A few hours ago, thousands of barbarians had completely surrounded the walls of Champa Harbor at Bogdan's behest, and these barbarians were terribly aggrieved along the way, either blown up by strange birds or landmines, or killed and wounded by the rapid fire that came from nowhere. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info have never suffered such huge losses since the plundering in the past few years, several tribal leaders have died inexplicably, and even those staff officers of Medeno have been taken captive, so that all the barbarians are complaining, and they have great opinions on Bogdan's order to set foot on the port of Zhancheng.

Tuliman was now standing in the siege phalanx a little further back, and in the front row, several phalanxes were carried by heavily armed brute soldiers carrying thousands of men, women, and children who had been captured along the way, among them were mostly old and weak, women and children, who were later used to consume the arrows of the port of Zhancheng or to fill the moat or something, in short, to send them to death, and the stronger men had to stay to work. Tens of thousands of civilians were captured along the way, and tens of thousands of people died of starvation along the way, and there were probably less than 10,000 people who could move at this time, and most of them were still hungry. Tuliman looked around around, several newly promoted chiefs and centurions were counting along the array, they didn't even know how many people they had under their jurisdiction, and now all the barbarians were chatting with each other in a mess, discussing how to plunder the city after entering the city.

Bogdan's orders were soon spread to the various tribes, and feins were made in other directions, maintaining the main attack of Simon. According to the plan made by the staff officer of Medno, the spies who infiltrated the city would contact the pro-Nanban households, and then take the opportunity to open the city gates. However, according to the information transmitted from the front, there are many people who are confirmed to be spies who have been hanged on the castle tower, and it is not known how many spies are left in the city, so Bogdan cannot completely rely on the spies' internal response.

The carpenters trained by the Maidno people commanded some Dingkou with carpentry skills to cut down wood overnight last night to make siege equipment, but due to the small number of people, they only built two door punching cars and a dozen ladders in the whole night, and as for the wooden shields for defense, they did a lot. However, as a result of such an overnight rush, more than 100 Dingkou died in one night due to an accident caused by cutting down trees or starvation and hard work. At this time, there are not many dingkou left of these carpentry skills, and if today's siege fails to work, I am afraid that they will not be able to make so many equipment overnight.

As soon as the siege of the barbarian army unfolded, the entire Acropolis of Zhancheng Port boiled, and there were many Ding Zhuang who were responsible for assisting in the defense on the city wall, and they were all worried after seeing that the almost 6,000 barbarian soldiers escorted almost 8,000 people to surround the city wall in three directions. "There are four thousand enemies in the south at this time," Xue Ziliang took a closer look at the city tower, and ordered the Annan herald under him, "Go and inform the headquarters, this side will not be the main direction of attack, I think it will be in the west." ”

The herald nodded and immediately ran in the direction of the princess's mansion, and soon spread the news to Qian Longzhou.

"I think so too," said Qian Longzhou, who is now at his desk with a map based on aerial photography, and has been in the Acropolis of Zhancheng Port for a long time, and will investigate the city's topography every day according to the aerial map. "What do you think?"

There were several officers of the Zhancheng Harbor Guard Standing at the table, they didn't dare to come out at this time, and the power in the hands of the bald head in front of him who looked hairless was simply monstrous. The princess has already given an order, and the command of the city is all handed over to Qian Longzhou, and anyone who disobeys his order is disobeying the princess's order. Qian Longzhou asked, they were stunned, and none of them dared to pick up.

Qian Longzhou saw this situation, and there was no way, the military generals of this era paid attention to martial arts rather than strategy, and strategic matters were all taken care of by civilian officials, and they only needed to go into battle to kill the enemy. So when I saw these officers, you look at me, I see you silent for a long time, he has no temper at all.

"Well, it's embarrassing for you to let you be in charge of defending the city," he waved his hand, "Your task is to patrol the streets and alleys of the city after the Nanban siege begins, and not allow anyone who does not have a white towel around his waist to go out into the streets, and if he catches it, he will be sent to the city guard to be imprisoned, and anyone who dares to resist will be killed on the spot." ”

"Lord Qian!" An officer hurriedly bowed his hand and said, "What if the rich families in the city send Ding Zhuang to help defend the city or give a reward?" ”

Qian Longzhou nodded at him with satisfaction, "That's a good question," he patted the officer on the shoulder, "Now Ding Zhuang, who is ready to participate in the defense of the city, has already gone to the wall, so when the enemy starts to attack the city, he ran out and said that he was ready to assist in defending the city, do you think they are here to help?" ”

Several officers on the side quietly shook their heads.

"So my order is that anyone who doesn't have a white towel around his waist should be arrested, whatever he says he does. Those who dare to resist will be killed on the spot. Qian Longzhou's face was a little hideous, "This is an extraordinary period, and when the enemy attacks the city, it will be extremely noisy, and anyone who spreads rumors will be killed." In addition, the fire brigade should always be prepared, once the fire starts, immediately bring the soldiers of the guard station to extinguish it, and anyone who dares to block the fire extinguishing will be killed. ”

"What is the fire brigade?" An officer asked quietly.

"Extinguishing the fire." Qian Longzhou didn't know what noun to use to call the fire brigade at this time, so he had to explain their work directly.

"Oh, my lord, that's the Fire Master. There is a fire division of a hundred-man team in the city. ”

"A hundred, then?" Qian Longzhou hurriedly asked.

The person who was asked immediately fell silent, and an officer on the side muttered in a low voice, "Although the fire division in this city is a hundred, there are more than 50 people who are paid empty salaries......"

"I'll go," Qian Longzhou almost jumped, "that means there are only more than forty fire masters?" ”

"Yes, but I can't confirm that these forty people are all in the city at this time, some of the fire master soldiers live outside the city, and even the hundred households of the fire master can't find anyone at this time." The officer said.

"What unit are you from?"

The officer stepped forward and said, "Little Li Benchu, a hundred households under the thousands of households in the South Guard Station of Zhancheng Gang. ”

"How many men do you have? Report the actual number. Qian Longzhou asked.

Li Benchu hurriedly said, "There are thirty soldiers and fifty miscellaneous soldiers under Xiao's men. ”

Qian Longzhou nodded, it seems that this Li Benchu's empty salary is not so scary, and the people under him should still have a certain combat effectiveness, "Then the people of the fire master are under your jurisdiction, and you must not let the city catch fire today." ”

"Yes!" Li Benchu hurriedly bowed his hand to obey the order. He was very happy in his heart, the fire division was the highest unit in Zhancheng Port, and he couldn't sit in this position without a little backstage, and today the city defense commander actually gave himself the highest position in Fenglu, today he not only didn't have to go to the battlefield to fight with the murderous Nanban, but also took this opportunity to take charge of the most oily department.

"In addition, are there any of the hundreds of households under the same thousand households who are present at the beginning of this Li Benchu?" Qian Longzhou was a little worried, knowing that if the fifth column of the barbarian army wanted to cause chaos in the city, it could only set fire to spread rumors, and only by muddying the water could it fish in troubled waters. There are only about a hundred soldiers and fire masters in front of him, and if he encounters a rebel who has no intention of scheming, I am afraid that he will not be able to bear it.

The two officers hurriedly stood up and said that they were. "Your soldiers are responsible for strengthening the fire division, whether this city wall can be held today is mainly to see if you can control the situation in the city, whether you can prevent the city from catching fire, if you do it, then your merit is as great as the soldiers fighting with the Nanban in front."

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Xue Ziliang was holding a telescope at this time to observe these brute soldiers on the opposite side. At the front of the array were all ordinary people, many of them naked, some with wooden sticks in their hands, some with sharpened wooden guns, and many more empty-handed. Obviously, these people are used to consume the bows and arrows of the port of Zhancheng, these people in front of them are pale, their legs and feet are shaking, many people are shaking, and from time to time there are old people who die directly on the spot, and when they really launch an attack, I don't know how many people will die on the way to the siege.

He has fought in Iraq, and he has seen too many armed civilians charging into battle with religious fanaticism and chanting slogans, but these ordinary people in front of him are simply walking corpses, and what role can this kind of forced death play in the battle? What's more, the Senate rifles equipped by his own marines at this time could shoot at a distance of up to 200 meters, and the chaotic army composed of these civilians would not be able to get close to the city wall at all, and they would be completely dispersed.

Just thinking of this, someone in the barbarian camp in front of him suddenly blew a horn, and the whining horns sounded one after another, and the barbarians in the phalanx waved their weapons into the air and began to shout in the direction of the city wall.

Tuliman's phalanx was south of the city, and several soldiers were blowing horns on his side, and the barbarians were demoralized by the loud sound of the horns, and they waved their weapons and shouted hooray. Soon, the newly elected centurion raised the steel knife in his hand and pointed at the wall of the port of Champa in the distance and shouted: "Use me for the first battle!" Use me to win! ”

Then the barbarians shouted, "Victory!" Win! Win! ”

Seeing that the army's heart was available, Bogdan hurriedly nodded at the herald beside him, and shouted: "Let Ding Kou go first, the city breaker will follow, and the wooden shield will protect the archers close to the suppression wall, and prepare to let the cloud echelon enter the city." ”

Although the north and south sides are feints, but to do a full set of plays, even if you pretend, you have to bring siege equipment to attack, otherwise, who knows which city gate the people in the city will open? Wouldn't it be too disappointing if you opened the door and couldn't catch up with your side, and you would have to lose a lot of your soldiers for no reason.

The barbarians in the back row raised their spears and broadswords at this time, and directly slashed and killed these trembling Dingkou, babbling and shouting in their mouths, and the Dingkou who were cut down also knew that they were going to drive them to attack the city, so they could only stagger forward, and those who walked slowly were directly killed by the barbarians behind on the spot.