Chapter 153: Fighting at the Walled Gate
There were a few points of light in the layers of trees on the north mountain of the camp, and several large flags waved violently in the firelight, but there was no response from the camp below the mountain.
"Is there a fire in front of the camp?"
Several scouts looked at each other and looked at the camp tent in the distance, even if there was a fire in the night, they couldn't see it clearly from a long distance, and Wu Chang said vaguely: "It seems, it seems to be a little brighter...... Could it be that there are enemy troops coming from the west, too? ”
Why? Because these Yu Forbidden Army scouts, who were on night guard on the valley, discovered the movement of the Gao Shun brigade under the valley through the valley!
Gao Shun was not as careful as Wei Xu, although this valley was easy to defend and difficult to attack, but the mountain road was not spacious enough to accommodate ambush soldiers, even if Yu Ban intended to ambush him here, it was impossible. Do you take 200 men and ambush 5,000 men? Joke, Cheng Lian led 800 cavalry to roar through with open fire, and the unsheltered march of 5,000 foot soldiers even made the valley reverberate.
As for the sentry scout, it is inevitable that they will be discovered when they are discovered, and Gao Shun's purpose is not to forbid it...... Just guarding against the ban is not five or six thousand people, he is guarding against Cao Ren of Chengwu City. It would also be a good thing to let Yu Ban know that there was an enemy here, not only to relieve Gao Shun's pressure, but also to share some attention for Wei Xu, the best of both worlds.
It's just that those herald scouts are not so beautiful, they don't know what Yu Ban thinks, and they don't care what Gao Shun has in mind, the mission of the garrison in the valley is to let Yu Ban, who is stationed in the camp under the mountain, know when he sees the enemy.
How do you know if it's a black light?
What's more important is that Yu Ban's current attention, or the attention of the whole army, no one can put it on the mountain, the Yan army in the west is storming the camp!
There was no way, Yu Ban's defense made Wei Xu's sneak attack be discovered prematurely, and twenty or thirty foot soldiers holding torches and holding fire oil cans fell into the pit and tied into meat skewers without any suspense, and the wailing and the flames that erupted were eye-catching, which not only frightened the extremely nervous Wei Xu sergeants, but also woke up Yu Ban sergeants in the camp.
The most fearful thing at night is to attack the camp, anyone who sleeps well suddenly puts two cannons at the door and is so frightened that they bounce off the bed, and Yu Ban's subordinates are now feeling like this. Thousands of soldiers were scurrying around in the tent like crazy, shouting about night raids or trying to fight to remind the robes, and this chaos was barely stopped until Yu Ban went out of the tent.
"Don't be confused, the enemy hasn't attacked the camp yet, go and prepare your armor first!"
Yu Ban shouted loudly to his subordinates, although the night attack of the Yan army caught him off guard, he was not panicked, didn't he have it yet? Turning his head to the forbidden tent and wearing armor, when he came out again, he was already in full armor, and there were crossbowmen on the wall of the west village to return fire at the Yan army outside the camp...... The night attack became a strong attack at night.
Wei Xu quickly adjusted his deployment, suppressed the enemy troops in the camp with a crossbow team, and once again ordered the foot soldiers to charge with firearms and assault the gate of the village.
They still seized the opportunity, and before the forbidden army could fully defend itself, his foot soldiers had already rushed dozens of paces forward, crossed the most dangerous front, and attacked the wall. The cans of fire oil were poured on the ground, and the crossbowmen stood in three rows outside the camp, and the arrows were fired at the wall in turn, and the flames burned on the wall, and also burned in Wei Xu's eyes.
"Bump!"
The foot soldiers carrying the striking wood staggered, roared in unison and rushed towards the gate of the village, and several rows of arrows fell down one by one, wailing in all directions. Less than a moment after the wood hit the ground, more soldiers immediately carried the giant wood and rushed towards the wall, becoming the center of the battlefield in just over twenty steps.
The night wind in spring was very strong, fueling the fire, and the fire oil was watered in a blink of an eye, and people could not stand on the camp in a blink of an eye, and the flames made the defenders retreat from the wall one after another, and supported the gate with the eyes prepared in the camp.
There were still clusters of arrows in the camp that were fired continuously, but without aiming, the lethality was so small that there was no need to dodge...... Cao's crossbowmen didn't know where their arrows would go, so what was the use of dodging?
The striking wood slammed into the gate again and again, and each time it brought a huge shock. The crossbowmen who had returned fire to the enemy on the wall of the camp had all withdrawn, lowered their bows and crossbows, and carried wood and stones to block the gates. No matter how big the fire in the camp is, it will not be able to burn the thick giant trees in a moment and a half, and the real fragile defense is still the walled gate. As long as the gate is not destroyed, their sergeants will have enough time to prepare, whether it is to meet or retreat, the initiative is in the hands of the defenders.
Yu Ban mobilized the most elite foot soldiers to guard the inside of the gate with layers of spears, while the crossbowmen stood on the shooting platform piled up by huge trees, and pointed at the gate with strong bows and crossbows. Every time there is a huge vibration from the walled gate, it is terrifying.
The Cao army inside the camp was arranging a defensive position, and Wei Xu was not idle outside the camp, the sword and shield hands were behind the soldiers who carried the striking wood to guard against the enemy's arrow rain, and the crossbowmen were behind to prepare for the upcoming conflict.
They are all battle-hardened veterans, and everyone knows that the most terrible casualties will occur under this walled gate, which is no more than twenty paces wide...... For Wei Xu, as long as he breaks through this walled gate, Yu Ban's camp will be at his disposal!
Rumble!
After all, I couldn't help the long-term collision, and with a loud bang, the wooden gate fell apart, and the wooden sticks and gravel supported by the door flew everywhere. Wei Xu waved his spear with a crazy look and shouted, "Kill! ”
"Kill!"
The soldiers who put down the striking wood rushed into the city without hesitation, climbing the broken stone and wood thorns and fish through, they were greeted by Yu Ban waving his hand solemnly, hundreds of arrows were shot into the door like locusts, and then countless swords and shields rushed into the camp with spears and swords, ignoring the arrows shot above their heads, and fighting with the Cao army foot soldiers who ushered in!
The long-term stalemate caused three or four hundred people to be consumed under this walled gate in less than half an hour, and the corpses almost blocked the walled gate, and Wei Xu became more and more anxious. The casualties of his subordinates were obviously more than those of the forbidden army, not to mention that such a result was not what he wanted even if he broke through the walled gate.
The decisive force of kicking the camp is the cavalry who come and go in the camp like the wind, killing people and setting fire are far more convenient than foot soldiers, at this time they are dragged by Yu Ban on the attrition war of the foot archers, even if they capture the walled gate, his cavalry will still not be able to quickly pass through the walled gate blocked by corpses, but will become a target for riding a strong horse.
"Gather some men and knock down the burned walls on both sides, and the cavalry is ready to rush into the enemy from both sides!"
There is no other way, in this case, Wei Xu can only find a way to attack from the edge of the camp, and then supplement the breakthrough of the village's foot soldiers to get a chance to win!