Chapter 6 Rushing to the aid of Jixian County

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A day or two passed, but they didn't have a good way to rush directly to Jixian County.

Because of them, together with the troops led by He Huai, the number of infantry under their command was quite large.

Even if they had advanced at the speed of a rapid march before encamping yesterday, they had only advanced a distance of about seventy or eighty miles.

Zhang Jiashi's order has been clearly expressed, and for their order to rush to Jixian County this time, the focus is on the word "rush".

Although they didn't know much about the current situation in Jixian County, and the messenger they met to break out of the siege knew that Han Guang was leading his troops to attack Jixian County. Otherwise, not to mention Zhang Jiashi, even a few of them are very likely to be hidden in the dark, and there is no way to know such a situation.

But after finding a place that was relatively easy to defend against enemy attacks last night and building a relatively simple camp, Ruan Weng Shao and He Huai knew very well that the longer they delayed, the worse the situation in Jixian would be.

However, after knowing that there were two hundred chariots in the vanguard army, He Huai quickly thought of such a way to solve this problem after thinking about it.

That is, in a sense, they gave up most of the main forces of the infantry troops, and only led the two troops of knights and light chariots, and quickly went to Jixian County.

For such an idea, occasionally Ruan Weng Shao first nodded, and then shook his head. pointed out the shortcomings of He Huai's arrangement:

"Captain He, if we need to enter Jixian County to fight, it is difficult to do anything with just such a few chariots and knights. ”

I knew that He Huai should not be familiar with one of the potential combat taboos among their Liaodong County troops, that is, before the infantry troops controlled the situation of street fighting, the knight troops and light chariot troops should not enter the range of street fighting as much as possible.

He Huai, who heard this, was stunned for a moment at first, but after He Huai came back to his senses, the latter showed a sly smile:

"General She, Captain Ruan, He's suggestion is not only that. ”

After saying this, He Huai immediately gave out his plans.

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Han Guang definitely didn't expect that Jixian County would suddenly kill such a group of imposing reinforcements at the critical moment when it was about to fall into his hands.

He hurriedly ordered some of his officers to lead his troops to resist.

Soon after, a group of about 300 cavalry and 500 infantry quickly moved northeast from the flank of Han Guang's Chinese formation.

What they saw was not only the cavalry and the chariot troops that were slowly stopping, but also a large number of infantry who were constantly holding their weapons, quickly jumping from the chariots.

If the commander of this army knew He Huai's plan, I am afraid he would not be stunned.

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"General She, Captain Ruan, since we can't speed up all the material officers as much as possible, why can't we use some of the material officers to ride in chariots and speed up as much as possible?"

After hearing these words, Ruan Weng Shao and some officers couldn't help but be slightly stunned. But as more and more people came back to their senses, what they thought of was that He Huai's idea was indeed a way that was not a solution.

After a period of discussion, Jian decided to personally lead the infantry troops, and then catch up, while Ruan Weng Shao and He Huai each commanded a part of the knights, light chariots, and corresponding infantry units to rush to Jixian as soon as possible.

After making this arrangement, he repeatedly told one thing, that is, if Jixian County was lost, Ruan Weng Shao and He Huai should not act rashly, and it was best for them to retreat some distance and wait for the infantry troops led by him to arrive before making the next arrangement.

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Although at such a time, they still couldn't know what the situation in Jixian County was, but in the face of these attacking forces that were obviously not the Qin army, Ruan Weng Shao and He Huai, who had to confirm the situation in Jixian no matter what, had to defeat each other before making the next move.

As a result, hundreds of infantry carrying various types of chariots quickly jumped out of the chariot with their weapons and equipment after the chariot stopped, and then quickly lined up the formation under the command of their own officers.

At this time, the five thousand knights in the team once again instigated their horses and charged at each other.

Unlike the situation on the island of Kyushu, after months of reorganization, the knight unit under Nguyen Ong Thieu was basically gradually changed to assault knights. And the knight troops under He Huai's command, although there are more or less various gaps compared with the assault knights of Liaodong County in all aspects, but the cavalry of Liaoxi County, who are familiar with cavalry and archery tactics, can still follow or cooperate with their new colleagues to charge and fight.

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As long as the troops of Liaoxi County are not transferred to the officers of Liaodong County to supplement their battle losses, there are still obvious differences between them in comparison with each other.

First of all, the knights of Liaoxi County, whether it is bow and crossbow equipment or chariot support, are relatively mixed, and many of these knights' weapons are Qin swords or Changge, long beryllium or even spears.

The knights under Zhang Jiashi's command are unified spears, and these knights are basically equipped with iron armor and helmets, and they also have a small iron round shield in their hands that does not have much impact on cavalry and archery, and the melee weapons they are equipped with are no longer Qin swords, but a kind of machete with a thickened blade and a certain arc.

As for the charioteers, the difference is even more pronounced.

The chariot soldiers of Liaoxi County still follow the style of the Qin army in the past, while the chariot troops of Liaodong County are all crossbow chariots.

Zhang Jiashi has long abandoned the combat method of relying on chariots to charge into battle, and chose to use the mobility of chariots and the corresponding stability of long-range strikes.

Zhang Jiashi also wanted to develop a new type of crossbow chariot for bed crossbows, but due to various problems, the progress was quite slow.

In a sense, the county soldiers of Liaoxi County showed envious expressions for the equipment of their new colleagues. Because Liaoxi County is not as good as Liaodong County, some low-level officers in Liaoxi County have not been equipped with iron armor until now, and except for crossbowmen or marines, iron armor has basically become standard equipment.

Of course, the middle and high-ranking officers of Liaodong County have even been equipped with a new type of armor.

Zhang Jiashi referred to the step armor of later generations, made corresponding improvements, and created a kind of heavy armor with an iron plate for accessories on the top and a thigh skirt armor on the bottom.

If it weren't for the trade-offs of cost, maintenance, and weight, Zhang Jiashi wouldn't mind puffing out all the canned iron armor.

In fact, after Zhang Jiashi proposed the concept of canned iron armor, Mo Shu, who quickly understood what the situation was, looked at Zhang Jiashi with a strange face and said a sentence:

"Sir, do you think what you said is useful?"

Perhaps, the person who knows best the performance and function of a piece of armor is not a soldier, but an experienced old craftsman.

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The knights on both sides soon fought.

These knights under Han Guang are actually the knights of the Northern Frontier Legion of Shanggu County, Beiping County or Yuyang County, for these former comrades, the former Shanggu County who commanded these knights has defected to Han Guang's five hundred lords, naturally thinks that the strength of the other party will not be stronger than them.

It's just that he miscalculated.

Indeed, in a sense, his idea is not very wrong, if it is calculated, Liaoxi County and other non-Liaodong County Northern Frontier Legion knight troops are actually more only different in strength between individuals.

However, three thousand knights of Liaodong County, one hundred and fifty meters ago, launched the bows and crossbows in their hands.

In less than two or three seconds, many knights who were about to shoot arrows were shot by bows and arrows falling from the sky, screaming and falling off their horses.

This wave of arrows rained down, and the five hundred lords who found that they had suffered no less than fifty casualties under their command were stunned for a moment.

When he came back to his senses, he also deducted the crossbow in his hand, and the knights around him did the same.

For a period of time after that, whenever a wave of "arrow rain" fell in each other's formation, it would more or less cause casualties on the other side.

It's just that Nguyen Weng Shao, who commanded the charge of this knight force, soon discovered the other horse's troops, and after only a few rounds of shooting at each other, they all fell on the way to charge.

Ruan Weng Shao pursed his lips, he didn't know what he should say to the officer of this knight unit, after all, the other party's behavior of hitting a stone with an egg was obviously a matter of self-defeat.

Three hundred cavalry against five thousand cavalry, or attacking each other, such a thing, no matter how you think about it, it is impossible to win.

Then, Nguyen Weng Thieu looked at the infantry troops who saw that the situation was wrong and hurriedly turned around and ran, raised his hand, and motioned for the knight troops to stop slowly.

However, there was something he had forgotten, that is, the knight troops of Liaoxi County, not to mention that they were accustomed to this kind of order, I am afraid that they had never heard of such a very fatal order.

In the habit of forbidding orders, they still quickly restrained their mounts under their crotches......

As a result, in Ruan Weng Shao's stunned eyes, more than a hundred knights from Liaoxi County were directly thrown out by inertia......

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Ruan Weng Shao really didn't know what to say now, after all, he really didn't expect that such a thing would happen.

And then he thought of a situation, that is, the knights under Zhang Jiashi were indeed accustomed to such an arrangement, and had a very profound and practical experience.

But that doesn't mean ...... The newly joined knight troops in Liaoxi County will get used to such a situation.

Ruan Weng Shao couldn't help but think of a situation, that is, even if He Huai didn't accuse him in this regard, if Zhang Jiashi knew about such a situation, it was estimated that he would inevitably be scolded......

Thinking of such a layer, Ruan Weng Shao's expression was very calm, but he was a little bitter in his heart and gave the order to "save the dumped knight buddies......

And after a while, Nguyen Weng Thieu heard the vibration behind him, and he knew that the chariot troops behind him had completed the deployment of infantry and could join the battle.

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Han Guang waited for the moment when the passage of the city gate was cleared, because if it weren't for the city gate of Jixian County being blocked by debris or even the Qianjun Gate, he would have broken through the city gate and rushed into Jixian County.

Although it is said that the Qianjun Gate or something, compared with simply blocking the city gate with sundries and stones, the effect is indeed much better, but there is a problem, that is, in the world, except for some giant cities, few cities will have such a thing as Qianjun Gate.

After all, the height of these Qianjun gates can at least directly block the passage of the city gate. If there is a probability, it is the height of the gate tower, the higher the probability of having this thing.

Of course, the suspension bridge or something, in a sense, is also better than the Qianjun Gate, but the city with a moat will set up such a thing as a suspension bridge.

Han Guang hated the guards of Jixian County so much, because after the other party was almost broken through the city gate on the first day, he turned his heart and directly blocked the city gate.

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Han Guang didn't know that Bai Qi had designed a new type of defensive equipment that was relatively light and had poor impact carrying ability through Zhang Jiashi's consciousness and through the kind of roller shutter that only existed in later generations.

That is, in the passage of the city gate, a large number of pulley sets are designed, and when they need to be used, a large number of one-line iron plates are placed directly in the position of the city gate tower.

This new type of passage defense facilities does not need to directly dismantle the original city gate tower, and can be used only by carrying out corresponding improvement projects.

Moreover, there is no need to waste too much time on the maintenance of these pulley sets, and only need to let the appropriate personnel add some oil or replace the damaged gears.

After the corresponding test, the cleaning of these iron plates after falling is also much simpler, because there are corresponding hooks behind these iron plates, and they only need to be hoisted with hooks and cables to pull up the iron plates that are not damaged.

It's just that Zhang Jiashi ordered craftsmen to make this thing, and now only the new Shangxin City under construction uses this method. So only God knows how effective it will be in actual combat.

The advantage of this is mainly to make the gate passage of an ordinary city more capable of preventing it from being broken through by enemy forces, but the disadvantage is that it is more difficult to clean up once the gate passage is completely blocked. Because to completely block the city gate is to let the defenders fill all kinds of debris between the iron gates, and the possibility of these iron plates being deformed is very high.

It can be said that Bai Qi's design is not entirely beneficial, at least, once these iron plates are dropped to block the city gates, the defenders will not want to pursue the enemy even when the tide of battle is reversed.

However, such a thing, as long as you decide to block the city gate, you will encounter it, and the difference is the difficulty of cleaning and the speed of cleaning.

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If Zhang Jiashi was by Han Guang's side and saw that Han Guang didn't take the enemy army behind him seriously, he probably wouldn't know what to say.

In fact, Han Guang has not given up his illusions about Jixian County. For Han Guang, the fear of He Huai, the county guard of Liaoxi County, is indeed still there, but after Han Guang didn't know where to know He Huai's identity, he judged that He Huai could not transfer too many troops to support Jixian because he wanted to block Zhang Jiashi's Liaodong County troops from advancing eastward.

He only needs to let the troops block for a while, and after capturing Jixian, he will be able to hold the city to the death.

Han Guang's idea is indeed very good, and under normal circumstances, this intention is indeed not wrong.

But his mistake was that he was too confident in his own perception of these demoralized officers and soldiers under his command, as well as his own perception.

Moreover, he didn't take the enemy behind him too seriously, and after sending out the troops to snipe the enemy, he took care of the situation in Jixian County.

From such a situation, he was about to suffer a fiasco that could be called a slaughter, and he was completely to blame.

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After taking a short rest, sending the seriously wounded or even killed knights to the rear, and letting the troops reorganize their formation, He Huai and Ruan Weng Shao quickly led the troops under their command to launch a surprise attack on Han Guang's area.

The infantry behind was still slowly advancing. After all, after a short face-to-face exchange, both Nguyen Weng Thieu and He Huai believed that the troops outside the city did not need the support of these infantry.

After all, they now have more than 4,000 knights and more than 500 chariots of all kinds.

For the north of Jixian County, which is almost flat, this configuration is completely capable of crushing the enemy army. In particular, a division that did not have the possibility of having a large number of tank troops.

After all, He Huai knew very well what kind of loss he had brought to the other party in the battles he had defeated Han Guang several times before.

Even if the troops under He Huai's command did not completely abolish Han Guang's light chariot troops at that time, and fled south to Yanshan, they would inevitably abandon the remaining large chariots, after all, marching in areas with high mountains and dense forests, chariots would only slow down.

Han Guang's infantry did not flee directly back into Han Guang's formation, but scattered and fled directly in the area they thought was safe.

Ruan Weng Shao, who saw such a situation, showed a hint of banter in his eyes.

It's not that he doesn't care about such a situation, and it's not that he doesn't know what it means. Of course, for the commander of a unit, it is a good thing to encounter these enemies, isn't it?

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From the "farce" that made Ruan Weng Shao feel helpless just now, we know that the compatibility between him and He Huai really needs to be strengthened, and now is obviously not the time to deal with this problem. In order to better command the troops, after a short discussion, He Huai and Nguyen Weng Thieu still commanded their own troops more practically.

After all, it's not that they can't convey military orders, but even if the orders conveyed are well implemented, and because of the differences between their systems, it is only problematic that such command effects can be used accordingly.

After hearing Ruan Weng Shao's suggestion, He Huai nodded, so the two had to spend a certain amount of time to form troops again before they could attack again.

It's just that the situation in Jixian County is already precarious, and there is not much time left for the two of them......

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