novelaction Chapter 192 Military Town Disaster
Chapter 192 Military Town Disaster
The comprehensive encirclement of Weizhou was not as good as the Lu family predicted, nor as accurate as the blueprint designed by Yu Wenhua.
The evacuation after the attack on Shuiquan Pass meant that Yu Wenhua's assembly at the East Gate became meaningless.
After the ambush at Yangzhuang at the north gate was broken.
The message to the Jin army in the west is: You can't win!
As for the south.
Although the Wugou Mine was occupied by Tuoba Jing and Yelu Kang, they also paid the price of 20,000 deaths.
Just as they were planning their next move, Weizhou had already broken the ice.
Guangchang County.
Zhang Xiaosi and Hou Qianzhi did not cooperate well.
After Tu Yuguan was blocked by a minefield, more than 2,000 of Hou Qianzhi's 20,000 troops were killed or injured, but were met with cold ridicule from Zhang Xiaosi.
The two sides became tense.
Zhang Xiaosi suggested taking a detour through the sloping mountain and changing the route to attack Guangchang County.
who knows……
"General Hou, the Zhang family army can't stay together. We rushed to Shanjianwa. They have too many people. After looting the place, they even polluted the water source."
When a large army moves, it needs water for daily life. The reason they go here is because there is a water source here. Otherwise, an army of tens of thousands of people could just find any place to go.
"Where are they?"
"General, these 50,000 people didn't rest here, but continued to move forward. We can only wait until the water source here is clean and replenished before we can move forward."
Zhang's army had 50,000 soldiers. Not only did they replenish the water supply, but the horses were also making trouble. They didn't consider the supplies for the people behind them at all.
After waiting for two hours, it was already afternoon when the replenishment was complete.
"If we keep going like this, we won't be able to get out in another hour or two."
It's more than ten miles away, and the mountain road is difficult to walk on, but we can still get there in two hours.
But Hou Qianzhi's army really doesn't want to be with Zhang Xiaosi's people. Who knows what kind of trouble will happen later.
So Hou Qianzhi rested in Shanjianwa and waited to set off the next day.
Zhang Xiaosi walked along the mountain and was led by the guide to deviate 90 degrees and head straight to the southwest.
Mountain roads are not like grasslands. You can walk dozens of miles more by walking around the mountain.
Just like that, we came across a village.
The villagers offered little resistance. Surrounded by tens of thousands of people, resistance was futile.
Zhang's army didn't massacre the villagers, as long as they didn't resist.
The only girls and wives in the village were all raped by these people.
Several young men who wanted to resist were held down by their own villagers and prevented from moving.
People in troubled times are like rootless duckweed. Even a strong wind can blow them away and send them fleeing far away.
The guide originally wanted to mess with this group of Zhang family soldiers from abroad, but he didn't expect that he would cause trouble to an entire village.
The next day, I found a road and headed towards the military town.
Zhang Xiaosi also felt that the direction was wrong.
The road was sixty miles long and well-maintained. It took only an hour and a half of riding to reach the military town.
The Dingzhou army stationed 5,000 people here, and there was a military supply transit warehouse, a post station and a transport team with more than 600 people.
Zhang's army was still five miles away from the military town, and they were ready to meet the enemy.
"General, we discovered a small town ahead with several thousand troops stationed there!"
"What did you say? There's a troop stationed here, isn't it?..."
Zhang Xiaosi looked at the mountains and forests on both sides and felt a little uneasy.
"Go get the guide!"
With a shout, the guide Pi Yonggui disappeared.
"It seems we have been deceived!"
Someone cried to Zhang Xiaosi.
"What are you afraid of? There are only a few thousand people in a place. How can we, with an army of nearly 50,000, be afraid?"
Ever since he became a citizen of a fallen country, Zhang Xiaosi has been living on the edge of a knife and licking blood wherever he goes, and he has long been numb.
The map shows that if we continue to move forward, we should reach Dingzhou's territory. There are thousands of people guarding here. There might be some treasures, otherwise why would they leave people guarding here?
Eighty percent of Zhang Xiaosi's soldiers are cavalry, which is good on the grassland. As long as you are brave enough and defeat a few tribes, you can get countless war horses.
The road is wide enough to accommodate ten horses running forward together. If they squeeze together on the side of the road, they can also ride together. Fifteen horses are also possible.
The mighty cavalry made the sound of horse hooves stampeding at the same time, and their momentum was like a flood, surging and rushing for thousands of miles.
"The enemy is cavalry, and mountain roads are not their strong point. Let's use bows and arrows to resist first!"
The commander of the Dingzhou army in the military town shouted to the troops, dividing the 5,000 people into three camps.
The first row was all equipped with shields and spears in front, blocking the middle of the road, and also assisted by chevaux de frise.
There are more than a thousand longbowmen in the front half of the mountain, who specialize in shooting the cavalry in a long snake formation. As long as they aim at the road, there is no person or horse that they cannot shoot.
The third formation was all using machetes and carrying grenades on their waists.
It can be said that the longbowmen were positioned well, but the grenades were placed too far back.
The commander-in-chief's idea was also simple, which was to throw a grenade in front of the shield soldiers and blow up a large area.
But for the shield soldiers who charged into the battle, the losses were too great.
"The enemy is coming, get ready..."
The camp's captain shouted.
Immediately afterwards, the captain also began to appease his soldiers, especially the shield soldiers and spearmen. They must not lose in terms of momentum.
Along the mountains, Zhang's cavalry rushed towards the defenders of the military town.
More than a thousand arrows flew from the longbowmen, but unfortunately they were shot at a large angle from the side and did not cause much damage. Even though some people had arrows stuck in their bodies, they still did not fall down.
Of course, some people hit the vital points.
More than a hundred riders died on the spot, but they were merely thrown off their horses and trampled into bloody mud, staining the road red.
The arrows shot at the horses, and after a long cry, their speed increased and they hit the shields of the formation violently.
Chaos soon broke out in the first row, with spears stabbing at the cavalry on horseback and cavalry slashing at the infantry on the ground with swords.
The soldiers in the third row stepped forward, threw a wave of grenades, and then raised their swords to slash at the fighting enemies.
"boom……"
"Boom boom..."
Hundreds of grenades exploded near the cavalry gathered on the road, instantly knocking over many horses and cavalry.
The smoke seemed to be dyed red, and scattered around was blood-red, of course there was also white, red, purple, and even a large pool of yellow.
The fighting Zhang family army was once again stunned by the explosion, and after only a few short breaths, the battle continued.
The battle lasted for more than an hour.
The old soldiers at the post station and the soldiers in charge of transportation also participated in the battle.
More than a hundred old soldiers, there is no chance of survival.
More than 300 transport soldiers and more than 200 porters, most of them died in the reciprocating tug-of-war.
The only open space between the post station and the military camp was only about three hundred steps long, and the ground was covered with blood.
If you walk too fast, you may slip and fall.
When Zhang Xiaosi heard that the casualties were over 10,000, he was filled with rage and courage. He drew his sword and put on his armor and led his men forward.