roccoschili Chapter 206: More Than Bows and Arrows
Chapter 206: More Than Bows and Arrows
Duke Dingguo's rebel army initially had an army of over one hundred thousand.
As a result, there were losses here and there, and the 20,000 city defense troops at Hushan Pass directly rebelled.
Thousands of elite troops in the city were wiped out.
The cavalry army was almost completely destroyed.
The remaining troops did not hold out for long and were all wiped out.
Duke Dingguo thought that Hushan Pass could be taken quickly. After all, there would not be many officers and soldiers coming to capture Hushan Pass.
The rebels in the city were also coerced soldiers with low combat effectiveness, so he was very confident that he could take them down quickly.
As long as he could capture Hushan Pass, he could rely on tens of thousands of his elite troops and the supplies in the city and quietly wait for changes in the capital.
By then, it would be a pipe dream for the young Sixth Prince to rely on tens of thousands of miscellaneous soldiers from the Beijing Camp to capture Hushan Pass.
In this way, he could advance and retreat with confidence, and relying on the food and supplies at Hushan Pass, he could easily raise tens of thousands of troops again.
But no one expected that this group of forced soldiers would fight to the death to defend Hushan Pass.
Even after losing several thousand soldiers, it was still difficult to capture it.
Instead, the tens of thousands of Beijing troops behind them followed in a mighty force.
Duke Dingguo was helpless and could only choose 10,000 elite soldiers to forcibly block the Beijing camp, while the other 30,000 troops launched a quick attack.
But soldiers kept climbing the wall, and soldiers kept falling.
He was in such a hurry to seize Shanhu Pass that he didn't even have all the siege equipment. The makeshift ladder he had built was attacked by the defending soldiers and suffered heavy losses.
Twenty miles behind him, Duke Dingguo's ten thousand soldiers were on full alert, the Fang family army was truly powerful.
They are all ranked among the best in the Dawu Kingdom, and even the border troops sometimes can't withstand it.
But Ning Yi stood on a high place, looking at the ten thousand soldiers unmoved.
He was too lazy to care about so many things and didn't even join in the rotation.
Anyway, Duke Dingguo was busy attacking Shanhu Pass and had no time to care about the situation here.
He immediately gave the order to Feng Zhong to lead the Imperial Guards, which had not been deployed, to launch a frontal attack.
The other 40,000 Beijing troops attacked from both wings, and several thousand cavalrymen waited for an opportunity to move.
Feng Zhong was in high spirits this time. Last time when he fought against the miscellaneous soldiers, he just watched and did nothing, as he didn't want the Royal Guards to go to the battlefield.
Because to him, the Royal Guards were all elite soldiers, and fighting with these miscellaneous soldiers would be a huge loss.
But who knew that the group of miscellaneous soldiers were so unskilled in fighting that they suffered heavy losses and surrendered in droves after being beaten by a more disorganized group of Beijing troops.
This time, his 10,000 imperial guards were all ready to go, and they were here to fight the elite.
The real imperial guards were all soldiers drawn from the border troops by the old emperor. They were all experienced in combat. Their weapons and equipment, in particular, were personally supervised by Emperor Wu and made in the palace's armory bureau, and they were shining.
Feng Zhong rode on a tall horse, wearing a tiger-head armor issued by the emperor himself.
The broadswords were raised, and at a command, the entire army attacked.
The Royal Guards advanced step by step in a strict formation. The shields in front looked majestic, and the swordsmen and spearmen behind were all strong and powerful.
Similarly, the 40,000 Beijing troops were advancing forward in a mighty force from both sides.
The flags are fluttering, giving the impression of an army of 100,000.
It looks powerful and majestic, but if you look closely you can see that the troops on both wings are in a very chaotic state.
Fortunately, it is also the Beijing Camp, and all weapons and armor have been replaced. At least they are the weapons and equipment of the army with good combat effectiveness that were once transferred from the border troops to the capital.
It's still much better than the junk in Lao Jingying.
However, Ning Yi rushed forward regardless of their fighting ability.
The commanders of each Beijing camp led their elite personal soldiers in the rear to act as law enforcement teams. Anyone who dared to retreat would be killed without mercy, and those who bravely killed the enemy would be rewarded handsomely.
In this wild place, tens of thousands of troops are dispatched one after another, which is indeed very suitable for large-scale combat.
The leader of the Fang family army, riding on a tall horse, said coldly: "You rubbish Beijing camp dares to take the initiative to attack."
He felt that although it would be difficult for him to defeat the tens of thousands of Beijing troops with only 10,000 soldiers, after all, there were 10,000 Imperial Guards among them. Everyone knew that the Imperial Guards were powerful and no worse than the Fang family army.
But if I can stop them and wait until the Duke takes over Hushan Pass, it shouldn't be a problem.
But this group of Beijing troops actually took the initiative to attack, there is nothing much to say.
Although he only has 10,000 soldiers from the Fang family, he has enough confidence.
He immediately gave orders to send 6,000 soldiers to block the Imperial Guards, and the others to send 2,000 soldiers each to defend on the left and right.
He didn't care at all about a group of poorly trained Beijing troops. He only needed two thousand people, which would be enough.
I believe that the Duke will soon capture Hushan Pass, and reinforcements will arrive on his side immediately.
But when the Royal Guards approached first, arrows rained down from both sides and people kept falling down.
Soon, shields collided and swords and spears stabbed in front of them, like a torrent collision, causing heavy casualties on both sides.
Instead, the Beijing troops on both wings reached a place where they could shoot arrows.
The shield soldiers in front put down their rectangular shields to act as a shield wall, and behind them stood a row of spears.
But arrows continued to be fired into the Fang family army's formation.
The two thousand soldiers who blocked them were still waiting for this group of Beijing troops to attack, so that they could fight against the Beijing troops in a square formation, causing the Beijing troops to suffer heavy losses and be forced to retreat, or even defeat this group of Beijing troops in large numbers.
As a result, these cunning troops from the left and right wings of the Beijing camp did not move away. Instead, they stayed where they were and started shooting arrows at them desperately.
With 20,000 soldiers each against 2,000 soldiers of the Fang family, it might be difficult to break through the defensive formation of the 2,000 soldiers of the Fang family. After all, it is impossible for the Beijing troops to rush forward at the same time.
Such a group fight of ten against one would hardly happen on the battlefield.
Even if the old soldiers in the Beijing camp suffered heavy casualties, they would suffer heavy losses.
As a result, Ning Yi ordered the Imperial Guards to force their way forward and attack, confronting the Fang family army head-on. Both sides were powerful armies with a prominent reputation, which was enough.
But the Fang family army on both wings has so few troops, so let’s compete in archery.
With only long-range attacks, the Beijing camp’s close combat effectiveness was poor, but the number of bows and arrows that were replaced was too large.
The two defensive armies on both wings were really frustrated by the waves of arrows.
Each wave was filled with thousands of arrows raining down, causing them to lose two to three hundred people in succession even though they were fully equipped with armor.
If the arrows hit the soldiers even slightly, they will be injured and lose their fighting ability.
As wave after wave came, the old soldiers of the Beijing Camp were initially afraid of the Fang family army. Even though there were 20,000 against 2,000 on both wings, they were still worried.
But now they are not afraid anymore. They just shoot arrows. Who is afraid of whom? They hurt each other and shoot each other from a long distance to see who has more bows and arrows and who has more people.
It's no wonder that the Fang family army couldn't hold on any longer. After just a few rounds, the two thousand soldiers of the Fang family army, who were ready for battle, were already sparsely populated.
If this continues, won’t there be no need to fight, and both wings will be completely wiped out?
The commander of the Fang family army cursed loudly with a dark face, saying that the Beijing army was so despicable.