The Hetao cavalry crisscrossed the vast area between Xuzhou and Ruzhou. Due to Haotian's strict orders, the eastern part of Yuzhou Road and the Yangzhou Road area were the territory of the Paradise Holy Sect.
The common people who were isolated from the world, and the rest were all members of the Holy Sect of Paradise, who would kill wherever the army passed by. As a result, the 80,000-strong army launched a series of attacks, and immediately wiped out all the areas outside the two states and counties. In just a short time, all areas outside the states and counties were wiped out.
In one and a half months, at least more than 500,000 adherents of the Holy Bliss Sect died under the hooves of the Hetao cavalry.
After the cavalry forced everyone into the prefecture and county, Dugu Yuming also dispatched. Originally, Haotian was planning to ask Jiang Chenzhou and Zhan Shutang to follow suit, but considering that the commanding skills of the two were still far behind Dugu,
It might cause heavy casualties, so in the end only Dugu was allowed to lead the attack with 60,000 soldiers.
Dugu calls the current tactic "pulling nails". Between Xuzhou and Ruzhou, there are seven counties. Among these counties, the largest number of troops is more than 10,000, and the smallest number is only 3,000. Dugu
Don't rush. Anyway, there is plenty of time. The main force of the Northeastern Allied Forces was beaten by the cavalry of Xue Sha and others. Of course, if any cavalry dares to challenge his authority, Dugu doesn't mind letting him learn his unparalleled skills in infantry combat.
Strong ability.
"Suppress! The trebuchets suppress it first! Which centurion is that bastard from? How many times have I told you that you are not allowed to attack the city until the trebuchets have suppressed the enemy's counterattack at the top of the city!" Long Zhishan
In front of Daling County, he was gesticulating and shouting loudly.
"Crossbowmen! Give me the general to suppress the archers on the wall! Sun Wei, give me your trebuchet and I will knock out their large crossbows! Yes, that's right there! Okay, I will mark your first achievement this time.
!Tang Zhou, you lead your thousand-man army to attack the city, and the speed of the ladder must be fast!" Long Zhishan felt his mouth was dry, and taking advantage of this opportunity, he grabbed the kettle and drank it hard.
The Northeastern soldiers at the head of the city are not cowards. Although the attacks of the Hetao soldiers are getting higher and higher, and there are endless siege equipment and attack methods, the ones who can cross the river south are all the elites of the three Northeastern countries. Naturally, they will not be attacked by the Hetao.
The situation was frightening. As soon as the ladder was placed on the city wall, it was immediately pushed away by the opponent's ten-foot-long hook. The soldiers on the ladder could not resist at all, so they had to jump off the ladder with a snap. Fortunately, the ladder was
The city wall of Ling County is only two feet high, so even if you jump off it, you won't be able to kill anyone, but many unlucky soldiers will still end up limping.
Zhou Jilong said to Dugu with a smile: "Brother, I think Lao Long's attack will most likely fail this time. Why don't he let his soldiers retreat and rest for a while, and digest the results of the siege just now?"
Experience, let me go up and try it."
Dugu's handsome flag is less than 500 meters away from Daling County, just outside the shooting range of large crossbows. But even if a large crossbow can reach here, I'm afraid it won't have much power. Here, Dugu and Zhou Jilong
They can clearly see the situation of Long Zhishan commanding the siege. Although Long Zhishan's command and dispatch are very good. After all, he has been with Dugu for more than ten years, and he still has two brushes. But the soldiers in Hetao below are a bit unsatisfactory.
The trebuchet's stone bullets either landed at the foot of the city wall or in the county town, killing many flowers and plants. The shooting accuracy of the crossbowmen was really difficult to discern, and their movements were inconsistent, making it impossible to form an effective attack.
Cover. The siege soldiers were too panicked, and most of them were trying their best to avoid the opponent's arrows. Some soldiers who had just climbed up the siege ladder actually fell down in panic when they were halfway up.
Then he fell to pieces.
Zhou Jilong looked at it and shook his head. If he told others that this was the powerful Hetao team that had conquered all battles and conquered the world, I am afraid that not many people would believe it. However, this is indeed a fact. Who said these are all new recruits?
There are countless examples of new mutinies turning into veterans in the Hetao. The most common one was when God provided that all 100,000 soldiers who were in reserve service a few months ago were integrated into the combat team at once. However, every time the Hetao was expanded, new recruits were added to the veterans.
Joining the ranks, with veterans leading new recruits, the soldiers will soon mature. And every time new recruits join in large numbers, Loop will selectively use them in defensive operations to first train their potential as soldiers.
Or maybe they were led by famous generals such as Feng Jing, who used a thunderous attack to boost their self-confidence through a must-win battle. However, there were some exceptions this time.
After Feng Jing's 260,000-strong army marched south, and Dugu and his troops killed 100,000 elite troops and headed north, the total strength of Hetao's troops in Luozhou has reached 350,000. This is based on the actual total strength. If it is counted as an establishment, there are
Thirty-seven thousand men and ten thousand cavalry. In war, an army is rarely full strength. A ten thousand cavalry plus the personal soldiers of ten thousand cavalry commanders and others, the full strength should be eleven thousand men.
But in battles, there will inevitably be some damage, and reserve soldiers are often not replenished in time, so a 10,000-horse regiment is usually about 8,000 to 10,000 people. If there is a major battle and too many losses, a 10,000-horse regiment
There were only three to five thousand people left in the team.
On the battlefield, if an army is damaged by more than 60%, for the convenience of command, two equally severely damaged armies are often merged. After the Xuzhou raid in Hetao, the damage rate of each army in Hetao was
The losses were not very serious, but the overall losses were still considerable, and infantry accounted for the majority. The actual strength of a 10,000-person regiment was about 8,000 people. In some serious cases, the strength was even only half. Taking advantage of these
During the day's break, reserve soldiers from Hetao continued to go south, replenishing the original team. The 300,000-strong army was restored to the 370,000-horse cavalry structure. Among the 60,000-strong army led by Dugu,
About a quarter of the people were newly recruited recruits. In order to help these people mature as soon as possible and integrate into the Hetao army as soon as possible, Dugu specially brought them out to see the world.
Because of this, Dugu specially picked a few soft persimmons to pinch. Daling County was the second county that Dugu attacked. The garrison in the city was about five thousand, while the garrison of Pingbao, the first county, only had three.
Qian. This is a kind of balance walking on a tightrope. Fortunately, although Dugu is a rogue, he is indeed first-class in fighting. Although his attacks have been repeatedly frustrated, the losses have not been great.
"Stop fucking nonsense! Do you think I don't know what you're thinking? Didn't your subordinates never go up before, or were they beaten down?" Dugu cursed.
Zhou Jilong nodded quickly and submissively, but there was no expression of introspection on his face.
"Song Dynasty!" Dugu shouted loudly.
Song Zhong, the commander of the personal soldiers, immediately replied loudly: "The general is here!"
"When Long Zhishan's attack is over, you will lead my thousand soldiers to show these new soldiers how to attack the city. Let Jin Tiexin take command of the trebuchet. This guy is the same person who commands the trebuchet and crossbowmen.
Tell him the good stuff, and if the battle is successful, I will naturally reward you based on your merits." Dugu said.
"Yes!" Song Zhong quickly performed a military salute and ran away in a hurry.
Sure enough, after a while, Zhou Jilong led his men back. Among the crowd, it was obvious who were the new recruits. After all, their nervous expressions and dirty looks could not hide their childishness.
Zhou Jilong laughed loudly: "Old Long, didn't you say you were guaranteed to win the opponent's city gate in this round? I wonder where the city gate you took is?"
Long Zhishan puffed twice, and finally ignored Zhou Jilong, who looked obscene, and turned to Dugu: "Brother, which idiot let these new recruits come to fight? If they are our veterans from Hetao.
, we have captured the Daling County town a long time ago. The quality of these soldiers is good, and they were very disciplined during the drills. Who would have thought that they would be so pustular once they entered the battlefield."
Dugu was furious, whipped Long Zhishan, and cursed loudly: "This is my order, you are not convinced, are you? Idiot, if I am an idiot, who the hell are you?"
?Also, these soldiers were trained by Commander Bian. If you feel unconvinced, you can either go back to Commander Bian to discuss it, or go back to me to rectify the new soldiers."
Long Zhishan quickly shrank his neck, tried his best to squeeze out a smile and said: "Brother, I'm just joking. But these recruits are really a headache. Otherwise, you allow me to treat the soldiers like you."
Crack the whip?”
"Don't you fucking want to live anymore? How many times have I told you, my lord, that our soldiers in Hetao should be as close as brothers. To abuse and beat soldiers is a serious crime no matter where you are. We in Hetao are a country of etiquette.
, we are all educated and qualified people, how can we crack the whip on the soldiers? Look, these recruits are actually very good, just like that kid over there, yes, the one who was cut with a knife and his face was broken.
That guy, didn't this kid kill four Northeastern soldiers and jump off the city wall as soon as he entered the battlefield? We are all senior generals in Hetao. Since these soldiers are our subordinates, we should be like our little brothers.
Treat it." Dugu said slowly, his sanctimonious look made Long Zhishan roll his eyes at that moment.
Zhou Jilong laughed and said: "Old Long, don't listen to the boss's nonsense. Hasn't the boss been beating people a lot? Over the years, when has he not pointed a whip at the person's nose and yelled curses? If you want to, hit him.
These new recruits are only on the battlefield for the first time. They only need to see some blood, hold on for a while, and then they are over. By the time they fight next time, they will be considered half veterans."
Dugu said with a serious face: "It is absolutely wrong to crack a whip. It damages the image of our Hetao soldiers. However, the master and mistress are not here, and these recruits are really unimproved... Forget it, don't let it happen
As long as the higher-ups know about it. Hey, Li Donggao, what the hell are you writing? As a marching commander, you only need to record combat experiences. If you dare to write down these words of mine, be careful that I will skin you!"
At this time, Song Zhong had already led a thousand soldiers to gather and prepare to attack the city.
Since this was a demonstration, Sun Wei personally took action and did not let those shameful archers continue to command the trebuchets and crossbowmen. With only two rounds of shooting, he had already suppressed all the counterattacks at the top of Daling City.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Hetao soldiers led by Song Zhong also moved. The soldiers at the front carried fifty or sixty ladders and passed the fatal distance of 80 to 30 meters under the opposite city wall at the fastest speed. They
The cooperation between the two soldiers was very tacit. The two soldiers carrying the ladder ran at roughly the same speed. When passing through this section, which was the death distance, they both accelerated their speed, instead of dodging like the new recruits. The result was just a few dodges.
With a little effort, many people were injured by the opponent's bows and arrows.
As soon as they approached the foot of the city wall, the ladder clicked against the city wall. The hooks that had been calculated based on the height of the city wall had already hooked onto the city wall crenellations. The leading soldier quickly climbed up with a shield in one hand and a sword in the other.
Go up.
These are veterans of many battles in Hetao. If they can become the commander's personal soldiers, then naturally each one of them is an elite soldier in the army, and their rank is also higher than that of ordinary soldiers. Dugu is good at attacking, and his personal soldiers are naturally
It is because of his bravery, flexibility and indomitable characteristics. Their climbing speed is also very fast. They climbed up the two-foot-high city wall in just a few breaths without any sloppiness.
The Northeastern soldiers were caught off guard, and a small gap was suddenly opened in the city wall. Suddenly, dozens of soldiers had swarmed up to protect their positions on the wall, and then steadily expanded outward in a semicircle. However, the Northeastern soldiers were not weak either.
A large number of troops were quickly mobilized to besiege the Hetao soldiers who had climbed onto the wall. Although the Hetao soldiers were brave and cooperated well, their strength was limited after all, and they were eventually squeezed off the city wall step by step. And the more than ten soldiers at the rear were
After completing the retreat of the soldiers behind the cover, they all jumped off the city wall. Suddenly, medium and long-range attack weapons such as trebuchets and crossbow archers from the Hetao covered the wall like a violent storm. More than a dozen limping soldiers from the Hetao took advantage of the opportunity.
This opportunity slipped away.
Although this personal assault did not cause much damage to the Northeastern Allied Forces, its own losses were less than 150 people, and it also provided more reference and experience for the Hetao soldiers when they attacked.
Dugu smiled coldly: "Long Zhishan, Zhou Jilong, you two let the soldiers below study and summarize it. There are still up to two thousand defenders in the city now. You will organize an attack separately in a while. If you all take
If you don’t come down, then I will have to take action myself.”
Long Zhishan and Zhou Jilong looked at each other. This time, Dugu only gave them a team of 10,000 people. However, the previous attacks were only tentative. The focus was on tempering the soldiers, so they did not try their best. However, looking at Dugu, it was obvious
He is not satisfied with the situation of the two of them. It seems that he needs to show off his strength.
"Who goes first?" Zhou Jilong asked, tilting his head.
Long Zhishan said without hesitation: "I'm older than you, so of course I'll be the best."
"What's the use of being older? How about drawing lots?" Zhou Jilong said with a cold snort.
Long Zhishan shook his head quickly: "Who doesn't know that you and the boss are both virtuous and only know how to cheat. Otherwise, we will send out 5,000 people each to attack the north and south gates respectively to see who can win first. This
If we cannot capture Daling County even once, then our life will really be in vain."
Half an hour later, the general flags of Zhou Jilong and Long Zhishan were planted on the north and south gates of Daling County almost in no particular order. All 4,000 Northeastern defenders in the city were killed, and only more than a hundred of them were killed.
The prisoners were all seriously injured and unconscious before being captured. The nearly 10,000 residents in the city were also captured.
"Boss, what should we do with these people?" Long Zhishan asked Dugu.