It rained heavily for three days in a row, chilling Liangren's hearts. During these three days, the wind and rain kept watering the land, turning large areas of sand into turbid currents, large areas of roads turning into swamps, and turbid water in the vast area.
The ground is flowing freely, the clouds in the sky are no longer visible, and everything you see is dark.
Under this situation, the Liang people never launched an attack. There were only a small number of people cleaning traps in the rain and digging and filling in a few roads on the edge of the plateau. The roads were small and difficult to travel. Soon, some of the soil on the plateau overturned, and again
These are buried, and the opportunity to attack the city is far away.
When Jia Xu learned the news in ten thousand years, he rode forty miles in the rain and rushed to Li Jue's camp. As soon as he entered the door, without even taking off his dripping raincoat, he threw down his bamboo hat, revealing his pale face that had been soaked in the rain, and said to Li Jue.
Jue said: "At a critical moment of life and death, how can we delay the rain and convene a military meeting as soon as possible?"
Within half an hour, the commander-in-chief of the Liang people gathered together again. Jia Xu was not as polite and respectful as before, and directly said to everyone: "Counterattack on Xijing. The military situation is already in a hurry. If it continues to be delayed, the troops will see that nothing can be done and morale will be lowered."
You must be depressed. If you let it go, even if there are more than 100,000 people, what's the use? I'm afraid they will be defeated before the battle. Who knows, someone will take your heads to receive the reward! The matter has come to this, there will be no delay.
Within ten days, we will destroy Gaoling!"
Wang Fang suffered a loss in the first battle, and many of his men were still recuperating. At this time, they were quite reluctant to fight, so he said directly at the meeting: "But now it is raining heavily and muddy, the road is difficult to move, and the soldiers cannot move quickly, so we must attack the city by force."
, it’s just hurting people’s lives in vain, I’m afraid the defeat will be faster, so we’d better wait a little longer.”
Jia Xu heard this and reprimanded: "If the rain stops, won't the road be difficult? If the road dries up, will the food and grass be enough? Now under the heavy rain, the enemy cannot see far away, and his arrows are not accurate, and even more
We can't attack by fire, and Chang'an can't send reinforcements. You only see the disadvantages, not the advantages, so why don't you surrender, how can you stay here!"
Xu Rong agreed with Jia Xu's remarks, but felt embarrassed for Wang Fang, so he calmed down the atmosphere and said: "We must fight hard, but the road is muddy, and we really need to make some preparations, otherwise the soldiers will be exposed to heavy rain.
I feel that my life was wasted, and the people are not in harmony, so the military order will no longer work."
When everyone heard this, they all agreed with what Xu Rong said. It is important to have an army with great speed. It was not just about marching, but also in battle. This was also the biggest obstacle brought by the heavy rain. But Jia Xu said: "This is easy to handle. I have already done it."
There is a way."
So we decided to attack the city the next day.
Maybe the sky was also affected, and the rain became obviously lighter early the next morning. Liang people ate at noon, and before the time came, the whole army came out of camp and approached the fence. When everyone in the city saw this, the trumpets sounded, and many people
People flocked to the fence and stood up noisily. During these days, they built watchtowers in the fence and piled earth and rocks behind the fence to form hillocks, allowing them to stand high and facilitate archery and assassination.
Dark clouds hung low in the sky, pressing directly on the battle formation. The low-pressure clouds formed a mist near the surface, making the fence looming. The drizzle, which had become thin and cold, fell and hit the eyelashes of the Long Horse.
The horse moved slightly, and the knight's iron tools made a slight clanging sound, like wind chimes ringing softly in the rain.
As the horn sounded, Li Jue's troops in the east began to move forward slowly, getting closer to the fence. However, from the perspective of the defenders, the infantry in the front row was holding a large roll of something in their hands, and they did not know.
What is it? He spread the bark and grass on the ground while walking. It turned out that these were bark and grass. Jia Xu asked the infantry to explore the road with these. When he encountered a slightly easier road, he spread the bark and grass on the ground for the knights to step on.
The horse bed creates a fast passage.
This tactic is indeed effective. Although horse racing is still not as convenient as usual, it can point out a path for the knights, and it can also fill in some roadblocks. In almost an hour, the infantry in front has arrived at the foot of the plateau, and they are fighting on the plateau.
Between the plateau and the bottom, there is only a stone road that can accommodate five horses walking together. If you ride your horse through it, you will be within the arrow's distance of merging.
At this time, the military flags were also moving, and the cavalry quickly walked to the stone road on the newly saved road. Seeing that they were about to reach the plateau, the generals' shouts came and went, and the horses stopped suddenly.
At this time, the knights in the front row dismounted and stood beside the war horses. They carried their bows and quivers on their backs and held long swords. Many of them not only had knives hanging on their belts, but also a hand ax for close combat on horseback. The rain was wet and cold.
People stamped their feet with leather boots and made a squeezing sound. They walked onto the stone road and stopped at the last point.
Li Jue's cavalry was mostly light cavalry, wearing leather riding caps, leather armor, and leather boots. They were very agile, but their protection was far from enough to deal with the long forest ahead. Looking back on the merging,
About half of them were wearing iron hats and armor. They were mixed in with other people wearing turbans, leather armor or even no leather armor. They looked very eye-catching. It could be seen that the group was composed of multiple troops, but a small number of them
They are elite soldiers who have been with the army since joining the party.
Before the war, Li Jue had encouraged them: "Gaoling City is right in front of us. If we conquer Gaoling, Chang'an will not be far away!" At this time, the drums were beating loudly, and it was time for the forwards to charge. The generals in the front row were also encouraging them.
Some of the sergeants beside me said: "Today we will break through the fence first, and tomorrow we will capture Gaoling. The day after tomorrow we will go to Chang'an. Countless glory and wealth are waiting for us!" Others said: "Avenge the Grand Master! Take these.
Kill all the traitors!" The soldiers in the front row shouted one after another, holding weapons in hand and rushing towards Fengzhengyuan, rushing towards the fence dozens of steps away, thousands of pairs of leather boots stepping on the wet ground, splashing
Countless yellow-red mud spots arose, crackling on people's boots, legs and clothes.
Liangren shouted wildly and rushed towards the fence. They were greeted by bursts of arrows from behind the fence. When a row of arrows hit them, a group of people stumbled to the ground. Leather armor could not block the arrows, and Guangcheng was nowhere to be seen here.
During a fierce battle, the heavily armored soldiers had dozens of arrows stuck in their bodies, fighting like hedgehogs with their swords. The defenders' arrows were like cutting grass, shooting down the cool people one by one.
After the military meeting, Jia Xu did not leave. He walked up to the earth hill built by Li Jue's troops on a rainy day and looked at the Liang people's offensive. He watched the soldiers being shot down one by one. His face was expressionless. In fact, he was holding the railing tightly with both hands.
He was about to crush it. He stared at the distance between the charging soldiers and the fence, getting closer and closer. Finally, one point had rushed to the fence, and then there were more points, between the points.
They began to connect. This is because the Liang troops from the north and south also rushed up, and those from the west suffered some losses, so they arrived last. However, at this time, they were on the front about thirty or fifty steps each from the east and north.
, Liangren has already grabbed the fence, and more people are swarming behind.
This was Liangren's plan in advance, to break through the fence on a front that was dozens of people wide, and then let the cavalry in. This way, there was no need to break through the fence that was several miles wide. The fighting area between the two sides was not large. If they could get through
From the sky, Quyu, where the two sides are in contact, is just a point on this Great Wall-like fence. The defensive manpower is insufficient to begin with, and there are only a hundred and eighty people who can actually fight on this fighting surface. The others are only
You can watch archery from the back and outside. Of course, the same is true for Ryoto, but their goal is to destroy the fence.
The fence was hurriedly built within a few days, covering more than twenty miles. Because the Liang people had a large number of troops, they had to use even force when erecting it. As a result, the defensive strength of the fence was actually not strong at any specific place.
It is composed of wood inserted vertically into the ground and wood connected horizontally. For stability, there is a wood against the back, but this does not constitute an obstacle. The gap between the wood can be used for shooting arrows and saving. As a barrier to defend against the impact of cavalry, this is enough
But once the infantry advances closely and concentrates its strength to attack a few points in turn, it will definitely not be able to resist for a long time.
What Liang Ren is doing now is to take turns using a short ax to cut down a small section of the fence regardless of casualties. The main purpose is to cut off the horizontally connected wood. Then he can push down, kick or pull out the upright wood, and then enter the fence to fight. The one who jumped in front of the fence was Li Ying, Li Jue's younger brother. Li Ying was a military and political general in the Liang army. He was not only good at fighting, but also studied under the name of Zhao Wen, the admonishing doctor. He was quite knowledgeable in literature.
Therefore, he has a high prestige in the army, and his subordinates are all veterans who have joined the army since the Qiang Rebellion.
No one could shoot arrows anymore, but countless long sticks were stabbed randomly from between the fences and on the fence. The Liang people who were stabbed in the head, neck, chest and abdomen immediately fell under the fence. More people were waving their hands to ward them off.
, even grabbed the stick and chopped it with an axe, so people's arms were covered with blood-red scratches. Even the tip of the stick and the stick were dyed bright red, but they still couldn't help the Liang people in front of them swinging their axes.
He chopped down the crossbar on the fence. Behind the axe-swinger, layers of thorns stretched out like a forest, and the thorns of the same people collided and stabbed at the top and bottom of the fence.
After a while, many fences were tilted open. After removing the crossbars, Liang Ren pushed aside the standing wood to the left and right, and got into the fence sideways. They were greeted by long thorns. But Liang Ren did not flinch.
Wei Liying was one of the first few people to get into the fence. He raised his bloody hand and smashed the short ax into the face of the person in front of him. Then he pulled out a long knife from his waist and waved it up and down.
He rushed into the enemy's position. Several Qingsui behind him pulled up a few rickety logs to expand the area of the hole, and then jumped into the fence to fight.
Soon, the area of the collapse expanded, and dozens of Liang people rushed inside. The people behind were temporarily out of danger, and they all took up their bows and shot randomly towards the fence and to the left and right. In order to avoid it, the new soldiers who joined the people,
He involuntarily stepped back, which further expanded the space he was penetrated into.
Soon, the outer fence of Gaoling had been damaged in five places.