Northern Dynasties

Chapter 516 Soldiers Arrive at the City
In the evening, Wei Fabao and his party, who were in charge of investigating the enemy's situation, returned quietly and brought back the latest situation outside Jiuqu City.

Because the terrain around Jiuqu City is really complicated, and the Eastern Army is also stationed in many places, Wei Fabao has not been able to tell how many enemy troops are there, but there are varying numbers of enemy troops stationed in all the key points that can be seen.Judging from this, it can be seen that the total strength of the enemy army must be quite a lot.

Since the defense line of Jiuqu City was originally established by the Eastern Wei Dynasty, some defenders fled back to Heyang before, so the enemy army is quite familiar with the terrain here.Not only has the advantage of military strength, but also is familiar with the terrain, so although this battle has not yet started, it can already be imagined that it must be very difficult.

The only consolation is that due to the complex terrain, it is difficult for the enemy to invest in cavalry during combat.

This is undoubtedly a vital benefit for Li Tai and his soldiers who came over the mountain and are full of infantry. If Jiuqu City is originally located in an open area on the plain, then their rush to aid The move is just a stupid act of giving away the head.

However, if they want to avoid the enemy's cavalry attack, the premise is that they can swim across the river smoothly, and enter the Banyuan area on the north bank of Luoshui River through the relatively flat river valley area that is several miles wide.

The enemy has a cavalry team of hundreds of people stationed in the most western part of Jiuqu Piyuan to monitor the personnel dynamics west of Jiuqu.If the enemy detects it during this period of march, it will be attacked by the enemy's cavalry.

There were three thousand soldiers in their party, no more, no less. Without the aid of boats, bridges and other fixed means of crossing the river, it must take a long time to swim across the river, and it would be difficult to deceive others.Therefore, the threat of this enemy cavalry must be eliminated, so that the large group of troops can cross the river smoothly.

After discussing this, several generals also made a decision, that is, to split up.

Chen Xin led two hundred soldiers to continue downstream along the south bank of the Luoshui River. After nightfall, they set fire to a convenient position opposite the enemy camp to scare and harass the enemy, so that they did not dare to mobilize troops at night.

Wei Fabao also led a few hundred soldiers to swim across the shallow upper reaches of the Luoshui River, detoured into the hilly area around Xiaoshan Mountain, and approached Jiuqu. He took advantage of the night to kill the enemy cavalry, and then met Li on the opposite bank. Tai and other soldiers crossed the river.

Li Tai sometimes acted arbitrarily, but it wasn't that he didn't listen to opinions, especially because he didn't know the geography of this place at all, so he had to listen to the suggestions of Wei Fabao and other generals who had fought here all the year round in terms of specific tactics, so he immediately gave orders to implement.

When Wei Fabao and Chen Xin led their teams to set off, Li Tai and the soldiers who stayed at the spot retreated to the forest for a while before dark to cook and eat, then felled bamboo and wood to make rafts, and dragged them to the Near the bank of the river.

These simple rafts are easy to build, even if the line of sight is blocked after nightfall, as long as they are tangible and fixed, more than 2000 people worked together, and it didn't take long to build more than 200 rafts, all of which were quietly transported to the river bank .

In the midst of being busy, time flies by.Just as Li Tai and the others were able to rest for a while, a line of fire suddenly rose into the sky under the night sky in the northeast direction. not weak.

As the flames rose, there was soon the panic of people and horses on the other side. In the night, a group of cavalry could be heard running across the river bank where Li Tai and his party were stationed. Find the enemy.Hearing the sound of galloping horseshoes, Li Tai couldn't help but sweat for Wei Fabao and his party.

Nearly half an hour passed, and the sound of horseshoes changed from far to near again. It should be that the horses and horses who had been patrolling upstream had returned. Hearing that the sound of horseshoes was similar to the previous rhythm, and there was no obvious change, Li Tai was secretly relieved. Obviously, these enemy soldiers did not find Wei Fabao and them.

However, not long after the sound of horseshoes had passed, there was a vague sound of fighting from the northeast, but the sound was a little vague and weak in the night, making it difficult to be sure whether it was real or not.

Nearly half an hour passed like this, and three piles of bonfires with finished characters lit up not far from the diagonally opposite bank. This was the signal agreed before. Li Tai was overjoyed when he saw this, and ordered in a deep voice: "Cross the river!"

The rafts made in the dark were almost useless, but they finally provided a certain amount of buoyancy for the soldiers and ordnance. They set off row after row in relay. It has been washed away by running water for several miles.But as long as they reached the shore, the rear soldiers could follow along. Although the process was a bit chaotic, they all managed to reach the opposite bank.

All the dozen or so soldiers who came to respond were bloody. It can be seen that the battle to rob the camp in the night before was also very fierce, but the cavalry camp with hundreds of people was finally taken down.Although the enemy's other defenses had heard the sound of battle, they did not dare to send reinforcements when the enemy's situation was unknown.

After all the staff crossed the river, Li Tai ordered to march towards the northern plateau quickly, leaving only a hundred soldiers to chop up the rafts and let the materials float down the river.

There was another sound of galloping horseshoes in the valley to the east, and Li Tai and his party finally reached the plateau before the sound of horseshoes approached.

The slope of Banyuan, the first road in Jiuqu, is not too steep. It is a horse-shaped earth beam protruding forward, and a barracks is erected on the earth beam. If it is breached, it will naturally be useless.

At this time, there was still a strong bloody smell on the top of the plateau. When Wei Fabao sent out [-] soldiers, only [-] soldiers were left to welcome him in the camp, and nearly half of them were lost. Tragic.

Although our own side suffered heavy casualties, the enemy troops stationed here were almost wiped out except for nearly a hundred soldiers who returned from patrols and fled without fighting.This also ensured the mystery of one's own forces to the greatest extent. The enemy army did not know the truth so far, so naturally they did not dare to act lightly.

Li Tai originally thought that being able to successfully reach the Jiuqu Slope this night was already a phased victory, but seeing that Wei Fabao and his soldiers fought so hard to get such an excellent start, naturally they couldn't miss this opportunity, so they could only try their best to get a better start. The results of the battle can be regarded as living up to the sacrifices of these officers!

"Continue to attack the next Sakahara!"

Taking advantage of the fact that the enemy battalions were still in doubt, Li Tai gave an order.At the same time, in order to prevent the enemy commander from determining their trajectory and strength too early, he did not ask the soldiers to light the beacon to notify the defenders in Jiuqu City right now.

The terrain of Jiuqu has great fluctuations and changes, and the drop between the top and the bottom of the plateau sometimes reaches tens of feet. Moreover, due to the needs of the war, these plateaus have been transformed to a certain extent, and sometimes the walls of the plateau are steep and almost vertical.

In many cases, it only needs to station a hundred or ten people in some key positions to stop thousands of enemy attacks.

The enemy general is obviously a man who is cautious in using troops, so almost all the key points in the nine bends and ten miles are stationed separately, and it can be said that there are no defensive loopholes.If its defensive function is fully utilized, even an army of tens of thousands will be unable to move an inch.

But in fact, the more you pursue the ideal state of soldiers you use, the more loopholes you will have, and the less you can withstand the impact of variables.The enemy's forces are scattered up and down Piyuan, and they seem to be closely related and closely connected with each other.

But in fact, the overly complex and changeable terrain is completely unsuitable for the offensive and defensive linkage of most troops, especially in the already very harsh combat environment at night. It was difficult to cooperate even close by, but the people in the back camp watched how the front camp Paoze was slaughtered, which caused huge psychological panic.

Li Tai took the lead, and his weapon had long been changed from a long lance to a light sword. The sharp edge of the blade was invincible. A single cut would cause splashes of blood or flinging of flesh and blood. Because of the fierceness of the sword, there was no enemy in front of him.

But although he charged ferociously, he was still not the best performer on the battlefield. This time, the brave generals under his command and all the tyrants in Western Henan came out in full force to participate in the battle. He carried fifty heavy armored long swords with him, which can be said to be a step forward. The only disadvantage of the great killer weapon for killing enemies in battle is that it carries too much weight and the battle battery life is quite short, so it can only be worn by all the soldiers in turn, and whichever one is its turn will be the main attacker.

If you set up a camp on flat ground, fifty heavy armors line up the wall to advance, and you will be invincible wherever the blade points.If it is necessary to climb up and down, the warriors who climbed first with light armor or even no armor will fight for their lives, rush into the enemy camp, use flesh and blood as the follow-up army to rush out of a gap, and then push in with heavy armor.

Such a high-spirited battle rhythm deeply infected every soldier in it. With enthusiasm and vigor, he marched forward bravely and smashed through the enemy camps distributed among the Jiuqu Sakahara one after another.

Although the soldiers of the Eastern Wei Dynasty stationed here are also very brave, but they have to withstand the attack and ravages of fifty steel beasts first, and they survived by luck. There are very few of them who are attacked without being defeated. Even if there are, they can only barely protect themselves, but it is difficult to rescue other friendly troops.

When a camp was broken again, the gully ahead was wide and deep, and there was no bonfire in the enemy camp, but there was a city standing on the top of the tall plateau opposite, and the fire on the top of the city was bright.

Li Tai, who was leading the team, frowned immediately when he saw the scene ahead. The ravine was deep and the city was tall. The terrain was not easy to attack.

He was about to turn around and ask the generals if there is another convenient way to detour or attack the city, when Wei Fabao, who had just removed his heavy armor on the back road and was wet all over, came forward, pointed at the opposite city and said in surprise: "This , This is Jiuqu City! Lord Xihe, we, we rushed through the seven valleys in one go!"

(End of this chapter)