"The Khitans are here" "The Khitans are here" terror quickly blocked Cangzhou City like a flood. Refugees who kept fleeing from the north, with their children, sat in a daze by the streets in Cangzhou City. The government's porridge shed was useless, and more relying on the kind-hearted Cangzhou residents to help. Bad news came one after another, the evil tiger pass was lost, and the three thousand defenders fled back less than a thousand, and the black clouds were crushing the city and were about to destroy it. The atmosphere of war in Cangzhou City became stronger and stronger.
At the Jiedushi's mansion, the generals argued endlessly. One faction believed that the entire Cangzhou army retreated to the city and waited for assistance, while the other faction advocated taking the initiative to go out of the city to look for fighter opportunities.
The governor Li Hui was a defender in the city. "The Cangzhou army currently has 1,500 Changsheng army, Zhao Wen, the Cangzhou army, about 1,000 defenders who were defeated by the Evil Hu Pass, the commander Hou Dayong's Black Eagle army, and 3,000 united soldiers, 500 guards in the Jiedu Mansion, and a total of 7,200 soldiers who can fight in Cangzhou City. The investigation has received news that the Liao people have more than 30,000 soldiers, and the strength is very different. The Liao people are good at fighting in the field, so it is not suitable to go out of the city to fight decisively. Returning to defend the city is the best strategy."
Zhao Wen, the commander of Zhechong, said: "I'm not sure when the reinforcements will arrive. Cangzhou has not much food, so I'm afraid it won't last long. I can lead the Changsheng army out of the city to block the Liao people, to slash their spirits, and to explore the reality of the situation."
Zhao Wen said this, just like Hou Dayong's intention.
Li Hui pondered for a moment and said, "If the Changsheng Army is still guarding the city, let the Black Eagle Army fight with the Liao people. The Black Eagle Army has many horses and is flexible and mobile. You can retreat in time when you are in danger."
Hou Dayong stood up and "received the order."
The Black Diao Army camp, Hou Dayong, Shi Hu and Kuang Cao and other six lieutenants were studying tactics against the map. Since Hou Dayong took over the Black Diao Army, he sent soldiers from the Lion Camp to set out from different directions every day, reconnaissance in a radius of 200 miles, and recorded the waters, mountains, forests, villages and roads. After returning, he went directly to Hou Dayong to report the situation in detail. Based on these reports, Hou Dayong drew a military map of the Cangzhou area based on the existing simple map, and then asked the local soldiers in Cangzhou to check one by one, put forward the details, and after modification, a more detailed and accurate military map was completed. Of course, compared with the accuracy of modern military maps, there was still a considerable gap, but it was already very good under the conditions at that time.
According to the soldiers of the Lion Camp, there was a Liao cavalry about eight miles northwest, with about 700 people, which should be the vanguard of the Liao army.
Hou Dayong pointed to the map and said, "The Black Eagle Army wants to wipe out this Liao army. This is our first battle. We will win the first battle and be motivated."
"The 700 vanguards have a small earth slope on the east side, a forest on the north side, and a plain on the west and south side. Tonight, the entire army set out to carry out a large-scale encirclement. The Leopard Battalion arranged one hundred soldiers on the north side, one hundred on the east side, and the Tiger Battalion on the south side, making preparations for shooting. When the Liao army was dispatched, the maximum shooting was given. Then, the Bear Battalion attacked from the west, the Wolf Battalion on the south side, and the Tiger Battalion on the south side. The goal of the Black Eagle Army in this battle was to prevent a Liao soldier from running away."
The Black Eagle Army had enough food and drink, and rushed towards the Liao army's vanguard battalion.
The Liao army's vanguard battalion entered the Great Zhou territory and sneaked into the Evil Hu Pass, which made the Evil Hu Pass defenders lose their armor and crossed three thousand Evil Hu Pass defenders at a slight cost of 200 casualties. They felt like they were entering a no-man's land. Soon, they approached Cangzhou City. The Liao army's vanguard Aliqi never looked down on the Central Plains army. This time he easily took Evil Hu Pass and got a lot of money and robbed a few beautiful ladies. After setting up camp, he ate, drank and had fun in the tent.
黑雕军全是骑兵,行进速度极快.
At dusk, the Black Eagle Army arrived at its designated location. A series of smoke drinking rose from the Liao army's garrison, and the smoke was quickly blown away by the wind and disappeared into the night.
Suddenly, a sharp horn sounded, and the Liao army was in chaos. The Liao soldiers ran out of the tent and quickly got on their horses. It turned out that the Liao army lurking in the dark had discovered the approaching Black Eagle Army. Seeing that it had been discovered, Hou Dayong immediately decided to change the sneak attack to a strong attack while the Liao army had not yet organized it effectively. Hou Dayong waved his hand and the soldiers of the Lion Camp beat the drums of the attack.
The Liao army opened the gate and cavalry swarmed out. Liao general Aliqi rode a maroon war horse, with two pheasant feathers inserted into his hat, and a mace in his hand, and rushed towards the Black Eagle Camp with the Liao army.
Hou Dayong shouted: "Tiger Camp attack." The drums that ordered the tiger camp to attack were heard.
Two hundred people in the Tiger Camp were waiting for the battle. The Liao army rushing to the front had already pulled the bowstring and shot out iron arrows in an impatient manner. The iron arrows fell in front of the soldiers of the Tiger Camp. Seeing that the Liao army entered the range of crossbow arrows, Kuang Cao ordered: "First shooting." Sixty-six crossbow arrows rushed towards the rushing Liao army with a roar. A group of Liao army fell off the horse. "First shooting." Another sixty-six crossbow arrows shot out. "First shooting." Sixty-eight crossbow arrows flew out.
After the three-wheeled crossbow arrows were shot out, nearly 100 people from the Liao army were crossbows. Although they were single-soldier crossbows, their penetration was still extremely strong and they easily penetrated the Liao army's armor. The Liao army that fell off the horse was stepped by the cavalry behind them, screaming endlessly.
When Hou Dayong saw the Liao army rushing to the arrow, he ordered: "Shoot the arrow."
The drums of ordering the entire army to shoot arrows sounded, and the soldiers of each battalion had already hung up Huanghua crossbows and took out their bows and arrows. After hearing the drums of arrows, the iron arrows swept the Liao army like a storm.
The Liao army also used arrows to fight back, but in a hurry, the Liao army's arrows were very scattered and did not form an effective threat. The Liao army was killed and injured by iron arrows, but did not retreat and continued to attack the Black Eagle Army.
The Liao army approached, and the drum beats of the attack of the Black Eagle Camp sounded. The Bear Camp held a spear from the west, and the Wolf Camp attacked at the same time with a long sword from the south. One hundred and fifty soldiers from the Tiger Camp and the Lion Camp drew out their sabers and attacked from the southwest side.
The two armies met head-on, like two huge waves colliding together.
After the Liao army launched a charge, nearly 100 people were killed by crossbows, and more than 100 people were shot by bows and arrows. The vanguard camp of more than 700 people rushed to the front of the Black Eagle Army.
The soldiers of the Xiong Camp had spears like a forest, maintaining the tight formation of the group's charge, and soon tore a hole open to separate the Liao army. The soldiers of the Wolf Camp cooperated with each other and slashed hard with long swords, and blood splattered in close proximity to the Liao army.
Hou Dayong led fifty people, but did not attack, observing the situation on the battlefield.
Seeing that the Liao army suffered heavy casualties, the few soldiers were surrounded by a group of soldiers, they raised their maces and knocked down a Black Eagle Army soldier close to them. They shouted and led more than 20 personal guards to break out to the east.
Seeing that the Liao army was defeated, Hou Dayong saw that Aliqi wanted to run away, so he led fifty new forces to pounce on the Liao general Aliqi. Ten strong archers raised arrows and shot at Aliqi, and at least six arrows shot Aliqi. Aliqi seemed to have been hit by someone with a big hammer and fell heavily from his horse.
As soon as Aliqi's personal guard rushed to the woods, a hundred iron arrows flew towards him, and more than twenty personal guards were stared at the ground like hedgehogs. Sergeants who were constantly breaking through were ambushed in the east, and soldiers in the leopard camp in the north shot to kill them.
The battle ended in less than half an hour, and the Liao army's vanguard battalion was completely wiped out.
In the first battle, the morale of the Black Eagle Army was high. Hou Dayong ordered the battlefield to be cleaned up and all the weapons and food of the Liao people were collected, especially bows and arrows, and tied up the dead Liao generals, and sent them back to Cangzhou City together with the Liao army's vanguard flag and seal, and then quickly left the battlefield.
When the news of the entire Liao army's vanguard camp reached Cangzhou City, the whole city was in full swing.
In the Guo family, the Guo family’s wife was chatting with two female guests, and the topic was of course the great victory of the Black Eagle Army.
Mrs. Guo said: "The Black Eagle Army has made great contributions this time. I will go to Kaiyuan Temple to burn incense for the commander of the Houdu, bless him to defeat the Liao army and protect the people of Cangzhou again."
A young woman said: "Hou Du commander is vulgar, but he is a brave general."
Mrs. Guo said strangely: "Fun Niang has seen Commander Hou Du, and she is vulgar? Guo Lang praised him endlessly, and Guo Jiong admired him very much."
The person called Fu Niang was the beautiful woman Hou Dayong met in the backyard. She was Fu Ying, the younger sister of Chai Rong's wife Wei Guo, and the daughter of Fu Yanqing, the famous general Tianxiong Army. Chai Rong had a good relationship with Guo Xingjian. Guo Xingjian's fifty birthday, and Chai Rong had arrived in Kaifeng and could not leave. He was sent to the Guo family to celebrate his birthday. Fu Ying and the young daughter of the Guo family were close friends, so he went to Cangzhou with her. The Jiedushi Li Hui and Fu Yanqing were old friends. For the safety of Fu Ying, he sent Zhao Wen, a close friend of his martial arts master, to ensure that everything was foolproof.
Zhao Wen knew that Fu Ying had a noble status and was very attentive along the way, which attracted Fu Ying's favor. Therefore, Fu Ying took preconceptions and left the impression that Hou Dayong was vulgar and unwritten.
Back at the garrison, the Black Eagle Army Lion Camp was closely guarded at the camp, with both open and secret whistles to prevent the Liao army from attacking. Hou Dayong, Shi Hu and other officers came to the tent to discuss matters.
In the first battle, Hou Dayong was very energetic. He said: "In today's battle, the morale of the Black Eagle Army was greatly enhanced. In this battle, the Black Eagle Army suffered 28 people and 73 people were injured, of which 26 were seriously injured, and the casualties were minor. However, the main force of the Liao army was not damaged, and the war was still behind. The Liao army was killed and one person was not escaped. The Liao army will only discover tomorrow. Now there is only the Black Eagle Army outside Cangzhou City. The Liao people in the Black Eagle Army stationed in the Black Eagle Army should have known it very quickly, so it is not suitable for a long time. The Black Eagle Army's advantage lies in its maneuverability and flexibility, the bows and arrows can be used in a concentrated manner, and the long-range attack ability is strong. If trapped by the enemy, the Black Eagle Army's troops will not be useful at all."
Shi Hu said: "I think what Hou Du commander said is reasonable. The Black Diao Army should not be too close to Cangzhou City. The main force of the Liao army must be besieged. The Cangzhou city walls are tall and there are many defenders, so they should be able to support it. The Black Diao Army should jump to the periphery, attack the Liao army's supply line, and find an opportunity to annihilate a small group of Liao army, so that the Liao army dare not concentrate on siege."
Hu Ji, the captain of Xiong Camp, had different opinions. He said: "The people of Liao are powerful and the number of Black Eagle soldiers is small. It is better to enter the city and join forces with the governor to defend Cangzhou together." Wang Qingshui, the captain of the Lion Camp, agreed with Hu Ji's opinion, and the others agreed with Shi Hu's opinion. The two factions were quarreling. Everyone looked at Hou Dayong and waited for him to make a final decision.
Hou Dayong finally snapped the slap: "I think the Black Eagle Army should not enter the city. It is always putting pressure on the Liao army when it is active on the outside. It is instructed to prepare food and grass and prepare for the departure."
The next morning, after the Black Eagle Army withdrew from its garrison, the main force of the Liao army rushed straight to its garrison and saw an empty camp. Then, the Liao army surrounded Cangzhou City and transported a lot of siege equipment, including stone crossbows, siege rams and other heavy weapons.
Cangzhou City was besieged, and the Jiedushi Li Hui commanded the army in the city, put on stones, and prepared arrows.
All the men in Cangzhou City went up to the city and took all the things that could be smashed down onto the city wall. Because the Chanzhou army attacked Cangzhou last time, they had used secret passages. In order to prevent the Liao people from getting information about secret passages, Guo Xingjian asked someone to block the secret passages.
The Liao army was waving flags and divided into four brigades, surrounding the four gates. From time to time, the commanders and cavalry shuttled back and forth, and the horses ran past, stepped on the dust on the line, and the army was extremely powerful.
The Liao army concentrated its forces to attack from the west gate, and used stone crossbows to bombard the city wall. Large stones hit the city wall, making a huge sound. The soldiers hit by the hit are no longer human. After the stone crossbow attacks, the Liao army set up a ladder to attack, and at the same time, archers shot fiercely at the defenders on the city. The defenders used rocks and heavy wood to smash down.
The two sides fought fiercely for one day, and many Liao soldiers were killed and injured, and many of the defenders in the city were injured by arrows and stone crossbows.
In Cangzhou City, the governor Li Hui said to the generals: "If the Khitans want to break through Cangzhou, it is not so cheap, so they are afraid that they will not attack. Once the food is cut off, Cangzhou City will not be defeated. Now they will reduce the daily food supply and stand firm and wait for assistance."
Zhao Wendao: "The Black Eagle Army won by chance for a while, and the Liao army was approaching. The Black Eagle Army had many horses. It must have fled when I heard the news. I am willing to attack the Liao army tonight."
At the third update, Zhao Wen led the Changsheng Army to launch a sneak attack on the Liao army outside the city. After a series of charges, Zhao Wen led the army to retreat. The Liao army that was chasing was shot back by the cover of Cangzhou Army.
Since the Black Eagle Army annihilated the Liao army's vanguard camp, it has disappeared outside Cangzhou City.
Chapter completed!