In the early morning, the sun had not yet risen, and the sky and the earth were covered with dark and dim light and faint white mist.
As usual, Guo Shao walked out of a tile house, with hammered willow branches soaked in the wooden barrel at the door. He took the willow branches and started brushing his teeth.
Only at this time did the outside of Shouzhou City be so peaceful and the surroundings gradually became lively, just like the early morning of the market, and like the craftsmen working in and out of the sun, just camping here, and the battle has not yet begun.
People had just had breakfast and had not yet fully entered the state. They slowly began to prepare for the day, and the sun had not yet emerged.
The generals didn't urge them much.
Behind the first earth wall and wooden fence, some soldiers were putting butter on the stone throwing cart, some were wiping with cloth, and some were rivets with hammers and rivets.
Finally, the first ray of sunshine like a sharp arrow pierced through the mist, and the world seemed to suddenly lit up.
A soldier straightened his waist and wanted to take a breath while the sun was shining.
But at this moment, the city gate suddenly opened slowly.
The soldiers couldn't believe their eyes, so they quickly rubbed their eyes and looked at them again, and the suspension bridge was also being put down.
Bang!The suspension bridge is set on the bank of the dry moat.Suddenly, a group of people and horses were seen coming out one after another.
The Zhou army soldiers inside the barriers were shocked and stood there. No one could believe that the Southern Tang army could still come out after being besieged for two months!Finally someone shouted: Shouzhou soldiers are fighting!
Groups of elite knights jogged forward with their heads held high, and their agile figures and the brilliance of steel formed a powerful landscape in the rising sun.
Someone in the Tang army raised his sword and shouted: The Tang army won every battle!The knights shouted, and the sound of horse hooves suddenly became rapid. The friction between swords and armor sounded the unique metal accent. The heavy rider rushed up and approached in a blink of an eye.
The direction did not deflect at all, just as it had been planned, approaching the Muzhai Gate in the Zhou army's fortifications.
On the arrow towers on both sides, a Zhou army archer pulled the bowstring and opened the first arrow of the battle with a snap.
A knight was caught in an arrow under his collarbone, his body fell from the horse with a tilt, and he fell heavily on the solid soil with a clang.
At the gate of the village, some Zhou soldiers were hurriedly putting the horse outside, hurriedly closing the gate of the village, carrying the wood up.
Wow and swish... A swish of arrows flew over, some nailed to the wooden door, some penetrated through the gap, and several people fell down amid the shouts. These soldiers had no armor, only helmets and heart protection mirrors, and were killed or injured when they were shot.
The cavalry had rushed to the front of the camp and turned around and detoured from the front of the door. A knight turned sideways and pulled the bowstring with a very skillful movement.
Bang!The arrow flew out from the side and penetrated into the middle of a soldier's eyebrows nearby.The knights in front dismounted, moved the horse away, and then opened the village gate.
The Zhou soldiers inside turned around and ran away.
But at this time, the Tang cavalry had rushed up. The knight in front held a cherry rifle and was on the side of the horse. Hearing a scream from Ah, the knight immediately pulled out the cherry rifle and saw the soldier fall to the ground and bleeding like a pillar.
More cavalrymen rushed into the fortifications, and people fled around, screaming and screaming after being hacked and killed.
A horse rushed to a huge stone catapult, and the horse immediately smashed a clay pot in his hand. With a clang, the clay pot smashed on the wood and smashed it, and the black and thick tincture oil dripped off the wooden rack.
Almost at the same time, a torch from behind flew over, and with a bang, the flames and the smoke rushed up together.
The entire stone catapult was burned in an instant, and the movements were neat and neat.
...Guo Shao rode his horse to the west, looking at the thick smoke everywhere in the wilderness, his face was already very ugly.
At this time, a knight rushed over and was meeting Guo Shao. He quickly dismounted and reported: Asking for envoys, Tang soldiers rushed out of the west gate and attacked our camp!
Guo Shao didn't say anything, but just looked at the fire and black smoke everywhere in the distance, and felt that what the person coming was reporting was nonsense.
Not long after, Li Chuyun and several generals rode along the road and said: The First Army is gathering together, and the two commanders are ready and are here!When Guo Shao looked back, he could hear the footsteps of the rattle. The infantry in a row was trotting forward, and the generals riding horses were shouting next to the team.
Guo Shao did not answer anyone's words.
He looked at the scene ahead and knew that the Tang army had at least broken through the first line of defense; because the catapult had a limited range and was very heavy, most of the equipment was in the first line of defense, and the losses were heavy now.
But he didn't say anything unrelated. What's the use of saying those useless things?
He swallowed a mouthful and said in a deep voice: In the second line of defense, the First Army of the Xiabat in front of the Left Wing (West) Hall was stationed in the southeast of the city gate and the governor of Suzhou in the south... Immediately take the order flag and send fast horses to pass the orders, ordering the garrison troops to line up on site without being confused and waiting for an opportunity to move.
Get order!
Guo Shao said again: The commanders of the First Army of the Hujie Army immediately reinforced Ximen.
At this time, a general said: Seeing something happening here, will the Second Army in the southeast come to reinforce?
Li Chuyun replied: It should be true, Wang Zhang will not die and wait for the order at this time.
The general reminded again: Will the Tang army use the strategy of digging the tiger away from the mountain to attack the east and west?
Li Chuyun pondered for a moment and said: The Tang soldiers just made a sudden sneak attack, and they could break through our front line without any surprise. Now that the war has begun, it may be difficult to send troops to the east.Besides, the defenders have limited troops unless they want to abandon the city and fight to the decisive battle.Otherwise, I don’t think it’s a clever way to make a comeback at this time.
After hearing this, Guo Shao made a quick decision and said: Send someone to order Wang Zhang to send reinforcements from the south of the city.
At this time, the vanguard of the First Army had advanced. Guo Shao asked Li Chuyun to lead the First Army to follow up and decide to attack the Southern Tang Army in the last battle.
Then he led Yang, Luo, Luo Yanhuan and his personal soldiers, a total of forty or fifty cavalry, to run westward to the city first.
After running two miles, he saw the Tang cavalry leading the way with heavy cavalry and sweeping towards the south of the city.At first glance, there were huge horses galloping, but the Tang army vanguard had only two or three hundred horses in total.
The cavalry came from the west and was invincible. The large number of defenders in the front positions of the Zhou army were in a mess. Most of them could not fight against the cavalry with secret formations. They were extremely unbearable to fight. They were covered by the cavalry and ran around in chaos.
Seeing this, Luo Yanhuan turned around and asked for his orders. Seeing Guo Shao nodding, he immediately rushed forward. Several powerful generals and dozens of horsemen followed him up. Guo Shao also rushed forward and pulled out the saber from his back.
Bang!Luo Yanhuan rode his horse and leaned over and rode and shot.
One arrow, killing several enemies in succession, and rushing toward the enemy cavalry, then abandoning the bow and arrow and drawing out the iron sword.
The generals also killed the generals with long weapons. They all have been determined to be military generals since they were young and have great skills.
Although the Zhou army had few people, they were very fierce. As soon as they caught the enemy, they cut off the protruding part of the Tang army's cavalry. When they followed, the Tang army cavalry was shocked when they saw this, and they were afraid to go forward, so they turned their horses and ran westward.
Guo Shao and others followed him and soon saw the Tang army infantry fighting in heavy fire and smoke.
It seemed that the Tang army's large infantry also wanted to attack westward, but some Zhou army miscellaneous troops rushed out of the second fence, killing them in a mess.
The miscellaneous troops that the Zhou army attacked seemed to be some of the soldiers and a large group of rural soldiers from the governor of Suzhou. Few people were not fully equipped with armor, and their combat power was limited and they could not break the flanks of the Southern Tang Army.
I saw a group of Tang army infantry advancing here on the middle road, and Guo Shao hurriedly shouted: Let's go!
The generals and soldiers followed him and turned their horses and ran backwards. The Southern Tang infantry team could not keep up with both legs and were soon left behind.
After about one stick of incense, a commander of the First Army of the Hujie Army rushed to the battlefield first. The troops rushed up in a hurry and met the infantry brigade of the Tang army rushing south.
The commander of the Hujie Army shouted without saying a word: Kill!The troops rushed forward and ran up desperately regardless of the queue.
Two people fought in a melee between them, and the wielding swords and weapons were like a big pot of water boiling.
Soon the other six commanders of the Hujie Army arrived one after another, and the front spread to the two wings, and several troops surrounded and attacked from left to right.
Not long after, the battle of Tang soldiers and infantrymen were defeated and fled westward. They were suppressed by the Hujie army and killed the body, abandoned the body all the way.
Guo Shao followed the Hujie army to chase and kill the two miles away, and saw the west gate of Shouzhou opened. A group of cavalry in the Southern Tang army were the first to be put into the city, and an army that had not been dispersed behind also followed him into the city.
Then there were the messy defeated soldiers.
The Hujie soldiers rushed out of the barriers and earth walls and chased the city gate.Soon, the suspension bridge was pulled up, and the defeated soldiers behind him shouted, and many people rolled into the dry riverbed.
Guo Shao's military generals were the first to approach the city gate. At this time, arrows were raining on the city tower. The personal soldiers who rushed too fast were caught in several arrows, so everyone had to slapped their horses and retreated.
When the Hujie Army infantry followed, the Southern Tang soldiers who had not entered the city simply surrendered one after another and took the initiative to walk towards the city wall.
There were shouts everywhere, but the fight was gradually over.
Guo Shao felt that this battle was considered a victory, because the circle of siege fortifications was larger than the city wall, two hundred steps away from the city, with a circumference of at least twenty miles. If the defense line of 20 miles is strictly guarded by the elite troops of the Hujie Army, and the troops are insufficient, it cannot prevent the Tang army from breaking through the defense line.
But because of his early preparation, he encircled and intercepted the Tang army from several sides and defeated the Tang army... The enemy soldiers retreated into the city only when they were defeated!
But in fact, the results of the battle cannot be calculated like this. Most of the catapults and ladders in the west of the city were still burning and smoking, and the ordnance parts transported from Bagong Mountain on the edge of the Feishui River were burned all the way.
He lost so many equipment at once, but he was rushed out of the city's defenders.
Guo Shao felt that things were not good.
He had been wary of the Tang army's possible counterattack, but it was indeed impossible to conclude.Liu Renzhan really did this!It really surprised Guo Shao.
In the thick smoke, Guo Shao sat on the horse and looked around for a long time and fell into Chen Si.
He suddenly said to Li Chuyun: Maybe we were still careless and did not pay enough attention to the counterattack of the defenders, so we were attacked?
As usual, Guo Shao walked out of a tile house, with hammered willow branches soaked in the wooden barrel at the door. He took the willow branches and started brushing his teeth.
Only at this time did the outside of Shouzhou City be so peaceful and the surroundings gradually became lively, just like the early morning of the market, and like the craftsmen working in and out of the sun, just camping here, and the battle has not yet begun.
People had just had breakfast and had not yet fully entered the state. They slowly began to prepare for the day, and the sun had not yet emerged.
The generals didn't urge them much.
Behind the first earth wall and wooden fence, some soldiers were putting butter on the stone throwing cart, some were wiping with cloth, and some were rivets with hammers and rivets.
Finally, the first ray of sunshine like a sharp arrow pierced through the mist, and the world seemed to suddenly lit up.
A soldier straightened his waist and wanted to take a breath while the sun was shining.
But at this moment, the city gate suddenly opened slowly.
The soldiers couldn't believe their eyes, so they quickly rubbed their eyes and looked at them again, and the suspension bridge was also being put down.
Bang!The suspension bridge is set on the bank of the dry moat.Suddenly, a group of people and horses were seen coming out one after another.
The Zhou army soldiers inside the barriers were shocked and stood there. No one could believe that the Southern Tang army could still come out after being besieged for two months!Finally someone shouted: Shouzhou soldiers are fighting!
Groups of elite knights jogged forward with their heads held high, and their agile figures and the brilliance of steel formed a powerful landscape in the rising sun.
Someone in the Tang army raised his sword and shouted: The Tang army won every battle!The knights shouted, and the sound of horse hooves suddenly became rapid. The friction between swords and armor sounded the unique metal accent. The heavy rider rushed up and approached in a blink of an eye.
The direction did not deflect at all, just as it had been planned, approaching the Muzhai Gate in the Zhou army's fortifications.
On the arrow towers on both sides, a Zhou army archer pulled the bowstring and opened the first arrow of the battle with a snap.
A knight was caught in an arrow under his collarbone, his body fell from the horse with a tilt, and he fell heavily on the solid soil with a clang.
At the gate of the village, some Zhou soldiers were hurriedly putting the horse outside, hurriedly closing the gate of the village, carrying the wood up.
Wow and swish... A swish of arrows flew over, some nailed to the wooden door, some penetrated through the gap, and several people fell down amid the shouts. These soldiers had no armor, only helmets and heart protection mirrors, and were killed or injured when they were shot.
The cavalry had rushed to the front of the camp and turned around and detoured from the front of the door. A knight turned sideways and pulled the bowstring with a very skillful movement.
Bang!The arrow flew out from the side and penetrated into the middle of a soldier's eyebrows nearby.The knights in front dismounted, moved the horse away, and then opened the village gate.
The Zhou soldiers inside turned around and ran away.
But at this time, the Tang cavalry had rushed up. The knight in front held a cherry rifle and was on the side of the horse. Hearing a scream from Ah, the knight immediately pulled out the cherry rifle and saw the soldier fall to the ground and bleeding like a pillar.
More cavalrymen rushed into the fortifications, and people fled around, screaming and screaming after being hacked and killed.
A horse rushed to a huge stone catapult, and the horse immediately smashed a clay pot in his hand. With a clang, the clay pot smashed on the wood and smashed it, and the black and thick tincture oil dripped off the wooden rack.
Almost at the same time, a torch from behind flew over, and with a bang, the flames and the smoke rushed up together.
The entire stone catapult was burned in an instant, and the movements were neat and neat.
...Guo Shao rode his horse to the west, looking at the thick smoke everywhere in the wilderness, his face was already very ugly.
At this time, a knight rushed over and was meeting Guo Shao. He quickly dismounted and reported: Asking for envoys, Tang soldiers rushed out of the west gate and attacked our camp!
Guo Shao didn't say anything, but just looked at the fire and black smoke everywhere in the distance, and felt that what the person coming was reporting was nonsense.
Not long after, Li Chuyun and several generals rode along the road and said: The First Army is gathering together, and the two commanders are ready and are here!When Guo Shao looked back, he could hear the footsteps of the rattle. The infantry in a row was trotting forward, and the generals riding horses were shouting next to the team.
Guo Shao did not answer anyone's words.
He looked at the scene ahead and knew that the Tang army had at least broken through the first line of defense; because the catapult had a limited range and was very heavy, most of the equipment was in the first line of defense, and the losses were heavy now.
But he didn't say anything unrelated. What's the use of saying those useless things?
He swallowed a mouthful and said in a deep voice: In the second line of defense, the First Army of the Xiabat in front of the Left Wing (West) Hall was stationed in the southeast of the city gate and the governor of Suzhou in the south... Immediately take the order flag and send fast horses to pass the orders, ordering the garrison troops to line up on site without being confused and waiting for an opportunity to move.
Get order!
Guo Shao said again: The commanders of the First Army of the Hujie Army immediately reinforced Ximen.
At this time, a general said: Seeing something happening here, will the Second Army in the southeast come to reinforce?
Li Chuyun replied: It should be true, Wang Zhang will not die and wait for the order at this time.
The general reminded again: Will the Tang army use the strategy of digging the tiger away from the mountain to attack the east and west?
Li Chuyun pondered for a moment and said: The Tang soldiers just made a sudden sneak attack, and they could break through our front line without any surprise. Now that the war has begun, it may be difficult to send troops to the east.Besides, the defenders have limited troops unless they want to abandon the city and fight to the decisive battle.Otherwise, I don’t think it’s a clever way to make a comeback at this time.
After hearing this, Guo Shao made a quick decision and said: Send someone to order Wang Zhang to send reinforcements from the south of the city.
At this time, the vanguard of the First Army had advanced. Guo Shao asked Li Chuyun to lead the First Army to follow up and decide to attack the Southern Tang Army in the last battle.
Then he led Yang, Luo, Luo Yanhuan and his personal soldiers, a total of forty or fifty cavalry, to run westward to the city first.
After running two miles, he saw the Tang cavalry leading the way with heavy cavalry and sweeping towards the south of the city.At first glance, there were huge horses galloping, but the Tang army vanguard had only two or three hundred horses in total.
The cavalry came from the west and was invincible. The large number of defenders in the front positions of the Zhou army were in a mess. Most of them could not fight against the cavalry with secret formations. They were extremely unbearable to fight. They were covered by the cavalry and ran around in chaos.
Seeing this, Luo Yanhuan turned around and asked for his orders. Seeing Guo Shao nodding, he immediately rushed forward. Several powerful generals and dozens of horsemen followed him up. Guo Shao also rushed forward and pulled out the saber from his back.
Bang!Luo Yanhuan rode his horse and leaned over and rode and shot.
One arrow, killing several enemies in succession, and rushing toward the enemy cavalry, then abandoning the bow and arrow and drawing out the iron sword.
The generals also killed the generals with long weapons. They all have been determined to be military generals since they were young and have great skills.
Although the Zhou army had few people, they were very fierce. As soon as they caught the enemy, they cut off the protruding part of the Tang army's cavalry. When they followed, the Tang army cavalry was shocked when they saw this, and they were afraid to go forward, so they turned their horses and ran westward.
Guo Shao and others followed him and soon saw the Tang army infantry fighting in heavy fire and smoke.
It seemed that the Tang army's large infantry also wanted to attack westward, but some Zhou army miscellaneous troops rushed out of the second fence, killing them in a mess.
The miscellaneous troops that the Zhou army attacked seemed to be some of the soldiers and a large group of rural soldiers from the governor of Suzhou. Few people were not fully equipped with armor, and their combat power was limited and they could not break the flanks of the Southern Tang Army.
I saw a group of Tang army infantry advancing here on the middle road, and Guo Shao hurriedly shouted: Let's go!
The generals and soldiers followed him and turned their horses and ran backwards. The Southern Tang infantry team could not keep up with both legs and were soon left behind.
After about one stick of incense, a commander of the First Army of the Hujie Army rushed to the battlefield first. The troops rushed up in a hurry and met the infantry brigade of the Tang army rushing south.
The commander of the Hujie Army shouted without saying a word: Kill!The troops rushed forward and ran up desperately regardless of the queue.
Two people fought in a melee between them, and the wielding swords and weapons were like a big pot of water boiling.
Soon the other six commanders of the Hujie Army arrived one after another, and the front spread to the two wings, and several troops surrounded and attacked from left to right.
Not long after, the battle of Tang soldiers and infantrymen were defeated and fled westward. They were suppressed by the Hujie army and killed the body, abandoned the body all the way.
Guo Shao followed the Hujie army to chase and kill the two miles away, and saw the west gate of Shouzhou opened. A group of cavalry in the Southern Tang army were the first to be put into the city, and an army that had not been dispersed behind also followed him into the city.
Then there were the messy defeated soldiers.
The Hujie soldiers rushed out of the barriers and earth walls and chased the city gate.Soon, the suspension bridge was pulled up, and the defeated soldiers behind him shouted, and many people rolled into the dry riverbed.
Guo Shao's military generals were the first to approach the city gate. At this time, arrows were raining on the city tower. The personal soldiers who rushed too fast were caught in several arrows, so everyone had to slapped their horses and retreated.
When the Hujie Army infantry followed, the Southern Tang soldiers who had not entered the city simply surrendered one after another and took the initiative to walk towards the city wall.
There were shouts everywhere, but the fight was gradually over.
Guo Shao felt that this battle was considered a victory, because the circle of siege fortifications was larger than the city wall, two hundred steps away from the city, with a circumference of at least twenty miles. If the defense line of 20 miles is strictly guarded by the elite troops of the Hujie Army, and the troops are insufficient, it cannot prevent the Tang army from breaking through the defense line.
But because of his early preparation, he encircled and intercepted the Tang army from several sides and defeated the Tang army... The enemy soldiers retreated into the city only when they were defeated!
But in fact, the results of the battle cannot be calculated like this. Most of the catapults and ladders in the west of the city were still burning and smoking, and the ordnance parts transported from Bagong Mountain on the edge of the Feishui River were burned all the way.
He lost so many equipment at once, but he was rushed out of the city's defenders.
Guo Shao felt that things were not good.
He had been wary of the Tang army's possible counterattack, but it was indeed impossible to conclude.Liu Renzhan really did this!It really surprised Guo Shao.
In the thick smoke, Guo Shao sat on the horse and looked around for a long time and fell into Chen Si.
He suddenly said to Li Chuyun: Maybe we were still careless and did not pay enough attention to the counterattack of the defenders, so we were attacked?
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