nanming man

Chapter 38
The camp was busy the next day. The miscellaneous soldiers and the logistics team were busy making long ladders and other equipment in the camp. Gao Yihuan was busy making names and boosting morale. City formation.

In the early morning of the day of the siege, the sky turned fish-white, and the battalions of the intruders outside Shangqiu City heard the sound of "dong dong dong" war drums.

Brother Gao gave the brothers who participated in the siege a full meal, and then led his subordinates out of the camp.

The elite soldiers of the old battalion also lined up and set up a tall watchtower outside the northern city to observe and command the siege operations.

Outside the northern city, elite soldiers from the rear battalion gathered like ants, putting enormous pressure on the defenders on the city, but they did not participate in the siege, and only entered the city to snatch the results after Second Brother Gao and the others opened the city gate.

The second brother, Liu Heizi, and the captain surnamed Chen, about 2000 people stood in front of the army.

When the captain surnamed Chen saw Gao Yihuan's men, he glanced at Gao Yihuan from time to time, with a fierce look in his eyes.

At this time, Li Guo was not on the watchtower. He led dozens of cavalrymen and circled around the city of Shangqiu.

In fact, since the siege, Li Guo already had a basic understanding of the situation in Shangqiu City, but before the siege, he still had to investigate it himself.

Shangqiu City has some history. It is the land of the ancient Song Dynasty. It is only adjacent to Kaifeng. It is very prosperous. The city is three feet high and the top of the city can accommodate three carriages.

Although Liu Liangzuo had escaped at this moment, the city wall was still full of figures standing there secretly. The young and brave defenders of the city held bows and arrows, and looked vigilantly but somewhat uneasy at the gathering of intruders outside the city.

"General Zhi, all the ministries are ready and waiting for your order." A general came galloping on horseback and reported with fists clasped.

Li Guo looked at the sky, then pulled out the reins of the horse, ran back to the formation, and then boarded the observation car.

He looked at the troops attacking the city in front of him, and his eyes fell on Gao Yihuan's tribe on the right.Chen Baoping's department next to him carried a few long ladders. The soldiers of Gao Yihuan's department, in addition to ladders, also held wooden boards. The soldiers had square tables on their heads, and even wore cotton quilts.

The Chuang army often drove the refugees to attack the city, and did not care about the casualties of the surrounding troops, so such battles were rarely seen.

Li Guo couldn't help smiling when he saw it, he waved his hand and said, "Let's start!"

Looking at the flag officer on the car, he heard the order and immediately waved the red flag. A row of drummers below saw the order and waved their drums vigorously, and the sound of "dong dong dong" slowly sounded.

The deep and powerful sound of the drum made the defenders at the top of the city tremble, and their eyelids and heart beat involuntarily.

Gao Yihuan held the shield in one hand and pulled out the knife in the other, and was about to give an order when Chen Baoping, who was next to him, suddenly roared angrily when the drum sounded, "Go for me."

Before the second brother could react, he saw Chen Baoping leading nearly a thousand troops towards the city like a tidal wave, while Liu Heizi on the other side roared anxiously, "Grandchildren, kill!"

Brother Gao looked at the two teams scrambling to be the first to rush towards the city, his face slightly stunned, "Damn it, they rushed away."

Both Chen Duwei and Liu Heizi obviously wanted to fight for merit, but after the second brother was surprised, he cursed secretly in his heart, two idiots, they started running so far away from the city, and when the soldiers under the city were exhausted, they still attacked the city.

"Brothers, follow me and pay attention to protection!" Second Brother Gao calmly pointed the knife forward, and led his subordinates to slowly press down on the city.

Li Guo, who was in the car, looked at it, and couldn't help but exchanged words with Ma Chongxi, who was beside him, and then turned to Gao Yihuan and others.

At this time, the troops attacking the city did not have any rules. Even the three hundred soldiers of Gao Erge, most of them were a mess, and the troops he could really rely on were only fifty or sixty. Fortunately, the defenders on the city The army is mostly young and strong who have never been on the battlefield. They are not official troops, and there is no way to defend.

Chen Baoping's men and horses ran all the way, and first reached the moat.Because of the drought, there was no water in the moat, but there were patches of mud in some places. Many people and horses carrying ladders fell into the mud as soon as they rushed to the river bed, and their speed slowed down instantly.

Liang Yizhang, who was in an official robe on the city, saw the bandit soldiers approaching the city wall, immediately drew his sword, pointed at the bandit soldiers passing by the river bed, and shouted angrily: "Kill the bandits!"

The young men and volunteers defending the city drew their bows and arrows, and shot arrows down the city, shooting Chen Baoping's men to death one after another.

On the other side, Liu Heizi followed Gao Erge's example and prepared some wooden planks and signs, but the situation was a little better.

Brother Gao is very shameless for Liu Heizi's behavior of stealing his teacher, but there is nothing he can do about it, after all, there is no law to control this.

On the top of the city, arrows shot down continuously, occasionally there were firecrackers, and a cloud of white smoke rose. After the second brother Gao led the soldiers slowly to the range, he suddenly accelerated, ran towards the city wall, and then stood by the moat. The admiral erected the wooden signboard, forming a simple wooden wall, and asked Wu Shizhao to lead a group of archers such as Huang San to hide behind and shoot arrows at the top of the city.

Neither the rushing army nor the defending army has any rules. At this time, whoever has order and can form a cooperation will have a greater chance of winning.

At this time, arrows were intertwined in the upper and lower parts of the city, and many arrows were quickly inserted into the wooden wall. Brother Gao saw that the section of the city wall he attacked was suppressed by Huang San and the others, so he swept off the arrow shaft on the rattan plate with a single knife. Pointing forward, "Siege ladder, follow me."

Nearly a hundred soldiers rushed out from behind the wooden wall, carrying planks, ladders, square tables, and quilts.

The soldiers carrying the wooden boards were in front and spread the wooden boards on the mud. The soldiers were shot by the arrows from the city again and again. Brother Gao hurriedly led the troops across the river bed.

Brother Gao said before the battle that if he wins the first meritorious service, he only needs the rank of captain, and the 500 taels of silver will be distributed to the soldiers who have done meritorious service.

At this time, when Gao Erge's men had just approached the city wall, Chen Baoping and Liu Heizi's men had already set up ladders and began to climb and attack the city. Since they approached the city wall first, they naturally attracted more firepower from the defenders. The soldiers who climbed were constantly smashed down the city wall by the defenders.

Gao Yihuan's troops were under the left section of the city wall in Beicheng. Holding a shield with arrows in one hand, he swung a knife and directed Zhao Zhuzi and others, who were carrying ladders, to rush down the city.

At this time, there was a burst of chaos at the top of the city, and the second brother blocked it with a knife, but the soldier carrying the ladder behind was shot at three people, and they fell to the ground wailing.

Brother Gao's eyes turned red, he threw away the rattan badge, took the ladder with one hand, carried the ladder to the bottom of the city, and shouted loudly, "Stand up the ladder!"

Zhao Zhuzi and others hurriedly hugged the climbing ladder and hung the top hook on the bricks to ensure that the ladder would not be easily overturned.

As soon as the ladder was fixed, a man bit his saber with his mouth, held a rattan shield, and climbed up slowly, but after a while, he was smashed down by the defenders on the city.

Arrows shot down from the city, but although Second Brother Gao's men didn't have armor, they were standing on a square table and covered with wet quilts, so the casualties were not serious.

"General Zhi, this kid can be promoted!" Ma Zhongxi looked at the situation of the siege, Liu Heizi and Chen Baoping fought in a mess, only the second brother Gao was quite organized, knowing how to go down the wooden wall first, and press the bow and arrow to suppress the top of the city. Then attack the city.

He had noticed Gao Erge's team when he was by the Suishui River, and now he saw something different, with a look of admiration on his face.

"This person does have some talents, but he is unlucky. I can only give him a captain. What happens in the future depends on his own fortune."

Chuangjun is also a time when there is a shortage of talents. It is reasonable that Gao Yihuan should be reused, but Li Guo remembers Li Zicheng's displeased expression when Li Yan recommended Gao Yihuan to Li Zicheng.

Under the city, the soldiers who climbed up the city were repeatedly smashed down by the stones at the top of the city, burned by the golden juice, and fell down the ladder screaming.

Gao Yihuan looked at the pain in the flesh, and in a hurry he took another rattan shield from his subordinates, holding a shield in his left hand and a knife in his right, and slowly climbed up the ladder. Zhao Zhuzi didn't hold him back, so he could only follow in a hurry.

"Captain is going to the city!" Wu Shizhao saw Gao Yihuan's chubby figure crawling towards the top of the city nimbly, feeling anxious, "Huang San, aim and shoot, and cover the captain."

Huang San raised an arrow with his bow, and a defender who had just lifted a stone was hit by an arrow, and the stone missed, and he fell to the top of the city screaming.

Several other archers also shot arrows at Gao Yihuan's head and the defenders on both sides. The second brother suddenly felt the pressure relieved, climbed up the wall, and a defender immediately stabbed him with a spear.

Brother Gao has practiced for a few months, and he still has some ability, which is better than these strong men who have never fought.

Seeing the spear stabbing him, he blocked the spear with his shield, and then at the moment when the defenders retracted the spear, he threw the card and threw it at the man. Get out, and cut him to the ground with a single knife.

The soldiers below the city cheered when they saw it, and then Zhao Zhuzi also jumped onto the city wall from the ladder, and the cheers suddenly surged.

Liu Heizi and Chen Baoping in the distance couldn't help but change their expressions when they heard the cheers, and their eyes turned red instantly...

(Thanks to the 500 of ing from before and after, and the 500 of black cat and raccoon, thank you for your support.)
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