Chapter 61: The Heroine
However, it is said that Zhao Hongming, the county guard of Huiji City, was born at the water's edge and was brave and resolute in the early years.
Today, I heard that the patrol soldiers came to report that a large number of ships rushed into Taihu Lake from the East China Sea and went straight to Huiji.
Now, after the change of the law in the empire, all the localities except for the security army were withdrawn to the people.
Zhao Hongming knew that with more than 500 soldiers defending the city in the city, plus 1,800 people in the Caoyun Water Army, it was an egg hitting a stone, so he asked his subordinate officer Zhu Cong to go for help, and he took more than 2,000 soldiers to defend the meeting.
Seeing that the people besieging the city under the city were all poorly dressed, carrying bows and arrows, and holding harpoons and spears, it was obvious that they were from the southern Baiyue tribe.
Zhao Hongming's view was a little fixed in his heart, and he said to Wang Deru, the officer guarding the city beside him: "Fortunately, the empire has collected all the soldiers in the world, otherwise I am afraid that the city will be ruined today." ”
He also said that the Yue people made a trip of 20,000 people, and led more than 7,000 troops to Huiji City, but when they saw that the city gate was closed, they cut off the way to attack, and the attack for an hour was ineffective, but let the defenders shoot hundreds of people.
"Withdraw out of range of the Qin crossbow."
Hearing the general's order, the Vietnamese army hurriedly withdrew from the range of the arrow crossbow.
Seeing the appearance of a leader, Yue Ren returned to the shore and shouted: "Chief, we lack siege equipment, and I am afraid that we will not be able to take the city for a while." ”
At first glance, the person who was supposed to be the leader turned out to be a woman, but her figure was bumpy and graceful, wrapped in a small amount of cloth.
The woman's expression changed, she looked at the few people beside her and said, "I didn't expect that the officials on the upper floor of this city are a little capable, but ......"
Speaking of this, the female leader's tone paused for a moment, her eyes flashed, and then she said: "Just two thousand people are not enough to defend Huiji City. Huang Zhang, you lead a thousand clansmen, carry the miasma and detour to the east gate to burn. ”
Huang Zhang was overjoyed when he heard this, and said, "The leader still has a way." ”
Seeing Huang Zhang leaving with the people, the female leader's expression changed, and then she shouted to the generals beside her: "Go and tell the clansmen on the shore to wear face towels, wait for the miasma to drift over the city, and attack the city directly." ”
As soon as the words fell, a general left, and the remaining more than 10,000 shore boats sailed into the lake to wait.
Miasma is a general term for poisons made by the Yue people who collect mandala leaves and dry them and mix them with several kinds of poisonous weeds that can make people faint.
Lighting a fire and then covering it with a watered bamboo basket produces a large amount of toxic smoke.
Thinking that the female leader wanted to paralyze or even stun the defenders in the city with poisonous smoke, and then attack the city.
Zhao Hongming was always staring at the movements of the enemy army outside the city, and when he saw a team of about 1,000 people hurriedly leaving the army and heading towards the east gate, he was puzzled.
In this siege, the enemy army had no siege equipment, and only relied on ziplines to climb the wall, and under such siege methods, he was enough to hold for three or five days with 2,000 defenders.
What's more, when it is critical, he can still mobilize the strong men in the city to help, so Zhao Hongming is not worried about the loss of the East Gate at all, and only hopes that Zhu Cong can bring reinforcements soon.
But not long after the enemy moved, he suddenly heard the guard general Wang Deru shouting: "Lord County Guard, look, what is that......"
When Zhao Hongming heard this, he looked in the direction of Wang Deru's finger, only to see a burst of smoke suddenly floating in the direction of the east gate, and it was quickly drifting towards the west gate under the east wind.
And at this moment, the Vietnamese army that had retreated for a long time outside the West Gate pounced again, and the sound of poisoned arrows in their hands was endless, and the faces of the enemy soldiers were covered with a face towel at some point.
Zhao Hongming hesitated for a moment, only to see the smoke drifting in, and the soldiers guarding the city on the city tower couldn't avoid it, inhaled and coughed a few times, and then fell down.
"Oh no, it's poisonous smoke! Quickly plug your mouth and nose with clothes, "By the time Zhao Hongming reacted, it was already too late, and the defenders of the city fell in large pieces, and they saw the Yue people throwing ziplines and hanging on the city wall.
For a while, Zhao Hongming's liver and gallbladder were broken, and he coughed a few times and fell down angrily.
Just as the Yue people climbed the city tower and opened the city gate, Li Yu's ship finally arrived at Taihu Lake.
At a glance, I saw that the lake was densely packed with boats, and the boats were of different sizes, but I was afraid that there were more than a thousand.
When Li Yu saw such a scene for the first time, he couldn't help but be stunned on the spot.
I heard Chen Qingzhi shouting again: "All arms for war!"
Li Yu came back to his senses, and saw that the soldiers on the building boat were already in full battle, with crossbow arrows in them, and even the crossbow carts were wound one after another.
I couldn't help but shout in my heart: This is really not acting in a movie! It's so exciting.
The eight ships were huge, and they were moving at full speed, and suddenly brought up a white wave.
In order to avoid the miasma, not long after the Yue people and sailors rowed into the lake just now, they saw the eight giant ships on the lake rushing towards them like eight giant beasts, and they immediately became a mess.
The female leader of the Yue people changed her expression greatly, and suddenly shouted: "Quick, go ashore at full speed." ”
Hearing this, the Vietnamese sailors calmed down a little and rowed towards the shore at full speed.
After the ship chased closer, Li Yufang saw a cloud of smoke floating above Huiji City, mistakenly thought that there was a fire in the city, and couldn't help but wonder: "Didn't the Yue people break through the city gate?" ”
Chen Qingzhi shook his head when he heard this: "The Yue people are so ships drifting across the sea to the north to meet Ji, but I am afraid that they will not be able to carry siege equipment." ”
Seeing Zhang Liang gently bowed his head, he agreed with what Chen Qingzhi said, and said: "What Brother Ziyun said is very true, according to what Zhu said, the county guard is from the navy, and he can lead troops to fight, and he should have no problem in a short period of time with 2,000 soldiers guarding the city gate." ”
Before the words fell, thousands of boats were rowing towards the shore.
Chen Qingzhi's face changed, and he shouted: "It's not good, this fire thief has already begun to abandon the ship and go ashore, but I am afraid that the city gate has been lost." ”
Liu Bang felt the blood brought by the war for the first time, and couldn't help asking: "What is the basis for General Chen?" ”
Chen Qingzhi frowned, and pointed at Yue Daodao: "If the city gate was still there, this group of thieves should flee to the south or north, but now they directly abandoned the ship and ran towards the county town." ”
The few people present all changed their colors when they heard it, and Li Yu couldn't help grinning: "In this way, wouldn't Ben Hou's building ship become an iron lump?" ”
Chen Qingzhi smiled bitterly and responded: "I'm afraid that's the case......"
When the boat approached the shore, the bamboo ladder was lowered, leaving 800 people on the boat, and the rest went ashore on the small boat abandoned by the Yue people.
As soon as he landed ashore and saw that the city gate was closed in the distance, Li Yu was suddenly a little angry.
Grandma has a leg, I'm afraid the script is not written wrong......
What about the destruction of the good and the victory in the first battle?
Although Li Yu was angry, he saw that Chen Qingzhi commanded the navy army and turned into an army, and then asked: "How did this group of Yue people do it, can anyone tell me?" ”
Several people present were silent for a long time before Xiao He spoke: "Xiaguan has a wide range of friends on weekdays, I remember that I once made a friend of the Yue tribe, and I happened to hear him say that the Yue people live in the mountains for a long time, often deal with miasma and poisons, and have studied some methods of using poison all year round.
I saw a puff of smoke floating above the castle tower just now......"
When Li Yu heard this, his heart suddenly became clear, and he sighed: "This Yue people can survive under the encirclement and suppression of the imperial army so far, and it does have its own uniqueness, but I don't know who the leader of this Vietnamese army is?" ”
Chen Qingzhi smiled when he heard this, and said, "If the Hou Ye wants to know, the last general will come forward and ask." ”
Li Yu couldn't help but speak: "I'm afraid that it's not appropriate, the enemy army is less than 10,000 people, and we can't take down the only crossbow cart that can attack the city, so if we rush forward, I'm afraid we will suffer." ”
Chen Qingyi saw Li Yu's thoughts at a glance, and said with a smile: "Does Master Hou want the ship to go to the shipyard to dock and unload the crossbow carts to attack the city?" ”
didn't expect Chen Qingzhi to say a word, Li Yu nodded undeniably.
While speaking, the army was already approaching the city, and Chen Qingzhi suddenly spoke: "All the troops listen to the order, and each flank in the north and south, beware of the enemy from surrounding. ”
The female leader stood at the head of the city, her hands crossed on her waist, her eyes slightly narrowed as she watched the army under the city approach, and saw the Qin army suddenly change formation.
The female leader was shocked, and said in a low voice: "I thought it was Caoyun's navy coming to help, but I didn't expect it to be the elite of Great Qin." ”
After speaking, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, looked at Zhao Hongming, who was tied up by five flowers, and said with a smile: "I almost blocked you outside the city, how do you say I should reward you." ”
Zhao Hongming had already woken up at this moment, and there was no discomfort, but the poisonous smoke was only something that made people drowsy and paralyzed.
Seeing that the woman in front of him was actually the leader of the Yue army, he couldn't help but change his complexion, and said angrily: "I, Zhao Hongming, think that I am shrewd, I didn't think that I would be defeated by the woman, and if I want to kill, I will kill Hugh and talk nonsense." ”
The female leader was stunned when she heard this, so she said: "Dare to block me with 2,000 people, you are a person, but you know that in Minzhong County and the surrounding townships and counties, you Qin officials are all descending to the wind." ”
Zhao Hongming snorted coldly and twisted his head to the side, but he stopped talking.
The female leader didn't care, smiled and said, "Don't worry, you are a county guard, and I still have to keep your life as a condition." ”
When Zhao Hongming heard this, he was suddenly ashamed in his heart......