The security guards were talking, and the prisoners who had completed the earthwork received the wotou and pickles. When you put the pickles in your mouth and suck them, you feel the taste of salt, and some thieves can't help but shed tears. The blockade of the official army left the thieves with a great shortage of supplies. Many people have not been paid for salt for many days. After eating a nest, the captives quickly returned to the construction site, and they had to earn more nests so that they would not go hungry for the rest of their lives. For a while, the construction site was in full swing. Zhang Chu was very satisfied, and specially asked someone to send porridge without a few grains of rice, so that the captives could drink it casually.

The work enthusiasm of the captives was high, and the half-day work project was basically completed, Zhang Chu was afraid of being tired and forced to stop the work before dark, and each person was given a nest head as a reward, and the captives would work all night.

The captives held the nests and pickles in their arms and felt a lot more at ease. You don't have to be cannon fodder to die, as long as you dig the soil, you can have food, how good it would be if you could live every day like this.

After the stoppage, the prisoners were gathered together, and the soldiers of the security forces guarded them with muskets in hand, and there were brave captives and soldiers guarding them, and they inquired about the situation of the security forces. The soldiers of the security army were also kind, and answered their questions without saying a word. When they heard that the soldiers' salaries were still being paid on time, most of the captives thought that the soldiers were bragging. The fighters just laughed and did not argue with them.

When it was time to start the meal, the cooking squad brought fragrant meals, and some of the soldiers received the meals and ate them. The captives couldn't help but say to the soldiers guarding them: "Why don't you go to eat, we won't run away, and when we go to dinner, there will be no dinner." ”

The soldier smiled: "You don't have to worry about this, the security army is full for three meals a day, and there is no time when there is not enough to eat." ”

"Three meals a day, you eat three meals a day, how can a person eat three meals a day." The captives felt unbelievable.

"Three meals a day, of course. When I used to be at home, I used to eat two meals a day, but after joining the security army, our commander said that soldiers need to train, fight, and need nutrition, and they must eat three meals a day, but now the soldiers of the security army eat three meals a day. The warrior said proudly.

The captives fell silent.

The soldier returned to his post after eating, and the prisoner came over again. Cautiously asked, "Big brother, do you think I can join your security army?" ”

"The security army is not something that anyone can join if they want to, they have to go through layers of selection, and only the best can join." The warrior said, looking at the captive.

"How do you choose? What I have as a person is strength. "The captives were tall and tall, but they were so hungry that they were skinny and bones, much like a bamboo pole.

"It's good to have strength, as long as you have more strength than others, run fast or be flexible. We'll be replenishing the team after the battle, so maybe you might have a chance. Go and rest, I have to work tomorrow. The warrior ended the conversation and stood solemnly at his post.

The captive retreated into the group of captives, and the other captives leaned over and whispered questions about their conversation. After some conversation, many of the captives had new ideals of life.

Every two mornings, the soldiers did not participate in the construction of the fortifications, and waited for the arrival of the thief brigade, and the captives began to dig frantically to dig more soil to get more nests, and each captive had happiness at his fingertips. What Wang Jiayin saw was these people who were digging frantically for the nest.

At noon, Wang Jiayin led the thieves to gather in front of Zhang Chu's camp, and reality did not allow him to spend too much time preparing. Zhang Chu's camp is constantly being reinforced, and more than 20,000 people gather here, and the huge consumption of materials is a problem, and it is necessary to prevent other officers and soldiers from rushing over to form an encirclement with Zhang Chu, mainly because Wang Jiayin can't see that Zhang Chu can resist his 20,000 attacks with 3,000 people.

The old and weak of the battalion were concentrated in front of the battle, which was the usual tactic for several years, and the thieves would encircle a large number of hungry people everywhere, and these hungry people would be used as cannon fodder to fight in the front when attacking. Today, as it is the case, two thousand old and weak men have neither weapons nor armor, and they have a cloth bag full of dirt, and they rush up and pour the soil into the trench of the security guards, and their task is completed, and then they can run back, and they will receive a piece of bread in the back as payment. Everyone understands that many of them will bury themselves in the trenches, and only a few will return.

Wang Jiayin learned the lesson that the adjutant general's team was defeated by Zhang Chu's artillery, and two thousand archers were arranged behind the old and weak, lined up in a row to wait with their bows, as a supervising team, and those who dared to retreat would be killed.

The drums of the attack sounded, and the three thousand old and weak people walked towards the trench with numb expressions, life and death have been handed over to heaven, and there is not much difference between starving to death and being beaten to death. When the thieves just entered the range of the artillery, the artillery battalion opened fire under the order of the commander, and the sound of the artillery came, and the attacking team was ploughed out of the bloody passage, and the thieves were already numb to this, and continued to advance towards the trench unmoved.

The security forces also seemed to have lost confidence in stopping their attack, and more of their artillery fire was turned to the archers who were the overseers, and the ranks of the archers suffered heavy casualties, and there were signs of collapse, and Wang Jiayin sent his own soldiers to stabilize their positions after slashing and killing a few archers who had fled timidly.

Wang Jiayin is still very satisfied with the overall offensive situation, and it seems that Zhang Chu's magic weapon for victory will not work.

The cannon fodder of the thieves rushed forward regardless of casualties, and finally walked to the wooden stakes set up by the security army, they were helpless in the face of these wooden stakes, the wooden stakes were buried deep in the ground, they could not be pushed down, they could not be pulled out, the wooden stakes were connected with strong wires, the steel wires were hung with barbs, they couldn't climb and pull continuously, the thieves gathered together in front of the wooden stakes, the security forces did not give them much time to respond, the rows of security soldiers behind the low wall in the trench stood up, the muskets in their hands pointed at the thieves in front of the wooden stakes, and the gunshots rang out like popping beans, Lead bullets hit the thieves in front of the barbed wire, knocking them to the ground, the continuous gunfire will be the charging cannon fodder from the crowd layer by layer, after six rounds of continuous fire by a thousand musketeers of the security army, the formation of the cannon fodder troops has become thin, only more than 1,000 people are left there to advance can't, dare not retreat, even the thieves who have a determination to die can't withstand this blow, the old and weak cannon fodder finally frightened their guts, shouting and fleeing backwards. The archers who supervised the battle shot a rain of arrows mercilessly, nailing the fleeing thieves to the ground, which failed to prevent the rout of the thieves, and the scattered thieves fled backwards desperately, scattering the archers' formation, and Wang Jiayin's own soldiers rushed over to slash and kill. Kill all the people who retreated, and only then did they stabilize the formation.

Wang Jiayin's face was pale, he didn't expect that the simple wooden stakes of the security army were so powerful.

The second wave of the attack of the thieves began to wave the flag, this time it was not all cannon fodder troops sent to death, which were mixed with a large number of elites armed with steel knives, the treatment of the elites was different from the cannon fodder, there were more wooden shield carts in front of them, the security army saw that these shield carts were not pleasing to the eye, and concentrated their fire on these shield carts, most of the shield carts were destroyed by shells on the road, and the thieves hiding behind became corpses.

The only remaining shield carts escorted the elite of the thieves to the barbed wire, the thieves armed with steel knives frantically cut the barbed wire that blocked the road, and the musketeers of the security army numbly shot at the target under the orders of the commander, and the smoke of gunpowder did not allow them to examine their results. The corpses of thieves were left in front of the stakes.

The barbed wire was cut through the gaps, and the elite of the thieves was exhausted, and they were unable to charge forward anymore. This wave of thieves' attacks was repulsed again.

Wang Jiayin quickly judged the situation on the battlefield, and the security army relied on those wooden stakes and trenches, through which the speed of the rebels was delayed, and then they were killed and wounded with muskets. Musket Wang Jiayin has also seen it, the disadvantage is that the reloading speed is slow, if there is no block, the infantry will not be able to fight a few rounds in front of the formation.

The loss of two charges was nothing to the thief, and Wang Jiayin thought that he had found a way to break the enemy. More men and faster charges left the security army's guns unloaded, and the musketeers had no time to change their ammunition, as long as they got closer, the enemy with the musket would only be slaughtered. Wang Jiayin decisively issued an order, leaving a small number of troops to suppress the position, and all the rest of the generals led all the men and horses to charge, all the personnel went and did not return, and those who retreated were killed, not giving the security army any respite.