As night fell, a convoy under the banner of the Yan Army marched mightily through the mountains, finally stopping in front of the north gate of Jiumen County.
The Yan army guards on the city tower approached the torch and looked down the city. They saw General Zhai Zurong sitting on his horse and looking up.
The guard soldier recognized Zhai Zurong and immediately shouted: "It's General Zhai!"
After a briefing, the captain of the North Gate garrison hurried to the top of the city, raised his hands to Zhai Zurong and said: "General Zhai, forgive me. According to the regulations of the army, all people entering the city must be inspected. I will arrange it now..."
Before he finished speaking, there were scoldings coming from the city: "We worked hard outside to win the battle, and we haven't even had a hot meal. Many brothers have been stained. You will know when you are huddled in the city.
Give orders!"
The defending captain frowned and said, "This is a regulation in the army, and General Zhai should also know it."
Zhai Zurong was riding on the horse without saying a word, his face gloomy and uncertain.
When the captain of the defending army saw this, he was uneasy and thought to himself: Zhai Zurong is Shi Siming's favorite general. When he faced off against Shuofang's army, he attacked the grain road several times and made great achievements for the Yan army. I am offended like this.
Wouldn't it be a disaster for people who want to avenge themselves publicly in the future?
At this time, Zhai Zurong was in unspeakable pain. He was riding on a horse, with Tang troops on both sides. Several daggers were pressed against his ribs. As long as he dared to move, blood would be splashed on the spot in the next second.
Just when the captain of the garrison was hesitating, he saw a wounded soldier lying on a cart in the convoy below the city. He suddenly vomited blood and looked like he was about to die.
Suddenly, there was a lot of excitement in the convoy. Some people went to look for medicine to stop the bleeding, and some people yelled at the defenders for not saving them. The scene was chaotic.
The captain of the defenders had a headache. Finally he waved his hand and said to his subordinates: "Open the city gate and treat the wounded first."
After the city gate was slowly opened, the Yan army's "convoy" filed in and stopped in the courtyard below the city tower.
A soldier from the defenders approached the cart and saw that it was covered with thick linen cloth. He asked, "General Zhai attacked the Tang Army's grain road. Are all the grain and baggage captured here?"
After receiving an affirmative answer, Sergeant Yan felt that there was something wrong with him. He opened the linen cloth and poked his head in, just to see what he had captured.
There was a flash of sword light, and the huge head shot straight into the sky amidst the splashing blood.
"kill!"
After a loud roar, countless heavily armed Tang troops opened the curtains on the grain carts, jumped out of them, and pounced directly on the defenders at the north gate.
Caught off guard, many nearby Yan army guards were hacked to death on the spot before they could even draw their weapons.
In less than half a quarter of an hour, the entire northern gate of Jiumen County fell into the hands of the Tang army.
Li Guangbi entered the city gate on horseback, looked in the direction of the military camp in the city, and said to his subordinates: "Most of the enemy troops are currently stationed outside the city. Once they learn of the changes in the city, they will rush over quickly to help. Therefore, the advantage of this battle lies in the speed of the soldiers."
, we must disrupt the enemy’s command and cause chaos to the enemy in the shortest possible time!”
Then, Li Guangbi looked at the deputy general Chu Liangshan beside him: "Liangshan, you take 800 cavalry to the enemy's military camp in the city, make noise and cause chaos to the enemy."
Chu Liangshan: "Here!"
Li Guangbi looked at his assistant general Wu Kedi again: "Kedi! You lead five hundred people and guard the north gate. When most of the enemy's troops rush to reinforce, you must do your best to defend until our reinforcements arrive!"
Wukti: "Here!"
Li Guangbi: "The rest of the troops will follow me and we will attack the enemy's center camp together!"
At this time, in the Yan Army's middle camp, Shi Siming was sitting in the upper seat with a gloomy look on his face, looking at the letters on the desk, his brows furrowed.
Shi Siming's son, Shi Chaoyi, bowed and said: "Father, the news of His Majesty's death has spread in the military camp. The soldiers are talking about it and the morale of the army is unstable."
Shi Siming shook his head and said: "This matter should not be publicized. Internally, it is said to be a rumor. Please pass on the order and do not discuss it unreasonably!"
Shi Chaoyi hesitated for a moment and nodded in agreement.
Shi Siming: "Your Majesty served in the army and achieved great success, but he died in the hands of his own son."
After speaking, Shi Siming glanced at Shi Chaoyi.
The latter quickly lowered his head and said nothing.
Shi Siming: "An Qingxu killed his father to seize the throne. Although he sat on the throne of the emperor, he had no ambitions, was greedy for pleasure, and did not care about progress. I am afraid that the great country of Yan will be ruined here."
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a burst of noise outside the door.
Shi Siming raised his head and asked displeasedly: "What's going on? Noise is prohibited in the army. Who is so bold?!"
Not long after, a guard stumbled into the camp and shouted: "Commander, it's bad! The Tang army has entered the city!"
Shi Siming was startled, stood up, and asked in disbelief: "The Tang army was stationed eighty miles away, and there were countless outposts of our army in the middle. How did they get in? Is it possible that they all have wings?"
?!"
The guard shook his head and said: "Commander, I don't know either. It's just that there are fires everywhere in the city and many people are fighting. Everyone is shouting that the Tang Army has entered the city!"
Shi Siming was angry, slammed the table, and shouted loudly: "Get the armor and weapons! I want to see where these people in the city came from!"
The guards under Shi Siming's command, as well as the soldiers of the middle camp, began to assemble in the courtyard outside the camp gate, preparing to march towards the place where the fire rose.
Before they had walked a few steps, Yan's soldiers heard the sound of neat and heavy horse hooves coming from the dark night.
Shi Siming has been in military formations for a long time, and just from the thunderous sound of horse hooves, you can tell that he is probably difficult to deal with.
He raised his riding crop and shouted to his men: "Array, form! Get ready to meet the enemy!"
Just as the soldiers of Yan Army were forming panic, the cavalry led by Li Guangbi galloped from one end of the street and attacked Shi Siming quickly.
If they faced other Tang troops, Shi Siming's men might be able to stabilize their formation and hold the battle position.
However, the cavalry troops under Li Guangbi were the elite of the Anxi army.
This group of cavalry came from the four towns of Anxi. They had fought against Turks, Tubo, Dashi and other countries. Both the quality of the individual soldiers and the combat experience were far stronger than many armies.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! What's more, this unit did not participate in the early battles of the Anshi Rebellion. It has been recuperating for a long time and its combat power is at its peak.
I saw Li Guangbi placing the ringed cavalry in the forward position, and placing the light cavalry in the center, with roaming horse archers on both sides.
The two armies had just faced each other. The ringed cavalry in the front line of the Anxi Army took advantage of the huge impact brought by the long street. With just one charge, they dispersed the soldiers of the Yan Army who had not had time to form a formation.
The light cavalry moved forward from the center of the formation, using the gap in the enemy formation opened by the ringed cavalry, stepping on the wailing and screaming Yan soldiers on the ground, and quickly interspersed among them, using the ringed cavalry as the node of the team, back and forth within a certain combat radius.
Repeatedly rush to kill the remaining enemy troops, preventing them from forming a defensive formation.
When the morale of the Yan army's front line collapsed and deserters began to appear, the cavalry archers who were originally responsible for long-range suppression came in from both sides. They used bows and arrows to continuously disrupt and drive away the enemy troops, leading the enemy troops to retreat and attack the formation.
Coupled with the ringed cavalry and light cavalry, they continued to advance forward over and over again, eventually causing the entire enemy army to collapse like an avalanche.
This set of tactics is the method used by the Anxi cavalry to attack the Tibetan infantry.
In previous battles, Shi Siming had been facing Shuofang's army.
Due to the battles of Luoyang and Tongguan, Shuofang's army was redeployed a lot of soldiers, resulting in uneven quality of soldiers and inadequate training. Therefore, when fighting Shi Siming, Shuofang's army rarely had such a large-scale mixed cavalry operation.
But now, the Anxi Army was an opponent that Shi Siming had never encountered before. As soon as it set foot on the battlefield in Hebei, it brought a great shock to the Yan Army.
In less than a quarter of an hour, Shi Siming saw that his soldiers were already in a state of collapse. While he was anxious, he didn't care about anything else and shouted loudly: "Hold on! Don't retreat! Our army's large group is outside the city, and we will be there soon."
Rushing for reinforcements here..."
Before he finished speaking, an arrow grazed Shi Siming's scalp and shot directly over.
Shi Siming broke out in a cold sweat and realized that his roar just now made Tang Jun discover his position.
Well aware of the danger involved, Shi Siming no longer cared about commanding the battle, turned his horse's head, and fled out of the city with his soldiers at full speed.
At this point, Shi Siming's tens of thousands of nine-sect troops, under the premise that their coach fled, had completely sealed their defeat, and there was no possibility of a comeback.
This chapter has been completed!