Chapter 915

It took more than two hours for more than two thousand wagons to cross the river, which meant that Anton's army had to hold the line of defense by the river for at least two hours, which was a rather arduous task. Fortunately, nearly ten thousand injured soldiers have crossed the river and are rushing to yuliu county. When they arrive at the county, they will take over the defense from the two thousand soldiers defending the county, so as to replace the two thousand soldiers and support the war here.

After Huang Wudi's army entered the defense line, several narrow passages were immediately blocked by Anton's already prepared wagons. As for the nearly 3000 Tujia soldiers outside, Huangfu Chaobo was not prepared. They also retreated to the other side of the river. They played a greater role in staying here than after crossing the river, at least when Jiling's army besieged Yulou county So it is.

At this time, Ji Ling's army had reached less than ten li to the north, that is to say, in about half an hour, Ji Ling's army would reach the river. The 20000 troops who entered the defense line were immediately arranged to eat and rest. When the Jiling army arrived, they would also join in the war.

In particular, 4000 yuan army crossbow soldiers, 1000 yuan army crossbow soldiers in Yulou city have been transferred, and 1000 yuan army crossbow machines have been trapped in the camp. In this way, there are 6000 yuan army crossbow soldiers, plus thousands of archers in various troops. Everyone believes that this nearly 10000 long-range force will kill the Jiling army.

Not surprisingly, as soon as you arrived, the Jiling army had already appeared in everyone's sight. Like a red tide, the 70000 army slowly came in the direction of Anton's army and did not stop until a mile outside the defense line.

Ji Ling had seen the defense line of Anton's army for a long time. Facing the defense line in front of him, Ji Ling didn't rush to attack. Instead, he asked the army to stop first. The soldiers took a rest and ate. However, Huan Ling led the generals to observe the situation of the other army.

At that time, there were more than 12000 heavy infantry, 30000 soldiers, 10000 imperial guards, 20000 guards and about 70000 guards in the Jiling army, totaling 70000 troops. On the other hand, the Anton army on the opposite side should only have more than 40000 people, less than 50000 people. Moreover, according to their costumes, there are more than 10000 ordinary guards. It is estimated that there are more than 20000 people who can really be called elite.

Although Anton's army has a large number of crossbow soldiers, Ji Ling doesn't think it can become a big army to stop him. Of course, Ji Ling will not ignore the existence of these crossbow soldiers. In Ji Ling's opinion, even if he fills in all the 20000 city guards and guards, as long as his 50000 elite troops break through the defense of Anton's army, tens of thousands of troops in the defense line will become fish on his chopping board and be slaughtered by himself.

Looking at the wagons behind the line of defense crossing the river orderly from several pontoons, and then heading towards Yulou County, Ji Ling knew that there was not much time left for him. There were more than 2000 wagons in the Anton army. Now there are only more than 1000 wagons left on this side, and the rest should have crossed the river. It seems that these wagons only need more than one All of them will be able to cross the river at that time, and most of Anton's army will certainly cross the river at that time.

Although it is often said in the book of war that he would attack half way, he had no cavalry, and there was a defense line for Anton's army, so he had to attack this defense line as soon as possible.

Ji Ling observed for a while and wanted to find some loopholes in Anton's defense line, but he found that although the defense of the other side was far from solid, there was no gap to be found. It seemed that he could only attack hard. Moreover, he didn't expect that the other side would set up a defense line here. He didn't even have an auxiliary soldier and wanted to make a trench There is no way to fill the huge wooden bridge above the ditch. It seems that we can only use the army to fill it.

When he regained his mind, Ji Ling stopped, turned his horse and returned to his army. Then he immediately collected the generals of the army for discussion.

As the most trusted general under Yuan Shu, Ji Ling had no equal reputation in Yuan Shu's army. So when Ji Ling arranged the city guard and the guard to lead 20000 soldiers as cannon fodder to attack Anton's defense line first, although all the generals knew that their soldiers would be seriously injured, or even the whole army would be destroyed, none of them dared to stand up against it, one by one Take orders and go.

Although Ji Ling arranged for them to lead the first attack, it didn't mean that they were killed, so many armor shields were sent to the two soldiers for their use. Their role is to get as close as possible to Anton's line of defense, fill up the trench, attract arrows for the follow-up army, and at the same time, fill in the channel for them to attack.

After the vanguards are arranged, 12000 heavy armour infantry and 10000 royal guards will follow. With their strong defense and attack power, they will break through Anton's defense and finally tens of thousands of battle barracks. Once the defense line of Anton's army was broken, the barracks would take advantage of the situation and fight into it, which would surely turn it upside down.

After receiving the order, the generals immediately returned to their troops and began the final preparations before the battle.

A quarter of an hour later, the battle drums of the Jiling army sounded, and 20000 soldiers were slowly approaching the defense line of the Anton army under the light of the setting sun.

After the chest wall built by the baggage cart, Huangfu Chaobo and the others are carefully observing the situation of Ji Lingjun. Seeing that they have begun to attack, Huang Zhong said in a side way: "the enemy has begun to attack. Please step back with the two military commanders and give them to someone here."Huangfu Chaobo said: "send the two military strategists across the river. They will be here with the soldiers."

Huang Zhong wanted to persuade him again. Huang Fu Chao Bo waved his hand and said, "tens of thousands of soldiers are here, and our general's guards are here. Should we let him leave alone? Don't say too much, General Huang. The war is under your command. I will never interfere, but I will have to leave with my soldiers. "

Seeing Huangfu Chaobo's resolute expression, Huang Zhong knew that it was useless to persuade him again, so he didn't say any more. He turned to Pang Tong and Guo Jia. They had no choice but to leave under the protection of their own guards and cross the river with the injured soldiers.

Seeing them leave, Huang Zhong turns his head and looks at Ji Lingjun's movements. As soon as Ji Ling's army moved out, Huang Zhong quickly saw his intention.

Although the 20000 soldiers in front of him were all wearing armor and holding large shields, Huang Zhong's experience showed that these 20000 soldiers were not the elite soldiers of Ji Lingjun, but ordinary soldiers. There was still a big gap between them.

"Order them to go down and wait for the enemy to enter the first trench before firing their crossbows." Huang Zhong turned his head to the messenger beside him;

the messenger nodded his promise, then turned and left for the crossbow position.