Chapter 496: Flanking the 201st Division in front and rear
Elite infantry and heavy infantry are not able to distinguish the winner from each other, and there is a big difference between life and death from a cavalry battle, they have a high survivability on the battlefield, and the advantage of light armor can not be reflected until the later stage of the battle. It's not that the commander of the heavy infantry doesn't understand this truth, but as a soldier, he doesn't have the right to choose, and he can't order a retreat if he can fight.
There was limited time to consider on the battlefield, and the infantry commander of the Meng army still jumped into the trenches, gritting his teeth and fighting to the death with the Shaodian army.
The space in the trench is narrow, suitable for individual soldiers and small-scale cooperative operations, which is beneficial to the Shaodian army who lacks team training, although the second brigade lacks combat experience, but the individual strength is there, coupled with the advantage of equipment, it slowly occupies the upper hand in battle.
The infantry commander of the Meng army found that there were more and more enemies around him, and he had no choice but to fight and retreat, and sounded the horn of retreat.
The attack was easy to attack and difficult to retreat, and the Mongol heavy infantry left more than 400 corpses before retreating from the trenches in embarrassment.
The Mongols' first attack ended in the expected failure, but it was somewhat rewarding, and they used the heavy infantry to lure out the elite infantry, thus inferring that the Shaodian army had a limited number of troops, and it should be the division that appeared on the surface.
The Mongol army regrouped and soon launched a second attack, splitting into three lines to attack the three dirt slopes on the defensive line. This time, the Meng army did not rush forward, and chose to advance while removing traps and obstacles, not as if they were going to attack with all their might.
"The enemy's 12th Army is about to go around behind us, and this frontal attack of the enemy is a bit of a move to our defense. "Good rush reported to Zhang Jie.
"Eagle insect skills, are their magicians concentrated on the cavalry side? It's really cowardly, I'm afraid that there will be an ambush in Shapu City, so I want to arrange the magic power like this, hehe, it's too cooperative with me. Zhang Jie showed a scheming look.
The Mongol army transferred most of the archers to the westernmost attacking team, deliberately transferring the archers of the 201st Division to the same side; the attacking queues in the center and east were lined up horizontally, and they were connected together to clear the net, and did not stop until they were in front of the trenches, and quickly formed a phalanx and then slowly retreated.
After two tentative attacks, the commander of the Meng army basically figured out the deployment of the 201st Division on the defensive line, and found that the middle section of the earthen wall was not defended at all, but there were many traps and infantry pits in the middle.
Peng, a magic light bullet rose from the rear of the defensive line, and the 12th Division of the Meng State moved in place as agreed, signaling the commander of the Meng army who was attacking head-on.
The commander of Meng's 12th Division was bitter, and the rear of the Shaodian Army's defense line was full of mud that had been indiscriminately emphasized. These remnants of mud were relatively loose and stacked to a height of half a man, and the horses would fall into it if they stepped on it, and the large-scale cavalry could not launch a charge, which seemed to be the Shaodian army had already taken precautions.
At this moment, the drums of Shapu City shook the sky, the battle flags were unfurled, and the city wall was full of soldiers, and the north gate was wide open, and a group of men and horses rushed out of the city gate and set up a position near the city gate.
"That's all I can help. Cui Dun muttered at the head of the city, the Meng army went around between Shapu City and the defense line of the 201st Division in the north, but he couldn't hide it from the eyes of a landlord, and he could imagine what this enemy army was doing with his toes.
Although there were 20,000 volunteers in Shapu City, Cui Dun didn't dare to really pull out of the city to fight with the Meng army, because the outcome of that would be thought of with his toes. The combat effectiveness of this volunteer army is limited, and it is barely enough to defend the city, and it is whimsical to use it in field battles, and it would be good if they could line up the queue.
Cui Dun has a certain amount of military knowledge, and knows that putting on a bluff to scare and scare the 12th Division of Meng, so that the Meng army does not dare to let go of his hands and feet to attack the 201st Division, as for whether Zhang Jie can hold the defensive line, he can only hope for the blessing of the Martial God.
If Meng's 12th Division turned around and stormed the north gate of Shapu City, it would definitely be able to pierce Cui Dun's paper tiger, and the army that could not take the city could scare out of the city.
Meng's 12th Division did not know the truth and was really frightened by Cui Dun, he immediately dispatched 5,000 cavalry to guard against the army of Shapu City, as long as this army dared to approach, it would launch a charge; in addition, 3,000 cavalry were dismounted, and they also attacked the three dirt slopes on the defense line in three ways, leaving 2,000 as a reserve to prevent accidents.
"Fortunately, City Lord Cui has handled it properly, and now our pressure is much less. The forward troops of the Meng army are not as many as I imagined, except for the 12th division, which is not full. The 11th Division was killed by the 1st Brigade by more than 2,000 men, and the losses at Solid Stone City were now less than 7,000 men; judging from the strength of the 13th Division, they should also be short of 20 percent. The second and third battalions were ordered to turn back against these horseless cavalry, while the other battalions entered the position as originally planned. Zhang Jie became more and more confident.
Pengpong, the Meng Army's frontal attack department fired two magic light bullets.
The Mong army, which was attacking the defense line of the 201st Division, changed, and the troops in the middle and east joined forces all the way to attack the earthen wall in the middle section of the defense line of the 201st Division. Look, the position is to open the middle and contact the cavalry behind the circle, divide the defense line into two parts, and then conquer one dirt slope after another.
The Shaodian army was a little caught off guard and mobilized from the eastern trenches to the middle to prevent the Mon army from attacking the earthen wall in the middle of the defensive line;
The Meng army jumped into the trench in the middle and was pleasantly surprised to find that it was empty, and the infantry armed with long cards immediately began to build a simple shield bridge for their comrades in the rear to step over the trench, and some infantry with long weapons blocked the trenches on the east and west sides of the shield bridge to prevent the Shaodian army from retaking the trenches.
One brigade, two brigades, and when the third brigade crossed the middle trench, two teams rushed down the dirt slopes to the east and the middle, to regain control of the center. More than a dozen magicians also appeared in the sky, as if they were going to attack Meng Jun, who had broken through the middle lane.
The Meng Jun magician group was already eyeing the enemy, so they guarded against the opponent's magicians, and immediately flew up more than a dozen magicians to meet them, and fought with the magician group led by Fu Ji in the air.
Nearly 2,000 Meng troops soon rushed under the earthen wall, they did not immediately climb over the earthen wall, but nailed countless wooden nails on the earthen wall, and then helped the hemp rope, more than 1,000 soldiers straightened the rope tied to the wooden nails, shouting slogans, one, two, three, pull back together.
Boom, the earthen wall fell in response.
Behind the earthen wall, there were only about a hundred young soldiers dressed in cavalry, with spears and swords in their hands, staring at the two brigades of Meng Jun in front of them without fear.
"Charge!" the two captains of the Meng army ordered together, and at the same time rushed to the battle flag embroidered with "bravery", which was a great merit to be able to capture it.
Violent fluctuations of magic power came from behind Ding Kui, giving him the feeling that the magic in preparation was even more terrifying than the Cloud Burning Technique, and it was a spell cast by five fire magicians together.