Yunbin, Pingrong County
"Brothers, kill! The commander said that the first one to rush into the city will be rewarded 500 taels of silver and promoted to level three!"
"These bastards from the Fengwu Army can't hold on any longer! Brothers, come with me and rush into the city to kill them all!"
"The time has come to be loyal to Lord Shangguan! Capture the leader of the Fengwu Army alive!"
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Amidst the deafening shouts of killing, the Hujie Forbidden Army, which had been fighting bloody battles under Pingrong City for ten days, under the hot noon sun, there were tens of thousands of soldiers holding shields and carrying ladders towards the wounds in front of them. The exhausted Pingrong County launched another attack.
At the same time, in the position of the Hujie Forbidden Army, more than twenty Zhengdong cannons roared to cover the infantry siege. However, perhaps the Zhengdong cannons did not have enough sight, or the artillery skills of operating the cannons were not high enough. Only a dozen or so shots from the door cannons hit the city, and the rest either missed or failed to reach the city wall.
Amidst the huge shouts of killing from the Hujie Forbidden Army, the Fengwu army guarding Pingrong County seemed very quiet. They seemed to be waiting for something. Time passed quickly. The charging Hujie Forbidden Army officers were getting closer and closer to the city. The closer! m..
Just when the soldiers of the Hujie Forbidden Army rushed to a distance of about a hundred steps from the city, a hoarse voice sounded from the city wall of Pingrong County.
"Fire!"
With the sound of this sound, the Fengwu Army soldiers who were already ready immediately loaded the gun and pulled the trigger skillfully, while the Fengwu Army soldiers operating the cannon in red also lit the fuse with a torch. The artillery shells roared and hit the enemy's path...
Although in the previous siege operations, the Hujie Forbidden Army suffered greatly from the artillery of the Fengwu Army and deliberately dispersed the soldiers during the charge to reduce casualties, but facing the city wall, the Fengwu Army was densely packed The artillery fire struck, and most of the Forbidden Army soldiers who rushed at the front fell in a pool of blood.
Although the Fengwu Army's artillery strikes were fierce, the Forbidden Army was indeed one of the most elite armies in the Great Zhou Dynasty. Although the troops in the front row were dead and wounded, the soldiers behind were still stepping on the corpses of their predecessors. They rushed over one after another, constantly using bows, arrows and firecrackers to attack the Fengwu army.
Tang Kai, the deputy general of the Sixth Division on the city tower, used his hoarse voice to constantly direct the soldiers to defend. Although Tang Kai tried hard to command and did not want the enemy to board the city tower, under the fierce attack of the Hujie Forbidden Army's concentrated superior forces, The ladders of the Hujie Forbidden Army were still erected on the wall of Binh Rong City, and less than half of the west city wall, which had been destroyed by enemy artillery fire, once again became the focus of the enemy's attack.
As the distance between the two sides came into close combat, although the Fengwu Army's firearms still caused considerable damage to the Forbidden Army soldiers, it was obvious that the effect was not as good as before, and some of the battles even turned into brutal hand-to-hand combat.
Looking at the anxious battle situation in front of him, Tang Kai's expression also became a little impatient. In order to make up for the lack of troops, he personally led more than a dozen soldiers and cooks to make up for it. Wherever the battle line was in danger, he would go to make up for it... ····················
In such a fierce battle, dozens of soldiers fell every second. Just as more and more Forbidden Army soldiers boarded the city, for some unknown reason, the Hujie Forbidden Army, which had already gained the upper hand, fell. The soldiers suddenly retreated like a tide.
The answer to the puzzle was soon revealed. It turned out to be a group of more than a thousand Fengwu Army cavalry, who came directly from behind the Hujie Forbidden Army's formation. The Forbidden Army soldiers were caught off guard for a moment and were unable to resist. They were disturbed by them. The formation was in chaos.
However, the Forbidden Army was still very well trained. Soon, under the leadership of the general, they began to encircle the army formation, preparing to eat the Fengwu Army cavalry that suddenly came out in one bite.
The general who led the Fengwu cavalry was very self-aware and knew that he only had a thousand men in his hands, which was not enough to confront the tens of thousands of Forbidden Army soldiers outside Pingrong City, so he was as slippery as a loach and took advantage of the situation. Before the encirclement of the Hujie Forbidden Army was completely completed, they found a loophole to kill and got into Pingrong County.
"The humble Luda joins General Tang!"
Luda, the cavalry commander of the Third Division of the Fengwu Army, looked at Tang Kai approaching and immediately bowed to show respect.
Patting Luda on the shoulder, Tang Kai said excitedly:
"Good brothers, get up! You arrived just in time. If you had come a little later, I'm afraid this Pinrong County town would be unable to be defended! When you appear here, has the Commander-in-Chief already killed Wang Muzhi? Are you coming to the southern front and ready to beat up Tang Peng, the bastard?"
Listening to Tang Kai's inquiry, Luda looked a little embarrassed. After hesitating for a moment, he said truthfully:
"Report to General Tang that the commander is still leading his troops to confront Wang Muzhi's troops across the Sanchuan River..."
Tang Kaiwen was stunned at first, and then looked a little disappointed. After thinking for a moment, he continued to ask Luda:
"If that's the case, why are you here?"
Luda said without thinking:
"The commander heard that the treacherous minister Shangguan Hongyuan gave Tang Peng a death order, requiring him to make progress on the southern front and capture Pingrong County on the 17th. So until your troops were in great danger, you specially ordered our troops to come to support. Originally, I planned to interfere with the enemy's food route and raid the formation for your troops, General Tang, but seeing that the enemy's offensive became more and more fierce, I came out to contain the local offensive!"
Tang Kaiwen's expression remained unchanged, but his heart sank. Just when he was about to say something, Luda seemed to have remembered something, and said to Tang Kai apologetically:
"General Tang, the situation in Wankang County is also very difficult, so our department may go there to help..."
As soon as these words came out, Tang Kai's heart sank to the bottom, but he was still strong enough not to say anything more. He patted Luda on the shoulder and ordered to the men beside him:
"Prepare water, dry food, and fodder for Brother Lu and the others!"
"Thank you, General Tang, for your kindness!"
Half an hour later, Luda led the cavalry out of the city and rushed towards Wanhao County.
Standing on top of the city, watching Luda and the others leaving, Tang Kai shook his head slightly. According to the pre-war combat deployment, their fourth division was deployed on the southern line of Jinzhong City. As the deputy general, After discussing with Peng Ce, the general of the Fourth Division, the two made a division of labor.
Tang Kai led two battalions of 7,000 men to garrison in Pingrong County, while Peng Ce led three battalions to garrison in Wankang County. The two sides responded to each other hundreds of miles apart... ·············
The Battle of Yunbin has been going on for nearly 20 days. Except for the first few days, when the enemy army imagined a sudden advance from the middle, cutting off the connection between Jinzhong City and the surrounding counties, and then defeating the surrounding counties one by one, the rest For more than ten days, the enemy has been launching fierce attacks regardless of casualties. Under such a fierce attack, every day is suffering for the troops defending the city.
As of now, there are more than 7,000 people in the two battalions stationed with Tang Kai in Pingrong County. Two thousand people have been killed alone. Among the remaining 5,000 people, there are more than 1,000 people injured, including hundreds. They were seriously wounded, and the total number of casualties was close to half. And the most important point was that because the enemy had seen that the Fengwu Army had sharp weapons and a frontal attack had too many casualties a few days ago, they also adopted the tactics of land attack, hoping to kill them unexpectedly and quietly. Enter the city.
Although in the end the city defenders foiled their plot and blew up their tunnel, burying all the hundreds of Forbidden Soldiers alive underground, they were forced out of the tunnel because they did not expect that the enemy would dig tunnels to attack the city. The enemy troops came out and set fire to the gunpowder magazine in the west of the city.
Although Tang Kai led his troops to put out the fire with all their strength, the explosion still took away nearly half of the gunpowder in the city and blew up a section of the wall in the west city, making it extremely fragile. After the Forbidden Army outside the city realized this, they concentrated all their artillery to blow up the west city. There was a gap. As the saying goes, the house leaked when it rained all night, and the boat encountered a headwind. It happened to be drizzle again in the past few days... ··
Although spring rain like this is very good for crops, the humid weather brought by rainy days makes a lot of gunpowder damp and unable to be used. Therefore, this makes the gunpowder supply under Tang Kai's command become more and more tense. This is The reason why today when resisting the enemy's siege, Tang Kai ordered his soldiers to wait until the enemy was within a hundred steps away before opening fire, even though he could kill the enemy a hundred steps away.
Although today, with the help of Luda, he was lucky enough to turn the corner and save the city, Tang Kai also knew very well that given the current situation of Pingrong City, he would not be able to defend it for much longer!
Maybe the city will be broken tomorrow, or maybe it can last for two or three days, in short, it’s just in these few days!
Thinking of this, Tang Kai couldn't help but sigh. Before today, he had been looking forward to the commanding officer being able to annihilate Wang Muzhi's troops at the Sanchuan River, and then return to support their third army on the southern front, and annihilate all the enemies on the southern front. Under the city.
But now it seems that he may be too optimistic. The combat effectiveness of the Forbidden Army is significantly higher than that of the Yan Army, Yu Army, and Qi Army he has encountered before. They are the strongest opponents the Fengwu Army has encountered since entering the Pass!
What should I do next now?
Should we continue to defend it, or think of other ways?
It wouldn't be a pity for him, Tang Kai, to die alone, but what should these brothers do?
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Jiyu, Shenzhou, Zhennan Army Central Camp
"Sir, a battalion of 5,000 reinforcements from the enemy's Sixth Division has arrived in Pingqiao County. General Gao's troops were repelled by the enemy and suffered nearly a thousand casualties!"
Walking to Xu Zhaojie's side, Liu Chaohu whispered:
Xu Zhaojie couldn't help but frown slightly when he heard the news. Then, while he was observing the sand table, he shifted his gaze to the coordinates of Pingqiao County on the sand table.
Like Yuan Song before him, after realizing that Ye Mingsheng was preparing to deal with him, Xu Zhaojie did not want to give in, but wanted to have a good fight with Ye Mingsheng. Although Xu Zhaojie was very confident in his commanding ability, he wanted to When the troops, artillery, and cavalry are all at a disadvantage, it will be very difficult to compete with the Fengwu Army!
The only way Xu Zhaojie could think of was to use the fortified city to stop the Fengwu Army. Therefore, in his plan, he planned to take Shenzhou as the center, and then capture Pingqiao County and Shangzhou. These three areas could be controlled at any time. The two are each other's horns, and the three areas will form a stable triangle. If you attack any area, the flanks will be exposed to the Zhennan Army's front.
In this way, even if the Fengwu Army reinforcements arrive, they have no other way except to attack by force. In this way, the enemy troops can be limited to the territory of Hebei and Henan, instead of allowing them to invade Anqing and affect the spring plowing of the people of Anqing. Big plan.
In order to complete this plan, Xu Zhaojie stepped up his offensive against Shangzhou and Pingqiao County. Yesterday, he successfully captured Shangzhou. He originally thought that Pingqiao County would also be successfully captured in these two days as planned, but Xu Zhaojie was unable to I never expected that reinforcements from the Fengwu Army would come so quickly...
Although Shenzhou and Shangzhou can also be the horns of each other and form a line of defense to defend each other, it is obvious that they did not capture Pingqiao County, which still made Xu Zhaojie's plan imperfect. Although it was a bit regretful, Xu Zhaojie knew that he had no chance to win the battle. After capturing Pingqiao County, five thousand Fengwu troops rushed to Pingqiao County. Now, if he wants to capture Pingqiao County, he must personally lead the main force to do it.
And that Yuan Song is now waiting for Fengqiu to reveal his flaw so that he can be bloodied!
I can't give him this chance!
Thinking of this, Xu Zhaojie shook his head and ordered Liu Chaohu:
"Let Gao Song lead his troops to withdraw from Shangzhou and build fortifications there. The heavy artillery of the Fengwu Army is very powerful. They must defend Shangzhou for half a month. If Shangzhou is lost within half a month, He doesn’t have to come back to see me anymore!”
As soon as Xu Zhaojie finished speaking, a general hurriedly walked into the camp and handed a battle report to Xu Zhaojie.
"Master Marquis, there is an urgent report from Anqing Commander-in-Chief Wang Songhe!"
Xu Zhaojie suddenly had a bad premonition after hearing this. He immediately opened the envelope and unfolded the letter paper. A few seconds later, a flush suddenly appeared on his fair face and he saw the words clearly written on it.
The enemy's Fourth Army, Seventh Division, with a total of 50,000 people, entered Anqing from the north. Within three days, they captured two county towns. Now they are only a hundred miles away from Anqing City. I personally led the troops to stop the enemy's footsteps. , but please ask the Marquis to send reinforcements quickly, otherwise Anqing City may be surrounded,··························· ·_&
