The key reason why Yu Hongwu's army won the first place in siege martial arts is that he has a unique skill. He has a pole army of 150 people, composed of 50 attacking soldiers and 100 pole handlers. They use bamboo poles to climb
Climbing up the city, he could send fifty soldiers to the top of the city in the shortest time. Many times, the defenders knew that he had such an army, but they were still unable to defend against it.
The key is that it is not enough to send them to the city tower. They also need to have strong combat effectiveness that can support the enemy's counterattack and cover the main force to attack the city. Therefore, the fifty attacking soldiers were selected from tens of thousands of soldiers. They were lean and brave.
, strong in martial arts, like fifty leopards, each of them can fight one against ten.
At this time, two hundred steps away from Guancheng, three thousand soldiers of the Song Army stared at the dark Guancheng. The sky was beautiful, there was no moonlight or starlight, dark clouds were hanging at the bottom, and the pass was pitch black, but there was a hanging hanging on the easternmost side.
The lantern seemed to be hanging in the air, particularly dazzling in the dark night.
Of course, the lantern was not half-hanging in the air, but hanging on the chimney of the beacon, allowing Yu Hongwu to see the general outline of the beacon. The dark night made Yu Hongwu change the battle plan. They did not need to walk up the cliff, but went directly to the city.
, go up to the city close to the beacon, and use the time difference to capture the beacon and the city wall.
But time did not allow them to hesitate any longer. Yu Hongwu shouted, "Come on!"
One hundred and fifty pole soldiers got up and ran quickly to the east of Guancheng. The three thousand soldiers behind them also quickly moved closer to Guancheng.
The night was dark, and one hundred and fifty people were gradually approaching the city wall. At this time, they were still more than thirty steps away from the city wall, and they were ready.
The bamboo poles they used were not ordinary bamboo poles. They were about four feet long. They were very tough and not easy to break. The attacking soldiers were holding the bamboo poles in front, wearing sabers on their waists, shields and a short steel spear on their backs. Two pole soldiers stood behind.
, they are tall and extremely strong. They do not need to be very powerful, but they need to exceed the weight and strength of ordinary people to be able to support the soldiers going up to the city. In the stage of going up to the city, the two pole supporters are the top priority.
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They had trained thousands of times and had already cooperated with each other skillfully and tacitly. At this time, a few soldiers on patrol on the top of the city went to the west. The opportunity came. The leading commander shouted low, and one hundred and fifty soldiers started running at the same time.
Fifty attackers rushed to the bottom of the city, jumped up, and sprinted on the city wall. The hundreds of pole bearers behind held onto their long poles and ran forward. It only took a moment to reach the city. The fifty attackers had already rushed to the city wall.
At the top of the city, with the support of long poles, they jumped onto the top of the city one after another.
On the top of the city, nearly a hundred soldiers were wrapped in blankets and sleeping against the wall. No one expected that death would fall from the sky and the killings would come suddenly. Many people had their throats instantly pierced by short steel spears before they woke up, killing them on the spot.
There was a panic commotion on the top of the city.
There are also ten soldiers who are responsible for solving the beacon tower. The beacon tower is built against the mountain and is two stories high. There are kerosene and firewood piles on the top floor. Six soldiers set up two human ladders, and the other four people climbed on the human ladders and jumped on.
They threw kerosene and firewood off the roof of the city wall, and the remaining six men rushed into the beacon. The five sleeping soldiers inside were killed in their sleep before they woke up.
Hundreds of pole soldiers have put down their bamboo poles and quickly climbed up the city using the ten rope ladders thrown from them. Their mission is to seize and open the city gate.
At the same time that one hundred and fifty soldiers were on the city, three thousand soldiers were also running. The city was completely controlled, the city gate was opened creakingly, and three thousand soldiers surged into Guancheng.
At this time, the fifty attacking soldiers had disappeared. Led by a surrendering soldier, they climbed up a path to the top of the mountain. There was a beacon on the top of the mountain several miles away. This beacon was too far away from Guancheng.
, you can’t hear the shouts of killing in Guancheng, but you can see the light of the beacons on Guancheng.
Not only that, the beacon on the top of the mountain can clearly see the situation on the Yellow River. If hundreds of warships cross the river to kill after dawn, the defenders on the beacon can also see it and will immediately light the beacon and notify another beacon ten miles away to the south.
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Although the beacon in the south cannot see the beacon fire at Mengjinguan or the situation on the Yellow River, it can see Luoyang City, and its mission is to inform Luoyang City.
The three beacons formed the alarm system of Beimang Mountain. If the enemy attacked from the north along the Yellow River, Luoyang would receive the news immediately.
It was almost the fifth watch, and 20,000 cavalry from the north bank of the Yellow River began to board the ship first. The cavalry led their horses and boarded the ship one after another. Their task was also very tight. They had to cross the river twice in a row, and the first time they had to cross the river.
If there are more than 20,000 cavalry, the 20,000 cavalry will directly attack Luoyang City. If they can directly enter the city, of course it is best. If they cannot enter the city, they can also attack Xin'an County and cut off the 10,000 defenders of Xin'an County.
retreat.
This is Yang Zaixing's best plan. The biggest feature of this plan is that it is fast, but the requirements for the attacking soldiers are also very high. They must be linked together. If one link fails, the best results will not be achieved.
The general leading the 20,000 cavalry is Li Muching, and the other commanding general is Li Fuxing. He will lead an army of 20,000 to attack Hulao Pass. Finally, Hu Yanlei will lead an army of 10,000 to guard Yanshi and Mengjin Pass.
"I wonder what the situation is like on the other side. Have you captured Mengjing Pass?" General Li Fuxing asked in a deep voice.
Li Muqing looked at the dark opposite bank and said slowly: "Yu Hongwu should be able to do it. Even His Highness has confidence in him, so we should believe in him even more."
"Actually, I don't think it's a big problem to capture Mengjin Pass. The key is the beacon. We should be prepared for the worst."
Li Muching laughed, "It's just a loss of 10,000 people. The key is you. Capture Hulao Pass and cut off the Jin soldiers' route to the west. This is the focus of this battle."
"I also believe that I can succeed!"
At this time, a soldier came over and reported: "Alarming the commander, all 20,000 cavalrymen have boarded the ship."
Li Muqing nodded, smiled at Li Fuxing and said, "Then I'll take the first step!"
"I wish you immediate success, general!"
Li Muqing led a dozen of his own soldiers to ride on the first large ship. The ship retracted its planks, a dozen boatmen shook the large oars, and the ship began to sail slowly toward the other shore.
Commander Liu Zhen led fifty soldiers to the top of the mountain. The top of the mountain was rugged with strange rocks and covered with weeds and thorns. The beacon was clearly visible a hundred steps away, but there was no road ahead. There was a road two feet wide and ten feet wide.
There was a long and wide plank in the ravine several feet deep, which could be used as a small bridge. However, the soldiers guarding the beacon moved it to the other side. They would only push the plank away after they came to deliver supplies every three days.
Coming here is the last line of defense.
There is no tree on the top of the mountain, so you need to bring wooden boards or ladders up from the bottom of the mountain, but you have to climb a cliff on the way, which is not easy.
The soldier who was responsible for leading the way had told them in advance, but the fifty Western soldiers did not take this difficulty to heart.
This small difficulty was indeed not a problem for the Western Army soldiers. The leading commander Liu Zhen ordered: "Use the hook!"
A soldier threw the rope over, and the three-claw iron hook on the rope hooked a big rock on the opposite side. The soldiers held the rope tightly. A soldier was as flexible as a monkey, climbing the rope and quickly climbed over the ravine and wooden board.
He was carried into the beacon tower by the defenders and could only continue to rely on ropes.
The soldier tied two ropes tightly to a large rock, and the soldiers on the opposite side climbed over one after another.
"General, there are two big tents over there. Each tent houses twenty people. There are only about three or five people inside the beacon, but be careful if they light the tents on fire. The effect will be the same."
Since he is a reduced pawn, he is also a member of the Western Army. This reduced pawn quickly changed roles and already regarded himself as a member of the Western Army.
Liu Zhen nodded and said to a Dutou: "Wang Dutou led ten brothers to deal with Feng Sui, and the rest of the brothers followed me to deal with the big account.
The fifty soldiers divided into two groups and moved towards their respective targets.
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[Always paying attention to the situation in the Taiwan Strait, there are still two chapters today, and I guarantee three chapters tomorrow]