Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 333

In the north of Chang'an City, the Weihe River runs around the city, and there are three places where the Weihe River can be crossed, namely the Middle Wei Bridge, the East Wei Bridge and the West Wei Bridge.

It should not be accurate to say that they are three bridges. To be precise, they should be called the three water fortresses of great military value on the Weihe River in the north of Chang'an City.

Among them, the Zhongwei Bridge is the most important, with a length of more than [-] meters and a width of more than ten meters. There are turrets on the bridge, full of shooting holes, and a specially built ditch under the bridge, through which reinforcements and supplies can be mobilized from Chang'an City.

The Xiwei Bridge is shorter, less than 300 meters, but it was built the latest and the fortifications are the most complete.

Tens of thousands of rebels drove the people who came from Wugong and Qianzhou to attack the turrets of the bridgehead of the Xiwei Bridge. Strong provides cover.

He Chuan, who claimed to be a military envoy, had a gloomy face. After going south from Qianzhou, he attacked the surrounding Wugong and Xingping counties very smoothly.

At this time, the surrounding areas of Chang'an were relatively prosperous, and the rebels easily collected tens of thousands of shi of grain and grass, and captured thousands of people.

But after arriving at the Xiwei Bridge, he encountered great obstacles. He Chuan personally supervised the army and stormed for more than ten days, but he still couldn't take the Xiwei Bridge.

Today, nearly [-]% of the captured minzhuang have been lost, and they are almost useless. If the fight continues, the rebels will have to go on their own.

But He Chuan looked at the solid turret and the densely packed shooting holes on the turret, and immediately felt a little apprehensive.

If he really had to use human lives to pay for it, the rebels under his command were not much better than the minzhuang captured.

"How many days will it take for the rushing cart and the rolling cart to be built?" He Chuan asked the guard beside him impatiently.

The rushing car can be used to smash open the gate of the turret, and the rolling car can provide some cover. With these two, casualties can be reduced and the chance of rushing under the turret can be increased.

"It will take five more days! The Jinchang army who entered the dog, they burned the surrounding mountains and forests!" The guard replied in a low voice, looking at the Jinchang army on the opposite Xiwei bridge, quite a bit of hatred meaning.

He Chuan also had some resentment, but he hated his subordinates for being too greedy. If these guys hadn't been greedy for the prosperity near Qianzhou and only cared about plundering the surrounding countryside, according to his arrangement, after taking down Qianzhou, they would go to Charge on the West Wei Bridge, let alone capture the West Wei Bridge, Chang'an City has entered.

"Pass my order and tell the crippled horse that I only give him three days. If he and his craftsmen can't do it, he will fill in the trenches of the Xiwei Bridge by himself!"

He Chuan was roaring, when Defense Envoy Wu came over from a distance, he shook his head at He Chuan.

"I can only fight. Yuhou, the capital of the Jinchang army over there, has already prevented my messengers from entering the city. It seems that they are going to stick to it and will not cooperate with us."

When He Chuan stormed the Xiwei Bridge, he still wanted to enter Chang'an easily.

However, the Jinchang Army, who had turned a blind eye to their looting in Qianzhou, Wugong, and Xingping, became firm after the rebels entered the vicinity of Xiwei Bridge.

Originally, he was willing to let the envoys of the rebels go in and talk about it, but now he refuses to talk about it.

"If you dare to lie to me, tell the athletes outside that after entering Chang'an City, you will not seal your sword for three days. When the rushing cart and the rolling cart are built, I will personally lead them to rush to kill them!"

When He Chuan got the news from Defense Envoy Wu, he immediately became furious, while Defense Envoy Wu sighed in his heart. He Chuan's behavior was an important reason why the Jinchang Army did not want to cooperate with them.

Because Chang'an is the hen that can lay golden eggs for the Jinchang army, they guard Chang'an and get a share every day.

In order to boost morale, He Chuan must use Chang'an's wealth to lure the people below to attack with all their strength.

How could the Jinchang Army look at their hen that lays golden eggs and be killed by them to eat meat?Certainly not!Therefore, the conflict between the two parties cannot be reconciled at all.

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Murong Xinchang led two hundred Murong tribe knights across a small mound, and saw a small team transporting grain and grass in the distance.

Just looking at the weeping women and the ashen-faced young men who followed, one could tell that this was a rebel team returning from looting.

Half of the knights behind Murong Xinchang belonged to him brought from Guazhou, usually the Tuyuhun knights from Shanzhou Shandong Sanbu, all of them were skilled in horsemanship and extraordinary in archery.

Especially the knights from the third part of Shandong, who were originally weak in combat effectiveness because they didn't have many iron weapons. Now that they joined the Guiyi Army, their combat effectiveness has risen to a higher level as soon as they are equipped with iron armor and iron arrows.

The rebels on the opposite side obviously also saw them. After a few nervous roars, these rebels surrounded all kinds of wheelbarrows or two-wheeled vehicles loaded with food and grass, forming a half-moon formation.

The captured women and young men also saw Murong Xinchang and the others. These poor people howled in terror and immediately ran away.

Several rebels roared loudly and drew out their swords, and were about to cut at the fleeing Ding Zhuang.

With a long roar, Murong Xin led his cavalry and jumped down from the mound. He and several sharpshooters accurately shot arrows that seemed to identify friend or foe.

A few rebels who beheaded the middle-aged women fell down in response, and some of them wore armor and screamed in pain, and ran into the car formation.

Seeing Murong Xinchang and the others rushing over, the spearmen in the chariot formation stretched out their spears from the gaps in the vehicles, making the chariot formation look like a hedgehog with spikes, in order to block the cavalry charge.

In the chariot formation, the rebel archers with good archery skills also picked up their step bows and shot a few arrows.

One of the arrows hit Murong Xinchang's shoulder, but it didn't do much damage to his steel-lined padded armor. After the arrow hung crookedly on Murong Xinchang's shoulder for a while, In the ups and downs of the war horse, he was thrown off.

However, seeing an archer with good archery skills in the chariot formation, Murong Xinchang yelled, and after protecting Ding Zhuang and the women to escape, he simply stood outside the shooting range, without any intention of attacking at all.

Although he was young, but experienced on the battlefield, he smiled and waved to the Shandong Sanbuzhang (Bo) team behind him.

"Zhang Xibao, you lead 30 people to stay here, dismount and put on infantry bows, those thieves are pushing their carts away, you shoot them, and when they come out to kill, you go away, when a large group of enemies come, just stalk them, Then send a fast horse to the west to find us!"

After speaking, Murong Xinchang took out the beans fried with salt and fed them to the war horse, and wiped the horse's sweat. After resting for about 2 minutes, he led the horse to the west to find the next looter nearby. bandits.

The thieves in the chariot formation all saw Murong Nobunaga leaving behind 30 people, and then led the large army away, they couldn't help crying secretly.

He knew that he had encountered an experienced and tough enemy, if Murong Nobunaga and the others rushed up in a swarm, the bandits would not be very afraid.

Although he only has 80 people, under the cover of the chariot formation, those cavalry charging over on horseback are the best targets, and they can't break his chariot formation at all.

But the other side did not fight him, leaving only a small number of cavalry to guard them, which was troublesome. They had two horses and eight legs, and they could go wherever they wanted, but if they left the car formation, it would be dangerous.

Moreover, the other side also drove away the young man he had caught. If dozens of them didn't take away the food and grass, they would have to face military law when they went back.

It's not okay to stand still and wait for help, because people have time to spend with them, and the news can't be sent out, and generally there will be no reinforcements.

In desperation, Dutou could only ring the small gong in his hand, and more than twenty archers with good archery skills followed him out of the chariot formation, and headed towards Zhang Xibao and the others with their step bows in hand.

Zhang Xibao sneered, and got on the horse with his men. He wouldn't shoot at these bandits. If only ten people came out from the opposite side, he was still a little interested. Twenty or so people would be fine.

Dutou could only let out a long sigh. There were cavalrymen on the opposite side, and he had no choice but to leave if he wanted to, but he managed to drive them away. Although Ding Zhuang was gone, there was no way he could push the cart by himself.

However, the convoy managed to walk more than twenty steps, and the cavalryman appeared in front of them again.

A few arrows flew over, and the bandit soldiers who were pushing the first cart shrank back behind the cart, screaming.

One of the most unlucky bandits was shot in the neck and was writhing on the ground clutching his bleeding neck.

"Into your old lady!" Dutou roared, and ran forward with the archers behind him, but before they reached the range, Zhang Xibao's cavalry ran away again.

This time they went around to the back of the car formation, shot randomly at the bandit soldiers in the car behind, and shot another person over.

The furious Dutou immediately ordered to divide the archers into two fires, one to cover the front and the other to cover the rear.

Then, Zhang Xibao and the others got off their horses. It wasn't that they didn't have bows, nor did they have armor.

After the cavalrymen took off the padded armor from another horse for easy wearing, even with only one layer of armor, their protection immediately went up to a higher level.

But in the time of a cup of tea, the bandits were bleeding from their heads and eyes. They covered the Yihuo archers behind them and were shot and killed six or seven of them. He ran away and went to the front to harass.

Bitter too!Bitter too!Everyone's mouth was numb, and they were led by the nose by these cavalrymen. If they continued like this, until the losses were so great that they broke through the soldiers' inner defenses, they would die.

Seeing that there are only a few hundred steps to leave this flat land and reach a valley, while my head is screaming, hope rises in my heart. The valley is narrow, which is not conducive to the detour of the cavalry. As long as they are in the valley, they will be safe.

But with such a distance of several hundred steps, those who were reluctant to give up their food and grass were all attacked by Zhang Xibao, and it took them almost a quarter of an hour to complete the hundreds of steps, and they lost five or six people.

But just as he breathed a sigh of relief and was about to enter the valley, a gong sounded, and Murong Xinchang led a large army back, with a long string of bloody ears hanging on his horse's side, and it seemed that another small convoy had suffered disaster .

The thieves screamed in despair, and the soldiers could only besiege the city with large and small vehicles near the entrance of the valley.

But at this time, the rebel soldiers, who had been in the hunt for more than half an hour, put on their armor for a while, took off their armor for a while, and pushed the carts. They were exhausted, and the formation of the cart formation was a little slower.

As a result, Murong Nobunaga, who dismounted from his horse and wore heavy armor, led hundreds of people to rush in through this gap.

After two quarters of an hour of fighting, all the thieves in the chariot formation were dealt with. They were all lying on the ground with their eyes staring at each other. Nobunaga Murong beat the back of his head with an iron whip and dented him.

"Let those peasants come over and transport the car to the flat ground. After transportation, they can resist as much as they can!"

Murong Xinchang ordered loudly, as for burning the food that could not be taken away, he would not do it. Without these food and grass, how could the bandits be willing to send out a small team to transport it.

Battles like this were happening everywhere around the Xiwei Bridge. When He Chuan received the loss report, he couldn't help but gasped. An extremely bad feeling haunted him. heart.

(End of this chapter)