The sharp whistle of "beep" broke the tranquility of the night. The iron beast's observation hole opened and rockets were shot out. Soldiers continued to come out from behind and threw torches around.
Groups of blue-armored soldiers approached the iron beast standing between the city wall and the military camp in the darkness.
When the iron beast is close to your own military camp, it will not retreat to the camp at night. The soldiers will stay inside to prevent the enemy from leaving the city and destroying the trenches that have been dug.
Swish, swish, several cold arrows were shot at Koshien, who was looking out to check the enemy's situation. His neck tightened, as if he was pulled by a galloping horse, and his whole body was pulled up in the air, and then thrown to the ground.
"Don't show your head, just throw the torch out. The first team will report the enemy situation at the lookout hole, and the others will guard the back door." It was Fan Yuzhen who dragged Jiaziyuan back.
The third brigade responsible for guarding the iron beasts was very vigilant. After nightfall, they deployed multiple traps in front of them. Once any enemy troops approached within a hundred meters, they would be discovered.
Dots of firelight barely illuminated the surroundings of the ten iron beasts. People loomed longingly in the direction of the military flag pass, and cold arrows kept shooting at the iron beasts' observation holes and the Shaodian soldiers outcropping.
"Light the fire!" A person in the group shouted loudly.
"Light the fire!", "Light the fire!", "Light the fire!", "Light the fire!"...
A series of low drinks conveyed the "fire" command.
The torches were lit one after another, revealing the heavily armed Meng soldiers in the darkness. About two to three thousand people had already approached the iron beast.
"Woo!" A low horn sounded, and even the Shaodian soldiers in the iron beast heard it clearly, and the Meng general gave the order to attack.
Coax, coax, coax, countless fires were lit about a hundred steps behind the iron beast.
"Calibrate! Prepare, release!" Mao Jian pointed his long sword forward.
Neatly arranged groups of archers fired the first wave of rockets into the air, drawing an arc in the air, either forward or backward, left or right, scattered among Meng's charging troops.
"Fix the target one hundred and fifty steps, intercept and fire ten volleys, prepare, release!" Mao Jian rhythmically directed the archers to attack.
Yu Zhong was not the first brother who had just stepped onto the battlefield. How could he not be prepared for the enemy to destroy the iron beast at night? He pieced together a thousand archers and gave them to Mao Jian to command. As long as they sneak attack the enemy and light the torch, this long-range force
You can harvest human lives.
Mao Jian has rich experience in water warfare. Unlike Fan Yuzhen, who is good at boarding battles, he is particularly good at commanding archers, and his level can be ranked in the middle of the 75th Division.
When the commander of the Meng Army saw the fire lit up, he screamed secretly. His men were rushing forward with all their strength. If they retreated at this time, there would be a lot of casualties. He had no choice but to let the trumpeter urge his men to rush forward.
If you can fight with the enemy troops guarding the iron beast, the threat of enemy archers will be greatly reduced.
"Those with long weapons guard the outside, those with short weapons guard the inside, and attack freely with bows, arrows and short spears." Fan Yuzhen held a long ax horizontally and guarded the outermost edge of the back door, and had completely taken over the command of the fourth squadron of Jiaziyuan.
Jiaziyuan stood angrily behind Fan Yuzhen, with short spears stuck on his back, one in each hand, and a pair of eight-edged hammers at his feet.
A group of Meng soldiers dodged the bows and arrows, went around behind the iron beast, and happened to meet the fourth squadron, which was waiting in full formation. The leading officer stared at Fan Yuzhen at a glance, held his mace across his chest, and rushed towards Fan Yuzhen.
"How brave! Look at the axe." Fan Yuzhen had an ax in her pocket, and the huge ax head struck Officer Meng's head with the roar of the wind.
Officer Meng bowed his head in front and arrowed in the back, stepped firmly on his horse, crossed his maces and faced him upwards.
Fan Yuzhen turned the ax handle with her back hand, and the ax drew an arc to the side, changing direction to cut in the middle.
Officer Meng took a step forward and struck the ax pole with both maces. His skills were very flexible, and it seemed that his strength was not inferior to Fan Yuzhen's.
Phew, a short spear shot at Officer Meng's ear with a rapid rotation.
This hit happened to be at the point where Officer Meng's hand was about to release his remaining energy, making it impossible for him to change his moves to block. His waist immediately sank, his head suddenly dropped, and the short spear flew past the back of his head.
In just a short while, Fan Yuzhen turned her back hand again, and the ax changed direction again, sweeping directly at Officer Meng's leg.
"No!" Officer Meng yelled, his mace failed, and he leaned forward with his body, just as his legs were about to be chopped off by the giant axe.
It was too late, but soon, a spear was thrust out from behind Officer Meng, diagonally inserted into the ground in front of him. With a click, the spear was cut off by the giant axe, but the force of the giant ax slowed down.
Officer Meng took advantage of the situation and kicked out, hitting the ax pole, and jumped back using his own strength. As soon as he stood firm, a sharp pain came from his feet, and a short spear hit the right spot and pierced hard.
The tops of his feet.
Fan Yuzhen stretched out and dragged her long ax, knocking Officer Meng to the ground, and then used the "Iron Ox to Plough" move, cutting Officer Meng into three pieces on the spot. Jiaziyuan behind her fired three spears in succession,
The soldiers who rescued Officer Meng were nailed to the ground.
Before Fan Yuzhen could take a breath, two more squadrons of Meng soldiers rushed forward. The iron beast guarded by the fourth squadron was surrounded by at least three squadrons.
"Listen to the wind archers and above exchange for short arrows, support the four iron beasts in the middle, freely choose targets to attack, and the others rest where they are." Mao Jian saw that most of the enemy army had contacted the third brigade guarding the iron beasts, so he modified it.
Attack command.
"Die!" Jiao Mingguang roared angrily, and a beam of light flashed from the tip of his gun, shooting a fleeing Mongolian soldier to death.
Jiao Mingguang stood with his gun, looking at the surrounded iron beasts in the distance, with an anxious look on his face, "Why can't the ambush army come up?"
There were about 3,000 men in Meng's army who attacked the iron beasts, but not every iron beast was evenly matched. The iron beasts guarded by the 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th squadrons in the middle suffered more losses.
Enemy attack.
Woo, woo, woo, a low whistle came from Shaodian's camp.
"First Brigade, attack!"
"Second Brigade, attack!"
The grass on both sides of the archer unit turned over, and a thousand people on each side got up. It was the first and second brigade of the 75th Division that had been ambushing here for a long time. They were heading towards their comrades who were surrounded by groups a hundred steps away.
Rush over.
Fan Yuzhen used an ax with her backhand to knock away an enemy soldier who was trying to bully her, and shouted loudly: "Brothers, hold on a little longer, our reinforcements will come up to pull you!"
Koshien struggled to drag an injured subordinate on the ground back into the iron beast, turned around, picked up the two hammers on the ground, screamed strangely, and rushed towards an enemy soldier.
The morale of the third brigade was greatly boosted. After clearing away the enemy troops attacking them, the two outermost squadrons, under the command of Jiao Mingguang and Xu Chudong, launched a countercharge towards the central Iron Beast.
Bang, Ma Yu received a slap on the face.
"How did I tell you to let them dig under the city and fight to the death when they forcefully attack the city? Who told you to send troops to sneak attack at night?" Helian Yuhan stared at Ma Yu with a face on his face.
"Subordinate, subordinate, I am aware of my guilt." Ma Yu faltered, then admitted his mistake obediently, "I immediately sent two additional divisions out to assist. The enemy's 75th Division did not dare to pursue us at night.
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"Idiot! It is easy for an army of 20,000 to go out, but it is difficult to withdraw it. Do you think there is only the 75th Division in front of the pass? There is at least one division supporting us. It only takes half an hour to rush up and hold our army back.
, their cavalry divisions can rush into the battlefield at high speed.
Can you let our cavalry division rush outside the pass? Which of your troops can defeat the enemy's Eighth Army in a night battle? If you send more troops out, you will die! Immediately withdraw the troops and use the wall to cover the archers." He Lianyu
I wish I could kick him off the tower.
Dang, Dang, Dang, the rapid sound of the gong came from the military flag.
On the other side, Jiang Zhi and Yu Zhong stood on the general platform.
"Chief of Staff, it seems that the enemy is very cautious." Yu Zhong said, looking at the retreating enemy.
"It's unreasonable to launch a night attack on the first night and then retreat after suffering a loss. There is at least one legion behind the pass. The commander of the pass has enough troops. Wouldn't he dare to send 20,000 to 30,000 people to force our army back?" Jiang Zhi frowned.
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"The enemy general's style of using troops is indeed different. Maybe he changed his command before the battle." Yu Zhong also saw the problem, "Recently, our department has strengthened its counter-reconnaissance deployment. The enemy cannot figure out the details of our army. They dare to dare us in the night battle.
There are not many troops in the army, and if I were to take command, I would not dare to send troops to respond."
It was not easy to rush up, but it was even more difficult to retreat. The troops who were attacking at night were already in ambush and had no intention of fighting. When the gong sounded, the Meng troops were in chaos. The troops who were not bitten left their colleagues and ran away.
The biting troops were locked in a bitter battle and unable to escape.
As soon as the Meng army withdrew, Mao Jian rejoiced and quickly arranged for archers to fire rapidly, blocking the enemy's retreat route with a continuous rain of arrows.
Of the 3,000-strong night attack force, less than 1,000 of them escaped back to Junqiguan, while Fan Yuzhen's third brigade, responsible for guarding the Iron Beast, only suffered about 200 casualties.
The battle loss ratio between Shaodian and Meng was one to ten.
He Lianyu suddenly smiled while looking at the battle report in his hand, "The Eighth Legion must be nearby. They won't have only one legion to fight with me. There should be other legions to support them. There are many people here at Junqiguan.
Come, give the commanders of Cao and Qi armies an attack order, order the Third Army to hold the southern defense zone, order the Ninth Army to attack at will, and order the Thirteenth Army to go to Dougou Pass for a while, and then return immediately."
Jiang Zhi followed Yu Zhong back to the Chinese army's tent of the 75th Division, staring at the map spread on the table and meditating.
Yu Zhong waved his hand, indicating to the left and right to step back so as not to disturb Jiang Zhi's thoughts. He stared at the map and fell into thinking.
"If the command is changed on the spot, then He Lianyu is likely to be at Junqiguan, and she is also with the Seventh Army. The night attack in front of the pass can completely turn into a big melee that neither side can control.
If she doesn't dare to fight, it means she doesn't have enough troops or guesses that the main force of our army is nearby. No matter what the reason is, it's not a good thing. No, no, we have to change our thinking. What would happen if I were her?" Jiang Zhi said to himself
language.
Yu Zhong didn't know the deployment of the main force in the theater, so he said casually: "The enemy can wait for us to solve the problem and use the geographical advantages to compete with our army for consumption."