Chapter 238: Mountains and Forests Blood
Tens of thousands of Great Zhou troops were going down the river, and Fang Tianding had to pull out the nail of Deqing County, but also not lose too many manpower.
Fang Tianding landed in the city yesterday to fight, wanting to take advantage of the great opportunity for the Great Zhou army in the city to panic and try to break the city once. As a result, Liu Chengdong was very powerful, and the commanders of several battalions under him were not bad seeds, so they held on, and in the end, Fang Tianding had to retreat from the city.
Surprised, Fang Tianding made a big adjustment to the siege strategy.
The few armors were concentrated, except, of course, the few hundred elites who were selected by Ying Ming.
The western wall was still attacked by the orphan army, Ying Ming's 3,000 men, the young and strong with the army, and the hungry people. Except for the young and hungry who came with the army, whoever came forward put on the armor, and then took off the armor when he returned.
The southern city wall that Fang Tianding was personally staring at was the same.
The mountains and forests are in front of you, and the Fang La army is not short of firewood. Fang Tianding strictly ordered that the armor should be put into the cauldron twice every time it was used, and the masks and masks used in turn should be steamed more than twice.
In the next three hours, Fang La's army no longer attacked in a big way, but took turns to put on armor and go into battle, and sometimes attacked fiercely.
For the Ying Ming Division, which is not high in combat effectiveness, and the newly baked orphan army, this offensive method with extremely limited casualties on their own side is simply training.
Fang Tianding did have the idea of training. is not only training, but also for the sake of safety, not to give Liu Chengdong any chance to flop.
How long can Liu Chengdong hold out under the continuous attack? Fang Tianding didn't believe it, Liu Chengdong could really break the iron law and persist for ten days and half a month under his unscrupulous attack.
Before each siege began, Ying Ming wrapped himself in a two-layered mask and instructed trebuchets to throw more corpses into the city.
Every time a corpse flew in a curve towards the city, a small section of the city wall directly below the corpse became a mess.
"This Fang Tianding, as expected, is not only brave, but also extraordinary in the art of war."
After receiving Zhang Yongnian's urgent report and learning that Fang Lajun had changed his tactics, Liu Chengdong immediately came to the city wall.
Where did Liu Yuan and Xiong Dachun, who were guarding the city last night, dare to rest? The two of them are now equivalent to Liu Chengdong's right-hand men, and they also turned over and got out of bed and rushed to the city to observe Fang Lajun's latest movements.
Hearing Liu Chengdong's evaluation of Fang Tianding, Liu Yuan and Xiong Dachun glanced at each other and nodded in approval.
Xiong Dachun had been on the city wall for more than ten hours before, and his mind was full of chaos at this time. He forcibly refreshed his mind to think, and always felt that Fang Tianding's movements had some deep meaning, but that little bit of inspiration was always not real.
Liu Yuan was puzzled: "Taking turns to attack in armor is indeed very small, and it does not damage morale, and it can achieve the purpose of training." But it is difficult for the Fang La army under the city to maintain a formation, so they are not afraid that we will desperately break through? ”
Xiong Dachun's brain flashed through the lightning, "Yes, looking at it this way, Fang Lajun has made a mess of himself, and he simply wants us to break through here." If that's the case, can we go? ”
Liu Chengdong's body trembled slightly, but he frowned and thought about the time of half the incense, and said with a long sigh: "Fang Tianding is cunning, deliberately making the appearance of letting me go, wanting me to break through." ”
"If you don't see the combat strength of our soldiers and horses, it's fine, but I have been nailed to Deqing County for so many days, and I have not fallen behind against the tens of thousands of troops of Ying Ming's department, and I also fought with Fang Tianding yesterday for a ......."
"If you can't see the difficulty of my department in this way, Fang Tian must be blind? His surname is Fang, for the sake of the Yongle puppet dynasty, he will definitely not let our department retreat calmly. ”
"If my guess is correct, Fang Tianding must have set up ambushes at the north gate and the east gate, just waiting for our department to break through. If that kind of thing really happens, thousands of people in our department plus thousands of people will be able to run out and burn high incense. ”
Liu Yuan and Xiong Dachun were also lucky. With an escape opportunity in front of you, how many people can completely ignore it?
At noon, Fang Tianding directly ordered the whole army to take turns to attack the city, and take turns to eat after the siege.
Liu Chengdong scolded Fang Tianding in his heart, and greeted the ancestors of the Fang family several times, and at the same time, he had to "cooperate" with the rhythm of Fang Lajun, and also ordered his sergeants to take turns to eat.
At the end of noon, the city wall, which was relatively empty because of the rotation of going down to the city, was once again killed by several forces of Fang La's army.
In order to ensure that the soldiers who were dining under the city were not disturbed and seized the time to recover their energy, Liu Chengdong appeared in the city again. Cheers rang out, and the morale-boosting defenders quickly drove Fang La's army off the city.
Liu Chengdong couldn't use too much force for the time being, so he had to let the soldiers around him take turns to wind it, and then hand him the well-wound crossbow. Under the protection of his own soldiers, he used his crossbow to reap seven lives.
Why were the soldiers of Liu Chengdong's department able to maintain their combat strength and fighting spirit under the threat of the epidemic?
At this time, Fang Tianding, who was standing not far away, frowned and looked at Liu Chengdong, and doubts appeared in his heart again.
In fact, the answer is very simple: one is kindness, and the other is confession.
At the moment of crisis, Commander Liu did not spare medicine and tried his best to treat every soldier. Today's medicinal herbs are a life!
Thinking of the days before, there were too many food and medical conditions for other troops...... The big-headed soldiers who followed Liu Chengdong for a short time admired it in their hearts, and it was not a problem to maintain their combat strength.
Early this morning, Commander Liu sent a message to all the capitals, saying that they would hold out for three days at most. Three days later, no matter whether there is a rescue or not, whether there is a military order from Han Zhao, he will retreat with everyone.
The capital heads, team leaders, gang commanders, and even ordinary soldiers, there is no shortage of people who can think of the fact that after breaking through, under the pursuit of the Fang La army, most of the troops were injured. However, Commander Liu clearly told all the soldiers that the practice of giving up defending the city after three days at most undoubtedly reassured many soldiers.
By "I don't know, when will I die?" "Become" for a maximum of three days, and then get out of here! "Will the commander leave us behind and flee for our lives alone?" "Become" the commander makes the adults hide it without concealment, so they will definitely bring everyone! The maintenance and improvement of fighting spirit comes from the trust between the top and bottom of the military.
The battle never stops......
At the second moment of Shen Shi, more than a dozen children of Zhuangnei under the command of Liu Chengdong who had entered Mengxue, after most of the day of counting and practice, used two three-light cannons and four improvised trebuchets secretly assembled by the root of the city wall to fire stone projectiles at the same time.
The elite soldiers around Fang Tianding were stoned to death, and he himself was even more frightened, and he didn't dare to stay where he was any longer.
Liu Chengdong on the city wall didn't blame the young people in the village, but it was a pity. Zhang Yongnian, who had a fiery personality, beat his chest and cursed Fang Tianding again and again for his shit luck.
As the time passed, Fang Tianding, who was anxious to find the field, suddenly took hundreds of elites and climbed to the easternmost point of the southern city wall.
Fang Tian's halberd is not suitable for use on the city wall, and yesterday's battle with Liu Chengdong is very revealing. Fang Tianding wielded a steel gun, destroyed a valuable bed crossbow, and burned a three-light cannon, and no one could stop him wherever he went. The 2,000 orphan army and the Ying Ming army, which had more than 4,000 people, took the opportunity to storm and the situation deteriorated again.
Xiong Dachun, who had just finished resting, happened to climb the eastern city wall, saw that the situation was critical, and immediately drew out fifty sword players, a team of short spearmen, and two teams of archers to come to reinforce him. The sword players and the short spearmen marched like a wall, the archers did not hesitate to shoot diagonally, and Fang Tianding, who could not support it, gritted his teeth and boarded the siege vehicle and retreated.
When the battle was just over halfway through the unitary hour, and the sun was already clearly slanting to the west and becoming warm yellow, Fang Tianding decided to end today's battle with a swift blow.
Liu Chengdong did not break through rashly, which did not surprise Fang Tianding. If Liu Chengdong really couldn't see the trap he laid and chose to retreat "smartly", Fang Tianding would be surprised.
The formal siege was to be stopped, all the young and hungry men were to be put under watch, and the large army was to be withdrawn to the camp.
"Harassment and raids should be greatly intensified, and they should not stop for a moment, and drain the other party's energy as soon as possible."
Fang Tianding thought hatefully.