Fucheng.

Gu Feng received an urgent message from Huang Lang that a large number of rebels were gathering near Jingxing County, and I was afraid that it would not be long before the city would be attacked.

After confirming the authenticity of the news, Gu Feng immediately sent an order to Han Yuan and Liu Dong to send troops to support. The Fucheng side also asked Wang Biao to go to Jingxing City with a group of soldiers and horses.

On the Linwu side, the rebels had been camping for several days and had not launched an attack. Han Won was not sure of the enemy's intentions, and he never dared to act rashly.

After receiving the military order from Gu Feng, Han Yuan suspected that the thieves attacked Jingxing City just to attract the attention of the officers and soldiers. Their main force should be in Linwu, once the officers and soldiers are led to Jingxing City, the rebels will suddenly attack, take Linwu City, and then drive straight in.

He explained the situation to the herald sent by Fucheng, hoping that Gu Feng would not be in a hurry to send troops to Jingxing, and might as well let Wang Biao take someone to investigate the situation first.

The herald brought the news back to Fucheng, Gu Feng felt that it made sense, so he ordered that only Wang Biao should be allowed to leave, and Liu Dong would still stay in Shangxuan County.

…

Han Won watched the rebels at the head of the city every day.

At noon that day, for some reason, the rebels suddenly attacked.

"Ma Erhan, you take a battalion of brothers to patrol around for me, supervise the soldiers and horses of other units, if anyone dares to leave their posts without permission, they will be dealt with by military law!"

"Big Tiger, you send a few people to the city and invite all the doctors here, and the veterinarians too."

"Li Kui, you take the soldiers and horses of your county to stick to the southern city. Zhang Zhuangyang, you lead people to guard the northern city. Wu Ji'er, you guard the West City. Ben led the army to defend the East City personally! ”

Under the shed at the head of the city, Han Yuan ordered the military orders one by one. All the people obeyed.

Under the city of Linwu, the smoke and dust are reckless.

The dense rebels, waving weapons in their hands, shouting and running, rushed to Linwu City without regard for life or death under the guidance of the horn. Looking down from the city, it looks like a swarm of black pressed ants.

Pushing countless ladders and rushing carts, they attacked from three directions: south, south, and south.

At the head of Linwu City, many officers and soldiers were terrified in their hearts when they dealt with this kind of scene for the first time.

Han Won hurriedly commanded the officers and soldiers of the brigades. The time he led his troops to battle was very short, especially the defense of the city, which he had never been exposed to before.

"Give me the order, wait until the thief is close before firing the arrow! Don't waste feather arrows! Han Won said loudly.

Linwu City has limited resources, so everything has to be saved. Especially arrows, there is no way to make them in a short period of time.

The rebels approached the foot of the city.

"Shoot the arrows!"

As soon as Han Yuan gave the order, countless arrows immediately flew down from the city.

"Ah......h

Immediately there was a burst of screams from the city, and I don't know how many rebels fell to the ground with arrows.

Most of the arrows and arrows of the officers and soldiers were smeared with poison, and if the arrows were not rescued in time, they were afraid that they would not survive for a day.

Rao was like this, and there were still some rebels who rushed to the city under the rain of arrows and set up the ladder. Another part of the rebels, with shields in hand and several huge rushing carts, attacked the city gates.

The pressure on the officers and soldiers defending the city increased sharply.

"Two tigers! You quickly send someone to tell Wu Ji'er in Xicheng and ask him to transfer the army to the city and be sure to guard the city gate! ”

"Obey!" The second tiger immediately took the order to retreat.

"Brothers, seize the time, the rebels are climbing the city, and when they are almost done, you will pour boiling hot oil and gold juice on it, and bathe the dog's day!" Han Won commanded loudly.

The officers and men laughed when they heard this, and their hearts at the mention of their throats and eyes eased slightly.

On the southeast, north, and south, the rebels climbed towards the city like ants. However, the city wall was too high, and everyone had to climb three-quarters of the way through great difficulty, and as soon as they saw the faces of the defenders, a jar of boiling gold juice and hot oil fell from the sky and poured it on their faces.

"Wow! ! ”

"Ahh Help me! ”

At that moment, countless people were scalded to death.

One by one, corpses rolled off the city walls, and the remaining rebels were momentarily frightened and did not dare to go up again.

The rebels in Yuezhou had never fought much before, and their combat experience was not even as rich as that of the officers and soldiers of Chuzhou, after all, the officers and soldiers of Chuzhou had also fought against the western thieves.

After a brief loss of consciousness, under the supervision of officers large and small, countless rebels attacked again.

The battle lasted from noon to sunset, and the rebels attacked the city several times, all of which ended in failure. The corpses of the rebels under the city were piled up, but the siege of the city did not make the slightest progress.

The officers and soldiers at the head of the city also lost a lot, but compared to the rebels, the casualty ratio was almost 1:10. This time the defense of the city was successful.

At night, in order to reward the troops, Han Yuan specially ordered people to kill more than a dozen pigs, boil them into several large pots, and distribute them to the troops defending the city, so as to inspire everyone to make persistent efforts.

After this battle, the confidence of the officers and soldiers of all departments, including Wu Jier and Zhang Zhuangyang, increased greatly, but they felt that the thieves were nothing more than that.

Han Won was as excited as everyone else on the surface, but there was a faint sense of foreboding in his heart.

He originally thought that the rebels deliberately attacked Jingxing City first in order to attract the attention of the officers and soldiers, and the real purpose was actually to take Linwu City, but today's battle broke his guess.

He didn't believe that these rabble today were the main force of the rebels, if these people were the main force of Zhou Xuan, the king of Yue, then Zhou Xuan really dared to rebel after eating the leopard.

Then again, where exactly are the main forces of the rebels? Han Won didn't have a clue if he wanted to break his head.

…

After the rebels were frustrated in the siege, they did not attack again, and spent several days recuperating.

In order to test the reality of the enemy's army, Han Yuan sent Ma Erhan to lead the officers and soldiers of the first brigade to go out of the city on a small scale at night and harass them several times.

Unexpectedly, Ma Erhan robbed the camp several times and was very successful. Hundreds of rebels were killed and wounded at the cost of only a few dozen men.

Han Yuan accepted it when he saw it, Zhang Zhuangyang and Wu Jier saw that Ma Erhan had succeeded in robbing the camp, and they were eager to try, and they also wanted to go out of the city to attack, but they were rejected by Han Yuan. The two of them were silent, but they were extremely unconvinced in their hearts.

There was also good news from Jingxing County, and the rebels attacked the city several times, all of which ended in failure.

Linwu City, after Han Yuan received the news, instead of being a little happy, he became more and more worried.

"Sir, now that the rebels have suffered defeat on both sides, what are you worried about?"

At the head of the city, looking at Han Yuan with an ugly face, Ma Erhan couldn't help but wonder.

"No, no, it won't be that simple!"

Han Yuan seemed to be answering Ma Erhan, and he seemed to be talking to himself. Suddenly, a bold speculation appeared in his mind.

Han Yuan suddenly palpitated, if he guessed correctly, the officers and soldiers would definitely be defeated this time!

"Ma Erhan, I'll write a letter, you have to send it to Fucheng in person to General Gu to read! The sooner the better! ”

Han Yuan said that, and immediately ordered someone to get pen and ink.

Seeing Han Yuan so panicked, Ma Erhan knew that something big was going to happen, so he didn't dare to slack off.

As soon as Han Yuan was written, he put away the envelope, led more than a dozen of his horseback riders, opened the city gate, bypassed the rebel camp, and rushed towards Fucheng.

At the head of the city, looking at Ma Erhan in the distance, Han Yuan secretly prayed in his heart: I hope that his letter was not delivered late. ”