Chapter 4: The first battle is shocked

Author: Dongchen Yuan Xiu

Chapter 4: The first battle is shocked

"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

The desolate horn sounded over the entire sky inside and outside the city of Pingyang County.

Zhang Jinyu took the soldiers and waited on the east city wall. Looking at the serious faces of many soldiers, he was still very excited. He touched the armor on his body again, and then he felt a little comforted.

Zhang Jinyu looked up at the Jurchen camp outside. He looked at the army formation composed of so many people, shocked and numb enough to describe it in words. This was the first time he had seen a real cold weapon battlefield in the feudal era.

Especially the Jurchen cavalry units, which were only seen on Blue Star TV before, but had never seen the real ones. Only then did they realize that the real Jurchen cavalry was indeed majestic and fierce.

Only then did Zhang Jinyu understand what a nation on horseback is. The cavalry of nomadic peoples is indeed a choice!

On the vast grassland, an elite cavalry with a trained train can easily achieve the state of unity of man and horse. It is simply unsolvable. From their random horse riding movements, you can tell how skillful they are. They are worthy of being a Jurchen cavalry.

Famous warriors on the grassland.

Looking back on the past when the cavalry in the Lanxing Pass and outside the Pass, it seems that I haven't won a few times.

This is really troublesome!

This is not the hasty battle that Zhang Jinyu thought before. Huang Jitai seemed to want to take over Pingyang County City, then slowly erode, take over the Luoyun Plain, establish a hegemony, and fight against the great martial arts.

"Ningbian, let the guards pass on the transmission, and let Zhang Wenqing's fourth camp and Zhang Mingzhe's seventh camp be prepared. I'm afraid it will be a problem today. The Jurchens spent a lot of money this time. Tell my brothers to use bows, crossbows, arrows and other weapons to defend the city. Give me the

Greet them well.”

"Yes! General."

The guards were arranged to send a message.

Outside the city, the Jurchen Khan Huang Jitai also gathered a good team slowly. In addition to the 50,000 troops left behind, the 200,000 troops were pressing towards Pingyang City with the force of Mount Tai, and also showed the elite legion of their khan tent to the defenders.

strength.

The last time I ambushed the commander of the Dawu reinforcements, although some people broke through, they almost wiped out all the cavalry. I believe that the elite defenders without the command of the commander are lacking in souls. This is a god-given opportunity.

The huge military formation also stopped 2 miles outside the moat, which was the distance beyond the effective shooting of the crossbow on the city.

Huang Jitai stood in front of the team and looked at the wide moat in front. It was indeed the largest city in Luoyun Plain.

Then with a wave of his hand, a shrill horn sounded again in the military formation;

"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Hearing the signal of attack, the army formation in front of the Jurchens moved.

The infantry in front directly put down their weapons and picked up the sand and soil strips that had been filled, and then each rushed to the river with a sand and soil bag on his back, launching the first wave of landfill operations.

The team behind them dug soil and packed it with shovels and sandbags. The dust was flying and it was very busy. It was like a construction site, but it was still unecocious. If it were on Lanxing, it would report him immediately, making him so arrogant.

Huang Jitai was still unsatisfied with the speed of landfill, so he asked the cavalry to put down their weapons and started a transportation brigade. The cavalry picked up sand and earth bags and put them on horseback to form a pack horse team, and then rode to the river to throw the sand and earth bags into the river.

Retract quickly, which is much faster than the infantry.

In addition, Huang Jitai arranged for Jurchen soldiers to stand in front of the moat to raise their shields, and behind them, the Jurchen soldiers raised their longbows and carried out densely on the east bank of the moat to launch protective attacks, hoping to disrupt the defenders' sight and reduce the soldiers' losses.

The most common deaths in attacking cities in all dynasties were the time when landfilling moats, because this period was a passive beating, and no matter how anxious it was, it was useless.

Yesterday I just filled a small road and suffered such heavy losses. Now I have to fill the moat section on a large scale, I don’t know how many more casualties will be caused?

The key is that most of the road was dug up last night!

Huang Jitai directly ordered his confidant general Helianchen to lead his troops to supervise the battle. Anyone who retreated must kill him. Today, he must fill the moat.

On the city wall, the generals and grassroots captains of the defenders had already prepared, and ordered the soldiers from their subordinates to stand in a row, queuing up their arms and long bows, aiming at the enemy and shooting the crossbow arrows out.

, row after row, must not be interrupted,

"Swoosh!swoosh!swoosh!"

The crossbow arrows kept falling in the Jurchens landfill team outside the moat, causing major damage in the dense team. After a moment, the dark shadow of the team appeared blank.

In particular, the lathe crossbow was also added to the attack sequence. The huge arrows of more than one meter long can cause terrible penetration injuries. One shot can cause damage to the enemy's team. Several people were worn together and were extremely bloody.

Every time I see this, many soldiers will be frightened and will be in a hurry. At this time, the Helianchen supervising team will come over. If you stay for a while, you will be killed directly by the supervising team behind you.

So no matter how big the casualties are, the speed of landfill has not decreased at all.

Zhang Jinyu, who was standing on the city wall, saw the situation outside, and looked pale and tried his best to endure something!

This is really dead. The red, white and yellow made me want to vomit, hold back, hold back,

“Vomit, vape,”

Still couldn't help it, Zhang Jinyu squatted down and vomited a few times.

"General, is it okay?"

Zhang Jiawu and Ningbian asked with concern,

"It's okay, I'm fine. I just suffered a little cold, and it's a little uncomfortable!"

Zhang Jinyu replied stubbornly, looking at the Jurchens outside the city who were not affected at all.

"Jiawu, the enemy's landfill speed has not slowed down at all. Think of a solution?"

"Then use the catapult now to directly attack the military formation behind. It is a little more to kill."

"Yes, shoot at the densely packed military formations behind the Jurchens, and don't worry about the front."

"It's the general."

Zhang Jiawu returned to the city wall and arranged for the deputy general to command the soldiers to prepare the catapult.

"Prepare to throw the stone and put it on!"

With a command, stones of different sizes were thrown high and accurately fell into the camp behind the Jurchens, causing huge inertial ejection damage.

The Jurchen cavalry who were smashed were all killed or injured, and the injured could basically not save their lives.

This is not counting, especially the infantry and military formations, which have a intensive formation to add damage to the catapult.

The soldiers who were directly smashed into the military formation were covered in blood. At one time, there were only a few or a dozen people together. They all fell to the ground and could not bear to live or die. There were blank spaces in the neat formation.

Huang Jitai felt heartbroken when he saw it, so he quickly asked the army to retreat 4 miles before stopping. Seeing the gaps in the military formation, the corners of his mouth twitched.

It doesn't matter if this retreat is not important. The distance between the main force and the front is widened, which directly causes the landfill speed to drop significantly, and the casualties have increased.

There was also a gloom on the faces of Hu Yanhan and other Jurchen generals.

The loss was so great on the first day of the siege. It is worthy of being the largest city in the north of Dawu. How great it would be if it was captured as our Jurchen Khan City.

The morning passed quickly. When the sun in the east had risen to its highest point, the Jurchens' call to withdraw the troops finally sounded, and the soldiers on both sides breathed a sigh of relief.

The Jurchen army was already burying the pot and making rice from behind, and it seemed that they were not going to return to the camp to stop the battle.

After seeing the Jurchens retreat, Zhang Jinyu asked Zhang Jiawu to take the people down for dinner.

In the afternoon, Zhang Jiawen asked the soldiers of the reserve team to replace the soldiers guarding the city this morning.

The purpose is very simple, which is to add fuel tactics and wheel combat, and use sergeants with good physical strength to maintain their combat effectiveness and lethality.

Afternoon,

The city defense has just been replaced on a large scale.

The Jurchens began to siege the city like in the morning again.

He was afraid of death and landslide the moat. Looking down from the city, the moat was landslide at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The Jurchens completely ignored casualties and were really a model of dedication, and Zhang Jinyu had to admire them.

But it must be stopped.

"Zhang Jiawen, increase the attack!"

"It's the general,"

"The first row, concentrated ejection, and then the second row follows, with a 15 breathing interval."

"First row, get ready, put it!"

"Second row, get ready, put it!"

After several rounds, combined with the attacks of the catapult and crossbow, more than half of the people on the opposite side were cleared, and the opponent could not organize an effective formation immediately.

Huang Jitai looked at the warriors who were shooting him unscrupulously with a gloomy face, and his anger seemed to be spraying out of his eyes.

"Hu Yanhan, Mingjin withdraws his troops!"

"Khan, we're organizing it once,"

Before Hu Yanhan finished speaking, he saw Dahan's gloomy face and instantly swallowed back the words he hadn't said yet.

"Quick, Mingjin has withdrawn his troops. Withdraw all the people."

After hearing the signal of retreat, the Jurchen soldiers quickly retreated without any fighting, quickly left the dangerous area and assembled on both sides of the main force.

Each thousand households simply rectified the troops in the headquarters and then slowly withdrew from the camp, making it skillful and calm.

Zhang Jinyu, who was standing on the city tower, sighed as he looked at the Jurchens' training in moderation.

It is indeed worthy of its reputation. The Jurchen soldiers are well-trained, tenacious in combat, and strict disciplines of superiors and subordinates are amazing!

It is no wonder that Huang Jitai has such a strong army and wins repeatedly, which makes the court deeply troubled.

This siege is still the same. Without the problem of landfilling the moat, the Jurchens should not come up to fight face-to-face.

After counting, there were still more than 2,000 casualties. After checking the wounds, they were directly shot by the Jurchens' bows and arrows, shot through the weak parts of the armor. The keys died on the spot, and the others were all slightly injured.

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Zhang Jinyu asked the doctor and military doctor in the city to concentrate on treating the injured soldiers.

Don’t be afraid of wasting medicinal materials. You can use all kinds of golden sores and medicines. The cost will be paid from the General’s Mansion.

After this order was issued, all the soldiers were secretly grateful.
Chapter completed!