Chapter 1099: Changes of the Xianbei People
As Zheng Xiong expected, in less than an hour, the Xianbei people's second round of attack began. Compared with the first round of attack, this time the attack was obviously smoother, and the cooperation between the Xianbei soldiers was better than before. Of course, these things cannot be seen by a battlefield veteran like Zheng Xiong.
More than an hour later, the second round of attack was repulsed again. Looking at the statistics compiled by his subordinates, Zheng Xiong's face was as gloomy as water. In the first round of attack, the casualties of Sergeant Tang's soldiers were only about twenty. All of them were Injured by bows and arrows from the city, the casualties in this round of attack were obviously greater, with more than a hundred casualties. Although the casualties of the Xianbei people were not small, the gap between the two sides was decreasing.
After the Xianbei people's third round of attack was repelled, Zheng Xiong had completely confirmed what he was thinking. This round of attack resulted in nearly two hundred casualties of the Tang army's soldiers. Although these soldiers were all defenders, they were all He is a veteran soldier of several years. Although he has not reached the level of a combat soldier, he is far from what ordinary soldiers can compare with. After three rounds of fighting today, the losses of the garrison in the town have increased sharply. Although Zheng Xiong can be sure that the losses will basically be maintained at this amount in the subsequent battles, you must know that there are only two thousand soldiers and horses in the entire town. Even if Nearly half of these soldiers were slightly injured and could continue to fight after a few days of treatment, but it did not help the overall situation.
After hurriedly arranging the defense on the city wall, Zheng Xiong went down to the city and summoned a group of generals to discuss the matter. After a while, two thousand-man captains and ten commanders rushed to the administrative hall in the town. Three of them were of varying importance. One of them was injured. After Zheng Xiong confirmed that the three of them had no major problems, he said, "Let's talk about it. Do you have any ideas about today's battle?"
One of the captains stood up and said: "Captain, I found that the Xianbei people this time are different from the previous ones?"
"Oh, what's the difference?" Zheng Xiong looked at his subordinate with interest. This was a warrior he discovered when he gathered the refugees at the beginning of Longhua. The conditions in all aspects were pretty good. From a small soldier to a captain.
"My subordinates discovered that this time the Xianbei people seemed to have learned a little bit about how to attack the city. Unlike before, they only knew how to swarm the city by relying on people alone, or rely only on their cavalry and archery to suppress the city. Among their soldiers, Jian seems to have learned how to cooperate, even if it is only the most basic level."
"That's right," another captain next to him said: "In today's three rounds of attacks, although the number of casualties among the Xianbei people was basically the same, our soldiers lost more and more each time. If this continues, our pressure will become greater in the future. times increase.”
Inspired by the two of them, everyone else suddenly understood and talked about their feelings. Looking at the discussion of his generals, Zheng Xiong nodded repeatedly. The purpose of recruiting everyone was to sound the alarm for them. He was afraid that his generals would continue to look down on the Xianbei army because the military order he received was to defend Tangtougou Town. Fifteen days, and then wait for an opportunity to retreat to Tangtou Gou Pass. If they slack off and allow Xianbei to take advantage of the opportunity and capture the town in advance, he himself will have no shame in returning to Longhua City.
Seeing that everyone was already alert, Zheng Xiong stopped everyone from talking: "Well, since everyone has noticed it, we should be extremely vigilant in the subsequent wars and don't let the Xianbei people take advantage of them. There is no gap, otherwise we would have no shame in withdrawing from Longhua."
After listening to Zheng Xiong's words, everyone was stunned. Most of them understood the meaning behind the words. After hearing this, all the generals clasped their fists and accepted the order: "Don't worry, Captain, I will definitely be careful and will never do anything to you." The Xianbei army has half a degree of contempt."
"Okay, this is best." Zheng Xiong smiled and nodded: "Xie Ming, you stay, and when it gets dark, you lead a few people back to Tangtougou Pass and hand over today's battle report to the general. Or we must remind the general that the Xianbei people are already learning how to attack the city. "
Since Huangfu Chaobo was promoted to the title of Duke, many military generals are not used to calling him the Duke.
Therefore, many generals call him by the name of General.
"Captain," said the commander named Xie Ming, "otherwise, you should return to the pass in person and report to the general. The general is afraid that after seeing the general, he will be so nervous that he can't speak."
Zheng Xiong slapped him on the head and said: "You boy, I gave you a chance, you still know how to seize it. Besides, I will not leave here. If I leave here, you know that I will return to the customs to report the war situation." , But as for the ordinary soldiers, they might think that I, the general, have run away, which is bad for the morale of the army! But you kid, you will still come back after sending the letter, so don’t think about hiding in the pass. "
As he said that, Zheng Xiong burst into laughter.
Everyone present heard what the two said, and everyone burst into laughter. Everyone knew that Zheng Xiong was joking, and Xie Ming would definitely not just stay in the pass without coming back. You must know that he still has nearly a hundred people left. His subordinates are in the town.
Xie Ming looked at everyone with a red face and said, "Colonel Lieutenant, do you think I am the kind of person who runs away from battle?"
"Okay, okay, let's all disperse. Xiao Xiezi, you should go and eat quickly, then leave the town and send the battle report to the pass as soon as possible."
When everyone heard this, they all saluted and returned to their own army.
Two hours later, Huangfu Chaobo in Tangtougou Pass saw the music leader. After reading Zheng Xiong's battle report carefully, Huangfu Chaobo handed it to Guo Jia and then asked Xie Ming. When asked about the details of today's day's battle, Zheng Xiong's battle report was detailed, but it was far less detailed than what the parties involved said. After listening to Xie Ming's explanation, Huangfu Chaobo asked for some more details, and then gave orders. After leading him down, Huangfu Chaobo's original intention was to let Xie Ming stay in the pass, but he could not overcome Xie Ming's persistence, so he was quietly sent out of the pass and let him return to Tangtou Pass Town.
After Xie Ming left, Huangfu Chaobo looked at everyone in the hall and said, "How is it? What do you think?"
Guo Jia did not speak immediately, but looked at Huang Xu, the commander of the war camp. Seeing this, Huang Xu quickly stood up and replied: "If Zheng Xiong's words are true, then it is basically certain that the Xianbei people's tactics have indeed changed." It was different from a few years ago. However, as far as the general knew, Zheng Xiong was an old man when he first came to Longhua. He had participated in all the wars, and his judgment should be correct. Moreover, judging from the statement of the commander. It can also be seen that there have indeed been some changes in the Xianbei people's fighting methods."