Early in the morning of the second day, smoke rose from the Liangshan camp, and after breakfast, they began to prepare the soldiers and horses, which directly alarmed the defenders of Hantan County, but it was not until near noon that the soldiers and horses came out of the camp to line up.

Yan Xu, who had already expected this, was not too nervous, even if he received the news, he did not gather more soldiers and horses, except for the soldiers on the city wall to prevent accidents, most of the soldiers were still eating and practicing step by step, and they did not feel the pressure of the imminent outbreak of the big war.

This is the advantage of the defending side, with a large number of people and troops, they can consume each other to death just by consuming it. After all, a grain and grass needs to be transported from the rear, and a county town with sufficient manpower for the entire grain and grass is needless to say.

What's more, during this time, Yan Xu, Yan Yi and others took turns to train this group of forbidden troops, although they could not completely change it, at least their mental outlook was improved by a notch. Coupled with the fact that they show their martial arts in front of the soldiers from time to time and conduct various siege exercises, these forbidden troops also have a bottom in their hearts, as long as they don't go out of the city to fight, their morale can still be maintained.

By the time Liangshan's 5,000 soldiers and horses completed the formation, it was already more than one o'clock in the afternoon, and it took more than half a day to complete it.

Dong Pingqiang endured his anger, kept patting his horse, and scolded his subordinates to make the soldiers faster, but the effect could only be said, hehe. Even if you practice the lion's roar, you can't let the five thousand people hear it, and even if they hear it, they don't know what they should do.

But there is no way, the most elite 5,000 soldiers and horses of the former army have been buried by Suo Chao, and the surviving part has been incorporated into the reserve camp by Yan Xu, and is being mixed with some forbidden troops.

Therefore, most of Dong Ping's 10,000 men and horses are recruits who have just been recruited for a short time, and only some of the soldiers are veterans drawn from the four armies of the middle and rear left and right, and the number is only a pitiful 1,000 people, all of whom serve as commanders. If it weren't for Hu Yanzhuo sending some Dubo as the leader of the hundred, Dong Ping wouldn't even be able to build the most basic shelf.

Faced with this situation, Dong Ping was helpless, if it weren't for the two generals of water and fire to come to help, even if Dong Ping was eager to take revenge, he would not send troops now, because this was purely death.

But even so, this front army has to be beaten by the front army, otherwise the front army will not even have the last bit of face, and face is what Dong Ping values.

When the soldiers arrived, Dong Ping impatiently gave the order to carry out the first step that must be carried out in the siege, the temptation.

With the sound of drums, a team of 1,000 people began to run quickly from their original position and rushed towards the city wall, but they were still three or four hundred meters away from the city wall, and they were still carrying weapons and ladders, and when they ran under the city wall, they would probably gasp like dogs.

Dong Ping couldn't look directly at this, and Du Bo in the thousand-person team could only give up blocking and run together, once he stopped, he would definitely be trampled to death, and this way of dying was too embarrassing.

"Courage is commendable, but it's stupid." For the enemy's temptation, Yan Xu did not issue any orders, but handed them to Yan Yi, his command is much stronger than himself, he just needs to watch, and at the same time take the opportunity to learn, after all, there is still a difference between the military book and reality.

Dong Ping has no way and cannot blame the above, because this batch of recruits is actually not bad, but they are not used to the fighting style of regular soldiers.

Because of the gradual increase in the prestige of Liangshan, many green forest characters take refuge every day, and those who have a little ability will do it for a small leader, and those who don't have much ability will be a big leader.

Therefore, this batch of recruits has more or less seen blood, their physical fitness is not bad, and they are motivated by the messy record of Liangshan Niucha during this time, and they have long wanted to find an opportunity to attack the county seat, and they also have a happy life of eating meat and drinking wine, gold and silver in their pockets, and beautiful women in their arms. So as soon as he received the order, he immediately rushed forward with joy, and his morale was bursting, not to mention the forbidden army guarding the city, and even the city wall they didn't pay attention to, they all thought that they were masters of light skills, and they went up as soon as they raised their feet.

For this kind of opponent, Yan Xu can't bear to look at it directly, but he is also an enemy, so he can't let go too much, so let's do it. The enemy is not very good, and their soldiers are not much better, so it is better to take the opportunity to let them experience the atmosphere of battle, and when the big war in the province breaks out, there will be deserters.

There are many kinds of captains, some are infantry, some are cavalry, some are archers, some are sailors, and the profession is also divided into, suppressing bandits, pursuing, defending the city, etc.

The 5,000 forbidden troops commanded by Wang Ma, 1,000 shield bearers, 1,000 pikemen, and the remaining 3,000 were all archers, and the attack was insufficient and the defense was more than enough, regardless of whether Hantan County fell or not at that time, they could advance or retreat, otherwise they would not be sent.

At the moment, it is cheap in Hantan County, after all, archers are not infantry, they can go into battle with a gun, this is a technical job, and they can't form an archer formation without three or five years of training.

"Order three hundred archers, two hundred pikemen, and five hundred sword and shield soldiers to go into battle!" Comprehending Yan Xu's meaning, Yan Yi was not prepared to bully the enemy, and also sent a thousand men and horses to fight, and was not prepared to use the equipment to defend the city. Originally, defending the city would take advantage, and then using the equipment to defend the city, what is the point of training. If you can't even adapt to such a low-intensity battle, you might as well surrender as soon as possible.

Although the morale of the forbidden army is not high, the perennial training is not fake, and the execution speed is still very good when the enemy is not visible. After the order was given, the transfer was completed within the standard time, and the archers were ready to shoot.

The queue of Liangshan soldiers and horses is becoming more and more scattered, but there are more than a thousand people, and the distance between the front and back is 300 meters, but this is also wrong, at least the long-range attack damage will be greatly reduced.

Yan Yi estimated the distance of the enemy's army, and when he reached the expected position, he immediately waved his hand and ordered: "Archers shoot three times in a row!" ”

Yan Yi's estimation of the distance is very good, three rounds of nine hundred arrows fell in the enemy formation with more than eight layers, directly shooting over one or two hundred people, but there are few who can stand up and fight again. Unlike other battlefields where you can run and jump like a hedgehog, the proportion of deaths and serious injuries is very high.

After all, while the scumbags of the forbidden army are famous, the style of the local tyrants is also full, the soldiers use short bows and bamboo arrows, and the tall forbidden troops use good longbows, and the arrows are also iron-headed white feather arrows. Even if an ordinary big-headed soldier wears iron armor, he will basically lose his combat effectiveness after receiving an arrow, and it is impossible to run and jump like a porcupine.

However, these thieves had already been carried away, and they didn't pay attention to the tragic situation around them, and began to climb up the ladder with all their hearts. The bad thing is that because of the excitement of running, many people ran and lost the ladder directly because they thought it was in the way, which caused only a third of the ladder that was originally sufficient to the city wall, and these guys had to line up to climb the ladder, there was nothing worse than this.

The city wall of Hantan County is less than one zhang high, and it is not realistic to temporarily increase the height, because the manpower and material resources that need to be consumed are not something that a county can bear, not to mention that there is no need for this.

The forbidden army armed with spears in both hands, under the leadership of Shi Chang, a team of ten people is responsible for a small area, and then pierces the enemies who climb up like a sugar gourd, which is very easy. After all, these people are all light infantry who don't even have armor, in order to facilitate climbing the city wall, they are also holding short weapons such as waist knives, one side is a big gun more than two meters long, and the other side is a waist knife less than one meter long.

The only threat to the forbidden army is the archers, but this kind of technical troops cannot be held by daring to fight and kill. One or two hundred archers stood scattered and fiddled with the short bows in their hands, shooting out the few bamboo arrows they had made, but under the double or even triple layers of armor of the forbidden army who were afraid of death, only God knows what the effect of these bamboo arrows is.

Regardless of whether the enemy or I have no experience in attacking and defending the city, after all, the Great Song Dynasty is still very stable except for the border passes, but in the case of being unfamiliar, the defending side will have a greater advantage, in the absence of sufficient long-range suppression, the forbidden army defending the city itself is condescending, the length of the spear in his hand is more than two meters, the sad Liangshan soldiers unless lying on the ground, otherwise it is difficult to escape a shot, as for the attack, if they do not climb the ladder, they will not be able to reach each other even if they jump up and stretch their hands straight.

Even Yan Yi didn't expect that his sword and shield soldiers would end before they reached the city wall, the entire thousand-person team died five or six hundred people, and the rest of the people ran away, while the forbidden army suffered only a few dozen casualties.

However, Yan Xu was not very happy, even Yan Yi frowned, the price of low casualties was that these forbidden troops had exhausted all their physical strength in a short period of time, and they were all covered in sweat. No way, it's strange that you're not tired wearing three layers of armor.

Although the casualties were low, they were simply not sustainable and led to the slow movement of the Praetorian Army. Once caught in a fierce siege battle, it will be difficult to change the defense in time, in case of a flaw caused by slow movements, it will be difficult to make up for it with the fighting will of the forbidden army.

Although these 1,000 people are just pathfinders thrown out, this level is too poor to be tested at all. Dong Ping also frowned, in addition to a sneak attack, the siege of Liangshan is a sneak attack in the city, and the frontal siege is not a strong point, even he does not have much experience in attacking the city, after all, there is no place to practice.

But the sneak attack can only deal with those careless guys, the other party is obviously not that kind of rookie, and has already built Hantan County like an iron bucket, and it is difficult to mix in enough manpower.

Turning his head to look at the two newly erected flags in the camp, these two people are good at attacking cities, but this is a matter of the face of the former army······

A ruthless will send out all the remaining 4,000 soldiers and horses, Dong Ping knows the weakness of the imperial army, lack of fighting spirit, it is okay to fight a good battle, once the casualties reach a certain level, they will collapse immediately, and they can't pull it, as long as these 4,000 people can bring enough pressure to the other party, they can collapse without entering the city, so they will gamble like this.