Ever since the enemy cavalry began to circle the city wall, Qin Feng had basically guessed the opponent's tactics. He relied on the cavalry to gradually relax the defenders' vigilance, and finally relied on the infantry to launch a surprise attack.
Being unprepared and suddenly attacked by hundreds of people can easily lead to chaos.
At this time, when Qin Feng began to order the defenders accumulated on the east and west defense lines to reinforce the north defense line of the city, the enemy general took advantage of this opportunity to attack the south defense line in one go, and finally broke through the defense line in one fell swoop.
This tactic cannot be said to be brilliant, but it is very pragmatic, because there are no telescopes in this era. To observe the enemy's situation, you can only rely on the naked eye. The vision of the human eye has its limits. Once it is far away, it will be difficult to see. Clear details. Even those sharpshooters with excellent archery skills rely not only on their eyes, but also on their brains!
Rely on fast and precise calculations to determine the trajectory of the fallen leaves, and finally rely on arrows to intercept in the middle.
After all, the human eye, no matter how hard it is trained, cannot go beyond its limits.
The reason why Qin Feng can judge the enemy's tactics is also based on his head. If the enemy's cavalry is purely for reconnaissance and defensive deployment, then only a small number of cavalry is enough. If the battlefield is to be opened up and the infantry launches an attack, then the cavalry will go forward. After that, the infantry will definitely follow immediately.
Of course, there is another possibility, that is, the cavalry switches to fighting on foot. After reaching the northern defense line, they immediately abandon their horses and attack the city on foot. However, the enemy cavalry armor is not strong enough, and the city walls are guarded by Tianji Camp guards and Beixi soldiers, so they attack with weak troops. The elite defense line, no matter how stupid the general is, will never be able to do such a thing.
After much deliberation, the only tactic left was "secretly attacking Chencang".
In addition to the tactics themselves, Qin Feng also grasped part of the enemy general's situation. Although he was far away and the information was completely blocked, it was impossible to find out the identity of the enemy general, but Qin Feng was sure that the enemy general was a man with excellent skills. A man with military qualities, but extremely arrogant.
The task of the enemy's vanguard is to launch a continuous fierce attack on the city to eliminate the defenders' effective strength, physical strength and energy.
But the enemy general wanted to break through the defense line in one go and eat up Changshui County in one go, which shows his eagerness for quick success.
After confirming that this vanguard force was not led by Chen Si himself, Qin Feng's heart dropped a little.
Although the enemy general in front of him may not have much lower military quality than Chen Si, Chen Si does not have so many fancy ideas. Whenever Chen Si takes action, he must be powerful and hit the vital point!
In order to undermine the enemy's morale and deploy troops, everything was done in secret.
Only 200 people were originally stationed in the north of the city. After reinforcements from the east and west defense lines, the number has secretly increased to 400. All people have moved from inside the city wall and are lurking under the city wall, ready with bows and arrows, waiting for the enemy to attack. .
The enemy slowly moved to the northern defense line of the city and stopped three hundred steps away. All the cavalry dismounted and tied the reins of the horses together to prevent the horses from being frightened and running around. The eight hundred cavalry changed their pace and the five hundred infantry , forming a mixed force of 1,300 people. The 800 horsemen changed their steps and used the horse bows in their hands to temporarily serve as archers to assist the 500 infantry in the attack.
Without any hesitation, they immediately launched an attack, and the five hundred infantrymen rushed towards the city wall.
When there were only a hundred steps left, there was still no reaction on the city wall. Everyone was overjoyed. It seemed that the enemy had fallen into a trap and was completely unaware that the surprise attack had begun.
After everyone arrived at the city wall, they immediately threw the ropes in their hands towards the city wall and climbed up by relying on the hooks on the ropes. At the same time, fifty infantrymen, carrying a total of four ladders, put them on the city wall with force, and climbed along the city wall. Climb up the ladder
Just when the enemy had climbed more than halfway, the defenders who had been hiding inside the city wall suddenly appeared.
By the time the enemy realized something was wrong, it was already too late, and a roar sounded.
"put!"
Following the order, the defenders, who had been preparing for a long time, immediately lifted the crossbars piled on the city wall to the edge of the wall, and pushed them down. The crossbars rolled down, directly knocking down the enemy soldiers on the ladder, and they screamed in agony. and the sound of wailing resounded.
And this was just the beginning. The defenders kept throwing horizontal beams and stones downwards, knocking down the enemy troops who tried to climb up the city wall. At the same time, they deliberately waited for the enemy troops to climb up the ropes with great skill, and they were about to fall. After climbing up the city wall, the rope was suddenly cut off, and a series of screams followed.
Realizing that they had been ambushed, the enemy's morale collapsed instantly and they gave up the siege and prepared to retreat. At this time, the soldiers hiding under the city immediately climbed onto the city wall and continued to shoot the fleeing enemy troops with their bows and arrows.
The battle on the northern defensive line of the city ended in an extremely short time, but the battle on the southern defensive line had also begun.
Different from the north of the city, which mainly harassed the enemy, the attack in the south of the city was so powerful that all the infantry went into battle and launched a general attack on the city wall.
Looking at the densely packed enemy troops, Qin Feng stood on the city wall, motionless as a mountain, carefully observing the military situation.
When the enemy rushed to the bottom of the city wall, arrows were fired at them. However, Qin Feng was wearing heavy armor and was protected by several large shields, so he was not afraid of the arrows, and the defenders They hid behind the arrow stacks, relying on the shooting holes, and kept fighting back. The dense arrows poured towards each other like heavy rain.
More than ten ladders were set up on the city wall almost at the same time. A long line of enemy troops climbed up. And around the enemy troops who climbed the wall, there were densely packed archers, suppressing arrows to prevent the defenders from attacking the climbers. wall soldiers.
Fortunately, the defenders were all veterans of many battles. They neither took the risk to attack the soldiers who climbed the wall, nor hid in the dark shivering. Instead, they held the ladders with wooden forks and pushed outwards with all their strength.
Boom!
The ladder was overturned and hit the ground with a deafening bang. Dozens of enemy soldiers were killed on the spot.
Moreover, the defenders stood within the city wall and used wooden forks to overturn the ladders. The enemy archers who were close could not shoot at all due to the angle, while the enemy archers far away could only follow the arrows flying from a distance. , clattering down inside the city wall. Unfortunately, the defenders were all wearing strong armor, and there were specialized soldiers who raised their large shields above their heads to protect their comrades. Although arrows rained down, few people were hit.
It's a pity that the enemy troops are the elite of the Gyeonggi garrison after all. Even if they lack heavy siege equipment, they still show extremely terrifying combat effectiveness.
The enemy responded very quickly and found that the ladder could not be climbed. They immediately changed their strategy. The infantry in the front continued to try to climb, while the archers in the rear gradually gathered.
