Chapter 288: A plan to break the position

After the soldiers rested for a while, early the next morning, Zhai Rang commanded the army to divide into two routes and attack the south and north gates of Liyangcang at the same time.

Among them, the 80,000 soldiers who attacked the south gate were personally commanded by Zhai Zhai, while the 70,000 troops who attacked the north gate were commanded by Li Mi.

In the past two days, they have attacked Liyangcang at the same time many times, but because of the high walls of Liyangcang, they have lost their troops every time and have no results.

Looking at the tragic battlefield in front of him, Zhai Rang's expression did not fluctuate, and his face was still gloomy, but at this time, his heart was extremely anxious.

This attack on Liyangcang was proposed by him, and he personally commanded it, although Li Mi also commanded the army to attack the city at the north gate, but all the attack plans, all the details of the attack, were formulated by him, and Li Mi was just carrying out his orders.

Since the last time Li Mi led the Wagang army to break through Xingluocang and took the opportunity to recruit more than 100,000 troops, Zhai Rang has always been very envious, jealous and hateful, and he also wants to attack Xingluocang again.

It's a pity that since Xingluocang was forcibly recaptured by the court army, the Luoyang court sent heavy troops to defend it, and Xingluocang was ravaged by the Wagang army, and there was not much food left in the warehouse, so Zhai Rang hit the idea on Liyang Cang.

He had received definite news that the entire Liyang Cang had stored more than two million stones, and as long as he could successfully capture the Liyang Cang, he could easily expand the army of two or three hundred thousand with these grains, and then his position in Wagangsai would no longer be touched.

Zhai Rang looked at the tall city wall in front of him, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, if it wasn't for the leakage of the news, the 20,000 imperial army sent by Luoyang arrived half a day earlier than himself, and the Liyang Cang at this time would have been taken by himself. It's a pity that the time is not with me......

"The big boss, the third boss and the fourth boss are coming!" A personal soldier reminded Zhai Rang in a low voice.

Zhai Rang immediately retracted his thoughts, turned his head to look to the left, and hundreds of steps away, Li Mi and Shan Xiongxin were coming with hundreds of personal soldiers and soldiers. In the past two days, Shan Xiongxin has been assisting Li Mi in attacking the city.

When attacking Xingluocang, the soldiers were also divided into two ways, attacking the two cangmen at the same time, but in the end, the army commanded by Li Mi took the lead in breaking through the cangmen, which made Li Mi control most of the grain in Xingluocang, and Li Mi was able to expand his troops and horses, and his strength increased greatly.

Therefore, this attack on Liyangcang, Zhai Rang in order to avoid the repetition of the old things in Xingluocang, specially arranged for Shan Xiongxin to assist Li Mi, if Li Mi attacked Liyangcang one step ahead of him, with Shan Xiongxin's containment, Li Mi would not be able to control the grain in the warehouse in a short time.

"Big boss, it's not a way to go on like this!" Li Mi's face was very gloomy, and after greeting Zhai Rang and the others, he directly expressed his dissatisfaction.

This time to attack Liyangcang, Li Mi brought 40,000 Pushan battalion soldiers.

Before sending troops, Li Mi had already stationed in Xingyang County with his Pushan battalion, and he was busy running Xingyang County, planning to turn Xingyang County into his lair.

Therefore, this time to attack Liyangcang, Li Mi was not very willing to participate, if it was not for the fear that after the attack was successful, Zhai Rang's strength would be greatly increased because of this, and then it would threaten the status of the Pushan battalion, Li Mi would not come at all, and would not send troops to participate.

"In the two days of siege, we have lost more than 23,000 soldiers! We need to change our tactics! Li Mi had fire in his heart, and his voice was a little loud, and his soldiers had lost more than 5,000 people in the past two days.

"I also think tactics should be changed!"

Shan Xiongxin responded with some concern: "There are nearly 40,000 defenders in Liyang Cang, if we don't change our tactics, they can completely consume us with the advantage of the city wall."

Zhai Rang glanced at the two of them deeply, and asked with a smile: "Is there a way for the two virtuous brothers?"

Li Mi and Shan Xiongxin glanced at each other and said, "The army temporarily retreats and lures the enemy out of the city!" The 20,000 imperial army is only here to support, if the crisis is cleared, they will evacuate Liyangcang, as long as they leave Liyangcang, we can take the opportunity to destroy them, and then return to attack Liyangcang. ”

Zhai Rang pondered for a while, "I'm afraid that they won't leave, and our grain and grass can't consume them!" ”

Li Mi frowned a little, as if he hadn't thought of any good way, Zhai Rang looked at the others again, and everyone was thinking.

At this time, Xu Shiji said slowly: "We can retreat temporarily, and then suddenly attack Liyang City, there are only thousands of defenders in Liyang City, if the defenders of Liyang Cang come to help, we will besiege the city to help, if they don't come, we can also enter Liyang City, stay in Liyang City, and then wait for the opportunity!"

Zhai Rang's eyes lit up suddenly, and he said with a smile: "Second brother, this suggestion is good!" What do you think? ”

"I'm for it!"

"I'm for it too!"

Seeing that everyone was in favor, Zhai Rang was not waiting, and said with a smile: "Okay! Since everyone agrees, then we will attack Liyang City, and then besiege the city to send reinforcements, it is really not possible, our more than 100,000 troops will stay in Liyang City, and take down the entire Ji County. ”

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Five days later, Xu Shiji led a team of 40,000 people to appear outside the south gate of Liyang City.

A few days ago, in order to confuse the defenders of Liyangcang, Zhai Rang led the Wagang army to retreat for hundreds of miles before sneaking back, while Xu Shiji led 40,000 Wagang soldiers to disguise themselves as more than 20,000 Jijun Yuan Treasure Rebels, and hid in a dense forest thirty miles southwest of Liyang City to prepare.

The team stopped about five hundred paces away from the city gate, and with Xu Shiji's order, the 40,000-strong army quickly lined up for battle.

The military formation is neat, solemn and silent, the sky above the military formation, the flags are dense, thousands of flags of various colors dance with the wind, hunting sounds, 40,000 soldiers carry hard bows and arrows on their shoulders, spears and knives in their hands, fresh helmets and angry armor, and morale is high!

"Beat the drums!"

Xu Shiji shouted loudly, and the flag bearer immediately waved the flag in his hand, and then a burst of earth-shattering war drums sounded from the military formation.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! ”

The shocking drums continued to spread around, echoing in the sky above Liyang City, but the 40,000 army did not move, still standing quietly waiting for battle!

"Master Xu, when are we going to attack the city?" Cheng Yanjin was very puzzled, and asked angrily, the sound was so loud that it could still be heard around in the sound of war drums.

The surrounding generals were also puzzled, and they all looked at Xu Shiji when they heard the words.

Xu Shiji smiled slightly and said: "There are less than 5,000 defenders in the city, and it is not difficult for us to break through the city gate, but we also have a purpose this time to besiege the city and send reinforcements, so we need to leave some time for them to check the situation, so that they can arrange for the soldiers to ask for help."

Just as Xu Shiji thought, above the city, the city defender was leading a group of generals to inspect the situation of the Wagang army.

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"General, this is the Yuan Treasure rebel army in Xinxiang County, according to this banner, this rebel army should have about 23,000 people, should we ask the garrison of Liyangcang for help?" A lieutenant surnamed Wang suggested.

The city guard general pondered for a moment, looked at his henchmen and asked, "What does Brother Li think?"

The staff surnamed Li thought for a moment, "If it's just a 23,000-strong Yuan Treasure rebel army, we don't need to ask for help, we just need to mobilize the young and strong people in the city to help defend the city, but if it's not just the Yuan Treasure rebels, then we will be in trouble!" ”

The face of the city guard general changed slightly, but he was a little puzzled: "Please also ask Brother Li to explain in detail!"

The staff surnamed Li nodded, "I'm worried that Yuan Bao and the Wagang army have colluded, the 150,000 Wagang army stormed Liyang Cang for two consecutive days, but suddenly retreated, and now Yuan Bao has no warning, suddenly attacking our Liyang City, I suspect that there is a connection between them, just want us to ask for help from Liyang Cang, and then besiege the city to help!" ”

The city guard general's face suddenly changed, he pondered for a long time, and then asked, "What advice does Brother Li have?"

The staff surnamed Li thought for a while and said, "First, immediately mobilize the young and strong people in the city to help defend the city, and second, send someone to inform the defenders of Liyangcang!"

The city defender will be a little puzzled, "Only notify, not ask for help?" ”

"Not bad!"

The staff surnamed Li nodded, "If it is only the Yuan Treasure rebels who are attacking, with the assistance of the people in the city, even if they attack, we can hold on for a few days, and we can wait a little longer to decide whether to ask for help, if there is a Wagang army involved, then their target is the Liyang Cang defenders, we are a bait, it should not be dangerous for the time being, we can also wait." ”

The defender pondered for a while, and felt that it made sense, so he summoned a messenger to whisper a few words, and the messenger immediately left quickly!

At this time, one of the generals shouted: "General, the enemy army outside the city has called for battle!"

The city guard will immediately look at the city, in front of the city gate, a tall eight zhang tall, big shoulders and round waist, holding a pole eight zhang long lance majestic general is shouting loudly.

The city defender will be silent for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "We are short of troops, don't pay attention to him!" Inform all the soldiers in the city and get ready for battle! ”

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In front of the city gate, the majestic general called for a long time, but no one paid attention to it, scolded a few words, and urged the horse to return to the military formation, "The enemy army has no one to fight, and the last general asks to return to the team!" ”

"Get in the queue!"

Xu Shiji nodded and said, then looked at the city defenders and his party from afar, frowned and muttered for a long time, and then looked at the place where the front army was, all the siege equipment had been prepared, and then ordered: "The front army is attacking the city!"

"Woo......"

The flag danced, the earth-shattering drum stopped instantly, and the long and low horn sound sounded immediately, spreading to all sides, echoing over the military formation!

Beating drums and marching, 10,000 Wagang soldiers carried hundreds of siege ladders and pushed more than a dozen nest carts, killing like a tide in Liyang City, like a huge moving carpet, covering the entire open space outside the city.

The siege ladder and the nest car are all made by Xu Shiji in the past few days specifically for the attack on Liyang City, and the nest car is a siege weapon, but unfortunately the manufacture of the nest car is too complicated, Xu Shiji gathered all the carpenters in the 40,000 soldiers, and only made more than 20 simple nest cars in the past few days, fortunately, the manufacture of the siege ladder is relatively simple, and a total of thousands of them have been manufactured!

"What about the general?" Looking at the enemy soldiers who were getting closer and closer under the city, the captain surnamed Wang asked urgently.

"Afraid of what? Get ready to shoot your arrows! The defender of the city scolded a little, but his brows furrowed slightly, the enemy's attack outside the city was beyond his expectations.

Although there are 5,000 defenders in the city, but it needs to be divided into four major city heads, and now the defenders of the entire southern city are only about 2,500 people, originally he planned to mobilize 20,000 young people in the city to help defend the city, but he did not expect that the generals who went to mobilize the people had just left the city, and the enemy had already begun to attack, and he did not give him time to prepare more.

Fortunately, now is the period of great chaos in the world, the city defender will be more responsible, the usual preparation work is better, the soldiers on duty to defend the city are fully equipped, hard bows and arrows, armor, knives and spears, etc., the same lot, and on the head of the city, there are also a lot of rolling stones and wood, and there are several huge trebuchets.

"Shoot the arrows!" Looking at the enemy troops under the city who were about to approach the city wall, the city defender shouted loudly.

Originally, the use of trebuchets was more lethal and could be more shocking, but a trebuchet needed hundreds, or even hundreds of people, to use, and now the defenders of the city are too few to start the trebuchet, and the attack surface of the trebuchet is too small to defend the enemy's large-scale siege, so he can only retreat to the second best thing, using bows and arrows These are more flexible and more suitable equipment for defending the city.

More than 2,000 sharp arrows instantly came out of the string, roaring down, the sharp arrows with their own speed, mixed with the bonus of gravity, faster and faster, head-on to the Wagang soldiers under the city,

"Poof! Burst! Burst! ”

The sound of sharp arrows entering the flesh was not loud, but it sounded again and again, and then it was buried in a louder sound, and after a burst of sound, hundreds of Wagang soldiers who were running in front fell in a pool of blood.

The Wagang soldiers were not intimidated, their pace did not stop, they still shouted and shouted, killing towards Liyang City.

A siege ladder approached the city wall, and hundreds of Wagang soldiers suddenly pulled the rope backwards, and a siege ladder six or seven feet high was suddenly pulled up.

"Click!" With a loud bang, the first siege ladder was mounted on the head of the city, and then, "Click! Click! Click! The sound was loud and loud, and more than 200 siege ladders were set up at the head of the city.

At the place where the chief general of the Wagang Army commanded the banner, Xu Shiji, with Cheng Yanjin and other generals, was watching and observing the entire battlefield from afar, and couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw this situation, and then shouted loudly: "The Chinese army is attacking and attacking the city with all its might!"

"Boom! Knock knock! Boom! Knock knock! ”

The drums over the battlefield immediately became dense and urgent, and after a while, 20,000 Wagang soldiers quickly dispatched, they gathered hundreds of siege ladders, pushed and pulled the remaining more than a dozen siege nest vehicles, and shouted to kill Liyang City.

The Wagang soldiers quickly climbed up along the siege ladders, and on each siege ladder there were dozens of Wagang soldiers rushing upwards like ant colonies, slashing with big knives and stabbing with spears, desperately rushing to the top of the city.

The defenders on the city are like dense rain of arrows, rolling wood and stones rolling down, swords and spears are stabbed, flesh and blood flying, the defenders use long forks to push the siege ladder outward, from time to time there are siege ladders are pushed out, and they fall backwards and fall, and a terrible cry suddenly sounded on the siege ladder.

The Wagang soldiers under the city are also counterattacking, arrows are shooting like rain to the city, and the soldiers defending the city are constantly being shot, screaming and falling from the city, and the casualties are gradually increasing!

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