Chapter 130: The First Battle
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Looking at the situation outside the village, Li Wangjin panicked, he knew that the Xingtian Army was accumulating strength, just waiting for the trench to be leveled, and he was going to start attacking Zhuangmen with all his might, but he didn't have any way, going out to fight with the Xingtian Army in the field was looking for death, he never had the courage to take people out, after the Xingtian Army made such a fuss, he also knew that many villagers in the Zhuangzi were no longer with their Li family, and if they took such people out, they might not let these guys mutiny directly.
For the sake of insurance, Li Wangjin also had to send some Zhuang Ding of his own clan to take care of the rest of the villagers who were temporarily selected from the tenants, for fear that they would really defect and ruin the affairs of their Li family.
Even those who were temporarily recruited from Zhuang Ding, he didn't dare to fully trust them, many of these people used to be homeless, and they were recruited to work in their Li Jiazhuang for the sake of food, and they couldn't talk about loyalty at all, so these people were also untrustworthy people, but at the moment, their Li family really couldn't get more people, so they could only rely on this group of people to help them hold on.
What made Li Wangjin most depressed was the two Furlong machines of the Xingtian Army, he never thought that the Xingtian Army actually had this thing, until these two Furlong machines were dragged out, he was surprised to find that the momentum was not right, and then remembered that the officers and soldiers of Fengxiang Mansion seemed to drag a few cannons to Tianlongzhai to encircle and suppress the Xingtian Army, and it was good to dare to be kind, and all of them were captured by the Xingtian Army, which became a sharp weapon to attack their Lijiazhuang, although they Lijiazhuang also spent a lot of money to prepare a few tiger squat cannons, However, these dozens of pounds of tiger squat cannons can only hit dozens of paces away, but the range of these two Furlong planes of the Xingtian Army exceeds them, and they have built a bunker outside the village, which can bombard the wall of the village unhurriedly, so that these tiger squat cannons on the village wall do not dare to show their heads at all, so that they can only be beaten, but they have no power to fight back.
The more Li Wangjin thought about it, the more frightened he became, looking at Zhuang Ding Xiangyong who was hiding under the female wall on both sides and didn't dare to show his head, he gritted his teeth with hatred, and pointed a knife at a Zhuang Ding with a bow closest to him and scolded: "Stand up and release arrows for Lao Tzu!" Lao Tzu spends money for you, not for you bastards to eat and drink for nothing! Stand up for Lao Tzu, if you don't get up again, Lao Tzu will cut you! ”
The Zhuang Ding stretched out his head in panic to look outside, drew an arrow and put it on the bowstring, stood up tremblingly, and struggled to open the bow to release the arrow downward, but before he could finish the action of opening the bow, he heard another cannon sound outside, this Zhuang Ding was really unlucky, just a Furlong machine was aimed at the position where he was standing, just after he stood up, a projectile just flew straight to him, but he didn't even have a chance to be stunned, when he was hit in the chest by this projectile, Even though this Zhuang Ding flew out with a blood mist and fell heavily into the village, he didn't even have time to scream, and he couldn't die anymore.
Li Wangjin was splashed with the blood of this Zhuang Ding, looked at the position where Zhuang Ding fell, and was stunned for a long time before he screamed, he was about to be tossed crazy, snatched the bow of a Zhuang Ding next to him, drew out the arrow and shot down.
"Die! Die...... Lao Tzu shoots you, Lao Tzu will kill you all! ......" He roared while releasing the arrows, like a mad tiger, and a few Zhuang Ding around him were startled, and under his leadership, they finally aroused some morale, and some Zhuang Ding finally stood up with him and began to fire arrows outside the village.
Luo Li was standing next to the trench at this time, he handed over a big shield to his subordinates to carry, took off a hard bow from his back, and from time to time took an arrow to launch a shot at the village wall, I have to admit that some people are born warriors, this Luo Li didn't look at it before, he was just a hunter, but after Xiao Tianjian beat Fanjiabao, he followed Xiao Tianjian, first as a guard on Xiao Tianjian's side, in the battle of Tianlongzhai, Luo Li began to emerge in the army, he carried a big knife alone, and took the lead in chasing and killing those routs, Killed at least seven or eight enemy troops.
Because he ran so fast, he broke into the rout of the enemy army alone, and two knives for one person actually killed him from the enemy army again, so he was called a fierce man.
After Xiao Tianjian learned about it, he felt that it was a bit condescending to let Luo Li be a guard, so he incorporated him into Yan Chongxi's company as a leader, and he was the first to take the lead in this battle, responsible for covering the homeless people to fill the trenches.
Luo Li felt that it was a pleasure to follow Xiao Tianjian, and he had enough strength at the beginning of this battle, to let the brothers of the Xingtian Army see his ability, from the beginning he carried a big shield and rushed to the front, and now he was holding a hard bow, staring at the Zhuang wall, and shooting when he saw people, by this time, at least three or four Zhuang Ding had been shot over by him, when he saw Li Wangjin wearing iron armor standing up and taking the lead in releasing arrows down, he stared at this Li Wangjin, and after aiming the arrow, his thumb loosened the bowstring and came out with a big arrow.
Li Wangjin had red eyes, fired several arrows in succession, and shot the two homeless people who rushed to the trench next to the trench, and finally let out a bad breath, but he suddenly felt a flash of black light in front of him, and his heart was suddenly shocked, and he hurriedly turned sideways to dodge, but he was still half a beat slower, and a feather arrow flew straight over and nailed heavily under his ribs.
"Ah......" Li Wangjin screamed and fell on the Zhuang wall, and then saw that the feather arrow had broken through his armor, and the arrow was deeply embedded between his ribs, so painful that this guy screamed loudly, lost the bow in his hand, grabbed the shaft of the arrow, and broke the shaft of the arrow.
Li Wangjin is also a ruthless person, although he was hit by an arrow, he did not go down to heal his injuries, he got up and pointed to the bottom and yelled and scolded: "Lao Tzu is not dead, give me an arrow!" Shoot them, don't fucking stop, give me arrows! Big pieces of meat are waiting for you! Shoot these thieves, Lao Tzu let you let go of your stomach and eat! ”
Luo Li was happy for a while, but immediately saw this Li Wangjin standing up again, he couldn't help but be a little discouraged, and he also had a little admiration for this Li Wangjin in his heart, but he didn't sympathize with this guy, seeing that he was still alive, so he beckoned a few nearby archers and shouted to them: "See?" That is the third son of the Li family, this bastard has done all the bad things, and he has stared at him and released arrows to me! Shoot this bastard! ”
Several archers aimed at the lively Li Wangjin, and began to shoot arrows, but it is a pity that these archers of the Xingtian Army are not good at archery, although they fired several arrows in a row, but none of them hit Li Wangjin, but Li Wangjin was so frightened that he had to hide again temporarily, which suppressed the counterattack of Zhuang Ding.
More and more displaced people, seeing that those who had previously applied for the draft had received large bowls of broth and flatbread, could not resist the temptation of such a fragrance, and came out one after another, carrying dirt bags, and joining the crowd of people filling in the trenches, which made the progress of filling the trenches even faster.
Moreover, from this time in the battalion, more than a dozen shield carts converted from wheelbarrows were introduced, and they retreated to the front of the trench, making the protection of the Xingtian Army more solid, so that it was difficult for Zhuang Ding on the village wall to easily shoot the displaced people who filled the trenches, and the situation seemed to be favorable to the Xingtian Army.
But after noon, the dark clouds in the sky became thicker and heavier, for Shaanxi, which has not seen a drop of rain for more than half a year, this seems to be a good sign, but for the Xingtian Army, it is not a good thing, once it rains, it will become muddy everywhere, and it will be much more difficult to attack Lijiazhuang.
Xiao Tianjian had already dismounted at this time, standing in the front of the formation to observe the action of filling the trench, such a speed made him more satisfied, although there were dozens of casualties among the homeless, but this is also a helpless thing, since it is a war, it is inevitable to die, he will not do anything woman's kindness, the price that should be paid, he can still pay, after all, human life is not valuable, and he can't blame him.
He looked up at the sky, raised his hand to wipe the sweat on his face, and asked Feng Hu, the captain of the cavalry battalion who was standing behind him and listening to the order, "When will the cave car be built and the car will be built?" ”
Feng Hu hurriedly replied: "Back to the palm plate, the craftsmen are rushing to make these things in the camp, and they will be made tomorrow at the latest, and we will not delay our use, so my subordinates will urge them again and let them hurry up!" ”
Xiao Tianjian shook his head and said, "No need! Let them do it! I'm worried that I'm going to rain this day, once it rains, I can't count on this Furlong cannon and tiger squat cannon, whether I can beat down Lijiazhuang, just look at these throwing cars, it seems that I am doing a good job today, and it is estimated that there is no problem in filling this trench.
Hundreds of people kept transporting soil and rocks, and the amount of soil and stones transported was also a lot at the end of the day, and seeing that the trench one or two zhang wide was gradually being filled in little by little, those displaced people happily ate the cake and broth, and immediately put themselves into the work of transporting the soil bags.
After seeing the blood, many homeless people are no longer afraid, they die on the spot and have nothing to say, as long as the death penalty is not executed, the heavenly army will snatch the injured back for treatment, which makes many homeless people feel a lot more relieved, seeing that large pieces of meat can be exchanged, they don't care about their own rotten lives, so they are even faster.
It's just that the soldiers who are responsible for distributing bamboo sticks are busy, and since the morning, they have not stopped their hands and feet, distributing the bamboo sticks that are dyed red one by one to the homeless people who ran back, and then constantly taking back the bamboo sticks from the fire head soldiers, and distributing them back and forth.
Several large pots of stewed meat have been divided by the homeless people, and Jin Fuzi immediately called for people to kill a few sheep and stew them in the pot, and also called on the soldiers to set up a few more cauldrons, constantly boiling water, providing everyone with drink, and he was busy with all fours facing the sky.
The soldiers carrying the shield in front will be replaced every half an hour, and a group of people will replace them, and everyone will take turns to go into battle, carrying large shields to provide cover for the homeless, so the soldiers and generals of the Xingtian Army do not feel tired, but have been tempered by actual combat again.
But that Luo Li did not withdraw from beginning to end, and always stood at the front, commanding the later soldiers to take turns to provide cover for the displaced people.
Even the more than 30 firecrackers took turns to fight twice, and fired a few shots at the village wall, which made the Zhuang Ding on the village wall dare not show their heads easily, and Li Wangjin, who was hit by an arrow, finally gave up stopping the Xingtian Army from filling the trench and was pushed down to pick up the arrow.
Before dark, the displaced people finally cheered, and a trench more than two zhang wide was filled by them, and it was only at this time that Xiao Tianjian ordered the troops to be collected and returned to the camp, including those who were injured, were carried into the camp and settled.
After the experience of the first battle of Fanjiabao, the Xingtianjun organized such an operation as a light vehicle, and all kinds of preparations were relatively sufficient, basically there was no chaos, and the operation of the entire first day was basically remarkable.