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Chapter 475 Siege of Huayuan Mansion

The news that the Hengshan Army went south to Huazhou and finally confronted Cao Jun in Huayuan Mansion soon spread throughout the world.

Various forces and countries have turned their attention to Huazhou.

The forces of Yan and Ming states finally chose to stand on the opposite side of Hengshan, not only severely condemning Hengshan's invasion of Huazhou, but also conniving with Cao Jun's entry into Huazhou.He even formed a coalition army and gathered troops in Jiangdong County of Mingzhou to threaten Jiangxi County of Huazhou.Hengshan had to garrison tens of thousands of troops in Jiangxi County to deal with any unexpected events.

On the grasslands in the north, many Donghu cavalry also appeared north of Xiayang Mountain. They frequently stepped into the buffer zone designated by the two sides, and several small-scale battles broke out with the Golden Werewolves.In this regard, Zhang Qian, who was in charge of guarding the mall, urgently informed Tong Wancheng of the grassland movement and asked for more troops to take precautions.Today, there is only one infantry division and one cavalry division on the grassland, with a total of 2 people.If Donghu's army advances westward, it will not be able to stop it with this force alone.

For this reason, after Luo Yi immediately discussed with the Ministry of War, he decided to dispatch [-] reserve cavalry from Xiazhou to the grassland to assist. At the same time, he also recruited Xiayang County militia to assist in stationing Xiayang Pass.He has already made preparations to fall north of Xiayang Pass. As long as he holds Xiayang Pass, he can go north again in the future.

After Tianyun Kingdom learned that Hengshan was trapped in Huazhou, Baiyunting was overjoyed, and immediately assembled its troops, preparing to take advantage of the situation where Hengshan was unable to intervene, and send troops westward to attack Eternity.

It is always unfavorable, which greatly increases the pressure on Hengshan. Many places under the rule have gradually entered the period of wartime control, and militia training has also started temporarily.Fortunately, the autumn harvest had just been completed at this time, so the militiamen had free time for training. As for the many chores after the autumn harvest, most of them were left to Hengshan women to complete.

In addition to Hengshan's general disadvantages, there was also a wave of rebellion in the Central Plains at this time.Taking advantage of the time when the main force of Cao's army gathered in Huazhou, rebel forces in various places rose again.Leizhou also won several consecutive victories after receiving some support from Hengshan, forcing the 15 army led by Cao Ziyan to temporarily retreat from Leizhou and confront Feng Chongyi in the border area.

Faced with this situation, Cao Ji groaned secretly in his heart, and had no choice but to order that the task of suppressing the rebels should be handed over to the local tycoons, and the garrisons in each region should only be responsible for guarding the city to prevent the rebels from breaking the city.

At the same time, in order to deal with the Hengshan Army, Cao Ji not only mobilized a large amount of gunpowder, but also ordered the Craftsman Battalion to immediately start researching imitation Hengshan artillery.But he didn't know that artillery has extremely high requirements for iron, and the craft requirements for making the barrel are very strict.As a result, several serious casualties occurred during the development of its craftsman battalion.

In the end, all Hengshan's militiamen arrived in Huazhou and took over Qin Yuanhao's task of guarding all parts of Huazhou.Qin Yuanhao's 10 soldiers and Luo Feng's [-] cavalry, together with various rebels and Hengshan militias, totaled more than [-] soldiers and headed south to meet Lin Yifan.

At this point, the 17 Hengshan Army began to take the initiative to attack Huayuan City.

Cao Ji knew that with the advantage of artillery, if he defended the city, he would only lose his morale under the enemy's attack.Dang even sent out 20 troops, lined up on both sides of the city, relying on the city, and fought to the death with the Hengshan army.

The two armies faced each other outside the city. On one side was the black and white Cao army, and on the other was the dark red Hengshan army.A total of nearly 50 troops from both sides gathered around Huayuan City, stretching for more than ten miles.

There is no dialogue, no confrontation.As soon as they came up, Lin Yifan ordered Luo Feng to lead four infantry divisions and one cavalry division to contain the [-] enemy troops on the left flank.Qin Yuanhao was also ordered to lead five divisions to contain the right wing.And he personally led five divisions and [-] auxiliary soldiers to launch a fierce attack on Huayuan City.

The first to appear was hundreds of cannons, which were pulled to three or four hundred meters below the city and bombarded nearby.

"Boom boom boom!~"

Hundreds of large and small artillery bombarded Huayuan City, and the bricks and stones of the city wall were continuously peeled off under the huge impact.The city gate was also shattered under the impact of dozens of shells.However, Cao Ji had already ordered people to block the gates of the city before, even if the gates were broken, they would not be able to enter the city.

The worst thing was Cao Jun who couldn't dodge on the top of the city. The stones shattered by the shells flew away with huge potential energy, and smashed into the person's body fiercely, causing many wounds and blood spattering.What's even worse is that some unlucky people were directly hit by the shells, and their whole bodies burst open instantly, and their flesh and blood were scattered all over the ground.

Standing on the viewing platform in the city, Cao Ji was stunned to see this tragic scene.He knew that the artillery was very sharp, but he had never seen it before. When countless artillery pieces fired together, it seemed that the whole world was about to be torn apart.No matter how strong the city wall is, it can't stop the bombardment of so many shells, and no matter how elite soldiers and horses are, they can't withstand the indomitable impact.He trembled with excitement, half frightened, half excited.

"If I can own such a sharp cannon, who else in this world is my opponent?" Cao Ji stared at the rows of black cannons outside the city with a look of greed.

Cao Jun at the top of the city fell into chaos in this wave of shelling. All the soldiers rushed down the top of the city, and no one wanted to stay on the wall for a while.

Fortunately, the Hengshan Army did not launch an attack after this bombardment. The chaotic Cao Army finally stabilized slowly under the comfort of generals at all levels.But at the top of the city, no matter how intimidating and lure they are, no one dares to go up again.In view of the fact that the scope of the shelling was only a section of the city wall around the city gate, as long as the Hengshan Army did not launch an attack, it would be fine even if there were no guards here.

The shelling was still going on, shells bombarded this section of the city wall uninterruptedly, the entire section of the city wall trembled continuously, and made a dull rumbling sound.

At this time, the left and right wings also kicked off the prelude to this bombardment.

The Cao army on the left wing assembled an army of 5000 to form 500 huge phalanxes, each with [-] people.Among them, there are eighteen infantry phalanxes, two cavalry phalanxes, one thousand sword and shield soldiers in the front row of the infantry phalanx, two thousand spearmen in the second and third rows, fifteen archers in the two rear rows, and the other [-] people. Responsible for manipulating the crossbow and catapult.The cavalry phalanx is on the two wings, always alert to the opponent's cavalry.Twenty square formations were initially arranged in a long snake formation, stretching for five or six miles.Relying on the strength of their numbers, they slowly pressed towards the [-] Hengshan Army on the opposite side.When the two sides approached, the Long Snake Formation gradually evolved into a Crescent Moon Formation, encircling the Hengshan Army on three sides.

Luo Feng, who was in charge of the left wing, narrowed his eyes and smiled coldly. The opponent wanted to use their superior strength and the defensive phalanx to compress their own army into their encirclement.No matter which phalanx you choose to break through, you will be rushed to support by the adjacent phalanx. Under the outflanking on both sides, if you break through unfavorably, you will be trapped in the enemy's siege.

But these are all based on the fact that the strength of the two sides is equal, and the strength of the attacking side is at least [-]% higher than that of the breakout side.But now, the Cao army may be far greater than the Hengshan army in terms of strength, but in terms of the comparison of the two sides' combat strength, they are much worse.

Luo Feng didn't order the army to assemble and line up, but ordered the whole army to retreat in a scattered manner. When the enemy army advanced, he took a step back, resolutely not letting the enemy army encircle him.However, the dispersed Hengshan Army did not become a mess, but instead formed combat squads one by one, moving backwards in an orderly manner.The cavalry, on the other hand, divided into two groups and charged towards the two wings of the enemy respectively.

Following Hengshan's actions, Cao Jun thought that the enemy would be defeated without a fight, but after a closer look, the enemy's retreat completely gave people a feeling of retreat without chaos, and there was no scene of defeat like a mountain.Immediately afterwards, they found that they kept pushing towards the opponent, but the opponent kept retreating, and the phalanx was still unable to encircle him.

But at this time, the Hengshan cavalry moved, charging towards the cavalry on both sides like a rainbow.

(End of this chapter)