Chapter 1477: Defending the City (2)
I don't know if he was afraid of the officer or if he was born lowly and not successful, after being reprimanded by the officer, the archer's counterattack quickly looked decent. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoSome guys who pride themselves on their superb archery ability, after adjusting to the nervousness of the first battle, even ran to the front row and shot the archers under the city with bows and arrows.
The mountain bandit archers shoot arrows, and the other mountain bandits take the opportunity to climb up the ladder, and then hold the machete, and climb up with their hands and feet with their hands and feet. From a distance, Jin Wencheng immediately had dozens of scars, which were crawling with ants.
The officer took a look at the probe and shook his head with disdain: "These idiots, such a few people carry a ladder to attack the city?" I really don't know how death is written. ”
The officer told his soldiers to divide a ladder into a ladder, and then waved his hand to the soldiers holding the stones and shouted, "Throw! ”
The soldiers, who had been anxious for a long time, immediately threw the stone in their arms, and then immediately bent down to pick up a stone and threw it down again.
At first, the officer looked at his subordinates with a satisfied expression, secretly proud of his meritorious training, and how skilled his subordinates were. But when I saw that these guys didn't look at the situation under the city at all, and there were no more people, they just cared about throwing stones to death, and they almost fell.
The officer yelled, "Stop!" Throw a fart! People have fled early! Throw it again and I'll let you jump down and carry the stone back!" ”
Tang Feng, who was watching the battle from afar, saw the rainstorm-like stones falling from the city tower, smashing the soldiers who gathered under the ladder to climb, and couldn't help sighing: "Order, collect the troops." ”
As soon as the order was given, the blood had been extinguished, and the Shanyue soldiers, who had long been nervous, immediately let out a sigh and retreated at once.
Seeing the enemy retreating, the soldiers on the city tower immediately cheered, they didn't expect the enemy to fight so much, it seems that the war is not as cruel as they imagined, they just pulled the bow and threw stones to kill the enemy, how easy.
The soldiers immediately began to talk excitedly, each boasting about how many people they had killed.
Zhao Hu, who had not issued an order and was just watching the battle, was not full of joy like the soldiers at the moment, but frowned.
He has been fighting for many years, and he can estimate the approximate number when he looks at the corpses under the castle. At most, less than a thousand people died in this attack, and the mountain bandits actually retreated? Doesn't it say that mountain bandits are not afraid of death?
Moreover, the so-called mountain regiment did not show any performance, and there was not a single outstanding enemy among the group of enemies who attacked the city just now.
But even so, Zhao Hu also saw that these mountain bandits were not used to attacking the city at all, just look at them carrying a few ladders and running to climb the city wall, and at the worst, they had to get a big log that hit the city gate.
Zhao Hu was frowning, and Lei Ming was also frowning. He said to Tang Feng with a sigh of relief: "Uncle, the mountain regiment has not lost a single loss, why is it called a collection of troops?" ”
Tang Feng sighed: "We are all a little self-righteous, the siege is not as simple as we imagined, you see, the ladder alone has sacrificed nearly a thousand people, and no one has climbed the tower, it seems that the siege rules of ten times and the siege are not exaggerated."
"Now that we have such a small number of troops, don't think about training troops, it's just death!"
Lei Ming paused and said: "Alas, it's good that Meng San is still here, at least he should know how to attack the city!" ”
Tang Feng shook his head and sighed: "Alas, presumably Mengsan is not clear, I estimate that except for the captain of the Fifth Wing, who has fought all his life, I am afraid that no one else has participated in the siege battle, like them who are petty fights, how can they know what steps are needed to attack the city."
It's a pity that our Shanyue used to capture the city of the imperial county capital, and we relied on the help of the city to capture it, and we didn't attack the city at all, and now the city wall has long been destroyed, and I didn't think to practice it, it's too arrogant. ”
"Hey, what more steps do you need to storm the city? Isn't it just besieging the city, and then going to the city or breaking the gates? Lei Ming said disapprehantly.
Tang Feng nodded and said: "Yes, it is difficult for us to attack one side, how can we surround it, and we are not equipped to hit the city gate, and even the ladders are a little few, if there are hundreds of ladders, I'm afraid we have already climbed the city tower." ”
Lei Ming frowned and thought for a while, feeling that he was indeed a little arrogant, and he actually wanted to break through a city with tens of thousands of people.
Thinking of this, Lei Ming said a little hesitantly: "Uncle, do we really have to gather 100,000 troops to gnaw this Jin Wen City?" Our tribe can only reach this number by recruiting all the men. ”
Tang Feng shook his head and said: "You can't recruit the men of the entire tribe, this is not a war to exterminate the clan, and aren't you afraid that the front foot will transfer people away, and the back foot will swallow up the old and the young?" ”
"Then ask for reinforcements from other tribes." Lei Ming said a little dejectedly, he knew that his tribe could not swallow Jin Wen City alone.
"Reinforcements are to be invited, but who knows if they will come? And it's been too long, and the reinforcements coming here can only help us fight against the garrison division of Haibin Province, without the city to block it, we can only compete with the imperial soldiers in the mountains and forests, how can this achieve our intention of annexing Jinwen County. Tang Feng shook his head again and said.
"What then?" Lei Ming was in a hurry, didn't this mean that his tribe came all the way here, and he couldn't get any benefits?
Forest? The mountains and forests are now owned by their own Shanyue tribe, isn't it the same as nothing? And only by taking Jinwen City, the representative of Jinwen County, can it be proved that Jinwen County fell into the hands of the Shanyue people, just like those county governments that have long been annexed by the Shanyue people.
"In this hundreds of miles of mountains and forests, aren't there our Shanyue people? Send someone to invite these small tribes, as long as they give some benefits, and then promise to let them sack the city after breaking it, they will definitely come. Tang Feng said with a smile.
Lei Ming was stunned for a moment, and suddenly patted his head and smiled: "Uncle Yingming, these small tribes are divided into each family, as long as they are used to attack the city, not only can their strength be weakened, but they can also take the opportunity to annex them, so that our tribe can really control this area." ”
"Well, if only you could think so. Go ahead and execute, and by the way, send someone back to invite reinforcements. Tang Feng nodded.
"Yes!" Lei Ming saluted excitedly, turned around and ran out. Soon, hundreds of people in the Shanyue troops immediately left quickly and disappeared into the forest.
"Uncle, they're cleaning up the battlefield, should we make a splash?" Lei Ming looked at the busy soldiers under the city wall in the distance and suggested to Tang Feng.
"It's useless, they can run into the city gate before we can rush there, and they are also burying the bodies of our own people, or wait until reinforcements come." Tang Feng shook his head and said.
"Oh, uncle, do you think they're going to evacuate?" Lei Ming asked.
"I don't know, but it's best to evacuate so we can easily get the city." Tang Feng squinted and said.
"Well, it's just a pity for those craftsmen, but it doesn't matter, the craftsmen of our tribe are also very good." Lei Ming said casually.
"Hehe, in addition to being excellent hunters, we Shanyue people are also excellent carpenters, let the soldiers go and cut down trees, we need to form a camp." Tang Feng said with a smile.
"Yes." Thunder commanded.
While they were talking, Jin Wencheng's side was busy.
After counting, Zhao Hu was surprised by the number of carriages in Jin Wencheng, there were thousands, and families with almost a little net worth had a carriage, and there were dozens of them with more money, it seemed that the wealth of the people of the empire could not be underestimated.
With these thousands of wagons, it was much easier to move people. However, the next behavior of the people made Zhao Hu and others frown.
These people knew that sooner or later the city would fall into the hands of the bandits, and almost even the door frames were taken away, and each family was a dense pile of goods.
As a result, Zhao Hu had to set up a special unit to carry out the task of reducing the burden. Each family can only have a few pieces of clothing, money, and dry food for the month of January, and nothing else can be carried. Although the people were not satisfied, they obediently obeyed the order under the persuasion of the troops.
It should be said here that when Zhao Hu was preparing for the relocation of the people, he first added a killing order to the strong men: "Those who leave the team without permission will be killed!" The family stayed behind to defend the city! ”
At this order, the strong men who didn't want to be separated from their families and were a little ready to move were too frightened to move. In addition, the secret guards hidden in the army were induced by the words "Only if we stay to intercept the bandits, can the family leave safely", the strong men also accepted their fate.
The morale of the army is stable, what big waves can the people turn up? And although everyone is not satisfied with discarding so many things, they also understand that this is for their own sake to be able to evacuate lightly and for their own good, so at most they complain and pity a few words, and no one comes out as a thorn.
At the beginning, the rich family relied on their own carriage, while ensuring that they would not slow down the speed of the team, and at the same time desperately moved their belongings to the carriage, not to mention the big rich people who were full of gold and silver, but those small rich families carried all their belongings into the carriage, but their own family walked on the ground.
Seeing this, Zhao Hu could only summon these rich people and ask them: "Do you say that it is safer for tens of thousands of people to walk together, or is it safer for you who have carriages to walk together?" "Don't think about this problem, of course, it's safer for everyone to walk together, at least people are more courageous.
Many of the rich families were shrewd people, and they immediately knew what Zhao Hu was going to say, but what they moved into the carriage was no more than ordinary items such as door frames for the people, all of which were valuable goods, and a large part of them were food and other materials.
However, everyone quickly figured out which was more important, money or life, and besides, they were willing to abandon the grain fields outside the city, and they could also carry cash, so what did they care about what they were doing with the food? Shipped to the provincial capital for sale? Isn't that just being laughed at?