After 30,000 to 40,000 horses entered the city, they indulged themselves wildly and dispersed to camp in the houses. The generals and commanders, despite being tired from running day and night, couldn't wait to lead the soldiers to plunder property and rob women. This was what disturbed the whole night last night.
How could it be possible to suddenly rectify the chaos and organize troops to storm the inner city?
Ge Huaicong and other generals realized that the situation was critical and did not bother to take a closer look at the orchid's slightly fishy and plump appearance. They wore armor, mounted their horses and personally supervised the battle. They also adjusted their deployment and played some role.
The Tianxiong army was in the northwest city, and both wings of the southwest city turned to form defensive formations before noon. In the afternoon, they first gathered 3,000 soldiers and horses to launch a strong attack on the inner city of Datong. Entering from Shengde Gate, there is a long street and it is only opened again.
The space is too narrow to accommodate hundreds of people to attack the attached city.
This speed can be said to be acceptable.
But if we delay the attack on the inner city until this moment, it will already be too late.
It is impossible for the Tianxiong army to carry heavy and heavy siege equipment and attack Datong over a long distance.
Zhu Hang and Yue Hailou repeatedly urged Ge Huaicong to attack the inner city within two days of entering the city, but Ge Huaicong fully agreed and issued orders to prepare for war.
In fact, it was necessary to order Du Yuhou, who was in charge of this matter, to lead his subordinates to plunder the property and look for Hu Ji to declare the power of the country. He had already forgotten about this matter. When he really wanted to storm the inner city, it was Ge Huaicong.
It was discovered that the army had just hastily built a few ladders, not to mention demolishing all the houses outside the east gate of the inner city to create a wider space for troops to form and attack.
The most regrettable thing is that on the day when the army attacked Datong City, more than 4,000 remaining enemies retreated to the inner city, which made people most panic-stricken.
In the inner city of Datong, many dignitaries fled from the East City to Datong City in a hurry, which further weakened the defenders' will to resist.
At that time, although the siege conditions were more primitive and the generals of Tianxiong Army were also very tired, the morale was usable and the people's hearts were the most exciting. If we could attack the inner city with all our strength, we could easily suppress the few remaining enemies and have the will to suppress them.
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More than two days have passed since Ge Huaicong led the main force of the cavalry into the city. Even if the defenders in the city were extremely vigilant, they could not see any collusion or communication with the peasants in the outer city even if they opened the inner city gate once.
The situation in Datong City has been reversed, and even a blind person here can see the facts.
As for what happened outside Datong City, the inner city defenders didn't need to figure it out.
They even thought that the Vietnamese troops who entered Yingzhou and other places had been defeated, which was why they waited for reinforcements to arrive in such a short period of time.
The Tianxiong army entered the city for two days, burned, killed and looted. The defenders stood at the top of the city and could see clearly. The anger in their chests was burning. They even wished that the Vietnamese army immediately attached the city to storm the inner city so that they could have the opportunity to vent their inner anger.
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In comparison, the morale of the Tianxiong Army is far behind.
The Seungdeok Gate was attacked and collapsed because the southern city was captured early in the morning. The northern city was defeated because ordinary generals did not know what was happening in the outside world.
The general explained repeatedly that it was a small group of enemy cavalry that was attacking, but in the eyes of the military officials and the soldiers at the bottom, it was just a small group of enemy cavalry that was attacking.
So far, we have not been able to capture the South City and North City areas?
They were wondering if it was possible that the Eastern Route Army had been annihilated. The general had actually lied like a dog for a long time. At this time, he only pretended to be calm and deceived them?
Starting from noon, Ge Huaicong personally supervised the battle in the front line. He organized more than ten waves of offensives. The soldiers all went into battle in panic. They held shields and door panels to block the arrows. They rushed to the city with simple ladders and no other protection.
The wooden shields and rolling stones were smashed down from the top of the city. The small shield was of no use at all. As soon as they advanced to the bottom of the city, people were killed and injured.
They reluctantly borrowed a ladder to attach themselves to the city, but the city was completely closed. The bows and crossbows suppressed the city. The small shields could only cover the top of the head, but could not block the arrows on the flanks. The leather armor worn by ordinary soldiers protected them, but the arrows fell to the ground one after another.
Some people quickly evacuated in a hurry, but no matter how hard Ge Huaicong drove them away, it didn't work.
In the afternoon, more than ten waves of offensives resulted in hundreds of casualties. The two climbs to the top of the city were fought back because Cao Shili took the lead and led the force to attack.
At this time, the reality of Tianxiong's army was completely exposed. No matter how brave Cao Shili was, it was impossible to reverse the situation. When they saw him ascending to the top of the city, the defenders rushed over with all their might, hoping to take his head for meritorious deeds.
Thanks to the morale of the Qingshun army, they rushed to the city to protect Cao Shili. They were able to fight to the death with the defenders, but they were unable to further expand the city. There was room.
No, more soldiers and horses replaced them and climbed to the top of the city to fight to the death. Cao Shili's troops held on at the top of the city. They suffered heavy casualties and the results were not without expansion. Both times, they had to temporarily withdraw from the city wall to rest.
The Tianxiong Army focused its attack on the northwest city in the inner city. The southwest city area focused on forming defenses, but this did not mean the south city. There were resisting peasants in the north city area and they left it at that.
Except for Xu Huaineng who could discern the established historical trajectory through the memory fragments that emerged in his mind, who could be sure at this time that Liu Shizhong and Cai Yuanyou would not send elite troops from Yingzhou to reinforce Datong?
In fact, Ge Huaicong, Yue Hailou and Zhu Hang all placed their hopes on Liu Shizhong and Cai Yuanyou to send troops for reinforcements at this time.
Xiao Linshi and others looked down upon Liu Shizhong and Cai Yuanyou, but at this time they never dared to conclude that they would not send reinforcements.
From the south bank of the Huangshui River in the southeast of Yingzhou City to Datong City, it is more than a hundred miles away.
The two rivers are separated by the Huangshui River and the Huihe River. The water level is very shallow after entering winter. Even if the river ice is not yet frozen at this time, the cavalry can wade directly through the water.
The Shengdemen gate tower collapsed and blocked the gate opening, but the fire was completely extinguished in the afternoon.
The Tianxiong Army is in Xicheng. The 40,000 soldiers and horses are limited by the narrow space. Most of them cannot be sent to the battlefield. They can only send people to the battle in turns. At this time, they can free up enough manpower to block the Shengde Gate.
All the masonry and remaining wood were dug out.
It doesn't take much effort.
Just like when Xu Huai built a climbing road on the north city wall near the northwest corner tower, he only needed to remove 20,000 loads of bricks and stones and fill them with wood.
This is not a difficult task.
However, Xiao Linshi obviously did not expect that the Shengde Gate could be completely sealed by the collapse of the city tower. He deployed more than a thousand elite cavalry beside the woods outside the Shengde Gate in the west city. Not only did he never withdraw, he
They even organized elite peasants from the city to deploy a defense line outside Shengde Gate.
There are no reinforcements, and the cooperation of a large number of heavy weapons means that even if the Tianxiong army can clear the obstacles blocking Shengde in time, but faced with a blockade of a thousand elite cavalry, how can the interception be from a city two to three feet wide?
Fight through the door and gain a foothold outside the city?
Are you sending out one or two hundred horsemen each time from the narrow city gate to fight with the elite enemy cavalry in front of Shengde Gate?
However, as long as Liu Shizhong and Cai Yuanyou can dispatch 5,000 cavalry from Yingzhou, they can drive away the barbarian cavalry outside Shengde Gate, regain control of the dominance outside Datong City, and reconnect Shengde Gate, even if there is no hope of annihilating the city.
It was Tianxiong's army that resisted the Tibetan people, and they had the opportunity to withdraw calmly.
At this time, no one except Xu Huai could conclude that reinforcements would not arrive.
Therefore, Xiao Linshi did not dare to relax because he hoped to destroy the Tianxiong army as soon as possible.
In addition to deploying a defensive line outside Shengde Gate, the resisting peasants also frequently launched offensives from both wings in the afternoon.
The rebels obviously did not forget the two excellent attack routes on the north and south walls.
Whoever can gain control of the north and south city walls can also shoot down the enemies below the city from a high position, thus gaining a greater advantage.
Of course, Xu Huai would not tolerate others taking control of the North City Wall at this time. Through Zhu Hang, he forcefully demanded from Ge Huaicong that the Supervisory Army Envoy should be responsible for the defense of the North City Wall and the surrounding areas.
In a special period, the Military Supervisory Envoy, in addition to having the power to recruit, imprison and imprison soldiers to participate in battles, is the Supervisory Military Envoy (Military and Horse Supervisor) as the chief and deputy commander-in-chief of the Eight Classics, who directly controls the troops and horses of various ministries, which is completely in line with the rules.
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Ge Huaicong had previously rejected and suppressed the Military Supervisory Commission. He hated the Supervisory Military Commission for having a check on him, and he didn't like Zhu Hang bossing him around. But at this time, he wished that Zhu Hang and the Supervisory Military Commission could help him share his worries.
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In his view, the Supervisory Army Envoy was a war-fighting organization. Once the war was over, it would be dismantled when Wang Fan returned to the capital. It was impossible for him to worry that the Supervisory Army Envoy would continue to intervene in the Tianxiong Army and have the power to command the army.
In his opinion, even if the Ge family agrees, the imperial court will not allow the violation of ancestral laws to exist.
From the fifth horse-faced war tent on the north city wall to the east, the areas inside and outside the city fell into the hands of the rebels.
Most of the Tibetan people were good at riding and shooting, but the city wall was too narrow, so even if it was well protected with a large shield, it was impossible to avoid resistance from the Tibetan people and hurt people by throwing stones and wood.
Xu Huai had elite troops and horses at his disposal, but he could not tolerate too many losses, so he finally chose to defend the fifth horse-facing wall war tent, using sidecars, horses and other obstacles to block the city road in front.
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In addition to twenty divine arm crossbows, Xu Huai also hurriedly assembled them after arriving in Datong. Two bed crossbows and a small ram were placed in the war shed to suppress the approach of the resisting peasants.
At the same time, Xu Huai also built defenses in front of the alleyway under the battle tent of the fifth horse-faced wall next to the northern city wall.
Regardless of whether the city wall or the lane is only two to three feet wide, the rush vehicle must be deployed in advance. Unless the opponent's sidecar is a sidecar, there must be war weapons for hedging or large-scale demolition of houses on both sides behind the formation.
Mounting a sling crossbow is otherwise extremely difficult to defeat with just manpower.
No, the Tianxiong army was always suppressed in the West City because of foreign aid, and there was no hope of capturing the inner city. Xu Huai expected that Ge Huaicong would think of escaping after only two or three days.
And in such a short period of time, he was not worried that Xiao Linshi could urgently organize craftsmen to make weapons to attack here.
Xu Huai did this not only to completely control the small area under the northwest corner building, but also to have the new formation of 600 Tongbai Mountain soldiers adapt to the battlefield with the new formation. It was more important to call the Tianxiong Army.
The soldiers of Tongbai Mountain further noticed their presence.
In addition to organizing soldiers and horses along the West Street to storm the inner city, the Tianxiong Army and the rebels used more than 20 streets and alleys on the north and south wings to conduct confrontation operations. The supervisory army envoy was responsible for the confrontation position, which can be said to be extremely narrow.
At this time, the Tianxiong army mainly formed defensive formations in other confrontation battlefields. They were afraid that too much movement would attract the elite peasants to attack. However, Xu Huai placed the war drum originally placed in the corner tower in front of the fifth war weapon. It's "dong dong dong". It's knocking incessantly. It's extremely coquettish. It's because I'm afraid that others won't notice it.
After nightfall, Xu Huaihuan lit dozens of bonfires on the north wall to organize a night battle.
Xu Huai saw clearly that Xiao Linshi had direct control of the elite cavalry. On the one hand, he wanted to establish an interception defense line outside Shengde Gate. On the other hand, he even deployed a suspicious formation on the north bank of Huihe River to deter the Eastern Route Army from coming to the north. We should also leave enough mobile troops and horses.
This means that Xiao Linshi can directly send into Datong City to organize the peasants to counterattack, and there are very few elites from his direct lineage.
The morale of the Tibetan people was strong and they were good at riding and shooting, so they suppressed the sagging morale. There were a large number of old, weak, sick and disabled people who could not be defeated by Tianxiong's army. But at this time, there was no problem, and they were unable to gnaw hard bones.
The rebels especially lacked elites who could fight on foot and attack fortresses - which in itself was not something the nomads were known for.
It is impossible for Xiao Linshi to have equipped these tribes with weapons for infantry battles before they took refuge in Datong City.
The greater the momentum of the North City Wall, the less likely it was for Xiao Linshi to easily take out his precious elites, which would be wasted in such a narrow and confrontational battlefield.
Xiao Linshi's original intention was not to fight to the death with the Vietnamese troops.
He was able to fight steadily on a larger scale on the battlefield, defeating the Tianxiong army step by step, and accumulating more morale and advantages step by step. Especially at this time, with the help of the confrontation war organization, he quickly put people who were not under his direct control The young and strong of the Tibetan tribes have been integrated into the army and horse formations. They have a good opportunity, so why bother to bite the northern city wall, which is completely unfavorable for them to develop a front line?