Chapter 363: Get moving
At this time, taking advantage of the darkness, the Xian army of Dongmen was the first to go out of the city with 5,000 men and horses to attack the rebel Dongying, and then more than 25,000 people one after another, with cavalry as the vanguard, followed closely behind the vanguard of 5,000 people, and pressed the head of the Dongying rebels on the whole line.
At the same time, Huang Pu, the rebel general who supervised the war outside the West Gate, dispatched more than 10,000 elite soldiers, bypassed the West Gate and went straight to the North Gate. Huang Pu couldn't help but say, people set up several ladder trucks and were about to attack the city, but at this time, someone came to report that the north gate was wide open.
Hearing the news, Huang Pu was taken aback, he flew arrows against the city, and personally came to the north gate to investigate the situation, and indeed found that the north gate suspension bridge gate had been lowered, and the city gate was also open, but he could not see the situation on both sides of the city gate.
Seeing this, Huang Pu was worried about fraud:
"You are equal to me to go in and investigate, and see what kind of trap the Xianjun is doing!"
"Subordinates obey!"
The centurion beside him glanced at Huang Pu and did not dare to disobey, and then led more than 80 people under his command to hold shields and attack the city gate with sporadic dark arrows from the city.
When they approached, the stones on the city gate flew down and arrows rained down like locusts, and the centurion's command lost seven or eight people in a blink of an eye, but they finally succeeded in "killing" the north gate, but at this time they also wondered. Why is the gate open when the city is so resistant? I guess the defenders aren't pig brains.
When I entered the north gate, I found that there was no one in the north gate, and there was not even a ghost shadow, and I only saw the fire light in the west and south of the city not far away, reflecting most of the city, but there was no one alive or dead.
For a full moment, the north gate was almost defenseless except for the scattered dark arrows flying from the city. Seeing this, the centurion hurriedly returned to the outside of the city and reported the news to the captain Huang Pu:
"Report to the general, except for the head of the Xian army at the north gate, there is no trace of the Xian army in the north gate."
"Don't see any trace of the Xian army? Hiss ......"
Huang Pu immediately felt strange, if the Xianjun army is cheating, there should be no movement at all on the city, if there is no fraud, is it all a pig's brain, there are people on the city, but the city gate is so open and no one is gripping, what is the reason?
At this point, someone proposed:
"General, just kill it!"
"Fuck you, if there's a trick in there, do you know, or will Ben know!"
"This ......," the centurion was dumbfounded.
After pondering for a while, Huang Pu transferred 500 people and ordered 500 people to enter the north gate first to test the reality of the Xian army, and at the same time urgently reported the situation to the Heavenly King Thunder.
At this time, outside the east gate, Jiang Qian and Hu Mo led the Guangxin army to kill at the height of the rise, and easily broke through the rebel Dongying Dazhai, killing the rebels on their backs.
At this time, he heard a drum on the tower of the East Gate, and Hu Mo came to Jiang Gan's side:
"Young master, Mr. Luo's drum is sounding, the young master should lead his troops back to the city first."
"Well, General Hu should be careful!"
According to Luo Songting's plan, the first drum sounded, Jiang Qian led more than 4,000 Guangxin cavalry to withdraw to the city, because at this time the rebels were sending a small force to the north gate to test the truth. Luo Songting only left 3,000 recruits at the north gate, 3,000 tired soldiers from the east gate, and 2,000 guards guarding the Guangxin Mansion.
Among them, 4,000 people were guarding the city, and the other 4,000 people were divided into two, and the guards of the Guangxin Mansion continued to guard the Guangxin Mansion, and the remaining more than 2,000 people were ambushed in the streets north of the city to prepare for street fighting.
The terrain of the north of Guangxin is more special, different from the city without a port, there is a port outside the north gate of Guangxin, and there is a city in the north of Guangxin City, between the north of the city and the north gate is a huge open space, in order to facilitate the transfer and hoarding of a large number of unloading and loading materials, so it is extremely suitable for cavalry after this break.
As long as the rebels attack the city from outside the north gate, they will inevitably run behind the city wall and the defenders in the west of the city, and they will inevitably divide their troops.
Of course, this plan is extremely dangerous, and if the city is destroyed and people are killed if you are not careful, three conditions must be met. And Qin Han only knew that Luo Songting was cautious in his life, but he didn't know that Luo Songting's risky use was unexpected.
Jiang Qian led the cavalry not to retreat into the east gate on horseback, but after breaking away from the battle, he dismounted and retreated to the east gate on foot, and the lights at the east gate were all extinguished, and only the braziers on both sides of the city gate indicated the direction. As a result, the rebels could not discern in the darkness how many people there were, what kind of troops, what nature, possibly wounded, and so on.
When Jiang Qian led the army to retreat into the east gate, he heard that the north gate door was open, and Lei Ting couldn't help but be taken aback.
There are defenders at the head of the north gate, but the gate is open, which is undoubtedly an unreasonable and unreasonable logical paradox. If there are defenders at the head of the city, why don't you close the gates? If there are no ambushes in the city, then why do you have to open the city gates, isn't this looking for death?
But the problem now is that Dongying was killed by the Xian army and lost its armor and collapsed, and the north gate was opened.
What is even more crucial is that Huang Pu's delay has greatly delayed the military plane, because it takes time to ask for instructions, transmit information, make a decision, make a decision, probe again, and then make up your mind.
Thinking of this, Thunder faintly smelled a trace of murder that was even more cruel than Wei Xian:
"Sure enough, it's a good means, order General Huang Pu to immediately order the men and horses outside the north gate to bypass the north gate and gallop east to aid the eastern camp, remember to be careful of the Xian army's head and tail interception, quickly!"
"No!"
The scout said, and then climbed down the high platform. Qin Han didn't understand it at this time. He had previously proposed to go to reinforce Dongying, but he was not allowed. Now I've been busy for most of the day before I went to reinforce Dongying, where is it too late.
"Heavenly King, why do you want to order General Huang Pu to go to Dongying?"
"Hmph, the Xian army opened the north gate, intending to delay our army's determination and will to attack the north gate, so that the Xian army could send some soldiers and horses back to the city from the troops attacking the east camp, so that the soldiers and horses of our army entering the city could close the door and beat the dogs.
The terrain outside the North Gate is narrow, and it is impossible to allow the army to pass through, and thousands or even more than 10,000 people are already the limit of the North Gate Wharf, and our army will transfer more soldiers and horses at this time, and it will be difficult to enter the city in a short time, but because of the narrow terrain, it cannot be deployed by the people, and it is used by the Xian army. ”
"Hey, wouldn't it have been better if I had gone to reinforce Dongying earlier. Tossing so much in the middle of the night still let the Xian army take advantage, why bother! ”
Qin Han finally couldn't help but complain, and immediately received a reprimand from Thunder:
"Our army is tired of mobilization, if we go to reinforce the east camp, it will inevitably be exposed to the vision of the Xian army, and then the Xian army will transfer the main force to the west of the city and kill from the west gate, it is difficult for the king of heaven to transfer the soldiers and horses back to the west gate!"
Thunder pursued Huang Pu's 40,000 army, if he wanted to reinforce Dongying, there were only two options, one was to take a shortcut and go directly through Thunder's base camp outside the south of the city, so that it would inevitably be exposed to the Xian army's field of vision. If you don't want to be exposed, you can only detour two or three miles to the south and make a detour to Dongying, which has to be more than ten miles away, not only tired of mobilizing and consuming physical strength, but also time.
Secondly, once the Xian army found that Huang Pu's 40,000 horses returned to the east camp, the Xian army could assemble at the west gate and kill from the west gate.
Of course, there are two options, one is to transfer 10,000 soldiers and horses from Thunder's base camp to reinforce the east camp, and the other is to divide Huang Pu's 40,000 horses into two, one will continue to be attached to the west camp, and the other will go to the east camp. But in this way, it is not still a toss-up.
Once the Xian army discovers this situation, it may not leave the city, and the large number of soldiers and horses that have suffered losses in Dongying before will still not be recovered.
So no matter what choice is made, the Thunder will be decided.
When the rebel general Huang Pu learned that he had given up attacking the north gate and was going to bypass the north gate to reinforce the east camp, he was also very annoyed. In the end, he could only pull a team of 10,000 people to quickly pass through the north wharf of the city, bypass the north gate and rush to help Dongying.
Luo Songting learned that the rebels had not entered the north gate, and immediately ordered the north gate to be closed, and all the five hundred rebels who were put into the city were surrounded and annihilated.
At this time, the sky was slightly dewed in the morning and dusk, and Jiang Qian couldn't help Luo Songting order the cavalry to attack, so he immediately rode up to the East Gate Tower to find Luo Songting and interrogate:
"Mr. Luo, when will my son attack?"
"The rebels outside the north gate of the rebels have not entered the trap, so the young master cannot attack."
"Isn't it okay to follow and chase after you?"
Jiang Qian hurriedly asked, Luo Songting shook his head:
"No, you can't. The north gate is narrow, and even if it is pursued, it is beneficial to the enemy, but not conducive to the young main cavalry to charge and kill. ”
"Then you can't go around the east gate and go to the north gate to intercept?"
"Neither. The rebels made a detour from outside the north gate to Dongying, and if the young master went to intercept, the rebels would inevitably retreat from the coast to the sea, and then the horses would fall into the sand and mud of the beach, and they would not kill themselves. ”
"Oh...... It seems that Ben Gongzi is reckless. ”
The terrain outside the north gate was not conducive to the mobile combat of the cavalry, and the northeast defense line was too close to the beach, and the horses could easily get stuck in the mud and sand and become a burden.
The rebels camped from south to north, next to the sea, and the rebels outside the north gate categorically did not penetrate from north to southeast, but moved east along the beach, Jiang Qian led 4,000 cavalry, there was no chance of complete victory, but could fall into the beach because of the mud and sand, and the rebels relied on the large number of people to seize the opportunity to suffer heavy losses.
At this time, Hu Mo led the Guangxin army to fight and retreat, and the cavalry released by Jiang Qian went around to the north side of Hu Mo's department to attack the rebel reinforcements and the junction of Dongying, preventing the two rebels from joining forces and causing heavy damage to the north flank of Hu Mo's department.
The fierce battle reached seven or eight o'clock, the morning dusk had passed, the sky was slightly bright, and the Guangxin army quickly retreated into the city from the battle, leaving only a large number of corpses and undried blood stains outside the east gate. Under the white mist, the glory of the morning and evening sprinkled onto the battlefield, suddenly showing a bit of killing sadness and poignant.
The sky was bright, the rebel offensive was sharply reduced, and Baili Yan finally felt a little relieved with red eyes:
"General Wei, the rebels have retreated." Bai He said with blood on his face.
"They were defeated, and they finally gave our army a breather. Summoned Sikong Nan and ordered him to lead the leopard Tao battalion to take over the defense. ”
"No!"
The south gate is full of corpses, and the tower carts and ladder cars burning outside the city are still billowing with black smoke, and it is impossible to see that this victory and defeat have brought any benefits to both sides.