Chapter 1013: Conquering Dingtao (Part 2)
At this time, in Dingtao City, the two troops of the Eastern Conquest Army had already reached the city. In fact, Dian Wei's Iron Wall Battalion had already quietly attacked the city. However, when they approached the corner tower, they were discovered by patrolling soldiers. In desperation, Dian Wei had no choice but to order the guards around him to shoot rockets, while he led A group of soldiers entered the turret.
There were enough soldiers on duty in the turret. Just when the army was sleeping in a daze, the door of the turret was kicked open with a "touch" sound. Then countless Eastern Expedition troops rushed in and killed the defenders inside. A kill.
After taking control of the corner tower, Dianwei arranged for a group of iron wall battalions and a group of Yuanrong crossbowmen to defend. Their task was to block Cao Cao's army on the west wall, but he led the rest of the soldiers. The horse headed towards the north tower to kill. He was going to meet Gao Shun's troops.
Affected by the rocket launched by Dian Wei, Gao Shun's army was immediately discovered by the defenders at the top of the city, so the second rocket followed soon after.
Relatively speaking, the task of Gao Shun's army was even heavier. They had to seize the city gate, send people to open the city gate, and then guard there until the gate outside the city arrived. Of course, just opening the inner gate is not enough, because the city gate of Dingtao City also has a thousand-jin gate, so after occupying the city gate hole, Gao Shun must send some soldiers to attack the city wall from the passage next to the city gate, and fight with Dian Wei Together with all the troops, they captured the city tower, lowered the suspension bridge, and opened the thousand-jin gate.
Just a moment after the two rockets took off one after another, loud killing cries suddenly rang out from both the east and west cities. At first, the defenders thought it was another feint attack by the Zhengdong Army, but soon they discovered that the Zhengdong Army's attack was The city equipment appeared in the night, and only then did they know that the Eastern Expeditionary Army had really attacked the city. For a time, warning bells rang on three walls.
Cao's army in the city suddenly became panicked. For several days, the Eastern Expeditionary Army came to harass * every night, but there was no real attack on the city. This has made them accustomed to it. Now that the Eastern Expeditionary Army really launched an attack, instead Caught them a little off guard.
On the top of the city, Ren Jun deployed ordinary county soldiers, while the elite central army and backbone army rested in the military camp about two miles below the city wall so that they could have energy to deal with the day's war. However, when the soldiers and horses of the Zhengdong Army's surprise attack were discovered, they had already reached the city wall and the city gate. Facing the two most elite soldiers and horses of the Zhengdong Army, ordinary county soldiers were no match for them.
The county soldiers who lost the advantage of the city wall were quickly defeated by Dian Wei and Gao Shun. By the time the backbone army and the elite Chinese army at the north gate barracks arrived, the county soldiers had been forced outside the city tower. The tower was occupied by the Eastern Conquest Army.
At Dianwei's order, the suspension bridge of the north gate was lowered with a "bang", and the gate's thousand-jin gate was slowly opened. The 15,000 Eastern Expeditionary Army had already been prepared outside the moat. The elites poured into the city like a flood that burst a dam.
The first to enter the city were the five thousand Iron Eagle warriors. After entering the city, they quickly fought with the Cao army who had just arrived. When the elite of the Eastern Expedition Army, who had recharged their strength and had a good meal, collided with Cao Cao's army who had not yet woken up, it was like a huge wave rushing up the sand pile, and the pile of sand instantly merged with the beach.
After the army entered the city, the war barracks arranged two thousand soldiers to guard the city gate, while the two armies of Dianwei and Gao Shun quickly followed the city wall and fought towards the east and west walls. The other eight thousand soldiers were divided into separate groups. , the two armies followed the inner wall of the city wall and fought towards the east and west gates, echoing each other with Diangao's two armies on the top of the city. The last two armies followed behind the Iron Eagle Rui and fought towards the city.
When the killing cries filled the city, Ren Jun, who was resting in the prefect's mansion, had also woken up. Just when he was about to put on his clothes and armor and rush to the city, the captain of the personal soldiers rushed in and shouted in a panic. : "Sir, it's not good, the Eastern Expedition Army has entered the city."
Ren Jun was startled, grabbed the captain's armor, and said angrily: "What's going on?
How did the Eastern Expeditionary Army attack the city? Are the soldiers on duty at the top of the city all dead pigs? None of this was found. "
"No, sir, the Eastern Conquest Army did not break through the city wall from the outside, but suddenly appeared inside the city, and then..."
Ren Jun was startled, suddenly understood what was going on, and said in despair: "The tunnel must be an tunnel. No wonder they have been attacking and harassing them day and night these past few days. It turned out to be to cover up the sound of digging tunnels."
Having said this, Ren Jun slapped himself fiercely, with a loud "snap" sound, and bright red palm prints appeared on his face. Half of his face swelled up at a speed visible to the naked eye, which made the soldiers even look at it. Wei was stunned.
"My lord has entrusted this important town to me, but I can't hold it. How can I go to see my lord?" As he spoke, Ren Jun grabbed the long sword he put on the desk, pulled it out and prepared to kill himself. Fortunately, The captain of the personal soldier had quick eyes and quick hands and snatched the long sword from Ren Jun's hand.
At this time, Xue Hong led more than a thousand backbone troops and fled back to the prefect's mansion in embarrassment. Seeing Ren Jun still here in a daze, he repeatedly said: "Mr. Ren, we can't stop it. Tens of thousands of elite troops from the Eastern Expedition Army flooded into Beicheng." , a certain army can't stop them at all, retreat quickly and save your strength for the follow-up war. "
Xue Hong's words suddenly woke up Ren Jun. Since the Eastern Expeditionary Army had tens of thousands of troops entering the city, he had no hope of recapturing the North Gate, so retreating to preserve his troops was the best response at the moment.
"Come here, tell the soldiers at each city gate to evacuate Dingtao quickly. The lord's army is on the way. Let's withdraw to the lord's central army and make plans."
In fact, he also thought about defending the city, but there was no inner city in Dingtao. The only place that could be defended in the city was the governor's mansion. Then the governor's mansion was too small to accommodate many soldiers and horses, and Cao Cao's army was still dozens of miles away. Even if he defended the governor's mansion to death, he would not be able to support Cao Cao's reinforcements.
What he didn't know was that outside Dingtao City, 10,000 cavalrymen were waiting for their defeated soldiers.
An hour later, when it was bright, Dingtao City had completely fallen into the hands of the Eastern Expedition Army. The 30,000 Cao Cao troops had about a thousand casualties while defending the city for a few days. Today, there were 8,000 casualties and more than 10,000 prisoners in the melee, and more than 6,000 soldiers escaped from the South Gate. Of course, this is not the final number, because the 6,000 defeated soldiers who escaped from the South Gate should have thousands more killed or captured by the cavalry outside the city.
The Eastern Expedition Army suffered nearly 10,000 casualties during the several days of siege, and another 3,000 to 4,000 casualties in today's melee, for a total loss of more than 12,000 people.