The Yan army in front had already arrived under the city wall, and what was oncoming was the Zhao army's banging and smashing overhead. Rolling logs and rocks were thrown towards the head as if they were free of charge. The Yan army, who was still unprepared, fell almost instantly. , more than a hundred lives were at stake under the tower.
Seeing how "courageous" the Zhao army was, the Yan army in the front immediately seemed to turn around and retreat; but the Yan army behind did not receive the order, but still rushed forward with all its strength.
The hardest part will be in the central part, that is, the part of the Yan army that will be attacked by the Zhao army's arrow rain. Under the attack from the front and rear of his own friendly forces, he could not advance or retreat. He didn't even have a shield around him. He was stuck in place and was a target. There was no other way but to spread in all directions, scurrying around like headless flies.
This movement caused the Yan army's formation to completely collapse. The officers could not find their soldiers, the soldiers could not meet their commanders, and it was impossible to form a formation to protect themselves.
Such a chaotic formation gave Zhao Jun's archers the best opportunity to perform.
In the second round of arrow rain, more than 200 people were injured by the arrows. The panic caused by the arrows and the stampede caused the Yan army's casualties to suddenly increase.
If at this time, the guards of Anping City could decisively open the city gates, send out all the soldiers in the city, and take advantage of the Yan army's chaos to rush straight into the Yan army's camp, perhaps a great victory would have been born.
It is not an unheard-of thing to break up one hundred thousand with eight hundred. What's more, there are nearly two thousand soldiers in Anping City, and the Yan army, as the vanguard, only has a mere 60,000 soldiers and horses.
Two thousand versus sixty thousand, no matter how you look at it, I still have the advantage!
What? Sun Zhongmou wasn't born yet? Oh, that's okay.
Even so, it doesn't hinder an attack. If there is a defeat, it will really be a battle to become a god! It's a gamble, it's a fatal situation anyway.
However, it was obvious that the Anping City Guards had never heard of the saying "Kill you while you are sick". Facing the Yan army, which was obviously in disarray, the City Guards still only used bows and arrows to harass them, without causing any troops to attack. the meaning of.
Of course, this city guard cannot be blamed.
On the one hand, no one could have imagined that the Yan army would underestimate the enemy so much and attack the city in a defenseless formation; on the other hand, Zhao Jun obviously overestimated the Yan army's combat power, especially in the face of the enemy. Faced with the sudden attack, the Yan army was immediately thrown into disarray, without even a basic defense.
On the other hand, taking the initiative to attack may indeed result in great results, but it is obviously impossible to defeat all the 60,000 troops in front of them. After all, it is only a group of Yan troops at the front who are in disarray. It’s just an army of ten thousand.
Even if the guards of Anping City took the initiative to open the city gate and rush out, and could defeat the more than 10,000 troops in front of the Yan army, they would not be able to escape the encirclement and suppression by the follow-up troops of the Yan army, and they would most likely not be able to come back.
Although it may be able to cause most of the damage to Yan's army, at the same time, it is also very likely that the city will be lost in a short period of time. This is obviously contrary to the battle goal set by the city guard to hold on to the city and delay it for a period of time.
Finally, and the most critical point, in order to defend the city, the city guard had already ordered that after the city gate was closed, the city gate would be completely blocked with huge rocks.
Therefore, even if the city guard wants to set off, it will not be easy to do so in a short time. Even when the city gate is finally cleared, the Yan army may either retreat or have already adjusted. A lot of work is just wasted effort.
It would be better to use these arrows to inflict maximum damage on the Yan army.
Of course, facing the Yan army that was completely in chaos, the city guard naturally did not implement tactics invariably. He even ordered: "The Yan army is in chaos. All archers do not have to worry about their accuracy and shoot all arrows quickly."
That's right, the purpose of the city guard was to completely disrupt the Yan army's deployment with random arrows, making them unable to escape and completely turning into a group of headless flies.
At the same time, given the current situation of the Yan army, they will definitely not continue to attack the city in a short time, and even counterattack will be a problem. The intensive and suppressive nature of the concentrated use of bows and arrows does not seem so important.
At such a close distance, it can almost hit the target if it is shot. Letting all the archers perform freely is obviously the best way to bring out the combat effectiveness of the archers.
I have to say that the city guard's style of play is still very effective. After hearing his general order, the archers on the tower immediately used all their methods, and the frequency of arrow shooting increased significantly.
At the same time, the arrows shot reached the top of Yan Jun's head. Although there was no sense of oppression, it was more difficult to figure out. If the arrows were not aligned, an arrow would suddenly appear at that place.
Although the arrows no longer fired uniformly, the pressure they put on the Yan army was greater, and at the same time, the Yan army became more and more chaotic.
No matter how the former army captain roared, it was still difficult to stabilize the situation. Even this chaos was spreading towards other Yan troops who were arriving one after another.
It is a pity that it was Qing Qin who led the army, not Li Fu, the Prime Minister of the country. Otherwise, Zhao Jun's victory would have been greater.
In any case, Qing Qin is considered a man who knows the military. He immediately ordered the Chinese army to establish a defense line on the spot. At the same time, he ordered the front army to immediately withdraw from the left and right sides to the rear to reorganize.
The sound of "Ding Ding Dang" finally sounded, and Yan Jun's former military academy captain Ru Meng was pardoned, and he immediately retreated with his Majesty.
However, even if the Yan army, which was already in disarray, retreated, it still could not move smoothly. What should I say? The Yan army's combat power can be seen from the fact that they will not escape even if they run away.
Of course, this is obviously not the level that the elite Yan army should have to defeat the Hu people.
But there was no way. The Yan army acted with great fanfare and forcibly expanded the army to 160,000, of which the temporarily recruited troops accounted for almost half. The number of Yan army that could actually fight was less than one-third.
In order to improve their combat effectiveness, the Yan Army also mixed these teams under the auspices of Prime Minister Li Fu.
As a result, many elite Yan troops who were capable of fighting were split up and mixed into new recruits. In this way, if there is time for some running-in and using the old to lead the new, it will naturally improve the overall combat effectiveness of the Yan army. But in the case of mixed formation and combat, this is undoubtedly a way to reduce combat effectiveness.
Of course, the purpose of Prime Minister Li Fu presiding over the mixed team was not to really improve combat effectiveness. Mixing sand into it so that he can completely control this army is Li Fu's first desire.
As a result, an army with weak combat effectiveness was born. However, Fang Cheng's victory without a fight hid the weakness of the Yan army.
Although today's Anping City has slightly lifted a layer of veil, in the end, the damage that the three hundred archers can cause to the Yan army is still limited. Even under the "free fire" order of the city guard, plus the Yan army itself The stampede only caused over a thousand casualties to the Yan army.
Naturally, it would not have any warning effect on King Yan and Prime Minister Li Fu who were far away in the main camp and had not yet arrived in Anping.
Of course, maybe this is still a good thing for Zhao Guo.
No matter what, after paying the price of more than 1,400 casualties, the front of the Yan army finally returned to the main formation.
At the same time, in Anping City, a group of Zhao soldiers looked at the corpses lying on the ground in front of the city tower and the Yan army escaping in panic. They suddenly burst into bursts of warm cheers, soaring into the sky.
Even the guards of Anping City were like this.
Unfortunately, the Battle of Anping City was destined to be just a small battle that could not be recorded in history.
Although his victory was so great in the eyes of the Zhao soldiers in Anping City, in the long history of history, even in this battle, it is far from a battle worth remembering.
Because Qing Qin had already brought the main force of his Chinese army to the outside of Anping City. Facing the cheers of Anping City and looking at the arrows all over the ground, Qing Qin just twitched the corner of his mouth slightly with disdain.
His disdain is no longer about underestimating the enemy, but that he really has that confidence. Because from the distribution and number of arrows on the ground, Qing Qin had already inferred the strength of the troops on top of the city tower.
A few hundred archers, plus more than a thousand soldiers, were all there was in Anping City at this time. With such a force, catching yourself by surprise is all that's needed. As long as he is prepared, how can he be the opponent of his tens of thousands of troops?
It can be said that Anping City and its guards have long missed the opportunity to be remembered in history. Waiting for them is only the endless anger of the Yan army and the call of death.
Turning the horse's head, Qing Qin immediately returned to his command position - on the high platform of the Chinese army.
Qing Qin knew that what he had to do next was just to wait. While waiting in the back camp, dozens of ladders and two arrow towers gradually took shape - when the ladders and arrow towers took shape, it was the moment Anping City fell.
Qing Qin looked at the sun that was still hanging high and felt certain in his heart - the loss of more than a thousand troops was not enough to shake his confidence.
"Report: The captain of the rear camp reported: The ladder and arrow tower are ready."
Within an hour, good news came from the rear camp.
"Okay!" Qing Qin stood up immediately: "Press the person up."
"Yes!" The messenger next to him agreed immediately.
Soon, several soldiers pressed an armored general onto the high platform. In front of Qing Qin was the captain of the former army, but his voice, which was already hoarse from shouting, was even more unable to speak. He uttered a word - a wooden stick as thick as two fingers was already tied in his mouth.
"You used ten thousand people to attack a mere city, and underestimated the enemy's advance, causing the army to collapse. This crime is unpardonable!" Qing Qin, who was on the high platform, looked coldly at the still struggling captain, and declared loudly: " Now I will sacrifice your head to my military flag. Anyone who dares to retreat in this battle is like this!"
After saying this, Qing Qin waved his big hand, and the soldiers around him understood, and then drew out the long knife from his waist.
"puff......"
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