Chapter 3 Counterattack
In the next two or three days, Sun Jie walked up to the city tower from time to time, staring at the earthen fortress that was being raised every day on the opposite side without saying a word, not moving at all, and standing for half a day. If it weren't for the fingers of the two hands behind his back, it would be like a statue.
On this day, seeing the enemy's auxiliaries take out bundles of thick bamboos from the shed, Sun Jie issued four orders in one breath:
1. Prepare 300 round wooden wedges.
2. Prepare sack shovels.
3. Build a pond on the top of each city gate to store water, and reserve sand and soil at the same time.
4. Recruit coppersmiths, tinsmiths, blacksmiths, and blacksmiths in the city to collect scrap metal and go to the city.
Outside the city gate, the enemy sparsely plunged the thick bamboos into the ground one by one, one by one, and looked at it from a distance, and could not see any pattern. The auxiliaries, carrying the thick timber from the shed, disappeared behind the ramparts.
Sun Jie paced back and forth on the city wall a few times, and then stood in a position, and called the deputy general Shen Chenggang, the staff general Shangguan Fei, Shi Jingsheng, the guerrilla Sheng Degong of the Changjie battalion (pro-soldier battalion), the guerrilla single wildfire of the Huyi battalion (main battalion), and Su Yinghui, the commander of the auxiliary corps, to his side, and instructed and arranged the tasks of each person. At the end, he shouted in a deep voice: "This city is safe, fight here." Those who are not effective in obeying orders should know that military law is ruthless! ”
In a sonorous sound of armor, the generals clenched their fists: "Order!" ”
Outside the city.
The auxiliary soldiers, who had been busy for most of the day, were physically exhausted, and the speed of carrying materials slowed down significantly.
The armorers, who were heavily armed and protected by the formation, were also tired. Today's alert duty is carried out by the Gangfeng Battalion. Guerrilla Gu Baihua wiped the sweat on his face, his underwear was also soaked, and he had to use the cool well water to wash it off when he returned to the camp.
Like a few days ago, Guan Shengyun rode his horse along the military formation for a while in the morning and returned to the camp. War horses are too delicate, they can't lose their strength, they can't walk every day, they have a big appetite, they keep eating, and they even have to get up in the middle of the night to feed it - this kind of thing can of course be done by the pro-soldiers or even the auxiliaries, but Guan Shengyun knows that the horse is very spiritual and needs to establish a very close relationship with the owner: you have to count on it to save your life at a critical moment. So I've always insisted on doing it myself.
Guan Shengyun on the camp wall looked up at the slightly westerly sun and waved his hand.
With a trumpet, the tooth flag spun half a circle.
The armored soldiers in the formation were ordered to rest in place and sat on the ground one after another. Some people tried to secretly loosen the armor on their bodies, but they were stopped by the officers, and some were even whipped - Gu Baihua is very good at governing the army.
Guan Shengyun was satisfied to hear that Guo Qinglin, the official of the auxiliary corps, had just given an order to transfer 200 elites into the tunnel to replace the tired diggers.
Everything is in order.
Since yesterday, the sons and daughters have begun to spread the foundation of the city to the two wings, and hundreds of logs have been transported into it to support the section of the city wall in front of them. It seems that one more day and two days at most, you can light the fire.
The moment the walls fell, it was the end of the battle!
The total strength is 178 thousand. The cannon fodder that was captured, no one was interested in counting the heads one by one, it was just a rough number, and sooner or later it would be consumed anyway - the armor was as high as nearly forty percent. On the other side, there were at best 2,000 soldiers, and no matter how many unarmored auxiliaries there were, it was okay to be held under the cover of battlements, but it was useless in the street fighting that was about to begin: at the sight of blood, they were frightened and vomited, and they were just lambs to the slaughter. And their own auxiliaries, encouraged by the fortune of going to the city, will radiate an unprecedentedly high fighting spirit.
The soldiers plundered for a day, and then used the hearts and livers of the dog officials to pay tribute to the brothers who were damaged a few days ago...... Thinking of this, a trace of cruel laugh lines slowly crept up the corners of Guan Shengyun's mouth.
Just as he was about to go down the wall and return to the big tent, suddenly, without warning, the watchman on the lookout shouted hoarsely: "Enemy attack, enemy attack"! One hand pointed at the enemy city, and the other hand shook the red pennant desperately.
Guan Shengyun did not hesitate at all, leaned down the wall, stepped under the lookout in three or two steps, and climbed up with his hands and feet. Before he reached the height of Diaodou, he stopped in mid-air in a daze: the small camp outside the enemy city on the opposite side opened widely, there were no letter cannons, no war drums, no shouts, and a large number of armor soldiers with bright armor rushed out, without even a pause, and the formation was completed during the march, and several phalanxes quickly pressed here.
The Tang Rider, who was in charge of guarding his side, immediately shouted and rode forward to meet him.
Guan Shengyun knew that they were trying to buy some time for themselves.
But the armoured soldiers on the opposite side were hardly disturbed: the spearmen on the periphery flattened the two-foot-long horse-resisting spears in their hands almost at the same moment, and their feet did not stop, and the whole phalanx pressed straight over. Behind each phalanx, there were twenty or thirty enemy cavalry pressing the formation, and a few of their own rangers had no chance to copy and harass.
The Tang horse's horse galloped to the tip of Bai Sensen's spear, changed direction suddenly, and swept past the outside of the phalanx, and the Tang soldiers on the horse swung their weapons at the team in vain, but the nearest one only grazed the opponent's spear head. Several pond horsemen were in a hurry, and even threw their sabers directly at the enemy's slashers, some were blocked, and those that were not blocked were smashed on helmets and armor, and it was only a slight stagnation under the feet of a few people, and several teams were still stunned and pressed over!
After a moment of astonishment, Guan Shengyun, who climbed up to fight Diao, gave a loud order: All arms for war! Set off a fireworks signal!
A letter cannon rang out, and the tooth flag was waved, conveying the order to prepare for battle to the armor soldiers outside the camp.
Several fireworks burst into the sky and exploded, echoing in the wilderness. Allies in other directions will also receive a message of a surprise attack from the enemy's main force in a matter of moments.
However, Guan Shengyun knew that when friendly troops came to support, they had to go around half of the city, and they had to maintain their physical strength during the march, and it would take an hour at the earliest.
During this time, you can only rely on yourself!
It must be too late to rush to the front line to personally command, but fortunately, the field of vision is still quite broad, and besides, the camp must not be lost.
The battalion soldiers who took turns in the big camp put on their armor one after another, and the whole team was in a chaotic manner.
Guan Shengyun looked at the enemy formation, and issued a series of flowing orders in his mouth, and the heralds shouted and rode out......
The troops who had just begun to rest were in a hurry when they heard the sudden warning sound, and they had to delay their precious time in preparing for battle.
Seeing the iron armor pulling and pulling each other to get up, Guan Shengyun realized that the high earthen fortress also obscured the sight of his own defense troops - the most important thing is that ordinary soldiers do not have a high lookout perspective, and they don't know anything about the enemy's attacking strength and formation!
Worst! In this case, the impact on morale may be fatal!
Distance in Rich.
In a few moments, the enemy's advance came around the earthen rampage and crashed into it.
Preventing counterattacks is not unplanned. However, because it was a siege battle, their own forces had an overwhelming advantage, and the large battalion was set up in the middle of the main road, and the preset battle scenario at that time was that the enemy desperately broke through and attacked the camp - the defense of the earthen fortress was not taken into account!
Lu Qi and Zhu Ma just put together hastily. The enemy formation stopped slightly, the front row refused to take up the pistol to protect, the unarmored auxiliary soldiers stepped forward to put on the rope, and several people worked together to drag, Guan Shengyun and Gu Baihua, who hurriedly got on the horse, were surprised to find that their own side was immediately exposed to the opponent's attack!
Although the incident happened suddenly, Gu Baihua was still a little proud of the performance of his subordinates: the Gangfeng battalion was the main battalion that had been in battle for a long time, and it could not be said to be perfect, and in a hurry, the basic formation of the teams in the whole battalion came out at once, and the unarmored archers had already fired the first round of feather arrows in a volley under the command of the team officer.
Seeing that there are still twenty or thirty zhang, the front lines of the two armies are about to collide together.
However, Gu Guerrilla still felt a little strange: the enemy did not change formation, and the two-foot-long spear was still in the front row. Not only is this spear useless in a scuffle, but it can also greatly hinder the fight - the sword and shield soldier only needs to use his shield to swing away the opponent's only stab, and the spearman can only throw away his weapon and run away! And because of the length, whether it is blocked or wielded, this weapon is much more threatening to the comrades around than to the enemy! Thinking of this, I couldn't help but feel a hazy uneasiness in my heart.
It's not clear, but, ominous!
In any case, buy time for the big camp too!
Gu Baihua's long knife pointed forward: "Meet the enemy!" ”
With the fourth round of feather arrows piercing the sky, the Gangfeng battalion faced the enemy formation and moved forward!
Almost at the same time, Guan Shengyun on Diao Dou gradually saw the structure of the enemy formation clearly, and shouted in shock and ordered: Stop the Gangfeng Battalion! Formation, Formation of Shields! Stay put!
However, the order to summon the generals leading the army in front to look back at the tooth banner relied on the letter cannon - it was too late!
The elite veterans of the Gangfeng Battalion saw the gun forest that was forced to three or four feet away, and they were immediately relieved: the one who sent the head is here! They all shouted and flew up to meet the ......
Gu Baihua, who was supervising the battle, heard a loud shout from the opposite side: "Squat!" ”
I saw that the spearmen in the front two rows of the enemy stopped in unison, half-squatting on the spot, and immediately exposed the armor soldiers behind! Their shields were still on their backs, their swords were still in their sheaths, and they held two javelins in their left hand and one in their right!
"It's over!"
As soon as this thought was turned in my heart, a row of javelins, brushing the helmets of the spearmen in the front row of the enemy, flew in, followed by the second and third waves!
Javelin three throws!
With the muffled sound of the iron blade entering the flesh, the screams suddenly sounded......
The daring elite of the Gangfeng Battalion was almost swept away!
After the three throws, without the slightest stagnation, without looking at the corpses on the ground and the wounded soldiers struggling in the pool of blood, the enemy's sword and shield soldiers pounced without stopping!
In the fight, Guan Shengyun looked at the battle situation not far ahead.
An enemy slashed at the neck of an unarmored archer, the blood spurted from the carotid artery splashed most of his face, and he didn't wipe the blood dripping from the eyebrows of the helmet and continued to swing the knife......
Two enemy soldiers in the siege of Tang Cavalry Pass 4.
Guan Si is his own righteous son, who is very good, relying on the advantage of horses to cover left and right. The third enemy slashed his opponent and turned around and stabbed the horse into the belly of the horse. The horse neighed and fell to the ground, and Guan Si's legs were crushed under the horse. I don't know if it's an illusion, and even in the noisy sound of blade clashing and shouting, the stunned Guan Shengyun vaguely heard a soft click of a broken leg, and in the blink of an eye, Guan Si was nailed to the ground with a short gun......
Pro-Barracks!
The enemy general's pro-barracks!