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The Xuanwu Army failed to attack, and the soldiers who were covering were already frustrated. After being rushed by Lu Long's sword and shield, they could not help but retreat and were defeated in a moment.
Several Xuanwu cavalry generals, who were leading the commander, turned around and escaped the suspension bridge and ran back into the city. Liu Chongba on the top of the city shouted at the top of his lungs as the soldiers turned the winch, and the suspension bridge was slowly pulled up. Several Xuanwu soldiers jumped and pulled the edge of the rising suspension bridge with their hands to climb up, but were shot down into the moat by Lu Long's archers on both sides.
Many Xuanwu soldiers jumped off the moat and swam desperately to the other side of the river. The moat was as chaotic as dumplings.
A clapper sounded on the top of the city, and the arrows were like locusts, piercing the armor of the Lulong Army's iron armored spearmen, and hitting a "ding dong" sound. More than a dozen soldiers with swords and shields were too far forward and were overturned by the rain of arrows. Lulong Army immediately raised his shield and snatched the soldiers who were hit by the arrows.
Lu Long's army kept firing arrows into the moat, and blood surged, dyeing the moat red.
Two or three hundred Xuanwu soldiers who had no time to escape back to the city fled far away from the moat, avoiding the rain of arrows shot from the head of Yanci City, but were captured by Lu Long's army in groups.
Zhao Wu grinned and ordered the team to stop while laughing, saying: "Good!"
The camp educated rushed up and said with a dark face, and blew at Zhao Wuyi: "According to the combat regulations, the first battalion will not be allowed to fight in the last moment. If the surname Zhao, you are violating the regulations!"
Zhao Wu scratched his head and said, "Oh, I forgot, hehe."
Ying Jiahua said: "This matter will be reported to the left wing!"
Zhao Wu quickly pulled the camp and educated, "Old Du, look, our relationship..."
Ying Education said coldly: "It's impossible not to repay!"
Zhao Wu snorted heavily in his nose and said, "Don't worry!" He ignored the education and went to check on his own gains.
Zhao Wu was counting and confiscating him. A cavalry rushed to him, dismounted his horse and crossed his arms to his chest. He gave a standard military salute: "Commander Zhao, Commander Xiong, please invite me!"
Zhao Wu smiled and said, "Commander Xiong is here? I'm about to report the situation of the war."
The cavalry reached out and pointed back: "Commander Bear is behind."
Zhao Wu stretched out his fingers to see two military formations standing halfway inside and outside, with flags of generals standing in front of the army, and more than ten people surrounded by them. Zhao Wu asked his personal soldiers to lead the war horses and walk with the cavalry, saying as he walked: "The war went smoothly. He also worked for the commander Xiong to go out of the camp. It's really... Xiao Zhang, have you been following the commander Xiong for a year?"
The cavalry replied respectfully: "At the beginning of last year, Commander Xiong was assigned to Commander Xiong when he was the battalion commander in the Cangzhou Army." Lu Long's army equipped each battalion-level and above-level chief officer. The personal soldiers came from the training class of the junior officers of Bailangshan Military Academy. After training with the battalion-level chief officers for a period of time, they could be deported to lead troops. This is also a way out for low-level officers after junior officer training.
Zhao Wu asked: "Are you Renyong now?"
"Yes, the Ren Yong who practiced Rongsheng after the First World War in Cangzhou."
Zhao Wu said: "How is it? Are you willing to go to a certain battalion? The spearman and B are still missing a team deputy."
The cavalry smiled and said, "I still want to practice with Commander Xiong, and everything needs to be arranged by Commander Xiong."
Zhao Wu sighed. He now lacks military officers and does want to bring the guards named Zhang into his own camp. According to the Lu Long Army system, the captain Renyong is a ninth rank, but he can be the commander of a gang. He can also be the deputy of a team. Zhao Wuxu's first team is already a high-level deputy, but the other party is still unwilling to come. Obviously, he still wants to stay with Xiong Hu for a while, and get some credit for him to be promoted to another level. After being promoted from the eighth rank imperial lieutenant, he can be released to take the post of a team. This is also the way for many first-level chief officers to be promoted. If he is a personal soldier of the commander of the first-level chief officer, Zhao Wu will definitely not dare to speak. He is aiming at the eighth-level Xuanjie lieutenant, and directly releases him to be the first-level officer. This is no longer the officers of the first-level chief officers and the officers of this level can be decided by Zhao Wu.
Before coming to the back formation, Zhao Wu dismounted his horse and saluted Xiong Hu: "The commander of Zhao Wu, the third battalion of the low-ranking infantry, has seen Commander Xiong!"
Xiong Hu returned the greeting and asked, "How is the battle? I fell out of two camps, and you finished fighting before you even took over the formation."
Zhao Wu said: "The enemy dispatched more than a thousand people, one blocked our army, and the other seemed to want to harass the North Gate, and had been repelled. In this battle, more than 180 levels were beheaded and more than 200 were captured. The specific number and armor were captured. However, what has been confirmed was that a Ranger General, two Zhaowu, two powerful, five resulted in the results. The class of more than ten officers was unknown, and the prisoners were further interrogated before confirming."
The Lu Long Army simplified the military ranks and abolished the "Deputy Captain" level. The level of officers was greatly reduced, so the promotion was stricter. You should know that although Xiong Hu, the commander of the left wing, had more than 2,000 people, he was still only a sixth-rank Zhaowu Captain. This was not like the foreign army. For example, when he attacked Wei Bo last year, almost everyone captured Wei Bo's fangs had the title of officer. Although the Xuanwu Army was a little stricter, it was not much better, and senior officers were everywhere.
If these killed or captured Xuanwu officers were compared according to the rank of Lu Long Army, the Xuanwu army would lose one army's troops, but in fact, only about four hundred people were lost, less than one camp. Therefore, the officers of the foreign army were not worth much, which is a recognized joke in Lu Long Army.
"How are we losing?"
"We didn't get into the battle for a long time. We mainly relied on bows and arrows to kill the enemy. The casualties of the Xuanwu army mainly occurred before and after the rushing and defeat, so we didn't suffer much casualties. Thirteen brothers died of spearmen and armor, four of them died of B, seven of them died of swords and shields, and about twenty of them were injured, but there was no big problem."
"How powerful is Xuanwu Army?"
Zhao Wu thought about it carefully and said, "The combat power is still quite considerable. When fighting in the front row, Xuanwu's army attacked very fiercely. We relied on the sharp military armor against him. The exchange ratio with Xuanwu was about one to two. We injured one, Xuanwu injured two. By the way, Commander Xiong, can you get some Wei Bo soldiers in? These soldiers are really easy to use. If we were replaced by other new recruits, it would be difficult to achieve such a good record."
Xiong Hu said: "The General Administration has repeatedly emphasized that the Xuanwu Army has extremely rich experience in combat formations. There are hundreds of wars in all sizes, and wooden soldiers can be beaten into iron hammers. This is the strength of others. Liu Chongba's soldiers are not the main force of Xuanwu, but they have already performed like this. If the main force comes up, can we still get a one-to-two record? So don't take it lightly. In the past, we fought against the Bohai people, the Silla people, the Khitan people, and then entered the pass to attack Liu Shouguang. Although we fought very well, it is incomparable. Now our eyes are staring at the Central Plains, and the army in the Central Plains is much stronger than those we encountered before."
Zhao Wu nodded, agreeing with Xiong Hu's words in his heart. He had fought with Wei Boya and had also fought with Xuanwu Army once today, but he obviously felt the difference. The pressure on the enemy's front side could almost catch up with the battle of Rao Leshan back then. You know, that time he fought with the three strongest Khitan elites, the Tama Warriors, the Horse Infantry, and the Shulu Family Soldiers!
Xiong Hu said again: "Of course, we should not underestimate ourselves. Although we are a newly established army, we also have our strengths. Our strengths are military armor and ranks. This is necessary to be carried forward. If our soldiers fight more in the future, our combat power will naturally rise. This cannot be achieved overnight."
Zhao Wu nodded and said yes.
The war that Liu Chongba's troops attacked from the east gate was also reported to the Dizhou camp. Li Chengzhong was in charge, and Zhang Xingzhong summoned the officials of the camp to inform the war situation and discuss military strategies. For a time, the generals gathered in the large tent of the camp, and the commanders of the following battalions of the Huaiyue coalition forces, the commanders of the following battalions, the commanders of the Cangzhou Army, the commanders of the Weizhou Army, the commanders of the education envoy, and the commanders of the Yuhou Envoy, and dozens of senior officers squeezed the tent into pieces.
Zhang Xingzhong said: "The situation of the war has been reported. Please take strict vigilance to prevent the enemy from leaving the city to raid again. Especially in the direction of Yanci East and West Gate, we must not only prevent the enemy from raiding from these two city gates, but also prevent the enemy from raiding from the south gate. The south gate is Yanci Water Gate, which leads directly to the main trunk of the Yellow River. According to the information of the pre-war investigation, Liu Chongba's troops have hundreds of warships of all sizes and sizes, which can dispatch 1,000 to 1,500 soldiers at a time and land on a boat along the Yellow River. Therefore, the Cangzhou Army and Weizhou Army need to immediately explore along the river channel to find suitable places for the enemy to land, and dispatch sergeants on duty. Once the enemy is discovered, they will warn with fireworks and must not be neglected!"
Zhong Shao, commander of the Cangzhou Army, and Liu Jinhou, commander of the Weizhou Army, stood up to receive the order.
Zhang Xingzhong said again: "Through this attack by Liu Chongba's troops, the camp believed that the attack of the Logistics Engineering Battalion was effective, and the damage effect on Yanci City Wall was gradually increasing. The Xuanwu army in the city had begun to panic. Therefore, the engineering battalion continued to attack for two days, striving to achieve better results. On the one hand, it was to verify our siege equipment, and we should work hard to improve the shortcomings, and on the other hand, it was to prepare for the next step of climbing the city."
The engineering battalion commander Li Huiyang stood up to receive the order.
Zhang Xingzhong continued to issue military orders: "The camp was decided to send infantry to the city after the third day. The main attack direction was the north gate, and the order of climbing the city was: the third battalion, fourth battalion, fifth battalion, first battalion and second battalion of infantry in Huaiyue were the battle reserves, and ordered at any time. The east and west gates were attacked by Weizhou Army and Cangzhou Army on their own, but pay attention to casualties when siege. If there is no chance, the main thing is to act."
After Zhang Xingzhong issued the military order, Li Chengzhong glanced at the dozens of officers in the tent and said solemnly: "This is our first battle with Xuanwu, and all soldiers must be cautious. This battle is of great significance. It is the first battle for me, Lu Long, to cross the river. It is inevitable to seize the city, but I do not want to let those ships go. As long as we have these ships, we can cross the river at any time and threaten Henan. Please remember this from the camp and the commanders of each army!" (To be continued.)