Chapter Sixty-Five Surprise Attack
The armies of the Dafeng Kingdom and the Tufan Kingdom fought many large-scale battles from Yelang Valley to Songpingba outside Wuling Prefecture. The two sides came and went, evenly matched, and the cavalry battalion led by Tianci was also fighting.
It made outstanding achievements many times, and was later transformed into a heavy armored cavalry battalion with a strength of nearly 3,000 men.
With the continuous arrival of Tufan's support troops and strategic materials, the size of Tufan's army has reached more than 400,000, forming an overwhelming advantage over Dafeng's military strength. The Dafeng army can no longer compete with Tufan's army.
Facing an attack, they had no choice but to retreat to Wuling Prefecture City. Relying on the precipitous city, which was easy to defend but difficult to attack, they continued to contend with the Tufan army.
After Dafeng's army retreated to the city, the morale of the Tufan army soared, and they began a frantic attack around Wulingzhou City, announcing that they would capture Wulingzhou within ten days.
The Tufan army dispatched a large number of archers, crossbowmen and catapults to approach the city and suppress the defensive firepower on the city. At the same time, they sent a large number of siege soldiers carrying siege ladders to forcibly attack the city.
Although Wulingzhou City has thick walls and a dangerous terrain, it cannot withstand the numerous and all-round attacks of the enemy. The archers on the city have to fight with the crossbowmen outside the city while also defending against the siege echelon under the city wall. It is difficult to deal with it.
Later, Dafeng strengthened its troops on the city wall and transferred both infantry and cavalry to the city wall for defense.
However, the space on the city wall is limited. The defensive strength of other units you strengthened will occupy the position of the archers. After the strength of the archers is reduced, the firepower of the assists below the city will be more powerful, completely suppressing the long-range defense on the city, giving
The defensive soldiers on the city caused heavy casualties.
After several days of defending the city, although the city was not lost, the defenders suffered heavy losses. The huge crowds of siege soldiers every day put great pressure on the city's defense and also caused serious damage to the outer walls of the city wall. Assist in the defense on the city wall.
Zhang Tianci was very anxious when he saw that this defense was not an option.
He observed the battlefield situation on the city, and suddenly came up with a plan. He hurriedly went down to the city to find the cavalry governor, Mr. Wang. When he saw the governor, he stepped forward to report the battle situation at that time, and suggested to the governor: "Sir
, our cavalry is currently assisting in the defense on the city wall, but it has not played a significant role, but has suffered serious casualties. On the contrary, the enemy's archers are more rampant outside the city. How about we send light cavalry out of the city to intercept and kill their crossbow units.
To reduce the pressure of prevention and control on the city wall."
"If this move is effective, I suggest that the cavalry can be stationed under the city wall outside the city for a long time, and form a mutually supportive defensive situation with the archers and crossbowmen on the city wall. In this way, the enemy archers will not dare to approach rashly
, for fear of being sniped by our cavalry below the city, the enemy archers had to retreat a certain distance. In this case, they would not be able to shoot arrows up the city tower and pose no threat to our city defense. However, the arrows and crossbowmen on our city wall fired.
Because the arrows are from a high position, the range is just a little further than the enemy's. The result is that I can only shoot you, but you can't shoot me. This makes the enemy's archers completely useless, and without the archers' cover,
Not to mention the attack by siege troops."
After hearing the words, Lord Governor Wang thought carefully for a while, and suddenly shouted: "Good plan, wonderful plan!" He did not take this young officer seriously at first, but after hearing his suggestions, his eyes lit up.
Much appreciated.
The Lord Governor immediately took out a token from the case and gave it to Tianci, ordering him to immediately lead five battalions of cavalry, rush out from the north gate, and go straight to the enemy archer camp, striving to deliver a devastating blow and defeat the enemy's archers.
If there is difficulty in returning to the original route, the troops will be divided into two groups and go back to the west gate and east gate of the city to return to the city. When the time comes, people will be sent to the two gates to respond.
After receiving the order, Tianci summoned five cavalry battalions with a total of more than 10,000 troops under the north city gate. He asked everyone to remove their heavy armor, hold long swords, and ride in simple clothes. They must win with speed.
After the sound of a cannon, the east city gate suddenly opened. Godsend took the lead and led the light cavalry troops to file out from the city gate hole. After getting out of the city gate, they walked non-stop, ignoring the enemy troops surrounding the city, and faced several soldiers in the direction.
The enemy archers' position ten feet away rushed over.
The mighty siege soldiers surrounding the city didn't even notice that the cavalry team was passing through them. The archers behind were firing arrows at the top of the city tower with all their strength, but they didn't notice it either.
The team of men and horses ran straight towards them. When the cavalry troops rushed in front of them, they thought they were the siege troops retreating from the front.
Tianci raised his sword and dropped it. Immediately, an archer's arm flew up, spraying blood and flying in the air. When Tianci killed the enemy, he did not kill the enemy. He mostly killed and wounded the enemy soldiers, but did not kill them. He thought that killing an enemy soldier was
It causes greater losses to the enemy than killing an enemy soldier. These disabled soldiers who have lost their attack power can only bring more burdens to the enemy, and the war weariness generated by the disabled soldiers will lower the morale of the army.
to the effect of disintegration.
In close combat, the archers were like meat on the chopping board to the cavalry, ready to be slaughtered without the ability to fight back. The cavalry, who came like tigers out of the cage, killed the archers and crossbowmen to pieces.
, in an instant, the bow and arrow camp of more than 20,000 people was rushed and killed, and only a few were left. The remaining ones fled away, abandoning their bows and arrows.
By the time the large troops behind the Archer Battalion discovered the situation ahead and rushed to support them, the cavalry troops led by Tianci had already retreated at a price that was shockingly fast.
The archers on the city here suddenly felt relieved that there were no arrows from the enemy. They immediately poured all their firepower on the siege troops below the city. For a moment, the siege troops below the city couldn't resist and started to rush.
Withdrew.
These retreating siege troops never expected to collide head-on with the retreating cavalry troops, and were slaughtered wildly. The cavalry troops took advantage of the enemy's defeat and charged back and forth in the rout.
The siege soldiers were also confused about the situation and thought they were suddenly surrounded by the enemy. They were panicked for a moment, abandoned their helmets and armor, and fled. They were immediately defeated and retreated backwards.
After the cavalry unit led by Tianci won a great victory, they did not pursue it. When the enemy retreated, Tianci did not let the troops return to the city. Instead, he asked the defenders to close the city gate immediately. Then he quickly commanded and arranged for the more than 10,000 soldiers to retreat.
The cavalry troops lined up along the outer city wall and were on alert, ready to charge at any time against the invading enemy troops.
Chapter completed!