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Zhang Xuan squinted his eyes and looked at the thieves who were getting closer and closer in the field, from a straight line to a black head, tall and short, uneven, not like a soldier in a war, but like a construction worker who went to work on the construction site in twos and threes in his era.

Zhang Xuan clearly heard a soldier next to him scolding in a low voice, "A group of rabble! ”

In fact, Zhang Xuan also had this feeling, which first arose when he first took over the third battalion of the 27th Military Government, when his soldiers were also such a rabble.

Zhang Xuan had an idea in his heart, in fact, he didn't need to defend the city, he could directly lead the army to kill it, and he would definitely be able to defeat the other party in one fell swoop.

But this thought was only fleeting, Zhang Xuan still kept warning himself not to underestimate the enemy, this Zhang Jin said that he was extremely cunning, he used the same means to deceive the four county guards, causing them to be greedy and rash to attack, and finally tens of thousands of troops were wiped out.

The reason is very simple, no matter who is in charge, they can't tolerate such a casual mess of their subordinates, and Zhang Jin said that it should be the same.

"Pass the order, this is a deliberate show of weakness by the enemy, and no one is allowed to underestimate the enemy!"

The order was passed quickly, and all the soldiers immediately straightened up, they had obviously underestimated the enemy before.

At this time, nearly 10,000 thieves stopped two hundred steps away, Zhang Jin said that he was very experienced, two hundred steps is a safety line, and if he walked forward, he would be shot by arrows, of course, for trebuchets, the farthest could be thrown three or four hundred steps away, but there was definitely no trebuchet in Qinghe County.

Zhang Jin said that he was indeed repeating his old tricks, and he used a show of weakness to arrogant the enemy's military morale, and the front of the more than 2,000 people was in chaos, completely a rabble, but behind was a neat row of troops.

At this time, Zhang Jin's eyes were a little gloomy. His initial intelligence was that the Sui army was camped by the river, so he did not carry heavy siege weapons, who would have thought that the Sui army was as cunning as rabbits and actually got into the city, which made him a little embarrassed.

It is obviously impossible to go back and get siege weapons. Or you can cut down trees to make some rudimentary siege ladders, but there is not a single tree within twenty miles of Qinghe County, and all the houses have been burned down, and not a single working beam can be found.

He was stumped by the simplest thing, how could he not find a log that could be used as a siege ladder.

Of course, there are some ways. For example, to set up a ladder to climb the city, Qinghe County is not tall, and the other party's army is not much, so it can't be exhaustive, but Zhang Jin said that he had other ideas.

"The King. The subordinates are willing to take people to cut down trees! One of the generals flatteringly volunteered.

Zhang Jincheng waved his hand, his eyes stared coldly at the city gate, the silver moonlight shone on the city gate, he could see very clearly, the original tattered city gate was gone, replaced by neatly stacked mud bags.

He didn't need to cut down any trees at all, the last thing he lacked now was people, or rather. He had too many men, making his food supply difficult and driving them out of a bad reputation. And it's too cumbersome to keep them, so let's consume them in the war!

"Where is General Qinglin?"

Zhang Jin gave an order, and a general immediately stood up, hugged his fists and said, "My subordinates are here!" ”

This person is called Lu Xingxing, who was originally a bandit from Wuyang County, and was defeated by Fei Qingnu, a general under Zhang Xutuo, at the beginning of the year. led thousands of remnants of the army to defect to Zhang Jincheng, and was named General Qinglin by Zhang Jincheng.

Zhang Jin said that he pointed to the city gate. "There are mud bags piled up at the city gate, you can lead the headquarters to clean them up first!"

Lu Xingxing's scalp exploded in shock. Isn't this just a stepping stone for his subordinates? He hesitated, but Zhang Jin said that he didn't give him a chance to plead, and shouted: "Give me the drum to attack!" ”

"Boom! Boom! Boom! ”

A hundred drums larger than a millstone were beaten, and the earth-shattering drums seemed to echo between heaven and earth, and the people in the city were so frightened that they took their wives and children into the cellars.

Zhang Jin said that he looked at the city proudly, since he deliberately showed weakness and could not let the enemy army out of the city, then he could only demonstrate, this is his Hades Command Drum, using a powerful drum to destroy the enemy's will to fight.

Lu Xingxing was helpless, so he had to turn around and shout, "Follow me!" ”

Three thousand Lu Xingxing's subordinates rushed out of the thief army, and rushed towards the city gate with the main general Lu Xingxing like a tide.

Hundreds of archers in the city raised their bows and arrows together, they were originally the archers of Youzhou, and they were sent to Goguryeo to fight by Laihu'er, these archers were well-trained, not only powerful, but also extremely fast, twice as fast as ordinary soldiers.

The thieves who were surging on the opposite side, they did not panic at all, they half-squatted behind the battlements, and used the battlements to cover themselves, and they put their arrows on the bowstrings.

The soldier arrow is a large arrow, two feet long, the arrow is very heavy, shot with a parabola, using its own weight to shoot down, the penetration is extremely strong, and it is difficult to resist the general leather armor, let alone a thief wearing cloth clothes.

There was silence at the head of the city, Zhang Xuan stared at the thieves who were getting closer and closer, and when the enemy army rushed into the hundred-step line, he immediately ordered: "Shoot!" ”

The sound of bangs on the top of the city suddenly rang, and the archers fired at the same time, and hundreds of arrows flew into the air, shooting towards the black-pressed thief army.

The arrows roared and shot into the dense crowd, and suddenly the blood splashed, and the screams were everywhere, and the thieves were shot to the ground, with more than 200 casualties, and the thieves who were not killed were stuck with arrows in their bodies, wailing and desperately crawling backwards, which was shocking.

The thieves raised their shields to meet each other, and the second round of arrows was shot intensively, this time the archers at the head of the city shot a little farther, shooting at the same dense rear soldiers, the inferior wooden shields could not block the powerful arrows, and they were pierced, and a terrible scream sounded on the battlefield again, and the thieves were shot down by arrows

Lu Xingxing saw that the bow and arrows were too sharp, they didn't even have a siege ladder, they were just sent to death, and if they continued like this, they would wipe out the whole army in less than a quarter of an hour, and he didn't care about Zhang Jincheng's military order, and shouted: "Retreat!" ”

There was no need for him to shout, the thieves were already frightened, and they turned around and fled for their lives, and the siege thieves retreated like a tide.

Zhang Jin said that he saw it clearly, he was furious in his heart, he was about to retreat after only two rounds of arrows, what is the use of this kind of army, he shouted sharply: "In the hands of the knife and axe, whoever dares to retreat, immediately beheaded!" ”

Zhang Jin said that there were 500 swordsmen and axes, specially used to urge the army to attack, and they marched forward in formation, blocked the retreat of the defeated soldiers, and swung their swords and axes to kill the defeated soldiers, killing dozens of people in succession.

Lu Xingxing gritted his teeth with hatred, and he was helpless, so he had to shout: "Keep attacking!" ”

Thousands of defeated soldiers were crushed by the axemen, forcing them to continue the attack on the city gate, and the thousands of defeated soldiers had to turn around and attack the city gate again.

Zhang Jincheng immediately shouted: "Shoot the arrows and press the city!" ”

Thousands of thieves and crossbowmen rushed forward and fired arrows at the city, and the dense arrows shot towards the city like dark clouds.

"Dodge!"

Du Yunsi, the colonel at the head of the city, shouted, and the soldiers approached the battlements one after another, and the dense arrows swept over their heads, crackling like hail on the bricks of the city wall, although the soldiers dodged in time, but more than a dozen people were unfortunately injured by the arrows.

However, the Sui soldiers quickly adapted to the dense array of enemy arrows, and they hid behind the battlements and used the shooting holes in the battlements to release arrows outward, and the surging enemy troops below the city were once again faced with the merciless fire of powerful arrows.

Although the Sui army's counterattack was very sharp, but the thief army under the cover of powerful arrows, or gradually approached the city gate, Zhang Jin said that the army did not carry siege weapons, which was extremely unfavorable to the siege, but Qinghe County itself was dilapidated, there was no moat, the city gate was dilapidated, and the Sui army could only use mud bags to block the city gate.

For the thief army, the city gate is a shortcut to the city, as long as the mud bags are removed, the army can enter the city, and the battle for the city gate has become the focus of the fierce battle between the two armies.

Lu Xingxing's army finally killed the city, hundreds of thief soldiers divided into two teams and began to quickly carry the outer mud bags, the city head of the arrow rained down, more than 100 Sui soldiers hid in the convex horse-faced wall to the city gate to release arrows, there were constantly thief soldiers screaming that the arrows fell, and the big stones on the top of their heads rolled down, so that the thieves at the city gate suffered particularly heavy casualties, the corpses piled up, and the blood merged into several streams.

At this time, Yang Ji, who was standing in the distance watching the battle, couldn't help but remind Zhang Jin in a low voice, "Most of General Lu's men have been killed and wounded, and they can send reinforcements." ”

Zhang Jin's eyes were cold, seeing that his army was attacking the city with heavy casualties, he was not moved at all, and after a while, Zhang Jincheng sneered and said: "Don't worry, Lu Xingxing still has the old bottom, wait for him to take out the old bottom!" ”

Zhang Jin said that the old bottom refers to an army of Lu Xingxing's henchmen, about 800 people, who have followed Lu Xingxing for many years and are exquisitely equipped, but Lu Xingxing did not take them out, just brought some rabble to impact, Zhang Jin said that he knew in his heart, Lu Xingxing was fighting with himself, is he Zhang Jin said that he is so easy to fool?

Most of the 3,000 troops attacking the city gate had suffered casualties, and Lu Xingxing finally couldn't help it, and shouted: "Reserve army!" ”

In the night, eight hundred thieves dressed in formal equipment appeared, this is Lu Xingxing's elite army, they are dressed in Sui army armor, holding high thick wooden shields, holding war spears in their hands, lined up neatly, under the leadership of Lu Xingxing, charging towards the city gate, the shields in their hands are exquisitely worked, can resist the shooting of arrows above their heads.

This thief army was originally the government soldiers of Wuyang County, and after being absorbed by Lu Xingxing, it became his core army, and its morale and combat effectiveness were completely different from the thousands of rabble just now.

Zhang Xuan, who stood in the city tower and watched the battle, also showed this unique army, which was very unexpected to him, it turned out that there were also well-trained soldiers in the thief army, and they were by no means ordinary peasants who went into battle with weapons, and by extension, how many such elite soldiers would be in the army that Zhang Jin said?

Zhang Xuan's heart immediately became vigilant, he was secretly glad that his decision was correct, he was not confused by the chaos on the surface of the enemy army, but insisted on defending the city, but he also knew in his heart that a vicious battle was inevitable.

Zhang Xuan immediately turned around and ran towards the city, he had to figure out the details of Zhang Jin's army, and he couldn't fight the enemy like this, otherwise he would be wiped out

(To be continued)