Chapter 202: Black Rider Raid
The formation of the enemy army began to change, and the large phalanx that had been assembled before began to move forward slowly, a small part of which went straight into the hills on both sides, and in front, the gray-armored sergeants who were advancing forward were densely packed, no less than 5,000 people.
The sound of neat military boots stomping on the ground reached everyone's ears, the phalanx was slowly moving forward, and the trebuchet in the middle of the phalanx was also moving slowly.
Huang Yuchen's eyes were cold, and he grabbed the long knife in his hand, ready to go. The sergeants in charge of the defense on both sides, bowstrings in their hands, held their breath and concentrated.
The enemy army never sent more than five thousand sergeants at once, and this did not include the enemy troops who entered the hills on either side. Even if the frontal can resist the enemy's attack, if the hills on both sides are occupied by the enemy, and the trebuchet is pushed up the hills, then the entire Changxiang City will be within the enemy's range.
And Yu Sheng has withdrawn the sergeants on the hills on both sides, and at present, there is no one in the hills to defend.
"Wow!
The enemy phalanx marched in orderly steps, and the sound of armor rubbing could be heard from time to time. The gray armor looked a little pale in the moonlight. As the enemy forces advanced from time to time, the pressure also increased.
"Get into range!"
The sergeant on the sentry quickly reported the enemy's movements, and the enemy in the front row had already entered the range of the longbow, but none of the sergeants made a move, they were waiting, waiting for the trebuchet to stop, waiting for the enemy to start a formal attack.
The front row of the enemy still carried a huge shield that was shoulder high, and the sergeants behind him each held a small shield in their hands to defend against the crossbows shot from the city, and unlike before, the enemy army appeared in the phalanx, which means that the enemy has the ability to counterattack upwards in the process of advancing. Judging from the overall sergeant equipment of the enemy army, it is not at all clear that it is not an elite army.
Huang Yuchen couldn't figure out why the enemy didn't join the crossbowmen in the previous attack, maybe it was to consume the war resources in the city more quickly? As soon as this idea appeared, it was immediately denied by Huang Yuchen, if it was really to consume resources, then killing a sergeant on his own side would be much more practical than consuming a few arrow feathers.
From this, it can be inferred that the sergeants who surrounded Changxiang City at the beginning may have been urgently dispatched nearby to reach Changxiang City through a rapid march, and because of the urgency of time, the advance unit of this enemy army was not equipped with crossbowmen. But as soon as they arrived in Changxiang City, they immediately began to attack the city, and they attacked frantically regardless of the cost, which was also something that Huang Yuchen couldn't figure out.
What Huang Yuchen didn't know was that the flames that suddenly appeared at the front gate of Changxiang City were several feet long, which really startled the generals of the enclave, their original plan was indeed to take Changxiang City in one go, but after seeing this situation, they temporarily changed their tactics.
In addition to the 20,000 reinforcements that have arrived now, more troops are still gathering in the direction of Changxiang City.
In the enclave, there are a total of three generals in charge of this battle, one is responsible for recapturing the Black Stone City Wall, one is responsible for the defense of Wufeng City, and the remaining one is responsible for the total annihilation of the East Wangfu sergeants who entered the enclave.
The 100,000 elite soldiers in the enclave were divided into three parts, responsible for the Blackstone City Wall, and 40,000 elites. Responsible for the defense of Wufeng City, 40,000 elites. And the elite who are responsible for annihilating the entry into the enclave, 20,000 people.
In the previous battle, about 10,000 elite troops were invested, but the sudden appearance of the fire array greatly disrupted the previous plan. The general of the enclave had no choice but to change his strategy and send the sergeants who had forcibly performed the signs in the enclave before to rush to Changxiang City.
And the 20,000 reinforcements that arrived in Changxiang City at this moment were only a part of the total number of reinforcements. The general used extraordinary means to forcibly recruit 40,000 sergeants over a large area of the entire enclave to encircle the iron cavalry troops of Dongwangfu, and these troops, basically without combat experience, can only play a delaying role.
Therefore, the generals of the enclave wanted to use a plan to let the soldiers of the Dongwangfu enter Changxiang City, and at the same time use a huge difference in strength to completely nail the soldiers of the Dongwangfu in Changxiang City, so as to achieve the effect of annihilating the army of the Dongwangfu.
And for the rest of his life, he coincided with the enemy generals in this matter, and he also wanted to use Changxiang City to wipe out these annoying enemy troops before the battle in Wufeng City.
Therefore, such a battle to invite the king into the urn began.
"Forty zhang!"
The sergeants on the watchtower loudly reported the distance of the enemy to the city wall, and when they heard the sound of forty zhang, all the sergeants immediately shot the arrows they had prepared in their hands.
"Whoosh!
From time to time, the sound of arrows piercing the sky was heard, enveloping the phalanx of the enemy army in front of the city. The enemy phalanx advancing this time was roughly estimated to be no less than 5,000, so all the sergeants did not spare their hands and tried their best to shoot the enemy.
Occupying the advantage of the city wall, even if the enemy army has a phalanx of crossbowmen, they can't raise their heads at this moment to have any impact on the soldiers on the city wall, they can only hide in the formation, using the shields of the soldiers around them to resist the arrows falling from the sky.
Countless arrows pierced the sky, and the screams immediately came and went, and the enemy phalanx immediately appeared vacant, but it was not immediately replenished, and the gap in the phalanx became larger and larger, becoming the main firepower pouring point of the defending sergeants.
The enemy sergeants, like wheat that has been cut, fell one by one, and more and more vacancies appeared in the phalanx, and the gaps formed became larger and larger, and in a short time, the vanguard of the enemy army had lost any formation to speak of.
Huang Yuchen stood on top of the city, his eyes were solid, and he looked intently at the enemy phalanx below, this kind of cooperation was completely like he had never been on the battlefield and had no experience. Although the opponent's equipment is almost the same as that of the previous attacking sergeants, it is too far behind in terms of combat effectiveness and battlefield adaptability.
"I can't be sure if it's a civilian soldier or not. Huang Yuchen thought silently in his heart: "If you don't kill all the enemy troops in front of the city and clear the obstacles for the cavalry, once the trebuchet enters the firing range, the city wall will be dangerous." ”
Not only did Huang Yuchen think so, but all the centurions in charge of the defense, including all the sergeants, thought so, and they naturally saw that the sergeants who were besieging the city now were not elite troops, and they were probably ordinary people who were forced to go to the battlefield by the enemy, but at this time, it was impossible to stay.
The arrows and feathers kept pouring down, causing more and more casualties, and the sergeants in the enemy phalanx, as if they had no feelings, did not make up for the vacancy in the phalanx, but just rushed straight to the city wall like a walking corpse, each enemy sergeant had a different expression, but none of them retreated, as if they had come to die.
"Trebuchet!"
Suddenly, there was a loud shout from the sentry, interrupting Huang Yuchen's thoughts, and he looked intently, only to see that not far away, the enemy's trebuchet had been set up, and the huge rolling stones were placed on the launch pad of the trebuchet, and they were about to start attacking.
"Strike now!"
Seeing this, Huang Yuchen immediately yelled at the city, the main gate of Changxiang City, the city gate was wide open, hundreds of black-armored soldiers rushed out, and the black war horse under the crotch continued to accelerate, heading straight for the enemy phalanx in front.
Standing on the city wall, he felt that a black dragon suddenly rushed out from under his feet, and pounced directly on the gray phalanx in front of him.
"Shoot freely!Clear the way for the brothers!" Huang Yuchen immediately ordered in a loud voice, and the arrow feathers shot out quickly, killing all the enemy soldiers who entered the firing range and were directly in front of the cavalry.
The speed of the black-armored iron cavalry became faster and faster, and the enemy sergeants in front of them who were hindering their progress were constantly shot by the arrows on the city wall, causing them to move forward quickly without any obstacles in front of them.
In an instant, the black-armored iron cavalry was like a black pair of scissors, directly inserting into the enemy's phalanx, and without slowing down, it went straight to the trebuchet.
The surrounding enemy sergeants waved their weapons vigorously, desperately blocking the impact of the black-armored iron cavalry, but the speed of the iron cavalry had reached the extreme, and the strictly trained war horses galloped forward without dying, which was not at all something that such a flesh-and-blood infantry in front could resist.
Beyond the maximum range of the longbow, the distance of twenty zhang was approaching in an instant, and in front of the trebuchet, a neat spear formation was ready to go, quietly waiting for the arrival of the black-armored iron horseman.
Without the slightest hesitation, the black-armored iron cavalry at the forefront rushed straight towards the enemy's spear formation, countless spears penetrated his body, penetrated the body of the war horse, and more than a dozen black-armored iron cavalry died immediately, but the powerful impact disrupted the formation of the enemy's spear team, causing a brief riot in its phalanx.
The black-armored iron cavalry behind immediately arrived, taking advantage of the fleeting commotion of the enemy army, slaughtered into the enemy formation, and rushed straight to the trebuchet.
As more of the Black-Armored Iron Cavalry poured in, the enemy formation became disorganized, and the Black-armored Iron Cavalry rushed to the trebuchet, brandished the halberd in his hand, and destroyed the trebuchet in a few breaths. At this moment, the force of the forward rush was unabated, and the entire army turned its horse head in front, rushed to the enemy phalanx again, and came straight to the gate of Changxiang City.
And in front of them at this moment is the enemy phalanx that is constantly advancing, and in the phalanx, there are rushing carts, pushing towers, everything.
The black-armored iron cavalry team, aimed at a storming car, launched another attack. The enemy's phalanx was penetrated by the black-armored iron cavalry, and before the re-assembly was completed, the black-armored iron cavalry rushed in again, destroyed a storming car, and went straight to the main gate of Changxiang City.
The front door was wide open, and hundreds of black-armored iron riders rushed in, completing their mission this time.
Hundreds of iron horsemen rushed into the camp of ten times their number, destroyed the trebuchet in the middle of the enemy phalanx, destroyed a storming cart, killed hundreds of enemy troops, and rushed back again.
And just this one in and one out, the black-armored iron rider also paid the price of hundreds of people.
None of the sergeants who returned to the city were covered in blood and panting, and this time the raid mission seemed to be completed, but rushing into such a dense enemy formation, almost all the sergeants were injured, including the war horses with war armor under their crotch, and they were also injured to varying degrees.
"Hills!"
Huang Yuchen was still looking at the black-armored sergeant who came back, and the herald above the sentry shouted loudly, Huang Yuchen immediately turned around, only to see that on the hills, there were dense figures, and the hills had been occupied.
"Damn it!"