Chapter 916: A surprise attack in the misty rain (2)
“Up, up, up”
"Hurry up!"
Under the city wall of Pilao Pass, the hundred-man generals of the Shang Shui Army commanded the soldiers of their respective centurions, set up the ladders on the wall, and then urged the soldiers at the top of their lungs to climb up the long ladders to the top of the pass.
On the pass wall, the Korean soldiers guarding the pass had already discovered Wei Jun's plan. They were shouting sternly, trying to cut off the upper part of the ladder that hooked the wall stack, and destroy the ladder used by the Wei soldiers to climb the pass wall.
Ladder.
However, the Korean soldiers on the pass wall often did not take a few blows before they were beaten to the ground by the Wei army soldiers on the carriage outside the pass.
This was the opportunity that this surprise attack brought to the Wei army. Since no warning was received, a large number of Korean soldiers had rested in the military barracks inside the pass.
When the arrows were launched, the only defenders who closed the gate were immediately suppressed by the Wei army and were unable to form an effective counterattack.
However, the advantage brought by the surprise attack by the Wei soldiers could not last long. As more and more Korean soldiers poured into the high wall from inside the pass, the advantages and disadvantages of this critical battle would gradually be evened out, and they would eventually move towards defeating the Korean army.
The favorable side evolves.
After all, the Korean army is the one guarding the pass and has the natural advantage of Pi Lao Pass.
To conquer Pilao Pass before the Korean army recovered its disadvantage was the intention of the Wei army to launch this surprise attack. At least for now, the Wei army's advantage is still great.
"Tell the first team to speed up!"
In the front line, Wu Ji, the general of the Shang Shui Army, urged again. Note: First ascending refers to the death squads who are the first to climb the enemy's city in a critical battle. From a tactical perspective, the morale of the attackers is high during the first wave of critical battles, so generally
Elites will be dispatched under certain circumstances, so the troops who ascend first generally refer to the elites in the army. For example, Qu Yi's "First Ascent Camp".
It’s no wonder that Wu Ji was so impatient, because this sneak attack planned by Su Wang Zhao Hongrun gave their Wei army a great advantage. Otherwise, according to common sense, it would never be possible for the Wei army to fully attack the pass, and the Korean soldiers in the pass had just lined up.
The phenomenon of people swarming up to the gates to defend themselves.
Just because of his great advantage, Wu Ji was also under great pressure.
He couldn't imagine how he would go back and explain to His Highness King Su if he still couldn't conquer the Pi Lao Pass in front of him despite such an advantage.
No! We can definitely conquer this pass!
Shaking his head and throwing away the restlessness in his heart, Wu Ji took a deep breath and began to concentrate on directing the battle: "Go to the second team first, go up!... First hand, change the flat shot to a projectile, target,
Inside the pass!”
Following Wu Ji's general order, the Wei army's infantry on the six wells outside the pass no longer aimed at the gate and fired flatly, because before that, with the help of their arrows to suppress, many of the Wei army's infantry had already climbed down from the ladder.
Climb up the Guan Wall. If you aim at the Guan Tower at this time, your line of sight will be blocked by the smoke from Yishan Mountain, which could easily cause accidental damage to friendly forces.
Therefore, the Wei army soldiers on the Jinglan vehicle changed their horizontal fire to projectile fire, and slightly adjusted the angle upwards, trying to use volleys to cover the inside of the pass wall, covering the pass with a rain of arrows, and delaying the Korean soldiers from the military buildings in the pass.
The speed at which the wall defends.
For a time, the Korean soldiers in the pass suffered heavy casualties.
Because the autumn rain was still continuing, the Korean soldiers in the pass who were quickly running toward the pass wall to support them could not dodge the arrow rain from the front as alertly as usual. They could only hold shields on their heads.
Braving the rain of arrows, they supported the Guanqiang.
After this news reached the ears of the Korean general Jin Mao, it made the Korean general extremely angry, because in his opinion, these were unnecessary or avoidable casualties.
If they had received the warning in time that the Wei army was planning to attack Pilao Pass, and had the soldiers wait strictly on the Pass wall as soon as possible, they would never have been at such a disadvantage. Guan Wall failed to have enough manpower to organize a counterattack, and a large number of Koreans
The soldiers were shot to death in vain by the Wei army's arrows in the pass.
These are all soldiers who died in vain, unnecessary sacrifices on the battlefield.
This is a dereliction of duty as a general!
"..." Jin Yao clenched his fists tightly and stared at the Wei army outside the pass with a ferocious expression.
He forced himself to calm down. After all, if he couldn't calm down at this point, then there would be no chance for the Korean army to recover their disadvantage in this war.
The most important threat lies in the well-mounted chariots of the Wei army...
He stared at the jinglan chariots outside the pass, thinking about how to destroy those jinglan chariots.
Thinking of this, he said categorically: "Those wells must be destroyed!"
At this time, there were three generals standing behind Jin Mao. After hearing Jin Mao's words, one of them immediately clasped his fists and said, "General, I am willing to lead an elite force out of the pass and destroy the Wei army's Jinglan chariot!"
"
As soon as he finished speaking, another general stood up and said in a deep voice: "There are Wei soldiers outside the city right now. The soldiers under your command are all infantry. They can't rush out at all. You'd better leave it to me... General, please send
The cavalry under my command are out of seclusion!"
Jin Biao looked back at the cavalry general, with a hint of relief and a hint of sadness flashing in his eyes. He whispered: "Gao Yang, you have to know that although you and the cavalry under your command can rush over, you may not be able to
Fight back...the Wei soldiers on the opposite side are not a ragtag group like Wei's Northern Army."
"The general knows that it was the Wei army that defeated Chu." The cavalry general named Gao Yang said with a smile: "To die in the hands of such a powerful army will not be an insult to our generation."
Jin Miao couldn't help but feel a little moved. After some thoughtful consideration, he patted Gao Yang on the shoulder and said in a deep voice: "If you insist on going, I have an idea..." With that, he took a step forward and stood in front of Gao Yang.
After whispering a few words in his ear, the latter's eyes lit up and he said with even more joy: "With the general's wonderful strategy, the general will feel more confident!"
With that said, he hugged his fists towards Jin Biao, turned around and prepared to leave.
Seeing this, a trace of unbearability flashed in Jin Mao's heart, he raised his hand and shouted: "Gao Yang!... Come back alive, I will personally pour you wine."
Rider Gao Yang looked back at Jin Mao and smiled heartily.
"ah!"
"..." Looking at the departing general Gao Yang, Jin Yao felt upset for no reason.
In fact, he already had an unknown premonition in his heart, but he didn't dare to think about it in detail.
Taking a deep breath, Jin Mao said in a deep voice: "Leave the Jinglan chariot outside the pass to Gao Yang; even if it is for him, we will risk our lives to defend the wall!"
The soldiers nearby nodded heavily.
At this moment, a Korean soldier covered in blood hurriedly ran over, knocked on the ground and reported: "General, the Wei army has attacked the wall, and General Sun is in trouble. Please support us!"
"I'm going!"
Before Jin Bao could speak, the infantry general behind him ran towards Guanqiang with his weapon in hand. As he ran, he shouted loudly: "You, you, you, you, follow me!"
"yes!"
Jin Miao glanced at the infantry general who had left, and once again focused his attention on the Wei army outside the pass.
Because the outside of the pass was shrouded in smoke from Yishan and blocked from sight, Jin Ao could not see the true number of Wei troops at a glance. He could only make a rough estimate.
Due to the narrow terrain of the Yangchang Valley outside Piluo Pass, Jin Mao believed that the number of Wei troops coming to attack this time would not be too large. After all, for a Wei army that could only dispatch nearly a thousand soldiers in one wave of offensives, there would be more.
The military strength is completely unnecessary.
Therefore, including the eight wells and chariots of the Wei army, Jin Mao believed that the Wei army's first wave of offensive against his Pi Laoguan probably invested 3,000 to 4,000 troops.
Considering that siege battles are most likely to affect the morale of both the enemy and ourselves, therefore, the siege party will generally only launch two or three waves of offensives.
Generally speaking, as long as the defender can defend three waves of offensives, the attacker's morale will be greatly reduced, and by that time, there will be no improvement in launching another attack.
The experienced Jin Mao knew this very well, and he also believed that the Wei Gongzi Ji Run opposite him also knew this.
Therefore, it was not difficult for Jin Mao to calculate the number of Wei soldiers who came to attack this time: between 8,000 and 12,000.
It must be said that Jin Mao's judgment was quite accurate, because the number of Wei soldiers dispatched by Zhao Hongrun happened to be between 8,000 and 12,000, with 10,000 troops dispatched this time.
Some people may wonder why Zhao Hongrun only sent 10,000 soldiers when he clearly had 100,000 soldiers under his command.
In fact, the reason is very simple. The terrain outside Pilao Pass limits the number of troops the attacker can invest. One wave of offensive can only have more than a thousand soldiers at most. Three waves of offensive can only be four to five thousand, plus the eight wells and carriages.
The number of Wei soldiers, the number of soldiers invested by the Wei army in this battle was actually only about seven or eight thousand.
Why should two thousand men be reserved? That was just because Zhao Hongrun considered the possibility of not being able to successfully conquer Pilao Pass, so he reserved them to break up the rear troops when the entire army retreated, to prevent Korean soldiers from pursuing them.
No matter whether this Pilao Pass can be conquered in the end, this force is enough, and there is even a surplus.
Time passed little by little.
As the Korean soldiers inside the pass quickly supported the wall, the Wei army's previous advantages were gradually equalized. The Korean soldiers on the wall took advantage of their local advantages to gradually push the Wei soldiers who boarded the wall into a desperate situation.
The Korean soldiers on the pass wall were overjoyed and thought they could drive the enemy back to the pass. Suddenly, there was a loud noise in their ears.
"Bang"
A thick wooden board was placed heavily on the wall stack.
Eh?... When did Wei Jun's Jinglan chariot get... so close?
Hearing this loud noise, a Korean general turned his head and looked outside the pass. His limbs were suddenly cold with shock.
It turns out that just when the Han soldiers on the pass were fighting with the Wei soldiers who were using ladders to climb up the wall, the six well-mounted carriages lined up outside Piluo Pass were finally pushed away by the Wei soldiers who were lowering the pass.
We arrived at a location only about ten feet away from the wall.
Immediately, the hanging boards were lowered on these well-mounted cars and the other end was placed on the wall.
Seeing this scene, the faces of the Korean soldiers and generals on the wall suddenly turned pale.
Because on the compartment of the Jinglan chariot not far away on the opposite side, there were densely packed Wei army infantry. As if they had seen prey, their eyes became as ferocious as wolves.
Bitter!
All the Korean soldiers and generals mourned in their hearts.