Survival Three Kingdoms

Chapter 704 Independent Battalion (1)

"The teacher often said that rabbits will bite people when they are in a hurry. Cao Jun retreated to Jincheng. I don't think he will retreat easily." Deng Ai stroked his newly grown beard. "Therefore, Jincheng must be stormed before reinforcements arrive!"

Zhang Jai nodded, and looked at Deng Ai with a smile: "Then how should we attack?"

"I heard that when Xu Dudu captured Handan, General Hao Zhao offered a chariot to break the city." Speaking of Hao Zhao, everyone was a little sad, especially Sun Li, who was excavated and promoted by Xu Shu together with Hao Zhao. Good at guarding, it's a pity that Hao Zhao didn't live long, and was killed by the plague without showing his talent. "Therefore, I plan to break through the city with a chariot. But it will take some time to rush the chariot, so I plan to build a chariot and attack the city at the same time. I remember that when Xu Gai went to Lujiang, he forcibly ascended the city and captured Zhu Guang. I intend to follow Xu Gai's example. ..."

Zhang Jai frowned, he also heard about Xu Gai's battle to capture the Lujiang River, and Gan Ning also used this method after that, as the saying goes, if you don't repeat it again and again, Cao Jun will definitely take precautions, and then you need a strong general How can Deng Ai be put in danger by leading the dead to the city?Cao Jun retreated too quickly. It is estimated that there are at least [-] defenders in Jincheng. Such a strong attack may not be effective.

"You don't have to worry, Commander Zhang. Soldiers from the Independent Battalion must practice basic skills when going to the city. Charging cars may not be needed here. They are prepared for the attack on Luoyang." Deng Ai saw Zhang Jaw's doubts and said casually. "Besides, I see that the moat has dried up several times, so it's not difficult to wade across."

"De Da, you go to Dongcheng to replace Liang Guang, if Cao Jun abandons the city, cover up and kill him immediately!" Zhang Jaw said to Sun Li.

Deng Ai was very upset. Zhang Jai recalled Liang Guang, obviously wanting Liang Guang to lead the army to attack the city. He was about to speak when Zhang Jai stopped him: "Liang Guangyong is overweight, and he was born in an independent battalion. For the important task, Pengfei still needs to be in the center to command and dispatch."

After hearing this, Deng Ai had no choice but to obey Zhang Jaw's arrangement.At noon, Liang Guang came to the camp, and Deng Ai deployed to attack the city as a marching general.

"General Wenqin, you put a thousand catapults in Beicheng tonight, and start throwing stones early tomorrow morning, and call craftsmen to build catapults overnight." use again.

"General Liang Guang, you choose 5000 soldiers from the independent battalion to prepare cloud ladders and flying claws to ambush outside the west city tonight. At noon tomorrow, you will storm the city gate from the west city. I will lead [-] people to respond to you."

"Dudu Zhang, I would like to trouble you to set up more banners in the North City tomorrow in person as suspicious soldiers. When you see a yellow flag appearing on the top of my city, you will lead the army in and chase Cao Jun through the city."

"An order was sent to General Zhang Yan of Dongcheng to lead 5000 people to pretend to be [-] people, and lie down outside the east gate, pretending to attack the city."

Jincheng, known as Pinghan in the east of the river, the throat of the Central Plains, and the gateway of the three Jin Dynasties, has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times.Liang Xi still has 5000 people under his command, of which 1 are stationed at the north gate, [-] are stationed at each of the other three gates, [-] are stationed in the city, and another [-] Qingqi are used as maneuvers.Arrows, rolling logs, stones, kerosene, etc. were hoarded everywhere, and Liang Xi and others made a determined decision not to retreat again, and strictly guarded against waiting for reinforcements.

Early the next morning, a thousand catapults were divided into four lines and threw stones into the city.The soldiers guarding the city reported to Liang Xi, and Liang Xi led Tian Yu and Guo Yu to hide behind the wall and look out. He saw a big flag outside the north gate, a big character Zhang, and one of the generals under the flag was Zhang. Jaws, countless Han troops behind Zhang Jaws are ready to go.

"Move all the strong bows and crossbows to the north gate, shoot the enemy soldiers, and burn the catapults!" Liang Xi ordered.

Thousands of crossbowmen were transferred to the north gate to shoot arrows outside the city, many of them were bound rockets stained with kerosene.Cao Jun was condescending, and the range of his strong bow and crossbow was no less than that of catapults. Hundreds of Han troops were shot, and nearly a hundred catapults were set ablaze. Liang Xi laughed at the top of the city. The city is hopeful.

Wen Qin hurriedly came to ask Zhang Jai for instructions, Zhang Jai ordered to continue throwing stones regardless of Cao Jun's arrows, the Han camp threw stones, Cao Jun returned arrows, and the two sides began to attack.Although the catapults are powerful, they are not enough in number and accuracy; Cao has many soldiers but lacks in power, and each has losses.Guo Yan curled his lips, there are so many arrows in the city, sooner or later they will burn your catapult clean.

Tian Yu looked at it for a long time, wondering why Zhang Jaw didn't retreat. "Lord Liang, beware of deceitful jaw opening!"

"Guo Rang's reminder is reasonable." Liang Xi nodded. "You and I will inspect each gate with two thousand soldiers, especially the east gate. Liang Guang and Zhang Yan are there."

Tian Yu led the men to the east gate. Outside the east gate, the Han army seemed to have no intention of attacking the city, only hundreds of light cavalry galloped back and forth.Tian Yu lay on the top of the city and looked at it for a long time, and found that something was wrong. There were Han soldiers crawling under the flying dust raised by light cavalry, and it seemed that there were quite a few people.Urgently send people to the north gate, and ask Liang Xi to transfer another 5000 people to help defend.

Half an hour later, Guo Yan arrived with people. "The country has been waiting for a long time, and I have transferred thousands of archers from the west city, so it has been delayed for a while. I don't know what is going on outside the city?"

The two lay on the top of the city and looked out.Guo Yan asked, "Guorang, when do you think the enemy will attack?"

"Attack..." Tian Yu finally discovered the problem again, the Han army outside the city had no siege equipment!How to attack without engineering tools?It's broken, could it be that Dongcheng is cheating!

"General Guo, be careful here, I'll go to Ximen to have a look!" Tian Yu yelled secretly, he might have been fooled. "The thousand archers must go with me."

Guo Yan looked up at the sky, it was almost noon, and Jincheng was extremely hot in June. "Alright, Guorang, be careful."

Liang Guang and Deng Ai were lying in ambush in a small forest three miles away from the west city. The weather was so hot that Liang Guang had to give up hiding on the spot. Two or three hours under the scorching sun would burn people.

"Pengfei, it's time!" Liang Guang estimated that the time was about the same, and shouted "Siege!"

One thousand auxiliary soldiers carried ladders, and the three thousand independent battalion rushed towards the west city with a bag of dirt on their backs.In Sanli, it took less than half a quarter of an hour to reach the moat. There was no rain for a long time, and the moat was narrow and shallow. Three passages were quickly filled with earth bags.Cao Bing at the top of the city watched eagerly, but almost all the archers were transferred to the north and east. The few sparse arrows had no effect, so they could only ask Liang Xi for help.

On nearly a hundred ladders, soldiers of the Independent Battalion galloped up the ladders with a knife in one hand and a shield in the other.Cao Jun threw stones down desperately, smashing the bookshelf ladder, almost all of their attention was on the ladder.

Soldiers of the independent battalion without a ladder, with their knives in sheaths and shields tied to them, untied their flying claws from their waists, shook their hands and threw them at the top of the city, grabbing the city wall.The rope was tied long ago, and his hands were interlaced, but it took only twenty strokes to reach the top of the city.Cao Jun was shocked, why the enemy was so fast!It was clearly a group of snitches!They don't know how much hard work the Independence Camp has put into climbing ropes and walls.

(End of this chapter)