Chapter 204 Ecstasy
The result of the Battle of Xiangcheng greatly excited the officials, powerful men and elders of Xiangcheng who were specially invited to the city to watch the battle.
It turns out that the thieves are not very powerful.
Then how did they march all the way across the entire Henan and come here?
"There should be officers and generals among the thieves. However, the training time is still short and the large formation cannot operate freely, which leads to this defeat." Someone patted the wall and listened to his tone. The thief sighed, if he is not a person who truly loves fighting, he is definitely a rebel.
“My family has also invited several Chinese military schools to help with the training. We practice about ten times a year, and that’s pretty much it.” Someone else said.
“Where did you invite the people? Can Jing Si take a step to speak?”
“There is no need to hide, it’s okay to tell everyone. There are many broken soldiers in the mountains, forests and grasslands, and they don’t want to go home. I don’t want to go back to the team, there is someone who wants to open his eyes in Xiong’er Mountain...”
“Thank you Jingsi”
“Thank you Mr. Li”
Everyone thanked them one after another and secretly decided to spend a lot of money to hire these Luoyang Chinese Army junior high school and veteran soldiers to practice the army when they returned.
The original martial arts masters, village leaders, and generals in the family cannot give up. Although they are average in ability, they are more loyal and diligent, which serves as a check and balance for each other.
In this world, if we don’t improve the combat effectiveness of the lower Qu Zhuangke, it will become increasingly impossible.
"What's the use of practicing well?" Someone suddenly said: "Tens of thousands of thieves are coming and besieging them day and night. You only have two or three thousand troops. Even if you are powerful in battle, you will still be exhausted. Marquis Lu Yang defeated ten thousand people with less than 4,000 people. Although he was very powerful, it was impossible not to kill someone. What we should do was to help each other if the family was in trouble. , Several people came to help, this is the best policy."
There is nothing wrong with this.
They wash their necks clean and let you chop them. If you chop them a few times, the knife will still sharpen its edge. No matter how elite the soldiers are, they cannot withstand repeated losses. Watching and helping each other is the right way.
"Gong Zhou, my little daughter will be thirteen next year. I heard that your son has not married yet, I don't know..."
"Oh, Jiye, your two families are already married. It is a dream for two generations to be so close to each other."
"From now on, we should keep an eye on each other and help each other."
"That's how it should be." br>
The cruel world is revealed bit by bit in front of everyone, and you can't help but change it.
First, the Xianbei cavalry raided Yuzhou, and now Wang Mi's bandits are crossing Henan. It seems that the court is not in a good position, and it is still up to the family to take care of their own business.
We can no longer be stingy with money.
Practice more.
Military talents must be nurtured.
It is necessary to accumulate more equipment, money and food.
We should help each other through friendship, marriage, etc.
This world is too difficult.
"Marquis Lu Yang is back!" someone exclaimed.
Everyone looked around and saw that the Silver Spear Army, which had just won the battle, had slowly gathered and surrounded a red-robed general entering the city.
Some auxiliary troops are chasing the enemy.
Some auxiliary soldiers began to clean the battlefield, and escorted group after group of prisoners, driving them to the open space and guarding them. At a glance, could it be that there were three thousand people?
There was also a group of auxiliary soldiers who went to fetch the enemy's baggage. Most of it contained goods and food that the bandits had looted along the way, which was another small gain.
"Hurry down to the city to greet us." Someone raised his head, and everyone followed.
As soon as I walked onto the street, I saw the oncoming army.
No one spoke, everyone fell to the ground.
When it comes to life and death, only force is the most convincing.
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Unexpectedly, the siege of Yushanwu by the thieves continued until the second day, because Wang Sang took over the war.
The first attack on the city yesterday, the "Righteous Army" returned with a huge defeat. They were even driven all the way down the mountain by the Yamen Army who attacked from Wubao, leaving dead and wounded behind.
After Wang Sang received the news, he rushed over.
After learning from their experience, the thieves made certain improvements to their tactics.
They first dug several trenches on the mountain road and built a low wall behind the trenches.
This can effectively prevent rolling logs and stones from rolling down from top to bottom, causing heavy casualties to one's side. It can also prevent the defenders from rushing to the bottom and collapsing to the foot of the mountain like sheep.
A large number of archers were deployed behind the low wall, and even several crossbow machines were brought up to prepare for the attack. There are also strong thieves in the "backbone camp" wearing armor, holding spears and axes, which not only play a defensive and deterrent role, but also supervise the battle team.
Using the elite to drive the old and the weak to death, they have practiced this tactic countless times.
After doing all this, it’s time to start the siege battle one after another.
The ones rushing ahead were all unarmored cannon fodder, wave after wave.
Arrows rained down from Wubao, harvesting lives easily.
The archer does not need to aim at all, he can shoot casually, and in most cases he will not miss.
There is no need to use too much force, because the enemy has no protective armor at all.
The trench outside the suspension bridge has been filled in.
One corpse after another was strung on the spikes at the bottom of the trench.
On top of corpses are corpses, layer upon layer, until they are level with the ground.
The first round of cannon fodder filled the trench with their lives, and after demolishing the trench wall, the people behind carried the door panels and long ladders and rushed up bravely.
Even the elderly and children were trapped, either with expressions of fear or hysteria. Their only function was to consume the defenders' physical strength, energy, arrows and even various defensive equipment.
A huge rain of arrows fell from the top of the city.
The child who was charging fell down without saying a word.
The old man was walking forward with a rusty hatchet in his hand, when he was pushed to the front.
A spear stretched out from the small village outside Wubao and stabbed the old man to death.
Jingzhuang, who was hiding behind, raised his sword and cut off the spear directly, then jumped over the low wall and rushed into the village.
A few more spears came in, directly stabbing him and the two people following him to death.
But there were too many people. They came in one after another and killed them randomly, even though they were unwilling.
The defenders suffered seven or eight casualties and had no choice but to abandon the low wall and retreat into the small building. The thieves followed closely and piled firewood at the door, intending to burn the door to the ground.
In front of Wubao, a long ladder has been set up on the wall, and there are endless ants and thieves attacking the city.
After the wave of attacks collapsed, a large number of arrows were fired from behind the low wall of the mountain road, sweeping down all the cannon fodder, forcing them to flee between the mountains and forests on both sides, not to collide with the strong old thieves.
Wang Sang watched all this coldly.
Under his command, another batch of more than a thousand cannon fodder rushed forward.
There are as many of these young men as you want. After one batch of them die, another batch will be driven away. It doesn’t feel bad at all.
Those who survive three times, if they are strong and strong, will be incorporated into the second battalion of "Zhongjian" and "Taishan". They will be provided with good food and drink, and have as many equipment as possible. Main force.
If you can ride a horse, join the "Kite Camp" and become an elite.
This is how they train soldiers. This has always been the case.
"Keep a close watch here. If the defeated people run around and bump into each other, shoot and kill them." After Wang Sang watched for a while, he ordered the people below: "Who dares not to fight in the trenches?" If you retreat, you will not be spared."
"Even if you want to leave, you must kill the defenders before retreating. The strong bows and crossbows given to you are not for display. Use them well."
"At the risk of human life, the defenders can't beat us. But we must not be driven all the way to the foot of the mountain like sheep by them like yesterday."
"Promise." The rebel generals responded one after another.
Wang Sang took another look, went down the mountain, and rested in the camp.
This Wubao does not have to be conquered, but since there are more than 3,000 families farming here, there are obviously a lot of young men and they are always a threat.
It doesn’t matter if you can’t attack, but you must stop the defenders.
At this time, my brother is leading the army to reach Shenyuan Pass. There must be no accidents. If the attack cannot be held for a long time and is forced to retreat, there must be no obstructions on the way.
轘蕕关!
Wang Sang subconsciously looked to the north, sincerely hoping that the defenders would collapse without a fight like what they had encountered along the way.
Wang Sang couldn’t even imagine what benefits it would bring if he could attack Luoyang.
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Outside Shenyuan Pass, the first to arrive was Liu Ling, the vanguard of the "Rebel Army". The arrival time happened to be the third day after Wang Yan left. That is April 25th.
Guancheng is slightly dilapidated, but overall it is still relatively strong.
Guancheng is not big and cannot station many soldiers, but the problem is that they cannot deploy many troops.
After thinking of no other solution, Liu Ling simply gave up. After setting up camp, the next day he drove up the strong men who had been marched along the way.
After a day of attacking like this, more than 2,000 people were killed and injured, and no results were achieved at all. Only once by chance did I get to the top of the city, and I was quickly driven off.
He had some ominous premonitions.
If we can't attack for a long time and our back route is cut off again, how can we fight?
While hesitating, he saw a group of cavalry rushing over. When he looked closely, he saw that it was Wang Mi, the general who conquered the east.
"General." Liu Ling immediately came out of the camp to greet him.
"How is it? Can we defeat it?" Wang Mi asked, looking at the majestic Guancheng.
“It’s going to take some work.” Liu Ling said.
He is extremely powerful and brave, but there is nothing he can do against the iron-barrel-like Guancheng.
"News came from the rear team that Shaoxun, the Marquis of Luyang, defeated Wang Lezi in Xiangcheng. Later he moved to Jiacheng and fought several battles between Ru River and defeated the Zhang brothers in Gaoping." Wang Mi He said with a frown.
Liu Ling thought for a while and had no impression of these people, so he said: "Shao Xun only fights on both sides of Ru River. It seems that he wants to protect his own pots and jars. If he had known, we would kill them all together. Maybe we can take advantage of Shao Xun's territory and enter Luo via Yique Pass. "It's too late to talk about this now," Wang Mi said, "Shao Xun has finished taking care of those people running around." The fool who bumped into us will sneak up and chase us. Yushanwu belongs to him. My brother has lost a lot of men and can't take it. He is already complaining and wants to withdraw. , The camp is still resisting very hard, alas.”
"How many troops does Shao Xun have?" Liu Ling asked.
"According to the defeated soldiers, there must be seven or eight thousand."
Liu Ling's heart moved, but when he thought that it was impossible to turn around now, he suddenly became discouraged.
"Fight at Shenyuan Pass for one more day. If that doesn't work, we will withdraw." Wang Mi said decisively.
“Where to retreat?”
“To the east, to Xingyang and Chenliu.”
If we go east to Xingyang, we need to discard a lot of baggage and many troops. Will be abandoned and can only run away with the elite battalion.
Although it is not a pity to die for these weak soldiers, it is quite laborious to gather them together.
But there is really no good way now.
When it’s broken, it’s broken. This is the main reason why they keep failing but always come back from the ashes. How can they fight on the move if they can’t learn the trick of cutting off their tails to survive? Go home and farm as soon as possible.
"I have a plan, maybe I can try it." Wang Mi thought for a while and felt that fighting hard was not an option, so he pulled Liu Ling and whispered.
After hearing this, Liu Ling did not have high hopes and said: "General, I'm afraid the guard is not that stupid."
Wang Mi glared at him and said: "Try That's fine. If it doesn't work, I'll probably die and be a burden. I don't feel bad."
"It's okay, just give it a try." After Liu Ling agreed, he immediately went to make arrangements.
In the evening, all preparations were completed.
At that time, there was a mess outside Sheyuan Pass. The bandits broke out of camp in a noisy manner, leaving countless vehicles, horses, livestock, grain, grass, and even gold and silk lying on the ground.
Some people even shouted and kept calling for their troops to follow them. It seemed that they could not conquer the city and turned around and ran elsewhere.
In the dense forest halfway up the mountain, Liu Ling was really seriously considering where to evacuate.
You must bring your own troops and a few elite battalions with you. The remaining ones are very particular about who goes first and who breaks the rear. In fact, there will not be any effective rear guard at all. They were just used as scapegoats for the officers and soldiers, something they had done many times.
While thinking, he looked at the Shenyuan Pass city gate from time to time, not holding out much hope - if the enemy did not chase them out, they could actually choose to withdraw at this time.
And just when he was getting impatient, the city gate that had been closed at Sheyuan Pass suddenly opened wide.
Liu Ling glanced at Wang Mi in disbelief, and both of them could clearly see the ecstasy in each other's eyes.
No way, are you really fooled?
(End of this chapter)