Chapter 186 Bloody Battle(1/2)
Night had already fallen, but there were eight miles away from Yangxin County, which made Han Dang quite annoyed. According to his plan, after conquering Yangxin, he immediately escorted prisoners of war and supplies to Chaisang, and perhaps he could still catch up with the Chaisang-tail Battle.
If he spends too long in Yangxin County, his plan will be affected.
"Can the spies in front find an abnormality?" Han Dang asked loudly. As the main general, it is necessary to explore the ambush situation in front of the army during the march.
"Report to the general, the spy did not report, so there should be no abnormalities."
Han Dang nodded and shouted loudly: "Go faster, you must arrive in Yangxin County before it gets dark."
The soldiers of the Jiangdong Army marched for dozens of miles and were already a little tired. They complained in a low voice, but had to speed up again. Many people began to lose their physical strength, but they could not stop, and they stumbled and cursed all the way.
At this time, the Jiangdong Army began to pass through a section of valley. The so-called valley is actually a low-lying place between two hills, and rich water passes through it.
When sailing on the river, you can see the mountains on both sides undulating, with green forests and picturesque scenery, but Mid-Autumn Festival is over now, and in the twilight, there is a bit of cold autumn in the mountains and forests.
This section of the valley is about five miles long. After passing the valley, Yangxin County is in full view.
At this time, the danger was approaching the Jiangdong Army quietly. Just about fifty steps away from the Jiangdong Army, two thousand Jingzhou ambushers were waiting for them. They held crossbows and spears in their hands, and their eyes were full of murderous intent as the Jiangdong Army brigade passed by them.
Another thousand people were ambushed on the other side, led by Huang Zhong's general Yang Sheng.
Huang Zhong's eyes had already locked in the enemy's chief general. He slowly pulled out an arrow, put on the bowstring, raised the bow and aimed at Han Dang. He pulled the bowstring and a wolf-tooth arrow shot out like lightning from his hand.
Huang Zhong's archery was an order, and a rapid sound of chuckling sound suddenly sounded in the woods. The soldiers of Jingzhou fired arrows at the same time, and thousands of arrows shot towards the Jiangdong Army in a dense manner.
Han Dang was already in a lot of battles. Although he was eager to rush to Yangxin County and did not realize that the danger had come, he had a vigilance that he had cultivated in countless battles. He suddenly felt a strong wind coming from the side, and instinctively turned sideways and avoided a fatal arrow.
‘Puff!’ The wolf-tooth arrow was slightly off, hitting Han Dang’s right shoulder. Han Dang shouted and turned over and fell off his horse. At this moment, a sound of chung and an overwhelming arrow shot towards the Jiangdong Army.
The soldiers in Jiangdong were caught off guard, and countless people were shot into arrows and fell to the ground. The screams were heard. The team suddenly became in chaos. Then the second and third rounds of arrows were shot in intensively. The Jiangdong army suffered heavy casualties and injured, and the team was in chaos. Countless people jumped into the river to escape.
In the woods, Huang Zhong saw that the enemy's team was in chaos, waved his sword and shouted loudly: "Go on attack!"
The drums were loud, and two thousand ambush soldiers fought bravely from the woods, like a sharp sword, instantly splitting the Jiangdong army in half, killing the Jiangdong soldiers overturned their horses and corpses.
The Jiangdong Army was in chaos, and its morale collapsed and it was impossible to organize resistance. Thousands of people shouted in horror and fled in scattered.
The rich water is less than three meters wide here, and the river is quiet. Countless soldiers from Jiangdong swim to escape. However, as soon as they swam to the other side, an ambush broke out in the woods on the other side, killing the soldiers in Jiangdong that had no way to go to heaven and no way to the ground.
At this time, Huang Zhong shouted: "The surrendered ones are exempt from death!"
Dozens of cavalry galloped on horseback and shouted loudly: "The old general has an order, the surrendered one shall be spared from death! The surrendered one shall be free from death!"
It was already dark and Jingzhou surrounded it, leaving Jiangdong soldiers nowhere to escape, so they had to surrender one after another. There were sounds of kneeling on both sides of Fushui begging for mercy everywhere.
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Han Dang was rescued by dozens of personal soldiers, and fought out a bloody path, fled north desperately, and ran for more than ten miles in one breath. Han Dang looked back and saw that under the cold moonlight, only more than 300 remaining troops followed.
Shame, regret, pain, sorrow, and all kinds of emotions made Han Dang unable to help but burst into tears. He sighed on his back, "What does this make me see Wu Hou again!"
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At noon, the Jiangdong Army besieged the northern city launched a third siege, led by general Zhou Tai to attack. The Jiangdong Army had carried out two tentative attacks, and this time the army finally pushed forward.
This time, the two cities in the north and south attacked at the same time, investing 30,000 troops and nearly 100 siege equipment. The ferocity of the siege was the first time in the history of the Jiangdong Army.
The 20,000 troops were arranged into four square formations, covering a battlefield of two miles long and three miles wide. Each square formation was a hundred steps apart, like four huge black carpets, rising and falling on the ground, with high morale and murderous aura soaring into the sky.
They moved closer to the city wall from two miles away, drums sounded like thunder, trumpets were connected to the sky, flags covered the sky, spears were like forests, shields were like mountains, and death black appeared under the sunlight.
General Zhou Tai rode on the war horse and pointed his sword at the city, "Go forward!"
“Woo~~”
The sound of low trumpets resounded throughout the world, and more than a dozen wooden fighting foils were erected in the middle of each team. This was the equipment on the warships to resist bows and arrows. The Jiangdong Army found that they could also resist flying stones on the city. Accompanied by the huge rolling sounds under the wooden fighting foil, as well as nearly a hundred nest cars and cloud ladders, the team began to slowly fight towards the city wall.
There was also a loud drum sound on the top of the city, and Wei Yan's eyes were red and roaring. Although he had been in the army for many years and had experienced dozens of major and large battles, today is his first time to command a battle to defend the city.
The other party invested 20,000 troops, which brought him tremendous mental pressure. He led 5,000 people to defend the North City and personally directed the battle.
"Quick! Arrows are coming up..."
"Bastard! Go and move the stones first, and prepare for the trench!"
Dozens of catapults on the north city were creakingly opened, 18 feet high and three feet long. They could reach three hundred steps away. Dozens of people needed to pull the winch.
A dark trencher stood on the top of the city, like dozens of monsters, and a huge rock weighing hundreds of pounds was put into the bullet pocket. Dozens of people put the winch belt full of strength, waiting for the order to fire.
At this time, there were three thousand defenders and six thousand civilians at the head of the northern city wall. In the middle of the battlements, a thousand soldiers held long bows and arrows, and a series of four-foot-long thick arrows had already been on the bowstring.
The bows and arrows used for defense are different from those used for flat combat. They do not require how far the arrow can shoot, but they must be heavy so that the arrows can penetrate the enemy's armor by relying on their own gravity. Therefore, large arrows are generally used, with arrow shafts as thick as fingers, sharp arrow tips are streamlined, and bloodletting grooves are on all sides.
The enemy had gradually entered the range of the catapult. Wei Yan issued a shooting order. He shouted in a hoarse voice: "Capture!"
The red flag was waved, and the people relaxed the winch. The winch rolled. The long arms of dozens of monsters were swung out, and nearly a hundred huge rocks flew into the air, roaring towards the city.
Looking up from the city, I saw countless small black dots appearing in the sky, as if a flock of geese passing through the sky, but the small black dots became larger and larger, and instantly turned into huge rocks rolling in the sky, smashing down on their heads.
The team shouted, and the soldiers hid in Dou, but there were still a large number of soldiers who had nowhere to hide. They shouted and dodged everywhere.
The huge rock hit the ground, with a loud "bang!", dust flying, several soldiers could not dodge and were smashed into meat sauce by the huge rock. The remaining strength of the huge rock continued to roll forward, knocking dozens of people in a row before stopping.
A sharp-edged and sharp rock hit the cowhide Doumeng. The loud "crack" sounded, and Doumeng was smashed. The soldiers rolled and crawled out from below, but the stone was bounced back by Doumeng, and it bounced forward for more than twenty steps, rushed into the crowd, and screams rang out.
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The second round of trenchers shot out again. At this time, a nest car full of soldiers was hit. The upper part of the nest car was immediately broken, fragments flew everywhere, and the wood mixed with human body collapsed. The huge impact force caused the nest car to lose its center of gravity and fell backwards. More than a hundred soldiers in the nest car were killed and injured.
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The Jingzhou Army's catapult brought nearly 3,000 casualties to the Jiangdong Army, but it could not stop the attack of the 20,000 troops. As the drums urging war in the Jiangdong Army camp accelerated, the soldiers from four square formations ran and rushed towards the city overwhelmingly.
The moat had long been covered with wooden boards and had lost its function of hindering. Ladders and nesting vehicles crossed the moat and landed on the city walls. Tens of thousands of Jiangdong soldiers climbed up the ladder like ants, climbing the ladder with one hand and holding a shield with the other, biting a sword in his mouth, and climbing up hard.
Arrows on the top of the city were raining, stones rolling wood fell like hail, and soldiers were hit and shot, screaming and falling down from the city.
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Like the Central Plains City, the Chaisang City Wall also has another structure, that is, the horse face, which is a protruding city wall. It is named after its appearance resembles a horse face, and it usually bulges two feet outward.
Its function is to enable the soldiers guarding the city to shoot arrows at the enemy from behind. In this way, the soldiers who attacked the city were ignored and their backs were exposed, becoming a target. Long arrows were shot out in large numbers, bringing serious danger to the Jiangdong Army on the ladder, and the casualties were extremely heavy. Most of the soldiers who were shot to death were shot and fell down were shot arrows on the back.
The dead bodies under the city wall quickly piled up, blood flowing through the city river, seeping out of the pile of corpses, dyeing the water surface of the moat red.
The city of Chaisang was built again a few days ago, repairing the damaged stents and stone mouths, and widening and thickening the scepter and paving them with special-shaped bricks, making the city wall extremely smooth, and it is difficult for the ladder hook to catch the head of the city.
The soldiers in the city used a steel fork to push the two sides, and the ladder fell downwards. A string of soldiers on the ladder screamed long and many people jumped off the ladder, but they still couldn't escape the death and injuries.
To be continued...