The one-sided fighting lasted all night, but there were not many corpses in Danyang City. Instead, there were dead bodies in the valley and on the edge of the mountain forest outside the south city gate.
Wei Daoer's final choice was very correct. He took advantage of the time and chose this mountainous area and another mountainous forest not far from the south city gate as their ambush place.
Because this is the first place that enemies escaping from the city will choose.
The defeated troops who escaped from Danyang City originally escaped in batches.
Therefore, for the Gangdao Battalion, it relied on its superior strength and favorable terrain to pursue, intercept, and kill the fleeing enemies with all its strength.
However, because the sky was dark and it was difficult to distinguish between ourselves and the enemy, Wei Daoer's side's military advantage and terrain advantage were somewhat compromised. Therefore, although they had the absolute upper hand at this moment, some people still escaped.
Although night is good for the Steel Knife Battalion to hide in ambushes and carry out sneak attacks, it is also good for the enemy. For example, once the two sides engage in hand-to-hand combat, the bows and crossbows will lose their effect. The soldiers of the Steel Knife Battalion are afraid of accidentally injuring their comrades, so how can they fire them randomly.
Once the two sides enter chaos, unless the two sides are engaged in a life-and-death struggle, other soldiers rushing forward must pause for a moment to see clearly the enemy and ourselves before slashing with their swords. In this way, Danyang's defeated troops can naturally take advantage of the loophole.
Faced with such a situation, Wei Daoer had no choice but to do anything. Fortunately, no matter how the defeated Danyang troops fished in troubled waters, their main escape direction must be towards the county town where Yuwen Zhiji was stationed, and they would definitely pass through this mountainous area.
Therefore, Wei Daoer immediately set up heavy defense lines inside and outside this unknown mountainous area. The soldiers inside the defense line were not allowed to move rashly. The soldiers blocked at the bottom of the mountain just had to charge forward with their backs to the mountains. Therefore, any soldiers who rushed up the mountain must be defeated by Danyang.
There is no doubt about the soldiers, just shoot arrows in the dark, with swords and guns at the ready.
As soon as they were approached, they fell into hand-to-hand combat and ordered a hand-to-hand handoff. The Gangdao Battalion only moved forward and not backward. The Danyang defenders who were able to protrude were greeted by another line of defense that was waiting for them.
Under such a fighting method, the tens of thousands of Danyang garrison soldiers who escaped had to make heavy sacrifices every time they took a step forward. In this unknown mountainous area, which is not very high, let alone dangerous, there are almost one corpse every step of the way, and the blood is stained red.
The whole mountainous area.
It was not until midnight that the Danyang defenders finally broke through the siege with tens of thousands of lives. A small number of defeated troops used the cover of darkness to escape into the direction of the county town where Yuwen Zhiji was stationed.
Wei Daoer left some men and horses to clean the battlefield, eliminate the remnants, rescue the disabled comrades, and divided his troops to pursue them. At this time, only about 10,000 of the more than 50,000 Danyang defenders were able to escape. The men and horses just ran forward, and in the chaos
The commander could not find the general, the general could not find the soldiers, all the trumpets, flags, drums and cymbals were lost, and everyone was fighting independently.
Assault, get rid of, intercept, assault again, get rid of again, pursue again..., kill one person in five steps, bleed every step, everyone is crazy, just instinctively rush forward, the Danyang defenders at the front have even already
After rushing out of this mountainous area, I saw the county town where Yuwen Zhiji was stationed in the distance with the help of the light of the stars and the moon.
In the nameless mountainous area, a road has been paved with dead bodies and blood.
In despair, the Danyang defenders moved forward generously, sharing the same hatred for the enemy. Everyone was bleeding and scarred, and they exerted unprecedented powerful combat power. However, they only caused a small amount of damage to the members of the Steel Knife Battalion who tried to intercept and outflank them.
Kill.
In this way, the Danyang defenders fought and fled, dragging into a sparse team and rushing into the mountainous area. Some generals wanted to reorganize the team so as not to be taken advantage of by the enemy, but they lost all the flags, drums and trumpets in the overnight charge.
The most important thing is that the morale of the army has been completely lost. Even if their throats are torn, few people can hear their orders.
In the chaos, of course some Danyang garrison soldiers dropped their weapons and surrendered at the critical moment of life and death and became prisoners. But they were soon handed over to Zhang Tiangang of the special operations team, and after some coercion and inducement, they underwent simple rehearsals and costume changes.
After preparations, thousands of prisoners were taken by Zhang Tiangang to the county where Yuwen Zhiji was stationed.
At this time, Zhang Tiangang led the 500 special forces experts who were dressed the same as the Danyang defeated troops. They were in a mess, with bloodstains and even scars on their bodies, and they were staggering, looking exhausted and panting like an ox.
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Yu Wenzhi and the garrisoned county town were prepared as if they were facing a powerful enemy. As soon as someone approached, the defenders on the city wall already drew their bow strings.
"Second Young Master, please, open the city gate quickly, hurry up! The Far Eastern Army is catching up!"
"My dear mother, who are you pointing your arrow at? I am Li Xinwu, the captain of Guoyi under the command of old lord Yuwen. We have been fighting all night, and everyone is almost paralyzed. Open the door, open the door!"
"I am Captain Du Guangming of Guoyi, Second Young Master. I am willing to lead my men to be loyal to Second Young Master. I also ask Second Young Master to ask someone to open the door quickly. The cavalry of the Far Eastern Army is right behind!"
More than three thousand rebel soldiers were crying and begging Yu Wenzhiji to open the door at the north gate of the county where Yu Wenzhiji was stationed, expressing their willingness to be loyal to Yu Wenzhiji.
On the top of the city was Yu Wen Zhiji. He begged him to open the city gate and expressed his allegiance to several generals. He knew them all and knew that they were generals under Yu Wenxin. To be honest, he was moved because he knew that he
There was no place to escape, and the next step was to defend. He had already sent people to contact Li Zitong and Du Fuwei from Huaibei and Huainan, and had secretly made an agreement with Xiao Zong from Liang State. As long as he could delay the attack for more than a month.
Time, these three parties will definitely send troops to rescue because of their desperate situation.
Therefore, for Yuwen Zhiji, in this case, the more men and horses he has, the better. And because he has taken precautions in the past few days, he has also stocked up a large amount of food and grass in the city. Even if he gathers another 20,000 defeated troops,
Don't worry about running out of food and grass.
It’s not like Yuwen Zhiji never thought that these people outside the city might have spies from the Far Eastern Army, but there were not just one or two 3,500 men below the city, but thousands of broken troops. If the city gates were not opened,
, wait for them to be identified one by one and hang them up in baskets, then it will be the year of the monkey and the month of the horse?
Especially after the loud and neat sound of horse hooves appeared in the distance, Yuwen Zhiji did not dare to hesitate anymore. If he waited until the cavalry of the Far Eastern Army chased him outside the city, he would chop up the generals and soldiers who had expressed their loyalty to him.
Not only did it affect the morale of the defenders inside the city, it was mainly a pity.
"Even if there are some spies, just screen them one by one after entering the city and then kill them."
Thinking like this, under the cry and begging of several generals and thousands of soldiers whom Yuwen Zhiji knew outside the city, Yuwen Zhiji ordered the city gate to be opened in panic, and the soldiers rushed in, disguised as Zhang Tiangang who was defeated in Danyang.
He and five hundred special force masters also blended in and entered the city.
Zhang Tiangang saw that all his five hundred men had entered, and immediately took action after shouting. The defenders in the city were caught off guard. The defenders at the gate were chopped down to the ground in a daze. The gate was lost in a few seconds.
Dao'er led nearly 30,000 cavalry and rushed towards the city gate with a roar.
In the darkness, Yuwen Zhiji at the top of the city could only see a large black mass in the distance rushing towards the city where he was. He then saw that there were thousands of enemy troops mixed into the city, especially among them were the original Danyang garrison soldiers.
This meant that Danyang City was not only lost in the hands of that old guy Yu Wenxin, but also many people had surrendered. After Yu Wen Zhiji figured this out, he already looked desperate.
Not to mention that Yu Wen Zhiji's face turned extremely pale. Almost all the soldiers up and down the city wall looked panicked, but their hearts had sunk to the bottom. The soldiers had no intention of fighting and just wanted to escape. This battle would be over without a fight.
Lost.
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Half an hour later, Wei Daoer led his men to occupy the county town where Yuwen Zhiji was stationed. Yuwen Zhiji left some of his confidants behind, and he led some of his men to escape through another city gate.
However, Wei Daoer had already made preparations for Yuwen Zhiji's escape.
In one night, Wei Dao'er defeated two troops from Danyang County, and Yu Wenzhi and Yu Wenzhi were captured alive by an ambush sent by Wei Dao'er. From the beginning to the end, the Steel Knife Battalion only suffered more than a thousand casualties.
At dawn, Wang Junlin in Yangzhou City learned that Danyang County had been captured by Wei Daoer, and Yuwen Zhiji had also been captured alive.
"Yuwen Zhiji is still such a waste!" Wang Junlin was not surprised. After sighing, he called Pei Shiju and asked him to lead a group of Sui Dynasty officials who had surrendered in Yangzhou City and Fanyang College sent by Du Ruhui from Fanyang County.
The graduating students immediately set off to take over the civil affairs of Danyang County.