On the first day when the Liangzhou Army attacked the city, Zhang Xi frowned slightly.
The Liangzhou Army was indeed not good at siege, and Guo Huai knew this very well, so Guo Huai did not follow the conventional siege routine and asked his soldiers to build siege equipment such as hooks, ladders and ladders.
Guo Huai directly pushed twenty thunderbolt chariots in front of the formation, used them to throw stones, trying to break down part of the city wall, and then let the cavalry rush into the city through the gap in the wall.
In order to prevent the Shu army from leaving the city and burning the thunder chariots, Guo Huai also asked his generals to lead the Liangzhou cavalry to form a formation outside the north gate of Ji County, ready to charge and kill at any time.
In this way, the Wei army's siege began.
It was also the first time for the defenders of Ji County to encounter such an siege method.
First, they didn't see the cavalry harassing the city wall with mounted fire, and second, they didn't see the opponent using ladders to climb up and attack the city. All the Wei troops lined up two hundred steps away, and then let twenty catapults throw stones at the city wall.
Some stones hit the city wall, causing a lot of noise, and some stones directly hit the Ji County defenders, causing a lot of commotion.
The soldiers on the city wall, whether they were soldiers from Shu or the original soldiers from Tianshui County in Hebei County, were not many who had seen catapults attacking the city.
The soldiers in Tianshui County didn't even know what a catapult looked like. It was the first time they saw such a siege equipment today, so it was understandable that they were panicked and didn't know how to prepare.
As for the soldiers from Shu, not many of them had actually seen the catapults attacking the city. Only a few soldiers who had participated in the siege of Chengdu knew the power of the catapults.
But at that time, they were on the side that used catapults to hit people, not the ones being hit, and they didn't have much experience in how to guard against stones falling from the sky.
Therefore, the defenders of Ji County were indeed a little panicked and at a loss after being smashed.
Some timid soldiers immediately wanted to run down the city wall to avoid the flying rocks, but soon they were caught up with the military law team led by the school captain and Jun Zheng. Of course, there would inevitably be killings in the middle to deter them, otherwise there would be no chance at all. Can't control it.
The last soldiers left on the city wall could only subconsciously raise their shields to block, or hide under the female wall without showing their heads, and reluctantly still guarded the city wall.
After seeing this, Zhang Xi knew that this would definitely not work. Even if the city wall was not destroyed, the morale of the army would be destroyed sooner or later.
We must find a way to deal with these thunder cars.
Zhang Xi's first response plan was to find the bed crossbow on the wall.
At the throwing distance of the Thunderbolt Chariot, only the bed crossbow could hit the Thunderbolt Chariot. But unfortunately, there was no bed crossbow at all in Ji County.
The Liangzhou soldiers were not good at attacking the city. The enemy cavalry approached the city wall and used bows and arrows to repel the enemy. No one expected that Guo Huai would play "Thunderbolt Chariot" in Liangzhou. In this era, Liangzhou really did not attack the city like this.
The first option is invalid.
Then Zhang Xi had to use the second plan - ordering people to go out of the city and burn down the Thunderbolt Car.
Zhang Xi handed over this important task to Old Man Wei.
There was no way, Old Man Wei was the one with the most experience in commanding troops and the strongest fighting ability in the city. This kind of arduous task could not be entrusted to anyone but him.
You know, this time going out of the city to burn down the Thunderbolt Chariot, you not only have to come into close contact with the opponent's escort troops, but also have to withstand the threat of enemy cavalry charges. Most people really can't do this job.
To be on the safe side, Zhang Xi gave Wei Yan three thousand men.
Old Man Wei was very excited about this and did not shirk it at all just because he thought the task was dangerous. In Wei Yan's view, this kind of moment is when he uses himself to show his true ability.
What's more, Wei Yan's butt injury has healed, and he has no worries at all.
But for one thing, Wei Yan believed that 3,000 people were not needed at all. Giving him 1,000 people would be enough.
This really wasn't Wei Yan's arrogance. It was really a team of three thousand people, and it was too difficult to command.
This time out of the city to attack and burn down the Pili car, the key point is the word "quick".
Not only must you leave the city quickly, but you must also attack quickly, and you must retreat even faster. Otherwise, you will be completely surrounded by the opponent's cavalry outside the city. Even if you can break out, you will suffer heavy losses.
In today's Hebei County, there is no good way to stop the cavalry attack. They must withstand the cavalry attack and fight out of the city.
In this case, the team of 3,000 people will appear to be relatively bloated, and it is easy for the cavalry team to break up into several sections because the order is not issued in time, and then be surrounded and suppressed one by one.
Another thing, three thousand people will take a long time whether they are leaving the city or entering the city. But when you get outside the city, you won't be given much time to form a formation to meet the enemy. And even if you meet the enemy, with the scale of three thousand people, it will take a long time. It was impossible to break through the encirclement and interception of thousands of cavalry.
Therefore, Wei Yan felt that a thousand men, not more than a thousand, would not only be able to command quickly and flexibly, but also have enough combat power to kill the enemy's Pili Cha garrison and burn down the Pili Cha.
This was Wei Yan's idea. At this time, Wei Yan would not lose his temper with Zhang Xi. After explaining his reasons, he led a thousand people to gather at the gate of the city, ready to go out to fight at any time.
At this time, Zhang Xi would not argue with Wei Yan. He followed Wei Yan's suggestion and ordered the archers on the city wall to be ready to respond to Wei Yan's army. Now was not the time to be impulsive.
Under such circumstances, Wei Yan led a thousand soldiers out of the city.
Guo Huai also sneered when he saw that the gates of Ji County were wide open and someone was leading troops to fight. Are the infantry in your city still trying to break through the obstruction of your own cavalry and come to burn down the Thunderbolt Chariot? !
What a beautiful thought.
Now Guo Huai feels that he is a sure winner.
If the defenders of Ji County do not leave the city, then he can use his Thunderbolt Chariot to break down the city wall and then enter the city to kill the enemy. If the defenders of Ji County go out to fight, Guo Huai can take advantage of the cavalry to completely eliminate the effective forces of Ji County.
Therefore, Guo Huai was not worried at all when the Ji County defenders went out to fight in the city. He directly ordered the cavalry on the side of the city gate to form formations and prepare for a charge.
But Wei Yan is Wei Yan after all. Historically, he has been entangled with Guo Huai on the Hanzhong front line for nearly ten years and is a destined opponent.
Guo Huai was waiting. After the Ji County defenders came out of the city and formed a formation, he asked the cavalry to launch an assault, not giving the Shu army any chance to form a formation.
But Wei Yan didn't give Guo Huai the chance to wait. As soon as the city gate opened, Wei Yan led the army and rushed out without forming a formation at all. He just asked the soldiers to follow him and started running around the city wall.
Guo Huai was a little dumbfounded and said that such a long one-word snake formation completely exposed his own weaknesses in front of the cavalry. He could kill these thousand cavalry with a casual charge.
But the problem is, this group of people ran under the city wall.
Guo Huai could order the cavalry to attack, but if he went to attack at this time, the cavalry would first have to face the bows and arrows on the city wall to attack Guo Huai, who was a little reluctant.
Cavalry is much more expensive than infantry, and the Liangzhou cavalry he has on hand is of great use, but he is reluctant to waste it.
Guo Huai was hesitating, but Wei Yan was not. He quickly took advantage of Guo Huai's hesitation, organized his 1,000 soldiers, and then led the troops and rushed directly to the Wei army's Thunderbolt Chariot position.
At this time, Guo Huai finally reacted. Now that you are out, I won't be polite.
Guo Huai immediately ordered the cavalry to charge.
But at this time, Wei Yan started his sexy operation again.
After observing Guo Huai ordering the cavalry to charge quickly, Wei Yan made a decisive U-turn and suddenly changed direction from leading the troops forward to moving sideways. At the same time, he ordered the soldiers to raise their shields and make movements to defend against arrows.
Once the cavalry accelerates, it is impossible to slow down again in a short period of time. This will cause the impact formation to be scattered, and in serious cases, the cavalry may trample on each other.
Therefore, the cavalry can only rush towards the established target and try to adjust its attack direction during the march.
But as far as the impact distance outside the north gate of Ji County is concerned, considering the speed of the cavalry, it only takes a few dozen breaths to rush over. It is difficult to adjust the direction of the battle on a large scale after the horses speed up. .
In addition, at this time, Wei Yan had not completely escaped the attack range of the city wall's arrows. The cavalry suddenly changed direction and rushed over. Not only was it difficult to control the speed, but it was also attacked by arrows on the city wall.
Therefore, Cao Wei's cavalry almost roared past Wei Yan's military formation, and they only had time to kill the enemy with their cavalry. This is why Wei Yan ordered his soldiers to raise their shields.
It has to be said that Wei Yan was really good at commanding these 1,000 men. At the same time, his ability to grasp the details of the battlefield was also excellent. He managed to avoid the first impact of Cao Wei's cavalry with a single change of speed.
Once the cavalry charge is over, they need to turn around at the other end, and it will take some time to reorganize the assault queue.
Wei Yan also quickly seized this moment, quickly organized his army again, and rushed towards the Thunderbolt Chariot position before the cavalry could re-arrange themselves.
Guo Huai's expression changed when he saw it.
I have to admit that this Shu general is an excellent general, with excellent command of his subordinates and control of the battlefield.
However, as soon as Guo Huai waved his command flag, another group of infantry came out on the right wing of Cao Jun to support the Perak convoy.
Guo Huai is a famous general after all, and he will not fail to make plans for this kind of thing.
After all, the opponent was Zhang Xi, a general known for his resourcefulness. It was not impossible to escape the first cavalry attack. Guo Huai could not put all his defense on the cavalry attack, so he still had backup methods.
Therefore, in addition to cavalry, Guo Huai also arranged infantry guards for the Pili fleet. As long as he could hold off Wei Yan's infantry for a period of time, when his cavalry reorganized their formation and attacked from both front and rear, all these Shu troops would have to surrender. it's here.
Wei Yan also knew that now was the critical moment. These soldiers could not escape. He could only rely on the strength and bravery of the soldiers to rush in and try to make the two armies strangle together, so as to avoid the enemy's two-sided attack to the greatest extent.
Therefore, Wei Yan took the lead and directly strangled Cao Jun's infantry.
At this time, Guo Huai's face looked a little ugly.
On the one hand, Wei Yan's personal military bravery was quite impressive. One person was like an arrow, tearing apart part of the defense line of Wei soldiers and leading the Shu army to fight with the Wei army.
On the other hand, Guo Huai found that the Liangzhou soldiers he led seemed a bit unable to withstand an infantry fight.
This is so weird. What did these Shu soldiers eat to grow up? !
But now, Guo Huai had no intention to think about this problem for the time being. He waved his command flag again - Guo Huai's Chinese army was dispatched to support the Pili Che garrison.
This Shu army must be left behind.
(End of chapter)
