Chapter 499: Retreat without a Fight
Lin Haotian smiled indifferently and said: "Instead of joining forces to attack the city, it is better to only mobilize the 200,000 troops of one country to fight alone, so that even if there is a loss, it is the loss of one army, and the other five armies are still there, and then there will be a tough battle, and each army can take turns to fight." You Guo is so big, the battle can't be fought in a day, and the armies take turns to fight, and there is no one who takes advantage and who suffers, what do you think?"
This is also a way! No one who can be the commander of an army is a fool, and everyone understands that there is a great hidden danger of cooperation between the four countries to fight together, but everyone is afraid that they will suffer losses, so they agree with Song Hao's bad idea, and now Lin Haotian proposed that the four armies take turns to fight, which is exactly what they want, and everyone looks at each other and says in unison: "Brother Lin's method is very good!"
Ren Tianxing's face finally showed a smile, and he asked again: "Since the princes have no opinion, then, who wants to fight this battle?"
As soon as his words fell, Song Hao, the king of the New Red Army, stood up and said, "Everyone, the first battle will be handed over to my New Red Army!"
Everyone was stunned, and the fact that the New Red Army, which was not strong in combat and was timid and afraid of death, was going to take the lead, and this was really new.
Ren Tianxing thought for a while, nodded, and said, "It's okay! By the way, I would like to ask Liegong to transfer the siege weapons of each army to assist the New Red Army and fight this battle well." Win the first battle, win the battle, this battle cannot be lost!"
Ren Tianxing hoped that the New Red Army would be victorious, but Song Hao did not understand his kindness, waved his hand and said: "Brother Ren, my New Red Army does not have a lot of siege equipment, and it is enough to deal with the customs clearance." ”
He said it with confidence, and Ren Tianxing did not force it. As long as he can win, he can fight whatever Song Hao wants.
Song Hao boasted in public about Haikou, and after leaving the Chinese military tent, he immediately returned to the camp of the New Red Army.
When he saw his subordinates, his tone suddenly took a 180-degree turn. He made a clear request to all the generals under his command, if this battle can be fought, if it can't be fought, retreat immediately, in order to minimize his own losses.
The new red generals understood and nodded their heads in understanding.
There is no war yet. The New Red Army, led by Song Hao, had the idea of preserving its strength. Not to mention that the opponent is You Jun, even if it is just a group of rabble, whether they can win or not is driven by this thought.
Soon, the 200,000 New Red Army left the coalition camp. Go straight to the customs clearance ten miles away.
There were no words on the road. The new Red Army successfully arrived outside the city.
Although it is a level, it is a level. However, it is about the size of a small castle, and because it is a military facility, there are no civilians in the area. In addition to the barracks and barracks, the huge checkpoint looks a little empty.
The city wall is not high, at best about three zhang, because the construction is a long time ago, and it has never been renovated, the city wall also looks dilapidated, and there are large cracks in many places.
Looking at the top of the city wall, there are quite a few You troops, standing on it, densely packed, and it is impossible to tell the number. According to the intelligence of the coalition forces, there were more than 30,000 defenders who cleared the pass, and the strength was far from the 200,000 New Red Army.
Song Hao personally supervised the battle, looked in the direction of customs clearance, and grinned secretly, the intelligence said that there were 30,000 You troops in the customs clearance, how could you just look at the You army on the city wall like there were tens of thousands of people, could it be that your own intelligence was wrong?
He thought up and down in his heart, and asked the new red generals around him: "Who wants to go to meet You Jun first and test the depth of the enemy army?"
As soon as his words fell, Liu Chong, the partial general of the New Red Army, urged his horse out, came to Song Hao's approach, and said, "King, the last general is willing to take the lead!"
Song Hao nodded and said, "At present, the strength of the You army is unknown, General Liu should be more careful." ”
"The last general understands!" Liu Chong agreed, rode his horse out of the formation, restrained the war horse at a stone's throw outside the clearance, and scolded the enemy at the head of the city.
It didn't take long for the city gate to be opened, and two thousand people rushed out from it, and one of the leaders was Youjun, who was armed with a spear, and went straight to Liu Chong.
This special general's name is Chen Guan, who is the deputy general who cleared the customs, and after sharing the name and surname with Liu Chong, the two horses staggered and fought in one place.
The two of them went back and forth, only fought for more than ten rounds, Liu Chong made a careless move, and was picked up by Chen Guan with a shot under the horse, and before he could get up from the ground, Chen Guan urged the horse to step forward, and smashed Liu Chong directly to the ground.
Song Hao, who was watching the battle, watched Liu Chong die tragically at the hands of General You, and his face sank instantly.
The new red generals were sad and angry, unconvinced, and asked for their lives, wanting to go out to fight to the death with You Generals. Song Hao waved his hand and said, "You don't have to fight alone anymore, pass on the king's order, and the whole army will attack the city!"
As soon as he gave the order, the 200,000 New Red Army moved up and down.
While the siege corps was advancing, the stone throwers that had already been set up by the New Red Army began to be activated.
Song Hao didn't use siege weapons from other countries, not because he trusted it, but because the siege weapons of the New Red Army were indeed a lot.
There is nothing else in the new Chi country, that is, there is a lot of money, and there are countless siege equipment, and there are nearly 2,000 stone throwing machines alone.
In just one round of attack, the city walls that cleared the customs have blossomed everywhere, and many You troops who couldn't dodge were smashed down the city walls in groups, falling to pieces, and the city walls in many places were smashed by stone bullets and collapsed, full of devastation.
Under the frantic blow of the New Red Army's stone throwers, the New Red Army siege infantry methodically advanced to within the range of clearance. At this time, countless You troops gathered at the head of the city with stone bullets that fell from time to time, and desperately fired arrows outside the city.
A rain of arrows fell into the camp of the New Red Army, followed by a clanging sound of iron weapons, and the remnants of arrows that fell on the ground were spread all over the ground.
The equipment of the New Red Army is the most sophisticated among the nations, even the most ordinary soldiers, wearing extremely hard, stainless steel armor, plus holding heavy steel shields in their hands, long-distance arrows are really not a big threat to the New Red Army.
However, as the distance between the two sides continued to approach, the New Red Army's stone thrower stopped firing, and the You Army at the head of the city finally gained a firm foothold and could launch a strong shot at the New Red Army outside the city without distraction.
Outside the city, the wails of arrows in the camp of the New Red Army came and went, and the rolling logs, rocks and hot oil that fell from the city caused huge casualties to the soldiers of the New Red Army.
By the time the New Red Army erected the ladder and began to climb and charge up the city, the armor on their bodies became their heaviest burden.
Dozens of pounds of armor hung on their bodies, making them look extremely slow in the process of climbing, You Jun seized the opportunity to shoot and smash the New Red Army, after more than half an hour of fighting, the New Red Army did not step half a step on the head of the city, but the corpses of the New Red Army outside the city have begun to stack Luoluo.
Song Hao was worried while watching, if he continued to fight like this, even if he could capture the customs clearance, he would have to suffer heavy losses. Thinking of this, he ordered the generals on the left and right to quickly withdraw the troops and not fight anymore.
Before the battle, he had already reminded the new red generals, and everyone was mentally prepared to retreat at any time, but now the battle is about to withdraw before even an hour has arrived, this is too fast, right?
However, Song Hao is the king, and the generals will not dare to disobey his words, and the new Red Army camp will be silent, and a series of gongs will sound at the same time.
The soldiers of the New Red Army, who were storming the city in front, heard that they had no intention of fighting anymore, and the rear army became the front army, and the whole army retreated.
Don't look at the ease of their advance, when they retreated, they were subjected to concentrated pursuit by the You army, and the arrow array continued to shoot from behind the New Red Army, and there were thousands of New Red Army soldiers who were shot and wounded and killed in the process of retreating.
The New Red Army came and withdrew quickly, and after a so-called siege battle, the casualties of the New Red Army together did not exceed 10,000, and the whole army retreated to the coalition camp.
Song Hao went directly to the Chinese military tent, and after seeing the commanders of the various armies who were waiting for the news, he didn't wait to speak, he first drank two large sips of tea, and then said while gasping: "Our intelligence is wrong, the You army in the customs clearance city is far more than 30,000, and the soldiers of our new Red Army rushed to kill in blood, and they couldn't attack for a long time, and in the end the damage was too great, so they had to withdraw temporarily! But Liegong doesn't have to worry, after the bloody battle just now, the You army also suffered heavy losses......
Without waiting for him to finish, Ren Tianxing stood up violently. (To be continued......)