Since Chen Cheng defeated the enemy's infantry, he led his army northward and attacked the enemy's cavalry stationed at the entrance of the arsenal.
When Ji Ling and Yang Hong arrived at the entrance of the arsenal, Yang Hong stepped forward and said loudly: "By the order of the general, we are ordered to strengthen the defense of the arsenal. Please open the door quickly!"
On the pier outside the arsenal, Wei Li asked Yan Zhong beside him in a low voice, "What should I do? They said they came under the order of the general. Do you want to check the official defense seal letter?"
Yan Zhong laughed and said: "He said that taking orders from the general means taking orders from the general? I also said that I was a Taiwei. How about you ask him which general he was taking orders from and He Jin?
Is it from Dong Zhong?"
Wei Li was not stupid. He laughed twice and ordered his soldiers to be on guard. Then he stuck his head out and said, "Which general are you following this order?"
Is there any other general? Yang Hong immediately felt that the situation was not good, turned around and said to Ji Ling: "Get ready to attack!"
He controlled his horse and walked a few steps to the side, and said loudly: "Of course it is under the orders of General He Jin!"
After that, he pulled the reins, turned around and ran towards the rear. General Ji Ling waved his long sword and shouted: "Attack!"
The cavalry immediately took off their weapons and rushed forward. The defensive facilities of the Han Dynasty city were somewhat different from those of later generations, that is, there were many piers and piers in the city. The piers and abutments were generally about two meters above the ground and were considered small and simplified versions.
On the city wall and pier, seeing the unknown army on the opposite side launching a charge, Wei Li gave an order, bangs were heard, arrows rained down, and Ji Ling's troops were shot so hard that they fell on their backs.
The cavalry naturally had an advantage over the infantry, but that was during field battles. Now that the cavalry had taken advantage of the terrain and were suppressing it with their bows and crossbows from a high position, Ji Ling had no choice but to shout loudly and ask the cavalry to withdraw. This went on and on.
, dozens of men and horses were shot. Fortunately, the cavalry moved fast enough, many people were injured, but not many were shot to death.
On the passage between the two piers, more than a dozen corpses of men and horses fell. After Ji Ling withdrew, he found that he had been hit by an arrow. He pulled out the arrow and asked: "What should I do now?"
?Do you want to dismount and fight on foot?"
Yang Hong looked at the arsenal gate on the other side of the road and sighed: "The arrows fired by the defenders just now were so numerous and accurate that we couldn't capture the arsenal. That's all. Let's go back and kill Chen Cheng."
"
There is no way for the cavalry to attack the city, even if it is just a simplified version. He just asked Ji Ling to lead the troops to charge, just to scare the defenders in the arsenal, hoping that the opponent would surrender without a fight. But since the opponent does not want to take this
If you have one set, you can only use the above scheme.
Ji Ling smiled ferociously and said, "Okay, then let's leave these bastards alone and wait until daybreak to argue with them."
After that, he spent some time gathering his men, and after finishing forming the team, he ran towards the way he came. As soon as he ran out, there was the sound of horse hooves on the street opposite, and someone shouted loudly: "Spread out,
Prepare to engage the enemy!"
Ji Ling's heart was shocked. Isn't this the voice of Chen Cheng, who claimed to be a hussar general? He didn't have time to think about it, and shouted wildly: "Come with me!"
After that, he gave the horse a hard slap on his crotch, raised his horse and rushed over. Arrows continued to shoot towards him, and several screams came from behind. He did not dare to slow down, so he could only hold on tightly.
Gritting his teeth, he rushed forward with his head down. The galloping horse raised its speed to its highest speed. Ji Ling gave a wild shout, lifted up the horse's spear and stabbed a horseman who could not avoid it.
With the speed of his horse, the sharp blade of the long sword penetrated the opponent's iron armor and tore apart the flesh inside. Amidst the screams, Ji Ling had already penetrated the enemy's battle formation. However, when he was choked,
When he turned around, he saw the enemy troops scattering to both sides relying on their superb riding skills, and then shot down their own cavalry one by one with bows and arrows.
Can cavalry still be used in this way?
As Yuan Shu's most trusted general, Ji Ling was certainly not ignorant of military skills. However, Yue Qi's fighting style and fighting style still greatly surprised him.
"This is the Yueqi Battalion, one of the five battalions of the Northern Army!"
He expressed this emotion, but there was no good way to deal with the enemy. The enemy could gallop back and forth, and their riding skills, archery skills, and weapons and horses were all superior to our own army. Although the number of enemies was smaller, their combat effectiveness was still high.
The strength or weakness of a person cannot be determined by the number of people.
Without the advantage of three times the strength, he did not want to fight with such an enemy.
Seeing that there was nothing he could do, Ji Ling led the cavalry directly to the south. After breaking away from the Yue cavalry, he soon saw the corpses of his own infantry strewn on the ground. He couldn't help but burst into anger, so he shouted loudly and gathered the troops.
He ordered the soldiers to set fire to the houses and markets on both sides of the road, and looted along the way.
Yuan Shu himself was lawless, and his generals and soldiers were naturally well-educated. The soldiers and horses brought by Ji Ling were not weak in combat, and they were even better at robbing. They quickly cut down a large area of local residents, and the soldiers robbed them all.
With a lot of food, the morale that had been low due to the defeat had recovered a little.
The soldiers who had just been routed joined in, as if they were three times braver than when they fought.
Yang Hong looked pitifully at the generals and soldiers who were turned into hedgehogs in the middle of the road. He shook his head, rushed to Ji Ling's side, and said loudly: "General, you'd better gather your troops and horses. The lord is employing people there."
when."
Ji Ling raised his hand and picked up a man who was resisting with a ring-shaped sword. He laughed when he saw the man struggling on the long sword. Yang Hong shouted several times, and Ji Ling said disapprovingly: "Yeah.
It’s not too late.”
Chen Cheng controlled the war horse to the arsenal and shouted: "Open the door!"
This time, the heavy door was pushed open, revealing rows of neatly arranged wooden shelves and boxes. The warehouse, which is nearly two hundred meters long from east to west and about twenty-four meters wide from north to south, is filled with various items.
Weapons and equipment. Long spears shining with cold light, well-maintained armor, good bows and powerful crossbows that have not been strung... Countless weapons and armors are placed there, showing a kind of silent power.
This is just one of the arsenals. There are seven of the same warehouses here, storing hundreds of thousands of swords, guns, swords, halberds, crossbows and armor. More than a thousand soldiers are stationed here all year round, and walls are built around them with rammed earth.
If he hadn't come with the imperial edict, the 600 cavalry brought by Wei Li would really not have been able to defeat this kind of fortress.
A quick step can lead to a quick step. Fortunately, we sent people to seize the arsenal as soon as possible, otherwise we would have had a headache.
Chen Cheng smelled the leather and tung oil in the warehouse and looked at the weapons and equipment. Even though he was well-informed, he couldn't help but feel dazed for a moment. At this time, there was a sentence that kept echoing in his mind:
"All dynasties were weak and destroyed, but the Han Dynasty was destroyed by strength!"
With such a huge armament, plus the grain and grass stored in Taicang next door, can he defeat the world again with these things alone? But then he threw this idea behind him. The demise of the Han Dynasty was not due to force.
It's weakened. It's great to have these things, but only people are the key to victory or defeat.
Yan Zhong rushed over and said, "Why are you here?"
Chen Cheng said: "The rebels are running rampant in the city and the roads are not peaceful. Only by bringing people here in person can I rest assured."
He turned around and said to Yan Zhong: "You have done a good job, but are there any casualties?"
Yan Zhong smiled and said: "Who dares to disobey the Holy Apostle?"
He said it in an understatement, but the actual process was thrilling. However, he was not the kind of person who liked to talk about his own achievements, so he didn't say it.
"Your Majesty, although this place is under our control, the people's hearts are still undecided. Please send me a reward so that the defenders can be used by me."
Chen Cheng shook his head and said: "I also want to give out rewards, but I really don't have much money in hand. If we divide it equally, everyone will not get much. If we treat them differently, it may arouse dissatisfaction among the soldiers."
A strange smile appeared on Yan Zhong's face, "Who said you have to ask Junhou to pay? Here..."
He pointed inside and said: "...In addition to weapons and armor, there are countless five baht and a half taels here. I did a rough inspection before, and even Wang Mang's
There are coins, and there are countless pieces of cloth and tiles inside."
Yan Zhong looked at Chen Cheng eagerly and said, "If used properly, these things can be worth tens of thousands of troops!"
Chen Cheng blurted out: "Isn't this an arsenal? Why is there so much money?"
Yan Zhong smiled and said: "Who cares how he came here? Now the greatest wealth of the imperial court is in the hands of the princes. As long as you are willing to spend money, are you still afraid that you will not be able to find heroes who are afraid of poverty but not death?"
Chen Cheng's breathing became faster. He calmed down the excitement in his heart, patted Yan Zhong on the shoulder and said: "Sir, one word is enough to be worth thousands of troops. I have Bo Dao, which is even more powerful than a tiger!"
He said to Yan Zhong: "The situation is urgent now. If you have any ideas, just do it without asking me!"
Yan Zhong said: "Then please return to the palace immediately and take charge. The queen mother, empress and two princes are the foundation. If there is something wrong there, even if we have ten times the weapons, money and food, we will still be beaten as national traitors.
"
Chen Cheng immediately asked the soldiers to move out the boxes full of coins, and loudly promised in the open space in the arsenal: "Each person will get 10,000 coins, and for each additional day of defense, an additional 5,000 coins will be added! Double the number of wounded, and the number of those who died in battle will be doubled."
Five times!”
It’s not your own money anyway, just spend it as you like!
The soldiers immediately cheered. Both the Yueqi and the original defenders were in high spirits. Chen Cheng pulled Yan Zhong over and said, "It will be dawn soon. You watch here. I will take people back to the palace first."
Yan Zhong smiled at the corners of his eyes and said: "Please rest assured, Lord, as long as I, Yan Bodao, am still here, this place will be the peace of Mount Tai!"
Chen Cheng talked with Wei Li and other officers again, encouraged them and said some comforting words, and then led the cavalry and escorted the cart to the palace. This time they did not follow the same road as they came, but
We went to Beigong first. When Zhao Zhong heard that Chen Cheng was back, he was shocked and confused. When he hurried over with people, he saw Chen Cheng throwing coins.
His cart was not loaded with swords and armor, but was filled with cart after cart of coins.
After Zhao Zhong heard what Chen Cheng said about where the money came from, he felt distressed and said: "Juluhou, this is all prepared by your Majesty to pacify Xiliang. If you continue to reward me like this, what will you do in the future?"
Chen Cheng said: "In the long run, we are all going to die."
Zhao Zhong was stunned, but Chen Cheng bulged his eyes and shouted: "You can hardly pass this level now, how can you care about the future?"
