Chapter 53: Defeat in the First Battle
"Look at this fight against Fanjiabao, how sure can you be?" Xiao Tianjian asked Yan Chongxi.
Yan Chongxi looked at Fan Jiabao while eating, and after swallowing a piece of meat, he put down the two small wooden sticks that were used as chopsticks, wiped his mouth and replied to Xiao Tianjian: "It's not easy to fight!" This fort is very strong, don't look small, but for the people who attack them, the terrain is very unfavorable! If it were our manpower alone, I would have persuaded the plate to go back!
We only have two bows, and we can't suppress the bows and crossbows and firearms of the Zhuang Ding guarding Zhuangzi, even if we attack hard, I'm afraid we will kill and injure many brothers! There is no need to think about the east and north, and the west is used as an arrow target for people, and only from the south can be shot.
Fortunately, we met Wang Tianlong and his gang this time, otherwise, we really have nothing to do with this Fan Jiabao! Wang Tianlong has more shotguns than us, and a tiger squat cannon, so it's a little simpler! But looking at the bear-like appearance of those under him, it is estimated that it is enough to choke.
It will definitely not be able to be defeated today, Wang Tianlong estimates that he will solve the trouble of the suspension bridge and trench first! I'm going to see what this guy can do! ”
Xiao Tianjian nodded and said, "That's right, if it were just us, this Fan Jiabao would definitely be difficult to fight!" We've never done that before, and the brothers are inexperienced!
So be it! Let's see how Wang Tianlong arranges it in a while, the pikemen will definitely not be needed for the time being, you sword and shield hands, iron head, help them attack first and see the situation, and the rest of the people will listen to my orders for a while! ”
While he was talking, Wang Tianlong's subordinates came to ask Xiao Tianjian to come over to discuss things.
Xiao Tianjian put down the empty bowl, stood up and followed him to Wang Tianlong.
Wang Tianlong was muttering something to the leaders of several of his subordinates, and when he saw Xiao Tianjian coming, he smiled and said, "Xiao is here just in time, let's discuss how to fight for a while!" ”
Xiao Tianjian nodded with those Wang Tianlong's subordinates and said hello, and then hugged his fists and said: "It's all up to the king's orders, but my brother doesn't think this Zhuangzi is very easy to fight!" I'm afraid my pikemen won't be needed for the time being! But as long as Wang Dangjia can solve the problem of the suspension bridge, brother, I am willing to take someone to pour it inside, which does not need to worry about Wang Dangjia! ”
After Wang Tianlong heard Xiao Tianjian's words, he was still quite satisfied, although he could see that Xiao Tianjian's men were more capable than the people on his side, but Xiao Tianjian's men did not have muskets and artillery, and there were only two archers, most of them were pikemen, so his ability to attack the fortifications was definitely not as good as him, so this statement was also pertinent, and he didn't expect Xiao Tianjian's pikemen to go up directly to die, unless Xiao Tianjian was a fool, otherwise, he would never agree.
"Good! Readily! In that case, then brother, I will speak! Master Xiao transferred your sword and shield hands to me! The rest of the people couldn't use it for the time being, so they helped to break down some more door panels, and by the way, they went to cut down a tree and carried it over as a battering hammer! I'll take a look here, if you get the drawbridge down, then there will be the brothers of the Laushaw family to attack the door! Wang Tianlong said with a big grin
Xiao Tianjian nodded and agreed, so far, Wang Tianlong has been quite generous, and there has been no problem with the cooperation between the two sides, he can naturally agree to this request, otherwise it will seem that he is too stingy.
After Wang Tianlong made another arrangement, he beckoned people to prepare to start, Xiao Tianjian also went back to summon Tietou, and asked him and those sword and shield men to listen to Wang Tianlong's orders first, including Shi Ran and a few other horseback men, he also beckoned over and handed them over to Wang Tianlong for dispatch.
Then the two groups merged together and surrounded Fanjiabao, and the atmosphere in Fanjiabao suddenly became tense.
The Zhuang Ding on the village wall also ran around on the village wall, and ran to their own guard position, looking at the posture after some exercises, although a little chaotic, but it was good to stabilize the position, someone immediately set up a large piece of wood on the village wall, used to block the bow and arrow or fire gun bullets that may be fired outside the village, and was ready to resist the attack.
Wang Tianlong is obviously quite experienced, after he shouted and shouted, he stabilized his subordinates, and shouted something like "go in, drink a big bowl of meat" and so on, to cheer up these subordinates, which can be regarded as a pre-war mobilization.
After he shouted like this, the morale of these subordinates who came with him was really mobilized, didn't they do this in this troubled world just to be fed and clothed? It's not okay to be afraid of death when you come here, so you can only follow along.
So more than 200 people stood outside the village and raised their hands one after another, and screamed, not to mention, so many people shouted like wolves, and it was really a bit of a thousand troops, so that the birds in the nearby mountains and forests flew up one after another, and flew away in horror.
"Brothers, the rider will go up first, then come out with the rope hook, and get the drawbridge down for me first!" Wang Tianlong shouted loudly at the subordinates who were leading the horses, including Shi Ran and others under Xiao Tianjian.
Shi Ran and the others didn't prepare any rope hooks, but the cavalry under Wang Tianlong had a rope hanging next to each saddle, and a three-pronged iron hook was tied to the front end, it looked like this thing was more like a guy used to climb the wall, but they didn't know what they were doing with this thing when they rode horses.
Xiao Tianjian was indeed not familiar with this kind of attacking the village, so he stopped aside and watched coldly what Wang Tianlong was going to do.
After hearing this, these cavalrymen all flew on their horses one after another and took off the rope hook from the saddle, and at the same time, these people looked at Shi Ran and the others who did not prepare the rope hook with a little contempt, and someone shouted to them: "Don't be stupid! Follow us and help us later! ”
Shi Ran and the others Xiao Tianjian nodded, they were not familiar with this style of play, so they could only follow along, and then see what they needed to help.
I saw that Wang Tianlong's cavalry leader stuffed his fingers in his mouth and let out a sharp whistle, and these horseback poles struggled to clamp the horse's belly, and at the same time lowered their bodies, put their bodies as close to the horse's neck as possible, and then shouted together and rushed towards the village.
After rushing out, they quickly rushed to the flat land outside the village, and began to pick up the rope hook on the back of the horse, and then lined up in a line and rushed towards the village gate.
Xiao Tianjian looked at the movements of these people a little nervously, at this time he somewhat understood what they were going to do, and sighed in his heart, it seems that there are indeed many ways to do this, and his time in the industry is still too short, and in many things, he can't compare with these old poles.
It turned out that the method of these Wang Tianlong's subordinates to deal with the suspension bridge was very simple, that is, to use the speed advantage of the cavalry, rush to the outside of the Zhuangmen as soon as possible, use the rope hook in their hands, throw out the rope to hook the rope of the suspension bridge, and then tie the rope to the saddle, concentrate the strength of all the horses, to drag the suspension bridge, if it goes well, it is likely to pull the suspension bridge down in one fell swoop, so that the attack on Zhuangzi will be much simpler.
This time Wang Tianlong launched an attack, and it was also this idea to solve the trouble of the drawbridge as soon as possible, open this trench, so that the people under the step could rush across the drawbridge to attack the Zhuangmen, and this method Under normal circumstances, as long as the defender is inexperienced and the long-range weapons are lacking, it should still be quite effective to use.
As soon as the riding pole was launched, everyone outside the village became excited, shouting and cheering for those guys who were riding horses, hoping that they would succeed in one fell swoop, including Xiao Tianjian's subordinates, of course, because among the people who rushed over now, there were also their brothers, so everyone still hoped that they could succeed.
But things didn't seem to be as simple as Wang Tianlong thought, as soon as their cavalry started, Zhuang Ding on the village wall also began to move, from between the erected planks of the wall, immediately stretched out a dozen bows, and poked out a few black iron rods.
Obviously, the people in the village are also guarding against the poles, ready to resist, and as soon as these riding poles are close to the trenches, the villagers on the village wall will fire arrows together, and from the village wall there are also a few thick smoke, and then a few bangs of bang sound were heard.
Several people on horseback who rushed in front immediately screamed a few times, and two or three people immediately turned over on their backs and fell into the open space outside Zhuangzi, and they couldn't see whether they were hit by an arrow or a musket, and as soon as the people in front fell, they immediately disrupted the formation of the people behind, and those who came afterwards had to hurry to take their horses and avoid the people and horses who fell in front.
Although they still rushed in the direction of the village gate, the defenders also immediately concentrated their fire on the village gate, and fired arrows in a random manner, forcing these horsemen to throw the rope hooks in their hands accurately.
Even if these horsemen are brave people, they can't say that they don't want to die, one by one desperately lower their bodies, as much as possible to reduce the chance of being shot, so that even if they control the war horses and get close to the drawbridge, they can't throw the rope hooks in their hands very far, and the poles on horseback one by one, when they rush through the front of the drawbridge, they have thrown out the rope hooks, but only one or two rope hooks are hung on the thick rope of the drawbridge, and the rest either fall in the trench or hang on the edge of the drawbridge, which does not work at all.
In an instant, another man on horseback was shot by Zhuang Ding of Fanjiabao, screamed and fell to the ground, and after landing, he couldn't control the momentum of inertia, and actually rolled down the trench all the time, and then his miserable howl stopped abruptly, making people feel a chill in their hearts, and they all knew that this person must have been pierced to death by the sharp stake inserted under the trench.
Wang Tianlong looked at the chaotic scene, cursed something in his mouth, and then waved his hand, and one of his subordinates immediately rang a gong.
When Wang Tianlong's men heard this, they immediately turned their horses' heads one by one, threw away those rope hooks, turned around and galloped back to this side.
"What an old thing surnamed Fan, no wonder this guy dares to be so arrogant, there are so many archers in his Zhuangzi! Damn! Lao Tzu underestimated him! Wang Tianlong said scoldingly.
Xiao Tianjian didn't care much about this matter at the moment, he was most concerned about the safety of Shi Ran and Da Niu's brothers, and after these horseback riders rushed back, he immediately counted his subordinates, and when he saw Shi Ran and Da Niu and others coming back, he was a little relieved.
This tentative attack, with the failure of the attacker temporarily ended, Wang Tianlong lost four of his men, two of them died outside the village, the other two were snatched back by their own people, a person was shot in the left shoulder, the projectile of the musket hit his shoulder The flesh and blood were blurred, although he was snatched back, but this arm is estimated to be useless, the pain made him scream, and was carried down, the other person was hit by an arrow in the arm, the injury was not very serious, after coming back, this person gritted his teeth and let people help him break the shaft of the arrow, I endured the pain and went down to pick up the arrow.
And Xiao Tianjian saw that the tiger who came back with Shi Ran was lying on the horse's back with a pale face, and after coming back, his body was crooked, and he almost fell off the horse, so he was immediately supported by someone and pulled the tiger off the horse.
At this time, Xiao Tianjian saw that an arrow was actually inserted in the back shoulder blade of Huzi, swaying on him, it turned out that when Huzi rushed over, he also suffered an arrow, which was a strong gritted tooth before he insisted on running back.
Xiao Tianjian hurriedly asked people to break the shaft of the arrow on his body, let him be carried down, and handed over to Lu Rongxuan who came over with him for treatment, this time when he came out, he had already expected that he would inevitably damage some of his subordinates, so he brought Lu Rongxuan over as a military doctor with him, and now it seems that this should be a very wise decision.
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