Among the five-zhang high ladder carriage, there were twenty soldiers pushing hard, and the four wheels of the body slowly walked towards the filled road section. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info The thieves on the city raised rockets in horror and shot towards the huge ladder cart, but the front and sides of the ladder cart were covered with thick cowhide, plus thick wooden planks, even the rockets were useless.

Gradually, the ladder cart got closer and closer, and the thieves on the city head became more and more frightened, and finally, the ladder cart stopped at a distance of two feet from the city wall, and the thieves were stunned for a moment, and couldn't help cheering, as if the ladder cart was finally forced to stop by them.

I don't want to put the rope in the ladder car, the towering stairs fall heavily towards the city wall, and in the whistling wind, there is a "boom" explosion, and the rammed earth battlements are smashed into pieces, and the thieves near the battlements immediately call out "ahh The daredevils in the ladder carriage roared angrily, raised their shields and swords, and rushed straight up the stairs.

Nearly 100 soldiers followed behind rushed towards the ladder cart with knives, and a hundred soldiers carrying ten simple ladders scattered in all directions, with an average of two steps, and erected the ladder on the city wall, hooked the battlements with long iron claws, and prepared to climb the city with ants. In the end, he still followed a hundred archers and scattered far away, ready to support the soldiers who climbed the city and shoot the thieves who defended the city.

The thieves in the city finally came to their senses, and shouted and threw stones, or struck them with logs, or stabbed them with hooked guns, or struck the shield-wielding officers and soldiers with flails, or struck the iron hooks of the ladders with long axes, or threw them down with boiling soup. The soldiers screamed and fell down the ladder, killed or wounded, and were splashed with boiling soup and screamed. The soldiers were undaunted and fought the thieves on the ladder. It's just that the foothold is unstable, and there is nowhere to use the empty strength, and most of them have been shot down.

Lu Ping stared anxiously, he no longer had the heart to sigh for the thief yesterday, and ordered to shoot arrows towards the city to help the soldiers who landed in the city. It's just that the thieves, driven by the fear of death, acted more and more quickly, and for a while they even had the action power of the elite guards, beating the officers and soldiers to the point that they couldn't raise their heads, and the casualties directly exceeded 40 people.

The officers and soldiers fled in a scream, and the thieves shouted again for joy. Although Qiu Yi couldn't bear it, he still waved his hand, and Cheng Qi suddenly jumped out, leading twenty swords and axes to stop the retreat of the officers and soldiers. After killing the three men, the officers and soldiers finally overcame the fear of the thieves and picked up their swords and shields to attack the city again.

The return of the officers and soldiers immediately extinguished the firewood and grass that burned the ladder, and once again boarded the undamaged ladder and ladder cart, and attacked the city fiercely.

Qiu Gong persuaded on the side: "Jun Sima, the thieves are all old and young, women and children, but they are so fierce and not afraid of death, I think it is not that they are all die-hard believers in the Taiping Dao, but more that the thieves in the city will deteriorate our officers and soldiers." The thieves are afraid of our slaughter of the city, so they swear to resist to the death. ”

Qiu Yi nodded, there is a possibility, I heard that there are many generals in the court who like to slaughter the city for fun, and the thieves feel that they can't live anyway, so it is better to fight to the death, and after death, they may be able to ascend to the heavenly kingdom mentioned by Taiping Dao to enjoy.

Qiu Yi asked: "Then let people shout that those who surrender will not be killed, and persuade them to surrender to try?" ”

Qiu Gong said: "This is exactly what is needed, but it is necessary to discourage the arrogance of the thieves, otherwise the thieves will think that our army is afraid of them, and it will strengthen the resistance of the thieves." ”

Qiu Yi said: "Well, then you can arrange it." ”

Qiu Gong took the order and retreated, and Qiu Yi shouted: "Che Jing, Huang Tun generals, you Ertun quickly replace Deng Dang and Du Lei Ertun, and then Cheng Qi and Yang Tun will make preparations so that the thieves will not have a chance to breathe." ”

"Order." The second general took the order and led 200 soldiers with shields to rush towards the city wall, and at the same time brought five intact ladders to replace them. Deng Dang and Du Lei couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and led the troops to retreat in turn under the cover of Lu Pingtun. The casualties in Ertun in this battle have been nearly forty percent, and only more than ten wounded soldiers have been rescued by the way.

Siege warfare is so cruel, let alone attacking more with less, so siege warfare has never been taken by the wise. Since ancient times, large-scale decisive wars have been completed in the form of field battles.

The reason why Qiu Yi arranged the troops under his command in this way and divided them into three to four waves of siege order was that there was not enough ground to climb the city, and second, they could not rush up in a chaotic manner, otherwise they would only attack the city once a day, and they would lose their morale due to heavy casualties. It is necessary to continuously invest troops to consume the lives, strength, materials and morale of the thieves defending the city. And the price required is the lives of his own soldiers.

The second team of 200 people climbed the ladder again, and the thieves seemed to use too much force after a fierce attack, and most of them lost their strength, or because of the uneven arrangement, most of the nearly 1,000 people exhausted their physical strength, and they were successfully attacked by the two tuns of Che Jing and Huang Tun.

I saw a young and vigorous soldier first ascend the city, but he did not make an excited shout, but first bent down to protect the shield himself, the sharp knife stabbed forward towards the right side of the shield in time, and when he pulled back, another horizontal slash, immediately killed the two thieves who came to attack, and another rolled, the sharp knife slashed, cut the hamstrings of the two thieves who were against the enemy on one side, and successfully helped the adjacent soldiers to climb the city. The two of them killed the thief, and then leaned on each other's backs, each of them against the thief who was killed on the left and right.

One person ascended first, and then two ascended first, with the close cooperation of the two, how could the old, weak, sick and disabled in the city be the opponents of the sturdy soldiers? Under the response of the two, more than 20 people landed in the city, occupying the space at the head of the city more and more. Qiu Yi slapped his palm abruptly and shouted: "Cheng Qi, General Yang Tun, quickly reinforce it." The second general was busy leading the troops to rush forward, preparing to help the first two tuns expand their results.

At this time, dozens of soldiers led by Qiu Gong shouted in a timely manner: "Those who surrender will not be killed, and those who resist will ......be killed."

The thieves were killed by the first warriors and retreated, and when they heard the sound of persuasion, they all cried and discarded the swords, spears, hooks and guns in their hands and surrendered, only one thief with a yellow scarf wiped his forehead screamed and killed the first officers and soldiers, but was instantly killed by the two first officers and soldiers. As soon as the thief died, the head of the city collapsed like a pile of collapsed sand. The number of descenders grew, and at last none of the thieves could stand upright.

Qiu Yi sighed secretly, he thought it would be a tragic attack battle, but he didn't want to just land in the city, and the thieves all surrendered, it seems that the previous plan was a bit miscalculated. However, a deafening cheer sounded on the west city, "The city has fallen, the city has fallen......" Qiu Yi couldn't help but be happy, although he didn't know the other two sides of the casualties, but he thought about it was a similar situation, and it had to be said that it was a blessing to be able to capture a city with only more than 300 casualties.

However, after careful calculation, Qiu Yi still couldn't help but be speechless, this time he just attacked the city guarded by a group of old, weak, sick and disabled people, and killed and injured more than 300 people, if it was a strong thief, wouldn't it be thousands of dead and wounded? If you know how to defend the city, then ...... I think that in a one-to-one situation, it is basically impossible for a siege to happen.

The loss of the west wall triggered a wave of surrender by the thieves, and the officers and soldiers on the east and south sides also successfully attacked the city wall, and the city gate was opened, and the city of Snapyang officially fell. In desperation, some thieves tried to burn the city, wanting to burn more than 500,000 stone of grain looted from the six counties, but they were immediately extinguished by Qiu Yi and Zhu Mian, who came to hear the news.

Qiu Yi looked at the grain that was several times more than Fubo City, and more than fifty towering granaries, and secretly frightened in his heart, this is almost a year's grain production in Zhaoling County, plus last year's disaster, the harvest is only about sixty percent of previous years, then there are nearly thirty percent of the grain in the six counties gathered here. This He Yi and He Man brothers are also too poor and extravagant, and they are the most robbering thieves except for Du Li in Yunxian County. If it is a step late, not only will the city of Snapyang be destroyed, but even more than 300,000 people in the six counties will have a famine for several months.

All this is fortunately, because it came in time, it finally saved a little ration for the people of the six counties, although there was also a time of famine, it would not make more than 300,000 people have the possibility of starving to death.

Qiu Yibu was the first to capture Xicheng, and together with Zhu Mianbu, he extinguished the fire and saved a huge amount of grain, so he was naturally rejoiced and rewarded by the main general Gong Zhang, and was rewarded with 500 gold. Although he is generous to others, Gong Zhang can be regarded as a rare and generous person.

Even if the Han Emperor rewarded the meritorious heroes, it was only about 500 gold. Rewarding thousands of gold, that is the qualification of a general, I heard that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had given a huge reward of 200,000 gold to the general Wei Qing, Qiu Yike did not dare to look forward to it. I feel very satisfied with 500 gold, because Zhu and Qiu are known as rich and Zhaoling, but in fact, each family is only about 2,000 gold. There are more than 4,000 acres of land, which family is worse than the Zhu and Qiu clans, but they can't come up with so much cash for a while.

There were many casualties in today's battle, and Gong Zhang also had some sympathy, but Qiu Yi, as a military commander, the soldiers were sent to death at their own orders, and he had to make some expressions. So Qiu Yi took out all the 500 gold, and also gave the hardware to each soldier who died in the battle, three gold to the seriously injured, and the rest to all the soldiers who participated in the battle.

Although the money rewarded was less than that of the first two wars, it was also more popular with soldiers. "The hound must eventually die on the mountain, and the general will inevitably die in battle." The soldiers were not afraid of dying on the battlefield, but they were most afraid of the greed and pettiness of the commander. He hated the chief officer who withheld the grain even more, and would never sell half of his strength for this kind of chief official. Therefore, a generous chief official like Qiu Yi is the most popular.

Qiu Yi arranged for the wounded, found a doctor for them to treat their wounds, and personally wrapped their wounds, talked with them, and then returned to the city to rest tiredly. Tonight's baggage battalion is still working with the people who can find it in the city to clear the moat, repair the city wall, and prepare supplies overnight. And Qiu Yi will prepare for the defense of Xicheng early tomorrow morning, and prepare to deal with the return of the Gepi thieves attacking the city. The military is complicated, and it is necessary to rest early.

I didn't want to just enter the room, but I saw a black shadow suddenly rush out, knelt in front of Qiu Yi, and shouted: "Jun Sima help......