Chapter 49: The Battle of Xu Wu
"Kill! Kill me! ”
"Don't let them come up!"
"Shoot the arrows!"
Yan Gang looked at the greedy wolf army under the city gate and hurriedly commanded and shouted.
It's only been half a day now, and the greedy wolf army is already about to storm the city gate, and even Yan Gang personally came out to guard the city gate.
And the battle was very fierce, the greedy wolf army was like a pack of wolves, attacking the city gate with all their might, and the archers in the city hurriedly shot their bows and arrows, but they could not resist their advance.
In the end, the cavalry of the greedy wolf army was also very cooperative, and each cavalry rode their horses to gallop under the city gate and fired arrows on the city tower.
Yan Gang saw that most of the soldiers around him died on the bow and arrow of the greedy wolf cavalry, and he also understood that this was according to the practice of Xianbei and the Huns.
However, this method is extremely demanding for cavalry, and shooting arrows at the city gate while riding horses is not something that ordinary cavalry can do.
But the greedy wolf cavalry was all like this, inflicting serious losses on them, which made Yan Gang have to fill it with human lives at all.
Xue Rengui looked at Yan Gang, who was commanding at the city gate, and said to Zhao Gu beside him: "I didn't expect that this Yan Gang general is so capable of fighting, he has been holding out in the city gate for a long time."
Yan Gang can be regarded as a good general for Xue Rengui, and his many deployments have been cracked by Yan Gang, and suddenly, Xue Rengui rode forward and shouted: "Withdraw the army!"
As Xue Rengui's order reached the greedy wolf army, Bei Yan was fighting in front, and when he heard Xue Rengui's order to withdraw the army, he first looked at the city gate not far away, but then retreated.
When the Youzhou army saw the withdrawal of the greedy wolf army, they hurriedly shouted: "Finally retreated!"
"We've fought off the demons!"
"They retreated, but I didn't expect me to be alive! Hahaha"
Yan Gang saw the majestic white-clothed general in the distance, his eyes showed light, and he sighed: "What a white-clothed commander, I'm afraid that no one in the entire Youzhou is your opponent."
After a battle, not only Xue Rengui had already understood Yan Gang's method of defending the city, and he would look for loopholes and attack in the next attack.
And Yan Gang also understood Xue Rengui's attack routine, and felt that there was no way to crack Xue Rengui's offensive ideas except for hard resistance.
Yan Gang hurriedly ordered to prepare, the next attack must be defended well, he knew that Xue Rengui's next attack might be when the city was broken.
Bei Yan just retreated and was sweating profusely, quickly took off his helmet, and shouted and asked: "General Xue, as long as you give me another half an hour, I will definitely be able to open the city gate and let the army successfully enter, why do you want to retreat now."
Xue Rengui shook his head and said with a smile: "Now, the Youzhou army has just fought with our army, and the strength of the greedy wolf army is too strong, which makes the Youzhou army have a strong heart, and now they are in order to defeat you and prove that they are stronger than you, so the strength that broke out is very strong."
Bei Yan instantly understood what Xue Rengui meant, now that the Greedy Wolf Army is attacking too fiercely, the Youzhou Army naturally wants to defeat such an army, so they are all angry and want to beat the Greedy Wolf Army back.
Now that the greedy wolf army has retreated, the Youzhou army has lost this momentum, and the next time it attacks, the reaction will not be so strong.
Xue Rengui also added: "Now that the Greedy Wolf Army has lost a lot, and after so long, they are also tired, let them rest first."
Bei Yan and Zhao Gu nodded, and hurriedly retreated to rest.
But now Xue Rengui ordered: "Divide the cavalry into three groups, each group of 1,000 people, take turns to interfere with the defenders in the city, bring shields, and retreat after releasing the arrows."
Bei Yan originally wanted to retreat and rest, but when he heard Xue Rengui do this, he asked puzzledly, "General Xue, why is this?" Now there are more than 60,000 defenders in the city, and even if they interfere with them, they can rest, which is of no avail. ”
Xue Rengui jumped off the horse, dressed in white clothes blowing in the wind, looked at Bei Yan, and said with a smile: "It is naturally useless to the defenders in the city, but it will have a psychological effect on the main generals in the city."
"After the first battle in the morning, I found that Yan Gang is quite sensitive, and he wants to defend Xu Wuxian well, and the 60,000 army is deployed, I am afraid it will be difficult to capture, but he is too sensitive, as long as there is any movement in our army, he will pay too much attention. In that case, our opportunity has come. ”
Zhao Gu shook his head, saying that he didn't understand, what has a psychological effect on the main general, but it is useless for the soldiers, what kind of method is this method called.
Bei Yan didn't hear any psychological effects, but according to his experience, he told him that this was probably very important, and hurriedly asked Xue Rengui, "Could it be that the main general has a heavy responsibility and thinks about a lot of things, so it will be like this?" ”
Xue Rengui also showed a faint smile, he didn't expect this humble to guess a little bit by inspiration, with an approving look in his eyes, and he could tell him about the importance of psychological effects for a main general.
And Wen Zhong's side has just retreated, he has completely mastered the law of the defenders of Shan Jing, and if he attacks again next time, he can break through the city gate.
After three hours, Xue Rengui rode his war horse again, looked at Yan Gang in the city, and shouted, "Greedy wolf shield soldiers forward!"
"Drink—drink—"
As Xue Rengui attacked again, the greedy wolf soldier held a shield to block the bow and arrows shot down from the city tower, and then stepped step by step very neatly.
Yan Gang panicked in his heart, he saw the greedy wolf cavalry coming constantly, he didn't rest at all, although the soldiers in the city kept taking turns, but his mind was always stiff, he was afraid that as soon as he rested, there would be no general in the city, and he would be chaotic.
Now he knew that it was like this, and that he could still fight like this, but he still felt that he could persevere.
Yan Gang continued to command from the city tower, although the Youzhou army no longer had the idea of defeating the greedy wolf, they still wanted to defend the city gate, but this time there was no strong momentum.
Yan Gang and Xue Rengui both noticed the changes in the Youzhou Army at the same time, but Yan Gang no longer had the energy to care about these, as long as the Youzhou Army held the city gate, the Greedy Wolf Army would not break through.
Xue Rengui just seized the opportunity and decided to personally command the 10,000 greedy wolf army to rush forward.
At this time, Xue Rengui held Fang Tian's halberd in his hand, rode an ordinary white horse, rode his horse and raised his whip, and shouted: "Greedy wolf soldiers, follow me to break through the city gate!"
When the greedy wolf soldiers saw the boss personally rushing to the forefront, their morale was also shocked, and Bei Yan shouted: "Up, give it to me!" After speaking, Bei Yan followed closely behind Xue Rengui.
Yan Gang's face changed greatly, he didn't expect the white-clothed coach to come up in person, which was even more depressing for the Youzhou army, whose morale was already weak.
At this time, Yan Gang saw Xue Rengui who was rushing to the front, and a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and now there is only one way to break the enemy, and that is to kill Xue Rengui.
Yan Gang was also decisive in killing, and immediately snatched the bow and arrow of the archer next door, and then pulled the bow and arrow, facing Xue Rengui at the front.
Yan Gang shouted: "Give me death!"
As soon as the voice fell, an arrow flew towards Xue Rengui.