No matter how bad the army is, it can turn into a hungry tiger and a ferocious wolf when facing the common people, and they can eat whatever they want.
Therefore, when they saw the rolling cavalry approaching, the people outside the city crowded into the city with all their strength. When they saw that the city gate was about to close, they were even more afraid of being locked out of the city, so they squeezed into the city with all their strength.
When the city gate is half closed, no matter how hard the Puzhou soldiers push the door, the city gate cannot be closed any more.
"Don't squeeze in any more, or we'll kill you!" Zhou Jinhe looked pale and shouted desperately. But the people who were running for their lives didn't even notice his shouting, and even if someone heard his words, they completely ignored him.
Zhou Jinhe was able to be ruthless and shouted to the soldiers around him: "Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed! Go and kill everyone blocking the doorway." The soldiers did not expect that he would actually issue such an order, and they all looked at him in horror.
Looking at him, hesitant.
"Do it quickly, or I'll kill you." Zhou Jinhe raised his waist knife in the air, and a group of guards behind him drew their swords out of their sheaths and shouted fiercely at the soldiers.
The soldiers were forced to have no choice but to kill them with heartache. For a moment, the light of swords flashed at the city gate, and there were repeated screams. Dozens of people lay down on the ground, and the people who immediately rushed into the city were like frightened children.
The bird flew out of the city with a clatter. But it was too late. When the Puzhou soldiers at the city gate drove all the people out of the city, it was too late to close the city gate.
The vehicles were pushed out of the city gate, but they were crowded on the suspension bridge. The guards at the head of the city could not turn the winch at all. The Hedong cavalry, which came at lightning speed, had already stepped onto the suspension bridge and rushed to the entrance of the outer city gate. The sharp swords and guns shone in the sun.
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"Kill. Kill for me! Hold on!" Seeing that he could no longer hope to close the city gate, this guy waved the knife in his hand and urged the soldiers to bravely go forward. He wanted to block the city gate with a human wall so that he could
This gave the soldiers and horses in the city time to mobilize support. However, Zhou Jinhe's bravery could not stop the Han army at all. The one who rushed at the forefront was a Dou soldier, holding a long spear, and he knocked down more than ten people with a move of "Feng Nod".
A Puzhou soldier. Zhou Jinhe raised his sword and slashed at him. Dou Bing also shook the barrel of his gun. The trembling spear head instantly shattered the blade far away, and then the spear in his hand flashed. There was a mark on Zhou Jinhe's throat.
There was a big bloody hole.
As soon as Zhou Jinhe died, the fighting spirit of the soldiers who defended the city was greatly reduced. Dou Bing just charged. Hundreds of Puzhou soldiers inside and outside the city gate were either killed or fled in all directions. After Dou Bing led the people into the city, they immediately divided into three groups, and one group remained.
They rode on horseback to chase and kill the Puzhou soldiers who were fleeing in all directions. Another group guarded the city gate. Another group, led by several members of the military academy, transformed into infantry and charged towards the city wall.
The Puzhou Army in the city did not know that there had been any changes at all. Even the army commanders at the east and west gates vaguely heard the sound of horse hooves and the shouts of killing. However, they did not expect that the city gate was being attacked. This was better than what they heard with their own ears.
If the sound is wrong, the possibility is much smaller.
It wasn't until the shouts of killing spread from the north gate to the east and west sides that Sima, the leader of the army, felt something was wrong. A Puzhou soldier covered in blood ran to Sima of the west gate army and reported breathlessly: "Sir, it's not good.
The Han army has entered the city."
"What Han army has entered the city?"
Ximen Army Sima's head buzzed, and his eyesight went dark. He almost fainted. Regardless of how the Han army managed to reach the city without anyone noticing, things would have been very bad just by letting them enter the city.
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"Sir, General Zhou was killed in the battle at the North Gate..."
Just as he was panicking, the second blow came next.
Ximen Army Sima's panic disappeared in an instant. His whole body, heart and liver were as cold as ice. He was finished, he was finished.
Zhou Jinhe is Shi Shuai's close nephew. If he dies, no matter whether Taoqiu City can be saved or not, he will end up dead.
"Brothers, the situation is overwhelming. The Han army has entered the city and the city's fall is inevitable. Whoever among you wants to go home should go home quickly. Those who want to fight to the death with the Han army should go on their own. The rest surrender to me.
, at least you have to live!"
Of course, there are not without die-hard Shi family members in the city who are willing to die for Shi Tianlei.
Taishou Taoqiu is one of them.
After receiving the emergency report, he ordered people to mobilize troops to reinforce Beicheng. At the same time, he personally led hundreds of soldiers, government officials, and policemen who had been gathered together to rush to Beicheng. He arrived at the right time and led his troops to knock on the Dou soldiers who entered the city.
The killings were so ferocious that those fleeing Puzhou soldiers who were encountered by him and those who continued to resist with swords and guns were almost all killed or wounded.
After the people led by Taoqiu Prefect arrived, they kept firing their bows and crossbows, killing at least twenty or thirty Han troops. Dou Bing's bodyguard cavalry was only 2,000 strong.
, the strength in hand is very weak. Moreover, the streets in the city are narrow and not suitable for cavalry to gallop.
Instead of confronting the Puzhou soldiers in front of them in an unfavorable situation, why not pause first and lead Yang Yanzhang's troops behind them to attack, wouldn't it be easy to solve them?
But before the prefect could take a breath, Yang Yanzhang's troops swarmed in. The five or six hundred men and horses placed in front of the prefect were easily crushed to pieces. But at this moment, the reinforcements from Puzhou soldiers in the city were less than a thousand.
"Brothers, kill me!" The prefect was desperate. He held a sharp sword in the hand holding the pen and was the first to rush forward. The attendants around him also rushed forward after him. This behavior greatly inspired
The morale of the soldiers in Puzhou was high, and they all waved their weapons to attack the Han army, and all of a sudden they mustered up their courage.
During the two-quarter-hour fierce battle, the shouts and shouts of death were much quieter. There were only heavy breathing, short curses, chaotic footsteps, the clash of swords and guns, and screams from time to time.
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When the prefect's bloody body fell down, the Han infantry stepped on the pool of blood at their feet, shouting at the Puzhou soldiers who were chasing the fleeing soldiers. Among the corpses at their feet was definitely a seriously injured person who was still alive, but no one cared much about it at this time.
On the seventh day of August in the eleventh year of Yuanwu, the Han army in Langzhou suddenly moved south. Thirty thousand infantry and cavalry troops, riding horses and riding vehicles, attacked 700 miles in two nights and one day. In the early morning, they suddenly attacked the unsuspecting Taoqiu County City.
Next. After a brief contact, the governor of Taoqiu and the leading military commander were killed one after another. More than 300,000 shi of food and a large amount of military supplies could not be burned, and they completely fell into the hands of the Han army.
When the news came, the 200,000-strong Chaotang army that was heading north immediately stopped. Zhao Shuming urgently reported to Zibo and contacted the nearby Puzhou authorities. Without the large amount of grain and military supplies that Tao Qiu had hoarded, the 200,000 he had received
The army has no roots. Even if it continues to advance north, it is seeking death.
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Chang Huan.
Cizhou South Gate.
Since Zhu Biao's army marched eastward, the situation has gone further than the current situation in Wenzhou. Cizhou's current governor, Li Yang, was demoted from his original position.
Tian Wu and Tian Cheng successively sent people to lobby Li Yang, but Li Yang did not move at all. He stood firmly on Zhu Biao's position.
So now, Ertian's 100,000-strong coalition army has arrived at Changhuan. So now, 70,000 Cizhou troops led by Zhao Fang are standing opposite them.
There were 170,000 troops on both sides facing each other.
Although the Cizhou army has temporary camps, they are layered on top of each other and well-proportioned. The patrolling soldiers are in an orderly manner, and the food, grass and baggage are piled up. They are heavily guarded.
This camp layout was not just a strategy that General Zhao Fang had in mind, but also some things that Cizhou Army and Hedong Army learned from spending more than half a year together.
Although Zhu Biao could not change the entire Cizhou Army in half a year, he could use his 100,000 Hedong elite to bring out a batch of seeds and a certain number of middle and lower-level officers. This was a huge improvement for the Cizhou Army.
At this time, Zhao Fang was standing on a high platform, squinting his eyes and looking into the distance.
The two vanguards of the enemy and ours were approaching like a torrent, and at the moment they met, large spurts of blood seemed to be sprayed out visibly to the naked eye. Zhao Fang could clearly see with his clairvoyant eyes that at least hundreds of his own troops fell.
But he was also battle-hardened. He could also see that the number of men and horses thrown to the ground by the two armies in Ertian was at least twice as many as his. He was immediately satisfied with the situation in front of him. At the same time, he also praised the Yuanyang Formation.
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But in a blink of an eye, his eyes fell on a young general in white robes.
"Kill -" The whole earth seemed to shake, and in the deafening sound of killing, the horses under Zhao Zhen trampled on the earth, making a dull and continuous sound.
Yes, it’s Zhao Zhen!
Zhao Zhen, who had been in the enemy camp of the Han army for four months,
In an instant, the spears and lightning flashed, and several enemy cavalry fell out. In the blink of an eye, a wide road was opened among the enemy cavalry.
"Shoot -" Ignoring the screams in front of me, a cold and ruthless voice sounded from a distance. Then there was a sharp sound that broke through the air.
This was the scream of arrows, which instantly reached Zhao Zhen's head.
Zhao Zhen was not surprised. The most important thing on the battlefield is the benevolence of a woman. The spear was suddenly fired, and the arrow clusters made of fine iron were either deflected or hit, or were blown by the strong wind and slightly changed their direction, grazing
His body shot into the ground.
Zhao Zhen sneered and continued to charge.
The three thousand cavalry lined up like a wall were like a knife cutting through the five thousand cavalry on the opposite side. One by one, the enemy cavalry screamed and fell off their horses. Wherever our own troops went, it was like boiling soup and pouring snow. The enemy troops with superior numbers were
The pumps collapsed, leaving a mess of blood and flesh. Some of them were not dead for a while, but were still screaming. The shrill screams made the enemy soldiers even more frightened.
"Okay..." On the high platform, Zhao Fang's eyes turned red without knowing when.
The path chosen by my nephew was correct, and the direction pointed by Commander-in-Chief Zhu was correct. The cavalry arranged neatly and clashing like a wall have a bright future and a great future——
Zhu Biao, who did not incorporate the Cizhou Army and the Wenzhou Army into his command system, did not just abandon the two armies. He just chose conventional reinforcement methods to train and improve the quality of officers, and even for this reason he also
He didn't hesitate to reveal a golden finger.
It is the dense wall charge currently used by the Cizhou cavalry. It is also a symbol of the so-called modern cavalry tactics in his previous life.
Relying on their excellent riding skills, the cavalry formed a "wall" of close abreast, and then crushed their opponents together.
Compared with the current cavalry tactics in the world, dense formations can ensure the attack density of wall cavalry, which often results in more attacks and fewer attacks on the front of the battlefield.
The enemy's traditional sparse cavalry array collides with it. The enemy's cavalry with wide distances to the left and right often has to deal with the attacks of two or three opponents, and the result is often death.
The situation formed in this way is the scene on the battlefield now. Three thousand Cizhou cavalry, arranged in a queue of 500X6, swept away half of the five thousand enemy cavalry at one time. The other one was completely defeated!
Such tactics are similar to the formation of armored cavalry to a certain extent. It's just that they don't have that heavy layer of armor.
Zhu Biao had known this cavalry tactic for a long time, but had never planned to use it. His previous opponent was Hu Qi. In front of the nomadic cavalry, he engaged in this kind of frontal attack and killing force, but the tactic was inflexible in scheduling.
Giving the enemy achievements for free.
And in this world of martial arts, no matter how close your cavalry formation is, if you encounter a real master, you will still die in an embarrassing way. Then there are the crossbows in this world, without heavy armor, the cavalry will line up in such a formation to hit the infantry formation.
, the casualties were too great. Zhu Biao simply couldn’t bear it!
The cavalry he wants to have are not only powerful in cavalry combat, but also very good in infantry combat.
Therefore, this seemingly powerful trick was not developed by the Hedong Army. Now, it has been developed by the Cizhou Army and the Wenzhou Army.
In front of the battle, the deafening sound of killing continued, and row after row of people fell down. Unknowingly, within a hundred steps to Zhao Zhen's left and right, corpses were piled up. There were allied soldiers lying on the ground struggling and screaming, and there were still flesh and blood.
A blur of wounded horses neighing and running wildly.
The sky suddenly disappeared before his eyes. It turned out that he had broken through the enemy formation, and black clouds were rolling in. The sun hung in the sky, mostly obscured by the dark clouds. The blood was rushing, and there were shouts of killing, and the strong smell of blood was smelt. Zhao Zhen's face was filled with emotion.
Smiling, raising the spear high.
"Continue the attack——"
Amidst the high-pitched shouts, a deep horn sound came from the enemy camp, and then the passionate war drums sounded again.
In the confrontation just now, the coalition forces were obviously at a disadvantage in terms of cavalry, but neither side had any intention of stopping. The coalition forces also did not want to use their few remaining cavalry to collide with the Cizhou Army's weird cavalry array, so they could only mobilize and catch up.
The arriving infantry join the battle.
But in the same way, Zhao Fang did not want to use the best among the best in the whole state, so he took out the three thousand elites to meet the queue in a serious formation. After calling the cavalry to turn back, Zhao Fang took a deep breath and ordered: "Nan Le
The battalion is out of line."
"No." The flag of the flag soldier waved, and immediately a battalion of armored infantry emerged from the array and entered the battlefield.
The war is not about rushing forward head-on. There must be a reserve team in the hands of the coach, who can continuously invest fresh troops into the battlefield, adjust the situation of the battle in an attempt to tilt it towards one's own side, and gradually spread it out.
The battlefield is so huge that you can't see the edge at a glance. Only by standing on a slightly higher platform can you grasp the battle situation.
This is also the importance of high ground in classical warfare and the necessity of the commonly known name of Point General Tower.
The coaches of both teams were very good at commanding, and gradually put most of their efforts into the battle for victory.
First, there were strong crossbows and hard bows in front. After a burst of shooting and wounding, the archers of the two armies ran out of strength and retreated. The Pu swordsmen and spearmen rushed forward to engage in the battle. The entire battle line fell into bloody melee, and the two armies could not start fighting at this distance.
To two quarters of an hour.
Crossbowmen are not musketeers!
On the battlefield, the Cizhou elite cavalry and the two thousand Cizhou ordinary cavalry continued to clash under the leadership of Zhao Zhen. The infantry defense line leaked out from the coalition forces repeatedly, and there was almost no one to stop them. The coalition soldiers on the front line continued to clash.
, especially among the peripheral soldiers in the diagonal area, panic continued to spread.
"This general is Zhao Zhen? Zhao Fang's nephew?"
Under the commander's banner opposite, the coalition commander pointed at Zhao Zhen, who was wearing silver armor and a white horse, and his heart tightened with annoyance.
You are so capable, how come you surrendered without fighting when the Han army encountered you? Now you are really getting better.
"That's Zhao Zhen. Isn't there a traitor Zhao Fang's banner on the opposite side?" A general responded from the side and swallowed his saliva.
The front line, which is nearly three miles wide, is criss-crossed. The Cizhou Army's armor-wearing rate was beyond expectations. Along with the crossbowmen, all 70,000 of them were wearing armor. Although some of them were equipped with so-called 'paper armor'
, but the upper echelons of the coalition forces knew that these seemingly ridiculous paper armors actually had good defensive capabilities.
Yes, Zhu Biao has been fighting in Cizhou for half a year. While training the Cizhou army with his left hand, the other side is to enhance the armament of the Cizhou army. Unfortunately, Cizhou is not rich in refined iron, and Zhu Biao is not willing to go all out to arm the Cizhou army.
, after cleaning up the original battle armor of the Cizhou Army, and cooperating with the capture of the Liangwang bandits, 70% of the 80,000 Cizhou Army were equipped with iron helmets and iron armor. For the rest, Zhu Biao thought of paper armor.
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At worst, soak the paper armor with water before going into battle. It's better than leather armor!
Therefore, many soldiers looked like they had been stabbed, but were not injured, or were only slightly injured, and could still continue to fight.
"Damn it..." the leader of the coalition army cursed secretly. He obviously had half more troops than his opponent, but he couldn't form a superior strategy at all. How could the Cizhou Army become so capable of fighting all of a sudden?
Not to mention that the cavalry is strong, but the infantry is also very good. Those groups of soldiers obviously form a small battle formation. A group of twelve people can fight and resist, the damage is amazing, and they are also durable. The leader will be
The headache is endless.
Compared with our own army, the only thing Cizhou Army still lacks is bows and crossbows.
Bows and crossbows are both unusually powerful and uniquely high-cost. More importantly, Zhu Biaotian is so capable that he can quickly achieve this.
Because the compound crossbow, according to the standard configuration, requires at least dozens of processes to make the six materials of the bow, and it will take a certain amount of time to complete, at least more than a year, and a good bow will take several years. Therefore, Ci
The state army's bows and crossbows were obviously weaker than those of the coalition army.
It is also based on this that the coalition commander has the confidence to continue fighting!
Although the Cizhou Army was really tough, "What a resilience!" the general said with emotion in his heart.
During these moments of the war, Zhao Zhen's assault and the performance of the Cizhou Cavalry Army were very eye-catching. But in the eyes of the general, the Cizhou Army was more proud of its outstanding low-level officers.
No matter whether we win or lose this battle, "My son will lose!"
The Cizhou Army was defeated, and the coalition forces would also suffer heavy casualties. His own son had his muscles moved, but Zhu Biao was unscathed. He could build another Cizhou Army with a stroke of his pen! Because Zhu Biao's foundation will always be those 100,000 Han men.
