Chapter 280 Fighting Austin
The smoke of war was lit in Austin. Lan Yu, the commander of the Dynasty army, sent 30,000 infantrymen and 30,000 cavalry to try to recapture Austin, an important town in the eastern part of Luoshan Province, and open up a material operation channel.
Facing the army of the Dynasty, Tu Yue, the sergeant of the Nanchuan Army who already possessed strong strength, did not plan to evacuate Austin. He actively prepared for the war and retreated all his troops into Austin.
Since Austin stored a large number of weapons and equipment of the Dynasty army and military supplies, the sergeant Tu Yue could hold on for half a year, so Tu Yue prepared to take a gamble, defend Austin to block the Dynasty army, and drag hundreds of thousands of Dynasty troops to death.
"Brothers, cheer me up and kill a dynasty soldier and reward a silver coin!" Sergeant Chief Tu Yue knew that the soldiers he recruited under his command had not been trained and might not be able to stop the attack of the dynasty soldiers, so he had no big reason and directly used white silver coins to inspire morale.
These soldiers under Tu Yue were refugees who were unable to eat for several days. Now, they can not only eat a lot of fish and meat every day, but also have white silver coins. Although they look like a group of mobs, their morale is high and they are full of expectations for the upcoming war.
Twenty thousand Nanchuan cavalry were also withdrawn into Austin City. These cavalry were systematically trained, and they were not considered in terms of military discipline and fighting will. However, the only drawback is that they are cavalry, not infantry.
"Sir Sergeant, don't underestimate our cavalry. We can kill the enemy when we get on horseback, and we can also kill the enemy when we get off horseback!" Cavalry commander Wu Jing assured the sergeant that their cavalry is not inferior to infantry at all.
In order to ensure the combat effectiveness of the defending troops, Tu Yue drew five thousand veterans and experienced sergeants from the cavalry to serve as officers in the recruits. Although the combat effectiveness of the cavalry troops was weakened, the skeleton of the officers was built among the recruits. Tu Yue believed that as long as the dynasty army was withstood the first wave of attacks from the dynasty army, the recruits would not be difficult to defend Austin.
On October 25, the attacking troops of the Dynasty army arrived in Austin. Looking at the black battle flag of the rebels being planted on the top of Austin, the generals of the Dynasty army were ashen. They directly launched an attack regardless of the fatigue of the troops' long journey.
Thirty thousand dynasties launched an attack in three directions at the same time. Facing the elite dynasty troops, the commander Tu Yue did not dare to be careless at all and personally drove the city to command the battle.
The dynasty army came from the elite Central Army, and they were all elite. Not only were the soldiers well-trained, but their weapons and equipment were also excellent. Facing the strong Austin City, their attacks were orderly, and they led the way with long-range strike troops. The attacking nest vehicles and ladders were lined up in turn. The octagonal cow crossbow was transported directly to the city, with a huge momentum, which made the new soldiers in Nanchuan who had participated in the battle for the first time pale.
The first huge rock on the long-range troops of the Dynasty army hit the city tower, and the huge city tower collapsed, and dozens of soldiers stationed down the city tower were buried in an instant.
At the beginning of the attack, the dynasty troops had long-range catapults, and fireballs were continuously shot into Austin City. Austin soon fell into a sea of fire, and the war began to burn.
Under the cover of long-range weapons, the dynasty infantry holding shields pushed the ladder, pushed the nest cart, and pulled the city hammer to attack in an orderly manner.
The overwhelming black arrows gave the city guarding troops a lot of casualties, and the roar of the octagonal bull crossbow caused many new recruits to collapse.
"I won't fight anymore, I won't fight anymore, I'm going home." The newlyweds, who were originally very morale, shouted and wanted to escape from the battle position. In the face of the cruel war, they finally knew that fighting was not a fun thing.
But since you have set foot on the battlefield, you have to pay enough money to get high rewards, because nothing in the world is never easy to get.
These new recruits who fled the battle position soon fell into a pool of blood. Many of them were shot and killed by arrows from the dynasty army as soon as they stood up. Those who escaped by luck also faced the steel knife unsheathed the Nanchuan Army.
There are supervising teams composed of Nanchuan cavalry in all passages, and all deserters who fled from the battlefield will be killed immediately.
The originally uneasy defenders had to pick up their weapons and return to their positions under the threat of the powerful supervisory team. The veterans and soldiers who had newly added to the recruits also played a great role at this moment. They kept roaring and encouraging the recruits to eliminate the fear in the recruits' hearts.
"It's all raised by my mother, why are you afraid of? The knife in your hand is not a fire stick. If you cut it out, they will die!" The soldiers roared loudly, and the fear in the hearts of the recruits continued to disintegrate amid the roaring soldiers.
"Fuck, don't bully us without ranged weapons!" Commander Tu Yue was furious when he saw the long-range weapons of the Dynasty army's continuous aggravation of his own casualties: "Murong Ke, move all the long-range weapons in the arsenal to the city walls! I want to teach this group of miscellaneous people a bloody lesson!"
Countless catapults and crossbows were moved to the city wall, and the weapons were piled up in Austin's arsenal. Tu Yue, who was angry, directly ordered them all to be moved to the city wall.
"Break me back! Fight hard!" Tu Yue screamed.
"Sir, we can't operate crossbow machines..." A soldier pointed at the crossbow machines and scratched his head.
"Idiot, I'll do it!" Tu Yue kicked the soldier away and started operating himself.
On more city wall sections, the elite soldiers did the same movements as Tu Yue. With the whistling sound, overwhelming crossbow arrows flew down from the city, and wedged into the dynasty army fiercely, causing a burst of blood torrent.
"Bastard, the rebels have so many crossbows!" The dynasty officer dodged and cursed.
"Sir, they have seized the arsenal of our stored in Austin." Someone cursed hatefully, and the enemy attacked themselves with their weapons. This atrocity made the dynasty officers very angry and helpless.
Although there were help from crossbow machines, the dynasty soldiers still launched an attack without hesitation. Who made them the elite Central Army? The honor of the Central Army made them unable to retreat.
After half an hour of fierce battle, the soldiers of the Dynasty broke into Austin's city walls, and hand-to-hand combat began. Both sides fought desperately on the Austin's city walls.
Facing the elite dynasty soldiers, these newly recruited Nanchuan soldiers were no match for at all. They often killed four or five people to kill a dynasty soldier. The balance of victory gradually tilted towards the dynasty army, and the defenders were killed and retreated step by step.
"General Wu, get rid of it." Sergeant Chief Tu Yue saluted a military salute to the cavalry commander Wu Jing, full of expectations.
"Sir Sergeant, don't worry, Jiuyuan Iron Cavalry, invincible in the world!"
The commander of the cavalry unit, Wu Jing, turned over the horse, and behind him, 15,000 black-armored cavalrymen pulled out their shiny sabers!
"Open the city gate!" Wu Jing yelled.
The city gate that was originally confined was slowly opened, and the dynasty soldiers who were hitting the city gate were immediately overjoyed. Two teams of 100 people rushed into the city.
"Kill!" The cavalry commander Wu Jing waved his sabre, and more than 10,000 cavalrymen were like rolling iron streams and instantly crushed the two dynasty soldiers and 100 teams into ashes.
The various units of the Dynasty army who were fighting in the siege did not expect that there were such a number of cavalry troops in the city. Facing the sudden cavalry, they were stunned and rushed to retreat.
The 15,000 black-armored cavalry were like a sharp blade, and the dynasty soldiers fell over the horse and rolled up a bloody storm among the dynasty soldiers.
It was not until the black armored cavalry defeated the attacking troops everywhere that the commander of the Dynasty reacted and roared: "Where are our cavalry? Block them for me! Block them!"
Due to the attack of the cavalry, the dynasty soldiers who attacked the city wall had no support and became powerless. Tu Yue led his troops to take the opportunity to counterattack and regain control of the city wall.
Outside the city, the metal storm rolled up by the black armored cavalry constantly harvesting the lives of the dynasty soldiers. Faced with the dense cavalry formation, even the strong formation would break like a barrel. The Nanchuan cavalry was unstoppable! (To be continued)
Chapter completed!