sjar Chapter 125 The day I want.
Chapter 125 The day I want.
"Erwu, stop making trouble!"
Ye Kun waved his hands and whispered, "Let's pretend to be fooled, and then use their tricks against us to defeat Lu Biao."
Huangfu Lin asked, "Lord Ye, what is the plan?"
Ye Kun opened the map he carried with him, pointed and said:
"Lu Biao tricked me into saving Tianmen County, and he will definitely ambush me in the 'Half Moon Valley' past Xiping Mountain, waiting for me to fall into his trap. I have entrusted General Huangfu to lead 500 soldiers, under my banner, to join forces with Yan Liuhai's troops in Xiping Mountain and deal with them. You can set up a temporary position on the east side of the Half Moon Valley and arrange for strong crossbowmen to ambush. After the vanguard engages the enemy, immediately withdraw and kill the enemy from the rear position. It would be even better if we can lure the enemy to the foot of Xiping Mountain."
Huangfu Lin accepted the order.
Ye Kun took out another general order:
"Wang Bao and Guan Yong, lead 500 cavalrymen and take a detour to Shuangya Mountain to ambush. If Lu Biao or Kong Dun retreats, they will definitely take the small path of Shuangya Mountain. Their men and horses will be exhausted, so you should take advantage of the situation to pursue them."
Guan Yong received the order and asked, "Brother, Kong Dun is still confronting us outside the city. How do you know he will retreat?"
Ye Kun smiled and said, "We will pretend to be fooled and lead the troops to rescue Tianmen County. Kong Dun must have contact with Lu Biao, and will take advantage of the emptiness in our city to attack our Pingye County with all his strength. I will counterattack and defeat the enemy in one battle."
Wang Bao and Guan Yong were still skeptical, but they obeyed the order.
Ye Kun also ordered Jiang Laowu and Zhao Biao to lead 300 cavalrymen each to ambush behind the west gate and the north gate, preparing to outflank Kong Dun when the siege was most intense.
Everything is arranged and everyone can do their own thing.
At dusk, Huangfu Lin, under the banner of Ye Kun, together with Guan Yong and Wang Bao, led a total of 1,000 soldiers and attacked out of the west gate.
The messenger Zhong Shan was taken among the cavalry and traveled along with them.
Ye Kun changed his armor and horse, painted his face with black ash, pretended to be Qin Erwu's personal soldier, and went to the top of the city wall to check.
Sure enough, when it was completely dark, Kong Dun launched a general attack, with 10,000 troops moving in full force to attack the South Gate!
The shield carts and siege vehicles that were originally outside the east gate were also transferred to the south gate.
Cavalry is generally not used in siege warfare, but this time, Kong Dun even dispatched the cavalry, using powerful crossbows in the rear to attack the archers on the top of the city.
Qin Erwu still adopted Ye Kun's fighting style and issued an order:
"Heavy archers, suppress the enemy's strong crossbowmen, aim and shoot. Light crossbowmen, shoot at the nearby targets, shoot at their faces! Don't move the catapults yet, wait for them to come forward!"
However, relying solely on archers is not enough to stop the enemy's offensive.
Seeing that the enemy's large force had entered the attack range of the catapults, Qin Erwu gave the order: "Catapults attack!"
Whoohoo!
Ye Kun’s latest 100 kerosene bombs flew out of the city and landed in the enemy’s formation.
Some kerosene bombs exploded in mid-air, spreading a rain of fire.
There was suddenly a fire outside the city, accompanied by shouts and screams.
Kong Dun took command, drew his sword and shouted, "Attack with all your strength. Anyone who dares to retreat will be killed without mercy!"
Soon, the enemy removed the chevaux de frise at the foot of the city, and the shield carts reached the edge of the moat, preparing to fill the river and advance.
The top of the city wall was narrow and the fighters could not maneuver freely. Qin Erwu could not stand it anymore and whispered to Ye Kun:
"Brother, can you ask Jiang Laowu and Zhao Biao to come out and help?"
"No rush, the enemy's main force is still there, let's continue the war of attrition!"
Ye Kun was calm and composed: "Don't worry about the enemy's shield carts for now, let them cross the river. Keep shooting arrows from the top of the city to deal with the archers below the city!"
The moat is more than 20 feet wide and 10 feet deep. It is not easy for the enemy to fill the river and advance. It requires a large amount of earth, stones and wooden boards.
Ye Kun wanted to take advantage of the opponent's opportunity to fill the river to cause more casualties.
Qin Erwu stamped his feet, waved his sword and shouted: "Don't worry about the shield carts and siege vehicles, just keep shooting the enemies under the city!"
Many heavy arrows had been used up, so they dared not shoot them randomly. They could only use double-shot light crossbows to shoot at the city.
Most of the enemy troops attacking the city only had light armor and no protection on their faces and legs.
Even a volley of arrows could still cause heavy casualties to the enemy.
Moreover, there are countless rolling logs and rocks on the top of the city, which are extremely powerful when thrown down.
The enemy's four siege vehicles had already reached the edge of the moat and began to adjust the beams, preparing to place them on the top of the city wall.
There are two iron hooks at the front end of the beam, which makes it very stable once it is hung on the city wall.
Kong Dun raised his sword and shouted: "The brave warrior who is the first to reach the summit will be rewarded with 100 taels of gold, 500 acres of farmland, and a promotion of three ranks!"
The first one to climb to the top of the city wall is the bravest one.
However, the death rate of the brave warriors who climbed the mountain first was probably as high as 99 percent.
Ye Kun took in the overall situation and waved his hand to order: "Pour flaming oil and burn the enemy's siege vehicles!"
Whoohoo!
Hot oil torches were thrown out one after another.
Then, the latest incendiary bomb was thrown out.
The first warriors on the enemy's siege vehicle were all turned into firemen. They jumped off the siege vehicle screaming and fell into the moat.
Bamboo nails were also buried in the moat, with the pointed ends facing upwards. If these warriors fell into them, they would basically be finished on the spot.
On the top of the city wall, balls of straw ropes dipped in kerosene were thrown at the enemy's siege vehicles.
The four siege vehicles were gradually ignited.
Kong Dun was still shouting: "Ye Kun, you have been tricked into leaving the mountain. Lead your troops to Tianmen County. Pingye County is empty. Everyone continue to attack the city and enter the city to rob silver and women!"
Ye Kun took the time to go downstairs, put on his usual armor, ordered his soldiers to raise his flag, and came to the top of the city again, pointing his finger at Kong Dun and laughing:
"Kong Dun, do you want to see Ye Lang?"
Kong Dun was shocked and shouted, "This is not Ye Kun, he must be a fake!"
Ye Kun laughed loudly: "I have already seen through Cousin Lu's evil plan. Kong Dun, just surrender!"
Kong Dun refused to accept the defeat and continued to urge his men to attack.
The shield carts have crossed the moat and are ramming the city gates.
boom!
Suddenly there was a loud noise and the city gate opened.
"The city gate is broken!"
Kong Dun was overjoyed, wielding his sword and shouting, "Attack from the city gate and enter the city!"
Thousands of soldiers immediately swarmed in and crowded in front of the city gate.
However, after the city gate was completely knocked open and the enemy troops swarmed in, they found that the back of the city gate was blocked tightly by countless sacks of earth and huge logs!
Ye Kun used fifty huge logs to build a huge multi-layer scaffolding. In the middle of the scaffolding, he piled up soil with sacks. Even if there were thousands of troops, they would not be able to squeeze in!
"Kill--!"
The ambush troops in the west and north of the city rushed out together.
Ye Kun was commanding from the top of the city wall, ordering Qin Erwu to lead the remaining troops to break out from the east gate.
Kong Dun suffered heavy losses. Seeing the two ambushes coming, he no longer dared to fight. He waved his sword and shouted, "Retreat, everyone retreat!"
As the saying goes, a defeat is like a mountain collapsing.
Once a large force retreats, it can no longer be controlled.
In order to escape quickly, soldiers would take off their armor to reduce the burden.
So there is a special idiom about defeat, which is called "throwing away one's weapons and armor".
However, soldiers without armor could not outrun the enemy cavalry, nor could they block the enemy's arrows, and were basically either killed or injured.
Ye Kun went downstairs and ordered the grappling team in the city to quickly hook out the sacks in the city gate, remove the wooden frames, and then lead all the cavalry to charge out together.
More than a thousand cavalrymen chased Kong Dun's defeated troops, and rivers of blood flowed along the way.
The other soldiers knew that Ye Kun was kind and righteous, so they were smart and surrendered directly, shouting: "We surrender, don't kill me, don't kill me!"
"Surrender without killing!"
Ye Kun ordered the pursuit to continue, and he stayed behind to clean up the battlefield. At the same time, he sent a message to the infantry behind him: "Don't kill anyone who surrenders. Take them back to the city!"
In this battle, 3,000 enemies were killed, more than 2,000 were captured, and 500 war horses were seized.
There are countless other instruments and weapons.
All the people in the city ran out to clean up the battlefield, dragged the dead horses back to skin them and eat their meat, searched for arrowheads, swords, spears and armor and returned them to the troops. Hundreds of people also dug deep pits outside the city to bury the bodies.
Qin Erwu and his men chased and killed Kong Dun to a distance of thirty miles before withdrawing their troops.
Ye Kun ordered: "All cavalry and elite infantry, all enter the city to rest, and set out tomorrow afternoon. Each person should bring two days of dry food!"
Attacking Changsha at this moment is a great opportunity, Ye Kun cannot let it go!
The cavalry and elite infantry returned to their camps to rest.
The task of cleaning up the battlefield was left to the soldiers and civilians who remained in the county.
Ye Kun commanded the resettlement of prisoners and the cleaning of the battlefield until dawn, when he went to sleep at the command post under the city.
morning.
Jiang Yourong and Liu Yuejuan came together to visit Ye Kun.
There are also Dai Xi, Ma Jiaojiao and others.
Each of them had red eyes and tears were about to fall.
Ye Kun invited everyone into the command post and said with a smile: "Yourong, Yuejuan, I'm fine. You have seen that I have been winning battles..."
"But my dear, when will this fighting and killing end?"
Jiang Yourong held Ye Kun's hand and sighed, "If it were a peaceful and prosperous time, it would be so nice. We would farm a few acres of land, you would hunt, and Miss Yuejuan and I would spin yarn. We could live a simple life, that would be... the life I want."