Today is a cloudy day, and the weather is a little stuffy, but the captives will still attack, which Yang Chao is sure of.

But Yang Chao didn't expect this attack to come so quickly and so violently.

Yesterday's attack seemed to be just a warm-up, and as soon as it came up today, the captives continued to attack.

On the southern wall, three hundred shield carts were dispatched at one time, and after crossing the river, thirty small groups were quickly formed.

Each small group was defended by shield carts, with hundreds of warriors behind them.

Then, at great expense, thirty more ladders were obtained.

It is clear that the captives intend to storm the city three times the size of yesterday.

Thirty ladders, in the same manner as yesterday, were erected on the walls.

Then there were the captives dressed in thick quilts that they had snatched from nowhere, and they climbed up the ladder fiercely.

Thirty attacks were made at the same time, and one by one, the captives climbed up almost as if they were stepping on the heads of the people below.

This kind of formation made the Ming army really unaccustomed to it.

Because the hot salt water didn't work for a while, the captives wearing thick quilts turned their heads up, and several pots of water didn't cause any losses.

Fortunately, Wang Pu shook a wit, and three spearmen were arranged behind each battlement, hiding behind the wall, and when the first captive stepped on the battlement, the spear stabbed fiercely.

Yang Chao was shocked into a cold sweat, he didn't expect the captives to be caught off guard as soon as they came up today, and he had to admit that although he had defeated the captives several times, the combat experience of the captives and the ability to adapt on the spot were stronger than his own.

Wang Pu led people to take the battlements as the center, and used the wall array to fight with the captives of the city, and it was not until hundreds of people were killed that the captives gave up temporarily.

Although the captives were not able to gain a foothold in the city this time, they had already stepped on the ground of the city wall and were already in close combat.

Wang Pu coped very smartly. But at the same time, it is also very stable, which makes Yang Chao's impression of his recklessness change slightly.

On the thirty attack points, Wang Pu arranged three spearmen in each place. Lurk around the battlements, and kill the captives as soon as they step on the battlements. In the case of three to one, the captives are often assassinated as soon as they come up, and they cannot gain a foothold at all, as long as they cannot gain a foothold as soon as possible, then the people who kick the city will only have a dead end, and they will be killed in vain.

But three to one is obviously not enough insurance, in case a captive resists, or even squeezes out a space with his body. The captives who kicked the city behind were likely to gain a foothold, and then more than a dozen people would soon be able to stand on their feet, as long as they occupied a space the size of a battlement, the reinforcements of the captives would continue to kick the city from here, and completely break through the Ming army's defenses for the breakthrough at one time.

As long as a section of the wall is captured, the captives are almost equal to victory.

It is probably because of this that the captives will attack and storm so recklessly, regardless of casualties.

"Zhao Kang, go and give the order, all the spearmen will hide on both sides of the battlement in this way. A team is placed at each attack point. Five people lurk on each side! ”

There were a total of thirty attack points for the captives, and Yang Chao placed more than half of his troops here in Nancheng, and placed a team at each attack point. There are only 300 people in 30 attack points, and Yang Chao still has this point.

Ten people are arranged at each attack point, and the captives will have to face ten spears when they kick the city alone, and they may resist it with three to one, and they may push it away with their bodies, but the ten guns have no way in any case, and they can only be knocked out of the city as soon as possible.

The order was given, and it was quickly carried out. Even some of Li Wuliu's bird gunners changed into spears and lurked.

But Yang Chao still kept a hand and let each point on both sides. Each has a Bird Gun to keep it on standby at all times. But they don't fire, but in case of special circumstances, such as the first person forcing his body into the city wall and grabbing a space for the people behind, then the bird gunner will immediately shoot the second person who kicks the city.

The plan is tight, the execution is strong, and the effect can naturally achieve expectations, under the tactics of the Ming army, the captives can not attack, and the stalemate lasted for an hour, after the captives left more than 300 corpses, they retreated, completely retreated, retreated across the river, and at this time it was not dark, and the remnant sun hung in the west like blood, and it was still possible to fight, so the captives actually gave up the attack in advance today.

It's just that Yang Chao's losses are also very large, paying more than 20 casualties, and in just two days, Yang Chao lost 30 people in the battle, which is shocking.

After learning that the Ming army had repelled the captives, Li Rui quickly went up to the city wall, nodded and found Yang Chao, who was inspecting the situation.

At this time, a group of resting soldiers leaned on the city wall, and Minzhuang was busy cleaning up the scene, putting away the messy iron pots, firewood, and salt bags, and carrying the corpses of the captives.

Seeing these corpses, Li Rui's eyes were full of greed, which was why he hurried up to find Yang Chao.

Of course, you can't say that: "Congratulations to Lord Yang, congratulations to Lord Yang, this time there are a lot of kills, but you have made a great contribution!" ”

Yang Chao was in no mood to deal with Li Rui, and knew Li Rui's purpose in his heart, but he felt very uncomfortable, and he couldn't send him away immediately.

"Li Qianhu rest assured, I should give you a lot of military merit heads, and when these are cleared up, you can take ten first!"

Yang Chao said coldly.

Li Rui hurriedly said: "Where is Lord Yang, where is the lower official not at ease, the lower official is just worried about the safety of the adult, so he came up to visit." ”

Yang Chao said: "Xie Li Qianhu cares. Now that I've seen it, I'll bother Li Qianhu to take people to stay with these corpses, and cut off the heads and make them nitrate. ”

The Ming army has a tradition of keeping merit with heads, so there is a habit of keeping heads, otherwise waiting for people to send to the military department will stink.

Yang Chao's people can't do these things, and it's just right to hand them over to Li Rui.

Li Rui hurriedly agreed, and the people with him went immediately.

At least more than 300 people were killed this time, although most of them went to the city, but some of them still died in the city, almost a hundred people, and gave Li Rui thirty and Yang Chao seventy.

It's just that his own losses made Yang Chao feel a little unacceptable, he lost thirty outside the city, and another thirty when he entered Haizhou City, plus the dozens of wounded people who were sent away, and now there are only five hundred and fifty people who can fight.

These are all seeds, and they can't afford to lose any of them, but how can there be immortals in a war, Yang Chao also understands this truth, but his heart is heavy, in the final analysis, war is a test for soldiers, and it is not a test for officers.

Yang Chao knew that he had to pass this hurdle, and the character that had grown up in the era of peace must adapt to the war as soon as possible.

At the same time, Yang Chao made up his mind that he couldn't let the captives meet each other so easily, although the exchange was very advantageous over himself, but it was not as cost-effective as resisting the captives far away from the river and attacking from afar.

In other words, Yang Chao still insisted on digging the moat again.

But if you want to dig up the canal, it is not easy to say, it took two days for the captives to fill the river, and hundreds of people were lost, Yang Chao was definitely unwilling to pay such a large number of casualties, and last night's trial also ended in failure, proving that if you want to move the sandbags, it is impossible to move them in a short time by people alone.

Once it is delayed for a little longer, the captives will come to stop it when they find out.

The bad news is that the captives are apparently experienced and very concerned about the protection of this passage.

The good news is that the captives were also very careless, and did not specifically keep men and horses for protection, but only sent cavalry to patrol this area, in order to prevent the Ming army from escaping from the city, and at the same time take into account the protection of the passage.

That is to say, Yang Chao can easily approach the passage, but it is impossible to stay too long, and the passage must be destroyed in a short time, but those sand bags are extremely heavy, and it is very difficult for one person to move one at a time, and the captives in order to take into account the passage of cavalry, the passage is four or five zhang wide, which is obviously not easy to empty.

It is obviously not so easy to get through in a short period of time and require a lot of work.

After dark, he continued to arrange people to be on duty at night, but Yang Chao walked around several military camps.

The barracks are all in the caves, with simple beds, and in one cave, some can accommodate one flag team, and some can only accommodate one team.

Yang Chao didn't go in, but just listened to the movement outside, and sure enough, there was still a problem with morale.

Some soldiers muttered, especially Li Wuliu's bird gunners had a lot of opinions, complaining that their bird gunners fought every day, and they didn't even have the opportunity to rotate, and the damage was the greatest, and most of the casualties in the past few days were birds' guns, and among the thirty battle losses, the bird's guns accounted for more than 20.

Li Wuliu scolded the soldiers fiercely, telling them that there are no immortals in war, if they are afraid of death, they should get out early, thinking that the military salary is so easy to get?

Li Wuliu's method of dealing with it is obviously oppressive, and this method is not good, but the effect is fast, and the army is a violent machine after all, so it is sometimes unavoidable to crush people to death at the level of officials and universities.

Li Wuliu's voice was very loud, Yang Chao could hear it at the gate, and he didn't plan to go in, and after figuring out the general situation, he left.

When I arrived at the door of another cave, I suddenly heard a soldier crying.

Then I heard the voice of the flag chief Lu Mo.

"Don't cry, there are no immortals in war."

Lu Mo is still like this, and this truth is indeed a truth.

The soldier cried: "But why do you want to come here to die, how good it is for us to stay in Nanjing, and we have no reason to run to Haizhou." ”

This question suddenly made Yang Chao's heart tighten, yes, these are the guards of Nanjing, why do they want to come to Haizhou, according to their ideas, I am afraid there is only one answer, that is, Yang Chao wants to take them to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, he wants to exchange their lives for the black yarn on his head.

If the soldiers really thought like this, Yang Chao really didn't know how to explain it to them, although there were ten thousand reasons in his heart, but in these soldiers, it was a little untenable.

Because Yang Chao has the intention of being promoted through meritorious service in his heart, but he was promoted in order to grasp greater power, to grasp greater power, and to change the fate of everyone.

Although the fundamental purpose is not for selfishness, there is indeed a plan to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, and if you want to kill the enemy, you will inevitably be killed by the enemy, so in fact, it is equivalent to exchanging the soldier's life for your own military merits. (To be continued).