Chapter 58 Qi army enters the city
As the commander of the blue wolf battalion based on foot combat, although Chu Honghang is not good at horseback riding, his foot strength has always been outstanding, and his natural divine power is to use a pair of sledgehammers with a full 100 catties.
The defenders in the city had just opened a gap in the city 'gate', and here Chu Honghang rushed into the city 'gate', holding a pair of hammers to take the lead in killing the monks who were 'pressing' close to the city 'gate'.
Because the Northern Qi Dynasty had a general supervisor in Jinan City, these generals who were responsible for manufacturing weapons usually began to make profits for themselves after completing the official tasks.
A large number of weapons were made and sold to the outside world, as the head snake with a large amount of land in the territory of Qizhou, the major monasteries in the city also purchased a large number of weapons for self-defense.
Between Jinan City and Linzi City, Changbai Mountain has a large number of strong and powerful 'private' smelting and casting workshops are also a large number of blades, and the weapons made in Changbai Mountain are also very good, which have always been favored by the Haoqiang in Sanqi, Jeju and Yanzhou, and the monasteries have also followed the trend to purchase a large number of them.
In this way, the weapons used by the monks and soldiers who attacked the city 'gate' in the city were comparable to the weapons of the regular army of the Northern Qi Dynasty.
A warrior monk leader rushed towards the city 'gate' with a long-handled broadsword, and several defenders in the original city stepped forward to stop him, but he was cut into several pieces by the warrior monk leader in the blink of an eye.
Then Chu Honghang and the leader of the warrior monk collided, only to see that Chu Honghang hit the long-handled broadsword in the warrior monk's hand like a crescent moon with a hammer.
The leader of the warrior monk was beaten and retreated, his hands were cracked, blood flowed, and the big knife in his hand had already flown out and disappeared.
Chu Honghang stepped forward and hit the warrior monk's 'breast' bone with another hammer, and even the internal organs were shattered, and he instantly killed this warrior monk who was still extremely brave.
The soldiers of the blue wolf battalion behind Chu Honghang saw that their commander was so brave and their morale was greatly boosted, and they all rushed forward to kill the enemy.
Most of these soldiers were newly recruited, but most of them were from the Orion mountain people in the nearby mountains.
There are also hundreds of people who have fought with the cavalry when Wang Ze robbed Pingyuan County to save Zhu Rui, and they all have good martial arts, and these soldiers are really invincible under the leadership of Chu Honghang.
Just when the battle at the city 'gate' was 'fierce', a group of soldiers appeared at the city 'gate', and it could be distinguished from the cavalry of the White Wolf Battalion from a distance.
At first, Chu Honghang was worried about whether he was impersonated by the monks in the city, but seeing that these cavalry also killed the monks and soldiers, Chu Honghang was relieved.
Because all the warrior monks on horseback in the city were concentrated to attack the west 'gate', and the group of monks who attacked the south 'gate' were all infantry, although there were only 100 cavalry attacking them, it also made these monks panic 'chaos'.
Taking advantage of the discouragement of the monks and soldiers, Chu Honghang took the opportunity to divide them into pieces and disperse them, and most of the monks were killed in a 'fierce' battle, and the rest fled in all directions.
At this time, the cavalry commander of the White Wolf Battalion came to Chu Honghang and dismounted, and Chu Honghang recognized this person at a glance as Wang Zeyi's brother Zhu Bofu.
Because now the 'chaos' inside and outside the city is 'chaotic', and there is no time to say anything else, Zhu Bofu arched his hand and said to Chu Honghang: "Brother Chu, I will send a team of cavalry to contact the cavalry outside the city to enter the city as soon as possible to support, and trouble Brother Chu to send people to guard the 'gate' of the city to wait for reinforcements." ”
Chu Honghang nodded and agreed: "I will send a large group of soldiers to defend the city here, and I will also rush to Xicheng later, and Commander Zhu will do his best." ”
Zhu Bofu nodded yes and said, "I still have to gather my brothers to rush to Xicheng as soon as possible to help in the battle, don't talk nonsense, don't say anything!" ”
Chu Honghang also knew that now was not the time to talk nonsense, so he summoned the hundreds of remaining defenders in the city plus more than 300 people under his command to continue to garrison the south 'gate', and led the remaining 3,000 people to the west city.
Along the way, Chu Honghang killed the monks and ruffians who were 'chaotic' all the way, and also had to collect the soldiers in the city who were 'chaotic', many of whom were 'chaotic' by the monks in the city.
When they arrived at the West Gate, there were more than 8,000 people under Chu Honghang's command, and I really didn't know how so many soldiers in the city were defeated.
After careful calculation, there are thousands of monks killed along the way, and he has really become the Rakshasa King who slaughtered the Buddha, and it is estimated that the commander of Chu will be notorious in the future.
The battle in the west city was in full swing, taking advantage of the armored cavalry to clear the empty space of men and horses on the city wall, Qin Lang urgently dispatched people to deploy defenses at the head of the city, and Wang Ze led Zhou Tong's ironclad battalion to go down to the city to block the attacking monks.
The ironclad battalion, which had been fighting for half a day, was very tired, but in order to keep the city, they were still moving forward bravely. Fortunately, Wang Ze gave each of the soldiers in the city six pieces of rock candy and dried 'meat', which replenished some physical strength to the soldiers of the ironclad battalion.
The fighting inside and outside the city was the most 'fierce' time, and the two sides were 'chaotic' whether they were in the city, at the head of the city, or outside the city.
Just when thousands of monks and soldiers were killing the 'gate' of the city, Wang Ze led the ironclad battalion into the monks' array, although the ironclad battalion cut down the monks into pieces of 'meat', but these could not change the fanaticism of the monks in the slightest.
One by one chanted the Buddha's name, like a moth to the fire and constantly died under the giant sword of the ironclad battalion, fortunately, the ironclad battalion are all butchers who kill people without blinking, regardless of whether you are a bodhisattva blessed to give you a knife first, we all believe in Haotian God.
Although the number of ironclad battalions here is small, it firmly holds the 'gate' of the city and the passage to the city wall, and thousands of monks surround it but cannot rush through.
At this time, the reinforcements in the city also began to rush over in a steady stream, and when the ironclad battalion and the monks were fighting fiercely, Zhu Bofu also rushed over with five or six hundred horsemen.
Although the number of people in the white wolf camp who came was small, each person had two iron bumps, and the most densely crowded place where the monks and soldiers were lit was to throw it hard, and then everyone could hear it.
There were more than 5,000 monks and soldiers attacking the West Gate, and they began to be unable to support under the siege of Wang Ze's troops who gradually came in, and Chu Honghang led more than 8,000 people to rush to become the last straw that broke the camel's back, although this straw was really a bit big.
At first, some fanatical believers took the lead and were braver, but after those fanatics were killed and wounded, the remaining monks and soldiers suddenly collapsed.
"Da Lang, are you alright? How did you go into battle yourself? After killing the monks, Zhu Bofu saw that Wang Ze had actually raised his knife and went into battle, so he was very worried, so he turned Wang Ze over and over again and looked around, and found that there was no major problem, so he put his mind at ease.
"It scares me to death! You still have to be more careful, if there is any accident, I won't have the face to go back to see my father and aunt! Zhu Bofu sighed.
Wang Ze, who killed the monk soldiers, was also happy, and said to Zhu Bofu: "Don't worry, big brother, there is Uncle Zhou and the ironclad battalion!" Let's go and sweep the monastery in the city as soon as possible, these bald thieves have united with the Qi army outside the city to attack us, and we will send them to see the Buddha today! ”
At this moment, Xu Zheng finally rushed over, and Zhu Bofu was just about to joke with Xu Zheng, but Xu Zheng said to Wang Ze with a pale face: "Xiao Langjun is not good, the 'gate' of the northern city is being attacked by the Qi army, and it looks like it is going to be captured!" ”
The crowd who was joking just now suddenly quieted down, and Wang Ze was shocked and asked, "What's the matter, tell me quickly!" ”
It turned out that the Qi army let go of the southern and eastern cities and did not attack, and the main direction of the attack was the western city, but the northern city also deployed 20,000 troops, because it was also convenient to attack by relying on Jishui.
However, because it seemed that the number of people attacking Xicheng was the largest and the most 'elite' troops, and Murong Shaozong and other major generals of the Northern Qi Dynasty were here, Wang Ze thought that Beicheng was responsible for containing the attack, and the main direction should still be in Xicheng.
When the monks and soldiers of the monasteries in the city made a 'chaos', the main attack direction was still the west 'gate', which further strengthened Wang Ze's judgment of himself.
Who knew that all this before was foreshadowing, and the real main direction of the Qi army was in Beicheng.
Murong Shaozong's camp was defended by more than 3,000 state and county soldiers and naval soldiers, and 30,000 of the other 50,000 infantry troops under his command were state and county soldiers, and only 20,000 were town troops transferred from the frontier before, so Murong Shaozong arranged 25,000 state and county soldiers outside Xicheng.
Later, when the Qi army attacked the city, Murong Shaozong sent the 5,000 Zhen troops to attack many times, and their brave performance further strengthened the judgment that the main force of the Qi army was here.
The Qi army outside the northern city was dominated by 15,000 town soldiers, supplemented by nearly 5,000 state and county soldiers, but the town army was all wearing the clothes of state and county soldiers.
In peacetime, the 5,000 state and county soldiers who cooperated with the attack of the Qi army in Xicheng were also responsible for the attack, causing the defenders in the city to think that the Qi army outside the city was just holding them back.
Today, nearly 10,000 monks and soldiers in various monasteries in the city are 'chaotic', coupled with the fierce fighting at the head of the city in Xicheng, so that Wang Ze has no choice but to constantly 'draw' troops from Beicheng and other places.
Just when the number of defenders in the north city had changed to less than 5,000 people, a variable appeared, first the Qi army outside the city suddenly turned from a little sheep to a gray wolf, and one by one they pounced very bravely.
The number of defenders in the city is not much, it is very difficult to deal with the Qi army, and then there are 500 warrior monks in the city, this warrior monk can be described as the 'fine' of more than 20 temples in the city, all of them are excellent in martial arts, and they are also monks with relatively high status in major temples.
Outside the city, there are Qi troops attacking, there are warrior monks in the city to copy the back road, most of the defenders in the city have been transferred to the west 'gate', the defenders in the city are suddenly a little unable to resist, and the Qi army gradually occupied a section of the city wall, and the defenders were divided into sections.
At first, some cottage veterans who were grassroots officers were able to organize resistance, but when these veterans who were the backbone were also killed and wounded, the defenders collapsed.
As the head of the city was occupied by the Qi army, the warrior monks in the city also quickly defeated the defenders at the city 'gate' and occupied the city 'gate' and 'hole', and soon two city 'gates' wrapped with iron sheets as thick as one foot were opened.
Tens of thousands of Qi troops, all of whom have experienced a hundred battles, have entered the city under the personal leadership of the Xianbei veteran Murong Shaozong!