The general in the south of the city was surnamed Li, and he was also a senior and experienced commander in the county army. If the number of places had not been limited, he would have been promoted to commander long ago. Therefore, Zhang Ni relied heavily on him and was ordered to take charge of the defense of the south of the city.
He already knew his side's plan before the war, so although he saw that the barbarian troops were powerful, he did not panic at all. With the favorable location, he thought it would be an easy task to hold on for an hour or two.
However, he had a lot of people under his command. In order to prevent the risk of a major defeat when he first encountered the enemy, he personally came to Youzhai outside the city to direct the battle, because he knew that as long as the people and Zhuang withstood one or two waves of offensives in front of them, they would be defeated. After seeing blood, you will become more calm. This is also the delicate thought of experienced veterans.
"All the troops will release arrows after seeing my order." Commander Li shouted loudly to the soldiers around him: "Put the enemy troops closer."
After saying that, he took the hard bow from the brother on the side, opened the bow and set the arrow, concentrated on holding his breath, and calculated the best shooting range in his mind.
Seeing that the Yi soldiers were approaching, Commander Li immediately shouted: "Let go." The arrow fell with the sound, and only one Yi soldier fell in response.
At this moment, hundreds more arrows fell from the two villages on the left and right, and they pierced into the enemy army on the opposite side. Screams were immediately heard, and dozens of barbarian soldiers were unable to block the arrows and died. .
The two camps outside the city were built on two low hills and the terrain was quite high. Therefore, the Han army could shoot at the Yi soldiers at this moment, but the Yi soldiers could not shoot at the Han soldiers on the camps. This is the result of careful calculation by Chief Li, and it is also the advantage of the defensive side.
Being able to fire two rounds without danger, Chief Li certainly couldn't miss the opportunity and quickly ordered the sergeants to continue firing arrows, taking the opportunity to kill a large number of enemies.
Feng Ying was standing in the rear formation on horseback, so he was clearly aware of the current situation. Seeing that hundreds of people had been killed or injured before his son took action, he was not angry, and his face was still as calm as ever.
These are the casualties that the siege party should have. It's just that occasionally some defenders are inexperienced or simple-minded and don't know how to take advantage of this. It seems that I have some bad luck today and encountered an experienced opponent.
Feng Ying sighed slightly in his heart, but he soon put this regret behind him because his son finally started to fight back.
"Send the order and beat the drum to cheer."
In the first attack, Feng Ying had to use all his strength. After all, he also knew the military philosophy of the Han people.
Now is the time when the morale of our sons is at its highest, and the defenders on the opposite side are mostly unarmed civilians. If we can break through these two camps in one fell swoop, it will be of great benefit to the subsequent war.
Even if it doesn't work, you can still find out the quality of the defenders in front of you. Why not?
Soon, Chief Li felt great pressure. The Yi soldiers were numerous and fearless. They fired arrows in waves around the two camps. For a while, his own side was somewhat suppressed.
It was not possible to continue like this, not to mention that he had already seen the barbarian soldiers approaching the wall of the village.
"Brothers, don't let the overwhelming number of barbarian soldiers take away your courage. If these barbarians attack the city, think about the disaster our families will face."
While he was swimming around to kill the enemy, Chief Li encouraged Pao Ze beside him: "Besides, the reinforcements are coming, and now is the time for our generation to make contributions. Brothers, for the sake of our relatives behind us, for our wives and sons, and for our great men. , shoot these enemy soldiers hard for me."
Commander Li Tun kept swimming around to kill the enemy, just to make his figure appear in front of every soldier.
In order to demonstrate his morale, he no longer sought accuracy, but only wanted to maintain the state of killing the enemy. However, after pulling the bow for more than ten rounds, he still felt weak and numb.
Just when he was wondering if stopping to rest would affect his morale, he suddenly discovered that the soldiers around him had overcome their timidity and rushed to the wall of the stronghold, fighting the enemy troops below without fear of death.
Hearing many brothers shouting words such as "for parents", "for Xijun" and "for children" while killing the enemy, Chief Li knew that his words had an effect, and stepped back slightly with a satisfied smile on his lips. Sit down and catch your breath.
Tuen Chang Li turned his head to look at An Shangcheng behind him, as if he saw his wife taking care of their three children while they were eating. Thinking of his wife's slightly smiling face when he left home this morning, he suddenly felt that he was filled with endless energy. With strength, he shouted loudly, picked up his bow and arrow, and rushed to the front line again.
Yes, why don't you do it for your family?
On a narrow and winding mountain road, the queue of thousands of troops was stretched very long. At the front of the military column was a wide flag fluttering in the wind. Looking from a distance, it turned out to be a large Chinese character.
"Master Fu, after walking out of this mountain road, we can go back to the official road." Wu Que pointed to the front and said to Yang Qing in front of him.
He has the important mission of investigating the military situation, and he has clearly figured out the road to the territory during these days.
Before noon, Wu Que took his subordinates along the predetermined route and successfully met the main force of the Han army led by Yang Qing in the eastern mountain road, and acted as a guide and counselor.
After leaving the mountains and arriving on the broad and gentle official road, the sergeants felt much more relaxed and their pace could not help but become a little faster.
"It shouldn't be that far from Anshang, right?" Yang Qing looked at the surrounding hills and trees, and had some impression of this place in his mind.
Wu Que replied: "What Mr. Fu said is that this place is less than ten miles away from the county seat."
Yang Qing nodded and asked again: "Have the Yi soldiers not discovered any traces of our army yet?"
Lei Xiong on the side replied: "Don't worry, Mr. Fu, our scouts have already dispersed. Coupled with the cooperation of the people led by Captain Wu, the news along the way has been blocked by our army."
Lei Xiong is the vanguard of the entire army, and Yang Qing is a leader who likes to be at the forefront, so Lei Xiong is by his side.
After Lei Xiong said that, he seemed to have thought of something again, and continued with a smile: "Haha, don't worry, Mr. Fu, maybe the Yi soldiers thought they had a plan. In addition to the fact that there was a wave of enemy scouts wandering behind their army two hours ago, No other spies showed up. And those scouts were captured and killed by our people more than half an hour ago."
"Well, it's a good thing that the enemy is careless." Yang Qing nodded and said: "Instruct the army to rest where they are, and ask the chiefs of the music and the Gulichi clan to come over to discuss matters."
"No." Zhou Xing responded behind him.
In order to save time, Yang Qing did not let anyone set up a camp. Everyone formed a circle on the grass beside the road to discuss the military situation. Zhou Xing led his guards to guard the surroundings.
"Gentlemen, we are only a few miles away from Anshang City, so without further ado, I will directly announce the military order."
With that said, Yang Qing motioned for everyone to sit down, pointed to the map on the ground and said: "According to the scouts' reports, the main force of E Huan's force is in the north of the city, Feng Ying's force is in the south of the city, and there are only a few hundred people in the east and west of the city to assist in the attack. Therefore, our army's main attack direction is also the south and north of the city, so I intend to concentrate our forces to annihilate Feng Ying's tribe first, and then deal with E Huan, what do you think?"
"I will obey the order of the Lord." There was nothing wrong with this arrangement, and everyone immediately responded.
"good."
