When the fire dragon burrowed out of the ground at the mouth of Tianmen Mountain, Wen Hengyue was inspecting Nancheng. After receiving the news, he dragged his exhausted body through a long street that was more than eight miles long and had several layers of roadblocks deployed and rushed to Beicheng. It was already more than half a century ago.
It's time.
There is no longer a war horse in Taiyuan City, and all livestock have been slaughtered to serve as military rations.
It is funny and sad to say that the most abundant type of food stored in Taiyuan City was actually a large amount of leather armor and the skins needed to make armor raised for the northern expedition to Yan. They were boiled to satisfy hunger. After the food was exhausted and the livestock was killed,
The entire city's garrison was asked to hold on for more than two months.
However, the common people could only eat tree cores and grass stems to satisfy their hunger, and some even secretly exchanged their children for food. This was beyond the control of Xu Wei, Qian Zerui, and Wen Hengyue.
Before boarding the collapsed North City Tower, Wen Hengyue saw the generals on the city wall dancing with excitement, but he didn't feel much excitement in his heart.
The Xuanwu Army and the Xiaosheng Army were defeated during the second northern expedition to Yan, but a large number of soldiers still fled into the Luliang Mountains.
Including Xinzhou, Lanzhou, Daizhou and the subordinate counties near Taiyuan, after they were captured by the Japanese soldiers, the defenders and a large number of people also fled into the Luliang Mountains, condensing into large and small resistance forces, still persisting in fighting against the Japanese soldiers.
The soldiers and surrendered troops fought.
In the past month since the main force of the Japanese troops moved south, these rebels had tried three times to break out of the Luliang Mountains to break the siege of Taiyuan.
However, compared to the nearly 30,000 surrender troops guarding Taiyuan City, the combat effectiveness of the rebels was not very strong. The rebels lacked food, clothing, and low morale. Their combat effectiveness was even worse. Three times, they were easily defeated by the surrender troops guarding the city on the periphery, leaving behind
Hundreds of corpses were forced to flee back into the mountains.
This also caused the soldiers and civilians in the city to extinguish their hopes again and again, only to be extinguished immediately.
Wen Hengyue thought that this time it was another rebel army trying to break the enemy's blockade from the north. He had no expectations at all for Xu Huailai to come to Taiyuan.
In addition to various objective factors that make him feel unrealistic, he has not eliminated his prejudice against Xu Huai in his heart; in his view, Xu Huai is an ambitious person with ulterior motives. He has limited contact with Xu Huai, and there is nothing he can do for the time being.
Change his perception of Xu Huai.
He walked to the downstairs of the North City. Although he was physically exhausted and mentally weak, he climbed up to the top of the city under the urging of Qian Zerui, Xu Wei and others.
However, the moment he climbed onto the city wall, he was suddenly struck by strong emotions in his chest. The veins in his hands holding onto the wall were exposed. His body could not help but tremble slightly, and his eyes could not help but overflow with tears.
He couldn't let the tears blur his vision, so he wiped them away desperately, but the more he wiped them, the more he wiped them.
There were no horses in the city, so Xu Wei sent a message to rush to Nancheng on foot. Wen Hengyue had no expectations and walked even slower from Nancheng.
At this time, the Chushan Cavalry had cleared out the enemy forces on the northeast side of Tianmen Mountain. In addition to Xu Xin'an leading the vanguard troops and horses to rush towards the Han army camp in Yunzhou after the enemy was defeated, the main force of the Chushan Cavalry had also quickly moved towards Tianmen Mountain.
Edom completed the assembly and headed south in batches.
Every two or three Chushan cavalrymen held a torch, and a forcible army column was formed south of Tianmen Mountain that was five or six miles long and about two miles wide.
This is definitely not the scale of charge that the resistance rebels in the Luliang Mountains can form.
Let alone fight at night to resist the rebels, they simply don't have the ability to march late at night.
From the speed of the soldiers and horses advancing at Tianshan Gate, Wen Hengyue could also tell that it was the cavalry driving the horses at a fast pace.
"What does Xu Junhou want to do? Is he going to directly attack the camp of that thief Li Chulin? How is this possible?" Wen Gejun, the second son of Wen Hengyue, helped his father to the top of the city. Seeing this scene, he was shocked and confused, and couldn't figure it out.
Why did Tou Xuhuai launch his army to charge south in the middle of the night in the wind and snow? Why didn't he wait until daybreak before sending out troops to attack the enemy's camp?
"Marquis Xu Jun is not interested in the Han army camp in Yunzhou, but wants to tear open the gap in the company camp and join us first!" Moments before Wen Hengyue ascended the city, he was still thinking that Xu Huai was a person with ulterior motives and was not worth placing hope on, but this
At that time, she could not wait to hug Xu Huai and take a few bites, and shouted with a trembling voice.
When Qian Zerui returned to Taiyuan under the escort of several dead soldiers, he roughly told Xu Wei, Wen Hengyue and others about the rescue strategy that Xu Huai might adopt - Qian Zerui risked his own life before returning to Taiyuan,
He also wanted to use this to boost the morale of the soldiers and civilians in the city and support them until the reinforcements arrived.
Xu Wei and Wen Hengyue just didn't take it seriously.
After all, Wen Hengyue is an experienced general. Even in the past, he was afraid of the enemy and fought hard. He was also deeply involved in intrigues, bullying his subordinates, flattering his superiors, buying officials and titles, and other dirty things that he could not stop himself from, but he was extremely cruel.
Taiyuan Shouyu Zhan and too many relatives and friends, Paoze fell beside him, asking him to be tempered.
Forcibly calming down his trembling mind, he quickly judged Chu Shanqi's combat intention and shouted in a trembling voice: "Light a bonfire, move all the tinder to the city wall, light it, and point the way for the reinforcements..."
Thousands of Chushan riders marched holding fire. The range illuminated by the torches was extremely limited, and the marching range was so wide. Most people could only march outside the post roads and through the bumpy fields.
The terrain to the east of Luliang Mountain is said to be open, but compared to the majestic Luliang Mountain, the terrain to the north of Taiyuan City is actually quite undulating.
Now that the wind and snow are getting stronger again, if the few bonfires in Taiyuan City and the enemy camp on the north side are blocked by the wind and snow, thousands of Chushan riders will easily get confused during their march, and even lose their direction.
The garrison at the top of the city was too weak. Most of the soldiers were recruited from civilians and family members of the Forbidden Army after Taiyuan was besieged. They did not undergo rigorous training and were unable to leave the city to cooperate with the night battle.
What they can do now is to light more bonfires on the city wall and do everything they can to provide some light for the Chushan Cavalry who arrive in front of the enemy company camp.
Of course, they might also be able to open the city gates and draw the attention of the enemy troops stationed in the company camp as a way to mislead the troops.
Compared with the defenders, the people in the city suffered even more miserably. Most of them had no strength to even get up, and they were all emaciated.
Hundreds or even hundreds of people died of hunger and cold every day. When the weather got colder, no one thought about collecting the bodies anymore.
Taiyuan has long been turned into a dead city. When the defenders at the top of the city no longer have the strength to hold the swords and guns in their hands, the enemy will capture the entire city without any effort and then massacre the entire city.
However, after the generals in Beicheng became excited, news of the arrival of reinforcements quickly spread throughout the city, and the dead city suddenly came to life.
Thousands of people, as if they were returning to the light, aroused a surge of strength in their bodies, tore down the dry doors and windows that were easy to catch fire, and transported them to Beicheng.
At this time, they didn't care about the spread of the fire. Hearing that more light was needed for the night battle outside the city, someone set fire to the thatched houses...
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The defenders of the Yunzhou Han Army camp and the southern company camp were completely confused about the situation. In the middle of the windy and snowy night, they saw a torrent of soldiers and horses approaching with fire. Their subconscious choice was the best they could do at the moment.
The choice he made was to close the gate of the village tightly, call up all the soldiers from the tents and barracks, pick up their swords, spears, bows and crossbows and stand on the wall of the village to prepare for battle.
The Han army camp in Yunzhou was the closest, the largest, and had the most defenders, so it was impossible to attack suddenly.
The Han army camp in Yunzhou was built at the jaws between two low ridges. The low ridges on both sides are not very steep. You can climb over them by driving your horse slowly during the day, but at night when you can't see anything, you can only rely on torches.
I don't know how many people will fall off their horses if they want to forcefully march from the low mountain area.
Now we can only go directly to the near side of the Han army camp in Yunzhou and go around. At this time, we can avoid the shooting of ordinary crossbows, but we are within the range of the bed crossbow.
However, there were only a dozen crossbows in the Yunzhou Han army camp, and the loading and firing speed was slow. Even though war horses were frequently shot through by giant arrows, and some generals were shot, Xu Xin'an did not slow down at all and fled to the far side.
It means to hide.
During the march, the guards around him dispersed. He himself blew the horn frequently and walked around the south side of the Han army camp in Yunzhou at the speed of a charge. He ordered all the generals following to abandon their horses and throw torches one after another.
They set up bonfires, picked up swords, shields, and crossbows to force the Yunzhou Han Army Camp to form a formation at the South Gate, eliminating the possibility of Li Chulin sending troops from the Yunzhou Han Army Camp to engage in a melee at night.
This is also to create a safe dorsal and ventral space for the subsequent main force to bypass the Yunzhou Han army camp and go south to launch a strong attack before reaching the company camp.
The vanguard troops led by Xu Xin'an were all strong men who had grown up in Tongbai Mountain. They had fought side by side for many years and were already familiar with each other. The organization was scattered, but it did not hinder the rapid restoration of formation order - it had also been carried out before the war.
After being fully mobilized and entering the battlefield, everyone will directly join the formation without looking for the corresponding battalion formation.
The generals and military officers all took the initiative to fight and assumed the responsibility of organizing the array.
Subsequently, the main force of troops arrived near the Han Army camp in Yunzhou. The large group of troops and horses had to pass quickly, and the queue could not be narrowed. They were not even an arrow away from the wall of the Han Army camp in Yunzhou, and directly pushed against it.
Following the rain of arrows like locusts on the village wall, the horse rushed southward.
The shields held by the generals were small and could only cover the face and side armpits. They were too close to the enemy's stronghold. The leather armor worn by most generals provided limited protection, not to mention the legs under the breastplate.
The whole body was directly exposed, but the man who was hit by the arrow did not say a word and continued to drive his horse forward.
The war horse is larger in size. Fortunately, the body function of the war horse is much stronger than that of the human body. Even if it is hit by dozens of arrows in a row, before the blood flows out, the stimulation to the war horse is not as strong as a sharp stab from the chest and abdomen with a spear.
Although the company camp on the south side of the Han army camp in Yunzhou is as strong as a city fortress, it is not a city fortress after all.
The first is height, and the most important thing is height.
Taiyuan City, including its stacked walls, is as high as five feet above the ground.
At this distance, even if a brave and agile person climbs the ladder to the city, it will take several breaths at the fastest.
During this period, in addition to various interceptions from the front, there was no telling how many missiles would come from the flanks.
This was also a core factor why the defenders persisted in their will, tens of thousands of surrendering troops suffered heavy casualties, and failed to capture Taiyuan City for a year.
The construction of the company wall is to cut down the wood and bury it in the soil to build two rows of fence walls next to each other, then fill the fence walls with soil and compact them, and lay wooden boards on top for the generals to stand guard.
The company wall is only one foot and five feet away from the area when measured from the top of the crenels; it is only one foot and two feet away from the area when measured from the bottom of the crenels.
Also because they did not expect reinforcements to come from the north, the northern company only dug a long circular trench with a depth of more than ten feet on the side close to Taiyuan City to prevent the defenders from breaking through;
Battalion liaison also saved scarce manpower and material resources, and no trenches were dug.
Braving the rain of locust arrows, Chu Shan's cavalry approached the wall of the company's camp without dismounting. They threw the torch directly at the wall and stabbed the enemy soldiers with their spears and spears at the crenellations.
The defenders mainly use swords and shields, and can only passively block.
The defenders did not even think about placing rolling stones, wood, lime and other defensive objects on the north side of the village wall, and even moved the heavy bed crossbow. Chu Shanqi had already reached the near side and lost the chance to launch.
The nimble Chushan soldiers stopped their horses and approached the wall, stood on their saddles, and jumped directly to the crenellations without using ladders. Some people were constantly being cut down, but there were more people who were not afraid of life and death.
