Chapter 633: Street Fighting (5)
In the street battle, the advantage of the Xianbei cavalry is also difficult to play, the crossroads are firmly controlled by the Shu army, due to the powerful power of firearms, the Xianbei people want to regain control of the crossroads almost no hope, and the bald tree function can only hope to seek a breakthrough from the small streets and alleys.
But in addition to the east, west, north and south four intersecting streets, although there are a lot of small streets and alleys in Guzang City, but all of them are narrow alleys that can only accommodate one or two horsemen, the Shu army can only easily lay some roadblocks, the cavalry of the Xianbei people can not pass, if you want to continue to move forward, the Xianbei cavalry must abandon the horse and walk, in this way, the cavalry advantage of the Xianbei people is gone, if it is simply compared to the infantry fighting ability, the Xianbei people and the Shu army are far behind.
The Xianbei soldiers who poured into Guzang City have reached forty or fifty thousand, in terms of number, far more than the number of Shu army and Guzang defenders, but due to the limited terrain in the city, this advantage of Xianbei people can not be brought into play at all, but the Shu army firmly occupies the initiative and suppresses the Xianbei people in the area of Beicheng, without much development.
The intensity of the street battle is completely comparable to the decisive battle on the plains, but in terms of its complexity, the battle in other situations can not be compared, and now the two sides are in Guzang City, forming a dog-tooth staggered situation, you have me, I have you, and the melee is in one place.
The two sides have been facing each other in the city for a long time, and when the battle is deadlocked, Liu Yin has quietly sent troops and horses, preparing to attack several gates of Guzang.
Now the two sides control the south gate and the north gate respectively, which is also the passage for the two sides to enter Guzang, naturally to protect it, as for the east gate and the west gate, on the contrary, because the two sides have been involved in street battles in the city, and have not been taken seriously, at this moment, the east gate and the west gate have appeared in the void.
Liu Yin sent Lu Xun to lead a part of the new battalion to seize control of the east and west gates. With the two gates in an empty state, Luson easily got his hands on the east and west gates.
But Liu Yin's purpose was not limited to this, since the four city gates were connected by the four city walls, and the capture of the east and west gates allowed the Shu army to extend along the city walls in the direction of the north gate.
At the beginning, the bald tree function did not care, the role of the city wall is to keep the enemy outside the city, and at this moment, the Xianbei army has entered the city on a large scale, and the original defensive role of the city wall has disappeared, and it is meaningless to hold the city gate and the city wall, since the Shu army wants to snatch the east and west gates, then let him be.
But what the bald tree didn't expect was that after the Shu army captured the east and west gates, it did not stop attacking, but continued to advance along the city wall in the direction of the north gate.
The bald tree function was stunned, this Liu Yin's appetite is a little too big, does he want to play a game of shutting the door and beating the dog? However, the bald tree function quickly denied this idea, and the plan of closing the door and beating the dog is not a bad idea, but it has a very important prerequisite, that is, the party that implements the plan has at least more than twice or even more troops than the other party, so that it is impossible to have a fish that slips through the net surrounded on all sides, and now the Xianbei people have more than twice the strength of the Shu army, and the Shu army wants to play a game of closing the door and beating the dog, which is simply a big joke.
What's more, the north gate is the passage for the Xianbei people to enter and exit, which is definitely a more inmissible existence, although it is subject to the narrow standing on the city wall can not stand too many soldiers, but the Xianbei soldiers under the city can come along the steps to the north gate tower at any time, and the north gate is not lost, without the slightest pressure.
The tall wall is an independent system, the whole wall is higher than any building in the city, and is not connected to the surrounding areas, and only near the city gate will there be a passage from the city to the city. It is precisely because there is such a passage near the north gate that the bald tree function has no fear.
Most of Lu Xun's new battalions were established from the ranks of the Hanzhong guerrilla battalion, and Lu Xun could not have been more handy in such a troubled battle. I don't know if it is to cut corners when building the city wall, or it is not easy to build such a city in the desert here, the passage on the city wall is not too wide, other cities are called "horse racing city", the wide avenue on the city wall can completely allow riders to go around the city, galloping vertically and horizontally. But obviously Guzang City can not be called a horse racing city, there is almost no place for horses to run in the city, and affected by the terrain, these four sections of the city wall are not in a horizontal position, but undulating, many of the joints are connected by steps, opposite to the square, the north gate is slightly bottom, the west gate and the east gate are worse than the north gate in the horizontal position.
Lu Xun seized this opportunity and rushed to the vicinity of the North Gate Tower, even a stone's throw away from the North Gate Tower. But at this moment, the Xianbei people's defense seems to have suddenly become tenacious, trying their best to block the offensive of the Shu army, because there are not many people standing on the city wall, the Xianbei people will use the way of replacing the back, every casualty in the front, the back will immediately make up for one person, and always let the Xianbei soldiers of the North Gate Tower be in a full state.
The north gate is the city gate that the Xianbei people must protect, and naturally will not allow the sneak attack of the Shu soldiers to succeed, but Lu Xun does not seem to have any intention of storming the north gate tower, but only building temporary fortifications a stone's throw away from the north gate to prevent the Xianbei people from counterattacking, and the two sides entered the stage of stalemate on the north city wall.
The attention of the bald tree function is still focused on several key points in the crossroads and the city, and he disdains the Shu army that has attacked the front of the city wall, even if you are strong, you will not be able to take the north gate tower after all, as long as the north gate is firmly controlled, the Xianbei soldiers and horses can enter and attack, retreat and defend, and will not be affected at all.
Just when the bald tree function was thinking about how to capture Guzang, suddenly a flying horse galloped from the north gate, pounced in front of the bald tree function, rolled the saddle and fell off the horse, and said eagerly: "Great leader Qiqi, something is wrong!" ”
The bald tree function couldn't help but be stunned when he heard it, it seems that the appearance of the person is the messenger sent by the old nest of the Xianbei people on the other side of the West Sea, and the heart of the bald tree function suddenly raised, what he is most worried about is that the old nest must not have any accidents, this big thing is not good, and it does make the bald tree function uneasy, and asked urgently: "What is the alarm?" Take your time! (To be continued.) )