The name of this general is Yao Qigong, he has just turned twenty-seven years old this year, although he can become a general at such a young age is a lot of family power, but it is undeniable that this person is indeed a recognized leader among the descendants of other wealthy families of the same generation, at least he began systematic martial arts training at the age of six, at the age of thirteen his two elder brothers who were four or five years older than him were no longer his opponents, and at the age of fifteen, he was able to memorize all the slightly famous military books backwards, At the age of seventeen, no one in the entire Daimyo Mansion could beat him in the sand table military exercises, and he was recognized as one of the most outstanding children of the family in the world, so when he was appointed as a general at a young age last year, many people took it for granted.

It's a pity that this "many people" are just the big names and families in various places, and they don't represent the people of the whole world, coupled with his true and genuine "second generation of officials" background, the rumors that he can become a general by relying on family power are still inevitably spread by some people who are jealous of him through deliberate propaganda.

Who is Yao Qigong, he is a self-confident and even somewhat narcissistic person, he is the proud son of heaven, he is a person who pursues perfection, he can't tolerate this kind of despicable slander, he needs a bright opportunity to prove himself, so when he heard that the imperial court was organizing the Eastern Expeditionary Army to crusade against the Liangshan bandits to recover Jingxi Road, he was the happiest and most excited person in the entire Daimyo's Mansion, because he knew that the opportunity to prove himself had finally come,

Later, through the operation of the family again, he also became one of the four generals of the Western Road of the Eastern Expeditionary Army as he wished.

At this moment, he was riding on a precious horse, with a handsome face, confident eyes, wearing bright and shiny military armor, holding the reins in one hand, and pressing the hilt of the sword with the other, while looking at the city tower of Yanggu County, while listening to the scout's report on the enemy's situation,

After listening to this, he was quite surprised and said, "What? This thief in Yanggu County is a court judge? ”

The scout immediately replied, "Exactly, this person's surname is Hua Mingrong, it is the original Qingzhou Qingfeng Village Wuzhizhai on Jingdong Road, five months ago, after killing Wenzhizhai there and defecting with his subordinates, Liangshan Bandit Kou, and then he has been stationed in Yanggu County, leading 2,300 troops. ”

Yao Qigong nodded, this was really unexpected, he didn't expect that his first battle was to face a "rebel general", but this is okay, the first battle can not only attack the city and kill the enemy, but also remove the judgment for the imperial court, killing two birds with one stone!

Yao Qigong looked to the side after thinking about it, and saw a forty-year-old officer also riding on a horse, his name is Xue Shuo, he is Yao Qigong's adjutant general, compared to Yao Qigong's illustrious background, his background is simply shabby and pitiful, and he finally rose to the position of this deputy general after a lifetime of hard work, last year after the old general Zhishi, he was originally the most promising candidate to take over as a general, but a Yao Qigong came out of nowhere to grab the position of the general, although Xue Shuo has never said anything, But everyone can actually guess what Xue Shuo feels in his heart,

But whether Xue Shuo is jealous of Yao Qigong's family background, or he has "self-knowledge", or he is just waiting for the opportunity, anyway, he has been very "honest" so far, and the two have maintained a friendly relationship so far.

"General Xue, how do you think this battle should be fought?" Yao Qigong asked politely,

"You can decide, and you just have to obey the orders." Xue Shuo also politely replied,

How many times has this been the case? Yao Qigong smiled in his heart, this is the best, as long as you can always be like this, I don't mind leaving you enough when I report my military merits in the future,

Yao Qigong continued, "Okay, since this Hua Rong is a rebel general, I don't think there is any need to persuade him to surrender, how about we attack Yanggu County in one go?" ”

Xue Shuo said with an abnormal complexion, "This ...... Naturally, it's good, but we have an order, don't fall in love with the battle for the first few days, and burn the enemy's grain fields, ......? ”

Yao Qigong waved his hand nonchalantly, "It's okay, the art of war, ten are to surround it, five to attack it, we now have 10,000 elites, all the siege equipment is complete, it is easy to take this town of only 2,000 people, and we really need a city to store grain and grass." ”

Xue Shuo hesitated, of course he understood Yao Qigong's purpose, but he was able to go from an unknown soldier to now, relying on "obedience", listening to the words of his boss, especially listening to the words of his boss, although Yao Qigong was eager to make meritorious service, but what if he delayed the plan ......to burn the fields, what if he was held accountable in the future?

"In this way, I will divide 2,000 troops to you, you go to burn the fields, I will stay to siege the city, how about you come back and join me after you have done it?" Yao Qigong took a small step back,

Xue Shuo's eyes lit up, didn't this give himself the simplest credit? Immediately nodded and said, "Okay! Subordinates receive orders! ”

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After Xue Shuo led two departments (the following are generally called "departments", each department is about 1,000 people) about 2,000 people deliberately turned around in the west, north and east city gates of Yanggu County before heading straight to the east.

Their purpose in doing this is very simple, that is, they want the people in the city to see their whereabouts clearly, which means that if you don't come out to stop me, I will go to the east to burn your grain fields, as long as you open the city gate and come out to stop it, our 8,000 people left here will take the opportunity to attack and kill you!

But to Yao Qigong and Xue Shuo's disappointment, the city gate of Yanggu County was always closed, and the people on the city wall only witnessed everything that happened, and there was no reaction at all.

Yao Qigong shook his head indifferently, and secretly said that these thieves are all greedy for life and afraid of death, how can they come out to die? And he actually kept suspecting, he suspected that the thieves couldn't see through the purpose of the imperial court's attack at this time, and it was really in vain that the imperial court had made a lot of hard calculations.

If you don't come out, you won't come out, I'll attack it openly, Yao Qigong gave an order, and the 8,000 army quickly moved,

The forbidden army is indeed worthy of the elite of the Great Song Dynasty, especially under the leadership of Yao Qigong, a prince of a family who has no worries about money and lofty ambitions, it has put an end to many vices such as empty salaries and deserted armaments, this army is indeed stronger than the general forbidden army, so, with Yao Qigong's order, I saw that the 8,000 army was quickly divided into three parts, and set up a formation hundreds of steps away in front of the west, north and south gates of Yanggu County, and used the fastest speed to put catapults, bed crossbows, battering rams, Siege weapons such as siege racks are fully equipped,

The reason why we want to keep an east gate is also one of Yao Qigong's experiences in practicing the art of war for many years, as the so-called siege of the city first "attack the heart", leaving a city gate that is not surrounded, is to use this to break the fighting spirit of the defenders, so that they feel that they can't stand it and have a place to escape, to avoid their desperate resistance in a hopeless situation.

Yao Qigong saw that the army was ready, and a trace of excitement flashed in his heart, this day was finally coming!

"Order, catapults attack first!" He gave the first order,

Soon after the herald left, he heard a deafening loud noise one after another, and even the ground seemed to tremble slightly, which was the sound of a boulder thrown by a catapult hitting the city wall and falling to the ground.

But after a fierce boulder attack, a scene that made Yao Qigong slightly surprised appeared, although he could not see the scene of being smashed by flying boulders behind the city wall, but the city wall of Yanggu County did not show any serious damage, which shows that the city wall is very strong.

At the same time, the people on the city wall did not panic and wail, but the battle flag was still fluttering, and the figures were crowded but orderly in chaos, showing a very high combat quality.

Yao Qigong sneered in his heart, it seems that he has underestimated this group of thieves, but the stronger the opponent, the more it can arouse my Yao Qigong's fighting spirit!

"Summons, bed crossbow fire!" Yao Qigong ordered again,

Soon after, dozens of bed crossbows shot dozens of huge crossbow arrows, whistling towards Yanggu County. These bed crossbows are different from catapults, its function is to kill and injure, and its main purpose is to nail the thick crossbow arrows as thick as human thighs into the city wall, and after the city wall is nailed with such thick crossbow arrows, the besieging party can climb up the city with the help of these arrows.

Although the strong city wall of Yanggu County once again played an important role, and many thick crossbow arrows were bounced away by it, after several rounds of attacks, many were still nailed into the city wall.

"Order, the Divine Arm Bow Team will cover two hundred paces away, and the black and white lacquer archers will cover one hundred steps away, and the army will officially attack the city!"

As Yao Qigong issued the order for the general attack, the forbidden infantry immediately rushed out of countless squads, each team of more than twenty people, these people held a ladder in one hand and a shield in the other hand and began to run towards the city wall; Behind them, the remaining infantry followed; Hundreds of black- and white-painted archers followed, but they stopped when they were still a hundred paces from the wall, and began to shoot at the wall; Behind them, there were still a hundred and ten archers holding the Divine Arm Bow lined up, aiming the Divine Arm Bow at the front, and with the officer's order, hundreds of arrows instantly flew up and shot straight towards the city wall!

Yao Qigong saw this scene, and immediately nodded with satisfaction, it seems that the effect of his painstaking daily supervision and training is really remarkable, and the sergeants have brought out the results of their daily training, so that it is even easier to capture this city!

But ......, he soon couldn't laugh anymore.......

I saw that as the officers and soldiers launched a fierce attack, the Liangshan bandits, who had been silent on the city wall of Yanggu County for a long time, seemed to come to life in an instant, and almost in an instant, I saw countless arrows flying up from the city wall and flying towards the Divine Arm Bow Team that was two hundred steps away. At the same time, huge stones also flew up from the city and flew over the city walls, roaring and smashing at the officers and soldiers who were rushing towards the city!

In this way, after only one volley, the Divine Arm Archer, who was reloading his arrows, was shot to the ground; And because there are so many officers and soldiers rushing to the city, almost every boulder can directly knock down a few people and then roll to knock down or knock the people behind them into the air, and when it stops, it has already become a big bloodstone.

This was not over, the ultra-long-range arrows that were fired from the city wall began to attack the black and white lacquer bow team again, and the black and white paint bow team was instantly shot over a large area.

Yao Qigong was stunned, this ...... How is this possible?! How could they have an arrow that could shoot so far?!