Chapter 37 Attack on Dingxiang County
Hugh's butcher was caught off guard by the Han army that rushed up, and the archers quickly pulled away. A series of sharp arrows were fired at the onrushing cavalry, and the cavalry suddenly fell again.
Jin En, who was still fighting with Xu Huang, was stunned, and he was already at a disadvantage with Xu Huang, and this distraction suddenly felt a pain in his abdomen, and a piece of blood flew in the air.
Xu Huang made a successful move, and the offensive was even more fierce. The big axe of the mountain is attacking the key point of Jin'en.
Jin En barely resisted a few moves, and his head was cut off by Xu Huang with an axe. The few remaining horsemen saw that King was killed, and hurriedly turned their horses' heads to escape. But he was knocked to the ground by a feathered arrow shot from behind.
The instantaneous change of the battlefield caught everyone off guard, and the Han army, which was still in danger just now, now has the upper hand completely, and even the foot soldiers led by A Guduo have suffered heavy losses, and they hurriedly turned around and fled. Fortunately, the Han army had no cavalry and was able to quickly break away from the battle.
Looking at the Hugh Tu soldiers who were gradually moving away, Wang Gang, you ordered to give up the pursuit, clean up the battlefield, and count the casualties.
Jia Xu walked to Wang Gang's side, saluted and said.
"I almost hurt Wang Taishou in my stupidity, and I ask for forgiveness"
"Why did Mr. Jia say this, if it weren't for Mr. Jia's timely rescue, I'm afraid I would have died in Huangquan" Wang Gang showed a smile in front of him, thinking of the danger just now, and he still had palpitations.
It turned out that Jia Xu only thought later that if the king had just traveled to a wide place, he would be pinned down by the Hutu cavalry, and he would not be able to advance or retreat. At first, he only considered the ambush of the Hugh butchers, and did not think that the Hugh butchers were ambushing in a wide area.
"General," Xu Huang walked over and whispered.
"How many casualties did our army have?" asked Wang Gang.
"All the pikemen were killed, and the archers suffered more than 600 casualties," Xu said.
Although Wang Gang was mentally prepared, his heart couldn't help but twitch when he heard the number of casualties.
More than half of the casualties also made Jia Xu next to him feel some pressure. If more than half of the casualties of the ordinary army had been caused, it would have caused the rout of the large army long ago, and even if Jia Xu arrived, he would not be able to return to the sky.
"Send someone to bury the body, and the others rest in place for half an hour," Wang Gang commanded.
Then Wang Gang said about the Hugh Tu reinforcements, and Jia Xu pondered for a while and said.
"According to the time, Zhang Duwei should take Xiangping County, and he is on his way to Dingxiang County, and Jinhuan, the leader of Hutu, did not come, he should have gone to stop Zhang Duwei, but I can't understand why Jinhuan will personally lead the troops to go instead of coming to besiege and kill Wang Taishou."
"I can't figure it out, let's go to Dingxiang County first."
After Wang Gang finished speaking, he gathered his troops and set off again and headed for Dingxiang.
Just when Wang Gang led the troops to the north gate of Dingxiang County, he looked at Dingxiang County, which was three zhang high. The county seat of Dingxiang is built on the mountain, with only the south gate, the west gate, and the north gate. To the east is Yandang Mountain, a natural barrier in Dingxiang County.
Wang Gang looked at the defenders above in horror. Apparently it was Hugh Tu who had just escaped.
"Siege," Wang Gang yelled.
Hundreds of soldiers carried simple ladders towards the city gates. Hutu's archers on the city walls also shot their bows and arrows to block. A column of archers also came out of the Han camp and fired at the city wall. Although the city walls were dominant, they gradually lost the upper hand.
Ah Guduo looked at the Han army that was gradually climbing up, and felt a lot of pressure. If he loses Dingxiang County, Jinhuan will definitely not let him go. Hurriedly ordered the soldiers to go and report to Jin Xuan. Only the 2,000 soldiers of Jinhuan can keep Dingxiang County from losing.
There were more and more Han troops on the city wall, and there was a leader with a big axe in his hand, and the slaughter of the Hugh slaughter was terrified.
Although Dingxiang County looked precarious, it was impossible for the Han army to capture it.
After all, only these few hundred soldiers could go to the city wall of the Han army, and no more soldiers rushed to the city wall.
The battle fell into a stalemate, only until the sun set in the west, the Han army only occupied part of the city wall, and no soldiers rushed up the city wall, and the Hugh Tu soldiers did not step forward, just stood in the distance and watched the Han soldiers on the city wall.
To the south of Dingxiang County, Zhang Liao was wielding the long knife in his hand with difficulty. He couldn't remember how many people he killed, but from the fact that they were besieged on this mountain by the Hugh Tu soldiers led by Jin Huan, Zhang Liao repelled waves of attacks.
Seeing that the Hugh slaughter soldiers were about to rush to kill again, Wang Gang looked at the only two hundred soldiers left beside him, and the long knife in his hand became a little heavier.
At this moment, Hugh Tu suddenly retreated.
Zhang Liao was a little confused, could it be that the Hugh Tu soldiers planned to give up, although the casualties of the Hugh Tu soldiers were also very large, but it was obvious that they couldn't hold out for long.
"General, Hugh slaughtered the people withdrew, Hugh slaughtered the people withdrew," one of Zhang Liao's cronies ran to Zhang Liao's side and said.
"Let's go, let's catch up, it should be that my brother has made progress" Zhang Liao said and was about to gather troops to catch up.
"General, what should I do if Hugh slaughters people and cheats," the cronies persuaded.
"Send people to explore the road in front, gather soldiers, and prepare to go" Zhang Liao couldn't care so much.
After all, Wang Gang faced the Hun cavalry more dangerously, and the slightest carelessness would wipe out the entire army.
And on the mountainside of Yandang Mountain, a force of several hundred people was marching rapidly. The mountain road is difficult to navigate, and only one person can pass through the narrow places. On the other side, even if there is an abyss, if you are not careful, you will fall. In some places, the snow has not yet melted.
Gao Shun set aside and climbed a high slope, you can look down on the county seat at your feet, and you can also see the battle at the north gate.
After two days of rapid marching, they had reached the top of Dingxiang County.
"General, bypassing this mountain peak is to enter Dingxiang County," Gao Shun said, a centurion under his command.
"How many people are there in the pass ahead," Gao Shun said.
"About five hundred, several times more than the previous ones," said the centurion.
The group went around the mountain peak and saw a pass in front of them, and there were two arrow towers next to it.
Below was the Hugh Tu soldier, holding a scimitar in his hand, looking at the Han army in the distance with a confused expression.
"Rush over," Gao Shun said, and rushed forward first, knocking out the arrows that flew into him.
"The will to fall into battle, there is death but no life"
Immediately, more than 200 soldiers who had fallen into the camp rushed forward and killed them. Chu Yu no longer kept it, and bent his bow to shoot a fire miss, hitting the arrow tower. I saw a fire enveloping the tower, and the archers on it jumped down and fell to their deaths on the spot. ”
Hugh Butcher was startled by this sudden fire, and his eyes were frightened. Even Gao Shun next to him was shocked by this arrow, this Chu Yu was so powerful.
Originally, neither of them liked to talk, and there was almost no communication along the way.
Chu Yu made a meritorious contribution with one arrow, and the archers behind him fired a volley, shooting down all the archers of the other arrow tower.
Although Gao Shun has some psychological preparation for these archers, he has also seen them along the way. But now fifty paces away from the arrow tower, he can still hit all of them, which makes it a little difficult for him to get used to.
Originally, he was going to sacrifice some of the soldiers who were trapped, but now the two most threatening arrow towers have been wiped out in this way. made him admire Chu Yu even more.