Fierce fighting initially took place at several camp gates facing east, which was the direction from which Zhang Hui's troops were attacking.
Then it extended to the trench line.
These trenches were just roughly dug by Chen Zhi over the past few days by using the old landforms. It can't be compared with the deep and wide trenches with sharp stakes around the city.
And because it conforms to the landform, the slopes on both sides of the trench are not too steep. Twenty or thirty earth bags or a long ladder are enough to form a slope that the soldiers can run across.
On the front of the battlefield several miles wide, at least fifty slopes appeared at the same time. The archers fired arrows wildly to suppress the defenders, and then elite soldiers wearing heavy armor, iron helmets and face shields stepped across the slope and rushed towards the opposite side.
Guo Alin was surrounded by a group of soldiers.
He was an orphan rescued from the refugees when Guo Zhongyuan was working as a city fox in Zhongdu, so he took Guo Zhongyuan's surname. Later, he and Guo Zhongyuan also guarded the city and fought fiercely with the Mongolian army. On the day of Hu Shahu's rebellion, Guo Zhongyuan was trapped in Xuanyao Gate and could not move or retreat. He even snatched a corpse and avoided arrows with Guo Alin.
At that time, Guo Alin was still young, his body had not yet matured, and his skills were very limited. After following Guo Zhongyuan to Shandong, he performed very well in physical training, combat skills training, including training on the basic qualities of an officer, so he was continuously promoted. In just a few months, he rose from a pawn to a lieutenant.
When he followed Guo Zhongyuan to defeat the Mongolian servant army, he made great contributions and was promoted to general.
Under the two-level system of military households and shady households, the mid-level officers of Dinghai Navy also led the army and civilians, and they were very powerful. Guo Ning, on the other hand, often dispatched the generals to prevent them from forming a dependence on the higher-level generals.
For example, Zhang Hui, who was born in Zhongdu, first followed Guo Zhongyuan and now became the number one general under Wang Shixian.
Once Guo Alin was promoted, he was transferred to Xiao Mole's subordinates, and he followed him to gather people in Yidu and other places. He also recruited a group of veterans who had been dispersed after Wanyan Sala's death.
Xiao MoLe is a very capable general, but last month Xiao MoLe was transferred to Liaodong by Guo Ning, and his subordinates made adjustments before leaving. What made Guo Alin particularly happy was that he was left in Shandong and became Guo Zhongyuan's subordinate again.
Before the war started, Guo Alin couldn't hold back his temper. He repeatedly said to himself: He must continue to make meritorious service under Brother Guo!
Thanks to the results of previous post-war seizures and weapons inspections, the armor coverage rate of the Ding Navy is very high. Each general has a team of fifty men fully armored. Even Alixi can wear armor and go into battle. Their military pay is higher than that of ordinary soldiers, and their daily training is also extremely strict.
Guo Alin and his soldiers have trained many times on how to use soldiers to break enemy camps in a surprise attack, and he is very familiar with every step:
When the armored warriors penetrate the enemy's formation head-on, no matter how the enemy responds, they will only be broken through. The sword, shield, and spearmen behind the soldiers will follow the soldiers into the enemy camp to expand the results of the battle, while the archers will continue to fire arrows to cover.
When the opposite side of a certain trench was completely controlled, the Alixi people continued to be busy. They will completely fill the trench in the shortest possible time. After that, the cavalry attacked from here and completely crushed the enemy.
Therefore, the first wave of soldiers is the most critical.
Guo Alin shouted: "Brothers, follow me! Come on!"
Because he was too nervous, his roar was a little hoarse, and the last few words were completely broken.
Even though he is a battle-hardened veteran who has experienced many wars, Guo Alin can't help but feel nervous and scared every time he faces a critical moment where life or death depends on the sword.
This has nothing to do with courage, it's just human nature. But hard training, generous treatment, and repeated and effective ideological education can help people get rid of this instinct and forget all negative emotions when fighting.
At this moment, Guo Alin shook his head suddenly. He put aside his worries and fears, as well as the warm scene of a girl he had just been arranged to marry, as well as the warm scene where the girl occasionally came to his door and tailored clothes for him.
The bottom of the iron helmet was surrounded by a thick metal collar, which caused his shoulders to move when he shook his head. In the eyes of the defenders on the opposite side, he looked very arrogant.
The densely packed defenders stood opposite Guo Alin, holding various weapons and looking horrified.
Guo Alin suddenly waved his arm with the force of shaking his shoulders, and the thick-ridged sword with a blade length of two feet and seven inches suddenly burst out with a large silver light. Then he saw the human body on the opposite side was torn apart and blood flowed like a waterfall.
After all, the number of soldiers who rushed into the camp for the first time was still small.
Therefore, Guo Alin's sweeping attack with his sword failed to scare off the enemy, but instead aroused many people's furious clamor.
When Guo Alin took another step forward, he suddenly felt severe pain in his chest, and a force pushed his body back. It was a middle-aged man who looked like a civil servant. He rushed from the thorn and stabbed Guo Alin in the chest with a sharpened bamboo pole.
He had some courage, but it was completely useless.
The armor on Guo Alin's body was made of large pieces of iron armor leaves. As a general, he also wore a close-fitting leather armor under the iron armor. These two sets of armor alone, together with the iron helmet, face shield, waist protector, and arm guards, weighed dozens of kilograms, and the whole set was worth seventy knives.
Seventy copper coins, not banknotes!
How can a bamboo pole pierce this kind of sophisticated weapon?
No matter how much force the civil servant thrust forward, he could only make Guo Alin lean back slightly, and at most there would be bruises and blood on his chest. He didn't even have to take a step back!
Guo Alin held the handle of the knife with both hands and swung it violently in the opposite direction.
The sharp long knife cut off the bamboo pole, continued to sweep diagonally, and cut off the civil servant's arm.
The severed arm flew in the air and fell. Blood spurted out from the huge wound on his shoulder. The servant staggered back and stared at Guo Alin, shouting: "Dog thief!"
Guo Alin really doesn't think he is a thief.
In the past year, the officers and men of the Ding Navy have been continuously indoctrinated and educated through various channels. They firmly believe in their own justice, and everything the navy did in Shandong and Liaodong did indeed practice justice.
So, as an enemy of Ding Haijun, and following an unreliable guy like Li Quan... just blame yourself for your bad fate!
Guo Alin took a step forward and stabbed the middle-aged civil servant's chest with a long flat-end knife. Push him forward two more steps, then raise his legs and kick hard, kicking the body into the crowd of enemies in front, knocking them upside down.
Unfortunately, the blood splattered on Guo Alin's face armor, and some of it splashed into his eyes, slightly affecting his vision. But he didn't panic, and swung the long knife horizontally with all his strength. There were two soft clanging sounds, and he knocked away the two thrusting spears.
After running and slashing continuously, Guo Alin began to pant violently. The sound of breathing echoed inside the helmet, so that he could only hear the sound of breathing and the sound of nails colliding with each other.
But with the experience of many past trainings, he knew that after he advanced, several soldiers had rushed in through this gap. Now there were at least two people standing on the left and right to cover, and two more passed him and rushed forward to fight.
Guo Alin stood still, grabbed the cuffs of his military robe, poked into the gap in his face armor, and wiped the blood from his eyes. Just as he was wiping his eyes, several arrows flew and hit his shoulders, as if vigorous weeds suddenly grew on his shoulders.
Fortunately, these are light arrows. As the arm moves, the arrow tips continue to cut through the flesh, which is a bit painful, but the entire arrow cluster cannot penetrate the armor at all.
Guo Alin rushed forward again.
A soldier who had passed him and rushed to the front had already killed several enemies in a row.
But there is a particularly cunning enemy who is very familiar with the bandit tricks of fighting the imperial troops. He crawled forward on the ground and pierced the soldier's calf with his knife.
The soldier roared loudly and tried his best to maintain his balance, but his shin was injured and he could not hold on. He was immediately pushed down by several enemies who were rushing towards him.
This can be dangerous.
Guo Alin speeded up and rushed side by side with another soldier to cover his comrades.
The soldier stabbed forward with his long spear and struck randomly. Several iron spears were stabbed away with a crackle, and another enemy's throat was pierced.
And Guo Alin stretched out his feet and stepped on the enemy who was crawling over to attack him. He bent down slightly, held the long knife with both hands, penetrated the enemy's belly, nailed it to the ground, and struggled like a frog caught by a fishhook.
Ding Haijun's sword, shield and spearmen began to follow. They continue to wield weapons and expand the scope of their control.
The arrows whizzed past Guo Alin's head, and they were constantly being thrown by his own archers.
Guo Alin looked around and saw that there were at least a dozen people breaking through the trenches like him, and each one was killing a large number of enemies. There are four or five soldiers who have already rushed through the second and third trenches!
This is too fast!
Guo Alin was not convinced no matter what. He shouted loudly: "Brothers, follow me! Let's charge for a while!"
(End of chapter)
