Sixty-two [attacking Liangzhou, the Confucian general He Yinggong]
Liangzhou City is surrounded by water on one side, backed by Qinling Mountains, and is connected from north to south. The city is more than ten miles long, with tens of thousands of households and hundreds of thousands of people. It is considered a first-class city in this world.
The Deng army departments agreed to only encircle the two southwest city walls, leave them to the north gate of the Qinling Mountains, and ignore the east gate of the river, and only watch the boat.
On the second day of June, Deng Jun divided into two parts and besieged Liangzhou City. Zhong Qi also watched the battle with him. He thought it was a sword and a sword shadow, and blood stained the battlefield.
As a result, the offensive and defensive sides only tried a little. Deng's army condemned hundreds of auxiliary soldiers and climbed the city. Several waves of arrows flew out from the city. Seeing this, Deng's army retreated.
In this way, the auxiliary soldiers were rotated to the field, and the elite soldiers shrank into the camp and did not come out. The remaining soldiers went to cut down trees, build ladders, chariots and other siege equipment.
This happened for several days, and Zhong Qi was short of interest and returned to the camp to practice and practice the methods.
Until the early morning of the third day of the siege, the horns in the camp were whimpering. First, thousands of civilians carried ladders and pushed hammers, and the three-meter-high building cart rushed towards the city gate.
Then thousands of elite soldiers lined up in loose arrays, shaking swords and guns. Whenever the civilians in front were cowardly, they would force them with swords, and the officials on the city tower were waiting for the battle.
"It's really a local gangster, so he doesn't know how to fight, hahaha..."
Seeing that the thieves under the city were as powerful as the darkness, the defenders on the city were all panicked. Liu Yinggong glanced at him and stood on the gatehouse and laughed loudly.
I don’t know if he is really confident or just wants to boost morale, but his goal is to achieve it. Seeing that the garrison soldiers were so relaxed, they also took the thief army as if nothing had happened.
"Sir, there are about 10,000 thieves, attacking from the two gates in the southwest..." A primary school hurriedly ran to report.
"I am passing on the order of the official, first use the archer to scatter and drive it away. If the enemy does not climb the city, there is no need to worry about him. When the bandits approach the city gate, they will gather their bows and crossbows to shoot, and then roll down the wood and rocks..." Liu Yinggong waved his hand and ordered.
"rush……"
"Kill... behead a soldier, Han Gong rewarded ten coins, and a soldier, Han Gong rewarded money forever."
"The general has an order, and the first person to register will be rewarded with a hundred stake..."
From time to time, Deng soldiers under the city shouted loudly to reward money. Deng soldiers around him were excited when they heard it. When they thought of money, the women's eyes were even red and they all roared and rushed towards the city wall.
However, the soldiers who were interspersed among the crowd and shouted out rewards quietly retreated to the back or returned directly to the camp. This was actually a means of inspiring morale by the ancient army.
Those who can really fight and fight to kill enemies are all dull and tough characters, and they won’t yell, so the coach needs to arrange smart people to yell, which will always inspire morale.
Only at this time can the war in the era of cold weapons be truly reflected. The thousands of people in front of the Deng army under the city were basically without armor.
A stream of arrow flew out from the city at will, and under the condescending gravity, it could easily kill people.
Several rounds of arrow rain fell slowly, and in an instant, hundreds of lives were harvested, including arrows in all limbs. With the medical conditions at this time, it was no different from death.
Outside the south gate, Zhu Gui rode a horse and was closely protected by dozens of personal soldiers. Seeing this, he waved his hand and passed the order: "Transfer our military orders, and let the battalions spread out the dispersed arrays, don't be in a group and wait for death."
"The general has an order, and all the troops are dispersed, and they are not allowed to gather together..." The messengers galloped on horseback, drum beats, and flags changed together.
When the elite soldiers of the old camp who were under the formation heard the news, they hurriedly waved their swords to intimidate them, and drove the at a loss-ridden auxiliary soldiers in front of them into a dispersed formation.
The troops under the city spread for several miles, and the rain of arrows on the city gradually became less and less, giving people the feeling that the defenders were no longer able to do their best and could go down in one go.
"Dong...Dong...Dong..."
In front of the gate, several strong men beat the passionate drum beats. The siege army stepped on the drum beats, raised the oars and shields, faced the difficulties, set up a ladder, rushed to the city gate, and shouted to kill the sky.
The camp gate raised the platform high, Deng Kui stroked his beard with one hand and pressed the hilt of the sword on his waist with the other hand, and said to Zhong Qi, who was standing with his hands behind his back, "I look at it, what is the situation of our army?"
Zhong Qi was dazzled. When the people passed by, they felt that there were crowds of people coming into the eyes. He didn't understand military affairs, so he could see whether it was good or bad. So he said vaguely: "The soldiers fought bravely and fought for the first place, and they were as powerful as rainbows, very good, very good..."
Before Deng Kui could speak, Mei Wenhua, who was standing beside him, shook his feather fan and frowned at Deng Kui, "Lord, there's something wrong!"
"Although the Liang army has no strong soldiers in the field, there are at least a thousand old soldiers in the city. In addition to the young and strong recruits, they can gather thousands of people to defend the city. How could they fight so hard..."
Mei Culture pointed to the sparse arrow branches on the city wall, and the soldiers who had been approaching the city wall said again: "There is a lot of military tactics. If you attack them twice, you will be surrounded by tens of thousands of soldiers. Our troops besieged thousands of soldiers in the city. According to the situation, it should not be so light..."
Seeing that the troops in the first board had cut off the moat rope, put down the bridge and covered the rushing car. The chariot attacked the city gate, Deng Kui smiled indifferently:
"Sir, we are worried, our army is coming all the way. When all counties hear our army coming, they surrender. The elite soldiers of Liangzhou have been defeated by us. Although his city is large, it is an empty city and it is about to go down in one go."
After saying that, seeing Mei Wenhua's face was calm, he slightly put down his contempt for Liang Jun and bowed to his advice: "Mr. Yi's opinion, Liang Jun still has tricks?"
"I don't know... I just feel something is wrong..." Mei Wenhua shook his head and looked at it intently. On the city wall that was several miles long, there were hundreds of cloud ladders, and densely packed soldiers who had rushed to the bottom of the city wall.
The middle was cut into two pieces by a moat that was three feet wide. In front were the soldiers and soldiers who were recruiting, who had already launched a siege under the stimulation of silver rewards. The elite soldiers of the old camp who were under the siege of the river were crowded by the river, fighting to cross the river.
Seeing this, Mei Wenhua suddenly appeared and exclaimed: "No, there was an ambush in the city. He was going to attack the front of our army..."
"The front is just auxiliary soldiers, and if they are dispersed, they will be dispersed. We can also take the opportunity to spend a wave of defenders to wait for our old camp to cross the river. The guards and soldiers are tired. How can we stop them..." Deng Kui said with great enthusiasm.
On the city wall several miles away, He Yinggong sneered and ordered, a large number of bowmen who had been resting for a long time stood on the wall and stomped their bows and shot under the city.
"Shining...shiny..."
Accompanied by the sound of arrows, only a thousand archers shot together, forming a wave of arrow rain. Deng's army was crowded in a group, pushing and shoving, and a wave of arrow rain took away seven or eight hundred people.
The rain of arrows kept falling, and Deng Jun also reacted, hurriedly pressing the shield and pressing the arrows on his head. However, a shocking explosion came, and countless stones and wood were thrown down from the city wall.
The stones are as big as millstones, and the small ones are as big as watermelons. They are smashed down with wood that is thick above their waists and die when they are rubbed. They are injured when they are wounded. Deng’s army wails under the city, and there are constant casualties.
On the general's platform, Zhong Qi was confused and Deng Kui was stunned. Seeing this, Mei Wenhua slapped the feather fan that was pretending to be charming and shouted: "Lord, please send the order quickly, and call the gold to withdraw the troops..."
Deng Kui also reacted, and hurriedly the golden drummers and the flag bearer said, "Ming Jin to withdraw the troops..."
Although Zhong Qi was a little confused, he saw that Deng Jun had been killed or injured in the front, and he understood that the situation was not good.
Seeing the two of them sending orders to withdraw the troops, I remembered the auxiliary soldiers who were in front of me. I always felt that the two of them were too hasty in their actions, but they didn't understand military affairs and didn't know how to talk about it.
"Clang...clang..."
The golden gong sounded, and the sound shook for several miles. Wen Xun, the elite soldier of the old camp who was crossing the river, was stunned. He didn't know what was going on ahead. He was fighting well and he wanted to withdraw his troops. However, the military orders were difficult to violate, so it was worth retreating.
As soon as the golden gong sounded, opposite the moat, the auxiliary soldiers under the city wall were as if they were amnesty. There was only the city wall in front and the comrades and soldiers behind them, so they could only stand and wait for death. Now that there is hope of survival, they all rushed back.
The moat bridge was crowded into a group, and the remaining auxiliary soldiers swam across the river. At this moment, He Yinggong stroked his beard and said, "Come on Chen Jingzhi, lead the cavalry out of the city and drive away, and be sure to disperse the bandits' army..."
"kill…"
While the city was in chaos, two gates opened wide, and a row of cavalry and barons waved their swords and guns, and rushed out loudly.
After attacking halfway, countless Deng troops jumped into the river in panic. Those who could understand water swam by, and those who could not do water drowned. They stepped on countless wooden bridges, and for a while, they seemed to be slaughtered by the Liang cavalry.
Fortunately, there were not many Liang cavalry, only a few dozen cavalry, which was the only remaining military force in Liangzhou City, which could go out of the city to fight. However, at this time, half of the thousands of Deng's auxiliary soldiers were forced into the river and drowned by these just dozens of cavalry.
The remaining auxiliary soldiers finally returned to the other side, but Liang Qi followed him and chased him. Seeing that Zhu Gui saw a large number of casualties and injured his comrades, he didn't care about the military order and directly led the crowd along the river to line up.
Seeing that Deng’s elite soldiers were indeed in line, Chen Jingzhi sighed: “Mr. He is really a magic trick…”
After saying that, he led all the cavalry and soldiers to drive away the defeated soldiers. More than half of these auxiliary soldiers had died or injured before, and their morale had collapsed. He just wanted to escape from the battlefield desperately, but he did not resist at all against dozens of cavalrymen.
"Stop, line up to meet the enemy, retreat and kill." Zhu Gui yelled at the horse.
Countless defeated soldiers turned a deaf ear and just ran forward. Although the elite soldiers of the old camp killed people and were determined, they could not kill for a while when facing their former comrades.
When Zhu Gui realized that the formation had been dispersed by his own people, and the soldiers had no generals and generals had no soldiers. The Deng army was completely defeated and lasted for several miles. The old soldiers who fled to Deng's army and wanted to resist were also killed by Liang Qi with his horsepower.
"Clang, Clang, Clang..."
The sound of gold sounded, but this time it was on the city. Dozens of racial cavalry returned to the city with unsatisfactory desire. When Chen Jingzhi saw He Yinggong, he hurriedly reported the good news:
"Why did Lord Ming Jin? Our army won a great victory in this battle. More than half of Deng's army was killed and injured, and we were chased by us for several miles. Our army only lost five or six cavalry, which is an unprecedented victory..."
He Yinggong chuckled and said, "A mere terrorist bandit is not worth mentioning. The general has made great contributions. After this matter, he will be rewarded.
Chapter completed!