Liu Ling's prediction was correct. What the Zhou army feared the most was the Han army's catapults and fire ballistas. On the battlefield facing the enemy head-on, these two weapons were impossible for the Zhou army to contend with. The Han army relied on
These two heaven-defying weapons defeated the Zhou army several times in a row, forcing the Yongxing army to defend Huazhou.
Therefore, Xie Jun will never allow these two things to appear on the battlefield in Huazhou. Especially the trebuchet, a powerful firearm thrown by that kind of thing. If used in siege, Huazhou's low city walls will not be able to use it.
It would be difficult to stop it. Think about it, if such a powerful thing exploded on the city wall, the Zhou army defending the city would suffer such a disaster.
Xie Jun must destroy the catapults that the Han army relies on before they attack the city, and a night attack is the best way. Although the Yongxing army still has an army of 180,000, there are only about 120,000 near Yongzhou.
It will take some time for the troops and troops from other places to arrive. The previous battles were all defeated and more than 20,000 troops were lost. Now the Zhou army and the Han army in Huazhou are basically equal in number. If facing the enemy head-on, the always proud Xie
Jun was also unsure about destroying the trebuchets in the Han army's position.
The Han army has come from afar and has not yet established a stable foothold. Even if they can predict that the Zhou soldiers will rob the camp tonight and fight in the dark, no one can control the direction of the battle. As long as they find the location of the Han army's supply camp, use a fire to destroy the gunpowder bags and
The catapults were all burned, and the Han army lost its biggest support. The Zhou army's chances of victory became even greater.
The 10,000 Zhou troops were divided into three groups and took advantage of the darkness to rush into the Han army's camp. The first group of Zhou troops, with 2,000 men and horses, feigned an attack on the front of the camp, and the second group of Zhou troops, with 2,000 men and horses, feigned an attack on the left wing.
Six thousand Zhou troops took advantage of the darkness and stormed in from the right wing.
The men and horses on the first line of feint attack did not expect that the resistance of the Han army was so fragile, so they rushed into the camp with all their strength. Soon they joined the second group of men and horses, and went straight to Liu Ling's Chinese army to kill them. They watched
Just as they were about to reach Liu Ling's mobile tent, a trumpet sounded suddenly, and countless Han archers appeared from all directions. They were hit by a hail of arrows.
The Zhou army that was feinting to attack saw that something was not going well and began to retreat. They were still prepared for the ambush of the Han army at first, but after the bloody battle, the troops penetrated too fast. At this time, it was too late to withdraw from the camp. From the camp gate
Suddenly thousands of Han troops rushed in from outside and sealed the camp gate. Tens of thousands of Han troops surrounded the two groups of Zhou troops who were pretending to attack. Arrows rained out like pouring rain. The tightly surrounded Zhou troops fell layer by layer.
was torn off.
The Han army's killing tactics were very resolute. They concentrated a large number of archers to continuously attack the Zhou army who penetrated deep into the camp. The four thousand Zhou army were surrounded by more than ten thousand Han infantry. Their arrows were so dense that they kept colliding in mid-air.
The Qian Zhou army was all shot to death by the Han army, and no one escaped!
The Zhou army, which was mainly attacking the right wing, saw the fire in the Han army's camp. Knowing that the feint attack team had succeeded, they jumped over the horse with a roar, and rushed into the Han army's supply camp like a flood. Xie Jun negotiated with Liu Ling in the daytime.
At this time, he had carefully observed the Han army's camp. He remembered the location of the baggage camp, so the Zhou army almost didn't take a wrong step and went straight to the garrison of the baggage camp.
After six thousand men and horses rushed in, they set fire to the carriages and tents. Soon, the carriages in the baggage camp were swallowed up by the fire. But before the Zhou army had time to be happy, suddenly countless torches lit up all around. A large number of Han troops
The infantrymen appeared in their sights holding rifle bows. Then, under Hua Ling's loud shout, thousands of Han troops appeared from the flanks, guarding forty rockets, which were called fire crossbows by the Zhou army.
The great weapon of the chariot appeared. As the Han army lit the fuse, forty fire ballista chariots began to let out the roar of death.
Like thousands of meteors suddenly appearing in the night sky, the fire ballista poured out thousands of crossbow arrows. The fast and fast crossbow arrows were shot over the sky, knocking down more than a thousand Zhou soldiers to the ground in an instant.
The sound of popping is endless. This is the sound of crossbow arrows piercing leather armor and getting stuck in human flesh. The dense crossbow arrows with tail flames are really like a meteor shower, which is spectacular.
The general of the Zhou army who led the team fought desperately to break out of the camp. After rushing out of the camp, he had less than 2,000 men left. He did not dare to delay, so he sent people back to the camp to ask for support while fighting to the death with the Han troops who were chasing him.
Fighting. Xie Jun's general Ma Wen led five thousand troops and horses to respond three miles away. Seeing the Zhou army's retreat, he immediately led his troops to respond.
After two battles, the Zhou army merged into one place and repulsed the chasing Han army. The more than 6,000 Zhou army did not dare to fight. After rectifying their troops, they quickly withdrew towards Huazhou. Before rescuing the team that was robbing the camp, Ma Wen had already
Send someone back to the Huazhou camp to report to the Jiedushi Master and request the cavalry to come to the rescue as soon as possible.
Six thousand Zhou troops fought and moved under the command of Ma Wen. When they were less than two miles out of the camp, a Han army suddenly shot out from the flank. It was the two thousand cavalry led by Zhao Ba. This
The two thousand cavalry were waiting for work. Seeing the Zhou army fleeing in embarrassment, abandoning their helmets and armor, the Han cavalry, which had long been holding their breath, swarmed in and cut off the six thousand Zhou army from the flanks, who had lost half of their courage.
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Zhao Ba is a general with a bravery that cannot be matched by ten thousand men. At this time, he has the upper hand, and he is even more majestic and powerful. Two thousand Han cavalry rushed back and forth among the Zhou army's rout, and the wind blades cut the Zhou army into pieces. The horses
Wen stopped the limited cavalry counterattack, but could not stop the Han Dynasty's fine armored light cavalry at all.
This was an easy killing, and it was not until the Zhou army's cavalry came to respond that Zhao Ba led the cavalry back to the camp. Being intercepted and killed by him on the way, the Zhou army lost a total of four thousand men.
Xie Jun personally led five thousand cavalry to pick up Ma Wen. After repelling Zhao Ba's cavalry, he did not dare to fight. He just protected the infantry and retreated slowly in formation. As he was walking, he suddenly saw the Huazhou North Gate Camp.
The direction of the fire was soaring into the sky, and the returning Zhou army immediately panicked. It turned out that after seeing Zhao Ba successfully intercepting and killing the Zhou army, Yang Ye followed Liu Ling's instructions and led two thousand fine armored light cavalry towards the Zhou army's main camp.
Yang Ye divided the two thousand cavalry into four teams, not wanting to kill more enemy troops. After rushing into the Zhou army's camp, he just set fire to it. Rockets were fired everywhere, setting fire to the tents one by one. The five hundred cavalry he brought with him killed all the enemy troops.
After the enemy encamped, they discovered where the Zhou army's food and grass were. They burned the Zhou army's food and grass with a fire. After burning the Zhou army's baggage, Yang Ye ordered people to blow the horns, and the assembled troops started again.
He was killed in the Zhou camp.
Seeing the camp on fire, Xie Jun felt anxious. He left Ma Wen and his infantry to retreat, and he led five thousand cavalry back to the north gate camp to rescue him. But as soon as he left, Zhao Ba led the cavalry to catch up from behind.
There was a massive killing. Most of Ma Wen's men were infantry, and their morale was low. They could not stop the wolf-like and tiger-like fine armored light cavalry of the Han Dynasty. The Zhou army's formation was like tofu, being cut back and forth by the sharp Han cavalry. Two thousand
More than half of the multiple infantry were quickly killed.
More than a hundred soldiers protected Ma Wen as he fought his way out, with more than a hundred cavalry running in front, and more than a thousand cavalry with fine armor and light cavalry chasing behind. Mar Wen was in such a state of embarrassment. It was the first time he was killed in such a miserable state, and at this moment he could only
We can first escape back to the camp. Even if the camp is on fire and hundreds of thousands of troops are in and out of Huazhou City, the Han army will definitely not be able to take advantage of it. As long as they return to the camp, the brave Han cavalry will
I didn't dare to chase him either.
But he didn't know that every reaction of Zhou Jun was part of Liu Ling's calculations!
After seeing the fire in our main camp, the generals from the east gate and west gate camps of Huazhou sent troops to help. The defenders in Huazhou City even opened the north gate, and tens of thousands of horses came out from the north gate to rescue our main camp.
At this time, Yang Ye, who had succeeded, had already withdrawn from the Zhou army's camp with his cavalry. As a result, Yang Ye's cavalry met Xie Jun's men who were returning to rescue the North Gate camp, and the two sides fought hastily.
No one dared to entangle more and dispersed. Yang Ye had few soldiers and had already killed them for a while. All the soldiers were tired, so he naturally did not dare to fight. Xie Jun was eager to return to the North Gate Camp to rescue the small Han cavalry.
Don't bother with it too much.
If Xie Jun knew that the Han cavalry he let pass were all the Han troops attacking the North Gate Camp, he would probably regret it and not be able to sleep for a few days.
The men and horses of the East Gate Camp and the West Gate Camp arrived one after another, but saw that the incoming Han army had already evacuated. The generals of the two battalions were afraid that they were ambushed in pursuit, so they ordered to put out the fire and rectify the troops. They waited for Xie Jun to return with his troops.
By that time, the fire was basically under control.
But, things are not over yet!
Not long after the reinforcements from the Ximen Camp arrived at the North Gate, no less than 20,000 Han troops suddenly launched a frantic attack on the Zhou Army Camp at the West Gate like divine soldiers descending from the sky. In less than half an hour, the East Gate Camp was attacked.
Declare the fall. The Han army swarmed in, killing everyone on sight, and setting fires everywhere. When the generals of Ximen Camp knew that they had been fooled, they rushed back as soldiers. The Han army had destroyed the entire Ximen Camp, and at least 5,000 Zhou who had stayed behind had been destroyed.
The army was completely wiped out.
At the same time, the East Gate Camp in Huazhou was also violently attacked by the Han army. Countless Han troops took advantage of the opportunity when the general of the East Gate Camp led his troops to rescue the North Gate and entered the East Gate Camp in an organized manner.
Inside, the Zhou troops who stayed behind fought hard, but the disparity in strength was too great, and they were defeated by the Han troops. The defeated troops were driven by the Han troops, and they actually ran into the south gate camp.
Fortunately, Dongfang Liang, the commander of the South Gate Camp, was cautious in using his troops. Seeing that the West Gate and East Gate were attacked by the Han army at the same time, he did not dare to send troops to rescue easily, and ordered to defend the South Gate Camp. Therefore, even if the Han army drove away the Zhou army from the East Gate Camp, they were defeated.
After coming here, I didn’t get much advantage at Nanmen Camp.
Dongfang Liang was a decisive man. He first ordered the archers to shoot out an isolation belt 150 steps away, regardless of the enemy or ourselves. A large number of defeated Zhou troops were shot to death together with the Han troops. Although the method was cruel,
Some, but it ensured that the Nanmen Camp did not suffer the impact of the defeated Han and Zhou armies.
This battle lasted almost until dawn, and outside Huazhou City, it almost became a sea of fire.
PS: Originally, two and three updates a day were considered normal updates. But since Zhibai wanted to make up for those five days of updates, he would do three updates a day. Although it was more difficult, at least I felt at ease. Yesterday
It’s the same four updates as today, so it’s two updates, and there are still thirteen updates left. However, starting from tomorrow, there will be three updates, because I just received a notice from the editor, and if nothing happens next week, there should be a big closure
Because we have to make up for the arrears, we will definitely not be able to add updates during the big seal. So, it is better to put the owed updates in the big seal to supply everyone. This should have a better effect. In short, the fifteenth update
The quantity will definitely be replenished.
Finally, thank you for your continued support. Zhibai is moved. I hope you will continue to support Zhibai. Every click you give is the biggest motivation for Zhibai to continue writing. Well, I just hope that there will be no accidents this time.
.Thanks again, I’m going to code. (To be continued)
