Thanks to the continuous establishment of military strongholds outside Jianye City to house generals since the capital was moved, after the soldiers crossed the river, the people near Jianye City either fled into Jianye, Dangtu, Lishui, Gourong and other cities.
, or they were accommodated by Yuelong, Guanyin and other military strongholds with strong defense and resistance. As a result, the soldiers crossing the river were unable to capture many strong men for driving near Jianye City, and the construction of the camp could only be simple.
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They had previously thought that relying on the overwhelming superiority of naval warships, they would not be afraid of the Southern Dynasty soldiers and horses who would dare to attack their near-water fortress without making any preparations.
Generally speaking, the camps built by the soldiers who crossed the river near the mouth of the Qinhuai River were relatively simple. The walls were filled with palisade wood and rammed with earth, and they were also the main defensive facilities of the camps.
Normally speaking, as long as a force of troops and horses are not too timid to fight, and there are naval warships to rely on, a simple camp should be enough.
After all, they considered that if they had no chance to attack Jianye, they would not be able to dominate an area as narrow and low-lying as the mouth of the Qinhuai River for a long time and engage in a long-term confrontation.
However, when faced with a strong attack in such foggy weather, the simple camp of the soldiers will look particularly embarrassed.
Only when the front troops of the Selection Front Army and the rebel army reached the front of the stronghold did the captive soldiers in the camp become alert. There was no time to deploy troops and horses to line up on the stronghold wall to defend them. Even if they encountered a strong attack in the heavy fog, they could not
Find a way to get out of the stronghold and form an array.
Not only are the large amounts of auxiliary defense facilities such as horses and antlers stored in the camp unused, but the trebuchets, Western Region stone cannons and other heavy weapons deployed in the camp are also of extremely limited use.
If the contemporary trebuchets or stone cannons of the Western Regions are used for blind firing, they will be crushed.
There is no accuracy at all, and even if the direction is slightly changed, the projection deviation will be huge. Normally, a skilled gunner needs to observe the impact location of each stone bullet and adjust the projection angle and configuration in real time.
Heavy box weight.
Especially when using trebuchets and Western Region stone cannons to attack enemy troops who have rushed to the walled city, experienced gunners need to observe carefully and patiently adjust the projection angle little by little; if the deviation is slightly larger, the stone bullets will hit
Hitting one's own soldiers will cause greater chaos.
At this time, there was heavy fog, and the stone projectiles were completely missing after being thrown twenty or thirty steps. The Western Regions stone cannons were completely blind to the trebuchets that were the greatest threat to the city in a dense formation.
In order to avoid accidental damage, the gunners threw the stone bombs as far as possible; they did not know how many enemy troops were coming from the depths of the fog.
The captive soldiers mostly organized archers and crossbowmen on the wall of the village to shoot at the rebels and selected vanguard generals approaching the city. However, for the attacking troops wearing armor and holding shields, the damage of bows and crossbows was extremely limited, and they could not contain the surrounding troops.
The stronghold was attacked by force.
Hearing the stone bullets whizzing away from his head, Jiang raised his head without raising his head. He just held his shield against the rain of locust arrows and climbed up the wall first.
Three sharp spears stabbed fiercely from the crenel. Jiang Ang raised his shield to block it. The cold-forged iron shield collided with the sharp short blade of the spears. The angle of the thrust of one spear was slightly off, and it slipped away.
The sparks deflected out, and the two spears broke directly. There were only two dents left on the surface of the wrought iron shield, but there was no break.
This is in addition to the excellence of cold forged iron shields.
In addition to the one-minute-thick wrought iron shield itself, which is very strong, the handshake and arm-covering
The shield surface has been thickened, forming a thick diagonal edge on the front of the shield, like a ferocious snake entwining the shield.
Even if the spear hand is extremely powerful and stabs directly into the thick edge, before the sharp spear blade breaks through the shield, the spear shaft will be unable to withstand such a strong impact and break - except for those with a series like Wang Ju's
Only the fierce generals who hold spears made of wrought iron can break through this shield.
Jiang Ang was so strong that he held his shield to withstand the stabbings of three spears without being affected at all. He stepped on the ladder two steps in a row. When he got above the crenel, he saw the spear that had slipped through the net and was aimed at him again.
He was stabbed in the chest, and instead of using the iron shield to block it, he waved the sword in his right hand with a cold arc of light. It was so wonderful that the spear shaft was cut off before the spear blade touched the right breastplate.
The next moment, Jiang Ang jumped over the wall like a tyrannosaurus and charged into the enemy.
A series of sharp sword flashes were slashed at the heads of the enemy soldiers who were trying to force them over. Blood and flesh immediately flew out, and in the blink of an eye, three enemy soldiers were beheaded by the sword.
Jiang Ang was so brutal that the enemy soldiers did not dare to press forward again.
There were a total of ten ladders with hooks on the left and right, which were directly hooked on the walls of the enemy's stronghold. Sixty armored infantrymen of the selected vanguard army and Jiang Ang simultaneously attached to the city and climbed first, scrambling to be the first to board the enemy's stronghold. The long blades in their hands were cruel and merciless.
He slashed at the enemy soldiers' heads, withstood the cold arrows and hidden arrows fired by the enemy soldiers on the flanks, and attacked the two wings with all his strength, opening up a passage for the subsequent rebel soldiers to climb the city and enter the enemy camp.
The enemy soldiers on the wall could not withstand such a violent attack and were killed and retreated steadily.
The enemy generals guarding the Chinese army's tent are several meters away from the stronghold wall.
Seventy or eighty paces away, the field of view was completely blocked by the heavy fog. I couldn't see the fighting situation on the wall. I didn't know how many rebels had entered, and I didn't even know that a gap had been opened in the south wall. It sounded frightening.
From the sound of fighting, we could only simply judge that the battle was mainly concentrated at the South Wall, and sent messengers to urge the troops to go to the South Wall for reinforcements - the flag messenger was completely ineffective, and it was impossible to send orders through horns and war drums.
The corridors in the camp are very narrow. Even if the enemy soldiers in the camp still have the courage to resist stubbornly at this time, how can it be arranged in an orderly manner when the camp is plunged into thick fog?
The messengers sent out were also confused. In a panic, they just urged the troops they contacted to go to the Nanzhai Wall for reinforcements, but they didn't want to see several troops rushing towards the Nanzhai Wall in a mess in the heavy fog, and the soldiers and horses retreating from the Nanzhai Wall in embarrassment.
They collided together and became a mess; even before there was contact, they were shooting at each other in panic, making it difficult to distinguish between ourselves and the enemy.
Jiang Ang, on the other hand, gathered together the limited elite soldiers of the selected vanguard army, and led the soldiers into the depths of the enemy camp to charge forward, constantly digging forward.
Three teams of rebel generals accompanied him. Although their weapons and armor were much simpler, they performed extremely bravely. They each chose a direction, setting fire to the camp and fighting at the same time.
The right arms of the selected vanguard and rebel generals were all tied with black and red ribbons as a mark. They also agreed on simple and clear passwords in advance, and the rhythm of the horn sound was changed to distinguish it from the enemy horn...
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Zhong Changqing and Wu Chi had just arrived at the South Camp Central Army tent when the fleeing soldiers swept in like a frenzy.
Immediately after the attack, both Zhong Changqing and Wu Chi speculated that Xu Huai must have gathered
The limited elite troops and main rebel troops forced their way into their main camp.
Their elite troops and generals were all concentrated in the main camp. Xu Huai relied on the extremely brutal penetration tactics and the suddenness of launching a strong attack in the fog to attack quickly and disrupt them with chaos.
If there is no way to organize effective resistance and counterattack, victory will basically be guaranteed.
Zhong Changqing had long had a deep understanding and experience of the strength of the elite selected vanguard troops around Xu Huai, and it was not like Wu Chi had not seen it before.
They were unable to keep the attacking troops out of the main camp, so they realized that it was meaningless to stay in the main camp to organize resistance and counterattack.
The heavy fog and the chaos caused by the strong attack caused them to lose effective control over the main camp's 5,000 troops.
Wu Chi was also decisive. As soon as there was still time, he, Zhong Changqing and the main generals in the army decisively left the main camp and went to the south camp, which was currently the least likely to be attacked.
They imagined that when the fog cleared and there were still one or two camps that had not been breached, they could organize troops and horses to counterattack with the support of naval warships.
They also realized that the Han army crossing the Yangtze River could easily defeat the rebels with little morale if they fought in a formation. Only by fighting in a formation can they confront the rebels with overwhelming morale and blood and courage, and can they effectively contain the Beijing-Xiangxuan vanguard army.
An elite, fierce and brutal offensive.
They thought that even if Xu Huai led his troops to withdraw before the fog dissipated, they would not lose everything.
Although it was extremely risky to change camps in the heavy fog, they encountered two groups of rebel generals on the way. Both of them fought their way out of the encirclement with random attacks.
They were delayed for a while, and even had a few people shot and killed by the Nanying defenders in a panic. However, before entering the Nanying, they all firmly believed that surviving by cutting off their arms was the only correct choice.
What they didn't expect was that just as they arrived at the South Camp's main tent in the chaos, the South Camp had already been breached. Countless rebel soldiers swept in like a frenzy, leaving them unable to recover.
They were filled with shock and did not know why the elite selected vanguard troops and the rebel army would attack the south camp at the same time. At this moment, everything was in chaos and they were at a loss to figure out anything...
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Jiang Ang saw that the long straight-spine knife in his hand made countless small gaps and the blade was not curled properly. The next moment, it was inserted into the chest of an enemy soldier and he did not bother to pull it out.
Jiang Ang threw away the forged iron shield in his hand, took off the sword saber on his back, held it with both hands, and charged forward with open and closed arms, often killing an enemy soldier with shield and armor in one violent slash.
It was chopped open, and blood flowed like a stream.
"clang!"
Jiang Ang fought for a while, but the sword was finally blocked by an iron shield.
Although the enemy soldiers were shaken back two steps, the iron shield was not directly split open. It only left a deep slash mark. Jiang Ang knew that he had encountered a tough fight here.
Except that Beijing and Xiangzhou have been able to roll thin iron plates in batches and use cold forging or hot forging on the basis of thin iron plates to make wrought iron shields relatively easily. In other places, it is extremely difficult to make a wrought iron shield and the value is not even there.
Under a full set of armor.
Moreover, traditional forged iron shields are subject to process limitations - because it is difficult to maintain uniformity in manual hammer forging, a certain thickness needs to be maintained to avoid loss of strength due to uneven hammer forging.
Insufficient, therefore traditional wrought iron shields are extremely heavy and heavy, and cannot be wielded for killing without innate divine power.
Encountering a tough fight, and seeing that the dozens of enemy soldiers in front were all sharp-edged and armored, Jiang Ang suppressed his inner excitement of catching a big fish and blew the copper whistle in his mouth quickly and loudly, directing the men and horses fighting nearby to move towards him.
