Chapter 65: Surprise Attack
The armies of Dafeng and Tufan fought many large-scale battles in the area from Wild Wolf Valley to Songpingba outside Wuling Prefecture. The cavalry battalion led by God also performed miraculous feats in battle, and was later transformed into a heavy armored cavalry battalion, with nearly 3,000 troops.
With the continuous arrival of the Tufan country's backup troops and strategic materials, the size of the Tufan army reached more than 400,000, which formed an advantage over the military strength of the Dafeng country. The army of Dafeng Guo could no longer form a frontal offensive with the Tufan army, so it had to retreat to the city of Wulingzhou, relying on the steep city, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and continued to compete with the Tufan army.
After the Dafeng army retreated to the city, the morale of the Tufan army rose greatly, and they began a frantic attack around the city of Wulingzhou, and released the wind to say that Wulingzhou would be captured within ten days.
The Tufan army sent a large number of archers, crossbowmen and catapult troops to drive close to the city to suppress the defensive fire on the city, and at the same time sent a large number of siege soldiers to carry siege ladders to forcibly attack the city.
Although the city of Wulingzhou is thick and the terrain is dangerous, it cannot withstand the enemy's numerous and comprehensive attacks. The archers in the city had to shoot at the crossbowmen outside the city on the one hand, and on the other hand, they had to defend against the siege echelons under the city walls, which was difficult to deal with. Later, Dafeng strengthened his troops on the city wall, and transferred infantry and cavalry to the city wall to defend.
However, the position on the city wall is limited, and the defensive strength of other troops you strengthen will occupy the position of the archers, and after the strength of the archers is less, the firepower of the city's assists will be more powerful, completely suppressing the long-range defense of the city, causing great casualties to the defending soldiers in the city.
After a few days of defending the city, although the city was not lost, the defenders suffered heavy losses. The daily crowds of siege soldiers put a lot of pressure on the city's defenses, and also caused serious damage to the outer walls of the city walls. Zhang Tianci, who was assisting in the defense on the city wall, saw that this defense was not a way, and he was very anxious.
He observed the situation on the battlefield in the city, and suddenly had a plan, and he hurriedly went down to the city to find the Cavalry Overseer King. When he saw the Overseer, he reported the situation of the battle and suggested to the Overseer: "Your Excellency, my cavalry is now assisting in the defense of the city walls, and it has not played a major role, but has suffered heavy casualties. On the contrary, the enemy archers were even more rampant outside the city, so we sent light cavalry to rush out of the city and intercept their crossbow troops to relieve the pressure on the city walls. ”
"If this works, I suggest that the cavalry be stationed under the walls outside the city for a long time, and form a defensive situation with the archers and crossbowmen on the walls. In this way, the enemy archers did not dare to approach rashly, for fear of being sniped by the cavalry of our army under the city, and the enemy archers had to retreat a certain distance, so that they could not shoot arrows up the city tower, and could not pose a threat to the city defense of our army, and the arrows sent by the archers on our city wall were condescending, and the range was just farther than the enemy's, and the result was that I could only shoot you, and you could not shoot me, so that the enemy archers completely lost their effect, and without the cover of the archers, let alone the attack of the siege soldiers. ”
When the Overseer King heard this, he pondered carefully for a while, and suddenly exclaimed, "What a plan, a good plan!" He had not taken the young officer seriously, but after listening to his advice, his eyes lit up and he was greatly appreciative.
The Overseer immediately took out a token from the case and handed it to the Heavenly Gift, ordering him to immediately lead five battalions of cavalry out of the north gate and smash the enemy archers' camp in an effort to deliver a devastating blow, and if it is difficult to return to the enemy's archery troops, the soldiers will divide into two routes, detour to the west gate and the east gate of the city and return to the city, and then send men to meet them at the two gates.
After receiving the order, he immediately summoned five cavalry battalions with a total of more than 10,000 men and horses under the north city gate, and he asked everyone to remove all the heavy armor, hold long knives, and ride lightly, so as to win with speed.
After the sound of a trumpet, the east city gate suddenly opened, Tianci took the lead, led the light cavalry troops from the city gate hole to rush out, out of the city gate, non-stop, ignoring the siege enemy troops surrounding the city edge, and rushed to kill the enemy archery position that went straight to dozens of zhang away.
The siege soldiers surrounding the city did not notice before the cavalry team shuttled through them. The archers behind were firing arrows at the towers with all their might, and they didn't notice a group of men and horses rushing straight towards them, and when the cavalry troops rushed in front of them, they thought it was the siege troops that had withdrawn from the front.
The sword fell, and immediately the arm of an archer flew up, spurting blood and flying in the air. When he kills the enemy, he does not kill the enemy, and kills the enemy soldier more than kills, and he believes that killing and wounding an enemy soldier will cause greater losses to the enemy than killing an enemy soldier. These disabled soldiers, who have lost their offensive power, can only bring more burdens to the enemy, and the war-weariness of the disabled soldiers will play a role in the demoralization of the army.
In close combat, archers are like meat on a board to cavalry, slaughtered by others, and have no power to fight back. The cavalry slaughtered the archers and crossbowmen like tigers, and in an instant, the 20,000-strong bow camp was slaughtered, and some of the remaining ones lost their bows and arrows and fled.
When the large army behind the archery battalion discovered the situation ahead and rushed to support, the cavalry troops led by Tianci had already withdrawn their troops, and the speed was staggering.
The archers on this side of the city, suddenly there were no arrows from the enemy, they suddenly felt relaxed, and immediately poured all their firepower on the siege troops under the city, and for a while, the siege soldiers under the city could not parry, and retreated one after another.
The retreating siege soldiers did not want to collide head-on with the retreating cavalry troops, and were slaughtered in a frenzy. The cavalry units took advantage of the enemy's defeat and rushed back and forth in the rout.
The siege soldiers also couldn't figure out the situation, and thought that they were suddenly surrounded by the other side, so they panicked for a while, threw away their armor, took the road and fled, and immediately collapsed and retreated.
After the cavalry led by Tianci achieved a great victory, they did not pursue, and when the enemy retreated, Tianci did not let the troops return to the city, but asked the soldiers defending the city to close the city gate immediately. Then, he quickly commanded and arranged these more than 10,000 cavalry troops, lined up along the outer city wall, in a state of alert, ready to rush forward at any time to attack the enemy army.