Yunzhou Volume Chapter 39: The Battle of Niujiaozhai (2)
The next day, at noon.
Wind Thunder Village launched its first siege.
The siege lasted only half an hour, after an attack and defense, both sides had casualties, the morale of the warriors of Niujiaozhai was unexpectedly high, from beginning to end, none of the warriors of Fenglei Village could really get close to the wall.
Niujiaozhai was originally just a small village with a population of less than five hundred, and the entire village added up, there were only thirty warriors, for here, Lin Fenglei has never cared much about it, because seventy miles to the east of it is Zhangtong Village, the second largest village of Yunshen Village, he never thought that Zhangtongzhai would be lost, and now there are more than 4,000 people gathered in this small village, which is more or less crowded.
In the stockade that is a little deserted on weekdays, now there is a lot of traffic, and the samurai are constantly running in the stockade, passing the news everywhere, when the wind and thunder village attack, they will run faster and faster, and at the same time, they will yell at the people in front of them to make way for themselves.
The original Niujiao villagers hid in the corners of each house, watching through the cracks as the warriors outside the house kept running, roaring and starting. Some of the villagers were temporarily conscripted to cook, handle the wounded, and repair their weapons.
And the situation of the thirty warriors of Niujiaozhai is very embarrassing, their positions are now occupied by the warriors of those big families, and it is not for them to guard the village, nor to patrol, so they have to stand in a relatively empty place, watching the people around them come and go, and they can only watch and stare dryly.
"Head, or not...... Shall we go back? A samurai suddenly tugged at the sleeve of the chief of the head and asked softly.
", go back? Where to go back? The vine chief scolded hatefully, "They fight and we bake the fire by the fire pit at home? Are we samurai? ”
"But what can we do here?" The warrior whispered anyway.
Fujicho turned his head and slapped the samurai on the back of the head, just about to scold him, but he didn't know what to say, after all, he was telling the truth.
Now in charge of the walled wall is the Qingshui family and another big family of Yunshen Village, and Wu Qingshui personally commands on the wall. They all wore armbands embroidered with their family crests on their sleeves, and warriors like them who did not have armbands could not even get close to the wall. As for the rest of the place, it is also the responsibility of the other big families, and no matter what they do, they will confirm each other's identity through the armbands on their arms, and if they don't wear armbands, let alone doubt their identity, someone will immediately come and expel them.
Damn it! This is obviously Lao Tzu's village, why do you make it look like I'm an outsider?
Fuji Chang thought hatefully in his heart, those warriors of the big family with the surname of the big family were all so blind, and their noses were about to go to the sky, as if they were afraid that these people in the village would not know that they were warriors from Yunshen Village.
But having said that, in addition to being arrogant, they did a good job of guarding the village, and they were well organized, even if Shu Fenglei saw it, they couldn't help but praise a few words.
That warrior from the Black Wolf family is indeed a rare genius, even in Zhongzhou, which is full of talents, there are only a handful of people like him.
At this moment, in the ancestral hall of Niujiaozhai, the young man was looking down at the ground around Niujiaozhai
The shape map, in fact, he only glanced at it, and he could roughly remember the content on it, and now thinking about the map, he just didn't want to make any mistakes himself, so that the people of Fenglei Village could take advantage of it.
Niujiao Village is close to Niujiao Mountain in the south, north to the poisonous forest swamp, Niujiao Mountain has been extending to the south, with the momentum of the horn, directly enter the territory of Yunge Village after deflection, and Niujiao Mountain is steep, the east is almost unclimbable cliffs, it is almost impossible to cross the Niujiao Village from Niujiao Mountain, and the poisonous forest swamp in the north is more dangerous, even the most experienced hunters in Yunzhou do not dare to easily step into the poisonous forest swamp, after all, the miasma there alone is enough to kill people.
The poisonous forest swamp has been extending more than ten miles to the north, although there is indeed the possibility that the people of the wind and thunder village will bypass the poisonous forest swamp, but I think that the wind and thunder village will not do that, and the formation of a siege of the cow horn village itself is an unwise choice, their forces will only be scattered on the east and west sides, if the people of the cloud god village take the opportunity to move, then the warriors sent to the west will fall into a more embarrassing situation.
Therefore, if the people of Fenglei Village want to pass, the only way to capture Niujiao Village is to conquer it.
But this is destined to be a tough battle, because this young man from the Black Wolf family will definitely do his best to prevent them from passing.
He didn't come here because of his loyalty to Lin Fenglei, he had never had a good impression of Lin Fenglei and his beast-like son, if it weren't for Lin Fenglei's threat to the lives of his clansmen, he would even prefer to stay at home by the fire and sleep on the fire.
Sometimes, weakness is also a sin.
Because they are weak, they can only be subservient to those who are strong; Because of weakness, even if you resist, it will be in vain.
Yunshenzhai is a place where the weak eat the strong.
With the strength of the Black Wolf family, they are also second to none in the village, and the warriors of the Black Wolf family are all elite, but the number is too small, and they still seem so vulnerable in front of Lin Fenglei's minions.
There used to be a big surname in Yunshen Village, and there were more than 3,000 people in the family during their total victory, and there were more than 1,000 warriors, but in the end, there was no one left with this surname.
They were dissatisfied with Lin Fenglei's iron-fisted rule, and secretly colluded with another big family to attack Lin Fenglei's hall and end his rule. But the big family informed Lin Fenglei of the news, so Lin Fenglei was dressed in armor and fully armed, leading his warriors to wait for their arrival in the main hall.
That day was the darkest day of Yunshenzhai, not only the samurai who participated in the coup, but also their families and even close friends, who were not spared in the end - the heads of several people were cut off and hung high above the gate of the village, and to this day, their bones can still be seen pecked by insects and birds.
On that day, blood infected the entire Yunshen Village, and those innocent people were dragged out of their homes and beheaded with a knife in front of the people they loved the most.
There are also very few people in the black wolf family who were moved by this. The chaos spread, but under the efforts of the steady patriarch, the anger of those men of the Black Wolf family was barely calmed.
This young man from the black wolf family knows that if he doesn't come to Niujiaozhai, I'm afraid that in the future, the fate of the big surname family will be the fate of the black wolf family.
He looked at the map again, and deduced it again in his mind.
Niujiaozhai is indeed a convenient place to defend, the north and south sides do not have to worry about the enemy's attack, and the attack from the west is also blocked, if he is given enough food and grass, he is confident that he will hold on to Niujiaozhai for half a year.
As he was pondering, there were shouts in the distance, probably because the Wind and Thunder Village was preparing to attack the city again.
"Report!" A samurai suddenly broke into the house, and he suddenly knelt down in front of the young man, and said breathlessly, "Wind and Thunder Village is attacking the city again!" This time, they dispatched no less than a thousand people! ”
"Oh?" The young man was stunned, "It seems that they are coming this time?" ”
Then the samurai still knelt on the ground and did not say a word, so the young man waved his hand and said, "Okay, send some men with me, and I will go to the front to supervise the battle." ”
At about half a pillar of incense, the samurai of the Black Wolf family surrounded the young man and came to the east gate.
Even through the wall, he could still clearly hear the shouts of killing from outside the wall, and the warriors on the wall kept shooting arrows to stop the advance of the warriors of the Wind and Thunder Village, and the warriors of the Wind and Thunder Village would fight back in the same way. The stray arrows kept skimming through the air, like eagles flying low, and every time they fell, they would take a human life.
The screams and wails were hidden under the shouts of killing, and even if the samurai of Niujiaozhai occupied a favorable position, there were still samurai who would be pierced through the forehead, eyes, and mouth by arrows, and then fall straight down, at this time, the samurai behind him and around him would immediately step forward to fill his place.
A stray arrow suddenly crossed the city wall, drawing a perfect arc in the air, and it was about to fall on the young man of the black wolf family.
"Young master! Be careful! The samurai beside him immediately rushed forward and blocked him with his body.
But the young man looked up at the arrow without blinking an eye.
The arrow eventually landed a foot in front of him, and he patted the samurai who was protecting him on the shoulder, "Alright, it's okay." ”
The warrior turned his head, let go of the young man, saluted, and stood beside him again.
"Why, don't you attack the city with rockets?" The young man muttered, "Wouldn't it be better if the rocket attacked the city?" ”
Not to mention the power of the rocket, the buildings in the Yunzhou village are basically made of wood and bamboo, and once any arrow ignites a certain room, the impact is immeasurable. The fire is bound to cause chaos, someone must extinguish the fire, which not only distracts the manpower, but also affects the effect of the garrison, if the wind and thunder village first carry out a few rounds of rocket salvos, and then use their beast cavalry to forcibly attack the city......
The young man shook his head, he didn't dare to think about it anymore, he knew the bear pig, when the bear pig launched a charge with all his might, the power was not weaker than the small battering ram in Zhongzhou, and the walled gate of Yunzhou was far less powerful than the city gate of Zhongzhou, the bear and pig skin was rough and thick, in Yunzhou, it was simply a natural battering ram, and the walled gate of these small villages could resist the three collisions of the bear and pig, so it was time to give a heavy reward to the person who built the walled gate.
"Why not use rockets?" He repeated the question in his heart, and at the same time sighed at his arrogance.
If Fenglei Village uses the method he just thought of to attack the city, let alone half a year, Niujiaozhai can last for three days, which is already a blessing among all blessings.