Feng Gao's soldiers were not bad. They set up camp in the wilderness to the west of the city overnight. They also divided 500 soldiers to set up a small camp by the Mouwen River. The other 1,500 soldiers stayed in the camp in the wilderness.
As the commander-in-chief of this battle, Pang Zun once again ordered military discipline as soon as the camp was set up. He ordered all the officers and soldiers to move when they hear the sound of drums and stop when they hear the sound of trumpets. Since they are not official envoys, they are not allowed to move. He gave orders three times and five times, beating the drums. Then he ordered them again. He patrolled the camp on horseback, deliberately found a few violators, beheaded them, and held their heads for favor.
This is what Pang Zun's family taught. The best way to improve military discipline is to use your head as a warning. Anyway, these cattle and horses will not be afraid unless they are killed.
Pang Zun brought 200 cavalry with him this time, and most of the ships were transport horses. After a night of repairs, these horses were vigorous again. Early this morning, Pang Zun personally led the cavalry around the city to see the strength of the city, but he almost failed. go back.
Zhang Chong, who was on the gate tower, saw the enemy general advancing so rashly, so he ordered Tian Junshuai to suddenly ride out from the south city gate and go over to attack and kill the group of cavalry. If it weren't for the fact that most of Pang Zun's cavalry were troops left behind by his father, he would have been killed. Most of them are warriors, but in this case, he will be beheaded by Tian Jun.
Pang Zun was also frightened by the protruding enemy cavalry in the city. He no longer dared to rush in with light troops and hid back in the stronghold. Tian Jun rushed all the way to the enemy stronghold and saw that the enemy general had set up the camp impeccably, so he killed a few of them. Those who were out cutting firewood returned to the city.
Zhang Chong, who was watching the battle at the top of the city, saw the reality of the soldiers under the city from just this small conflict. The cavalry was defeated in battle, and the infantry had no intention of leaving the stronghold to fight. In a word, it was all fish belly. If he didn't hold back any more, he issued a flag in the city and ordered Li Damu's and Dian Wei's troops to leave the stronghold and directly attack the Fenggao barracks.
After that, Zhang Chong ordered the city to be guarded, and led the cavalry and collision teams out of the city. At that time, a large number of troops were assembled to surround the Fenggao Walled City.
Pang Zun, who was in the stronghold, never expected that he would be caught by the enemy just because of his negligence, and the attack and defense would be exchanged instantly.
Dian Wei's troops launched the attack directly. When the drums sounded from the rear, Dian Wei personally led his troops to charge forward. However, Zhao Chong and Xu Xi saw the opportunity quickly and took the lead in charging, protecting Dian Wei behind them.
Xu Xi also led a team of 100 men, rushed directly to the enemy's trench, and attacked with force against the big pillars. Except for 500 veterans, the Fenggao soldiers in the stronghold were all recruited Ding Yong. At this moment, it was a chaotic situation. They formed a group. Except for some people who were shooting arrows sparsely, the others were all running around with their heads covered. They watched Xu Xi's team of 100 people clearing trenches, knocking down fences, and resisting horses.
Pang Zun endured his temper. He only had 500 old soldiers in his hands, which were the backbone of the entire army, and he did not dare to use them casually. He already regretted it. No one knew that these thieves would be so good at fighting. It had only been a long time since the drums on the opposite side started ringing. Aren't they afraid of death after reaching the base of the stronghold? If I had known, if Zhang Ju didn't give him two thousand old soldiers, he would never leave the camp.
Just when he was anxious, another general in this battle, Liu Yin, who was originally from Fenggao camp, came up with reinforcements. Liu Yin's troops numbered a thousand men. It looked like he had 500 more troops than before, but in fact he had been Zhang Ju deprived him of his military power, and he was promoted openly and demoted secretly.
Do you think Liu Yin has no grievances? But now he and Pang Zun are on the same rope, so they can only fight indiscriminately. Although his thousands of men are also brave men recruited, when he came, all his soldiers were They were brought here, and now the guards are used as the backbone of the army, and a corps has been formed.
As soon as he came here, he ordered a hundred archers to fire arrows at Xu Xi's centurion through the wooden fence.
Previously, Xu Xi's hundred-man team came all the way, but encountered only a few arrows. As this wave of soldiers did not have many archers, many people threw away their big posts so that they could easily climb the wooden fence.
So when Liu Yin's wave of arrows came, Xu Xi's hundred men were stunned. He had soldiers to cover him up, but there was nothing wrong with him, but the hundred men who followed him to charge immediately fell down.
Frightened, Xu Xi's troops stalled their offensive. At this time, Zhao Chong's troops, who were also charging from the side, successfully rushed to the bottom of the wall because Xu Xi's troops had attracted arrows.
Zhao Chong was not a brave general, but he always treated his soldiers like a son, and he called his brothers brother and sister. In the army, he called Zhao Chong "Old Zhaotou" to show his cordiality.
So when Zhao Chong took the lead in the attack, all the soldiers under his command rushed forward. At this moment, a dozen of them were already on the wall of the stronghold.
But the enemy general Pang Zun is really a bit of a homebody, and there is something special about the construction of his camp. Normally, the walls of the camp are straight and square, but when this man built it, he built a protruding part on each side. , directly built the camp to look like a rice-shaped grid. But now, the rice-shaped grid came into play.
When Zhao Chong's men were climbing on this side, a dozen archers appeared directly from the watchtower on the protruding part of this side, shooting at them. Unprepared, Zhao Chong's men suffered heavy casualties.
Dian Wei, who was behind the formation, soon learned that Zhao Chong and Xu Xi's attack had been blocked. He was so anxious that he quickly asked the guards to put on three layers of armor for him, and then led the guards to support him while wearing a bag and an iron mask.
At this moment, Dian Wei was running freely. From his own heart, what he liked most was to be at the forefront of the battle, rather than sitting back and watching his men fight. But he also knew that this was Qu Kuai promoting him, hoping that he could To become a qualified military commander, he is also working hard to learn.
But this moment, this moment, when I, Dian Wei, lead the charge, is what I like best.
Dian Wei's charge boosted the morale of Zhao Chong and Xu Xi, who were struggling in front. They both shouted loudly and once again carried the big pillars and pushed forward.
The main body of the Dianwei army is from Yanzhou, while the main body of the Taishan army is from Taishan. From this, we can see that the hearts of the officers and soldiers of the Dianwei army are sensitive, but at the same time they are also united.
It won't work if we don't unite. If Yanzhou people like them don't unite, what will they do?
Therefore, when the brothers in front suffered heavy casualties, the brothers behind had no fear in their hearts, but only anger. At this moment, with Minister Dian Wei personally taking the lead in the charge, the morale of the entire army was greatly boosted.
It was also at this time that they discovered that the arrows above began to weaken. Although they did not know the reason, taking advantage of this opportunity, three or four generals had climbed up the wall with their troops and stood firm.
Dian Wei led the soldiers to climb up the wall, and then a rain of blood started on the wall. More and more Taishan soldiers poured into the village from here.
A loud "coaxing" sound came from the north, followed by a roaring mountain and a tsunami. As soon as I heard it, I knew that Li Damu's troops who were attacking the north of the wall had already broken through the wall and were pouring in.
Liu Yin was still holding on to the wall with difficulty. When he saw that the wall to the north was broken, he knew he could no longer hold it, so he quietly retreated down the wall with only two guards.
As the north wall was breached, Tian Jun, Ren Yun, and Xi Shen led the charge and poured in like a tide directly from the breach. Wherever their spears passed, flesh and blood flew everywhere. In just three breaths, they were already He broke into the wall of the stronghold a hundred steps and directly killed Pang Zun's central army.
At this time, Pang Zuncai led 500 old soldiers and 100 cavalry and began to charge towards Tian Jun and other cavalry. For a moment, heads rolled, horses neighed, people howled, and corpses were everywhere.
In this small space, iron bones, giant axes, and spears were swung up and down, and human cruelty and courage were vividly demonstrated here and now.
Feng Gao was the first to be unable to withstand it. Pang Zun, the general, was glaring angrily, pointing his halberd at his eyes. He slashed to death a soldier who hesitated a little while charging, and shouted:
"Whoever dares to take a step back will be killed!"
The military's morale was solemn, and Pang Zun began to order again:
"Today's matter is about death or life. Step forward on foot, charge with me with swords and axes, archers will shoot, and the cavalry will block the charge from the north. Even if you die, you will die there."
The cavalry general next to him was his uncle, who had participated in the Pingqiang War with his father. He looked deeply at his nephew, waved his flag, and charged towards Tian Jun and the others.
The horses collided, muscles and bones were broken, Feng Gao's cavalry was dying, and they were cut out of the narrow gap of Tian Jun's cavalry.
Seeing this great achievement, Pang Zun was overjoyed. He roared from the rear to boost morale:
"You see, as long as you have the courage, there are chickens and dogs on the opposite side. Kill them for me."
But what he saw next made him collapse.
His uncle led his cavalry into the enemy's cavalry. He did not turn around and charge again. Instead, he galloped along the broken wall and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
At this moment, Pang Zun's hands and feet were cold, so he ran away with his cavalry.
Tian Jun had no intention of letting go of the enemy cavalry who fled out. He turned around and ordered Ren Yun to lead a hundred cavalry to chase them. Then with a loud roar, all the cavalry behind him took out their halberds from their robes and threw them out in unison.
The 500-year-old Fenggao soldier who was already frustrated was directly chipped away by this wave of hand halberds.
After Tian Jun and the others were thrown, they rode through the army, knocking the Fenggao soldiers off their backs. Then Tian Jun and the others turned around and started another wave of throwing.
Then came Xi Shen, who led his cavalry around the five hundred soldiers, firing arrows like locusts. For a time, screams could be heard in the Fenggao soldiers' formation, and there were many people crying in fear. Pang Zun in the formation was leading With the guards, they started to kill the crying ones in a frantic manner, shouting while killing:
"Anyone who dares to disturb the morale of the army will be killed!"
But as soon as he finished speaking, the remaining Feng Gao soldiers who were killed turned around and cursed:
"Behead your mother. You, surnamed Pang, have no ability to kill the enemy, and you will kill your brothers without mercy. Brothers, instead of being beheaded by this man surnamed Pang, why don't we kill him now and surrender directly."
As soon as this statement came out, everyone agreed in unison,
"Okay" "Okay" "I want this person named Pang to die and avenge my brother."
Then Tian Jun saw that the Fenggao soldiers in front of him began to have civil strife. They crowded together and fought hand to hand. Their heads were rolling with swords in hand.
When Pang Zun saw these rebels, and then saw the enemy cavalry glaring at them from the outside, he felt dizzy and dark-eyed. He became afraid and shouted directly at the rebels:
"Brothers, the bandits are brutal. Even if you surrender, you will die. As long as we brothers unite as one and fight out of the stronghold together, as long as we reach the small village by the Mouwen River and get on the boat, we can all survive."
Seeing that the rebels were still there, Pang Zunyi gritted his teeth and promised:
"As long as we go back, each of us will be given a piece of silk from our Pang family and a thousand yuan of money. It's all from our Pang family. Can we leave, brothers?"
The naked and heavy reward made the rebels hesitate. But the leader became anxious. If the man named Pang didn't die, he would definitely die. He said bluntly:
"Brothers, don't even think about rushing out. Our only way to survive is to surrender with this Pang's head. As for the reward he said, don't you know that the old soldiers in Fenggao camp have been without pay for several months? Believe this? Ribbon? Brothers, kill me."
In the end, no matter what Pang Zun said, he still got a black eye, his head was removed, and he became a rebel soldier.