Chapter 1009: Finally Breaking the Fortified City
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"The name of the battalion is trapped, a hundred battles are won, the city is conquered, and I am invincible", as early as when the princes were discussing Dong, in addition to the world-famous flying fangs under the command of Wen Hou Lu Bu, there was also a strong soldier who was well known to the world, and Gao Shun and Gao respected the eight hundred camps! In the confrontation with the princes' coalition army, he repeatedly performed miraculous feats, and the enemy was brave, even Liu Yi did not get much bargain on this strong army, and his bravery and good fighting were especially good at attacking fortifications, and he showed his ability in attacking cities and villages.
In another time and space, when Lu Bu died in Baimenlou, Zhang Liao was protected by Guan Yu, and Gao Shun silently begged for death without saying a word, and his ability to do so was not fully exerted, but in later generations, this person was still highly praised. In his eyes, Gao Shun may be a little inferior to the generals of Xu Huang, Zhang He, Zhang Liao and other generals, but as the commander of an army, he is qualified enough, and his advantages are one in attacking fortifications, and the other is in training, the former is above the battle array, the Liaodong Army and the trapping camp have a prominent record, and the latter is above the Yan Army's drill outline, many of which are Gao Shun's experience, and he is also the general who corresponds the most with Yan Wang.
In addition to the further strengthening of the practice of the military camp, Liu Yi's advanced military theories are the most attractive to the generals, and the invincible experience of Lang Sheng to promote these theories is undoubtedly the most convincing, Yan Wang's strength alone can influence those middle and senior officers to improve their vision and innovative ideas, and then influence the whole army through them, which is the most critical and basic part of the Yan army's constructionJudging from the current situation from the fight to the end of the war, this kind of army building has been fruitful, and the various units of the Yan Army may not have been very obvious in improving their combat strength because the previous foundation was too strong, but they have made obvious progress in military theory and new tactics.
Gao Shun set himself a period of five days to break the city, of course, this estimate is to deal with the greatest difficulties, with the progress of the battle and the various changes in the battlefield situation, he has been able to determine that the period of breaking the city is today, the appearance of the trapped camp illustrates this! Good steel is used on the blade, and the mission of the arrow unit of the ace army is to bravely shoulder the heavy burden and play a key role at the critical moment, which is the words mentioned by the king of Yan many times in the Youzhou Martial Academy, Gao Shun himself thinks so, and he has always implemented it in the past large and small actual battles.
That team of less than 1,000 soldiers in the queue when Le Jin has felt their extraordinary, participated in the princes to discuss Dong and the first Yanzhou battle of he is no stranger to Gao Shun's trap camp, when Liu Yi personally led the army out of the tiger prison, the first battle is the Yanzhou town of Fengqiu, here Jing Fang and his subordinates, including the trap camp, gave the Youzhou army at that time a textbook classic siege performance, at that time there was no equipment battalion and no such equipment as a bombardment cannon, but the Liaodong battalion has done all the basic siege methods to the extreme, To this day, the siege of Fengqiu has been placed as an example in the textbooks of the Martial Academy, and it is presumably that Leping will also be included in it in the future.
With the re-densification of the Yan army's arrows and flying stones coming in the air above the well railing, all the Cao soldiers knew that a new round of the Yan army's offensive was about to begin, and they already knew these preludes, but the essence of the infantry artillery coordination tactics was this, with the advantage of sophisticated equipment to suppress, even if you could see all the veins of this tactic, you could not restrain it, and could only evade it in advance according to its certain laws to reduce your own losses! In addition to the fierce battle, Le Jin was constantly thinking about the most effective way to deal with the tactics of the Yan army, and he came to the conclusion that if he wanted to suppress or crack, he must have enough equipment to suppress the opponent's bombardment cannon and Xiangyang cannon at the head of the city, otherwise he would have to use the help of external forces to raid and destroy the opponent's equipment battalion and damage their equipment.
If Mr. Liu Ziyang can improve his thunderbolt to reduce its size and have the same range as the Yan army's cannon, then the Cao army can break the Yan army's long-range suppression and infantry raid tactics in the defense of the city, which is a-for-tat method, but Le Jin doesn't know if he has the opportunity to report his experience to the lord again, the other party's soldiers have already rushed to the city of Leping, repeating the same battle for three days and starting again, at this time, a lot of Cao troops have emerged from under the battlements that are still intact. Some even crawled out of the pile of corpses, perhaps in their eyes, this is the safest place! Although they have experienced three days of great physical exertion, they can still maintain their swiftness in their movements, which shows the hard work of their usual training!
In terms of physical strength, the Liaodong Army is slightly better than the defenders in the city, and the initiative as the attacking party can also be better in terms of rotation in hand, and although the city has not been broken within three days and nights, there has been progress every day, which has also given them a great deal of spiritual encouragement, and sometimes the duel between the two armies is to see who is more determined, who can hold on for a moment longer! And early this morning, General Gao Shun sent the siege ace camp to the battlefield, which is an obvious signal for every soldier, and the general is determined to do his best to open the city pass on the fourth day.
From the speed of their impact and the maintenance of the formation, including the smooth details of the erection of the ladder, Le Jin can judge their differences, these soldiers are maintaining a certain law in every movement, which is not intentional but forms their instinct, which is extremely effective for their best protection in the siege to achieve the purpose of capturing the city. Watching him climb the ladder is also a waste of physical strength.
They can even use the narrow space above the ladder to dodge the rolling wood and boiling oil thrown by the other party, although these will still cause them damage, but the lethality is much smaller than against ordinary Liaodong soldiers! The three days of attacks have scarred the head of the city of Leping, and the Liaodong army's front refers to the weak point of the defense of the city, and under the cover of the archers on the well railing, the speed of their attack on the head of the city is getting faster and faster.
Since the first day, Le Jin has deliberately taken the battle at the head of the city as the focus of the battle between the two armies, which is also a way out of the way for him, under the powerful long-range suppression of the Yan army and accurate short-range bow and arrow shooting, a melee with the opponent's soldiers to increase the number of casualties is undoubtedly the most effective way to resist the Liaodong army, Le Jin has long dared not guarantee that he can hold Leping, but he will never give up holding on when there is still one person in Chen Liuying.
The moment the sun hangs high in the sky is the beginning of today's battle between the two armies in the city, at this time, in addition to the sound of gold and iron between the blades of the soldiers on both sides, they can rarely hear them shouting the sound of battle, the besieging side of the city is extremely determined to conquer the city, and the defending side is also determined to defend the city pass, they no longer need to shout to boost their morale and fighting spirit, let alone waste their already insufficient physical strength! Thousands of people strangled in a narrow space, but few shouts of killing came out, which was a spectacle on the battlefield, but this kind of desperate fight in silence could bring great pressure to everyone watching the battle.
Not only the east city of Gao Shun's main attack, but also the north and south cities attacked by Song Xian and Lu Xiang are almost at the same time reproducing the picture of a few days ago, some soldiers cut their blades into the opponent's body too deep and were attacked by the enemy's successor soldiers before they had time to pull it out, and they had to discard their weapons. These common techniques in the market are also vividly used by them in the battle array! What's more, the two sides were entangled and fell from the top of the city six or seven zhang high, and most of the results were killed, some of the Liaodong army took the initiative, and some of them were the opposite, and no one was willing to take a step back.
The scene of the stalemate lasted for about half an hour, the Liaodong army gradually gained the upper hand in such a fierce battle, and their physical strength advantage gradually came into play, and in the first three days, at this time at this time, Chen Liuying would have successor soldiers to join the battle group to offset the opponent's physical and physical advantages, but today Le Jin has no soldiers to send, and can only rely on the soldiers on the head of the city to use their own blood to fight with the other party! The breakthrough first appeared in the place where the trapped camp landed in the city, whether it was physical strength or fighting skills, they were already better than the tired Chen Liuying soldiers, at the beginning the enemy army could still compete with the last madness, but such madness is difficult to last, no matter how strong the will will will be broken by the gap in strength!
"Captain Guan, it's time for him to do it, take down the east gate of Leping for me!" Hundreds of steps away from the city, Zhao Yun and Gao Shun were observing the ongoing battle situation at the head of the city through the clairvoyant mirror in their hands, seeing that the number of soldiers in the city was increasing, Gao Shun did not hesitate to put the last complete combat force in his hands into the battlefield, and what they took was the gate of Leping City, at the same time, the trapped camp had already begun to rush towards the inner city. When defending the city, most of the defenders will completely block the city gate with sand and gravel, if not, the city gate can not be compared with the city wall no matter how strong it is, if you want to break through it and clean it up, you must use the method of combining the inside and the outside!
The melodious sound of the horn sounded in the Liaodong army array, and the eleventh battalion soldiers led by Guan Tian rushed up with it, and the city head is fighting in the trap camp in general, they also have sufficient physical strength, the eleventh and two battalions are used by Gao Shun as a general reserve, the tenth battalion has been put into the battlefield in yesterday's fierce battle, and the addition of the eleventh battalion and the trap camp today will be the last killer move for Gao Shun to defeat Leping's city defense.
Guan Tian took the lead, and the rest of the dozens of soldiers pushed the rush to the front, now the battle at the head of the city has entered the white heat, Chen Liuying can no longer make any blow to the enemy army under the city, so the charge of the eleventh battalion was not hindered at all and easily came to the city gate, Guan Tian issued an order, dozens of soldiers worked together to lift the hundreds of pounds of pointed head with fine iron at the beginning of the hit wood and then swing it fiercely, only to hear a dull sound of impact, the city gate of the east gate of Leping is sawdust flying! This kind of rushing cart designed to break through enemy gates or walled cities is also the product of improved equipment! The timber material is harder than before, the iron wrapped in it has also been greatly reinforced, and the design of the frame can also make it get enough power when swinging, and the five-foot-thick city gate in the experiment cannot stop the continuous ten impacts of the rushing car! At this time, the city gate of Leping is only three feet thick, and the outcome can be imagined.
The will of the Cao soldiers is not firm, and the fighting is not tenacious, but these will be limited, as more and more Liaodong soldiers climb the city tower, the Yan army not only has a physical advantage but also has the upper hand in numbers, their positions have finally loosened! Now the battle situation has begun to spread to all the stairs, and the Liaodong soldiers are pressing forward step by step, while the Cao army front is retreating repeatedly! The trap camp was the first to break through the obstacles of the Cao army and kill before the city gate, as Gao Shun expected, the entire door hole was blocked by Le Jin with sandbags! One of the soldiers lined up in the periphery to guard the city gate behind him, and the other camp quickly began to clean up these sandbags, and at this moment, the faint sound of the car crashing on the city gate continued, if it were not for the support of the sandbags behind him, I am afraid that the two city gates of Leping East Gate would have collapsed under the impact of the Yan army's car at this time!
Le Jin really wanted to lead the army to counterattack to sabotage the trapping camp to clean up the city gate, but at this time he was more than willing and insufficient, in the face of the continuous impact of the Liaodong army, their footsteps have been constantly retreating, and it is difficult to make a breakthrough move forward and can not contain the move of the trapping camp amazingly, in short, Le Wenqian can sit and watch the city gate of the East City be opened by it, it should be said that now he can't even sit and watch, and the sight in front of him has been blocked by the Liaodong soldiers who are constantly rushing up. Until finally I heard the loud bang of the city gates!
This sound directly hit the heartstrings of all Cao Jun, they knew what it meant, the successor soldiers of the Liaodong Army could quickly enter Leping City without hindrance, even if they fought all their bravery, including their own lives, they could no longer stop the Liaodong Army's invasion of Leping City! This gate is of great symbolic significance to the defenders, and Gao Shun will rarely attack it directly if he is not sure of the moment when he is in attack!
"Third general, this is the time for us to use force, order the whole army, enter Leping, and capture Lejin alive!" Gao Shun moved extremely quickly and threw the clairglass mirror in his hand to the guards on the side, and took the long knife he handed over to Zhao Yundao, and then shouted wildly, and Zhao Yun's movements were consistent with it but one step faster, urging the white dragon horse under his crotch to rush towards Leping City! At this moment, under Gao Shun's order, all non-main combat arms, including the equipment battalion, medical battalion, and even the kitchen battalion of the Longxiang Army, followed the general and rushed away, capturing Le Jin alive and shaking the mountains!
On top of the battle array, Liu Yi only admonished the commanders of each army to fight in person, without too many hard rules, after all, generals like Xu Huang, Zhang He, and Zhang Liao are the first soldiers to take the lead in the morale of the army, and in the era of cold weapons, the courage of the main generals is also a sharp weapon for local breakthroughs, and in the battle of the riverbank, Yanren Zhang Fei did so! However, at the time of the siege war, the Yan Army's military law is clearly mentioned, the main generals of each army are not allowed to participate in the siege of the city, if they violate the situation, they will be dismissed on the spot, these generals are Liu Yi's treasure, and the personal martial arts in the siege war can not play a pivotal role, what he is afraid of is that he is overconfident or self-confident at the next moment, if there is a slight accident, this loss is something he can't afford, and even decides the winner, like Pang Tong who came to the front line and died by mistake is absolutely not allowed to happen again!
However, now that the city gate of Leping has been opened, and then Lejin will stubbornly resist the two sides will enter the street battle, and the role of the fierce general will be more evident in the meantime. As the commander of an army for a long time, he has to take into account the overall situation at any time, Zhao Yun is like a brother who has not been in the battle formation for many days, and now seeing the battle situation like this, how can he endure it anymore? Even if Gao Shun doesn't give orders, he will give orders.
"Capture Lejin alive, capture Lejin alive ......" this shout began to spread rapidly from outside the city to Leping City, King Yan's military order has been announced to the ears of every soldier, capturing the city is not a skill, capturing the enemy Chen Liuying commander Le Wenqian is the first merit, here I have to thank Liu Lang for the appearance of paper and the skills of the painter in the army, the image of Lejin has been firmly remembered by tens of thousands of Liaodong soldiers, and there are many soldiers in the life and death war, who are constantly looking for the short and stocky figure, Who doesn't want to receive the first credit of this battle in front of King Yan? This is not without precedent, Yuan Shao's son Yuan Shang was captured by an ordinary soldier during the Jizhou War, and the king of Houyan also personally told him a beautiful daughter-in-law, this person is Zhang Eighteen!
Hearing this overwhelming words of capturing himself alive, Le Jin had mixed feelings in his heart for a while, and he couldn't figure out what kind of feeling it was, there was disappointment, unwillingness, anger and a kind of heroic wound, regardless of the half moon of the Yan army's stoppage, he only held on to this Leping Jiancheng for eight days, Leping is like this, what should Lu Guodong do? If Yanzhou is lost, the great cause of the lord is ......