Chapter 365 Breaking the City
The ten counties of Bohai are Yangxin, Leling, Dihe, Qianci, Putai, Rao'an, Wudi, Yanshan, Nanpi, and Qingchi. The administrative seat is Yangxin County.
Not to mention the county guards, general guards, county magistrates, county magistrates, chief registrars and the captains who led the troops in Yangxin City. When a group of officials saw that the city was besieged by a large group of people again, they saw that the armament was better than that of yesterday. A group of people should be more sophisticated, but each of them is frightened.
Re-recruit strong men to guard the city and prepare for siege. The wealthy families in the city also donated money and food, and the children of the family led troops to patrol the streets to guard against the city's small children taking the opportunity to cause chaos.
Outside the west gate of Yangxin City, after interrogation, Zhao Zhen learned that these uncles and thieves were mostly farmers, fishermen, and craftsmen who could not survive. After years of wars, massive construction projects, heavy military service and corvee labor, coupled with the fact that the fields were uncultivated and the two taxes had to be levied, they really couldn't survive and had to fight.
I don't know how many people are lucky enough to avoid military service. Among these prisoners, there are many thieves who are missing half of their feet.
After selection, people who are good at craftsmanship are formed into a separate team, and there are nine craftsmen and eighteen craftsmen.
The nine professions are pig breeding, pig slaughtering, cattle grooming, wall beating, milking, head shaving, pot mending, pedicure, and trumpeter.
Gold, silver, copper, iron and tin, rock and wood carving, tile paint, bamboo umbrellas dyed and peeled, shaved heads, elastic patterns and weaving, there are eighteen types of craftsmen.
There are more than 300 people in total. These people no longer need to go to the battlefield. Zhao Zhen plans to bring them back to the fantasy world and organize them into a craftsman camp. Craftsmen will never starve to death in lean years. Unlike farmers, craftsmen will always receive some preferential treatment.
The remaining prisoners gathered together, and after a good meal, they were organized into thirteen teams according to teams of five hundred. The prisoners were allowed to choose the leader of the team, and then they called the thirteen people. Zhao Zhen, supported by a group of heroes, said: "Today, each of you will lead a team and take turns to charge. Starting from the time of rushing to the city wall, it will take at least one Only by burning incense can we retreat. Whoever retreats will be killed before the time is up. If there are more than thirty people, they will not move forward. "
As he said, he waved a sergeant to come forward and let the thirteen people choose temporarily. The teams coming out were each drawing a number from the bag. After everyone had finished drawing, Zhao Zhen said: "The numbers are in order, number one goes first."
More than ten big men looked at their respective numbers. Cards, those who drew the first few numbers all had sad faces.
Zhao Zhen said: "Don't worry, I have archers, muskets, and artillery here to protect you. As long as we attack the city together and the city is broken, I will have rewards here. Are you willing to join our army? Anyone can stay in office. From now on, they will receive a monthly salary and rewards for their military exploits, which will be enough for the whole family to live on. If you don't want to submit, you can leave without any difficulty."
Thirteen. The teams were gathering together, discussing for a while, and selected one person to come forward, kneel down in front of Zhao Zhen and said: "General, I'm just waiting to pray for life. I'm afraid there will be many casualties for the general's attack on the city today. General, please stand up." Make an oath and we will attack the city with all our strength.”
After hearing this, Zhao Zhen did not hesitate. He immediately broke his arrow and swore an oath, and handed over the captured weapons and armor. More than ten simple ladders left by Li Deyi when he attacked the city were also pushed out. An attacker brought by Zhao Zhen The city ladder was also assembled and handed over to the first team of siege soldiers.
On the top of the city, the soldiers guarding the city had long seen Zhao Zhen forming a military formation. Looking at the sergeants below the city, the captain leading the troops on the city couldn't help but swallowed and turned to the county guard in front of him. He said: "Sir, look at the situation. The people in the front are all the uncle thief, and the soldiers behind are fully equipped. I don't know which troop they are from. It seems that they want the uncle thief to take the lead."
Said , the captain pointed to the distance and said: "My lord, look there, it seems to be a trebuchet. The ones next to it are probably the same as the trebuchets, they are siege equipment. There are many archers there. Please supervise the big households in the city, Prepare your troops, and if there is an emergency, send troops up immediately."
Just as he was talking, Zhao Zhen's camp began to take action, and more than twenty people were seen surging on the rugged plains of a flying building in Zhao Zhen's army. Zhang, everyone in the city was shocked when they saw it. Zhao Zhen, Liu Huiniang, and Zhu Wu stood upstairs and looked at the layout of the city. They saw the sergeant on the city wall holding a knife, gun and fork in his hand, standing behind the parapet and looking down from the crenellations. On the city wall, there are many strong men cooking golden juice.
Ling Zhen fired the cannon of the Tianzi Mother, and the cannon flew up and vibrated for half a day. On the drum cart, two big men were shirtless, beating dragon war drums. The other first team of uncles and thieves shouted, raised the ladder, pushed the ladder, and ran towards the top of the city.
Fortunately, Li Deyi's attack on the city yesterday had filled in the moat at the west gate. The city has not been dug again, so the prisoners who attacked the city did not have to brave arrows and soil to fill the river again.
Waiting for the first group of siege soldiers to hold up the door panel, they ran into the city wall and shot. The soldiers on the city raised their bows and fired. Hua Rong directed the bows, arrows and fire guns to fight back. Ling Zhen even directed the artillery capital, pouring ammunition onto the city wall.
The mighty invincible general cannon, split mountain cannon, Weiyuan general cannon, Folang machine cannon, mother-and-son cannon, and the three newly made flying divine thunders were fired in turn. No one in the city had seen such a weapon before. The artillery thunder was calculated by Liu Huiniang, and it would not land near the city wall. The thunder struck, and the one who hit it, regardless of the man or horse, was instantly crushed. There were even more projectiles, which overturned the golden juice and caused chaos on top of the city.
For a time, the sergeant on the top of the city was so frightened that the two groups fought. If he hadn't been supervising the troops from behind, he would have dropped his weapons and ran away. Seeing this opportunity, the uncle thief at the bottom of the city ran forward as hard as he could. When he got to the city, he set up a ladder, held a knife in his mouth, and climbed up while holding the door panel.
On the city wall, under the scolding of the captain, the soldiers cheered up and knocked down the soldiers from the city wall with wood, cannon stones, ash bottles and gold juice.
Gunmen and archers, guarded by sword and shield soldiers, attacked the soldiers exposed on the city wall. Under the cover of artillery, bows and arrows, and firecrackers, especially after the ladder was moved up, the first wave of uncle thieves attacking the city looked like they were about to attack.
Zhao Zhen saw it and hurriedly ordered the second and third teams to rush up. The three teams climbed hard. Zhao Zhen saw clearly from the ladder that an officer on the wall was very brave. He had a handful of Da Dao, leading more than thirty soldiers in full uniform, drove down the soldiers who boarded the city. Zhao Zhen turned to Liu Huiniang and said: "Madam, can you use cannons to kill this group of people?"
Liu Huiniang looked at the group of officers and soldiers moving around and said: "If this person If you don't move, you can give it a try."
Zhao Zhen pointed to the place where the flag was hung on the city wall and said, "Madam, look at that flagpole. Just aim there and wait for this person to get to the flagpole. How about I just raise my hand and let the lady fire?”
Liu Huiniang said: "I'll go down and adjust the Feitian Divine Thunder, and wait for the siren's signal." After saying that, Liu Huiniang went down from the flying building, took out the calculation chips, and after a while she had already calculated, set the line path according to the distance and near steps, and set up The gun mount is only waiting for Zhao Zhen's flag.
I didn’t expect Zhao Zhen to be ready, but this man didn’t go to the banner.
The uncle's thieves who were attacking the city were all rotated to the eighth team. This man led the guards to run around, but did not go to the flag. When Zhao Zhen was considering whether to reselect his position, he saw a group of officers and soldiers coming up from the city. Their weapons were much better than those of the sergeants on the top of the city. They were almost dead. This group of sergeants was standing under the flag, and the leaders of them were doing so. Give orders to these people.
Zhao Zhen waved the small red flag in his hand. When Liu Huiniang saw it, she immediately started the ignition and pulled the pedal to fire. Three thunderbolts flew away and landed at the flagpole without any deviation. Three blasts With a "rumbling" sound, the new group of sergeants were seen staggering and falling on the city wall, and the flagpole was broken.
The general on the top of the city saw it and hurriedly came forward to visit. Zhao Zhen quickly waved the red flag in his hand. Liu Huiniang urged the sergeant to pull the rope, put on the fire thunder, and fired the fire thunder again. There were three more noises, and the general also fell to the ground, and the resistance on the top of the city weakened.
When Zhu Wu saw it, he waved the yellow flag in his hand repeatedly, and the remaining groups of Uncle Thieves and sergeants rushed up together. After a fight, they finally gained a foothold on the top of the city.
Zhao Zhen saw it and ordered Liu Tang and Bao Xu to lead their troops to the city. After a charge, they drove the officers and soldiers down the city and occupied a section of the city wall.
After that, archers and gunmen also climbed up the city wall one by one, and fired arrows at the officers and soldiers below the city. Liu Tang and Bao Xu even killed them along the horse road climbing the city. He went into the city and opened the city gate.
When Zhao Zhen saw it, he asked people to wave the yellow flag of the Chinese army, took the infantry, and rushed into the city.
Those who see the opportunity early should escape from the other three doors.
Unfortunately, the cavalry troops outside the city had been waiting for a long time. When they saw the escaped officers and soldiers, they rushed to kill them.
When Zhao Zhen entered the city and eliminated the remaining enemies, uncle and thieves also poured in. Zhao Zhen ordered the soldiers and civilians in the city to be driven out of their houses, and they broke into more than ten private houses before finding two hiding sergeants.
After asking, Zhao Zhen found out that the people in the city, led by the county magistrate, left the east gate and went north to Wudi County last night to escape the disaster. The only people left behind in the city were the sergeants and the servants. strong.
It turns out that when Zhao Zhen was ambushing Li Deyi yesterday, he was discovered by spies in the city and quietly led the people away overnight.
After a search, only less than 1,500 sergeants were found throughout the city. The horse army intercepted and captured more than 300 people. The rest either died in battle or hid, and many escaped along the city wall and climbed ropes.
Zhao Zhenrang opened the warehouse and tidied up the battlefield. Perhaps because he was afraid of disturbing Zhao Zhen's group, he left in a hurry yesterday and left a lot of grain and cloth in the warehouse. A lot of good things were left in the houses of wealthy households in the city. They searched for two days in a row. It wasn't until Ruan Xiaoer and Shi Jin raided Li Deyi's home and brought Li Deyi's head that Zhao Zhen had almost plundered Yangxin County. .
The bodies of the county guard, Tongshou, county magistrate, and leading military commander were all found on the city wall. The county magistrate, county magistrate, and chief secretary led people to escape from the city.
Looking at the horseshoe in his hand, which was full of cracks and looked like it was about to collapse at any time, Zhao Zhen ordered to gather the captured officers, soldiers and uncles and thieves.
There were 1,800 officers and soldiers and 4,000 uncles and thieves. They were divided into two groups. After Zhao Zhen asked people to inquire about the situation, he explained the situation. Only 300 people were left in the army and 1,200 were left by uncles and thieves. The others collected weapons and armor, presented 30 kilograms of grain, and sent them all out of the city.
Taking along the sergeants, captured craftsmen, and prisoners willing to surrender, Zhao Zhen returned to the main world with his harvest.
(End of this chapter)