It rained heavily for three days in a row, chilling Liang Ren's heart. During these three days, wind and rain kept watering the land. Large areas of sand turned into turbid currents, large areas of roads turned into swamps, and muddy water flowed freely across the earth. There were no clouds in the sky, and everything you could see was dark.
Under this situation, the Liang people never launched an attack. Only a small number of people cleaned the traps in the rain and dug out a few roads on the edge of the plateau. The roads were small and difficult to travel. Soon, some of the soil on the plateau overturned, and the These are buried, and the opportunity to attack the city is far away.
When Jia Xu heard the news in ten thousand years, he rode forty miles in the rain and rushed to Li Jue's camp. As soon as he entered the door, without even taking off his dripping raincoat, he threw down his bamboo hat, revealing his pale face that had been soaked in the rain, and said to Li Jue. Jue said: "At a critical moment of life and death, how can we delay the rain and convene a military meeting as soon as possible?"
Within half an hour, the commander-in-chief of the Liang people gathered together again. Jia Xu was not as polite and respectful as before, and directly said to everyone: "The counterattack on Xijing, the military situation is already hasty, if it continues to be delayed, the troops will see that nothing can be done, and the morale will be lowered." You must be depressed. If you let it go, even if there are more than 100,000 people, what's the use? I'm afraid they will be defeated before fighting. Who knows, someone will take your heads to receive the reward! The matter has come to this, there will be no delay, one day Within ten days, we will destroy Gaoling!"
Wang Fang suffered a loss in the first battle, and many of his men were still recuperating. At this time, they were quite unwilling to fight. He said directly at the meeting: "But now it is raining heavily and muddy, the road is difficult to travel, and the soldiers cannot move quickly. We must attack the city by force." , it’s just hurting people’s lives, I’m afraid the defeat will be faster, so we’d better wait a little longer.”
Jia Xu heard this and reprimanded: "If the rain stops, won't the road be difficult? If the road dries up, will the food and grass be enough? Now under the heavy rain, the enemy cannot see far away, and his arrows are not accurate. We can't attack by fire, and Chang'an can't send reinforcements. You only see the disadvantages, but not the advantages, so why don't you surrender, how can you stay here!"
Xu Rong agreed with Jia Xu's remarks, but felt embarrassed for Wang Fang, so he calmed down the atmosphere and said: "The battle must be fought, but the road is muddy, and some preparations are really needed. Otherwise, the soldiers will be exposed to heavy rain. I feel that my life was wasted, and the people are not in harmony, so the military order will no longer work."
When everyone heard this, they all agreed with Xu Rong's words. Soldiers need speed. This is not just about marching, but also in battle. This is also the biggest obstacle caused by heavy rain. Jia Xu said, "This is easy to handle. I have a solution."
So the determination to attack the city was determined the next day.
Maybe it was because the sky was also affected. Early the next morning, the rain became noticeably lighter. The people of Liang ate at noon, but before it was time, the whole army came out of camp and approached the fence. When the people in the city saw this, trumpets sounded, and many people rushed up to the fence and stood up making noise. During these days, they built watchtowers in the fence and piled earth and rocks behind the fence to form hillocks, allowing them to stand high and facilitate archery and assassination.
Dark clouds hang low in the sky, pressing directly on the battle formation. The low-pressure clouds form a misty mist close to the surface, making the fence looming. The drizzle, which had become thin and cold, fell and hit the long horse's eyelashes. The horse moved slightly, and the knight's iron tools made a slight impact sound, like wind chimes ringing softly in the rain.
As the horn sounded, Li Jue's troops in the east began to move forward slowly, getting closer to the fence. However, from the perspective of Bingren who was guarding the city, the infantry in the front row was holding a large roll of something in their hands. What is it? Bedding on the ground while walking. It turned out that these were all bark and grass. Jia Xu asked the infantry to explore the road with these. When they encountered a slightly easier road, they spread the bark and grass on the ground to create a fast passage for the knights to ride their horses.
This tactic is indeed effective. Although horse racing is still not as convenient as usual, it can point out a path for the knights, and it can also fill in some roadblocks. After almost an hour, the infantry in front has arrived at the foot of the plateau, and they are fighting on the plateau. Between the plateau and the bottom, there is only a stone road that can accommodate five horses walking together. If you ride your horse through it, you will be within the arrow's distance of merging people.
At this time, the military flags were also moving. The cavalry walked quickly to the stone road on the newly saved road. Seeing that they were about to reach the plateau, the generals' shouts came and went, and the horses stopped suddenly. At this time, the knight in the front row dismounted and stood next to the horse. They carried bows and quivers on their backs and held long swords in their hands. Many of them not only had knives hanging on their belts, but also a hand ax for close combat. The rain was wet and cold. People stamped their feet with leather boots and made a squeezing sound. They walked onto the stone road and stopped at the last point.
Most of Li Jue's cavalry were light cavalry, wearing leather caps on their heads, leather armor on their bodies, and leather boots on their feet. The movement is very agile, but against the long forest ahead, the protection is far from enough. On the other hand, about half of the Bing people were wearing iron hats and armor. They were mixed in with other people wearing turbans, leather armors or even no leather armor. They looked very eye-catching. It was obvious that the Bing people were composed of multiple troops. But a small number of them are elite soldiers who have been with the army since joining the party.
Before the war, Li Jue encouraged them: "Gaoling City is right in front of us. If we conquer Gaoling, Chang'an will not be far away!" At this time, the drums were beating loudly, and it was time for the forwards to charge. The generals in the front row were also encouraging the sergeants beside them. Some said: "Today we will break through the fence first, and tomorrow we will capture Gaoling. We will go to Chang'an the day after tomorrow. Countless glory and wealth are waiting for us!" Others said! People said: "Avenge the Grand Master! Kill all these traitors!" The soldiers in the front row shouted one after another, rushed onto Fengzhengyuan with weapons in hand, and rushed towards the fence dozens of steps away. Hundreds of pairs of leather boots stepped on the wet ground, splashing countless yellow-red mud spots, crackling on people's boots, legs and clothes.
Liang Ren shouted wildly and rushed towards the fence. What greeted them was a shower of arrows from behind the fence. A row of arrows hit them, and a group of people staggered to the ground. Leather armor cannot block arrows, and there is no scene here of the fierce battle in Guangcheng, where the heavily armored soldiers had dozens of arrows stuck in their bodies and fought with their swords like hedgehogs. The defenders' arrows were like cutting grass, shooting down the Liang people one by one.
After the military meeting, Jia Xu did not leave. He walked up to the earth hill built by Li Jue's troops on a rainy day and looked at the Liang people's offensive. He watched the soldiers being shot down one by one. His face was expressionless. In fact, he was holding the railing tightly with both hands, almost It's about to be crushed. He stared at the distance between the charging man and the fence, getting closer and closer. Finally, a dot reached the fence, and then more dots began to connect. This is because the Liang troops from the north and south also rushed up. The troops from the west suffered some losses and were the last to arrive. However, at this time, the Liang troops were already on the front facing about thirty or fifty steps to the east and north. After grabbing the fence, more people swarmed behind.
This was Ryoto's plan in advance, to break through the fence on a front that was dozens of people wide, and then let the cavalry in. In this way, there is no need to break through the fence that is several miles wide. The fighting area between the two sides is not large. If it can be seen from the sky, the Quyu Valley where the two sides come into contact is just a point on this Great Wall-like fence. The defensive strength was originally insufficient, and only a hundred and eighty people could actually reach the fighting surface. The others could only watch and shoot arrows from behind or outside. Of course, the same goes for Ryoto, but their goal is to destroy the fence.
The fence was hurriedly built in a few days, covering more than twenty miles. Because the Liang people had a large number of soldiers, they had to use even force when building it. In this way, in every specific place, the defensive power of the fence is actually not strong. It consists of wood inserted vertically into the ground and wood connected horizontally. For stability, there is a piece of wood at the back to resist it, but this does not constitute an obstacle. The gaps between the wood can be used for shooting arrows and saving. As a barrier against cavalry attacks, this was sufficient. But once the infantry advances closely and concentrates its strength to attack one point in turn, it will definitely not be able to resist for a long time.
What Liang Ren was doing now was to take turns using a short ax to chop down a small section of the fence, regardless of casualties. The main thing is to cut off the horizontally connected wood, and then push down, kick or pull out the upright wood, and then enter the fence to fight.
The one who jumped in front of the fence was Li Ying, Li Jue's younger brother. Li Ying was one of the few military and political talents in the Liang army. Not only was he good at fighting, but he also studied under Zhao Wen, the admonishing doctor. He was quite knowledgeable in literature, so he had a high prestige in the army, and his subordinates all worked to quell the Qiang rebellion. Just veterans who joined the army.
No one could shoot arrows anymore, but countless slivers of wood stabbed down from between the fences and on the fence. Liang Ren, who was stabbed in the head, neck, chest and abdomen, immediately fell under the fence. More people were waving their hands to block it, and even grabbed the stick and chopped it with an axe, so people's arms were covered with blood-red scratches. The tips and stems of the bamboo pole were dyed bright red, but the man in front of him still couldn't help but chop down the crossbar on the fence with his axe. Behind the axe-swinger, layers of thorns stretched out like a forest, and the thorns of the same people collided and stabbed at the top and bottom of the fence.
After a while, many fences were tilted open. After removing the crossbars, Liangren pushed aside the upright wood to the left and right, and got into the fence sideways. What greeted them was the long thorns that greeted them. But Liang Ren did not flinch. Captain Li Ying was one of the first few people to get into the fence. He raised his bloody hand and smashed the short ax into the face of the person in front of him, and then used it from his waist. Pull out your long sword and wave it up and down to rush into the enemy's formation. The few people behind him pulled up some rickety logs to expand the area of the hole, and then jumped into the fence to fight,
Soon, the collapsed area expanded, and dozens of Liang people rushed inside. The people behind were temporarily out of danger, and they all took up their bows and fired randomly towards the fence and to the left and right. In order to avoid it, the new soldiers involuntarily retreated, which further expanded the space to be penetrated.
Soon, the outer fence of Gaoling had been damaged in five places.
