Chapter 4 Breaking Door

Hold on to the front and wait for help!

determined that it was the enemy general's pro-military camp in person, and Guan Shengyun immediately had a countermeasure.

As soon as he got started, he smashed out of the pro-barracks, and it seemed that the enemy wanted to break through the siege with a dying fight.

Breaking the siege? Hehe! Easier said than done!

Set up camp!

The seemingly simple four words are exchanged for how many lives! If you want to break the siege, you have to capture the opponent's camp, and then run along the official road - otherwise, you will run out of physical strength in half a day, and after three or two days, you will starve to death in the barren mountains and wilderness, not to mention the chasing soldiers!

And the big camp - how can you break it if you say it?

Your own side has the advantage of troops, as long as you control the rhythm of the battle, you are not afraid of heavy losses - when friendly forces from other directions arrive, not only will the battlefield initiative still be in your own hands, but it is even likely that you will eat all the enemies in one bite!

At that time, the city will be in the bag. The enemy general has a personal guard, and he may be able to run away, but the prefect will definitely not be able to run away - where can he run? Losing your land is a capital crime, if you run away, aren't you afraid that the court will kill your whole family? An empty city without defenders, the prefect must want to burn the treasury first and then commit suicide, but no one will listen to him, and if he is tied up and sent over, he will not have a chance to hang himself - who is not afraid of the slaughter of the city by the occupying army who have nothing to vent their anger?

Guan Shengyun dispelled the idea of counterattacking and gave the order to stick to the camp:

The crossbowmen of each battalion were all on the wall, the two battalions with slightly inferior combat strength were arranged to the inner trench to rely on the defense of the horses, and their own personal battalion and another main battalion were held in their hands to stand by for counterattack......

The Gangfeng battalion had been hit hard at the beginning, and had been suppressed near the camp gate, and it was difficult to form a formation. But this is very good: after all, it is the main battalion, under the leadership of experienced officers, fruit commanders and veterans, there are small war groups everywhere, blocking the camp gate tightly, and for a while, the enemy will not be able to rush in no matter what-but, if you fight like this, the Gangfeng battalion will pay a great price - but, then again, as long as Gu Baihua can withstand a handful of hours, it is worth being disabled: as long as you can eat this batch of enemies, the exchange ratio is not a loss!

was thinking about it, and suddenly saw a new movement in the direction of the enemy city. Leading the way were more than a dozen carriages, galloping all the way. Running behind was a team of unarmored auxiliaries.

The carriage galloped to the entrance to the tunnel behind the earthen ramparts, and came to an abrupt end. Dozens of thieves in the car jumped down, and under the command of a guy, they unloaded the large and small sacks and threw them into the hole, and in less than half a burnt of incense, they were piled up above knee height. The leader guy has leather armor on his upper body and an iron helmet on his head - it seems to be the general manager of the auxiliary battalion, he took out a fire sickle, lit a torch, looked back at himself, let go of his hand, and the torch fell straight down......

The red tongue of fire mixed with black smoke suddenly burst up......

Guan Shengyun even felt that this thief turned his head and smiled at himself when he was about to lose the torch!

Another group of unarmored auxiliaries quickly dispersed as they ran. In a group of three: one person wields a knife and cuts off the aerated bamboo, one person quickly nails the wooden wedge into the bamboo joint, and the third person picks up the hammer and tamps the ...... Meanwhile, the first thief is already cutting down a bamboo!

Almost not long later than the tongue of fire, from the earthen rampart to the city wall, a piece of bamboo ground sparsely scattered, there was a passage about five zhang wide. Beside the passage, there are occasionally three or five bamboo snorkels smoking, and in the blink of an eye, another enemy rushes over......

Finished!

Guan Shengyun looked at it with tears in his eyes. In order to confuse the defenders, the tunnel did not go straight, but made a big bend and inserted a bamboo, but the enemy general still clearly judged the general direction of the tunnel!

I'm afraid that the lives of hundreds of people in the tunnel will not be saved.

Guoqinglin on the camp wall beat the wooden fence and howled.

At the last moment, the 200 people who had just been rotated in were all veterans with rich experience in cave attacking, and the pits under the city foundation were their masterpieces: where water could seep, where it was easy to collapse, and where the destructive power was greatest after the wooden stakes were burned on top...... All of them are connoisseurs. Although they are auxiliary soldiers, in peacetime, Guoqian is always reluctant to send them to do life-threatening tasks such as filling ditches and digging piles. If you train such a group of people, you don't have to think about it for a year and a half.

Guan Shengyun didn't think about counterattacking, the pro-military battalion guerrilla Guan Jianlin was already commanding the sons to counterattack. However, the Gangfeng battalion was crushed at the gate of the camp, blocking the only way out, and the price of the enemy's inability to break through - it was impossible to rush out by himself!

Guan Shengyun, who was anxious, finally saw that in the distance, a cloud of dust rose from both sides of the enemy city:

Reinforcements are coming!

Without much concern, Guan Shengyun gave the order to speed up: a cluster of red fireworks bloomed over the camp.

Rush to the vicinity first, stop a little to recover your strength, and then close in!

As long as you create a relatively large momentum, your army's morale will quickly stabilize, and the enemy will be caught off guard.

Stabilize your position and then fight back - hum, who will kill the deer, it is not yet known!

Two fireworks were set off in friendly directions, indicating the receipt of orders. Subsequently, the speed was significantly accelerated. Seeing that there are less than two miles left, the two support armies will be able to arrive at the battlefield almost at the same time!

Although a long-distance attack in armor is too much of a waste of physical strength, and the troops will not be able to engage in battle for a while, the close proximity of the army will cause great psychological pressure on the enemy, and the morale of your own side will quickly rise......

Tong!

Tong!

Two trumpets were heard from the direction of the enemy city!

Well.

Enemies with a view advantage must have spotted reinforcements earlier. The armor on the front line has been fighting for so long, and the physical strength should almost reach the limit, so it's time to gather the troops and retreat.

There were about 1,000 enemy soldiers in front of him. Needless to say, the five hundred pro-military battalions, looking at the combat strength, the other should also be the main battalion, and it is all fought out in one go, do you dare to let the officials defend the city? If that's the case, hehe, Ben Shuai doesn't mind an immediate general attack!

Suddenly, two puffs of smoke and dust rose from under the enemy's walls, and two teams suddenly appeared from the smoke and dust, and slammed into the reinforcements without flank protection!

Burst door!

The enemy general actually secretly carved out two protruding gates on the north and south city walls in advance, just waiting for reinforcements!

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Although it is not true from a long distance, in the direction of the two support armies, the dust raised is no longer a straight line, but gradually spreads outward in a slight fan, and the two generals are no longer visible.

Guan Shengyun stumbled and almost fell from Diao Dou.

Defeated!

Exhausted and unsuspecting by the rapid march, the friendly forces were crushed and fled in all directions. As soon as the flag is lowered, the troops completely lose their command, and it is impossible to form combat effectiveness in a short period of time.

"Mingjin." Guan Shengyun sighed and said helplessly.

Hearing the long sound of cymbals, the armorers of the Gangfeng Battalion gradually gathered together, from groups of three to five, and then merged into squads, and the squads approached each other to form a line. Although defeated, Gu Baihua must be rewarded: from rushing to meet the enemy to fighting to the death, the performance of the Gangfeng Battalion is remarkable! This brute really put his heart into it.

With a trumpet, a blue and white flag was planted next to the handsome flag in the camp, and then the two flags leaned forward. The two flags on the left and right trenches were lit forward, which was a response flag, indicating that the commander's order had been received. Then, to the sound of drums, the two stragglers began to converge and converge into two phalanxes behind the side of the drawbridge at the camp gate.

The enemy's physical strength was also greatly reduced, and they did not take advantage of the situation, and also slowed down the pace of the attack, and the armored soldiers in the back row stepped forward to replace their comrades in the front row, who were hunched over and gasping for breath with their bloodstained weapons.

Almost at the same moment, another cannon was fired in the direction of the tower, followed by a puff of fireworks: it seemed that the enemy general had also decided to withdraw his troops.

The two strange soldiers who came out of the sudden gate had already understood the combat mission, and did not chase and kill the routed soldiers, and immediately stopped when they saw the fireworks signal, and quickly moved closer to the headquarters general flag. As soon as the troops were retracted, the two flags hung deeply in the direction of the earthen ramparts, and the soldiers stepped forward with heavy steps.

The enemy's main attacking force also changed formation. Due to the potential energy of the attack, the front line is constantly pressed forward, and the wounded soldiers on both sides are trapped behind the attacking front line - no need to ask, their own wounded soldiers will all become the first class of the enemy's soldiers.

In the sky above the enemy city, two fireworks bloomed again.

The enemy's attacking phalanx began to slowly retreat, passing through the covering formation of the two odd troops. The unarmored auxiliaries who had just blocked the vents and filled the tunnels were all gathered behind the formation, and at this time they all stepped forward to pick up the wounded, either on their backs, and the seriously wounded and the dead were placed on empty carriages and retreated sharply towards the city.

The three battle formations alternately took cover, and gradually disappeared into the camp in front of the city.

What a great enemy!

What a guts!

What a spirit!

Guan Shengyun couldn't help but cheer for his opponent in his heart!

Two thousand soldiers, pouring out, also mobilized at least a thousand auxiliaries. Surrounded by enemies on all sides, they dare to leave behind an almost undefended empty city! And never be greedy for merit, and immediately retreat when you achieve your tactical goals!

Such an opponent must be dealt with carefully in the days that follow.

Two green fireworks rose in the distance, which was the signal from the reinforcement general to rein in the rout. Guan Shengyun didn't have the heart to look at these at all, his eyes were fixed on the entrance of the cave attack. As soon as the enemy retreated, Guo Guolin did not wait for the order, and led the auxiliary soldiers who had just been rotated to rush out of the camp gate, and frantically cleaned up the filled hole.

It's too late!

Guan Shengyun thought to himself. Oil-soaked straw and horse manure – smoke harvests life much faster than a sword.

Guan Jianlin also drove out of the camp by himself with the Breaking Sky Camp, but he did not pursue with his tail - surprisingly, the enemy did not kill the wounded soldiers who fell to the ground - Guan Shengyun's personal battalion was dragged by the wounded soldiers of the Gangfeng Battalion who were wailing all over the ground!

That's it.

Guan Jianlin and Gu Baihua are sworn brothers, and besides, the Gangfeng battalion has already been injured in this battle, and it is impossible to say that the wounded soldiers will be thrown to the ground to bleed anyway - although Guan Shengyun is very aware of the sinister intentions of the enemy generals: two or three hundred wounded will add a lot of burdens to himself.

The enemy city erupted in cheers. The armorers forgot their tiredness and struck their shields with their weapons.

These vulgar military men then used the most simple way - shouting - to pay tribute to their commander.

Demonstrate to a strong enemy!

Tips.

In ancient warfare, in addition to beating drums and sounding gold, there were many complex tactical orders.

Drumming is a unified action signal for all soldiers, in fact, it is not as simple as we usually imagine "listening to the drum and advancing and retreating", there are more differences - for example: a drum, often represents the preparation for war, the second pass represents the advance, the three links represent the charge (wearing armor and a body of iron dozens of catties, the limit sprint distance is more than ten twenty or thirty meters, before reaching this distance, you can only walk quickly, otherwise running over is to send people to the head), continuous drumming indicates continuous attack, a pass gold is to stop the attack and refuse to defend on the spot, The second pass is a slow retreat......

The general will also convey individual orders to each battalion and team, such as Battalion A retreating, Battalion B and Battalion C advancing forward, and finally completing the encirclement. So there are also ways to convey this kind of personalized command, generally with flags.

The ancient military system was often set according to the five elements, and the gold, wood, water, fire, and earth corresponded to the five armies in the front and back, and the flags of each army were divided into five colors: green, yellow, red, white, and black. The same is true of the battalions below the corps, which are distinguished by a border. For example, the Chinese army is a yellow flag, so the five battalion flags under the Chinese army with yellow as the main color are distinguished by blue, yellow, red, white and black tooth edges. The commander will ascend to the rear to watch the battle, and give orders to the officers of different battalions according to the battle situation, which will be conveyed through the flags corresponding to the colors of this team.

During the battle, everyone's attention is on the front, so the letter cannon is used as a way to remind the generals in front to look back and observe and accept orders - when they hear a sound behind them, the front-line generals look back: they are the green flag, and the green flag moves behind, so they either advance or retreat to obey the order and move the red flag, which has nothing to do with themselves, and continue to fight......

Similar tactics include fireworks, which can convey orders farther, especially in the morning and dusk, when the colors of the flag are difficult to identify.

The beacon fire and wolf smoke is also a means of transmitting military information, and it can also convey more complex information: one note represents the enemy's tracks, two notes represent the scale of a thousand people, and there are horse teams and three pillars represent a large number of attackers...... In addition, there will be soldiers holding blankets to cover them, so that the smoke columns observed in the distance will appear to be discontinuities like Morse codes, so that more complex information can be transmitted (some people will ask, why don't the soldiers on the beacon run quickly when they see the enemy all over the mountains, or simply descend, and spend precious time fleeing to report the news?). Very simple. Those who guard the beacon are all people who have been selected to drag their families with them - if you run away without reporting the enemy, the whole family will die).

Of course, particularly complex tactical orders can only be delivered directly to the front-line generals by the heralds running into the battlefield.