"PS: I fell asleep once again while thinking about the plot, I hope all book friends will forgive me..."

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In Fenghao City, alarm bells sounded.

This incident alarmed Su Wang Zhao Hongrun, who had just fallen asleep.

At first, he just felt that there was too much noise in the city, but when he listened carefully, he almost broke out in a cold sweat: Enemy attack?!

Zhao Hongrun was stunned immediately, completely confused as to how the enemy entered the city.

At this time, the door creaked, and Que'er walked in from outside, closed the door, and said to Zhao Hongrun calmly: "Sir, it is Weiyang Lord Ying Hua's cavalry that has entered the city."

"Weiyang Jun Ying Hua? Cavalry?"

Zhao Hongrun's expression became very strange. Although he also knew the tactics of cavalry siege, the key to cavalry siege was to rely on fire arrows to burn down the buildings in the city. It was not really about cavalry entering the city.

The city walls of Qin are generally several feet higher than those in the Central Plains. Could it be that Weiyang Jun Yinghua's cavalry flew in from outside the city with wings?

Thinking of this, Zhao Hongrun opened the quilt regardless of the cold.

Seeing this, Que'er stepped forward and helped Zhao Hongrun get dressed.

After a while, Zhao Hongrun walked out of the bedroom with Queer, and saw in the yard outside the house, the Zongwei and dozens of Suwang guards had already gotten up. Wei Jiao, the Zongwei chief, was instructing the Suwang guards to consolidate the city defense.

It was not until Zong Wei Lu Mu reminded him that Wei Jiaozheng realized that Zhao Hongrun was approaching.

"Your Highness!" Several Zongwei and dozens of King Su's guards called with clasped fists.

Zhao Hongrun waved his hand to signal everyone to stand up, and then he asked Wei Jiao: "Wei Jiao, what's going on in the city?"

Wei Jiao glanced at Que'er beside Zhao Hongrun and saw her nodding slightly, knowing that she had told His Highness the general situation, and then said: "How Weiyang Lord Ying Hua's cavalry team entered the city, we won't discuss that matter for now.

It's clear, but Gao Kuo has already gone to find out personally."

Zhao Hongrun was not very satisfied with this answer. He turned his head and glanced in the direction of the noisy crowd. Seeing the faint light of fire coming from there, he couldn't help but frowned and said in a deep voice: "Give me the order to recapture the lost city gate first."

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"Yes!" Wei Jiao replied, cupping his fists.

In fact, it was completely different from Zhao Hongrun's order. At this time in the city, the Shang Shui Army had already launched an operation to retake the west city gate. Their reaction speed far exceeded Weiyang Lord Ying Hua's expectations.

After entering Fenghao City, the three thousand cavalry under the command of Weiyang Lord Ying Hua were divided into three teams. Two teams followed the south and north directions respectively and attacked the north and south city gates. The remaining teams were led by him personally.

, stationed at the west gate.

Unexpectedly, the response speed of the Shangshui Army was far beyond his imagination. When the early warning bell rang through the city, countless Shangshui soldiers rushed out from the residences in the city, as if this army had

When sleeping, he sleeps with his nails closed.

It has to be said that when the cavalry speeds up, it is indeed very powerful. However, if the cavalry fights in streets and alleys, the power of the cavalry will be greatly reduced, because the Shangshui soldiers are very good at this kind of street fighting.

, they are very good at fighting enemies in long and narrow areas.

Especially in a "one-on-one" situation, even if the enemy's cavalry is on the opposite side, the infantry of the Shangshui Army are still sure to kill the opponent.

"Fire the arrow——!"

"Puff puff puff!"

A group of Wei army crossbowmen lurked at the end of the alley and fired the triggers of their crossbows at the passing Weiyang cavalry. Amidst the sound of machine strings, the group of Weiyang cavalry fell off their horses one after another.

The team leading the Weiyang cavalry suddenly discovered that even if they entered the city, in the narrow environment of the city, they had no way to counterattack the Wei army. At best, they would force a breakout and run to the next location to set fire.

"Woo——"

At the west city gate, a low-pitched military bugle sounded, reminding the Weiyang cavalry in the city that it was time to retreat.

After hearing the horns, the Weiyang cavalry in the city were shocked: Why so fast? They have not caused chaos in the city as expected!

Why so fast?

Because the soldiers of the Shang Shui Army were launching a fierce counterattack on the West City Gate, they relied on a combination of heavy infantry and crossbowmen, causing huge casualties to the cavalry under the command of Weiyang Lord Ying Hua.

"This is just a moment, right? The Wei army can form a counterattack of this scale. This is really..."

At the gate of the West City, Weiyang Jun Ying Hua's expression changed continuously.

He has led troops to sneak attacks on the Yiqu Qiang Rong's base more than once, and most of them were able to defeat the Yiqu Qiang Rong who were several times larger than his own. However, this was the first time he encountered someone who reacted as quickly as the Shang Shui army.

's army.

More importantly, the commanding general of the Wei army was very calm. The other party did not blindly let the infantry chase the Weiyang cavalry running around in the city, but issued an order to retake the west city gate. It was this calmness that made Weiyang Jun win.

Hua's sneak attack was greatly compromised.

As the Shang Shui Army counterattacked, the Yi warriors in the city also launched a counterattack. This caused the Weiyang Cavalry, which had the upper hand, to lose its advantage in the blink of an eye.

"...It's time to withdraw."

During the fierce battle while waving his spear, Weiyang Lord Ying Hua took a regretful look at the city and made a decisive decision to retreat.

After about a quarter of an hour or so, the fighting in the city gradually subsided, and at the west city gate, the Shang Shui Army also regained control here and was busy putting out the fire.

It turned out that Weiyang Jun Yinghua tried to burn down the city gate with the straw bales brought by the cavalry before evacuating. However, the Shang Shui Army's counterattack was so fierce that Weiyang Jun Yinghua had to give up this plan and evacuate as soon as possible.

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Just as the soldiers of the Shang Shui Army collected the corpses at the west city gate, King Su Zhao Hongrun came here with a group of people.

"Your Highness is here..."

"His Royal Highness Su is here..."

Amidst the low voices of the merchant soldiers, King Su Zhao Hongrun came to the gate of the West City and frowned as he looked at the corpses of the Weiyang cavalry on the ground.

Mainly to look at the horse's body, because he was wondering how the cavalry horses of Weiyang Army's Ying Hua could gallop on the snow.

It wasn't until he saw what looked like a "hooves" tied with ropes to the four hooves of the Weiyang cavalry's horses that he suddenly realized what he was doing.

This kind of hoof covering is visually made of fine hemp rope and hay. When tied with this kind of hoof covering, the friction of the horse's hoof on the snow is greatly increased. No wonder it can gallop on the snow.

"Is this an invention of the Qin people?"

Zhao Hongrun took off a horseshoe sheath and looked at it carefully.

However, he guessed wrong. In fact, this was not invented by the Qin people, but by the Yiqu Qiang Rong. It was very suitable for fighting on the snow in winter. However, Weiyang Jun Yinghua fought with the Yiqu Qiang Rong all year round.

I just learned it secretly.

"Your Highness..."

Just as Zhao Hongrun was carefully looking at the horseshoe sheath, Wu Ji, Nanmen Chi and many other generals of the Shang Navy had gathered around him at some point, and they all looked ashamed.

They should be ashamed. After all, the Shang Shui Army followed King Su Zhao Hongrun in his five-year campaign and was an elite division that participated in countless battles. They could be called an elite division, but they were actually attacked by the Qin Army.

The sneak attack simply left them speechless.

Hearing a soft cry from his side, Zhao Hongrun turned his head and looked at his generals.

At this moment, he had learned the reason why Weiyang Lord Ying Hua broke into the city, which made the anger in his heart fade a little.

Because he realized at that time: Weiyang Lord Ying Hua was the opponent he should deal with.

"Why...forget it."

Looking at Nanmen Chi, Zhao Hongrun swallowed the next words as soon as he said two words.

He originally wanted to question Nanmen Chi, "Why didn't you tell me that the general ran out of crossbow arrows?", but after thinking about it, he felt that such questioning would only hurt Nanmen Chi and other Shang Shui army generals, and there was nothing wrong with it.

significance.

After all, Zhao Hongrun had handed over Fenghao's city defense to Wu Ji, Nanmen Chi and others two days ago. If Nanmen Chi and others still want to ask him about everything, what is the difference from before?

But tolerance is tolerance, and some of the truths in it are strange. Zhao Hongrun still wants to tell these generals: "... Do you think that we have won a great victory in the past two days, so you are complacent? Haven't you noticed that in the past two days, we have won a great victory?"

Are almost all the tattooed troops of Qin State who come to die in battle? Are the regular soldiers under the command of Weiyang Lord Ying Hua?

Army, are there any casualties? He is fighting a war of attrition, which not only consumes your physical strength and our army's crossbow arrows, but also reduces the food consumption of the Qin army in disguise... I reiterate again, Qin and Chu

Likewise, they can raise a tattooed army of tens of thousands of people at any time, but they feel complacent just because they think they have won a few battles."

"..." Although there were many officers and soldiers of the Shangshui Army nearby, no one interrupted. From the generals to the soldiers, everyone lowered their heads and listened to Zhao Hongrun's lesson.

After scolding him, Zhao Hongrun let out a breath, changed his tone and said: "But having said that, I have also misjudged my eyes. That Weiyang Lord Ying Hua is not simple, not simple..."

Although it is not clear who Weiyang Jun Ying Hua is, Zhao Hongrun instinctively feels that he is definitely a Qin warrior who will not be inferior to Wu Xin Hou Gong Sun Qi, and this person has obvious similarities with Wu Xin Hou Gong Sun Qi.

The difference: Strong desire to attack!

Tonight's sneak attack, if the soldiers of the Shang Shui Army had not recovered the crossbow bolts outside the city, Weiyang Lord Ying Hua's cavalry would not have been able to enter the city.

So let me ask, is this the so-called blind cat encountering a dead mouse?

Zhao Hongrun doesn't see it that way.

He felt that the Shang Shui Army left the city in the middle of the night to collect crossbow arrows because Weiyang Lord Ying Hua had tipped off the enemy, so the latter came with his cavalry to attack.

The reason is very simple. From the perspective of Weiyang Jun Ying Hua, he first estimated the number of Wei troops in Fenghao City. Although Zhao Hongrun had nearly 100,000 Wei troops under his command, he had to divide his troops to garrison Fenghao, Lintong, Gaoling, and Xia.

There are four cities in Gui, so when divided equally, each county town actually only has about 20,000 Wei troops at best.

On the basis of "there are only more than 20,000 Wei troops in Fenghao City", it is not difficult for Weiyang Lord Ying Hua to deduce the fact that "the Wei army has run out of arrows and crossbows". After all, the Wei army repelled his army for two consecutive days.

After the attack, a casual calculation shows that the crossbow bolts in Fenghao City have been exhausted.

Then, when the Wei army was not sure whether Weiyang Lord Ying Hua would continue to violently attack the city on the third day, it was normal for the Wei army to recover the crossbow bolts in time in the middle of the night.

Therefore, it is possible that on the first day when Weiyang Lord Yinghua attacked Fenghao, he had already planned today's night attack in his mind, and perhaps even planned a series of tactics.

To be honest, this kind of war method that attempts to "dominate the battlefield trend" is quite similar to Zhao Hongrun. In fact, Weiyang Jun Yinghua's courage is still higher than that of Zhao Hongrun, and he did not hesitate to sacrifice more than 40,000 tattooed troops to achieve this

strategic purpose.

It seems that his only miscalculation was that he underestimated the Shang Shui Army's ability to respond to night attacks.

"Oh, the Qin State is really full of talents... It is disrespectful to come and go without reciprocating. Mr. Weiyang of the Qin State, let me compete with you for your next strategy..."
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