Chapter 1,261 No Way to Escape
It took less than a quarter of an hour from the time the Xiongnu cavalry started to attack to the time when all the cavalry dismounted and surrendered. When Yu Xin and his men returned to the fortress wall, the five thousand infantrymen in Dingyang City had already reached the official road outside the fortress. It can be said that this time was quite tight. If it was a little later, the Tang army in the fortress would face the danger of being attacked from both inside and outside.
However, even so, the two thousand Tang army also lost more than two hundred people, most of whom were casualties caused by the siege of the Xiongnu cavalry. Fortunately, Yu Xin reacted quickly and shot the centurion of the Xiongnu cavalry at the first time, otherwise the cavalry losses of the Tang army would be even greater.
Now, in addition to the more than two hundred people who died on the spot, there are about two hundred lightly and seriously wounded soldiers in the fortress. Among these soldiers, the seriously injured have been carried together for treatment, and the lightly injured soldiers are busy collecting Xiongnu captives and war horses. Now there are only one thousand five hundred people who can participate in the war.
However, Yu Xin did not send all the people to the top of the city wall, but only arranged more than 400 people to defend on the fortress wall. After all, the fortress was only so big, and there were not many people who could squeeze in, so he simply divided the people into three waves.
Soon, the 5,000 infantrymen of Dingyang City rushed to the outside of the fortress and stopped 200 steps. Seeing that the gate of the fortress was closed and full of Tang soldiers, the captain of the army could not help but be angry. These Huns were looking for death, and now they were riding a tiger and it was difficult to get off. Now anyone can see that this is a trap. If the Hun cavalry and his infantry were together, Qi would fall into it so easily. New 81 Chinese website is updated the fastest mobile terminal: https:/
As for the experience of the Hun cavalry, he can think of it with his eyes closed. It's nothing more than luring the enemy deep into the city first, and then closing the door to beat the dog.
But now all the 1,000 Hun cavalry are trapped. If he retreats without fighting, he will probably be killed when he returns to the city. Besides, he was basically certain that there should not be many Tang troops in the fort, otherwise they would not have adopted such a strategy, wanting to draw out the soldiers and horses in the city and consume some of the troops in the city.
It was only because the Xiongnu cavalry was caught off guard that such a result occurred. Now he had 5,000 infantrymen in his hands. Although there were no siege equipment, this kind of small town-level fort did not need too advanced equipment. He just had to fill one or two passages and directly hit the fort gate.
Thinking of this, he arranged soldiers to prepare for the trench filling attack while sending several soldiers back to the city to report the news that the Xiongnu cavalry had been completely destroyed.
Soon, the Dingyang coalition army made several simple siege ladders and cut a huge wood to use as a battering ram to hit the door.
Under the command of the lieutenant, hundreds of Dingyang coalition soldiers carried siege ladders and siege rams and launched an attack on the fort.
What the captain didn't expect was that he thought it was an easy attack on a small fort, but his attacks failed one after another. Seeing that it was going to be dark in more than an hour, the captain was a little anxious. Excluding the injured soldiers, he only had 3,500 people left.
In anger, the captain ordered the 3,000 to be divided into three parts and attacked the three walls of the fort.
This round of attack finally had some effect. Not long after, some soldiers attacked the fort wall. This time, they were not driven down before they could stand firm like the previous times.
"Captain, we're attacking, we're attacking..."
Looking at the situation on the fortress wall, the captain of the Dingyang coalition army finally breathed a sigh of relief. Then, before he could savor this hard-earned joy, the personal soldiers around him shouted again: "Captain... Captain... It's over... Look behind..."
"Bah,
You're the one who's finished..." The captain was furious when he heard it. He turned his head and looked at his personal soldier. He was about to scold him, but he saw that two miles away from Dingyang City in the east, the dark mass of Tang troops were coming towards him. Judging from their posture, there were thousands of them.
"It's over!" Seeing this scene, the captain felt as if a bucket of ice water was poured from head to toe in the middle of winter, and his whole body was cold.
At this time, he didn't understand that this was clearly a big trap of the Tang army. Not only did they want to swallow up a thousand cavalry, but they also wanted to swallow up all of their own five thousand infantry. But he couldn't figure out why the Tang army had so many soldiers and horses here. Judging from their posture, there must be at least eight thousand if not ten thousand.
The reason why he had such an idea was that, in addition to the 3,000 soldiers led by Liu Shang behind him, there were many flags on the ridges beside the official road. On the ridges, there were at least thousands of people.
"Quick, pass the order, the attacking soldiers retreat, the guard camp, be prepared to defend against the enemy." After the captain reacted, he shouted loudly to his personal soldiers;
"Ding Ding..."
As the sound of the gong suddenly sounded, the soldiers of the Dingyang coalition who were fighting with the Tang army had to abandon the Tang army and retreat quickly. Fortunately, the Tang army did not follow and pursue. After the soldiers of the Dingyang coalition retreated, they quickly lined up beside the captain and prepared to fight with the Tang army in the east.
Then, something desperate happened. When the 3,000 Tang soldiers arrived at the official road south of the fort, they did not immediately attack the Dingyang coalition army. At this moment, behind them, the gate of the fort opened, and then a group of Tang cavalry came out from inside, with as many as a thousand people, and lined up a few hundred steps behind the Dingyang coalition army.
Seeing this, the soldiers of the Dingyang coalition were so frightened that their faces turned pale. No one expected that there were nearly a thousand Tang cavalry hidden in this fort. Now thousands of Tang elite troops in the south were ready for battle, and there were more than a thousand cavalrymen nearby, watching closely. Everyone felt that they had reached the end of their rope.
Only the lieutenant understood that there were actually no Tang cavalry in the fort, but those damned Huns gave all their war horses to the Tang army, which made the Tang army have so many war horses. But it was useless to say this now. Even if these thousand cavalrymen were all for show, they only had three thousand exhausted troops. How could they stop the attack of the Tang army?
"It seems that I will die here today." The captain thought to himself;
What surprised him was that the Tang army did not launch an attack. After a while, a Tang soldier came out of the crowd and walked a hundred steps in front of the Dingyang coalition. The soldier stood still and said loudly: "Listen, soldiers on the opposite side, my general said that you have no way to escape. If you abandon your weapons and surrender, I will spare your life. After my army captures Dingyang, I will properly settle you."
The words of the Tang soldier made many soldiers of the Dingyang coalition army excited. Everyone knew what the situation was. If they could survive, who would not want to live except those diehards?
As soon as the Tang army's words came out, the captain knew that he could no longer fight. Faced with such a situation, even if he wanted to continue, the soldiers had lost the will to fight, so he summoned five captains and discussed with them.