The white porridge and pickled mustard is enough, why am I wearing a royal robe?

Chapter 124 Fierce battle
Crane was furious, knowing that his strategy was useless, "These stupid people are so stupid! There is no hope!"

He shouted, "Withdraw the troops and prepare siege equipment! Attack the city soon!"

Yang He's beard was trembling with anger. The reaction of those people already meant that they had been brainwashed by the Kitchen King. His strategy of luring the enemy with food was a complete failure. The recruitment policy for the Kitchen King was obviously unworkable, so there was only one option. Taking the city by force is the way to go.

Hong Chengchou and Du Wenhuan beside them originally wanted Yang He to attack the city directly. Now they heard Yang He say that attacking the city should be comfortable. But for some reason, when they saw the city wall of Yanchuan County, they felt a little uneasy. , especially the city pavilion.What is that shining thing?

"General Du, how do you think we should attack the city?"

On the way back, Yang He asked Du Wenhuan the question. He knew that his ability in leading troops in battle was not as good as that of the commander-in-chief. He was only the commander-in-chief in the general direction.

Du Wenhuan pondered for a while, "Governor, we have just found out the situation. Each of the opponent's city walls is two feet high and painted with plaster. The garrison force on the city wall is equal. We surrounded the four walls and attacked them from all sides. The opponent's numbers are equal. It’s not much, it’s distributed evenly on all sides, and there are always omissions.”

"We can use one thousand soldiers as guerrillas, and the remaining two thousand and eight thousand rebels, a total of ten thousand people, divided among the four walls of the city. We can guerrilla one thousand people, sometimes attacking the south, sometimes attacking the west. The other side is tired of dealing with it, and must mobilize people everywhere. In the defense, with such mobilization in all directions, there will inevitably be mistakes. If the guerrilla soldiers attack one point, it will be in chaos. If you are busy mobilizing the men at one point, at this time, the other three sides will attack fiercely, and you will definitely win!"

Du Wenhuan gave good suggestions. Hong Chengchou thought it was reasonable and gave Du Wenhuan's suggestion a thumbs up in his heart.

"Okay, let's do this!"

Yang He was overjoyed and ordered his soldiers to start preparing siege equipment. They did not even return to Yan'an, but demolished houses and built equipment in nearby villages.

Yang He no longer struggled with his troops. If 1000 people could not take down a small county occupied by bandits, and if the emperor learned about this, he, as the governor of the three sides, would have done his best. Not only that, he would also be ridiculed by others.

"Reporting to the governor, the three brothers and I want to disarm and return to our fields and return home."

Wang Jiayin knelt down in the tent and said.

Yang He and the other three were sitting in the tent, staring at the three leaders of the rebel army with dark eyes.

"You can disarm after the war. Now that the war is about to begin, what is the difference between waiting for such words and running away without fighting?"

Yang He said in a deep voice, with a touch of sullenness in his tone.

"This" Wang Jiayin and the other three looked at each other and felt a thump in their hearts.

"Fleeing without a fight is a capital offense."

Du Wenhuan said slowly.

"Hey, the three of them must have been hot-headed for a moment, and they have said that they want to disband and return to their fields. Let's do this. After the war, we can let you go and return to your hometown with your war achievements, and you can also take back some merchant silver. "

Yang He said.

The three of them had no choice but to respond. With soldiers behind them, they couldn't escape even if they wanted to.

The team reorganized again, but this time, the rebels lined up in front of the Ming army. Yang He promised heavy profits, which gave these rebels some confidence.

Wang Jiayin, Wang Er, and Gao Yingxiang were assigned to the east, west, and north directions, each leading 4000 people. Because they could not "disarm and return to the fields," they took the initiative to propose a plan and needed to bring in more people. Yang He readily agreed. Those rebels were originally there. People around Yan'an Prefecture are eating white rice every day. Now, they can be used to make the most of what they have to attack the city, but it takes some time to go back and forth.

Yang He naturally didn't care about these things. Didn't it just waste a few more days?The bandit is now isolated and helpless, and the only reinforcements cannot leave the city. Even if the bandit is given another month, he will not be able to make any trouble.

The army pressed on the city, and Yang He and three others were sitting behind the army.

Liu Zhenhua silently measured the distance with his telescope. The three officials were not at the forefront this time. He knew in his heart that these people would definitely attack the city this time.

However, Liu Zhenhua was not afraid six days ago, and he is even less afraid now. He has 400 crossbowmen, and each city wall is assigned a crossbow company of [-] people.

"Prepare the crossbow!"

"Prepare the crossbow!"

The soldiers shouted, and there was a distance between them. When giving the order, you only need to shout, and there is no need to run back and forth. The bed crossbows on the four walls all moved, and the soldiers responsible for aiming pushed the three-bow bed crossbows. The front end is aimed at the densest crowd in front, and they will launch just waiting for an order.

At this time, the army was still one mile away from the city.

These three powerful crossbows can already reach those soldiers, and they will maintain huge kinetic energy after being shot into the army.

Yang He and others obviously didn't know about it, and the army was still moving forward, preparing to charge a hundred meters outside the city. After all, the opponent didn't seem to have anything like a red cannon.

Yang He has learned that Yanchuan County did not have any defense equipment in the past, which is why Yang He is so confident about attacking the city.

Hong Chengchou felt vaguely worried because he thought of the huge reflective object he saw that day, which was obviously some unknown weapon.

Liu Zhenhua's hands were raised high. He was now confident and did not need any delay, so he naturally dared to take the initiative.

"put!"

Liu Zhenhua's hand suddenly fell.

"put!"

The ordering soldiers shouted, and the two bed crossbows on the southern city wall took the lead in releasing arrows. The soldier responsible for releasing the arrows pushed the wheel axle, and the huge bed crossbows started to operate.

"collapse!"

The three-bowed crossbow made a loud sound, and the arrow placed on the bowstring suddenly shot out. Everyone could only see a stream of light streaking across the sky.

One shot, three swords and arrows carried huge kinetic energy across the sky.

The rebel team at the front only heard a huge roar.

The person who was about to be hit by the crossbow watched in shock as a huge arrow magnified in his eyes, and he lost consciousness the next second.

The huge power of the three swords and arrows directly tore the man into pieces, not through holes, but directly into pieces, because it was so powerful, and the three feathers on the arrows played a role in enlarging the wound.

After killing this man, the power of a shot and three swords and arrows was not reduced, and the two people behind him were stabbed to pieces. Blood and broken limbs were everywhere on the ground. After killing three people, a shot of three swords and arrows were inserted in the ground because of the angle. On the ground, after poking a huge pit in the ground, the arrow tail was still shaking and making a buzzing sound.

Another shot with three swords and arrows only stopped after blowing four people to pieces.

The people around him didn't react until blood and flesh splashed onto their faces, and they all screamed in horror and backed away.

The people closest to them even fell directly to the ground, with feces and urine flowing out, and their limbs were dragged together into the distance. They had seen dead people, not even a few, but they had never seen such death. Three or four people were there. The face was torn apart and turned into some twitching pieces of flesh on the ground. Some people even felt a wet thing hanging on their face, and when they wiped it off, they found that it turned out to be intestines.

The commotion in the team attracted the attention of Yang He and others. They were riding on horses and saw with their own eyes something shot from the distant city wall, and then the team became chaotic.

Fortunately, the commotion was only a small part, and the two bed crossbows only caused the deaths of seven people.

Soon there were soldiers dragging away the people who were frightened and losing their minds. The fate of these people was obviously not very good.

This is true in the other three directions. The rebel army is always followed by the imperial soldiers who supervise the battle. If they dare to escape without fighting, they will face the butcher's knife of these people as soon as possible.

"The opponent has a bed crossbow!" Hong Chengchou glared angrily. He immediately realized that the only ones that could cause damage to the formation from such a long distance were the bed crossbow and the red cannon. This movement was obviously not the red cannon.

That was some kind of large city-defending crossbow.

"Why is there a bed crossbow in a small Yanchuan County town?"

Yang He was shocked.

"Governor, it's best to charge directly now. Although the bed crossbow is powerful, it takes time to reload!"

Du Wenhuan hurriedly said that he also knew about the bed crossbow. It was very powerful and had a long range, but it took time to load and required a lot of manpower. The opponent must only have these.

Yang He hurriedly waved his hand and commanded the army to charge immediately.

Immediately, soldiers standing on high places waved flags to convey orders, and soldiers from four directions began to charge toward Yanchuan County almost simultaneously.

The charge of more than 1 people was huge and the shouts of killing were loud. Liu Zhenhua put his hands on the city wall and watched thousands of soldiers charging towards the place in the distance. His arms were trembling slightly, not because of panic, but because excited.

This is the first time he has commanded such a large battle, and the combined number of people on both sides of the battle has exceeded 2.

"Prepare the hot oil rolling wood, prepare the crossbowman, and shoot when you get close to the distance. Speed ​​up the bed crossbow, and shoot after loading. Shoot as flatly as possible toward the rear."

Liu Zhenhua almost shouted to convey the order.

The original defensive equipment on the city wall only consisted of hot oil rolling wood, hot water rocks, and no gold juice. Mainly, Liu Zhenhua felt that these things meant that they could injure the enemy by one thousand and damage himself by eight hundred.

Bed crossbow shooting in the rear can effectively block enemies rushing forward from behind.

Although the people on the city wall were nervous, they were not afraid. They had already mobilized before the war. The people knew that if they fell, not only would they not be able to become militiamen, but they would also have nothing.

Moreover, observations in recent days have let the people know that the imperial court is not that powerful.

The local warriors and heavenly soldiers on the city wall mobilized, and the hot water and oil were burned by them. Even these burning fire sticks could be used as weapons to defend the city.

When necessary, you can throw it in with hot oil and use it as a burning bottle.

The soldiers responsible for loading the crossbow around the bed shouted slogans and pushed the huge winch to open the three-bow crossbow again. The three people who were supporting the loading held the huge one-gun, three-sword and arrow and loaded it.

Wang Jiayin was frightened by the huge crossbow arrow, but he was in front. If he stopped, the crowd behind him would drown him. Even if he was lucky enough to survive, he would be killed by the people supervising the battle. Now the army is in chaos. Only by rushing forward can there be a chance of survival.

This was the case in ancient battles. If you rushed forward, you might still survive, but if you retreated, you would definitely die.

The entire Yanchuan City is an isolated city, with people screaming and attacking from all directions. However, if you look at it from a distance, the tall cement-coated Yanchuan City looks like a world boss, and the roaring people next to it look like a challenge. Boss's little player.

The distance of 500 meters was too short for these frantically charging soldiers. The bed crossbow only fired three times, killing more than a dozen people, and the charging soldiers were already within the shooting range of the crossbowmen.

"Fire arrows!"

Liu Zhenhua waved his hand, and the leader shouted, "There is no other way but to use primitive methods, which are clumsy but effective."

The sounds of arrows were heard all over the south wall. The other three walls were commanded by Yang Lichao, Ren Hongli, and Zhao Shitong. Liu Zhenhua still gave the general orders, and the specific implementation and micro-management based on the actual situation were handled by these three people.

The crossbowmen poked their heads out from behind the covered battlements, holding the divine arm bows and shooting arrows at the people charging forward in the distance.

Hundreds of arrows flew out, forming a rain of arrows.

The advancing rebels looked at the incoming arrows in horror, but they also knew that there were people behind them pushing them forward, and they could not stop. They could only press forward and still find a glimmer of hope.

When the arrow fell, a group of people suddenly fell to the ground with arrows in their chests or heads. They might not be dead, but after those people behind them rushed over, those who fell on the ground were completely dead.

The screams were drowned out by the sound of charging, and adrenaline was soaring. At this time, fear could no longer be taken into consideration, unless too many people around him died.

The only thing in their minds was the tall city wall in front of them.

The soldiers carrying the ladder were guarded in the center, and after the first round of arrows, they quickly approached the city wall.

Yang He and others in the rear learned about the news that the defenders had fired arrows, and they were immediately shocked. The other party actually had arrows?
And there are a lot of them, at least hundreds.

The three of them looked at each other and knew that this matter was probably no longer a simple matter of suppressing bandits.

Where did these bandits get their bows and arrows, and where did they get their crossbows?
Yanchuan County originally did not have these things.

The crossbowmen kept repeating the actions of loading and shooting. After three rounds of shooting, the opponent rushed to the foot of the city wall.

The opponent rushed too fast, and the damage caused by the crossbowmen was limited. In many cases, they were only inserted in non-fatal positions. Under the influence of adrenaline, those people kept rushing forward with arrows stuck in their bodies.

Someone has already put the ladder up to the city wall.

This is when the siege is most brutal.

The rebels looked at the ladder that had been set up and hurriedly climbed upwards, as did the people following behind.

For a time, there were ladders at regular intervals on the city wall, and rebel and Ming troops were everywhere under the wall.

The guards on the city wall did not push the ladder away, but waited until the ladder was full of people, then poured a basin of hot water on the head, or two people hugged a huge log and threw it towards the ladder.

The hot water splashed on the person's face, causing him to scream immediately. He covered his face with his hands and screamed, falling downwards. The arms of the person behind his butt were also affected by the hot water, and they fell down one after another. .

The rolling log fell, and the person in charge actually wanted to hug the thick beam of the man's waist. He held a piece of it with both hands and was smashed down.

After falling to the ground, he spit out a mouthful of blood and made no sound.

The scariest thing is the small amount of hot oil. There are three people working together. Two are holding the oil pan, and one is holding a big wooden spoon to pour the hot oil directly downwards. There is not much oil in the city, so it can only be poured out. in this way.

Hot oil splashed on the face and in the eyes can instantly make a person incapacitated, falling to the ground and wailing.

It was a real and tragic war, and people kept dying.

The opponent also has archers, but not many. Liu Zhenhua's side has wooden shields in hand, and there are many village warriors holding wooden boards. This is what I learned in Yanchang County. The cheap double-layer wooden boards can almost withstand the enemy. Most bow shooting.

The opponent's bows and arrows wanted to get closer and shoot in order to be able to penetrate the wooden board with great force, but once they got close and entered the shooting range of the crossbowmen, Liu Zhenhua's crossbowmen would immediately turn their crossbows and shoot at them. They were so suppressed that they could hardly lift their heads. This was also As a result, the opponent's bows and arrows were almost ineffective, so they could only use clumsy methods to pile up lives in exchange for a chance to climb the city wall.

"Guerrillas, attack from the south."

General Du Wenhuan had the right to command during the war. When he saw that the soldiers from the south had already reached the city, he directly ordered thousands of people to attack from the south of the city. This put huge pressure on the south of the city and forced the defenders from other directions to gather in the south of the city for defense, allowing them to There were gaps in defense.

(End of this chapter)