Chapter 337: Soldiers against soldiers, against generals
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< br>The people who marched all the way from Mianzhu to Chengdu were only the reorganized army and villagers led by Marquis Wu and Fang Xiaomao.
The real elites left quietly after capturing Mianzhu.
At that time, Mianzhu was in chaos. No one noticed that the number of troops that went out every day was less when they came back.
Killing the main enemy force that has returned for reinforcements is the best way to cut off the enemy's thoughts in Chengdu.
The so-called stay in Mianzhu for ten days instead of all at once was naturally the result of Li Dachui's careful consideration.
We must give Li Huimin hope, otherwise he will not return the aid.
But to prevent him from returning with the whole army, he can only return with the elite of the army. Ten days is the best time limit.
When Li Huimin followed this idea and returned to reinforce Chengdu, there were countless surprises waiting for him on his way back.
Li Dachui was simply not too familiar with the tactic of encircling a point for reinforcements.
With the cooperation of the craftsmen of Black Ice Platform, after constantly tiring and disturbing the enemy, they were defeated in one battle.
This elite army, composed of private soldiers from various ethnic groups in Shu such as Wang Fu and Tang Clan, was almost wiped out in one battle due to exhaustion and despair. The eldest son, Li Huimin, was even captured alive by Li Dachui.
After completing this matter, Li Dachui can return to Chengdu Fucheng with peace of mind.
As for Tang Xiaofeng on the other side of Jianmen Pass, Li Dachui doesn't need to worry.
Wu De is watching over there!
And after he captures Chengdu Fucheng, the defenders at Jianmen Pass can almost be easily captured.
The troops are approaching the city.
Zhang Songlin turned his head and looked at Li Dachui under the banner.
The other party said that he would come to Chengdu Fucheng in early October, and now he has actually come.
And he also took the time to run and kill all Li Huimin's elite.
When he saw Li Dachui arriving at the city with Li Huimin, Zhang Songlin's last worry disappeared.
The capture of Li Huimin also made some forces who were still waiting and watching immediately come to their side. Those who have money will provide money, those who have people will provide people, and those who have food will provide food.
After all, it was not just the army who came to Chengdu Fucheng with Li Dachui, but also countless fellow villagers with handkerchiefs on their heads and hoes, goats, forks and sticks in their hands. The daily consumption was not A small number. Although these people are easy to feed and a bowl of porridge can make them happy, they cannot support the large number of people.
The truly combat-effective army now exceeds more than 10,000 people.
Including the inspection team brought by Li Dachui, the bandit team of Wu Hou and Huang Biao, and thousands of local forces mobilized by Zhang Songlin.
Don’t think that the villagers are useless. For Li Dachui, there are only people who can’t organize and leaders who don’t know how to make the best use of people. Among these countless villagers, there are a large number of carpenters, stonemasons, craftsmen, and blacksmiths. If these people are organized and given a little explanation, they can make decent siege weapons.
When the first siege ladder was built, and then pointed out to the actual objects where there were problems, where improvements were needed, and where they needed to be strengthened, when the second one came out, they really had the ability to fight in actual combat. ability.
Never underestimate these rural craftsmen who seem to have never seen any big scenes. Their intelligence is no worse than that of the master craftsmen in the capital. Maybe they can’t understand the drawings at first, but when someone After guiding them to build the first machine, with the drawings in front of them, there were no more secrets left.
As a result, the counterweight catapult was quickly manufactured.
The craftsmen were reused, and the fellow villagers who only had a handful of strength could chop down trees, move stones, and dig mud. Li Dachui did not leave the tent, but he arranged everything in an orderly manner.
No one is idle.
No one felt ignored either.
Everyone was working happily, just waiting for the day when the city would be broken.
No one thought how difficult it would be.
Especially those in Mianzhu who witnessed how Li Dachui destroyed the city with one blow.
The preparations for the siege were finally completed.
Li Dachui didn’t think he could succeed with one blow this time. After all, this was Chengdu, not a small town like Mianzhu.
Even though I am an innate master, as long as there are a few ninth-level Xuanyuan in the city, plus enough troops, they can compete with me.
So to break the city, we need to work together.
It was for this reason that we stopped for a few days to build enough siege equipment.
Now everything is ready, just waiting for the final blow.
The drums were rumbling, and the enemy who had been silent for several days was finally ready to attack the city. King Ji Li Shen dragged his fat body up the tower with some difficulty.
Behind him, the palace guards carried dozens of boxes and followed him, lining up the boxes at the top of the city.
The lid of the box was opened, and everyone above the city was breathing rapidly.
It was a box of neatly numbered silver ingots.
“Kill a thief, and you will be rewarded with one tael!”
“Kill a captain, and you will be rewarded with ten taels!”
“Kill a general, and you will be rewarded with a hundred taels. ! ”
“Kill a general and get a thousand taels!”
"Cash on the spot, no arrears!" Amidst the earnest shouts of the guards, the eyes of the soldiers guarding the city finally glowed.
Money moves people's hearts.
Since ancient times, people have died for wealth, and birds have died for food.
Under the encouragement of the officers, the fighting spirit of the soldiers in the city gradually became high.
The slogan of protecting the country and Shu and driving out those outsiders is still somewhat misleading.
It's just that the morale that these actions finally raised was wiped out when the enemy gradually approached the city.
Because at the front of the attacker's team, there was a row of people tied up by Wu Hua, who were staggering.
That’s Li Huimin, the eldest son of Prince Ji!
Besides Li Huimin, there were all the generals who followed the prince to Jianmen Pass.
Now, nine times out of ten, they are all tied up.
Li Shen exclaimed,
Feng Bao, who was about to order long-range weapons such as trebuchets and eight-niu crossbows to attack, also lowered his hands feebly.
Li Huimin's capture means that foreign aid has been cut off.
Their last hope is gone.
Despair began to spread above the city.
The attacker began to shout to persuade him to surrender. It was Zhang Songlin.
This person is still familiar to people in Chengdu Fucheng.
Feng Bao looked at Li Shen.
Li Shen has no master.
It's not that he can't bear to leave his son,
he also has many sons.
He was just desperate because Li Huimin destroyed his tens of thousands of troops.
This used to be his life-saving straw.
There was a rustle in the wind, and a white-haired old man appeared on the top of the city.
When Li Shen, Feng Bao and others saw this old man, they were like drowning people grasping for life-saving straws. They unexpectedly grabbed the sleeves of the old man in unison.
"Tang Gong, what should we do now?"
Tang Yin took a breath and suppressed the boiling energy in his body. He tried his best to calm himself down and said to Li Shen calmly. : "Gather the elites in the city and follow me out of the city to fight!"
"Tang Gong, there are less than five thousand elites in the city. We are defending by the city. Can we still persist? If we go out to fight in the city, can we win?" Li Shen trembled. road.
"Can we defend by defending?" Tang Yin sneered: "The only way is to live towards death. The old man will be the vanguard and rush straight to the opponent's main line. If we can kill the culprits and others, the rest of the generation will naturally not care."< br>
"Kill the leader?" Li Shen reacted. Yes, to capture the thief first, capture the king. Tang Gong is an innate master. As the vanguard of the army, he will definitely be powerful. As long as the leaders are killed, what can the rest of the mud legs do? effect? "Feng Bao, hurry up, gather all the elites, and go out with Duke Tang. You will go too."
"My lord, I went to your side..."
"I am in the city, I have my own Guard!" Li Shen showed great courage at this time. Feng Bao was the only ninth-level master beside him.
The sudden appearance of Tang Yin had a significant effect on improving the morale in the city. After all, to everyone in Shu, Tang Yin was like a god.
No matter what difficulties you encounter, as long as this person appears, it can basically be solved.
Only Feng Bao vaguely noticed something was wrong.
While walking slowly towards the city gate with Tang Yin, Feng Bao turned his head and looked at each other, and then looked at him again.
"Don't look anymore, I will die soon!" Tang Yin whispered: "This battle is my last battle, and it is also my last contribution to Shuzhong. I will kill the opponent. Even if the innate master can't kill him, he will still try to make him lose his fighting ability and have to withdraw from this battle."
"You..."
"In order to get rid of Hongzhan, I have to die alone!" Tang Yin smiled bitterly: "In fact, it is not a pity. Even if I don't die today, I am old and have no hope of promotion. Physical decline is inevitable. Rather than die of old age like ordinary people. , might as well die in battle.”
"The people of Shu will remember Mr. Tang!" Feng Bao had tears in his eyes.
The city gate opened, and Tang Yin jumped out on his horse amid loud laughter. Behind him, Feng Bao raised his spear high and shouted to get out. Behind him, thousands of the remaining elites from the capital city followed closely. superior.
The other party actually went out of the city to fight, which was beyond Li Dachui's expectation, but when he saw Tang Yin at the head, he understood what the other party was thinking.
"Hong Zhan, this useless thing, actually made Tang Yin come back!" Li Dachui hummed and looked back at the generals on the left and right: "The enemy is coming for me, so let's fight against him. It's okay to fight against the generals. After destroying these people on the other side, there will be no resistance in Chengdu Fucheng. We can easily take it and save a few people. If we really want to attack the city, the losses will be greater. !”
“Yes!” Fang Mao, Huang Biao, Wu Hou and others all shouted their orders.
"Old man Tang Yin, leave it to me. The guy behind him is the ninth grade Xuanyuan. Xiaomao, go and deal with him. Although your level is lower, your fighting experience is probably far inferior to yours. Although It's a bit dangerous, but this is your chance to advance!" Li Dachui ordered.
"Okay, Young Master!" Fang Mao Mao pulled out the tiger-wing knife and seemed to smell the breath of the war. The tiger-wing knife made a clear sound, and in response to it, Li Dachui's waist made a sound. The Hongdao also kept hitting the scabbard, eager to try.
"Attack!" Li Dachui clamped the war horse under his crotch and shot straight out like an arrow.
(End of this chapter)