Chapter 600: Raid on Jijing (3)
Because before the battle, the Dai army had done enough homework, and the terrain in Jijing City and the layout of the Qin army had already been figured out, so after entering the city, Sima Shang immediately assigned two thousand infantry to capture the north and south gates, and left the Xiao cavalry army to garrison the east gate, and led the remaining four thousand infantry and four thousand cavalry, guided by the personnel of the Jinyi Guard, from five different roads, to the Qin army's garrison location, first of all, of course, to eliminate the Qin army in the city, in order to completely control the capital of Jijing.
At this time, it was already the third watch, the night ban was implemented in Jijing City, and the rest of the streets and alleys were basically empty except for the ** made by the Jinyi Guard, so there was no obstruction along the way, even if it was a collision with the patrol army of the Qin army, but one was not a large number, and the other was a hasty response, and it was not the opponent of the Dai Army at all.
The garrison of the Qin army in Jijing City was divided into two parts, with 3,000 troops stationed around Honggao Mansion, where Wang Jian lived; The other part of the military camp of the Yuan Yan army stationed in the northwest of Jijing City, guarding the city gate at night, and patrolling the army, were all sent from the barracks.
The five-way army divided into the Dai army, there were three attacking camps, two attacking Wang Jian's residence, and Sima Shang personally led an army, along the avenue, straight to Wang Jian's residence, of course he knew the truth of capturing the thief and capturing the king first, if he could catch or kill Wang Jian, it was enough to break the will of the Qin army in the city to resist and achieve the most decisive victory.
At this time, Wang Jian led more than 300 personal soldiers just came out of the palace gate, and just met the representative army led by Sima Shang, and the two sides immediately rushed to kill each other and started a scuffle.
Although the number of the Qin army is not as good as that of the Dai army, it fights on the narrow city streets, the location of the battlefield is limited, the armies on both sides are stretched out in long queues, and only a dozen soldiers in the front row can fight in close quarters, and the advantage of the Dai army in terms of strength cannot be brought into play for a while, and this Qin army is Wang Jian's pro-army, which is strictly trained and well-equipped, so the two sides are evenly matched for a while, regardless of up and down.
And although Wang Jian is not sure what kind of army it is that has entered Jijing, but now that he has encountered it, he also commanded his own soldiers to fight with the representative army on the one hand, and on the other hand, he also sent people to the location where the Qin army was stationed to mobilize troops to participate in the battle.
However, although the Qin army was personally commanded by Wang Jian, after all, it was a hasty response, and this kind of chaotic war was fought in the dark night, Wang Jian could not command anything at all in addition to stabilizing the army's morale and inspiring morale, but the representative army was prepared, not only specialized in training night battles, but also conducted urban warfare drills, but after all, the road was narrow, and it was difficult to defeat the Qin army for a while.
Seeing that the battle was deadlocked, Sima Shang immediately ordered the cavalry to assault the flanks of the Qin army from other streets, and at the same time ordered the infantry to climb onto the roofs on both sides of the road. First, the Qin army was defenseless; The second generation of soldiers was condescending, and as long as they fell from the roof, they could generally knock down two or three Qin soldiers, so they immediately messed up the ranks of the Qin army.
And at this moment, the cavalry of the Dai army also fought out from the alleys on both sides of the avenue and launched an attack on the Qin army.
It turned out that the Jinyi guards had been lurking in Jijing for several months, and they were very familiar with the street topography of Jijing, so they led the way, even if it was in the dark, but the cavalry of the Dai army not only did not get lost, but could also fight out of the narrow streets and alleys to attack the flank of the Qin army. The Qin army had only entered Jijing for a few days, and he was far from being familiar with Jijing City, so he didn't know that he should guard the exits of those streets and alleys, so he could only passively respond to the battle, and the result could only be to take care of one and lose the other, and advance and retreat.
Although this kind of urban warfare is not an ideal battlefield for the cavalry, the cavalry will always have some advantages over the infantry army, and it is from the side, which can often catch the Qin army by surprise.
As a result, after the multiple blows of the Dai Army, the Qin Army was suddenly killed in chaos, and the entire team was also cut into more than a dozen pieces by the Dai Army, fighting separately, naturally not the opponent of the Dai Army, and was killed by the Dai Army, and on the narrow streets, there was nowhere to hide, no way to escape, some Qin soldiers were evading the pursuit of the Dai Army, and even crashed into many rooms on both sides of the road to escape, but of course the Dai Army would not let them go, and they also followed in, expanding the battlefield to the rooms on both sides of the road.
Wang Jian was originally commanded at the rear of the Qin army, but at this time, the Qin army was cut into more than a dozen pieces by the Dai army, and they could only fight on their own, and Wang Jian could only command dozens of moving soldiers. And the nearest battlefield is only a dozen steps away from Wang Jian. Although Wang Jian is not an impatient person, he is also so anxious that he only stamps his feet, why is there no other Qin army coming now?
At this time, Wang Jian said: "General, it's too dangerous here, let's retreat a little." ”
Wang Jian was furious and said, "Nonsense, when is it, how can the old man retreat......
Before he finished speaking, he heard the sound of horses' hooves coming from one of the lanes on the left, Wang Jian couldn't help but be shocked, and said, "There are Dai soldiers here, rush to stop them." ”
A group of Qin troops immediately drilled into the alley, and after a while, the alley was full of neighing voices and horses, and gold and iron exchanged blows, obviously starting all the small-scale, but very fierce battles. It's just that the alley is pitch black, and you can't see more than ten steps by the eye, so you can't see the battle between the two sides at all.
At this time, Wang Jian was also a little moved, because there were only more than 20 soldiers left around him, and on both sides of the vicinity, there were still two or three alleys exiting, and no one dared to say whether there would be another generation of soldiers in these alleys.
Wang Jian is not a person who does not know the severity, when he encounters real danger, of course he will not hold on hard, when he should escape, he still has to escape, Wang Jian is certainly not a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death, but he will not be sent to death without meaning, not to mention that there are still many Qin troops in the city now, if these Qin troops are organized, it is not impossible to turn the tables. Therefore, retreating from here was not to flee, but to organize the Qin army to turn defeat into victory.
But just as Wang Jian was about to give the order to retreat, he heard the sound of horses' hooves, and a group of cavalry killed him from behind the Qin army.
Wang Jian's heart sank suddenly, and he fell into the front and back attacks of the Dai army, is this time the time for his own life?
At this time, Wang Jian suddenly pulled out his sword, blocked in front of Wang Jian, and shouted: "Defend the general." Kill! ”
The other more than 20 Qin soldiers were Wang Jian's personal soldiers, loyal to Wang Jian, and they were all people who would rather die themselves than protect Wang Jian, so after listening to Wang Jian's greeting, they all raised their guns and swords and rushed towards the cavalry of the Dai army.
The cavalry army that came from behind the Qin army was a fifty cavalry squad, they originally followed a hundred cavalry to detour the alley and attack the Qin army, originally ranked at the back of the line, but the other cavalry troops in front of them all killed from each alley in turn, but when they found an alley to kill, they found that they had gone around the back of the Qin army, so they ran out along the street to the Qin army.
Although Wang Jian led the remaining more than 20 Qin soldiers to rush to the Dai army very bravely, but the street is much wider than the alley after all, and more than ten horses can be walked side by side, and the cavalry has a certain advantage over the infantry, so the Qin army was suddenly washed down by most of the horses, and only four or five knights were knocked off the horse. Wang Jian could only lead the remaining Qin soldiers to retreat to Wang Jian's side to protect him.
At this time, there were only a dozen guards left around Wang Jian, although there was a row in front of Wang Jian to block the Dai army, but even the street could not be completely sealed, so Wang Jian also knew very well that it was impossible for them to block the attack of the Dai army. Wang Jian couldn't help but secretly regret in his heart, if he had decided to retreat earlier, he would not have fallen into the current predicament, and if he really died here, he would have been somewhat wronged.
Thinking of this, Wang Jian also drew his sword, preparing to fight to the death with the Dai army.
Dial the sword in hand, Wang Jian can not help but increase his pride, when he was young, Wang Jian, is also a brave general, often personally go into battle to Chongfeng, cut the general to capture the flag, as long as the age grows older, and the position is high and powerful, naturally there is no need to go into battle in person, although usually in the battle with his son Wang Ben, there are also generals to fight and practice, or win more and lose less, but Wang Jian Chu, they did not do their best, after all, they are still old.
At this time, Wang Jian felt that he seemed to have returned to his youth, and he had regained the feeling of swinging his sword and slashing, so even the blood in his whole body was boiling, and he couldn't help but think, I don't know if his sword is old, if he will really die here, then he will kill a few generations of soldiers with his own hands, and he will also pull a few cushions.
But at this moment, only the shouts of killing were heard in the rear of the Dai army, and the cavalry of the Dai army turned their horses' heads one after another, turned around and rushed, and only seven or eight cavalry rushed towards Wang Jian's side.
Wang Jian suddenly yelled: "Kill!" As soon as he pushed away the Qin soldiers in front, he first swung his sword and rushed up to the Dai army, and when Wang Jian and the others saw it, they also hurriedly followed behind Wang Jian and rushed forward.
An oncoming cavalryman of the Dai Army, the war horse did not run very fast, but the knight on horseback waved his spear and stabbed Wang Jian in the chest.
Wang Jian was originally hedging against the cavalry, but suddenly he made a sharp stop, his body twisted, and the spear almost pierced Wang Jian's breastplate. And Wang Jian grabbed the barrel of the gun and pulled it along the thorn momentum, and the cavalry suddenly couldn't sit on the horse's back, fell from the side of the horse's neck, and fell to the ground. And Wang Jian immediately raised his sword and stabbed this generation of soldiers to death, and then turned around to attack the other generation soldiers.
At this time, the other Qin soldiers also fought with the substitute soldiers, and the two sides suffered casualties on both sides, but the Qin army had more people, almost twice as many as the substitute soldiers, so after a while, all the seven or eight cavalrymen were killed, and Wang Jian actually slashed two substitute soldiers. However, the Qin soldiers also suffered a lot of casualties, and in the end, there were only four people left together with Wang Jian.