Jiuxi

Chapter 525 Chapter 523 [Thousands of Horses Galloping]

On the eastern front of Jingzhou, the two armies were in a stalemate.

After the failed surprise attack on Cuiting, Jing's army retreated to Changshou County, more than 20 miles north, for a while to rest and recuperate. They were immediately supplemented by 5,000 infantry sent by Qing Yugong. The total number of infantry and cavalry exceeded 20,000, and they continued to maintain their offensive against Cuiting. Ting’s oppressive posture.

At the same time, Daxiang Yintuo Manwulu of the Xiashan Army led 20,000 troops, went south from Xinchang City, passed through the Molin Trail, and appeared on the outskirts of Shiquan City southeast of Cuiting.

Cuiting and Shiquan are the barriers to the north of Xunyang City. Once Jing's army breaks through the two places, it will directly threaten Xunyang.

If Xunyang is lost, the eastern front will be a smooth river for Jingjun. They can move south unimpeded to surround Jianghua City, while cutting off the connection between Jingzhou and Huaizhou.

Currently, the Jingzhou Governor's Mansion has Yingze Army guarding Cuiting and Shiquan on the eastern front, Feiyu Army assists in the defense of Cuiting in Ju County to the west, and the Xunyang Army affiliated with the Huaizhou Governor's Mansion provides support in the rear.

To be fair, the Jingzhou Army on the eastern front has enough ability to defend various city passes, but if they want to leave these cities and rush to aid Yongqiu, they will give up the east gate, so the two sides are in a situation where they can't help each other.

During this period, Jing Jun's Shu Bu Lie Department launched several attacks on Cuiting, but they were all repelled by the defenders without any danger.

The Tuoman Ulu tribe was watching eagerly outside Shiquan City, waiting patiently for the opportunity like an experienced hunter.

"explain."

"Da Xiangyin, the specific deployment of the Southern Qi Jingzhou Army has been roughly confirmed."

Tuomanwulu raised his hand and headed south from Shiquan City, finally stopping at the distant Jianghua City, and said word by word: "So, our department wants to give the enemy a warning and tell them one thing, don't try to hide anything in front of our eyes. Playing tricks underneath."

This city is not big, with only more than 40,000 residents and only 4,000 defenders. In addition, the height of the city wall is less than two feet, which is not a natural barrier for Jingjun who now has a large number of siege equipment.

"Captain, there is an emergency in Beicheng. Captain Chen is requesting reinforcements!"

Facing this Jingjun soldiers who had been recharging their strength for a long time and were as fierce as wolves and tigers, the defenders in the city faced great pressure from the beginning.

Tuoman Ulu looked pleased and immediately dispatched his troops.

The next morning, outside Shiquan City.

The generals were gearing up and asking for battle.

Jing's army launched the main attack from the east and north, and feigned attacks from the west and south, with the cavalry roaming and maneuvering outside.

Jingjun has cut off the connection between the city's defenders and other places during this period, turning Shiquan into an isolated city. The main force of Jingzhou Yingze Army needs to deal with Jingjun's Shubu Lie Department in the north of Cuiting, and cannot support this in a short time. at.

"No."

A young general said excitedly: "Does Daxiangyin want to attack Shiquan?"

Hu Xu stood up solemnly, strode away immediately, and rushed to Beicheng with four hundred tiger soldiers.

However, a clever woman cannot make a meal without rice, the Shiquan city wall is not tall enough, and the defenders are seriously insufficient in strength. Even though Wei Wenxiao has been on the battlefield for a long time, he cannot build a defense line as stable as a mountain.

In the Jingjun camp outside the city, Tuoman Wulu stood beside the sand table and looked at the current battlefield situation in silence.

All the generals agreed. As one of the seven great hermits of the Xia Shan Army, Tuoman Wulu was not as famous as Mie Gudi and Xi Lie in terms of fame and status, but he was certainly not a person in vain.

Of course he knew the intention of Jingjun outside the city. The opponent was not stationed here for sightseeing, so he had been strengthening the city defense during this period.

Wei Wenxiao said: "You don't need to worry, you must defend Beicheng! Go quickly!"

"very good."

"The reason why the prince asked us to attack here is very clear. We must seize the opponent's opportunity and drive straight in. No matter what happens, we must scare the Jingzhou Army on the eastern front so that they dare not move without permission."

A general in his thirties bowed his hands in salute.

"That's right, capture Shiquan City and wipe out the defenders in the city. This will deter the Qi army in other places."

The siege started at midnight in the morning. Jing's army surged up like a tide and launched uninterrupted attacks in the East City and North City.

This is the moment.

Tuoman Wulu spoke in a sonorous tone and said: "I have made an agreement with Shu Bulie in advance that he will send troops to attack Cuiting again tomorrow. We must attract the enemy Feiyu cavalry near Cuiting to give our troops sufficient time. Take Shiquan. Are you determined to win?"

Wei Wenxiao interrupted him without thinking, and then said: "You must not underestimate the enemy at this time. Once they see that our army is just bluffing on the southwest side, the feint attack will immediately turn into an actual attack."

Wei Wenxiao took a deep breath and said decisively: "Hu Xu."

As Tuoman Wulu said, he never thought of giving the defenders in the city a chance from the beginning. His goal was simple, clear and firm, which was to annihilate the Qi army in order to frighten the enemies on the entire eastern front.

This was the only reserve force he squeezed out after repeated calculations.

The staff resigned in shame.

Hu Xu listened to the sound of fighting in the distance and said hesitantly: "Captain, this side of Dongcheng..."

Wei Wenxiao, the commander-in-chief of the Shiquan garrison and the captain of the Yingze Army, frowned and did not immediately give an answer.

"Follow the order!"

Under the east city tower, a soldier ran over quickly, with a look of anxiety on his face.

"The last general is willing to attack as the main attack!"

"The general is here!"

Beicheng captain Chen Wanchun has always been calm. If the situation had not been extremely critical, he would never have requested reinforcements so urgently. But how many reserve troops did Wei Wenxiao have?
The staff next to him seemed to see Wei Wenxiao's dilemma, and leaned closer and whispered: "Captain, the enemy troops on the southwest and southwest sides should only be feigning attacks, otherwise-"

"At present, the enemy's Yingze Army is divided into three groups, stationed in Shiquan, Cuiting and Juxian respectively. The Cavalry Feiyu Army is stationed outside Juxian City, making a posture of supporting Cuiting at any time. The Huaizhou Xunyang Army is sitting in the rear and has no troops for the time being. There are signs of going north. After all, they are all slow-moving infantry, and they can be noticed by our rangers as long as they leave the city. "

Wei Wenxiao looked into his eyes and said sternly: "You take the four hundred men under your command to the north city to support you. You must not let the enemy troops board the city."

Tuoman Wulu nodded, raised his eyes and looked around the generals under his command, and said in a deep voice: "Now that the prince personally leads the army to counterattack Yongqiu, the situation has become increasingly clear. The Jingzhou Army of the Southern Qi Dynasty has two choices. One is to maintain The current situation is to focus on defense. Even if they lose the northern part of Dingzhou, as long as they can defend Yongqiu, it will be enough to offset this loss. The second is to go one step further and lure the main force of our army outside Yongqiu City, and then mobilize troops for encirclement. "

Here Wei Wenxiao issued two more orders to the generals in Xicheng and Nancheng, then gathered the last hundred or so people around him and said concisely: "Follow me and go to kill the enemy!"

"Follow the order!"

The soldiers responded in unison.

At this moment, at the top of the eastern city wall, some elite members of the Jing Army had already climbed up with the help of large ladders.

The defenders were locked in a bitter battle, and a certain section of the city wall was already in danger.

Wei Wenxiao strode forward with a spear in hand and rushed to the front without hesitation.

General Jing Lian, who was covered in blood, brandished his two swords and slashed at him like a madman.

Wei Wenxiao stepped sideways, deflected the opponent's left-hand knife with his spear, and stabbed straight into his shoulder. At the same time, Jing Lian, who was injured and in pain, let out a beast-like roar, and chopped off the right-hand knife from Wei Wenxiao's body, on his left side. A cut was made on the forearm.

Wei Wenxiao, who was wounded just after facing the enemy, had eyes as cold as a knife and rushed forward with all his strength.

"kill!"

He let out a roar from his chest and stepped forward with a gun in both hands. The spear had penetrated the Jingjun general's shoulder, pushing him back until he reached the edge of the wall.

"Go to hell!" Wei Wenxiao raised his spear and actually knocked the rather burly Jingjun general down from the city!

It landed on the ground with a roar.

However, the other Jingjun soldiers seemed to have disappeared and continued to rush up the city wall along the ladder.

Wei Wenxiao didn't have time to deal with the wound on his arm. Another enemy rushed in front of him. The fighting would not stop just because of his thoughts.

Scenes like this can be seen everywhere on the city walls.

Although Wei Wenxiao brought the last troops to fill the defense line and defend this section of the city wall that was about to be breached by Jing's army, the situation of the defenders became increasingly difficult, and almost everyone gritted their teeth and persisted.

The blood almost blocked their sight, and the only sounds in their ears were the roars of themselves or others.

Until bursts of muffled thunder drowned out the noise.

The wind is blowing.

Wei Wenxiao, who killed another Jingjun, suddenly turned his head, raised his hand to wipe the blood on his face, stood on the city wall and looked outside the city.

In the south, smoke is billowing.

A troop of cavalry appeared in his sight.

Nearly ten thousand cavalry galloped across the vast land, like the bright sunshine breaking through the clouds in early spring.

The sound of hooves sounded like thunder and the roar of war drums.

"Hold on, reinforcements are coming!"

Wei Wenxiao's excited voice sounded on the city wall, and he was responded to by the uniform roars of all the defenders.

"kill!"

At the Jingjun position outside the city, Tuoman Wulu stood on the lookout car and said with a livid face: "Where did this cavalry come from?"

No one around dared to answer.

He waited until he was sure that Shiquan City was isolated and helpless before launching an attack. Now the main force of Jingzhou Yingze Army was trapped in Cuiting, Feiyu Army had to help defend, and Xunyang Army in the south had to deal with the military situation in the northwest, and that infantry The army couldn't fly over directly.

After calculating all possibilities, Tuoman Wulu was already 80% sure of taking Shiquan, but now a large and seemingly elite Qi army cavalry suddenly appeared.

In the midst of silence, the scout leader hurried over and said hurriedly: "Da Xiangyin, this cavalry came from the southeast! According to the report from our army's scouts, they found each other at the western foot of the Shuangfeng Mountains, and the flag was Dingzhou Ding. Northern Army!”

The western foothills of the Twin Peaks Mountains?

Tuoman Wulu's face became even more ugly. How could he not react at this moment? This Dingbei Army clearly crossed the Shuangfeng Ancient Road and then rushed north along the western foothills!

"Send the order to Ningda and order him to stop this cavalry!"

Tuo Man Ulu quickly gave the order, and his generals immediately sent out signals.

The five thousand cavalry of the Jing Army have been cruising south of Shiquan City. They have naturally noticed the Qi Army cavalry in the south, but they have been waiting for Tuoman Wulu's military order.

After receiving the signal, the cavalry commander Tuoman Ningda grinned and said calmly: "Soldiers, follow me to kill the enemy!"

The surrounding cavalry responded in unison.

In the past few months, the Jingjun cavalry has not had a chance to perform.

Both Li Tianrun and Xiao Wangzhi know the strength of Jingjun's cavalry, so they will try their best to avoid a decisive battle with the opponent in the wild.

To this day, there is only one West Wind Plains War.

In that battle, the Feiyu Army did not fight to the end with the Jing Army's five thousand cavalry. They deliberately concealed their strength in the early stage, and finally threw away the Jing Army's cavalry and directly attacked the Yan Army's formation. When the war situation was decided, Jing's five thousand cavalry could not find a chance to reverse the situation, and in the end they could only cover the retreat of Yan's army.

Outside of this battle, the overall situation on the battlefield has always been for the Jing army to attack the Qi army for defense. The Jing army cavalry can only raid the formation outside the city or cut the battle line. After all, they lack the ability to directly attack the city, and the various generals will not waste their natural resources on the cavalry. Dismount and fight on foot.

Until this moment, the Jingjun cavalry who had been holding back their anger finally found someone to vent their anger on.

Although the number of the opponent's cavalry was larger, and although Tuoman Ulu's order was for them to hold off enemy reinforcements to ensure that their own infantry could capture Shiquan, Tuoman Ningda was obviously not satisfied with flanking harassment.

You must know that in Zhao territory last year, he led his five thousand cavalry in a frontal charge and defeated tens of thousands of Zhao army's cavalry.

This is the confidence that Jingchao's cavalry has had in the world for more than 20 years.

Twenty years ago, after the first siege of Heluo failed to withdraw its troops, Jing's army sneak attacked Zhao's armored army with clan members as the core. After strangling this cavalry with the same outstanding record, no one in the world could compete with them head-on. opponent.

Between heaven and earth, there is murderous intent.

The Jingjun cavalry charged forward like an iron curtain.

On the city wall, inspired by Wei Wenxiao, the garrison soldiers once again ignited their fighting spirit. They stopped Jing Jun's sharp soldiers at all costs and bought time for the cavalry reinforcements whose origins were still unknown.

Blood burst out and people kept falling.

But even if they die, these Daqi men will die together with the fierce Jinglian people in front of them.

As if they knew the situation on the city wall, the eight thousand cavalrymen of the Dingbei Army faced the menacing Jingjun cavalry without showing any hesitation and continued to speed up.

Li Chengen led two thousand riders on the left, and Ye Jitang led two thousand riders on the right.

In the middle were four thousand cavalry led by Lu Chen himself.

Looking down from above, this cavalry is like a giant sword that stretches across the earth.

Lu Chen and the hundreds of knights around him were the tip of the sword, and the other soldiers formed the blade.

The formation, which is thin at the front and thick at the back, is extremely penetrating.

The distance between the cavalry on both sides shortened rapidly, and they gradually became able to see the specific situation of the other side.

In this case, the damage caused by the rain of arrows from Kabuto was relatively limited. After three or two rounds, the two sides would retract their bows, change their guns, and gallop towards the opposite side.

The giant sword made from the body of the Dingbei Army cavalry has already taken shape, and there is no room for retreat or detour.

Tuoman Nyingda led the way and loudly urged his subordinates to speed up.

When he got closer, he could finally see the true face of this Qi cavalry that suddenly appeared.

Those were young faces. There weren't many emotions on their faces, only extremely cold and cold.

Like a group of tigers coming out of the ice and snow, staring coldly at the prey in front of them.

At this moment, Tuoman Ningda suddenly felt uneasy, but he could not make a temporary decision to change the formation, which would cause Jing's army to be in chaos and lose without a fight.

The Dingbei army continued to move forward, and Lu Chen raised his spear.

This was a head-on duel without any bells and whistles, and it was also an extremely rare cavalry confrontation in the Qi Jing War.

Never retreat, only move forward!
(End of this chapter)