Late Tang Dynasty: I

Chapter 29

Fengxiang Army Marching Camp.

Li Maozhen, with his armored stomach, sat upright facing south, and all the soldiers lined up on both sides, with stern faces.

Zhi Jinwu came to report that Huo Binghui, the former general on the left, had led his troops into Nancheng.

Fengxiang's army lost hundreds of troops, and Jieshuai was furious.

In order to boost morale, Li Maozhen said that in the future, the city will be destroyed and the army will kill. The gold, silver, money and silk in the city will not be taken by the commander-in-chief, but will be given to all the soldiers.

With a heavy reward, there must be a brave man. Huo Binghui, the general on the left, offered his advice. He personally led his own soldiers, held shields to protect the roof, and formed an array to the south gate of the city.

Not long after, the south gate crashed to the ground, and Huo Binghui led two thousand troops from his headquarters to attack the city, screaming for help suddenly.

"It's better for Crazy Huo. After he finishes grabbing it, I guess I won't even be able to drink the soup."

Whoever breaks through the city first can grab the first wave. This is the rule of the Fengxiang Army. A city is naturally rich in government treasuries and dignitaries.

"Those ladies from the official family are beautiful when you think about it. I hope Crazy Huo can fall behind, and the brothers have a good time..."

"Hahaha!"

The generals of the rear team looked at the time with fiery eyes, and at the same time, there was smoke curling up from the ashes at the south gate.

An hour later, they can rush into the city, hoping to share some leftovers. Warriors live a life of licking blood, not just for a little money and a woman to tease their lives.

but.

The situation at the South Gate is very strange now.

After the infantry entered the city, the cavalry broke in.Why is it half an hour, and there are so many people gathered at the door.

According to this entry method, I am afraid that after an hour, these people will not be able to enter the city.

"Lieutenant Qiu, I'm afraid Crazy Huo is in trouble."

People with a discerning eye can naturally see that the front team must be blocked and the rear team is difficult to enter.

Hurry up and report to Jieshuai.

After hearing the news, Li Maozhen walked out of the Chinese army's tent, and the city wall of Wannian County in front of him was only one foot long.

"How can a small town be so difficult to attack?"

"Marshal Jie, the army went out in a hurry and did not bring any siege equipment. The number of ladders built by the soldiers nearby is too small, so..."

Li Maozhen said: "The defenders in the city have more than a thousand troops. Since the south gate has been broken, the army hastened to attack the south gate. At sunset, this commander will not leave anyone behind."

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South Gate of Wannian County

The gates of the city were surrounded by horses in a semicircle, and the shield soldiers behind the horses were lined up, and the archers behind them were shooting without aiming. Crowded, just shrugging their heads a little weirdly.

There was blood all over the feet, Du Chongwei, commander of the three capitals of the Zuo Shenwei Army, picked up a short spear and threw it into the crowd, piercing through the two of them, and then hid under the round shield to avoid the bow and arrows from the opposite side.

Spearmen are even more at ease. They only need to stick out their spears along the gap behind the shield soldiers, and they can always reap the lives of one or two soldiers.

Du Chongwei is always vigilant about the situation on the battlefield, which is the focus of attention in the military school. It is really unexpected that this battle has been fought like this.

Although the south gate has assembled more than a thousand rebels, the terrain has been restricted, and there are not many troops in the narrow space. More than 1000 people rushed in at once, and it was impossible to use them. There are also many cavalry, and now they have become bows and arrows. the target of the hands.

Du Chongwei saw several carts approaching the inner city street, and the school officer escorting to the carts stepped forward and reported: "Commander Du, the fuel, fire wax and other fire starters are all ready, and there are more than [-] carts of hay."

"it is good!"

Du Chongwei patted the school officer on the shoulder, and said: "Quickly ask the civilians to move the fire to the tower. Today, the general wants to learn from Zhuge Liang, and I will give you a fire rattan armor soldier."

More than a hundred civilian husbands quickly sent firewood to the tower. Everyone knew what it meant if the city was broken. Fortunately, the officers and soldiers were willing to defend to the death.

In the crowd of Li Maozhen's rebellious army, the enemy general Huo Binghui was already terrified when he saw this scene. He had been a general for many years, so he naturally saw the cares. He followed the infantry into the city, riding a black horse, and was shot to death. If you mix with the infantry for a while, you can avoid death.

At this time the soldiers were mixed, the front wanted to go out, the rear wanted to come in, there were shouts and screams one after another, no one could hear the general orders, many old and weak were trampled to death by Pao Ze before they could meet the enemy.

Huo Binghui yelled: "The enemy is eager to attack, quickly withdraw, quickly withdraw from the city gate." However, the soldiers at the gate of the city could not hear it, but the guards around them could hear it clearly, but they were squeezed behind the crowd and could not move. Can protect his own general tightly.

At the south gate, the soldiers inside and outside the city dropped large bundles of hay on their heads and poured oil on the top with paraffin. The soldiers outside the city who wanted to enter the city felt that disaster was imminent.

But it was too late.

"call!"

A salvo of rockets was fired, and the flames went straight to the tower.

"what!"

"Help!"

"what!"

Screams.

There was the sound of thunderbolt explosion in the flames.

Thick smoke billowed into the sky.

Mixed with the smell of corpses, even Li Maozhen's Chinese army camp three miles away can smell this smell.

too familiar.

"Huo Binghui lost."

Li Maozhen's eyes were red.

"Build a ladder and attack from all sides."

I have more than 2 horses, twenty times as many as the enemy, so naturally I don't need to choose which section of the city is the main attack, which section of the city is a feint attack, and all directions are the main attack.

Even if the people and horses in your city are heavenly soldiers, how can they defend them.

"After the city is broken, I'm going to cook Du Chongwei."

"promise!"

All the soldiers went out to prepare for the battle, and the grass and trees within ten miles were empty.

……

The victory over the South Gate has been decided, and Du Chongwei can't relax at all. Although Wannian County is small, the soldiers and horses guarding it to fetch one thousand and one by himself are still a bit weak. For each of the four city gates, Du Chongwei released two schools with a total of more than 220 people With a large force, he led the two schools to wander.

Although the army is weak, there are still tens of thousands of people in the city. Wang Su, the county magistrate of Wannian, has dispatched all the people in the yamen, and selected thousands of young and strong peasants from among the people to assist the Shenwei army in defending the city.

Du Chongwei and Wang Su went up to the tower and saw that Li Maozhen's ministries were cutting down trees to make siege equipment.

Du Chongwei's expression was rather solemn, and so was Wang Su's.

Bandit soldiers are about to attack on a large scale, and Wannian County is in danger.

"General, what should we do?"

Du Chongwei frowned slightly, he was originally a primary and middle school of the Shence Army, he was awarded the commander of the capital for being excellent in the school examination, and all the family members are in Chang'an.

If you flee if you surrender, the military law is ruthless, and the family will suffer. If you fight to the death, the court will not treat you harshly.

Even if you don't care about these things, is the current Datang court worthy of die-hard loyalty?
Du Chongwei couldn't find the answer, the new king came to the throne, the Shence Army is different from the past, the officers and men are promoted to a certain extent, the law is strict, let alone the common people, because his family belongs to the army, life is naturally different from the past, and he is not afraid of the harshness of the superiors, Not afraid of soldiers will force.

After thinking about it, there is no reason to fight to the death.

I only hope that the imperial court can kill Li Maozhen's army, even if he dies, he will have no regrets.

"Father, mother, Xiang'er..."

Du Chongwei was talking to himself slowly.

"what?"

Du Chongwei restrained his thoughts and turned to look at Wang Su.

"Only Death War Ears!"

With firm eyes, farewell, a heart-to-heart glance.

In a trance, Wang Su saw Du Chongwei walking down the tower, his back stretched very long in the setting sun, with a golden halo!

(End of this chapter)