In the north of Chang'an City, the Wei River passes around the city. There are three places where you can cross the Wei River, namely the Middle Wei Bridge, the East Wei Bridge and the West Wei Bridge.
It would be inaccurate to say that they are three bridges. To be more precise, they should be called three water fortresses of great military value on the Wei River north of Chang'an City.
Among them, the Zhongwei Bridge is the most important, with a length of more than 800 meters and a width of more than ten meters. There are turrets on the bridge and are full of shooting holes. There is a specially built ditch under the bridge through which reinforcements and supplies can be mobilized from Chang'an City.
The Xiwei Bridge is shorter, less than 300 meters, but it was built the latest and has the most complete fortifications.
Tens of thousands of rebels, driving the Minzhuang who had been brought from Wugong and Qianzhou, kept attacking the turret of the Xiwei Bridge. Some archers from the Quiet Army also formed a formation at the head of the bridge to defend the onslaught of the people. Strong provides cover.
He Chuan, who claimed to be the military envoy, had a gloomy face. After moving south from Qianzhou, he attacked the surrounding martial arts and Xingping County was very successful.
At this time, the area around Chang'an was still relatively prosperous, and the rebels easily collected tens of thousands of stones of food and grass and captured thousands of strong men.
But after arriving at the Xiwei Bridge, they encountered great obstacles. He Chuan personally supervised the army's fierce attack for more than ten days, but still could not capture the Xiwei Bridge.
As of today, nearly 30% of the captured minzhuang have been lost, and they are no longer usable. If the battle continues, the rebels themselves will have to fight.
But He Chuan looked at the solid turret and the densely packed shooting holes on the turret, and suddenly felt a little frightened.
If he really had to use human lives to fill the gap, the rebels under his command would not be much better than the captured civilians.
"How many days will it take for the ram and the churron to be finished?" He Chuan asked the bodyguard beside him impatiently.
The ram car can be used to break open the gate of the turret, and the turret car can provide some cover. With these two, casualties can be reduced and the chance of rushing to the bottom of the turret can be increased.
"It will take another five days! The Jinchang Army who invaded with dogs burned the surrounding mountains and forests!" the guard replied in a low voice, looking at the Jinchang Army on the Xiwei Bridge opposite, with quite a bit of hatred. meaning.
He Chuan also had some hatred, but he just hated that his men were too greedy. If these guys weren't greedy for the prosperity near Qianzhou and just went to plunder the surrounding countryside, according to his arrangement, after taking Qianzhou, they would go to If we rush here to attack the Xiwei Bridge, let alone capture the Xiwei Bridge, Chang'an City has already entered.
"Pass my order and tell Ma Laizi that I will only give him three days. If he and his craftsmen can't finish it, they will fill in the ditch of Xiwei Bridge by themselves!"
While He Chuan was roaring, Wu Defender came from a distance and shook his head at He Chuan.
"We can only fight. Yuhou, the governor of the Jinchang Army over there, has stopped my messenger from entering the city. It seems that they are determined to defend and will not cooperate with us."
When He Chuan stormed the Xiwei Bridge, he still had the intention of entering Chang'an easily.
However, the Jinchang Army, which originally turned a blind eye to their plundering of Qianzhou, Wugong and Xingping, became resolute after the rebels entered the vicinity of Xiwei Bridge.
Originally, they were willing to let the rebel envoys go in for a talk, but now they are unwilling to talk.
"How dare you lie to me? Tell the athletes outside that after entering Chang'an City, don't seal your sword for three days. When the rush chariot and the anvil chariot are built, I will personally lead them to rush and kill!"
When He Chuan received the news from Wu's defense envoy, he immediately became furious. Wu's defense envoy sighed in his heart. He Chuan's behavior was an important reason why Jinchang's army was not far away from cooperating with them.
Because Chang'an is the hen that can lay golden eggs for the Jinchang army. They guard Chang'an and gain profits every day.
In order to boost morale, He Chuan would definitely use Chang'an's wealth to lure the people below to attack with all their strength.
How could the Jinchang army watch their hens that laid golden eggs being killed and eaten by them? Absolutely not! Therefore, the conflict between the two sides was completely irreconcilable.
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Murong Nobunaga led two hundred Murong knights over a small hillock, and saw a small team transporting grain and grass in the distance.
Just by looking at the weeping women and the ashen-faced men who followed, one could tell that this was a rebel team that had returned from plunder.
Half of the knights behind Murong Nobunaga were brought by him from Guazhou, usually Tyuhun knights from the Shandong three tribes in Shanzhou. All of them had superb equestrian skills and extraordinary archery skills.
In particular, the knights of the Three Hundreds of East Tribes were originally weak in combat effectiveness because they did not have many iron weapons. Now after joining the Guiyi Army, their combat effectiveness immediately rose to a higher level as soon as they were equipped with iron armor and iron arrows.
The rebels on the opposite side obviously also saw them. After a few nervous roars, these rebels surrounded various wheelbarrows or two-wheeled vehicles containing food and grass, forming a half-moon formation.
The captured women and young men also saw Murong Nobunaga and the others. These poor people howled in terror and immediately ran away.
Several rebels roared loudly and drew out their swords, trying to slash the fleeing Ding Zhuang.
Murong Xin let out a long roar and led his cavalry to jump down from the hillock. He and several sharpshooters accurately shot arrows that seemed to identify ourselves and the enemy.
Several of the rebels who hacked and killed young men and women fell down in response, while a few wore armor and screamed in pain, running towards the car formation.
Upon seeing Murong Nobunaga and others charging over, the spearmen in the car formation stretched their spears out of the gaps in the vehicles, making the car formation look like a hedgehog with spikes to block the cavalry charge.
In the car formation, the rebel archers who were good at archery also picked up their rifles and fired a few arrows.
One of the arrows actually hit Murong Nobunaga's shoulder, but it had little damage to his cotton armor lined with steel plates. The arrow hung crookedly on Murong Nobunaga's shoulder for a while, and then hit the horse's head.
During the ups and downs, he was thrown off.
However, when he saw an archer with good archery skills in the car formation, Murong Nobunaga shouted, protected Ding Zhuang and the women from fleeing, and simply stood outside the shooting range, showing no intention of attacking.
Although he was young, this handsome man with rich battlefield experience smiled and waved at the team of Zhang (Bo)'s family in Shandong Sanbu behind him.
"Zhang Xibao, you lead thirty men to stay here. Dismount your horses and put on rifles. If the thieves push the cart away, shoot them. When they come out to kill them, you leave. When a large group of enemies comes, pester them.
, then send a fast horse to the west to find us!"
After speaking, Murong Nobunaga took out the beans fried with salt and fed them to the war horse. He also wiped the sweat of the horse and rested for about a minute or two before leading the horse to the west to find the next plunderer nearby.
Thief soldiers.
When the thieves and soldiers in the chariot formation all saw Murong Nobunaga leaving twenty or thirty men behind and then leading the large troops away, they couldn't help but secretly complain.
He understood that he was encountering an experienced enemy. If Murong Nobunaga and others rushed up in a swarm, the thieves would be stunned.
Although he only has seventy or eighty men, under the cover of the car formation, the cavalry charging over on horseback are the best targets and cannot break his car formation at all.
But the other side did not fight him, leaving only a small number of cavalry to watch over them, which was a problem. They had two horses and eight legs, so they could go wherever they wanted. But if they left the car formation, it would be dangerous.
Moreover, the other side also drove away the young men he captured. There were dozens of them. If they did not take away the food and grass, they would be subject to military law when they returned.
It's not good to just wait for reinforcements, because they have too much time to waste with them, and if the message can't be sent out, reinforcements usually won't come.
In desperation, Du Tou could only ring the small gong in his hand. Twenty or so archers with good archery skills followed him out of the car formation and headed towards Zhang Xibao and the others with their walking bows in hand.
Zhang Xibao sneered and got on his horse with his men. He would not shoot at these thieves. If there were only ten people coming out from the opposite side, he would still be interested, so forget about twenty or so people.
Dutou could only let out a long sigh. There were cavalry on the other side. He could leave if he wanted to, but he had no choice but to run away. Although he was no longer strong, there was nothing he could do if he had to push the cart by himself.
However, the convoy reluctantly walked more than twenty steps, and the cavalry appeared in front of them again.
Several arrows flew towards them, and the thieves who were pushing the first cart shrank and shrank behind the cart.
One of the most unlucky soldiers was shot in the neck and was writhing on the ground holding his bloody neck.
"Fuck you!" Dutou roared angrily and ran forward with the archers behind him. However, before they could reach the shooting range, Zhang Xibao's cavalry roared away again.
This time they went around to the back of the car formation and shot randomly at the soldiers in the car behind them, and shot another person over.
The furious Dutou immediately ordered the archers to be divided into two fires, one fire to cover the front and one fire to cover the rear.
Then, Zhang Xibao and the others dismounted. It's not like they didn't have bows or armor.
After the cavalrymen took off the cotton armor from another horse and put it on easily, even if there was only one layer of armor, the protection immediately went up to a higher level.
In just one cup of tea, blood was pouring out of the thieves' heads and eyes. Six or seven of the archers behind the cover were shot dead by the opponent. When he arrived with more than a dozen people, the cavalrymen again
He ran away and went around to the front to harass me.
It's bitter! It's bitter! My head and mouth are numb, being led by the nose by these cavalry. If this continues, when the losses are so great that the soldiers' psychological defenses are broken, they will be dead.
Seeing that there were only a few hundred steps to leave this flat land and reach a valley, my head was crying and at the same time, I felt a little hopeful. The valley was narrow and was not conducive to the cavalry's roundabout. As long as they reached the valley, they would be safe.
But just a few hundred steps away, those who were reluctant to give up food and grass were attacked by Zhang Xibao. It took a quarter of an hour to walk several hundred steps, and five or six people were lost.
But just when he breathed a sigh of relief and was about to enter the valley, a gong sounded and Murong Nobunaga led the large army back. There were still a long string of bloody ears hanging on the side of his horse. It seemed that another small convoy had suffered.
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The thieves all screamed in despair, and the soldiers could only form a vehicle formation again near the entrance of the valley where large and small vehicles were surrounded.
But at this time, the rebel soldiers, who had been in pursuit for more than half an hour, were already exhausted from putting on and taking off their armor and pushing carts, so the formation of the vehicle formation was a little slower.
As a result, Murong Nobunaga, who all dismounted and put on heavy armor, led hundreds of people and rushed in through this gap.
After two-quarters of an hour of fighting, all the thieves in the car formation were eliminated. They were all lying on the ground with their heads wide open and their eyes unwilling to close. Murong Nobunaga used an iron whip to dent the back of his head.
"Let the peasants come over and transport the carts to the plains. After transporting them, they can resist as much as they can!"
Murong Nobunaga loudly ordered that as for burning the food that could not be taken away, he would not do it. Without this food and grass, how could the bandit soldiers be willing to form small teams to transport it.
Battles like this were happening everywhere around the Xiwei Bridge. When He Chuan received the damage report, he couldn't help but take a breath, and an extremely bad feeling lingered in his mind.
heart.
This chapter has been completed!