Dynasty Conquest

Chapter 206 Band Shooting
Jiuyuan City, the capital of Jiuyuan Province, is located in a flat river valley, surrounded by rolling low plains. The originally peaceful and quiet Jiuyuan City is now under martial law because of the war.

At several commanding heights outside Jiuyuan City, the provincial garrison built two camps, one on the left and one on the right, forming an angle with Jiuyuan City for defense.

On the outskirts of the camp, the imperial army of Jiuyuan Province dug a large number of trenches, traps, and arranged countless fences and barbed wire. Around Jiuyuan City, the governor of the province, Na Jialuo, built a five-mile-deep defense system. .

In this defense system, more than [-] dynasty troops and [-] noble armed forces have been deployed. It can be said that the current Jiuyuan Province has been built into an iron wall by Governor Najialuo. If the Nanchuan Army wants to capture Jiuyuan City, must pay a heavy price.

For Jiuyuan City, the Linchuan Legion is bound to win. Firstly, Jiuyuan City is the capital of Jiuyuan Province. Taking Jiuyuan City can disintegrate the morale of the defenders in other places. Secondly, Jiuyuan City has accumulated a large amount of weapons and equipment, food and grass , Nanchuan Army didn't want to let it go.

On May [-]th, the Linchuan Army, which marched slowly, arrived at the outskirts of Jiuyuan City.

Looking at layers of barbed wire and countless ditches, Lin Chuan stood on a high ground, frowning.

It seems that it is not so easy to take Jiuyuan City smoothly.

As the capital of Jiuyuan Province, Jiuyuan City, Governor Najialuo has been operating here for more than ten years, and now it is heavily armed. For the Linchuan Army, this is a difficult bone to crack.

"General Lin, do you want to test the attack and find out the truth?" Robben, the deputy army commander, suggested.

"Do you think it's better to let that army go?" Lin Chuan turned his head to ask Robben for his opinion.

Robben smiled and replied: "Why don't you let General Mingyang's Fifth Corps go up and try it out. General Sith attacked the city along the way, and the other troops haven't seen blood yet, so we can't favor one over the other, right—" —”

Lin Chuan nodded, and ordered to the messenger: "Order the Fifth Corps to conduct a tentative attack on the Dynasty army camp on the left."

"Follow the general!" The orderly repeated the order, then turned and ran towards the formation of the Fifth Corps.

Soon, the horn sounded, and about two banner battalions of [-] Nanchuan soldiers from Mingyang's Fifth Corps came out and rushed towards the left battalion set up outside Jiuyuan City.

The Nanchuan soldiers in the two banner battalions responsible for the attack are mainly composed of three thousand sword shield soldiers and three thousand archers. The sword shield soldiers are in front and the archers are closely behind.

Lin Chuan nodded appreciatively for such a troop configuration. This way, there are both long-range strikes and melee combat, and it may really be effective.

"Your Excellency, the rebels are attacking!" The soldiers on the watchtower at the head of Jiuyuan City shouted at Na Jialuo, Governor of Jiuyuan Province.

Governor Najialuo looked at the dark Nanchuan army several miles away, feeling very complicated. As a provincial governor of the dynasty, he had always led the dynasty army to suppress the rebellion. Najiaro felt very aggrieved.

Governor Najialuo didn't care about the Nanchuan Army attacking about two banner battalions. He ordered: "Tell the guard Zhang in Zuozhai that this is a tentative attack by the rebels, don't fall into the trap."

Soon, the head of the city waved the flag, and Zhang Jie, who was stationed in the camp outside the city and was about to go out to fight, was very depressed, and waved to the assembled troops, "Disband and disband, this is their probing attack, don't Pay attention to them."

Zhang Jie was originally a guard envoy in the northern part of Jiuyuan Province. He was transferred to Jiuyuan City by Governor Najialuo a month ago, and followed him south to wipe out the rebels.

Unexpectedly, after several days of attacking the Black Mountain Fortress, not only did they fail to capture it, but they also lost troops. After the arrival of the large rebel army, they retreated back to Jiuyuan City dejectedly.

Zhang Jie served as a rear guard during the retreat and repelled the pursuit of the rebels, so now he is appreciated by Governor Najialuo and appointed as the chief general of the left camp outside the city.

Zhang Jie can be said to be like a carp jumping over the dragon's gate, soaring into the sky. Now he can't wait to kill a few more rebels and make more meritorious deeds, so as to live up to the appreciation of Governor Najialuo.

The Zuozhai was set up on a relatively high ground, and the camp was extremely strong. Surrounding the Zuozhai, except for the passages, there were densely packed ditches, fences, and barbed wire.

If they attack Zuozhai through the channel deliberately set aside, the Nanchuan army will not only face the blow of arrow rain, but there will also be ten trebuchets in Zuozhai. Come down, there is no way to hide in the narrow passage.

Mingyang's Fifth Corps did not experience a decent fight at all in the early stage of the attack, it just took down a few small towns, so even though it was a tentative attack, Mingyang still took out the two most elite banners Battalion, show your hand in front of the whole army.

One must know that nearly [-] troops are now lined up in the wilderness. Looking at their Fifth Corps, although Ming Yang knew that he would be beaten back, Ming Yang still had the heart to capture Zuozhai.

The [-] sword shield fighters are the elite of the Fifth Corps. They are all dressed in black armor, holding a square shield with four corners, and they are tightly dressed, and they are constantly approaching the outermost trench.

Behind the three thousand warriors with swords and shields, there are three thousand elite archers. They hold a first-grade longbow and carry a quiver with thirty spiked arrows on their backs. Their eyes are bright and their steps are firm.

"Stop!" The bow and arrow battalion followed the long roar of the flag battalion commander, stopped abruptly, stood outside the trench, took off the quiver on its back, and prepared to cover and shoot.

The sword and shield fighters kept their shields in front and continued to approach the trench, 300 meters, 200 meters... The sword and shield fighters could already see the tense faces of the dynasty soldiers holding their spears in the trench.

"Archers shoot!" The dynasty officer shouted from inside the trench defense line, and a rain of arrows enveloped the Nanchuan saber shield soldiers.

However, the sword and shield warriors had already made preparations. Although the arrows were whistling in their ears, except for a few unlucky ones, most of the arrows were blocked by the square shield.

The wounded soldiers who fell to the ground after being shot by the arrows were quickly protected by the soldiers behind them with shields to avoid being shot by the arrows again.

The sword and shield warriors braved arrows and kept approaching the trench. On the periphery of the trench, the dynasty army not only arranged fences and barbed wire, but also big traps.

Many Nanchuan fighters fell into the trap, and their bodies were pierced by the spears in the trap, but this did not stop the Nanchuan fighters from advancing.

"Archers get ready! Target the enemy archers and shoot in three shots!" At this moment, the bow and arrow battalion, which was acting together with the sword and shield warriors, was also ready. Following the order of the officer, they began to fight back.

The archers of the dynasty soldiers who were showing off their power just now had no time to react, and were shot through their bodies by arrows, screaming one after another.

But the matter is not over yet. The first wave of 1000 archers of the Nanchuan Army who practiced three-stage shooting just shot their arrows, and the second wave of [-] archers is also ready to shoot...

Therefore, in a short period of time, the continuous arrow strikes caused great casualties to the inexperienced dynasty army archers. Even the survivors hurriedly avoided, losing the threat to the sword and shield warriors.

(End of this chapter)