Duyo's plan is actually very risky.
Sima Yi had already made his own prediction, and coupled with the confirmation of the captured Shu thieves, he knew that the "Xizuo" army sneaking into the city might launch a sneak attack on the city gate.
Therefore, Sima Yi had already ordered all city gates to strengthen their defenses, and at the same time sent additional manpower to each city gate hole.
The south gate was the greatest threat, so Sima Yi requested that five guards be stationed in the city gate and not allowed to leave without permission.
There is a group of Shu thieves outside the city who are good at climbing walls on the west gate side, so they cannot be underestimated. They are also guarded by five Shizai.
The other two city gates have also been slightly strengthened. After all, those two gates are in the rear, and no real threat has been found.
As for why there are only five or fifty people, the city gate is so big. No matter how many people there are, it will become crowded. If a battle really breaks out, it will affect the fighting of our own people.
As for the Tibetan Soldier Cave, of course there is a Tibetan Soldier Cave, and hundreds of people can be crammed into it, but normally, the city gate is not in danger of being breached, so who would deploy troops to the Hidden Soldier Cave in advance? !
Sima Yi originally thought that his troops were not enough. How could he have the extra troops to dedicate hundreds of people to hide in the caves just to prevent the Shu thieves from planning to seize the city gate? !
Based on Sima Yi's thinking, the number of Shu thieves' "fine work" troops who sneaked into the city was not large in the first place, and they could not support more than 300 people. Even if they all gathered to attack the city gate, the fifty-man troops might not be able to retreat from the enemy, but it would still be enough. Been blocked for a while.
It didn't even take half a quarter of an hour from the moment the attack was discovered to the time when the soldiers on the tower gathered to support the city gate. A force of fifty people couldn't hold out for even half a quarter of an hour.
Therefore, it seems that there are not many defenders in the city gate cave, but Sima Yi has already considered a complete defense plan, and theoretically, this plan is still very complete.
Well, only in theory.
When it came to actual operation, it was completely different.
First of all, Sima Zhao misjudged the situation and ordered the entire army to be on guard against the Shu bandits outside the city. At this time, not only the defenders on the city tower focused their attention on the outside of the city, but also the soldiers inside the city gate. We are busy installing roof timbers on the city gate to prevent enemy troops from charging into the city gate with their vehicles.
The soldiers in the city gate cave also focused their attention on this side of the city gate, and were not too prepared for the situation behind them.
Secondly, it is early in the morning, the sky is only dimly lit, and the field of vision is somewhat affected. In addition, Duyo is also very patient. The fire started in the northwest corner for almost two quarters of an hour, but Duyo still stands still and continues to wait. opportunity.
It was only when the soldiers guarding the city gate turned their attention to reinforcing the city gate that Duyo suddenly led his troops and killed the guards in the city gate by surprise.
Of course, if you really want to say it, Duyo is very lucky.
Du Yue suddenly rushed out. Although he killed one by surprise, it did not mean that the Wei army in the city gate cave had no time to react.
The captain of the Wei army who was guarding the city gate cave found that there were enemy troops coming from behind. Although he was frightened and hesitated for a moment, it did not last long. He immediately ordered the Wei troops in the city gate cave to assemble and form a formation to wait for the enemy.
If the Wei army is really allowed to form an array, it will be very difficult for a hundred soldiers to defeat the fifty Wei army in a short period of time, even if they do not have the combat effectiveness of the flying army.
After all, it's not a game. The Wei army won't stand there for you to attack, and using military formations to help defend is not the same as fighting alone.
The most important thing is that because it is a surprise attack, Wudang Feijun does not have time to form a formation. They can only use skirmishers to enter the city gate as soon as possible and fight with the Wei army.
Therefore, the Wei army must not be allowed to smoothly prepare for the enemy.
This was Du Yue's first reaction at this time, and luckily Du Yue was at the front of the team. The captain in charge of the Wei army was now standing at the exit of the city gate.
What else is there to say? Du Yue directly grabbed the short blade specially made by the Wudang Flying Army and rushed towards the captain.
At this time, it is a duel of personal bravery.
Obviously, as Wang Ping's adopted son, Du Yue, under Wang Ping's guidance, his personal martial prowess was definitely not comparable to that of a Wei military captain.
Du Yue dodged to avoid the ring-headed knife struck by Captain Wei, then quickly approached and stabbed Captain Wei's chest with the short blade.
Killing instantly with one blow, Du Yue's personal bravery was most vividly demonstrated at this moment.
The Wudang Feijun around Du Yue felt inspired when they saw how fierce Du Yue was, while the Wei Army inevitably fell into chaos when they saw the captain killed with one blow.
Obviously he has the strength to compete with Wudang Feijun. The Huanshou sword in Wei Jun's hand is twice as long as Wudang Feijun's special short blade. It has an advantage in close combat, but the soldiers of this year That's it. Once the commander encounters a surprise attack and has no one under his command, he will fall into a chaotic battle without a leader.
Let alone a large-scale military formation, even three or five people cannot form a formation and cooperate with each other.
But in the face of this kind of chaos, Wudang Feijun is the best at it. After all, in terms of personal bravery, Wudang Feijun is obviously much stronger than the ordinary county soldiers of the Wei army.
Soon, the Wei army began to fall into fighting independently, and Wudang Feijun seized the opportunity and killed more than ten people at once, and forced the remaining Wei army to disperse, leaving a passage to the city gate.
After seeing this situation, Du Yue immediately calmly commanded and assigned thirty people to stay with him at the city gate entrance. Fifty people were responsible for encircling and suppressing the remaining Wei army. The remaining ten people were asked to move. Unbolt the roof wood and gate bolts, open the city gate, and notify Wang Ping's main force outside the city to enter the city.
At this point, the task of seizing the city gate is half successful, and the other half is to see if we can hold the city gate hole until Wang Ping leads the army.
According to Du Yue's estimate, after Wang Ping saw the strange change at the west gate, the time it would take for him to lead his troops to rush into the city gate might take about two quarters of an hour. There was no way around it. There was no advance notice of this matter, so Wang Ping probably wouldn't have informed him in advance. With such preparations, it will always take time to gather troops to attack. Two quarters of an hour is already Duyo's most optimistic estimate.
However, according to Duyo's observations in the past few days, it will most likely not take more than half a quarter of an hour from the time of the attack at the city gate to the moment the defenders on the city tower get the news and come to the rescue.
Therefore, the most critical thing next is how to hold on to the city gate and prevent the Wei army from retaking it and closing the city gate.
In fact, when Wudang Feijun had just removed the roof wood and had not yet had time to remove the city gate bolts, he found a strange Wei soldier on the tower. Under the leadership of the captain, he went down to the tower to rescue him.
The only good news is that there are not many troops coming this time. They should be emergency forces, with only about a hundred people.
But even so, the city gate defense line composed of thirty people faced the challenge of three times the number of troops from the very beginning.
At this time, most of the Wudang Feijun were still fighting with the participating Wei army. Seeing someone coming to help, the Wei army burst out with a desire for survival. For a while, they could not end the battle immediately and come to help. Du Yue could only rely on these three Ten people accepted the challenge.
Although the Wudang Feijun were elites, their personal combat quality was not necessarily weaker than the elites of the Northern Army of the Han Dynasty, but they practiced more penetration warfare, assault warfare, and chaotic warfare. Du Yue had no idea about frontal battles. How much confidence.
It's not that the soldiers lack combat power, it's simply a lack of experience in forming formations to fight the enemy.
In a one-to-two battle, Wudang Feijun might be able to withstand it, but with a one-to-three military strength comparison, Du Yue really has no confidence that he can stop these Wei troops.
Therefore, we still have to think of other ways.
Then, Duyo took aim at the captain who led the team again.
I really don’t blame Duyo for knowing only this trick, but in the current situation, this trick is very useful.
The captain who leads the centurion is a low-level officer in the army. They rely more on personal bravery to lead the team, rather than sitting back and commanding operations.
Therefore, in the Centurion's surprise attack, the captain must be the first to take the lead and run at the front.
As for Duyo, because he was fighting in a infiltration, Duyo was actually dressed the same as an ordinary Wudangfei sergeant, and there was no obvious identification mark.
In other words, in the eyes of the Wei military captain, Du Yue was just an ordinary enemy soldier.
This gave Duyo a chance.
The most terrible thing is that Du Yue's personality and temper are not the same as Wang Ping's. He doesn't like this kind of face-to-face confrontation. When the Wei Army Colonel led his troops to charge over, Du Yue didn't think about fighting with Wei. The military lieutenant directly responded to the challenge, but gave up his position and allowed his colleagues to take over.
Du Yue himself pretended to be an ordinary soldier and moved towards the captain. Then he saw the captain of the Wei army and slashed at his companion with a knife. When he had no time to put away the knife, he stepped out and slashed at the captain of the Wei army. 's head.
As for this Wei Army captain, his battlefield experience was obviously better than that of the previous captain guarding the city gate. Facing Du Yue's sneak attack, he simply relied on his experience to shrink his head and dodge the fatal blow.
But the problem is that Du Yue's sword was not a horizontal slash, but an oblique slash to the Wei military colonel. He avoided the fate of having his head dislocated, but he could not avoid the outcome of being slashed on the back with the sword.
Although he was not killed on the spot, he was seriously injured and lost his combat capability.
Du Yue still wanted to kill him, but if he could become a captain, he must have a few close friends in the army. Despite the concerted effort to stop him, the Wei army captain was snatched back.
A little regretful, but it doesn't matter now.
The second captain was seriously injured by Du Yue and fell to the ground. He was unable to command. The Wei army that came to the rescue once again fell into a leaderless situation. The combat effectiveness of a hundred men could not be used at all. The thirty useless flying troops responsible for interception were under great pressure. few.
As the fighting in the city gate cave slowly ended, more and more Wudang Feijun came to support the intercepting troops. Gradually, the hundreds of Wei troops who came to support were defeated by the inferior Wudang Feijun. , which means retreating steadily.
Duyo's pressure suddenly eased a lot.
At this moment, the ten Wudang Feijun who were sent to remove the door bolts finally removed the six top logs and three door bolts, and began to slowly open the city gate.
Duyo suddenly felt ecstatic.
But immediately, Duyo stopped laughing.
The second batch of reinforcements to support the city gate cave has arrived.
This time, instead of a hundred people, two phalanxes of five hundred soldiers, a total of one thousand people, came towards the city gate.
Sima Zhao even realized that he had been deceived and personally led his troops to rescue him.
(End of chapter)
