Fierce fighting initially took place at several camp gates facing east, which was the direction from which Zhang Hui's troops attacked.
Then it extended to the trench line.
These trenches were only roughly dug by Chen Zhi in the past few days by urging his subordinates to use the old landforms. They were not comparable to the deep and wide trenches with sharp stakes around the city.
And because it conforms to the landform, the slopes on both sides of the trench are not too steep. Twenty or thirty earth bags or a long ladder are enough to form a slope that soldiers can run across.
On the front of the battlefield several miles wide, at least fifty slopes appeared at the same time. The archers fired arrows frantically to suppress the defenders, and then elite soldiers wearing heavy armor, iron helmets and visors stepped across the slopes. Rush towards the opposite side.
Guo Alin was surrounded by a group of soldiers.
He was an orphan rescued from the refugees when Guo Zhongyuan was working as a city fox in Zhongdu, so he took Guo Zhongyuan's surname. Later, he also guarded the city with Guo Zhongyuan and fought fiercely with the Mongolian army. On the day of Hu Shahu's rebellion, Guo Zhongyuan was temporarily He was bundled up inside Xuan Yao Gate and could not move or retreat. He even snatched a corpse and avoided arrows with Guo Alin.
At that time, Guo Alin was still young, his physique had not matured, and his skills were very limited. After following Guo Zhongyuan to Shandong, he performed very well in physical training, combat skills training, including the training of the basic qualities of an officer, so he was continuously promoted. , in just a few months, he rose from a pawn to a lieutenant.
When he followed Guo Zhongyuan to defeat the Mongolian servant army, he made great contributions and was promoted to general.
Under the two-level system of military households and shady households, the mid-level officers of the Ding Navy also led the army and the people, and were very powerful. Guo Ning, on the other hand, often dispatched the generals to prevent them from forming a dependence on the higher-level generals.
For example, Zhang Hui, who was born in Zhongdu, first followed Guo Zhongyuan and now became the number one general under Wang Shixian.
Once Guo Alin was promoted, he was transferred to Xiao Mole's subordinates, and followed him to gather people in Yidu and other places. He also recruited a group of old soldiers who had been dispersed after Wanyan Sala's death.
Xiao MoLe is a very capable general, but last month Xiao MoLe was transferred to Liaodong by Guo Ning, and his subordinates made adjustments before leaving. What made Guo Alin particularly happy was that he was left in Shandong and became Guo Zhongyuan again. 's subordinates.
Before the war started, Guo Alin couldn't hold back his temper. He repeatedly said to himself: He must continue to make meritorious service under Brother Guo!
Thanks to the results of previous post-war seizures and ordnance inspections, the Ding Navy's armor coverage rate is very high. Each general has a team of 50 men fully clad in iron armor. Even Alixi can wear armor and go into battle. They Their military pay is higher than that of ordinary soldiers, and their daily training is also extremely strict.
Guo Alin and his soldiers have trained many times on how to use soldiers to break enemy camps in a surprise attack, and he is very familiar with every step:
When the armored warriors penetrate the enemy's camp head-on, no matter how the enemy responds, they will only be broken through. The sword, shield, and spearmen behind the armored warriors will follow the armored warriors into the enemy camp to expand the results of the battle, while the archers continue Shoot arrows to cover.
When the opposite side of a certain trench was completely controlled, the Alixi soldiers continued to be busy. They would completely fill the trench in the shortest possible time. After that, the cavalry would attack from here and completely crush the enemy.
Therefore, the first wave of soldiers is the most critical.
Guo Alin shouted: "Brothers, follow me! Come on!"
Because he was too nervous, his roar was a little hoarse, and the last few words were completely broken.
Even though he is a battle-hardened veteran who has experienced many wars, Guo Alin can't help but feel nervous and scared every time he faces a critical moment where life or death depends on the sword.
This has nothing to do with courage, it is human instinct. But hard training, generous treatment, and repeated and effective ideological education can help people get rid of this instinct and forget all negative emotions when fighting.
At this moment, Guo Alin shook his head suddenly. He put aside his worries and fears, and also put aside a certain girl who had just been arranged to be engaged, as well as the warm scenes of the girl occasionally coming to his door and tailoring clothes for him.
to the back of the head.
The bottom of the iron helmet was surrounded by a thick metal collar, which caused his shoulders to move when he shook his head. In the eyes of the defenders on the opposite side, he looked very arrogant.
The densely packed defenders stood opposite Guo Alin, holding a variety of weapons and looking horrified.
Guo Alin suddenly waved his arm with the force of shaking his shoulders, and the thick-ridged long knife with a blade length of two feet and seven inches suddenly burst out with a large silver light. Then he saw the human body on the opposite side was torn into pieces and blood flowed like a waterfall.
After all, the number of soldiers who rushed into the camp in the first place was still relatively small.
Therefore, Guo Alin's sweeping attack with his sword failed to scare away the enemy, but instead aroused many people's furious clamor.
When Guo Alin took another step forward, he suddenly felt severe pain in his chest, and a force pushed his body back. It was a middle-aged man who looked like a civil servant, rushing towards him from the diagonal, holding a sharpened stick.
The bamboo pole pierced Guo Alin's chest.
I had some courage, but it was completely useless.
The armor on Guo Alin's body is made of large pieces of iron armor leaves. As a general, he also wears a close-fitting leather armor under the iron armor. He wears these two sets of armor, with an iron helmet covering his face and waist.
, the arm guards weigh dozens of kilograms, and the whole set is worth seventy shots.
Seventy copper coins, not banknotes!
How can a bamboo pole pierce this kind of sophisticated weapon?
No matter how much force the civil servant thrust forward, he could only make Guo Alin lean back slightly, and at most there would be bruises and blood on his chest. He didn't even have to take half a step back!
Guo Alin held the handle of the knife with both hands and swung it violently in the opposite direction.
The sharp long knife cut off the bamboo pole, continued to sweep diagonally, and cut off the civil servant's arm.
The severed arm flew in the air and fell. Blood spurted out from the huge wound on the shoulder. The civil servant staggered and fell back, staring at Guo Alin and shouting: "Dog thief!"
Guo Alin really doesn’t think he is a dog thief.
In the past year, the officers and soldiers of the Ding Navy have been continuously indoctrinated and educated through various channels. They firmly believe in their own justice, and everything the Ding Navy has done in Shandong and Liaodong has indeed practiced justice.
So, as an enemy of Ding Haijun, and following an unreliable guy like Li Quan... just blame yourself for your bad fate!
Guo Alin took a step forward and stabbed the middle-aged civil servant's chest with a long flat-end knife. He pushed him forward for two more steps, then raised his leg and kicked hard, kicking the body into the crowd of enemies in front.
The collision knocked them upside down.
Unfortunately, the blood splattered on Guo Alin's armor, and some of it splashed into his eyes, slightly affecting his vision. But he didn't panic, and swung the long knife horizontally with all his strength, making a clanging sound.
With two soft sounds, he knocked away the two thrusting spears.
After running and slashing continuously, Guo Alin began to pant violently. The panting echoed inside the helmet, so that he could only hear the panting and the sound of the armor leaves colliding.
However, based on the experience of many trainings in the past, he knew that after he advanced, several soldiers had rushed in through this gap. Now at least two people were standing on the left and right to cover, and two others passed him and rushed forward to fight.
Guo Alin stood still, grabbed the cuffs of his military robe, poked into the gap in his face armor, and wiped the blood from his eyes. While he was wiping his eyes, several arrows flew over and hit him.
On his shoulders, it was as if vigorous weeds suddenly grew on his shoulders.
Fortunately, these are light arrows. As the arm moves, the arrow tips continue to cut through the flesh, which is a bit painful, but the entire arrow cluster cannot penetrate the armor at all.
Guo Alin rushed forward again.
The soldier who had passed him and rushed to the front had already killed several enemies in a row.
But there was a particularly cunning enemy who was very familiar with the bandit tactics of fighting the imperial troops. He crawled forward on the ground and pierced the soldier's calf with his knife.
The soldier roared loudly and tried his best to maintain his balance, but his shin was injured and he could not hold on. He was immediately pushed down by several enemies who were rushing towards him.
This can be dangerous.
Guo Alin sped up and rushed side by side with another soldier to cover his comrades.
The soldier stabbed forward with his long spear and struck randomly. Several iron spears were thrown at him with a crackling sound, and another one was pierced into the throat of an enemy.
And Guo Alin stretched out his feet to step on the enemy who was crawling over to attack. He bent down slightly, held the long knife with both hands, penetrated the enemy's belly, and nailed it to the ground, like a frog caught by a fishhook.
Struggling like that.
The swordsmen, shieldmen and spearmen of the Ding Navy began to follow. They kept waving their weapons to expand the scope of their control.
The arrows whizzed past Guo Alin's head, which were kept being thrown by his own archers.
Guo Alin looked around and saw that there were at least a dozen people who had broken through the trenches like him, and each of them was killing a large number of enemies. There were four or five soldiers who had already broken through the second and third trenches!
This is too fast!
Guo Alin was not convinced no matter what. He shouted loudly: "Brothers, follow me! Let's charge for a while!"