Chapter 1,245 The War Is Underway

Soon, more stone bullets rose into the air from the Tang Army's formation and flew directly towards the town.

"Bang..."

"Bang..."

"Boom..."

Tian Yu has not used the dozens of trebuchets that he made overnight yesterday. His main purpose is to draw out the defenders' trebuchets and then destroy them in one fell swoop. Of course, it doesn't matter if there are no trebuchets in the town. After all, such a town-level territory does not necessarily need to be attacked with trebuchets. He was confident that with the support of these twenty wells, he could capture Hukou Town.

The Tang Army's first round of trebuchets destroyed two trebuchets in the city. You know, trebuchets are more difficult to hit than the wells. What's more, the coalition's trebuchets were still hidden behind the town wall, so the first round of trebuchets could have Tian Yu is already very satisfied with this effect.

"The trebuchets continue to attack, and the crossbowmen do not stop. Suppress the enemy, and the infantry prepares to attack the city with ants!"

On top of the chariot in the town, Xu Huang's face was as dark as water. He saw that his side was completely suppressed by the Tang army, but he had nothing to do. There was no way. The gap in strength was here. They only had a few cities to come. If a country is a hostile country, it will be defeated sooner or later.

"General, why don't you let the cavalry attack!" A general next to him said: "We can't just be passive, otherwise it will be detrimental to morale."

Xu Huang shook his head: "It's useless. We only have four thousand cavalry. Not to mention the opponent's five thousand cavalry. Even the terrain outside the town is not suitable for cavalry combat at all. Once these cavalry go out, it will be in line with the Tang army's wishes. They can fight in When encountering our cavalry in such a narrow terrain, with the shrewdness of the opposing general, he will definitely seize this opportunity to severely damage the cavalry. This is more cost-effective than a battle between the two armies of cavalry in the wild. "

Behind Xu Huang, Liu Bao was also standing there. When he was about to speak, he heard Xu Huang's words and agreed in his heart: "What General Xu said is true. In fact, the purpose of a certain cavalry leader coming to support is to provide cover." The general and his entourage have evacuated. A certain family lord and military advisor have said that Hukou Town can be defended, but if it cannot be defended, as many troops as possible must be withdrawn into Dingyang City to preserve more troops to defend Dingyang. "

When the deputy general was about to speak, Xu Huang stretched out his hand to stop him: "Needless to say, my lord means the same as General Jiang. Originally, I was planning to delay as much time as possible in Hukou Town and kill as many Tang troops as possible. Soldier, it seems that I underestimated this Tian Yu."

"Then general, are we just going to wait here?" the deputy general said;

"No, depending on the situation, we won't be able to defend it for long. Now you immediately lead a thousand infantry and retreat from the north gate to ten miles to the west. Build a simple wall there. We must try to block it at every level. , to have a chance to retreat to Dingyang, and General Liu Bao, when the army retreats, the cavalry must be on the side. "

"Don't worry, General Xu. A certain family's cavalry is here to cover your retreat." Upon seeing this, Liu Bao assured him, patting his chest;

"Also, Lieutenant General Zhou, immediately send someone to report the situation here to the lord, so that Dingyang City can prepare accordingly." With that, Xu Huang handed the battle report he had written temporarily into the hands of the lieutenant general. Ask him to arrange for someone to send him to Dingyang immediately.

As Tian Yu and Xu Huang expected, the coalition catapults in the town suffered heavy losses in less than an hour's battle, losing almost half, while the losses of the Tang army outside the town were minimal.

In this hour, the Tang army had filled in all the trenches outside the town. Tian Yu ordered to throw stones and attack with all his strength. After five rounds, the siege soldiers of Yifu began to attack the town wall.

As time went by, although Xu Huanglian did not show it, he had to admit in his heart that he still underestimated Tang Jun. The space on the wall was really limited and his own troops could not be used. But for Tang Jun, The same result. However, Xu Huang discovered that the elite level of the Tang army was far beyond his expectation.

It had only been half an hour since the battle at the top of the city began.

However, the Tang army had already made several breakthroughs on the wall. Seeing this, Xu Huang immediately sent additional troops from the town to the wall. However, Tian Yu also seized this opportunity and sent another thousand troops towards the wall. Infantry.

Unfortunately, after half an hour of stalemate, Tang Jun still failed to gain a foothold on the town wall. Tian Yu, who was at the center of the army, saw that the siege troops and horsemen had lost their energy, so he no longer pressed for it. He said to the bodyguards beside him: "Send the order and withdraw the troops with gold. After the siege soldiers retreat fifty steps away, we will start to attack the wells and throw stones." Cars carry out a sweeping attack on the town!”

Soon the soldiers of Tang Dynasty retreated. After leaving the town wall fifty steps away, the wells and catapults began to attack the town wall and the inside of the town.

After nearly two hours of fighting, the defenders in the town had lost hundreds of people. However, the number of Tang troops outside the town was almost equal to that of the defenders. The main reason was that the Tang army had an overwhelming advantage. Arrow rain and The stone-throwing caused considerable losses to the defenders in the town.

On the contrary, the damage caused by the defenders to the Tang army was only concentrated during the battle on the wall, so it had such an effect. If Xu Huang hadn't been in control of the war and mobilized reinforcements to the town wall at the right time every time, the town might have been breached in the first round of attack.

"General, are you still going to attack?" a general next to Tian Yu asked;

"The soldiers who just withdrew will return to the camp to rest, and the siege towers and catapults will continue to attack. After a quarter of an hour, the A unit of the B school of the Eagle Camp will attack, and the B unit of the B school will be ready!" Tian Yu ordered without any hesitation;

"Yes!" A messenger immediately took the order and left.

A moment later, a thousand-man team of soldiers lined up and began to prepare for the attack 150 steps south of the town wall.

Inside the town, on the nest car, Xu Huang also saw the movement of the Tang army outside the town, and immediately ordered: "Come on, replace a part of the soldiers to stand by behind the city wall, and be ready to support the soldiers on the town wall at any time."

It's not that Xu Huang didn't want to replace the soldiers on the town wall, but there was no time at all. The siege towers and catapults of the Tang army did not wait until the siege soldiers retreated to 50 steps away before launching an attack. Xu Huang didn't dare to order the soldiers to leave the sheltered position on the town wall. At least staying there would have a greater chance of survival. If they walked around at this time, they would most likely be mashed into meat paste.

Soon, the personal guards went to pass on the order, and another group of soldiers who had been prepared in advance, led by the general, headed towards the town wall. However, they stopped forty or fifty steps behind the town wall, quietly waiting for the Tang army's catapults to stop attacking.