Chapter 893: Assault, Duel
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Who is most afraid of military disasters?
People!
No matter how bad the army is, when facing the common people, it can turn into a hungry tiger and a fierce wolf, and fish and meat at will.
Therefore, seeing the rolling cavalry coming, the people outside the city desperately squeezed into the city, and when they saw that the city gate was about to be closed, they were even more afraid of being locked outside the city, so they squeezed into the city even more rivetingly. When the city gate was half closed, no matter how hard the Puzhou soldiers who pushed the gate tried, the city gate could not be closed for half a minute.
"Don't squeeze any further, or you'll be killed!" Zhou Jinhe's face turned pale and he shouted loudly in despair. But the people, who were fleeing for their lives, did not notice his shouting, and even if anyone heard him, they ignored it completely.
Zhou Jinhe was ruthless and shouted at the soldiers around him: "Kill those who violate the order!" Go, and kill all those who are in the doorway. The soldiers did not expect him to really give such an order, and they all looked at him in horror and hesitated.
"Do it quickly, or I'll kill you." Zhou Jinhe raised the knife in his hand, and a group of guards behind him drew their knives out of their sheaths, shouting at the soldiers viciously.
The soldiers were forced to be helpless, so they had to kill the killers with heartache. For a while, the sword light at the city gate flickered, and the miserable sound was repeated, and more than a dozen people lay on the ground, and immediately the people who drilled into the city were like frightened birds, and they 'flew' out of the city. But it was too late, and when the Puzhou soldiers in the city gate drove the people out of the city, it was too late to close the city gate.
The vehicle was pushed out of the city gate, but it was crowded on the drawbridge, and the guards at the head of the city could not turn the winch at all. The Hedong cavalry, which came at a gallop, had already stepped on the drawbridge and rushed to the entrance of the outer city gate. Bright swords and guns shine on the sun!
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As soon as Zhou Jinhe died, the fighting spirit of the soldiers defending the city was greatly reduced, and the Dou soldiers were just a charge, and hundreds of Puzhou troops inside and outside the city gate were either killed or scattered and fled. After the Dou soldiers led the people into the city, they were immediately divided into three parts, one of which still rode horses to drive and chase the Puzhou soldiers who fled in all directions. The other guarded the city gates, and the other part, led by several military academies, turned into infantry armor and slaughtered the city walls.
The Puzhou army in the city didn't know that there was a change at all, even the military Sima of the east and west gates vaguely heard the sound of horses' hooves and heard the sound of shouting and killing, but they didn't expect that the city gate was sneak attacked. It's much less likely than hearing the wrong sound in their own ears.
Until the shouting of killing has spread from the north gate to the east and west. Sima Cai, the leader of the army, felt that something was wrong. A bloodied Puzhou soldier ran to Sima of the Ximen Army and reported breathlessly: "My lord, it's not good, the Han army has entered the city." ”
"What Han army has entered the city?"
Simon's head buzzed. It was so dark in front of me that I almost fainted. Regardless of how the Han army unknowingly touched the city, just letting them into the city would be very bad.
"Your Excellency. General Zhou has been killed in battle at the North Gate......"
In a panic, a second blow followed.
Sima's panic disappeared in an instant. He was all over his body, inside and outside his heart. It's all cold from falling ice slag. I'm done, I'm done.
Zhou Jinhe is Shi Shuai's nephew, he is dead, no matter whether Taoqiu City can be kept or not, he will end up dead.
"Brothers, it is impossible to do anything, the Han army has entered the city, and the fall of the city is inevitable. Among you, whoever wants to go home should go home as soon as possible, and those who want to fight to the death with the Han army will also go by themselves, and the rest will surrender with me, so that they will live one life! ”
Of course, there are not no die-hard Shi family members in the city who are willing to die for Shi Tianlei.
Taoqiu Taishou is one of them.
After receiving the urgent report, he ordered people to mobilize troops to reinforce Beicheng, and on the other hand, he personally led hundreds of soldiers, officials, and arresters who had been urgently gathered to rush to Beicheng. He came at the right time, the Dou soldiers who led the troops into the city, the killing was very ferocious, and the Puzhou soldiers who fled, but all the people who were met by him and continued to dance with knives and guns resisted, were almost killed and wounded.
After the people led by Taoqiu Taishou arrived, the bow and crossbow kept shooting downward, killing at least twenty or thirty Han troops, and the personal guards led by Dou Bing were only two thousand people, and the strength in their hands was very weak. Moreover, the streets of the city are narrow, and they are not suitable for the gallop of cavalry.
Instead of stumbling hard with the Puzhou soldiers in front of you in the unfavorable underground, why don't you pause first, and after bringing Yang Yanzhang's troops behind you to kill in, isn't it easy to solve it?
But before Taishou could take a breath, Yang Yanzhang's troops swarmed in, and with ease, the five or six hundred centaurs in front of Taishou were crushed. But at this moment, the reinforcements from Puzhou in the city are less than 1,000 people.
"Brothers, kill me!" Taishou was in despair, and the hand holding the pen picked up a sharp sword, and was the first to meet him, and the attendants around him also rushed forward with him. This behavior greatly boosted the morale of the Puzhou soldiers, and they brandished their weapons to kill the Han army, and they all mustered up courage for a while.
During the fierce battle for two quarters of an hour, the shouts and shouts of killing were much quieter, only the sound of heavy breathing, short angry scolding, chaotic footsteps, the clashing of knives and guns, and the screams that rang out from time to time.
When Taishou's blood-spurting body fell, the Han infantry stepped on the pool of blood under their feet and howled at the Puzhou soldiers who had fled from their pursuers. There was definitely a seriously wounded person alive in the corpse at his feet, but no one cared much about it at this time.
On the seventh day of August in the 11th year of Yuanwu, the Han army of Langzhou suddenly moved south. The 30,000-foot cavalry, riding horses and chariots, traveled 700 miles in one day for two nights, and suddenly slaughtered under the unsuspecting county town of Taoqiu in the early morning. After a short period of contact, Taoqiu Taishou and the leading lieutenant died before and after, and more than 300,000 stone of grain and a large amount of military funds were burned before they could be burned, and they completely fell into the hands of the Han army.
When the news came, the 200,000 imperial army that was heading north immediately stopped its footsteps. Zhao Shuming urgently reported to Zibo and contacted the Puzhou authorities nearby, saying that without the large amount of grain and military materials hoarded in Taoqiu, the 200,000 troops he led would have no roots. Even if it is to continue to drive north. It is also self-defeating.
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Changhuan.
Cizhou South Gate.
Since Zhu Biao's army marched eastward, it has gone further than the current situation in Wenzhou, and the current assassin history of Cizhou, Li Ying, has been originally demoted.
Tian Wu and Tian Cheng successively sent people to Li Ying's place to lobby, but Li Ying's position did not move at all, and he stood on Zhu Biao's position with an iron heart.
So now, Ertian's 100,000 coalition troops have driven to Changhuan. So now, the 70,000 Cizhou troops led by Zhao Fang are standing opposite them.
The 170,000-strong army on both sides faced each other.
In the Cizhou Army, although there are temporary camps, they are layered and scattered, and the patrolling soldiers are in order. Grain and grass were piled up and heavily guarded.
This camp layout is not only the strategy in the chest of the main general Zhao Fang, but also some things that the Cizhou Army and the Hedong Army have learned in more than half a year.
Although it is impossible for Zhu Biao to change the appearance of the entire Cizhou Army in half a year, he can use his 100,000 Hedong elites to bring out a batch of seeds and a certain number of middle and lower-level officers. In this way, it is a huge improvement for the Cizhou army.
At this time, Zhao Fang was standing on a high platform, squinting into the distance.
The two vanguard torrents of friend and foe are rolling closer. At the moment of encounter, it seemed that a large stream of blood sprayed visibly with the naked eye. Zhao Fang clearly saw in his eyes that at least hundreds of people in his army had fallen.
But he is also a battle-hardened battle-hardened and can see it. The men and horses on the side of the two armies of Ertian who fell to the ground were at least twice as large as themselves, and they were immediately satisfied with the situation in front of them. At the same time, he also praised the mandarin duck array.
But in the blink of an eye, he set his eyes on a white-robed young general.
"Killing" is like the whole earth shaking, in the deafening sound of killing. The horses under Zhao Zhen trampled on the ground, making a dull continuous sound.
Yes, it's Zhao Zhen!
Zhao Zhen, who spent four months in the Han army.
In an instant, the spear flashed. Several of the opposing cavalry fell. In the blink of an eye, a wide road was carved out among the enemy cavalry.
"Shoot" ignored the screams in front of him, and after a distance, a cold and ruthless voice sounded. Immediately afterward, there was a sharp sound in the air breaking through the air.
This was the scream of the arrow, which instantly reached the top of Zhao Zhen's head.
Zhao Zhen was not surprised. The most important thing on the battlefield is the kindness of women. Suddenly, the spear was lit, and the arrows made of fine iron were either screened or swept away, or some were slightly redirected by the strong wind, grazing his body and shooting into the ground.
Zhao Zhen sneered and continued to charge.
The three thousand iron horsemen lined up like a wall were like a knife breaking through the five thousand cavalry on the opposite side. One by one, the enemy horsemen screamed and fell off their horses, and everywhere their troops went, they were like boiling soup and snow, and the enemy troops with the advantage in numbers collapsed, and the flesh and blood were blurred, and some did not die for a while, but were still screaming, and the terrible screams made the enemy soldiers themselves fearful.
On the high platform of "Good ......", Zhao Fang's eyes turned red at some point.
There is nothing wrong with the path chosen by the nephew, and there is no mistake with the direction pointed by Zhu Dashuai, so neatly arranged, the cavalry that hits the wall has a future, a great future
Zhu Biao, who did not incorporate the Cizhou Army and the Wenzhou Army into the command system, did not abandon the two armies. He just chose conventional strengthening methods to train and improve the quality of officers, and even did not hesitate to blow a golden finger for this.
It is the dense wall charge used by the Cizhou cavalry at the moment. It is also a sign of the so-called modern cavalry tactics in his previous life.
Relying on excellent horsemanship, the cavalry lined up in a tight and juxtaposed 'wall', and then pressed through their opponents in unison.
Compared with the cavalry tactics in the usual sense of the current world, a dense queue can ensure the density of the attack of the wall cavalry, that is, it often forms a frontal battle of more and less fighting.
The enemy's traditional sparse cavalry array, colliding with it, the enemy's left and right spacing cavalry often have to deal with the attack of two or three opponents, and the result is often a death.
The situation thus formed is the scene of the current battlefield, 3,000 Cizhou cavalry, lined up in a 500x6 queue, and swept half of the 5,000 enemy cavalry at one time. Crush another shock!
Such tactics are similar to those of armored iron cavalry. It's just that they don't have that heavy armor.
Zhu Biao had long understood this kind of cavalry tactic, but he never planned to use it. His previous opponent was Hu Cai, and in front of the nomadic cavalry, he engaged in this kind of frontal attack and killing, but the tactic of inflexible scheduling was to send the enemy a record in vain.
And in this martial arts plane world, no matter how close your cavalry is, you will meet a real master. It's just as embarrassing to die. Then there is the bow and crossbow of this world, which is not draped in heavy armor, and the cavalry is lined up in such a queue to hit the infantry formation, and the casualties are too great. Zhu Biao can't afford it at all!
The cavalry he wants to have is not only good for cavalry combat, but also for infantry combat.
Therefore, this seemingly powerful trick was not carried out in the Hedong Army. Now, it has been born in the Cizhou Army and the Wenzhou Army.
The deafening sound of killing in front of the battle was non-stop, and rows of people fell down. Unconsciously, within a hundred steps of Zhao Zhen's left and right, there were already corpses, and everywhere were fallen to the ground struggling and screaming coalition soldiers, and there were bloody wounded war horses neighing miserably.
Suddenly, it turned out to be breaking through the enemy's formation, the black clouds rolled, and the sun hung in the sky, obscuring most of it in the dark clouds. Bloodshot rushed. Shouting to kill, smelling the strong smell of blood. Zhao Zhen had a smile on his face and raised his spear.
"Go on the offensive"
Amid the high shouts, a low trumpet sounded from the enemy camp. Then the rousing war drums sounded again.
The dense coalition infantry stepped forward.
In the battle just now, the coalition forces were obviously at a disadvantage in terms of cavalry, but neither side had any intention of quitting, and the coalition forces did not want to have any more cavalry left of their own. To collide with the strange cavalry array of the Cizhou army, the only way to join the battle was to mobilize the foot soldiers who arrived.
But in the same way, Zhao Fang is unwilling to choose the best among the best in his state. The three thousand elites pulled out went to meet the queue solemnly. Beckoning the cavalry to turn back, Zhao Fang took a deep breath and ordered: "Nanle Camp is out of the ranks." ”
"No." The banner of the flag soldier waved, and suddenly a battalion of armored infantry stood out from the array and threw itself into the battlefield.
War is not a rush of brains, in the hands of the commander must have a reserve, which can continue to invest new forces into the battlefield, adjust the situation of the battle in an attempt to tilt towards one's own side, and gradually spread out.
The huge battlefield is impossible to see at a glance, and only by standing on a slightly higher platform can you grasp the battle situation.
This is also the importance of the high ground in classical warfare, and the necessity of the common name of the point.
Both coaches were not bad at commanding, and gradually put most of their forces into the decisive battle for victory.
First, the strong crossbow and hard bow were in front, and after a burst of shooting and wounding, the archers of the two armies first used up their strength and retreated, and the swordsmen and spearmen rushed forward to engage the battle, and the battle line was fully plunged into bloody hand-to-hand combat, which was less than two quarters of an hour before the two armies began to fight.
Crossbowmen are not musketeers!
In the battlefield, the Cizhou elite cavalry that the large army turned back, and the two thousand ordinary cavalry of Cizhou continued to clash under the leadership of Zhao Zhen. The infantry defense line that repeatedly clashed with the leakage of the coalition forces was almost unstoppable, and the panic spread among the coalition soldiers on the front, especially among the peripheral soldiers in the oblique area.
"This general is Zhao Zhen? Zhao Fang's nephew? ”
Under the banner of the commander on the opposite side, the commander of the coalition army pointed at Zhao Zhen who was in silver armor and white horse, and his heart tightened with annoyance.
You are so capable, how can you surrender without fighting the Han army? Now it's up to the cows.
"It's Zhao Zhen. Isn't there still the banner of Zhao Fang's thief on the other side? The general replied and swallowed a mouthful of saliva by the way.
The battle line of nearly three miles wide was crossed, and the armor rate of the Cizhou army was beyond expectations, and with the crossbowmen, all of their 70,000 people were armoured. Although some of them are equipped with so-called 'paper armor', the upper echelons of the coalition army know that these seemingly ridiculous paper armors really have good defensive power.
Yes, Zhu Biao has been fighting Cizhou for half a year, and while training the Cizhou army with his left hand, the other side is to strengthen the armament of the Cizhou army. It's a pity that Cizhou is not rich in fine iron, and Zhu Biao is not willing to go all out to arm the Cizhou army, after cleaning up the original armor of the Cizhou army, and cooperating with the capture of the Liang Wang Liukou, seventy percent of the 80,000 Cizhou army is equipped with iron helmets and iron armor. For the rest of the people, what Zhu Biao thought of was paper armor.
It's a big deal to soak the paper armor with water before going into battle. It's better than leather armor!
As a result, many of the soldiers looked like they had been stabbed, but they were not injured, or only slightly wounded, and they could continue to fight.
"Damn it......" the coalition commander cursed secretly. He obviously has half more soldiers than the other party, but he can't form an advantageous strategy at all. How did the Cizhou Army suddenly become so capable of fighting?
Not to mention that the cavalry is strong, the infantry army is also very good. The front was clearly a small battle formation. A group of 12 people, able to fight and resist, the killing is amazing, and he is also durable. The Lord will have a headache for it.
Compared with their own army, the only thing that the Cizhou army lacked was the bow and crossbow.
The bows and crossbows are all extraordinarily powerful, and they are also unique and high-cost, and more importantly, Zhu Biaotian's great ability is also a way to quickly succeed in this.
Because of the composite bow crossbow, according to the standard configuration, the six materials of the bow must be processed with at least dozens of processes, and it will take a certain amount of time to finish, at least more than a year, and a good bow will take several years. Therefore, the Cizhou army was significantly weaker than the coalition army in terms of bows and crossbows.
It is also officially based on this that the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces has the confidence to continue fighting!
Although the Cizhou army is really durable, "It's really tough!" The Lord will sigh in his heart.
At these hours of the war, Zhao Zhen's assault and the appearance of the Cizhou cavalry are very eye-catching. But in the eyes of the commander, the Cizhou Army is more proud of its outstanding low-level officers.
No matter how you win or lose this battle, "your own son is losing!" ”
The Cizhou army was defeated, and the coalition forces also suffered heavy casualties. His son-in-law moved his muscles and bones, but Zhu Biao was unscathed. He can build another Cizhou army with a stroke of the pen! Because Zhu Biao's foundation will always be the 100,000 Han army, not the Cizhou army, not the Wenzhou army...... (To be continued)