The densely packed Yuan army had already arrived outside the camp. Guo Tu put up a pergola to watch and saw only sparse Qingzhou troops on the wall.
There are only two to three thousand defenders on the more than one mile long village wall. They can't even stand on the wall, and there are even no archers on some tall oar towers. This can only prove one thing - the strength of the Qingzhou Army has been severely weakened.
insufficient.
Guo Tu immediately realized that part of the Qingzhou Army went north to attack Yuan Shang, and another part of the troops defended Yuan Shao from the front, and most of the archers were concentrated on the Dupo Bank in front.
This resulted in the rear camp being unable to defend, and now was a good time to attack by force, so he immediately said to Shi Huan: "Send the order, the strong crossbowmen suppress the enemy on the wall, and then attack a wall, they have to camp too much
It’s too big to defend.”
"Where to attack?"
Shi Huan asked.
After Guo Tu looked around, he pointed at the main entrance and said: "Attack the camp gate. Once the camp gate is opened, the army can enter."
"clear."
Shi Huan nodded and immediately ordered his crossbowmen to start pressing forward.
As one of the few generals under Yuan Shao who was in charge of crossbow troops, Shi Huan once had the most troops, during Wang Fen's period, with 10,000 crossbowmen. However, due to the needs of the war, the organization was broken up and his troops were dispersed.
few.
But now he still has 3,000 crossbowmen, plus more than 2,000 archers in the army, and with the main force of more than 20,000 infantry in the front, the overwhelming army is arrayed outside the camp, making it look like the Qingzhou Army on the wall
Very thin.
The Qingzhou soldiers on the wall were heartbroken and looked at the enemies outside the village in horror. After Guo Tu gave the order, the front army quickly dispersed, and a large number of crossbowmen from the rear began to advance.
"Fire the arrow!"
Seeing the Jizhou army launching an offensive, the defender on the wall quickly ordered to fire arrows.
However, there are obviously not many archers here. After hundreds of scattered arrows were shot out, most of them were blocked by the sword and shield players set up in front of the crossbowmen. Only a few dozen unlucky ones were hit by the arrows, and there were only two casualties.
Thirty people.
"Fire the arrow!"
Shi Huan smiled coldly, and after the crossbowmen prepared the battle formation, he agreed and issued the order.
"Boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!~~~"
Thousands of arrows formed a dense rain of arrows. The bows and crossbows were thrown, covering the sky and the sun, and fell on the wall like raindrops. The sound of "dong dong dong dong" was heard continuously, and occasionally could be heard.
Screams.
Most of the arrows hit the wooden fence above the stockade wall. The so-called stockade wall is actually a wooden pontoon nailed to the fence. When a person stands on it, his upper body can probably be higher than the fence, so that the archer can stand on the fence.
Shoot arrows from inside to outside.
When the enemy shoots arrows here, they can squat down and hide under the fence, which is similar to the structure of a city wall. The only difference is that bows and arrows cannot shoot through rammed earth walls, but wooden fences can.
wear.
Angle, strength, and position all become factors for the bow and arrow to penetrate the fence.
Because the fence is made up of wooden posts connected together, with the upper part sharpened and the lower part forming a row, or connected with a rivet and tenon structure, or tied with a rope, or connected in a row by inserting into the ground, or fixed together with wooden board nails.
, there are many variations in styles, but the regulations are the same.
So the fences are actually connected by wooden posts, with gaps in the middle. However, the gaps above the wall are blocked by wooden boards. Bows and arrows can penetrate the weak points of the wooden boards and directly injure the enemies hiding behind the wooden boards.
The experienced Qingzhou Army always lay down on the wooden board at their feet instead of leaning on the wooden board with their upper back. Under the scolding of the veterans, most Qingzhou Army did not make such a stupid mistake.
But there were still a small number of soldiers who were in panic and pressed their backs against the wooden board. They were killed and wounded by bows and arrows shot through the wooden board, and they kept wailing.
Under the cover of the crossbowmen, the rear infantry quickly pressed forward, and the continuous rain of arrows forced the Qingzhou Army on the wall to barely dare to show their heads. The entire wall, fences and wooden boards were filled with jingling arrows.
Each arrow tower is like a hedgehog, and the archers above are either lying down or shot to death.
"Come on!"
Following Guo Tu's order, the mighty Jizhou Army officially began to charge at the gate of the camp. Rows of soldiers held up ladders and ran quickly. When they reached the front line, the arrow rain finally stopped, and this time
At that time, the Qingzhou Army had also begun to counterattack.
Bags of lime powder were thrown out, followed by incendiary bottles, and the traps on the outside also came into play. When a soldier ran with a ladder on his shoulder, the ground suddenly sank and fell into a pit, which was filled with wooden spikes.
This kind of pit is called a horse trap, which was a relatively common layout used in defensive warfare in ancient times. Most of them were set up near camps, and they were also found in city battles, but they were usually set up at the gate of the city to prevent enemies from entering the city.
Seeing that the Qingzhou Army was still defending tenaciously, Guo Tu further believed that this was a sign of the enemy's small number of soldiers. He waved his hand and said: "The whole army is pressing forward. The first one to enter the stronghold will be rewarded with a hundred gold coins!"
"The supervisor has an order. The first one to go to the stronghold will be rewarded with a hundred gold coins!"
"Kill!"
"Anyone who stands in my way will die, go, go, go!"
Under the heavy reward, the Jizhou army's eyes were completely red, and they started to rush forward with shouts.
If you look down from a high altitude, you will see that tens of thousands of Jizhou troops outside the camp are swarming towards the camp like ants. The sporadic defenses on the wall of the camp are like sand and rocks submerged by the waves, unable to stop them.
On the high oars on the hills in the distance, Liu Bei, who was observing the battle situation with a telescope, saw this scene and muttered: "Fourth brother, it's time to withdraw our troops. If we don't withdraw, I'm afraid the soldiers will suffer heavy casualties."
Chen Mu actually wanted the soldiers to continue to resist, because only in this way could the performance be more perfect, and Guo Tu could be convinced that they only had this small number of defenders and had no choice but to use the wall to defend tenaciously, so they would not worry that it was a trap.
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To put it simply, the thousands of Qingzhou troops on the wall should actually be abandoned as abandoned sons, and the lives of two or three thousand soldiers should be used as bait to make Guo Tu struggle to capture the rear camp, so that he can continue to rush forward and fall into
Within the encirclement.
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But Guo Tu was too confident. He just pressed in with his army at this time, without considering whether it would be a trap. Therefore, Chen Mu had no need to continue to sacrifice the defenders on the wall. He nodded and said: "
The enemy has been trapped and the whole army is attacking. There is no way out and it is time to withdraw."
"That's good."
Liu Bei breathed a sigh of relief and said to the messenger beside him: "Instruct the front line to withdraw!"
"only!"
The messenger immediately raised the black flag in his hand and waved it.
"Ding ding ding ding!"
The commander, who had been observing the situation above the hill from a distance, immediately struck the copper jingle and called out the gold to retreat. The sound of the copper jingle was transmitted forward, and when it reached the second command point, a new copper jingle sounded immediately.
When this sound rang out, the frontline generals finally received the signal, breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately loudly ordered the withdrawal, asking the soldiers to abandon the wall and retreat to the rear.
Because Liu Bei and Chen Mu were on a high oar on a hill about one mile away from the rear camp, more than 20 to 30 meters above the ground, and more than 400 meters away from the rear camp, which was a long distance.
From this distance, people can only see as small as ants, let alone military flags. In other words, Liu Bei and Chen Mu can only see the situation on the front line if they have telescopes, so when they can't send orders, they can only send signals out layer by layer.
Although the transmission speed was already very fast, when the Qingzhou Army officially withdrew, the Jizhou Army had basically reached the outside of the village wall and began to build a large number of ladders to climb up the wall.
When Guo Tu saw the scene of the Qingzhou Army withdrawing, it naturally turned into the Jizhou Army showing off its might and attacking the wall of the stronghold, forcing the Qingzhou Army back.
Seeing this scene, Guo Tu laughed loudly and said: "Liu Xuande didn't know the heavens and hit the stone with an egg. He was undefeated. Our army won this battle!"
When Shi Huan saw that Liu Bei's rear camp had actually been breached, he was overjoyed and said, "The supervising army has a clever plan, and my subordinates admire it very much."
"Okay, now is not the time to flatter me, give me the order and continue marching!"
When Guo Tu saw that the soldiers had opened the camp, he immediately issued an order. At this time, they must take advantage of the victory to pursue. The two sides were competing for speed. If the main force of the Qingzhou Army was allowed to defeat Yuan Shang and return to the army for rescue, they would still be in danger of being driven out.
Because when Guo Tu wanted to come, Liu Bei only had 45,000 people in the camp, and 10,000 cavalry and some infantry went north to attack Yuan Shang. Xu Chu brought another 10,000 people to support, so there were probably only about 20,000 people inside the camp.
Most of these troops have to resist Yuan Shao's troops in front of the boundary bridge, so there will not be too many people left behind. The two to three thousand people on the wall are just in line with Guo Tu's expectations.
Now that these two or three thousand men have been repulsed, the entire rear camp of the Qingzhou Army will become empty, and Guo Tu can do whatever he wants.
Guo Tu knew that most of the supplies of the Qingzhou Army must be stored in the rear camp. Once set on fire, the food, grass, weapons and equipment, armor and baggage, horses and all supplies would be destroyed. Even if the front camp was as strong as a fortress, it would be meaningless.
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Not to mention anything else, without food, Gao Shun's invincible army will be consumed to death. People are like rice and steel. No matter how thick the armor of the heavy armored infantry is, how can it compare with the emptiness in the heart of a person?
Stomach upset?
So when Guo Tu saw that the rear camp had been easily captured by him, he knew that he was sure to win. The rest depends on when the three brothers Liu Bei, Zhang Fei and Chen Mu will be captured and sent to Yuan Shao.
As for Yuan Shang?
hehe.
If you can get rid of Yuan Shao's serious troubles and lose his son, what does it matter? It just clears the way for the young master Yuan Tan to ascend to the throne.
Guo Tu's calculation in his mind was extremely shrewd, and he wanted to kill two birds with one stone and achieve great success.
"Supervisor, the soldiers have already entered."
Seeing that the battle ahead was going smoothly, Shi Huan happily said to Guo Tu.
Guo Tu narrowed his eyes and smiled slightly: "Let's go, let's enter the camp too, and we want to see how much luggage Liu Bei has hidden inside."
After saying that, he urged the horses to move forward slowly and began to head towards the camp.
At this moment, on the hills in the distance, Chen Mu smiled and said to Liu Bei: "Brother, this plan is called closing the door and beating the dog."
"oh?"
Liu Bei smiled and asked: "What's the meaning here?"
Chen Mu said: "Dogs can run faster than people. If the army rushes out of the camp and Guo Tu realizes that he has been deceived, he will inevitably run away. How can the pursuers outrun the defeated soldiers who are bent on escaping? Only by closing the door can they let them go.
They have no place to escape."
Liu Bei nodded: "I actually think that we only need to defeat Yuan Shang Guo Tu's second army, and then turn around to deal with Yuan Shao with all our strength. There is no need to fight a battle of annihilation, as it is easy to make mistakes."
"It is easy to defeat, but too difficult to annihilate."
Chen Mu said: "But if it is not annihilated, there will be endless troubles. It would be better if Yuan Shao died at Jieqiao. If he were allowed to run away, call the old troops and defend Wei County, it would be another big war. Even if Yuan Shao died, Wei
There is also Yuan Tan in the county, and the centipede will die but not freeze, so there will be more sacrifices."
"Um."
Liu Bei felt that what Chen Mu said made sense, so he said: "That's true. My second brother violently attacked Yecheng and other places in Wei County, but there is still no progress. It can be seen that Yecheng is difficult to attack, and letting Yuan Shao escape back to Yecheng will indeed cause endless troubles.
"
As they were talking, the Jizhou Army in the distance had all entered the camp, and the Qingzhou Army was fighting and retreating, and was already fleeing towards the Zhongying. But Guo Tu didn't know that the Zhongying was all Qingzhou Army at this time.
"Give me the order to set fire to it."
Chen Mu issued the final order, and the ordering soldiers immediately raised the red flag and waved it.
In an instant, countless Molotov cocktails were thrown out, blazing flames arose, and the Qingzhou Army from the middle camp spread out and surrounded the front camp. There was a school field between the two camps as an open space, and the defenders in the front had already withdrawn to the school field.
The throwers who had been prepared early began to throw bottles to the rear camp. Guo Tu guessed correctly. The rear camp did have a large amount of supplies, but most of the food, grass, weapons and equipment were now transferred to the middle camp.
Now in the back camp, the warehouses piled up are basically straw. Chen Mu had long wanted to set fire to Guo Tu and burn him again.
I didn't burn you to death last time, and I won't let you escape this time.
Chen Mu's eyes were intense.
"Jiang Jun, it's too bad, these won't be used as food at all."
At this time, Guo Tu's army had already rushed into the rear camp. Some soldiers went to chase the fleeing defenders, and most of them began to prepare to destroy Liu Bei's army's grain, grass, weapons and other supplies.
But after the last experience, Guo Tu asked his men to check it. The soldiers rushed into the warehouse and opened the granary. They were dumbfounded.
It's not grain at all, but dry grass, and it's also doused with alcohol and fish paste.
Hearing this, Guo Tu was shocked: "How is it possible? There is not even a grain of grain? Are you sure you read it correctly?"
The soldier who reported the report said: "It's all dead grass, and we also smelled a smell of wine and grease."
"What?"
Guo Tu was stunned. Before he could recover, countless Molotov cocktails were thrown in from outside.
Those incendiary bottles fell into the camp and immediately ignited the fodder arranged near the fence. The entire back camp immediately burst into flames. The camp, one mile long and one mile wide, has now turned into a circle of flames.
Shi Huan shouted: "Jiang Jun, we have fallen into a trap, retreat quickly!"
"How could this happen? How could this happen?"
Guo Tu's originally complacent mood suddenly collapsed. He looked up to the sky and shouted, looking like crazy, laughing wildly: "Hahahaha, I can't be wrong, I can't be wrong!"
"The supervisor is crazy."
Shi Huan was dumbfounded and could no longer care about him, so he shouted: "Withdraw!"
"withdraw!"
Seeing the fire all around, the Jizhou army quickly wanted to retreat.
But at this time, the Qingzhou Army in the middle camp passed through the side gate of the middle camp and went around to the entrance of the rear camp. Countless archers blocked the gate in reverse this time.
The front and rear camp gates of the rear camp were all blocked. Every one came out and shot to death. There were immediately countless casualties, and the corpses covered the gate of the camp.