Chapter 392: Stubbornness for self-use
In just an instant, the walls of Xiashui Town bloomed everywhere, and the rumbling sounds, the sound of the city walls shattering, and the screams of the people were mixed together, and the flesh and blood on the city were flying, stones were splashed everywhere, and thick smoke was bursting, turning into a living human area.
Where had the local army of the Red Kingdom seen such a ferocious attack, and they didn't even see the shadow of the Jin Army's attackers, they were already dizzy and miserable.
"General, the attack of the Jin army is too fierce, let's hurry down the city wall!" The generals of the local army protected Hu Yi and ran down the city with a roll.
Hu Yan hugged his head, and shouted while running down the city: "Continue to send people to ask for reinforcements......" Before his words fell, a huge stone bullet fell from the sky and smashed not far in front of him, and the two Mo soldiers who were running down the city were smashed squarely, and the two of them didn't even have time to scream, and they were smashed into flesh on the spot, and the splattered flesh and blood had been sprayed on Hu Xian's face and body.
He saw it clearly, and a chill was born in his bones, his legs were weak, and he almost didn't collapse to the ground, and he cried out: "Send people to ask for reinforcements again, as long as we don't see reinforcements, we will keep sending people ......."
Hu Yi and the generals withdrew from the city one after another, and the other red soldiers could not stay in the city anymore, crowding down the city in groups, people shouted and neighed, and the north wall of the front of Xiashui Town had become a pot of porridge.
In fact, if the Red Army in Xiashui Town can calm down and observe, it is not difficult to find that the Jin Army's attack is thunderous and rainy, and it only blindly uses long-range equipment such as stone throwers and crossbow arrows, while the soldiers who are engaged in the siege have not come up for a long time.
But now, how could Hu Yan and his local soldiers still notice those who had been smashed by the large equipment of the First Legion. If it weren't for the strict military law of the Red Army, they would have chosen to abandon the city and flee at this time.
The long-range strikes of the Jin army were still wave after wave, even though he knew that the red army had already run into the city to dodge, and the stone throwers and crossbow arrows could no longer exert their lethality, but Ding Feng had no intention of ordering the attack to stop.
At the same time, the light cavalry sent by Xiashui Town to ask for help was also one after another, and it seemed that Hu Yi wanted to send all the light cavalry in the city to Lu, and there was a great tendency to not stop if he saw the reinforcements.
The urgency of Xiashui Town kept spreading to Yangchuan and Bailin City like a marquee, and because he had not yet completely figured out the intentions of the Jin Army, Yin Ze ignored Xiashui Town's call for help. Turn a deaf ear to. And Zhang Xiao on the other side couldn't sit still.
Listening to the news from Xiashui Town, the Jin army has more than 100,000 people, and the offensive is very fierce, and Xiashui Town is already in danger. There is a possibility of fall at any time. From this point of view. This is by no means a bluff on the part of the Golden Army. Instead, they really planned to go to war with their own country.
Although his official rank was much higher than Hu Yan's, the location of Xiashui Town was extremely important, and he was arranged by Shi Huai to be in Bailin. The main purpose is also to help defend the sewer town, once the sewer town is lost, then their own responsibility will be great.
After confirming that the Jin army was a real attack rather than a feint, Zhang Xiao finally decided to send reinforcements. He ordered the troops, gathered the soldiers under his command, left only 20,000 people to guard Bailin, and personally led more than 80,000 people from eight corps to go straight to Xiashui Town.
Bailin's dispatch was discovered by Jin Jun's eyeliner for the first time, and then it was transmitted to Shao Lin at the fastest speed.
At this time, Shao Lin led the four corps of the First Army Corps to ambush in the dense forest between Bailin and Xiashui. This mountain forest is close to Xiashui Town, and the official road passes through the forest, so it can be said that the official road is a forest.
It is not easy for Shao Lin and the soldiers of the First Army to lurk in the jungle, it is now the height of summer, there are many mosquitoes, flies, poisonous insects in the forest, and the soldiers of the First Army are miserable, and the weather is hot and humid, and they cannot move at will, and people are gritting their teeth and standing up in ambush in the forest.
When the spies brought back the news that the Red Army had been out of Bailin and was heading in the direction of Luxiashui Town, it was undoubtedly a shot in the arm for Shao Linjinjun, and his hard work was finally not in vain, and the Red Army really came.
Shao Lin asked the spy, "How many soldiers and horses does the enemy have, and how far is it from us?"
"Returning to the general, the enemy army is less than 100,000, and there are still more than 30 miles from here, because it is lightly armed, without baggage, and the marching speed is very fast, I am afraid that it will not take more than two hours to arrive. The spy snapped.
"Okay!" Shao Lin nodded and said, "Probe and report again!"
"Yes, General!" the spy intervened, turning and walking away quickly.
Shao Lin cheered up, called four corps commanders and several partial generals, and said: "Although the number of enemy troops in this battle is numerous, but it is coming in a hurry, without any precautions, although our army is outnumbered, it is ready to attack, it is unprepared, it is unexpected, and it will be able to win with one blow!"
The generals sat around Shao Lin, nodded their heads one after another, and responded: "The general should give an order! We will fight to the death and live up to our mission!"
Shao Lin casually picked up a branch and said while drawing on the ground: "The second and third corps are mainly responsible for blocking the enemy's way. The enemy army is bent on rescuing Xiashui Town, and once they find out that they have been ambushed, they will definitely go all out to break through to Luxiashui Town, and the second and third corps must resist the enemy no matter what, and they cannot let an enemy soldier pass!"
Shang Xing, commander of the Second Corps, and Li Yue, commander of the Third Corps, both intervened and said: "Don't worry, general, I will guarantee with my head, if I let go of an enemy soldier, I will come to see the general!"
Regardless of whether they can do it or not, the confidence and courage of victory are absolutely desirable.
Shao Lin's pale face showed a rare smile, and he nodded and praised: "Okay! worthy of being the general of my Dajin elite division!" After speaking, he looked at Zhang Ling, the commander of the Sixth Corps, and Zhao Shun, the commander of the Seventh Corps, and said, "The Sixth and Seventh Corps are mainly responsible for cutting off the enemy's retreat. Once the enemy finds that he has broken through in front of him, he will definitely retreat desperately, and this battle will be very difficult for the 6th and 7th Corps, can you two have the confidence to withstand the enemy's counterattack?"
With Shang Xing and Li Yue in front of them, how could Zhang Ling and Zhao Shun's two generals show weakness? The two glanced at each other, bowed their bows, and said directly in unison: "We are willing to make a military order, and if we let the enemy army break through from our side, we will cut ourselves in front of the general!"
Shao Lin nodded again and said, "Yes, you will have the heart of death, and you will not have the idea of greedy life." As long as the soldiers can risk their lives and fight bloodily, I believe that with the combat strength of our army, we will be able to stop and kill the enemy!"
Shao Lin can only be regarded as a novice in the dispatch of troops, but he has seen too much, and after being by Lin Haotian's side for a long time, he has also learned Lin Haotian's way of boosting morale.
Under his mobilization, the four corps of the First Corps were divided into two parts, with the Second and Third Corps in front and the Sixth and Seventh Corps in the rear.
The First Army laid a net on the way to Xiashui Town, and the Red Army could only get in by itself, and Zhang Xiao didn't know anything about it, and kept urging his soldiers to hurry forward.
At the same time as the hurried trip, Zhang Xiao also paid attention to the movements on Yangchuan's side, and heard that Yin Ze had been holding his troops still, he sneered in his heart, he looked down on Yin Ze as a general who climbed up by connection, and now he saw that Yin Ze refused to send troops to rescue Xiashui Town, thinking that he was afraid of the Jin Army and did not dare to send troops, and his disdain was even stronger.
But the generals under his command are all worried, if Yangchuan and Bailin send troops at the same time, there is still the possibility of fighting with the Jin army, and now only his own side sends troops, even if they arrive in Xiashui Town, I am afraid they may not be the opponents of the Jin army.
Zhang Xiao disagreed, he thought that if he could fight, he would fight, and if he couldn't fight, he would withdraw, anyway, he had done the responsibility of sending troops to assist in defense, if the battle situation was unfavorable because Yin Ze did not send troops, then it had nothing to do with him, and the person who was punished by the king at that time would not be himself.
Zhang Xiao is a calculating man, but he has used all his ingenuity and ingenuity in internal intrigues, but has not carefully studied why the Jin Army is attacking the core of the Red Defense Line - Xiashui Town with great fanfare.
When the Red Army was about to march to the ambush site of the First Army, the general of the Red Army reminded Zhang Xiao that the terrain here was very complicated, the dense forest was close to the official road, and once there were ambushes, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Zhang Xiao scoffed when he heard such a warning, the main force of the Jin army entering the Red Realm was all storming Xiashui Town, how could it be possible to set up an ambush here, unless it was with wings on his back and flew over out of thin air. Zhang Xiaoli ignored the suggestions of his subordinates and continued to urge the whole army to advance at full speed.
His momentary negligence didn't matter, but he brought the Red Army of 80,000 into a desperate situation. (To be continued......)