I Xiaoxiong

Chapter 271 One-sided Fierce Battle
Xuanjia 20th year, at the end of October.

The murderous spirit of late autumn and early winter spread across the land. On the clean land, all the tens of thousands of Qingtang troops were mobilized except for the 2 people who stayed in the camp to guard against the Songzhou defenders.

The army of tens of thousands of people, according to the deployment before the war, marched to the front of the Jin army camp one by one.

As the chief general, Lun Zanpo and Maharaja Tuoba Chide came to an unnamed hill, just overlooking the entire army and almost the entire battlefield.

And the armies of the various ministries of Qingtang, under the command of their leaders and generals, advanced at a leisurely pace.

Spears are like a forest, and armor is dense.

More than [-] people are the real sea of ​​human beings, and as far as the eye can see, it is a black and oppressive piece, boundless and shoreless.

In fact, such a large-scale army, even if it is commanded by Lun Zanpo, who is known as the god of war, is cautious.

Because the command system of an army of this magnitude is very fragile, once something goes wrong in some links, it may face catastrophe.

Maharaja Tuoba Chide watched the army advance little by little, with great momentum and pride in his heart. It seems that it is not impossible to capture the camp of the Jin army and capture Fu Jinchuan alive.
"Here's an order that the first to enter the camp of the Jin army will be a hereditary thousand households and will be rewarded with a hundred yaks."

"If Fu Jinchuan can be captured alive, ten thousand households will be closed, one thousand yaks will be rewarded, and there will be a pasture with rich water and grass"

He believed that such a reward was enough to inspire the fighting spirit of the Qingtang warriors, and then he praised Lun, who was in charge of commanding the entire army beside him: "Minister of the country, please take care of the army."

After listening to Lun Zanpo, he put his right hand on his left shoulder, "Your Majesty is serious, everything is for Da Bai Gao Guo."

Tuoba Chide nodded slightly, and then looked in the direction of the battlefield again.

The Qingtang army had already advanced to a place very close to the Jin army's barracks. Only then did Tuoba Chide notice the Jin army's defensive arrangement in front of him.

The layout of the Jin army's large camp is based on the nine battalions of the twelve battalions of the Reformed Army forming a defensive circle at the outermost periphery, with the back of the river, and the remaining three battalions and the Shence Army supporting them respectively.

Formed a staggered defense system that echoes each other.

In the camp of the Jin army, the coach Fu Jinchuan also climbed high and looked far away, standing on a watchtower to observe the entire battlefield.

Lei Bo, Su Duan, Shi Wannian, and Zhang Gao who joined the army accompanied him. It is worth mentioning that Tuoba Hao was also among them.

With enough time, the entire Jin army camp was built extremely solidly.First of all, Qingtang people have to face a "moat".

Because it is backed by the big river, after excavating Shenhao, it was directly introduced into the river water and became a veritable river.

Behind the "moat", there is a fence and watchtower built with deep Hao soil, with fences and antlers on it. The fence can accommodate two people side by side, and a large bed crossbow is placed on the wide watchtower.

In the big camp, there are hundreds of trebuchets that have been built in the past month.

The infantry of the Jin army had already entered the defensive position, setting up their spears and shields, stringing their bows and crossbows, and setting up their arrow pots and stone cannons.

So attacking such a fortress is completely as difficult as attacking a city.

Even the steps are very similar, the first step is to fill the trench with negative soil.

Thousands of nearby barbarians were coerced and driven away by the Qingtang people. In desperation, they had no choice but to carry soil to fill the trenches of the Jin army.

And in this process, what they have to face is the Jin army's flying arrows like locusts.

Many people died on the road. After all, the Jin army didn't care whether these barbarians were Qingtang people or whether they surrendered to the Jin country earlier. Under the rain of arrows, no one could tell the difference.

However, the nearby barbarians ran away as long as they could run, so in almost one morning, half of the thousands of unlucky barbarians who had been captured were shot and killed by the Jin army.

Therefore, in the afternoon, the "noble" Qingtang people also had to end up in person, doing the "humble" work of filling the trench with soil.

The well-equipped Jin army continued to cover with arrows, and even saw that the Qingtang people also participated in filling the trench, and directly used the bed crossbow.

Thick crossbow arrows, like candied haws, can often pierce through several people.All armor is like blank paper in front of it.

"Since the morning, the Qingtang people have concentrated on filling the camp where the three generals Zhou Shize, Lei Cheng, and A Shulie are located. It is estimated that in two days, the Qingtang people will be able to set up ladders and prepare to go up the wall."

On the watchtower, Lei Bo cupped his hands to report the military situation.

Fu Jinchuan continued to watch. He had been watching the battle all morning, so he naturally knew what was going on ahead.

"Jie Shuai, do you want me to lead the cavalry out of the camp and wait for an opportunity to surprise the Qingtang army?"

Shi Wannian at the side suggested.

He praised all the cavalry of the Japanese army, so he could only watch here this morning, and as long as it was a defensive battle, it basically had nothing to do with their cavalry.

Moreover, guarding the city is the most taboo. The cavalry wandering outside can restrain the Qingtang people, and look for opportunities to launch surprise attacks on the rear of the Qingtang people's flanks at any time.

After hearing this, Fu Jinchuan glanced at him, but directly vetoed the suggestion: "What's the rush? You'll fight the battle, wait."

"Let all the ministries continue to guard their own camps and not attack without authorization."

"promise."

After giving the order, Fu Jinchuan, who was also somewhat hesitant, took his staff member Zhang Gao and the prisoner Tuobahao down to the watchtower, while Lei Bo and Shi Wannian Su Duan stayed behind.

"General Shi, General Su, you have spent a lot of time dealing with Qingtang people, but don't you know that Qingtang people are so brave and fearless?"

Seeing those Qingtang people filling the trench with soil, Lei Bo asked in surprise.

The crossbowmen on the fence caused heavy casualties to the Qingtang people, but the Qingtang people continued to fill in the trenches. Although countless Qingtang people fell to the ground, wailing like thunder, there was no fear at all.

After all, he is from Huainan, and this is the first time he has fought against the Qingtang people, and his understanding of the fighting habits of the Qingtang people is based on information on paper. This is the first real large-scale confrontation.

Su Duan smiled and said: "General Lei is too worried. But it's just because it's the first day. Although Qingtang people dare to die in battle, and they regard death in battles for many generations as a family, not all Qingtang people are not afraid of death. But it is Right now the morale is high, wait until a few days, you will know when you look at it. Moreover, Qingtang is a tribal system, and these strong men are all the private property of the leaders. When the number of casualties exceeds what the leaders are willing to bear After the number of people, those leaders are not willing to send troops."

Lei Bo suddenly realized, and only then did he understand Fu Jinchuan's deep meaning.Building such a strong fortress was not only to consume the food and grass of the Qingtang people, but also to consume their military spirit and morale.

At this moment, the soldiers of the Jin army on the wall, facing the surging Qingtang people, kept drawing their bows and firing their crossbows, and the arrows rained down on the ground in front of the camp.

And these reformed soldiers who belonged to the rebel army before have also experienced many wars.After going through the whole training, it is also a rare elite. At this moment, with the high walls and deep ditches as the basis, it is no problem to defend the camp.

Although some archers from Qingtang charged into the Jin army's rain of arrows and rushed dozens of steps to shoot at the Jin army, they also caused some casualties to the Jin army.But Qingtang people's bows are very weak, and some of them are even bounced off by the armor, even if they are hit by arrows, they seldom cause fatal injuries.

But the strong bows and crossbows of the Jin army were different. Within a distance of dozens of steps, they could completely penetrate the chain mail of the Qingtang people.

Except for its strength, the Jin army has all the advantages.And in this kind of fortified battle, the Qingtang people's military superiority was offset and invisible.

The battle lasted until evening, when the setting sun was like blood, the Qingtang people withdrew their troops.

On the first day of the fierce battle in Songzhou, they left only thousands of corpses in the wilderness.

(End of this chapter)