The fighting on the west road is fierce, and Chang Yu in Tongling City on the east bank is also convening the generals to discuss how to break through Bai Wang's blockade. Although he does not know the dilemma faced by Gao Jie and the others, they are encountering the same dilemma, and they are all Likewise, there is no other way but to attack hard.
To the east is Shanxi and the river. The mountains are dangerous and the rivers are fast and there are bandit troops stationed there. The road in the middle was cut off by the bandit army and several deep trenches were dug. The officers, soldiers and cavalry were piled up in troubled times and fell into a useless place.
The road ahead was difficult and dangerous, but the generals were in high spirits and asked for battle. However, Chang Yu had Xiao Jiujiu in his heart. After a secret discussion with Li Muchian and Wu Sangui Ma Ke, he decided to let Wang Tizhong be the vanguard general and lead six thousand of his troops to clear the way with the surrendering army. However, if he only used the surrendering army to clear the way, The intention was too obvious, and more than a thousand cavalrymen of Jin Shenghuan, Lu Daqi, and more than a thousand infantrymen of Xu Hongji participated in the battle. These were Nanjing soldiers and horses who ordered him to participate in the battle. First, they blocked the entrance to the king's body, which made him feel that he was cannon fodder. Secondly, they also made him feel that he was cannon fodder. It can exercise its fighting ability.
However, this is just a preparation for battle. Chang Yu will not immediately order an attack. First, he will prepare his troops and horses. Second, he will wait for God to see the rain and report the battle on the West Road.
If the heavy rain continues, Bai Wang's troops will definitely retreat without a fight soon. If a good news comes from the west and tens of thousands of troops besiege Anqing City, Bai Wang will definitely be confused and unable to concentrate on the confrontation here.
It's just that the gods are not kind, and it has been drizzling intermittently. Half-immortal Li Muchian pointed out that there will be no heavy rain in the near future. This made Chang Yu feel a little regretful and pinned his hopes on the news of a victory on the West Road and the siege of the city.
It's just that the weight of his hope was extremely heavy, so heavy that Gao Jie and the others couldn't breathe. When they sent the troops, they were full of confidence and high morale, and had the potential to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop. Unexpectedly, they were hit head-on when they reached the ground. They saw clearly instantly. In reality, the bandit army is far from the ragtag group it once was. After several years of fighting, they have become elite soldiers with sufficient battlefield experience. In terms of intelligence and bravery, they are not as good as the officers and soldiers, and they even have a stable head.
But it would be nice to face each other with swordsmen and guns, each relying on their abilities to compete with each other. However, the thieves are constantly using all kinds of dirty tricks, and the large ditch in front of them makes them miserable.
Although the water flow in the ditch was only more than two feet wide, it was like a natural chasm with tens of thousands of horses galloping. Many officers and soldiers swimming in the water were washed away by the rapids. Even the four tree bridges were washed away after entering the water. They did not hold up for long. The stream flowed down and was washed into the east river, causing the thieves on the other side to laugh.
But they finally forced the officers and soldiers to find a way. Instead of building a bridge directly over the ditch, they threw the remaining tree bridge into the west lake and rushed towards the break. As expected, it was easily stuck, and the officers and soldiers cheered.
Done! Gao Jie, who was watching the battle, couldn't help shouting, waving his sword and shouting: "Come over and kill the thief, and you will be rewarded with ten taels of silver..." The soldiers under his command were already suppressed by the thief and felt angry in their hearts. When they heard about the heavy reward, they howled along the tree. They rushed across the bridge, but because the bridge was less than two meters wide and there were rebels in front of them desperately blocking it, those behind them couldn't get across and just swam in the water. However, this time they learned to be smart and no longer jumped directly into the ditch but swam from the west lake.
Seeing the officers and soldiers building a bridge and rushing over like crazy, Cheng Niandong was a little surprised. They all said that Gao Jie was a mad dog. It turned out to be true when they saw it today. Looking at his posture, he would not cross the ditch until he died, so he immediately dispatched soldiers and horses to surround him. Blockade, officers and soldiers are not allowed to cross the boundary.
However, the offensive was already launched at this time. The officers and soldiers braved the rain of arrows and came from the tree bridge to fight one after another. When they rushed to the other side, they fought bloody battles with the rebels. On the two wings, there were even swimmers from Shitang Lake and the Yangtze River. They blocked them before they could reach the shore. The thieves and soldiers fought together, and the scene was extremely bloody and tragic.
"Kill, kill, kill them for me, the archers cover them..." Gao Jie shouted so loud that his voice was almost hoarse, but Liu Zeqing next to him rarely spoke, staring at the battle situation with a gloomy face, even though there were several officers and soldiers at this time. Bai rushed to the other side of the ditch, but the situation was still extremely unfavorable, because the rebels built a stone wall about one meter high and about 20 miles long away from the ditch. The rebels used the stone wall as a cover to hide with bows and arrows. He fired rapidly at the charging officers and soldiers, and used hundreds of fierce soldiers to block the enemy in hand-to-hand combat. For a time, the officers and soldiers were blocked in a small space between the stone wall and the ditch, unable to advance or retreat, and the troops behind were also blocked. Not coming.
The crazy Gao Jie also saw this predicament, but he could only curse and curse incessantly. Liu Zeqing had a plan to break the situation with his eyes, and immediately ordered the archers to come forward to suppress the opponent with firepower and reduce the attack in the middle. Press, and send additional troops to both wings at the same time. The center is only for containment, and the two wings are the key to breaking the situation!
Sure enough, as more and more officers and soldiers were swimming ashore on both wings, Cheng Niandong had to allocate more troops to block it, and the defense in the middle was much emptier. The officers and soldiers took advantage of the gap and bravely moved forward to reach the stone wall. The two armies started the most brutal fight just to fight for this broken wall!
The sky was getting dark and the drizzle stopped unknowingly without falling heavily. The sound of fighting on the long and narrow battlefield between the rivers and lakes became lower and lower. The two armies fought for nearly an hour without a winner, but they were both exhausted. Unable to fight anymore, they actually stopped attacking at the same time with a tacit understanding, and faced each other with a stone wall no more than ten meters apart.
The open space of 20 to 30 meters from the north of the stone wall to the ditch was crowded with nearly a thousand panting officers and soldiers from east to west. They were either slumped on the ground or holding on to their swords and gasping for air. There were thousands of officers and soldiers behind them across the ditch. He was ready to go, but there was no place to stay in front of him.
More than a thousand thieves south of the wall were panting. The former relaxation on Cheng Niandong's face was gone. This was the most powerful officer he had seen in several years. In previous years, he rarely encountered such head-on officers and soldiers. Most of them Disintegrated in one hit and defeated in one blow, this Gao Jie impressed him with admiration!
Gao Jie was not surprised by the fighting power of the rebel army. From the more than 2,000 troops last night, there were still half of them with no new troops deployed, but he was still able to hold him back, even though he used a lot of dirty tricks. The means but its combat power are also shocking.
"The traitor army has been exhausted and only has more than a thousand men. Our troops are superior to his. We only need to repair for a while to replenish our manpower. If we charge again, the traitor army will collapse!" Gao Jie and Liu Zeqing whispered, and turned to look northwest. There were flashes of fire but no sound of killing was heard. The spies came to report that there was also a confrontation over there!
"Liu the flower horse usually looks like a fool, but he is unambiguous at the critical moment!" Liu Zeqing smiled slightly, and Gao Jie snorted: "Now we are all just a grasshopper on a rope, how can he not work hard!"
"Report, general, the rebels have retreated!" At this moment, the soldiers in the front began to cheer. Gao Jie and Liu Zeqing were startled and drove their horses forward to the ditch with their heads raised. They vaguely saw the rebels heading south and were immediately confused.
"To chase or not to chase?" Gao Jie hesitated.
"Don't chase!" Liu Zeqing's tone was firm. He suddenly withdrew when the situation was difficult to distinguish, and it was already dark. Who knows if the bandit army was digging another hole ahead.
Gao Jie also thought of this juncture and gave up chasing the enemy. He ordered the soldiers to rescue the wounded and recuperate, and sent detective horses south to detect the movements of the bandits.
From mid-afternoon to the present, after several bloody battles, the troops were exhausted and seriously injured. Liu Zeqing lost one of his three troops and frowned, clutching his chest in distress.
As soon as the thief army in front retreated, the thief army confronting Liu Liangzuo in the rear also disappeared into the darkness without a trace. However, Liu Liangzuo did not dare to relax and remained in fighting condition. After sending someone to ask about the situation here, he ordered His subordinates were stationed in the fishing village, and he personally came to discuss with Gao Jie Liu Zeqing what to do next.
