Chapter 97: The Siege (1)
Early the next morning, outside Shenqiu City. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Han Yan'er and Zhang Shihua have already led all the red scarf soldiers to complete the formation.
However, just when Han Yan'er was about to give the order to attack, Han Yan'er found that on the Shenqiu city wall not far away, a group of people were forcibly escorted by officers and soldiers. And when she looked at it again, she couldn't help but sink Han Yan'er's heart.
Those people were none other than the spies planted in the city by the Red Turban Army.
Originally, Han Yan'er also planned to secretly summon them if they couldn't capture the city during the day today, so that they could create turmoil for themselves at night, in order to take the city at night, but he didn't expect that they would be exposed before he contacted them.
On the other side of the city wall, when Naiyan escorted these more than 20 red-scarf spies to the city, the county Yin Sun Weijie sent seven or eight soldiers with loud voices and asked them to shout loudly outside the city: "The dog thief outside the city, the spies you have planted in the city have long been seen through by this official. Now I have beheaded these dog thieves first, and I am waiting for you to come and send them to death! ”
After speaking, the more than 20 White Lotus spies were pushed to the front of the city wall by the officers and soldiers guarding the city, and then under the order of the county Yin Sun Weijie, more than 20 heads fell in response.
At the same time, most of the 20 or so executing officers were also splashed with blood.
Yes, the executioner was the officer defending the city, eight hundred household officers and more than a dozen grassroots officers with prestige in the army, none of them were missed, and all of them killed a red turban spy with their own hands in front of the red turban army outside the city. In this way, as Mr. Li expected, the rear road for this group of officers and soldiers to surrender to the enemy was undoubtedly blocked to the greatest extent after such an incident occurred.
However, such behavior undoubtedly completely angered the Red Turban Army outside the city.
When all the red turban soldiers saw this scene, they all raised their arms and shouted under the leadership of Han Yan'er: "Kill!" Kill! Kill! ……”
When many officers and soldiers on the city wall who lacked courage saw this scene, their faces were as frightened as earth. In fact, not to mention ordinary officers and soldiers, even a county lord like Sun Weijie couldn't help but turn a little pale when he heard the earth-shattering shouts of killing outside the city.
But Sun Weijie immediately gritted his teeth firmly, and walked to the city wall surrounded by Mr. Li, the county lieutenant Wang Bao and his personal guards.
Then Sun Weijie turned around and shouted to all the officers and soldiers guarding the city wall: "Soldiers, the army of the imperial court will arrive in ten days, during which the official and the soldiers will defend the city and defend our homeland together, the thieves outside the city will not retreat for a day, and the official will not go down the city wall for a day, vowing to hold on to the last moment!" ”
Sun Weijie, as the county governor of a county, said such a thing in front of all the soldiers guarding the city, which naturally had an extremely strong appeal.
It can be said that the officers and soldiers who are afraid of death are timid, after hearing Sun Weijie, a literati and old man say this, they can't help but arouse a burst of enthusiasm. And just when the emotions of all the soldiers were at their peak, Mr. Li, who was next to the county Yin Sun Weijie, also raised his arms and shouted: "Kill the thief!" Win! Kill the thief! Win! ……”
And Mr. Li shouted, and the group of city guards in front of the city wall who killed the red scarf spies also shouted: "Kill the thief!" Win! Kill the thief! Win! ……”
In such an environment, all the soldiers defending the city couldn't help but be a little enthusiastic, and they couldn't help but raise their weapons in their hands and shouted: "Kill the thief!" Win! ……”
All of a sudden, on the city wall, the shouts of thieves resounded in the sky.
Seeing this, Zhang Shihua outside the city couldn't help but squint his eyes, and thought to himself: "I didn't expect that there are such masters in this Shenqiu City, after this incident, the morale of the soldiers in Shenqiu City is high, and it is not easy to take the next city." ”
However, Zhang Shihua immediately put down this kind of thinking, after all, whether it is strong or weak, easy or difficult, it is always clear to fight a battle.
And speaking of Han Yan'er, at this time, Han Yan'er would no longer lead the Red Turban Army to shout, but turned to the deputy Qianhu behind him, who was also the first brave general under him, Han Erwu and said loudly: "Erwu, you take five hundred brothers to try their catties and taels for me!" ”
When Han Erwu heard this, after receiving the order in a loud voice, he took five hundred red turban soldiers and rushed to Shenqiu City not far away, carrying the siege ladder.
I have to say that although Han Yan'er was very angry at this time, he did not let his anger overwhelm him, and the orders he gave were still very rational. After all, in the case of not knowing the opponent's combat strength, it is undoubtedly very necessary to let one of your own troops try the opponent's catties.
As for why he didn't send Zhang Shihua's soldiers first? How to say it, although Han Yan'er is rebellious, he is not stupid, and now the supply of military food for his soldiers depends on the Taihe Zhang family, so in this case, he will naturally not offend Zhang Shihua too much.
Besides, he didn't know much about the combat power of Zhang Shihua's soldiers, even if Zhang Shihua was made the vanguard, it would be difficult for him to try out the catties of Shenqiu's officers and soldiers, so this kind of thing that offended people and couldn't achieve his goal, Han Yan'er naturally wouldn't do it.
As for why Han Yan'er had that attitude towards Zhang Shihua when she first met Zhang Shihua, it was completely due to her personality, and it did not mean that Han Yan'er had any prejudices against Zhang Shihua.
And speaking of Han Erwu, just look at the name to know that Han Erwu and Han Yan'er are definitely not a simple relationship between superiors and subordinates.
How to say it, the situation of Han Erwu and Han Yan'er, just like Zhang Shihua and Zhang Shihui, Han Erwu is Han Yan'er's cousin, after all, in troubled times, relatives are always more trustworthy than outsiders.
However, Han Erwu did not become a deputy Qianhu because of Han Yan'er's relationship. Even if Han Erwu's ability is concerned, Han Erwu is definitely a qualified brave general, otherwise someone like Han Yan'er would not let Han Erwu be his deputy.
But also because Han Yan'er is Han Erwu's cousin, Han Erwu's style is naturally very similar to Han Yan'er, and he belongs to the kind of people who don't want to die on the battlefield.
As the saying goes, "there are no weak soldiers under a fierce general", the two generals who lead the troops are this kind of character, and the soldiers under them will naturally not be weak.
Therefore, when Han Erwu received the order, he immediately rushed out of five hundred soldiers and rushed towards the Shenqiu city wall as if he had forgotten his life.
On the side of Shenqiu City, when the officers and soldiers defending the city saw the Red Turban Army outside the city making some moves, nearly 500 soldiers defending the city immediately rushed to the city wall under the command of the temporary commander Mr. Li.
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On the city wall, Mr. Li, who was dressed in armor, looked at the five hundred Red Turban troops who were getting closer and closer outside the city, and after accurately measuring the distance of the Red Turban Army, he raised his voice and ordered: "Archers, prepare!" At his command, more than 100 archers armed with strong bows lined up.
Then, the group of archers drew their bowstrings one after another, raised their bows and arrows slightly, and aimed their arrows at the red turban army outside the city with their cold and shining arrows under the sun, and only waited for Mr. Li to give an order, and then they could throw the arrows in their hands.
At this time, Mr. Li ignored the archers' kung fu, his eyes were always fixed on the Red Turban Army rushing over outside the city, and his left hand was slowly raised with a fist, and the moment the Red Turban Army entered the firing range, he shouted loudly: "Release!" ”
As soon as Mr. Li's voice fell, more than 100 arrows on the city wall also rushed into the military formation of the Red Turban Army with the sound of breaking through the air.
Then there was a scream of pain, and listening to the screams, you can understand that this wave of arrows was undoubtedly successful, and more than 20 red turban soldiers were shot down in just one time.
However, the red turban soldiers outside the city did not flinch because of this, but under the attack of arrows, the speed of the impact became faster and faster.
The art of war says that "there are only three arrows in battle", but the officers and soldiers on the city wall also released two arrows under the command of Mr. Li, and after shooting down almost 40 red turban soldiers, the remaining red turban soldiers also rushed to the front of the city wall with a siege ladder.
Seeing this, Mr. Li also hurriedly shouted for the archers to retreat, and let the soldiers armed with swords, axes and spears stand in front of the city wall.
And those red turban soldiers outside the city took advantage of this opportunity, under the command of Han Erwu, to hook the heavy siege ladder with iron hooks to the city wall.
At this point, the tragic siege battle is about to begin.