Chapter 579 New Tengjia Army, Battle of Langzhong!
Considering the strength of the army led by Zhang Shicheng, Liu Bang specially arranged three fierce generals, Hu Li, Lu Li and Yang Li, to guard the only way between Langzhong and Yangping Pass!
In addition, Liu Bang also asked Huang Quan and Zhu Hai to lead the army to guard Jiange, forming a horns force with the three generals of tiger, deer and sheep to intercept Zhang Shicheng's army from southward to Langzhong.
Between Yangpingguan and Langzhong, there were three fierce generals, tiger, deer and sheep, guarding the area. Huang Quan and Zhu Hai also led the army to watch the sword pavilion. This put considerable pressure on Zhang Shicheng's army to move south.
Even if Zhang Shicheng's army has Zhang Shan, a fierce general, to defeat the Hu Lu Yang and Jiange support troops in a short time, I'm afraid it's a bit fanciful!
After briefly arranging the war in Jiange, Liu Bang began to lead his army to attack Langzhong forcefully.
At the same time, in order to prevent Zhang Lu from diverting troops from Jiameng Pass to support Langzhong, Liu Bang adopted the suggestions of military advisors Chen Ping and Ji Xiaolan and ordered Zhang Ren and Fan Kuai to attack Guangyuan and fight on two fronts!
It must be said that Liu Bang has an excellent advantage, that is, he listens to others' advice and does not act on his own. He knows very well that the intelligence of military advisers Chen Ping and Ji Xiaolan is much higher than his own, so he generously leaves the battlefield strategy to Chen Ping
They are responsible, and they themselves are the decision makers whether to adopt the strategy or not.
When the Shu army led by Liu Bang marched towards Langzhong, Zhang Jiayu, the general of Langzhong, learned about the plan to divert the tigers away from the mountains. He immediately sent scouts to Hanzhong to rescue Zhang Lu, and then personally led the team to ambush on the road leading to Langzhong.
On the road that must be passed.
[Zhang Jiayu (1616-1647), courtesy name Yuanzi and nickname Zhiyuan, was born in Dongguan County, Guangzhou Prefecture, Guangdong Province (now part of Dongguan City, Guangdong Province). He was a general who resisted the Qing Dynasty in the late Ming Dynasty and a national hero. Together with Chen Bangyan and Chen Zizhuang, he was also known as "
"Three Loyalties of Lingnan".
In the 16th year of Chongzhen (1643), Zhang Jiayu became a Jinshi, and successively served as a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, a lecturer of the Hanlin Academy, a military officer, and a censor of Youqiandu. In the first year of Yongli (1647), he defended Zengcheng and the city was destroyed.
He threw himself into a pond and died a heroic sacrifice for his country.]
Zhang Jiayu himself was very capable. Also born at the same time as him were Chen Bangyan and Chen Zizhuang, two of the three Lingnan loyalists. The father and son were systematically implanted under Zhang Lu.
This time Liu Bang led the Shu army to attack Langzhong in a mighty manner. Chen Bangyan took the initiative to ask Ying to go out of the city to set up an ambush to ambush the Shu army.
Zhang Jiayu accepted his advice, but the task of setting up an ambush out of the city was personally carried out. As for the important task of guarding Langzhong, he temporarily left it to Chen Bangyan and Chen Zizhuang, their father and son.
Later, the Shu army was ambushed on the way. Zhang Jiayu responded quickly and followed the principle of retreating after fighting. When the Shu army was caught off guard, he made perfect use of mobile warfare and defeated 2,000 with 800 soldiers. He also killed Shu general Pang among the rebels.
Le, by the time the Shu army fully reacted, Zhang Jiayu had already led his troops and fled back to Langzhong!
Liu Bang was very angry when he lost two thousand soldiers before the victory was launched. He summoned the powerful generals Peng Yue and Yan Yan with a serious expression, and asked them to each lead an army of 5,000 men to investigate along the way. When they arrived outside Langzhong City,
Take turns to attack the city again.
Yan Yan and Peng Yue were ordered to take the lead in the face of danger and led the Shu army towards Langzhong!
After Zhang Jiayu, who had tasted the sweetness, returned to Langzhong, he planned to gather his troops again and continue to set up ambushes along the way. However, as soon as he had this idea, he was killed by Chen Bangyan in time.
"Now that the Shu army has suffered a new defeat, Liu Bang and others are extremely vigilant. If they try to set up an ambush and seriously injure the Shu army, the probability is low, and there may even be a risk of defeat.
According to the general's opinion, it is better to assemble the entire army and line up on the wall of Langzhong. We only need to hold on to Langzhong for ten days before the reinforcements from Hanzhong can arrive. No matter how strong the Shu army is at that time, it is nothing more than a paper tiger!"
Zhang Jiayu accepted Chen Bangyan's suggestion. Although he wanted to take the initiative to send troops to fight the Shu army and contribute to the founding of the Daxi Kingdom, the current situation was serious. Langzhong City was crucial and there was no room for error. For the sake of the overall situation, he could only be
Defend Langzhong to the death.
Before the Shu army arrived in Langzhong, Zhang Jiayu, Chen Bangyan, Chen Zizhuang and other generals deployed defense fortifications in an orderly manner, and large quantities of defensive materials were moved onto the walls!
The defense strength of Langzhong City was already very high. Now, under the emergency construction work of Zhang Jiayu and other generals, the incomplete openings, loose masonry, and loopholes of various sizes have all been repaired and improved, and the overall defense strength of the city wall has reached a new level.
steps.
After properly handling the city defense layout of Langzhong City, Zhang Jiayu and other generals led the army sergeants to climb the city wall and looked at the densely approaching Shu army in the distance.
"If you want to conquer Langzhong City, you have to step over my corpse!"
Zhang Jiayu looked into the distance with bright eyes. Seeing the Shu army getting closer and closer to Langzhong City, his eyes burned with monstrous flames. In this battle, as long as people are in the city, the Shu army can't even think of taking Langzhong.
As time goes by, the Shu army is getting closer and closer to Langzhong City, and the defenders in the city are also tensing their hearts!
"The whole army listens to the order and shoots arrows!"
Seeing that the Shu army had entered the shooting range, Chen Bangyan unceremoniously ordered all the soldiers to shoot arrows. In an instant, thousands of arrows were fired, and the arrows fell densely like a downpour.
"Raise your shield, the Tengjia Army marches out!"
The Tengjia Army, one of the arms of the Shu Army, is a special army formed by Peng Yue based on the Tengjia soldiers under the command of Wu Tugu, the leader of the barbarian Ugo Kingdom.
When Peng Yue was building the new Tengjia Army, military advisor Chen Ping sharply pointed out the fatal flaw of the Tengjia soldiers. They were afraid of fire. The Tengjia was inherently dry and flammable, and because it was soaked in tung oil and dried out in the sun, once it touched a spark, it would
The entire armor will be burned to the ground, and the soldiers wearing the armor will be burned to ashes.
In view of this fatal flaw, Chen Ping, Ji Xiaolan, Liu Bang, Peng Yue and other senior officials of the Shu army spent the night thinking about countermeasures, and finally chose to inlay fish scale iron sheets on the outside of the rattan armor and mix it with fire-proof materials. In this way, the rattan can be isolated from the flames.
Contact can also enhance the defensive effect.
However, the manufacturing process of such rattan armor is cumbersome and the cost is relatively expensive. Even if the Shu army has strong financial resources, it can only form a rattan armor army of 800 people, led by Peng Yue himself!
Facing the arrows falling like a downpour, these vine-armored soldiers showed no fear. They followed Peng Yue's command calmly. Eight hundred people quickly gathered into a circular battle formation, holding their shields high, and directly fired at all the arrows.
The arrows stayed out of the battle formation.
Even if a small number of arrows shoot at the soldiers through the gaps between the shields, they will not cause any harm to the Shu soldiers wearing rattan armor!
"How is it possible that tens of thousands of arrows fell but not one person in the Shu army could be killed?"
Zhang Jiayu was shocked by the scene in front of him, and his face became extremely ugly. Seeing the group of rattan armored soldiers intending to set up ladders to attack the city, he waved his hand and directly ordered to pour kerosene along the city wall, ignite the kerosene, and use the flames to