Chapter 668 Zaidinghe Bridge

Chapter 668 Zaidinghe Bridge

boom! boom! boom!

Huge cannonballs continued to fall into the city, and the roar was deafening. The entire Huiluo City was shrouded in large clouds of smoke and dust, making it impossible to see what was already happening in the city.

In Heyang South City not far away, the defenders on the city couldn't help but break out in cold sweat when they saw this scene. In the past, the Heyang Cannon had a great reputation, but not many people had truly seen its power. Now, finally, everyone was lucky enough to see it.

The attacking Western Wei army was particularly vicious. Relying on the super range of the Heyang Cannon, the cannons and rocks directly crossed the city wall and blasted the houses and buildings in the city. As a result, the defenders in the city could only rest in the narrow space under the city wall, and did not dare to walk or stay in the city at all.

Anyone who sees such a fierce and ferocious offensive will be frightened. The enemy has already pulled out several city garrisons around Heyang through such an offensive. If they wait until they return to Luocheng and conquer them, the south city of Heyang will become an isolated city on the south bank. Except for Zhongli City connected by the river bridge, there will be no other stronghold nearby. Can be used as a response.

These Northern Qi soldiers who retreated to Heyang also understood the truth of the cold. After seeing Huiluo City being attacked so fiercely, when the chief general Ke Zhu Hunyuan mobilized elite troops to go out of the city to fight and rescue Huiluo City, they no longer blindly They are willing to push the envelope and avoid fighting, and can basically accept the arrangement.

However, when the situation has reached this point, it can no longer be reversed simply by relying on their current strength to resist.

Just as they said before when they refuted Zhu Hunyuan, the best time to reverse the war situation has passed. Today's Western Wei troops are no longer weak compared to them, their food and grass supplies are also very sufficient, and their morale is far better than them. Gao Gao, if you want to resist at this time, you are already at a disadvantage.

Unsurprisingly, Heyang Nancheng organized several attacks to attack the enemy camp, but they failed to shake the enemy camp at all. They only left hundreds of corpses outside the city, and even failed to delay the enemy's attack and return. The pace of Los Angeles.

Li Tai did not go to the front line in person this time, but sat in the camp. Although he had previously captured cities such as Baiting and Jinyong, since Li Tai had no intention of garrisoning for a long time, he did not divide his troops to guard them. Instead, he led the army to advance to the vicinity of Heyang Nancheng.

Now the men and horses under his command were not only the five thousand cavalry brought from Jingzhou, but also Han Xiong, Wei Xuan and other Heluo Yishi who came to join them, including more than four thousand.

Although more than half of the barbarian troops incited by Li Renjie and others left after the spoils were distributed in Baiting City, there were still nearly 5,000 people left.

Compared with the barbarians who left, those who remained were undoubtedly more obedient and more willing to obey Li Tai's military orders. Even if they could not be the main elite troops to attack the stronghold, they could still provide some assistance on the battlefield and in the camp. Sexual tasks are still competent.

In addition, after various battles, there were five to six thousand Northern Qi soldiers captured one after another. The biggest gain among them was Baiting City. With the Lin family's voluntary surrender and cooperation, the thousands of defenders in Baiting City were almost surrounded and captured.

Although it was too late for these prisoners to undergo more detailed reorganization and join the battle, not all of them were loyal to Northern Qi Chidan. Li Tai ordered Lin and his son to screen out more than a thousand available disciples and incorporate them into the battle order.

Therefore, Li Tai currently has tens of thousands of men and horses, which are no less powerful than the personnel that Northern Qi can put into combat. Naturally, his fighting style no longer needs to be as bluffing and opportunistic as before, and he can be more unrestrained.

When they returned to Luocheng and were almost bombarded, Li Tai ordered the Heyang Artillery to be suspended. After the new artillery bombardment, the smoke and dust covering Huiluo City gradually settled and dissipated. Before that, hundreds of surviving garrison soldiers in the city had fled from the city.

Li Tai did not stop this, and even sent a team of rangers to drive the Qi soldiers who had fled in other directions towards Heyang Nancheng. Of course, it was not to help these people find their way home, but to Let them convey greater panic to Heyang Nancheng through personal experiences.

After waiting for a while and seeing no more people fleeing, Li Taicai sent Gao Le to lead 500 heavily armored soldiers into Huiluo City to clear the area, attack and drive away those stubborn defenders who remained in the city. When the soldiers saw the familiar armor style, which was supposed to be the elite of their army, but now became a tool to kill them, they couldn't help but howl with grief and anger, and lost all fighting spirit.

After nearly an hour of purging, the Wei army successfully captured Huiluo City under the eyes of more than ten thousand defenders in Heyang Nancheng. The process was extremely smooth, as if everything was natural.

Back to Luo City, it was very close to Heyang South City. After capturing this city, Li Tai was no longer polite and ordered the camp to be moved to this city. Although the buildings in the city have been bombarded and destroyed, the city wall is still intact and is stronger than the temporary barracks set up outside.

On the top of the south city of Heqiao, Zhu Hunyuan and the other soldiers looked at Wei Jun's actions and felt extremely bitter. A strong sense of powerlessness enveloped their hearts. Faced with such a situation, I no longer know where to turn to save the situation.

Finally, good news came from the north of Heqiao: after the new king Gaoyang arrived in Jinyang, he immediately sent the new king of Hedong Pan Le to lead his troops south to reinforce Heyang. Now Pan Le has finally arrived in the north middle city of Heyang.

After learning the news, Zhu Hunyuan and the other soldiers were all delighted. Since the Western Bandits entered Heluo, they have gone from an absolute dominant position to being completely suppressed by the enemy. They all know the pain and suffering, and they really need reinforcements to build up their momentum and boost their morale.

However, Zhu Hunyuan ordered his troops to strictly guard the city, and he personally went north through the river bridge to meet Pan Le, and discussed how to launch a counterattack next.

After the two met, they did not exchange any more greetings. Although he was ashamed, Zhu Hunyuan first described the current situation between Heluo and Luo. After listening to Zhu Hunyuan's story, Pan Le couldn't help but sigh: "This thief general Li Boshan is really a particularly fierce person among thieves! Murong Shaozong is extremely resourceful, and Liu Fengsheng is unparalleled in loyalty and bravery, but they are all inevitable. He was killed by his hand. Wang Jin was still able to resist the attack on the south side of the bridge, which was already better than those of his predecessors who guarded the river bridge. "

Such comfort, of course, could not make Zhu Hunyuan feel happy. He turned around and said with hope and uneasiness: "How many people will Pan Situ lead when he comes south this time? Does your Majesty know how difficult it is to defend here?" , is there any updated order? The cities in the south have been lost. Now that the reinforcements have arrived, I will be the vanguard of the army to attack the bandit army and strengthen our river defense! Even if the main force of the Western Bandit army is here, we will never let it cross the river defense! "

Hearing Zhu Hunyuan's statement, Pan Le sighed, and then said again: "Your Majesty sent me here to defend the river, and at the same time, I need to take care of Zhi Pass to prevent it from being captured by thieves. But the troops he leads, There are only more than 3,000 people in our headquarters, which may not be enough to go south to rebel against the rebel army. "

"Only three thousand? This, this, the thieves have gathered the Yiluo barbarians, and they already have more than ten thousand troops. They even carry heavy siege weapons like the Heyang Cannon, not to mention the following divisions. The enemy cannot be defeated easily!"

But when Zhu Hunyuan heard that Pan Le was here with only a few thousand troops from his headquarters, his expression suddenly changed, and he was so busy that he said: "Once the thieves break through the river defenses, Hebei's corruption will be visible. Now is the new era of revolution. , the people's hearts are still undecided, and resisting the enemy in Henan is the top priority! Your Majesty may have lost control of the situation because he has not yet taken charge of the heavy brigade, and wants to consolidate the fundamental defense, but now..."

"King, please be careful what you say!"

Hearing that Zhu Hunyuan bluntly said that the new king was unbalanced due to lack of experience, Pan Le's face darkened, and then he said seriously: "The king was trapped in the battle situation in Heluo, so he didn't know that the army of Western thieves had stopped in Hongnong and repaired We built a pontoon bridge to cross the river from there and head north, but we had no intention of moving to Heluo."

"This is actually happening?"

But after Zhu Hunyuan heard this, he immediately looked in disbelief. He was stunned on the spot as if he was struck by lightning. After a while, he suddenly beat his chest and cried out sadly: "You are treacherous, treacherous! I have tens of thousands of people." All the teachers, were... unexpectedly..."

Before he could pour out all the words of grief and anger, suddenly another armored soldier came to tell the rebels that the heavy artillery had been moved and was directly bombarding the river bridge. Because the fall of Huiluocheng brought his army closer to Heqiao, and the super long range of Heyang Cannon can already directly attack Heqiao itself!

"This, what should we do? Pan Situ once occupied the bridge to fight with thieves. How should we deal with this situation?"

But after Zhu Hunyuan heard this, he didn't bother to express his feelings about being deceived for a long time, and looked at Pan Le nervously.

After Pan Le heard this, his expression became unnatural, but now that the situation was critical, he could only say in a deep voice: "When we were fighting before, Hu Lugong once said that it is better to fight at Heqiao than to stay at Heyang. Now that our army is overwhelmed and we have to take care of Zhiguan, we can only take care of both sides by temporarily leaving the south."

But after Zhu Hunyuan heard this, his face suddenly darkened. The two cities of Heyang and Heyang were captured by Li Boshan before, which was a defeat suffered by the three men stationed there, Hu Lujin, Pan Le, and Xue Guyan, but he was the supporting party. Now that I am sitting here, I have to achieve this state of affairs by myself?

Even though he felt unwilling to give up, even Pan Le, who was serving as a rear reinforcement, did not agree to continue fighting the enemy south of the river, but Zhu Hunyuan also understood that the situation would not get better if he continued to persist.

Especially now that it is known that the main force of the rebel army plans to cross the river from Hongnong upstream and go north, the gains and losses of Zhiguan and the safety of Jinyang are even more worrying. Even if he can defeat Li Boshan in Heluo, it will not change the overall war.

At present, there is still a fig leaf for the overall situation to lead the troops to retreat. If the situation does not develop for the benefit if the situation continues to be stubborn, then it will inevitably be difficult to advance and retreat and regret it, so Zhu Hunyuan can only order his troops to continue to retreat.

As the Northern Qi defenders retreated to the north bank along the river bridge and once again achieved the goal of advancing into Heyang, Li Tai did not relax. At the same time, he arranged for Han Xiong and others to station in the south city of Heyang to block the route of the rebel army from the south.

He led the rest of his troops and marched south again, heading straight towards Yiyang, which was still holding on. Of course, the results here must be conveyed to Hongnong quickly. His support here has already played very well. It depends on the subsequent performance of Guanzhong's main team.