Chapter 230 Stopping at the Gate of the City Sima Junqi
The thousands of Han troops who took the lead in attacking Wudang County were led by two powerful generals, Ding Feng and Zhang Nan.
Among them, Ding Feng was courageous and brave, and was the most suitable for the task of attacking the city first.
Zhang Nan, courtesy name Wenjin, was from Hailing, Guangling, and was a veteran who had been with Liu Bei for a long time.
In the 16th year of Jian'an, Liu Bei entered Sichuan at the invitation of Liu Zhang, and Zhang Nan followed Liu Bei.
Later, Liu Bei and Liu Zhang broke up, and Zhang Nan led the army and followed Liu Bei to fight everywhere, and achieved numerous military exploits.
In history, when Liu Bei launched his army to attack Wu, Zhang Nan, as the vanguard general, defeated Wu general Li Yi and others in Wu County, and then joined forces with Feng Xi to lead the army to Zigui.
In history, it was Zhang Nan who led the army to surround Sun Huan, whom Sun Quanmei called "clan Yan Yuan".
Zhang Nan, who has followed Liu Bei for many years, has rich experience in both field battles and city sieges.
Therefore, Mi Yang appointed Zhang Nan as the vanguard general to attack Wudang County today.
After Zhang Nan led thousands of Han troops to the outside of the moat of Wudang County, he immediately commanded the Han troops to emerge from the anemone.
Compared with the Han army on the moat, the Wei army on the Wudang city wall had a commanding advantage, but their military morale was already in chaos.
On the other hand, the thousands of Han troops who came to the moat had high morale.
Under the command of Zhang Nan, they formed a battle formation in an orderly manner and began to shoot arrows towards the city wall.
The Wei army, whose military morale was in chaos, was completely unable to take advantage of its condescending position.
With the morale of the army in chaos, only some of the Wei troops on the city wall were following Man Chong's orders and firing arrows at the Han troops by the moat.
The fire arrows, which were not dense, were blocked by the large shields and did not cause too many casualties to the Han army on the moat.
Even those fire arrows did not cause much commotion in the Han army's formation.
Soon after, thousands of arrows soared from the sparkling moat at Zhang Nan's command, heading towards the high Wudang city wall.
Because of the distance and height, these thousands of Han army arrows did not cause much casualties to the Wei army on the city wall after they arrived on the city wall.
But the densely packed arrows made the Wei army, which was already shaken in military morale, even more panicked.
In the increasingly panic, Man Chong's orders were increasingly ignored.
Man Chong had great majesty among the Wei troops in the city, but no matter how majestic he was, he could not compare to Cao Ren.
After the news of Cao Ren's accident began to spread, Man Chong's control over the Wei army in the city also rapidly weakened.
This undoubtedly created a great opportunity for the Han army under the city.
There are fewer and fewer fire arrows shooting down from the city wall.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the old general Zhang Nan no longer hesitated and immediately ordered the Han troops who had already brought the trench bridge to the moat to begin erecting the trench bridge on the moat.
Man Chong, who was standing on the city wall, saw this scene and had a look of anxiety on his face.
If faced with a sharp siege vehicle like a trench car, the best way for the defenders to do this is to fire arrows.
The trench car is wide and makes a good target.
But now the Wei army on the city wall was in panic because of fear in their hearts, and how could they organize a decent offensive.
Without the interference and destruction of fire arrows, five moat bridges were quickly erected and laid over the moat.
Five moat bridges were placed side by side, creating a passage more than twenty meters wide on the moat outside Wudang City.
Such a passage can already accommodate a large number of Han troops passing through it.
After seeing the wide bridge deck paved with five trench bridges, Zhang Nan immediately ordered Ding Feng to lead thousands of Han troops and step onto the trench bridge first with large shields in hand. Then he ordered people to quickly transport the carts.
Go to the moat.
The ram, also known as the ram, is the main siege weapon used by the army to attack the city gate.
Man Chong saw Ding Feng leading thousands of Han troops, quickly crossing the trench bridge.
Moreover, behind the thousands of Han troops, several large crash vehicles gradually appeared.
Even though Man Chong was extremely anxious at this time, he had no choice.
Because there was nothing he could do now to calm down the panicked Wei Jun on the city wall.
When Man Chong was helpless on the city wall, Ding Feng quickly led thousands of Han troops across the trench bridge.
Then Ding Feng led thousands of Han troops, holding large shields to protect their vital points, and approached the Wudang city wall in front step by step.
Shortly after thousands of Han troops crossed the trench bridge, several siege weapons aimed at the city gate were also pushed down to the trench bridge by the Han army.
Looking at the crashing car heading towards the city gate step by step, Man Chong's eyes already showed despair.
Man Chong couldn't help but look up in the direction of the northern imperial capital, and thought sadly:
Is today the day when he will die for his country?
But just when Man Chong looked north with desperate eyes, he suddenly saw that behind the stern military camp lined with Han flags, there was a huge burst of dust moving quickly towards Wudang County.
After seeing this scene, Man Chong, who was already feeling desperate, instantly released a strong light in his eyes.
For a moment, Man Chong didn't believe his eyes, so he quickly rubbed his eyes a few times with his hands, and then looked there attentively.
Man Chong, who concentrated all his energy, saw several flags in the dust that he most wanted to see now.
The earthy yellow military flag of the Wei Dynasty.
When he saw the Wei army flag appearing in the dust, Man Chong's face showed great joy.
Who wouldn’t like to be saved from a desperate situation?
The excited Man Chong immediately pointed to the north and shouted on the city wall:
"Reinforcements have arrived, reinforcements have arrived!"
Although Man Chong is no longer young, he is still full of energy after serving in the army for many years.
His excited voice soon sounded loudly at the city wall where he was.
When Man Chong's voice began to be heard by some Wei soldiers, they all looked in the direction of Man Chong's finger.
The dust that was still far away was now closer to Wudang City.
So when the Wei soldiers looked in the direction of Man Chong's finger, they quickly saw the khaki military flag looming in the dust.
Reinforcements have really arrived!
After realizing this, the Wei soldiers began to shout "reinforcements have arrived" with excitement as if they were full of favors.
From point to point, under the influence of loud cheers, more and more Wei troops raised their panicked heads and looked towards the dust.
Then the cheers started to get louder and louder.
For the Wei army trapped in the surrounded Wudang City, there is nothing more exciting for them than seeing the arrival of reinforcements.
Seeing that the reinforcements had arrived, the Wei troops on the city wall began to recover from their panic and fear, Man Chong no longer hesitated.
Man Chong quickly drew out the sword from his waist, pointed at the crash car crossing the trench bridge under the city wall, and shouted:
"This is what our lives depend on."
If Man Chong had just said this, it would not have resonated much.
But now the Wei troops on the city wall saw that reinforcements had arrived, and their spirits were cheered up.
The panic caused by Cao Ren's accident just now began to slowly disappear from their hearts with the excitement of their hearts.
Under this situation, and because Man Chong already had great authority among the Wei army, Man Chong could easily get the approval of the Wei army on the city wall at this time.
As soldiers, they all know the car crash, a powerful weapon for siege.
They knew that under the impact of the collision, the city gate or wall under their feet would not be able to hold on for long.
Therefore, they must not let the car crash and approach the city wall at their feet.
The morale of the Wei army on the city wall began to recover rapidly.
After Man Chong said that, he once again issued the order to release the fire arrow.
Because the Han army's main attack direction was the north gate, the northern wall of Wudang City had the largest number of Wei soldiers, numbering in the thousands.
Among the thousands of Wei troops, there were hundreds of crossbowmen.
After hundreds of Wei army crossbowmen received Man Chong's order to release rockets again, their minds were stabilized and they raised their long bows one after another.
They lit the arrows they took out of the quivers at their waists, and then they put the burning arrows filled with sesame oil into the long bows in their hands.
With the flags fluttering in the hands of the Wei army generals on the city wall, hundreds of rockets shot condescendingly towards the five trench bridges from the city wall several meters high.
If two armies are fighting, hundreds of arrows will not cause much damage unless there is a special terrain bonus.
But if in the battle for the city, the defenders use their superiority to fire hundreds of arrows, the damage caused will be different.
Because they were at a high altitude, hundreds of Wei troops who had been trained could easily target the trench bridge on the moat.
Moreover, the arrows are shot from a high place, so such arrows are undoubtedly more powerful.
When hundreds of fire arrows fell on hundreds of Han troops who were crossing the trench bridge, many Han troops were shot down in an instant.
At this time, many fire arrows also fell on the trench bridge.
No matter how elaborate the structure of the trench bridge is, it is only made of wood.
Therefore, when the fire arrows covered with sesame oil fell on the trench bridge, they immediately caused many fire points on the trench bridge, which was more than 20 meters wide.
This scene was quickly noticed by Zhang Nan, who was commanding thousands of Han troops to charge.
After seeing this scene, even though Ding Feng led thousands of Han troops very close to the city wall, and even though the first collision on the trench bridge had already passed half the distance of the trench bridge, Zhang Nan still decisively issued the order to withdraw the troops.
instruction.
With the sound of several golden rings, the Han troops on the trench bridge quickly retreated with their carts.
When Ding Feng, who was approaching the city wall, heard the sound of gold ringing behind him, he looked behind him in disbelief.
He didn't understand why Zhang Nan suddenly shouted gold at this moment when he was almost leading his army to the city wall of Wudang County.
Although Ding Feng also found that the trench bridge behind him was already on fire everywhere, Ding Feng felt that as long as he persisted for a while, he might not be able to lead his army to break through the city.
But no matter how much reluctance Ding Feng had in his heart, the sound of gold ringing behind him became more and more urgent.
Military law is strict.
Ding Feng could only look at the mottled city wall so close to him with regret.
Finally, he secretly gritted his teeth and led thousands of Han troops, quickly retreating from the trench bridge that was not completely burned.
Just as Ding Feng led thousands of Han troops to quickly retreat from the trench bridge, the trench bridge, which was more than 20 meters wide and suffered multiple fire attacks, began to burn violently on the moat.
Soon after, the wide trench bridge was completely engulfed in flames.
Zhang Nan looked at the trench bridge that was engulfed in a sea of fire, feeling fear in his heart.
If he hadn't retreated in time, the consequences would have been disastrous.
Unlike Zhang Nan who was afraid, Ding Feng still felt unwilling in his heart after leading his army to retreat, even though he saw the trench bridge that had begun to burn.
Ding Feng came to Zhang Nan and asked in confusion: "Our army's front is about to touch the enemy's city gate. Why doesn't Governor Zhang wait for a while?"
In front of Ding Feng, Zhang Nan pointed at the trench bridge that had been completely engulfed in flames, and said to Ding Feng:
"If we do not retreat in time, our army's retreat will be cut off."
After Zhang Nan's answer, Ding Feng continued:
"If Governor Zhang had just urged the soldiers to push the carts across the bridge, it would not be impossible for our army to break through the city gate."
Regarding Ding Feng's point of view, Zhang Nan shook his head and said: "This move is too risky."
"The enemy's reinforcements have arrived, and the enemy's troops in the city have regained their morale.
Even if we can successfully cross the bridge without a collision, we may not be able to successfully breach the city gate with Chengyuan's thousands of soldiers."
The Wei army on the city wall cheered just now. Ding Feng and Zhang Nan heard it most clearly. It was not that Ding Feng didn't know what Zhang Nan said.
However, Ding Feng was known for his bravery when he was young, and he was young and energetic, so he did not understand Zhang Nan's approach.
Ding Feng's character has always been that as long as there is a chance, he will try his best, which is why he suffered so many injuries.
Although Zhang Nan was also a brave general when he was young, as he grew older and was trained by Liu Bei, his character has become much calmer.
If it's time for him to fight tooth and nail, Zhang Nan will never back down.
But he will not take huge risks and let his soldiers die in vain.
Although Ding Feng was dissatisfied, there was nothing he could do about it.
Mi Yang didn't know for the time being that Ding Feng was beginning to feel dissatisfied because of Zhang Nan's request to withdraw his troops.
But even if Mi Yang knew about it, he still agreed with Zhang Nan's approach.
Siege warfare is never easy. It is true that the situation just now was very good for the Han army.
But on the battlefield, there is never one side with an absolute advantage. Soldiers have no constant momentum, and water has no constant shape.
Perhaps the Han army was just one step away from breaking through the city gate of Wudang County.
But that was the result of Mi Yang's mind-attacking strategy, which first disrupted the morale of the Wei army in the city.
Now with the arrival of reinforcements from the Wei army, the morale of the Wei army in Wudang City has been revived, so Wudang County will not be so easy to win.
At this time, most of Mi Yang's attention was focused on the reinforcements of the Wei army that kept wandering outside his camp.
Mi Yang stood on the chariot, his eyes constantly moving on the khaki-yellow Wei army flag.
Finally, his eyes were fixed on one of the flags, and the surname on that flag made Mi Yang feel important.
Sima.
Originally, Mi Yang was curious about why the Wei army's reinforcements arrived so quickly, but if the dark horse was there, Mi Yang wouldn't be too curious about this.
Before Sima Yi met his mentor Zhuge Liang, he was a general who was good at fighting on the run.
Today's update is a little late because I'm too busy today.
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