Chapter 177: The Military Song is Loud, and the Night Attack on the Camp (Happy New Year)
The sun is rising, the light returns to the world, illuminating all things in the world, it seems to be vibrant, in this morning light, it should be the time for farmers to get up and go out to the field, but in this Yangqu County, it seems extremely depressed. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Since the place where the ancient city was built, unless it was used as a special fortress pass, it must be located in the plain, built on the river, so the closer to the city, the more fertile the farmland, but at present, in Yangqu City, no one dares to go out of the city to work, let the land be abandoned and ignored.
Today is already the twentieth day of the siege of the thief army outside the city, and the reinforcements of the imperial court have not moved at all, and the thief army has firmly surrounded the city, and there are few soldiers in the city, so naturally they cannot communicate with the outside of the city smoothly, and they are almost blind to the situation outside the city, and they are completely unaware.
"Eh, the thief army is becoming more and more rampant, and now it is screaming constantly in the early morning, and it can make rice in a pot, which obviously shows that its morale is high and there is enough food and grass." You Renlong rarely went up to the city wall today, and saw the soldiers who began to gather in the big tent of the beggar army to sing loud military songs, and there was the cavalry army's routine galloping training, and he was suddenly depressed.
He only said to Wang Kefan, a garrison officer beside him, and listened to the neat and loud singing below, and seemed to be a little puzzled and said, "Among the thieves, there must be a master, I heard this song, although it is called vulgar, usually only prostitutes are willing to cover it, but it is popular and easy to understand, and it can most impress this group of uninformed peasants." ”
Wang Kefan accompanied the smiling face, and at this moment he heard the words in his ears, "Unity is strength, this power is ......" and he was also surprised in his heart, since ancient times, in the army, there are only a few military songs that are suitable for ordinary sergeants to sing and can be so superficial and easy to understand, this thief is really powerful.
"General, this thief army is quite different from what we fought in the past!" Wang Kefan asked himself and You Shilu to fight in the south and north, across the battlefield, but he had never seen such an army, it was obviously a group of rabble, although there were some firearms and war horses, but after all, most of them were ordinary peasants, why are they called thieves in other places, and if they go into battle a little, they will collapse when they encounter the official army.
And this time, his own family is close to seven or eight hundred elite families, and he can't completely defeat this thief, which is really unacceptable to him, not to mention the elite of seven or eight hundred cavalry troops, that is, his own army is led alone, there are about two hundred people, he dares to attack thousands of thieves, and without exception, all of them have won a big victory, only this thief army, can still repeatedly tug of war, really he can't understand.
At present, this thief army is not only besieging the city for half a month, but also the familiar banners have been called and transferred away, supplemented by batches of people who have been found from nowhere, and there are still seven or eight thousand people, but it is too underestimated, this thief army, actually regards Yangqu as a training place for recruits? Dare to tease your own home?
But this thought, also called an instant break, You Renlong is not a wasted person, as the son of the tiger general Shanxi General You Shilu, he can be regarded as a family of generals, proficient in martial arts since childhood, naturally will not give up such a rare opportunity, only said, "The main force of the thief army has left, tonight it will be called to empty the south gate to block, out of the city to rob the camp." ”
In this way, three minutes at night, took the people to dredge the south gate, personally ordered four hundred elite cavalry, and attacked the camp of the thief army in the middle of the night, but where is Li Jing a good match, although he has been sending the main elite around him, and began to attack the counties one after another, and temporarily recruited the people, distributed the land, and asked all over the country to select and send strong adult men to serve, so that the speed of three or five hundred people a day began to rotate the main force of the Yangqu army.
Almost all of the recruits who came in to replenish were recruits who had never seen blood, and some had not even undergone a day's training, but Li Jing naturally had the defensive tricks learned by later generations, although he had an absolute advantage in troops, but after all, the officers and soldiers were more elite, and if they attacked secretly, I am afraid that they would be difficult to resist for a while.
Therefore, they built a large number of buildings around the camp tents, relying on their own soldiers to have enough food, and dug more than a dozen trenches inside and out, and it was useless for these peasants to go into battle to fight, but they were told to build a defensive line, and there was enough money and food to ensure that each was in full swing, and the four battalions alone dug three long soil pits around the camp, and there were many iron nails and bamboo spear tips in them.
Only open a road at the key intersection for entry and exit, anyway, there are not many soldiers and horses in the city to fight, and they are not afraid of being attacked when they leave the camp, and after each road, set up more earthen walls and mounds to occupy the commanding heights, once there are people and horses sneak attack, you only need to occupy the left and right high walls with a small force, and shoot them with bows and crossbows and firearms, so that the attacking soldiers and horses can be repulsed.
Therefore, the so-called elite of the robbery camp led by You Renlong himself could not get close to the main tent of the big camp in the south at all, and as soon as they left the city, they called the scouts to find out and notified the big camp behind them in time.
The pro-guard battalion called Li Jing was used as a strategic duty force in later generations, and everyone immediately put on armor to fight, and the torches were extinguished in the battalion, so that the officers and soldiers could not distinguish the direction, and the soldiers stationed near the earthen wall immediately held on to the spot under the leadership of their respective platoons and commanders, and the military law team was on guard everywhere, daring to take the opportunity to roar and run around the camp, and immediately applied military law.
Li Jing got the news and went out of the camp, listening to the unknown number of cavalry rushing to the camp, he just sneered, and ordered the left and right battalions to strictly guard the camp, not to send troops at will, and took his relatives to the earthen wall, according to his own night vision, he suddenly noticed the attacking officer and army horse team, but unfortunately they were attacking at night, and after they did not enter the camp tent, they did not dare to light a fire at all, so they could only discredit and advance.
But the people of this era, night blindness is serious, originally relying on the fire of Li Jing's camp to guide the way, but at this moment it suddenly went dark, everyone is shocked in their hearts, and they are at a loss for a while, but the troops who can sneak attack are rigorous and can only follow the main general all the way forward, You Renlong is already in a dilemma at this moment, seeing that Li Jing's department is heavily guarded, he has been prepared, but in order to prevent morale.
Can only force the impact for a while, suddenly fell into the trench pit that had been prepared for them a long time ago, the person who fell turned on his back, the front seven or eight horsemen with people and horses, all fell into the pit, shouted a burst of screams, and was frightened by the angry shouts from all sides, only under the blow of the firearm bow and crossbow shot from all directions, the morale of the army suddenly plummeted, and the panic barely gathered in the array, but could not distinguish the road, especially the dragon was angry, but unfortunately could not, only to blow the trumpet to retreat.
It's a pity that he is unwilling after all, you must know that the sneak attack on its main formation is not successful, but there are other ways, that is, to attack other reinforcements along the way, only to defeat all the way, drive them to flee back to the camp, and then rush to kill can also break the camp, but unfortunately after going back and forth to the city for a week, I saw that the lights of the camps of the thieves were extinguished, and I vaguely saw that there seemed to be crossbowmen on guard on the earthen wall, and there was no way to do it again.
can only retreat all the way to the south gate, like a lost dog fled back to the city, that is, under the command of Li Jing, there are not many elites, and the night battle is not good, otherwise he would not have been told to only drop twenty or so horses, and then retreat to the city safely...... (To be continued.) )