The altar of the mountain and river society is the place where the god of the land and the god of the five grains are sacrificed in ancient times, every year in the middle of the spring and autumn months, the county magistrate takes all the officials, the village elders, all have to go here to set up tablets, set up sacrifices, a very solemn place. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

During the sacrifice, the county magistrate should lead the twelve salutes, and at the same time sacrifice the wind and cloud thunder and rain altar outside the south gate, and worship the god of wind, the god of clouds, the god of thunder, and the god of rain.

Looking forward to a bumper harvest of grains, the meaning of smooth wind and rain also reflects the reverence of the ancients for heaven and earth, all things, mountains and rivers, land and crops.

The drama thieves naturally do not have this kind of awe, and when they see the good terrain here, they swagger up to the altar of the mountains and rivers to look at it.

Li Guo, Yuan Zongdi, and Wang Long still stood side by side, Li Guo's horsewhip was spinning flexibly in his hand, he looked at the city, the field in front of him was flat, except for the bare official road on the left, the rest were flooded with no legs, and even most of the barren grassland was half a person high.

Almost 200 steps away, there seems to be an abandoned martial arts arena not far from the left side of the official road, surrounded by ponds and barren grass.

Finally, one hundred and fifty paces further on, there is a continuous earthen wall, estimated to be about two hundred paces long, more than one person high, and it is fifty paces in front of the polder.

Even from a distance, you can also feel that the earthen wall is very thick, not to mention the anti-gun, and maybe the artillery-proof.

Then there was a deep trench in front of the earthen wall, and there were five gaps, and when I looked through the gaps, it seemed that there was a thick earthen wall not far behind the earthen wall.

Li Guo frowned slightly, and as soon as the connoisseur stretched out his hand, he knew if there was one, judging by his many years of experience in warfare, this low wall trench was not easy to fight.

He looked at the polder wall again, and was surprised to find that all the battlements over there were tightly covered, and looking at the shelter, it seemed that it was not an anti-arrow hanger.

Then at each end of the polder, there are two conspicuous hanging towers, and these four hanging towers look very large, each wide and spanning five stacks.

From a distance, you can see that the outer walls of those hanging towers are solid, and they don't seem to be afraid of artillery.

Li Guo frowned again, at this time the horse team in the camp roared, galloping in the wilderness, but no matter the polder wall above, behind the earthen wall below, it was quiet, and there was no one to see even in the gap, only to see some officials on the city tower were constantly looking at this side.

But Li Guo felt that his own movements, regardless of the defenders behind the polder wall or behind the earthen wall, must have been seen in his eyes.

He looked at Yuan Zongdi, but saw that Yuan Zongdi also looked at him with a solemn expression.

Yuan Zongdi shook his head and said: "This Suining Township Yongguo is a strong enemy, and the West Gate is so well guarded that it is not easy to fight." ”

He said: "According to the report of the sentinels, there are perforations in the earthen walls, which seem to be in the position of people squatting. We couldn't see the movement behind the wall, but they could spy inside the holes. It is estimated that the same is true on their walls. …… On the upper and lower floors, people rushed over to be targets, and they didn't care about the tail. ”

Li Guo also gritted his teeth: "Brother Yuan is right, the wall is too thick, no matter whether the bow and arrow are fired directly or projectile, the bullet can't penetrate, and maybe the artillery is ......."

Yuan Zongdi said: "That wall is too thick and too low, and it is not easy for artillery to hit. ”

They are all old war thieves, experienced in a hundred battles, and in a few words, they can clearly explain the function of this low wall and trench.

The faces of all the thieves sank, the opponent's trickiness was beyond their expectations, Wang Lung touched his chin, looked gloomily at the earthen wall in front of him, and he suddenly said, "What are those five gaps for?" And what about the shield array, not that there is a shield array, where will it be placed? ”

Yuan Zongdi muttered: "It should be used by the defenders behind the wall to attack, a few gaps may also be able to place cannons, as for the shield array......"

He looked at the two ends of the earthen wall and the two ends of the polder wall, and guessed: "I should be hiding on both sides of the low wall, and I can't usually shoot with artillery or arrows." …… Then our rebels swept through both flanks, and not only had to turn into the wall, but also face the arrows of the defenders on the polder. ”

He took a breath of cold air: "Hiss...... This is who came up with this method, Wu is ruthless. ”

Everyone looked at it, and it was really chilling to think about that kind of scene.

The low wall ditch was only fifty paces from the wall ditch, and the army rushed forward, making sharp turns into the wall, and by inertia, many people would throw themselves at the wall ditch in front of them.

And even if they make a sharp turn, they will not only have to face the heavy shield and spear array they are waiting for, but also face the fire attack on the polder.

The brothers are sacrificing their lives in front, and there are deadly arrows and bricks falling on their heads, how can this be fought?

For a while, all the thieves were scolding, scolding the people who came up with ideas for being too black, and such a line of defense was too vicious.

But when it came, the battle still had to be fought, Wang Lung hesitated a little and said: "Ximen is not easy to fight, it is better to fight other doors." We have seen that in front of other doors, there is no such low wall and ditch. ”

Li Guo disagreed, he stared at the earthen wall in front of him, his face showed a look of eagerness, the past two years have been too smooth, the flag is pointed, the group of ugliness is gone, the righteous army is invincible, there is no serious opponent.

It's rare to have a difficult character, and one of the tigers in this camp is excited.

He shook his horsewhip and shouted, "Hit Simon!" Donkey balls, there is only one official road in front of the other doors, and the rest is a muddy pond, and our righteous army cannot arrange troops at all. Although it's not easy to fight here, but there are a lot of people, let's try it here first, it's not easy to fight, let's look at the rest of the doors. ”

Yuan Zongdi also agreed to fight Ximen: "Their earthen walls are not easy to fight, but after all, there are few people, especially few firearms, and I heard that there are only two or three hundred guns." No matter how fast we fight, we will pile up, and they will be killed, and they will not be able to beat it. ”

There was a cold look in his eyes: "Don't be afraid of the dead, let's raise volunteers, exterminate the Daoless government, and do the right thing for the sky, how can there be immortals?" ”

Wang Lung's eyes flashed, and he said with a smile: "The two big leaders are right, and it depends on the two." ”

In the end, everyone reached a consensus to try the depth of Simon's side first.

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At this time, it was almost noon, Li Guo, Yuan Zongdi and others set up camp first, and they were busy with the dense work, especially the palm weapons in the middle, busy erecting nests and making tents, and the master of the mill took the fireman to make a fire to make food.

Roughly their camps are located in Hanzhuang and Sunzhuang, which are abandoned villages, and there are some small rivers and streams on the side, which can basically take water. In particular, five miles to the west, there is the Baitang River, which has sufficient water to basically meet the drinking water needs of the army.

They had 6,000 soldiers, and 4,000 of them were auxiliaries, a ratio of almost 1 to 1, and they drove the hungry people to work, so they set up camp and made fires and cooked food quickly.

Generally, it is not a simple matter to set up a camp, it is necessary to set up a temporary wooden wall, and it must also be up and down two floors, set up a sentry guard arrow tower, and the camp tent must also be opposite to each other, dig drainage ditches between the camps, dig and set up public toilets, etc., and there is a series of strict discipline.

But the rogues are not so particular, and it is difficult to find enough trees here, so there are tents to live in, and if there are no tents, they just dig a pit in the ground, find some stones and branches to build a wall, and spread thatch to make a house.

This is the nest, it is customary to call the nest shop in the camp, the pit of this nest shop is deeper in winter, and now that the weather is warm, it will be planed by the way, or even not planed.

For a time, Hanzhuang and Sunzhuang were outside the nest shop in the east and west, and there were beggars who dug some trenches outside the nest, which was a bit like a military camp.

Of course, the infantry and horsemen who broke into the camp Cao Camp all lived in the abandoned village, and they also rested and patrolled in shifts, patrolling closely to prevent anyone from attacking outside the camp, and even more to prevent anyone from escaping inside the camp.

In the end, I saw that the smoke was curling in the camp of their nests, but they were making a fire to make food, and then the whole camp was a commotion, and countless rogues of all kinds were squatting or sitting, enjoying their lunch.

In the camp of Liukou, there is egalitarianism, "the plundered gold silk, rice millet, pearl shells and other things are all in charge, and all expenses are from the head of the family, and if there is not enough food, it will be short", and the number of food and drink per person depends on the overall number of grain and grass. If there is more grain and grass, each person eats more, and if there is less grain and grass, each person eats less.

Of course, there is also a level of treatment, fine cavalry, and the treatment is definitely better than that of ordinary horsemen.

Horsemen are better than infantry, and infantry are better than hungry people.

Just as when there is a shortage of food and grass, the infantry may have two meals a day, but the hungry people will each drink a bowl of porridge and hang for their lives.

However, this rationing system is relatively fair, and there is no opportunity for corruption at the top, so there are few complaints in this regard. Especially for some surrendered soldiers, who were used to drinking the blood of soldiers in the past, everyone enjoyed it at this time. Even the head of the army ate the same as himself, so he was much more psychologically balanced, and his combat effectiveness was better than in the past.

The disadvantage is that this system can only be used in wartime, especially not to give them the opportunity to tempt their inner desires.

After all, many people join this camp in order to live a good life one day in the future, to seal their wives and children, and to glorify their ancestors, not to continue to suffer like this. Patience now is only for the sake of future outbursts.

Yang He is also enjoying lunch, officers and soldiers, each person has a wooden tray, two dishes and one soup, a large bowl of vegetables and pickles, a large bowl of horse meat, a large bowl of horse broth, and a large bowl of rice.

Even the social soldiers here are the same, according to the agreement when the social soldiers were formed at that time, the money and rice cakes of the social soldiers were provided by the various societies. However, when the war came, as the West Gate, Yang He provided food for the soldiers. Each person also had a piece of fat horse meat, but the portion of meat was smaller.

Of course, the treatment of officers and soldiers cannot be the same, starting from the lieutenant of the team, each person has two large pieces of horse meat in the bowl, they also have a horse and a small few, several people can sit together to eat, and ordinary soldiers eat in different postures, reflecting the rank and ladder everywhere.

However, Yang He thinks that this move is appropriate, otherwise, where does the enthusiasm of the soldiers come from? How to be willing to fight upwards?

No matter what the era, as long as the sky does not suddenly fall from the sky and the flesh-eating rice and wheat spread all over the earth, there can be no equality between people.

As a human being, there is a kind of inferior root nature to climb up and then trample others under their feet, as long as the promotion channel is smooth, Yang He thinks that there will be no problems, and it can also maximize the enthusiasm of everyone to fight.

The delicious meal diluted the nervousness of the rogues, and there was laughter both on and off the walls.

In this era, being able to eat enough is the greatest happiness, not to mention being able to eat meat.

Even those social soldiers are full of praise, many of them are the children of gentry and merchants, but they can't eat white rice like this, and this kind of fatty meat, all of them are full of greasy mouths and contented.

The second earthen wall is on the north side, and the earthen wall that is more than one person high is blocked in front, Qian Sanniang and Li Ruwan's mounts are eating quietly behind the wall, and the second daughter is sharing a small table, sitting on the horse and eating lunch.

At this time, the two were still wearing gray felt, wearing more than 20 pounds of simple iron-inlaid cotton armor, and the black cloak was dragging on the ground.

She said vaguely: "Okay, delicious, there is no taste of horse meat at all, this master can go to open a restaurant." ”

She looked around for a while and said, "Tsk, brothers have meat to eat...... It seems that he has never cut off the meat since he entered the village...... Tsk, I have also been the owner of the village, and I know that it is really difficult to serve the food of the brothers, and Yang Xianggong doesn't know how to do it. ”

Qian Sanniang couldn't help but glance at the city tower, her long eyelashes flickered, and she said in a low voice: "Yang Xianggong is a star in the sky, there must be a way." ”

She unconsciously glanced at the rice bucket and exclaimed, "Ah, the rice is running out, let's go fill two more bowls." ”

She finished the bowl of rice in two bites, and the black fluffed soft riding boots stepped on the ground hurriedly, and with the bowl in hand, she went over there.

Li Ruwan hurriedly followed, both of them ate a lot, even if it was such a big bowl, they couldn't eat enough without five or six bowls.

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At the beginning of the day, most of the rogues gathered two miles outside the west gate and arranged their troops.

In addition to the part of the auxiliary soldiers to stay in the camp, there are also patrolling everywhere, whistling and galloping horsemen, the rest of the hungry people, foot soldiers, and part of the horse team are gathered in one place, hunting with flags, rumbling horses' hooves, and gongs shaking the sky, only rolling in the direction of the west gate.

Looking out from the polder wall, they are black and oppressive of a large sea of people, this more than a mile of the wall, any position, in front of the forest of knives and spears, dense flags, the scene is extremely terrifying.

There are 10,000 people, boundless, and the crowd tactics of the rogue are not casual talk.

In the era of cold weapons, the array was also very wide, and the average person occupied two steps, four steps for horses, and a length of one mile, and did not open a fighting formation, but only stood five hundred people, and launched an array to fight, at most two or three hundred people.

At this time, there were at least 10,000 people gathered by the rogues, and with their horse teams galloping everywhere, the stretch was even wider.

The Liukou lined up to press, although the footsteps were uneven and the formation was not strict, but the crowd was surging, and the swords and spears were like a forest, which still gave people great oppressive force.

At this time, Yang He and the others had already gone down the city tower, and when they arrived at the polder wall, the opponent was most of the thieves, who must be carrying artillery, and they were about to start attacking again.

Yang He looked out from the gap in the earthen rampart at a battlement, and sighed in his heart, it was indeed a professional wandering bandit, and the power of this kind of array should not be underestimated.

In particular, they have been fighting for many years, and the soldiers are all lucky ones who have been eliminated from the pile of dead, they have combat skills and psychological endurance, and they are not ordinary bandits such as Jiaoshan bandits and Tongshan bandits that they have fought before.

It was an ambush some time ago, if it weren't for the sharp guns and the superiority of the contradiction formation, I am afraid that if I fought face-to-face, I might not be able to beat them.

In the past two years, their combat effectiveness has undergone a qualitative change, and how many important ministers and famous generals have been buried in their sea of people, and their combat effectiveness is not just a casual talk.

Hong Chengchou once said: "In the past, the thieves avoided the soldiers and fled, but now they meet the enemy with the troops, ambush left and right, and repeat the succession, so it is difficult to kill." The thieves all have fine horses, or straddle two horses, and the officers and soldiers have three steps and seven horses, so it is difficult to chase. ”

They have a lot of people and a large team of horses, and compared to their own dozens of horses, they ......

Moreover, they also have a large number of artillery, and Yang He looked at the front of their array and launched a lot of artillery.

Yang He counted them, and there were as many as eighty of them, although they were all small cannons, but they also made him take a breath of cold air.

There are only five on his side.

Fortunately, a lot of arrangements were made in advance, especially the earthen wall under the wall to prevent artillery and guns, and a large number of sacks and earthen baskets on the polder, which could also be used to prevent artillery, which made him feel at ease.

Seeing that the thieves were still approaching in array, the mighty crowd was surging like locusts.

In the wilderness outside the city, there were human heads, and men and horses had trodden over, and the weeds were gone.

If a locust crosses the border, not a single grass grows.

It is also conceivable that if they attack Suining City, they will leave nothing.

He looked at Gao Qifeng, the magistrate of the county beside him, and saw that their expressions were very solemn, and even the county magistrate Liu Zunhe and the chief bookkeeper Zheng Shixin, their faces became more and more pale, the momentum of the thieves was too frightening, and they were scared.

Zhou Mingyuan's expression was extremely solemn, and he looked hard from a lookout hole, and many soldiers behind the wall were also heavy.

Only Han Daxia, Chen Qiuao, Zhang Songtao and others will be calmer.

Yang He looked outside, he exhaled deeply, and thought to himself, "Come on." ”

He believes he can get through it.