Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 973 Breakthrough
The light rain fell, dousing the raging fire on the battlefield.

The Jin soldiers guarding the village looked at the scorched wall and wept with joy.

Today is the fifth day of April, and the past seven or eight days have been really torturous. Xia soldiers took turns attacking the village, all night long, without giving them a chance to breathe.

At the beginning, the defenders were able to take turns to deal with it. After the fight, they were unable to make adjustments, so they could only bite the bullet and persist.

Under the high-intensity battle, the two armies of Kuangba and Feiteng were still holding on, but the Yinhuqi army couldn't hold on.

When had they ever seen a martial artist who wanted to punch even if the knife was broken?

When have they ever seen a soldier who is lying on the ground and still holding your leg tightly?
When have they ever seen a warrior who opened the door to Buddhism and wanted to kill the enemy with his sword regardless of himself?
Jin Bing had seen it and dared to do it, but they had never seen it before.

Who the hell said that people from the Central Plains are gentle and refined?Since entering the Central Plains, I have listened to Li Hanzhi's soldiers talk vividly about how delicious human flesh is; I have heard Li Cunzhang's soldiers talk about how to dispose of traitors by cutting their hearts out; Li Kening's soldiers talked about how to lure a descendant into digging a pit and bury him alive...

What kind of people are these? !Demons and ghosts?
Some of the things the Central Plains soldiers did were understandable and taken for granted, while others were dumbfounded.Even the most savage and ignorant tribes on the grassland are probably not as vicious as these demons.

And a few days ago, the Xia people came to support the army. I heard that it is the right wing of the Xiaojie army. Its combat strength is average and its morale is not high.

During the day today, another unit called the Chishui Army came.Five thousand sergeants held high the banner with high fighting spirit, and they were not easy to deal with at first glance.

The addition of new forces made the situation on the battlefield take a turn for the worse.

Kuang Ba's army was exhausted from fighting hard, and Yinhu's army went up again.Just barely repelling the Xia people's attack, half an hour later the Xia bandits came again, suppressing them in a daze, forcing Kuang Ba's army to fight again, repelling the Xia people in a deadly battle.

In the battle scene, Yelu Chang kept his face ashen, countless warriors risked their lives, and the main general Li Chengsi went into battle in person to boost morale.

Yelu Changbao couldn't stand it anymore, he swiftly picked up the remnant soldiers, and fled out of the camp in the middle of the night.

How could An Xiuxiu, who had been staring at them for a long time, miss this opportunity.

The cavalry were awakened in the middle of the night, and they jumped up from sleeping in their clothes.The auxiliary soldiers brought the horses and handed over the horses, and the officers did a brief mobilization on the battlefield.

Half a quarter of an hour later, the brigade cavalry filed out of the camp gate, bypassed the camp where the shouts of killing were shaking the sky, and charged directly at the fleeing soldiers of the Yinhu army.

The sound of horseshoes sounding like a urging talisman seemed so soul-stirring on a clear night.

"Yelu Changbao!" An Xiuxiu saw a group of routs riding horses from a distance, roared, and rode straight in alone, thrusting his spear forward.

"Ah!" A Hu Qi went up to meet him, but fell down in response.

Yelu Changbao didn't dare to procrastinate, so he flattered his horse and ran wildly.

He has horses, but most of the soldiers of the Silver Huji Army are infantry, and they don't have horses.More than a thousand riders rushed into the rout like a tiger, and they couldn't see clearly in the night. When they saw people walking and running on the ground, they stabbed them down, often in exchange for a scream.

An Xiuxiu desperately pursued the fleeing enemies on horseback.

There were already three thieves who died under his lance, but Yelu Changbao ran farther and farther, and was so angry that he threw the horse lance out--obviously, the heavy horse lance was not a flying lance, and could not get any results.

Relieved, Yelu Changbao continued to run wildly. Under the cover of dozens of followers, he ran for half the night, and finally rushed into the winding mountain road.

At this time, the horsepower was almost exhausted, and the people had exhausted too much energy in fleeing, but Yelu Changbao didn't allow them to stop, but ordered them to move on.

This place is still too close to the battlefield, every longer stay will be more dangerous, it is really not suitable to stay for a long time.

Everyone had no choice but to bite the bullet and move on.

Unexpectedly, before they had walked for a long time, they saw boulders falling from the plateau on both sides, and then arrows flew out, and there were continuous screams.

"Kill!" A sergeant rushed out from the mountains on both sides, roaring like thunder.

Their movements were fast, and they couldn't tell the direction in the dark. From time to time, some people fell down the hillside and were injured, but the others were fearless and still rushed down with their lives.

Yang Yi stared wide-eyed on the mountain plateau, looking carefully at the plateau.

This is the second time he has ambushed here.

The Jin soldiers were unexpectedly able to carry it, and they persisted for more than ten days under the siege from all sides, causing them to run over to ambush for the second time after returning halfway.

This time it finally paid off!
Dozens of thieves were riding under the arrow stone, stumbling around, getting up and scurrying around.Six hundred infantrymen descended from the two sides of the mountain with fierce tigers, and two hundred soldiers blocked the road in front of them. After a short while, they heard continuous screams, and the bandits were killed one by one in the forest.

While fleeing, Yelu Changbao tripped over a tree and vines, and was about to get up, but saw several spears pressed against his back, so he lay there obediently and did not move.

In the camp of the Jin army, the news that the Yinhu army broke out could not be suppressed.

Li Chengsi and Li Sibi looked at each other, and they could see the panic in each other's eyes.

They almost understood the current situation: trapped in the siege of Xia Jun.Ten days ago, the Yinhuqi Army sent more than a hundred cavalry to the north, but before they reached Cizhou, they encountered a large group of cavalry from the Xia Army, and they were defeated after a fight.

The matter was very clear, the Xia people wanted to encircle and wipe out their army, so they even made a detour to Cizhou, occupied some place, and cut off the north-south communication line.

Li Chengsi understood that the best way at this time was to stand still and wait until the army under the supervision of Kang Junli came to help.But he was not sure how many Xia troops had detoured to the rear, and whether Kang Junli planned to go south quickly to rescue their army.

In hesitation, he subconsciously decided to stick to the camp and wait for help.This is his best choice and the most practical decision.

But Xia Jun's ferocious offensive was amazing.

Completely ignoring the casualties, they rushed and beat like a stunned young man.Lu Huaizhong's Wuwei army was so aggressive that they fought in a hurry, relying on a strong camp to barely hold on.

But ten days passed, and there was still no news of the reinforcements, but the Yinhu army ran away first.

How to do?
"How about withdrawing?" Li Sibi said subconsciously: "There are still 6000 people in the village, gather together and break through at night, as much as you can go."

Li Chengsi was speechless.

How much you can go is not a good word, it usually means losing the organization and retreating.Even if he can escape from birth, how many people can go back?During the retreat, if someone organizes containment along the way, someone provides supplies, and someone breaks the back block, then some people can still run back.If there is nothing, the scene is really unimaginable-scattered in the mountains and plains, without food and clothing, and they don’t necessarily know the way, and it is as difficult as going back to the sky.

The offensive in front became fierce again.

Arrows rained down on the wall of the village, and the charging soldiers of Wuwei soldiers fell down screaming and screaming, but they still rushed forward with their big shields in hand, and climbed up with ladders on their shoulders.

In the Xia army camp at the rear, the lights were brightly lit, and the craftsmen were sweating profusely, constantly rushing to make equipment such as parapets and ladder carts.By tomorrow's day, the offensive must be more violent and more efficient.

Li Chengsi quickly climbed up to the wall of the village, took a hasty glance, then looked at Li Sibi, and nodded slowly under his earnest gaze.

The army's heart was shaken, and it was almost impossible to resist.If you don't run away at this time, you may be defeated.

******
The Jin army fought hard in Longmen County for more than ten days, but the Heilong Army in Daning County did not receive its first attack until the second day of April.

The enemy army came from the north, and the bugle number was: Zhangqian, Wansheng.

There are not many soldiers, less than 2000 in total, and more than 5000 of them are peasants from Xizhou Tutuan who are not willing to fight.

The direction they chose to attack was the camp that Ma Sixun was defending.

More than [-] people attacked for three days, with more than [-] casualties. In the end, the trench was barely filled, and a few gaps were made in the wall of the trench, and the wall of the village was not even touched.

In the middle of the night on the fifth day of April, Xia Sanmu personally led more than a thousand soldiers out of the city to attack at night.The failure was due to the preparation of the Jin army, but it still made them extremely tired, and the offensive on the sixth day was also weak.

"Hasn't the thief had enough to eat?" Ma Sixun stood on the wall of the village, laughing loudly.

When they first broke into the rear, they were extremely worried, fearing that they would be flanked by the enemy's main force, and finally the whole army would be wiped out.Now it seems that the worry of front and rear attack is basically gone. Li Chengsi's troops in the south should have been held back and could not retreat smoothly, and the enemy brigade in the north did not arrive in time. , Still can't take down their lone army.

The only problem now is probably food.

Most of the grain and grass that I originally carried had been consumed.Now they rely entirely on mules slaughtered before the war to reduce food consumption as much as possible.But horse meat is really not very hungry, it is better to eat rice noodles.These [-] horses and mules will only allow the entire army to last for another five days.

However, seeing that the enemy's offensive was really weak, Xia Sanmu even dared to send a few people out of the city to collect food and grass, and at the same time sent some horses and mules into the city to slaughter them to satisfy their hunger.In order to overthrow the Jin thieves, the black army suffered a lot of losses this time, and a large number of poor horses or mules used for transportation were slaughtered.If the Jin thief is still allowed to slip away, they don't know how to explain it.

Of course, the Heishi army did not forget the direction of Madouguan Ferry.They kept sending messengers to urge Yanzhou to deliver a batch of grain and grass as soon as possible, but their actions were too slow!

"Boom..." The war drums in the enemy's camp rang again, and the Jin army's infantry pushed the siege vehicles, and they rushed over.

"Swoosh!" An arrow flew from outside the village, and Ma Sixun subconsciously avoided it.

The arrow grazed his neck and hit the face of the guard beside him.

"Fuck you!" Ma Sixun yelled at the soldiers who fell silently, "I want to stop you guys even if I eat dirt."

Nothing to say, just do it!

The soldiers and soldiers of the Heilong army who were resting on the wall of the stronghold put on each other in pairs, ready for reinforcements.On the wall of the village, the soldiers have long been waiting in full battle, ready to fight.

Among the ridges in the distance, banners stood everywhere, and groups of Jin troops appeared in sight.

They marched in two files, as far as the eye could see.Roughly counting, there are always tens of thousands of people, maybe more than that.

Needless to say, in a hurry, the main force of the Jin army finally arrived.

(End of this chapter)