Chapter 46: The Great Victory (2)
Xiao Jingxuan led his personal guards to charge at the forefront of the troops, and with the erection of the ladder, Xiao Jingxuan climbed the ladder.
Xiao Jingxuan held a shield in one hand and a treasure knife in the other. There is no need to hold on to the ladder, and quickly step on the ladder and rush towards the city tower.
Of course, Xiao Jingxuan's personal guards are not bad, all of them are vigorous, and they quickly attack the city tower.
However, even if Xiao Jingxuan's martial arts are high, he can't block the power of the boulder.
Seeing that Xiao Jingxuan was about to attack the city tower, the Yan army defending the city began to frantically throw boulders at Xiao Jingxuan.
One or two pieces are fine, Xiao Jingxuan can still resist hard, but in the face of the violent impact of dozens of boulders, Xiao Jingxuan's speed has finally been affected.
But fortunately, although Xiao Jingxuan's side was blocked, the pressure on the other guards was greatly reduced, and soon some guards attacked the city tower.
With the progress of the guards, the resistance on Xiao Jingxuan's side was much smaller.
Soon the castle tower was also attacked. Killing on the castle tower, it was at this time that the inner Ying in the city also began to launch a battle to seize the gate.
As the walls were attacked, the Yan army also lost control of the city.
Ye Xiong's subordinates began to assemble and attacked the north gate.
Although the city gate is also guarded, the city tower is the most dangerous compared to the city gate. So there weren't many soldiers guarding the city gates.
Soon, shouts of killing rang out at the city gates. However, at this time, Xiao Jingxuan didn't have the heart to put it on the city gate.
Xiao Jingxuan kept slashing and killing the approaching Yan army, but no matter how powerful Xiao Jingxuan's martial arts were, the Yan army besieging Xiao Jingxuan did not decrease, but killed more and more.
It's no wonder that with the armor on Xiao Jingxuan's body, Yan Jun also knows that Xiao Jingxuan's official position is not small. Perhaps, the opportunity to lift the siege of Shuncheng is on Xiao Jingxuan.
However, these Yan Army soldiers underestimated Xiao Jingxuan too much, and also looked down on themselves.
As a half-step innate master, Xiao Jingxuan would never be besieged to death by a group of little minions.
Every time Xiao Jingxuan swung a knife, he would take away the life of a Yan army. As more and more people are killed. The corpses of Yan Jun beside Xiao Jingxuan were almost piled up.
As the shouts of killing sounded in the city, Xiao Jingxuan knew that Ye Xiong had entered the city. The battle is almost over.
Seeing that the general trend had gone, the Yan army's will to fight finally collapsed. began to scatter and flee.
However, Xiao Jingxuan's mercy was only for the soldiers who laid down their weapons and surrendered. For deserters, Xiao Jingxuan will not be soft.
The battle soon ended, and Xiao Jingxuan stood on the city tower, looking at the corpses all over the ground, and his heart was full of emotion.
At this time, Xiao Jingxuan's personal guards also began to return to their positions, guarding Xiao Jingxuan's side.
The rest of the soldiers began to clean up the battlefield.
This is, the generals of each battalion came to the North City Tower one after another and reported their losses to Xiao Jingxuan.
The siege was indeed the battle with the greatest casualties. After listening to the report of his subordinates, Xiao Jingxuan sighed for a long time.
Although the Wei army was several times larger than the Yan army defending the city, this battle was definitely not a big victory.
In this battle, the Wei army lost more than 3,000 casualties, more than 2,000 seriously wounded, and no less than 8,000 minor wounded.
Although the Yan army also killed more than 4,000 people and captured about 1,000 people, such a large casualty still made Xiao Jingxuan feel broken.
Although the battle was over, the Wei army could not rest, because Xiao Jingxuan needed to start resting the city wall and preparing supplies, after all, the reinforcements from Yingzhou were estimated to be coming.
Soon, scouts came to report that the reinforcements from Yingzhou were not far from Shunzhou, and it was estimated that they were only eighty miles.
This time, there were 50,000 infantry and 40,000 cavalry reinforcements in Yingzhou, and they were almost dispatched.
And Xiao Jingxuan only has 40,000 people in his hands, and the enemy army on the opposite side is several times his own.
After hearing the news, Xiao Jingxuan ordered all the departments to hurry up and prepare, and he began to discuss with the generals in the corner tower on the city tower.
Faced with the current situation, Gongsun Sheng suggested staying in the city and using the city's defense power to continuously deplete the enemy's army.
Zhou Tong suggested that the whole army go out of the city and use the mobility of the cavalry to start a big battle with the enemy.
However, Hu Yanzhuo's suggestion made Xiao Jingxuan's eyes shine, that is, to leave a small part of the army to defend the city, and the large army spared the enemy army and went to attack Yingzhou.
As long as Yingzhou succeeds, then the enemy will lose the supply of grain and grass, and then there will be chaos, and when the time comes, the army will take advantage of the situation to rush and kill. Destroy the enemy in one fell swoop.
After listening to Hu Yanzhuo's suggestion, everyone nodded in favor of this plan.
However, the troops are not enough, if you want to hold back the enemy army, then Xiao Jingxuan must leave at least 20,000 troops, and the rest may not be able to break through Yingzhou.
Just when everyone was worried, Xiao Jingxuan thought for a moment.
"In this way, I will lead Ye Xiong's headquarters soldiers and horses and the personal guard battalion to attack Yingzhou, and as for Shunzhou City, I will hand it over to you."
"Marshal, no, how difficult it is for 5,000 soldiers and horses to take Yingzhou."
"Yes, Marshal, Yingzhou City has abundant grain and grass, and there are a lot of soldiers and horses left behind, I'm afraid it will be difficult to capture it for a while."
Xiao Jingxuan raised his hand and stopped the generals who wanted to speak.
"I know, I don't expect 5,000 men to capture Yingzhou, even if I capture it, I can't stop the enemy's counterattack, I intend to send another 20,000 infantry from Pingzhou to assist me in capturing Yingzhou."
"Marshal, when the infantry arrives in Yingzhou, I'm afraid the daylilies will be cold."
"yes...... yes."
Hearing the generals' echoes, Xiao Jingxuan said with a smile: "I know, but there should be some horses, mules and the like in Pingzhou, which can increase the marching speed of the army."
Yingzhou is about 400 miles away from Pingzhou, and the army is estimated to be able to reach it in six days by marching quickly, that is, eight days, and it only takes eight days for the army to reach Yingzhou. At that time, he will naturally be able to capture Yingzhou. ”
After hearing Xiao Jingxuan's words, the generals discussed it for a while, feeling that this plan was feasible.
Xiao Jingxuan looked at the generals and said, "During my absence, the army was led by Hu Yanzhuo. The rest of the people waited for a good assist. ”
"The last general commands."
Immediately afterwards, Xiao Jingxuan called the guards and arranged for the guards to go to Pingzhou to transfer troops.
Before leaving, Xiao Jingxuan specially instructed the guards that when transferring troops, they must remind the chief general that they must go out day and night. Be careful to avoid enemy sentry scouts.
After the guards left, Xiao Jingxuan stared at the map for a while.
"Shunzhou City is estimated to not be able to delay the enemy for such a long time, and it is necessary to delay the marching speed of the Yan army.
In this way, Ye Xiong, Gongsun Sheng, you two will go with me with the cavalry of your headquarters to harass the enemy army and slow down the marching speed of the Yan army. The rest of the men stepped up to strengthen the city's defenses. ”
"The Last General Commands"
Then, Xiao Jingxuan galloped towards the Yan army with more than 10,000 horsemen.
The Yan army has an army of 90,000, including 40,000 elite cavalry, in order not to be entangled by the enemy, Xiao Jingxuan's plan is to attack at night.
When Xiao Jingxuan rushed to the vicinity of the Yan army with the army, Xiao Jingxuan ordered the army to rest and wait for the arrival of night.
Xiao Jingxuan took several personal guards to the vicinity of the enemy camp to observe the enemy situation.
Seeing that the tents of the enemy camp were scattered, there were also baggage trucks outside the camp to surround the city and serve as a temporary wall.
There are also quite a few soldiers in the battalion who patrol and keep on guard. After watching for a long time, Xiao Jingxuan did not find a flaw.
After returning to the army, Xiao Jingxuan summoned Gongsun Sheng and Ye Xiong. Start assigning tasks. Xiao Jingxuan divided the army into three divisions and took turns to harass the enemy army.
There is only one purpose for killing and wounding many enemy troops, so that the enemy cannot rest and recuperate with peace of mind.
If the enemy sends troops in pursuit, if there are few people, the enemy will be led to a slightly farther place to solve the problem.
If there are many enemies, then run to places with dense mountains and forests, and the enemy will not dare to continue the pursuit.
Xiao Jingxuan decided to take the lead, Ye Xiong followed, and Gongsun Sheng last.
After the strategy was decided, everyone began to wait.
Just after the unitary hour, Xiao Jingxuan rushed towards the enemy camp with 4,000 soldiers and horses. For concealment, all the horse's muzzles were covered with muzzles, and the horses' hooves were also covered with thick cloths.
However, to Xiao Jingxuan's disappointment, it turned out that the Yan army had arranged a large number of rangers on the periphery of the camp.
Seeing this situation, Xiao Jingxuan was also speechless, and could only launch a strong attack, but fortunately, there were not many enemy rangers.
After dealing with the rangers again, the enemy also discovered that someone was sneaking up, and the whole barracks began to move.
Xiao Jingxuan could only let his subordinates fire two rounds of rockets in a salvo before leading his troops to retreat.
Soon, a large number of cavalry in the enemy camp chased after Xiao Jingxuan.
The enemy was strong, and Xiao Jingxuan could only lead the enemy army towards the nearby mountains and forests.
Sure enough, seeing the complicated terrain, the enemy general decisively ordered the troops to abandon the pursuit. He turned his horse around and returned to the camp.
After seeing the enemy general retreat, Xiao Jingxuan also breathed a sigh of relief, there were too few people in his hands, in case the enemy general's brain was pumped and he continued to pursue, it would take a lot of effort.
After adding it down, Xiao Jingxuan did not lead his troops to join the army, but ambushed around.
Because I made an appointment with Gongsun Sheng and others before, I will answer here.
However, the result disappointed Xiao Jingxuan, with the arrival of Ye Xiong and Gongsun Sheng, a few people chatted, Xiao Jingxuan knew that the enemy army did not suffer much losses.
Moreover, with Xiao Jingxuan's sneak attack, the enemy army deployed a large number of cavalry on the periphery, which made the plan of the night attack fall through.
Spreading out the map, Xiao Jingxuan and the others began to look for a place to set up an ambush on the map again.
However, how can there be so many ambush sites, if the enemy army is small, there are a few suitable ambush sites, but the enemy has an army of 90,000.
After staring at the map for a long time, Xiao Jingxuan said helplessly: "Yan Jun is really hot this time." In this way, when the time comes, we will lead the army to attack again. Success or failure, just this time, everyone can't fall in love.
If nothing can be done, Gongsun Sheng led his troops to return to Shunzhou immediately, and I took Ye Xiong to Yingzhou. ”
"Yes, the last will obey."
Immediately afterwards, at the end of the day, Xiao Jingxuan led the army to launch a sneak attack on the Yan army camp on time.