Shen Tang, Liu Xiangling, the iron-blooded traitor in the Southern Song Dynasty Chapter 662: The arrival of the coalition forces, the early morning battle
Chapter 662: The arrival of the coalition forces, the early morning battle
Chapter 662: The coalition forces arrive and the battle begins early in the morning
In the coalition camp, a Tibetan man said coldly to the coalition commander!
The commander-in-chief of this coalition was named Zhamu. Of course he knew that Tubo was taking advantage of them, but how could they not be taking advantage of the Tibetans?
Whether the two sides are working together in collusion or taking advantage of each other, they are just doing it for their own benefit.
"Commanders of all ministries, immediately reorganize the army and send out troops!"
Without much hesitation, Zhamu gave the order calmly!
By the early morning of the next day, a mighty 50,000-strong coalition army broke out and set out!
About a hundred miles east of Diaomen Village, there is a small city called Shiyang, and the 20,000 Song army led by Sun Ze is stationed here! They traveled all the way, and it has been three or four days since they arrived here.
time!
Shiyang is just a small town, and the city is even smaller.
Not to mention there is no moat around, even the city wall is only made of adobe and is less than two feet high!
"General, do we really have to defend Shiyang?"
A general asked Sun Ze.
It is really difficult for such a city to block an army of 50,000 people!
Sun Ze nodded without hesitation, "Yes, if the tribal coalition wants to go to Rongjing, Shiyang is the place they must pass through.
Moreover, apart from this place, there is no better location! If they are allowed to pass Shiyang, then they can go all the way south along the Rongjing River, making it difficult to resist.
Therefore, we defend Shiyang and must block the tribal coalition forces here.
As long as we still have one brother here, those tribal coalition forces should not even think about passing a single person from here!"
Feeling the firmness in Sun Ze's words, the general didn't want to say any more!
"How is the city wall being recast now?
Are the arrangements outside the city in place?"
Sun Ze asked.
"The city wall has been raised by ten feet, but it has reached its limit! The foundation of the city wall is basically not strong. If it is raised any higher, it will become unstable.
Within five hundred steps outside the city, three trenches have been dug, and an arrow tower has been erected three feet away.
We can block it layer by layer and try to delay the vigor of those tribal coalition forces!"
"good!"
"Drive, drive, drive..."
At this moment, a fast horse galloped towards the city!
Seeing clearly that it was his brother, the guarding soldiers quickly put him into the city!
"General, we have found traces of those tribal coalition forces. They are now heading in our direction, and there are only about twenty miles left.
I guess we can arrive before dark!"
Sun Ze looked stern when he heard that the detective had come to report!
"Hu Jianzhong, you personally lead five thousand soldiers and horses and immediately deploy the first line of defense! Be on guard at all times. As soon as the coalition forces attack, launch a counterattack immediately! In addition, you are not allowed to retreat without my order!"
Sun Ze shouted sternly.
A strong man in the Black Tower behind him nodded sharply, "General, don't worry! In the end, the general will definitely let those children have a taste of our power!"
Then, the strong man named Hu Jianzhong turned around and descended from the city wall. Not long after, five thousand soldiers and horses came out of the city in a mighty manner and rushed towards the first ditch.
After these soldiers arrived, most of them went up to the arrow tower, and a few of them lined up beside the trench with guns and shields raised!
Because the land of Yazhou has been occupied by Tubo, and the only Song army is still under siege.
Therefore, the coalition forces only symbolically sent a small number of exploration horses to explore the road. When they were less than ten miles away from Shiyang, the exploration horses discovered that a large army was stationed in Shiyang in front!
"Ahead, are you the Tubo soldiers and horses?"
Within the coalition forces, Commander Zhamu frowned and asked the Tibetan people beside him!
The Tibetan man was also full of doubts, "I didn't get the order to deploy troops and horses here. Why don't we let Tan Ma go to check it out first, and then march the troops!"
Zhamu nodded, and then asked the army to stop first, and then sent out the detective horses again to check out Shiyang's true identity!
After waiting for nearly half an hour, a group of explorers fled back in embarrassment.
"Commander, the people stationed in Shiyang City are Song people, and they have set up trenches, arrow towers and other things, obviously to snipe us."
"Song people?
impossible!"
The Tubo man beside Zhamu immediately shook his head, "How could the Song people have extra troops to stop us?
They should be in Rongjing now!"
"Can you find out how many of them there are?"
The man asked again.
The soldier shook his head, "We only saw about four to five thousand soldiers and horses beside the outermost trench. We don't know whether there are any soldiers and horses in the city.
As soon as we got close, we were attacked by them and several brothers were injured before they escaped, so there was no way to find out more information!"
The Tibetan man frowned for a moment and said, "Commander Zhamu, the opponent only has a few thousand people, how can he still stop our 50,000 troops?"
Besides, maybe the Song people are just pretending to have troops, and the Song army is not strong in combat. If we attack, they may collapse..."
Zhamu hesitated for a moment, and then said, "It's getting dark now, so let's camp here first.
Wait until tomorrow and attack the city directly!"
There was no words for a night, and the tens of thousands of armies of the two sides faced each other only a few miles apart. However, everyone knew that this was just the calm before the war. Tomorrow, the battle of life and death will surely begin...
When the first ray of sunshine fell in the morning, densely packed drum beats started ringing outside Shiyang City!
In the first wave of trials, Zhamu sent out five thousand troops!
On the side of the first trench, the Song army stretched out its bows and set arrows, with a solemn look on its face!
"kill!"
Suddenly, the general commanding the coalition forces shouted, and with the flag waving and the thundering drums, five thousand coalition troops rushed towards the first line of defense of Shiyang City like a tide!
When they rushed to only 200 steps away from the trench, the commander-in-chief of the Song Dynasty also issued an order!
Swish, brush, brush!
From the arrow tower, arrows fell down like streams of light!
The Tubo people were naturally well prepared. They put huge wooden shields on their heads. The soldiers at the front also prepared long wooden boards and charged forward despite the rain of arrows from the Song army!
Ahhhh!
Arrows fell, and screams began to sound from time to time. However, this was just the beginning. The coalition forces did not hesitate for a moment and continued to rush forward!
When the two armies compete, the braver will win. At this time, the more hesitant, the more serious the casualties will be.
As the attacking party, their best way is to rush in front of the enemy as quickly as possible and engage them hand-to-hand.
"Lancers ready!"
Seeing that the coalition forces were about to rush to the edge of the trench, Song general Hu Jianzhong shouted! Then, a layer of wooden shields was erected to resist the coalition's arrows, and behind the shield soldiers were spearmen carrying spears...