Chapter 60: Unplanned
Shi Qingyun deserved to be the lord of a village, and soon ordered people to repair the fortifications, and at the same time pull the crossbow to prevent the official army from suddenly attacking the city.
The scorching sun was a little dazzling, and the sunlight was somewhat unfavorable to the officers and soldiers, and the dazzling sunlight was shining directly on the faces of the officers and soldiers. The soldiers and horses of Shangjun County had to hold their heads up when they wanted to attack the city, and the sun was dazzling, piercing their eyes, so that they could not open their eyes when they were attacking the city.
It's a pity that Chen Hu didn't notice this detail, the terrain is also unfavorable to the official army, the Qingyun Walled City is strong, and there are all kinds of weapons to defend the city, if the official army attacks the city, it will definitely suffer heavy casualties.
The deputy owner of the Liu family approached Chen Hu and said, "General! The enemy is repairing the fortifications, and if we don't seize the opportunity to attack the city, I am afraid that we will let these grass robbers relieve themselves and defend the city, and then it will be much more difficult to attack the city again. β
Shortly after Liu Shanquan's death, the Liu family was temporarily ruled by the deputy owner.
It's just that with his prestige, it is difficult to succeed to the position of the head of the Liu family, so he took the initiative to ask for war, if he can capture Qingyunzhai with the official army, he also has the foundation of the upper position, at this time, seeing the bandits constantly repairing the fortifications, his expression became a little anxious.
"No!" Wang Biao rode his horse to Chen Hu's side, and hurriedly said: "Our army came from afar, and experienced another battle, the soldiers were tired, and the scorching sun was in the sky, and the soldiers' physical strength was exhausted, and attacking the city at this time would only be counterproductive. It is better to wait for the soldiers to recuperate before launching an attack. β
Chen Hu frowned and looked at the fortifications of Qingyun Village, gritted his teeth, and shouted: "Soldiers, listen to orders!" Take this Qingyun Village, and I will reward you with ten taels of silver! β
With Chen Hu's words, the officers and soldiers of Shangjun County began to arrange their troops, and the heavy weapons of the siege slowly pushed up, and concentrated their forces to kill Qingyun Village.
Wang Biao's face darkened, and he had to sigh.
Shi Qingyun condescendingly watched the officers and soldiers attacking the city from the city tower, Rao is Qingyun Village has a rich family background, and there is a heavy crossbow to defend the city, but when he saw the menacing officers and soldiers, he was still a little worried.
Chen Hu still has some ability, and he didn't send all the soldiers and horses to rush up, first let those guards under the command of the owner take the lead, which was used to wear down the opponent's weapons to defend the city, and these owners were forced to send their own villagers to attack the city.
At the same time, Chen Hu ordered the rear army to build a camp, erect a fence to prevent horses, and to prevent cavalry from charging horses and spikes. And arranged for these owners and Jianghu heroes to take turns to fight, intending to use these cannon fodder to consume the city-defending weapons of Qingyun Village.
However, Chen Hu was still naΓ―ve, Qingyunzhai did not take these Zhuangke guards in his eyes, Shi Qingyun ordered the archers to aim and shoot, effectively preventing the enemy from attacking the city, and even the rolling wood and stones were not used, not to mention the big killing weapons such as Jintang and heavy machine crossbows.
The battle ahead was stalemate, and in Su Yi's room, several people were whispering around him.
Outside the room, there are fifty whelms of the high black tiger guarding, everyone knows that Su Yi has just been attacked by a sneak attack, and it is not strange to discharge this battle, after all, this kind of thing will not be easy no matter who it happens, if it were them, I am afraid that the reaction would be even more fierce than Su Yi.
Not only that, the three hundred sword and shield soldiers of Peach Blossom Village have also been patrolling Su Yi's residence, although the bandits of Qingyun Village are angry, but they are the first to lose, and they can only be helpless.
"Stinky thief, what's next?" Cheng Lin said worriedly.
Su Yi said lightly: "With this sneak attack, Shi Qingyun doesn't dare to let me charge for him anymore, as their cannon fodder, all we have to do is sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight!" β
Although everyone doesn't know what cannon fodder is, they can guess the general meaning.
Cheng Lin was still not at ease, and continued to ask: "Do you say that Shi Qingyun will know that this matter was planned by us?" β
"Don't worry." Liu Shisan, who had been gloomy, said: "That arrow was stolen by me when I was drinking with Shi Qingyun, they are not so easy to find, not to mention that now that the officers and soldiers are attacking the city, Qingyunzhai has no time to pay attention to this kind of thing." β
The official army's encirclement and suppression of Qingyunzhai was planned by Su Yi, with the killing of Liu Shanquan, and at the end of the year, the bandits in the vertical and horizontal mountains robbed everywhere, and the relationship between the powerful forces in Shangjun County and them was also on the same page, and the contradiction was about to break out.
Xu Da also wanted to give an explanation to the state and county, so he chose to use Qingyunzhai to establish his authority.
This war has developed to such a point, and Su Yi didn't expect that Qingyunzhai would be able to find so many bandit leaders to help him. Although he didn't want the officers and soldiers to completely exterminate Qingyun Village, once Qingyun Village was destroyed, the enthusiasm for suppressing bandits in Shangjun County would be higher, and Xu Da and Chen Hu would definitely continue to send troops to encircle and suppress bandits and bandits for the sake of their careers.
And those village owners will continue to recruit Zhuang Ke and Jianghu rangers to participate in the suppression of bandits, so that Su Yi's Peach Blossom Village will also be more dangerous, and maybe one day it will be surrounded and suppressed by the official army.
When these local heroes taste the sweetness of suppressing bandits, the vertical and horizontal mountains will never be peaceful, and Su Yi's arms trade is no longer a strange commodity to live in, these powerful forces can rely on the official army, participate in the suppression of bandits, and obtain elite weapons and armor.
But he didn't want Qingyunzhai to repel the imperial court soldiers and horses, Qingyunzhai besieged Taohuazhai before, and the hatred between each other was not a word of reconciliation that could be diluted, if Qingyunzhai could kill the retired officers and soldiers, and even the 30,000 soldiers and horses sent by Shangjun County all died in the vertical and horizontal mountains, then the strength of Shangjun County would be greatly reduced.
Without the containment of the local heroes and the government, these bandits and robbers will be even more unscrupulous, and even the bold will attack the county seat, and then the vertical and horizontal mountains will become the first base for rebellion.
Once that situation occurs, even if the vertical and horizontal mountains are intricate, the imperial court will have to take action to sweep away the bandits inside, which is also not conducive to the subsequent development of Taohuazhai.
The siege has reached the point of white heat, and the official army wants to occupy the Qingyun Walled City Tower before dark, and constantly sends troops to attack in turn. And the bandits who came to the aid of Qingyun Village also took action, blood splashed in front of Qingyun Village, and the besieging side and the defender suffered heavy losses.
Once again, he repelled the siege of the official army, and Xiong Tingbi, who was covered in blood, shouted loudly: "Lord Shizhai, the official army has traveled a long distance and fought repeatedly, and their physical strength is huge, how about we take the opportunity to kill and go down the mountain?" β
Shi Qingyun looked at the officers and soldiers under the city with a solemn expression, the soldiers and horses in Shangjun County were exposed to the scorching sun, and when they attacked the city, they faced the dazzling sun, and the battle was extremely difficult.
In case the county adds soldiers and horses, the officials and troops of the imperial court will realize the trend of encircling Qingyunzhai, and when Qingyunzhai is cut off from water and food, I am afraid that it will cause a mutiny.
"Good!" Shi Qingyun slapped the city wall, wiped the blood on his face, and shouted: "Taking advantage of the exhaustion of the enemy's soldiers and horses, we will kill them down the mountain and take them by surprise." β
At the same time, he secretly said in his heart, the soldiers and horses in Shangjun County are all rabble, and the only advantage is those ballistas and siege vehicles, if you go out of the city to fight, as long as you can break those shield soldiers of the imperial court, this war is completely one-sided slaughter.
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