Chapter 1113 Arrogant Xianbei People
After three or four consecutive hours of attack, the Xianbei people paid a considerable price and suffered many casualties, but they never had the chance to climb up the city. Their attacks were repelled again and again, which made Yuwen Mohuai angry.
After the battle, Yuwen Mohuai also realized that the army guarding the city was not a regular Wei army. If it were a regular army, why bother to be stingy with bows and arrows? These defenders did not shoot out a few arrows from beginning to end. Most of the time, they used bricks, stones, and wood to smash them down. These things were probably obtained by temporarily digging down the houses.
Such a simple weapon actually blocked dozens of attacks by the Xianbei people, which made Yuwen Mohuai very angry. A small Lingzhi City, a civilian army that was not even a regular army, could stop their powerful Xianbei warriors? If the defenders of the city were regular army, Yuwen Mohuai could barely accept it, but the defenders composed of ordinary people alone could prevent them from moving forward, which made Yuwen Mohuai really unable to swallow this breath.
Yuwen Mohuai ordered the concentration of troops, using the west of the city as a breakthrough point, and before dark, he would order the city to be branched.
As soon as the order was reached, the Xianbei soldiers who were patrolling outside suddenly reported to him urgently: "Report to the Lord, I found the Wei cavalry on the west side, and were rushing towards the Lingzhi."
Some of the leaders around Yuwen Mohuai were shocked. At this time, the attack of the city was not defeated. The reinforcements of the Wei army arrived again, and the situation suddenly took a sharp turn for the worse. The situation was obviously too unfavorable to them.
Yuwen Mohuai was much calmer, and his face sank, "Why are you panic? How many troops are there in the Wei army reinforcements?"
The soldiers reported: "There are about three or four thousand people."
Yuwen Mohuai laughed at the moment and said, "I thought there were so many reinforcements, but only three or four thousand people. This is not enough for me to add to the teeth. I will send orders and prepare to fight."
Yuwen Mohuai was originally worried that the Wei army had many reinforcements, but when he heard that there were only three or four thousand people, he felt relieved. He had to know that the troops he brought this time were 30,000 to 40,000, ten times the enemy, and he had an absolute advantage in terms of military strength.
Siege may not be the strength of the Xianbei people, but cavalry field battles are their best. They are the best at it. They have failed to defeat the Zhicheng for a long time. Yuwen Mohuai was furious. This Wei cavalry suddenly bumped into it, which just killed it and exhaled its anger.
As for the combat effectiveness of the Wei cavalry, Yuwen Mohuai didn't care at all. The Xianbei people have been struggling on horseback since childhood and are skillful in controlling horses. In terms of the combat effectiveness of individual soldiers, how could the Wei cavalry be their opponent? Even with the same force, Yuwen Mohuai is sure to defeat his opponent. As for the huge gap between the two sides, Yuwen Mohuai believes that it is enough to crush his opponent.
He didn't even need to send all the cavalry, he just divided about half of the people to meet the enemy, and the other half continued to attack the city, and could not give the defending army any chance to breathe.
The Wei cavalry who came to Lingzhi this time was not someone else, but the Yue cavalry camp led by Deng Ai. After the Youzhou army withdrew from the counties in western Liaoning, Cao Liang ordered the battalions to march immediately and take over the empty cities. Deng Ai was ordered to go to the county of western Liaoning.
The troops of the Yueqi camp were divided into two groups, heading to Yangle and to Lingzhi. As soon as they approached Lingzhi, Deng Ai received a report from the whistle cavalry that Lingzhi City was being besieged by the Xianbei people and Jiji was in danger.
Deng Ai didn't expect that as soon as the Youzhou army retreated, the Xianbei people took advantage of the situation. These Hu people would burn, kill, loot and do all kinds of evil. If the Zhicheng fell into their hands, they would probably be tragically washed away.
Deng Ai did not march rashly, but sent a scout to learn more about the details. He knew that the Xianbei people actually sent 30,000 to 40,000 people to attack Lingzhi. Now the Youzhou army has all withdrawn from Lingzhi, and he doesn't know how Lingzhi defended it.
Deng Ai led the group of people with only more than 4,000. It was indeed difficult to defeat ten times the enemy, but the reinforcements were like putting out fires. The current situation could not allow him to hesitate. So Deng Ai quickly ordered another Yueqi camp to go to Yangle, asking them to stop advancing immediately, change their way to Lingzhi, and detour to the flanks of the Xianbei people, and cooperate with his troops to launch an attack.
At the same time, Deng Ai asked Wen Qin for help from Youbeiping County, hoping that the Xiaoqin camp could also arrive at Lingzhi and siege and attack this Xianbei group.
Afterwards, Deng Ai ordered the Yueqi Battalion to advance at full speed immediately and launch an attack on the Xianbei people.
Although Yuwen Mohuai did not take the Wei cavalry seriously, he led his army to fight this time. The most important thing is that he was so depressed when fighting in the siege, and he happened to use this cavalry field battle to relax.
Not only Yuwen Mohuai, but also all the Xianbei cavalry were arrogant, thinking that this battle was easy to win and they would win without fighting.
But this time they kicked the iron plate because they encountered not ordinary Wei cavalry, but archers from the Yue cavalry camp, and the Xianbei people were destined to pay the price for their arrogance.
The two sides met about ten miles west of Lingzhi City. The camp was uniform and different from the Yueqi camp. The formations of the Xianbei people were scattered and rushed around like a swarm. This was of course related to the Xianbei people's underestimation of the enemy, but it was more due to their usual habits. When the Xianbei people fought, they mostly fought individually, and basically had no such thing as a combination of formations. In order to compete for the first time, they often chased each other and fought desperately, fearing that the credit would be taken away by others.
Those who are behind are a little unmotivated, and they have no achievements anyway. Many people are even too lazy to exert their efforts. Therefore, when the Xianbei people fight, some people move forward bravely, while others are procrastinating and disconnecting from front to back is more serious.
This battle was no exception. The brave Xianbei soldiers rushed forward first, while the Xianbei soldiers behind were not enterprising. They thought that such a little bit of the Wei army was not enough for the Xianbei soldiers in front to kill them. When they arrived on the battlefield, they would not even have the opportunity to drink soup, so they simply landed behind slowly and were not ready to work hard.
The Xianbei soldiers rushing in front were extremely fierce. In their eyes, these Wei soldiers represented credit, representing cattle and sheep. Killing one more person would have countless rewards. They all looked red, kicking the horse's belly with their feet, holding their bent bows and spears, screaming wildly, and rushing towards the oncoming Wei cavalry.
Chapter completed!