Chapter 214: Half-Crossing Attack
"Tonight is the best time to seize the Tiger Prison Pass, the first to seize the pass will be rewarded with 10,000 taels of silver, the official will be promoted to three levels, the head of the enemy will be rewarded with 100 taels of silver, the official will be promoted to two levels, and the head of the enemy will be rewarded with 10 taels of silver." Liu Ke's previous plans all failed, Fan Xiwen asked the First Army to cooperate with the field regiment, and after receiving the order, Liu Ke ordered the troops to start preparing for battle, but on the surface, he pretended that he had no intention of launching an attack for the time being.
When the field regiment successfully entered the Tiger Prison Pass, Liu Ke ordered all the soldiers to secretly prepare for the assembly, Liu Ke is also a veteran who has been fighting on the battlefield for many years, so it is clear that Lu Zhi will definitely not succeed so easily after the night attack comes to the Tiger Prison Pass, so Liu Ke can only wait for the complete chaos in the city to attack, and that time is the best time.
Maybe Liu Ke was able to take out the telescope smoothly after Fan Xiwen's careful calculation, because at this time Liu Ke maximized the function of the telescope, and the night vision function of the telescope made Liu Ke clearly see that most of the defenders on the tiger prison were missing, and the other small part was also absent-minded, Liu Ke knew that the time had come, so he issued a military order to attack.
The catapult and grenadier units were all left behind in the camp, as they were not needed for tonight's battle.
The place where Liu Ke went down is still a little far from the Tiger Prison Pass, which is also to prevent the Tiger Prison Pass from suddenly sneaking attack, but fortunately, Liu Ke moved the army out early, and the army can arrive in less than a quarter of an hour from the Tiger Prison Pass at this time. Tonight's reward for silver is the highest for Liu Ke, and the heroism of the breaker alone is enough to make all the Jizhou troops crazy.
"How~~." The long whistling sounded above Liu Ke's head, Liu Ke reflexively picked up the telescope hanging on his neck and saw that the sky was pitch black, and even the moon was blocked, what was the situation?
"Order the troops to speed up the march," Liu Ke saw the fame, tonight in addition to the navy, the navy, land and air forces will be all together, this grand occasion is not something that ordinary people can enjoy, and only a Xiongguan like Tiger Prison Pass and a veteran like Lu Zhi can watch this wonderful scene, Lu Zhi didn't say a word before he was captured, he was sorry for Fan Xiwen's kind arrangement.
In addition to the flying squadron, there are only gods and demons who can have the ability to cover the sky and the moon, looking at this situation, it is very likely that the entire flight squadron is dispatched, and forty gliding delta wings are lined up in the air in a huge phalanx, full of momentum, Liu Ke can feel the blood boiling just by looking at a vague shadow, this scene is really spectacular.
The troops accelerated under Liu Ke's order, and the Jizhou army, carrying the ladder, soon approached the Tiger Pass. In fact, Liu Ke spent a lot of money tonight in order to mobilize the enthusiasm of the soldiers, the most obvious of which is that the first to seize the pass will be rewarded with 10,000 taels of silver, which is basically to say that the silver is thrown on the ground for people to pick up, and after Xu Chu did this, there are not a few defenders who continue to stand guard on it, either to fight the fire or to see the house.
After the ladder was added, there was no obstruction at all, and when the Jizhou army climbed the wall, it was found that there was actually a big chaos inside, this was a good time, and the Jizhou army began to kill the enemy in an orderly manner under the command of the officer. At this time, there was no suspense for the Jizhou army to occupy the Tiger Pass.
But just when Liu Ke thought that the overall situation had been decided, countless Han troops were pouring out from the darkness, followed by sharp arrows, and the Jizhou army was caught off guard and immediately left dozens of corpses, and the pace of advance was suddenly blocked.
The Han army, under the command of the generals, quickly formed a shield wall, and the purpose was already obvious, that is, not to let the Jizhou army take another step forward. The Jizhou army was attacked by this sudden attack on the stone ladder under the city wall and couldn't go down at all, at this time the situation was a bit scolding and fucking, there were only 10,000 Jizhou troops on the city wall, and tens of thousands of Jizhou troops were standing under the ladder waiting to go up, but there was no place above.
It's the same for a half-way attack, and it's easiest to lose command if the enemy gets stuck here.
"Archer shooting." A cold voice sounded in the Han army, but it was a little old, it was the voice of Lu Zhi, who had just taken over Liu Chang's military power.
Lu Zhi was very tired, very tired, although he had prepared in his heart that the opponent should not be underestimated, but Lu Zhi only now understood that he still underestimated the opponent. The field regiment mixed into the pass, and immediately ordered the defenders to strictly guard their posts and send additional men to defend the city, which was the most effective way, because Lu Zhi knew that only a small group of enemy troops came in, and their purpose was nothing more than to mess up the pass, and then the Jizhou army would take the opportunity to tackle the key problems, so it was the king to defend tightly and not to mess up the position at the critical moment.
However, the enemy's cleverness obviously exceeded Lu Zhi's expectations, with more than 300 people to contain the 5,000 forbidden troops sent out to encircle and suppress, and also took out most of the men and horses to set fire everywhere to attract all the defenders and successfully caused a riot, when these things happened, Lu Zhi's side was also a mess, and finally he had to order his lieutenant general to lead people to organize the fire to save himself, and he personally led the 5,000 forbidden troops who were wandering around blindly to block here, no matter how to toss in the pass, there was only one purpose, So Lu Zhi decided to get straight to the point.
Sure enough, Lu Zhi blocked a positive one, but this was a bit unbearable for Lu Zhi, no matter how good the timing was, it couldn't stop the people from being afraid of death. What's more, does a rogue army like the Jizhou Army look like the kind of people who make up for the arrows by themselves? You must know that these people have a crossbow in their hands, although they usually don't carry many crossbow arrows on their bodies, but there are still five consecutive shots in the crossbow plus an arrow box.
Lu Zhi ordered the arrows to be released, and the Jizhou army also escaped with the crossbow arrows, and they didn't even have time to aim at the bottom of the shot, and immediately let the Han soldiers turn over on their backs, wailing all over the field, but the shield wall blocked in front still did not move at all, this shield is made of pure iron, extremely hard, only the person who carries the shield behind can hold it, and it will be completely trivial to carry it for a while and a half.
If the war goes on, it will be unfavorable for Xu Chu, because the longer it drags on, the more casualties will be, but although it is beneficial to the Han army, in the end they are destined to be unable to hold the Tiger Pass, and the Jizhou army has more than 10,000 people.
The most important thing is that in addition to the field regiment and Jinyiwei, there is also a unit that entered the Tiger Prison Pass before the Jizhou army, and that force has been hovering over Lu Zhi, but because the visibility is too low at night, the flying squadron has not yet discovered the Han army below.
After the first round of crossbow arrows, the shield wall that was still strong made Liu Ke, who had just come up, quite annoyed, so Liu Ke coolly made a trumpet shape with both hands and shouted loudly to the sky: "Above, help Ben knock out the people below." The sound was loud, even from fifty meters above it, and soon there was a whistling sound, much like that of an eagle.
After getting the affirmative answer from the flying squadron, Liu Ke immediately asked the Jizhou army to throw down the torches left on the city wall, which could be regarded as a guide for the flying squadron.
"It's not good," Lu Zhi had a hint of foreboding in his heart, just because of the whistling sound of an eagle.