In the afternoon, the Jinshan Pass was covered with clouds, and the sky was covered with heavy snow. The wilderness, roads, cities, military camps, and tents were all covered with a thick layer of snow; goose-feather-like snowflakes were falling from the sky, and there were still a lot of snow. Before the snowflakes could fall to the ground, the howling wind swept them towards the southeastern valley mouth.
"Dong dong, dong dong dong!" At the turn of Shen and You, as the rhythmic drum beat sounded, the Sui Army's East Camp Gate and South Camp Gate opened at the same time. Groups of cavalry and columns of infantry filed out, followed by heavy trebuchets, well carriages, and bed-mounted crossbows, each pulled out by cattle, horses, and camels. Behind them, there are groups of murderous and coldly armored cavalry.
When the Sui army sounded the drums, the Tuyuhun soldiers immediately entered the fighting position. After nearly half a month of confrontation, attack and defense, the Tuyuhun army had also formed a response system, which was to first send a team of 10,000 people at a time. Defend and then rotate with each other.
However, the commander in charge of guarding the city soon discovered that the Sui army had undergone great changes from usual. Although the order of the Sui army's troops and the formation method were the same as in the past, the Sui army was dispatched from two sides this time. This made him very nervous, and he immediately sent someone to report to the coach Murong Yong.
Murong Yong had just put on his armor. When he heard the news, he immediately galloped to the top of the city. He stared outside the city to observe the enemy's situation, but the snowflakes flying in made him unable to see clearly the problems inside the two enemy armies. So he immediately stretched out his palm, put his thumb against his forehead, blocked the snowflakes with his palm, and continued to watch with squinted eyes for a long time. Finally, he found that there were obviously many more infantry in the Sui army than usual.
This seemingly subtle change gave him a bad feeling.
The ultimate goal of the Sui army was undoubtedly to annihilate Tuyuhun, but during the more than ten days when Yang Ji moved the camp here, except for the endless fighting in the last round, most of the time was spent on exhaustion tactics and Make a tentative attack. Yang Ji's move made him suspect that Yang Ji was feigning an attack. The real battlefield was in the east, and more Sui troops were dispatched.
However, this morning, the defeated troops from the south fled to Dangjin City one after another, causing panic throughout the city. Their method of dividing more than 20,000 soldiers further intensified the panic.
When the time came in the afternoon, Yang Ji immediately attacked with both armies, establishing the momentum to launch a general offensive. Could it be that Yang Ji had been waiting for the news of Mai Tiezhang's victory, waiting for them to panic in Tuyuhun and divide their troops?
Murong Xiaojun, who arrived a step late, watched for a long time, and immediately said to Murong Yong: "Commander, the Sui army sent two armies to the west city and south city respectively. Do you think they will launch a general attack, or use the army south of the city to defend Murong Yan? Where is the general?"
Murong Yong nodded sternly: "Both armies have brought catapults, and a general attack is very likely." At this point, his expression suddenly changed: "The Sui army's catapults moved back."
Murong Xiaojun took a closer look and saw that the trebuchet was indeed about a hundred steps back than usual. He suddenly thought of something and ran to the female wall inside to look at the landing point of the ice bullets. They were exactly the same distance apart. A hundred steps away.
This discovery made him immediately run back and said to Murong Yong: "General, the position of the Sui army's catapult can attack the soldiers on the city and within dozens of steps within the city. The purpose is to put these dozens of steps behind Kill them all so that the Jinglan chariots can easily transport the soldiers to the city."
After hearing this, Murong Yong felt a chill in his heart. He ordered the soldiers around him: "The Sui army is preparing to formally attack us. Immediately send an order to my general to dispatch 30,000 soldiers each to support the West City and Nancheng. The rest should be prepared." Prepare for battle."
"Yes!" The soldiers were ordered to disperse, each ran down to the city, and rushed to each camp to deliver the order.
"Commander!" Murong Yong looked at Murong Xiaojun, took out a gold medal and handed it to him, and said solemnly: "Commander, there is no capable general guarding Nancheng. I am not at ease. You use my token to supervise the battle. Anyone who disobeys the order will be punished. Kill without mercy."
"I humbly obey my orders!" Murong Xiaojun accepted the order and left.
Murong Yong glanced at the burly captain in front of him and said, "General Tuoba, fight as planned."
The captain in front of him is named Tuoba Yuan, and he is the second son of Tuyuhunpi King Tuoba Mumi. The reason why Murong Fuyun transferred him to the western battlefield: on the one hand, there is a lack of generals here, and Murong Yong needs some strong ones. A powerful warrior
Auxiliary.
On the other hand, Tuoba Mumi betrayed Tuyuhun during the period of Murong Kualu. In the early days of the founding of the Emperor, Murong Kualu, the Great Khan of Tuyuhun, was old and fatuous and extorted excessive taxes, which made Tuoba Mumi deeply dissatisfied. Nian led his troops to request attachment to the Sui Dynasty. However, the main forces of the Sui Dynasty were participating in the battle to destroy Chen in the south, and the Turkic Khanate in the north was waiting for help and was ready to make a move. Yang Jian was worried that accepting Tuoba Mumi would stimulate Murong Kualu and create an enemy out of thin air in the western part of the Sui Dynasty, so He said that he did not encourage betrayal, shut out Tuoba Mimi who betrayed Tuyuhun, and finally succeeded in appeasing Tuyuhun.
The Sui Dynasty got better, and Tuoba Mimi's situation can be imagined. Fortunately, Murong Kualu was moody and was good at killing the prince and ministers, which led to civil strife. Otherwise, Tuoba Mumi would definitely die.
Although Tuoba Mumi escaped, the stain could not be washed away. In order to prevent their father and son from collaborating and surrendering to the Sui Dynasty again, Murong Fuyun simply killed Tuoba Mumi's second son Tuoba Yuan. , the third son Tuoba Kuan was transferred to the western battlefield, which allowed them, father and son, to occupy their respective sides and become hostages to each other, thereby reducing the possibility of their joint betrayal.
"General, I obey!" Tuoba Yuan responded and saluted solemnly: "The general is the leader of an army and cannot tolerate any mistakes. Please retreat to the watchtower in the city to watch the battle."
"Well, I leave everything to General." Murong Yong nodded. He took a deep look at the approaching Sui army and retreated to where he should be.
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The Sui cavalry stopped more than 500 steps away, which was convenient for charging, and the infantry continued to guard the siege phalanx. When the catapult stopped at the designated position, the baggage soldiers immediately led the animals dragging the equipment back to the camp, and the craftsmen The soldiers immediately fixed the catapult in full swing.
Although the two major siege formations were commanded by Xue Shixiong and Qian Shixiong respectively, some areas that required cooperation with each other, as well as the turning points of the two cities' joint attack, still required the unified command of Yang Ji, so his Jinglan vehicle drove to the two armies. The middle ground of handover. After the catapults of the two armies had adjusted their positions, two cavalrymen came from the East City and South City on horseback. They reported under the Jinglan chariot: "Your Majesty, the West City is ready."
"King Qi, Dongcheng is ready."
"Beat the drum and attack." Yang Ji waved the command flag in his hand, pointed at Dangjincheng ahead, and shouted sternly.
After these harassments, the enemy soldiers were exhausted. The three-day continuous attack caused heavy casualties to the enemy and weakened the morale of the army. What followed closely was the tragic news about Lake Sugannuoer. All of this caused the uneven morale of Tuyuhun soldiers to plummet.
However, in order to let the panic and fear spread to every corner of the city, Yang Ji deliberately asked the patrol to open the "door" to allow the Tuyuhun troops from the south to enter the city.
At this time, there was a command vehicle on the left and right behind him. When the flag officer saw Yang Ji's order, he immediately ordered the drum to be beaten. A big man raised a big drumstick and hit the huge drum fixed on the vehicle suddenly. go.
"Dong dong, dong dong dong..." The passionate and intensive sound of war drums sounded extremely far in the snow.
The catapult phalanx is ready, and the ice bombs used by the soldiers have been modified. They are no longer just ice bombs. They also contain a lot of sharp gravel. When the gravel and water condense into ice, it quickly freezes into ice. He picked up heavy "Mother-and-Mother Ice Bullets" one after another.
At this time, I heard the call to attack, and almost at the same time, I released the winch handle, the winch wheel rotated rapidly, and the long arm violently threw the ice bombs. Hundreds of ice bullets immediately flew into the air, arcing through the air, and slammed into the head of Dangjin City.
"Bang!" A huge ice bomb hit the city. Several Tuyuhun soldiers were thrown away, bloody and bloody. A small bed crossbow was also smashed into pieces. There were screams and screams. The broken ice bullets are more powerful, and the flying "rock-crushing ice arrows" kill so much that there is a blank space around the impact point.
"Raise your shield to defend!" On top of the Jincheng city, General Tuoba Yuan responded calmly. When the Sui army's war drums rumbled, he commanded the soldiers to push out the shields they had made.
The role of war in promoting the development of human civilization is undoubtedly huge. The essence of war is a process of survival of the fittest, which can eliminate backward and decadent civilized regimes and cultures
, allowing excellent civilizations to obtain more resources, and only excellent civilizations can make better use of resources and promote the birth of more advanced civilizations. As the war progresses, it will stimulate the development of engineering technology and medical treatment, and give birth to various effective ideas. The greatest characteristic of human beings is that they are good at learning. When the Tuyuhun people saw the power of the Sui army's shield array, they immediately mobilized the soldiers and civilians in the city to make many large shields.
These large shields are made of thick wooden boards, covered with one or two layers of cowhide, and a large bracket is built on the back. When one of their heads is placed on the parapet and the bracket is set up behind, they form a "廻" facing the Sui army. The glyph "roof".
It is true that these wooden shields cannot withstand the powerful ice bullets and are often smashed to pieces by ice bullets falling from the sky, but the cowhide on the surface can withstand the ice bullets. When they fell together, the tough cowhide dented inward under the force, and the surrounding corners quickly wrapped the ice bomb, so that when it exploded, the "shrapnel" could not splash out; even if there were still many "fish that slipped through the net" "It flew out, but it also consumed a large part of it, and the lethality caused by an ice bomb was naturally not as great as before.
However, the Tuyuhun army's long-range counterattack forces such as catapults and crossbows had been exhausted by the Sui army in the first three days of battle. At this time, they were seriously lacking in long-range weapons. The only remaining limited catapults, crossbows, and range They couldn't reach the Sui army's siege phalanx, so even if the Tuyuhun soldiers set up a "任"-shaped shield formation, they seemed very passive and could not defend for long.
On the other hand, the soldiers of the Sui army were able to fire ice bombs without any distractions. As one after another roared and hit the shield array, there were from time to time a dull sound of impact, the breaking of the wooden support frame of the shield array, and the screams of "streaming arrows" among the soldiers; and those successive ice bullets were hitting the shield array. The shield array causes massive damage.
Tuoba Yuan watched the shield formations collapse one after another, but he was helpless. The only thing he could do was to order the soldiers to desperately repair the collapsed shield formations. At the same time, he ordered the reserve army serving as engineering soldiers to bring in huge trees and stones to support them. After the shield array.
"Bang" an ice bomb hit a gap that was being repaired, and several "pillars" that had just been erected broke. The scattered ice and gravel smashed the soldiers on Thursday to a bloody pulp. Dozens of fortification soldiers nearby were so frightened that they turned around and ran away, knocking down the surrounding soldiers.
Murong Yong, who was supervising the battle from behind, saw a commotion at the top of the city from a distance. The deserters who ran down the horse path even knocked down the fortification soldiers carrying wood and rocks and other defense supplies, and then trampled down again. He suddenly said angrily: "The war team is pressing forward. Anyone who dares to retreat will be killed without mercy!"
The soldiers of the War Supervisor, who were watching the war, rushed forward and hacked the deserters on the horse paths to the ground. The bloody and cruel suppression finally restored order on the two horse paths.
The fortification soldiers and deserters were forced to move forward again despite the rain of ice bullets.
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[Brothers and sisters, I’m so sorry, I asked for leave again yesterday! This is not because of Double Eleven, but because the poison has not been exhausted and it is too uncomfortable. I don’t know why it lasted for so long this time. It’s probably due to my weakened immunity as I reach middle age. 】
