In peacetime, all the merchants united to transport the division and the yamen also had to retreat, but they did not pick a good time, the war came, and the government considered more of the people, and the fundamental reason was that the social status of the merchants was too low.

Without exception, all of them were imprisoned, and the goods were confiscated, the people of the Xiao family were still not convinced, Cao Feng sneered and said to the soldiers: "Chop off his head, marinate it for me with lime, and send it back to the Xiao family when the war is over." ”

The troubled times are indeed right, when the flesh and blood blurred heads are placed in front of the merchants, they are silent, the ants are still greedy for life, let alone a living person, they choose one of the two of first and then they chose the latter.

When Zhang Li rushed over, he saw that Cao Feng had handled everything, and said with relief: "Well done, as long as Guangzhou is still in danger for a day, I won't allow this kind of thing to happen, don't worry about someone settling accounts after the autumn, a group of businessmen can't turn the sky over, if there is any trouble in the future, you just push it on me." ”

A Wenchen values military generals and is extremely stuttering, there is only one possibility, that is, he still uses you, Cao Feng said with a smile: "This is what subordinates should do, I don't want anyone to drag back when I go to the battlefield." ”

When I returned to the barracks, someone came over and reported: "General, the messenger from Quanzhou is here, do you want to see it?" ”

Cao Feng hurriedly said: "Where are the people? Why don't you come in, don't you know when this is? ”

After the messenger came in, he said to Cao Feng: "Young Master Cao, this is a letter from the head of my family to you. ”

After Cao Feng read the letter, he pondered for a while and said, "Where is Xiucai's approximate location now, do you know?" ”

"There are still about four days to go from Guangzhou, and he asked me to tell you to hold on until his arrival."

The four-day journey is not very difficult for Cao Feng, as long as he persists for four days, Nong Zhigao will have nowhere to escape, he has been nervous for a month, and finally heard a good news.

"It's hard work, go down and rest! Leave the rest to me, and go and report the safety of your hostess, otherwise she will worry about this and that all day long. ”

Two days later, in the morning, Nong Zhigao and Huang Shimi stood behind, and Huang Shimi said: "King, everything is ready, there is no problem, I will let them test the attack." ”

"Let those Han people go first, and the soldiers of their own clan wait first, the first round of counterattacks by the people in the city will definitely be stronger, and they will be consumed before attacking."

Huang Shimi gave a battle order instead of Nong Zhigao, and everyone knew that the chances of the first wave of people going up were not very good, but there were people from the Nong family behind them, and they had to go up if they didn't go up.

As cannon fodder, you must have the consciousness of cannon fodder, when the protection measures are not in place, dozens of people carry a ladder and rush forward, Cao Feng on the city gate said to his subordinates: "Wait for them to get closer, try to save arrows, and destroy their siege equipment as the fundamental purpose." ”

The four city gates in the southeast, northwest, and northwest have all been attacked, but the quality of the emergency manufacturing equipment is still not good, and many of them have fallen apart before they are carried under the city wall.

The shouts from the battlefield are all soldiers to cheer themselves up, and the reason why regular armies are called regular is because they can obey orders on the battlefield, and they can carry out every order conveyed by their superiors to the best of their ability.

The ladder was set up on the city wall, and when they saw that there were no arrows coming down from it, they were secretly happy, but before their joy was over, hot water fell from the sky.

In the summer, the soldiers don't wear much, the hot water sticks to the body like boiling meat, and bursts of fragrance come from under the city walls, the fragrance is there, and more of it makes people want to vomit.

Some of the recruits are already covering their mouths and spitting, and they may not be afraid of killing people, but this way is a bit devastating to their hearts, and the veterans are a little better, this is just a child for them.

"It's going to be a little better rookie to drink the water in the saliva, this hasn't started yet, you're like this, will you still be able to afford a knife in two days? This is war, either you die or I live. ”

"Uncle Li, this smell is too rushing! How can you stand it. A recruit asked as he drank water.

"We didn't fight much before, but when I went to Japan last year, the smell is still fresh in my memory, and you will see what a real hell on earth is in the next few days."

Nong Zhigao was very dissatisfied with the offensive effect of the first round, none of the thousand people rushed to the city wall, which made him very annoyed, he had never encountered this situation under the city of Wuzhou, thinking that the inexhaustible wealth in the city could not be obtained in his hands made him very uncomfortable.

"King, are you still attacking today?" Huang Shimi looked at Nong Zhigao, who had a bad face, and said.

Huang Shimi, who had a smooth journey, was also a little blind, and in his eyes, the war was that whoever had more people had a better chance of winning, and he thought that Nong Zhigao would take 100,000 people, and a Guangzhou city would not be forced to surrender by them like Wuzhou City.

The reality is that they underestimated the forbidden army in Guangzhou, Cao Feng was brought out by Lu Zifei anyway, Nong Zhigao looked at the Han people who died and said: "There are 10,000 people at the city gate on one side, and if you can't attack the city wall, you will break the city gate for me." ”

Huang Shimi's meaning was to forget it, rest and recuperate before continuing to attack, but what he said didn't count! After the order was issued, there was a clear difference between the people who attacked this time and the last time, at least the armor on the soldiers was much more complete.

Cao Feng watched the crowd rush towards the city gate, and sneered: "Don't worry about the city gate, just take care of the city wall." Because he knew that they would not break through the city gate no matter what, because this was what Xiucai assured him.

The city gate became the focus of contention, and every time the stump of a tree hugged by one person hit the city gate, it was like hitting the iron block, and after dozens of times they finally gave up, and it was an unrealistic idea to break through the city gate.

Concrete is definitely an insoluble existence in this era, and a one-zhang thick concrete wall does not need explosives, even if they blow it up for a lifetime, it is impossible for them to blow it up, Nong Zhigao looked a little anxious.

"Let them stop wasting time on the city gates, they are prepared, and today they will fill in the city walls with human lives."

As soon as Nong Zhigao said this, the people who were inspecting behind said to the soldiers: "You are only allowed to go forward and not to retreat, and those who retreat will die." ”

The soldiers rushed to the city wall like crazy, this time the attack was much stronger, Cao Feng said: "Shangtong oil, give them a fried hell, after suppressing their attack, today's battle will be over." ”

Many of the ladders were overwhelmed and fell down, but they couldn't stop the soldiers' crazy desire to survive, they climbed up one after another, climbed halfway up and screamed non-stop, this time it was definitely the smell of fried meat.

40,000 people went up wave after wave without stopping, but they just couldn't go up to the city wall in front of them, and the forbidden army didn't want money and tung oil didn't want to be poured down, and some people were already retreating, and not being afraid of death didn't mean that they wanted to die like this.

Wang Qianyou sat in the yamen and said: "The killing noise is overwhelming outside, are we going to show up?" ”

Wu Ji said: "We haven't decided the winner yet, let's not go and cause trouble, and when we're done, we'll go and pacify the soldiers." ”

Yu Jing sat there and took a sip of tea and said: "Don't worry, today is only the first day, both sides are testing each other, and the most difficult time is later, if it comes to that moment, we need to come forward to mobilize the people." ”

Zhang Li said: "Can you not worry? The whole family is here, and if you die, it will be the end of the day, and I won't lie to you at this time, I'm really afraid. ”

Yu Jing said: "It's normal to be afraid, I'm also afraid of death, and I'm afraid of being nailed to the pillar of shame by future generations, we are all the same, but the more this time, the more calm we become, we can't mess with ourselves, and the reinforcements will arrive soon, hold on." ”

The battlefield was a little anxious, but Cao Feng calmly commanded all the soldiers at the East Gate, every order was just right, and every time he was about to attack, he was beaten down.

"King, Mingjin retreats! If you continue to fight, the loss will be too great, and today is just a temptation. ”

Nong Zhigao also knew that Huang Shimi was telling the truth, and said helplessly: "That's it for today!" I'll continue tomorrow. ”

Huang Shimi said: "We can't attack like this tomorrow, those people are our wealth!" The death of a person is our own loss, and we will need them to help us farm in the future. ”

Nong Zhigao said: "Tomorrow those trebuchets should also come in handy, tomorrow will be the same as today, and then let those big guys appear, so maybe the effect will be better." ”

The living soldiers on Nong Zhigao's side returned to their camp dejectedly, looking at the familiar figures that could no longer be found, just a few hours, they were separated from heaven and man, and people were emotional.

Huang Shimi said: "What about the casualties? How many of the 40,000 people remain. ”

"More than 30,000! Most of them were scalded to death by hot water and hot oil, and now they don't know how to collect the corpses. ”

The 10,000 people were gone after just a tentative attack, which made him a little disappointed, on the other hand, the forbidden army of the Great Song Dynasty greeted the arrival of this victory with laughter one by one, and many people cried and cried hysterically.

Cao Feng said to the deputy general: "That's it for today, see if there are any injuries, and treat those who are injured in time, I am now more and more optimistic about our future, you look here, I will go and report the situation to a few adults." ”

When Zhang Li saw Cao Feng, he was probably closer than his own father, and said with a smile: "How is the battle going?"

"Today is over, there are injured, yes no, the east gate is like this, and the other doors should be similar!"

"That's good, that's good, General Cao has worked hard, if you need anything, tell us at any time, and we will do our best to help you get it."

Cao Feng said: "Master Xie, I will definitely tell you if you have a need." ”