The drizzle of rain fell, extinguishing the blazing fire on the battlefield.
The Jin soldiers guarding the stronghold looked at the scorched black wall of the stronghold and cried with joy.
Today is the fifth day of April, and the past seven or eight days have been too hard. The Xia soldiers took turns attacking the stronghold, working all night long, without giving them a chance to breathe.
At the beginning, the defenders could take turns to deal with it, but when they reached the rear, they were unable to make adjustments and had to bite the bullet and persevere.
Under the high-intensity battle, the Kuang Ba and Feiteng armies were still holding on, but the Yinhu Yao army could not hold on any longer.
When have they ever seen a warrior who beat him even after his sword was broken?
When have they ever seen a soldier holding on to your legs while you are lying on the ground?
When have they ever seen a warrior with the door wide open and killing his enemy with a sword, regardless of his own safety?
The Jin soldiers had seen it and dared to do it, but they had never seen it before.
Who the hell said that the people of the Central Plains are gentle and elegant? Since entering the Central Plains, I have listened to Li Hanzhi's soldiers talk vividly about how delicious human flesh is; listened to Li Cunzhang's soldiers talk about how to cut open the heart and liver and deal with traitors; listened to Kang Junli's soldiers talk about how to slaughter the enemy
, piled heads into the capital; listened to Li Kening's soldiers talk about how to trick people into digging pits and burying them alive...
Who are these people?! Monsters and monsters?
Some of the things the Central Plains soldiers did were understandable and normal to them, but some were dumbfounded. Even the most savage and ignorant tribes on the grassland were probably not as vicious as these devils.
Moreover, a few days ago, the Xia people came to support an army. I heard that it was for the right wing of the Xiejie army. Their combat strength was average and their morale was not high. But when you charge, you still have to use your lives to fill it.
Today during the day, another army called the Chishui Army arrived. Five thousand sergeants held high flags and were high-spirited to fight. It looked like they were not easy to deal with.
The addition of new forces caused the situation on the battlefield to take a turn for the worse.
Kuang Ba's army was exhausted from the hard battle, and Yinhu Yao's army pushed forward again. They barely managed to repulse an attack by the Xia people, but half an hour later the Xia thieves came again, suppressing them in a daze, forcing Kuang Ba's army to go into battle again, and the battle would be fought to the death.
The Xia people fought back.
In the battle scene, Yelu Changbao's face was as pale as earth. Countless warriors risked their lives. The general, Li Chengsi, personally went into battle to boost morale.
Yelu Changbao couldn't stand it anymore, so he quickly picked up the remaining soldiers and left the camp in the middle of the night to flee.
How could An Xiuxiu, who had been keeping an eye on them for a long time, let go of such an opportunity?
The cavalry were woken up in the middle of the night, and they jumped up from sleeping in their clothes. The auxiliary soldiers brought the horses and handed them over to the horses, and the officers made a brief battlefield mobilization.
Half a quarter of an hour later, the large group of cavalry filed out of the camp gate, bypassed the camp where the shouts of killing were shaking, and charged directly at the fleeing Yinhu Yao Army soldiers.
The sound of horse hoofbeats is like a reminder, which is so thrilling on a clear night.
"Yelü Changbao!" An Xiuxiu saw a group of horse-riding soldiers retreating from a distance. He roared and rode straight in. He thrust his sword forward and stabbed.
"Ah!" A Hu Qi rushed up to meet him, but he fell down in response.
Yelu Changbao did not dare to delay, so he slapped his horse and ran wildly.
He had horses, but most of the soldiers of the Yinhu Yao Army were infantry, and they did not have horses. More than a thousand cavalry rushed into the broken army like tigers, and they could not see clearly in the night. They saw people walking and running on the ground.
A stabbing blow often results in a scream.
An Xiuxiu pursued the group of enemies who were fleeing on horseback.
There were already three thieves who fell under his arms, but Yelu Changbao ran further and further away. An Xiuxiu was so angry that he threw the horse arm away - obviously, the heavy horse arm was not a flying arm and could not achieve any results.
Yelu Changbao breathed a sigh of relief and continued running wildly. Under the cover of dozens of personal followers, he ran for half the night and finally rushed into the winding mountain road.
At this time, the horse power was almost exhausted, and everyone spent too much energy in fleeing, but Yelu Changbao did not allow them to stop, but ordered them to continue moving forward.
This place is still too close to the battlefield, and every time you stay there for a while, it becomes more dangerous. It is really not advisable to stay for a long time.
Everyone had no choice but to bite the bullet and move on.
Unexpectedly, not long after walking, they saw large rocks falling from the plateau on both sides, and then arrows flew out, and screams continued.
"Kill!" A sergeant rushed out from the mountains on both sides, roaring like thunder.
They moved very quickly and could not tell their direction in the darkness. From time to time, some people fell down the hillside and were injured, but others were not afraid and still rushed down risking their lives.
Yang Yi's eyes widened on the mountain plateau and she looked carefully at the bottom of the plateau.
This is the second time he has ambushed here.
The Jin soldiers were surprisingly able to withstand it, and they actually persisted for more than ten days under siege from all sides. As a result, they came back to ambush them for the second time after returning midway.
This time I finally got something!
Dozens of thieves staggered around under the arrows, then stood up and scurried around. Six hundred infantrymen came down the mountain from both sides, and two hundred soldiers blocked the road in front. After a short while, they heard continuous screams.
It was heard that the bandits were killed one by one in the mountains and forests.
Yelu Changbao tripped over a vine while escaping. Just as he was about to get up, he saw several spears pressed against his back, so he lay there motionless.
No matter how hard you try, you can't suppress the news that the Yinhu Yao army broke out inside the Jin army camp.
Li Chengsi and Li Sibi looked at each other, and they could see the panic in each other's eyes.
They almost understood the current situation: they were trapped by the Xia Army. Ten days ago, the Yinhu Yao Army sent more than a hundred cavalry to the north. As a result, before they reached Cizhou, they encountered a large group of Xia Army cavalry.
After fighting, they were defeated.
It was clear that the Xia people wanted to encircle and annihilate their troops. To this end, they even made a detour back to Cizhou, occupied some places, and cut off the north-south communication lines.
Li Chengsi understood that the best way at this time was to stay put and wait until the army commanded by Kang Junli came to the rescue. But he was not sure how many Xia troops had detoured back to the rear, and whether Kang Junli planned to quickly go south to rescue them.
Detachment of troops.
Under hesitation, he subconsciously decided to hold on to the camp and wait for reinforcements. This was his best choice and the most practical decision.
But the Xia army's ferocious offensive was amazing.
Completely ignoring the casualties, they charged and fought like crazy. Lu Huaizhong's mighty army was so aggressive in style that they were in a hurry and relied on strong fortresses to barely hold on.
But ten days passed, and there was still no news of the reinforcements. However, the Yin Hu Yao army ran away first.
what to do?
"How about withdrawing?" Li Sibi said subconsciously: "There are still 6,000 people in the stronghold. Let's assemble and break out at night. We can move as many as we can."
Li Chengsi was speechless.
How far you can go is not a good word. It usually means a huge retreat that has lost its organization. Even if you can escape, how many people can go back? During the retreat, if someone along the way organizes shelter, provides supplies, and someone
If you block the back, some people can run back. If there is nothing, the scene is really unimaginable - scattered in the mountains and plains, without food and clothing, and you may not know the way. It is difficult to run back like climbing to the sky.
The offensive from the front became fierce again.
Arrows rained down from the stronghold wall, and the charging warriors screamed and fell down in batches. However, they still rushed forward with large shields and climbed up with ladders.
In the Xia Army camp at the rear, the lights were bright, and the craftsmen were sweating like rain, constantly working on equipment such as the parapet wall and the ladder truck. By the day tomorrow, the offensive would be more intense and more efficient.
Li Chengsi quickly climbed up the wall of the village, took a cursory glance, and then looked at Li Sibi. Under his earnest eyes, he nodded slowly.
The morale of the army was shaken and they could no longer resist. Even if they didn't run away at this time, they might collapse the camp.
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The Jin army resisted for more than ten days in Longmen County, but the Heijian army in Daning County did not suffer its first attack until the second day of April.
The enemy army is coming from the north, and the military trumpet is: Before the tent, we will win.
There were not many soldiers, less than 12,000 in total, and more than 5,000 of them were countrymen from Xizhou Tutuan who lacked fighting spirit.
The direction they chose to attack was the camp held by Ma Sixun.
More than 10,000 men attacked for three days, resulting in more than 2,000 casualties. In the end, they could only fill up the trenches and smashed several gaps in the trench walls, without even touching the wall.
Late at night on the fifth day of April, Xia Sanmu personally led more than a thousand soldiers out of the city to attack at night. The Jin army was well prepared and failed, but it still made them extremely tired, and the offensive on the sixth day was weak.
"Didn't the thief have enough to eat?" Ma Sixun stood on the wall of the village and laughed.
When they first broke into the rear, they were extremely worried, fearing that they would be attacked from the front and rear by the enemy's main force, and eventually the entire army would be annihilated. Now it seems that the worry of being attacked from the front and rear has basically disappeared, and Li Chengsi's troops in the south should be held back.
, unable to retreat smoothly, and the enemy group from the north did not arrive in time. The two armies in front of the tent could not defeat their lone army with just ten thousand victories.
The only problem now is probably food.
Most of the food and grass they originally carried have been consumed. Now they rely entirely on the horses and mules that were slaughtered before the war to satisfy their hunger as much as possible to reduce food consumption as much as possible. But horse meat is really not very hungry, so it is better to eat rice and noodles. These five thousand horses
Mules can only allow the whole army to hold on for five more days.
However, seeing that the enemy's offensive was really weak, Xia Sanmu even dared to send a few men and horses out of the city to collect food and grass, and at the same time sent some horses and mules into the city to slaughter and satisfy their hunger. In order to defeat the Jin thieves, the Heiji army suffered heavy losses this time.
A large number of horses or mules used for transportation were slaughtered. If the Jin thieves were allowed to escape, they didn't know how to explain it.
Of course, the Heiyi Army did not forget the direction of the Madou Pass Ferry. They kept sending messengers to urge Yanzhou to send a batch of grain and grass as soon as possible to rescue the emergency, but their actions were too slow!
"Dong dong..." The war drums in the enemy camp were beating again, and the Jin army's infantry pushed the siege vehicles and came over in a black mass.
"Whoosh!" An arrow flew from outside the village, and Ma Sixun subconsciously avoided it.
The arrow grazed his neck and hit the soldier beside him in the face.
"Fuck your mother!" Looking at the soldier who fell silently, Ma Sixun yelled: "I want to stop you even if I eat dirt."
If you don’t say anything, just do it!
The black soldiers who were resting against the wall of the village were draped over each other, ready for reinforcements. On the wall of the village, the soldiers were already in full formation, ready to fight.
Between the ridges in the distance, there were many banners, and groups of Jin troops appeared in the field of vision.
They marched in two columns, as far as the eye could see. A rough count showed that there were tens of thousands of people, maybe more than 10,000.
Needless to say, after hurrying and slowing down, the main force of the Jin army finally arrived.