Overcoming difficulties, not avoiding life and death, and charging forward in every battle, this is called a fierce general. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Planning, calculating, and strategizing, strategizing to win thousands of miles away, this is called a strategist.

Control the overall situation, coordinate scheduling, and command if you are confident, this is called a general.

Discerning people, selecting talents, balancing and controlling unity, this is called the lord.

In the Liangshan Army:

There are many fierce generals, Li Kui, Lei Ting, Wu Song, Luda, and Liu Tang are all first-class fierce generals.

There is a lack of strategists, and Wu Yong is more focused on power; Gongsun Sheng is more focused on lobbying.

Generals are scarce, Lin Chong is half, Yang Zhi is half, and Huang Xin is half.

Chao Chong, as the lord, has fewer and fewer opportunities to appear on the front line to fight in person. Because of the flat field battle, Chao Chong only needs to do a good job of scheduling and guarding the banner, and the rest of the generals will do a good job for him.

So now, many things don't need to be done by Chao Chong himself, as long as you choose the right person.

Early the next morning, the men and horses of each capital began to move according to the arrangements made at yesterday's military meeting.

Hu Cheng also took his sister Hu Sanniang back.

The second capital of Wusong and the third capital of Luda had cut down wood and made equipment, and by noon, more than fifty rough ladders and many wooden planks had been made.

Huang Xin led the people of the Fifth Capital to collect weapons in the village, and found the traitor Zhu Chaoxing, announced that he would inherit the position of the owner of Zhujiazhuang, and asked him to help persuade the people not to make trouble, the effect was very good, and there was no resistance in the morning.

In addition to monitoring the enemy situation in Sanzhuang, Shi Qian also worked part-time in the Propaganda Department, and publicized Liangshan's armed anti-tax order in the village: only pay 10% of the rent and exempt all harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes. This did not work well, at least the villagers were much less hostile.

After lunch, Chao Chong wore through the iron armor and led the Liangshan men and horses to line up a hundred steps away from the Zhujia Walled City, preparing to attack the city.

The Zhuang Ke at the head of the city hurriedly reported to the owner, and Zhu Chaofeng, Zhu Hu, and Zhu Biao hurriedly boarded the city to prepare the Zhuang Ke and the militia.

In late autumn in September, the weather has begun to cool, and the wind is blowing through the trees. Liangshan men and horses lined up under the city, the army was tightly organized, and it was silent. A scene of slaughter.

Some villagers who were doing good things saw that Liangshan only collected weapons in the morning and did not harm the people, and some of the brave people climbed on the roofs and branches to watch the battle from afar.

Before Chao Chong attacked the city, there was one more thing to do, and that was to attack the heart.

Chao Chong's whole body was neatly draped in iron armor, with a seven-foot hundred sword on his back, and he strode forward.

Li Kui put on iron armor, bloated like a bear, with a pair of basin-sized axes in his hands, following Chao Chong closely.

Bao Xu was wrapped in iron armor, carrying a six-foot mourning sword on his shoulder, his nostrils facing the sky, contemptuous of everyone in the city, and followed Chao Chong's footsteps.

Zhou Tong is nine feet tall, with a helmet and armor, a beard, a one-handed gun, similar to an overlord's possession, and the guard is on Chao Chong's left side.

Yu Baosi is one foot tall, his whole body is wrapped in iron armor, and the two special pig iron shields in his hands are like half-cut iron towers, guarding Chao Chong's right side.

The five of them crossed the military formation, walked slowly, and walked within twenty steps of the city, and shouted: "I am Chao Chong, the young master of Liangshan." came to crusade against the brutal and unkind Zhu Chaofeng father and son, and had nothing to do with everyone in the city. Even if I Liangshan breaks through the city, I will only punish the evil, and I will not rob the furniture of ordinary people. Under this promise, forever valid. ”

"Ridiculous!" Zhu Chaofeng said angrily: "You are a thief, you have robbed my Zhujiazhuang regardless of morality, but you have reversed black and white and accused my father and son, which is really shameless!" ”

Chao Chong sneered: "Your Excellency must be the first evil blessing of this village." Am I wrong that you are unkind, unrighteous, unfaithful, and unfilial? ”

Zhu Chaofeng has been knowledgeable since he was a child, and he attaches great importance to his reputation, so he dared to face this accusation and said angrily: "Honest and unreasonable! ”

Chao Chong said: "Whether you believe it or not, let everyone listen to it and judge for yourself." Nowadays, the government is greedy and corrupt, and the harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes are levied every year, and the landed peasants must pay all kinds of miscellaneous taxes in addition to paying 30% of the rent tax; Landless tenants have to pay 50% of the rent tax, and they have to bear all kinds of forced labor and oppression. Many people don't have enough to eat and don't have warm clothes. What's more, they sell their sons and daughters, and their wives are separated. There are several such examples in Zhujiazhuang, haven't you heard of blind dates in your township? ”

This information was collected by the intelligence department of Shiqian over the course of a month, and now it is being used by Chao Chong.

The villagers in the city are okay, many of them are not locals, and they belong to the employment relationship with Zhujiazhuang, taking people's money, **. But those militiamen were all peasants recruited from the village, and they naturally hated such heavy taxes and forced labor.

Zhu Hu shouted: "We are not the government, close my door to nothing!" ”

Chao Chong snorted: "You are not the government, but you are the accomplices of the government to oppress the people!" I, Liangshan, proposed an armed anti-tax order to provide protection for everyone, as long as I pay a tax of 10%, I can be exempted from all excessive taxes and miscellaneous taxes and blood forced labor by the government from now on. Let everyone's annual harvest be put into their own grain jars; Let everyone save money and buy clothes; Let everyone buy some candy for their children during the New Year; So that everyone does not have to shed blood and sweat during the farming time, and can reunite with their families. This is a piece of advice that is good for everyone. I, Liangshan, also have the ability to protect everyone from being oppressed by the government. But you lackey of the government! His family wore silk and satin, drank high-priced wine, ate fine food, did not have to work hard, and was served by a large group of maids all day long. Have you ever thought about the suffering of the people in the village? You, the lackey of the government, are greedy and selfish, and only think about your own family, but you have caused thousands of neighbors to suffer. This is unkind! ”

Zhu Chaofeng was scolded by others pointing his nose, it was the first time in so many years, and he was so angry that he couldn't speak. The third son, Zhu Biao, angrily reprimanded Chao Chong and said: "My family is rich because my ancestors have accumulated virtue and accumulated hundreds of hectares of land. The people are poor because they are lazy and stupid, and their ancestors are ruined, how can they blame ......"

As soon as Zhu Biao's words fell, Zhu Chao gave him a slap in the face, this unsuccessful thing! It's a bad thing when you speak. If you don't stop it, you don't know what stupid things to say.

Zhu Chaofeng secretly observed the militia on the city wall, and saw that they were really dissatisfied, but he didn't dare to say it, looking helpless. secretly said in his heart that he was lucky, but fortunately, he wished his family for many years of prestige, so that these ignorant villagers had not given birth to any other thoughts.

Zhu Chaofeng hurriedly remedied it, and shouted to Chao Chong: "Ignorant thieves, do you think that if you defeat the official army once or twice, you will be invincible in the world?" Don't forget that I have more than 800,000 forbidden troops in the Great Song Dynasty, as long as the imperial court pays a little attention, you will die without a place to be buried, and you still want to protect us from being taxed by the government? It's ridiculous! If we really believe your words, if the government blames it, it will be a great crime of banditry, and we will be beheaded! Who dares to risk cutting off your head for the sake of your empty words. It's really a frog at the bottom of the well that wants to swallow the sky! ”

Chao Chong said: "The officials forced the people to rebel, and the people had to rebel!" Instead of being oppressed to death by the government, his wife was separated. It's better to pick up a knife and gun and fight your way out! Just now you said that your family is rich because your ancestors accumulated virtue. I don't see it that way! I have an account book in my hand, and I would like to ask the owner of the village some questions. ”

Chao Chong said and took out an account book, shook it to the city, and said: "The government collects taxes, and the village is generally responsible for the uprightness, the integrity, and the owner of the village. All the taxes in your Zhujiazhuang are also entrusted by the government to your Zhujia father and son to be responsible for collection, I am right. What I have in my hand is the specific amount of taxes and miscellaneous taxes that you have collected in the past ten years. But each time you will take out of these taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and put them into your own treasury. Now there are 100,000 stones of grain in Zhujiazhuang! Isn't this the people's fat and people's ointment that has been coveted from the people? ”

The government collects taxes, never fully paid, there is always some loss, so the government will generally only set a bottom line, as long as the bottom line is enough, the excess part of the levy will be rewarded to the responsible for the collection of Lizheng, Baozheng, and the owner.

The average grain yield of one mu of land is one stone, and 100,000 stone is the grain production of 100,000 mu of land. One stone of grain weighs 60 pounds. According to the consumption of 2 catties of grain per day for an adult, one stone of grain is the ration for one person for a month.

100,000 stone is the monthly ration of 100,000 people, which is almost enough for 10,000 people to use food for a year.

No wonder Zhujiazhuang is so wealthy, daring to raise 300 villagers, and daring to levy 2,000 militiamen in wartime. There is food in the hand, and there is no panic in the heart.

But such a huge amount of grain stockpiles was particularly harsh to the ears of those militiamen. My family is just enough to eat and wear, but I can't imagine that there is so much food stored in the village! And a lot of them are still greedy from the taxes they pay to the government......

Many people are unbalanced.

Chao Chong said: "Doing things for the government, but being greedy for a lot of ink, is because of disloyalty to the government; Exploiting the neighbors and oppressing the good is to be disloyal to the people in the village. Such a disloyal person, what kind of court can you talk about, you are more damned than those who are forced to go up the mountain to become bandits for their livelihood! ”

Zhu Chaofeng blushed with anger, and shouted at the top of his throat: "Blood spews people!" Who will believe the words of a robber! Do you think you want to blackmail me with a broken ledger? If the old man is not fooled, the neighbors will not be fooled. ”

Chao Chong laughed and said, "If it's fake, why are you in a hurry to refute it? Isn't such anger and corruption a sign of weakness? ”

"You ......" Zhu Chaofeng was speechless for a moment by Chao Chong's quibbles.

Chao Chong couldn't come up with evidence to prove that what he was holding was true, but in the same way, Zhu Chaofeng couldn't prove that this ledger was fake. Therefore, I had to use the trick of sophistry, as long as I deceived the militia.

The militiamen who were defending the city originally believed five points when they heard that the evidence was conclusive in Chao Chong's words, and then they believed three points when they saw the owner's reaction. In his heart, he gradually became dissatisfied with the father and son of the Zhu family.

Chao Chong said again: "Your father and son are also unkind people. You drove Hu Sanniang and the girl out of the city and sent them to death, I won't talk about it, Hu Cheng has already scolded you yesterday. Let's just say that this Zhu Long and Luan Tingyu are two. I wish the eldest prince of Long's bones are not cold, but I have never seen you come to the village to bring back the corpse. After Luan Tingyu broke off for the Zhu brothers, he was captured. None of you even came to ask for mercy. It's really unkind, cold and thin! ”

Zhu Hu has always blamed himself for not saving his eldest brother, and when he heard Chao Chong say this, he immediately shouted: "We naturally want to exchange them back, but you are so despicable, will you return them to us?" ”

Chao Chong said: "A person's death is great, no matter how evil he did in his life, since he is dead, I will naturally not embarrass him again." As for Teacher Luan, he is a hero in the world, with strong martial arts and noble morals, Chao Chong admires him very much, so naturally he will not do anything. ”

"Is that true?" Zhu Hu said with some surprise.

"Of course!" Chao Chong nodded and continued: "But it's a pity, since you dare to be an enemy of my Liangshan, you will naturally have to pay the price. It is impossible for you to do whatever you want. In this way, Zhu Long's corpse, Teacher Luan, choose one of the two, you pick one, and I will return it immediately. ”

Chao rushed out a multiple-choice question, but the father and son of the Zhu family were worried.

If you choose from distant and close relatives, it is natural to return Zhu Long's body and bury it well.

But now that the city is facing war, if it can be exchanged for Luan Tingyu, a general, there will be more hope for defending the city.

How to choose?

Although Zhu Chaofeng wants to exchange for his son, intellectually speaking, it is the best policy to exchange for Luan Tingyu.

But Zhu Hu and Zhu Biao don't think so, they prefer to exchange for the corpse of their eldest brother, after all, the brotherhood is deep.

If you have the answer in your heart, it will obviously be much easier to find a reason for choosing this way.

Zhu Hu said to his father: "Since Chao Chong won't kill Teacher Luan, why don't you let him stay in the enemy camp for a while longer, as long as we win, Teacher Luan will naturally come back." But it has been a day since the death of the eldest brother, and if he is not buried, he has a spirit in heaven, and he will blame us. And ......"

Zhu Hu didn't continue, but looked at his younger brother Zhu Biao.

Zhu Biao understood and continued: "Listen to that Chao Chong's tone and hook up with Teacher Luan." It's hard to guarantee that there is no conspiracy in it. In case Teacher Luan has already defected to the enemy, wouldn't it be dangerous for us to let him in? ”

Zhu Chaofeng and Luan Tingyu have known each other for so many years, and they don't believe that Luan Tingyu will defect to the enemy, but at the moment of life and death, people are the most suspicious. Things are not afraid of 10,000, just in case, what if Luan Tingyu really falls?

Zhu Chaofeng was uncertain and had difficulty making a decision. Zhu Hu and Zhu Biao saw that their father stopped talking, so they came forward and said: "We choose the corpse of the eldest brother, if you have the truth and believe it, please send it back as soon as possible!" ”

Chao Chong smiled secretly in his heart, as expected. He waved his hand back.

Luan Tingyu led a horse, immediately carried Zhu Long's corpse, and walked towards the city.

When he arrived at Chao Chong, Luan Tingyu looked at Chao Chong with a complicated expression, and said, "I knew you wouldn't let me go back so easily." ”

Chao Chong smiled: "You also heard the words of the Zhu family's father and son just now, they chose Zhu Long's corpse instead of you. However, I promised you that I would let you go back at noon today, and that would be fulfilled. You can lead the horse and take Zhulong back! ”

Luan Tingyu's face turned pale, and he glared at Chao Chong and said, "You did it on purpose, right?" The father and son of the Zhu family just chose Zhu Long, gave up on me, and you let me go back, how can I face everyone so embarrassed? How do they deal with me? ”

Chao Chong spread his hands and said, "That's your business, it has nothing to do with me." ”

When Luan Tingyu was captured yesterday, when he heard Chao Chong say that he wanted to release him, he knew that nothing good would happen, and it came true. But he had no choice but to bite the bullet and lead his horse to the city gate.

The father and son of the Zhu family in the city were also embarrassed, they didn't expect Luan Tingyu to be nearby, what should they do? Shall he enter the city?

Zhu Biao tentatively said to his father: "Why don't you just use a basket to drag the eldest brother up and let Teacher Luan go back?" ”

"Stupid!" Zhu Chaofeng shouted so loudly that his voice was hoarse just now, and now he is angry again, how did he give birth to such an unsuccessful son, and scolded: "This is even more of a bad deed." Treat Teacher Luan who is broken off for you like this, so how do the guards in the city think of my father and son of the Zhu family? Unthankful, suspicious? ”

Zhu Biao said aggrievedly: "Then what should I do?" ”

Zhu Chaofeng said: "Drag him up together." put under house arrest and not let him participate in the defense of the city. Even if we don't need it, we can't push him to Liangshan to enhance their strength, understand! ”

"Yes, yes, Father Takami!"

Zhu Hu and Zhu Biao didn't dare to open the city gate to let Luan Tingyu in, what if the Liangshan people took the opportunity to rush in? What's more, the front door at this time was also blocked with stones, and I couldn't open it if I wanted to.

So he hurriedly went to find a big basket and dragged Zhu Long's body and Luan Tingyu up. Zhu Chaofeng personally comforted Luan Tingyu, sent him down to the city to rest, and specially found more than a dozen Zhuang guests to protect him, but he was actually placed under house arrest.

Luan Tingyu also knew that the situation was embarrassing now, so he didn't say anything and went down the city with Zhuang Ke.

Chao Chong saw Luan Tingyu go to the city, so he continued: "I, Liangshan, have always been good at talking, all the strong men who defend the city, please listen to me again: I, Liangshan, are only here to crusade against the brutal and unkind Zhu Chaofeng father and son, and I have nothing to do with everyone in the city." Even if I Liangshan breaks through the city, I will only punish the evil, and I will not rob the furniture of ordinary people. Under this promise, forever valid. ”

Zhu Chaofeng shouted in a hoarse voice: "You thief don't need to sow discord anymore, my village is full of heroes, and I won't listen to your nonsense." ”

But is that really the case? Zhu Chaofeng didn't believe it himself. The faces of the militia guarding the city showed that they were already a little shaken.

Chao Chong waved back, and Zhu Chaoxing, the traitor in Zhujiazhuang, ran over and shouted to the city: "Folks, don't be bewitched by Zhu Chaofeng's treacherous villain anymore, and don't work for him anymore......"

Zhu Chaofeng said angrily: "It's you!" ”

Zhu Chaoxing said proudly: "What do you call you, you should call me big brother!" I am the eldest son in the family, and the whole family business should be mine, but unfortunately my father was deceived by you, a treacherous villain, and chose the wrong person. Now you have to get back everything you stole from me!" Hahaha"

Zhu Chaoxing has been aggrieved for so many years, he never thought that he could have such an arrogant day, he felt that the whole heaven and earth luck was revolving around him. Facing Zhu Chaofeng, the old dog, he is really not polite at all.

Many villagers also knew about the grievances of the Zhu brothers, and they muttered to each other. Originally, he thought that this Zhu Chaoxing was incompetent, but compared to the current downfall of Zhu Chaofeng, he didn't seem to be so annoying.

As soon as Zhu Chaofeng saw Zhu Chaoxing appear, he knew that things were going to be bad. No matter how Chao Chong blamed himself just now, at most the militia was dissatisfied, but this belonged to the battle between inside and outside the village, and in order to protect the village, they would also have the courage to fight.

But as soon as Zhu Chaoxing appeared, it became a struggle within Zhuangzi between the two brothers for the family property, how could the militia be willing to fight to the death for the two brothers to fight for the family property?

Originally, the militia's combat effectiveness was not as good as Liangshan, and the militia no longer had the courage to fight to the death, so how could they fight?

Zhu Chaofeng was extremely angry, his mouth was sweet, and he spit out a mouthful of blood. Zhu Hu and Zhu Biao hurriedly hugged their father and said, "Father, how are you?" ”

Zhu Chaofeng spit out a mouthful of blood, his breath was much smoother, and he pointed to the city and said: "Quickly release the arrows, shoot them, you can't let them say it again!" ”

"Shoot the arrows! Shoot the arrows! ”

The arrows on the city rained down, Chao Chong pulled Zhu Chaoxing behind him, drew his knife and waved it impermeable, blocking all the arrows that were shot at him.

Li Kui, Bao Xu, and Zhou Tong are also not afraid.

Yu Baosi had two pig iron shields in his hands, firmly protecting Zhu Chaoxing.

The archery skills of the bankers at the head of the city are very ordinary, and several waves of arrows come to them, but there is no effect. Instead, Chao Chong made a few people laugh.

This scene made everyone in the city look at each other, and their morale plummeted.

Chao Chong's goal had been achieved, so he laughed and returned to the military formation, and ordered the soldiers: "Sidu men and horses, attack the city in turn, and I will climb the first layer of the city wall before sunset." ”

The armies roared.

The first capital of Thunder was the first wave of attackers, and their five teams of soldiers, each carrying some ladders and planks, rushed to the city with a shout as soon as they gave an order.

The five columns marched side by side, without interfering with each other's movements, and when they arrived at the bottom of the city, they first set up three ladders on the moat, and then laid planks on the ladders to form a bridge.

The city hurriedly ordered to release arrows, but the soldiers of Liangshan all held shields to protect themselves, and after erecting the bridge, they immediately retreated, but there were no casualties.

In less than a stick of incense, the first capital built ten bridges over the moat under the city, and covered them with mud to prevent the city from burning with fire oil.

The moat is already unimpeded.

Then, Wu Song's second capital and Luda's third capital began to attack the city as the main force.

The second and third had a total of ten teams of men, which were exactly ten columns. A ladder is three feet long, and ten people carry one and line up at the head of the line.

With Wu Song's order, he braved the rain of arrows in the city and roared forward.

The ten-man team carrying the ladder raised their shields and charged at the front, quickly crossing the bridge over the moat.

After passing over the bridge, the ten-man team quickly erected the ladder and leaned towards the city wall. The three of them were behind the ladder, with their backs to the city wall, shielding themselves with a large shield with one hand, and desperately pulling the ladder into their arms with the other.

The two men stepped in front of the ladder, raised their big shields, looked up through the gaps, and shouted loudly to the three men leaning against the walls of the city as soon as stones, rolling wood, and oil came down from them, so that they could be on guard.

The other five began shouting and pretending to climb the ladder. Before the follow-up troops come up, climbing up to the city is also looking for death.

After the ten ladders were erected, the task of the ten-person team was completed. Then the other ten-man squad rushed up after them, and began to climb the city with a shield in one hand.

In the face of the siege of Liangshan, those militia had little fighting spirit left, and they were unwilling to die for the Zhu family father and son, Zhu Chaofeng also found this, and urged those Zhuang guests who had been enjoying the worship in the village to lead the militia to resist the enemy.

Zhu Hu and Zhu Biao personally led the supervising team, and if any militia did not fight, they would be killed immediately.

Only then did he stabilize the morale of the army, and took advantage of the condescending position of the city wall to muster up all his strength to resist the attack of Liangshan.

The villagers and militia at the head of the city saw that the ladder was leaning on the head of the city, and hurriedly pushed it out with a simple knife, but they couldn't push it after pushing it several times, and an archer leaned out from the top of the city and wanted to shoot an arrow, the city wall was too high, and the person who wanted to shoot at the foot of the wall had to lean out of his body, and as a result, the feather arrow flying from under the city was instantly inserted into his throat.

Huang Xin drew another arrow from his back, aimed at the city again, and killed another person in an instant. His hand made the reckless men quite envious.

Wu Song and Luda also rushed to the city, roared, and took the lead to climb up the city, and the feathered arrows on the city slashed past his ears with a whooshing sound, and some of them shot at the shield, but they could not stop his movement in the slightest. When he was about to reach the head of the city, Wu Song threw the big shield in his hand, grabbed the ladder with his left hand, and climbed up with a knife in his right hand.

Facing the bow and arrow in the city, Wu Song's long knife dialed back and forth, protecting himself on the one hand, and his brother behind him at the same time. A large log rolled down the ladder, Wu Song didn't stop at all, and with a wave of his long knife, he cut the log into two pieces and flew diagonally behind him.

The enemy in the city saw that the rolling wood was not good, and a stout man raised a large bluestone high and threw it at Wu Song, a few feet away, Wu Song could even see the pockmarks on his face. But the knife head just can't reach it, is it too late? This is going to be hit, but it will be smashed directly. Wu Song can naturally jump to dodge, and he can't fall to death at a height of two feet, but what about the soldiers behind him?

At the same time, a feathered arrow passed through the big man's throat, leaving only the tail feathers of the feathered arrow to tremble. The big bluestone smashed directly on himself.

Wu Song let out a sigh of relief, it was so dangerous just now!

The people in the city pushed the big man away in a panic, and a spear with a spear was about to stab downward, Wu Song had already taken advantage of this gap to climb two steps closer to the city, and before he could stab down, the blade waved and cut off the spear, and the knife momentum did not stop, and a blood flower bloomed in the man's throat.

When the villagers and the militia in the city touched their necks in disbelief and were stunned, Wu Song jumped onto the top of the city, slashed left and right, and made room for the soldiers behind him, and after a while, there was enough space for ten people to climb the city.

Luda did not show weakness, but carried the water mill Zen staff, and led ten elite sword and shield hands to rush up from the cloud ladder on the other side.

Wu Song led five people and asked them to stand behind him in a row, sealing the two-zhang wide city wall, and kept hitting to the left. Ruda ascended to the top of the city and led five men to the right. Soon there was no enemy at the head of the city, three feet wide.

But they were also met with fierce resistance from the enemy, Zhu Hu noticed Wu Song and a few of them, and immediately mobilized a large number of archers and shot here, just a volley, Wu Song was surrounded by two people full of feathered arrows and fell to the ground, and soon the enemy was divided into corpses, Wu Song rounded the long knife wheel, so there was no arrow.

In order to climb the city quickly, Wu Song abandoned his big shield when he came up, so he suffered heavy losses in the face of the volley of archers, and the enemy quickly took advantage of this advantage and stepped over the two dead brothers, wanting to surround them from behind, and once surrounded by them, the situation would be very bad.

At this critical juncture, Luda's earth-shattering cry came, even in this noisy battlefield, people couldn't help but be surprised, three or four people were cut off by a round pick of his sixty-four pounds of water mill Zen staff, and blood and internal organs were all over the ground. Wu Song took the opportunity to escort the three wounded brothers back, and Ruda led some swordsmen with large shields to re-seal the city.

Wu Song told the three injured brothers to hurry down to the city.

Wu Song saw that Teng Tie, the removed captain of his subordinates, was shouting and fighting, besieged by several people, and there was a feather arrow stuck in his back.

Wu Song ran two steps tightly, stepped on the battlements of the city wall, crossed over the heads of those sword and shield hands, jumped to Teng Tie's side, blocked two flying feather arrows for him, and protected him to retreat, suddenly, I felt a chill behind my back, and quickly shortened, Teng Tie's iron knife slashed from the top of Wu Song's head, Wu Song couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, if he was killed by his brother, it would be called a wrong.

Wu Song hurriedly held up Teng Tie, who was already crazy about the enemy, and dialed for him on the one hand, and retreated back on the other. It's no wonder that he is like this, the battle at the head of the city is fierce, in the past flat field battles, everyone relied on the strength of the team, strict training to defeat those scattered rabble. But now that he is fighting in the city, it is completely a one-on-one fight, and he took five people to fight, and two died and three were injured so quickly, which shows the degree of tragedy.

But after this battle, Wu Song believes that he will definitely grow into a qualified warrior.

The follow-up troops continued to ascend the city, and Wu Song asked him to control the situation on the right, and with Luda on the left, there should be no problem.

Wu Song slapped Teng Tie three times in the face, he finally came to his senses, and couldn't help but be a little ashamed and said, "Brother Wu, I ......"

Wu Song stopped him and said, "You did a good job and didn't disappoint me, now hurry down to the city and retreat to the foot of the city wall or behind those car shields to heal your wounds." ”

Teng Tie wanted to say something, but Wu Song raised his hand to stop him from continuing, turned his head and said to the three injured brothers who followed him: "I know you don't want to go down to the city, and you still want to avenge your dead brothers, but not now!" ”

The three people shouted, "Brother Wu, let's ......"

Wu Song didn't wait for them to finish speaking, and scolded: "Bastard, you have completed the task, what you have to do now is to give me a life!" You are all heroes, you are all my good brothers, you are all my fingers, and now that you are wounded, do you want to send you to death? Get the hell out of here! ”

Teng Tie was still a little unwilling, Wu Song scolded: "Get out!" Remember to pick up the shield under the city, you won't get hurt if you stick to the wall, and someone will treat you when you return to the camp. ”

Chao Chong saw that Wu Song and Luda had captured the city, so he continued to dispatch, and let the first capital of Thunder go next to the ladder in the upper city and then build the ladder in the lower city.

In fact, Chao Chong knew very well in his heart that a situation like this would not last long, and it was impossible to break the city in one go. Therefore, it is better to think of it as a combat training now. Let the soldiers form a shield formation, constantly replacing the people in front of them. It would definitely be beneficial to let the recruits who had never killed anyone see the blood on their heads.

If they are injured, they will be replaced immediately, and they will be sent down to the city, making room for those waiting to go up. The city is still very safe now.

Huang Xin shot a pot of arrows, and his arm was a little sore, plus the melee at the head of the city, he stopped shooting arrows, but it was a pity that those military exploits were lost.

Huang Xin's fifth capital did not have a combat mission for the time being, so he walked to Chao Chong's side and said, "General, do you think our army can capture the city in one battle?" ”

Chao Chong shook his head and said, "It's difficult! The castle responded in a hurry, and was somewhat caught off guard. But after all, there are 1,000 people on the other side, and it is difficult for our army to deploy at once, and the stamina is insufficient. It's hard to make a contribution at once. ”

Huang Xin nodded and said, "My opinion is similar to that of the general. However, I observed that the defense of Zhujiazhuang was quite insufficient, and it was not difficult to conquer. ”

Chao Chong smiled: "I want to hear and see!" ”

Huang Xin said: "First, the city is high but not wide, and there are more than 1,000 troops in the city, and they are also facing the dilemma that it is difficult to use their troops. It is recorded in ancient books that during the Warring States Period, most of the city walls were ten zhang and two zhang high, the foundation was more than 20 zhang wide, and the city head was seven or eight zhang wide. The founding of the Great Song Dynasty is also based on raising the people, cherishing the people's strength, except for the national capital Xiongguan, there are few fortified cities to build, so that the foundation is not thick, it is easy to enter the tunnel. If the head of the city is not wide, the army is insufficient. ”

Chao Chong praised: "Go on! ”

Huang Xin said: "Second, the city wall is steep and straight, and there is no organ at the foot of the wall, so our army can use this as a dead angle to avoid the enemy's bow and arrow. The Mojia family has a record, in ancient times, the foot of the city wall was set up with a six-foot-high sharpened wooden pile, so that the enemy could not get close to the foot of the city, or the city wall was made into the shape of a large and small bottom, so there was a saying that the foundation was 20 zhang, and the city was 78 zhang wide. ”

Huang Xin was encouraged and continued: "Third, the troops at the head of Zhujiazhuang City do not cooperate tacitly, and the soldiers defending the city must have archers, and then there are sword and shield men to cover, and after the sword and shield hands, there are pikemen to support. But the villagers do not know how to cooperate, and often rush up, and then disperse after being frustrated. ”

"Fourth, the city's head is not well dispatched. The various materials needed to defend the city are constantly consumed and need to be replenished constantly, and every fifty meters there needs to be a quartermaster at the head of the city to constantly check the required items and send signals to the city below, and the way of sending signals varies from unit to unit. For example, if you need arrows to wave a yellow flag inside the city. If you need a sword, shield, and spear, wave the black flag into the city. If necessary, waving red flags from logs, rolling stones, oil, dung, etc., to the city. If reinforcements are needed, wave the blue flag into the city. But I saw that the city was in chaos, and it was not until long after the left side of the city wall was breached that the enemy realized that reinforcements were sent there. ”

Chao Chong nodded and said, "What you said is reasonable, but what about the fifth?" There was anticipation in his eyes.

Huang Xin said: "Fifth, the Mo family has a cloud in defending the city, if there is no soldier who must be saved, there is no city that must be defended." It is really unwise to be trapped in a lonely city and have no foreign aid! ”

Chao Chong smiled silently.

Huang Xin suddenly came to his senses and said, "Could it be that there are still reinforcements in Zhujiazhuang!" ”

Chao Chong said with a smile: "Why Zhujiazhuang is rampant, naturally it is also related to the official face. He has a younger brother named Zhu Chaolu. This person is now an official in Tokyo, and his official residence is four. So even in order to take care of Zhu Chaolu's face, the Jeju government will definitely send troops to save him. It's just a matter of time or night. ”

Huang Xin worried: "That general ....."

Chao Chong smiled: "Everything is expected, it's okay if they don't come, as long as they dare to go out of the city, they will be called back!" ”

Only then did Huang Xin put his mind at ease and turned his gaze to the city again.