My Chinese ancestors

Chapter 374 Su Chen’s first defeat was given to them

Liang Guo, Taikang City.

In the wilderness, the catapults that were rushed to the ground were pushed onto the siege front by the surrendered Xuanwu Army. The stones thrown out crossed the bright sunshine and hit the ancient and exotic city walls with a loud bang. 'A heavy muffled sound.

Splashing stone chips flew around, and on the city walls that stretched to the left and right, a cloud ladder was hanging on the wall stacks, and the crowds of people were climbing up like a swarm of ants.

Hysterical shouts and screams resounded throughout the city. Arrows rose and fell on the city wall like swarms of locusts. Blood continued to flow on the city wall. The soldiers who climbed up covered their injured wounds and fell down the city wall screaming.

The fierce battle to attack and defend the city wall kicked off on the last day of May.

The Qi State surrendered [-] troops and invaded the territory of the Liang State. Although some people died and some were injured, with the main force of the Xia State as the base and the emperor accompanying them, they attacked cities and fortresses along the way with greater strength than when they were in the Qi State. Brave, the surrendered generals constantly urged the soldiers to be brave and not afraid of death, just because they wanted their names to appear in the merit book of the Emperor of Xia.

The main force of the siege was Qi's Xuanwu Army, led by a surrendered general named Han Jinsu and deputy general Zhao Taosheng.

When I first heard that the general guarding the city was Tuoba Zongjue, a clan member of the Liang Kingdom, the five subordinate generals here wanted to take the lead, so they drew lots to decide who would attack.

In the end, Han Jinsu won the lottery, and the fight lasted from morning to noon. Both battalions were mobilized to participate in the siege. Neither of them could stand on the city wall. The casualties were more than [-], almost one and a half battalions.

"Let the third battalion prepare, I don't believe we won't be able to capture a section of the city wall today!"

Han Jinsu was also stimulated by the brutal siege. After fighting for a whole morning, he could not even stand on a section of the city wall. So many of his soldiers died for nothing. If he gave up, he would not be able to lose face in front of the other four generals in the future. say.

In the distance, he saw the ramming car hitting the city gate, which was doused by the kerosene poured from the city tower. A Liang Guo archer reached out from the city wall and shot a fire arrow. The kerosene that had just been poured instantly ignited into a sea of ​​​​fire in mid-air, covering the city. On the soldiers below who were holding shields to protect the charging car and their comrades, flames suddenly burst into the sky below the tower.

The burning figure rushed out heartbreakingly, and was then shot to the ground by the archers at the top of the city. Some of the figures who were not hit by the arrows rolled on the ground covered with fire and were burned to death.

On the city tower, Tuoba Zongjue was holding a long sword. He was covered in war armor and was armed to the teeth. He was naturally a man of great strength. He could swing a heavy weapon in his hand with the strength of a thousand catties.

The blade was raised and lowered, directly cutting the ladder hook hanging on the wall into pieces. The siege Xuanwu soldiers who climbed up on the ladder fell off the city wall together with the ladder.

"Ha ha--"

He wore a heavy iron helmet on his head and a neck armor covered with layers of armor leaves, which protected his neck tightly. Even though the sweat soaked through the military uniform underneath, he no longer felt uncomfortable at this time.

He burst into laughter and said in a loud voice: "You bastards of Xia Kingdom, take a good look at the heroism of the men from the northwest!"

Tuoba Zongjue's high-pitched scream boosted the morale of the Tuoba soldiers on the city wall, and the generals at all levels led their soldiers to continue fighting.

The "doglegs" in his words naturally refer to the surrendered troops of the Qi State who attacked Taikang. In the distance, Han Jinsu, who was commanding the siege, heard his words from a distance, and his nose became angry.

Later, Han Jinsu drew his sword, pointed at the city head, and retorted with loud words: "The emperor of Qi has surrendered, how can our ministers not surrender? Don't try to use your words to capture the city wall today." , I will kill you!"

As early as five days ago, the five surrendering generals had sent a letter of persuasion to the other party, hoping that Tuoba Zongjue would not resist stubbornly and surrender to the Xia Emperor in order to save the people in the city.

Tuoba Zongjue not only refused, but also chopped down the messenger who delivered the message. Later, Emperor Su Chen of the Xia Kingdom gave the order to attack, and the five of them were determined to attack Taikang no matter what!

Before attacking Taikang, they also inquired about the situation. Tuoba Zongjue was a very capable figure in the Liang clan. Before the expedition, they not only brought Tuoba tribe soldiers, but also Fushan, which was given by the Emperor of Liang. , trekking the two armies.

Both armies were built by Liang Guo in the past two years. In addition, all the troops from counties and counties under Taikang's rule were concentrated in the city. The number of defenders increased to almost [-]. The young men in the city were also recruited one after another. In order to I'm afraid it won't be that easy to conquer in a short time.

But as the war rages on, the two terrifying armies in the hands of Emperor Xia will take action at any time. Whether Taikang City is breached is actually only a matter of time.

Tuoba Zongjue on the city tower actually knows this truth, but the Liang Kingdom belongs to his Tuoba tribe. As a clan member, he has no reason to retreat. Once he retreats, there may be no Liang Kingdom in the future, let alone the Tuoba tribe. .

"My Tuoba clan has been rooted in the northwest for more than [-] years and has been a country for [-] years. How can we be destroyed like this!"

He walked to the wall, and with the long knife in his hand, he chopped off a Xuanwu soldier who climbed up. At the same time, the blade hit the wall with a bang. In a sonorous and powerful voice, he shouted outside the city: "You Waiting for the surrender of the army, how can you have the qualifications to explain this truth to us loyal and righteous people for the country? You are not ashamed to speak!"

The sound was sharp, like a wind knife blowing from the northwest.

The sun passed through the middle and was slightly tilted. The battle to siege the city continued after a brief rest.

The Xuanwu Army that attacked the city in the morning had been withdrawn and placed in the wilderness in the southeast corner to rest and recuperate. It was Xu Jinwu's Zanwei Army that went up to attack again.

The fighting style of the five generals Xu Mao, Xu Jinwu, Tong Jue, Han Jinsu, and Zhao Ji'an is the traditional siege method of feigning an attack with three gates and storming one gate by force.

After all, it was the first day, so he wanted to test the opponent's strength in defending the city.

Xu Jinwu's Zanwei Army replaced them, and the two battalions immediately swarmed towards the Taikang City Wall, the sound of shouts and the blood of the fighting covering everything.

The newly accumulated rocks were thrown at the city wall with all their strength, so that within an hour of the battle, more than twenty catapults were damaged, and seven of them were damaged. The soldiers of the Zanwei Army who climbed the ladders to fight on the city wall did not make much progress.

Rolling logs and stones were constantly thrown from the city wall.

The boiling golden juice was poured down the city by the Liang soldiers, and poured on the siege soldiers on the ladder. The soldiers of the Zanwei Army gathered under the ladder were instantly swollen and ulcerated by the hot golden juice.

The archers under the city wall were shooting as they walked. Unfortunately, there were shields and wall stacks as cover on the city wall, so few of the arrows shot down the Liang soldiers.

On the contrary, Liang Jun who was defending the city kept throwing stones and rolling logs to knock down Qi's surrendering army from the city wall. The arrows he shot were from high up, easily knocking down the densely packed figures below.

Even so, the Zanwei army continued to climb up the city wall brandishing swords and guns. Soldiers who hesitated for a moment or retreated to escape such a brutal siege would be caught and executed on the spot by the supervising team behind them.

On the top of the city, Tuoba Zongjue returned to the city tower to drink water to relieve his fatigue, and then watched the movements coming from the other three gates. At this time, if the other three gates had the intention to attack, he would turn around and go to guard there, but the soldiers guarding the city Will not be transferred.

"It's about time!"

He stood up, raised his gray head, looked at the tilted sun, and counted the time.

In the next moment, Taikang's offensive and defensive battle continued fiercely, firmly attracting Qi's soldiers and horses to the city wall.

At this time, large amounts of dust were raised between several hills to the west, and a cavalry army quickly jumped out from the mountains.

This army was dressed in black armor and had obviously changed their mounts. The armored horses showed no signs of fatigue and were fast and full of power. The flag of Liang was fluttering in the wind. These were eight of the ten thousand Fushan troops. Thousands of iron cavalry are heavy cavalry built with the whole country's efforts, while the other two thousand are servants and light cavalry.

Looking from the sky, it looked like huge surging waves advancing on the wilderness. When the scouts galloping in the field noticed the sudden appearance of the cavalry coming this way, their servants Qingqi came with them, just like in the mountains. Hunters generally hunt down these scouts. By the time Xu Mao and other generals on the other side of the siege learned the news, Liang's eight thousand cavalry were already less than two miles away.

At this time, it was Tong Jue's Yang Lie Army who was pretending to attack the west gate. There were more than [-] people. After receiving the order from Xu Mao, he left [-] people to continue to pretend to attack the west gate of Taikang.

The remaining [-] people turned around and formed a formation on the field leading to the south city gate.

After attacking the city all the way, the Yang Liejun general underestimated the enemy. He felt that Liang Jun was just thinking like this, hoping that the other party would see his troops, stop advancing, and start a confrontation with him.

However, Liang Guo's Fushan Army, which was rushing all the way, did not hesitate at all. The eight thousand cavalry turned into two groups, leading the servants and light cavalry to raise a long smoke in the field. They directly bypassed the military formation in the middle and rushed towards Yang. The fierce army deployed its left and right wings three miles away.

Tong Jue had more or less understood the fighting style of the Liang Army from Xu Mao, but the opponent's cavalry was completely different from the Liang Army's fighting style as described by the other party. He only used [-] cavalry to charge at the left and right flanks of Yang Lie's army, which doubled in number. .

They look too much like the cavalry under the Xia Emperor.

While he was thinking this, battle reports came from the left and right wings three miles away. The formation was directly penetrated, the military formation collapsed, and the soldiers were killed and fled everywhere.

Seeing the two pieces of information delivered almost at the same time, Tong Jue almost fainted.

He was just thinking about the opponent's fighting style, but he didn't expect to kill his soldiers so cleanly. But before he could wait for the battle report later, the first thing that came was the rumble of horse hooves.

Liang Guo's Fushan Cavalry killed the two wings of Yang Lie's army, detoured to the middle of the battlefield, and came directly towards his flag.

"Shrink the array, release the arrow! Release the arrow!"

Facing the churning iron hooves and the iron cavalry encircling him from both sides, Tong Jue stared at this scene in stunned silence. The moment the opponent rushed towards him, he reacted and kept shouting orders.

The roaring sound of iron hooves stepped into the space of an arrow.

The arrows shot out hit the oncoming cavalry with a crackle. The arrows shot were of little significance with the protection of the iron armor. Only a few were unlucky and were hit by arrows in the neck or the war horse. He was shot and died on the way to charge.

Then, in the next moment, an overwhelming amount of cavalry, like the arms of a giant, struck both sides of Yang Liejun from the left to the right. The high-speed charging horses knocked over the screaming figures one after another, and the advancing cavalry fired crazily in front of people. Countless pieces of flesh and blood were poked out of the door.

The cavalry who entered the formation fell down when attacking the crowd, and their horses fell down. Some of them were stabbed with countless bloody holes by the spears. However, more cavalry fought their way out and went straight to the banner where the general was.

Tong Jue kept issuing orders, trying to get the army to gather in front of him into a tight and airtight array. But when he saw the cavalry rushing towards him, his heart trembled, as if he saw a man named Lu Bu in the Xia army that day. It was as powerful as a knight charging towards him.

He gritted his teeth and tightened his grip on the handle of the knife.

Then, with a roar of "Ah——", he turned his horse around and rushed towards the south gate of Taikang City with his bodyguard.

The flag was chopped down and fell, and the Fushan army who rushed out let out a savage scream. They ignored the defeated troops who were fleeing all over the mountains and fields, and chose to continue to pursue them.

Less than half an hour later, Xu Jinwu, who was leading the army to attack the city, received the news. He stood under the banner and looked at the scouts reporting with trembling eyes.

But some still didn't believe it and asked again: "Is the news true?"

The scout was covered in blood and there was no need to answer him. When Tong Jue came to his side, Xu Jinwu directly asked his soldiers to tie him up.

"Failed by one piece of work! Failed by one piece of work! Look at the good deeds you have done!"

Xu Jinwu's eyes were bloodshot, he turned over and dismounted, stamped his feet, pointed at the tied Tong Jue's nose and cursed angrily.

His mood had almost reached a low point at this time, and it was normal for him to be furious. Along the way, they continued to win battles, cultivate the morale of the soldiers, and maintained a high attitude all the way to the western capital of Liang Kingdom. In this way, they In front of Su Chen, even if he couldn't enter the inner circle, he still made a lot of capital.

This is why they stormed the fortified city of Taikang regardless of the cost. However, a fierce battle was imminent. Unexpectedly, Yang Liejun, who was feigning an attack to the west, was so vulnerable. Tong Jue even took the lead and ran away. The morale he had cultivated before was directly Falling apart.

In addition to being frightened and angry, he also felt the anger of Emperor Su Chen.

"You should bear this crime yourself!"

At this time, he cursed at Tong Jue, turned around and summoned his cavalry, and immediately went to notify the other armies at the North Gate and East Gate, as well as the resting Xuanwu Army. On his side, Xu Jinwu immediately The soldiers and horses attacking the city sent the order to withdraw their troops, and the remaining troops immediately spread out their formations and began to retreat slowly.

Not long after the series of orders were issued, the ground was already shaking.

The running cavalry suddenly appeared on the horizon.

On Taikang City, the Zanwei army attacking the city was retreating from the city wall. Tuoba Zong was wearing armor and holding a sword, laughing loudly: "The Thousand Mile Horse of the Tuoba Tribe is coming!"

He swung the long knife away, blood burning in his body, and the sound resounded through the city wall.

"Young men of Daliang, follow me out of the city gate and fight to the death with the Xia army."

Tuoba Zongjue dragged his long sword, rushed down the city wall, got on his horse, and the defenders who were already ready to open the city gate struggled to open the heavy door.

Zong Jue was guarded by his own soldiers, followed by eight thousand trekking cavalry and two thousand servants and light cavalry.

"kill!"

Dragging the long knife in his hand, the leaping horse rushed out of the city gate, and the mighty trekking cavalry filed out, forming two terrifying torrents with the Fushan Cavalry on the other side of the field.

Nearly [-] cavalrymen charged into the retreating Zanwei Army——

……

Shazhou borders Zunwangzhou.

The emperor's chariot was stationed between the Xiliang and Youyan armies. It was already late at night when Su Chen received the battle report. He sat behind a long desk in single clothes, looked at the information by an oil lamp, and said only one sentence.

"Fucking trash."

His face was surprisingly calm.

(End of this chapter)