Chapter 988: The Beginning of the War
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The main army of the six White Cloud Cities added up to nearly three million people, and this was probably the largest military operation in the history of White Cloud City. Of course, before Yang Tian marched into the Waguo region, he mobilized more troops. However, the main army is only this number, and it is more of the player army.
The person who presided over the all-out attack on Yangzhou this time was Jia Xu, and he had full authority to dispatch troops from all walks of life. Chen Gong also participated in this big operation, but he cooperated with Huang Zhong as a sharp knife force to defeat strong enemies. With Chen Gong's "poke the neck" skill, even the strongest defense of the city can open the opening. With the strong combat power of the Sun Legion, as long as you have a firm foothold on the city wall, are you afraid of being driven down by the enemy again? At least in Yangzhou, there is no such strong storage zài.
The reason for this arrangement is also due to the fact that Huang Zhong and the others were able to rush back to Baiyun City in time, after all, he and Tai Shici were both sent to Chang'an City before, and now that the battle of Chang'an City was over, they hurried back. Although they failed in the battle of Chang'an City, this failure has nothing to do with the ability of Huang Zhong and others, in a war of millions of scales, relying only on two powerful generals, it is simply impossible to turn the tide, not to mention, this is still the inevitable trend of history, if you want to go against the wheel of history, the difficulty can be imagined. What's more, this defeat was something they had already anticipated, and could even say that they were happy to see it.
For others, a defeat in a war is likely to be the end of a different place, but this is not the case for Huang Zhong and Tai Shici, who summoned his flying pet the moment the city was broken. Then he took Tai Shi Ci out of that land of right and wrong, found the nearest city and teleported back to Baiyun City.
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In the evening, Yang Tian stood at the head of Wu County, looking at the dense army below, and he couldn't see the end at a glance, but his face was full of smiles, and there was no nervousness at all. Perhaps his demeanor infected the army under his command, and all the soldiers were full of confidence in this battle.
Gao Shun and Sun Ce were separated on both sides of Yang Tian, and further outside were Wu Ma and Zhou Yu, as for Pei Yuanshao and those generals under Sun Ce. then scattered throughout the city wall to organize defenses. Zhou Cang led all the soldiers of the Greedy Wolf Legion to guard the front line of the inner city. Prevent Xu Gong from suddenly going out of the city to attack.
Yang Tian did not let the player forces join the defense line of the inner city, firstly, the player's strength was much weaker than the greedy wolf army, and he might not be able to hold it under the charge of Xu Gong's elite army. Second, players defend the city on the city wall, which can stimulate their combat effectiveness even more. Because the battle to defend the city is much easier. You can earn more experience and points.
"General Sunshine. When Chen Wen's army began to attack the city, he could let the troops of the various checkpoints in Yizhou attack. This will inevitably bring great psychological pressure to Chen Wen. Zhou Yu suggested to Yang Tian on the side.
Yang Tian nodded, as to when the general attack on Yangzhou would begin. Yang Tian didn't particularly care, whether it was earlier or later, it didn't have a great impact on the ending, as long as it wasn't two or three days at night. However, this is not to say that Zhou Yu's construction is unreasonable, on the contrary, after Yang Tian was reminded by Zhou Yu, he also instantly understood the truth. Once Chen Wen knew that his army began to attack Yangzhou, it would inevitably have an impact on the soldiers of Yangzhou, whether Chen Wen ordered the withdrawal of the army or continued to attack Wu County, it was a blow to his military morale, and it was naturally more beneficial to the Baiyun City army defending the city.
"It's just that I don't know if Chen Wen will personally participate in this war, if I can give Chen Wen a decapitation operation in this battle, maybe this Yangzhou will be at your fingertips." Yang Tian said indifferently, but the meaning of his words was not bland at all, this opening was a beheading operation, and he really thought that Chen Wen was a fool.
Almost everyone here knows that Yang Tian is just a joke, not all the princes have Yang Tian's strength, and it is best to leave things like charging into battle to the generals under them. What's more, not long ago, Sun Jian died in Huangquan because of his personal expedition, which was still quite shocking to Chen Wen, the assassin of Yangzhou who was close to Changsha County, so if it was not necessary, he would definitely not appear in the army outside the city.
At this moment, the Yangzhou army under the city has begun to move frequently. Before, it was the Baiyun City army that completely surrounded Wu County, but now the identity has been reversed, and the Baiyun City army has become the object of encirclement, and the millions of Yangzhou troops have surrounded Wu County.
Judging from the current movements of the army outside the city, once the other side launches an attack on the city, it will inevitably not be a small fight, and attacking from all sides is an inevitable choice. It is not surprising that these Yangzhou generals will make such a choice, even if they are replaced by Yang Tian and others, one of the biggest factors is that there is no shortage of people on the side of the Yangzhou army, and these troops are not Chen Wen's direct army, even if there is a large damage, these generals of Shouchun City will not feel distressed. On the other hand, only by attacking from all sides at the same time could the Baiyun City army put the greatest pressure on the Baiyun City army and consume the living forces in the city at the fastest speed. Only by recapturing Wu County can the Yangzhou army move south, engage with the Baiyun City army in a short hand, and suppress the war potential of Baiyun City. Otherwise, with Yizhou's strong production capacity, it will be even more unfavorable to Yangzhou if it drags on to the end.
Sure enough, when the last rays of sunlight disappeared on the horizon, the earth-shattering war drums sounded in the Yangzhou army. With the sound of this drum, the dense army began to launch a group charge towards Wu County, and the siege ladders were like earthworms, wriggling towards the city wall at a very fast speed.
"Prepare to meet the enemy! Catapults, ballistas in place, six hundred meters ahead, covering attack! Gao Shun, as the commander-in-chief of this war, immediately gave the order. In fact, in terms of ability, Sun Ce is more suitable to hold this position, but from the current point of view, Sun Ce is still an "outsider", and Yang Tian is still clear about this intimacy. And Sun Ce also knew this truth, so he didn't mind Yang Tian handing over the command to Gao Shun now, not to mention, Sun Ce also admired Gao Shun, a military general who governed the army rigorously and had outstanding ability.
With the issuance of Gao Shun's order, there was a swishing sound of breaking the wind, and a large number of boulders and crossbow arrows smashed towards the front position, and the momentum was very huge. And this scene also changed the color of many soldiers in the Yangzhou army. If you are hit by these boulders or shot by a crossbow arrow, there is absolutely no chance of survival.
The first shot was a crossbow arrow, a sound of sharp weapons entering the flesh, some unlucky soldiers were suddenly strung into sugar gourds, almost none of the crossbow arrows were missed, and even some crossbow arrows were strung with two or three in the sea, and the results were very fruitful. But this is a tragedy for the Yangzhou army, they saw the robes that were strung together and still struggling, and their expressions were a little pale.
But compared to the boulder that fell next, those crossbow arrows could only be regarded as an appetizer, and when the boulder the size of a millstone fell, as soon as it was smashed into each other, it would definitely immediately turn into a pile of flesh, and the flesh and blood were splashed everywhere, and even fell into the mouths of some people who shouted. Fortunately, "Under Heaven" is different from reality, none of these people on the battlefield are recruits, as long as they can meet the standards of going to the battlefield, everyone will kill no less than a thousand enemies, although these are humanoid monsters or beasts in the leveling camp, but it is a great exercise for a person's psychology. Therefore, although these Yangzhou soldiers were afraid, they did not panic, but rushed towards the city wall more quickly. They knew very well that only by rushing through the area could they avoid the fate of being smashed into flesh by the boulders.
Soon, the soldiers rushed to a distance of more than two hundred meters, and by this time the ballista and catapult could no longer attack them, but they did not dare to take it lightly, because they knew that they had entered the real death zone. Although the area looked horrific before, the mortality rate was very low.
"Archers! Rain of arrows covered! Gao Shun shouted, and then heard the war drums on the city wall thundering, and the archers who received the order did not hesitate, raised their hands, and the bows and arrows in their hands shot upwards at a certain inclination, without any aiming in the whole process. At that moment, I saw a dense array of arrows slashing through the air and falling into the crowd below.
In the past, only the unlucky people would die when they were attacked by ballistas and catapults, but now under the rain of arrows, only the lucky ones can survive. In this round of strikes, at least 4,000 people were killed on the battlefield on the spot. This number is not low, it is equivalent to this round of attacks to knock out one thousandth of the entire Yangzhou army, which is enough to make those Yangzhou generals feel painful.
Of course, Yang Tian also knew very well that this situation could only be achieved in the first few rounds of the entire war, and when the archers of the opposing side rushed to the front or the melee troops engaged in close combat with the defending army, the archers at the head of the city could no longer shoot so unscrupulously.
After a round of arrow rain, the surviving soldiers continued to charge forward with the siege ladder, but the distance of more than two hundred meters is not short, at least not seven or eight seconds to arrive, so they were very unlucky to usher in the second round of arrow rain strikes, and another batch of Yangzhou soldiers fell to the ground like cutting wheat. At this point, there are not many soldiers in the city who can continue to jump.
However, their sacrifice was not in vain, and when they were attacked a second time, the robes in the rear also rushed up, and they took the siege ladder from their dead companions and continued to run towards the walls. After carrying a rain of arrows, they finally rushed to the city wall, and the siege ladders were tightly fastened to the edge of the city wall, and then the soldiers began to climb to the city wall desperately, looking like ants moving upwards from a distance. (To be continued)