Chapter 598: Assault
The abrupt return of the Liaodong Army. Gongsun Zhan felt a little unusual, and the sudden appearance of the Xianbei cavalry near Liaodong should not be an occasional phenomenon.
Liaodong County is under the governance of Taishou Gongsun Du, and its strength is getting stronger day by day, which makes the Liaodong Army able to continuously send troops to the outside world, in fact, Liaodong Gongsun Du is not much cuter than Beiping Gongsun Zan in the eyes of the Hu people in the north. Under normal circumstances, the Xianbei people would not take the initiative to provoke Gongsun Du at all, let alone a large number of cavalry suddenly appeared near Liaodong.
The Xianbei people's intention to help the Wuhuan people reduce their pressure in this way is very obvious.
Gongsun Zhan didn't laugh angrily, "Xianbei people finally can't help it?" I have long said that this war is not only a matter between our Beiping army and the Wuhuan people, but a confrontation between the Hu people in the north and the Han people in Youzhou, and no one is immune! ”
The Xianbei people did not directly participate in the battle of Beiping, but contained the Liaodong Army that rushed to Beiping from the side, making it difficult for Gongsun Zhan to prove that this was a direct alliance of the Xianbei and Wuhuan people, thus avoiding the possibility of changing the nature of the war.
However, Gongsun Chan was not too disappointed with this result. As early as he expected. In fact, Gongsun Zhan also knew that due to his long-term harsh suppression of the Hu people in the north, the Hu people in the north were very hostile to the Beiping army.
If the Wuhuan people fail, the Xianbei people, another powerful nomadic people in the north of Youzhou, will have to face the bloody suppression of the Beiping army alone!
Therefore, it is only a matter of time before the Xianbei people make a move.
"Among the Hu people in the north of Youzhou, except for Wuhuan and Xianbei, the rest are not worried, and now the main forces of the Wuhuan tribes are already in Youbeiping, and the Xianbei people must go all out if they want to hold back the pace of the Liaodong Army. I want to know, what did the Wuhuan people who were exhausted do to stop Yuan Benchu and Liu Xuande's reinforcements! ”
The corners of Gongsun Zhan's lips showed a cold smile.
"My lord, since the Liaodong Army has been unable to arrive in time and the county town has been besieged, should we immediately send troops to rescue it?" Yan Gang asked.
Gongsun Zhan thought for a while and said: "Although the defense of Wuzhong County is not as strong as Beiping, it is not so easy for the Wuhuan people who are not good at attacking the city to attack it. Now that they are sending troops, they have fallen into the trap of the Wuhuan people, and they are putting on a posture of not hesitating to besiege the county seat, don't they just want our main force to go out of the city? Don't let them get their wish! No matter how bad the county town is, it shouldn't be difficult to hold on for a day or two, and you can also use guò to defend the city and consume more troops of the Wuhuan people, let's wait and talk about it first. ”
At the time of the unitary, after being convinced that the Beiping army had no intention of going out of the city to rescue, the camp tent where the lords of the Wuhuan tribes and Ah Niu were. There was a uniform sigh. The Wuhuan people have already understood that just a siege operation is not enough for Gongsun Zhan to lead troops to rescue, and the Wuhuan people must move seriously.
That means that many of the Wuhuan warriors will be ambushed in siege battles that they are not good at!
When the number of troops outside Wuzhong County reached 40,000, the attack of the Wuhuan coalition army on Wuzhong County began.
The 40,000 cavalry already accounted for half of the Wuhuan cavalry in Youbeiping County, and this was still the case when the backup troops of various tribes arrived in the past two days. If it was two days ago, the total number of cavalry of the Wuhuan tribes outside Beiping City was only 50,000. The Wuhuan people fully expressed their attention to the county seat of Wuzhong, and it was inevitable to dispatch so many troops!
"Even if we take the corpses of our warriors to fill in, we must knock down the county seat of Wuend!"
The attack of the Wuhuan coalition army was filled with a sad atmosphere from the beginning, this was an inevitable tough battle, and Lord Wuwang's statement had already set the tone for this battle.
More than 15,000 Wuhuan warriors jumped off their horses, carrying sabers in one hand and unfamiliar ladders in the other, and rushed to the city wall of the county town with a shout when the desolate horn sounded. The Wuhuan warriors, who were accustomed to field warfare, did not even have a shield in the first wave of siege troops, which made them suffer heavy losses under the blow of the rain of arrows at the head of the city!
Before they could rush under the city walls, thousands of Wuhuan warriors had already fallen!
More than 15,000 Wuhuan men were not the only troops who fought in the first wave, while they were charging, 10,000 Wuhuan archers had already fearlessly risen up with the help of war horses. After passing over the clansmen who were serving as infantry and rushing to a distance of more than a hundred steps from the city wall, the Wuhuan cavalry began to run around the city wall, their target. It's the archers at the head of the city.
The defenders of the city, with the help of the city walls, had a certain advantage in range, and the defenders of Wuzhong County obviously did not waste this advantage, and they tried their best to inflict a severe blow on the Wuhuan cavalry. However, the Wuhuan cavalry that kept running around the city was obviously not so easy to be shot, and the strength of the defenders on the city wall was really less.
Under the blow of the rain of arrows of 10,000 Wuhuan archers, the long-range attack of more than 3,000 archers of the Wuzhi County garrison actually had a tendency to be suppressed, and when they saw many archers screaming and falling, many survivors couldn't help but shrink their heads.
"What about the Inhumans, where are the Inhuman troops? Bring me all the archers, quick! ”
A general of the Beiping Army roared at the head of the city, the regular troops of the Beiping Army in the county seat of Wuzhong are only 5,000 people, but the player troops assigned here to help defend the city a few days ago have already exceeded 20,000, although the combat effectiveness of the player troops is weaker than that of the princes' forces, but 25,000 people stationed in a county town can usually still protect the city.
At least, it will be that way in the short term!
In fact, the Wuzhong County Commander has always had high hopes for the player troops who help defend the county seat, "After all, it's a force of 20,000 people, even if you stand on the city wall and watch the excitement, those Wuhuan people will feel desperate." ”
It's a pity that he overestimated the will to fight of these players.
Participating in the faction and killing the enemy in exchange for rewards is something that every player is happy to do, but if they want their troops to fight tough and vicious battles, players will obviously have to weigh whether it is worth throwing their troops into the meat grinder.
Most of the player forces like to do things that are icing on the cake, and as for sending charcoal in the snow, it seems that not many people will be so stupid. This time, the endless county attack and defense battle is the same!
After the current Wuhuan coalition army attacked violently, and continued to increase troops to pose a posture of fighting to the death, the players of the Gongsun Zan camp in the county town of Wuzhi. Coincidentally, a decision was made: "This will be a vicious battle, even if the county town is defended, I am afraid that a lot of troops will be lost." Anyway, this battle won't end so quickly, and the offensive and defensive battles at the beginning will still be fought by other players and NPC troops in the city. ”
Most of the players were wishful thinking, and a few players who had planned to defend the city seriously saw that the situation was not right, and immediately withdrew their troops. This also led to the fact that when the battle of the county town began, there were only 5,000 Beiping defenders on the city wall.
When those players saw the effective suppression of the Wuhuan cavalry on the city, they even thought that their way of preserving their strength was extremely correct, "Mom, fortunately, Lao Tzu's troops are not on it, and the archery skills of these Wuhuan cavalry are too good!" ”
The combat effectiveness of the Beiping army is very strong, although after the Wuhuan cavalry approached, the long-range troops have lost the advantage of range, and the three-to-one long-range force ratio has also made the number of archers of the Beiping army continue to decrease. Later, they even had to give up shooting at the Wuhuan cavalry, and instead set their sights on the Wuhuan infantry, and when the Wuhuan infantry approached the city wall, more than 1,000 people had already died under the arrows without resistance.
When the Wuhuan infantry began to attack the city, the archers of the Beiping Army at the head of the city, under the meticulous "care" of the Wuhuan archers, had already lost half!
About 14,000 Wuhuan warriors leaned the ladder against the city wall, several big men desperately held the ladder to avoid being overturned by the defenders at the head of the city, and the other warriors put their sabers in their mouths one by one, and rushed up without saying a word!
The most tragic short-handed confrontation stage of the siege war actually began so quickly!
The defenders of Beiping tried their best to prevent the Wuhuan infantry from ascending the city, rolling logs, stones, and boiling oil, and throwing them out of the city wall as if they didn't want money. Outside the city walls on all sides, the screams of the Wuhuan warriors before they died rose and fell, and they never stopped for a moment!
Even if you are hit by rolling logs and boulders, even if you don't die on the spot, rolling down from a height of seven or eight meters, basically not dying is already a miracle, and losing your war power is certain. Compared with the rolling wood and boulder, the boiling oil made the Wuhuan warriors suffer a lot, and they were terrified to hear it, and they might not die immediately when they were poured on their bodies by the boiling oil, but the living sin was simply painful.
Outside the city walls, hundreds of Wuhuan men rolled and wailed on the ground, and they were all so hot that they wanted to die immediately.
In addition to these weapons to defend the city, the Beiping soldiers in Wuzhong County have never given up their efforts to knock down the ladder with a pole. Although there were several Wuhuan warriors at the bottom of each ladder under the city walls, the Wuhuan people, who lacked experience in siege warfare, obviously did not have enough understanding of the difficulties.
They don't have enough common sense of physics, they don't have enough siege warfare intelligence. The Wuhuan warriors still haven't figured out why the two or three defenders at the head of the city were able to overturn the ladder to the top of the city when five or six Wuhuan warriors desperately resisted!
One upside down ladder meant that two or three Wuhuan warriors were forced to come into close contact with the ground. However, these upside-down ladders were soon strengthened, and more Wuhuan warriors climbed to the top of the city with ladders in their hands.
For the sake of the dignity of all Wuhuan people, the warriors of all tribes sacrificed their lives and forgot their lives, no matter how much casualties they paid, their goal would not change: to break through the county town of Wuzhong and force Gongsun Zan out of the city for a decisive battle!
The suppression of the city by the Wuhuan cavalry greatly relieved the pressure on the siege infantry, making them greatly less likely to be shot by the archers on the city. Not only that, the melee troops of the Beiping defenders also need to be extra careful when throwing stones, boiling oil, and big trees, and if they hesitate, the selected Wuhuan archers will shoot them in a very short time!
At the head of Wuzhong County, there have been more than 100 unlucky Beiping soldiers who have suffered huge losses, most of them have a few feather arrows inserted in their bodies, and their left chest, throat, and face are all fatal parts.
A pungent smell on the north side of the city gradually spread away, that was when a Beiping army tried to throw boiling oil on the Wuhuan people under the city, just poked out from behind the battlements, and was targeted by several Wuhuan shooters who had been waiting for a long time, and fell down! The boiling oil was all poured on himself, but the Beiping army did not suffer too much, and those few feather arrows had already killed him first!
The defenders, who were firmly suppressed by the Wuhuan marksmen, no longer dared to poke their heads out lightly, so they had to carefully hide their bodies behind the city walls, preparing to fight the Wuhuan infantry who had ascended the city in hand-to-hand combat. They have quite a wealth of experience in defending the city, and they cooperate tacitly, as long as the Wuhuan people climb the city wall, they will immediately be attacked by several Beiping troops, and the success rate of such a combined attack is extremely high.
The defenders of Wuzhong County are no longer qualified to make mistakes. They were in an extremely passive position, losing their long-range suppression, a large number of defenders were killed, and the few remaining troops were only enough to hide behind the battlements and deal a fatal blow to the Wuhuan people who climbed up. Any mistake at this time is fatal, once the Wuhuan people with superior forces and strong will to fight gain a foothold on the city wall and clear a clearing, the fall of the county town will be irreversible!
Most of the time, the Wuhuan people were killed as soon as they poked their heads out and fell directly from the city, but none of the Wuhuan infantry who landed in the city flinched, and they also killed bloody.
Many Wuhuan warriors simply ignored the weapons that greeted them at their vital points, and only wanted to end the county defenders together, or to relieve the pressure on their brothers who would later ascend to the city. Such a tragic fighting style made the casualties of the Beiping army gradually increase again, and it was even difficult for them to take care of all the locations of the climbing ladders.
At this time, the players in the county town of Endless finally showed that the situation was not right.
"Damn, these Wuhuan people are too good to fight!"
"Yes, the 5,000 elite Beiping army has only been defending for more than an hour, and forty percent of them have been killed...... If we don't go to war again, I'm afraid that in two hours, the Wuhuan people will attack the city, and then we will all be turtles in the urn. ”
"The county seat is still a little smaller, and even the Beiping Army can't stop it, can our troops go up and change the outcome of the war?"
"Nonsense, if you can't block the attack of the Wuhuan coalition army in the battle of the city wall, hold out for a longer time, and once the city is broken, none of our troops here will be able to escape! Have you ever heard that when the Wuhuan people attacked the township in the past few days, the defenders of every township were all killed, and none of them were spared! ”
The player's troop 6 continued to come up, greatly relieving the pressure on the Beiping Army.
After the players stabilized the defense of the city walls, they also tried to gather all the archers and attack the Wuhuan sharpshooters who had stopped outside the city. The sudden attack of more than 10,000 archers made the Wuhuan cavalry, who had already relaxed their vigilance, suffer a big loss, and more than 1,500 archers died under that round of arrow rain!
The Wuhuan cavalry immediately repeated their old tricks and galloped around the city walls.
The Wuhuan people, who grew up on horseback since childhood, were very accurate in their archery skills in sports, which increased the difficulty of hitting the defenders at the head of the city, but at the same time, the hit rate of the Wuhuan people did not decrease; Although the defenders of Wuzhong County were inferior to the Wuhuan people in archery, they could hide behind the battlements when necessary, and their safety was more secure. After two rounds of long-range exchanges between the long-range units of the two armies, no one could help anyone.
The war is in a stalemate.
When the ugly time comes, the night is as dark as ink.
In the city of Beiping, including Gongsun Zhan, the generals of Beiping, all of them are worried, the battle in Wuzhong County has been going on for four hours, according to the latest report, the Wuhuan people still have no intention of stopping, but continue to increase troops in Wuzhong County.
In addition to the fierce battle in Wuzhong County, there was no trace of Wuhuan cavalry in the rest of Youbeiping County, which could be regarded as greatly relieving the pressure on other towns and villages. However, it can be seen from this point how determined the Wuhuan people are to break through the county seat of Wuwan!
They gave up their attacks on other towns and villages, apparently in order to concentrate their forces to break through Wuzhong County, where the number of Wuhuan coalition troops had reached 50,000.
Laying down a county seat is far more symbolic than laying down 20 townships!
The spy briefly described the battle situation in Wuzhong County, "It is roughly estimated that the Wuhuan coalition army has lost at least 8,000 people when it attacked Wuzhong County. About 5,000 soldiers defending the city died, and at least half of the soldiers killed in the battle were the garrison troops of our Beiping Army, and the combat effectiveness of those alien troops was low, which led to the pressure on the defenders to still be very great, if the Wuhuan people did not stop attacking, I am afraid that Wuzhong County would not be able to last another five hours! ”
Yan Gang and the others were shocked, the loss ratio of the offensive and defensive sides was eight to five, and in the battle of defending the city, such a battle loss ratio was very abnormal. I have to admit that the wait-and-see attitude of the player troops in the early stage of the battle has brought extremely strict consequences.
If the player's troops go all out at the beginning, with the help of the range advantage, defense advantage, and long-range strength advantage of the city wall, it is fully capable of more than doubling the number of casualties of the Wuhuan coalition army! More importantly, the 5,000-strong Beiping Army can be preserved more, so as to play a greater role in the bloody city wall battle.
Now is not the time to hold the player forces accountable, Gongsun Chan asked, "Even if the Wuhuan people are eager to fight, after four hours of fighting, they should not have much siege equipment left." When their siege equipment is exhausted, the defenders of Wuzhong County will be able to get a respite, and the situation may not be as bad as you said. ”
The spy said: "Your Excellency, the strength of those Wuhuan people in the siege battle has almost always remained at about 20,000 to 25,000 people, and there are more than 10,000 troops on standby, ready to enter the battle at any time. The other Wuhuan people were not idle, and they made every effort to make siege equipment, obviously they also realized that there must be enough siege equipment to ensure the continuity of the attack. ”
After a pause, the spy continued: "The manufacturing degree outside the city alone is not enough to ensure the continuous attack of the Wuhuan people, but at the end of the hour, a Wuhuan cavalry transported siege equipment to the county town of Wuzhong, and judging from the number of siege equipment, their preparations are very sufficient. ”
This time, even Gongsun Zhan's face changed, he didn't expect that the Wuhuan people, who had never been able to fight siege warfare, actually seemed to have suddenly changed as if they had suddenly changed their personalities, with careful planning and orderly actions.
"Yes, it must have something to do with Zheng Aniu! Fengxiang City has experienced countless battles, especially good at defense, as evidenced by the Luoyang Campaign's hard resistance to the attack of the Yellow Turban Army. After fighting so many tough battles, Fengxiang City has naturally accumulated a lot of experience in siege warfare, if not, how could the Wuhuan people fight so smoothly in Wuzhong County? "Gongsun Chan has already had a hint of enlightenment.
At that time, the spies planted by Gongsun Chan in the state capital rushed over overnight and brought back another bad news.
After Yuan Shao's troops entered the territory of Youzhou, they were blocked by the troops of Youzhou Mansion, and after consultation, Yan Liang, the general who led the troops, accepted the "invitation" of Liu Yu, the pastor of Youzhou, and the troops went to the seat of the state capital to rest, "After the rectification is completed, they will go to Beiping, and ask Gongsun Taishou to be calm and not to be impatient."
Yuan Shao sent troops to Beiping, not because he had much friendship with Gongsun Zhan, nor did he want to stand out for Gongsun Zhan, who was alone against the Wuhuan coalition army, on the contrary, Yuan Shao's private comment on this battle was, "Gongsun Chan is to blame, and he deserves to die." Yuan Shao's troops marched into Youzhou, in addition to declaring their identity as the leader of the Kwantung princes' alliance, mainly to get more military supplies from Han Fu and enhance their strength.
Therefore, it is naturally impossible for Yuan Shaojun to really work hard for the Beiping Army, besides, Liu Yu is the royal family of the Han family after all, and he is the highest governor of Youzhou, Liu Yu wants to stop the army of Jizhou Bohai Taishou, and Yuan Shaojun, who doesn't want to tear his face, really has no temper. Anyway, the benefits have already been obtained, and it is reasonable for Yuan Shaojun to get off the donkey down the slope.
The three reinforcements in Beiping, the most powerful Liaodong Army and the Bohai Navy, had actually withdrawn from the war. With an army of 30,000, Gongsun Zan can count on only Liu Bei's 5,000 Plains Army, and in the territory of Beiping, the dream of annihilating the Wuhuan coalition army has been completely shattered!
The envoy who rushed back from Youzhou Mansion in disguise also brought back an important news: along the way from Beiping to the state capital, there were traces of a large number of Inhuman troops' activities.
"Release all the scouts, take Beiping City as the center, and find out all the Wuhuan people within a radius of fifty miles. The rest of the troops, burying the pot and cooking, are ready to attack! ”
Gongsun Chan made such a decision with a gloomy face, the two most important reinforcements have been abolished, and it is meaningless to continue to retreat without a fight, if he had known that this was the result, how could Gongsun Chan sit back and watch the Wuhuan coalition army destroy the towns and villages of Youbeiping County?
At three o'clock, a scout team brought back their present: a large number of unknown items were piled up in the dense forest on the edge of Tuyin County, where Beiping City was located, less than thirty miles away from Wuzhong County. Although the Wuhuan people covered the items tightly with branches, the scouts were fortunate to see that a unit of Wuhuan cavalry came out of it with all siege equipment.
The direction in which the cavalry transport force was walking was Wuzhong County, and from the time calculation, it should be the second batch of equipment transported by the Wuhuan people to the siege troops of Wuzhong County! That place is not above the straight-line distance between Beiping City and Wuzhong County, there is a distance of nearly ten miles, if it is not for the comprehensive inspection of the Beiping Army scouts, I am afraid it will be difficult to find that place.
"How many more instruments are in there?"
"Judging from the stacking situation, it should be enough for that force to send it three more times!"
"How many Wuhuan guards are there?"
"Less than a thousand!"
Gongsun Zhan stood up with a stern face, "The Wuhuan people have quietly accumulated so many siege equipment, it seems that they have long been ready to attack the city, if we don't take the initiative to attack, the fall of the county town is almost a foregone conclusion." I dare to pack a ticket, they made so many siege equipment out, not just to break through a county town! ”
Gongsun Chan and Gongsun Yue glanced at each other, and the latter waved his fist, "Burn it!" ”
At the end of the day, the gate of the west city of Beiping, which had been closed for many days, was quietly opened, and an elite cavalry unit of 3,000 people, under the personal leadership of Gongsun Zhan, rushed out and went directly to the direction of Wuzhong County, northwest of Beiping.
These 3,000 people, all white horses, if the murderous aura on the horse cavalry is substantial, this army is the descendant army that Gongsun Zhan regards as a treasure, the elite of the elite, and the white horse righteous servant who makes the Hu people in the north frightened!
In order to save the county seat, Gongsun Chan finally mobilized the most elite troops in his hands!
Following Bai Ma Yicong, Gongsun Zhan's general Yan Gang, led 10,000 elite soldiers of the Beiping Army, running forward, and the Beiping Army that could be stationed in the county town was all veterans of the battlefield who had experienced a hundred battles, and many of the troops in this army had participated in the competition with the Wuhuan cavalry in the early stage, and this infantry was not inferior at all in the field battle.
In the city, there are also Gongsun Yue leading the remaining more than 10,000 Beiping troops to defend the city.
The news that the Beiping army was out of the city and rushed to Wuzhong County soon reached the ears of the adults of the Wuhuan tribes, and Ah Niu couldn't help laughing, "Gongsun Chan finally can't help it." ”
Futon's fat face was also full of a relaxed smile, "He has no other choice, the Liaodong Army is pinned down by the Xianbei people, and the Bohai Navy is stopped by Lord Liu Yu's troops, if he refuses to come out again, he will wait to collect the corpses of the defenders of Wuzhong County!" Damn, fighting this county, tens of thousands of warriors died at once......" Thinking of those clansmen who died in battle, Futon's smile was swept away, and it was replaced by endless pain.
This is not only the case for Futon, but also for the adults of other tribes, everyone knew in advance that attacking the county town would pay a heavy price, so the siege troops were all mixed by each tribe in proportion to the population, and dozens of tribes shared this loss. Despite this, the tribes with the least losses also suffered more than 100 casualties.
Wu Wang's face sank, "Now is not the time to be sentimental, we spent so much effort and died so many warriors to let Gongsun Chan out of the city, don't forget that this is just the beginning of the plan, can you take revenge on the shame, in the next battle!" We can't afford to fall short, and we don't have time to squander, succeed or fail, in one fell swoop! ”
The lords of the tribes suddenly agreed, and each went down to prepare.
Wu Wang frowned, and said to Ah Niu: "Ah Niu City Lord, the Beiping Army has seen what we want them to see, Gongsun Zhan is personally leading Bai Ma Yi to attack, however, our spies only saw Bai Ma Yi rushing from the direction of Wuzhong County, and did not burn the so-called siege equipment as you expected. ”
After a long confrontation with the Beiping Army, the Wuhuan Coalition Army has been abused by Bai Ma Yi from the psychological shadow of Yan Zòng, almost to the point of being terrified. Wu Wang was very worried, and Gongsun Zhan's Bai Ma Yi changed from giving up burning siege equipment to join forces with his foot soldiers to attack the Wuhuan people outside Wuzhong County.
Ah Niu smiled bitterly, "If that's the case, we will only have to improvise." However, in Ah Niu's opinion, Gongsun Chan should have guessed that the outside of Beiping City has long been our ears and eyes, if I am in his position, in order not to startle the snake, I will also suddenly change the route after leaving Beiping City, and go straight to the place where we stacked our items in Xu Wushan, so that even if our ears and eyes are wrong, it will be difficult to transfer those 'siege equipment' before the cavalry of the Beiping Army.
"If Gongsun Chan rushes to the ground and sees that those trees covered by branches are just some nearby piles of wood and stones, his expression must be very interesting."
The dense forest where the Beiping army scouts appeared, in fact, there were only two batches of siege equipment from beginning to end, and their reconnaissance harvest was completely the product of the deliberate cooperation of the Wuhuan coalition army. The Wuhuan people are not good at making these weapons, and the time is also very rushed, and being able to make two batches of siege equipment in one day is already the limit of the Wuhuan coalition army!
The sky is still not bright, and the sound of horses' hooves roars on the official road leading to the county seat of Wuzhong in Beiping City, and with the help of the faint starlight, the white horse is rushing forward.
Ten miles after leaving Beiping City, Bai Ma Yicong's direction of travel changed, and he suddenly inserted himself to the right towards Xu Wushan's trail. Gongsun Chan couldn't tolerate leaving those "siege equipment" behind, and whenever he thought that the siege equipment that the Wuhuan people had spent a lot of time and energy making was destroyed by himself, Gongsun Chan felt an indescribable joy in his heart.
The destruction of the siege equipment of the Wuhuan people, only by the rush of the Wuhuan troops outside the county of Wuzhong County, will not be able to offset the loss of equipment during the siege war. In that way, the defenders of Wuzhong County will win a precious respite.
This operation will also have a direct impact on the outcome of the siege battle in Wuzhong County.
Gongsun Zhan calculated very clearly, with the help of Baima Yicong's degree, after killing a small number of defenders in the place and burning the siege equipment in Tunji, he could just meet with the Beiping infantry led by Yan Gang ten miles east of Wuzhong County, and at the same time attack the Wuhuan coalition army that was tired of fighting for a long time!
In that case, the Wuhuan coalition's plan to besiege Wuzhong County would not only have to come to naught, but would also be in the embarrassing situation of being attacked on the back of the enemy. After resting in the city for several days, the Beiping army has already held back the fire in their stomachs, and their morale is high!
The anger that had been pent up in Gongsun Zhan's chest for a long time was out of control, and the closed door in the past few days had made Youbeiping County pay a heavy price. If the main force of the Beiping Army and the Wuhuan coalition army go head-to-head, although it is difficult to inflict a devastating blow on the Wuhuan people, at least the towns and villages of Beiping on the right can be saved.
"Wuhuan people, you wait!"
When Gongsun Chan let out such an angry roar, Yan Na was galloping with the elite infantry of the Beiping Army.
Although this army is not as strong as Bai Ma Yicong, it has rarely been defeated in the confrontation of the Hu people, and it can achieve such a result, not only because of the wisdom (such as formations) summed up by the Han troops in the long history of war, but also because Yan Gang's own strength cannot be underestimated.
Perhaps because Gongsun Zhan's forces rarely left Youzhou to march into the Central Plains except for the battle against Dong Zhuo, and they were already destroyed in the early days of the Three Kingdoms, Gongsun Chan and his Beiping army did not have many opportunities to excel in the romance, and even the strategists and generals under Gongsun Zhan's account were considered to be out of the stream.
This can be verified from the stand-alone version of the game of the Three Kingdoms, but in fact, as the strongest person in Youzhou in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, Gongsun Zhan's strength is quite strong, and his number one general, Yan Gang, also has extraordinary strength!
If not, how could the Beiping Army have the upper hand in the many duels with the alien races in the north?
To achieve such a record, it is far from enough to rely on a 3,000-strong white horse cavalry!
Although they are all foot soldiers, this Beiping army is advancing extremely fast, even without the guidance of the stars, they will not delay too much time on this road to the county seat of Wuzhong, this is the home of the Beiping army, they are familiar with the grass and trees here.
Most of the soldiers of the Beiping Army who accompanied Yan Gang on the expedition were very angry at the crimes committed by the Wuhuan Coalition Army in Beiping County in recent days. As a unit with fine traditions and proud achievements, these soldiers of the Beiping Army were bitter that they could not prevent the invasion of foreign races (for the ordinary Beiping Army, no matter what the reason for the outbreak of the war, the Wuhuan people's actions were no different from the invasion), they first needed to obey military orders, and a good army must be ordered to prohibit.
And now, at last, it's time for them to go on the expedition!
Whether the right Beiping County will be stable or miserable next needs to be decided by the weapons in their hands!
The officers and men of the Beiping Army are convinced that their side will achieve the final victory, this is not their blind self-confidence, the past war history is the guarantee of confidence!
The troops marched rapidly, and at the right gate where the troops marched, that is, in the north, the sky was already reflected red, and some shouts of killing could be faintly heard. Yan Gang, who was sitting on the horse, glanced in that direction, without the slightest sense of surprise, and his dark face was not wavering.
"Brothers, have you seen Xu Wushan's firelight? Lord Taishou has already taken the white horse and burned the siege equipment accumulated by the Wuhuan people, and will soon come over to meet us, so we have to speed up. The Beiping Army will win! ”
"The Beiping Army will win!"
The soldiers shouted loudly one by one, Yan Gang was not worried that he would be heard by the Wuhuan people, the news that the Beiping army went out of the city to help the county town of Wuhuan, it was absolutely impossible to hide it from the ears and eyes of the Wuhuan people, and even Yan Gang had heard the sound of horses' hooves in the distance many times along the way, it should be the scout of Wuhuan, who was following from afar.
This army will definitely confront the Wuhuan people head-on, since Xingzang can't be kept secret, since the battle can't be avoided, let the morale of the soldiers reach the peak first!
Seeing that the fighting spirit of the soldiers of the Beiping Army was improved again, a smile appeared on Yan Gang's face, urging the war horse, and the degree was slightly increased again. In order to keep up with the main general, the infantry of the Beiping Army had to fly faster, and the infantry was treated like this, and it had little to do with whether they were elite or not.
The pig cage slope ten miles east of Wuzhong County is the meeting place agreed between Yan Gang and Gongsun Zhan.
Prior to this, the spies of the Beiping Army had brought back information: the large army of the Wuhuan Army besieging Wuzhong County was camped in the wild fruit forest five miles east of the county seat.
Gongsun Zhan believed that after the Beiping reinforcements arrived at Zhulongpo, the Wuhuan coalition army would inevitably send a large number of troops to guard its actions, and the number of troops that could be put into the siege of the county town would be greatly reduced.
After the Beiping Army led by Yan Gang arrived at the place, they immediately set up camp and built fortifications, putting on a steady and steady posture. The terrain here is as its name suggests, a sloping area in the middle, dense woods on the surrounding highlands, like a pig cage, the terrain here is actually more conducive to the field battle of the cavalry, the reason why Yan Gang chose to camp here, luring the Wuhuan cavalry to attack is an important purpose.
This Beiping army is good at the battle formation, and is not afraid of the impact of the Wuhuan cavalry all over the mountains, not to mention that it is now defending the slope, according to Yan Gang's understanding of the Wuhuan people's tactics, it can only be regarded as a "suicidal charge". Yan Gang even hoped that before Gongsun Zhan's Bai Ma Yicong arrived, he would let himself go on a killing spree and make some contributions.
Another reason for camping here is that the garrison is located on a slightly higher slope of the pig pen, which is very conducive to cavalry attacks, which is completely to create conditions for the attack of the White Horse Yicong. Thinking of the White Horse Yicong led by Gongsun Zhan himself, Yan Gang couldn't help but feel excited, that cavalry force of 3,000 people had become the sharpest weapon of the Beiping Army!
The shouting and killing in the direction of Wuzhong County has completely stopped, and Yan Gang understands that the Wuhuan coalition army will soon appear in front of him.
"Aren't you bent on luring us out of the city? Now that we have not only come out, but also taken the initiative to run in front of you, there is really no need for those Wuhuan people to fight to the death with Wuzhong County, let us satisfy the desire of these Wuhuan people to fight a decisive battle! The essence of luring the snake out of the hole is not something that those Hu people can grasp lightly, you still have to learn! ”
Yan Gang sneered, and immediately whispered a few words of command to more than a dozen agile soldiers, who quickly left the brigade separately and disappeared into the woods. Their task was to take advantage of the fact that the attention of the Wuhuan coalition army was here to inform the remnants of the Wuhuan county town to leave the city and kill the Wuhuan people by surprise with the reinforcements.
Less than five minutes after the departure of these more than ten soldiers, the thunderous sound of horses' hooves came, dense as a torrential rain, and the Wuhuan cavalry arrived!
When more than 30,000 cavalry troops appeared in front of them in a neat line, the sense of oppression, even for a veteran general like Yan Gang, was quite a little discolored, "The Wuhuan people appeared a moment earlier than we expected. ”
Yan Gang is still like this, and the soldiers of the Beiping Army are also somewhat nervous. They had fought with the Wuhuan cavalry many times before, but the scale was far less than this time, and the Wuhuan people dispatched the most people, only more than 8,000 people. More than 30,000 cavalry is a huge challenge for the Beiping Army!
The Beiping army immediately stopped the camping work, and within a few minutes, three infantry phalanxes had been formed, distributed in the shape of an inverted "pin" on the pig pen slope. Yan Gang was extremely satisfied with the response of the troops, and the fact that the 10,000-strong troops were able to complete the formation in such a short period of time was enough to show the strength of this force.
The two infantry phalanxes in front of the breakthrough were 3,000 people each, and the rear formation where Yan Gang was located was 4,000 people, and they were horns against each other. The outermost part of each phalanx was lined with sword and shield soldiers, with the special shields of the front-row infantry inserted into the mud in front of them, and the shields in the hands of the second-row infantry taking over the rest of the frontal defense. Behind the two rows of infantry were two spearmen, the sharp tips of which rested on the shoulders of the sword and shield men in the front row, and the cavalry could only cry out in vain when they saw this field of guns.
It is also the shield of the two teams of sword and shield soldiers to form a shield array, the innermost layer is mostly archers, the whole phalanx is extremely strong in defense against the impact of cavalry, and no matter the distance attack and close combat, there is a good lethality.
Moreover, the three phalanxes are horns of each other, echoing each other, and in many battles with the Wuhuan cavalry, this battle array has a good appearance. Therefore, despite facing a strong enemy, Yan Gang's confidence in victory did not waver in the slightest.
(Well, I didn't go out for a day on the weekend, and I finally got out.)
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