Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 281 Xiang Kangdong Out
The reason why Xiang Kang dared to send the dragon to bypass Mianchi to attack Xin'an was because Xiang Kang had guessed Sima Ang's thoughts. He knew that Sima Ang would definitely order Wei Heng, the Henan army he had sent to Mianchi to garrison in advance, in order to prevent the Han army from advancing eastward. The troops only guarded and did not fight, and were firmly stuck at the throat of the Han army's advance, buying time for Sima Yang to deal with the changes in the battle situation on the western front. Therefore, even if Longqie's troops only had more than 1 people, when they bypassed Mianchi and went directly eastward, Wei Heng definitely didn't dare to go out of the camp to intercept easily, he would only worry that Long Qie's attack would lead the snake out of the hole, and watched Long Qie cross the border.

The situation was just as Xiang Kang expected. After more than a day, when the [-] Han troops led by Long Qi approached the outskirts of Mianchi City, the Henan Army Wei Heng's troops stationed outside Mianchi City chose to close the camp and stick to it. One soldier came out of the camp to intercept Longqie's troops. Even though he clearly saw Longqie's troops striding eastward from the southern suburbs of Mianchi and heading directly towards Xin'an, Wei Heng suspected that this was a trick of the Han army to lure the enemy. The army tricked out of the stronghold for a decisive battle, and categorically rejected the suggestion made by his subordinates to send troops to block it, and has been hiding in the strong fortress without taking any action.

In the end, after confirming that Longqie's troops were going straight to Xin'an without any tricks, Wei Heng realized that Longqie's goal was indeed Xin'an, not Mianchi.But it was too late to regret it, Wei Heng could only send someone to call Sima Ang for emergency, and at the same time urgently send someone to contact Xin'an, asking the Xin'an defenders to guard the city and wait for the main rescue of the Henan Army.

Fortunately, the terrain to the west of Mianchi has gradually opened up. Even if Long Qie successfully captured the small town of Xin'an, there was no way to completely cut off the Henan army's rescue of Mianchi. Therefore, Wei Heng was not particularly anxious, but just organized Henan soldiers to continue to reinforce For the camp fortifications, seize the time to dig the trenches wider and deeper, and build the walls higher and thicker, so as to meet the next brutal decisive battle with the main force of the Han army.

The movement speed of the main force of the Han army was also fast. On the evening of the day when Long Qi crossed Mianchi, the main front team of the Han army led by Ding Ji successfully arrived at the outskirts of Mianchi, and quickly set about establishing a camp in the southeast of Mianchi. At the same time, there was a Han army envoy With a white flag in hand, he came to contact Wei Heng, and promised a big reward for Xiang Kang to persuade Wei Heng to lead the crowd to surrender.As a result, Wei Heng, who was highly valued by Sima Ang, categorically rejected the Han army's kind offer to surrender, and the Han army envoy didn't mind, but just said goodbye with some harsh words.

"It doesn't matter if the general doesn't want to accept our King of Han's kindness. You can surrender when you have figured it out. We King of Han can guarantee your safety, but the envoy must kindly remind the general that you should surrender early, don't wait for us big man." If the soldier's sword is on your neck and you regret it, then you surrender, and the King of Han will not give you any good treatment."

Hearing the arrogance of the envoy of the Han army, the generals of the Henan army were a little angry and wanted to be rude to the envoy of the Han army. Fortunately, Wei Heng calmed down and waved his hand in time to stop the impulse of the generals under his command, and sent them away first. The Han army envoy, and then said: "Why should you be angry about a pedantic scholar? The two countries are fighting each other. If you don't kill the envoy, you will kill the envoy for a word. Spreading it will only damage the reputation of our soldiers in Henan."

"The main reason is that the envoy of the traitors is too crazy." A general of the Henan army said bitterly: "Listen to his tone, it's as if we are the fish on their anvil."

"It's better to be crazy, the more crazy the better." Wei Heng smiled and said: "Arrogance will inevitably underestimate the enemy, and those who underestimate the enemy will lose. I can't wait for Xiang Kang's child to be so crazy that he can't help but attack us as soon as he arrives in Mianchi. The camp, so that we can use the strong camp and high fortifications to attack the Han bandit army head-on."

Wei Heng didn't expect that his words would come true. In the morning of the next day, Xiang Kang led the main force of the Han army to the outskirts of Mianchi, and immediately set up camp while cutting down trees to make offensive weapons. Hastily preparing, Xiang Kang couldn't wait to lead the main force of the Han army to attack the Henan army camp outside the east gate of Mianchi. Wei Heng heard the news and didn't dare to neglect, so he quickly organized the army to stand firm and went to the front line to boost morale , commanding the soldiers of the Henan Army to face the enemy bravely.

The arrogance of the Han army was far beyond Wei Heng's imagination, and just after they formed a formation outside the Henan barracks, generals Ding Ji, Zhujishi, and Zhongli Mei couldn't wait to ask Xiang Kang for orders to lead the army by themselves Taking up the main attack task, they also rushed to express their willingness to issue a military order, and willing to be punished by military law if they could not break through the Henan military camp.Xiang Kang couldn't help laughing when he saw it, and said, "Are you all willing to issue a military order? Generals, are you so sure? Wei Hengpifu is Sima Ang's favorite general, and the camp he built is also very strong. Generals, you are not afraid of arrogant soldiers. defeat?"

"Your Majesty, it's not that the last general underestimates the enemy, it's that the last general really has this confidence." Ding Ji hurriedly said: "Although the camp built by Wei Hengpifu is strong, but no matter how strong it is, can it be as strong as the city wall? The last general is not afraid of attacking the city, And is there any need to be afraid that he, Wei Heng, only built a thin fortress in less than ten days? Besides, our current army strength is more than six times that of Wei Heng, and we have gunpowder weapons. If we are not sure about breaking through the bandit camp, I don't have the face to go back to see the elders of Guan Zhong and Huai Si."

"His ambition is commendable." Xiang Kang praised, and after a little calculation, he immediately said: "Forget it, since you all want to kill the enemy so much and make meritorious service, then we will not distinguish between main attack and feint attack this time, Ding Ji. In charge of attacking the south gate of the bandit camp, Zhong Limei is in charge of the east gate, and Zhujishi is in charge of the north gate, all three will attack simultaneously, all attacking at the same time, let's see who among you can break the camp first!"

The three generals happily sang promises, and Xiang Kang added: "As a reward, among the three of you, whoever can break through the gate of the thief camp first, I will send Zhang Zhong to lead the heavy armored soldiers to reinforce whoever is, and help him win the first prize!"

Generals Ding Ji and Zhongli Mo were even more delighted when they heard this, and quickly thanked Xiang Kang. Zhang Zhong, a brave general of the Han army wearing an iron helmet on his head, also opened his mouth and said in a calm tone: "Three generals, please let me go!" Well, whether the heavy armored soldiers of the Han Dynasty led by the last general can make meritorious service in the first battle depends on whether the three of you can help the last general open the way to enter the army."

Ding Ji, Zhong Limei and other generals smiled and did not speak, but immediately led their troops to the battlefield assigned to them by Xiang Kang, quickly prepared for the attack, and sent long shields to cover their bows and crossbows. Set up temporary field fortifications.Then when Xiang Kang's flag formation sounded the marching drum, the three generals also immediately dispatched [-] soldiers, carrying trench bridge carts, flying ladders, and bumper weapons, to attack the Henan Army's battalion at the same time. The three camp gates in the southeast and north launched an attack.

The battle officially started, and the Han army's battalion attacking troops had just entered the enemy's range. The bows, crossbows, feathers and arrows of the Henan army immediately shot at the Han army soldiers like flying locusts, regardless of how desperate the Han army soldiers behind the long shields were. Shooting arrows could not suppress the long-range firepower of the Henan Army. It only played a certain role in diversion, and the casualties of the soldiers of the Han Army also appeared and increased rapidly.

Of course, the soldiers of the Han army expanded with the veterans of the Young Marshal Army as the core backbone will not be so stupid as to just stand like a target. Under the command of the veterans, the soldiers of the Han army used round shields to protect the vital points of the head and chest, and tried to speed up. He rushed to the side of the Henan Army's camp at the fastest speed, and put the trench bridge car brought by the army on the trench. The soldiers in front fell to the ground due to arrows, and the comrades behind immediately made up for it, and raced against time to build the bridge across the trench.What's even more outrageous is that the soldiers of Zhongli Mei who were in charge of attacking the east gate threw primitive grenades directly at the Henan army barracks while building the bridge. The barracks wall was not as high as the city wall. The primitive grenade was thrown on the wall of the camp and even directly into the camp.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"

One after another of loud noises, the soldiers of Wei Hengjun who had not had time to see the original grenade were directly stunned. After being dizzy, the crossbowmen of Wei Hengjun were in chaos immediately, and the density of feather arrows also dropped immediately. Time quickly set up the trench bridge, carrying the flying ladder and rushing through the trenches of the Henan Army's guard camp one after another. Just after the flying ladder was put on the wall, he immediately stepped up the ladder and launched an attack on the top of the camp wall.Zhong Limei waved his hand in the back, and immediately another thousand soldiers of the Han army strode forward, carrying the flying ladder and rushing to the range of the Henan army's feather arrows to wait for orders.

"Gunpowder weapons are used so soon? Do you think saltpeter and brimstone are cheap?"

Seeing this situation, Xiang Kang, who did not ask his generals when to use gunpowder weapons, was inevitably a little dumbfounded, and immediately began to regret that he forgot to tell the generals of the Han army to use gunpowder weapons sparingly, but the iron rooster Xiang Kang was still bleeding Seeing that Zhong Limei used gunpowder weapons so shamelessly in order to grab merit, he was not polite to attack Zhujishi and Ding Ji at the north and south gates of the enemy camp, and immediately ordered their troops to invest in gunpowder weapons. It was not easy to use Xiang Kang The hard-earned money they exploited is for themselves.

At the same time, although Zhang Zhong, a brave general of the Han army, remained calm, his gaze had already turned to his troops—six hundred men like him, all wearing black steel scale armor and iron helmets on their heads. Han army heavy infantry!

By the way, let me introduce the general situation of Zhang Zhong. Among the generals under Xiang Kang's command, this Zhang Zhong is definitely an outlier. He was brave, and he was noticed by Xiang Kang early on, and he planned to train him as a general, but Zhang Zhong had no interest in commanding operations. He only liked to charge forward and kill the enemy with his own hands. He took the initiative to refuse his promotion.Xiang Kang appreciated his martial arts and wanted to incorporate him into his personal army, but Zhang Zhong also politely declined and insisted on staying among the ordinary soldiers. (historical figure)

Logically speaking, a fool like Zhang Zhong who doesn't know what is good or bad may only stay at the grassroots all his life, and he may die on the battlefield of the two armies sooner or later, but it is also his luck. After Xiang Kang settled down in Guanzhong, he organized craftsmen to start researching It took countless manpower and material resources to create steel armor, and it cost a huge price. With great difficulty, more than 600 pairs of steel armor that can only appear in later generations were produced. It was decided to select [-] elite soldiers with outstanding martial arts and strong body to form a special force. Personally named the Heavy Armored Soldier.Then when considering the commander of this heavy armored army, Xiang Kang first thought of Zhang Zhong who left a deep impression on him.

It is definitely a hit, just put on the steel armor carefully crafted by the craftsmen of the Han army, Zhang Zhong immediately fell in love with this kind of steel armor, which is far more protective than leather armor, stone armor and bronze armor, and accepted Xiang Kang without hesitation. He led [-] carefully selected Han warriors to train day and night, and quickly formed combat effectiveness. Xiang Kang also placed high hopes on Zhang Zhong and his important soldiers. Jiabing can become an elite army like the back Wei army and the trapped camp, and become your own ace army.

Closer to home, although the Han army invested gunpowder weapons prematurely, it was not in vain to do so. Relying on the amazing scaring effect of the primitive grenade, the soldiers of the Han army who attacked from three directions at the same time were all in one charge. One after another, soldiers successfully rushed to the top of the Henan Army’s camp wall and fought fiercely with the Henan Army soldiers guarding the camp. Xiang Kang didn’t dare to waste his opportunity, so he hurriedly let the flag array beat drums vigorously to cheer for the frontline soldiers.

As a result, the fierce battle became more brutal and bloody. On the top of the three city walls in the north, south, and east of the Henan Army, soldiers from both armies were fighting with their lives. Into the reserve team, to reinforce the defenders on the base who were stunned by the primitive grenade.

Fortunately, the wall is not as towering and difficult to climb as the city wall. Under the cover of Xiandeng's companions, the soldiers of the Han army continued to rush to the wall for reinforcements. Although they failed to defeat the defenders of the Henan army in three directions, However, they were not all driven off the wall by the defenders, and successfully pulled the enemy on the base into a stalemate that was more beneficial to the Han army. The strength of the Han army was more than six times that of the Henan army, and the stalemate was of course more advantageous.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the three generals, Long Qi, Zhong Limei and Ding Ji, not only did not hesitate to join the reinforcements of the rear army, but Zhong Limei, who was fed up with the uselessness in Nanyang before, couldn't wait to join the [-] rear army to be responsible for Assaulting the east gate of the Henan army's camp, he was determined to break through the gate of the enemy's camp first, and obtain the reinforcements of heavy armor that all the generals of the Han army coveted.

It's a pity that although the Han army attacked fiercely, the Henan army was not a vegetarian. Under Wei Heng's command, the soldiers of the Henan army also fought fiercely on the base. , while taking the time to shoot arrows to kill the soldiers of the Han army outside the camp, resulting in constant casualties of the soldiers of the Han army, and there is still no way to completely break the deadlock.

Zhong Limei really hoped to wash away the shame of Nanyang's disastrous defeat. Seeing that his soldiers were unable to attack for a long time, Zhong Limei temporarily handed over the command to his deputy, led an army in person, and launched a charge to the east gate of the Henan Army under his own banner.As a result, the Henan Army's feathered arrows, of course, seemed to have discovered a magnet, and they shot all over the place at Zhonglimei's banner, but the morale of the Han Army soldiers was greatly boosted, and they charged even more violently. They were responsible for attacking the camp gate. The soldiers of the Han army also seemed to have gone crazy, and they carried the bumper and slammed into the gate of the Henan barracks crazily, causing huge pressure on the Henan army.

The situation once again made Xiang Kang's nose crooked. Seeing that Zhong Limei was so shameless that he went into battle to boost morale in person, Zhujishi and Ding Ji followed suit by temporarily handing over the command and leading the army in person.Of course Xiang Kang yelled at him when he saw him, but Wei Heng and other soldiers of the Henan Army in the Henan Army camp were all dumbfounded, and said, "Have the Han thieves gone crazy? Why are all the generals in command going into battle? What did Xiang Kang give to them?" What reward is it worth their hard work?"

In the end, the one who strikes first is the stronger, he was wounded by an arrow and rushed to the front and rear of the Henan Daying Gate. Zhong Limei and his soldiers raised the bumper, roared and slammed into the east gate of the Henan Army's camp at full speed. Miraculously, after a loud bang, before Ding Ji and Zhujishi broke through the east gate of the Henan army's camp, there was an earth-shattering cheer from the Zhongli Mei army's position!

"Simmon knife cart! Get on! Quick!"

Breaking through the gate of the camp does not mean victory. The well-prepared soldiers of the Henan Army immediately pushed the gate knife carts full of sharp blades in front of them, rushed up to block the gap in the camp gate, and shot directly at the camp gate to prevent the Han army from advancing. At the same time, they tried their best to carry the soil, stone and straw bags to block the gate of the camp, saying that they would not give the Han army a chance to enter the camp.

"Zhang Zhong, it's up to you." Xiang Kang ordered lightly, and Zhang Zhong, who had high hopes from Xiang Kang and the generals of the Han army, didn't speak. He just bowed his hands to Xiang Kang, and then rushed to the He waved in front of the heavy armored soldiers of the Han army directly under him, and led [-] heavy armored soldiers of the Han army in heavy armor like him to dispatch.

Relying on the hard work of Zhong Limei and other Han army officers and soldiers to stop them, the heavy armored soldiers of the Han army rushed to the east gate position of the Henan army camp before the Henan army completely closed the gap, and when these [-] humanoid tanks joined After leaving the battlefield, the soldiers of the Henan Army also completely fell into a nightmare...

"monster!"

It is indeed a monster. The crossbow arrows fired by Henan soldiers in a straight line at close range are enough to easily pierce through leather armor, and at least can cause serious injuries to the enemy. Small damage, but after the same crossbow arrow hits the steel armor of the Han army generals, even if a series of sparks are hit, there is no way to shoot through the steel armor, causing damage to the Han army soldiers behind the steel armor. It landed on its own after making a sound, and there were even very few arrowheads embedded in the steel armor of the Han army.

The same is true for other weapons in the hands of the generals of the Henan Army. Whether it is a spear made of copper or iron or a war spear, there is almost no way to pierce the steel armor of the heavy armored soldiers of the Han Army, or even hit the helmet of the heavy armored soldiers of the Han Army. , There is no way to cause fatal injuries to the soldiers of the Han army, and the heavily armored soldiers of the Han army holding steel knives, steel swords and steel spears can usually directly kill the soldiers of the Henan army as long as they counterattack.

Not to mention exaggeration, the iron weapons of the Han Dynasty directly eliminated the bronze weapons, not to mention that the heavy armor soldiers of the Han army directly used carbon-doped ground strip steel, which far exceeded wrought iron weapons and wrought iron weapons in terms of strength and hardness. armor.

The line of defense maintained by the Henan army with Saimen knife carts was broken through by the heavy armored soldiers of the Han army in just a moment. The generals of the Henan army headed by Wei Heng tried their best to urge the army to stop them, but the weapons in the hands of the Henan soldiers could hardly cause damage to the heavy armored soldiers of the Han army. No matter how you step forward to block them, you will die in vain. Several lines of defense were directly smashed by the heavy armored soldiers of the Han army, leaving dead bodies and flesh and blood all over the ground. The scene was horrible.The soldiers of the Henan Army scattered and fled screaming in despair, while the armored soldiers of the Han Army kept on walking, and went straight to the Henan Army's Chinese camp.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zhongli Mo's troops of course launched an all-out general offensive, pouring into the Henan army camp one after another like a tide. The Zhujishi and Ding Ji armies also seized the opportunity to launch a fierce attack. With the momentum of Mount Tai, they forcibly broke through Henan The north and south camp gates of the army broke into the camp separately, and the Henan army was defeated like a mountain.

In front of the Henan Army's Central Army Camp, the Han Army's heavily armored soldiers encountered some resistance. Unfortunately, the Henan Army had spent almost all of its manpower and material resources on building the outer camp defense line. The Central Army Camp was only protected by a very thin fence. Without even digging the trenches for the guard camp, the heavy armored soldiers of the Han army were temporarily blocked by the fence, and immediately threw some primitive grenades to clear the way, which quickly blew up the Henan soldiers guarding the camp gate and forcibly smashed open the Henan army's central camp He opened the door and rushed directly to Wei Heng's Chinese army camp.

At the same time, seeing that his Chinese camp had also been breached, the desperate Henan Army Wei Heng had no courage at all, so he quickly escaped from the Chinese camp with the troops he could restrain, and fled towards the east gate of Mianchi. , trying to escape into Mianchi and continue to defend the city.However, Xiang Kang had expected this a long time ago, and arranged the Han army cavalry led by Guan Ying at the junction of the Henan army camp and Mianchi in advance. Immediately shouted and rushed forward, wielding the saber developed by Xiang Kang after he entered Guanzhong, he slashed and killed the defeated Henan army, and quickly harvested the corpses of the defeated Henan army like melons and vegetables.

The sabers of the cavalry of the Han army once again brought surprises to the Henan army. They have long been accustomed to the cavalry's tactics of shooting arrows and dismounting on horseback. The defeated army was caught off guard again, and was once again killed by the Han cavalry in the blink of an eye. Wei Heng, who was wearing conspicuous armor and cloak, was quickly spotted by the Han cavalry, and was immediately surrounded by the Han cavalry...

At the same time, a fast horse also rushed back from the direction of Xin'an, and rushed directly to where Xiang Kang's handsome flag was. , "Congratulations, King, congratulations, Xin'an Jiebao, General Longqie has successfully captured Xin'an City."

"Good job." Xiang Kang nodded in satisfaction, took another look at the Mianchi East Gate battlefield where the fighting was in full swing, and said to himself: "I haven't let me down, it's up to Guan Ying, if we let Wei Hengpuff go well Fleeing into Mianchi City, we may still have to fight this battle."

Guan Ying did not disappoint Xiang Kang, but after a while, a group of Han army cavalry happily escorted a Henan army general to Xiang Kang, and shouted from a distance: "My lord, we caught Wei Hengpifu Already!"

Xiang Kang's smile was even worse, because Wei Heng knelt down in front of Xiang Kang without even blinking his eyelids after being escorted in front of Xiang Kang, and immediately yelled, "King of Han, general Wei Heng is willing to surrender! General is willing to surrender! King, your envoy said that no matter when sin general surrenders, you will forgive him and never die. Your Majesty, you are a golden branch and jade leaf, you must keep your word! Now general sin has surrendered with all his heart——!"

Xiang Kang smiled, ignored Wei Heng, just turned his gaze to the east, and said in his heart: "Mianchi must be fine, I have successfully won Xin'an, Mianchi and Shan County, and the next battle will be very beneficial to me "Uncle Zhou, it's up to you to perform this time, if you can successfully lure Sima Ang's main force across the Yellow River and keep him in Hanoi, I don't think it will be difficult for me not to wipe out Sima Ang quickly."

(End of this chapter)