allendalepharm Chapter 362
Chapter 362
"Zijing, let the three thousand soldiers of the second battalion go to the city!" Zhang Xiu looked at the three thousand soldiers led by Ehuan and gave an order to Meng Da.
"Second Battalion?" Meng Da was a little puzzled, the defenders under the city were divided into two battalions, the first battalion was a hundred battle veterans of the Western Liang Corps, and their combat strength was very strong, and it was these soldiers who were defending the city just now. The second battalion was composed of former city soldiers, government soldiers, and newly recruited soldiers, totaling 10,000 people.
Originally, they planned to break up these soldiers and integrate them into the Western Liang Legion. However, because the battle was about to begin, although this arrangement could improve the combat strength of the county soldiers, it would greatly reduce the combat strength of the original Western Liang Corps, so it was reorganized into a battalion, only at a critical moment, as a supplement to defend the city.
"Zijing, you see, these soldiers of Ehuan, although the armor is very whole, but they lack a momentum on their bodies, obviously they were all county soldiers before, and their combat strength is not strong, just enough for us to hone the second battalion." Zhang Xiu explained.
"No!" Meng Da immediately understood and immediately went down the city tower.
Liu Jun, Fa Zheng and the others in the corner of the city tower also nodded, affirming Zhang Xiu's decision.
In the second battalion, 3,000 soldiers went to the head of the city, and the soldiers at the head of the city, led by the commander of the thousand, went to the city to repair it.
Although these soldiers are not strong in battle, they are all full of spirit. The military service policy of the Han army, they all know clearly, as long as they fight hard, they will make meritorious achievements, and if they make meritorious achievements, they will definitely be rewarded, and even if they die in battle, the bounty will be paid to their families. Therefore, they all want to improve their combat power and become real Han soldiers.
Just now, the barbarian siege of the city, coupled with the demon method of the master of the Bagang Cave, Mulu, really filled them with fear.
However, later they found that the Han king Liu Jun had always been on the city tower, and those barbarians who knew how to demon law had also been completely defeated, and they were no longer afraid in their hearts, and at the same time they were full of fighting spirit.
With the Lord here, they are invincible!
The Gale crossbow was almost a disposable weapon, and in such a short time, it was no longer possible to install crossbow arrows, so the county soldiers led by Ehuan were lucky enough to rush all the way to the city before suffering a dense array of arrows.
But they did not have the strong bodies of barbarians, and they screamed after being shot. Despite the constant beating of war drums, some soldiers retreated.
Ehuan was also a ruthless man, and without waiting for the supervising team to make a move, he swung his big knife and cut off the heads of several retired soldiers.
Those county soldiers finally did not dare to retreat, and rushed forward.
Above the head of the city, there were still random arrows, rolling wood thunder stones kept flying down, and the corpses of the barbarians were soon covered by the corpses of these county soldiers.
Watching the siege soldiers fall one by one, the Han army defending the city became even more excited, although this was the first battle for many people, but they quickly overcame their fear, and their companions were not nervous when they were shot down the city, and they were no longer afraid, but shot the arrows of revenge into the body of the enemy army.
Ehuan's face became more and more ugly, and he roared hysterically. The soldiers also shouted and climbed up the ladder. But don't say climb to the head of the city, even half of the ladder is very rare.
Above the head of the city, Zhang Xiu and Meng Dabi, who commanded the battle, were much more relaxed than just now, although the combat strength of the soldiers on both sides this time was much weaker than the previous one, they still occupied the advantage of geographical advantage, so that the soldiers who attacked the city could not raise their heads at all.
"Zhu Taishou, these three thousand soldiers are about to be destroyed, and if you continue to fight like this, there will be no result!" Gao Ding, who was watching the battle from afar, said to Zhu Zhao.
"Alas..." Zhu Zhao let out a long sigh, "The combat power of the Han army is even stronger than we thought, this battle is not easy to fight, so give the order to collect the troops!" "
These soldiers and horses are their subordinates, and if they are damaged too much, it will seriously affect their status.
"Ding..." the sound of gold finally sounded.
Ehuan commanded the remaining less than a thousand people to retreat.
"Victory!"
"Victory!"
"Victory!"
The Han soldiers at the head of the city cheered, although the battle time was not very long, many people still felt very tired, sitting in the pool of blood at the head of the city, but their mouths were shouting excitedly.
"Fight well, let the soldiers take a good rest, remember everyone's military merits, all soldiers who died in battle, not a single one can be missed, and the rewards they deserve must be distributed to their families!" Liu Jun was very satisfied with the performance of the soldiers.
"Thank you Lord, your subordinates will definitely do it!" Zhang Xiu said loudly.
"Thank you, Lord!" The soldiers at the head of the city said in unison.
"Filial piety, let Deng Zhi and Qin Mi quickly organize the county soldiers and government soldiers to clean up the battlefield, the weather is getting hot, we must prevent the plague, let the military doctors quickly heal the wounds of the soldiers, and none of them can give up if they can be saved!"
"The Lord is merciful, and his subordinates will definitely do it!"
Cleaning up the corpses outside the city was a common practice between the two sides of the war in this era, and each sent three hundred soldiers, without any weapons, to clean up their own corpses, burn them and bury them.
After this strong attack, for several days in a row, Liu Bei's army outside the city did not make any movement, which made Liu Bei feel a little strange. So he summoned Fa Zheng and the others to the Han King Mansion again.
"Liu Bei did not move, what did the Qing Qing think, what is the purpose?" Liu Qi asked.
"Does he want to trap us in the city?" Zhang Song said.
"Nope!" Fa Zheng shook his head, "There is plenty of food and grass in the city, and the armor is complete, this is clear to Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang, even if he is trapped for a year and a half, he can't trap us, on the contrary, for a long time, their grain road may be cut off by us, therefore, Zhuge Liang will not make this decision!"
"So what does he want to do?" It's impossible to wait for reinforcements! Deng Ai also frowned, where is Liu Bei now with reinforcements? Even if there were, there were Han troops stationed in every pass, and they couldn't enter Shuzhong at all.
"Lord, his subordinates think that Liu Bei may secretly ally with Sun Quan and Cao Cao, and want to use the plan of encircling Wei to save Zhao and force us to take the initiative to evacuate Chengdu." Fazheng said.
"We are heavily guarded everywhere, where do they want to attack?" Liu Jian frowned.
"Cao Cao will add troops to Guandu, and Sun Quan will also gather troops and horses at the mouth of the Three Rivers to see Jingzhou!"
"Jingzhou?" Liu Jun thought about it, now the strength of Jingzhou's troops is indeed a little weak, Cheng Gongying has arrived in Hanzhong, and now the entire Jingzhou only has Ganning's 30,000 soldiers and horses.
But now, if you want to reinforce Jingzhou, you really have no soldiers to send! If Cheng Gongying withdrew, Hanzhong would be dangerous. If Huang Zhong went to reinforce, Xu Huang would definitely seize the opportunity to attack Luoyang.
"Lord, in the opinion of his subordinates, if Jiangdong dares to attack Jingzhou, we will break the cauldron and sink the boat!" Deng Ai said.
"Broken Cauldron?"
"Yes, the last time General Gan Ning did this, the water army went down the river, but it could sweep Yuzhang, Jianye, Wu County, and Guangling, it depends on whether Sun Quan dares?"