Chapter 486: One side in front of the North Belt City (one more.)
Ruan Gengwang, who hated it very much in his heart, his face was so dark that he was about to drip water, but after hesitating for a while, he still gritted his teeth and spit out a sentence, "Withdraw, don't care about the others, the king's safety comes first." ”
"Yes, retreat." Listening to Ruan Gengwang's final decision, some of the other commanders couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. A whole 30,000 troops entered the Lang Son area, and the enemy lost a full half of their troops without seeing or saying anything, and such an opponent did not want to face at all. Now that there is a clear order, who would not know what objections to live or die?
Ruan Gengwang retreated, and the capital was full of rainforests with everything he could throw, just to be able to walk faster.
After killing some of the Jiaozhi stragglers who broke away from the brigade, what they saw was the scene of military funds thrown all over the mountains, including some iron weapons, which were all snatched from the Han people after entering the realm of Yunnan. Now, in order to save their lives, these weighty iron tools have become discarded.
Yes, Jiaozhi is so poor, they don't have too many resources, even if the iron tools of the Han people are in the eyes of the Jiaozhi soldiers, most of them are good things.
"Battalion commander, what should I do? Still chasing or not? The subordinate officer, who already had a tired look on his face, asked aloud.
Wu Sheng really wanted to continue the pursuit, in this way, he believed that in the face of the army with no morale, there would definitely be some gains, but he knew better that Leng Feng had been fighting for more than thirty-six hours in a row, and he was too tired, if he continued to pursue, there would definitely be soldiers who left the army because of losing their strength, so he brought these people out, and naturally brought them back as much as possible.
"Tell the warriors to find a place to bury these iron tools together, mark them, and then find a safe place to rest."
"Yes." The officers below couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when they heard that they could finally rest, and they were really worried that the battalion commander would be desperate to continue to order the enemy to kill. In this case, of course, they will carry out the order, but because of this, there will be non-combat attrition, which is absolutely self-inflicted.
This time in the battle of the rainforest, the combat effectiveness of all the soldiers who participated in the battle has increased by more than a level, such an elite can naturally be used as the backbone of Leng Feng in the future, and the loss of one is a distressing thing.
The mercenaries are not pursuing, Ruan Gengwang can finally breathe a sigh of relief, but the speed of the army he leads has not slowed down, on the contrary, it is still speeding up, they are really afraid, they are afraid that a relaxation will attract the pursuit of the mercenaries, and the loss will be greater.
Originally, they only had to face a half-battalion of mercenaries, but after Wu Sheng took Leng Feng to rest for a night, the mercenaries of the three battalions converged the next day, and they strengthened their strength, causing greater pressure and greater losses to the black soldiers.
Not to mention that the Jiaozhi army in the Lang Son area was cutting the battle and retreating, and had to pay a lot of casualties every day, let's just say that in front of the city in the north, General Huang Hua, who was ordered by King Li Li to bring 5,000 soldiers, also rushed to the front of the city.
As soon as he arrived in the north of the city, Huang Hua ordered the army to spread out the formation, and then the siege began.
As soon as Huang Hua's army arrived at the city, the northern belt city, which was originally very quiet, became a little agitated. Originally, some of the rich people who were hiding at home took the opportunity to start making trouble, intending to recapture the northern belt city with the cooperation of the inside and the outside.
The reason why these rich people have the courage to make a move is because they have long seen that there are not many enemies, only more than 1,000 people, and this is where the hope lies for them to dare to make heavy bets.
Chen Bo, the commander of the second battalion, who had long guessed that such a situation would occur, first shrank the army, and then put out two companies of auxiliaries at the west city gate, just waiting for the guards of the families organized by the rich people in the city to rush in.
After a burst of intensive gunfire, after nearly a hundred corpses were thrown down in front of the West City Gate, those rich people felt scared, felt fear, and retreated to the courtyard of their homes, placing all their hopes on the army outside the city.
After solving the internal troubles, Chen Bo focused on the siege of the Jiaozhi army.
From a distance, there were countless Jiaozhi soldiers standing under the west gate of the northern belt, compared to the Yang family army defending the city with only three battalions. But the weakness of the army did not make Chen Bo and his soldiers show the slightest hint of fear and worry, and they relied on the muskets in their hands.
"Brothers, don't be in a hurry, let the enemy come first, and when the time is a hundred meters, the soldiers of the auxiliary battalion are shooting, hitting them head-on. Once they are about to retreat, the cold front warriors will take six hundred meters as the boundary and harvest, in short, even if the enemy comes, they can't let them go back too easily, do you remember. Standing on top of the city tower, with the Wangyuan Realm in his hand, he saw every move of the Jiaozhi army in his eyes, and Chen Bo calmly gave an order.
This is not the first time that Chen Bo has led the army alone, but in the past, he was just fighting a little in the Ming Dynasty, dealing with the Yellow Bandit Army and other Ming troops around him, watching it, and not being able to fully exert it, where it is like this time, there are no constraints, and it is completely how to fight as much as he wants.
With Chen Bo's calm and calm command, the Leng Feng, who was already very elite, was not afraid of heaven and earth, even now facing an enemy with more than four times their strength, they did not have the slightest sense of fear, on the contrary, they were still looking forward to the enemy coming quickly, not to be scared away, not to let the credit in hand fly away.
The officers and soldiers were single-minded, and Chen Bo, who was ready, led the soldiers of the three battalions to look ahead with blazing eyes, and the more anxious company commanders and platoon commanders kept muttering, "You guys, don't worry, we won't hit you first, just come as soon as possible." ”
It seems that these prayers have worked, and the Cochin Army, which has already set up a position under the North Obijo Castle, finally has moved. There were 3,000 people, and more than half of the troops began to move towards the Qianxi City Gate.
There are only 5,000 people, and 3,000 people will be arranged in one charge, which is also the meaning of Huang Hua, the leading general.
It has long been said in the intelligence that the number of mercenaries in the entire army is only more than 10,000. There must be a part of the Lang Son area, and the captured Quyi City also needs to be defended, so there shouldn't be too many enemies in the northern belt city in front of you. At least it shouldn't be much more than the soldiers in his hands.
Even if the number of enemy soldiers is not large, Huang Hua decided to send 3,000 people to charge at once, he wants to take advantage of the advantage of the number of troops to suppress the other party, maybe he can make a good start. As for the remaining 2,000 people, it is also said.
Once the 3,000 strikers are well fought, the 2,000 soldiers behind must be staked to win the victory in one go. But once the situation is not good, he can hold his position with the two thousand soldiers in his hands, and he will have the strength to defend at worst.
With this idea that the advance can be attacked and the retreat can be defended, the three thousand soldiers sent by Huang Hua moved first.
Among the 3,000 men, at the forefront were 500 shield bearers, who were used to defend the opponent against arrows. Behind him were a thousand archers, who were used to assist the attack when attacking the city, and then there were five hundred ladders, who were in groups of five, holding a hundred wooden ladders, so as to ensure that once the siege began, they could rush to the west gate of the northern city through the ladders faster; The last to follow is a thousand siege soldiers, they have knives in their hands, some with spears, and axes and halberds, the weapons are different, but as soon as they enter the tower, it is time for them to exert their strength, with the cooperation of long and short weapons, the attack power is not low.
In this way, the 3,000 Cochin Army, which was coordinated by various arms, marched forward step by step with neat steps.
From a distance, the black press, especially as it approaches step by step, gives people a feeling of dark clouds.
When the distance was still far away, the speed of the Cochin Army was still very fast. At least at a distance of 400 meters, they knew that there would be no one who could threaten their personal safety at this distance. But as soon as they entered the 400-meter line, their pace began to slow down, the shield soldiers were ready to raise their shields at any time, the archers were ready to shoot their bows and arrows when they reached within 100 meters, and the ladders were ready to charge desperately and set up ladders to attack the city.
As the pace continued to advance, at the time of 300 meters, this preparation was more sufficient. Just like the ladder soldiers, those ladders were originally carried, but now they have been changed to lift, and they are placed on the waist, just when the time comes, they can be raised above their heads and make impact movements.
At a distance of 300 meters, the cold fronts can already shoot, and they can also achieve the goal of killing the enemy. However, before the battalion commander Chen Bo had already given an order to put the enemy close before fighting, so that not only no one fired, but even the safety of the gun was not opened, which was also to prevent someone from getting too excited, and suddenly a misfire came and scared away the fat in his hand, so wouldn't he be able to cry and find a place to cry.
In the eyes of the three battalions of the new Yang army, the three thousand Jiaozhi troops came to a distance of two hundred meters, a distance of one hundred and fifty meters, and a distance of one hundred and twenty meters...
"Everyone prepare, open the insurance." Just one hundred and twenty meters away, Chen Bo's voice came out calmly. Originally, he could still wait, but he didn't want to really reach a hundred meters, and the archers who were waiting for the other side could also attack and fight back, in that case, who knows if any bow and arrow would shoot on the top of the castle tower, and if he injured his soldiers, it would be more than worth the loss.