Chapter 115: Pondering
The use of a bow in rainy days is very unfavorable for the maintenance of the bow, first of all, the bowstring is slackened by moisture, and then the glue that binds the bow body is soft, which affects the range when shooting arrows in rainy days, and the full string will cause the bow to be irreparably damaged. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
And worse than this is the quasi-head, the shooting accuracy in rainy days is very poor, and the glue that sticks the arrow feather to the arrow shaft will be soft, and if the quality of the arrow from the string is not good, it is easy to "lose hair", and the quasi-head is naturally not.
Coupled with the sharp decrease in range, under normal circumstances, rainy days are not conducive to archery, of course, this does not mean that archery cannot be shot, but the accuracy and range have dropped significantly, so after the rainy day is less advantageous to arrows, the warring parties will enter a state of confrontation.
If it rains heavily for more than ten days, don't do anything, and stay in the leaky tent and wait for mold.
It rained for most of the day today, and it hadn't reached the point where the bow would break when one shot an arrow, but the Zhou army that came on a rainy night was indeed unexpected by the Sui army, and the many rockets fired indicated an attitude:
What if it rains, Lao Tzu has a lot of bows, throw them if they are broken, and be angry!
The accuracy of archery in rainy days is short, but it is not a problem for the Zhou soldiers who attack at night, the rockets they shoot are mainly projectiles, so there is no need to aim, and the archers have already come outside the Sui army camp, so it doesn't matter if the range is plummeted.
The light rain fell for a few hours, and the surface of the camp tent was wet, not as easy to light as on weekdays, but the primary goal of the Zhou soldiers was to frighten the Sui soldiers.
To be exact, it was the foot soldiers of the Tiger Forest Army.
The night march is not a problem for the soldiers of the Hulin Army, although the rainy night march is troublesome, but it is not too much of a problem, they set off from Shangluo early this morning, and came to the camp of the Zhou army in Liuxian Ping in the evening, and attacked at night after a short rest, and really caught the Sui army off guard.
Use the bamboo ladder to climb over the wall, break through the gate, and after breaking through the gate, the large army rushed into the Sui camp and cut down when they saw people, repelled the counterattack organized by the Sui soldiers in a hurry, and lit torches to kill all the way and burn all the way.
The abundant fire oil made it possible to set fire in light rain, and the sleeping Sui soldiers were awakened and ran out of the camp in a panic, and were divided and eliminated by the Hulin Army with Shi as the combat unit.
In the earth-shattering battle, a fire dragon outside the Sui army camp quickly approached, and this was the Zhou army camp that confronted the Sui army and sent soldiers to launch a second wave of offensive.
These ordinary Zhou soldiers did not go through the night marching drills, and could only walk at night with the help of torches, although the road was slippery, but their own strikers had already succeeded, and the fire ignited in the Sui army camp became the best directional signpost.
Tonight, it's time to fight it out!
Li Che, the commander of the Sui army, commanded the troops to organize the defense, his Chinese army tent was located at the front of the camp, and his own battalion was lined up along the valley, as long as he could organize people to resist, the camp behind would have time to organize soldiers to counterattack.
Of course, the premise is that it can withstand it.
Li Che's troops followed him through a hundred battles, all of them were battlefield veterans, and their treatment and equipment were much better than those of ordinary soldiers, even if this defense line was organized in a hurry, Li Che was confident that he could withstand it.
"Ben will be here, dare to retreat, kill!"
There were many figures in the firelight, which were Zhou soldiers in armor rushing to kill, all wearing skull masks, looking hideous and abnormal, Li Che was not intimidated by this trick, he didn't know how many people he had killed after decades of fighting, this was child's play for him.
"Shoot the arrows! Prepare for a white-knuckle fight! ā
The bowstring sounded, and the archers of the Sui army took the lead, and these Zhou soldiers continued to advance with arrows.
Some people were like hedgehogs with arrows in their bodies, but their pace of progress did not slow down at all, and they even bent their bows and arrows without firing, as if they were going to close the arrows after approaching.
"Rush, fight with them!"
After the Sui soldiers finished shooting the second round of arrows, they drew their swords and attacked, but they were half knocked down by the opponent's strong bow at close range, and then the white-knuckle battle that ensued, the Sui soldiers were crushed at the touch of a button.
The Zhou soldiers wearing skull masks were obviously superior to the Sui soldiers in strength and skill, and every three people fought in teams, with a variety of weapons in their hands, like a small formation to break through the slightly loose Sui soldiers.
Some Sui soldiers were opened with an axe, some had their shoulders cut off, some were hit crooked by the opponent's head hammer, and they lost their lives by a knife.
"Kill! A Zhou soldier is a head, and the reward is consistent! ā
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The next morning, after the rain had passed, the military camp in the western suburbs of Shangluo City, Yu Wenwen, the governor of Huangzhou, was looking at the map in the big tent, and the herald who had just returned from Liuxian Ping was reporting the results of the battle to him and the generals.
"Our army won a complete victory last night, broke through the Sui army camp in Liuxianping, and the defeated soldiers fled northward, chasing and killing the troops all the way for General Chen Bei, and did not collect the troops until the early hours of the morning, and countless Sui soldiers were scattered along the way, and now they are converging."
"About thirty percent of the grain and grass were burned, and the rest was all obtained by our army, and at the same time, weapons and armor were not counted, and more than 100 war horses were captured."
"When the corpse was collected, I saw a general who fell from a horse and died, and was identified by a number of surrendered soldiers, this person was Sima Li Che, the commander of the Sui army and the governor of Bingzhou."
"After the war, most of the casualties of the Sui army in Liuxianping were lost, and less than thirty percent of the remnants of the soldiers fled."
"The casualties of our army are not large, and the remains of the war dead have been collected, and they will return to Shangluo with the wounded."
"Well done, it was a surprise."
Yitong Liang Dingxing smiled, turned to Yu Wenwen and asked for instructions: "General, did the last general lead the troops to set off for reinforcements?" ā
"Set off immediately, go out of Laojunyu through Liuxianping as planned, take down the Jingcun in Yukou, build a fortress, and see if the situation is resisting."
"The last general obeys!"
Liang Dingxing left, and a moment later a man was brought in, it was the captured Sui army governor Wang Wei.
"Wang Wei, there is no Sui army in Liuxianping, and Sima Li Che, the governor of Bingzhou, is also finished, what do you think this official will do next?"
Hearing Yu Wenwen say this, Wang Wei was silent, this time to attack Shangluo, he went all the way over the mountains and mountains is a partial division, and the soldiers and horses led by Li Che are the main force, now that the two roads are over, the next Zhou army must be to go north out of Laojunyu and attack the west side of the valley dozens of miles away from the Yang.
After taking the rejection of Yang, the threat to the north of Shangluo was lifted, and there was no need to worry about guarding against a sneak attack, so the Zhou army was bound to resist the sun, and when the soldiers were in the city, what should his family and clansmen do?
"Wang Bian, this official is bound to take down the rejection of Yang, and the fate of the people in the city and the Wang clan is on you alone."
"What does the manager mean?"
"It's very simple, you have three days to persuade the defenders of the Yang Dynasty to surrender, if you know the current affairs, the official will not embarrass them, but the people in the city have to temporarily move to Shangluo, and then go back after the war is over."
Wang Bianyan was a little puzzled when he heard this: "Isn't the manager afraid that Wang Mouyi will not return?" ā
"It doesn't matter, this official is giving you a chance to reject Yang, and also giving you a chance, think it out for yourself, do it or not."
"That's... Wang is willing to give it a try. ā
Shi Wansui watched Wang Wei being taken out, and reminded Yu Wenwen softly: "General, taking Zhuyang is already the limit, if you want to pass through Shimen and Huayang River out of Wengyu, the risk of a surprise attack on Zhonghua Mountain County is too great." ā
"You're right, but the rejection of the sun must be won, as for what to do next, then you have to think carefully." (To be continued.) )