Chapter 322 The Battle for Hefei

"Get off the horse and prepare to attack the city!"

Yang Ye was unwilling that Hefei was taken away by the troops of other princes, and ordered the cavalry of the Invincible Legion to dismount and attack Hefei, where the city wall was broken.

The current Hefei city wall is seriously damaged, and it is not difficult to capture Hefei. Otherwise, once Hefei is turned into a copper wall by Huan Wen, Jiangnan's forces can attack Shouchun through Hefei in the future, posing a huge threat to Huainan and even the Central Plains.

"No matter which general of Xuzhou Mu is on the opposite side, in front of me, Huan Wen, their heads will be broken."

Huan Wen ambushed the crossbowmen. When Yang Ye led the dismounted cavalry to attack the city, the bowmen behind the parapet fired thousands of arrows and killed hundreds of the dismounted cavalry. Yang Ye's offensive was frustrated!

Considering the heavy losses, Yang Ye retreated temporarily.

"The dismounted cavalry is really not good at attacking cities. The defenders in Hefei seem to be good at using infantry and archers."

Yang Ye immediately gave up attacking Hefei after losing hundreds of cavalry.

Seeing Yang Ye's invincible army stop attacking the city, Huan Wen showed a sure-footed expression.

The role of cavalry in the Huainan area is limited, let alone siege warfare.

However, Yang Ye did not withdraw completely, but was waiting for the arrival of the servant army. Joan of Arc's Servant Legion has a group of soldiers who are not afraid of death, which can surprise the proud Huan Wen.

"Why hasn't he left yet. Are you waiting for reinforcements?" Huan Wen guessed Yang Ye's intentions. "Although there is no time to repair the city walls of Hefei, even if there are 30,000 more people, it is impossible to capture Hefei, which is guarded by Huan Wen."

When the Xuzhou Corps attacked Huainan, the sky gradually became gloomy, black clouds overwhelmed the city, and it soon rained heavily.

Yang Ye planned to wait for the arrival of the servant army and use the servant army to break the city, but the continuous heavy rain had a huge impact on the attack on Huainan, and the marching speed of the grain transport team was greatly slowed down.

Joan of Arc's servant army arrived in Hefei in the rain, and the water levels of the surrounding rivers and lakes rose sharply.

"This kind of bad weather, if you can attack Hefei by force, the defenders of Hefei can be caught off guard and can easily capture Hefei. Is the morale of your servant army available?"

Yang Ye knew that bad weather was also a fighter plane.

Joan of Arc replied: "My inspiration for the Legion is not affected by adverse circumstances."

"Then it can be done."

Yang Ye has already made up his mind.

The heavy rain made the road muddy, and Chutian's rear army finally came to Shouchun City.

Zang Ba and Sun Guan's Langya Defense Corps and Mi Fang's East China Sea Defense Corps arrived and took orders under Chutian's tent.

"Besiege the city, and once the rain stops, attack immediately."

Chutian wants to capture the strong Shouchun City, and it is estimated that he will have to pay a large price.

"I don't know if the infantry that attacked Hefei can succeed."

Chutian sees rainy days, and the army formed by Yang Ye and Joan of Arc to attack Hefei will most likely be affected by the rainy weather.

Weather is equally important to marching operations.

Chutian is considering taking advantage of the rising water level of the Huai River to see if it can flood Shouchun City.

However, the use of water attack is a big project, and it takes a lot of time to dig the river channel. Moreover, after the Shouchun City is submerged, the damage to the city and the impact on the people's hearts are the price of breaking the city.

Whether to use the double-edged sword of water attack, Chu Tian hesitated.

Unless he has a better way.

In the city of Hefei, the defender Huan Wen inspected the city defense. Seeing that there was no movement in the enemy's camp, he thought that the enemy had given up attacking Hefei, so he was relieved to return to the county government.

In the rainy weather, Joan of Arc held the battle flag soaked by the heavy rain and led the army of servants to attack in the heavy rain!

Tens of thousands of servants carried cloud ladders, frantically clinging to the city wall, breaking through from the northeast corner!

Hefei defenders could not have imagined that there were still legions that could launch an attack in such bad weather, and were caught off guard. They fought against the city wall with the legions of servants who had ascended the city.

Armored knights armed with long axes can break through the defenses of most units. They are like ghosts in the heavy rain, knocking down a defender with a long axe, and then swinging a battle axe to cut it down!

In the heavy rain, the bow and crossbow were almost useless. The soldiers on both sides fought hand-to-hand, using swords and spears to fight, and hundreds of people were killed!

Joan of Arc, armed with a knight's sword, engaged several defenders who besieged her.

A large shield hit Joan of Arc, her feet slipped, and she almost fell from the city wall of Hefei.

The city wall of Hefei is at least eight meters high, and it is almost impossible to survive a fall from the city wall.

Several defenders stabbed Joan of Arc with spears, and the latter hurriedly used her shield to block, blocking three spears, but one spear stabbed her in the shoulder!

Joan of Arc chopped off a spear with a knight's sword and blocked it with a shield, blood dripping down her shoulder. She stabbed to death three defenders alone.

The soldiers defending the city probably realized that this was the enemy's main general, so more defenders came to besiege Joan of Arc.

"Protect the General!"

The knights of the Servant Legion stood in front of Joan of Arc, and the knight's sword, the long-handled axe, and the broadsword and spear collided, struggling to repel the defenders.

The Servant Legion had an unexpected advantage, coupled with high morale, the defenders were losing ground.

"I didn't expect that her ability is really terrible. This kind of bad weather can also improve morale."

Yang Ye was ready to enter the city. His division of labor with Joan of Arc is simple. Joan of Arc was responsible for using her ability to attack Hefei in the heavy rain. After capturing the city gate, Yang Ye led the cavalry into the city and occupied Hefei!

The servant army quickly occupied a section of the city wall, killed the defenders of the city gate, seized a city gate, opened the city gate and let Yang Ye's cavalry enter the city!

"kill!"

Yang Ye took the lead and led 10,000 cavalry into the city. The huge horse's hooves trampled the stagnant water, and the water splashed!

"General, the enemy has occupied the city gate, and the cavalry is driving straight in!"

Huan Wen was about to rest and recuperate, and there were shouts of killing in the city. Joan of Arc's servant army had seized the city gate and let Yang Ye's cavalry enter the city!

"The morale of their legion cannot be enough to attack the city in the heavy rain! All personal soldiers, follow me to defend against the enemy!"

Although Huan Wen didn't know why the enemy's morale was still high when the rain continued, but the enemy had already entered the city at this time, and only by expelling them as soon as possible would it be possible to defend Hefei!

If Hefei falls, the pressure on Lujiang will be unprecedented in the future!

Yang Ye's cavalry galloped on the streets of Hefei, Yang Ye rushed at the front, stabbed with a red tassel spear, and killed several Chai Sang soldiers along the way!

"Place the spear formation!"

Huan Wen led his personal soldiers to form a spear formation, trying to prevent Yang Ye from taking Hefei.

Both sides know the importance of Hefei.

Yang Ye took advantage of the fact that Huan Wen's spear formation had not yet formed, and rushed into the enemy formation!

Even the light cavalry has the ability to attack the enemy frontally!

Yang Ye's cavalry followed the main general and rushed forward, the war horse knocked down the enemy on the opposite side, and the horse's hooves trampled over them!

Holding a long spear, Yang Ye slaughtered by himself and swept away!

The cavalry behind him forged ahead with the gap opened by Yang Ye, tearing apart the infantry phalanx that the opponent blocked on the street!

Under the circumstance that the bow and crossbow were difficult to use, the cavalry did not have to worry about being attacked from a distance.

Huan Wen tried his best to maintain the formation, delaying the advance of Yang Ye's cavalry.

"All officers and men, only by fighting to the death can we survive!"

Inspired by Huan Wen, the infantry, which had collapsed, regained their strength and slowed the impact of Yang Ye's cavalry.

The two sides saw each other in the streets, and the narrow streets had great restrictions on the role of the cavalry. When the speed of the cavalry dropped, it turned into a battle of the flesh, in close hand-to-hand combat with the infantry with halberds and spears, each with casualties.

The cost of cavalry was much higher than that of infantry, and Huan Wen took advantage of the narrow terrain to bring a large number of casualties to Yang Ye's invincible army.

There were dozens of infantrymen who died under Yang Ye's hands, but there were still a steady stream of infantrymen from the rear, stabbing at Yang Ye with spears.

In less than half an hour, hundreds of cavalry and infantry were killed!

When the two sides were at a stalemate, Dongying warriors and soldiers of the Arab Empire from the servant army detoured to the rear of Huanwen, and attacked Huanwen with Yang Ye. This group of fanatical warriors and believers rushed into the enemy line at any cost, slashing with samurai swords and Damascus knives, resulting in the death of dozens of Chaishan soldiers in the rear!

The front and back pincers caused the morale of the Huanwen army to collapse, and Huanwen was defeated!

Seeing that the situation was over, Huan Wen did not know how many enemies there were, so he led his soldiers to kill a city gate, grabbed the gate and left.

Huanwen Legion had a large number of soldiers, Huanwen wanted to retreat, and the Invincible Legion and Servant Legion who were chasing were killed and wounded by the Huanwen Legion.

"What a formidable opponent."

Yang Ye saw that Huan Wen could still cause a lot of casualties to his cavalry when he was attacked.

In the battle of Hefei, the casualties on both sides combined, at least 2,000 people, and Joan of Arc was injured.

Huan Wen retreated, and a considerable part of the reason was that he did not know the strength of Yang Ye and Joan of Arc.

"I'm not willing to fail like this!"

Huan Wen withdrew from Hefei and suddenly felt that something was wrong. He may overestimate the strength of the other side. The Eastern Ying warriors and Arab Empire soldiers who attacked his army just now may have only a few hundred people together.

"General, our reinforcements have arrived!"

When Huan Wen was frustrated, Zu Ti of Lujiang led 20,000 Lujiang troops to support Huan Wen and joined with Huan Wen's Chai Sang soldiers.

"Why did Hefei get lost?"

"I overestimated the strength of the enemy's army. Together, the two of us can regain the fat!"

"it is good!"

Zu Ti and Huan Wen joined forces, with 30,000 to 40,000 people, and turned back to attack Hefei!

Hefei is too important to them!

The capture of Hefei now may require 10,000 to 20,000 casualties, but if it is not taken now, Hefei may become a meat grinder in the future, and it may not be possible to capture 100,000 casualties.

"The enemy army returns!"

Yang Ye had just expelled Huan Wen who occupied Hefei, and Huan Wen made a comeback. Yang Ye and Joan of Arc became the defenders, and they fought hard to defend Hefei.

The servant army and the dismounted cavalry came to the city wall to defend, and the two sides fought in the heavy rain!

Joan of Arc continued to fight with her sword after wrapping the gauze around her shoulders.

Zu Ti and Huan Wen ordered the soldiers to set up a cloud ladder, climb up, and attack Hefei before Yang Ye had a foothold!

Although the big princes behind the two sides have no tendency to fight each other at this time, they have already fought for the key Hefei. Whoever can obtain Hefei will take the initiative in the future!

A large number of Lujiang soldiers and Chai Sang soldiers crawled to the upper city from all directions. A soldier with a heavy hammer knocked out a knight in full armor, and then he hammered it down again, and the knight as a high-level soldier would also be killed. The eastern warriors were stabbed to death by spears, and the soldiers of the Arab Empire were singled out.

In order to kill the fanatical servant soldiers, a large number of soldiers and horses of Lujiang and Chaisang were killed, and corpses were scattered everywhere in the city.

"What is the origin of this army of strange soldiers?"

Zu Ti and Huan Wen commanded a tragic siege in the heavy rain. They were amazed at the fighting strength and morale of the servant army.

What they didn't know was that all the servants were high-level troops, and only Chu Tian was willing to use them as cannon fodder.

Most of the soldiers of Zuti and Huanwen were low-ranking soldiers.

Yang Ye swept away the enemy with a gun on the city wall, and all the enemies who climbed the city fell under his red spear.

In order to compete for Hefei, the two sides fought fiercely until nightfall. The soldiers struggled to even swing their swords, and then the battle was stopped.

"Huh...huh..."

Joan of Arc supported her body with a long sword, and her physical strength reached its peak.

When both sides realized the importance of Hefei, they attacked at any cost.

Hou Jing was unable to protect himself, and gave Zu Ti and Huan Wen of Lujiang a chance to occupy Hefei, while Yang Ye and Joan of Arc went south to capture Hefei under the order of Chu Tian, ​​and a tragic battle broke out in the end.

The next day, the two sides rested a little and fought again in the heavy rain. The battle was endless!

...

Under Shouchun City, Chu Tian looked at the continuous rain. He had already received news that Yang Ye and Joan of Arc had entered Hefei and were fighting against the army suspected of coming from Lujiang. Among them, Joan of Arc was injured in the rain and had a high fever. Chutian asked Li Lan, a physician accompanying the army, to go to Hefei.

At the same time, Chutian sent Zang Ba and Sun Guan's Langya Defense Corps, 15,000 people, to the south to support Yang Ye and Joan of Arc.

Chu Tian didn't trust Mi Fang's abilities very much, while Zang Ba and Sun Guan were still very reliable.

Zang Ba became a one-eyed dragon, and Sun Guan limped, but they were all military generals who dared to go all out.

The legion that has the ability to compete with Yang Ye for Hefei is obviously the legion of the prefect of Lujiang, Tongque, who stays behind in Lujiang.

"The Bronze Sparrow definitely knows the importance of Hefei, so I don't hesitate to send out the army that defends the family to attack Hefei. Maybe I can attack Lujiang by capturing Shouchun."

Although Chutian did not declare war with Tongque, but during the period of separatism, various alliances and conspiracies were common. After Chutian could occupy Jiujiang County, he would go to Lujiang and completely occupy Jiangbei.

Chu Tian was besieged but did not attack. Hou Jing was worried that the Xuzhou Army would sneak attack in the heavy rain, so he sent people to patrol day and night, and even came to guard the city wall in person.

During this period, Hou Jing tried to lead his troops out of the city to attack Chutian's main army tent, but was repelled by Xue Rengui and Hua Mulan.

Guo Jia followed Hou Jing on the city wall to look at the camp of the Xuzhou Legion in the heavy rain, but his expression was relatively calm.

As long as the rain stopped, Hou Jing would soon die.

The reason why the siege party under the city did not move was that they were unwilling to attack in the rain, and there were too many casualties.