Chapter 1140: Take Liucheng lightly
Although siege has never been the strong point of cavalry, for a city with almost no defense, there is no suspense in the destruction of the city by the cavalry.
When the cavalry battalion arrived at the city of Liucheng, the sky was just dawning, and the east showed the white of the fish's belly, the gate of the city at this time was closed, but according to the normal situation, above the city tower, there must be a patrol sentry responsible for watching, and any emergency situation can be warned, which is the minimum principle in the defense of the city.
But at this moment, there was no soldier on the city wall, and two sentries in charge of the lookout were leaning against the pillars of the city gate tower at the moment, snoring at different heights.
When approaching the city wall, these cavalry had already abandoned their horses and approached the city wall on foot. The person in charge of commanding this operation was Guo Meng, a former military cadet, and when he saw that there was no one on the city, he immediately gestured to several skilled cavalrymen. If you want to go to the city at this moment, it is naturally impossible to use any cloud ladder, the movement is too big, they sneak attack, what they prepared is some flying claws, I saw these Xiao cavalry throw the flying claws to the city, and the flying claws were firmly hooked on the city wall, and several Xiao cavalry grabbed the rope, pout, as if walking on the ground, and flew up the city wall.
The two snoring sentries seemed to be awakened, but before they could scream, the agile black shadows had already pounced in front of them, only to see a flash of cold light, the two sentries had been brutally cut throats, and their bodies were softly planted on the ground, and the two stared at the eyes of dead fish, and it was estimated that they did not understand what was going on until they died, and they reported to Lord Yama in a daze.
After disposing of the two sentinels, there was no longer any Youzhou soldiers in the entire city, and the Xiao cavalry who landed in the city sent a signal to Guo Meng, allowing more people to climb the city, and then opened the city gate together. Guo Meng led his troops into the city at once, and completely controlled the city gates, and at the same time lit torches, raising the fire as a signal, signaling to Wen Qin, who was not far away, that they had captured the city gates.
Wen Qin didn't expect that the siege of the city would be so smooth, and he opened the city gate effortlessly, it stands to reason that Liucheng is a fortress, Wen Qin is even ready to fight a tough battle, but it was so easy to not arrive, he was overjoyed, and immediately ordered Xiao Cavalry to attack in an all-round way, taking advantage of the situation to enter the city.
The rumbling sound of horses' hooves woke up the defenders and the people in the city, and their first reaction was that the Hu people were coming, because only the Xianbei people or Wuhuan people would have so many war horses.
Many Youzhou soldiers hurriedly got up, didn't care about putting on their clothes and armor, carrying weapons, and ran in the direction of the city wall, if the Hu people came to attack the city, then they had to defend it, otherwise once the city was broken, they would face the Hu people's inhumane slaughter of the city.
It doesn't matter if you are usually lax, but it is a matter of your own net worth and life, these people don't dare to slack off, they have been guarding the border for many years, and they still know more about the Hu people, as long as they hold the city and don't let the Hu people succeed, everything can be safe. Although the cavalry of the Hu people is powerful, they are not good at attacking the city, and the Youzhou army can completely rely on the defensive means of the city wall to resist the attack of the Hu people.
This has happened many times, and many people are accustomed to it, but this time when they ran towards the city wall, they found that something was wrong, how the rapid sound of horses' hooves was getting closer and closer, and it was completely unhindered by the city wall.
As soon as they looked up, they found that countless war horses had been rampaging through the streets of the city, and suddenly their faces were like earth, and it was over, the Hu people had broken through the city gate, and it was terrible!
The fierceness of the Hu people they all have a personal experience, the only thing they can count on is the city wall, once they fall into close combat, several Wei soldiers are not necessarily the opponents of the Hu cavalry, so many Hu cavalry poured into Liucheng City, I am afraid that Liucheng is really finished.
Chen Ji slept very deeply, he didn't hear the sound of horses' hooves, until he was pushed by the deputy general to wake up, still a face of annoyance, just now he was having a good dream, dreaming that he had returned to Luoyang, the position of the three dukes, hundreds of officials came to congratulate, the door was like a city, so lively, was about to enter the palace to see the driver, was pushed by the soldiers to wake up, Qi dream disappeared, and returned to reality, only then did he think that he was still in the bitter cold of the north of Changli to do too guard, can't help but say angrily: "How can this be reasonable, the good dreams of this official have been disturbed!" ”
The adjutant general hurriedly reported: "Qi Chen Taishou, the big thing is not good, the Hu people have broken through the city gate and are here to kill the city!" ”
Chen Ji's face suddenly changed drastically, his sleepiness disappeared, he got up from the couch in a hurry, and while dressing his clothes haphazardly, he asked, "How did the Hu people enter the city?" Where are the soldiers defending the city? ”
The adjutant general had a bitter look on his face, Xindao At this time, you remembered that the soldiers defending the city came, and he usually repeatedly suggested that he should strengthen his defense, but he turned a deaf ear and didn't care about it, how could the soldiers under him do their best, Liucheng's defense at night was almost useless, and it was reasonable for the Hu people to raid and break the city.
Although this deputy general is more conscientious than Chen Ji, but yesterday he was on an errand, he was also sleepy and tired, and he had already gone home to sleep, after all, he was not iron-beaten, he always had to rest, he didn't expect that something happened at this time, and he was really helpless.
Chen Ji also knew that now was not the time to hold anyone responsible, the Hu people entered the city, it would be a disastrous consequence, I was afraid that the entire Liucheng would be bloodbathed, and no one would be spared, so he hurriedly ordered: "Immediately gather the army, prepare for battle, and drive the Hu people out of the city!" ”
The vice general smiled bitterly, the city wall is not the last barrier of Liucheng, once the city is broken, how easy is it to drive out the Hu people who attacked the city?
But I'm afraid this is also the last resort, you can't sit still, there are still three or four thousand defenders in the city, desperately resist, maybe there is still a glimmer of hope.
The adjutant general gave up his promise, but as soon as he turned around and was about to leave the house, two bright sabers had already reached his neck, and the adjutant immediately gave up resistance, after all, he saw that the two sabers were extremely sharp, as long as he moved slightly, I am afraid that he would immediately have two corpses. Chen Ji was also stunned, the enemy came so quickly, they didn't even have a chance to get out of the house, they had already become prisoners of others.
However, seeing the cavalry entering the house, Chen Ji was also obviously stunned, looking at the appearance, these soldiers are not Xianbei people with high noses, deep eye sockets and white skin, they are clearly Han people with black eyes and yellow skin like them!