Chapter 1126 Injury
Yang Jun didn't know what happened in Guanzhong. After all, once Tongguan was stuck, traffic was cut off. What's more, Shaanxi and Tianjin were also occupied by the generals of the Western Expedition, which led to some difficulties and lag in both the news from Guanzhong and Hedong.
Everyone knows this because Tongguan is not easy to fight.
Although it is not as famous as Hangu Pass, it is still a flesh-and-blood grinder, which is true at all. If possible, Yang Jun really doesn't want to fight Tongguan, but has no choice.
Even Yang Biao is.
Yang Biao naturally has no problem with people's livelihood and government affairs. Of course, no one will question Yang Biao in this regard, but when it comes to war...
Yang Biao has not yet achieved any record. Even the last victory in Chang'an, Guanzhong seemed to be just a foil for Fei Qian, the general who appeared in the last stage.
Most of the "broken mouth-broken women" in Chang'an are talking about this. It is said that Mr. Yang is not proficient in war, so why should he be a militant and exhausted the people's money? It is better to use his strengths and manage people's livelihood well.
But without a strong army, there is no way to intimidate the soldiers around you. Even if you pay more attention to people's livelihood and family, what's the use? During the Spring and Autumn Period, even if the king was incompetent, did the literati and officials ignore the agriculture and sericulture?
Agricultural and sericulture are important, but you also need force and military achievements to shock the surrounding sluts!
Tongguan is not easy to fight.
The troops of the General of the Western Expedition were not easy to fight.
But you have to fight, and you have to win!
Only in this way can the people around you be respectful and truly obey!
Another very obscure factor is that this year's late spring cold has caused disasters in many areas, but the soldiers recruited will not take the initiative to reduce their food because of late spring cold and relieve Yang Biao's problems. Therefore, if you want to reduce the pressure on the food and grass caused by late spring cold, you must remove the decay and preserve the essence...
Yang Jun looked at the "Han" flag flying on the head of Tongguan City, sighed softly, and then ordered loudly: "Shooting camp, come forward, and shoot volleys!"
Two thousand archers were divided into four square formations, displayed on both sides under Tongguan. With a command, the long arrows left and right and flew into the air. Two thousand arrows gathered in the air into a dot-line shadow, just like two thousand blood-sucking insects, shouting and noisy, heading towards the top of Tongguan city!
Ma Yan shouted, "Rise the shield!" Looking at the arrows coming from the sky, Ma Yan couldn't help but frown. Judging from the density and accuracy of the shooting this time, it was probably not as simple as what he said before, just peasant soldiers...
The sword and shield hand raised the shield diagonally and blocked the front. The archer who was ready to fight back was hiding behind the sword and shield hand, while the spearmen were lying behind the battlements to avoid blocking the archer's design vision.
The arrows crossed the sky, and the sound of "swish swish" came in an instant. Then the long arrow hit the city wall, and the sound of "bang bang, puff puff" on the shield was endless. Then the voices of everyone in the city gathered together, forming a huge whistle.
This time, the soldiers brought by Yang Jun were obviously more capable than the last time. The four archer phalanxes in front were covered by the front row of swords and shield soldiers and quickly entered the range of a hundred steps from the city wall. Under the command of the archery captain in front of the phalanx, under the command of the slasher captain in front of the phalanx, amid the roar of the team leader or the long-term roar, they quickly shot out one long arrow after another, and flew into the air one by one, as if there was no interval.
Countless long arrows let out a rapid roar and rush into the air. In an instant, the entire sky was covered with long arrows. They were like locusts in the sky, immediately covering up the sunlight.
The first thing that was unlucky above Tongguan was the half-built city gate tower. The wooden pavilion groaned in pain under the raging arrows, trembling all over, and was unrecognizable by countless sharp arrows. In the blink of an eye, it turned into a hedgehog. Then the flags that originally fluttered high above the city gate tower also entered the footsteps of the city gate tower. The colorful flags were either shot and fell or shot through and broken, including the original "Han" flag, the broken cloth fluttered, part of which fell to the city, and part of which drifted under the city with the wind...
A straw sandal covered with yellow mud stepped on it with a "pop" sound, and stepped on the word "Chinese" into the mud. Then more people wearing straw sandals or stepped on it barefoot until they stepped on the originally exquisite flag into an extremely dirty appearance.
Yang Jun pointed at a messenger and said loudly: "Come here, please inform us to set up a ladder immediately! Siege the city gate!"
As the dense sound of war drums changed, the archers who were originally approaching in a dense array of formations suddenly opened up in the whole row, leaving the road to the city wall.
"Quick! Hurry! Attack!" The captain of the Caiguan held the shield in one hand and the knife in the other, roaring wildly. His army was fifty people in a row. There were shield soldiers on both sides of the front and back, and more than a dozen soldiers in the middle bent over and carried the ladder. His task was to assume the fastest speed of the ladder onto the city head and lay a prelude for the subsequent troops. As for the ant, it was not his control. His other task was to take the rushing car set up to attack the city gate.
The roar suddenly soared into the sky, and thousands of soldiers rushed out of the archers from behind and rushed towards the Tongguan city wall covered with arrows.
The captain raised his sword and shouted wildly: "Shit! Cover! Shit!" The black arrows gathered again and roared towards Tongguan.
Ma Yan did feel different this time and felt some pressure. After all, this was the Han’s own army, which was completely different from the peasant soldiers who came for the first time.
Which soldier knows the weaknesses of his camp best?
What kind of killing among the troops is the cruelest?
There is only one answer, that is, one's own people.
When the cavalry rushed into the archer front, as long as they were not fools, these archers would definitely run wildly. No one would take the initiative to hold the longbow and fight with the cavalry at close range. Only with the same type of soldiers and soldiers, the battle situation was the most cruel...
The last time Yang Jun brought his troops to come, there were not many archers. Ma Yan could also counterattack in the attack gap between the archers. Not only did he not suffer much damage, but he also killed many Yang Jun's soldiers. However, this time it was not possible. The archers divided into four positions were neatly covered and shot under the command of the professional sound captain. The previous wave just fell, and the next wave came again, like a wave, endless.
Ma Yan could already see that there were more than a dozen arrows standing densely on the shield in front of him. This accurate head and strength were beyond what ordinary soldiers could achieve.
This time, many of the soldiers Yang Jun brought were obviously veterans, all veterans who had been in the Heluo area for many years.
It really puts down the wealth of the company...
However, under Ma Yan, he is also a veteran of the battle formation.
Veterans have seen death and are used to blood. When facing battle formations, they always seem calm. Unlike those new recruits, they are still good at training. When they are about to fight, they don’t know where to put their hands and feet. Veterans can even hug behind their shields when arrows are falling like rain.
"It's almost your turn, I saw the Cloud Ladder coming up!"
The sword shield hand pressed the huge shield with his shoulders and arms obliquely, covering himself and the archer behind him. He glanced through the gap in the shield and said to the archer behind him.
The archer bent over and gently pulled the bowstring with his hands. He said in the sound of the endless arrows piercing the shield and the wall: "What's the matter? The lieutenant has not given the order yet? Besides, the people who rushed over now have shield soldiers. Even if they shoot, they can't shoot a few of them. It's better to wait for them to rush onto the shelf and fix the ladder, and they can't move at that time. Make sure to shoot one by one..."
The sword and shield hand chuckled twice and said, "Okay, it depends on yours. Whether we can relax depends on how much you can kill before they climb up..."
The archer waved the two arrow pouches on his waist again, fiddled to a convenient position, simulated it twice, and found that there was no obstacle. After listening to the sound of the arrow hitting the shield on the city wall, he said, "No problem... Well, there are fewer arrows. These people probably came to the city... Has the lieutenant not given an order yet? It's almost..."
The sword and shield turned their heads and said, "Personnel Ma stood up... raised his right arm..."
"The sword and shield spread apart, and the archers shoot at will!" Ma Yan shouted loudly.
With the "crash" sound, the knife and shield hand that blocked the battlement at the forefront took a step to the side almost at the same time, giving up the archer's shooting window!
Almost at the same time, the archer erected the bow on this small shooting window, and then seemed to have no sight. He shot an arrow in an instant, then took out an arrow from the side arrow pouch, rolled the string, pulled the bow, and shot it out. A series of movements were completed instantly, dazzling, and its speed was unthinkable.
"One, two...three, grass, three, four..." The archer was muttering, concentrating on it, not caring at all, and still some scattered arrows whistling through the air, shooting at the fastest speed. The long arrows left the city, and rushed towards the soldiers Yang Jun who were preparing to set up a ladder.
It’s not that Yang Jun’s archers did not want to continue to suppress, but at this moment, the archers who shot nearly thirty or forty consecutive shots had exhausted their strength. Many archers hung down their hands and gasped violently. Some even couldn’t even hold the bow. Some accidentally worn out their wrists or fingers, and blood flowed down the bow and dripped on the yellow earth.
After the archers shot thirty arrows in a row, they needed to be re-tightened, and the vacuum of this time was filled by Ma Yan's archers above Tongguan...
The sound of war drums, shouts, fighting, screams resounded up and down the city walls, long black arrows were flying in the air, bloody battle swords roared in the wind, huge stones raging on the ladder, and the heavy beating wood fell from the sky with the sound of wind and thunder, and the soldiers on the ladder were like skewers, all of them were pulled under the city, turning into a vague stall of meat patties and meat sauce.
The sun hung lazily in the air, looking indifferently at the bloody battle in Tongguan. Perhaps it was impossible to understand why these ants were killed by themselves. They yawned in a state of vagueness and hid behind the clouds to continue sleeping...
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Fei Qian is now very troubled. After a moment of negligence, he did not expect the chain reaction of the late spring cold, which led to his extremely difficult situation now.
The message from Yinshan was revealed that the Xianbei was heading south; the Zong family in Chang'an, Guanzhong sent people to ask for help, saying that Xia Mou drove a large number of refugees to approach Chang'an; Tongguan also reported that Yang's troops were at the city again...
For a moment, wars rose everywhere.
"Yinshan Mobei..." Fei Qian gently tapped the table, making a soft sound like a woodpecker, and said, "Looking at the records, in the years when the spring is cold, there will probably be a Hu people going south... This matter is a bit unthinkable..."
Xun Chen said: "This matter is not the fault of the king and the lord. How can the Hu people go south and go to the south? How can they say that it is the fault of the king and the lord? The lord and the lord are very strict..."
Fei Qian shook his head. Although most people thought that this matter was not Fei Qian's responsibility, he himself knew that this was indeed a negligence.
The Hu people went south, and the reasons were not complicated, and it was not difficult to speculate. It was just that the late spring cold caused the livestock to have no food source, resulting in death and the number of deaths. Therefore, they either went south to find new supplementary sources to maintain the size of the tribe, or they took the initiative to launch wars to reduce the population...
No matter which type it is, the target of the Hu people is always the farming nation in the south.
"We can maintain our strong position in front of the Huns and Qiang people, which is nothing more than that we can defeat the Xianbei again and again!" Fei Qian said, "What the Hu people admire most are the strong people, and they are used to obeying the strong people. However, if we show our decay and raise our swords to us, the Hu people who were crawling down in the past... Therefore, this time we go to the Xianbei south, we must win, and we must also win cleanly..."
There is another reason. Fei Qian did not say it clearly, but he was a little worried. After all, in order to clear out the unmanned land and form a solid wall and clear the fields, he could only pollute the water source when there were not many trees and only oasis water sources. Just like the strategy of the Huns against the Han people back then, it was not clear whether such a move could be effective or how many effects it had.
Therefore, on the one hand, Yinshan needs to defend against Xianbei soldiers, and also prepare for the spread of diseases.
Defending soldiers, Xu Huang, Zhao Yun and others, there is no problem in taking into account, but defending against diseases is probably...
"Transfer Zhang Yun and Zhang Yiyang to follow the army, and follow someone north to Yinshan today!" Fei Qian said, "The Yinshan land is your future granary, and you cannot lose it! As for Chang'an..."
Jia Xugong bowed and said, "If the lord can trust it, can you teach someone the matter of Chang'an?"
Fei Qian glanced at Jia Xu and was a little surprised. After all, this big turtle usually shrank its head and rarely took the initiative to carry the burden...
"I wonder how many soldiers Wenhe needs?" Fei Qian asked.
Jia Xu said: "It's enough to ride five hundred elites."
Fei glanced at the blink of an eye and said, "However! I will entrust Wenhe to this matter in Guanzhong..." Anyway, there are only five hundred cavalrymen. If they can really solve the problem in Guanzhong, Jia Xu will be considered capable. Although Jia Xu did not say what to do, since Jia Xu jumped out, based on Jia Xu's personality, it is probably possible to do it.
Unexpectedly, Pang Tong bowed his hand and said, "In this way, I will leave it to someone in the south... I will give it to someone in five hundred cavalry, so I will relieve the worries of Junhou Tongguan..."
Yoho, they are all so awesome, can they really save trouble?
Fei Qian looked at Pang Tong, thought for a while, and said hesitantly: "This... OK..." He promised Jia Xu that he was too pleased before and did not ask what kind of plan Jia Xu had. Now he doesn't have any questions after Pang Tong comes out, otherwise wouldn't he be clear that he believes in Jia Xu and does not believe in Pang Tong anymore?
But in Tongguan to the south, in addition to Pang Tong, there is also Xu Shu, so there should be no problem giving Pang Tong five hundred cavalry...
Chapter completed!