow and the rhubarb crossbow were seizing the time to wind and reset. The bowstring creaked as they tugged hard. Sharp arrows and crossbows crashed into the slots.
Every time a city is attacked, the soldiers who pave the road in front are the most unlucky. They knew that there were strong bows and crossbows all over the city, and there were invisible bed crossbows and thunderbolts ready to shoot, but they still needed to rush to the city with a loud shout! Although in the eyes of the paving troops, there is actually no main city, but only a few sheep and horse walls, moats, and moats that protect the city!
Of course, they won't be the most elite soldiers in the entire army, but they are by no means the weakest.
The attacking Jin soldiers fell in pieces, like a strong wind hitting a wheat field!
On the top of the city. Under the head of the city, the first and second lanes, the defenders on the sheep and horse walls also began to shoot! Only the defenders of the third wall of sheep and horses were not far away.
The paving soldiers pushing the shield cart are the safest people, and the soldiers pushing the trench cart and the flybridge are much sadder than the soldiers.
The rhubarb crossbow can also penetrate into the elm wood half an arrow three hundred steps away. The bed crossbow shot, and even the carts, horses, and oxen can be nailed to the ground. A string sound like a thunderbolt showed that the Jin army would pay a huge price for every step forward!
Behind him, a group of black shadows rose into the air, crossed the city, and roared towards the enemy group! When the incendiary bombs were raising piles of flames on the ground. The sergeants of the city defenders saw it, and the soldiers of the Jin army who were facing the crossbow and crossbow and shot tenaciously saw it!
But the drums of war were still ringing, and the Jin army did not retreat.
A moat has finally been erected on the moat! But under the crossbows and crossbows of the cart and the crossbows above and below the city, there were only three people left.
Thunderbolts in the city have begun to drop firebombs. Although an incendiary bomb is not worth two taels of silver. But it can't stand the time period when it appears, the production is low, and the amount of savings is also low. In the previous war, six or seven percent of the savings were spent. If you keep throwing incendiary bombs as soon as the fight starts, the city will soon be completely exhausted.
The defenders rained down arrows and stones, and cried out in pain. The wails and shouts resounded non-stop in the Jin army cluster. But with the cover of the shield car at the front, and the Haoqiao car and flybridge in the front to attract the attack, as long as the manpower keeps up, one after another the trench bridges and flying bridges rush to the destination one after another, and they are stuck on the moat.
Then, what the Jin army encountered was the sheep and horse wall.
The sheep and horse wall, which is less than two feet high, cannot be knocked down. Because there is a half-earth slope on the inside of the wall to support. It was still the Haoqiao car and the flying bridge, tightly attached to the wall, and the car soldiers took advantage of the dead corner under the sheep and horse wall to drill under the car and pound it twice, and then two or three people worked together to erect the car board up.
At least two feet and five feet long the car board easily put on the sheep and horse wall, and looking at the back of the car board, there are steps next to the first step, and the pedals have been made in advance.
The wells and the rushing car braved the rain of bullets to move forward, and the Jin army crossbowmen on it were also fighting back. However, the real power of the well and the chariot is to get close to the city, and to get close to the city, you must first destroy the three sheep and horse walls.
As for the thunderbolts, they moved faster than the wells and the rushing cars, and they were one step closer to within 300 paces of the city, and at this moment they had already begun to fire artillery at the city, which naturally had a great impact on the defenders of the city.
One by one, the black dots turned into stone bullets, whistling overhead, and even the sky was dark! The loud and continuous roar was deafening, and the crunch of tiles falling to the ground continued one after another. Some soldiers looked back, and at the south gate of Zhen'an City, it was as if an earthquake had been struck, and the houses collapsed in pieces, raising huge smoke and dust!
As soon as the soldier turned his head, he suddenly felt a darkness in front of him, and then a landslide and tsunami-like force shattered his whole body! didn't even have a chance to scream miserably, he and his companions were pushed down the city by a hundred-pound stone bullet, and there were no bones left!
"Fight back! Thunderbolt fights back! Liu Zhuo insisted on being at the head of the city, a large number of crossbowmen had already hidden in the Tibetan Soldier Cave and the Saucer Tower, and Liu Zhuo's roar of internal strength was also extraordinarily loud in this most chaotic scene.
Some of the soldiers hid behind the women's wall, some of them closed their eyes tightly, clenched their teeth, and every time a stone bullet hit the wall, they had to shrink their bodies, and their hands and feet trembled involuntarily. There are also people who seize every moment, load their arrows, and shoot at the city
People are really different.
The thunderbolt positions in the city were all incendiary bombs again, and all the energy was put on the thunderbolts of the Jin army. But today, the wind was not good, and the Jin army, which had suffered a big loss, also scattered the thunderbolt carts. In short, you come and go, and it will take a while to determine a winner or loser.
Liu Zhuo was not the only officer who did not avoid stone bullets and ran above the city. There is also a military commander, although most of the soldiers who stayed at the head of the city were his subordinates, but as a middle-level officer, there was no need for him to continue to stay at the head of the city.
Except for the stone bullets that covered the sky, he did not find a single Jin soldier crossing the first sheep and horse wall, which made him very happy.
The archers at the head of the city retreated, and the defenders of the second sheep and horse wall and the third sheep and horse wall moved into the hole in the moat wall, which immediately deprived the soldiers of the first line of long-range support.
The only remaining support is the horse face and the arrows and crossbows in the saucer building, which are too small.
However, without the strong support of the defenders of the first sheep and horse wall behind them, they continued to rely on their strong combat power and the 'Mandarin Duck Array' suitable for infantry fighting to firmly hold the defense line, which really made the officers happy?
Because of the joy in his heart, Jun Sima's footsteps slowed down a little, and he didn't notice the movement above his head, and suddenly heard someone shouting "Beware". But before he could react, he suddenly felt that his whole body had become extremely heavy, and a darkness completely swallowed him...... (To be continued)