(I have something to do today, so five thousand words will count as two chapters...)
The Tianxiong Army was stationed in more than 20 streets and lanes on the north and south wings, mainly confronting the rebellious Tibetan people. Most of the generals were afraid that making too much noise would attract the rebellious Tibetan people to counterattack more fiercely, but Xu Huai used the war drum in an extremely coquettish manner.
How could it not attract the attention of all parties after moving into the War Arms organization to fight at night?
The Fashan Temple located in the North City occupies a small area, but the main hall, the Bogadao Hall, is the largest single building in Datong City. The height of the base of the main hall alone exceeds that of most buildings in the city.
In the morning light, a middle-aged man in armor, surrounded by dozens of strong men, hurriedly walked to the front of the main hall, blocked the stone railing on the west side, and frowned at the north city wall.
The middle-aged people are all less than forty years old, but their temples are already stained with frost.
His eyes were firm and his frown was as sharp as a knife.
A general who was standing on the eaves of the main hall looking at the battlefield jumped down.
At this time, dozens of bonfires on the north city wall were already extinguished in the morning light, and wisps of black smoke were rising. However, at this moment, the sound of war drums started to sound louder and louder.
Amidst the sound of war drums, the middle-aged man could see more than a hundred soldiers of the Tianxiong Army in the narrow street close to the northern city wall. They were holding high their shields, swords and spears, and were driving towards their own barricade in two sidecars.
Come and kill them.
"How's the fighting going over there? The war drums haven't stopped that night, and you can hear them all over in Nancheng!" The middle-aged man looked at the general who was in charge of commanding the confrontation on the northern flank and asked.
"Not so good! The thunder is loud and the raindrops are light!"
The general had a beard all over his face. He had not slept much for three days and three nights. His eyes were full of blood, but he was full of energy. He looked like a cheetah squatting in the snow. He showed a fierce aura and said angrily,
"Wu Sanrong couldn't hold back his anger at first. He was provoked several times and sent people to kill him, but he had no weapons to protect him. After losing thirty or forty people, he learned to behave and stop rashly advancing. Seeing that the other party could not take advantage, ten people organized by him at night
The several attacks were all tests, teasing and cursing, and they were harder than swinging a knife. As long as I held back my anger, they didn't pose much of a threat. Also, the sound of the dog's drum was so harsh that I couldn't even squint for a while in the early morning.
Their foreheads were throbbing. It was not enough for these grandsons to bring a war drum. They found some small drums from nowhere early in the morning, and they were beating all together, which was so annoying that they wanted to pour a few pots of dog blood on them.
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"Cai Qing sent his direct descendants into Tongbai Mountain to assassinate Wang Zhen, and he must have believed that he had a chance to win, but he came back in vain. Everyone in Tongbai Mountain cannot let us underestimate us - they are doing this for the sake of their own hearts. No matter how hard you work, you still have to do it.
Keep an eye on Wu Sanrong and don't slack off." The middle-aged man tightened his gray-black cloak to resist the cold morning wind, frowned and stared at the narrow battlefield under the northern city wall, and ordered the generals.
"The opponent's attack is more or less promising this time. It may be necessary to have real contact and fight. Wu Sanrong has been tortured all night, and he is holding a breath in his heart. He will probably be unable to bear it and invite people to fight immediately, but I can't force it now.
Stop him," the general said, "I have added two teams of troops behind Wu Sanrong. It is better to let Wu Sanrong suffer some setbacks at this time, otherwise it will be difficult for him to become a great leader!"
The middle-aged man nodded, knowing that the opponent was using a strategy to attack the enemy's mind. If Wu Sanrong could not hold back his anger and rush into the battle, he would inevitably suffer losses. However, holding on forcefully would only make him more impetuous in the front line.
But if a general wants to truly grow up, he must experience hardship in iron and blood.
It is a pity that the clan members have been working hard to govern, and today they are mostly addicted to pleasure. Even in this critical moment of life and death, they only know about sex and fighting for power and profit all day long. They no longer know what grinding is.
The military general asked again: "Why don't you bring Han Lun back? There are too few people who can take care of your worries now. Xiao Xinhan and others saw that your nose is not a nose, and your eyes are not eyes, and they are still keeping their eyes shut.
In the inner city, I think if we wipe out the entire Tianxiong army this time, they will not think about the overall situation of the Khitan and give up their control over you, sir."
"Han Lun is waiting to be punished. If he comes back early, he won't be able to appear in public. But after this battle, we can indeed bring him back," the middle-aged man said in a hoarse voice. "As for Xiao Xinhan and the others, let's leave it to them for the time being."
Keep them!"
In addition to watching the two sides about to engage in battle under the North City Wall, the middle-aged man also looked at the streets to the left and right. Suddenly he noticed a wooden archway behind the narrow battlefield of the North City Wall, where more than a hundred generals of the Tianxiong Army set out, pointing his finger.
Asked in the past:
"What's up with the wooden archway next to the north city wall? I don't think there is such a wooden archway in the northwest city, and it actually covers the back of it. Is it because you can't see behind the wooden archway even if you stand on the north city wall?
situation?"
"It's not a formal archway. It was erected just before noon yesterday. I don't know where to disassemble the door panels and assemble them. It should be intentionally blocking our view. Standing at the North Tower and looking over, what we can see is extremely limited. Only
We can see that they are demolishing the houses under the northwest corner building on a large scale. Perhaps it is to facilitate the gathering of soldiers and horses for the attack and not to let us see their deployment in advance. Perhaps they still have delusions of winning the battle!" said the military commander.
Using various means to cover the starting position, prevent the enemy from peeking and then deploy countermeasures in advance is what generals usually do on the battlefield - generals do not pay special attention to this.
"It's not like that," the middle-aged man frowned and shook his head. "In other directions, the Tianxiong Army immediately demolished thatched houses that are easily ignited - which are also easier to demolish. They are obviously more afraid of us storming in and setting fire to them.
, they place more hopes on being able to capture the inner city in a hurry. Even if they still want to seize the north and south cities, it is difficult to launch a large-scale offensive from such a narrow flank-"
The middle-aged man was more focused on the confrontation battlefield under the north city wall. At this moment, he hoped that the counterattack organized by Wu Sanrong would be more fierce. It would be best to advance to the wooden archway and take a look at what was going on behind.
But the military general could understand the middle-aged man's thoughts, and called for a guard, saying: "Go find Wu Sanrong and ask him to find a tongue that can speak!"
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The sky is getting brighter, and the distant mountains seem to be covered with a layer of blue mist, and the cold wind is getting more and more biting.
Xu Huai and Xu Wuqi stood on the city wall, looking down from the crenels at Tang Pan who led his troops to fight against the rebellious Tibetan people next to the north city wall.
One night passed, Fanmin Jianrui also used the ready-made carriages to transform some sidecars that could block arrows, and transferred more large and heavy shields from elsewhere.
At the same time, they realized that there was no hope of organizing an attack from the city wall, so they also blocked the city road with obstacles such as horses and other obstacles in front of the sixth horse-faced wall war tent opposite, and organized a group of elite archers to guard the back to prevent this attack.
near.
As a result, the space between the fifth and sixth war tents on the north city wall became a buffer zone that was difficult for anyone to enter. No one could easily enter and use heavy objects such as wood or rolling stones to smash the opponent's position under the city.
As far as the entire Datong City is concerned, 20,000 to 30,000 young and strong peasants have been mobilized, and they have an absolute advantage in all aspects. The narrow streets and alleys have now become an obstacle for them to advance to the west city and expand their results, so they started to organize demolition efforts from last night
Houses in the battle area.
The three streets and alleys near the north city wall have been demolished.
However, no matter how brave the Tibetan people were and were not afraid of death, they could not clear away the broken walls and broken walls in the battle area where the two armies were intertwined. They could still cross each other and cut the battle area into pieces.
However, this not only allowed Xu Huai to stand at the top of the city and have a clearer overview of the battle situation throughout the city, but also allowed small groups of troops to pass through different streets and alleys.
This situation, theoretically speaking, is more beneficial to the Tianxiong Army, which is mainly infantry, but this requires the Tianxiong Army to have no fear in their hearts when facing fierce attacks against the rebellious peasants with high morale.
This is actually very difficult.
The confrontation battlefield did not collapse on a large scale. The main reason was that the Tianxiong Army had 40,000 troops trapped in the West City, and there were enough manpower to rotate into the confrontation position.
Even though the Tianxiong Army suffered much heavier casualties than its opponent in narrow confrontations and was repeatedly defeated, the impact was not widespread and was still limited to independent streets and alleys. The chaos could be stopped quickly, and it can still be
Effectively curbed the advance of the resisting Tibetan people.
This was also the last time Xu Huai could seize before his army collapsed.
In organizing night battles, in addition to building momentum, he also wanted to seize every minute and every second so that the six hundred Tongbai Mountain soldiers could adapt to the rhythm of the battlefield under their command.
Although the soldiers of Tongbai Mountain had undergone a long period of training, many were young and strong, and their deep-rooted rural views made them willing to be controlled by the military envoys, the old establishment of so many people was disrupted and reorganized.
It still takes a process for officials and soldiers to truly become familiar with each other and to be able to fight side by side.
Obviously, at this moment of such panic, one or two days is not enough.
The only good thing is that among the six hundred Tongbai Mountain soldiers, in addition to seventy or eighty people who are Pan Chenghu, Guo Junpan's old tribe, there are more than eighty people who are Tang Pan, sons of the Tang family that Tang Qing is familiar with.
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There was a bandit rebellion in Tongbai Mountain. Among the big clans, the Zhong family and the Tang family forts were successively captured by the bandits.
Zhong's Mopanling fell at the beginning of the bandit rebellion.
At that time, in order to frighten people's hearts, and because Zhong Changqing had a cruel and twisted hatred for his clan, the bandit army indulged in killings, causing the Zhong family's children to be killed, injured, or captured as hard labor, and the rest were also
They all fled in panic, and finally supplied hundreds of soldiers to the Huaiyuan rural camp.
It is a pity that after the bandit rebellion subsided, Zhong He was determined to revive the Zhong clan. He was also talented in both civil and military affairs and was aspiring to fame. He was unwilling to accept Xu Huai's solicitation and joined the Zhufeng Hall, which could not get rid of its rough color.
When the Tang family's Shibaliwu and other forts at the western foot of the North Ridge of Tongbai Mountain were captured by the rebels, Pan Chenghu and Guo Junban's troops were defeated by Xu Huai at Tiaohutan.
In order to make up for the lack of troops, the bandit army recruited thousands of strong men in Shibaliwu through inducement or coercion.
This caused the Tang clan to lose a large number of young and strong men, but when they accepted the recruitment, almost 700 Tang clan members were divided into surrender troops and placed in the banxiang army in Lanzhou and other places; their scale was larger than that of Pan Chenghu
, Guo Junpeng and the two of them have more old subordinates.
Xu Huai selected the old troops of Pan Guo and the Tang family from the Liubaitong Baishan Army, and directly incorporated them into the second capital team, led by Tang Pan to fight. After a night of tentative engagement with the enemy, the current opponent
The adaptability to the battlefield is better.
Therefore, Tang Pan advocated launching a larger-scale attack in the early morning to see how much pressure the new second capital troops could withstand, and Xu Huai agreed without hesitation.
The army collapsed, and even if they could escape from the city, they still had to consider the enemy's cavalry pursuit.
At that time, a larger force of armored soldiers and horses will be needed to form a formation to suppress the enemy's cavalry from attacking unscrupulously. Only then can other small groups of elite soldiers have the possibility to tangle with the enemy's cavalry.
"The opponent has been holding his breath all night, and finally saw that we are willing to fight for real. This time he is full of energy!" Xu Wuqi frowned, looked at the battlefield below the city, and said with some worry.
He was not worried about not being able to stop it, but he was worried that the casualties would be too great, which would seriously affect their subsequent plans!
"...Bring me the bow!"
Xu Huai turned around and asked Niu Er to take down the moon-piercing bow and give it to him.
Niu Er's leopard-like eyes widened, as if he didn't expect that Xu Huai would be so shameless, that the dignified general would stand on the top of the city and shoot cold arrows.
"We young people don't need to practice martial ethics!"
Seeing Niu Er reluctantly hand over the long bow on his back, Xu Huai said with a smile, peeked out from the crenel, steadily pulled out the bow string with a force of three hundred kilograms, and the sharp arrow shot through the air with a sharp sound.
He roared and shot a peasant deeply in the face. The arrow shot from the forehead and came out three inches from the back of the neck.
The Tibetan man fell back with frightened eyes open.
One hundred and fifty steps later, the sharp arrows shot by the Zhemu Step Bow had very limited lethality, but the Penetrating Moon Bow already had terrifying penetrating power.
This kind of penetrating power is difficult for ordinary wooden shields to withstand.
"If you dare to hide from the city and shoot cold arrows, how can you be considered a hero?"
Xu Huai and Xu Wuqi stood at the top of the city all night without any movement. At this time, they fired cold arrows, causing the Tibetan general who was supervising the battle behind the enemy formation to curse in anger.
Xu Huai smiled coldly and cursed in a loud voice: "Where are the dogs barking and talking about heroes and heroes? How dare you dare to come forward and challenge me? If you don't have the guts, go back to your slut's arms.
Go ahead and eat milk, don’t be embarrassed by your gibberish!”
Xu Huai swore at each other and kept taking out three edged arrows, clasping them in his hands and moving them in front of different crenels to look for shooting opportunities.
Fanmin Jianrui hurriedly moved the big shield and the two sidecars to the right, but there were many gaps in the panic. Xu Si shot three arrows in a row, causing three enemy soldiers to fall to the ground.
Xu Huai deliberately showed the terrifying penetrating power of the moon-piercing bow and shot three arrows. One arrow penetrated the thin wooden shield and hit an enemy soldier in the face. The other two arrows penetrated the leather armor and entered the chests of two enemy soldiers.
, and immediately suppressed the enemy's roaring and charging arrogance.
Only then did Xu Huai stop and stand at the top of the city to watch the battle.
The Tibetan people had to arrange half of the heavy shields and side troops on the side of the city wall. At the same time, the formation became denser to prevent Xu Huai from shooting from the top of the city. The pace of advancement suddenly slowed down and they became timid.
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In comparison, the morale here was strong, and under Tang Pan's command, they were advancing rhythmically.
However, both sides had relatively complete weapons and equipment. As long as their positions were not disrupted by the other side charging in, the casualties would be extremely limited. Most of them were pushing and slashing at each other with swords and shields, while the crossbowmen at the rear found openings to shoot arrows.
The Fan people were disrupted by Xu Huai's cold arrows, and were at a disadvantage after the engagement. The Fan generals scolded Xu Huai for a while, and finally ordered to retreat.
Both sides controlled a section of the city wall, and the peasants retreated behind the barricade. Tang Pan did not dare to ignore the rolling stones and wood prepared by the opponent on the city wall and approached recklessly, so he withdrew his team, replaced a new team, and went forward to provoke the opponent.
Both sides were very cautious and conservative, and casualties were limited.
The Tibetan people struggled all night under the north city wall without making any progress. When the sun rose three o'clock, they gave up trying to attack from the side close to the city wall, and instead focused their attack on the lanes adjacent to the lower city street, from east to west.
beat.
The alleyway is only fifty or sixty steps away from the north city wall, but the houses have not been completely demolished, and a large number of broken walls block it. Except for a few intermittent gaps, most of the area is not afraid of the threat of crossbows from the city head.
The general responsible for guarding the alley was an old acquaintance of Xu Huai and the others. He once led a battalion of forbidden troops to garrison in Caocheng Village and was controlled by the inspector Chen Zixiao. After Chen Zixiao was transferred, he briefly served as the commander of Caocheng Village.
Xie Zhong, the commander of the village inspection.
Xie Zhong was originally under the command of Zhu Guangwu, the sixth general of the Tianxiong Army.
The Shengdemen city tower collapsed. Zhu Guangwu was directing firefighting under the city gate at this time. He was unable to escape and was smashed beyond recognition by the collapsed masonry, stone and beams. No one was dead, and hundreds of soldiers were killed or injured.
This also made the morale of the sixth general of the Tianxiong Army even lower.
Xie Zhong led 500 men to guard a narrow street alone. Logically speaking, he had enough manpower, and friendly troops were adjacent to the streets on the left and right, so they could support each other. However, the soldiers only dared to hide behind obstacles to defend.
They watched as the peasants demolished the houses in front of the barricade one by one, unwilling to step out of the barriers to fight. From time to time, one or two people were shot dead by the opponent's elite archers.
At three o'clock in the morning, Jie Zhong's troops demolished the imperial house and piled bricks and stones in the middle of the lane to build a wall more than one foot high and two feet thick. However, the wall had no structural strength at all.
The two teams of peasants each raised a beam that they hugged together to act as a bumper and approached the fortress wall. After two collisions, the fortress wall shook endlessly and the bricks and stones rolled down. Jie Zhong's men hid behind the fortress wall and were extremely panicked.
, there were only a few people standing on the high platform set up behind the fortress wall, shooting with bows and crossbows, but it had no effect.
Seeing that the situation there was critical, Xu Huailiu and Xu Wuqi set up a formation on the city. He and Niu Erhuan roped down the city wall, and a team of people from the fourth capital led by Yin Peng gathered together. From the house where the doors, windows, and roofs were demolished
After passing through, I saw that the fortress wall, which was just over one foot high, collapsed suddenly. There were even several soldiers trying to escape the rain of arrows thrown at them. They didn't have time to escape from the fortress wall, and they were pinned down by the bricks and stones and howled miserably.
The enemy soldiers built a high platform in the back to overlook the battlefield. Xu Huai and Yin Peng led the troops out of the courtyard. There was already a group of Tibetan people holding swords, shields, bows and crossbows, blocking the entrance of the courtyard, which was only one foot wide.
Xu Huai watched several sharp arrows coming from behind. He crouched slightly, twisted his back, and slashed out horizontally with a huge force of his razor-sharp blade. He was about to split the three wooden shields blocking the courtyard gate.
The three people Jian Rui behind the wooden shield did not expect that the wooden shield in their hands was like paper in front of Xu Huai's blade. They were holding the wooden shield with their shoulders and arms, and they did not think of dodging at all.
He was cut open from the waist and abdomen by a blade, and fell backwards. Suddenly, Xu Huai was able to break through the door and enter the alleyway.
The gate of the courtyard was too narrow, and there were twenty or thirty villagers in the alley who resisted vigorously. Except for Niu Er, who held an iron shield and followed closely beside Xu Huai, no one else could keep up at the same time.
Yin Peng pointed his spear at the ground. Wearing iron armor, he suddenly jumped seven or eight feet up to the courtyard wall.
He ignored the clusters of arrows and rushed towards Xu Huai's right side. His spear shot out three shadows in mid-air, suppressing the enemy soldiers on Xu Huai's right side.
In order to gain space for more generals to enter the alleyway and fight, Xu Huai spared no effort at this moment and had no other tricks. He purely used force to break force, and used heavy cuts and heavy splits to open the way.
The broken sword was like thunder falling from the sky, splitting and smashing the shield in front of him, and the enemy soldiers came in clusters. Xu Huai just deflected the unshielded face and went away purely with armor and iron helmet.
Block, corpses and flesh flew everywhere in front of him, and blood spurted out like a fountain.
When all the soldiers behind him entered the alleyway and formed a formation to block the alleyway that was less than three feet wide, and dozens of archers were stationed on both sides of the courtyard walls to suppress the peasants, Xu Huaicai breathed heavily and retreated to the back of the formation with Yin Peng and Niu Er to rest.
Li Li, stared at the Fan general who was scolding him just now, and said with a smile:
"Fan Gou, you are laughing at me because there are no heroes in Vietnam. Why didn't you come up to fight with grandpa just now? Do you think grandpa's blade is not as fragrant as your mother's breasts?"
