"Get out! Your mission is to cooperate with the 2nd Division in fighting, don't get in the way here." Shu Li, commander of the 4th Mixed Division, solved Dai Le's problem.
As the second attacking echelon, he arrived only a quarter of an hour later than Dai Le, and before Dai Le left the territory of Lancaster City, he boarded the North City Gate.
At about the same time, another city on the northern border of Bei County, Kaji City, closed the city gates and lit up smoke. The city owner sent out a distress signal and organized militia to help defend the city, because there happened to be two brigades of the North Central 28th Division in the city.
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Sun Yilei ran around the city and then came to the east gate to join the main force. "Sir, there are enemies from the 28th Division on all sides. The city has been prepared, but my subordinates have not found a chance to attack the gate." He reported to Fan Yuzhen.
The 74th Division is now a mixed 5th division, and they are also the second attack echelon. After receiving Ding Kui's attack order, they immediately sent their heavy cavalry brigade to fight all the way to the city.
"That's just right! Eliminate the enemy's 28th Division here, and it will be easier to attack the friendly forces in the county." Fan Yuzhen did not think that the North and Central Route Army was a trouble.
In her eyes, her own army was no more than a city defense army and had no right to stop their progress.
"Ding Cai led his troops to the city, and Xie Luoli and Ji Zhubao were responsible for covering it!" She chose to attack head-on.
Ding Cai thought to himself: You bitches don't know how to take care of your lover, so let me go to the city defense.
But the military order was issued, and he had to raise his spear high and shout: "Brothers, follow me!"
A thousand fine armored infantrymen filed out carrying five long ladders and walked towards the wall on the left side of the city gate.
Why five long ladders? Normally, a group of infantry should have ten long ladders, so that the defensive force can be divided thinly.
Because the Eighth Brigade uses the latest folding telescopic ladder, which is made by the Hengfu City Arsenal, the long ladder uses a metal structure, which is stronger but also heavier.
The fourth and fifth brigade quickly ran into the attack position, took off the golden bamboo crossbows on their backs, skillfully used the lever to load arrows, and aimed at the curious defenders on the wall.
They were more than 400 meters away from the city wall and outside the attack range of city defense weapons. The defenders could only watch helplessly.
Ding Cai's men overturned the horses, dug pits with long poles, pushed aside iron thorns with bamboo rakes, and opened five roads leading to the city wall.
"Beep!" Jie Luoli and Ji Zhubao blew the copper whistles at the same time.
Bang, bang, bang, two thousand crossbow arrows came out of the string, aiming at the top of the city wall, and launched a concentrated fire coverage shot.
The defenders are aiming at five infantry teams advancing together. Once they enter the killing range within two hundred meters, they will launch an attack.
The commander on the city wall was horrified to find that the crossbow arrows had crossed a distance of more than 400 meters and began to swoop down at the defenders. "Down! Down! Avoid the arrows." He only had time to shout out, but he was drowned by the rain of arrows that covered his head and face.
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"Speed up the charge!" Ding Cai took the lead and started running.
Kaji City was poorly prepared and had too few fortifications. The infantry faced a smooth road after crossing three obstacles. It took less than half a minute to cover a distance of more than 100 meters.
"Put up the ladder!" Ding Kui waved his spear, deflecting sporadic attacks from the city, and covering the troops to set up the ladder.
Lin Xuanmo pointed to the city and said: "Sir, the enemy army has been replaced by regular troops."
The battle flag of the 28th North and Central Division was raised on the east city tower.
"That's inevitable. Did they let the local army die?" Fan Yuzhen was unmoved.
"My subordinate's intention is to send more siege troops, otherwise Ding Cai's brigade will have a hard time." Lin Xuanmo saw the enemy troops concentrated on the left city wall.
"He can hold on. Look, Xie Luoli's brigade is pushing forward. Even a brigade of enemy troops can't deal with it. Do you still have the nerve to stay in the Eighth Army?" Fan Yuzhen had no intention of using the reserve team.
Two crossbow brigades and one infantry brigades attacked the city. Compared with the current defensive strength, the attack and defense ratio reached 3:1. Fan Yuzhen thought that she had taken good care of Ding Cai. The rules of the Eighth Army were not to calculate subsequent additional defensive forces.
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There were sounds of fighting on the city wall, and the first infantrymen who climbed up had already engaged the defenders.
Ding Cai shouted: "Retreat to the city wall and fight, don't rush in!"
He saw that the elite shooter teams from the third brigade were outflanking them.
Suddenly, a messenger came from the rear and shouted: "Ding Brigade, General Fan orders you to ascend the city with the battle flag!"
"Damn! Throw a rope down from above!" Ding Cai shouldered his spear, passed the battle flag of the 5th Mixed Division, raised his head and stared above.
Immediately a hemp rope fell down, and more and more Shaodian troops were on it.
He grabbed the hemp rope and pulled it hard to make sure the upper end could bear his own weight. He pulled the rope with one hand and used both feet to insert the flagpole into the gap in the wall and began to climb up.
As a veteran, Ding Cai's climbing movements were very standard, worthy of his status as a captain. He only took more than ten breaths to climb a twenty-meter high wall, which was faster than a monkey climbing a tree.
When they came to the city wall, they saw the enemy troops forming a spear formation and frantically attacking the gap occupied by the Shaodian Army. Most of the Shaodian Army only had shields and no long weapons, so they crowded together to form a shield wall and resisted the enemy's attack.
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Ding Cai held the flagpole tightly with one hand and pressed it against the wall bricks. With the other hand, he drew out his long spear and fired it. He shouted: "Beside me, come up with long weapons! The crossbowmen look at the flag and shoot!"
After shouting, he waved the battle flag and marked the position where the enemy troops were gathering for the crossbowmen.
The captain of the brigade raised the flag, and the morale of the officers and soldiers of the Eighth Brigade was greatly boosted. The soldiers climbing the ladder were much more agile, and more infantrymen with heavy weapons pushed up behind the shield wall to meet the enemy who was desperately approaching.
Two soldiers came to Ding Cai's side, threw down the hemp rope, and asked their comrades below to tie long weapons. Then they alternately pulled the hemp rope with both hands, and they could pull up five or six long weapons at a time.
"Shoot the officer who put up the flag!" someone shouted from behind the defenders.
Ding Cai standing on the crenel is very eye-catching. Not to mention the battle flag in his hand, even the officer's uniform on his body should be taken care of by the enemy.
"Protect Team D!" The two shield bearers retreated from the shield wall, and one of them turned around and said, "Captain D, come down, we can't reach that high."
"It's okay! They can't hurt me." Ding Cai said this, but his body was quite honest. He jumped behind the two shield hands with a flick of his legs.
Woo hoo hoo, the defenders finally organized a shooting, dozens of archers gathered fire and fire.
The battle flag of the mixed 5th division was still flying on the city wall. The shield hand blocked most of the arrows, and the rest did not penetrate Ding Cai's defense. His spear was switched to the hands of the soldiers in front, and now he uses
With a long sword, sword light and fine armor, it is difficult for the shield-breaking knight to be injured on this battlefield.
Once the concentrated fire failed, the defender's archers suffered a disaster, and soon attracted a covering attack from the crossbowmen. Xie Luoli kept staring at the battle flag, adjusting the crossbowmen's attack target at any time.
"The second squadron retreated and organized an attack formation. First clear out the defenders on the left." Ding Cai found that there were more than 200 men on the city and could organize a counterattack.
The location where they boarded the city was on the left side. Most of the defenders were on the right, and there were only more than a hundred people on the left. As long as the leftmost city wall was cleared, they could concentrate their forces and advance to the right.
"Sir, the enemy has sent out magicians." Lin Xuanmo saw the black spots in the sky.
"Ding Cai moves too slowly! The magicians attack!" Fan Yuzhen was finally willing to use magicians.
She hoped that Ding Cai would make a good first attack and capture the east city wall with only the strength of the Eighth Brigade. Taking advantage of this invasion to accumulate more military exploits, she would have reason to give up the position of division commander to Ding Cai in the future.
They are a famous couple in the 74th Division. Of course, there are many people behind the scenes who say that Ding Cai is not as good as a woman, which makes Ding Kui's number one loser. He once asked to be transferred from the 74th Division. It is best to return to Ding Kui.
Be a slave around you.
Fan Yuzhen didn't want her lover to lose face, so she tried to improve Ding Cai's status.
In fact, there is a key point for the regular army to crush the local army, and that is the magician group accompanying the army. The magicians work together with the infantry, making the battle on the city wall much easier.
The magicians in Kaji City were prepared, but they didn't know which side of the city wall was the main direction of attack by the Shaodian army, so they waited until now to come.
The population of the border city is small, and there are very few magicians. There are only a dozen or so magicians who can participate in the battle. The magicians of the Eighth Legion have not added new blood, but each division has at least thirty magicians, so Fan Yuzhen sent
The magician group defeated the magicians in Kaji City in one round.
The rest of the matter was much simpler. With the help of the magician group, Ding Cai easily cleared the east city wall, annihilated a brigade of the 28th Division of the North Central Division, and successfully opened the city gate to welcome the main force into the city.
"Congratulations to Team D for being the first to get there!" Xie Luoli congratulated Ding Cai when he entered the door, while Ji Zhubao mocked at the side: "Hey, it's a pity that you don't like me, otherwise I could have been the first to get there.
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"Ji Zhu Bao!" Ding Cai became angry.
Jie Luoli pushed Ji Zhubao away, rushed forward and hugged Ding Cai, advising: "That guy has bad breath, don't be like him. The war has just begun. Save some energy to deal with the enemy."
Ding Cai pointed at Ji Zhubao's back: "Take half a step slower and I will twist off his head!"
"Yes, yes, Brother Cai has just made a great achievement, so it's normal for some people to be jealous. By the way, you are really good at climbing ropes! I dare say there are not many people in the whole division who can do it. Please teach me when you have time."
Xie Luoli knew that Ding Cai and Ji Zhubao had always been at odds with each other, and they might take action if they got into trouble. During a war, it would affect unity, and he was the only one present who could persuade them.
"Can you climb a rope? Isn't it handsome? Think about those days, uh..." Ding Cai suddenly remembered that he was a bandit in Funiu Mountain and couldn't talk nonsense. "I hunted in the mountains and often climbed high and low. I used it naturally and skillfully.
We can discuss and learn from each other."
"What are you doing?" Fan Yuzhen and Lin Xuanmo urged their horses to enter the city gate.
"Ah, my subordinates will go and count the arrows immediately." Xie Luoli immediately left.
"Well, I'm going to take stock of the battle damage." Ding Cai also left with an excuse.
"Wait a minute! The Eighth Brigade will stay and wait for the receiving troops. After the handover is completed, they will chase the main force. This is the command arrow." Fan Yuzhen threw a command arrow to Ding Cai.
"What? Why are we staying? Fan Yuzhen! You have to be kind. The Eighth Brigade worked hard to get a job of staying behind?" Ding Cai was so angry that he called Shangguan by his full name.