Chapter 402: Open Battle Dark Pit
King Hong didn't have to guess to know that this must have been researched by Sima Hongyan, for this woman, King Hong felt that she couldn't be described as smart, she was simply a genius!
Through personal observation, King Hong felt that such a strong army and tactics were the main army of Yanling nine times out of ten. Fortunately, he came in person, otherwise this city gate would not last long if the situation continued.
King Hong descended from the city tower and immediately sent an order to Shen Caijie, asking him to send a cavalry army to attack the rear of the enemy army at the north gate. Even if these infantry were well-armed, they were nothing in the face of the more powerful Dongning cavalry.
At the same time, King Hong took over the command of the defenders of the North Gate, and he ordered the defenders of the city wall to retreat and form a one-word shield array to block their bodies, so that they no longer had to become live targets for archers for one or two Yanling soldiers who stepped on the city. Instead of risking their lives to retreat from the enemy, it is better to simply leave room and let them go up the city wall.
As soon as the order came out, they were all shocked, but the military order was like a mountain, and no one dared to refute it, only to carry it out.
For a while, the city seemed to be completely defenseless, and the Yanling soldiers poured into the city like ants from the gap. Seeing the loss of the city wall, the Yanling army cheered loudly, and the momentum shook the sky.
The Yanling soldiers who jumped over the city wall immediately faced the Dongning defenders with several layers of shields, the Yanling soldiers picked up their weapons and rushed up frantically, and the Dongning soldiers hurriedly raised their shields to protect their bodies, and collided with the Yanling soldiers who came from the opposite side.
The shields of both sides were crowded in the middle, and there was a cacophony of metal scraping, and both sides were fighting, and neither of them would take a step back. The defenders of Dongning used all their strength to resist their companions in front of them, but behind them were resisted by the same as other companions, and they couldn't retreat if they wanted to.
Although the Yanling soldiers climbed the city wall a lot, but after all, there were still not as many defenders in Dongning, and the place left for the Yanling soldiers to stand on was not spacious.
This is what King Hong wants, with his order, the Dongning defenders began to move forward with their strength, and the strength of the Dongning defenders was obvious. The people of the Yanling army who went up to the city wall were squeezed back inch by inch.
The Yanling soldiers drew their guns and stabbed indiscriminately, but they were blocked by shields in the middle, and they couldn't hurt the other party at all. And so many people are crowded together, they can't use their hands and feet at all, and they can't even swing a knife.
In this way, the Yanling soldiers could not resist the other party's push at all, and many of the Yanling soldiers closest to the city wall were squeezed down from the city wall. Seeing that the situation was not good, the Yanling soldiers wanted to retreat to the ladder to climb the city, but the ladder was also crowded with their own people, and there was no way to retreat, and more and more people fell off the city wall.
I saw that the head of the city was like a dumpling, and countless Yanling soldiers screamed and fell from above, and it was okay for the human flesh pads below to catch one or two people, and at this time, hundreds of people fell down at the same time, and immediately knocked the soldiers who were responsible for receiving them to the ground.
The archers under the city did not dare to release arrows casually at this time, and all they saw at the head of the city were their own people, and the bows and arrows were completely useless.
This time the situation was completely reversed, and all the Yanling soldiers who rushed to the head of the city were forcefully pushed off the city wall by the Dongning defenders, and the soldiers who were still climbing the ladder saw their people falling down the city like a waterfall, so they were so shocked that they hurriedly retreated.
Under the base of the wall, there are a pile of fallen Yanling soldiers, because there is no support of meat pads, some have broken their necks, some have broken their hands and feet, and the most encountered are those who have fallen down one after another.
The soldiers of Yanling were all wearing armor, and they fell from a height, and the impact was not weaker than that of a boulder. The person who just fell first crushed his companion below him, and then he was knocked down by his companion who fell from above. In less than an hour, the Yanling army lost thousands of people.
When all the Yanling soldiers on the city wall were pushed down and fell to the ground, the angry Yanling archers under the city began to fire ten thousand arrows. However, the defenders of Dongning had already prepared, and as soon as their shields were erected, they blocked the arrows and feathers that were shot one after another, and then slowly retreated under the commander's command, so that the Yanling archers lost their target.
The Yanling soldiers were unwilling, and the second wave of people had to impulsively climb the ladder again. At this time, the horn in the Yanling array sounded, and the Yanling army slowly withdrew in anger, and the wounded were dragged away, leaving only countless corpses that were stacked into a hill under the city wall and fell to death.
The defenders of Dongning, who had been fighting for several days, saw that the Yanling army had finally retreated, and everyone was bloodshot in their eyes, and they cheered hysterically. This is the first time that the Yanling army has suffered in so many days of vicious battles.
King Hong is worthy of being the god of war in Dongning, his arrival turned the situation around in an instant, forcing the Yanling people to retreat, and all the soldiers and generals were infinitely admired, and they all shouted "Lord Chitose!" ”
The commander of Yanling, who commanded the attack on the north gate, was Guo Zidi, who saw that the defenders of Dongning had changed their tactics, resulting in the loss of many soldiers on his side, so he hurriedly blew the horn of withdrawal and collected his troops back to the camp.
King Hong saw that Yanling saw the opportunity very quickly in the viewing tower, and immediately withdrew his troops when he saw that the momentum was wrong, and secretly praised the other party's commander for not being chaotic in the face of danger, decisively advancing and retreating, and being a character.
The defenders of the North Gate fought one after another for so many days, and they were all exhausted, so King Hong ordered that the soldiers should be immediately cooked by fire, so that everyone could have a good rest when they were full. It is estimated that in a few days, the cavalry will arrive, and the soldiers should quickly rest and recuperate and prepare to fight again at any time, so that they can give the Yanling army a front and rear attack and avenge their hatred.
That night, King Hong sent spies to monitor the movements of the Yanling army outside the city, and it was important to find the location where the Yanling army was stationed, and as long as he waited for reinforcements, he would not let them run away.
Early the next morning, the spies came back to report, and unexpectedly, the spies searched all night, but they did not find any trace of the Yanling army.
Hong Wanglian said that it was impossible, yesterday he clearly saw more than 100,000 troops withdrawing, how could he not find their traces outside the city. But the spy swore a curse, and King Hong had to believe it. So a number of experienced spies were sent out of the city to look for them.
But before the enemy outside the north gate was found, the news of the request for help came from the west city gate, saying that it was attacked by the main force of the Yanling army, and the defenders suffered heavy casualties.
King Hong was shocked, hurriedly handed over the north gate to his subordinates, led 50,000 horses and horses straight to the west gate to rescue, and at the same time asked the defenders to send people to pick up the cavalry who came to help, and immediately let them turn around and rush to the west gate to support.
Non-stop, King Hong hurried day and night, and rushed to the West City Gate as fast as possible. When he arrived, the city wall was already full of Yanling soldiers, and the defenders of the West Gate were struggling to support it, but they still couldn't stop the Yanling army's offensive from retreating step by step.
King Hong secretly said that he was lucky, I was afraid that if he came half a day late, the West Gate would be lost. In an emergency, he hurriedly commanded 50,000 reinforcements to come to the rescue. The Yanling soldiers who had already climbed the city wall saw the Dongning reinforcements, they feinted for a moment, turned around and withdrew the city wall, and did not confront the reinforcements head-on.
The Ximen defenders originally thought that they couldn't support it, but when they suddenly saw King Hong coming with a large army, they were all in good spirits. But he didn't expect that Yan Lingjun would retreat without a fight when he saw Queen Hong, obviously afraid of King Hong. The advantages and disadvantages were reversed in a moment, and all the soldiers cheered and shouted loudly that King Hong was mighty.
The Yanling soldiers have already taken the advantage, even if the reinforcements arrive, they can't turn defeat into victory for a while, but as soon as King Hong appeared, he automatically retreated and gave up the city wall that had been captured, this abnormal phenomenon made King Hong a little inexplicably uneasy. Since he didn't know what the purpose of the Yanling people was, King Hong immediately sent spies to investigate the movements of the Yanling soldiers.
When cleaning the battlefield, King Hong found that the tragedy here was no less than that of the north gate, and the corpses of the two armies were piled up at the head of the city and under the city walls. However, it was still the defenders who suffered the heaviest losses, and at a cursory glance, the Yanling army had only suffered a few thousand casualties in so many days, but the defenders had lost tens of thousands.
The tactics adopted by the Yanling army at the west gate were exactly the same as those at the north gate, using the advantage of heavy armor and heavy shields to forcibly attack the city, and the defenders desperately resisted, so they became a live target under the bow and arrow.
At midnight that day, the spies reported that the Yanling army was stationed ten miles outside the city, and the camp set up along the coast stretched for several miles, and it was likely that the main force of the Yanling army was gathered here.
King Hong was overjoyed, while letting the defenders rest, he sent people to urge the cavalry, and finally found the main force of Yanling, and he had to give a strong counterattack. This time, King Hong sent a large number of secret sentinels, so that they must monitor the movements of Yanling's army, and they must not be easily escaped.
Fortunately this time, the Yanling army did not leave, nor did they attack the city again, which is exactly what King Hong wants, as long as his reinforcements arrive, it will be difficult for the Yanling people to leave.
A few days passed, but there was no news of the cavalry that was supposed to arrive, and King Hong was strange in his heart, and sent several groups of people to respond, but he never got a return, and King Hong was a little worried in his heart. After a few more days, his guards came to report in a panic, saying that there were soldiers from the East City Gate who came to see him, saying that there was an urgent military situation.
King Hong had a faint bad premonition and hurriedly summoned him. The person who came was a soldier guarding the city at the east gate, and as soon as he entered the house, he fell to his knees on the ground, trembling and said, "Lord Wang! The 30,000 cavalry we went to support the north gate were ambushed on the way back to the east gate, and the whole army was wiped out! ”
There was a crisp sound, and the teacup in King Hong's hand fell to the ground and shattered, his eyes were round, his face was pale, his lips kept shaking, and he couldn't speak for a long time.
After a long time, King Hong asked in a deep voice, "What's going on?" ”
The soldier didn't dare to get up for a long time, lay on the ground and said: "With the order of the prince, Shen Junshi sent 30,000 elite horsemen out of the city to rush to the north gate to block the rear of the Yanling army. Later, halfway through, he received an order from the prince to support the west gate, and the cavalry turned back to the east gate. Unexpectedly, he encountered a trap set by the Yanling army on the way and was trapped twenty miles away from the east gate. The Yanling people were vicious, full of stumbling ropes and ground thorns, and surrounded by fire, and our army could not break out. And the Yanling people hid tens of thousands of archers outside the array, so, so they ......"
King Hong's heart was filled with anger, and when he heard it, he knew that this time he had fallen for Yan Ling's trick. It turned out that the Yanling army outside the north gate did not disappear, but withdrew halfway to pit his cavalry. It seems that all this is in the other party's calculations, but it's a pity that the 30,000 elite horsemen, each of whom is a hundred elite soldiers, have not made an inch.
That is the elite division that King Hong is proud of, and it is the trump card of King Hong against Yanling, and it is so confused, King Hong still can't believe that all this is true for a long time.