Chapter 895: Counterattack
The house in Zengtou City was deliberately created under the design of Zeng Lane, and the courtyard of the houses in Zengtou City was combined to be a battle fortress. In tonight's street fighting, this battle fortress exerted unimaginable power, forming a one-sided massacre of the Liangshan soldiers who broke into the town.
Zeng Lang designed such a battle fortress, was it for the soldiers and horses of Liangshan? Of course not, his battle fortress was for the officials and soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty.
Since Zeng Tou City raised a sizable army, Zeng Lane had to guard against such a day sooner or later.
Although his relationship with the neighboring government has always been very good, but he knows a truth very well, that is, people are afraid of being famous, pigs are afraid of being strong, and there is such a strong armed force in Zengtou City, which is a matter that can't contain the fire in paper, and sooner or later it will be known by the imperial court, which emperor would tolerate the existence of such a strong armed force within his own borders?
The reason why forces such as Wang Qing, Fang La, and Tian Hu can still be at ease in a corner is not because the Great Song Dynasty connived at them, but because they were stained with the light of the Tangut people, and the strategy of the Tangut people was to take advantage of the opportunity of your Song State to "seize the outside must first settle the inside" to seize your land, so Zhao Jicai couldn't take care of the interior for the time being, and chose to go directly to the outside.
Zeng Lane once believed that once the Song-Xia War ended, it would be time for these local armed forces to be wiped out.
Facts have proved Zeng Rong's judgment, he just didn't expect that after the end of the Song-Xia War, the first object of the Song court's conquest was Liangshan. Who would have thought that Chao Gai and the others would be so poor and crazy that they would even dare to rob the Birth Gang?
Unlike Wang Qing, Fang La, Tian Hu and even Chao Gai Song Jiang, these forces finally have a way out of Zhao'an, but Zengtou City does not, Zengtou City has worked hard for so many years, and it is to serve the Dajin Kingdom, how can it be possible to make a wedding dress for the Great Song Dynasty and let the Great Song Bai pick up such a big bargain?
Especially in recent years, Wanyan Zongwang has repeatedly instructed and explained the strategic intention of attacking the Great Song Dynasty in the future, and Zengtou City, as the advance team of the Jin State, must be carefully prepared.
So he built this war fortress out, in order to prevent the enemy from several times his own situation, once this happens, you can hold out, waiting for the clan to come to help, the core area of the fortress has enough food reserves, even if you don't count the grain and grass prepared for the upcoming Jin army, the original food reserves are enough for 20,000 soldiers and civilians to survive for half a year.
No one expected that the defense system that Zeng Lane had so carefully built was hit by the people of Liangshan, and the well-trained soldiers of Zengtou City in the dark night were all hidden in the courtyards of the houses, while the men and horses of Liangshan were exposed to the streets, and the result was naturally a one-sided massacre.
Song Jiang was shocked when he got the news, and he didn't know how to deal with it at all, so he just rubbed his hands and muttered, "What should I do then?"
Guan Sheng couldn't hold back any longer, and said loudly: "What else can I do? Order the withdrawal of troops? Quickly withdraw the men and horses inside, continue to maintain the situation of encirclement, and wait until dawn tomorrow." ”
Guan Sheng is not the boss, so although the way he said it was the only way to deal with it at this time, the heralds under him did not react. The herald only listened to the boss, and the current boss was Song Jiang.
Song Jiang also didn't care about Guan Sheng's offense to him, and reprimanded the herald: "What are you doing in a daze?
As soon as the herald was about to move, Guan Sheng said impatiently: "Since the lord of Song Zhai approves of Guan's method, why does the herald need to convey it?" Then he shouted loudly: "The Liangshan brothers in Zengtou City listen to the truth, the enemy is dark and I am bright at night, which is not conducive to the battle, and the lord of Song Zhai asks you to withdraw immediately and withdraw to the starting point to surround and kill the enemy......"
Guan Sheng's internal strength is strong, not comparable to ordinary people, this order, trapped in Zengtou City and waiting to be killed, Liangshan soldiers immediately executed, and broke through to their respective ways.
Although more than half of the 25,000 men and horses who entered Zengtou City had lost at this time, the remaining 10,000 soldiers were divided into four groups and still had the power to fight, even if they couldn't fight the enemy hidden in the shadows, it was absolutely okay to run out.
I only heard Lin Chong, Qin Ming and Dong Ping summoning their subordinates to break through one after another, but their voices were getting farther and farther away from the center of Zengtou City.
We can't defeat you who are hiding in the shadows, so we can withdraw to the head office, right? Is it so easy to completely annihilate our Liangshan people? Thinking of this, Song Jiang woke up from his panic, and everything will only wait for the withdrawal of all the troops.
Half an hour later, the retreat was complete, but just as the Liangshan soldiers were about to breathe a sigh of relief, bad luck struck again.
I only heard Lin Chong, Qin Ming, and Dong Ping shouting angrily in the three camps in the east, west, and north respectively, and knew that tonight's battle was far from over, and even if half of the men and horses successfully retreated to the starting point, they would inevitably encounter even more strange attacks.
"Watch out for Shi Wengong!"
"It's Shi Wengong! He captured Suo Chao!"
"Su Ding, you shameless villain, can you only sneak attack, do you dare to confront someone head-on?"
Except for the southern camp where Song Jiang is located, similar changes have occurred in the other three camps in the east, west and north, and you can know from the angry shouts of the three generals and five tiger generals that Shi Wengong and Su Ding came out with people to sneak attack.
The Liangshan soldiers' guess was correct, it was indeed Shi Wengong and Su Ding, as well as the five tigers of the Zeng family, who were launching a sneak attack.
How could the generals of Zengtou City not think of the method that Guan Sheng could come up with? First, he relied on the terrain fortifications to slaughter the enemy, and after the enemy woke up and retreated, he attacked and killed the enemy in the three large camps in the east, west, and north.
The four camps in the east, west, north and south originally had tunnels that communicated with the middle camp, and the five tigers of the Zeng family counterattacked the North Camp, and Shi Wengong and Su Ding counterattacked the east and west camps respectively, but they let go of the South Battalion, which was the strongest enemy army.
The tactical purpose of the Zeng family five tigers is to attack and harass, and to contain Dong Ping's men and horses can not take care of other areas, Shi Wengong and Su Ding, the east and west, are the focus of the attack, this time after the counterattack, several leaders of the two large battalions in the east and west were captured, including even hussar generals such as Suo Chao, Yang Zhi, and Mu Hong.
The reason why he chose to capture but not kill was because before launching a counterattack, Zeng Lang asked Shi Wengong and Su Ding to do so. Because in case Yan Zongwang's Jin army arrives late, and the reinforcements of the Great Song Dynasty are endless, Zengtou City will have one last resort - to threaten the lives of these leaders and delay negotiations with the other party.
Of course, Zeng Lang is not a soft-hearted person, as long as the Jin army arrives, then he will not leave any of these captured Liangshan leaders.