Volume 10 Chapter 247

Chapter 247

Xiao Xuan hoped that the An army could win the battle, but Yue Ze did not understand his good intentions. He waved his hand and said, "Brother Xiao Wang, our An army has a lot of siege equipment, which is enough to deal with a simple clearance."

He said it with full confidence, and Xiao Xuan did not force it. As long as he could win, Yue Ze could fight however he wanted.

Yue Ze boasted in public, and after leaving the central army tent, he immediately returned to the An army camp.

When he saw his subordinates, his tone suddenly took a 180-degree turn. He made clear requirements to his generals, that if they could fight this battle, they should fight, and if they could not, they should fight immediately and thoroughly, in order to minimize their own losses.

The An generals understood and nodded to show that they understood.

Before the battle started, the An army led by Yue Ze had the idea of ​​preserving their strength. Not to mention that the opponent was the Zhen army, even if it was just a group of bandits, it was hard to say whether they could win under this idea.

Soon, the 200,000 An army left the coalition camp and headed straight for Tongguan, ten miles away.

There was no conversation on the way, and the An army arrived outside Tongguan smoothly. Although Tongguan is a checkpoint, its area is about the same as a small city. Since it is a military facility, there are no civilians inside the checkpoint. The huge checkpoint is just barracks, which seems a bit empty.

The wall of Tongguan is not very high, at most about three meters. Because it was built a long time ago and has never been renovated, the wall also looks shabby, and there are large cracks in many places.

Looking up at the wall, the number of Zhen troops is not small. Standing on it, it is so dense that it is difficult to tell the number. According to the intelligence of the coalition forces, there are more than 30,000 defenders in Tongguan, which is far from the 200,000 An army.

Yue Ze personally supervised the battle, looked in the direction of the pass, grinned secretly, the intelligence said that there were 30,000 Zhen troops in the pass, how come the Zhen troops on the city wall looked like tens of thousands, could it be that his intelligence was wrong?

He was in a state of anxiety, and asked the An generals around him: "Who is willing to go to meet the Zhen troops first and test the depth of the enemy army?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Chong, the lieutenant general of the An army, rushed out, came to Yue Ze, and said with a bow: "My king, I am willing to lead the charge!"

Yue Ze nodded and said: "The current strength of the Zhen army is unknown, General Liu, please be careful."

"I understand!" Liu Chong agreed, rushed out of the camp, reined in his warhorse at a place one arrow away from the pass, and shouted at the enemy on the top of the city.

Not long after, the pass gate opened, and two thousand troops rushed out from inside, with a Zhen general holding a spear in his hand, running straight towards Liu Chong. This Zhen general was named Chen Guan, and he was the deputy general of Tongguan. After he exchanged names with Liu Chong, the two horses crossed and fought to the same place.

The two fought back and forth for only more than ten rounds. Liu Chong made a mistake and was knocked off his horse by Chen Guan's spear. Before he could get up from the ground, Chen Guan urged his horse forward, raised his hand and shot Liu Chong to death on the ground.

Yue Ze, who was watching the battle, watched Liu Chong die tragically at the hands of Zhen general, and his face instantly sank.

The An generals were sad and angry, and they were dissatisfied in their hearts. They asked for orders one after another, wanting to go out and fight to the death with Zhen general. Yue Ze waved his hand and said, "No need to fight alone anymore. Pass on my order, the whole army will attack the city!"

At his command, the 200,000 An army moved up and down.

While the siege corps was advancing, the catapults that the An army had already arranged began to start. Yue Ze did not use the siege weapons of other countries, not because he was arrogant, but because the An army did have a lot of siege weapons.

An Guo had nothing but a lot of money. There were countless siege equipment, and there were nearly 2,000 catapults alone. The sky was full of stone bullets, covering the pass.

After just one round of attack, the walls of the pass were broken everywhere. Many Zhen soldiers who could not dodge were smashed down the walls in groups and smashed to pieces. There were also many places where the walls collapsed and were devastated by stone bullets.

Under the crazy attack of the An army's catapults, the An Guo siege infantry advanced to the range of the pass in an orderly manner. At this time, countless Zhen soldiers gathered on the top of the city with stone bullets falling from time to time, and shot arrows outside the city desperately.

The rain of arrows fell into the An army's camp, followed by a clanging sound of iron collisions, and the broken arrows on the ground were spread all over the ground.

The equipment of the An army was the best among all the countries. Even the most common soldiers wore armor made of extremely hard steel, and they all held heavy steel shields in their hands. The long-range arrows were not a big threat to the An army.

However, as the distance between the two sides continued to close, the catapults of the An army stopped firing, and the Zhen army on the top of the city finally stood firm and could focus on shooting at the An army outside the city. At this time, the armor of the An army could no longer provide perfect protection.

Outside the Tongguan City, the wails of arrows in the An army camp came one after another. The rolling logs, pounding stones and boiling kerosene falling from the city caused huge casualties to the An army soldiers.

When the An army set up the ladder and began to climb up the city, the armor on them became their heaviest burden.

The armor weighing several dozen kilograms made them seem extremely slow in the process of climbing. The Zhen army seized the opportunity and shot and smashed the An army fiercely. After more than half an hour of fighting, the An army did not step on the top of the city, but the bodies of the An army outside the city began to pile up.

Yue Ze watched and felt distressed. If the battle continued like this, even if the team could capture the pass, it would suffer heavy losses. It would be better to leave the hard bone of the pass to others. Thinking of this, he ordered the generals on his left and right to quickly call off the troops and stop fighting.

Before the battle, he had reminded the generals, and everyone was mentally prepared to retreat at any time, but now they have to withdraw before even an hour of the battle. Isn't this too fast?

However, Yue Ze was the king, and the generals did not dare to disobey his words. The An army camp ceased its flags and drums, and a series of gongs sounded at the same time.

When the soldiers of the An army who were attacking the city in front heard the gold shouting from behind, they no longer wanted to fight. The rear army became the front army and the whole army retreated.

Although it was easy for them to advance, when they retreated, they were attacked by the Zhen Army. Arrow arrays were shot continuously from behind the An Army. Thousands of An Army soldiers were wounded and killed during the retreat alone. many.

The An army came and retreated just as quickly. After a so-called siege, the total casualties of the An army did not exceed 10,000, and the entire army retreated to the coalition camp.

Yue Ze went directly to the Zhongjun tent. After seeing the kings who were waiting for the news, he drank two large sips of tea before speaking, and then panted and added: "Our intelligence is wrong. The Zhenjun in the pass city Far more than 30,000, our An army soldiers fought with blood and could not attack for a long time. In the end, the damage was too great and we had to withdraw temporarily! But you don’t have to worry, after the bloody battle just now, the Zhen army also suffered heavy losses..."

Before he could finish speaking, Xiao Xuan stood up abruptly.

It only took the An army two hours in total from leaving the camp to returning. Excluding the time on the road, the siege probably lasted about half an hour. Talking about being unable to capture the city for a long time and talking about heavy casualties is sheer nonsense. .

Seeing Xiao Xuan's gloomy and ugly face, Yue Ze also shrank in fear, put down the teacup in his hand tremblingly, lowered his head, and did not dare to say another word.

Looking across him fiercely, Xiao Xuan looked at the other kings and asked: "Who else is willing to lead the army to attack the pass again?"

This time it was Li Xin who requested to fight. He also saw that the An army that just went out to fight did not use all their strength. They probably wandered around in front of the pass gate and ran back. If they went out to fight like this, they could easily pass the pass when they came back. Why didn't their own Huan army rush in? Woolen cloth?

An's army went out for two hours, but Huan's army was faster. He was defeated and retreated in more than an hour. He said almost the same thing as Yue Ze, saying that there were more than 30,000 defenders in the pass, and the resistance was tenacious. In addition, the pass was difficult, and it was easy to defend but difficult to defend. Attack, Huan Jun is really powerless.

First there was Yue Ze, and then there was Li Xin. Their words almost turned the noses of everyone present. Is this a war? It's just nonsense.

Lingshuang sighed secretly and turned to look at Tang Yin on her right. The latter also had a mocking smile on his face and was disappointed with the six-nation coalition.

The current situation reminded him of the scene when the eighteen princes in the Three Kingdoms attacked Dong Zhuo. Each prince had his own agenda and selfish motives, and finally returned in defeat.

However, at that time, Dong Zhuo was strong and the princes were weak. Their situation is not the same now. The Six Kingdoms are strong and the Zhen Kingdom is weak. But the powerful Six Kingdoms, with over a million coalition troops, cannot even defeat a small pass. Not only is this ridiculous, it's downright humiliating.

If I continue to cooperate with such extremely stupid princes, I will be pissed to death by them.

Just when the kings were discussing who should fight next, Tang Yin suddenly said: "Let's divide our forces and fight!"

"Ah?" All the kings were stunned, and Yue Ze and Li Xin asked in unison: "During the previous discussion, Prince Tang also said that it would be beneficial to unite the troops. Why did he say that he would divide the troops now?"

It is beneficial to join forces if everyone is selfless. Now all the kings are afraid that they will suffer heavy losses and suffer losses. How can they fight this battle?

Tang Yin was too lazy to explain or blame the kings, and said bluntly: "I have a proposal. The coalition forces will be divided into three groups, and the three groups will march towards Xitang, the capital of the Zheng Kingdom. The Feng Army and the Yu Army will pass through the customs and enter Guping County. , and then take Xitang, the Sichuan Army and the Mo Army can be one group, go through Jingguan, enter Xinfeng County, and then march west to Xitang. The An Army and Huan Army can be one group, temporarily serving as the rear army, that is, the first two armies If the reinforcements are needed, they can go to that side and also ensure the logistical supplies for the first two armies. I wonder what Lie Gong thinks?"

"This..." Shao Fang groaned and didn't speak immediately. Xiao Xuan rubbed his chin and said nothing in thought. Yue Ze and Li Xin were both happy. They let themselves be the backup and didn't have to charge in front. Of course, this was no longer the case. It couldn't be better.

The two of them were afraid that others would have objections, so they competed with themselves to be the rearguard, and said repeatedly: "The strategy of brother Tang Wang is very good!"