Chapter 656 Tiger Minister
In the third year of Taiwu, on March 9th, Sanchuigang Camp was held.
Han Dang's team, who had been away for a long time, finally returned to the military headquarters and reported to Zhao Yun the situation of the Shangdang army they had discovered during this period.
Han Dang frowned and said:
"Military Lord, the Shangdang Army cannot be underestimated. Through this period of investigation, I found out that most of the Shangdang Army is stationed in Lu County, followed by troops stationed in Huguan, Tunliu, and Changzi. Not only that , there are also barriers on some important roads in the countryside, and it can be said that the defense is very compact.”
Zhao Yun is confused:
"There are so many enemy troops? Can they spread out so many?"
Han Dang shook his head:
"I learned from some prisoners that the new Shangdang governor was named Chen Wang Liu Chong. As soon as he arrived, he recruited civilian men and strong men. Not to mention reorganization, most of them were stuffed into the barrier with a wooden spear. A barrier Inside, there are often only a dozen veterans responsible for training and suppression, but even so, the enemy's human wave tactics also put a lot of pressure on us."
Zhao Yun pondered for a long time and said quietly:
"Then let's fight first to see what the quality of the party's troops is."
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On March 10th, at dawn, the sky was slightly dim.
He Cheng, deputy general of Zhao Yun's army, stayed behind to guard the Sanchuigang camp. He led a sudden attack of a thousand men on horseback and two thousand infantrymen to attack Luxian.
The governor of Lu County will be Shangdang Grand Administrator, Chen Wang Liu Chong, who has already built a barrier offensive outside Lu County relying on Baigu Mountain in the west of the city.
Baigu Mountain is said to be the place where Shennong tasted hundreds of herbs in the past, and there is still the Shennong Ancestral Hall here.
Now, this place has been transformed by Liu Chong into a huge military station. From here, it is almost as high as Lu County, and can be the horns of each other.
Liu Chong's choice to use Lucheng as the focus of defense is also quite telling.
As the prefect of Shangdang, his seat of government was the eldest son who was in the heart of Shangdang. However, not long after Liu Chong came to Shangdang, he began to inspect the entire county. On the one hand, he inspected the local conditions in various places to see who the heroes were, and on the other hand, he also Look at the dangers of the party's mountains and rivers.
After this investigation, Liu Chong chose Lu County as the new county seat.
Like General Shi Wangqian, Liu Chong also believed that the Taishan Army's intention to merge with Heluo was Heluo. Moreover, he went further than Wang Qian in thinking that the Taishan Army would definitely attack Shangdang from both Hebei and Bingzhou. .
It was precisely because of this factor that Liu Chong chose Lu County.
Because Luxian County is located on the west exit route of Fukouxing.
Liu Chong once led a small number of military officials disguised as Shanliao and went deep into Fukouxing until they reached Handan on the other side. It was through this journey that he had a deeper understanding of Fukou Xing.
From Lu County to the east, follow the Zhuozhang River into the Taihang Mountains. This section of the road is all winding between hills, and then go to the platform of the ancient Lu family city, and then cross a pontoon bridge over the Zhuozhang River. , there is the wall of Licheng Walled City.
After passing this wall and going 20 miles deeper into the Taihang Mountains, you will find the Taibi City built by Luzi.
This platform of compacted loess is the most important military stronghold north of Lu County and serves as the frontline Hukou Pass garrison.
After leaving Taibi City and continuing to walk eastward for six miles, you will reach the famous Hukou Pass in Fukouxing.
It can be said that since the Chidi people defeated the Lihou people in the Taihang Mountains and occupied this area, Hukou Pass has been an important pass for guarding Fukou Xing in the past dynasties.
What is guarded by this pass is Wu'er Pass. This gap is very narrow and can barely accommodate two people walking side by side. However, it is such a long and narrow passage that connects the flow of people from Jizhou and Shangdang.
After passing through Hukou Pass, you will officially enter the Jizhou section. From here to Handan outside Xingkou, it is not difficult.
Liu Chong is a rare military talent among the clan kings of the Han Dynasty. Few people like him can personally go deep into the mountains and cut through thorns just to understand the true situation of a section of the road.
I never realized what I had learned on paper, but I knew I had to do it in earnest.
Therefore, he guarded Lu County, not only blocking the eldest son from Taiyuan from going south, but also blocking the west from Handan from Taihang.
He is truly a good king of the Han Dynasty.
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When Zhao Yunjun arrived at Lu County, he saw such a scene.
First, the main city of Lu County is located in the northeast. It has a rammed earth structure as a whole and is a typical Seoul city with four walls and four gates. There is a Zhuozhang River in the north of the city facing the north gate, and then a moat was dug from both sides to connect Lu. The city is tightly surrounded.
On the moat, there are three water forts, responsible for protecting the waterways of the city.
The city is connected to it through water gates. Once attacked by the enemy, the defenders in the city can continuously support these three water villages.
It would be fine if there was only this city. Directly east of Zhao Yun's army, there was a horizontal ridge stretching from north to south. There were villages under the ridge and flags on the ridge. When Zhao Yun's army was seen, gongs and drums were rising.
Zhao Yun has fought a lot of battles and has experience in sieges, so he can see the thoughts behind these arrangements at a glance.
First of all, the Shangdang Army was stationed at Baigu Mountain in the south of the city. It actually occupied the commanding heights of this area. Its commander could get a better view than Zhao Yun and flexibly dispatch tactics.
And what about the Crane Control Army under Zhao Yun? At the foot of the ridge, his army's movements were clearly visible to the enemy. In fact, the initiative has been lost.
Secondly, the Shangdang army relied on the moat to build three water fortresses, allowing the defenders in Lu County to attack and defend.
At the same time, the defenders in Shuizhai and Baigu Mountain in the south supported each other and formed the outer line of defense, while Lucheng served as the center in between, providing reserves and supplies for these outer strongholds.
Finally, the same is true for the enemy's stronghold at the foot of the ridge, which can both garrison troops and reserve military supplies. This makes the Taishan Army encounter obstacles outside Luxian City and cannot pose a threat to Lucheng itself.
Its entire perimeter defense line stretched almost for more than ten miles, covering the entire front of Lu County.
These small villages, nests, and the stacks and buildings on the city cooperate with each other to form a systematic attack.
However, Zhao Yun is not that worried. Since he can see the details of this defense, he naturally has a way to defeat the enemy.
Whether it was the early Suijun School or the later Yecheng Lecture School of Martial Arts, they all had clear solutions to the enemy's composite defense of the stronghold outside the city.
For this kind of in-depth defense fortifications, we must first seize the dangerous points outside the city and the various communication lines in the city.
In other words, we should choose to abandon Gonglu City and focus on the Baigu Mountain Military Stronghold. This can avoid the problem of too large a front and scattered troops.
After thinking about it, Zhao Yun immediately ordered an attack on the enemies in Baigu Mountain.
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The crane-controlling army led by Zhao Yun this time were mostly veterans of the Taishan Army, and there were indeed many fierce generals in the army.
At this moment, Zhao Yun's military order was issued, and the thousand-man troops of the front camp of the He Controlling Army were the first to move forward and spread out in a horizontal formation.
Its leader will be Xu Sheng.
This Youyishi, who was once affectionately called "Xiao Xu" by Zhang Chong, has now accumulated merits in previous battles and become a battalion general, and has become the core backbone of the army.
Xu Sheng was holding a very strange weapon in his hand. It was a long-handled axe, but the upper part was smaller than a normal axe. Overall, it was just like a big stick. Xu Sheng is seven feet tall and seems to be inconspicuous among the Taishan generals who are over eight feet tall, but he is very capable. It was to make up for the lack of his arms that he used this ax stick as his weapon.
At this moment, as the front commander of the Crane Control Army, Xu Sheng naturally had the task of attacking the Lingxia military camp.
He simply observed these fortresses, and then led thousands of his troops to form a horizontal line and press over them.
Unexpectedly, when Xu Sheng led the team to prepare to attack the barrier, there was a change of flags on the ridge, and then there was a loud sound of drums below the ridge.
Amidst the sound of drums, an iron army was marching out of the barrier, obviously going to fight the Taishan Army.
Zhao Yun at the rear was stunned for a moment. He had not encountered an enemy who dared to attack for a long time. He shook his head and continued to look at Xu Sheng's actions.
He didn't think Xu Sheng would let this opportunity pass.
In the front, when Xu Sheng saw that the enemy troops dared to leave the camp, he burst out laughing, and then laughed ferociously:
"Brothers, follow me and kill!"
Then he rushed to the front line holding his ax and stick.
However, even in this situation, Xu Sheng still did not forget his responsibilities. He kept waving his military flag and letting each song attack in turn.
The first to make the first round of attack were the five ballistas behind the Taishan Army. Under the control of more than a dozen crossbowmen, these military weapons fired dense arrows on the right side of the line.
Once these arrows, as thick as short spears, covered the phalanx of Han soldiers on the opposite side, blood and flesh would immediately fly everywhere.
Those Shangdang troops who attacked boldly had never encountered such murderous intent, and they were immediately stunned.
The short spear came and hit the person, instantly breaking the body into pieces. And even if it is not in the middle, even if it is wiped, the stumps will be scattered everywhere.
Whoever can go out to fight is not a warrior. You will stab me with a sword. Although you are afraid, you also know that it is just that. But now, seeing such a terrifying scene, how can I bear it?
Immediately, the Han troops in the front became a little unstable, and some began to retreat back.
But the Han army behind them didn't know this. They heard the wailing in front and thought they were engaged. According to the daily training instructions, they started to press against the robes in front and kept moving forward.
This side-by-side approach can greatly stabilize the formation and provide support for the front.
But at this time, this tactic brought disaster to Pao Ze in front.
The Shangdang army, which was covered by short spears in front, could not retreat, so they could only grit their teeth and rush forward, trying to get close to the Taishan army.
But they escaped the Taishan Army's ballistae, but failed to escape the Taishan Army's second round of attacks.
After the ballistae, the crossbow team at the rear began to throw arrows at a distance of 150 steps.
After five or six breaths, there was no living person standing in front of the Taishan Army.
The Taishan Army's firepower is so terrifying.
And this was not over yet. When the crossbow team fired their arrows, the light soldiers behind had already rushed to the front of the formation, and then threw all the short spears in their hands into the Shangdang army's formation, and there was another bloody storm.
After all the three axes were thrown, Xu Sheng held up his ax stick with a small flag tied to it, and heard him shout:
"Kill!"
After Xu Sheng finished speaking, the flag drummers behind him kept waving flags and beating drums, so the 600 sword and armor soldiers who had been prepared began to charge towards the remaining enemy troops.
There is no need for any formation at this time, just rush.
And when Xu Sheng rushed over with wolf-like and tiger-like soldiers with swords and armor, the Shangdang soldiers opposite them suddenly fell into a dream.
After three rounds of fire from the opposite side, those who were lucky enough to survive were hurriedly carrying an "injured" Pao Ze from the ground to retreat to the rear.
And other smart people began to follow suit, and they often even had a dozen or so people huddled together, and then they would move a military officer, and then retreat to the rear in a panic.
In this way, before Xu Sheng and the others came into contact with the enemy, all the Shangdang soldiers were defeated.
Xu Sheng and the others followed these defeated troops and poured into the Lingxia military camp.
It was not until here that Xu Sheng and other Taishan soldiers encountered their first effective counterattack.
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At this moment, as Taishan's army poured into the wall, each song had dispersed into small formations of four or five people according to the established tactics, and then massacred indiscriminately with the Shangdang army inside the wall.
In the middle of the killing field, Xu Sheng, protected by two guards, waved his ax and stick as the leader of the line to clear the way.
The ax and stick in his hand was made of iron. When he was swinging it, it was really like a two-sided windmill. The Shangdang soldiers were blocking it to death and scratching their wounds.
Xu Sheng was born with martial arts, and had systematically learned long weapons in the army. In addition, the ax stick in his hand could be used to chop, knock, and stab. He was able to play with the entire iron staff like a dragon.
The party soldiers on the opposite side were not without warriors, but every time they fought with Xu Sheng, they would always get a counterattack, and sometimes they even bumped into the blade of Xu Sheng's staff on their own initiative.
As the saying goes, you are not afraid of the skills of a small dog, but you are afraid of the might of a rough man. But what about Xu Sheng? But it was a top-notch product, it was both skilled and powerful, so how could those Shangdang warriors withstand it?
The Shangdang warriors who had been shattered one after another fell to death under Xu Sheng's staff. At this moment, there was no enemy who dared to fight in front of him.
There is a characteristic of Xu Sheng's fighting style, that is, every time he strikes, he screams like an ape. This was something he learned when he was working for a living in Langya Mountain and observed apes fighting in the mountains.
He discovered that this roar could not only intimidate and frighten the enemy, but also make his attacks more powerful.
At this moment, Xu Sheng was like an armored ape, shouting and screaming in the crowd, and every time he struck a blow, he said "咤".
His hands rose and fell, and he smashed another head into pieces.
"Wow!"
The ax struck horizontally, and the sharp ax blade directly cut open the abdomen of an unarmored party soldier, leaving water all over the cavity.
At this time, Xu Sheng's body was covered in blood and steaming with heat, but he didn't feel tired. Instead, he became more and more courageous as he fought.
Soon, this wall was captured by Xu Sheng's troops.
It didn't take even a moment from Xu Sheng's attack to taking down the first barrier in front of him. This is the sharpness of Taishan Army.
After occupying this wall, Xu Sheng took this wall as the center and extended to the north and south, as if he wanted to pull out all the Shangdang army strongholds under the ridge with one force.
By this time, Liu Chong, who had been sitting on the mountain ridge, could no longer sit still.
He handed over the flags and drums to his military advisor Luo Jun and asked him to command the troops, while he led his two thousand armored soldiers down the military road opened from the ridge.
When Chen Guo ascended the armor, the tiger descended from the mountain and pointed at Xu Sheng.