Chapter 437 Breaking Through the Great Array
The Tang army's lightning tactics scared the Liang army. Yelu Deguang and Zhu Wen learned that the Tang army had only taken ten days and the 200,000 troops arrived directly under the city of Zhenzhou. They were shocked. At this time, all reinforcements had not been forced to arrive. Zhu Wen could not wait for the reinforcements to gather. The people who ordered the order to arrive first immediately rushed to my province.
Zhenzhou is now the capital of Liang State. Outside Zhenzhou, there is also Cangzhou in Liang State. It is guarded by the general Kang Huaizhen. The Tang army is aggressive. Zhu Wen dared not fight. He relied on the city to defend and wait for assistance. In the town of Zhenzhou, there are nearly 10,000 cavalry, 50,000 infantry and tens of thousands of soldiers of various tribes such as the Liang State. The food and grass reserves in the city are enough to support for several years. As long as the city is not compromised, he is still confident to defend and arrive.
After Kang Huaizhen, the general guarding Cangzhou, learned that Zhenzhou City was surrounded, immediately raised an army to rush to Zhenzhou. A real battle began under Zhenzhou City...
The war is in full swing under Zhenzhou City.
The Tang army was collecting materials. In just half a month, the military craftsmen quickly made 800 stone pottery, bitter rain and stone rain. Every day, they poured into Zhenzhou City without spending money. They climbed the ladders, rammed the city gates, built earth mountains, and dug tunnels. All kinds of tactics were used to the extreme. The defenders in the city came to block the water and came to the earth to garrison. They also dealt with each other with each other and tried their best to resist.
The reinforcements from other states of the Liang State had no way to face the Tang army, a giant. The Tang army's three-way military army was mostly infantry, and the cavalry was put on the back road to eat bad. But Zhang Jun thought that it was just siege and what was the cavalry doing? So in the past few months, Wei Zhaodu has been leading the three-way army to train the formation. After cooperation, it has finally been quite effective. Once the huge battle formation is started, it is simply a huge terrifying meat grinder. This formation is more complete and meticulous than the formation arranged by Xu Wen in Shouchun City. Especially after more than a month of continuous improvement and supplementation, it is perfectly combined with the terrain. Its heavy armor infantry was equipped with the most exquisite weapons in the world at that time. It received the most scientific training and the most exquisite formation formed. The frontal battle is invincible. It can't fill this bottomless pit even if it enters.
The Liang State reinforcements watched the Song army siege and siege the city with a huge appearance, but they were at a loss. The Tang army only fought with you in position and did not take the initiative to disturb the war. What can you do? These hundreds of thousands of troops are piled up under the city of Zhenzhou. People eat horses and feed them. Spending money every day is like flowing water. It is almost like a person to collapse.
At this time, the Tang army had already made a free move and began to cut off the cities around Zhenzhou. Kang Huaizhen was originally to reinforce Zhenzhou. However, several major battles were setbacks one after another. The loss of soldiers and generals could not help Wei Zhaodu's proud battle formation. His morale was extremely low. After several defeats, some generals under Kang Huaizhen even led their troops to surrender to the Tang Dynasty.
These generals were annexed by the Liang State. It has only been a few years since then. They are not loyal enough and willing. But soon afterwards, another man surrendered to the Tang Dynasty. Although he was unable to pull all his troops over, he only brought more than 200 confidants. It caused an uproar in the Liang army camp.
When the news came, the morale of the Liang army plummeted. This time, it immediately produced a domino effect. More than a dozen generals successively surrendered the city. Zhenzhou City officially became an isolated city. The situation was in jeopardy.
At this time, some bad sounds appeared in Zhenzhou City. They wrote letters to the son Emperor Zhu Wen, asking to open the city to surrender to avoid the disaster of life.
"Nothing nonsense! Anyone who dares to abandon our country and abandons his troops to protect himself will be killed without mercy!"
Zhu Wen raised his sword and stood up. The strong eyebrows were filled with evil spirits. It was so shocking that no one dared to speak out in the civil and military affairs. Only the son emperor's loud and powerful words were left: "In the past, I was doomed to the world. No one dared to stop me. Even with Duan Mingyu and Li Ye's talent, I can do anything to me. Now Zhenzhou City is in danger. The defenders face 200,000 enemy troops. They guarded Yue She and did not lose an inch of land. With my Khitan Tiger and Wolf Army going to rescue the siege, you are actually timid and afraid to fight. "
Looking around the hall, Zhu Wen was tough and firm, and said resolutely: "You retreat. I will not retreat! If I want to die, I will die even if I die. I will die in battle under Zhenzhou City!"
Seeing that the emperors were all so brave, the civil and military officials in the court were ashamed and dared not to meet each other. Zhu Wen's resolute words also aroused their fierceness. At this moment, the civil and military officials gathered their courage and then recruited troops from various departments, continued to organize their troops and prepared to support the defenders on the city.
In fact, Wei Zhaodu fought very well in the battle of Zhenzhou, especially when he attacked by lightning and attacked Zhenzhou. His energy scared the Khitans who had always been arrogant and unfair. If Zhu Wen had not refused to surrender, the Khitans had already given up on Zhenzhou. The Turtle had retracted back to Youyun Sixteen Prefectures.
However, there are still many talented people in the Liang Kingdom. The Tang army's formation was the most troublesome thing. Tens of thousands of reinforcements confronted the Tang army but were at a loss. They could only watch them launch endless attacks on Zhenzhou City. The reason was that they found it difficult to deal with the Tang army's formation that had been studied after countless scrutiny and simulations of various situations in response to the enemy. So during the stalemate with the Tang army, they were working hard to study the Tang army's formation, hoping to find its weakness.
This weakness was really found by them. They attacked the Tang army formation every day. The generals stood at a high place and looked down at the overall situation. They carefully remembered the various response measures of the Tang army. Finally, they discovered that although the soldiers and horses around Wei Zhaodu were also in the formation, they did not play a role at all. Once the troops rushed to the formation, the formation map of the army started to operate and block Wei Zhaodu tightly. However, the operation of the army took time. If a team sent a group of troops to attack Wei Zhaodu's troops, the Tang army would inevitably change the formation at the fastest speed to protect the main general. At this time, another heavy army would attack another weak formation. The formation could not be changed back. Then can it be possible to break through the formation?
Thinking of this, Kang Huaizhen devoted himself to studying a carefully selected army and horse. He broke through the Tang army's defense and entered Zhenzhou City smoothly. The other troops did not have orders and did not dare to leave the formation without permission. He was afraid that the entire surrender would collapse. The troops who broke through were panicked. They were unable to respond. They did not expect to report military information in a timely and accurate manner. They commanded the 200,000 army. Wei Zhaodu, who had been dozens of miles away, did not know the news until the Liang army entered the city for a long time.
Chapter completed!