Steel Dynasty - Chapter 595

[Chapter 595 Counterattack]

In Chuzhou, the army led by Lu Fei has been stationed here for five days.

According to Xiao Ming’s order, he will now besiege Chuzhou instead of attacking it, attracting the Wei King’s army to come to the rescue and leaving Jinling City empty of troops, thus preparing for Ye Qingyun to capture Jinling City in one fell swoop.

“General, the horse traps around the camp have been dug.” Bai Mu walked into the camp and said.

After passing Pengzhou City, the terrain of Wei’s territory was basically flat. Now their camp was set up on a flat map with a very open area around it, making it extremely easy for the cavalry to target them.

So after he was stationed, Lu Fei asked his soldiers to dig a horse pit to prevent the King of Wei’s cavalry from raiding.

Now deeper and deeper into the hinterland of Wei, Lu Fei became nervous because he knew that King Wei’s personal soldiers still did not appear, and these soldiers were King Wei’s real trump card.

These armies include 30,000 cavalry, 8,000 musketeers, and a huge number of traditional cold weapon troops. If the King of Wei is anxious and puts all these troops into the Chuzhou battlefield, it will really be enough for them to drink a pot.

After all, even he can’t guarantee victory in this situation, which is why he is so cautious.

After Bai Mu finished his report, a scout in charge of reconnaissance hurriedly entered the camp. He said to Lu Fei: “General, another 30,000 cavalry are coming to Chuzhou City. At the same time, there are a large number of infantry behind the cavalry, numbering about ten. About ten thousand.”

As soon as he said this, Lu Fei’s face turned green. He comforted himself: “Bai Mu, did you see that we are the main attack mission this time? This shows that His Highness trusts this general, Ye Qingyun. The weight is not enough, so I can only do something sneaky.”

Bai Mu rolled his eyes and said: “General, it seems that the King of Wei is preparing to fight us this time, and the only cavalry in Wei has been sent out. “

What are you afraid of? Didn’t I dig trenches and traps?” Lu Fei said.

While the two were talking, the gate of Chuzhou City suddenly opened, and then a group of infantrymen wearing armor, holding shields in their left hands and horizontal swords in their right hands poured out of the city gate.

Following closely behind these soldiers were archers wearing green linings. After leaving the city, these soldiers immediately formed a battle formation. At this time, every soldier had a serious expression.

The unusual movements of the Chuzhou defenders attracted the attention of the Southern Expeditionary Army. At this time, Lu Fei walked out of the camp, picked up his telescope and looked at the Chuzhou Army 700 meters away.

“Everyone, the defenders of Chuzhou have stayed behind closed doors for many days without fighting. Today, they suddenly set up a battle formation. It seems that King Wei is really preparing to fight a tough battle with us in Chuzhou this time.”

Luo Xin also left at this time. He

came over and said: “General, this change in Chuzhou must be fraudulent. Although the King of Wei is incompetent, there are still some outstanding generals in Wei. This battle cannot be taken lightly.”

Lu Fei pondered for a while, and he said, ” Are they planning to use human walls to block the guns,

and

then the archers will shoot at us after they get close to us?

Maybe there will be a way to deal with it this time,” Luo Hong said.

Lu Fei nodded, “But they underestimated our firearms. Let the soldiers line up. Luo Xin, change grape bullets.”

“Yes.” Everyone took the order and left.

At this time, Xiao Han and Chen Wei, the governor of Chuzhou, were standing on the city wall, looking at the camp of the Southern Expeditionary Army. Xiao Han said, “Has the Southern Expeditionary Army never attacked?”

Chen Wei said, “His Royal Highness. , The general thought that they did not attack in order to contain the troops of Jinling City and other states. The real dangerous army may be the army of Yangzhou. “

“Jinling City is impregnable, and Yangzhou and Tongzhou are isolated and helpless. It is too late for them to defend the city. Why? Maybe attack Jinling City?” Xiao Han said with a smile.

Chen Wei looked a little embarrassed and said, “His Royal Highness, this is not the general’s alarmist talk. This King of Qi has always used troops unconventionally, and he may not take risks.”

Xiao Han was a little impatient. He didn’t want to fight at all, but this time The King of Wei was confused and asked him to personally lead troops to support Chuzhou City, and also asked him to be responsible for defeating the Southern Expedition Army led by Lu Fei.

“Needless to say, my father is in charge of Jinling City, so nothing will go wrong. Now we should think about how to deal with the current Southern Expedition Army, otherwise we will not be able to explain to our father.”

Chen Wei responded, and he saw Xiang Cheng said to the camp of the Southern Expedition Army: “The strength of the Southern Expedition Army is its firearms, and the infantry suffers a great disadvantage in fighting with them. Therefore, the general is preparing to use a mixed attack of infantry and archers, as well as a strategy of cavalry raids to defeat the Southern Expedition Army. “

This time I bring 30,000 elite cavalry, plus the local garrison and 100,000 soldiers, there should be no problem in dealing with them,” Xiao Han asked.

“If we cooperate properly, there should be no problem.” Chen Wei pondered for a moment, “But the general thought it was best not to take the initiative to attack.”

Xiao Han said, “Do you think I think so? My father is going crazy now. Let me do this this time.” We must defeat the Southern Expeditionary Army, kill Xiao Ming’s spirit, and end the war with a battle.”

Chen Wei’s expression suddenly turned gloomy when he heard this. Even though the Southern Expeditionary Army only had 40,000 to 50,000 people, he did not believe that you could defeat King Wei’s army. Xiao Ming’s, because there is no comparison between soldiers in terms of morale.

For him, these soldiers and horses are more than enough to defend the city but not enough to attack.

But now that Xiao Han had given the order, he had no choice but to bite the bullet, but before he gave the order, the soldiers of the Southern Expedition Army came out of the camp and came towards the city gate.

At this time, Luo Hong led the soldiers across the trench from the three-meter-wide passage and ran towards the gate of Chuzhou City. The trenches they dug were not continuous. Every hundred meters there was an unexcavated area of three meters. These places are heavily guarded by infantry in order to concentrate their forces to annihilate the cavalry. After analysis, Lu Fei believed that the purpose of the Chuzhou Army was to use the infantry as a human wall, wear out the archers, and finally attack with the cavalry.

So after discussion, they decided to adopt the strategy of deceiving the cavalry to lure the cavalry out of the city and severely defeat the cavalry supporting Chuzhou.

The seven-hundred-meter road was not far away for the soldiers. Luo Hong led 10,000 soldiers to advance slowly in a square formation.

As they advanced, there were more and more infantry outside Chuzhou City. They were divided into three parts: left, middle and right, facing them neatly. “The Southern Expedition Army looks down on people too much. Do they want to defeat us with only 10,000 people?” Xiao Han mocked. This time they sent 20,000 infantry, and the 30,000 cavalry in the city had already assembled and could rush out of the city gate to fight at any time. When he saw As the soldiers of the Southern Expeditionary Army gradually moved away from the camp, he showed a cruel smile. In his opinion, the generals of the Southern Expeditionary Army were nothing more than that.

(End of chapter)