Just when Kuitou was about to look squarely at the strength of the Han army in front of him, another "spear" fell from the sky and smashed a ladder to smash. Then, another "spear" was "thrown". "Come out, and accurately hit the siege equipment in the Quetou row under Daling City.
These siege weapons are all made of wood. Wherever they can withstand the impact of the huge crossbows fired by the bed crossbow, they instantly become a pile of waste wood. The leader can not help but exclaimed: "Quick, back, back,"
Without the car and the ladder, the leader is not helpless. He still has many long ladders. Although it is not possible to use the long ladders to climb to the top of the city, it is obviously much more difficult. However, there are people under his hands, which is filled with human lives. You can also fill the top of the city, but the person who can "throw" the spear far and ruthlessly on the top of Daling city is the most worried person. If this person is not removed, Daling will be difficult to break.
Kuitou straightly retreated the team five miles, and only then did Yuan Jun who had instructed them use the siege equipment to find them, and asked, "How long will it take you to recreate the assault cart and the ladder?"
Several Yuan Jun soldiers shook their heads together and said: "Back to Khan, we won't,"
Kuitou said angrily: "Then what will you do,"
The captain Yuan Jun, who was in the lead, said with a smile: "We can only use it, we can't make it."
They were sent by Yuan Shao to help the Xianbei. Although these Xianbei were ferocious, they had to be ahead of them if they wanted to learn to attack the city. They didn't dare to do anything with them for a while, so these Yuan Jun soldiers still A look of confidence,
Kuitou asked them now, and he really didn't dare to turn his face with them. He endured and endured, and finally changed his smiling face, and said cheerfully, "But, without the ladder and the rush car, this city cannot be attacked. Up,"
The Lieutenant Yuan Jun pointed to the back and said disdainfully: "How high is Daling City. If there is no ladder, use a long ladder, and you can still climb up."
Kuitou learned well this time, not angry, still accompanied by a smiling face, and said: "Just now you have also seen that there are experts in the city. A spear can be thrown so far. If that guy is holding a spear to There is a stand next to the city wall, and he has to push down as many long ladders as possible, so that we can’t throw our warriors to death.”
School Lieutenant Yuan Jun laughed and said, "What kind of spear is this, it's a crossbow arrow,"
It turned out that this school lieutenant had some knowledge, knowing that there are crossbow weapons in the world. He pointed to the ladder and rush car that were damaged by the crossbow in front of him, and said: "Khan, don't look at this thing attacking the ladder to power Huge, in fact, the damage to the crowd is very limited. As long as the Khan sends more people to let everyone rush closer and put the long ladder on the city wall, there is no way for it. We will not build a ladder. It’s not difficult to build a long ladder, it just depends on Khan’s reluctance to spend his life."
Kuitou was originally a cruel person. These Xianbei cavalrymen were not all of his own tribe, even if they died tens of thousands. After listening to the words of this captain Yuan Jun, Kuitou immediately gained confidence and was about to order the organization. When attacking the city, the rear army suddenly became irritated. A cavalry flew to report, and the rear army was attacked by the Han army.
It was the group of Han cavalrymen who had just started a battle against Budugen. There were enough horses in Daling. When the cavalry group withdrew into the city, they quickly replaced their horses. Before the siege of Kuitou, he rushed out from the south gate, made a big circle, and went around behind the Xianbei army.
The cavalry of the Han army relied on the advantage of bow and arrow, still riding and shooting, Xianbei was always unable to catch up, and he left the dead corpse on the ground.
Here, Kuitou can’t hold back anymore. He asked Lieutenant Yuan Jun to take people to cut down trees and build long ladders. At the same time, he ordered the soldiers to carry the existing long ladders and start attacking the city. The enemy’s attack was the order. Arrows fell like rain, and many Xianbei people fell to the ground before they rushed to the city, unable to get up anymore.
Finally, after paying a heavy price, dozens of long ladders were erected on the city wall. The Xianbei people held a machete in one hand and climbed up the long ladder in the other. Compared to horse riding, Xianbei people are obviously good at climbing. The long ladders were extremely uncomfortable, slow as if they were doing slow motion, and they had no shield to cover, and they immediately became the living targets of the Han's crossbowmen.
At this time, the young and strong people in the city also came to help. Everyone knew that once the city was broken by the Xianbei, not only themselves, but even their family members would not be spared. It is not a time to cherish their lives. To help the Han army is to help themselves. Although these folk husbands have not received any special training, they do the work of throwing stones, pushing woods, and pouring gold juice without any effort and no skills.
The chaotic arrows on the city’s head continued to shoot down. The intrepid Xianbei climbed awkwardly on the long ladder, pouring down a plate of hot and smelly gold juice. The gold juice was poisonous and was poured on. It will be difficult to treat in the future. The skin of these Xianbei soldiers was scalded with blisters, and they were not dead for a while. They rolled and howled in pain on the ground. The tragedy caused the people behind them to feel palpitation.
The chief head didn't care so much, he kept urging the soldiers to rush up, and an hour passed, the city was already full of corpses and damaged long ladders, and the Xianbei warriors didn't even touch the city head.
The incessant harassment of the Han army cavalry also made Xianbei people unable to defend against. This area was densely covered by the city, and the Xianbei people chased them in a hurry. The Han army light cavalry hid in the city. A batch of war horses was prepared in advance in each city, and the cavalry entered the city. After that, they immediately changed their horses and rushed out from another city gate. The Xianbei were exhausted by them, but they couldn't catch up with them.
This battle lasted until the afternoon. The Xianbei had lost more than 10,000 people under Daling City, and more than 60,000 people were sent out to chase the small Han cavalry. They have not come back yet, and I don’t know where they went. I went, and the Xianbei cavalry under the city hadn’t even eaten a bite of food since they set out in the morning.
People may be able to hold on with one or two meals less, but the horses can’t run. The Han army has long implemented a policy of stiffening walls and clearing the country around Daling City. Not to mention food, even grass is hard to find. This time the troops were sent. Yuan Shao promised in advance that they would be responsible for all the food and grass needed by the Xianbei army, but now that they can't see a food transporter coming, the leader can't help but become annoyed, and asked the Lieutenant Yuan Jun: "What about the food? Everyone can’t get enough to eat, so what to use to attack the city,"
The captain sneered secretly in his heart, but he said: "Khan asked the villain, but the villain couldn't answer. You have seen it, and the villain didn't eat either."
In fact, he knew very well in his heart that going to attack the city like Xianbei was no different from suicide. Xianbei was indeed brave, almost blindly rushing up at the head of the Han army, but did not counterattack or suppress the city. The soldiers and civilians who defend the city can attack the city unscrupulously.
However, the school lieutenant did not tell the chief of these skills, because he hated the people of Xianbei. Although he himself was in Taiyuan, his home was in the suburbs. The people of Xianbei came quickly, and his family did not have time to withdraw into the city. As a result, his His wife was arrested by the Xianbei people into the barracks, and was released after several negotiations, but I don’t know how many people have ruined it. Anyway, when he was sent to guide the Xianbei to attack the city, his wife was still lying on the couch. Can't get up,
When Kuitou was irritable, several cavalry came over and said loudly: "Khan, the big thing is not good, the Han people attacked the grain transport team, and the grain and grass were all burned."
There are more than 200,000 troops. People need food and horses need to eat grass. The daily consumption is not a small number. Yuan Shao specially organized a group of civilians to carry them. However, the Han army had long grasped their movements. Zhang Liao was in Daling. In addition to the 3,000 cavalrymen left in Heqi County, the other 4,000 light cavalry have been lurking in the nearby valley, waiting to attack the Xianbei’s food brigade.
The Xianbei people fought on the grasslands and never carried supplies, but when they arrived in the Central Plains, everything was different. Even the fodder for the horses was transported from other places, but as the commander-in-chief of Xianbei, there were no soldiers and horses. He thought that he would have nothing to do with the task of delivering food and grass to Yuan Shao, and he didn’t even arrange the escort force.
Most of Yuan Shao’s troops were drawn to the battlefields in Liyang and Yecheng. He did not dare to mobilize the troops in Taiyuan city at will, in case the Xianbei suddenly turned his face and attacked Taiyuan City, plus from Taiyuan to Daling. The journey is not far away, it is on his own territory, so only a thousand people are sent to guard him symbolically.
When the four thousand light cavalry of the Han army suddenly appeared, the one thousand Yuan Jun guards immediately made a bird and beast dispersal, and the guarding soldiers were gone. How could the civilians who were transporting grain and grass fight desperately with the Han army? With such a large amount of grain and grass, the four thousand Han cavalry could not be transported away. They simply burned it out in a big fire. When the Xianbei cavalry arrived, they could not save it.
Knowing that the food and grass that Yuan Shao had transported had been burned, and looking at his hungry and dizzy subordinates, the leader had to order to retreat temporarily, and hundreds of thousands of cavalry retreated together, but they were also mighty. Although the Han cavalry had good bows and arrows, they did not dare He rashly pursued and had to harass a little later. Although it also caused some damage to the Xianbei army, the impact was ultimately limited.
In the city of Chang'an, battle reports from various places flew to Liu Xin’s dragon case. Except for the heavy casualties of the 50,000 infantrymen of the First Corps, which was in charge of the blocking task, the progress of the other ministries was very smooth, especially the Fourth Corps, which was responsible for blocking the Xianbei army. In the battles in the counties of Daling, a total of 70,000 Xianbei cavalry were wiped out, but his damage was extremely limited.
Liu Xin didn't expect the battle to go so smoothly, he smiled and asked, "Is there no action on Cao Cao's side yet?"
Jushou said, "Your Majesty Qi Zou, it is reported that Yuan Shao has accepted Cao Cao's conditions and he is responsible for Cao Cao's consumption of food and grass. Weichen estimates that within a few days, Cao Cao will send troops."
Liu Xin sneered and was about to give an order, but when Li Ming came in, he said, "Your Majesty Enlightenment, Cai and Master Cai have important matters outside the palace gate to see you,"