The struggle of the reborn prince

Zhao Tong deceived Wan Yanqin, and Wu Shu deceived Zhao Yong again, both sides were using tricks to confuse the battle situation, making it difficult for people to see clearly what the opponent was doing.

Zhao Yong, who had figured out the cause and effect, was deceived by Wushu, but the Jin army finally moved according to the plan. He was very happy, and immediately arranged it, and the fourth marine brigade transferred to Yuanzhou immediately set out to assist Ah Shu's Five Kingdoms The Ministry of Defense was waiting to capture Helandian; ordered the Marine Brigade to guard Bochuan, and the tiger generals rushed to Tokugawa to set up an ambush to intercept the Chinese army retreating from the Jin army; the two generals in Xijing were preparing to attack the Jin army camp.

The former army successfully deceived the scouts of the Song army, escaped the siege, captured Xichuan and opened the way back to the country. Withdrew, but Song Jun still pretended not to notice and let them go.At this time, the Golden Army camp was still waving banners and banners on the surface, the handsome flag was hanging high, and soldiers were patrolling. It was impossible to see that the camp was mostly empty at this moment.

Zhao Yong judged through the reconnaissance of the scouts that there were only [-] soldiers in the Jin army camp at this time, and the main force had left for a day, so it was difficult for the two armies to support each other.However, our own forces have already formed an absolute advantage, and after the two generals "observed" the offensive and defensive battles between the Koryo Army and the Jin Army, they already had an understanding of the Jin Army's tactics, and conducted more than ten days of targeted training and tactical drills. Be sure to eliminate the Ministry.

On the [-]th day of the twelfth lunar month, Zhao Yong led two generals and a group of aides to the tower to survey the terrain.The road from Xijing to the north passes through the middle of Jinying, dividing the camp into east and west halves.The terrain in the southwest is flat, while the terrain facing the Datong River in the southeast is undulating. The half-moon-shaped earthen city built by the Jin army separated Daying from Xijing City.Form the first line of defense.Zhao Yong planned to use lion generals to attack Tucheng and the camp. The predecessor of this army was the lion camp of the Xiangyi army.He was called Leopard General after Taiyuan's army expansion, and participated in the battles to capture Xiazhou, Fengzhou, Lingzhou and other strong cities.Good at tackling tough situations.

The combat deployment was quickly determined: the lion generals were divided into two divisions, with the first and second brigades attacking the northeast corner of Tucheng, the third and fourth attacking the southwest corner of Tucheng, and the fifth and sixth brigades serving as reserve teams. big camp.After the battle started, the Leopard General detoured to the northwest of the camp to intercept the Jin army that had broken through, preventing them from merging with the Chinese army after escaping.Because the earth city is strong, it is difficult for the artillery to destroy it in a short time. Therefore, it is agreed that the engineers will deliver explosives to blow up the earth fortress, and the artillery will approach and fire to suppress and destroy the enemy's catapults.

In order to covertly meet the enemy.To reduce the damage of the trebuchets to the attacking troops and to achieve the effect of a surprise attack, the time to launch the attack is at Yin time, when the sky is still dark and it is the coldest time, the enemy has not yet woken up and their vigilance is low, so it is inevitable to be in a hurry when attacked. Easy to break through barriers.After the battle began in full swing, dawn was conducive to the artillery's discovery of targets and aiming, and the subsequent battle for the camp.

In the early morning of the 21st of the twelfth lunar month, the brigades participating in the attack quietly left the city on foot from the east and west gates and entered the attack area, hiding in the two moats of Xijing City.The third and fourth brigades were responsible for attacking the southwest corner of Tucheng.The terrain here is flat, and there are almost no hidden objects. The bright moonlight reflects on the snowy field, which seems to be coated with a layer of silver.Shaking figures can be seen dozens of steps away, and the figures of Jin Army sentries on the turrets of Tucheng can be seen faintly.

"The engineers set off, pay attention to cover!" The third brigade took charge of the main attack.Commander Bao Gang set up the command post in a deep trench [-] steps away from Tucheng, breathing hard.Then the engineers responsible for the blasting task were ordered to set off.Whether the earth barrier can be blasted is the key to whether the battle can be carried out smoothly, but it is very difficult to move to the city on flat terrain.After reconnaissance before the war, Zhang Pu discovered that a winding ditch in the southwest corner of Tucheng was connected to the moat.

Although he couldn't see anything, Zhang Pu still stared at the dark Tucheng in front of him. Even though it was the coldest time, he still felt hot and sweaty.After the blast, his soldiers will launch an attack on the earth barrier. The short [-] steps from the attack point to the city is the life and death line. Machine guns and artillery have very limited damage to the enemies hidden behind the earth barrier. Without any cover and effective cover, braving the golden army's arrow rain to charge, if the blasting fails and the breakthrough cannot be opened, it will cause greater casualties.

"Has the blasting team set off yet?" The waiting before the battle was the most difficult. Zhang Pu couldn't stay in the command post any longer. He went to the forward command post of the third brigade. He asked Bao Gang as soon as he jumped in.

"I've already gone up. Why did you come here? It's too dangerous!" Bao Gang was surprised when he saw the person coming.

"What nonsense, where is the assault battalion?" Zhang Pu reprimanded softly.

"Within fifty steps in front of the city, they set off first and have been lurking for two hours!" Bao Gang replied.

"What if the blasting fails?" Zhang Pu asked.

"Organize the second blast immediately, and the second echelon will set up a ladder to attack the city!" Bao Gang replied.

"Well, as soon as the explosion sounds, use the smoke to attack immediately. You must be quick, don't hesitate, and tear the breakthrough immediately!" Zhang Pu said, "If the explosion fails, the second echelon must go up quickly, and prepare for the second attack while attacking." Don’t wait for the second explosion, otherwise the casualties will be even greater!”

"Control, understand!" Bao Gang nodded and said...

The gold army's soil base was extremely solid after being watered with water. Machine guns could only leave a string of white spots on it. Even if light artillery fired with solid bullets, it could only smash down a few pieces of frozen soil.In order to ensure the success of the first blasting, the engineers prepared nearly a thousand catties of gunpowder, and they had to send all more than 20 packs of gunpowder to the city.After approaching covertly, they used the shadows to approach slowly. At this moment, they were only separated from the enemy by a dirt wall, and the footsteps of the enemy patrol could be clearly heard.

Twenty packs of [-]-jin explosives were silently sent to the base of the earth and piled up at the corner of the wall. Liu Er took out the fire pocket in his arms, held it with his hands, and blew a breath, and the tinder immediately burst into flames.Liu Er's hand holding the fire zip was a bit tight. As an old engineer, he knew very well the power of this thousand-jin gunpowder explosion. Even if he was swept away within thirty steps, he would be missing arms and legs, and even his liver and gallbladder were cracked by the shock wave. And I only have a dozen or so minutes to escape, and I have to run as far as possible as soon as possible, otherwise the frozen rock-like clods will fall from the sky and smash myself to death.

"Hiss..." The flame swept across the fuze, and sparks burst out immediately. Liu Er immediately threw away the fire pocket, turned around and jumped into the river ditch and ran back without looking back.

"One, two, three...ten!" Liu Er silently counted to ten while running, when there was a turning in front of him, he immediately rushed to the back, covered his ears with his hands covering his head, and pressed his body tightly The walls of the ditch curled up into a ball.

There was a loud bang, and the strong flash made people subconsciously close their eyes and lower their heads. A column of smoke with a height of twenty feet rushed up from under the earth barrier. Feeling stuffy, my stomach churns, I can't wait to spit out everything in my stomach, as if there are thousands of bees flying around my ears.

"Collapsed!" Liu Er poked his head out to look at the blasting point, and the corner of the city disappeared under the powerful impact, like a big black mouth in the dark night, he shouted excitedly.But before he could take a closer look, a whirlwind rolled the sand and snowflakes and blew towards the ground. Just as he lowered his head, gravel and soil clods fell down like a hailstorm.

"Did tick... tick..." The charge horn sounded, and the assault battalion ambushing a hundred steps outside Tucheng immediately launched a charge.The soldiers who had been lurking in the severe cold for two hours jumped up with all their strength. Their stiff hands and feet caused many people to stand up and fall down, and then tenaciously got up and stumbled forward.

"Quick, quick, quick..." The commander of the [-]rd Brigade and [-]st Battalion ordered Bordan to pull up a fallen soldier, roaring loudly and rushing forward. They must rush into the city before the enemy reacts, consolidate and expand the breakthrough, and open up a passage , Destroy the enemy's archers, otherwise when the enemy reacts, a volley will cause huge casualties to the charging troops, especially the trebuchets are the greatest threat to them.

Before the gunpowder smoke cleared, the assault battalion rushed in through the blasted gap. At this moment, the terrified Jinbing had just emerged from the ground nest, and before they could gather in the future, patrols from all over the place were rushing towards the gap, and the scene was extremely chaotic. , They didn't expect that the Song army had changed the usual style of fighting in the past, and did not implement artillery preparations at all, but blasted Tucheng into a gap of tens of feet in such a violent way.

"Scatter the enemy archers and occupy the commanding heights!" Boldan knew that in the dark, a single archer would be blind and not enough of a threat at all, but letting them form a battle formation would cover a large area like cannonballs, and escaped This arrow may just hit that arrow.A burst of random shooting by the commando knocked down the Golden Army archers, and they escaped around alive, while the patrols trying to block the gap were quickly defeated by machine gun fire.

The Song army was divided into two teams and developed along the earth barrier to the two wings to expand the breakthrough. The engineers carried out several small blasts one after another, blasting gaps in the earth barrier and opening more passages.The Jin army's counterattack was also very fast. The trebuchets began to fire stone bombs in the direction of the breakthrough to prevent the follow-up troops from entering. The cavalry quickly rushed out along the reserved passage, trying to drive the commandos out of the Tucheng and block the breakthrough.

"Hold the breakthrough, concentrate firepower, launch signal flares, and ask for artillery support!" Bordan was taken aback when he saw the cavalry rushing up quickly, and hurriedly ordered to shrink the defense line.

The show of dispatching cavalry was not staged when the Koryo army attacked. The Song army also thought that in the earth city with low walls and earth barriers, the movement of war horses was restricted and it was difficult to exert their combat effectiveness, but who would have thought that the Jin army ambushed the cavalry in the earth? After the base, and reserved a passage, it became an important counterattack force... (To be continued..)