As time went by, the cruel offensive and defensive battle in Bailangyuan entered its third day. The battle was very fierce. Corpses were strewn across the fields and rivers of blood were found inside and outside the trenches and fences of the Sui army camp. To this day, the attacking Murong Yan army has lost no less than 20,000 soldiers and prisoners, while the Sui army on the defensive has also lost nearly 6,000 soldiers. This means that Wei Yunqi's army of 10,000 people is basically Crippled.
In the past two days, Murong Yan did not even make a tentative attack as Wei Yunqi and others judged. From the beginning, he pressed all the troops on him, wave after wave like a stormy sea, allowing Wei Yunqi to The others didn't even have a chance to breathe.
These days, Wei Yunqi and Ling Jing clearly felt that Murong Yan was getting more and more anxious day by day. In order to capture the Sui army camp, he even ignored Li Jingjun and Cui Shijun.
Fortunately, the news of the imminent arrival of Li Jingjun and Cui Shijun greatly boosted morale. After the soldiers had hope, they all stayed at their posts desperately.
Of course, the more important thing is that the Qiang soldiers are very good at fighting.
The Qiang people can be traced back to the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties. If they did not have their own characteristics and advantages, they would have been lost in the long river of history just like the arrogant Xiongnu and Rouran. How will it continue to the present?
While the Qiang people have coexisted with the Han people for thousands of years, they have been greatly influenced by Han cultural trends. Since they have lived in a barren and cold place for a long time, the Qiang people have in their blood the habits of the foreigners who are not afraid of death and respect the strong. There is also a vague concept of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism. It's just that before they pledged their allegiance to the Sui Dynasty, they not only fought for the tribal chiefs and the great chiefs, but were also exploited by the chiefs and the great chiefs for a long time. What's more, once their wives and daughters were attracted by the chiefs, the chiefs would rob them if they wanted. They slept whenever they wanted, so their previous lives were no different from those of Han slaves.
But now, not only do they own fixed land and real estate, but their wives and daughters are also protected by the law. Their children who have successfully completed their studies can also pass the examination and become officials or generals, which has greatly improved their social status. promote. Compared with before, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a world of difference.
Under the mobilization of Ling Jing and other civilian officials, they knew that when the war reached this point, they were no longer fighting for the country, but fighting for themselves and themselves. Only by persisting until reinforcements could they go back alive to see their parents, wives and children. , so that we can go back alive and enjoy the beautiful days that we have just won.
Therefore, although the losses of the Sui Army were heavy, the morale of the remaining Sui Army soldiers became increasingly high after they became familiar with Murong Yan's fighting style. This also made the Sui Army's camp like a rock firmly rooted in the sea, always in the stormy waves. Standing tall, the enemy troops that rushed forward were like the tides, causing splashes and fragments, and finally returned without success.
In the early morning of the third day, the frontal battle had entered the most brutal stage. The Sui army camp standing on the slope was like a dense rain of arrows, constantly shooting down the invading enemies. However, Murong Yan's army also went crazy. They braved the rain of arrows and put up ladders on the camp fence. The soldiers climbed up like crazy. They held up shields in one hand and used spears and knives in the other to fight Sui. The army fought fiercely, and every time a boulder hit their heads, several soldiers screamed and fell off the ladder, but immediately others swarmed up.
Sui soldiers fired arrows from the left and right sides. The Sui soldiers' arrows were sharp and penetrated the leather armor. A series of soldiers on the ladder were shot and fell off the ladder. But the crazy Murong Yan soldiers no longer cared about their heads. They used shields to protect themselves. On both sides, the number of people hit by arrows gradually decreased.
In front of the camp gate, dozens of Sui troops were fighting fiercely with the enemy in front of each ladder. In front of a ladder in the east of the city, Po Chaoqi was already red-blooded. He led a brigade of Sui troops to fight with the surging enemy troops. The army fought fiercely, and they faced Murong Yan's elite soldiers. Each of these men was tall and wearing Sui army armor. These men held shields, long knives and sharp spears, and fought against the Sui army without fear of death.
Murong Yan's 5,000 elite soldiers had not moved until today. He threw them all into the battlefield. Naturally, he wanted to use these elite soldiers to defeat the Sui camp in one fell swoop and annihilate the exhausted Sui army in one fell swoop.
A Sui soldier in front of the ladder was slashed in the forehead and fell on his back with a gushing blood. Another Sui soldier immediately rushed up with a spear, pierced the enemy's chest with the spear, and carried him down to the city again. Withstood this gap.
A strong enemy soldier used a shield to push back the Sui army, and was the first to jump up on the wall. In an instant, several spears pierced his body like sharp arrows, causing him to scream and roll down, but that was it. The enemy's actions created a brief gap in the Sui army's defense. The suppressed Murong Yan soldiers seized the opportunity and rushed forward one after another.
When Po Chaoqi saw this, he roared and led the spare brigade soldiers to kill him. The shiny black sword slashed down diagonally, and the sharp blade flew a centurion away. Blood spurted out and his head fell. Rolling down, the pungent blood rushed to his face.
Seeing Po Chaoqi's unusual bravery, the enemy soldiers shouted and surrounded them. The brigade commander not far away was shocked and hurriedly led his troops to help. Po Chaoqi saw his intention and shouted loudly: "Bisu Mo, don’t come over.”
Yizumo suddenly realized that the current defense was integrated. If he led troops to rescue Po Chaowei, there would be gaps in the defense, and they would soon be breached by a steady stream of enemy soldiers. They would be defeated without a doubt. He saw that the general was not defeated. After being downwind, I felt relieved and continued to lead my men to withstand the oncoming enemy troops.
He was extremely energetic, danced his sword imperceptibly, and fought against more than 20 fierce enemy elite soldiers without falling behind at all. The more he fought, the more courageous he became. Wherever the long sword passed, he killed the enemy soldiers and made them fall on their backs. He broke out of the encirclement in an instant and turned back to fight back.
In just a moment, most of the more than 20 enemy soldiers were killed or injured, and the remaining few were so frightened that they all avoided the weapon.
"General, come and help us!" Suddenly, a soldier's shrill cry for help came from the left direction.
When Po Chaoqi heard the sound, he saw that the situation of the battle group was very critical. More than a hundred enemy troops were besieging and occupying an area of several feet in radius. They were working hard to widen the gap. However, his soldiers suffered heavy casualties and were about to be destroyed. Lost.
Seeing that the situation was critical, he rushed forward and rushed into the enemy group. His long sword swept across it with all his strength, and there was only a "Crack!" With a sound, seven or eight spear shafts were chopped off by sharp blades. Po Qi clamped the shafts under his ribs, swung the long knife with his arm to sweep, and with his left hand pulled out the horizontal knife on his back and slashed, killing instantly. Killed more than ten enemy soldiers.
Dozens of enemy soldiers were so frightened that they jumped off the wall. The crisis on the east side of the gate was immediately solved. This was the defensive line of the second regiment. However, the Beyonder did not see the captain, and turned around and asked: "Where is Colonel Liu?" "
Shi Hao, commander of the first brigade of the Second Regiment, said sadly: "Reporting to the general, Lieutenant Liu was stabbed by an enemy soldier, and he fell into the wall with the enemy soldier in his arms. It was he who rolled down the ladder with the enemy soldier and climbed the ladder to the enemy soldier. We have to sweep it down together with the army, and we only have one less gap."
Po Chaopin looked down and saw Lieutenant Liu's body being submerged by the surging enemy soldiers. He was suddenly shocked, angry, angry and hateful. The veins on his neck were bulging. He wanted to jump down and kill these The bandit army killed them all. But he also knew that the situation was critical now, and he must not show off his courage or vent his anger on Colonel Liu, otherwise, the camp would be lost.
He took a deep breath and immediately said to Shi Haoling: "From now on, you will be the captain of the Second Regiment. You will be responsible for this place. If the enemy army breaks into the camp from here, you are the only one to ask."
After saying that, he led the remaining reserve brigade towards the third regiment's defense line.
"I obey my orders!" Shi Hao bowed to Po Chaoqi's back, turned around and shouted: "Brothers from behind, come up to me and fill the gap immediately."
He directed his soldiers to quickly fill the gaps in the defense line and rejoin the battle.
The defensive line on the east side of Yuanmen is so critical, so Yang Tie might as well make some concessions on the west line of Yuanmen.
The section of the defense line close to the camp gate was in charge of the first regiment to which Yang Tie belonged. A Sui soldier was pierced by three enemy spears. With a ferocious look on his face, under the horrified eyes of the enemy, he stood up and raised his body. The last strength fell on the three of them, and at the last moment of their lives, they pushed the enemy off the wall with all their strength.
A soldier of Murong Yan's army chopped down a tired Sui army with a knife and stepped on the wall that was more than ten feet wide. But before he could be happy, he suddenly felt a tearing pain in his ankle. When he looked down, he saw The soldier who was cut down by him couldn't help but be furious. He raised his sword and wanted to kill this bastard with one blow. However, before the blade could be lowered, a soldier who had broken an arm struck with a sword. Pierced his chest...
The same scene was played out in front of the military camp again and again. The courage that the Sui troops guarding the camp showed at this moment made the soldiers of Murong Yan's army who were also exhausted frightened.
"Crazy! Crazy!" Murong Yan retreated from the front of the camp with a look of embarrassment. He looked at the livid Murong Yan and hissed: "Young Master, all the soldiers of the Sui Army are crazy. There is no way to fight this battle. Got it!"
At this moment, Murong Yan's hair was disheveled and his face was covered in blood. Although there were no fatal wounds, he was covered in bruises. Murong Yan even had several bleeding teeth marks on his face, and his left ear was also bitten off.
"What's going on with you?" Murong Yan frowned slightly. His order to Murong Yan was to capture the enemy camp within one day. However, on the third day of the war, Murong Yan did not complete this task.
He didn't blame Murong Yan for this.
Because he personally commanded the army to attack the camp yesterday, but in the end he could not capture the camp, which was in danger but always stood tall. Therefore, he also knew that the Sui Army's resilience and tenacity were terrifying.
But now that the war has started, there should be very few soldiers and horses left in the Sui army. Today, he has sent even the most elite five thousand elite soldiers. Even if the battle ahead is not one-sided, the general who is attacking the city should not be in such a mess. ah.
Murong Yan was also a person who believed in respecting the strong. He was respectful, fearful and helpless at the terrifying fighting spirit displayed by the soldiers of the Sui army. He smiled bitterly and said: "The soldiers of the Sui army are crazy. They will fight to the death without retreating." , and those injured soldiers were also struggling to their death. Before they died, they dragged our men to jump down. Even if they lost their weapons, they were like wounded wild wolves, coming up to bite people. Our soldiers We are all frightened by their desperate fighting style!"
"Hmph!" Murong Yan sneered when he heard this. He squinted his eyes and looked at the Sui army camp in the distance, and said slowly: "The Sui army soldiers are almost finished. They are just struggling to death. You continue to command the army to attack. I would like to Let’s see how long they can last!”
"Follow your orders!" Murong Yan took off his water bag, drank a few sips of water, and then went up to give instructions with the long knife again. But this time, he did not dare to rush to the front line. Instead, he led his direct soldiers to command the army from the rear to attack the enemy's weaknesses.
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At the camp gate, Wei Yunqi saw from a distance that the enemy troops were coming like a stormy wave again, and he couldn't help showing a heavy look of worry. Just as they had expected and worried before, Murong Yan really tried his best, and from now on Judging from the situation, our soldiers have reached the extreme limit. If Li Jing and Master Cui don't show up again, they may be completely wiped out today.
At this time, a fire chief rode his horse and came under the camp gate, raised his head and said loudly: "General Wei, the inner camp has been built, and we can retreat."
Wei Yunqi was overjoyed when he heard this. He looked at the enemy soldiers who were already a mile away, and howled loudly: "Retreat, all retreat into the inner camp!"
The so-called inner camp was the result of discussions with Ling Jing when they first arrived. Not only did they know that the enemy army was powerful, but they also knew that the defensive power of the military camp was far inferior to that of the city wall; in the upcoming bloody battle, the Sui soldiers who were defending against danger were bound to suffer huge casualties.
At that time, the few and tired soldiers could not hold the long defensive line of the front camp at all, so they forced the army to spread out. The thin troops were defeated one by one by the enemy with more soldiers and more generals. Therefore, the camp was set up at the selected location. At that time, the first line of defense was set up in a relatively wide area, and a second line of defense that was 60 to 70% shorter was built in a narrow place one mile away from the rear.
If the front camp cannot resist or suffers heavy losses, they can shrink their forces and continue to fight the enemy with the help of the second line of defense.
The 10,000-strong army had been defending until now, but now there were less than 4,000 of them. The enemy army had just retreated and regrouped to fight, keeping a distance of one mile between the two. It was a good opportunity for them to retreat to the inner camp.
Following Wei Yunqi's order, the soldiers in the camp quickly withdrew to the inner camp. At the same time, torches were continuously thrown around, forming a blazing isolation zone between the inner camp and the main camp, allowing Wei Yunqi to redeploy his troops. Buy more time.
"Crack! Click!" As the Sui soldiers retreated, the empty front camp gate was easily occupied by Murong Yan's army, and some crumbling gaps were pushed to the ground.
Murong Yan's army poured into the camp like a tide along the gaps. However, what greeted them was the raging fire that gradually spread. The blazing flames burned their way forward and retreat. Many of them were The soldiers rushing forward were trapped directly in the sea of fire, and were gradually swallowed up by the sea of fire amidst screams.
Murong Yan, who was watching the battle from the rear, originally heard that the camp was destroyed and was very happy to lead his soldiers forward slowly. However, the sudden blazing fire and the screams forced him to stop again. When he saw Murong Yan running towards him, he suddenly asked in a frightened and angry voice: "What's going on? What's going on ahead?"
"Young Master, the Sui army first planted flammable objects in the camp and set it on fire themselves. The fire not only hindered our army's pursuit, but many of the soldiers who rushed forward were directly burned to death in the military camp. ." Murong Yan glanced at Murong Yan and said bitterly: "The soldiers in the front couldn't stand the scorching fire, so they all retreated desperately, while the soldiers in the back didn't know what was happening ahead, and they were all eager to do their best and rushed forward with all their strength. .In this way, the two collided."
There were some words that Murong Yan did not dare to say.
That is, when the front army was burned by the fire, everyone focused on saving their lives. Everyone turned around and retreated. In order to save their lives, they turned around frantically and danced to their own people. He grabbed the butcher's knife, and the people behind him had no choice but to fight back with their swords in order to save their lives. So where the front army and the rear army met, a tragic fratricidal fight broke out. Moreover, the fire spread at an alarming speed under the howling of the strong wind, which in turn prompted the front army to desperately kill the rear army.
The army at the forefront was the elite soldiers equipped with armors and weapons made in the Sui Dynasty. Their weapons were sharp, their armor was strong, and they had the strongest combat power. Their potential to be forced out by fire was amazing, so the results they achieved also impressed Murong. Yan wants to cry but has no tears.
The only good thing is that the fire has already separated the Sui army and its own army in two. If there was no such fire, the Sui army would only need to cover up from behind, and they would be defeated like a mountain, thousands of miles away.
Although Murong Yan's words were unclear, Murong Yan was not a fool. He just guessed what the soldiers in front were doing from the last sentence "the two collided."
After all, his soldiers have grown up in an environment where the jungle is strong and the strong eat the strong. They are as ferocious and selfish as wolves. When their lives are threatened, how can they care about the friendship and love of the same clan?
He took a deep breath, suppressed the urge to roar, and asked through gritted teeth: "Did our army suffer a lot of losses in the fire?"
Murong Yan glanced at Murong Yan cautiously and said fearfully: "The total losses caused by this must have exceeded yesterday's battle."
These words were like a thunderbolt from the blue, making Murong Yan stunned. You know, he only lost six to seven thousand people yesterday, but now a fire caused his army to kill each other and killed more than six to seven thousand people. How could they not be surprised? How not to be angry?
Immediately, he angrily cursed: "Assholes, they are all a bunch of bastards."
Seeing the furious Murong Yan in front of him, Murong Yan also had a headache. But he could also understand Murong Yan's mood.
The troops he had pulled together with his own hands, but after super strong fighting power and when they were about to win, they actually started killing each other, and killed so many of them. But no one can stand it.
Murong Yan panted angrily for a while, and asked very unhappily: "What about the Sui army? Were they also burned to death?"
"Not at all!" Murong Yan shook his head and said with a wry smile: "The enemy also built a wall behind the camp, completely separated from the front camp. Although the fire was strong, it had no impact on the wall behind it."
"What?" Murong Yan's complexion turned livid in an instant. He gritted his teeth and looked at the blazing military camp in the distance. Judging from the intensity of the fire, he might not be able to stop it within an hour or two. At the same time, he also gave the other party One or two hours of rest time; after one or two hours, the Sui army could fight them with high fighting spirit and strong morale.
Murong Yan took a deep breath, mustered up the courage and asked, "Young Master, what should I do now?"
"What should we do? What else can we do?" Murong Yan was already riding a tiger at this moment. He whipped Murong Yan hard and roared: "Time is extremely important to us. We must not give the enemy a chance to breathe. Immediately order the army to retreat and rest, and at the same time have people try to put out the fire."
No matter how unwilling, angry and eager Murong Yan was, he could not let his men risk their lives to put out the sea of fire. If that was the case, then he, Murong Yan, would probably be killed by his own men.
"Yes!" Murong Yan endured the burning pain and went to command the army.
