Chapter 449: Fierce Battle (3)
Shen Hongjun took reinforcements and set off from the state city at the end of the year, and traveled all the way, and finally arrived at a place about ten miles away from the county seat in the middle of the day. Shen Hongjun looked at the sky, at this time, it was not yet dawn, "Send the order to go down, rest in place, and take a bite of dry food." Be careful not to start a fire, so let's just do it. "Shen Hongjun let people pass the order.
Everyone ran all night, and they were indeed tired enough. At this time, he didn't care about the heavy snow, so he sat on the ground, and then took out the dry food he was carrying, and gnawed it. Naturally, there is no water, but in the winter, there is snow everywhere, so grabbing a handful of snow and eating it is quite thirst-quenching.
The crowd rested for a quarter and a half of an hour, and then got back on their horses. At this moment, Dongfang turned a little pale, "From the river, let's go and attack Dongyi's camp and burn their grain and grass." Shen Hongjun took the lead and galloped forward.
There happened to be a flat place on the bank of the river in front of them, and everyone crossed the river from here, and then rushed all the way towards the camp of Dongyi.
This hour is the time when dawn is approaching, and it is actually the time when people are sleeping soundly. Dongyi's camp on Gao Li's side still has more than 5,000 people stationed, after all, there are still their grain and grass and other materials there, how can it be done if they don't send people to guard it? But they couldn't have imagined that there was a battle going on in front of them, and someone would come to attack their camp at this time?
In Dongyi's camp, the soldiers slept soundly. I don't get up very early in winter, and I usually get up at the beginning of the day or in the middle of the day. The soldiers who were on patrol in shifts were actually at their most sleepy, and seeing that the sky was about to dawn, they relaxed their guard and found a place to rest.
In winter, the ground is covered with a thick layer of snow, which does not allow the horses to run fast, but at the same time masks the shaking of the ground. By the time someone found out that something was wrong, the cavalry of the Great Zhou had already come to the front. "Enemy attack, hurry up, the enemy is coming." Soldiers on patrol shouted.
In Dongyi's camp, there was chaos. In their sleep, the soldiers heard the shouts and hurriedly got up to check. Some people were dressed in clothes, and they didn't even have time to take their weapons, but at this time, the people led by Shen Hongjun rushed all the way.
The cavalry of the Great Zhou, like an off-string arrow, quickly inserted into the Dongyi camp. Shen Hongjun rushed to the front, and the Fang Tian painting halberd in his hand was opened, sharp and uncontrollable, like the sickle of death, quickly harvesting the lives of Dongyi soldiers. The soldiers in the back were not to be outdone, and the weapons in their hands were waved away, and they directly killed a bloody road.
The soldiers of the 1,000th Great Zhou came directly to the place where the grain and grass were stored. After killing the guards of the soldiers, they set fire to the grain and grass storehouse, and guarded the perimeter to kill any Dongyi soldiers if they approached.
The forces on both sides were originally comparable, but the Great Zhou side came prepared, but Dongyi was caught off guard. Many of the soldiers were killed before they could come to their senses. The 5,000 soldiers and horses of the Great Zhou Dynasty only took more than a quarter of an hour to stir up the Dongyi camp, and many people died under the hooves of the horses.
The fire in the granary was already very strong, and the raging fire was now brighter than the sun that had just jumped out of the ground. The red flames quickly devoured everything.
In the sword light and fire shadow, there are few of Dongyi's 5,000 soldiers left. Shen Hongjun shouted, and then withdrew with the soldiers, quickly returned to the other side, and rushed to the soldiers besieging the county seat in Dongyi.
The raging fire here lit up half of the sky, and the soldiers who besieged the county seat in Dongyi had also discovered it at this moment. "It's not good, the big camp in our rear has been sneak attacked." Dongyi's general shouted bitterly. "Quick, hurry back." As he spoke, he was going to bring someone back to the rescue. There is so much food, it can't be burned for a moment and a half, and it is better to grab as much as you can than to have nothing left.
It's a pity that before they could move, countless cavalry had already rushed over on the opposite side, and it was Shen Hongjun who led people to rush over. At the same time, the gate of the county seat suddenly opened, and countless people rushed out of the city, and they also killed Dongyi's camp. At this moment, the Dongyi people were in a dilemma by the enemy.
After more than a day and a night of fighting, nearly 5,000 of the original 30,000 people were killed and more than 10,000 wounded. The rest of the people are also tired, tired and hungry. And the soldiers of Da Zhou, because they are defending the city, have few casualties, plus they all ate something last night, and their physical strength is much stronger. As soon as the two sides came into contact, the strength and weakness were immediately apparent, and the soldiers of Dongyi were soon no longer opponents.
Seeing this, Dongyi's generals had no choice but to lead people to rush out desperately. After all, there are more than 20,000 people, and the number of people is almost twice that of Da Zhou's side, and they rushed out like crazy, and Da Zhou's side really can't stop it.
Seeing this, Shen Hongjun hurriedly shouted, "Stop them, you can't let them run back again." ”
The soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty were also red-eyed at the moment, eager to devour these greedy invaders who had invaded other people's lands alive, and everyone used all their strength to kill the enemy as much as possible.
At this time, many people came from afar, and it was Shen Liang who arrived with reinforcements from Changdian County. With the addition of these 5,000 people, it is undoubtedly a great pressure on the Dongyi soldiers. They also tried their best to fight their way out of the bloody road.
At this time, those young men in the county town also came out with weapons. Although these people are not serious soldiers, they have also undergone some training when they are in various villages, plus the Northeast men, many of them have some skills. They didn't go through a fierce battle, and their physical strength was best preserved, so don't look at the fact that there are only more than a thousand people out, but when they fight, it will be difficult to resist.
Those Dongyi soldiers no longer have much fighting spirit, they just want to escape as soon as possible. A few Dongyi generals had good kung fu, and took the lead in rushing outside to kill, and finally tore open a hole and led the soldiers behind them to rush out.
How could the soldiers of the Great Zhou be willing to let them go? After following behind, he chased after him, and he kept chasing and chased across the river.
"Mingjin has withdrawn his troops, and he can't continue to chase after him." Shen Hongjun ordered the troops to be withdrawn at this time.
"General, why don't we take advantage of the victory to pursue it?" A general asked, puzzled.
Shen Hongjun shook his head, "Everyone's physical consumption is not light, it is not appropriate to catch up, as long as the siege of the county is relieved, the rest must be slowly figured out." ”
So, someone went to give the order, stop the pursuit, and quickly clean up the battlefield. In this battle, more than 10,000 Dongyi soldiers were killed, which can be regarded as a good result. The soldiers quickly cleaned up the battlefield and quickly helped the wounded brothers in to heal their wounds. If there is that kind of enemy army that is not completely dead, naturally you don't need to be polite, and it is easy to make up for it.
With so many enemy corpses, it is very difficult to dispose of them, and all of them are dug and buried, so how big a pit does it take? Later, Shen Hongjun said that it was enough to simply burn it on fire, saving effort. So, the soldiers stacked all the corpses of the Dongyi people together, and then set them on fire.
The fire burned, and a disgusting smell began to waft through the air.
"Let's go, let's go into town." Shen Hongjun took people and all entered the county seat.
"Thank you to the general for coming to the rescue, if it weren't for the timely arrival of the general's reinforcements, I'm afraid the county town would not be able to stand it." Wang Zhixian came up with someone.
Shen Hongjun waved his hand, "Hurry up and let someone prepare the meal, we have eaten, we have to hurry back." "Shen Hongjun led the troops to rescue, it was originally a dangerous move, in case it was known by the other side, the state city was afraid that it would be dangerous.
When Wang Zhixian heard this, he hurriedly asked people to prepare.
The reinforcements brought by Shen Hongjun and Shen Liang were also somewhat damaged, and at this time, everyone was also tired, and they all found a place to rest. Wang Zhixian mobilized many people in the city to help cook quickly. Half an hour later, the aroma of rice wafting out of the cauldron was already wafting out.
Shen Hongjun took people to eat some things in batches, and then everyone rested for a while, then got on the horse and went out from the West City Gate, all the way back to the state city.
There is no need to worry about exposing their whereabouts when they go back, the Dongyi soldiers on the opposite side of the county town are no longer afraid, and everyone is simply running on the main road. The horses were tired from the night's galloping, so they did not go back quickly.
About halfway through the walk, a spy rushed to report that the state city was indeed besieged by Dongyi soldiers. Shen Hongjun's heart sank, thinking that it was because he mobilized troops and horses last night and was discovered by Dongyi's spies, so they started to besiege the state city. "Let's go, we must hurry back."
At this time, they didn't care whether the horses were tired or not, and everyone galloped all the way towards the state city.
On the wall of the state city, Yun Zhen was wearing armor, holding a bow in his hand, and kept shooting arrows outside the city. On the opposite side, there was a crowd of black oppressors, and countless Dongyi soldiers rushed towards the city wall.
At dawn, the guards guarding the city noticed that something was wrong in the distance, as if there were many soldiers and horses approaching the state city. Yun Zhen took people up the city wall to take a look, and sure enough, it was Dongyi's army attacking. There were still 6,000 people left in the state city, so 3,000 people were transferred to guard the south gate, and 1,000 people were left to guard each of the remaining three gates.
The Dongyi soldiers were menacing, and they approached the south gate very quickly. The three thousand soldiers in the city, each bent their bows and arrows, and kept shooting arrows downward, but there were many people on the opposite side, and they gradually got closer and closer.
"General, the closer they get, our bows and arrows are not working." Someone shouted.
"Then throw the log down, and make sure you hold the city. The general led his troops to rescue the state city, maybe when he will come back, we must defend it, and we can't let these dogs attack. At this time, Yun Zhen also threw the bow and arrow in his hand to the side, and then turned around and joined the soldiers next to him, pryed the wood and smashed it into the city.