Chapter 300 Taking Advantage of the Enemy's Unpreparedness

Hengshan County. read

Ye Renrong yawned, blew out the oil lamp, and slept with his clothes on.

Lying in bed, he felt uneasy all the time.

After withdrawing from the camp, he withdrew his troops to Hengshan County.

In his opinion, this county town closest to Feihu Pass will become the first city that King Yan must conquer.

So upon arriving here, he dug trenches along the city walls.

Fire oil, fallen rocks and other objects were prepared on the city wall.

He even arrested the Dasong people in the city and prepared to use them as human shields on the day of the war and send them to the city wall.

But after waiting for half a month, there was no movement at Feihu Pass.

Every time the cavalry who went out to investigate came back with the same result, that is, there was no result.

"What is this King Yan thinking about?" Ye Renrong murmured before falling asleep.

He contacted Murong Wuji in Jincheng.

Murong Wuji's order to him was still to hold on to the city in Hengshan County and fight with King Yan's troops.

When the war breaks out, he will send light cavalry to cut off the food routes of King Yan's soldiers.

Then he sent iron kites and infantry to help, waiting for an opportunity to attack the soldiers of King Yan head-on.

With this in mind, he fell into a deep sleep and decided to send the cavalry to continue the investigation tomorrow.

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"Your Highness, we have crossed the mountain road." Chang Wei, who was following Zhao Xu, suddenly said half an hour later.

A soldier in front came to find him and reported to him the situation of the road ahead.

They found wheat fields ahead. These wheat fields did not appear in the mountains.

There is no doubt that they came to the plains of Jinzhou.

Zhao Xu nodded, "Continue to march and arrive in Hengshan County before dawn. We will launch an attack on Hengshan County before dawn and catch them off guard."

"Yes, Your Highness." Chang Wei said.

After walking for another hour, it was estimated to be midnight.

Zhao Xu ordered the soldiers to eat.

After receiving the order, the soldiers took out the fried noodles from their bags and put them in their mouths, and then picked up the water bags to drink them.

Then I tied the bag again.

But they did not stop marching, but ate as they went.

Another two hours passed, and soldiers who were investigating from the front came to report that Hengshan County was less than five miles away from them.

At this time, the sky was still dark.

But there was not much time left before dawn.

Chang Wei immediately asked the soldiers to slow down their march and tread lightly, and informed the generals to encircle Hengshan County on three sides.

Ambush on Liu's side.

The exploring cavalry clearly explored the terrain here.

He knows how to deploy.

The order was passed on, and the royal soldiers quietly approached Hengshan County, but in order to avoid being discovered.

When we marched, we were still about five hundred meters away from Hengshan City.

When they launch an attack, they will quickly cross the five hundred meters and arrive at the foot of Hengshan City.

At this moment, Xiliang soldiers holding torches walked past Hengshan City from time to time.

This can be seen clearly through a telescope.

However, these Xiliang soldiers were also lazy at this time.

After all, after half a month of calm, everyone would relax their vigilance, especially now that it is still dark.

Time passed little by little.

When the sky in the east appeared faintly white.

Chang Wei immediately ordered the soldiers to advance.

The artillerymen also pushed the artillery towards Hengshan County.

It's still dark at night, but with the naked eye you can see Hengshan County lying on the ground like a giant black beast.

And as the palace soldiers marched, the dim light became brighter and brighter, like the dimness at four or five o'clock in winter.

Finally, at this time, the Xiliang soldiers at the head of Hengshan County discovered the royal soldiers.

The rapid horn blast sounded at the top of the city.

But it was already too late, the roar of artillery filled the sky.

By the light, the artillerymen could see where the city gate was.

Their first goal was to bombard the city gate.

Under the bombardment of dozens of artillery shells, the east gate of Hengshan County was suddenly shattered and collapsed.

"kill!"

Seeing that the city gate collapsed, Chang Wei issued an order to attack.

Now the Xiliang soldiers are still sleeping soundly, so the opportunity cannot be missed.

If they wait until they are ready, the siege time will be greatly extended.

The surprise effect of the night march was in vain.

This would be remiss on his part.

"Boom boom boom..."

During the artillery bombardment at the east gate, the gunfire from the south gate and the west gate sounded at the same time, and only the north gate was silent.

This is the trap Zhao Xu left for the Xiliang soldiers.

"kill!"

The sound of murder rang out from the east gate, and the south gate and west gate also remembered the sound of murder.

The soldiers rushed to the city gate, occupied the city gate and immediately attacked the city wall.

Because there were not many Xiliang soldiers guarding at night.

Many royal soldiers swarmed up the city, but the Xiliang soldiers were no match for them, and they were all killed in a short period of time. ‘

It's getting brighter and brighter.

Although there is still a hint of black gauze in Zhao Xu's vision.

But he could clearly see the royal soldiers fighting at the top of the city.

The artillerymen were not idle either.

The field artillery in the Wangfu Army is divided into three calibers, firing twelve-pound bullets, eight-pound bullets, and six-pound bullets.

The weights of the three calibers of artillery are different.

Among them, the six-pound field gun weighs only 200 kilograms and is very flexible.

The artillerymen mounted six-pound field cannons on their horses, rushed towards the city wall like flying, and established an artillery position at the city gate.

At the same time, some artillerymen followed with ammunition.

At the city gate, they loaded the cannon with grapeshot.

For artillery with smaller caliber, the particles of grapeshot are smaller.

The grapeshot of a six-jin cannon is only the size of a flintlock lead bullet.

But if it is fired, it will also have great lethality.

At the same time.

At the moment the cannon sounded, Ye Renrong almost jumped out of bed.

He ran out of the yard without even having time to put on his clothes.

A Xiliang cavalryman rode from the direction of the city gate, looking panicked.

"Deputy leader, the troops of the King of Yan have arrived at the city. The east, west and south gates and city walls have all been occupied by them." The cavalryman said urgently.

Ye Renrong almost fainted when he heard this.

In his mind, there was only infinite confusion except for fear.

How did they sneak to the city of Hengshan?

"Night march!" Three words jumped out of his mind.

"Impossible, they can't reach Hengshan County overnight."

However, the situation did not allow him to think too much, so he immediately asked the cavalry to notify the Xiliang generals in the county camp to lead troops to recapture the city wall.

But just as the cavalry left, he saw the soldiers of the palace wearing silver armor rushing towards him like a ferocious beast, and there were only three or four hundred meters left.

Seeing the soldiers of the King of Yan rushing over like a tide.

Ye Renrong climbed on his warhorse and headed north of the city.

He knew that Hengshan County could not be defended.

If he was still like this, the soldiers and generals of Xiliang in the camp would only be more confused.

Such chaos made it impossible for them to effectively resist the army of the King of Yan.

As he thought, the soldiers of Xiliang in the camp were completely in chaos at this time.

They were surprised by the dream and put on clothes in a panic.

Some soldiers put on other people's clothes and took other people's swords.

The soldiers of Xiliang who couldn't find their clothes were anxious.

They rushed out of the barracks and saw that the barracks were in chaos.

The soldiers were crowded together and couldn't see the generals at all.

Or the generals were not their superiors.

Just when they were in a dilemma of soldiers not being able to find the generals and generals not being able to find the soldiers.

The soldiers of the King of Yan came!