Chapter 695: Battle of Jiguan (2)

As the soldiers approached the wall, the most brutal ant-like siege of the city wall began. The soldiers who had been preparing for several days threw a piece of rolling stone and wood to the soldiers under the city. The soldiers who were attacking the city wall along the siege ladder were instantly knocked down from the ladder and fell directly to the city with a long scream.

At the same time, the long-range attack of the Sizhou army had completely stopped, but the archers on the city wall could shoot at the city wall unscrupulously. Although it was just scattered, it still had a great impact on the soldiers under the city. On the one hand, they needed to beware of the arrows shot down from the city wall at any time, and on the other hand, they needed to attack the city wall desperately.

In addition to Pang Tong, there were two people around Huangfu Chaobo. One was Dian Man, the eldest son of Dian Wei. The boy was already thirteen years old, but looking at his figure, he could be regarded as a teenager of sixteen or seventeen years old. The other person is Bingzhou Hao Zhao, a talented general whom Huangfu Chaobo values ​​very much. Although he is only ten years old now, he has been growing up in the general's mansion for these years, and he has the body of an ordinary child of twelve or thirteen years old.

This time, Huangfu Chaobo thought that it was just right to bring both children to broaden their horizons.

In fact, Dian Man is fully capable of entering the army for training, but he has been suppressed by Huangfu Chaobo. In addition to practicing martial arts every day, he also studies military tactics with Hao Zhao, just like Huangfu Chaobo trained Huang Xu and his sister. Huangfu Chaobo also hopes that Dian Man can get rid of his father's reputation as a fierce general and become a brave and strategic general.

Standing on the watchtower car, while watching the fierce battle ahead, Pang Tong carefully explained to the two the knowledge of various siege and defense battles. For the two, this is a very rare opportunity.

Time passed quickly. By noon, the Henei army fought hard but still made little progress. After a morning, they had not been able to attack the city wall. However, more than 14,000 soldiers had taken turns to attack, and 3,000 people were killed or injured.

Seeing this, Huangfu Chaobo looked at Pang Tong, who nodded and said, "My lord, call the troops back. I have a general idea of ​​the situation of the garrison on the pass. The army will rest and attack again in the afternoon!"

Huangfu Chaobo also nodded and ordered the call back.

With a burst of sound, the attacking Henei army retreated like a tide. Of course, the soldiers who retreated did not forget to withdraw the siege equipment and the injured soldiers. At this time, the wells and catapults attacked the wall again to cover the retreat of the soldiers.

After a while, the Henei army retreated safely. After Sima Lang placed the army behind Zhong'an, he hurriedly led a group of children from noble families to the central army. As soon as they saw Huangfu Chaobo, they knelt on the ground and said in unison: "We are incompetent and failed to capture the pass. Please punish us, General."

"It's okay. I have seen the performance of the army just now. It's not that you didn't work hard, but the defenders are really strong. It's not a crime of war. Generals, please stand up and lead the soldiers back to the camp to rest."

"Thank you, General, for not punishing me!" Everyone said in unison;

After lunch at noon, after a short rest in the afternoon, the army continued to attack Jiguan. However, the attack in the afternoon was replaced by the defenders of Luoyang. According to the arrangement of Pang Tong and Zhao Yun, it was impossible to attack such a strong pass in one go. The defenders could only keep continuous pressure on the defenders in the pass in the early stage. At the right time, they could use elite war horses to attack the pass, so that it would be possible to take it in one go.

The commander of the battle this time was Su Zhi. Compared with the soldiers of the Henei family in the morning, it was obvious that he had a much more accurate grasp of the rhythm of the battle. The afternoon attack lasted only for more than an hour before the troops were withdrawn. The main reason was that the army attacked from east to west. At about 3 or 4 in the afternoon, the sunlight had a great impact on the soldiers, so at Pang Tong's suggestion, the attack was ended.

The afternoon attack caused the army to lose more than a thousand people again, but the soldiers attacked the wall twice. Although they could not hold out for long, the Hedong army drove them down the wall.

However, compared with the morning battle, there has been great progress.

At the same time, Pang Tong called the children of the Xie family in Chi County and asked about the surrounding situation in detail. Then he sent people to look for ordinary people familiar with Jiguan, hoping to find a small path to go around Jiguan and echo the attack in front of the pass.

At night, Zhao Yun arranged for the soldiers to harass all night. After a night, there was not much effect, but Pang Tong insisted on doing so.

. The next two days were still the same. With the experience of the previous day, Pang Tong discussed with Zhao Yun and divided the guards into several parts, and several generals took turns to attack. The purpose was both to train soldiers and generals.

In this way, over the three days, the 70,000 defenders basically took turns. At this time, the defenders inside the pass had suffered considerable losses. Coupled with the harassment every night, the morale of the defenders dropped a lot.

On the morning of the 18th, Pang Tong suggested that Zhao Yun could consider breaking through the pass. Moreover, it was almost time to harvest grain. If he could not enter the Hedong territory as soon as possible, Jiangpei would have more capital to defend the city once the grain was harvested.

As the horn sounded, the army was ready to go again. Today, the Longxiang Camp under Zhao Yun's command went to battle. Although Zhao Yun did not lead the army to fight in person, in addition to the deputy generals of the Longxiang Camp, Wang Yong and Zuo Xiao, Su Zhi, Yang Feng and Dian Wei would also fight.

Pang Tong meant that with the previous few days of attack, today should be able to take down the enemy in one go. Originally, Huangfu Chaobo wanted the personal guard camp to attack, but was stopped by Zhao Yun. Yuanrong crossbowmen are more suitable for defending the city and assisting, Xianzhen Camp is more suitable for defense, and although Tieying Ruishi is suitable for attacking the city, there are more important things to do later, that is, pursuit.

Because there is a mountain road of one or two hundred miles after Jiguan, the target army will have to be more suitable for pursuit. Huangfu Chaobo thought about it and felt that it made sense, so he agreed to Zhao Yun's arrangement.

On the wall of the pass, Jiang Jian looked at the Sizhou army a few miles outside the pass. Although he was not a famous general after a long battle, he could feel that the soldiers who went to fight this time were definitely not ordinary soldiers. Standing on the wall of the pass, he could clearly feel the murderous aura coming from the opposite side.

In his opinion, today's battle should be the last battle on Jiguan.

"Jiang Jian!" Jiang Jian shouted without turning his head;

"General, what are your instructions?" A young general next to him stepped forward and said;

"How are the preparations going?" The words might sound a bit confusing to others, but the two of them knew it well.