Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 667 Siege
In Shouchun City at night, the cold wind whimpered, and occasionally the stove flickered. Soldiers sat around the campfire in piles, whispering, even if there were disputes, they did not dare to make too much noise.There was a strange silence in the whole city.

After entering the city, he took a rest, but Guo Song didn't dare to relax. After appeasing all the families in the city, he didn't even have time to remove his armor, and then began to patrol the camp.

The city is huge, even if tens of thousands of people live here, it will not be crowded, but there is a little incongruity in it.Although the entry into the city went smoothly, Guo Song did not dare to let the soldiers disperse directly into the houses in the city, and just guarded the city gate.

Although there are tens of thousands of people in the city, they all belong to their clansmen and occupy a certain area.Except for a few villagers who took the initiative to open the door to welcome the Yuzhou army into the city, more people actually did not react too eagerly to Master Wang's arrival.

After patrolling the camp and ordering the generals to be careful, Guo Song led more than a hundred armored guards to the city.Along the way, passing by the places where the villagers lived, they also deliberately avoided them so as not to disturb them. Occasionally, some local villagers stood on the side of the road and watched from a distance, either smiling and nodding, or clasping their hands in gestures, their attitudes can be called amiable.

The B&Bs in the city are fairly tidy, and there are many traces of repairs.Although they are in the same city, the distance between the gates is not close, and there are obvious barriers and guards at a glance.

This can be regarded as a normal state nowadays. In this chaotic world, and born in this land of many battles in the spring, it is difficult for the small households to live scattered in the wild, but if they are gathered together, there is no trust in each other. The relatives form a group, and the outsiders are half cooperative and half alienated.

If the person in charge of this city is a general who is both prestige and talented, the gap between the various families can naturally be covered up, and they will obey his orders together. .

However, if the general is not popular, the citizens gathered here may separate and no longer live here, and what's more, they will turn to attract foreign enemies to attack the general, such as Zu Yue, who was betrayed by the general in the early years, and This time, the local villagers rushed to welcome Master Wang.

Although Master Wang was able to enter the city smoothly, as long as the Jincheng in the northwest of the city is not captured for a day, these villagers will be useless for a day.

After all, for these local villagers, whether it is the Yuzhou army from the south or the slave soldiers from the north, they are all outsiders who invaded their homes.Maybe they will wait and see the situation depends on one side, but when they have conflicts and confrontations, they still choose to wait and see with a cold eye.

Guo Song soon came to Jincheng in the northwest of the city. Compared with the entire vast Shouchun City, the area of ​​Jincheng is much smaller, only occupying one-third of the size of the entire city.

Moreover, although it is an inner city, Jincheng's city defense is completely independent and self-contained.This inner city also has four gates. The north side is bordered by Bagong Mountain outside the city, so the terrain is slightly higher.In previous years, the summer was full of water, and the outer city of Shouchun was flooded repeatedly, but Jincheng was spared because of its terrain.

Guo Song came from the west, and when he approached Jincheng, all the nearby houses were demolished, and the vision was slightly wider. roadblock.This is a fortification spontaneously built by the people in the outer city. It can be seen that after the slave soldiers retreated into the inner city, the villagers also worried that they would come out of the city again to kill and cause turmoil in the outer city.

When Guo Songxing came over, there were peasants Zhuang Li holding bamboo spears in the vicinity to warn him, but when they saw him and his group coming, they all avoided them, unwilling to have any contact with them.

Guo Song has no complaints about the indifference of the villagers. It is a blessing for him that these people will not cause trouble when they attack the city in the future.

Because the desolate water passed around the city, the bridge passages above the river were also demolished, and the river was directly within the arrow range of the city head, so this place was obviously not the direction of the main attack.

People can be seen flickering under the firelight on the top of the city, and there are many Jienu soldiers patrolling the city wall to watch, and occasionally there are a few shouts and curses, Guo Song doesn't care about it.He just went around the city and went southeast again, choosing a main attack point for tomorrow's attack.

When he bypassed Dushui a little far away and walked towards the south gate of Jincheng, the torches were raised in front of him, and a person in the middle came striding forward, it was Mao Bao.

After meeting each other twice, Mao Bao gave a military salute first, and then pointed to the city and sighed: "The slave soldiers are quite determined, and there will be a hard battle in the future."

"Whether the heart is strong or not, the result is the same since we have come to this point. The current dilemma still requires a quick solution, and don't give the slaves a chance to burn the city and escape. Jincheng has a lot of funds and a lot of warehouses. If the loss is too great, even if you win, it will be useless."

Although Guo Song is the main general of this trip, but facing Mao Bao, a new Jiangdong general, his attitude is kind and he does not feel complacent because of past events.The two walked around the city side by side, each expounded their views, and finally decided on a tactic, in the future, Mao Bao will attack Jincheng, while Guo Song will be in charge of the rear.

Under the current situation in Shouchun City, it may be more important to attack the city than to attack the city. Guo Song has always been famous for being able to fight in the Northland.

When it was still dark the next day, bugles sounded at the gates of the two outer cities, and then there was smoke from the stove.When many residents in the city were still sleepy, the Yuzhou army had already lined up and divided into camps to go to Jincheng.

When Wang Shi entered the city yesterday, the city was still in chaos. Many people only knew that Wang Shi was coming, but they didn't see the appearance of the army.So today, many people avoid the main road in the city, and stand in the alleys or under the eaves of the corridor, watching Wang Shi's army.But there are more people who are in panic, or close their own doors, or simply flee over the wall, fearing that they will be driven to attack the city to save their lives.

However, no matter how the people in the city reacted, the Yuzhou Army turned a blind eye to it.First, two battalions of soldiers faced the south gate of Jincheng, spread out their formations and set up a defense line, and the successors all carried hemp-packed soil on their backs, and defended themselves against the right wing. .

Thousands of soil bags were thrown over, not only completely filling up a section of the trench, but even piled up under the city to form a mound of more than ten feet high.During this process, the defenders on the city naturally responded. The soldiers stood high on the city wall and fired at each other. However, the Yuzhou army was only out of range, and the flying arrows could not be disturbed at all.

Waiting until the mound was about to reach the height of the city wall, the two generals Guo Song and Mao Bao each led their personal guards to appear behind the battle line.

There are thousands of ways to siege the city, and the walls of Jincheng are more than three feet high, which makes many siege equipment useless, not to mention that many large siege equipment are difficult to transport due to the lack of hydraulic cooperation.However, if it is built on the spot in the outer city of Shouchun, it will take a long time, and changes may occur at any time, so the original method has become a good choice.

As soon as the second general appeared, it attracted the attention of everyone inside and outside. The leaders of the hometown who opened the door to welcome Master Wang stood at the front and saluted Guo Song from a distance: "If Marquis Guo has something to send, I will all be willing to serve."

"Master Wang came here to fight hard and save the villagers from captives. Going into the battle to kill the enemy is originally the work of the soldiers, and the villagers are not involved!"

Guo Song waved his hand, rejected the request of these people, and then said seriously: "We will fight later, the arrows will be sharp, and the villagers will be affected. I hope you can go around and persuade them not to let idlers cross the border."

After the onlookers heard the words, they breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately they didn't have to be driven into battle to die, and then they felt awe-inspiring in their hearts, thinking that if they dared to get close to the battle line after the war started, the opponent would definitely not be soft.

After those people heard Guo Song's words, they felt much more relieved. They were not big families in the county, and it was a gamble to rely on Master Wang.Although eager to fight, it's just a gesture. If the opponent really doesn't care about their clan's life, then they have to consider whether this gamble is worth it.

Fortunately, Guo Song just arranged for them to raid the formation for vigilance, so naturally there was no danger of killing them, so he immediately took orders and led the clansmen from various clans to advise and drive the villagers back.

"The first climber will send a hundred meritorious service, and praise the army!"

Guo Song jumped onto the wooden platform and beat the drum with a heavy hammer, announcing the official start of the siege battle.

At this time, Mao Bao had already led the elite to the front line, and as soon as the drum sounded, the entire battalion of soldiers in the front row rushed up the mound with their big shields on their backs.After a round of trampling, the mound was rammed even more, and the height was several feet shorter, but the highest point was still nearly two feet.

Arrows rained down on the city wall like rain, and the shield array immediately became uneven. Some were hit by arrows, and some were directly knocked down by the huge force of the arrows, including the shield.But with the respective contraction and adjustment, the shield line quickly became stable.

Looking down from the city wall at this time, the hundreds of thick wooden shields are all like hedgehogs covered with dense thorns, and the original shields can hardly be seen!

After the shield formation, hundreds of crossbowmen with small shields rushed up the mound against the rain of arrows and joined the battle line.This mound was built temporarily, the real height is less than ten feet away, and most of the other places are still under the opponent's bow.

Therefore, in these two rounds of attacks, nearly a hundred soldiers still died under the enemy's arrow rain, but at this moment they had no time to collect the corpses. Instead, those corpses became the footholds for the comrades to step forward. This is the cruelty of war.

The crossbowman was in position, and immediately launched a counterattack under the cover of the shield.The existence of the mound equalized part of the disparity between the upper and lower positions. The strong bow and crossbow of the Yuzhou Army also surpassed all the towns in Jiangbei. The slave soldiers behind the arrow stack on the female wall were hit by arrows one after another, and the rest also ducked down to dodge.

"Rush, rush!"

Taking advantage of the opponent's offensive being slightly choked, Mao Bao immediately ordered the soldiers to charge up with the soil, and continued to push the mound forward.This city is based here alone, and there is no commanding height in the vicinity.If you only climb with the hook rope of the ladder, it is almost impossible to rush up the three-foot-high city wall!Therefore, the construction of the commanding heights is very important.

　There will be another chapter later. . .

　　
　
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