Chapter 338 Beating the Drum to Gather the Generals
Xue San used precious medicinal materials to make a soup stock and forcibly hanged the sword master's life.
Some of these medicinal materials were picked from the Tianduan Mountains. As the saying goes, people who rely on mountains and mountains rely on water. In the original foreign trade of Shengle, monsters and beasts were naturally extremely profitable, but some Tianduan Rare specialties from the mountains also account for a large share, especially some rare medicinal materials.
There are some medicinal materials that Xue San has never seen before, that is, they are unique to this world, so he tried them himself and confirmed the medicinal properties.
In addition, when I went south to attack Qian State and ransacked the Jin Palace, I also harvested a lot of these precious medicinal materials. It was painful to sell such things, so I simply kept them for my own use.
The "big tonic soup bath" that Xue San gave to the master at the beginning also contained many precious medicinal materials.
In this expedition, it is impossible not to bring these things. To put it cold-bloodedly, if there is something wrong with ordinary soldiers, if they don’t carry it, they won’t carry it. If there are several demon kings, including the Lord, who will If something goes wrong, it must be rescued at all costs.
Not to mention in this world, even in future generations, every time an epidemic disease appears, the rich and powerful can detect it first and treat it first.
This is reality.
The Juggernaut is very consistent with the standard of "reality".
After Xue San came out from his busy work, Zheng Fan immediately asked:
"How is the situation?"
Xue San looked solemn and said:
"The problem is very serious. The meridians in my body are broken and cracked. I feel that even if I survive this time, I will be a cripple and it will be difficult to take care of myself."
"Is it so serious?"
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General Zheng's heart was bleeding.
"Uh, but we are still saved." Xue San said.
“I understand this.” Zheng Fan nodded.
The Sword Master still needs to be saved. Even if he becomes a useless person, his understanding of the sword is really rare in this world.
Not to mention that there is a natural sword embryo in Shengle City. Let the sword master continue to train it. Maybe ten years later, Zheng Fan will have another female sword master.
Just talk about this feat of forcibly breaking the mirror to open the second level,
Originally even Liang Cheng felt that the sword master must die,
But,
Damn it,< br>
Who knows!
Zheng Fan suddenly discovered that in this world, Chen Daxia was one person, and Sword Master was also another person. They both had the same fate as the protagonists.
As a former comic book creator, he naturally knows what this kind of fate means, which means that no matter how miserable, degenerate and unbearable he is at this time, he will suddenly rise again a few years later.
It stands to reason that the Sword Master is now dead, and the probability of rising again is almost slim. But Zheng Fan doesn’t mind waiting and is willing to wait. Anyway, the previous Sword Master didn’t cost much. With the Sword Master, the cost will naturally be smaller.
It’s really heartbreaking to convert those thousand-level battle achievements into silver.
But you still have to give it. It goes without saying that no matter how stingy General Zheng is, he will not default on paying his soldiers.
If you owe the peasants wages, you only need to prevent them from causing trouble, but if you owe these Qiu Ba gangs, they have knives in their hands!
"Send two of your trustworthy subordinates and take good care of them."
"Don't worry, sir, I understand."
"Okay, I'm going to rest. ”
“Good night, Lord.”
Today, Zheng Fan didn't do anything, he just ran away, but he was also scared to the point of sweating.
There is no treatment for taking a bath. I can only wash my face, light the fire pot, lie down next to it and fall asleep directly.
Zheng Fan fell asleep quickly because he felt much more at ease.
After the savages lost that Grimm, let’s see how they attack the city.
………
Sure enough, the next three days were uneventful.
The Savages lost their coach and a general who knew how to siege the city. Both the morale of the army and the tactics were severely affected.
In the past three days, Liang Cheng took the time to train the Jin slaves and let the old soldiers teach them some experience. He can only say that he should try to make them become more qualified cannon fodder as soon as possible.
To the north, from time to time, small groups of wildling cavalry would come from the snowfield to check the situation. It should be that some nearby tribes discovered that the snow customs was closed and planted the black dragon flag of the Yan Kingdom, so they came here to inquire about the situation. , however, there was no organized savage force.
Finally,
On the fourth day, the savage army from the south began to attack the city.
Grimu died,
the coach died,
lost the "professional" command of the siege,
all of this,
None of them could stop the savages from attacking Snow Customs.
Because they have no other choice, they must defeat this snow customs.
Zheng Fan climbed onto the city wall early, Fan Li stood on the right side of Zheng Fan holding a shield, and A Ming stood on the left side of Zheng Fan.
Outside the city, the savage army was already in formation.
It can be seen that in these days, they have also built a lot of siege equipment, mostly ladders and siege hammers, but this siege hammer looks a bit nondescript. Wheels were added to them.
There are quite a few savages, and from a visual perspective, they do put a lot of pressure on people.
But the savages probably haven’t come up with the movable towers and slightly higher-end siege equipment. First, they are short of time. Second, they lack suitable craftsmen. Third, the nearby woods have been destroyed. "Strong walls and clear fields" meant that they had to go further to cut down wood, which greatly limited their efficiency.
Inside Xueguan, five artillery carriages are ready, and the soldiers on the city wall are also ready.
Because Xue Customs had been looted by savages, Zheng Fan did not receive enough equipment here. Fortunately, General Zheng was always willing to spend a lot of money to build his troops, especially when sending troops. Before that, there was a waiting period. At that time, all the workshops inside and outside Shengle were shut down, and efforts were concentrated on replenishing the ordnance of Shengle's army.
Furthermore, because the attack on Fengxin City was successful in seizing the gate, the equipment consumption was not only minimal, but also a large amount was captured. Therefore, there is no shortage of equipment for the time being in Xueguan.
Bows and arrows should be sufficient for the time being, but according to Liang Cheng's calculations, if the war lasts for a long time, agile soldiers will still be needed to go down at night to collect the arrows.
In addition, although Snow Customs is a pass, it is actually a city. Before the rise of the savages, because the power of the Situ family had long been pushed to the snowy plains, there had been no war at Snow Customs for a long time. In addition, commerce is developed, so there are many buildings and people in this level.
The indigenous people must have been robbed when the barrier was first broken, but the houses in the city were demolished and unloaded, and whatever was useful was piled forward.
During this process, some underground cellars and warehouses were also discovered. The savages were careless, and it may be that when they first broke through the Snow Customs, the savages were still "simple" and did not understand that the Jin people liked to hide things. Because of his habit of keeping the cellar, Zheng Fan did not "clean" the place clean, which allowed Zheng Fan to get a lot of food supplements.
To sum up, the various supplies in the city are not rich, but they are enough. Come on, let’s get started!
Zheng Fan silently took out a cigarette. Every time he went on an expedition, the blind man would prepare several extra boxes of cigarettes for him to take with him.
And I don’t know why, when I was working on a manuscript in my last life, two packs of cigarettes a day were not enough. But after waking up in this world and having cigarettes, I might only have one cigarette a day. Only then will I remember to light one.
This city wall has a protruding "mouth" part. The purpose of this construction is that when the enemy attacks the city, you can have two more walls to attack the enemy.
At this time, Zheng Fan was standing at the forefront of this "mouth".
Looking up and looking at the sky, Zheng Fan was smoking silently.
After finishing smoking a cigarette,
there was also a new movement on the savage side. Groups of refugees were driven forward. They were carrying very simple ladders, and most of them only had They had spears sharpened with wood, and only a few people had knives in their hands.
They were driven towards the city wall in groups. There was no moat to the south of Xuehaiguan, and Liang Cheng did not waste any effort digging trenches in the winter, but some spikes and iron were still left behind. Thistles is on the ground.
Many refugees in Shanxi don’t even have shoes, so they step on them with bare feet. What a feeling, and in this era of lack of medical treatment and medicine, suffering severe trauma in such extreme weather conditions, what a fatality rate. , is quite high.
When the refugees were approaching the city wall, Liang Cheng ordered them to be shot without hesitation.
They cannot be allowed to attack the city with ants, otherwise it will affect the city wall guards' attack on the savages who follow up.
There are mostly Jin people in this Shengle army, but you also have to look at where the Jin people are from.
The pattern of the three families being divided into Jin has been formed for more than a century. Although they are collectively called Jin people by the outside world, in fact, they have long since split.
Most of the people under Zheng Fan’s command were descended from the Helian family and the Wenren family, or they were descended from the original Gyeonggi area. In short, they were nothing like the Jin people from the Situ family, which was the boundary of Chengguo. Emotions of pity.
So,
They decisively carried out Liang Cheng's order and began to mercilessly shoot the refugees under the city wall.
The refugees have very poor organizational discipline and are generally used as cannon fodder. If the city they are attacking has a moat or trench, they are asked to carry soil on their backs to fill the holes. If there is not enough soil, Then use their corpses to fill the pits, and it's the same thing.
But after suffering a blow, the top was the Yan army who shot arrows at him mercilessly, and the back were the savages who were eyeing him. Most of these refugees were squatting on the ground with their heads in their hands, crying and screaming, waiting to die. .
Liang Cheng ordered again to stop shooting arrows.
The arrow stops;
The refugees looked around in confusion. No one dared to pick up the ladder and continue to try to climb the wall. However, they did not dare to go back. They just instinctively gathered in the corner of the city wall.
No matter how much the savages in the distance yelled, cursed and waved their knives, they were still far away anyway, and these refugees just stood there motionless.
They are not stupid, they know that if they have any abnormal actions or attempts, the superiors will definitely shoot them again. Everyone wants to survive, even if the hope is slim, even if they just die a little late, Most people will still choose to do this.
If you have to live with it for just one more moment, live with it for as long as possible, even if you live like a zombie.
Zheng Fan cautiously stuck his head out and looked down, and unexpectedly saw a female refugee huddled in the corner, breastfeeding the child in her arms.
I don’t know if she can still express milk after being captured and driven so far by the savages.
However, Zheng Fan also knew that this was not the time to be merciful. The Sword Master was lying there eating vegetables. If he were here, he would probably find a way to go downstairs and rescue the child.
Oh,
I can’t do anything about the overwhelming sense of justice,
it’s quite trouble-free.
Over there,
Seeing that the Jin people they had finally captured were lying down, the savages began to allocate their forces to attack the city.
It’s just that they are said to be savages, but in fact they have the appearance of Jin people, but they are wearing armor and have good weapons. The soldiers in the front row hold shields, the back row carries ladders, and those behind push them Battering ram.
Then the battering ram walked halfway. Before Sheng Lejun on the city wall could shoot an arrow, the wheels spread out on their own. In the end, they could only rely on two rows of people to carry the big log and continue moving forward.
If I had known this was going to happen, why would I take off my pants and fart?
"My Lord, there have been two absurdities in the savages' siege. One is that when there is no moat trench outside my southern city wall, they forcefully drove these slaves who were finally captured to siege the city. In fact, it is not possible at all. It's no use at all Yes, the consumption of this small amount of arrows is actually negligible.
If the subordinates are on the opposite side, since these slaves were captured with great difficulty, I will let them take charge of the military camp. Logistics, felling, construction Wait, people are needed everywhere.
If they leave slaves under the city gate and wall like this, it will cause great trouble for them when they attack the city later. After all, there is only space under the city wall. So big. "
In ancient wars, it was common for the number of civilians to be more than twice that of the regular army. Therefore, in many cases, those armies that often claimed to have 400,000 or 800,000 troops were basically logistics. Civil servants are also included.
"Actually..." Liang Cheng hesitated and continued: "They are used to marching with cattle and sheep to make war supplies, but it is obvious that after entering the customs this time, they They just robbed and moved things home, and plundered everything they needed from Jin.
Furthermore, from the time when the barbarians entered the country and the war swept through most of the country, the spring plowing and autumn harvest in these places were basically delayed. Therefore, at this time, even if the barbarians wanted to rob, it would be difficult to plunder from nearby areas. Got enough supplies.
Xue Customs Fangyuan was, after all, the place where they first came in, and the place where they plundered the most. The savages should be running out of food soon. "
"So, you mean, these slaves can... be eaten? "
Liang Cheng acquiesced.
"Do you want to be so harsh? ”
I know you are a zombie, and I know you and A Ming are good friends. We want to drink some red wine together to cultivate our feelings, but there is no need to be so direct.
"My subordinate is wrong."
"You continue to speak, I will listen."
General Zheng just took it as a make-up lesson.
“The second mistake the savages made is that, my lord, you see, their main attack direction is actually the city wall where we are now.”
That is the upper part of the word "convex".
“However, in a real siege, the success rate of directly attacking the city gate and trying to break in from here is very low, because any defender will conduct the most rigorous defense of the city gate. "
"But I see there isn't much decoration under the city gate..."
Zheng Fan understood, nodded and said:
"You are Do you want them to break through this city gate on purpose? ”
"It's not intentional. I can only say that if you can hold it, hold it. If you can't hold it, let's just let them break through the first door."
In the upper part of the "convex" character, there are There are no stairs leading to the city wall, so if the savages break through the city here, If they rush in happily, they will find that what awaits them will be another stronger city gate. At the same time, the soldiers of the Shengle Army on the four walls will shoot them from the inside without blind spots, and the savages who rush in will , they can only squeeze together and wait passively to die.
"This is really an old sow wearing a bra, one set after another."
General Zheng couldn't help but sigh.
"My lord, my subordinates have just discovered the third mistake. Now the barbarians have begun to attack the city. I will escort my lord back to the rear city wall first. Let's talk as we walk."
"Okay."
General Zheng follows the good deeds.
When the two men withdrew and the city wall broke away from the front line of the battlefield,
Liang Cheng continued:
“My lord, I see this first wave of barbarian troops attacking the city. They looked the same as the Jin people, and the subordinates guessed that they should be soldiers and horses under Grimu's command.
Since Grimu was born in the Jin Dynasty, it is natural that most of his subordinates would be soldiers from the Jin Dynasty.
Now that Grimm is dead, those savage families will just let Grimm's original troops be the main force to attack the city first. This should be right, someone has to take the lead first. .
But that was while Grimm himself was still there. Grimm was already dead now. If he drove them out in such a grand manner to make the first batch of consumables for siege, it would easily cause consequences. The rebellious mood of these Jin people who surrendered their soldiers not only caused a severe drop in morale during the siege. Later, if we plan to conduct another night attack, we can use the camp where the Jin people surrendered their soldiers as a breakthrough to open up. "
"Prepare, let go! ”
Xue San is directing his men to release the stone eggs.
In fact, the lethality of this thing is also limited. After all, it is difficult to get explosive shells. Originally, the defenders used artillery carts to smash the towers of the siege or the artillery carts of the siege. , but not the savages on the opposite side.
However, while attacking the city, you have to worry about "meteorites" landing overhead from time to time. This is a huge blow to the morale of the attacking party.
“So, our city can be defended without any problem?”
“Thanks to the Sword Master killing Grimu that day.”
Without one Grimu, the barbarians have lost one of their most prestigious commanders. After all, although Grimu is from Jin, he was the first direct lineage to put all his possessions to follow the Savage King, and he is also the best at attacking cities on the Savage side. people.
In fact, what Zheng Fan and Liang Cheng didn't know was that the savages had successively attacked the two cities of the Situ family on the snowy plains and finally conquered the Snow Customs. Although there was certainly a reason why the two brothers Situ Yi were leading the party and acting internally, but On the frontal battlefield, especially in the siege battle, Grimu's command put great pressure on the Chengguo army defending the city, which created an opportunity for the two brothers Situ Yi to cooperate internally and externally.
At the same time, the Jin army under Grimu, who knew best about siege warfare, also fell into low morale.
"Basically, the problem is not big, unless the Savage King dispatches a general from the front line and all the elites from his direct line to integrate here and re-attack the city."
Hearing this "unless", Zheng Fan smiled.
Obviously,
Even those who are "gou" like General Zheng don't care much about this "unless".
Looking at the river, the person facing the Savage King is no longer the eldest prince of the past, but the Marquis of Jingnan!
You go ahead and draw the generals and elites back to attack the city. Do you dare to face the Marquis of Jingnan?
As the "disciple" of Marquis Jingnan,
Zheng Fan is quite convinced of Marquis Jingnan's ability to use troops. In addition, the Jingnan Army and Zhenbei Army currently under Marquis Jingnan total more than 80,000 people. This does not include the other armies and troops of Yan State. Chengguo’s army.
General Zheng really dared to use the combination of Yiyang Finger and Lion Roar Kung Fu to shout arrogantly to the Savage King:
Come here, come here!
After escorting Zheng Fan back to the back wall, Liang Cheng looked at the situation in front and said:
"It seems that it is very difficult for the savages to break through our front door."< br>
In his words,
there seems to be some regret that his design cannot be realized.
Zheng Fan leaned his back against the wall and stretched,
said:
"In other words, we are done here, let's see Jing next. How did Nanhou defeat the barbarians in front of him?"
At the expense of a sword master,
plus my more than 100 kilograms and the large-scale attack of ten thousand Shengle troops,
Snow Customs,
it was nailed.
Next, Tian Wujing,
It's time to give you the pen.
......
Two flowers bloomed;
Both sides of the Wangjiang River have been very lively recently.
The Yan army was divided several times and made an offensive gesture in several positions;
The savages saw the tricks and made corresponding arrangements to respond.
However, the Yan people only set up formations and switched defenses. After so many days, they never tried a serious attack.
The Wangjiang River is clearly frozen, but the Yan people don’t seem to want to seize the opportunity to take advantage of the blessings brought by this change in weather.
On the Savage side, they have always maintained the previous style, that is, how you mobilize the Yan army, I will respond accordingly, but at the same time, I have always been retreating when the situation is not good. Get ready, as for whether I really retreat, I don't dare to fight with you, why don't you give it a try?
So, with Wangjiang as the dividing line, the two sides combined hundreds of thousands of troops, like two civilian "masters" fighting each other, circling around and posing in various postures, < br>
While the white crane spreads its wings, while the mantis fists up,
At the same time the black tiger digs out its heart, while the eagle claws are ferocious,
In short,
it just doesn’t move, it just spins in circles circle, whetting the appetite of the audience.
……
In the barbarian commander's tent,
the barbarian king looked at the latest information from the rear that had just been sent,
Grimu,
died,
was promoted The National Sword Master killed him.
The Savage King wanted to laugh.
He thought this was the funniest joke he had heard this year!
This is a battle between two armies, and you, Grimu, were actually killed in front of the battle by a master sent by them!
Fortunately,
The Savage King did not go crazy and did not laugh out loud,
He just glanced at Alai, who had just delivered the general information to him, and asked:
"The messenger..."
Alai immediately said:
"King, I have executed."
The news of the fall of Xueguan in the rear must not be allowed to spread among the army. If everyone knew that the way home was blocked by the Yan people, no matter how big or bright the stars were, they would not be able to stabilize the turbulent military morale.
"King, do you want to send someone back..."
The Savage King shook his head and said:
"The person opposite us is the Nanhou of Yan. . ”
This is a real opponent.
"King, our cavalry has blocked all channels from the east. The Marquis of Yan, Nanhou, on the opposite side, probably doesn't know that the Snow Customs has..."
The Savage King stretched out his hand and touched his forehead,
Sighed:
"I know."
"Huh?"
Alai didn't know why.
"I said, I know."
"This..."
Of course I know that Wang, you know.
“Unless I don’t know, I have actually known about the fall of Xuehaiguan for a long time, so I deliberately showed that Xuehaiguan is not in trouble in front of the Yan army on the opposite side.”
"Yes, King, so why..."
The Savage King gritted his teeth,
"Because I know, so all my subsequent responses are just pretending. I deceived the Yan people across from me, Nanhou, I have nothing to do in the rear, we are You can be ready to return to the snowfield at any time. It depends on whether you dare to cross the river and try it!
But...
The Yan Nanhou has been mobilizing troops on the other side these days! , I must also mobilize the troops.
It's like no matter how clever a lie is, if you tell it too many times, there will always be flaws.
After I learned about the fall of Snow Customs, all my responses had a layer of deliberateness.
Others may not be able to see anything.
But that Yan Nanhou..."
"He, will he see it? ”
The Savage King wiped his face hard with both hands,
took a deep breath,
shook his head,
said:
"I Don’t know.”
...
On the other side,
the commander of the Eastern Expedition Army.
Li Fusheng opened the curtain and walked in,
kneeling down on one knee to salute the Marquis of Jingnan:
"The general will meet with the Marquis, but I don't know that the Marquis will summon the future..."
"Do you feel it?"
"Huh?"
Li Fusheng doesn't know why.
Straight bitch, this question is so broad.
Li Fusheng missed the boy named Zheng a little. That boy could talk and understand people's hearts. If that boy were here, he should be able to answer this question.
“Do you feel it?”
Jingnan Hou asked again.
Li Fusheng, who took pleasure in killing, could only bite the bullet and reply at this time:
"The last general is stupid, dare I ask Lord Marquis, what do you feel?"
Marquis Jingnan stretched out his hand,
pointed to the east,
said:
“There must be a problem behind the barbarians.”
“ Huh? ”
How does this feel?
Master Hou, can you tell fortunes?
However, Li Fusheng did not dare to ask this question. In front of this white-haired marquis, this murderous commander-in-chief of the Zhenbei Army really did not dare to make any mistakes.
Although he has heard that the uncle of the Marquis of Jingnan’s family seems to be a Xuanxiu practitioner, then it is only natural that the Marquis of Jingnan has some Xuanxiu skills, right?
But as a veteran on the battlefield, Li Fusheng would never believe that the Marquis of Jingnan in front of him would use fortune telling to fight a war. Isn't this nonsense?
Marquis Jingnan didn't seem to intend to explain,
just stood up silently,
said:
"beat the drum to gather the generals."
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Thank you Xiang Lingyou for becoming the 90th leader of "Demon Arrival".
I recommend the book "The Scourge of Origin" written by a journalist friend. It is a hard-core article. Friends who are interested can read it.
(End of this chapter)