Chapter 580 Lure the Enemy
Feng Kuan deeply felt that the morale and morale of the enemies in Yong'an County were declining rapidly.
In the first wave of attacks on Yangcheng, the Chu army in Yangcheng held on for ten days before evacuating in the dark and windy night of a month. These ten days cost him thousands of casualties. .
The second wave of attacks on E County, the defenders here only lasted five days before running away. You must know that the level of E County is higher than that of Yang County. One is Shang County and the other is Lower County. There are five thousand soldiers and horses stationed in E County, while in Yangcheng, there are only three thousand.
After conquering two places in a row, good news came. The only Tiger Army that Feng Kuan cared about, led by its commander Kang Zhen, actually went to Huangpi.
Kang Zhen approached He Yiming.
Eat the persimmons and pick the soft ones. It seems that Kang Zhen is also well versed in this. He knows that he is not easy to beat, so he goes to find He Yiming, a ragtag player.
Kang Zhen wanted to use the cities along the road to block him first, and then after defeating He Yiming, he would then use his own retreat. By then, he would have a strong city in front of him and Kang Zhen behind him. Naturally, the battle will be difficult to fight.
The abacus is very good, but the problem is that the morale of the Chu army is now too weak to implement such a strategy.
And behind him, there were not only the newly recruited troops from Xiangfan City, but also Yang Lixin's troops mobilized by the general.
A total of 20,000 people from Yang Lixin's army came. If he didn't have to guard against Li Guohua from Henan Province stealing his home, the general would have wanted to invest all Yang Lixin's troops.
This time is the battle that truly turns the tide.
As long as the predetermined strategic goal is achieved, the world will no longer be one of three countries standing in a tripartite confrontation, but a four-party struggle for hegemony.
Leaping forward on the horse, looking at Yongxing County ahead,
This is the last barrier before Yongan County.
This battle won't be so easy.
Once Yongxing is taken by himself, Yong'an County will no longer be in danger.
The key is that He Jiong and the others from Yongan County have nowhere to go now.
We can only defend the city.
And Han Zheng of Ruyin County will be oppressed by General He. If he doesn't care about himself, how can he still have the ability to rescue Yong'an County?
Jiang Qian's only way to escape was to escape by boat, but once she actually got on the boat, it would mean her complete failure.
It is easy to get into the water, but it is difficult to get ashore.
Yongan's current available troops, including Kang Zhen's 30,000 tiger and benign troops, will not exceed 80,000.
According to reliable intelligence, Kang Zhen's 30,000 tiger and benign troops have already fled, and almost 5,000 of them have fled. What makes Feng Kuan most ridiculous is that there are actually 3,000 people. He hooked up with the navy commander Yi Hong and ran away by boat.
They are all commanders, and Feng Kuan knows how much such a thing can do to an army.
A small escape can be concealed, but if thousands of organized people escape like this, it cannot be concealed no matter what.
So Kang Zhen did not dare to come to him for a decisive battle, but chose to attack He Yiming.
This is also his helpless move.
I hope He Yiming can withstand it.
He Yiming's more than 10,000 men are mixed, but there are still three to four thousand of them with very good combat effectiveness.
Of course, it doesn't matter if you can't stand it.
We just took this opportunity to reorganize them.
Ke Wuji, an old man, relies on his credit for welcoming the general to go south, and has always relied on his old age. If the soldiers and horses in his hands are broken, let’s see if he still dares to smoke a big pipe and spit in his face. Smoke rings.
"Prepare to attack!" Feng Kuan glanced at the Chu army flag flying on Yongxing City in the distance and gave the order.
The drums were rumbling, and the army began to change its formation. Various siege equipment were pushed out from the ranks, and under the cover of the infantry, they began to advance towards Yongxing City.
Although he psychologically underestimated the Chu army's combat effectiveness, Feng Kuan, who had experienced many battles, was still prepared for everything.
A lion fights a rabbit with all his strength.
Otherwise, if the rabbit resists and bites the lion, even if the lion loses a handful of its fur, it will be a huge loss of face.
At the top of Yongxing City, Zhang Yuan stretched out his hand to wipe the cold sweat from his face.
Looking back at the man in casual clothes in the tower. There were not only 5,000 defenders in Yongxing City as Feng Kuan thought, but a full 8,000 people, 5,000 of whom were the powerful Tiger Guards.
The person commanding the defense of Yongxing City was Zhang Yuan in name, but in fact it was Kang Zhen, the commander of the Huben Army and a ninth-level master of Xuanyuan.
Connection abandoned Yangcheng and E County, and the tactics of luring the enemy deep into the army were completed.
What we need to do now is to lure more He Zudao troops into this encirclement. When everything is ready, the navy will circle back, seal the back road, close the door and beat the dogs.
Feng Kuan’s more than 25,000 men and Yang Lixin’s 20,000 men were all involved in this calculation. Once this army of nearly 50,000 people was wiped out, how could He Zudao survive? Defend the eight towns in Jiangnan?
“Get ready to fight!” Zhang Yuan roared loudly.
The top of the city was getting busy, looking at the tiger soldiers dressed in uniforms of county soldiers, and then looking at several officers whose ranks were several levels higher than theirs, busy preparing various tools for defending the city below. Zhang Yuan couldn't help but started to sweat again.
His command is not needed. Any of these people who can be picked out at random are all higher in martial arts than him and have rich combat experience.
His mission is to stand in the most conspicuous place and show it to the enemy.
This is a risky job. Shoot people first, shoot horses first, and capture thieves first, capture the king. When the enemies attacking the city discovered him, the general guarding Yongxing, there was no reason not to deal with him specifically.
So Zhang Yuan’s first task in the next battle is actually to find a way to save his life.
So he wore two layers of iron armor.
With the screams and screams of the dynasty fired at the top of the city, the Yongxing defense battle officially kicked off.
One after another powerful crossbows fired thick crossbow arrows, and the slinging city smashed rocks as big as a bowl of sea into the city head. The freshly built siege vehicles were raised bit by bit amidst the shouts of the soldiers. The ground is close to the city wall, and the siege engines are built higher than the city wall.
More soldiers carried sandbags and rushed towards the city wall under the cover of a rain of arrows and stone bullets. After throwing the sandbags on their shoulders into the moat, they turned around and ran back. .
To attack the city wall, Da Qin’s soldiers had sufficient experience and a complete set of procedures. Of course, the Chu army also knew this well.
Everything at the moment is just an appetizer before the main meal.
The real cruel battle is the ant attack after filling in the moat.
In fact, the counterattack above the city head does not look fierce at the moment, but the damage caused is not small.
It was not an overwhelming rain of arrows to fight back, but a selection of archers with superb archery skills who hid behind the battlements and took aim to shoot.
Pack it up one stone at a time.
In the blink of an eye, dozens of soldiers were pinned to the ground by arrows from the city.
This made Feng Kuan very frustrated.
"Is that man Zhang Yuan, the Yongxing guard?" Looking at the arrogant guy at the top of the city, Feng Kuan gritted his teeth and said, "Are you afraid that we won't know where he is like a peacock? Xiao Xiao Kuan, give him an arrow!”
A lieutenant beside Feng Kuan chuckled, grabbed a guard next to him, took off his clothes and put a suit on himself, and then carried it. The bow rushed out.
His body flashed, and he quickly approached the moat under the cover of the soldiers carrying sandbags. He looked up and saw Zhang Yuan still baring his teeth and claws on the top of the city. He sneered, drew his bow and fired an arrow.
He has always been extremely confident in his shooting skills.
If Kang Zhen hadn't happened to come to Zhang Yuan's side at this time, Zhang Yuan, the nominal highest military officer of Yongxing City, would have died in the battle immediately.
Being pulled down by Kang Zhen, the arrow almost grazed his nose and flew over, causing him to break into a cold sweat.
"Why are you always staying in one place?" Kang Zhen said angrily: "You are also a veteran who participated in the Battle of Xiangcheng. How did you survive that war?"
Zhang Yuan wiped away the cold sweat again. In the past few years, not only had his temper gradually grown, but his vigilance had also gradually faded away. He had become somewhat unfamiliar with war.
This is a deadly battlefield!
He seemed to be recalling the experience of narrowly escaping from death many years ago.
"Just pretend I'm not here!" Kang Zhen scolded: "Show your skills and fight this battle well. You will have a bright future in the future. If you die, everything will stop! Now! Since those people are in the city, they are your subordinates. You can command them as you please."
"Understood, General!" Zhang Yuan nodded repeatedly.
(End of this chapter)