Chapter 502: Jiulong City Falls
However, in this chaos, they did not notice that in the barren mountains near both sides of the checkpoint, a rustling sound was heard in the afterglow of the setting sun.
"Don't move, don't move!" Wu Jie howled twice as he was being dragged by the crowd. "This elder has sprained his ankle. Let me take it easy!"
Defending a city is boring to begin with, and it was so rare to see something interesting like this, so the soldiers guarding the city did not rush.
Time passed by minute by minute! Finally, a soldier at the checkpoint unconsciously glanced at the barren mountain on the side. He couldn't help but frown when he saw it. There was no wind at the moment, so how could the trees be shaking?
Suddenly, the soldier was shocked, "Not good!"
He first shouted loudly and immediately wanted to find his squad leader to pass on the message, but after Wu Jie's commotion, time had already passed quietly. Many defenders were still watching the show, and dense crowds of people had appeared in the barren mountains on both sides.
"kill!"
Ma Shang and Chen Ruiwen, both wearing light armor, were at the front. They led their troops out of the dense forest and rushed towards the wide-open checkpoint at the fastest speed.
This sudden attack shocked the defenders. They never expected that thousands of troops would appear so close to them.
The captain who was watching the show outside the checkpoint was the first to react, "Shoot arrows, block the city gate, come, close the checkpoint!"
His reaction was quick, but a door like this wasn't the front door of his house, so how could it be closed so easily? And how could Ma Shang and the others possibly give them the chance to close the door?
The two of them led the charge and rushed to the gate almost at the same time, and started fighting directly with the defenders who rushed over.
There are thousands of defenders in the entire gateway, but most of them are deployed on the checkpoints. There are only a few hundred people inside and outside the checkpoints. How can they stop the 6,000 Daqian soldiers?
The captain's men almost collapsed at the first touch, and the checkpoint changed hands in an instant!
Wu Jie, who was still howling, had already turned over and climbed up, and walked forward and shouted, "Two generals, I will help you guard the gate!"
Wu Jie knew that although he had Jia Cong's promise, he still had to work hard for some things. He had certainly made a contribution to opening the checkpoint, but these contributions varied in size. Now was his chance to earn some credit and leave a better impression on Jia Cong. How could he let it go?
"Lao Ma, you keep an eye on this gate. I'm going to block their troops at the checkpoint!" Chen Ruiwen shouted and rushed into the city gate.
At the same time as the farce at the city gate, in a valley about two or three miles outside Jiulong, a large group of soldiers and horses quickly formed a battle array and approached Jiulong. Shortly after the battle began, they also arrived at the designated position.
Guo Wei took a look at the situation at the checkpoint and immediately waved his hand, "Attack!"
Swish, swish, swish!
A few hundred steps away was enough for archers and catapults to suppress the defenders at the checkpoint! Over ten thousand archers, coupled with dozens of catapults, rained arrows that nearly obscured the sky, while rocks the size of human heads rained down on the checkpoint with the sound of wind breaking through the air.
At this moment, the entire earth trembled! A few breaths later, a dense mass of cavalry appeared in sight, led by the Tiger General Niu Ci!
Niu Ci, wearing heavy armor and holding two hammers, bypassed Guo Wei's troops on both sides and rushed straight to the checkpoint gate.
Jiulong was a strategic gateway, so the various tribes of Southern Xinjiang stationed a total of 20,000 to 30,000 soldiers and horses there! Among them, Jia Cong and his men had 5,000 soldiers and horses stationed at the North Gate, which was being attacked by them, and 3,000 soldiers and horses stationed at the South Gate in the other direction. The remaining 10,000 soldiers and horses were stationed in the city camp for rest and rotation.
Five thousand soldiers were not too many, but not too few either. Under normal circumstances, they were more than enough to guard the checkpoint. After all , in a place that was easy to defend but difficult to attack, five thousand men would be enough to give the enemy a headache. But who would have thought that there would be an unexpected event besides Orchard?
In a very short time, Niu Ci's cavalry rushed into Jiulong!
They did not help Ma Shang and others, but followed Jia Cong's orders, killed the scattered enemy soldiers at the checkpoint gate, and rushed straight towards the military camp in the city.
The defenders in the city obviously haven't reacted yet. As long as they are fast enough, they can use cavalry to break up the military formation in the city and secure victory.
As for the checkpoint, there are thousands of soldiers led by Ma Shang and Chen Ruiwen, and Guo Wei's soldiers will enter the city later, which is enough!
When the war broke out this time, after Jia Cong arranged the troops, he waited in the central army camp in the rear, and did not lead the troops to fight in person!
Now his position and identity are different. He should do his job. Now he is the commander-in-chief of an army, sitting in the rear. This can not only stabilize the morale of the entire army, but also prevent accidents from happening and being unable to respond in time.
What's more, he now has dozens of military honors and officers under his command, who are also brave generals and talented people, and there is no shortage of people who can charge into battle .
Listening to the shouts and cries of killing coming from afar, Jia Cong's expression was calm! The difficulty of Jiulong was that it was difficult to open the checkpoints when the enemy was unprepared. Now that the most difficult link has been solved, the battle can be fought step by step. The defenders are elite, but how can the army under his command be just a trivial matter?
What's more, now he has the advantage in terms of both the situation and the number of troops.
Before Jiulong, seeing the cavalry entering the city, Guo Wei shouted, "Formation, advance!"
The standard-bearer beside him raised the flag, and the army stopped attacking and marched towards Jiulong City in a mighty force.
Suolang Wangdui was pondering the current situation in the camp. "Now, if Chengdu falls, it will mean that all the southern prefectures will be under control! Even the Daqian troops will be unable to reverse the situation. Meanwhile, the tribes in Sichuan and Shu, while superficially aligned with our forces, harbor ulterior motives. They simply hope to reap the benefits."
"However, some tribes have been conquered now. If we let them fight each other and waste time, I think we can delay the war for long enough."
"The Land of Abundance has a vast population and abundant resources! Using this as a springboard, our Southern Xinjiang tribes can bring the dozens of surrounding prefectures under their control!"
"Then the army will march south to Dali and north to compete with Daqian for supremacy! Who says that the tribes of our southern border cannot rule the Central Plains?"
“Kill! Kill! Kill!”
Suddenly, loud noises and shouts of killing were heard!
He was startled and asked, "Come here, where does the shouting and killing sound come from?"
"General, it's in the direction of the north gate!" he ordered the soldiers to report urgently.
"North Gate? Qiang people? Put on armor for me!" He was well aware of the importance of Jiulong. Once Jiulong was lost, the plan to besiege Chengdu would likely fail.
However, he discovered it too late! By the time he left the tent to marshal his troops, the sound of horse hooves could be heard from Jiulong City... Jiulong City had already been breached!
