The battle in Zhangye eventually turned into a street fight in the evening.
Tuyuhun's army concentrated its forces and opened too many gaps in the east and north city walls, causing the Han army to be exhausted for a while. Finally, Yu Wenxin decisively issued an order to shrink its troops and retreat into the city.
The Tuyuhun troops entering the city had no time to clean up the debris piled at the city gate, so they could only rush in one after another through various gaps.
But the scene before their eyes made the generals of Tuyuhun feel helpless.
Zhangye does not have an inner city, but there are still many treasuries in the city, all with their own walls. In addition, the mansions and warehouses of various aristocratic families and merchants have defensive fulcrums. And Yu Wenxin concentrated his troops to guard each "fulcrum"
, and dig trenches and tunnels.
Trenches lay across the roads, and almost all the main roads in the city were dug out.
The tunnels are connected to various fulcrums, and there are large and small entrances and exits in the city, so that the Han soldiers can go out from the courtyard as the fulcrum, get out of the hidden houses everywhere, and launch attacks on the enemy's flanks or even behind.
attack.
Street fighting is not something familiar to the armies of this era. After all, cities in this era are generally very small, and even if street fighting starts, it will end quickly. And once the city wall is breached, the morale of the army in the city will also decrease.
If it disintegrates, there will be no street fighting.
However, the Han army attached great importance to street fighting.
Cold weapons are obviously not suitable for street fighting, but hot weapons such as muskets are acceptable. Especially when fighting behind the enemy's back, cold weapons are a good choice. Moreover, the morale of the Han army soldiers has always been cultivated very high, so street fighting is not suitable for street fighting.
It will make them collapse, especially when everyone is red-blooded, and it will only turn the Han soldiers who are lurking in the city, waiting for opportunities, into evil ghosts who seem to have come from hell.
Now that the news that the reinforcements will arrive in less than two days has spread throughout the city, the morale of the entire army is naturally high. With so many of us, even if we set up a camp in the open space, we can hold on for another two days.
Nothing can be missed.
Although the Tuyuhun army was afraid of the criss-crossing trenches in front of them and the fortresses that were horns to each other, they also knew that only by breaking through the enemy's defenses would they have a chance to escape.
It is impossible for one side to retreat, and the other side must move forward. Then there is only one possibility, and one side must be completely dead.
Since Tuyuhun's army does not want to retreat, the Han army officers and soldiers are sharpening their swords. Let's see how we can make a killing in the city's defense line, which we have built even if we are defending the city these days.
Arrows roared, and the Tuyuhun people's attack became fierce again after a brief period of sluggishness.
The Han soldiers were facing each other tit for tat. The crossbowmen and musketeers didn't even need to stick their heads out. The barriers had already been built and there were trenches and so on, and there were a lot of shooting holes.
Although the shooting holes obstructed the view, Tuyuhun's army was right there, right in front. As long as they didn't fire randomly into the sky, they could always kill and injure a few people.
The opponent's head was not even exposed, and they were scattered in various ditches and houses, while his own soldiers and horses stood neatly under the city wall, making them living targets.
The Tuyuhun generals wanted to scold their mothers, but retreating at this time was obviously not as good as attacking.
So what if the opponent's firepower is fierce? No matter how fierce it is, can it be as fierce as when we attacked the city just now? Even if we are facing the enemy's firearms and arrows, we still have to charge upward!
"Boom!" The Han army's artillery set up in the distance began to roar. The shells passed over the crowd and landed at the gap in the city wall opened by the Tuyuhun army. Not many living people were hit by the shells, but there were quite a few dead. Many corpses and remains were even
It exploded.
The intention of the Han army is also very obvious. The Tuyuhun army wants to attack various fortresses in the city. It is useless to use human lives. However, the artillery in the hands of the Han army and the thunder thunder can form a long and near defense line, not to mention the musketeers.
If you are not a vegetarian, at worst it will be a hand-to-hand fight, and the Han soldiers will be afraid of you, right?
Therefore, the real threat is actually Tuyuhun's trebuchet.
Two fists were no match for four hands. If Tuyuhun really pulled up all the trebuchets and beat them with a bang, how could the Han army be able to withstand it?
Therefore, we simply block the gap with artillery, and if your trebuchets can be brought in, you will have to see how you can carry the trebuchets in with the artillery bombardment overhead and scattered corpses and ruins of the city walls at your feet.
The Tuyuhun army probably didn't care about this problem at the moment, or they didn't realize how terrifying the defense system in front of them, which was different from the city wall, was, and they were still roaring and charging forward.
"Boom!" Hong Tian Lei was the first to roar. The Hong Tian Lei buried on the outside of the trench directly overturned the shield hand rushing in front. At the same time, the musketeers who were shooting calmly in the outermost trench also followed suit.
He retreated along the trench into various houses and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
The Tuyuhun soldiers were driven by their own generals and even the supervising team behind them. Although many people were knocked over at once, the soldiers behind them still rushed forward one after another, rushing all the way to the trench. One side of the trench was in front of the city wall, and the other side was surrounded by several neighboring soldiers.
It looks like a rather dilapidated house. In fact, the private houses in Zhangye City extend all the way to the city wall, but those close to the city wall have been demolished and used as logs and rolling stones. This is why there is still an open space after the Tuyuhun army entered the city.
Can be used for gathering.
For the Han army, the defensive position would rather shrink inward than directly close to the city wall. Otherwise, the enemy would be able to see the Han army's layout from a high position, and even throw stones from the city wall, which would be enough for the Han army to drink.
of.
Of course, even now, General Tuyuhun can still overlook the entire civil war situation in the city from the top of the city, but no matter how good their eyesight is, the only things they can see are the Han troops running back and forth in the trenches and courtyards, and those hidden
The Han troops in alleys or tunnels were invisible.
On the roof of the house, the Han soldiers dropped the thunderbolts they had prepared.
Explosions occurred one after another in the trench. Most of the Tuyuhun troops had already jumped into the trench, or planned to climb out from the other side, or planned to follow the trench directly to the door of the house like the Han army, but this thunder exploded.
, even those who were not killed were frightened half to death by the roaring explosion in their ears. The billowing smoke and dust suddenly enveloped the entire trench. The Tuyuhun soldiers were dizzy. Many of them crawled in the opposite direction and returned to their homes.
side.
Naturally, the Han soldiers on the roof would not be polite to them. They all ran away with their backs exposed. How could it be so easy? Arrows and muskets immediately greeted them, just like harvesting wheat.
Where can the Tuyuhun crossbowmen watch helplessly at this time?
The enemy didn't show up just now, and we didn't know where it was. It would be fine if we fired randomly and gained nothing. But now the enemy is right in front of us.