Chapter XXXVII
The sky was already bright, the Pingzhou army had eaten war meals, and the military horses had eaten forage and assembled. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info except for a battalion of soldiers guarding here, all the staff are ready to break the siege. Wu Kui was just about to leave to remember something, a row of heads, called a captive, asked them how they came, he knew that there was a big river in the middle from Jilin to this side, the captive trembled with fear, and told him tremblingly, the river with a small boat frame pontoon bridge.
Wu Kui ordered a regiment of soldiers and a company of mine-throwers to put on the uniforms of Buyeo as the first step, and the rest of the soldiers followed. In the end, it was the battalion of soldiers who took the prisoners and marched on foot towards Jilin City.
The troops pushed forward quickly, a total of about 20 miles, and in half an hour, the troops in front had already seen the pontoon bridge lying across the river, and the pontoon bridge swayed gently on the river surface, not wide, and the war horses could not pass in parallel. There were a few soldiers guarding the bridge, and the Pingzhou soldiers marched forward, and those soldiers raised their eyes and shouted something, but no one understood. The regiment leader's surname was Jin, and when the regiment leader Jin saw it, it was the key to quickly control the bridge now. At the sound of an order, he quickly crossed the bridge, ignoring what the soldiers who had left the rest of the country shouting.
The soldiers ignored and did not stop them, and saw that their horses were on the bridge one by one, and they did not dare to run fast when they got on the bridge, and the bridge was about a mile long, and after a long time, Commander Jin saw that a horse had come to the opposite shore. After a while, there were about 20 people ashore, including a few mine-throwers. He turned around, called a few soldiers, and surrounded a few soldiers on the bridge, who saw that the situation was not right, and that resistance was just a dead end, and they all knelt down obediently and were tied up.
Captain Jin no longer hesitated, hit the horse and went to the bridge, although the horse did not dare to run fast, but under his constant urging, it was still faster than others. When he arrived on the other side, someone came to report that the soldiers on the shore were looking at them suspiciously, and had not taken any action, presumably waiting for some orders.
Regimental Commander Jin ordered to rush to the shore as soon as possible, and now a platoon of mine-throwing soldiers has already come, and Commander Jin's troops have also come over a company. Captain Jin settled down in his heart, and it seemed that he could hold the bridge.
Some soldiers came to ask, but no one understood, and no one paid attention to him. The soldier had a sharp beak and monkey cheeks, looking extremely shrewd, shouted two sentences, saw that everyone else was just looking at him, did not react, immediately realized that something was wrong, and ran away.
Commander Jin said: "The thunder throwers are ready to change their clothes, change out of their spare clothes, and wear all plate armor, and if there are many enemies, you will open first." If there are not many, there will be archers to open. ”
With the arrangement of Commander Jin, the thunder throwers on the left and the archers on the right have all changed their clothes, in fact, it is not difficult, it is enough to take off the military uniform of Fuyu outside the armor and put on a helmet.
The enemy hasn't arrived yet, maybe the letter that reported that the soldier was too big and needed to be approved at all levels, and Regiment Commander Jin actually waited for all his team. Don't you know that the battlefield will change randomly, and asking for instructions on everything is going to be bad.
Just when the head of the Jin regiment was proud, a large group of Buyeo cavalry came from the opposite side, about 1,000 people. The Jin regiment was overjoyed and ordered his cavalry to line up, seeing that the platoon of soldiers on the opposite side was 120 paces away from his formation, and had already entered the killing range of the bow and arrow. He drew his bow and arrow, and with a whoosh he pointed it at one of the most splendid officers in the band, and the arrow flew out to the throat of the man, who fell from his horse. At the same time, the arrows on this side flew like rain, and the soldiers on the opposite side fell off their horses one after another. The soldiers on the opposite side also began to shoot arrows, and they basically couldn't reach people, and they could fly 70 paces at that distance.
The Pingzhou army took advantage of this advantage, and the rain of arrows became more dense, and there were more and more people on the opposite side.
When the head of the Jin regiment saw that the time had come, he shouted and urged the horse forward, and the bow and arrow in his hand did not stop, and the people on the opposite side found that even if they were shot, it was of little use, because the arrows that hit the Pingzhou army were basically missed, and they fell to the ground one after another.
The Pingzhou army became more and more bold, the horses ran faster, and from time to time there were arrows from the horses, but the enemy on the opposite side had already begun to turn around, catch up with him, and kill him. The bows and arrows were scarce, and each one picked up the spear hanging from the stirrup, and rushed forward with it held flat. The spear is very powerful by the gallop of the horse, and the enemy on the opposite side is pierced by a single shot, and the spear is drawn out by the gallop of the horse. The rest, seeing the majesty of the Pingzhou army, their faces were like ashes, they shouted and fled in all directions.
Commander Jin didn't chase after him, he wanted to escort the army across the bridge, and now it is right to guard the bridge. Just as he was fighting in Buyeo, Wu Kui's brigade had already arrived at the bridge, and Wu Kui saw when he was going to cross the bridge, and on the one hand, he sent people to cut down wood and make rafts, and brought the surplus horses to the other side. There are still a lot of good things, and a few rafts were made quickly, although it was impossible to bring the horses over, it was still very fast to bring people, and the war horses and pack horses all rushed across the river from the pontoon bridge, and they were busy until noon, and Wu Kui's brigade crossed the river. The last prisoners of war will not cross the river first, and everything will be considered when they are settled here.
Wu Kui looked at the Jilin city wall in front of him, the city wall was built at the foot of the mountain, it was actually round, or ring-shaped, because there was a big river to the west, and the city wall was blue-gray like Xianwu City, obviously plastered with cement. Outside the city walls, the soldiers of the remnants of the army were encamped far away, it seems that there is no siege today, maybe they are waiting for the opportunity. I didn't see anyone attacking this side, and the corpses of those soldiers just now were underground.
Wu Kui ordered the camp to be set up on the south side of the mountain, with the Jilin city wall on the left and the river on the back, and set up the camp. At the same time as setting up camp, he sent the head of King Kong into the city to get in touch with Li Xiaowu and inquire about the latest battle situation.
Because the enemy army did not attack the city today, King Kong easily entered the city, Li Xiaowu saw King Kong coming, happily stepped forward to hug him, and laughed: "Our reinforcements have arrived, our reinforcements have arrived." When the soldiers defending the city learned of this, they rushed to tell each other, and their morale was greatly boosted.
King Kong brought Wu Kui's request to Li Xiaowu to solve the problem of grain, grass and weapons, because Wu Kui didn't carry much for speed. Li Xiaowu has a lot of food, he can't eat it all in a few years, and he has a lot of weapons, of course, he has nothing to say, so he immediately arranged for someone to go down to prepare. Later, King Kong asked about the war again, and Li Xiaowu introduced that there were a total of 20,000 people in Buyeo, and according to the prisoners they captured, they said that this was the first batch, and the people behind were now on the way. On the first day of his arrival, he attacked the city, and attacked the eastern, southern, and northern cities at the same time, resulting in the loss of troops. Of course, Li Xiaowu had to defend the city, and he didn't have the extra strength to go out and attack. So now the two sides are consuming each other across the city, waiting for reinforcements. King Kong also talked about the battle on the road, the deployment of General Wu Kui, and hoped that one city and one outside the city would support each other. Now the enemy army has lost a lot, and it is estimated that the total strength is only about 15,000, so let's see if we can attack together to destroy them.
Li Xiaowu shook his head and said, "They saw that it was very difficult to beat us, so they immediately retreated, and the camp was very solid. The bulk of the army was on the mountain, and there were only a few thousand mobile troops below. If they're just defensive, there's nothing they can do for a while. However, if it is consumed, we have enough grain and grass here, and they all take mountain roads to transport grain, which is very difficult. If the confrontation continues for a long time, they will be consumed. ”
The two chatted about the coordination of how the two sides jointly commanded, and finally Li Xiaowu gave King Kong a banquet, and then sent someone to protect the guardian King Kong and grain and grass weapons and gave them to Wu Kui.
Wu Kui was overjoyed when he got the grain and grass weapons, and studied the soldiers of Fuyu to find their flaws. Suddenly it rained, and both sides had no intention of going to war, hoping for a sunny day every day. Maybe it's almost autumn, and the river is so swollen that even the pontoon bridge has washed away. Wu Kui couldn't cry or laugh, so he had to collect the boats with Li Xiaowu, so that he could make a pontoon bridge and wait for the arrival of the army.
The rain was heavy day by day, and it actually rained for five or six days in a row, and what was even worse was that the reinforcements from Buben Buyu arrived, and according to the spies, there are now almost 30,000 people.
When the sky finally cleared, the man sent by Li Xiaowu to collect the boats returned down the river, bringing news that surprised everyone. In this place, he privately sent people to collect grain in various villages, and some of the leaders were still in the villages below, killing people and setting fires, and doing all kinds of evil. Several villages have been looted, and the people in the villages have been destroyed.
Li Xiaowu and Wu Kui are both ashamed and hateful, ashamed that they did not protect the villagers, and hated these pawns to help these garbage. Wu Kui was furious, cut off all the captives captured by his subordinates, threw his head to the front of the position that the rest of the pawn Buyeo people could see, and left a letter. Warning the commander of Buyeo not to harm the people for no reason. Then, Wu Kui entered Jilin City and discussed with Li Xiaowu how to fight. The two discussed making an appointment with Bumoto Buyeo first, at least now Bumoto Buyeo would not think that his strength was very weak, and it was very likely that he would fight.
The two of them repaired a letter and sent someone to the military camp in Buyeo, inviting them to fight in the east of the city tomorrow. The king of Buyeo, Gao Zhili, is now holding the letter, reading and reading, and thinking in his heart that now there are nearly 50,000 people here, and it is a big trouble just to grab grain and transport grain. More than 1,000 captives have been beheaded today, and their bodies are lying on the ground. Revenge alone is still a trivial matter, and now those who go out to collect grain are accidentally ambushed. They are all Buyeo people, but they don't understand that they are here to save them. Gao Shili sighed, people, it seems that the change of heart is the fastest. They don't understand themselves at all, they don't understand that they suffer a little today, and they will no longer be bullied by the people of Pingzhou in the future. Gao Zhili scolded in his heart, these fools are only worthy of being slaves.
Gao Zhili remembered that walking from the domestic city to this place was full of mountain roads, rugged and difficult to walk, and more than half of the current grain had to be eaten by the grain transporters. Seeing that the autumn harvest is imminent, if the grain transporters and those who fight wars are consumed here, I am afraid that the food problem will become a big problem. The Pingzhou army and horses relied on this tall city, and the siege was only for death, and it was absolutely impossible to defeat it without losing tens of thousands of people. Now that they are willing to go out of the city to fight, of course they must seize this opportunity and solve them in a battle.
Gao Zhili personally wrote a reply letter and asked the messenger to bring it back, and agreed that the war would start tomorrow in the east of the city.