"He can't run away." Hou Mi laughed, "Can he still get wings and fly out of Luoyang City?"
Cheng Feng nodded slightly.
In fact, Li Xingchen did not expect the cavalry to completely stop the enemy. After all, this was still in the city, not in the wilderness. Even once the infantry could stabilize their position and occupy the surrounding houses, commanding a commanding position, the cavalry would even compete with the armor in later urban battles.
Like the army, they may face disaster at any time.
Li Xingchen simply wanted to use the cavalry's vigor to kill the enemy, reduce the enemy's effective strength as much as possible, and at the same time, exercise his muscles and bones.
To deal with enemies in towns, cavalry is indeed not a good choice.
To deal with them, the artillery unit of the Han army is more reliable.
Just behind the cavalry, the Han infantry brigade that had recaptured Jinyong City had begun to move this way. The ladder trucks, artillery and trebuchets originally used to attack Jinyong City also moved to the east of the city. After the artillery and trebuchets were arranged
, the Han army will launch an attack on the inner city in the east of the city, thus truly encircling it on all sides.
"Yu Chijiong is the grasshopper after autumn." Cheng Feng laughed and looked towards the city.
If Yuchi Jiong was also there at this time, looking at the gathering Han army siege troops, I wonder what he would think?
Cheng Feng's guess was indeed correct. Yuchi Jiong was on the east city at this time. Of course, he was not at the city gate, but at the southeast corner tower. This place could take care of both the south and east sides of the war.
The Northern Zhou cavalry calmly escorted Wang Qian's troops to retreat into the city, which did not let Yuchi Jiong breathe a sigh of relief. On the contrary, when he looked at the enemies outside the city, his face became even more gloomy.
The fall of Jin Yong City was not a good thing. Although more than 500 of Wang Qian's defeated troops were gathered together, which strengthened the strength of the defenders, it also meant that the Han army that originally attacked Jin Yong City turned around and began to attack the inner city. The city defense faced challenges
The pressure suddenly doubled, but the support they received did not double. Do these five hundred defeated soldiers still expect them to have the courage to continue to fight the Han army in the city?
Wang Qian's face was covered with blood. He had also been injured in the escape just now. His clothes and armor were covered with mud and the blood and soil were mixed together. He looked quite embarrassed. When he saw Yuchi Jiong, he cupped his hands and said, "Brother Yuchi, Yu
Sorry for you."
Yuchi Jiong sighed: "Brother Chi Wan is serious. Jin Yong City is bigger, but you have fewer soldiers and horses. It's normal that you can't defend it."
Wang Qian nodded.
At this point, the two people are already grasshoppers on the same thread, living and dying together. There is no point in blaming and complaining about each other. Wang Qian retreated to Yuchi Jong's side, instead of leaving the city and heading all the way.
Running eastward is actually very worthy of Yuchi Jong, otherwise it would be equivalent to leaving Yuchi Jong alone in the heavy siege of the Han army.
"King Zhao was defeated, and we seem to have no reinforcements." Wang Qian said. The banners of the Han army general Yu Wenzhao were also brought to Jin Yong City for display. It was also a big blow to the morale of the defenders on the city. This was also
One of the reasons why Jin Yong City was destroyed.
Yu Chijiong looked at the gloomy sky and smiled bitterly: "No, if God helps me, maybe we still have a glimmer of hope."
"Will it?"
Yuchi was silent.
Hope so.
Although he doesn't believe in God anymore.
After Jin Yong's city was broken, the Han army was naturally able to invest more troops in the attack on the inner city. In the next round of attack, the Han army almost took down the city gate, but it was a pity that Yuchi Jiong's reaction was still
Soon, he personally led the reserve team to attack, forcing the Han army, which was not numerically superior, to retreat.
Li Xingchen could only say that Yuchi Jiong was still an experienced veteran. At this time, he wanted to defend Luoyang City wholeheartedly, and it was indeed difficult to find an opportunity from his men. The reason why Jinyong City could be broken was not just because Jinyong City was longer from east to west.
This increased the attack surface of the Han army, and because the Han army launched successive feint attacks from the south and east of the city, it attracted a lot of Wang Qian's attention, thus creating an opportunity for the main attack from the north.
When he fell into the hands of the Han army, Wang Qian naturally had no way to recover.
However, Yuchijiong did not give Li Xingchen a chance at all. Several feint attacks by the Han army failed to work. In other words, Yuchijiong allocated his troops more rationally, so that he would not exhaust the reserve team in the city. Unless it was in danger, he would
He would not take the initiative to use the reserve force, so several times the Han army pretended to attack the city wall, but Yuchijiong remained motionless. It was not until the Han army's main attack intention on the south side was exposed again that he led the reserve force to counterattack.
Went to the south wall and repelled the main attack of the Han army.
The main attack was crushed, the troops and equipment were insufficient, and the feint attack, which was just a bluff, naturally failed.
Therefore, all the Han army can do now is to fight the most brutal war of attrition with the enemy bit by bit. When the Northern Zhou army on the city really does not have so many people who can stand on the city wall, the Han army will naturally have a chance.
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The Han cavalry has been pulled to the north by Li Xingchen, to be on guard against possible reinforcements from the Northern Zhou army. Although at present, it seems that even if the reinforcements from the Zhou people come, they will not be able to reach Luoyang City in time, not to mention that there are no of their troops on the river.
shadow.
Li Xingchen also ordered Li Ping to personally lead the central army of the Han army to attack the city, so that he could have one more round of attacks and speed up the oppression of the city.
This is actually a battle between the two sides competing for perseverance. Continuous fighting consumes physical strength, but no one can be discouraged. At this time, when the Han army retreats to rest, their morale will inevitably be hit, and the Northern Zhou army is even more unable to retreat.
retreat.
Only by gritting one's teeth and continuing to increase the intensity and density of the attack can the battle be resolved as soon as possible.
Although Li Xingchen did not want to fight a war of attrition, especially a critical battle, this meant that the Han Dynasty was bound to pay more casualties.
But facing this fortified city, he had no choice.
This is the hardest nut second only to Yecheng in the Northern Expedition. If you gnaw it down, the Northern Expedition can be said to be half the victory. A strong army will still have to fight some tough battles, and the Han army also needs to be tempered with blood and fire, otherwise this army will be very difficult.
It is possible that the army will become completely dependent on firearms and lose its fighting spirit.
Therefore, Li Xingchen had to grit his teeth and endure such sacrifices and casualties, and could only comfort himself in this way.
The sound of artillery fired from the east of the city, and Xiao Shilian commanded the Han army that had captured Jinyong City to continue attacking from the east of the city to the inner city. Only in this way could he put greater pressure on Yuchi Jiong.
After Jin Yong City was captured, the Han army's main attack direction was naturally no longer limited to the south and west of the city. Now we had to see how Yuchi Jiong would respond to the Han army's main attack from all directions.
Oh my god, the clouds are thick and there is no rain.
The war is in full swing.
I wonder whose side God will be on in the end this time?
Li Xingchen took a deep breath.
There is a moist smell in the air. It is very possible that God cannot be relied on, and you still have to rely on yourself.