Chapter 92: Filling the Trench (Additional Update for Xu Feng’s Ten Thousand Rewards)
I have to say that the Tatars of this era can be described as professional bandits in their constant battles.
Compared to their opponents from the Ming Dynasty, their rich combat experience and quality are outrageous.
Even in his heart, Fu Chaheng wished that he could lead his men into Suifeng Dun at the first opportunity and kill every single one of the Dun troops in the Dun.
Cut off the heads and put them away one by one to pay homage to the warriors who died in the battle.
In the huge anger, this Tatar Niulu Ezhen did not attack rashly immediately; facing such a situation, Baiyin Tu, who was also full of anger, did not make any urging action.
Let Fu Chaheng, who was riding a war horse, lead the people and first took a good circle around the entire Suifeng Dun.
After taking a closer look at the arrangements of Hu Biao and others, he called over the two vests who had followed Gurnen and asked them carefully.
Only then did he arrange all the necessary matters for the attack on Suifeng Dun in an orderly manner.
Specifically, there is a Niu Lu under Fu Cha Heng, and there are currently more than 360 people left including Zheng Ding and Yu Ding. These people have been divided into three waves.
According to the terrain, we started to attack from three directions: to the left, right and front of Suifeng Dun.
The terrain on the left and right sides was a bit too bad because Hu Biao and the others used a large amount of mud to pile it up haphazardly. Only 80 people appeared on each side.
Therefore, these two directions should be diversionary feints.
However, if the defenders were slightly negligent, these Tatars who were pretending to attack would not mind attacking Suifeng Dun from there.
The front is considered the best position to deploy troops. Fuchaheng has invested a total of about 200 people. It can be seen that this is the main direction of their attack.
Facing the dense horse pits in front of Suifeng Dun, there are still 3 meters wide and unknown depth, but it is a water-filled trench that cannot be crossed directly by manpower.
Fucha Heng did not make a direct attack from Xu Ze. After calling all the people in Niu Luzhong to dismount, they began to form an array.
The bulging ones at the front looked like Tatars with at least a layer of iron armor on their bodies, holding their shields against the front two rows.
These shields are all one-handed shields with ferocious beast patterns painted on them.
Although the area is not large, it is enough to protect their necks and skulls. With the iron armor on their bodies, it can be said that their defense against sharp arrows is quite good.
The number of these people is about forty, and together they are quite a large group.
A little later, there were some Tatars who had put on walking bows. Most of these people also had an iron armor on their bodies, and they numbered about sixty or seventy people.
Finally, there were about a hundred unarmed Tatars.
They used cloth bags or clothes, filled with newly excavated soil, and basically had a cotton armor or leather armor on their bodies.
It seemed that they planned to fill in the trench first under the cover of swords, shields and archers.
At the same time, another Niulu Tatar, under the signal of Baiyin Tu, slapped his horse and started galloping away in the distance.
It's just that these people only left temporarily. They went to cut down some distant trees and came back to make some simple ladders, which they could later use to climb the earth wall.
As for whether such an attack on Suifeng Dun would delay their looting.
These Tatars don't care at all; in their opinion, as long as they make up their mind, such a small earth fortress can definitely be taken down in one go...
Facing the posture put up by the Tatars, Hu Biao took a deep breath.
It was decided that among the 32 military households staying in Suifeng Dun, 20 of them would guard the left and right sides, with 10 men on each side, to deal with the Tatars' feint attack.
As long as these people's bragging at the wine table is half true.
No! Even if it is one-third true, it can completely withstand the Tatars' feint attack.
As for the main battlefield on the front, Hu Biao chose to lead a group of netizens, Sun Xing, and the remaining 12 soldiers.
And these people were divided into two batches, which was equivalent to one group of people fighting and the other group of people on temporary standby.
In fact, Hu Biao also knew that their total combat strength was only about thirty, and they were actually divided into two waves of personnel to fight in turns. Their strength was quite thin.
But who asked him to let Hu Biao know based on his fighting experience in Kucha City.
A soldier wearing heavy armor often fights for 15 minutes. Due to the huge consumption of physical strength, his combat effectiveness is greatly reduced, and battle losses appear quickly.
If it were a group of netizens, I would probably run out of energy after 10 minutes.
The situation of the heroes among the military households with disheveled looks must not be much better. They definitely don't have the veterans of the Anxi Army who can fight.
Therefore, it is necessary to have two different batches of combatants and replace them frequently so that they can breathe a little more.
As for Kucha City, almost all the movable troops were attacked at once, just because of the special circumstances at the time.
If they had not done this, they might have been attacked by the Tubo people and their opponents would have broken through the city in one go.
They don't have to worry about this at all now. If the Tatars want to conquer Suifeng Dun, they should first find a way to fill up the trench.
In such a process, some people should die first before talking about it.
With such an idea in mind, when he saw the Tatars dismounting and forming formation in front of him, they started to move with a roar.
Hu Biao also shouted: "Lang Qing, Old Snake, Singer, enter the archery tower, and the AT will launch iron caltrops."
The so-called arrow towers are three wooden platforms that stick out from the earth wall and are covered by wet military coats and quilts. After hearing this, Lang Qing and the other three stepped on the ladder and quickly loaded them in.
AT triggered a small trebuchet and threw out a large ball of caltrops.
The caltrops spread out in the air and spread over a large area as soon as they hit the ground. The Tatars had to be careful even when walking.
The remaining dozen or so people, including Hu Biao, also immediately put on the iron visors on their faces and tied them firmly with ropes.
This thing was made temporarily by craftsmen, and wearing it on the face would affect the vision a bit, but who said that the Tatars' bows and arrows were too powerful.
Then, he tightened his grip on the weapon in his hand and got ready for battle.
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In order to save limited arm strength, the key is actually not being good at archery.
Therefore, when the group of Tatars in front of him entered the distance where they could reach the Tatars by hanging fire, Hu Biao did not issue any orders.
On the contrary, it was the Tatar side, after entering a distance of 200 meters.
More than sixty Tatar archers launched the attack first.
They shot arrows very quickly. In just a moment, each of them shot several arrows. In a blink of an eye, many Tatars were planted on the earthen wall in front of Hu Biao and the other buildings behind him.
of arrows.
Especially on the military coats of the three arrow towers, there were more than a dozen or twenty arrows inserted into each one.
At first glance, it looks like a lot of weeds have suddenly grown out.
Fortunately, such a dense rain of arrows failed to cause any damage to the defenders on the pier; the Tatars' heavy arrows, which could shoot through iron armor at close range, were unable to shoot through the wet PLA army coats.
Having been prepared early, Hu Biao and others immediately retracted their heads behind the earthen wall, and there were no casualties.
This situation continued until the Tatars rushed to a position about fifty meters below the pier.
The shield bearers in the front row and the archers in the back suddenly stopped.
A little behind, a Tatar with a handsome forehead suddenly shouted something in Manchu that he didn't know the meaning of.
The shield bearers and archers who were originally in a tight formation immediately made way for passages.
Almost at the same time, the Tatars in the rear position, who were carrying a large soil bag on their shoulders and behind their backs, rushed up and started filling the trench.
At this moment, Hu Biao suddenly stretched out his upper body.
When he shot out an arrow from his hand, he roared angrily: "Get started and kill these stupid Tatars."
The tone in his voice was full of determination to fight to the end; the only pity was that this arrow shot another San Bu Tie and missed even the wool...
