Chapter 101: The Siege Begins
As the day approached, the rooster of a farmer's house in Jiaozhou City paced around his territory, intending to hang his throat as soon as the sun shone and remind the humans that it was time to get up and get to work. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
But before it could see the sun rise, it was frightened by the sound of loud drums coming from all directions.
Boom! Boom! Boom!!!
As soon as the drums sounded, the hearts of the soldiers and young men at the head of the city suddenly contracted, and they were about to attack the city.
"It's going to be a siege, it's really going to be a siege, it's going to be over, it's going to be over......"
Jiaozhou Zhizhou Sun Yongmin's legs trembled and couldn't stand anymore, he thought that he had borrowed soldiers from Lingshanwei and Fushan Qian, plus the young and strong people recruited in the city, it was not a problem to defend the city, and the traitor Liu Zheng wanted to break the city It was a dream, he despised those who could only escape, he felt that it was possible to defeat Liu Zheng in this battle, and he felt that the emperor would definitely give him a big official at that time.
It's a pity that when he really faced tens of thousands of neatly armored and well-armored troops with swords and guns, he knew that he was wrong, wrong and outrageously, this is not a bandit at all, this is a fucking army, a real army, more regular than the so-called regular army sent by the guard to defend the city.
Liu Yi, one hundred households around Sun Yongmin, was sent to Jiaozhou by Lingshanwei, of course, there was not only one hundred households in Liu Yi, but there were two others, but he was designated by the above, but at this time he was also afraid, but he also calmly comforted Sun Yongmin, after all, he was going to panic, and the army's heart could not be stabilized.
So he said: "Lord Zhizhou, don't be afraid, don't be afraid, don't look at the number of them, but they can't attack, we have archers, there are more than 1,300 archers, they can't come up!" ”
Archers are indeed the strongest troops defending the city in ancient times, but he forgot that the city wall of Jiaozhou is only more than two zhang high, how many are two zhang, according to the ruler in the hands of the carpenters of the Ming Dynasty today, one foot is equal to 31 centimeters, ten feet is one zhang, and two zhang is more than 6 meters.
How tall is 6 meters? For example, at the height of the floor on the third floor, think about how difficult it is to block an enemy who is several times larger than you and set up a ladder to attack the city.
1,300 archers are a lot, which can be dispersed to the city wall with a circumference of 16 miles, and there is only one archer at a distance of more than 6 meters.
At most, let these archers be the fire team, it is impossible to really disperse them for defense, but there are tens of thousands of enemies on three sides, even if you fight the fire, you can be saved.
With the sound of the drums, the attacking army under the city stopped two arrows away, the black pressure of the human head and countless cloud ladders, the guards on the head of the city were unstable, everyone was praying for the blessing of the gods and Buddhas, bless themselves not to die so quickly, and even many people have been prepared, and they will surrender immediately as soon as the bandits attack.
However, these people worked in vain, because Liu Zheng had already given the order not to accept the prisoners, and only the local young men could surrender.
The drums stopped, the footsteps of the people stopped, as if the wind that had been blowing had stopped, as if everything was still, but the sun rose at this moment, and the sun, which was slightly rising from the horizon, immediately scattered heat on the land.
This ray of sunlight seemed to be a switch, and something terrible was turned on at once, knock, the drum sounded, it became very rapid, the people moved, and in an instant the shouting of killing overshadowed the drum, breaking through the sky, and the people on the city wall suddenly saw sweat on their foreheads.
"Rush, ah, ah!!"
"Kill, ahhhh
"Kill, the lord has an order, the first to rush to the city will be rewarded with one hundred taels of silver, the first to rush to the city's battalion, and the whole battalion will be ten taels !!per person."
In order to boost morale and get a reward, the besiegers braved the arrows shot down from the city and carried the ladder to run desperately.
In order to defend the head of the city and survive, the people on the city wall desperately clenched the weapons in their hands, clinging to the rolling stones and sandalwood to death, waiting for a deadly attack on the enemies who clinged to the city wall.
Finally, the enemy braved the rain of arrows to rush to the moat, finally the enemy crossed the moat, and finally the enemy's ladder reached the city wall.
"Push away, push away those ladders, rolling stones, sassers, throw, throw, smash them all to death......"
The officers commanding the soldiers at the head of the city desperately called out to their subordinates.
"Kill, rush up and you'll have a hundred taels of silver, and you can marry a beautiful mother-in-law if you rush up, rush, don't be afraid, if you rush up, they'll be a chicken for you to slaughter!"
The officer who commanded the soldiers under the city walls took the lead in climbing the ladder.
At this moment, the precious life becomes worthless, from time to time there are people who overturn the ladder, from time to time people fall from the ladder, from time to time people are stoned to death by rolling stones and sassal wood, and even some people are splashed with boiling water and hot oil, lying on the ground and wailing for death, hell on earth is nothing more than that.
"Alas! Hell on earth is nothing more than that! ”
Liu Zheng stood not far away watching the offensive of the West Gate, only the guards of the guards battalion accompanied him, the guards Chu He and Liu Dazhu, who had been following him, had become brigade commanders, and the other guards had also become non-commissioned officers, and now the guards battalion was newly formed by veterans, and the two people who followed him at this time were Ma Ning of the old second battalion and Hu Hansan of the old left guard battalion.
Ma Ning was one of the first batch of refugees taken in by Liu Zheng, he was only 14 years old when he was taken in, and now he is seventeen years old, he is a young man, but he is still very young, and he blushes when he speaks.
Hu Hansan's real name is not called this, his real name is Hu San, he is a veteran of the old Left Guard Battalion, this person is more oily than Pan Feiyue, not only training oil, but also fighting more oil, if you can be lazy, you can be lazy, you can not rush to the front, you can even pretend to be dead, but after joining Liu Zheng's army, everything has changed.
It was Liu Zheng who made him change, Liu Zheng said when he was training with them, people don't live for themselves, but for others, living to show people these four words is a good interpretation, live a person, show it to those who look down on you!
From that day on, Hu San was like a changed person, his training became more active, and he no longer pretended to be dead in battle, and when he saw that the money was penniless in his hand, and when he saw Tian Hongda, Pan Feiyue, and even Jia Wenxiong and Pang Goudan all climbed to a high position, the word hope appeared in his heart again.
When he shouted in the martial arts arena that I Hu San came back to life again, Liu Zheng smiled and changed his name, he remembered that Liu Zheng said that Hu San was not imposing enough, he should be called Hu Hansan, you see, you shouted loudly, I Hu Hansan is back again, do you feel very imposing, is it very energetic, is it very emotional.
Although Hu San didn't think it was imposing, and he didn't understand what it meant to be emotional, he changed his name to Hu Hansan from that day on, and he also had a verbal sentence: "I, Hu Hansan, are back again!" ”
Hu Hansan was a member of the 17th Battalion, he was injured when he fought Shouguang, but he killed a lot of people that day, a veteran, a veteran who had been a soldier for seven or eight years, that day was the first time he killed someone, and he not only vomited a lot that day, but also got the approval of his brothers.
After he recovered from his injuries, the original army had been reorganized, and he had no place to go, and he was thrown into the guard camp by Qin Haiqing, who was in charge of the restructuring at the time, so he became Liu Zheng's personal guard.
Hearing Liu Zheng's words, Ma Ning was too shy and just stood silently, but Hu Hansan was different, although he had changed his temperament, he was an old oilman after all, and he didn't have so much awe for the chief or something.
Hearing Liu Zheng's words, Hu Hansan said with a smile: "Lord, where is this, I was with the border back then......"
Before he could finish speaking, Liu Zheng interrupted him and said, "Okay, don't brag with me, what are you like with the border pass, you don't know yourself?" Besides, when you were at the border, you were dealing with the Mongol cavalry who were fighting in the grass valley, and they didn't attack the city! ”
"Hey, hey!" Hu Hansan, who was exposed, was not embarrassed, and said happily: "What are you, my lord, what are your eyes like torches!" ”
Suddenly, at this time, Ma Ning interjected: "That's called a torch!" ”
"Huh!" Hu Hansan was slightly stunned, and then said hatefully: "Ma Ning, you fucking bully Lao Tzu is a big boss!" ”
"Okay, you two don't quarrel, your brother is fighting hard in front, you are poor in the back, do you feel like you are going to be in your heart?"
Liu Zheng scolded and set his eyes on Ximen again.
Hu Hansan's eyes darkened slightly, and then he said with a resolute face: "Lord, give me a company, I will lead people to kill, if I am the first to climb the city, I don't want the lord's reward, you build a house for my family business, if I die, please the lord can read it in ......"
"Alright, shut up! Your mission is to keep me safe, not to siege the city, and to have a chance to kill the enemy in the future! ”
Reprimanded again, Liu Zheng took a serious look at the form of Ximen, to be honest, he was also the first time to see what it was like to attack the city with ants, although he had fought Shouguang before, but it was night at the time, and he couldn't see it clearly, after the fight, he only saw the casualty figures from the statistician, and looking at the numbers on paper, it was better to see the shock with his own eyes.
Watching the soldiers climb up the ladder without fear, but the rolling stones and sassalwood fell down from the ladder and did not know whether they were alive or dead, and watching the soldiers brave the rolling stones and sassalwood to climb to the top of the city but were dismembered by a knife, Liu Zheng felt as if his heart was caught.
After half an hour, Qin Haiqing ordered people to sing gold not far from the west gate, Liu Zheng knew that this was just a tentative attack, and the attacking troops were only three regiments, but he didn't know that these three regiments died in half an hour.
When the soldiers defending the city heard the enemy's gold, they all breathed a sigh of relief, happily thinking that they had survived.
Just as they were celebrating that they were still alive, a few hundred more people came out of the enemy's phalanx, and this action made their nerves tense again.
Suddenly, a general banner shouted: "Don't panic, everyone, they are not here to attack the city, they are here to collect the corpses, tell the archers not to shoot arrows!" ”
In Qin Haiqing's temporary headquarters, a regiment commander dressed and covered in blood was half-kneeling on the ground, crying and begging in a hoarse voice: "Division commander, give our regiment another chance, give us a chance to avenge the dead brothers, otherwise I won't have the face to see my brothers when I go back!" ”
Three regiments attacked the city, and two regiment commanders died at once, which made Qin Haiqing feel distressed, this was just a temptation, I didn't expect the people above to defend the city to be so resolute, and the troops were driven down several times when they attacked the city.
stood up, walked from behind the handsome case to the bloodied regiment commander, gently patted him on the shoulder and said: "Your regiment is tired, let them rest, but I will give you a chance, let you avenge the dead brothers, the next siege, you follow the other regiments, but you are the only one in your regiment!" (To be continued.) )