392 retreat from this pilgrimage
The crossbowmen were in position under Zhang Long's command, waiting for the enemy to enter the best range.
The catapult team commanded by Zhao Hu did not stop, and the soldiers of the 3204th team were nervously preparing for the fourth round of projection.
The three rounds of mud balls that had been thrown just now, although they were not even two hundred, under the three rounds of the catapult's three volleys, even if there were no missed shots, the number of people and horses that hit them was only more than a hundred.
But those mud balls fell condescendingly and rapidly, and the shock felt by the rebel soldiers who watched their comrades fall one after another was immeasurable. Amid the screams of pain, hundreds of soldiers fell off their horses, and the horses that charged behind them stepped mercilessly on their corpses
At this time, the people in front want to stop but can't stop, but the people behind don't know what danger is in front of them.
It was only at this point that the vanguard commander finally realized that his troops had inadvertently broken into the wolf's den, so he immediately gave the order to retreat.
Immediately, the "whining" sound of the horn made of horns finally resounded throughout the army, and the rear team suddenly became the front team, and quickly retreated to the place where they had just charged; When the soldiers in front heard the call to retreat, they did not dare to breathe a sigh of relief, because they had already rushed to the city.
They even felt that the people on the city walls were looking at them with compassion, that life was within the range of the bow and arrow, and that they felt as small as ants at this time.
Seeing Duan Ruqi's vanguard retreat when he saw the opportunity, Su You frowned a little disappointedly, and immediately instructed Zhang Long,—— Don't expose the crossbow machine yet, let them leave quietly
Zhang Long thought so, and after a wave of his hand, Su You's guards all withdrew from the city wall.
In front of the Burmese Pass, Duan Ruqi's vanguard army retreated one after another, and these soldiers, who were still in high spirits half an hour ago, were eager to have a smooth road ahead at this moment, so that they could flee with all their might. But the desire and reality are always retreating, especially those who rushed to the front just now, after they turned their horses' heads at this moment, they couldn't lift their horses up in a short time.
But who is to blame for this?
When the autumn soldiers were on the battlefield, didn't they think that the east and west were just the things in the Duan family's pocket? Didn't they surprise that Lincang City could be captured and opportunistically scramble for the position in front of them in order to attack?
But now, the rebels have finally stepped on the first iron plate.
When they rush to the forefront, danger comes in front of them; When they fall behind, the danger behind is only a snap of a finger!
As if in response to the fear in the hearts of those rebel soldiers, Zhao Hu waved his big hand for the fourth time, and then the soldiers in control of the catapult released the switch on their hands one after another
Like cannonballs, the mud balls smashed down again into the rebels below the city.
"Run!" The last of the soldiers were horrified, and then only their mounts dragged their corpses into the retreating ranks.
In the chaos, Duan Ruqi's vanguard army finally withdrew from the range of catapults after leaving behind more than 200 corpses.
Watching the rebels in the distance regroup, Su You couldn't help but pout, and suddenly heard a thunderstorm in the sky, only to realize that he didn't know when the black clouds were pressing down on the city.
In October, the Central Plains has already entered winter, but there is no real winter in the land of Nanzhong, and even if it does rain, it seems that there is nothing strange about it.
After the heavy rain, the temperature will definitely drop, and then the situation of the rebels will be tragic.
After all, they had come from a long journey, and most of their rations had to be plundered from the conquered cities, and if they were to fight a protracted war, they would have to leave in disgrace
Listening to the thunder one after another, Su You couldn't help shouting, "It's thundering and raining to collect clothes!" ”
"Collect your clothes?" Peng Sheng, who was standing on the side, was immediately stunned and looked at Su You with some puzzlement.
Wang Dynasty and Ma Han didn't know if what Su You shouted just now was an order, anyway, they couldn't remember when they had washed their clothes, but this did not delay them from following Su You and leaving the city wall.
Although the vanguard of the rebels was already in the city at this time, after Su You gave them a slap in the face, there was nothing to worry about.
The flat land at the gate of the city is not open, no matter how many Duan Ruqi's army is, it is impossible to rush up, and Su You only used fifty taels of catapults just now to get the desired effect; In fact, more than 300 catapults have been built today.
When the enemy really attacked the city, the three hundred taels of catapults could even be set up in the city to strike a large area outside, and the rebels would definitely be impressed by this weapon of mass destruction.
Of course, Su You didn't want to really use all these catapults, in fact, he dared to occupy the Mianning Pass before Duan Ruqi's army arrived, and the task was completed, because the people who really wiped out the chaotic army should be the follow-up troops brought by Princess Biyun and General Zhenxi.
But when will they come?
When the rain poured down, the main force of the Duan Ruqi brothers finally rushed over; Obviously, Duan Ruqi had already received the bad news that the vanguard was drunk by Su You, and it was not good for him to criticize the leading troops of the vanguard at this time.
Thinking that the wish of "destroying this morning food" was difficult to achieve, Duan Ruqi had to order the soldiers to camp on the spot.
This rain lasted for half a day, and by the evening, Duan Ruqi's camp was still full of potholes, and many soldiers were soaking their clothes because of the slow pace of building the barracks.
This night was really sad for Duan Ruqi.
Su You waited for work in Lincang, and the small days were much more comfortable than Duan Ruqi, this kind of weather Duan Ruqi obviously could not attack the city, if you have to say that there may be an accident, that is, there will be Duan Ruqi's spies in the city, and it is possible that someone stole the city gate at night.
Of course, since Su You thought of this, this kind of accident could not have happened.
The soldiers of the 123rd team were the same as before, they should eat, drink, and sleep, while the soldiers of the 4th team continued to take turns to hold the city gate and patrol back and forth on the city wall, but whenever there was any trouble, they would report to Su You's residence as soon as possible.
Early the next morning, before even the sun had risen, Su You woke up from his dream by Peng Sheng's scream.
Su You rubbed his eyes, put on his pants and walked out of the bedroom while getting dressed, only to find that Peng Sheng was stopped by Wang Chao and Ma Han, but he was pacing back and forth.
Seeing Su You come out, Peng Sheng hurriedly stopped him, and said with a sigh of relief, "My envoy, you can get up."
"Peng Shoubei, if you don't sleep early in the morning, what are you going to do?" Su You yawned and immediately interrupted his nonsense.
"After I got up, I walked around the city wall, and I just saw the rebels lining up, they were about to attack the city," Peng Sheng also felt that he was at the end of the line, and hurriedly responded.
"That's right, then I'll wash my face first" Su You agreed indifferently, and then took the copper basin to catch the water.
"This" Peng Sheng didn't expect Su You to be so calm, and immediately followed his ass and followed him to wash his face, but after Su You washed his face, he went to the bathroom in a hurry
Peng Sheng really couldn't, so he had to go to the city gate first.
Su You didn't see Peng Sheng when he came out, but he heard the sound of shouting and killing coming from the direction of the city gate, and immediately didn't care about breakfast, and hurriedly walked out with Wang Dynasty Ma Han and more than ten guards.
The more you walked in the direction of the city gate, the more clearly the sound of killing became heard, and in less than half a moment, even Su You was integrated into the sound of killing.
As soon as Su You went to the city, Zhang Long, Zhao Hu, Zhao Man, and Zhang Mu surrounded them together and hurriedly asked for countermeasures.
Su You watched them coming, looked at Duan Ruqi's feint troops disapprenously, and asked without being shocked, "Have you all had breakfast?" ”
"This" people didn't think that Su You would ask such a question, and immediately looked at each other.
"What? They're just feints, so they're so scared that you don't even dare to eat breakfast? Su You Yingying smiled and immediately ordered, "Zhang Long and Zhao Hu, you each take half of the people down to eat; Zhao Man and Zhang Mu, your people should also eat first, there should be nothing to do with you in the past two days. Also, no one is allowed to leave the city without my orders! ”
Seeing that Su You was so confident, the others didn't have anything to say, and immediately said goodbye to Su You and left, but Peng Sheng came over again.
"Envoy, they're coming, what should we do?"
"The thunder is loud and the rain is small, so you want to fight and kill and shout all morning, right? Do you want to go into town for breakfast? We're going to have breakfast and play with them again, or are you here for a while? I didn't have breakfast either."
Peng Sheng really had nothing to say about this heartless envoy, but don't say it, when he looked at this Jiaoerlang as an envoy, he really had an illusion that the rebels outside the city would not be able to enter no matter what
But before Su You was about to turn around, he heard a louder shout of killing from the city again.
This time, it seems to be true.
Su You looked at the formation in front of him, and finally changed his hippie smile just now, and said to the herald beside him in a deep voice, "Pass my order, the catapult is ready, and attack when it enters the firing range; The crossbowmen are also ready, and when the time comes, they will be ordered to attack; Hot oil, rolling wood, all ready! ”
The heralds began to raise their banners at the soldiers on the city walls, and the leaders of the various squads said that they were ready.
Su You looked at the rebels who were about to move under the city, and he also became hideous, "I also make a big wish today, if I don't repel them, I won't eat breakfast!" ”
Although Su You's face was hideous at the moment, Peng Sheng felt that he was much cuter than just now.