After the rain it was slippery and foggy.
At night, the Yuan army reduced the intensity of the siege, and let the soldiers of each battalion take turns to attack the city, bluffing and shouting, the real purpose was to contain and harass the defenders at the head of the city, so that they were tired of coping and did not dare to sleep soundly.
The men and horses who were replaced hurried back to the camp to take a nap, and waited for the day to wait for dawn before launching a strong attack.
After all, this offensive and defensive battle has lasted for two days and two nights, and if it continues like this, the soldiers of this side will also be unbearable.
You have a good plan, I have a wall ladder.
Since Yuan Jun took turns to rest, Wei Yan and Xu Shu naturally would not sit still.
After some discussion, the 15,000 defenders in the city and the 20,000 people who helped in the battle were divided into two groups, Wei Yan and Tian Zhen led half of them, and Xu Shu and Tai Shici led half of them, taking turns to defend the city and take turns to sleep.
After a night of tug-of-war, it was getting lighter.
Although the spring rain has stopped, the thick fog shows no sign of dissipating.
After a night of fierce fighting, more than 2,000 lives were filled at the foot of the city wall, and nearly 2,000 people on the city head closed their eyes forever, and most of the dead were people who lacked armor protection and could not hide from arrows.
"The whole army is attacking, and today the city is sworn to the death, who dares to retreat, and will not be forgiven" Yuan Tan opened his eyes from a nap, had a hasty breakfast with the soldiers of the whole army, and then turned on his horse, took Guo Tu, Xin Ping and other staff members to the city to supervise the battle, and waved his sword and issued the order for a general attack.
"Woohoo" With Yuan Tan's order, the sound of horns sounded again in the dense fog, sounding at the same time in all directions of the drama county, like the earth whimpering.
More than 80,000 Yuan Jun, who had just eaten enough, shouted in unison, once again with a shield, carrying a cloud ladder and launching a strong attack on Xixian County.
The ravines of the moat have long been filled with rolling stones and trees, and even every foot needs to step on the corpses of his companions to advance, and every inch of land under the county town is stained with dried and coagulated blood.
The same drums rumbled on the city, and more than 30,000 soldiers and civilians flew with a rain of arrows, smaller and smaller rolling stones, and lighter and lighter woods, one after another to greet the Yuan soldiers who flocked to the city.
Due to the fewer and fewer feather arrows in the city, Wei Yan had no choice but to send some people to pick up the arrows shot by Yuan Bing on the head of the city, and then shoot them back with their arrows, and even the crossbow arrows inserted into the corpse had to be pulled out and used.
The scarcity of supplies in the city is evident from this All this was seen by Yuan Tan, who supervised the battle, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, and urged loudly on the horse: "Soldiers, there are fewer and fewer crossbow arrows in the city, everyone is desperately attacking the city, and the time to break the city is today."
At this moment, a commotion suddenly came from behind Yuan Jun, causing Yuan Jun's back to rush into chaos.
"Kill, the defenders in the city resisted, and the reinforcements from Jiangdong arrived" Zhao Kuangyin carried a spear and took the lead in the charge.
While ordering the cavalry behind him to shout at the same time, it boosted the morale of the defenders in the city.
Zhao Kuangyin, who was in the midst of the chaos, was dressed in military uniform, wearing an iron helmet, holding a spear changed from a coiled dragon stick with a spear blade, charging all the way, and continuously overturning dozens of Yuan soldiers who stopped in front of the horse.
With such a vigorous skill, it is impossible for people to associate with the pampered emperor.
The Han cavalry was equipped with bilateral pedals, so they could shoot at horseback when charging.
Although not as skilled as the Xiliang Iron Cavalry or the White Horse Yicong, the arrow rain in the gallop caused a lot of lethality to the Yuan army that was caught off guard, and after a wave of arrow rain passed, at least six or seven hundred people were shot down.
Under the leadership of Zhao Kuangyin, this Biao Tie cavalry charged from west to east behind the Yuan army, not entangled with the enemy, but just fired arrows on the horse from a distance, which greatly disrupted the rhythm of the Yuan army's siege.
Although the fog was thick, the defenders at the head of the city could hear the sound of reinforcements coming, and the morale of the army was greatly excited, and they worked harder when defending.
A fierce rain of arrows poured down, and the Yuan troops who shot them retreated one after another.
"Lu Kuanghe ordered you to lead 3,000 cavalry to intercept and find out how many men and horses the other party came from and where they came from."
The siege plan was ruined by reinforcements from the Han army, which made Yuan Tan furious.
Waving his hand, he ordered Lu Kuang beside him to lead the cavalry to block the attack.
"The Last Will Be Ordered" Lu Kuang agreed, waved the big sword in his hand, and led the three thousand cavalry on standby to intercept it.
Seeing the cavalry of the Yuan army covering up, Zhao Kuangyin ordered a retreat to the east.
Where Lu Kuang was willing to give up, he led his troops to follow closely.
I have been chasing for five or six miles, and I saw that the distance was getting closer and closer, but I found that the Han army suddenly turned its horse head and lined up to meet each other.
A rain of arrows came over, and at least more than 300 Yuan troops were shot off their horses.
When the two sides were about to engage in hand-to-hand combat, the Han army suddenly turned around and fled eastward.
"Wow, I'm angry, give me all the strength to catch up" Lu Kuang was furious, and saw that the Han army only had more than 1,000 horsemen, relying on his own strength, and he was trying to catch up with a big knife in his hand.
Zhao Kuangyin led his troops to run wildly for a while, turned his horse's head again and shot a wave of arrows, and shot Yuan Bing two or three hundred people to death.
Then, when Yuan's iron cavalry was blocked by the rain of arrows, they once again turned their horses and fled eastward.
"These ghosts and grandsons fight and don't fight, retreat and don't retreat, it's bearable and unbearable, you guys are desperately moving forward, and all these cowards have been annihilated" Lu Kuang was provoked and almost lost his mind, and recklessly rode his horse forward to catch up, relying on his mount to be better than the soldier's war horse, and gradually threw the soldiers behind him farther and farther, and had the momentum of riding a thousand.
Seeing that Yuan chased the horse with a single knife, Zhao Kuangyin was overjoyed, and immediately turned the horse's head to welcome him back, shouting: "Yuan Jiang will not get off the horse and die" "How do you know it's not you who died?"
Lu Kuang didn't take Zhao Kuangyin in his eyes, slapped the horse and danced the knife, and became entangled with Zhao Kuangyin.
Zhao Kuangyin's strength is fast, and every shot is like a poisonous snake spitting out a letter, like thunder.
There were three or five rounds of battle, and Lu Kuang gradually stumbled left and right, and was stabbed under the horse by Zhao Kuangyin if he was careless.
Turned over and dismounted and took Lu Kuang's head, and used a spear to pick up Yuan Jun, who was chasing behind, and demonstrated loudly: "You wait for the main general to be awarded, don't hurry up and get off the horse and kneel."
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Just when the cavalry of the Yuan army was stunned, the soldiers behind Zhao Kuangyin shot another wave of arrows, and they shot over two or three hundred people.
Yuan's army was in a big mess, and hurriedly reined in his horse and pulled his bow to shoot back at the Han army, but this side had already turned his horse away.
The main general was killed, and a third of his companions were shot dead, and this Yuan soldier was suddenly frightened. didn't dare to chase anymore at the moment, and they all turned their horses to the city of Xixian and fled, ready to repay Yuan Tan.
"Haha, the Yuan army was frightened, and the whole army pursued it" Seeing that the cavalry of the Yuan army was defeated, Zhao Kuangyin made a spear move, and led the knights behind him to follow behind and pursue.
While chasing after the horses, he pulled his bow and controlled the strings from time to time, chased five or six miles, and shot more than 500 Yuan cavalry along the way.
Yuan Tan was rewarded, and couldn't help but rush into anger, drew his sword and cut off a banner beside him, gritted his teeth and scolded: "This Lu Kuang is simply a wine bag and rice bag, chasing a thousand horsemen with 3,000 people, and losing half of the people and horses, not to mention, he actually lost his own head, it really laughed off the big teeth of the people in the world, and I was angry."
Guo Tu admonished beside him: "This group of men and horses came from the south, and nine times out of ten they were the advance elite sent by Xue Li.
Lu Kuang was sentenced to the enemy, and it was purely to blame for taking the eldest son as a general to lead a heavy army to chase after him, and he must chase after him relentlessly, completely annihilating this small team, and deterring the morale of the Han army."
"Summoning Gao Ran" Yuan Tan put away his sword and returned it to the sheath, and ordered in a loud voice.
After being summoned, Gao Lan, who was urging the army to attack the city, came to Yuan Tan and asked on the horse, "What does the general command?"
Yuan Tan angrily pointed at the Han army who was releasing arrows in the distance and said: "This army of men and horses disturbing our army from behind is not peaceful, this general ordered you to lead 7,000 cavalry to pursue, even if you chase to the sea, you will annihilate all of them."
"No" Gao Ran agreed, lit up 7,000 men and horses, and lined up to the east to cover and kill.
The great earthquake trembled with the uniform iron hooves and trampled on it, and the valley roared.
Zhao Kuangyin heard the deafening sound of horses' hooves in the distance, and knew that Yuan's army had dispatched the main cavalry this time, so he hurriedly ordered the whole army to retreat to the east, discarding the flags in his hands at his feet, and faking signs of panic and fleeing.
Gao Ran's troops pursued all the way for more than 100 miles, but the Han cavalry was equipped with double-footed pedals and galloped freely on the horses.
Let Yuan Jun chase with all his might, but he is always a distance behind.
"Collect the troops, don't chase back and attack the city" Gao Ran thought that it would be difficult to catch up with this Han army, and decided to order the whole army to retreat.
Unexpectedly, the Han army suddenly turned back, and a wave of arrows rained down from afar, and suddenly knocked over Gao Ran's team by two or three hundred people.
Gao Ran hurriedly ordered the whole army to shoot back, but the Han army did not like to fight, and after shooting a wave of arrows, they turned their horses and left.
Yuan Jun's return shot almost all missed, and only a dozen people who fell behind were only shot.
Gao Ran was suddenly as excited as Lu Kuang, and with a move of his spear, he shouted angrily: "This gang of miscellaneous people is purely looking for death, even if I chase the whole army to the ends of the earth, I must annihilate them completely, so as to vent the hatred in my heart."
In the hazy smoke, more than 1,000 Han soldiers fled forward, and nearly 7,000 Yuan soldiers followed in pursuit.
In the evening, the fog cleared.
Yuan Jun chased more than 100 miles of road, the road under his feet became more and more precipitous, the mountains on both sides of the road were undulating, the pines and cypresses were covered, and the murderous atmosphere was forested.
"Hiss is not good, I'm afraid I'm ambushed" Years of battlefield experience made Gao Ran suddenly aware of the danger, and suddenly woke up while riding his horse, and hurriedly reined in his horse and ordered the whole army to stop.
But it was too late, and drums sounded on both sides of the valley, and ambushes were everywhere.
The rain of arrows like flying locusts fell from the sky, the big stones rolled down the hillside with a bang, and the Yuan soldiers who smashed straight turned over on their backs, and the whole army was in chaos.
"Quick Exit" Gao Ran was frightened, and while waving his gun to dial the carving feather, he turned the horse's head and fled.
He had just walked less than two miles when suddenly a drum sounded, and a detachment of men and horses was killed in the oblique stab.
A young general with a green horse under his crotch, wearing silver dragon scale armor, a bronze helmet, and a pair of spears in his hand, blocked Gao Lan's way majestically: "General Yuan will not get off the horse and be bound, otherwise you will be taken within the three combinations." t1706231537: