Chapter 211: Big Break Gao Chang Part 1
"General... that, military advisor." Wang Yuantai was stunned for a moment and reminded with friendship, "It's just over in Weishi, and it's already in Shenshi, and there's only one hour left before the sunset."
"One hour is enough." Li Hao raised his feather fan, pointed at Jiaohe City, and shouted coldly, "All the generals obey orders and prepare to attack the city!"
Everyone quickly dispersed after hearing this, performing their duties and preparing. After a while, the troops were ready. Li Hao ordered five thousand infantry soldiers to hold wooden shields in front and three thousand archers in back and enter the enemy's range.
There were sounds of stringing at the top of the city wall, and the Tang army raised wooden shields to resist. The next moment, the generals in the Tang army camp were shocked. They saw that the archers of the Gaochang army only flew less than a hundred steps, and most of them were shot in the open space. Only two or three hundred arrows shot into the Tang army formation, and they were weak and powerless, blocked by the shield.
"This is a group of recruits, and they are not even satisfied with the bow." Li Hao raised his lips and said happily, "It seems that he can't even take an hour."
Li Hao waved his feather fan, and Feiying saw his gesture, picked up a flag and shouted: "The archer presses on him and fight back!"
More than 3,000 Tang army archers moved forward for more than 30 steps and fired their bows to counterattack. Suddenly, arrows were shot like locusts, shooting towards the top of the city. Nearly a hundred people in the Gaochang army immediately fell to the ground by arrows. The other Gaochang army was so scared that they all hurried under the female wall and did not dare to show their heads.
Li Hao stood up, swept the feather fan, and the flying eagle immediately changed to another order flag and shouted loudly: "Beat the drum! Siege the city!"
"Dongdongdongdongdong..." The rapid drum sounded, and more than 4,000 infantry soldiers shouted and rushed towards the city, setting up a ladder, and in the military formation, the rushing car was pushed out and headed towards the north gate of Gaochang.
The enemy generals shouted at the top of the city, and immediately many people began to throw rocks and roll wood downwards in the rain of arrows to prevent the Tang army from siegeing the city.
Li Hao suddenly turned his head and said, "Chen Bin, you can take a thousand Zuowu Guards, bypass Jiaohe City, go to their south gate, and stop four miles outside the south gate."
"Yes!" Chen Bin immediately took the order and took a thousand left military guards toward the south at lightning.
The generals guarding the city above the city saw a team of cavalry running south around the city. They were shocked and hurriedly said loudly: "Hurry, Xu Xiong, bring 800 people to the south gate to set up defenses!"
In ancient times, when fighting, the three quarries and one circumference. Li Hao was different. He only attacked the north gate of Jiaohe City and gave you three directions to escape. If you abandon the city and escape, I have the most elite cavalry, how many can I escape? If you don’t escape, I will send troops to stand outside the other three walls, allowing you to disperse your troops to defend and disperse your troops.
As expected, Chen Bin stood four miles outside the city wall with a thousand left Wu Guards, and did not attack the city. The captain named Xu Xiong waited for a while, but did not see Chen Bin and the others siege the city. He was very anxious and wanted to return to the north city wall but did not dare. He hurriedly sent someone to notify their city guard generals.
"Peng Hai, take two hundred and fifty right guards and two hundred and fifty palace soldiers and cavalry to stand four miles outside the Xicheng Gate."
"Yes!" Peng Hai immediately led the five hundred cavalry and rushed westward, stopping outside the enemy's west gate.
"Bai Yeduo! Take 400 people to guard the West City Gate!" The Gaochang defender general was completely led by Li Hao. Since he transferred 1,200 people, there were only more than 2,000 defenders on the northern city wall.
Li Hao looked at the battle situation ahead and said slowly: "The archers fired volleys to cover the rushing car, and the men are about to climb the city."
The flying eagle immediately went to the front with the flag in hand, and the Tang army archers immediately tried their best to shoot arrows at the top of the city. The arrows were like rain, making the enemy unable to show their heads. The car rushed forward quickly and soon arrived in front of the city gate and collided with the city gate. The Tang army had already begun to climb to the top of the city wall.
The Tang army is brave, which is almost an indisputable fact in this era. Once the Tang army climbs to the top of the city, it seems that a crack is torn on the enemy's defense line, and the more it is getting bigger and bigger, the group of Gaochang's new recruits are no match for the Tang army at all. Often, one Tang army can scare two or three Gaochang troops back after rushing to the top of the city.
"Hurry! Ask Bai Yeduo and Xu Xiong back to support!" Gaochang's general guarding the city hurriedly issued an order, but it was too late. More and more Tang troops climbed to the top of the city, with nearly a thousand people.
At this moment, the Jiaohe City Gate was broken by the city bus. The Tang soldiers who had not yet reached the city head rushed over and rushed over, rushing into the city through the city gate, shouting and killing sounds shook the sky.
The enemy generals guarding the city had already retreated from the city, opened the east city gate and ran away, bringing only more than 60 personal guards.
Li Hao pointed to the enemy general who was fleeing in a hurry with his feather fan and said lightly: "Catch the cheetah, let me capture it alive for this military advisor."
"Yes!" Cheetah bowed and took the order and left with a group of ten people.
After the last battle, the special forces suffered heavy losses, leaving only a dozen people. Li Hao then added Gionee and the other five to the special forces team. In addition to Qin Wei's poor martial arts skills, Gionee and others were all top-notch players. Although they were a little older, fortunately their foundation was good. After more than two months of special training, their strength has improved by leaps and bounds.
The cheetah team rode out like a gust of wind, chasing the enemy's chief general. At this moment, the enemy's chief general only fled, but he dared to turn back to fight. The two chased and fled, and in just a moment, they could travel more than twenty miles.
After a long time, the messenger came to report: "Report to the military advisor that all the enemy soldiers have surrendered, and 20,000 citizens in the city knelt on the ground and begged for mercy."
At this time, Cheetah and the others also came back, with blood all over their clothes and armor. The head of the enemy general was held in his hand. When he approached, he dismounted and accused him: "Master, his subordinates are not good at doing their jobs. They accidentally killed the enemy general in a melee, and could only bring his head back."
"It's okay, get up." Li Hao helped him get up, raised his watch and looked at it, and said lightly, "It's just an hour." He raised his feather fan and pointed at Jiaohe City, and said slowly, "Send the order to enter the city."
"Enter the city!" Feiying shouted loudly and conveyed the order of handsomeness.
Everyone went back to set up camp and set up camp, integrated the team, and slowly entered Jiaohe City.
When I entered the city, I saw that the streets were kneeling with people from Gaochang, and there were soldiers from the Tang Dynasty guarding each other to prevent a counterattack.
Li Hao brought the troops to the Gaochang City Guardian, began to resettle everyone, and then issued an order: "Pirate all Gaochang soldiers and civilians who participated in the resistance and escort them to Tingzhou."
The total number of soldiers and civilians in the city was more than 5,000, and they were all sent to Tingzhou overnight.
The next morning, Li Hao rectified his orders, prepared enough food and grass, and began to lead his army northward. Next, he wanted to capture Gaochang City.
Seven days after Li Hao captured Jiaohe City, Hou Junji arrived at Tiandicheng and began to attack the city.
Li Hao and his army met Chen Yong, the commander of the Liangzhou Zhechong, fifty miles north of Gaochang City. He was ordered by Li Hao to transport the siege supplies here in advance, in order to save time, because attacking the small Jiaohe City, there was no need for so many siege equipment at all. You must know that there were five catapults among these siege equipment.
In this era, catapults are definitely the most powerful among siege equipment, comparable to the cannons in later generations. Li Hao didn't know much about the military strength of Gaochang City, but after conservative estimates, there were at least 15,000 soldiers and horses. After all, this is the capital of Gaochang, and it is not as easy to fight as Jiaohe City.
Li Hao led his army to camp ten miles outside Gaochang City. He thought the enemy would take advantage of the night to rob the camp, so he set up an empty camp plan to wipe out all the enemy soldiers, and then use his own troops to disguise themselves as soldiers and sneak into the city. Maybe with the inside and outside, he can take Gaochang City tonight.
Unexpectedly, Qu Zhisheng was too brave and did not come to rob the camp, which disappointed Li Hao. Since the opponent chose to defend the city to the death, Li Hao could only attack hard. Before siege, he had to make some preparations. First, he had to understand how many soldiers there were in the enemy's city. This can be calculated based on the number of defenders at the top of the city. Li Hao calculated from the number of defenders at the top of the city that there were nearly 20,000 soldiers in the city. This force was really beyond Li Hao's expectations.
Since ancient times, if you want to attack the city, your troops must exceed the opponent. After summarizing countless siege combat experiences in history, you have concluded that five times the troops are a critical point. It is difficult to conquer the enemy city if you are less than five times the troops. If you are more than five times the troops, you will be much more sure. Therefore, the son named Sun once said: If you surround him, you will attack him if you 10 times the troops.
However, now Li Hao plans to take Gaochang before the cold wave arrives, otherwise things will be difficult to deal with, so he has never thought about the idea of besieging the city.
At present, his troops are not more powerful than the opponent, but less than the opponent. It is still very difficult to capture Gaochang.
Faced with the 10,000 Tang troops outside the city, Qu Zhisheng was worried. He had received the war report. The Tang army led by Li Hao captured Jiaohe City in half an hour. Although the defenders in Jiaohe City were only more than 4,000, he thought that he would last for ten days and half a month and consume the Tang army's spirit and strength. Unexpectedly, he was captured in half an hour. This scared him. He finally realized that he and his father had a big tiger. At present, the 10,000 Tang troops outside the city were the group that captured Jiaohe City in half an hour. Although there were 20,000 soldiers in the city, he was still worried that his king's chair had not yet been heated, so he would not have been captured and captured as a prisoner.
Li Hao stayed outside the city for a night and did not wait for the envoy from Gaochang. He was very disappointed. The next morning, he ordered the entire army to advance and surround Gaochang City on three sides. This is the authentic way of surrounding the three ques and one strike.
Facing the Tang army with a strong military appearance, the Gaochang army at the city wall was suddenly in panic. Countless soldiers rushed to the city wall, and there was no place to stand on the city wall.
Li Hao waved, Lu Yun handed him a tin speaker. Li Hao picked up the speaker and tried it a few times. He found that the amplification effect was good, but it was far inferior to the audio. It didn't matter, as long as the enemy could hear it.
He shouted loudly with his mouth to the trumpet, "Let me listen to the people in the city! You have been surrounded! You have the right to remain silent! But everything you say will become - the last words!"
The soldiers looked at Li Hao with strange eyes. What a shitty word of persuasion. Li Hao was embarrassed and handed the iron horn to Lu Yun and said, "You'd better do it, you have a loud voice."
Lu Yun was also embarrassed. What does it mean to have a loud voice? Is it a black voice or praise him? He took the iron horn and asked Li Hao: "What do you say?"
Li Hao thought for a while and said, "You just let Qu Zhisheng come out and surrender, so that he can live in Chang'an without worries about food and clothing. Otherwise, my military advisor will ask others to land! Pay attention! If you have to be fierce, you must be fierce and scare him."
"Oh." Lu Yun nodded, and said in his heart for a moment, suddenly shouted loudly, "Ju Zhisheng, get out quickly and tie yourself into rice dumplings obediently. Do you have to wait for our military advisor to enter the city to chop your head to make a chamber pot! If you surrender now, our military advisor will guarantee that you will be safe..."
Chapter completed!