Pingji County was captured by the Jin army. Lu Jinsuo panicked. His entourage told him that five thousand cavalry had occupied the county seat of Zhouzhi. But...where did these five thousand cavalry come from?
Counselor Jia Shu advised: "I'm afraid these five thousand cavalry are actually infantry. The general has forgotten that the ten thousand troops led by Wu Zhiyuan all rode northward. It is said that the Jin army's infantry all have war horses. They can only be distinguished during battle."
Infantry and cavalry.”
"Sir, what you are saying is that these five thousand cavalrymen were sent north by Wu Zhiyuan?"
"I think so, General. I'm afraid Wu Zhiyuan used a tactic of suspicion. I'm afraid he only has five thousand troops in the front camp. I suspect that the other troops are all civilians pretending to be soldiers. If so, this is an opportunity!"
Lu Jinsuo understood what Jia Shu meant by the opportunity, which was to let him lead an army to raid the opponent's camp, use 10,000 troops to attack 5,000 troops, and win with numerical superiority.
Lu Jinsuo was a little hesitant. The Lord did not let him attack the Jin army. If he launched an offensive rashly, it would be successful, but what if it failed?
"Maybe the prince doesn't want to fight the Jin army yet!"
Jia Shu said angrily and anxiously: "How can we not fight? Unless the prince immediately retreats to Youzhou, there may not be a fight, but Zhu Si's army has crossed the Yellow River. Is it possible that the prince will withdraw? General, now you only have three choices.
, either return the army and attack Pingji County, or withdraw the army to Xindu, or directly attack the Jin army camp. Xiangcheng is so small and broken that it is impossible to defend it."
Jia Shu's words hit home. Lu Jinsuo also knew that he had no choice now. It was okay to fight back to Pingji County, but how could he attack the city? If he just returned to Youzhou, the prince would definitely not be able to spare him. If he gave up Zhao
Prefecture, retreating to Xindu will also ruin the prince's important affairs.
Lu Jin's headlock is as big as a fight, does he really have only one way to attack?
Seeing that Lu Jinsuo was tempted, Jia Shu advised again: "The general has 10,000 troops, while the opponent only has 5,000. They are overwhelming in numbers. As long as the general does not use dangerous tactics and is not taken advantage of by the opponent, and advances step by step, even if he is completely wiped out in one moment,
You can retreat calmly without losing the other party, and you won't suffer much loss. The prince can also explain it to you, so why not?"
"General, the enemy's dispersion of troops is actually a taboo for military strategists. We should take advantage of the enemy's mistakes and defeat them one by one. This is an opportunity. General, please send troops!"
Jia Shu persuaded him again and again, and Lu Jinsuo was finally persuaded. He nodded, "Just follow what the teacher said and give it a try!"
.........
The next day, Lu Jinsuo led an army of 10,000 people to leave Xiangcheng County and advance toward the Jin army camp thirty miles away. This was a bit beyond Wu Zhiyuan's expectation. He originally thought that after occupying Pingji County, the enemy troops would move eastward.
We evacuated, but we didn't expect that the enemy troops actually moved south to attack us.
Wu Zhiyuan paced back and forth in the tent with his hands behind his hands. He realized that he had made a mistake and complicated a simple matter. He had 15,000 troops and went directly to surround the opponent. He kicked the door with cavalry and everyone
It is not difficult to annihilate the opponent, but by spreading out his troops, he gives the opponent every opportunity to defeat him.
Wu Zhiyuan was very upset, but he was upset. Now he had to make amends. Wu Zhiyuan immediately sent a messenger to find Yang Meng, and ordered him to lead 5,000 cavalry to defeat the enemy's Xiangcheng County camp, and then go south to join him.
‘Woo——’
A low trumpet sound sounded in the distance, and ten thousand enemy troops came to kill.
The Jin army built a board-walled military camp. The surrounding high walls were made of rammed earth and wood. The walls were one foot high. Although the military camp was not very big, it was strong and strong.
Wu Zhiyuan had ordered all tents to be dismantled to prevent the enemy from attacking with fire. All five thousand soldiers went to the city wall for defense. Two thousand civilians pretending to be soldiers were also assigned various chores, taking care of the horses, cooking, carrying supplies, etc.
Ten thousand enemy troops appeared three miles away to the north, marching lightly and without any baggage.
Wu Zhiyuan shouted sternly: "Don't go to war, get your crossbowmen ready, and your trebuchets ready!"
This time the Jin army went north with four cyclone artillery, which are small trebuchets. They are only eight feet high and have a pole length of two feet. They can throw small iron fire mines weighing forty kilograms eighty steps away.
Gan Xin led his army to Pingji County and took away two trebuchets, while Wu Zhiyuan also left two in his army.
The 10,000 Youzhou Yan troops marched toward the Jin camp in a mighty manner. The trumpets kept sounding, and the army stopped when they were about 300 steps away from the Jin camp.
Lu Jinsuo sat on his horse and squinted at the enemy camp. To his surprise, the opponent turned out to be a board-walled military camp. Although the board-walled army was not as easy to pull down as the Muzha military camp, it also had weaknesses. To deal with it, there was no need to attack.
As a city weapon, you only need to cut down a few large trees to make a battering ram, and knock it out with a few hits to create a big hole.
Lu Jinsuo looked around and found a forest a few miles to the west. He immediately ordered: "Go and cut down twenty of the strongest trees!"
Hundreds of soldiers ran towards the woods several miles away, while the rest of the army continued to line up, waiting for the soldiers to bring the siege trees.
On the city wall, Wu Zhiyuan looked at the murderous enemy army. Instead, he calmed down. If the enemy army forced an attack on the military camp, although he could defend it, he would also pay a heavy price. He must find a way to frighten the enemy and weaken the enemy's attack on the military camp.
morale and determination.
Thinking of this, Wu Zhiyuan ordered: "The cyclone cannon throws an iron fire thunder!"
The small trebuchet opened with a creak. Two soldiers from the firearms battalion put an iron fire mine in the hurling pocket. They lit the match, which burned. When it reached the red line, the soldiers from the firearms battalion shouted:
"emission!"
The hook rope was cut, the long throwing pole was swung out, and the iron fire thunder in the throwing pocket was thrown north. The soldiers on the camp wall fell down one after another and covered their ears.
Lu Jinsuo immediately joined the team and suddenly noticed a dark thing flying out from the opponent's camp. He didn't know what it was? It didn't seem to be very powerful. The range was less than a hundred steps, and the iron fire thunder was still far away from the ground.
When it was three feet away, there was an explosion with a 'Bang!' sound, pieces of iron flying out, and then a column of thick black smoke rose into the sky.
The sound was like thunder in the clear sky, frightening the soldiers to cover their ears, and many soldiers squatted down in fear.
"do not be afraid!"
Lu Jinsuo shouted with a trembling voice: "That is the enemy's iron fire thunder. It is a weapon. It is not a magic weapon. It can be blocked with a shield!"
Although he tried his best to comfort the soldiers, Lu Jinsuo himself was frightened. He secretly cursed himself for being confused and had forgotten the Jin army's sharpest iron fire thunder.
At this time, someone shouted from the front, "General, many brothers are injured!"
Immediately afterwards, the soldiers carried over dozens of wounded soldiers. They were all soldiers in the first three rows. They were hit by shrapnel from the iron fire mine and were covered in blood. Several soldiers had already gone into shock.
The killing distance of the iron fire thunder fragments is generally about a hundred steps, but that means that the iron fire thunder explodes after landing on the ground. The iron fragments fly upward at an angle. Although they fly high, they do not travel far.
But if the iron fire mine explodes in the air, it will be different. The shrapnel will shoot out in a straight line, and some finely broken iron fragments can shoot up to 300 steps away when it explodes.
The iron fire mine just exploded when it was three feet above the ground. Hundreds of tiny shrapnel shot across the enemy army, injuring more than thirty people.
"Stop the bleeding and get treatment immediately!" Lu Jinsuo shouted.
All the soldiers saw their bloody companions. The explosion of iron fire thunder was like the roar of a tiger, making the hunters suddenly realize the terror of the tiger. I was afraid that not only would they not be able to catch the prey, but they would also lose their lives here.
Most of the soldiers began to feel uneasy. An inexplicable sense of fear began to spread rapidly among the army, and the original murderous aura also dissipated.
"Commander, should we retreat?" Lu Jinsuo asked timidly.
Jia Shu sneered, "Can one sound scare the general back?"
"But morale..."
"Morale doesn't matter, it's easy to inspire again, come on, beat the drum!"
‘Dong! Dong! Dong!’ The drums in the Yan army were beating loudly, and the passionate drums gradually calmed down the timid hearts of the soldiers.
An hour later, hundreds of soldiers dragged in twenty giant trees. All the branches were cut off, leaving only the trunk. They were natural battering rams. They were distributed to each battalion of the Youzhou Army.
An army of ten thousand was divided into twenty battalions, and each battalion was assigned exactly one battering ram.
At this time, Lu Jinsuo was already in a difficult position.
Jia Shu looked at the camp wall and said coldly: "There are not many enemy troops, but they are still spread out in such a wide defense. This is the second time Wu Zhiyuan made the mistake of spreading his troops. Don't worry, general. Concentrate your troops to attack the gate. We will definitely fight this battle."
Win!"
The arrow is already on the string, and Lu Jin cannot be allowed to hold it back.
He had no choice but to steel himself, swing his sword and shout: "Attack the enemy camp, attack!"
‘Woo——’
The horn of attack sounded, and under the urging of the general, the 10,000-strong army had no choice but to bite the bullet and charge towards the Jin army's camp.
The 10,000-strong army was like a rushing sea tide, but its attack width was only more than 30 feet. It was like a torrent rushing towards the enemy's gate.
In the military camp, Wu Zhiyuan had changed the way of infantry. He withdrew the three thousand troops on the east and west sides, formed a crossbow unit under the north wall, and fired arrows at the enemy with the two thousand soldiers on the wall.
Two thousand civilians were sent to the high wall with spears. They were responsible for monitoring the enemy's situation in the east, west and south.
Above the camp wall, dense crossbow arrows formed a cloud of crossbow arrows, flying towards the enemy's heads. The crossbow arrows roared like a storm. The soldiers raised their shields to resist, but a large number of soldiers were still hit by the arrows.
Falling down.
"emission!"
The two cyclone cannons fired again, and two iron fire thunders rose into the sky, drawing two arcs and flying towards the outside of the camp.