032 Offensive and defensive ends
At this moment, another wave of attacks under his command was repulsed, and the little marshal Pegasus, who was in charge of the siege, reported closely: "Dashuai, our people have been beaten down again!"
Yu Poison snorted unhappily, "I've seen it a long time ago!" Do you still need to talk nonsense!? What a bunch of rubbish! Even a small Guangnian City has to grind for so long! ”
Xiao Shuai said aggrievedly: "The big marshal forgives the sin, although the officers and soldiers guarding the city are small, they are like crazy!" In addition, with the help of the people to defend the city, it is really difficult to capture it in a hurry! Otherwise, let's send the horse army up this time to rush up, and the little one dares to guarantee that he will be able to take down this Guangnian City! ”
Listening to Xiao Shuai's words, Yu Poison hesitated for a while.
The Black Mountain thieves are divided into four classes, the lowest class is the homeless, it is the people who come back from the Black Mountain thieves every time they go out to plunder and wrap up, these people supply gruel every day, once the war starts, but they have to rush to the front, this gang has no armor, and only gives wooden sticks and bamboo guns during the war, which is a typical type of cannon fodder.
And if the homeless people can get away with it in several battles, they can be promoted to foot soldiers, and the foot soldiers can get two meals a day, issued in weapons, and the armor must be snatched by themselves, this type is the main force in Montenegro, although the number is less than the homeless, but in wartime it is a group of people who contribute more to the force.
The third class is the horse army, this group is the elite force of the Black Mountain thieves, not to mention two meals a day, when there is meat, you can also get some broth, and each person is equipped with armor war horses, or even one person and two horses, these people are extremely brave, outstanding combat power, much stronger than those foot soldiers. The more than 100 cavalry that Wen Yuan had encountered before were the horse army of the Black Mountain Thieves.
After the horse army is the old camp, the old camp is generally the black mountain thief leaders when they started to join the thieves, if you get the extra armor horses, you can also say that part of the horse army is transferred to the old camp, these people are naturally the best, the most well-equipped, equivalent to the existence of the pro-guard army, loyal to the leader.
For example, in the case of poison, there are more than 20,000 war thieves under his command, including 500 old battalions, more than 1,000 horse troops, more than 5,000 foot soldiers, more than 16,000 homeless people, and more than 20,000 old and weak, who are stepping up the harvest of grain and grass at this time.
Black Mountain thieves siege battle, every time is to drive the homeless young and strong to fight, consume the defender's bow and arrow strength, when the defender is exhausted, the foot soldiers will immediately rush up, the horse army is generally only used for outflanking, annihilating the enemy to chase and kill, so that the horse army abandons the horse to attack the city is a great waste, willing to such a loser is very rare.
Yu Poison wanted to reject Xiao Shuai's suggestion, but at this time, an old battalion guard suddenly approached and said: "Da Shuai, Lei Gong, Li Damu, and Bai Que sent someone to ask, saying that if Da Shuai can't beat Guangnian City today, it will be their time tomorrow according to the agreement." ”
Yu Poison shook the whip fiercely, "These guys, their eyes are as green as hungry wolves!" ”
It turned out that the Black Mountain thieves plundered this time, in addition to the leader Zhenggu, Yu Poison, and Bai Huan, who were the strongest, there were also Huanglong, Zuo Xiao, Yu Yigen, Zhang Baiqi, Liu Shi, Zuo Zhangba, General Pinghan, Si Liyuancheng, Lei Gong, Fuyun, Baique, Wulu, Lei Gong, Fuyun, Baique, Li Damu, Kushu and others, and more than 300,000 thieves came out of the valley, first waving their troops to the east, Liankeshe County, Wu'an, Linshui County, until Handan, Wei County was obstructed by Han Fu's general Liyi.
Han Fu sent Liyi as the vanguard, led the army of 20,000, and settled in the northwest of Yecheng ten miles away, Han Fu personally ordered the army of 50,000 to guard Yecheng, and Liyi was each other's horns.
The Black Mountain thieves were originally to plunder grain and grass, and when they saw that the road ahead was blocked, they divided into three roads, one led by Zhenggu, leading 150,000 people to confront Han Fu, one led by Bai Huan to bypass Yecheng, through Lin County, invaded Yin, and went straight to Puyang, Dongjun, and the other road was 100,000 horses led by Yu Poison, passing through Handan, Po Yiyang, and sweeping north.
Among these 100,000 people, nearly half of the subordinates directly under Yu Poison are among them, and the number of Lei Gong, Li Damu, and Bai Que is relatively small, each with more than 10,000 young and strong, and the three together are connected to the old and weak, which is comparable to Yu Poison's strength.
There are these people in the back, always ready to take a bite of Guangnian! Yu Xuangang was about to refuse Xiao Shuai's idea of using Ma Jun, and couldn't help but waver.
Xiao Shuai took the opportunity to speak: "Big handsome! You can't let the three of them snatch this mouthful of fat! There are more than 30,000 people in this Guangnian City, and if it is defeated, it will be possible to grab a lot of money and food when the time comes! ”
Yu Poison pondered for a long time, and saw that it was almost dusk at this time, and finally couldn't resist the temptation of money and food, and nodded: "In this case, you immediately order a thousand horse troops to attack the city from the north gate!" Remember, if you can't take Guangnian City before dark! Just come to me! ”
Xiao Shuai excitedly surrendered his hand: "The last general will obey the order!" ”
At the head of the south gate of Guangnian City, Ma Yan was gritting his teeth and leaning on the battlement to drink water, and asked his old father to wrap a knife wound on his thigh for him.
The scorching sun hung in the sky for a whole day, and after a day of fighting, his mouth was already dry, his lips were chapped and peeled, and his clothes under his armor were soaked, making his body slimy.
But this wave of attacks has finally retreated! Just now, the two foot soldiers of the Black Mountain Thieves besieged him, and although Ma Yan struggled to cut them down from the city, he was still slashed twice on his legs and back.
The knife on his back is not afraid, Ma Yan's family is wealthy, his ancestors have a pair of iron armor, the knife was cut on the back armor, but he was not injured, but a half-foot long and inch-deep cut was made on his thigh, and blood flowed all over the ground, and he broke out in a cold sweat.
However, compared to others, Ma Yan's condition is not bad, there are 1,000 auxiliary soldiers in Guangnian, and there are more than 700 people alive at this time, most of whom have been injured!
In addition to the heavy casualties of the auxiliary soldiers, the young Zhuang who assisted in the defense of the upper city of Guangnian County also suffered a lot of casualties, Ma Yan's uncle and brother all died in the city, if it were not for the thousands of strong men in the city who swore to help each other, relying only on a thousand auxiliary soldiers, Guangnian City would not even be able to hold out for a day.
But now that the Black Mountain thieves have finally retreated, looking at this sky, the next wave of siege should arrive tomorrow.
Ma Yan was just about to take a breath, when he suddenly heard a rush of inhalation from the people around him, and hurriedly turned his head to look outside the city, only to see that a mile away from the opposite city, the Black Mountain thieves had completed their assembly, and dozens of ladders had been put on their shoulders, ready to attack the city wall again!
Are these Black Mountain thieves crazy? Do they want to capture Guangnian in just one day?
What to do? What to do? It was obvious that the defenders of the city were exhausted, and Ma Yan raised his eyes to look around, and every face that greeted him was full of despair!
This will not work! With the current situation, this attack must be impossible to resist! The Ma family is a wealthy family, once the Black Mountain thieves attack the city......
Ma Yanqiang endured the pain and stood up and shouted: "Folks! Everyone's cheer up! Lord Taishou Zhang just left Guangnian a few days ago, and he must not have gone far, and when he heard the news of the Montenegrin army's attack, he will definitely arrive with reinforcements soon! ”