Volume III, Chapter 610
The strength of the Jin army is far from 100,000, only more than 30,000 people, and it is not easy to hold such a large camp of the Jiankang Naval Division with only such a small number of troops? Fortunately, his own naval army has returned to the north shore and will transport more troops and materials over, and now Lin Haotian can only hold on to this side, and he does not dare to take the initiative to fight at all.
It was under this circumstance that Yin Liang led the 200,000 Central Army to arrive outside the camp of the Jiankang Water Division, opened the formation, and put on a posture of strong attack.
Now that the sky is already dark, seeing the Red Army outside the camp overwhelming, lined up in the phalanx of the Corps, row by row, column by column, and unable to see the edge at a glance, Lin Haotian's heart is also trembling, although he has already made preparations in his heart, he has a hunch that the next round of the Red Army's counterattack will be more fierce and the number of troops will be more.
He asked Shao Lin beside him and said, "When will the second batch of soldiers of our army arrive?"
Shao Lin said with an embarrassed face: "I just received the news that the fleet of the Jiankang Navy is cruising on the river, and our warships dare not rush across the river. ”
Lin Haotian frowned and asked, "Didn't you already beat the Jiankang Naval Army away?"
"My lord, it is reported that the handsome flag of the main ship of the Jiankang Navy has also been changed to Qualcomm's flag, and it seems that Qualcomm is now personally in command of the Jiankang Navy, and the two generals Sun Bing and Xu Yan dare not rush to war. Shao Lin explained.
Hearing Shao Lin's words, Lin Haotian frowned, and said in a deep voice: "Why are Sun and Xu so cowardly, if the Jiankang Navy keeps patrolling the river, they will never be able to come?"
Shao Lin hurriedly said: "The two generals Sun Bing and Xu Yan have already indicated in the message that it is impossible for the Jiankang Naval Division to close the river for a long time, and it will definitely dock to rest on the shore, and at that time, it will not be too late for our naval army to take the opportunity to cross the river." ”
Lin Haotian snorted coldly and asked rhetorically, "When will it be a day, two days?" Or ten days and half a month? If they wait for the enemy's East China Sea army to come, they will never think of crossing the river again. What a bunch of useless garbage!"
After a pause, he said again: "Pass my order, within two days, Sun Bing and Xu Yan must transport reinforcements and supplies to me across the river, if you disobey the order." There will be no forgiveness. ”
When he gave it two days, this was already Lin Haotian's limit, there were hundreds of thousands of Red Army eyeing him outside, and his own side was only more than 30,000 people, and the next battle, I don't know how difficult it was!
"Woo, woo-"
A long horn sounded outside the camp, and then the war drums in the Red Army camp rang out loudly. With the sound of drums, the Red Army, which had already lined up in battle formation, began to slowly advance.
Looking at the overwhelming Red Army outside, even the brave soldiers were solemn and subconsciously grasped the weapons in their hands.
Chu Chen personally commanded the wall, and he commanded to the left and right: "Prepare to release the arrow!" The heralds around him immediately conveyed his order, and the long wall, shouting and shouting came one after another.
Because the camp of the Jiankang Water Division is too large, the wall is also long. Almost all of the more than 30,000 officers and soldiers of the Iron Lion Army climbed the wall, leaving no reserve army.
Now for the Jin Army. The only thing to be thankful for is that the defense of the Jiankang Naval Division camp is very strong. The wall is built high, made of a mixture of earth, stones, and wooden piles, which is extremely strong and not afraid of fire. The camp was stockpiled with a huge amount of baggage, not only a large number of arrows, rolling logs, stones, etc., but also hundreds of stone throwers and countless stone bullets, which could be used as sharp weapons to defend against the Red Army.
After the Red Army advanced within the range of the Jin Army, Chu Chen gave the order. Have your own stone thrower throw the stone projectile first.
With his order, hundreds of stone throwers in the camp were launched in unison, and huge stones were thrown into the air, and they were smashed into the Red Army camp with a roaring sound of breaking gold.
Shields are useless against stone bullets, and even if the soldiers hold up their shields, they can still be smashed into meatloaf by stone bullets falling from the sky. Hundreds of stone bullets smashed into the Red Army's camp, which could be described as blooming in all directions, blood bursting out, and people's screams and screams were all together.
Even Yin Liang, who was far away from the battlefield and watching the battle from behind, subconsciously leaned back, as if the stone bullets in the Jiankang Water Division camp could hit him.
After a wave of stone catapults was ejected, the Red Army camp no longer looked so neat, and many phalanxes became loose. Chu Chen immediately gave the order, and the whole army released arrows, taking advantage of the enemy's unorganized formation, to kill and wound as many enemies as possible.
The soldiers of the Iron Lion Army twisted their bows and arrows, condescendingly, and launched a fierce fire on the enemy troops outside the city.
The arrow array fell into the camp of the Red Army like a dark cloud, and groups of soldiers fell to the ground with arrows, and most of them never got up after falling to the ground.
In the past, the army of the You people was divided into melee soldiers and archers, but since they switched to the Jin Kingdom, the You people began to train according to the way of the Jin Kingdom, whether it was a melee soldier or an archer, they all practiced archery, equestrian and hand-to-hand combat skills, so now there is no melee infantry and archers.
People may not be very proficient in archery, let alone a hundred steps through the Yang, but there is one point, the soldiers are trained to have strong arm strength.
In a large-scale battle, only the strength is enough, the general direction is correct, even if the eyes are closed, the arrow can kill and injure the enemy who stands in a dense line.
Withstanding the double blow of the Jin army's stone throwers and arrow arrays, the Red Army suffered heavy losses in the advance, and the soldiers continued to fall to the ground, raising their eyes, and after the phalanx passed, they left corpses and wounded soldiers all over the ground, and the blood stained the yellow land black and red.
However, the attacking Red Army was not a rabble, but the elite of the Central Army left behind in the capital, even if the other party's attack was so fierce, it did not slow down the advance of the Red Army at all, and people were like emotionless machines, completely fearless of life and death to move forward.
The Red Army advanced regardless of casualties, and finally pressed under the wall of the Jiankang Water Division Battalion, and then, a ladder was erected, and the soldiers began to climb like ants.
This is a huge disparity in strength and life-and-death battle, the soldiers on both sides have used all their strength and ability, while desperately holding on, resisting the enemy's strong attack, while desperately charging to break through the enemy's defensive line.
The battle was fierce. Even generals such as Zhang Bufan and Shao Lin, who were good at close combat, picked up bows and arrows and shot the enemies outside the city.
As the commander of the Golden Army, Lin Haotian is now also the first soldier, at the forefront, and personally participates in the battle.
On the battlefield, he held a halberd in one hand and slashed and killed the enemy who climbed the wall. Holding a halberd in one hand, he leaned out from time to time to assassinate the enemy on the ladder. Sometimes when the battle is critical, and his weak point is no longer able to resist the impact of the enemy, Lin Haotian will directly flash to the outside of the wall with Feng Ling, and start a hand-to-hand fight with the red army below the crowd.
Every time he appeared outside the camp, he caused chaos in the Red Army, and under his halberd, the hordes of Red soldiers turned into a mist. was sucked into his body, but in the same way, the fierce fighting was also sharply consuming his physical strength, and after less than an hour of fierce fighting, Lin Haotian was already tired and sweaty, panting like a cow.
This bloody battle between the Jin and Red armies seemed to never end, and the attacking Red Army's offensive was wave after wave. The defender's counterattack by the Jin army was also stronger than the other, as the battle continued. The two sides have been fighting fiercely all morning.
In just one morning, the Jin army repelled five rounds of strong attacks by the Red Army, but the Jin Army, which was only more than 30,000 people, killed the 200,000 Red Army outside the camp, which can be called a miracle.
Of course, the fact that the Jin army was able to hold on to it was certainly related to the bloody struggle of the soldiers regardless of life and death. At the same time, the Jiankang Naval Division's own reserves of a large number of materials also played a decisive role, which also greatly improved the combat effectiveness of the Jin Army.
It's a pity that the disaster is not a one-way street, just when the Jin army is struggling to support and resist the strong attack of the Red Army. A sudden report came from the rear, saying that the Jiankang Naval Division was coming rapidly from the river to the rear of its own battalion, and it seemed that it had the posture of launching an attack from the rear of the battalion.
Hearing this news, even the top of Mount Tai did not change color Lin Haotian's heart trembled, now it is very difficult for his side to deal with the main force of the Red Army in the front, if it is attacked from behind, let the Red Army form a flanking attack on his side, then it will be repaid, if it is not good, including himself, the whole army will have to be explained in the camp of the Jiankang Water Division.
In just an instant, Lin Haotian's forehead was sweating, he looked around, and called loudly: "Where is Shao Lin?"
Hearing his shout, Shao Lin, who had disappeared from nowhere, didn't know where he came out, covered in blood, and the scimitar in his hand had turned dark red.
He hurriedly walked to Lin Haotian's approach, gasping and asking, "What do you command?"
"Immediately summon the demon martial arts brothers and follow me to the back camp to meet the enemy!" Lin Haotian said in a deep voice.
Go to the back camp to meet the enemy? Could it be that the enemy is coming from the river again? Shao Lin's face also changed, but he didn't dare to ask more, and hurriedly went to gather the demon martial artists scattered everywhere.
Soon, Shao Lin gathered more than 100 demon-type underworld warriors in one place, and seeing that everyone was almost over, Lin Haotian led the demon-type underworld warriors and two thousand iron lion soldiers to rush to the rear camp.
When they ran to the rear camp, the Red Army's fleet was less than 100 steps away from the wharf of the Jiankang Naval Division's main camp, and as far as the eye could see, the river was full of enemy ships, large and small ships added together, not 200, but more than 150, parallel to the river in layers, advancing in unison, and it looked extremely magnificent.
But at this time, Lin Haotian and the others didn't have the heart to appreciate the magnificent scene in front of them, people's nerves were already tense to the extreme, more than one hundred and fifty ships, even if there were no infantry in them, the naval army alone had to be 100,000, and there were only about 2,000 people on their side, how to fight this battle?
People instinctively looked at Lin Haotian, who was as motionless as a mountain, in the face of these many enemy ships, the expression on his face did not change in the slightest, but the light in his eyes was floating and beating.
Lin Haotian was thinking about how to deal with the battle, but no matter what he thought, he felt that relying only on his own people would not be able to block the impact of so many enemies no matter what......
Thinking of this, a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in his mind, and he said to the left and right: "Open the camp gate!"
"What?" Shao Lin and the others all wondered if their ears had heard it wrong, there were so many enemies, even if they held on desperately, they might not be able to defend it, so why did they take the initiative to open the camp door and let the enemy in? Shao Lin said urgently: "Your Excellency, ......"
Lin Haotian waved his hand, interrupting Shao Lin's words, and he said indifferently: "The commander of the enemy's naval division is Gao Tong, although this person is arrogant, but he is not reckless, he knows the art of war, and he is scheming, the more abnormal our behave is, the more he will be worried." Even if the camp gate is wide open, he may not dare to venture in. ”
Lin Haotian thought of an empty city plan, and deliberately opened the camp gate, intending to scare Qualcomm with abnormal behavior, of course, if the other party was inappropriate. Taking advantage of the situation to attack, Lin Haotian can also engage the enemy on land to avoid water battles.
However, in the eyes of Shao Lin and others, his move was too risky, there were so many enemy troops, and if he let the enemy enter without any defense, the situation would become out of control.
Lin Haotian insisted on his opinion, and Shao Lin and the others had no choice, so they had to follow his orders in the end. The gate of the camp was opened, and more than 2,000 soldiers were hidden in various hiding places in the camp.
Looking outside the camp, the situation in the camp is extremely strange now. Not only was the gate of the camp wide open, but not even a single soldier could be seen on the dock and wall, and the large barracks seemed to have become an empty barracks, and there was a strong murderous aura in the lifelessness.
The Red Army fleet that attacked from the river was indeed led by Qualcomm himself, waiting for the ships to approach the dock. The sharp-eyed Red Soldiers shouted in a loud voice: "Look, look, the camp gate is open." There's no one in there!"
Gao Tong, who was originally sitting on the deck to supervise the battle, also heard the shouts of the soldiers below, he frowned, stood up, walked to the bow of the ship, and looked forward.
But isn't it, the door of the Jiankang Water Division's camp in front of him is open. Both inside and outside were empty, and the Jin army seemed to have disappeared completely, that is, there was no golden flag to be seen, and no soldiers of the Jin army could be seen.
Seeing this, Qualpass inhales. Listening closely, the sound of fierce battles and shouts of killing in front of the camp was bursting, and it was obvious that the Jin army was still in the camp, so why was it that the rear camp was empty, and even the camp gate was not closed? Is this the Jin army's negligence or a hidden trick?
Qualcomm was really frightened by Lin Haotian's incredible move, he grabbed the railing of the deck with both hands, leaned forward, stared at the camp in front of him without blinking, and did not speak for a long time.
At this time, the generals of the navy army came forward one after another and asked: "General, the Jin army is not here, the camp gate is wide open, and our army ...... Do you want to take the opportunity to attack it?"
"Wait a minute!" Gao Tong waved his hand, his eyes were still wandering back and forth inside and outside the camp, and he said quietly: "The battle has begun, the Jin army will not ignore the rear camp, and it is impossible to make such a low-level mistake as forgetting to close the camp gate, there is only one explanation for this, and there is fraud in it!"
The generals also felt that something was wrong, and after listening to Qualcomm's words, people looked at each other, muttered for a while, and asked, "That...... General, do we still want to attack?"
The ships of the Red Army are equipped with ballistae and small stone throwers, the power of the crossbow bed is slightly smaller than that of the Jin State's broken army crossbow, and it can only be single-shot, and the small stone throwers are even more pocket-sized, with a range of only about 100 paces. If the Jin army was guarding the camp, the Red Army ships could fire crossbow arrows and stone bullets to attack the wall at close range, causing some damage to the enemy troops on the wall, but now the Jin army was not stationed at the wall, and these weapons of the ships were useless.
Now they want to attack, it is very simple, just send out the ship's sailors, and directly follow the open camp gate to kill them, but people are not sure whether there are any ambushes from the Jin State in the camp, once there is fraud, will they not suffer a big loss if they enter rashly?
Qualcomm didn't know the bottom in his heart, and after thinking for a long time, he turned his head and said to a partial general next to him: "Tianbao, you take five hundred brothers to the advanced battalion to explore, see if there is an ambush, in case there is a change, you must withdraw immediately." ”
The partial general named Tianbao intervened in the salute and said in a loud voice: "The last general will obey!" This person is in his twenties, tall and burly, with dark and shiny skin, and he is also dignified in appearance, with handsome facial features, and he looks like a talent.
His name is Hu Tianbao, and he is a young general who was picked up by Qualcomm, bold, courageous, and strong, and is highly valued by Qualcomm.
He took the order and went with 500 Red Navy, but did not dare to let the ship dock, but quietly launched it at a distance from the dock and swam directly to the shore.
The 500 Red Kingdom sailors led by Hu Tianbao were all dressed in black water supports, and people carried light short knives in their hands to the river bank, first looking around.
When I looked at the ship, I already felt that the atmosphere of the Jiankang Navy Camp was weird, and now that I was there, I felt even more real.
The front of the battalion was already inextricably fought, and the noise of the battle came and went, but there was no sound in the rear, and there was a dead silence, as if the Jin army had all run to the front camp to fight.
He took a deep breath, waved his hand left and right, and shouted in a low voice: "Up!" Qualcomm has the grace of knowing him, although now he has seven or eight times in his heart, but Qualcomm has an order, and he has to implement it.
Hu Tianbao slowly approached the front of the camp gate with five hundred sailors, and at this time, Gao Tong and others who were watching from behind were also nervous, and people subconsciously clenched their fists and looked at the shore intently.
Qualcomm also slowly raised his arm, so that all the ships were ready, and as soon as the enemy appeared, he would immediately attack.
Let's talk about Hu Tianbao, he took the lead in rushing to the front, taking the lead through the camp gate and entering the camp of the Jiankang Water Division.
Upon entering, the people's heads kept spinning around the camp.
For them, the layout of the camp is too familiar, this is their own camp, the situation inside the camp is similar to the outside of the camp, and no one can see it, looking around, except for the camp tent or the camp tent.
Could it be that the enemy troops were really not in the rear camp? Did they really neglect the defense behind them and let their own side seize the opportunity? Hu Tianbao did not dare to be careless, he waved his hand to the left and right, and said in a low voice: "Go and check separately to see if there are ambushes in the camps and tents!"
At this point, he made the fatal mistake of scattering all five hundred of his men.
If they can get together, no matter how strong the enemies in ambush are, it is impossible to wipe them out at once, but once they are scattered, this can give the demonic underworld warriors hiding in the shadows a good opportunity to surprise the killer. (To be continued......)