Lord of the House

The reinforcements from Shicheng came very quickly, with 5,000 cavalry first, heading south along the east bank of the Fu River. In just two days, they crossed the Yanshui River and entered the territory of Huangpi County, attacking the troops and horses built at Changxuanling.

Although 5,000 enemy cavalry was not enough to expel the Huaidong Army from Changxuanling in the north of Huangpi City, or even to disrupt the Huaidong Army's pace of storming Huangpi, it was enough for the traitor Sun Jichang to see the hope of defending Huangpi City. .

On Saturday, Huangpi City was neither big nor small. Two long streets were connected to four city gates, one street was six or seven hundred steps long, and there were layers of barriers, and they wanted to attack hard.

The houses in the city are row upon row, although most of them are brick and wood structures, but the fire prevention of the buildings at that time should not be underestimated. Into pieces, burn the Huangpi thoroughly.

In fact, the defenders were forced to retreat from the front of the city, and even piled flammable firewood and beams into barricades to set fire to hinder the advance of the Huaidong Army.

If it is not a small courtyard, arson can burn through it, and an attack on Huangpi City can be effective in a short period of time, not to mention the rapid arrival of enemy aid in Shicheng.

In addition to the 5,000 cavalry troops who first entered Huangpi to help each other and played hide-and-seek with the Huaidong Army on the periphery, there were also 20,000 cavalry-based reinforcements coming from the direction of Shicheng, and the soldiers and horses monitoring Hanjin City also saw Han The Jin defenders have moved out of Dongcheng in the past two days, and it is likely that they will send a group of troops and horses to join the reinforcements of Shicheng...

Although the Huaidong Army was not afraid to fight the Yanhu cavalry in the field, the more than 20,000 enemy cavalry that came to help had no intention of fighting to the death with the Huaidong Army outside Huangpi City, but relied on its incomparable mobility in the hilly area Peek into the flank of the Huaidong Army, and pull back and forth. Before Huangpi City came down, the Huaidong Army could not gather troops to press the horses into the corners of the mountains and rivers, so they could not attack Huangpi City with all their strength without any worries.

The number of cavalry that Lin Fu gathered in the Huangzhou War Zone was only 60,000 in name, but in reality there were 90,000.

In addition to staying behind the main camp, troops were also dispatched to monitor the enemies of Hanjin and Tiemen, so that they could not move. Therefore, in front of Huangpi City, troops and horses were deployed, with Yu Wencheng and Zhang Gou as the main force, plus a cavalry battalion that cooperated with the battle. The nominal total number of troops is 40,000, but the actual strength is only 50,000.

"The old fox from Shewenzhuang led the main force of Shicheng reinforcements, and will arrive at the outskirts of Shicheng by noon tomorrow at the latest," Gao Zongting pointed to the location marked on the map, introduced the current situation around Huangpi, and said, "Five thousand enemies are riding with me. After the Xuanling soldiers and horses had contact, they retreated to Xiaonan, and it is foreseeable that the main reinforcements of Shicheng will also enter Xiaonan first."

"There are 25,000 reinforcements from Shicheng. The 20,000 cavalry are the elites of Yanbei, and the 5,000 infantrymen have Sheyuan as their generals. They must be the elites of the She family pressing the bottom of the box." Chen Zhu of the military council said, "Hanjin and Huangpi were originally close to each other, Xiaonan is on the side of Hanjin and Huangpi, if he can take Huangpi City before the reinforcements from Shicheng arrive, this battle will be difficult... …”

"You don't feel back pain when you stand, so if you fight, can you guarantee to win the Huangpi by noon tomorrow?" Zhang Gou retorted Chen Zui. Chen Zui and Zhang Gou were from the refugee army, and their relationship was the most intimate, and they spoke without restraint. He is a belligerent. In exchange, it is possible for him to work hard, attack at night, defeat the defenders by noon tomorrow, and take down Huangpi, but this is not Zhang Gou's style. Lin Fu and Ao Canghai suggested, "Huangpi can't fight any more, the troops and horses that pierced before should also retreat from Huangpi City, and should be centered on Zhaohu Mountain and Changxuan Base, and shrink the defense..."

Lin Fu looked at Ao Canghai and asked, "What do you think?"

"There is no rush to destroy the enemy, and our core purpose is to bring troops and horses from Shicheng," said Ao Canghai, "but it's not good to retreat too quickly, I think it's fine, Zhang Gou takes the lead Xuanling shrunk, alerting Shicheng reinforcements coming from the north, Yu Wencheng attacked Huangpi according to the original plan, but he had to leave a little more power..."

Shicheng is 300 miles away from Huangpi, and only more than 200 miles away from Fancheng and Zaoyang. If Yanhu had more than 40,000 elites in Shicheng, it would be difficult for Chaishan troops to pass through the hinterland of Suizhou. He was led out, and he couldn't move forward or retreat in the Huangpi area. This was the purpose of Lin Fu's fierce attack on Huangpi from the beginning.

Shewenzhuang led reinforcements from Shicheng, but Ding Huangpi couldn't walk away. Su Tingzhan only had more than 10,000 troops in Shicheng, and even if he had been alerted to the existence of the Chaishan Raiders in advance, he would be helpless.

"This arrangement is fine," Lin Fu said, "but we also need to consider the possibility that the enemies of Tiemen Mountain and Hanjin will gather in Huangpi..."

"Yes, Ye Jiluorong asked Shewenzhuang to rush to the east bank of the Han River. It is impossible to just ask him to lead reinforcements to save Huangpi. If Ye Jiluorong handed over all the troops and horses in eastern Hubei to Shewenzhuang for control, he would have It is possible to transfer the troops from Hanjin and Tiemenshan to Huangpi, and take the opportunity to contain the main force of our army in Huangpi, unable to move..." Gao Zongting said.

"If this is the case, then we can take advantage of the situation to gather all the troops and horses monitoring Hanjin and Tiemenshan to Huangpi, and the water camp can also go ashore," Ao Canghai said with a smile, "In this way, shrimps and crabs. , all of them should be boiled in a pot and eaten!"

Lin Fu picked up the charcoal pen at hand, drew a line in the north and west of Huangpi City, and said, "The enemy of Tiemen Mountain will be separated from us to the east. If we want to help Huangpi, we can only go around the Shuangfeng Mountain in Xiaochang, and the meeting will be late. Come on some; Shewenzhuang will not enter the city after Shewenzhuang leads Shicheng reinforcements to Huangpi. Our army builds a fortress at Changxuanling, and Zhang Gou leads his troops to shrink to Changxuanling. Then Shewenzhuang may dig a long moat on these two lines. Keep us out. Once Chaishan troops attack Zaoyang and Fancheng, and cut off their food supply, Shewenzhuang's first reaction is to retreat to the east bank of Hanshui, relying on Hanshui to retreat north or cross Hanshui and Yeji Luo Rong's meeting and then retreating north will be his best choice. Therefore, we must deploy all the elites on the west side of Huangpi, and be ready to cut in and block Shewenzhuang's retreat to the east bank of Hanshui at any time!"

"Besides Zhang Gou, who else is arguing with me?" Chen Zhuo asked the other generals, leaning on the side of the conference table.

"You're really worthless, I want to guard Changxuanling, it's already separated from the east, how can I compete with you for the position in the west..." Zhang Gou smiled helplessly.

Lin Fu looked at Ge Cunxin, Su Pinxiao, Hu Yu'er and other generals of the water camp, and said, "Chen Zhu, Zhang Jiheng, Zhang Gou, and Yu Wencheng will all be sent to fight before they go into battle, except for Zhao Hu's 10,000 Jiangning Forbidden Battalion Army. , I don't have any reserve troops and horses to use, and your water camp will send 20,000 people ashore!"

Once the Chaishan troops and horses are dispatched and slammed into the hinterland of Xiangsui, they can shake the position of the defenders in eastern Hubei.

Even if the Hanjin defenders abandoned the city and fled, Shuiying would not have time to clear the obstacles in the fork of the Han River and then chase after them—clearing the obstacles at the mouth of the river with a width of six or seven hundred paces was not something that could be accomplished in three to five days— The water battalion is not the main force of this battle, and the soldiers of the water army must also go ashore and use it as a foot battalion at this time to make up for the lack of troops.

Although the soldiers of the water camp are not good at positional warfare, as a reserve soldier, they will not be too bad if they are used in pursuit warfare.

Since Lin Fu ordered this, Ge Cunxin and the generals of the water camp had no room for bargaining, so they agreed to make arrangements together.

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Shewenzhuang led the main force of reinforcements and entered Huangpi at noon on the 27th, so that Sun Sheyuan led 5,000 infantry to form a formation in the northwest of Huangpi, and Meng Anchan sent his troops to lead the cavalry to bypass the two sides of Huangpi City to attack and attack. The Huaidong Army's flank forced the Huaidong Army to retreat from Huangpi City.

Infantry against cavalry, one is to use favorable terrain, the other is to use dense formations.

The reinforcements from Shicheng, mainly cavalry, arrived, and the Huaidong Army, mainly infantry, could not expand to besiege Huangpi to the fullest, so they withdrew from Huangpi North City, West City, and South City, leaving only about 5,000 soldiers and horses to shrink in the East City. Form a formation, bite there, and die without retreating.

Outside the East Moat Bridge, Yu Wencheng's troops used to attack Huangpi City. The defense was strong. The surrounding area was surrounded by fences, and it was very close to the camp in front of Zhaohu Mountain. , not afraid of the enemy's three-way attack from the north and south flanks and the defenders crossing the moat bridge from the city.

She Wenzhuang led the reinforcements to come, mainly to solve the danger of Huangpi, and also to stand up first. The Huaidong Army has 40,000 elite soldiers and horses on the left and right sides, and he wants to eat the defenses outside the east city. Five thousand Huaidong top soldiers, obviously it is impossible to complete the task.

"Thank you King Min for leading his troops to help us!" Sun Jichang sent troops to occupy the four ruined city towers again, and regained control of the Huangpi City Wall, which made him feel more at ease. It took only five or six days for the Huaidong Army to be so embarrassed that Sun Jichang felt ashamed, but She Wenzhuang led the reinforcements to arrive in time, and he couldn't just save face without saying thank you.

Naturally, Shewenzhuang would not lead troops into the city, and it was enough for Huangpi City to have Sun Jichang's troops to stay with him.

In fact, Sun Jichang fought so badly because he concentrated all his troops in the city.

No matter how many troops, the Huaidong Army would block all four gates, and they would not be able to exert their advantages if they were kept in the city.

The deployment of the defending troops is usually based on one step of the city wall, one **** and one auxiliary soldier. The six-mile city is about two thousand steps long, and four thousand defenders are barely enough to defend the city.

And Sun Ji often piled up 30,000 soldiers and horses in Huangpi City, and the guards were not too few, but too many.

When the defenders were suppressed by the heavy crossbow of the Huaidong Army, they had to retreat from the city head and retreat into the city to fight in the streets. If the houses were not demolished and the houses were not demolished, the total width of the front that the two armies could fight would not even be enough. One hundred steps.

With such a short front, the defenders were simply unable to take advantage of their 30,000-strong force, and the front end of the front of the front could fit 200 people into the sky. It seemed that the Huaidong Army could not take advantage of its strength, but the more densely packed the defenders were. , The narrower the defense surface, the stronger the blows from the Huaidong Army's oil tank, the scorpion crossbow and the tip crossbow that entered the city with the army.

It was also fortunate that Sun Jichang had enough troops in his hands to be able to take turns in hand-to-hand combat, to withstand heavy casualties, and to block Huaidong's offensive with his flesh and blood.

This is also the advantage of the narrow engagement area. The front line of the Communist Party can only send three or four hundred people to close the fight, and the 30,000 soldiers and horses can only fight for one month.

However, once the Huaidong Army was asked to slowly compress the 30,000 defenders into a narrower and tighter space in the center of Huangpi City~www.wuxiaspot.com~ and then the Huaidong Army was called to demolish the houses and courtyards of Huangpi City near the city wall, Moving heavy crossbows such as slingshots into the city, by then Sun Jichang is afraid that it will be too late to cry...

Shewenzhuang was accompanied by Sun Jichang through every battle point in Huangpi City. The more he watched, the more frightened he became. The reinforcements would arrive two or three days late, and Sun Jichang might not be able to hold it! Even under such circumstances, the defenders accumulated more than 4,000 casualties. If Sun Jichang had only led 10,000 troops to defend the army, with such a high number of casualties, he might have called the Huaidong Army to take Huangpi long ago.

Do not want to threaten the Huaidong Army's heavy crossbows and oil tanks. It is a taboo to concentrate troops and horses, and it is even more taboo to be trapped in a city that can easily block the door of the Huaidong Army.

If the defenders were crowded together, it would be difficult to even turn around, and if a boulder weighing more than 100 jin came over, how many people would die at once? At that time, if the military's heart will not collapse, it is already called the rare iron army in the world.

Shewenzhuang does not complain about Sun Jichang either. These lessons are all the experience gained by the Zhejiang and Fujian troops with tens of thousands of lives. Sun Jichang has never experienced the Huaidong army siege, except for the great defeat when they besieged Yangxin. 's ability.

But this time, Sun Jichang also learned a lesson. Shewenzhuang asked him to send troops out of the city to set up a camp. He should not hesitate, and immediately agreed. Having tasted the power of the Huaidong Army's heavy crossbow, he would rather fight with the Huaidong Army in the open area than in the open field. The Huaidong Army was forced into a narrow area with a heavy crossbow, and it was not easy to fight back.

At the moment, the Huaidong Army had a horse and horse stuck outside Dongcheng, so Sun Jichang immediately dispatched two troops and horses to go out to Xicheng and Beicheng. On the outside of the post road they went to excavate a long cut, so that the defenders could leave the city and spread out in the north and west of the city, so as to avoid the possibility of blocking the Huaidong army in the city. My QT room is open! More vulgar official QT room number [9167] Click to enter