83: "Catch the old dog of Yan alive!"

In Yumen Pass, the main force of defense that night was actually one thousand peasant soldiers. Yang Yi drew more than 200 people from the three thousand veterans, of which 100 were used as two mobile teams, and more than 100 were the fire chiefs, team chiefs and lieutenants of the thousand peasant soldiers. More than 200 elite soldiers were selected from the horse cavalry of the Hundred Treasures Army to supplement the missing soldiers. Therefore, there was an additional unit in Yumen Pass, with Tian Hao as the commander of the army. If this peasant soldiers' palace is used for field battles, it is not qualified at all, but if it is defended back and forth against the city wall, it is not necessary to be like field battles.

Facing hand-to-hand combat, some people were arranged to carry bricks and stones, burn hot water, or carry giant trees to hit the ladder, or raise soft shields to help block crossbow arrows, or provoke soil to block the broken gaps. They are all work that can be done when they are familiar with each other. Some brave people were also arranged to fight with the mobile team to attack the enemies who climbed the city walls. When the battle started, many of these peasants were in a hurry. If it weren't for the fire leader, the team was always motivated and called for orders at any time, but I was afraid that some people would be scared and flee when the Guiyi Army rushed to the city.

Guo Shiyong has a view that defending the city is a "craftsman's job", which translates into modern Chinese as "technical job". He divided the guarding the city into many specific and detailed procedures, believing that as long as the generals follow the procedures, the city can be defended in every ten years. As for sudden accidents, they have to rely on the general's ability when they are in the battle, which cannot be predicted by daily training. And the abundant or lack of food, the high or low morale is something other than the war skills.

So under the organization of the Anxi veterans, when the most panicked moment passed, once they gained a foothold, the actions of the peasant soldiers became more and more familiar - because what they did was just repeating.

Yan Su is an old-fashioned general. He occasionally uses troops, but always tends to adopt a steady formation when marching and setting up formations. Yang Yi often charges in front of him to inspire morale, but Yan Su chooses to be in charge of the central army, putting the main flag in the important area of ​​the Nine Ring Road. Listen to the back and forth of the generals under his command, and adjusting the siege strategy in a timely manner.

The military strategy says: Ten times surrounded it. Yan Su had 20,000 troops in his hand. Although he had the advantage in number, he was not many because he was the attacker. He mainly used a key attack on Yumen Pass, that is, he used crossbow arrows to suppress the archers of the Anxi Army, and selected armored soldiers to support them on both sides of the city gate - which was a blind spot where the archers on the city tower had difficulty in reaching the vision.

But in such a very obvious corner, even if Yang Yi was not the best defender in Anxi Army, he would not be unprepared. Tian Hao had already ordered people to shoot four more holes on the side of the city tower to shoot, and at the same time, he also prepared two more troops on this section of the city wall.

When he took the lead, Yan Su was quite amazed at the tactical advantages of the Anxi Army using Maoyan Deng to kill the enemy. However, in the next frontal attack stage, he felt that the Anxi Army's counterattack was not as strong as he expected. He already knew that Zhang Mai had also recruited a lot of people and trained them in addition to the three thousand elite cavalry. Therefore, he expected that the troops at Zhongyumen Pass would be between 5,000 and 10,000, but now the response to the Guiyi Army's siege in Yumen Pass seems to be a little hasty.

Yan Su paid great attention to the details on the battlefield, including the weakening of the strength of the enemy's throwing bricks and stones to shoot feather arrows. From this, he found that under the continuous attack of the Guiyi Army, some of the Anxi defenders on the city wall even began to appear a little weak.

"Is it because of the lack of troops in the city?" Yan Su thought to himself: "Isn't this supposed to be, or is it... Zhang Mai is not in the city? He just left some elite troops here, so he fought wonderfully at the beginning, but then he became less and less effective. Could it be that his main force is not in the city?"

A person as experienced as him carefully collected all the news related to Zhang Mai from the moment he knew that he would use Zhang Mai as his opponent, and was particularly attentive to Shule's offensive and defensive battle. That war was the highlight of the second half of "The Anxi Tang Army's Long March Transformation Text". There are many details about the Anxi Army's attack and defense city, because it best reflects the heroic and magical martial arts of the Anxi soldiers.

However, until now, no cavalry has been dispatched in the city to attack.

"This is unreasonable!" Yan Su said in his heart.

When he was in Dunhuang, he had close contact with Anxi Sanqian Jingqi. From his eyes, he could naturally see that it was a unit good at cavalry warfare. It is understandable that such a unit seemed not experienced and ruthless in defense, but it was unreasonable to give up field battles from the beginning.

"Uncle, Zhang Mai may not be in Yumen Pass!" Yan Yishan obviously noticed this: "Although he held a big banner, his people might have gone somewhere else to do something!" He immediately remembered Zhang Mai's surprise attack on Suzhou bypassing the Daze of Guazhou and his ambush against Di Yin.

But Yan Su shook his head and said, "This person likes to use fraud the most, and should not be taken lightly. Let's..."

Just before the uncle and nephew of Yan came to a conclusion, a warm cheer from the top of the city interrupted his thoughts.

It was a wave of sounds like waves, a little far apart. Yan Su couldn't understand what was cheering on the city wall. He felt a little strange in his heart. He only heard the tide sounding from the east wall and then to the city tower. It followed like a wave of advancement, rolling from east to west. Wherever he went, he would cheer!

As the cheers rang out, the resistance at Yumen Pass suddenly became much stronger. Wherever the cheers came, there were significantly more casualties from the Guiyi Army.

"What's going on?"

Yan Su couldn't help but feel curious. He pulled his horse closer. Thousands of people in Yumen Pass were cheering, roaring and even clamoring. It was not the kind of unified slogan that he had learned. It seemed that everyone was stimulating and exhaling their passion directly from his heart. Hundreds of people had at least dozens of voices. When they were entangled, they couldn't understand what they were shouting, but although the yelling sentences were different, the surging feeling was the same!

Why did the Anxi Army suddenly change this? Could it be that they were not doing evil? The more Yan Su couldn't figure out what was going on, the more he wanted to know what was going on. The closer he got, the wind was a little chaotic, sometimes it was the south wind, sometimes it was the west wind. Occasionally, a squirrel blew over, and a few words were a sharp scream that almost broke out: "Major Protector, Major Protector, Major Protector!"

Yan Su's heart was stern: "It's Zhang Mai!"

But I heard the word "kill" in the Protector of the Great, and the words "kill" one by one are as sharp as swords. Under the dark stars and moon, people feel a chill that comes out of the heart!

The Guiyi army, who had been sieging the city overnight, didn't know why this change occurred on Guancheng, but was intuitively scared. Long Bai recalled their experience of defeat under Zhang Mai's hands, and was even more worried. Listening to the crazy screams on the city wall, some of the Long family generals from Suzhou even had the urge to escape!

It’s Zhang Mai, it’s Zhang Mai! It must be Zhang Mai!

Various scenes of how Zhang Mai defeated the enemy in "The Long March of the Tang Army of Anxi" emerged in the hearts of everyone on the battlefield. In the legendary description of the Changwen, every sudden appearance of the dragon-faced general will always bring some magical changes to the battlefield. The Changwen monks said that Zhang Dadu can double the combat ability of the soldiers around them. The teahouse turned to the Changwen and the changer even more exaggeratedly said that Zhang Dadu's mask was magical. No matter what kind of enemy saw the mask, they would immediately lose their strength, and the army would become unethical!

Yan Su didn't believe it before, but now he found that the morale of the Anxi Army at the top of the city was suddenly rising, and his soldiers seemed shocked and suspicious in this sudden change. Once the legend appeared in his heart, he was unknowingly seized by unknown fear, just as the Anxi Army at the top of the city suddenly fell into a mad atmosphere.

"Ah! Dragon Mask! Dragon Mask!"

Above the city tower, a silver-shining dragon mask appeared in the darkest darkness before dawn.

"Protector Zhang!"

"Major Protector, Major Protector!"

"The Dragon Face General is here! Brothers! Kill!" The first thing that cheered up was the team leader, the fire chief, and then the cavalry of the Longxiang Mansion who had not taken action also made their voices. Their support for Zhang Mai was already a kind of crazy that was deeply rooted in the bone marrow. Behind the passionate roar was an inexplicable worship. Then, like a virus was contagious, the peasant soldiers and the herd cavalry were affected. These people both had a good impression of Zhang Mai, but this was just a foundation. Before tonight, they never knew that they would suddenly fall into this state.

The air around it seems like there is a heat flow. In this heat flow, you will become manic, and you will also be yelling when everyone around you are screaming. When everyone around you is yelling, you will also be yelling when everyone around you is yelling. When the people around you are crying, your eyes will also be wet without realizing it. The entire Yumen Pass suddenly fell into a state of madness.

Why is this? There seems to be no reason! Just a gust of air surged from the chest and abdomen, making people unable to stay excited and crazy.

"Kill his grandma, fuck his grandma!"

He was swearing, mixed with cheers for "Prespect Zhang". At this moment, the soldiers in Guancheng became as if they were fighting with emotions!

The tug-of-war between offense and defense continued for a long time under the intense morale of the Anxi Army. The Guiyi Army and the Suzhou Army did not get any advantage. The only thing they got was shock and fatigue.

Yan Su was stunned there, and he was increasingly confused about what happened in Guancheng. At this moment, a ray of sunlight pierced the darkness - Dongfanghong!

At that moment, a kind of intuition that had been immersed in decades rushed into Yan Su's mind! Some messages that were looming quickly turned into vigilance in his heart!

"Stop!" Yan Su shouted: "Protect the main flag!"

Protecting the main flag means protecting himself!

Yan Su originally sent orders through the people around him, but at this time he blurted out, and the soldiers around him naturally agreed without thinking.

"Protect the main flag!"

The cavalry has moved recently, from a loose forward rush to a ring-shaped enclosure.

Yan Yishan couldn't understand why his uncle suddenly changed the formation. With a bang, the city gate opened!

Two thousand four hundred cavalry rushed over like a mountain torrent!

Some of the Suzhou army in the front cheered foolishly: "The city gate is open!" But soon they found that the opening of the city gate was not a good thing for them!

The rising sun was held in the darkness before dawn for a long time. Just as Shi Ba had been holding it in the city for a long time, the sun quickly swept the darkness, just as the iron cavalry of the Dragon Eagle Mansions trampled on all enemies near the city walls as if they were entering a deserted land!

That is like a dragon bullying a group of fish, that is like a tiger gazes at the beasts!

"Sure enough, there is still a reserve force!" Yan Su felt a stern in his heart: "Zhang Mai... he was showing weakness just now!"

"The big flag is there!" Shi Batu's fangs and pointed at the stick and shouted: "Destroy the unrestrained army and capture the old dog surnamed Yan alive!"

"Defeat the Unrestrained Army! Capture the Old Dog of Yan alive!"

Most of the Guiyi army soldiers near the Yumen Pass City Tower had been struggling for a long time and were physically exhausted. Under such circumstances, in front of the soldiers of the Longying Mansion who had been raising their strength for most of the night, the non-elite troops of the Guiyi army and the Suzhou army were not even qualified to resist!

The siege party was originally a soldier under Long Bai. His five thousand troops were responsible for attacking the area east of Yumenguan. If he could be brave at this time and lead the two thousand soldiers to block it from the ground, it might also be a buffer between Shiba and Yan Su. However, Long Bai did not block west, but instead shrank slightly to the east. This shrinkage gave up a vacancy, allowing Shiba to quickly invade Yan Su's central army!

"Bastard!" Yan Su was furious. If Longbai could stop the stone, he would have the opportunity to re-plan to seek a confrontation with the Anxi Army in the field, and even seek victory! However, Longbai chose to protect himself!

More than 4,000 infantry and cavalry had moved around Yan Su's body. Fortunately, Yan Su's orders made the central army of Guiyi Army change its formation. The core of this army in Jinchang was more than 2,000 people, and the core was also elite in the northwest. These more than 2,000 people were half a cavalry and half a step, either a knife or an axe. The Jinchang army with this as the core was Gancheng arranged by the Guiyi Army in the Shazhou area! Cao Yijin was able to maintain his rule in Shazhou for twenty years, and it was not just a policy of marriage.

Even so, it’s still a big deal when facing Shiba!

Although his old eyes were dizzy, Yan Su could see clearly: Shi Ba had already rushed to the distance where Yan Su could almost see his facial features! The bloody smell in the wind was also thrustling, and the sound of rumbling hooves made Yan Su feel that his heart could not stand it anymore! After all, he was already over 70 years old. Although his nerves were still tough, his body could not keep up with his will!

One side is the elite among the elites in the Guiyi army, and the other side is the strong among the strong among the Anxi army. At this moment, we finally met!

"Catch the old dog Yan alive!"

"Protect Yan Gong!"

The sound of rising and falling is as fierce as the axes on the battlefield. Sometimes it is even horizontal swords against horizontal swords! In the morning light, you can even see sparks splashing and falling on the blades!

Zhang Mai couldn't help feeling a little melancholy when he saw it with a thousand-mile mirror at the top of the city, but after the melancholy, he had a stronger determination: he must end this internal friction as quickly as possible, and let the Hengdao always be external!

"Try hard, little stone!" Zhang Mai shouted as if he didn't know that Shiba could not hear it, but soon everyone around him shouted together: "Try hard! little stone!"
Chapter completed!