Chapter 371: People's Hearts Are Not Settled (II

Outside Jiangning City (Shangyuan County), in Stone Town, Zhang Yu, the third general of the town navy, looked at the crowd of grass thieves surrounded by mountains and fields with a dry and bitter mouth; Some regretted that they volunteered to bring troops to guard the local area.

Now that the thief has been able to appear here in order to be flawed; Obviously, the outskirts of Jiangning once relied on the Pingfan and echo, and the Dongshanshu, Danyang Town, Moling Town, Qishui Town, etc., which were garrisoned by the Tutuan army and the town envoys, had ceased to exist in the process of being unconscious.

Now there are only 3,000 soldiers and horses in Jiangning City, which is dominated by Stone Town, of which only 1,000 are the Zhenhai Xing battalion soldiers brought by him, and the rest are all local soldiers and united children. In addition, Yi Yong and Ding Zhuang, who were temporarily recruited from tens of thousands of local households, were only five or six thousand defenders

Although he had repeatedly defeated several waves of thieves who had come to attack and harass, in the face of the real surging tide of thieves, their rudimentary Jiangning County was just an isolated island in the middle of the ocean, or a loose reef between the torrents.

And the guards who stood beside him were even more colorless and their hands and feet were weak; As the saying goes, once people exceed 10,000, there are boundless, and there are more than 10,000 grass thieves who appear outside the city all over the mountains here.

The dust and smoke they had swept up were completely submerged, and the green of the fields and roads outside the city was completely submerged; And all the vision was dyed with a dim and dull hue,

And these thieves were very different from those whom had been slain before, a rabble of ragged clothes, with only sharpened bamboos, pickaxes, forks, and hoes; At least all of them had decent weapons and armor; According to the uniform shape and style, the array is formed into a loose or compact, but well-spaced marching procession.

And in the center of these grass thieves, like the reflection of the armor light like the scales between the waves, flickering like a fish leaping from time to time between these vast and silent crowds; This is a sign of the sharpness and elite of the grass thieves.

"This... This.. But the old battalion soldiers of the grass thief headquarters are here.。。 There are even horse teams mixed in, which is still waiting and watching the big thief in front of the battle."

A military academy that was old in the army also sighed.

"I'm afraid it's not going to be an uphill battle to the death."

"Whether it is a war of death or a bloody war, my generation has been deeply favored by the country for a long time, and there is no reason to be tied to death."

At this moment, Zhang Yu finally came back to his senses suddenly, and said to the left and right.

"Lu Yao knows the horsepower, and the danger sees the loyalty, so let these thieves have a good look at the interests and disadvantages of the imperial court's military health; I have sent someone to ask for help from Dantu, and as soon as the Zhenhai Xingying heard the news and came to help, it was the time of their demise. ”

Then he added to the defenders, who were still somewhat unresponsive.

"The reward for all the soldiers of the city in the face of the enemy will be doubled, and the beheading and capture will be counted separately, and they will be settled the next day; After retreating from the enemy, all the debts have been made up, and I should ask for another reward at the festival. ”

"May the servants kill the thief with all their might."

At this time, some people shouted one after another, and from the uneven forest, one after another turned into an impulsive unison; Finally, the morale and morale of the army, which were somewhat sluggish and depressed, were encouraged and invigorated in disguise.

With the sound of the trumpet of preparing for the enemy and the raised battle flag under his order, the city, which had been silent in front of the enemy, also ran and became busy as if it had been awakened and boiled.

"Bring the coals and boiling water to the city,。。"

"Quickly demolish more houses on the edge of the city, and produce more guns and rocks for my camp."

"Fire oil, I want more fire oil, and from then on the private use of lights will be banned in the city."

"Quickly hang all the ashes up to the city and put them in cans, and make your hands and feet neat."

"Prepare more hooks, fork handles, and long axes in case the thieves and thieves climb the city,"

"Fill the water tank and the wooden trough quickly, and it will be too late for the thieves to set fire to it."

At this time, among the thieves under the city, they finally stopped and paused outside the city, and pushed out many carts like cleaving waves. On these carts, many bloodstained and mosquito-riddled human heads were piled up, and one by one they were dumped on the ground and piled up into several small hills, and the corresponding seized tattered flags with faint surnames and numbers were planted.

This scene suddenly made the officers and soldiers in the city a little suffocated. Then, the thick wooden pillars, which had been conched into the earth, and the cords with leather pockets on them, were also presented to the defenders at the head of the city as the thieves retreated. But it was a variety of whirlwind cannons that were initially popularized by the rebels among the rebels.

A moment later, as the pillars were shaken and swirled with great effort, many stones of different sizes were suddenly thrown out like a gale wind, but they were thrown on the ground near the base of the wall with a clattering sound, and only a few landed on the low part of the wall and on the city gate, making a pop and a rug sound.

This result couldn't help but make the officers and soldiers who were waiting for the city stunned, and suddenly burst into deliberate laughter; And then soon they couldn't laugh anymore. Because as these whirlwind cannons were constantly reoriented and angled, more heavy stones came out and began to fly up the city, and the sound of ping-pong pong swept over the battlements, and the officers and soldiers standing behind were beaten with flowers and screams, or they fell down before they could make a sound.

At this time, among the thieves, a number of triangular houses were launched, and the rushing carts with polished stone cones and heads began to slowly advance towards the city gate under the cover of a large row with wheels; At this time, the officers and soldiers were shouting and screaming as if they had just woken up from a dream, and they leaned out one after another to bend their bows and arrows at the position of the rushing car, shooting fire arrows with smoke trails.

It's a pity that whether it is a rush or a large row with wheels, a layer of soaked tattered thin quilt has been attached in advance, and the thin mud dug in the ditch has been smeared on it. Therefore, no matter how many and dense the fire bolts fell on it, they could not ignite as desired.

"Stop, don't bother with any more arrows."

Seeing this, Zhang Yu felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly shouted. It's a pity that most of the defenders in the city have never seen such a grass thief battle formation, and they are very happy to shoot each other, and they hesitate and delay for a moment for the order he handed down.

Then, in the midst of the beat of some drums and the sound of the wind, the arrows of the archers, which had been drawn from among the grass thieves, burst out into an overwhelming rain of fine arrows, and poured down on the people and things of the city like a torrential rain; It's as if a layer of fine hairs has grown on the city wall centered on the gatehouse.

And the archers of the defenders who got up and shot at You Yan but had no time to dodge were also shot one after another, piercing through them; And with a terrible scream, he leaned down and fell, or he planted several arrow feathers upside down. There were also a few who were crucified on the edge of the city wall but did not breathe, and they knew how to cry there a little.

At this time, however, the gong sounded, and many lightly armed and shirtless grass thieves holding bundles of firewood and straw suddenly rushed out from behind the platoon, and after a rapid trot, they threw the bundles of firewood they were holding into the moat full of shallow cement. In a few back and forth, a makeshift road has been filled in and paved to barely allow a car to pass through.

After a few breaths, as the first crash of the rushing car that rushed into the doorway, the rolling stones and trees that fell from the top of the city, and the boiling water and hot oil poured violently, the battle entered the fiercest white-heat in an instant.

However, in the ensuing fierce battle, the officers and soldiers gathered on the gatehouse can be said to have tried boiling water, boiling oil, scattering ashes, burning, and heavy blows, only to find that most of the rushing cars standing in the smoke and fire were still standing still.

And beneath the dry, charred and evaporated quilts and mud, and the crumbling leather covering, there shines with the blackened luster of a certain metal panel; Although it looks like it has been smashed by the falling object, it is still strong and shelters the voices of the people moving below.

At this moment, the officers and soldiers in the city also felt a certain bad meaning, and held the regimental card and braved the rain of arrows flying in the sky, pushed a large jar of red-hot coals to the edge of the wall, and tried their best to raise and pry it outside the battlement;

And between the openings below them, Shi Niu, who was a member of the group of the model team, was also ignited with a special phosphorus-headed ignition device, and was fixed and blocked on the city gate by the weight of the chariot itself, the lead of a short-barreled horn and wide-mouth cannon.

With a faint thud, ash smoke and dust billowed out of the doorway; The volunteer soldiers who gathered behind the platoon and shot at the head of the city also seemed to have received great encouragement, and they rushed in with thunderous cheers without any hindrance.

With the chaos and noise on the head of Jiangning City, the big banner of "Zhenhai" representing the official army was also cut off and disappeared after a few times in the air.

"The Turkish tank operation was successful, and the plan was clear."

Zhou Huai'an, who witnessed all this from afar, couldn't help but say secretly in his heart. The manpower-propelled iron-framed steel-topped punch truck and the special open-door cannon were enough to face most situations in the whole era.

"Is this going to be taken?"

"It's that easy."

And the leaders of the rebel army who followed him to watch the battle looked confused and dumbfounded.

"I'm glad I didn't lose my life."

Then Wang Tianming, who was full of fireworks, held a large flag broken in half and sent it to Zhou Huai'an, and said loudly.

"Jiangning City is yours to own."

(End of chapter)