Chapter 146
On the 27th, the fleet arrived at the northern basin of Weicheng County on the second day after leaving Dongming County.
Chen Xun did not choose to get off the boat because the war horse was still on him, so he had to continue to advance to Jixian with the fleet.
Ji County and Xinxiang County are both located on the north bank of the Yellow River. The Jin army did not attach much importance to these two cities, leaving only one battalion of Jin soldiers to defend each city.
After Chen Xun put Lai Qingyun and the infantrymen of the Third Battalion off the ship, he also left more than 1,500 war horses, and then the fleet turned around and returned.
On February 28, Chen Xun led the Ma Junbat and Miaodao Camp to get off the boat at Li Gu Ferry, forty miles north of Licheng County.
Part of the fleet returned to Guangzhou to continue transporting supplies, while part of them cruised on the Yellow River to ensure logistics for the Chen family army of the third route.
Chen Xun had a total of 1,100 soldiers along the way, including 500 horse soldiers, 500 Miao sword soldiers, and 100 personal guards.
Now all the thousands and one hundred soldiers have been equipped with horses, one man and two horses.
The horse army and the two horses are used to strengthen the maneuver, while the two horses of the Miaodao camp need a horse to carry equipment.
The surrounding area of Kaifeng Prefecture City can be said to be flat. Yuntai Mountain is three or four hundred miles away from the northwest, and is also located on the north bank of the Yellow River. There are mountains in Zhengzhou to the west, which is also two hundred miles away.
The east and the south are all plains.
Such plains are very suitable for horse racing.
However, because Kaifeng is the capital of the Song Dynasty and has a high dependence on convenient and efficient water transportation, there are many artificial rivers built around it. With natural rivers, the density of water networks is comparable to that of Jiangnan.
However, it is precisely because Kaifeng is the capital of the Song Dynasty that there are many bridges on the river, which does not affect the horse army's maneuvering across the river.
There are no mountains, plains; there are rivers, bridges.
Chen Xun believed that the cavalry had great room for play in Kaifeng Prefecture.
So after stealing all the Jin people's war horses, Chen Xun still chose to lead 5,000 horse-riding infantry over under the huge pressure of 200,000 enemy troops.
The horse (Xiao Hei), the lackey (Wolf Green), the flying "Eagle" (Meng Gu), and Chen Xun equipped his own "Three-piece Set of Playboys" and led the army to kill towards Qicheng County.
In the morning, the army arrived at the north gate of Licheng County.
When the army arrived one mile away from the city wall, the defenders in the city had not yet reacted. They didn't know whether they were eating, drinking and enjoying the barracks or going out to hunt grass valleys.
The defenders on duty on the wall saw a strange army coming from outside the city. They just closed the city gates and stood up more than a hundred soldiers around the city gate tower, without doing other preparations for the city guarding.
"It's dark after more than an hour left. Should we attack the city?" asked the commander of the Ma Junbassin.
Chen Xun looked around and understood that the other officers had the same meaning as him, thinking that the slackness of the defenders of Licheng County was a good opportunity.
"Attack, the Miao Dao Camp is the main attack, the horse army is ready, and the city gate is opened and rushed in immediately." Chen Xun ordered.
After the order was issued, Miao Daoying immediately dismounted and began to dress.
With the help of his personal guards, Chen Xun quickly put on his own special heavy armor.
Two long ladders were quickly assembled, and Chen Xun chose a city wall one hundred steps away from the city gate tower and launched a general attack directly.
The defenders on the city gate tower were still watching, but they found that the troops outside the city were calling him without saying a word, and half of them rushed towards a city wall.
The defenders shouted and ran over to defend, but unfortunately it was too late.
The long ladder was quickly laid on the city wall more than ten feet high. Chen Xun was the first to climb up. Mo Dao unsheathed, chopped over a Jin soldier with one knife, and then followed the city wall toward the city gate tower.
The top of the city wall in Licheng County is only more than two meters wide. Chen Xunmo's sword can block the entire city wall by one round left and right.
Chen Xun, wearing heavy armor, looked like a heavy bulldozer, killing people by man blocking people, and killing Buddha by Buddha blocking them.
The Jin soldiers rushed over like waves, and were "pulled" away by Chen Xun.
After the long sword passed, the Jin soldiers were either cut off the city wall or fell to the ground, and none of them were spared.
The Chen family army, who were following the city wall, climbed down the inner wall, attacked from the inside of the city towards the city gate, and some followed Chen Xun and used crossbows to help Chen Xun press the formation.
"Kill!" Chen Xun yelled.
The defenders with less than fifty men remaining on the city wall began to retreat.
"Kill!" More than a dozen defenders were caught up by Chen Xun and chopped over.
The remaining defenders could no longer stop their fear, threw away their weapons and began to strode towards the other side. Some Jin soldiers were so scared that they jumped directly from the city wall.
The city wall is more than ten feet high, with rammed earth pavement below, and people cannot die, but they still have not escaped the fate of being killed. Because there are also Chen family soldiers who are killing in the city wall, and any Jin soldiers within the reach of a long sword will not be let go by the Chen family army.
The city gate was opened first by the Chen family army in the city. When Chen Xun stood on the city gate tower, the horse army had already begun to rush in quickly from the city gate hole under his feet.
The sound of horse hooves urges people to hurry up and don’t whip them!
The enhanced war horses with human nature seem to be more eager to kill than the knights on horseback. Seeing the fleeing Jin soldiers in front of them, they rushed up without dodging or dodging, and used their chests to knock the enemy away directly.
The Jin soldiers were knocked to fly in the air, vomiting blood and foaming at the mouth. The war horses were so excited that they neighed.
Chen Xun walked down the city gate tower and slowly marched into the city. Along the way, the resistance of the Jin soldiers had been eliminated by the horse army in front.
I walked to the county government office of Qicheng County, and I saw that the gate of the county government office was closed and arrows were shot out in the courtyard. Only one city of horses left behind was a city of people and horses to shoot against the Jin soldiers here, while the other horse soldiers rushed towards the other three gates in three directions.
"Let me do it." Chen Xun walked to the county government office without fear of the arrows.
When you are four or five steps away from the gate, turn sideways, sink your shoulders, step forward, and rush forward.
boom!
Chen Xun directly knocked open the gate of the county government with his shoulders, and the soldiers of the Miaodao Camp following him entered one after another.
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At the end of Shenshi, the sun was still hanging in the sky to the west, and the battle in Qicheng County had all ended.
Except for some Jin soldiers who survived by chance and were captured by Chinese-speaking generals, all the other Jin soldiers were eliminated by the Chen family soldiers.
After listening to Chen Zhuang's report, the battle reached the final stage, and the young Han people in the city finally couldn't help but participate.
The kitchen knife, hoe, manure fork, and various production tools greeted the disarmed Jin soldiers to vent their hatred. The bullied woman rushed to the Jin soldiers with disheveled hair and bit them with her teeth, which was a terrible sight.
The gathering of news from all parties made Chen Xun realize that his side had a mass base in fighting against the Jin army in Kaifeng Prefecture.
When the reputation is brought out and the Jin people are driven away, the Chen family army will definitely not be submerged in the ocean of mass when they turn to face the Song court in the future.
The eyes of the masses are sharp.
At that time, whether to choose to stand on the side of Song Ting who helped the Jin people persecute him or help the Chen family army rescued him from the Jin people's sword, the masses naturally had their own choices.
Chapter completed!