Chapter 322: Battle for Hefei

"Dismount, prepare to attack the city!"

Yang Ye was not reconciled to Hefei being snatched by the soldiers and horses of other princes, and ordered the cavalry of the Invincible Legion to dismount and fight, and attack Hefei where the city wall was broken.

The current city walls of Hefei are seriously damaged, and it is not difficult to capture Hefei. Otherwise, once Hefei is built into a copper wall and iron wall by Huanwen, the forces of Jiangnan can attack Shouchun through Hefei, posing a huge threat to Huainan and even the Central Plains.

"No matter which military commander of Xuzhou Mu is on the other side, in front of my Huan Wen, he will break his blood."

Huanwen ambushes the crossbowmen. When Yang Ye led the dismounted cavalry to attack the city, the crossbowmen ambushing behind the female wall shot hundreds of dismounted cavalry. Yang Ye’s offensive was frustrated!

Yang Ye considered heavy losses, so he temporarily retreated.

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

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

Seeing Yang Ye's Invincible Legion stop attacking the city, Huan Wen showed an expression of surprise.

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

However, Yang Ye did not completely withdraw, but was waiting for the arrival of the servant army. Joan of Arc's servant army 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 the city walls of Hefei don't have time to repair, even if another 30,000 people come, it is impossible to capture Hefei, which Huan Wen guards."

When the Xuzhou Army Corps attacked Huainan, the sky gradually became gloomy, dark clouds pressed against the city, and heavy rain soon continued.

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

The army of servants of Joan of Arc arrived in Hefei in the rain, and the water levels of the surrounding rivers and lakes rose sharply.

"In this kind of bad weather, if Hefei can be attacked by force, the Hefei defender can easily capture Hefei if he is caught off guard. Is the morale of your servants available?"

Yang Ye knows that bad weather is also a fighter plane.

Joan of Arc replied: "My encouragement to the Legion will not be affected by adverse circumstances."

"Then it can be done."

Yang Ye is already confident.

The heavy rain caused muddy roads, and Chutian’s rear army finally came to Shouchun City.

Zangba and Sun Guan’s Langya Defensive Corps, Mi Fang’s East China Sea Defensive Corps arrived, and ordered them in the Chutian Account.

"To carry out a siege, once the rain stops, immediately attack."

Chutian wants to conquer the strong Shouchun City, it is estimated that he will have to pay a lot of price.

"I don't know whether the attack on Hefei can be successful."

Seeing the rainy days in Chutian, the army composed of Yang Ye and Joan of Arc to attack Hefei will probably 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 Shouchun City can be flooded.

However, the use of water attack is a big project, and it takes a lot of time to dig the river. Moreover, after the flooding of Shouchun City, 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.

Hefei City, the guard Huan Wen inspected the city defenses. Seeing that there was no movement in the enemy camp, he thought that the enemy had given up attacking Hefei, so he returned to the county office without worry.

In the rain, Joan of Arc holding the battle flag drenched by the heavy rain, led the army of servants to attack in the heavy rain!

Thousands of servants carried the ladder, enthusiastically climbed the city wall, and broke through from the northeast corner!

Hefei defenders did not expect that there was a legion that could launch an offensive in such bad weather. They were caught off guard and fought with the servant legion on the city wall, and the dead soldiers fell in the standing water!

Full body armor knights holding a long-handled axe can break through the defenses of most units. They are like ghosts in the heavy rain. They use the long-handled axe to knock down a defender, and then use the tomahawk to cut down!

In the heavy rain, the bow and crossbow were almost useless. The soldiers on both sides fought close to each other, using swords and spears to kill, and hundreds of them were killed!

Joan of Arc holds a knight sword and fights several defenders who besie her.

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

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

A few defenders stab at Joan of Arc with spears in their hands. The latter hurriedly used a shield to block the three spears, but another spear stabbed her in the shoulder!

Saint Joan cut off a spear with a knight sword, then blocked it with a shield, and the blood flowed down her shoulder. She stabbed three soldiers to death by herself.

The soldiers who defended the city probably realized that this was the enemy's chief, 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, long-handled axe collided with the broadsword and spear, struggling to repel the defending army.

The servant regiment had an unexpected advantage, coupled with its high morale, the defenders retreated steadily.

"Unexpectedly, her abilities are really terrifying. Such bad weather can also boost morale."

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

The army of servants quickly occupied a section of the city wall and killed the guards of the city gate, seized a city gate, opened the gate and let Yang Ye's cavalry into the city!

"kill!"

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

"General, the enemy has already occupied the gate, and the cavalry commander drove straight in!"

Huan Wen is planning to take a break, and there are shouts of murder in the city. The servants of Joan of Arc have seized the gate and let Yang Ye's cavalry into the city!

"The morale of their army can't be enough to attack the city in heavy rain! All the soldiers, follow me to defend the enemy!"

Huan Wen did not know why the enemy was still morale high in the rain, but at this time the enemy had already entered the city. Only by expelling them as soon as possible can he defend Hefei!

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

Yang Ye’s cavalry was galloping on the streets of Hefei. Yang Ye rushed to the forefront, stabbing several Chaisang soldiers with a red spear!

"Put a spear formation!"

Huanwen led his soldiers to form a spear formation, trying to prevent Yang Ye from capturing Hefei.

Both sides know the importance of Hefei.

Yang Ye took advantage of the fact that Huan Wen’s spear formation hadn’t formed yet, so he slid into the enemy formation!

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

Yang Ye’s cavalry followed the main commander, and the horses knocked down the enemy army on the opposite side, and their horses hooves trampled over them!

Yang Ye held a long spear, killed by himself, swept across!

The cavalry behind him moved forward with the gap opened by Yang Ye, tearing open the infantry phalanx blocking the street!

When the bow and crossbow are difficult to use, the cavalry don't have to worry about being attacked from a long distance. They closely follow Yang Ye and attack the enemy line after group!

Huanwen tried his best to maintain the formation and slowed the advance speed of Yang Ye cavalry.

"All soldiers, only a deadly battle can survive!"

Under the encouragement of Huan Wen, the infantry that had collapsed, revived and slowed the impact of Yang Ye cavalry.

Both sides saw the streets. The narrow streets restricted the cavalry's role. When the speed of the cavalry dropped, it turned into a ground-fighting battle, fighting melee with infantry with halberds and spears, each with casualties.

The cost of    cavalry is much higher than that of infantry. Huan Wen uses the narrow terrain to bring a lot of casualties to Yang Ye's invincible army.

There were dozens of infantry soldiers who died under Yang Ye, but there was a steady stream of infantry from the rear, stabbing Yang Ye with spears.

Within half an hour, hundreds of cavalry and infantrymen were killed!

Just as the two sides were in a stalemate, the Eastern Warriors and Arab Empire soldiers of the Servant Legion detoured to the rear of Huan Wen and attacked Huan Wen with Yang Ye. This group of fanatical warriors and believers rushed into the enemy line regardless of the cost, hacking with katana and Damascus knives, leading to the death of dozens of Chaisang soldiers in the rear!

The front and back flanks caused the morale of the Huanwen Army to collapse, and Huanwen was defeated!

Huan Wen saw that the general situation was gone, and he didn't know how many people there were in the enemy, so he led the soldiers to kill a city gate and walk away.

The Huanwen Legion had a large number of soldiers. Huanwen wanted to retreat, and the invincible and servant regiments that he pursued were killed by the Huanwen Legion.

"What a great opponent."

Yang Ye saw that Huan Wen could still cause a lot of casualties to his cavalry when he was flanked. He looked solemn, letting the rain fall into a pool of blood along the armor.

The battle of Hefei, the casualties of both sides added together, at least two thousand people, Joan of Arc was injured.

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

"I am not willing to fail!"

Huan Wen withdrew from Hefei, suddenly felt something was wrong. He may overestimate the opponent's strength. The Eastern warriors and soldiers of the Arab Empire who attacked his army just now may be only a few hundred people.

"General, our reinforcements have arrived!"

When Huan Wen was frustrated, Zu Ti of Lujiang led 20,000 Lujiang soldiers and horses to support Huan Wen and joined Huan Wen’s Chaisang soldiers.

"Why is Hefei lost?"

"I overestimated the enemy's military strength. Together, we can regain Hefei!"

"it is good!"

Zuti and Huan Wen joined forces, with thirty or forty thousand people, and they turned their heads to attack Hefei!

Hefei is too important to them!

It may take 10,000 or 20,000 people to kill Hefei now, but if you don’t take it now, Hefei may become a meat grinder in the future, and it may not be possible to capture 100,000 casualties.

"The enemy turns back!"

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

The army of servants and the dismounted cavalry came to the wall to stand firmly, and the two sides fought in heavy rain!

Joan of Arc continued to fight with a sword after wrapping gauze on her shoulder.

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

Although the great princes behind the two sides have not yet had a tendency to crusade against each other, 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 climbed to the city from all directions. The soldier holding a heavy hammer stunned a full-armed knight, and then fell down with another hammer, and the knight who was a high-level arm was also killed. The Eastern warrior was stabbed to death with a spear, and the Arab Empire soldiers were picked off.

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

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

Zuti and Huan Wen commanded a fierce siege in the heavy rain. They were amazed at the combat power and morale of the servant army.

What they didn't know was that this servant army was all high-level arms, and only Chu Tian was willing to treat them as cannon fodder.

Zuti and Huanwen soldiers are mostly low-rank soldiers.

Yang Ye held a gun on the city wall to sweep the enemies, and all the enemies who climbed the city fell under his red gun.

In order to compete for Hefei, the two sides fought fiercely until night. The soldiers struggled to swing their swords, and the war ended.

"Huh...huh..."

Saint Joan of Arc supported her body with a long sword, her physical strength reached the extreme.

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

Hou Jing couldn't protect himself, and gave Lujiang's ancestors and Huan Wen a chance to occupy Hefei, while Yang Ye and Joan of Arc under Chutian's order went south to take Hefei, and a fierce battle broke out.

The next day, the two sides rested for a while, and fought again in the heavy rain, and the war was endless!

……

Under Shouchun City, Chu Tian watched the continuous rain. He had received news that Yang Ye and Joan of Arc were stationed in Hefei and were fighting the army suspected of coming from Lujiang. Among them, Joan of Arc was injured in the rain, so the fever persisted in UU Reading . Chu Tian asked Li Lan, a physician who accompanied the army, to go to Hefei.

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

Chutian didn't trust Mi Fang's ability very much, but Zang Ba and Sun Guan were still very reliable.

Zangba became a cyclops, Sun Guan limped on foot, but they were all generals who dared to go desperately.

The army that has the ability to compete with Yang Ye for Hefei is obviously the army of the Lujiang Prefect Tongque staying at Lujiang.

"The Tongque must know the importance of Hefei, so he will not hesitate to send the guarding army out to attack Hefei. Maybe Shouchun is captured, and I can also defeat Lujiang."

Although Chutian did not declare war with Tongque, during the period of separatist rule, all kinds of gangs and plots were common. After Chutian could occupy Jiujiang County, he would go to Lujiang and completely occupy Jiangbei.

Chutian besieged the sky instead of attacking. Hou Jing was worried that the Xuzhou Army Corps would take advantage of the heavy rain.

During the period, Hou Jing tried to lead his troops out of the city to attack Chutian’s main army tent, but Xue Rengui and Hua Mulan fought back. They chased them down to the city, fearing that they would be ambushed by the defenders in the city, and then stopped.

Guo Jia followed Hou Jing on the wall and looked at the camp of the Xuzhou Army Corps in the heavy rain, but his expression was calmer.

As long as the rain ceases, Hou Jing will soon die.

The reason why the siege party under the city didn't move was just that he didn't want to attack by rain, which caused too many casualties.