Chapter 484: The Unbreakable City
It can be said that the offensive and defensive battles of Changqing were fought very fiercely. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
One is bound to win, the other must not be lost, Song Jiang and Changqing's officers and soldiers did their best, and the stalemate lasted until the evening.
Although Song Jiang has few people, they are all elite soldiers, and they have a fast transition speed in attack and defense, and they have a good rhythm. If it weren't for the fact that the officers and soldiers had prepared in advance and had the advantage of numbers, Changqing City might have been taken down long ago.
That's it, Changqing City is also in danger. Several of Song Jiang's subordinates, armed with shields, climbed the city wall at great speed under the cover of others.
These men were extremely agile and extremely sharp, and the officers and soldiers could not stop them at all.
Fortunately, there were four young generals of Yang Zaixing, and at the critical moment, they stepped forward and beat back a few people who rushed to the city wall.
After several charges, the officers and men of Changqing suffered a lot of losses, and by the evening there were hundreds of casualties, which was due to their advantage of geographical advantage and large number of people.
The officers and men suffered heavy losses, and Song Jiang's losses were not small, even if his men had rich combat experience, but under unfavorable conditions, this battle was fought and hundreds of people were injured.
This is the lifeblood of Song Jiang, he gritted his teeth for a long time for every injury, hundreds of people have reached the limit of Song Jiang's bearing, seeing that the siege was fruitless, he had to withdraw his troops and stop the battle.
Changqing City fought hard, and the damage on both sides was great, but Gao Feng did not take the opportunity to send an additional soldier.
The most convenient troops that can support are Jinan Mansion and Pingyin City, but these two places are strategic points, and neither can be lost, and Gao Feng does not dare to pull these soldiers with insufficient combat strength outside the city.
Once they were intercepted and killed by Song Jiang, the result might be the loss of these two cities, no matter which one was lost, it was not something that Gao Feng could accept.
Since this is the case, it can only be self-protected by Changqing City, and this is also a test for them.
Of course, Gao Feng will not let them fend for themselves, the scout is always monitoring the situation on the battlefield, and if something goes wrong, he will definitely send troops to support.
Fortunately, the officers and soldiers of Changqing performed well, and after several times, they almost broke Song Jiang's confidence.
"Send a message to Sun Chen and them, let them hold on for another day, the day after tomorrow reinforcements will arrive, and Song Jiang and his party will also evacuate." Gao Feng commanded.
According to Gao Feng's estimate, Song Jiang's own food can last until tomorrow night at most, and that is the best time to deal with them.
At this time, he had to transfer Zhangqiu's soldiers to Changqing in the name of support, so as to make way for Song Jiang and order him to go east. Gao Feng didn't want to force Song Jiang to the point where he had no way out, so he retreated to Bozhou.
When the order was conveyed, Sun Chen had to accept it even if he was reluctant. Being captured by Song Jiang will definitely not end well, and being a deserter is a dead end, he can only break the kettle and hold on for another day.
Fortunately, he also saw the will to defend the city gradually established by the officers and soldiers and the strength of the four young generals, which were enough for him to hold on for another day.
"Zhangqiu's soldiers and horses still haven't moved?" Song Jiang asked.
"The sentry came to report that although they had an abnormality, they still stuck to the local area." Wu Yong responded.
Song Jiang thought for a while and said, "Pass the order and continue to increase the siege tomorrow, I don't believe they will be indifferent." ”
Wu Yong hesitated for a moment and said: "Big brother, without good siege equipment, we suffer a lot, and our food is only enough for one day." ”
Wu Yong said it simply, but he said the biggest problem of the current rebel army. There are no ladders, stone throwers, bed crossbows and other large siege equipment, and even the number of bows and arrows is limited, and it is really difficult to attack the city with only some simple ladders and flesh and blood, which is also a common problem faced by lightly armed mobile troops.
The main thing is that there is not much food, and the lack of food will be a fatal blow, and if this problem is not solved, the rebel army can only be captured.
Song Jiang naturally knew these two problems, and he also had a headache about them, and after thinking about it, he said with great regret: "Don't hide it from the second brother, if you attack for another day tomorrow, it's really not good, and we can only retreat." ”
As he spoke, Song Jiang's tone was full of helplessness. This is the first time he has been forced into such a predicament since the incident, and it is really caused by the peak.
Retreat means that the strategic transfer fails, and the fate in the future can be imagined, Wu Yong knows the truth and helplessness in it, he shook his head, didn't say a word, and turned away.
On the second day, the siege battle was even more tragic, and the casualties on both sides reached the level of the previous day in half a day, but this time, Song Jiang did not give the order to stop the siege, he wanted to see why this group of officers and soldiers suddenly became so brave?
"There are four fierce generals in there!" Song Jiang discovered this situation yesterday, and today he found out even more, and he couldn't help but sigh with emotion.
It can be seen that these four fierce generals are not only brave and fierce, but also have a strong appeal, and under their leadership, the officers and men attacked and defended in an extremely orderly manner, and there was no panic from beginning to end.
This is really not good, Song Jiang is finally discouraged. If the fight continues in this way, as long as there are those few people, it will never be possible to break the will of the officers and men.
Don't look at Song Jiang's small number of people and dare to attack the city, in fact, what he is seeking is not exactly combat power, but a kind of psychological warfare. As long as the other party is afraid and abandons the city, the goal will be achieved, and as for how many people to kill, it is not Song Jiang's pursuit.
However, under the leadership of these people, the psychology of the other party is extremely strong, Song Jiang's wishful thinking has failed, and if he continues to fight, it will only increase casualties, and it will not have any effect.
"Where did this four-man warrior come from?" Song Jiang couldn't help but ask Xiang Wuyong.
The commander is Sun Chen, Song Jiang knows, and even chased him here, but the siege battle lasted for two days, and he never saw Sun Chen's shadow, indicating that he was commanding in the rear, and the specific implementers in front were these four people, and it was also the credit of these four people to play well defensively, but the four people who came out inexplicably were unknown, so it was really incomprehensible.
Wu Yong had already noticed the four of them, but he, like Song Jiang, didn't know where they came from, so he could only shake his head and answer: I don't know.
Since this is the case, Song Jiang didn't have anything to say, he waved his hand and said, "Stop the siege and prepare to evacuate this place." ”
A full of unwillingness filled his heart, Song Jiang glanced at the city wall wistfully, he couldn't imagine that he would be stumped by such a small city.
Turning around slowly, the setting sun reflected, leaving a long lonely back of the hero,
At this moment, Wu Yong hurriedly ran over and said urgently: "Big brother, I just received a report that the officers and soldiers of Zhangqiu have set out to support, and the situation has taken a turn for the better." ”
"Really." Song Jiang was immediately pleasantly surprised, he had been insisting, and when he was about to give up, hope actually came, it seemed that the sky would not kill me.
"Tell the brethren to take time to rest and move in the evening."