Chapter 440 Jicheng, a tragic decisive battle Under the city of Jixian County, at this time, there was a sound of war drums all around, and the shouts of fighting between its soldiers and soldiers were endless This time, on the road from Cage Fire City to Jixian County, there are traces of bloody battles, and at this moment, Su Lie, the main general of the Qi army, led the army to fight with Shi Siming and won the final victory. \ Besieging Jixian County, luring the army of Anjun to come, and then annihilating it in one fell swoop, this is the final plan that Su Lie discussed with his generals after leading the army into Youzhou.
Although the early stage of the plan was not smooth, after experiencing the total variables, Shi Siming still led the army to come forward and start a decisive battle with the Qi army.
At this time, the camp of the Qi army, the defenders of Jixian County, in response to Shi Siming's call, their defenders immediately decided to lead the army out of the city and stormed the camp of the Qi army, so as to divide their troops and create conditions for Shi Siming's main force to break the Qi army.
However, now the general movements of the rebels were all expected by Su Lie, and at this time, the deputy general Zhang Xian had already set up defenses in the camp, and the materials for defending the city, such as rolling wood and thunder stones, arrows, and the indispensable fierce fire oil.
The offensive and defensive war has just begun, and the intensity of its attack will follow, Jixian County is related to the safety of the entire Youzhou, and the materials in its city are all available.
Not only are the materials for defending the city very sufficient, but even the ladders, rushing carts and well railings used for the siege are fully prepared, and the rebels cannot lose this battle at all because of the failure of the decisive battle.
Therefore, this time, when the Jixian defender led the army out of the city to attack the Qi army camp, he drove out the siege equipment in the city, ready to take the Qi army camp directly.
"Brothers, now Shi Shuai is in front of us to fight Qi Kou, we are all good sons, we must not embarrass Shi Shuai, we must respond to Shi Shuai's call and capture the Qi army camp."
"Brothers, all the tribes obey the order, and attack the camp in order, and whoever climbs the camp wall first, will be rewarded with a hundred gold."
"Kill, kill" For a while, it was only said that the Jixian guards were encouraged by a voice, and the soldiers all heard the reward, and they all shook their hearts, roared, and gradually approached the camp wall.
I'm afraid this is the so-called wealth to move people's hearts Never underestimate how great the temptation of a hundred gold will be when you join the army in ancient times, you must know that in ancient times, even if you join the army for a year, your military salary will not be 100 gold.
Therefore, it can be seen how excited the rebel defenders will be to capture the Qi army camp this time.
As the rebel soldiers gradually approached, Zhang Xian, who was wearing armor on the camp wall, was already ready to go, leading the crowd to stand here, watching the rebels' every move.
After about a while, the rebel soldiers all entered the range of the Qi army's crossbowmen, and immediately after, Zhang Xianqi's eyes burst with light, and he immediately pulled out the long sword at his waist and shouted: "The whole army obeys the order" "Crossbowmen, aim at the rebels, fire" All of a sudden, the order was handed down, and the crossbowmen of the Qi army all opened their bows and arrows, galloped and fired, and in an instant, the air was instantly filled with the sky, as if contaminated with a thick layer of dark clouds, extremely low.
In a moment, countless arrows fell into the rebel formation, and for a while, the cloud echelons running against the ladder in their hands fell to the ground due to the lack of protection.
"Ahh All of a sudden, a trace of screams suddenly sounded in the rebel formation, and their wails continued.
However, although the rebels suffered heavy losses under the blows of bows and crossbows, they were attracted by the bounty of wealth, so the rebels attacked one after another Ignoring the casualties of their own troops and dying a number of them, the soldiers behind continued to face the difficulties and attacked the camp wall fearlessly.
Finally, after paying heavy casualties, the rebel cloud echelon finally approached the front line of the camp wall, set up the camp stomping, and its sergeants bravely climbed and attacked.
As for the rebels, the sword and shield soldiers used their shields to defend themselves, and at the same time slashed their swords at the wall of the wooden camp, and in an instant, sawdust flew sideways, and foam flew everywhere in the air.
Since the camp was not a city wall, but was made of big trees, its degree of protection was not strong, how could it withstand the high-intensity slashing of the rebels, so as time passed, it gradually began to be unable to resist.
Although Zhang Xian ordered the crossbowmen to aim and release the arrows fiercely, and the rolling wood and thunder stones tried their best to greet them, the rebel soldiers were not to be underestimated at all, and they still made up for it one after another.
At this time, the already aggravated situation was suddenly escalated, because the extremely slow siege engines and well railings were belatedly approaching the camp wall.
For a moment, Zhang Xian waved his long sword, his face was extremely solemn, and he shouted: "Crossbowmen, release the arrows quickly, and be sure not to let the enemy's well fence rush close to the camp wall." ” In fact, this also refers to Zhang Xian's helpless words, according to Zhang Xian's understanding of the car shaft fence, its protection is already extremely strong, and how can it block its charge with just arrows Therefore, Zhang Xian ordered the crossbowmen to release arrows to block, just to prolong the time, and his real purpose was to let his army transport supplies such as fire oil to the city.
Sure enough, although it fired thousands of arrows at once, although the momentum was huge, it basically did not have any substantial blow to the Jinglan Chong convoy, and it still galloped forward.
"Bang" The sound of a bombardment sounded, and the smoke of gunpowder suddenly filled the air, and the battle also entered the most fierce moment.
Let's just say that when the rushing car hits the camp gate, how can the rushing car that can even hit the city gate not break through the wooden camp gate Under the heavy blow, the defenders above the camp wall suddenly felt unstable on their feet, as if the ground was shaking, and their entire camp was about to collapse.
"Crunch" For a moment, the wooden camp gate that was slammed into it immediately burst into a slight crack, as if it was about to collapse at any time, and looking at this posture, I am afraid that the camp gate will be completely destroyed in a few clicks.
In fact, this is purely normal, with the power of the chariot, even its strong city gate can also cause heavy damage to it, and why can't the wooden camp gate destroy it Not only that, but at this time, the well fence was stagnant in front of the firing range, condescendingly firing arrows at the camp wall to suppress the Qi soldiers.
Yes, that's right, it's condescending, the rebels' well fence is several meters high, far more than the overall height of the camp, and the rebels can have an unobstructed view of the situation in the camp from the well fence Therefore, with the suppression of the bows and arrows on the well railing for a while, the sergeants of the Qi army had no room to dodge, because there was almost nowhere to hide.
As the rebels' wells joined the battlefield, the situation suddenly became not optimistic, and the defensive strength was greatly reduced by one level, and the rebel non-commissioned officers of the cloud echelon began to climb bravely.
The situation is suddenly critical Immediately, Zhang Xian pondered for a short time, without the slightest hesitation, and took the lead in giving the order, shouting: "Listen to the general's orders" "Throw boiling water at the rebel swordsmen and shield soldiers, and smash them to death."
As soon as the order was issued, I saw that the guards on the camp wall suddenly sprinkled buckets of boiling water towards the front line of the camp wall, reaching the bottom of the camp wall.
"Ahh In an instant, I saw buckets of boiling boiled water splashing all over the body of the sword and shield soldiers who were slashing at the camp wall, and for a moment many of its sword and shield soldiers fell to the ground, rolling on their burned skin.
Suddenly, the trap of the sword and shield soldiers collapsed in an instant Immediately after, Zhang Xian set his eyes in the direction of the rushing car, only to see that before this instantaneous effort, there was a slight crack in the camp gate, which vaguely seemed to collapse.
Seeing this, Zhang Xian did not hesitate at all, and said in a loud voice: "Fierce fire oil, give Ben will smash it into the rushing car." ” When the order was passed, the Qi soldiers immediately threw down the ceramic jar filled with fire oil, and the sound of dong dong sounded, and the ceramic jar was smashed next to the rushing car, and then a pungent smell came.
Suddenly, Zhang Xian immediately shouted: "Archer, release rockets" In an instant, the rush place suddenly burned with fire, igniting the fire oil that had already been sprinkled on the ground As the chariot slowly burned, it gradually turned into ashes, and not only that, but even most of the soldiers who were responsible for pushing the cart and hitting the camp gate were also killed in the fire because they could not escape, and only a few people escaped.
Seeing the rush and the loss in the fire, the main general Zhang Xiancai breathed a sigh of relief, and then suddenly shouted the command of "extinguishing the fire".
Immediately, all the defending soldiers poured cold water down one after another, and the fire was slowly extinguished as dozens of buckets of cold water were extinguished.
At this time, looming on the front line of the camp gate, there was a piece of black rotten wood, and there was almost no place to see clearly, but fortunately, Zhang Xian reacted in time and extinguished the fire in time.
If the fire burned for a moment, the wooden gate would have been destroyed by the fire, and eventually the rebels would have had no trouble attacking the wall.
With the fierce battle, the pressure on the Qi army was suddenly reduced a lot at this time, but unfortunately it was still difficult to hold for a long time, because at this time, the rebels' well fence was still harassing the defenders and suppressing their military strength.
At the same time, the Yunti soldiers also stormed its camp wall, and intermittently some soldiers climbed the camp wall, but because of the timely reaction of the Qi army, it was extinguished instantly.
Immediately, Zhang Xian couldn't help but slowly look at the rebels' well fence, trying to find out if there were any flaws exposed, and after observing for a long time, he finally found a good opportunity.
"Li Zhong, at this time, you will temporarily act as the main general, defend the camp, and the general will kill the light cavalry out of the camp, and destroy the well fence and the entrance."
It is only said that at this moment, Zhang Xian found a flaw in the well fence, so he decided to personally lead the light cavalry out of the military camp and destroy it.
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In fact, the defenders in this city are obviously not suitable for siege, and their arrangement of troops is a layman at all, although the well fence is a sharp weapon for siege, but its weakness is extremely obvious.
That is, because its size is too tall, it is too clumsy and not good at moving, so when the well fence is generally used to siege the city to suppress the defenders, heavy troops should be arranged near it, and the defenders should be destroyed when they go out of the city.
However, this time, there was almost no defense near the rebel well, and if Zhang Xian led the light cavalry to kill, it would almost not take a moment to destroy it.
Moreover, its rebels did not have enough time to lead the army to kill, and the Qi army cavalry could calmly retreat.
After some preparations, the gate of the camp slowly opened, and suddenly there was a general sitting on the crotch of the horse, wearing a fiery red armor, holding a spear, and leading the cavalry to kill with a bang.
For a time, this group of cavalry marched around the generals in fiery red armor, galloping out, and its combat power should not be underestimated, and the rebel soldiers were picked up again and again.
Moreover, this cavalry did not like to fight, but approached the direction of the well fence, and its intention was already very obvious, that is, to destroy the well fence.
Indeed, the main commander of this cavalry was Zhang Xian, and his leaders went straight to the direction of the well fence, and the road was almost unimpeded, until the moment when the well fence was approaching, its rebel defenders reacted.
It turned out that the target of the defenders in the city was their own well, but unfortunately they didn't have time to send soldiers and horses to protect it, because the Qi army's war cavalry arrived near the well.
Immediately, Zhang Xian waved his gun and ordered, shouting: "Great Qi soldiers, smash these dog things for Ben General" For a while, Zhang Xian took the lead in aiming at a well railing, and then picked it with a strong shot, and the well rail suddenly couldn't support gravity, so it collapsed, but the rebel soldiers on top of it also fell to the ground, and Jin was all smashed into a blur of flesh and blood.
Immediately afterwards, its horsemen also painted scoops according to the gourd, waving the specially equipped mallets in their palms, and slammed on the many well railings, and the time slowly left, and it took a long time for the Qi army to finally destroy the well railings.
After all, destroying is not the same as building, and although it is not easy to build, destroying is extremely simple, and it only takes a few hammers to complete.
Just when the Qi army destroyed the well fence, the rebel soldiers who came to support at this time also rushed over, seeing this, seeing the large number of people, Zhang Xian knew that he must not fight hard.
Therefore, he waved his gun and ordered: "Soldiers, retreat quickly, retreat into the camp" For a while, because the Qi army was all cavalry, its mobility was far stronger than that of the rebels, so when the rebel sergeants arrived, they had already jumped out of the battle group, returned to the camp, and stayed behind closed doors.
For a while, the morale of the rebel soldiers who lost the well fence was suddenly shocked, and they slowly fell into a trough, but the Qi soldiers were extremely high, and they waved their swords and guns at the climbing rebel soldiers again and again.
Due to the lack of suppression by the well railing, the Qi soldiers showed their hard fangs and hit the rebel soldiers fiercely, and soon, the rebels on the ladder were suppressed again.
Immediately, the defense of the camp was firmly established One of the army guards saw that their army failed to attack the city and the well fence was destroyed, and he couldn't help but be annoyed and angry, and immediately ordered the last hole cards to be completely hung out.
With the sound of a golden sound, the rebels who were besieging the city suddenly retreated like a tide, and the line of its camp wall fell into a brief peace, but outside its camp wall there were already corpses and bones all over the ground, and its bloody corpses were rendered on the ground.
For a moment, after the rebel soldiers retreated, a loud noise suddenly sounded behind them, and the earth seemed to tremble.
It wasn't until after he put the last weapons in front of the battle that the defenders were shocked and frightened.
Not only that, but at this time, even the main general Zhang Xianqi's eyes were extremely solemn, and he slowly muttered: "The rebels have such a sharp weapon, how to defend the camp in the next step?"
At this time, even Zhang Xian was full of unconfidence in guarding the camp, and the great chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty was called :