Guo Junpan, Pan Chenghu and others thought that the Huaiyuan soldiers and horses would not dare to fight if they retreated two thousand troops to the Tiaohutan camp.
They thought that even if Deng Gui, Xu Wujiang and others took the courage of leopards and came to fight, they had so many troops in their camp, and there were strong external reinforcements that could be transferred back at any time, so they were absolutely not afraid that Huaiyuan's troops were really capable of eating them.
They even thought that Deng Gui, Xu Wujiang and others were too eager to reverse the situation and led Huaiyuan troops to attack. They might be able to seize the opportunity to counterattack and avenge their previous humiliation.
On July 22, the coalition forces successfully demolished two small villages outside Shibaliwu. Chen Zixiao did not hold Guo Junfan and others accountable for acting without authorization, and also sent people to deliver the three seized knives to the Tiaohutan camp.
Come, encourage Guo Junpan, and Pan Chenghu and others have succeeded in besieging Huaiyuan, which means that they will be able to lead the main force of the coalition forces eastward for reinforcements in three to five days at the latest.
On this day, the main force of Huaiyuan soldiers and horses dispatched from the market and Beiqiao Village and approached the front of the Tiighutan Camp.
On this day, Guo Junpan and Pan Chenghu finally understood what "I don't want you to think, I want what I think" means.
Several sidecars were on both sides, with the front side blocking the stone. Dozens of people approached the wall and swarmed aboard from the city boarding cars. From this moment on, Xu Huai gave Guo Junpan, Pan Chenghu and the others no chance to make a comeback.
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The defense of Tiaohutan Camp is very simple, that is, the middle of the two rows of fences is filled with earth and rocks, which is more than ten feet high and the top is more than ten feet wide, where soldiers can stand.
Each village wall is a long and narrow straight line, and it is extremely straight, which reflects Guo Junpan's superior aesthetic consciousness. He did not deliberately form a specific angle, but used bows and crossbows to support each other with different angles of the village walls.
There are no horse faces, urns, reef towers, war tents and other facilities embedded in the middle of the wall to serve as nodes for organizing offensive and defensive wars.
There are even no obstacles such as blocking horses placed on the wall to restrict opponents from approaching after climbing the city.
That's not to mention digging trenches inside and outside the stockade wall and building archery towers to increase the depth of defense.
Avoiding Guo Junpan, Pan Chenghu and other bandit chieftains personally defended the east and south areas where the terrain was more open - that was Deng Gui. Xu Wujiang personally supervised the direction of the main attack of the township camp. Xu Huai led 60 people to the team first.
, together with Xu Wukun, Tang Pan, Xu Xin'an and others, led the troops from the north to attach the village to the wall.
After cutting down a dozen thieves on the wall in front of him, Xu Huai did not say anything about hitting the two wings along the narrow wall. Instead, he jumped off the wall with Xu Wukun, Tang Pan, Xu Xin'an and others and attacked the inner side of the wall.
The thieves were killed like lost dogs. After escaping crying for their fathers and mothers, they asked the following men and horses to lower the ladders to form a direct passage into the heart of the enemy's stronghold.
Seeing this scene, Pan Chenghu, who was rushing from the south wall with elite combat forces for reinforcements, was dumbfounded:
Why did this reckless tiger of the Xu clan go against the rules and go straight into the stronghold with fifty or sixty people?
When fighting on the city, why don't we first have a few decent fights to test each other's strength and will?
Even if the defenders are relatively weak, after ascending the city, shouldn't they attack both sides of the wall first to expand the area of occupation, wait until the position is stabilized, and the main troops and horses will be close before entering the wall, and oppressing the opponent bit by bit?
How could there be fifty or sixty people on the stronghold wall, no reinforcements behind them, and just go straight into the camp of 2,000 people and kill them indiscriminately?
Did you bring food?
Seizing the city and occupying the wall was originally a conventional tactic, but the wall built by Guo Junpan on the east bank of Tiaohutan was too crude and too narrow. If Xu Huai led his men to attack the two wings, the opening would be too narrow.
The village wall, which is less than one foot wide, can accommodate at most three or five people advancing together; no matter how ferocious Xu Huai is, it is difficult for him to serve as an arrow for a long time, constantly drilling forward in battle.
Once they run out of strength or encounter obstacles such as blocking horses, their attacking rhythm will be interrupted.
What's more, since they were standing on the wall, it was easy for the thieves to organize archers to shoot from the inside of the wall.
As the rebels were restrained by the narrow walls, it was difficult for Xu Huai to attack them violently in a short period of time and create more chaos for them.
Conventional tactics are not feasible.
And what level are these bandit soldiers in Tiaohutan camp and how strong their combat effectiveness is? What else does Xu Huai need to test?
Xu Huai decided: No more testing! It’s a showdown!
Deng Gui and Xu Wujiang attracted those who were still capable of fighting in the bandit army from the south and east. Xu Huai led an advance team of 60 people and charged directly into the bandit stronghold from the north, just to act as a source of trouble.
The shit stick was quickly and directly thrust into the softest and most defenseless back of the Tiighutan bandit camp. It was stabbed hard and stirred up.
The bandit army is strong in numbers, but this is its most fatal weakness.
That’s because the space inside the Tiaohutan camp is too small.
In the slightly larger camp of two hundred paces square, the new bandits who had surrendered, the people who were being held hostage totaled nearly three thousand people, plus the plundered mules and horses, and other two to three hundred large livestock, they all rushed in because they were reluctant to abandon them.
The entire village was packed to the brim.
Everything was arranged in an orderly manner, or perhaps most of the bandits were ordered to stay in the shacks and not move around at will, so maybe there wasn't much chaos.
Xu Huai personally led the advance team to storm the Beizhai Wall. No one could stop it. Pan Chenghu hurriedly led his troops to the Beizhai Wall for reinforcements. However, the troops and horses on the other side of the Beizhai Wall were too weak in combat and the rate of defeat was beyond his imagination.
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First, there were dozens of thieves on the wall facing the village who had no ability to fight back, and they were immediately killed by Xu Huai, who was like a tiger among the sheep. There were seventy or eighty soldiers on both sides of the wall on the north wall, but they were killed by Xu Huai.
Afraid that Xu Huai would be too fierce and lead his troops to kill on both sides, he only dared to huddle behind the big wooden shield and yell, not daring to advance.
They couldn't get any closer either.
The wall was too narrow. Xu Huai arranged for Tang Qing and Yin Peng to guard the left and right with ten shields each. Unless there were masters of the same level as him or powerful armor-breaking weapons, they would not be able to defeat the enemy in a short time.
Don't try to attack from such a narrow flank.
The rebels have absolutely enough soldiers and horses, and a line of defense has been arranged behind the wall of the North Village. There are more than a hundred rebel soldiers, but their combat effectiveness is even less impressive.
The leader of the thieves was slashed diagonally by Xu Huai, and his whole body was split in half from the left shoulder bone to the right hip, which frightened the thieves. Xu Wukun and Tang Pan led people to attack fiercely from the left and right, and only managed to kill eight or nine
After the people were cut down, the remaining thieves cried out to their fathers and mothers and fled back: "The people on the other side are so inhuman, let's just collapse!"
The rebel soldiers who were reinforced from the east and south, and the rebel soldiers who fled south, were squeezed into the alleyway that was only four or five feet wide due to the shacks on both sides. You can imagine the chaos.
The thieves on both wings could not quickly outflank the advance team through the narrow wall. The space inside was too narrow, and there was no passage for the rapid mobilization of soldiers and horses even on the inside of the wall.
This allowed Xu Huai to take the lead in climbing into the enemy's stronghold, without having to worry about being surrounded by thieves on the way back. Instead, he could more leisurely arrange his troops with his back against the north stronghold wall, and divided into three groups led by Xu Wukun.
, Tangpan, Xu Xin'an led the charge deep into three sides, squeezing the chaotic bandits into the narrower corner to the west.
At this time, Xu Huai no longer charged into the front line, but stood under the wall of the North Village with a moon-piercing bow in his hand, shooting at targeted targets those stubborn bandits who still had the ability to create obstacles.
At this moment, Deng Gui and Xu Wujiang also stepped up their attacks from the east and south. Four to five hundred soldiers rushed towards the thin wall of the village, surrounded by city climbing vehicles and ladders.
Guo Junpan and Pan Chenghu fully realized at this time what a fatal mistake they had made, but the chaos in the village had already become chaotic. Zhou Tian even opened the gate of the west village and fled to the shore of Tiaohutan with dozens of direct descendants.
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The camp was not big, and there were soldiers and horses coming to kill them fiercely from the north, south, and east. At this time, a hole opened in the west, and someone shouted loudly, causing all the thieves to flee towards the west gate of the camp.
Pan Chenghu was also smart enough. He saw soldiers and horses fleeing on the other side of the North Wall, so he withdrew to the South Wall in time and joined Guo Junpan without being involved in the chaos.
Just like hundreds of people slipping and falling into the river, no matter how good the water is, their hands and feet will be caught by others and they will sink together. Guo Junfan and Pan Chenghu also knew that if they entered the village through the wall, they would escape through the west gate of the village.
, getting involved in the rebel army, they were afraid that they would be more dead than alive. They could only bite the bullet at the moment, and each led a dozen of their direct lineage elites to jump off the wall from the south to withstand the Huaiyuan soldiers and horses from coming.
The rain of arrows shot randomly from a distance fled against the outer wall of the village towards the shore of Tiighu Beach in the west.
They didn't dare to go to the ferry crossing, because it was too chaotic.
Countless people jumped into the river without taking off their clothes and armor to avoid being chased.
Yes, the water level in Tiighu Beach has not reached above the head at this time. With so many people holding hands and queuing up, they will be able to reach the other side smoothly. But can so many people calm down at this time?
One person tripped over a rock in the river bottom and stretched out his hand to pull the people in front and behind him, causing them to fall to pieces; dozens or even dozens of people fell into the water like a tangle of hemp ropes, and their hands and feet were entangled in a panic.
They dragged each other so that no one could stand up from the not-so-deep river.
As long as you are carried two or three hundred steps downstream by the rushing river, the water will become deeper and you will have little chance of struggling ashore.
Guo Jun judged that Pan Chenghu was like a bereaved dog. He avoided the most chaotic river bank and deviated more than a hundred steps upstream. When he saw cavalry chasing him from the Huaiyuan Township Camp, he did not dare to resist. He took off his armor and robe and dived naked.
