Chapter Seventy-Four: The Great Battle under Fengguan
Preparing for war on this side of the grassland is not a day or two of effort. As soon as the Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info Jipuli were gathered, the grassland army, which had been preparing for a big battle with the border pass, quickly gathered. There are more than 100,000 people, and the momentum is huge. Of course, even in the grassland, it is unrealistic to gather 100,000 elite war horses. In such an attack, there were 80,000 cavalry, and more than 30,000 foot soldiers, all of whom were armed with swords and guns.
Fengguan This will be thick smoke, this is the back. In front of him, he faced the side of the grassland army, but he was safe and sound. As the army of Jipuli approached, a low cry sounded on the walls of Fengguan. At this time, the soldiers on the city wall also took aim with their bows, and pointed directly at the army of Gibri.
Ji Puli's sharp eyes, when he was still more than seven hundred meters away from the city wall, he clearly saw the figure of his old opponent, General Qin Kong.
Qin Kong stood among the soldiers, looking down from the city wall, his eyes and Jipuli together.
"Jibri, you don't enjoy the blessings of the royal court, you have traveled thousands of miles to the border to send you to death. Could it be that your old thief doesn't like your little daughter, and he sent you here to die?"
Qin Kong's tone was frivolous, with a ruffian atmosphere between his words, not like a steady old general at all, but like an old rascal with an unancient heart.
"Old Horseman Qin, Ben will come this time, specially to take your dog's life. You should be honored to be able to use your cheap life as a gift to our Khan!" Ji Puli immediately returned his mouth, and his words were not polite at all.
The old general, who was almost 150 years old in two grades combined, scolded each other on the city wall. The general next to him didn't care at all, but watched this scene with interest.
Ji Puli and Qin Kong have been fighting for many years, and they are very familiar with the few generals around Qin Kong. Looking at the past this time, I found that six or seven general-level officers, including Nan Xiao, were missing.
This was an unreasonable situation before the Great War was about to start. After Fengguan, thick smoke billowed from the city, and general-level officers were absent from the city wall. Ji Puli knew that Duolun had taken away six general-level masters.
Linking all this, Ji Puli naturally judged that it must be the offensive of Duolun's side, and he had to let Qin Kong, the old guy, divide the troops.
On the battlefield, general-level officers are comparable to a thousand-man army. This kind of power is definitely going to be used on the blade, Qin Kong is addicted to it in front of him, it is nothing more than not wanting to show his cowardice in front of him, and make a look of the sea god needle.
Thinking of it, the corners of Ji Puli's mouth twitched, "Old thief Qin." It's not comfortable to fight on both sides, is it? Now you can only get over it. When your rear is broken through by His Royal Highness Prince Doron, how long do you think the wall in front of you will be able to hold us back?"
"Fuck the bullshit fart!" Qin Kong's eyes widened, "Lao Tzu is fighting on both sides! If you dare to come over, Lao Tzu will immediately send someone to surround and kill you!"
"Hey, the old thief is hard-mouthed. The smoke is billowing from the rear of you, is this general blind? If you can stop me, you can't stop Duolun, it is better to surrender as soon as possible, maybe for the sake of your brute skills, the Khan will accept your daughter, and let you be a little general in the grassland!"
As soon as these words came out, it was simply a taboo for Qin Kong. He is such a daughter as Qin Yu, and he spoils the heavens. Ji Puli opened his mouth to make a fuss about his daughter, where could Qin Kong endure it. What's more, as soon as the words fell, the generals on Jibri's side laughed unscrupulously, which made Qin Kong even more angry.
Old General Qin stopped talking nonsense at this moment, and directly took the longbow, and raised his hand to suddenly turn it into an arrow. The speed was as fast as lightning, and it went straight to the door of Ji Puli's head, but Ji Puli's ability was not in vain, and it was almost equal to Qin Kong's strength, and with a wave of the scimitar in his hand, he slashed the incoming arrows away.
The corners of Jibri's mouth pulled contemptuously, and the scimitar in his hand pointed: "The whole army is attacking the city!"
The bickering is just a means to deplete morale, and this exchange of contacts is completely that Ji Puli is using the incident of Doron's attack to boost the morale of his army, so that the soldiers of the army know that Fengguan is now under attack from the front and back, and it is in danger.
These words really worked, and the herdsmen and soldiers were aroused by the situation to fight. Screaming wildly, he rushed towards Fengguan. The cavalry galloped and cavalry fired, and the infantry went up to the front to set up a ladder to attack the city. It seems that he wants to win Fengguan in one fell swoop.
Qin Kong naturally did not personally go out to defend against the siege battle, the soldiers naturally fought against the soldiers, and the generals needed to ensure their physical strength to ensure that after the opponent attacked the level, they had enough strength to fight.
The victory or defeat of ordinary soldiers is also a very important part. If there are enough people, you can definitely surround the general-level officers so that the opponent can't escape, and then the generals of the team will go out and kill the opponent.
Battlefield battles don't pay attention to anything like martial arts style. Any means will be used, as long as it can effectively cause damage to the other party, it is absolutely irrelevant.
The Fire Phoenix Army is famous for defending the city. Natural means are good. The soldiers stood on the city wall and fired non-stop at the steppe army below the city. Although the cavalry of the steppe cavalry was also very fierce, it was a problem that the preparation time was too long compared to the convenience of shooting down from the side of the city wall.
Often, the steppe army rode and shot one round on this side, and three or four rounds of bows and arrows had already been fired on the city wall.
Such damage is not proportional, and a round of shots down. The casualties on this side of the grassland were more than double that of the Fire Phoenix Army. This is the price of siege, and every time the grassland hits the border, this will be the case.
A ladder was set up on the city wall, and the steppe soldiers climbed up frantically. Under the ladder, there were dozens of grassland foot guards pressing hard, preventing the soldiers on the city wall from knocking down the ladder.
The Fire Phoenix Army also had a long time to deal with, some of them smashed stones under the city wall to clear the grassland soldiers guarding the ladder, and the other part of them directly held a long pole push stick, leaned against the ladder, and pushed the ladder away from the city wall.
The extent of the walls was limited, and it was impossible for the soldiers to gather on them. Round after round, the successive attacks consumed the physical strength of the soldiers of the Fire Phoenix Army on the city wall. The Fire Phoenix Army also rotated to replace the soldiers, taking turns to rest and resist. Siege warfare is the manpower of the two armies, and in addition to the number of people, there is also a problem of physical fitness.
Therefore, siege battles are usually carried out, and there are very few battles in which the weak defeat the strong. In particular, the side that carried out the strong attack often lost more than twice as much as the defending side after capturing the city.
And especially for fighting in a place like the checkpoint, relying on the dangerous mountain and geographical advantages, or a wall, there is no choice. Assault operations often end badly. If the difference in numbers is not large, then I am afraid that the besieging side will die, and the soldiers defending the city will not have any casualties.
Of course, Ji Puli knew the fate of the strong attack, and he had been calculating in his heart how many people the Fire Phoenix Army could be contained by the attack on Duolun's side, and how long it would take to break through the attack on the side of the high wall.
The 30,000 grassland elite cavalry is not a soft persimmon, and the raid is not on the side of the high wall with strong defense. Naturally, Ji Puli would not put the hope of breaking through on his side, he wanted to attract more defense forces on the side of the Fire Phoenix Army, so as to reduce the pressure on Duolun's side.