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Chapter 267: The First Offensive of the Jibei Army (3)

The sandbags that had been pushed down from the gate were like a hill in front of the gate, blocking the somewhat dilapidated gate of the east gate of the city. In fact, the most effective and ruthless way to defend the city is to seal the four gates from the inside of the city, so that it is impossible for the enemy to attack through the city gate and rest and go out with their own people. The Great Sui conquered Goguryeo, and the Goguryeo people in Liaodong City did just that. Blocking the entire gate hole with earth, masonry, and stone would have made the besieging side feel a sense of powerless despair in this era when there was no gunpowder blasting.

When Xiong Kuohai ordered the sandbag to be pushed down, Peng Zhen, the general under Wang Bo, immediately burst out with an irrepressible anger, which made him feel as if his heart was about to explode, and his face immediately became hideous.

Few people would think of using this way to block the city gate from the outside to deal with the city ram, this is not an absolute blockade of the city gate, as long as the enemy is willing to pay a very tragic price to clean up the sandbags outside the city gate, as long as the enemy, whether it is a general or a soldier, has a spirit of forgetting death, then it is only a matter of time before the city gate is breached.

However, it is clear that the strong attack for more than an hour has made the Jibei army lose its initial sharpness and fearlessness. As Li Xian said, the reason why Wang Bo's men and horses were so brave was because they felt that the attack on the city was nothing more than a simple matter, as long as the city gate was broken, the money, food, and women in the city would be their spoils. They have 150,000 people, and they can't even fit so many people in the city, how can a small city withstand the impact of 150,000 people? What's more, this time they don't lack siege equipment, as long as they rush up to the city hammer, how many hits can that dilapidated and dilapidated city gate withstand?

But this kind of morale is not long-lasting, when they have not seen the hope of the city after paying a terrible price, the fragility and cowardice in their hearts have come out, even though Peng Zhen shouted loudly and hysterically urging orders, but no one in the soldiers of the Jibei Army has rushed forward as desperately as just now.

The ladder on the city wall was either pushed away by the defenders of Yanyunzhai with a hook, or splashed down with boiling vegetable oil and then ignited, only a few people climbed up to the city gate with knives in their mouths, but they were soon chopped into mashed meat by the defenders of Yanyunzhai on the city wall like chopping melons and vegetables.

Xu Shiji glanced at the majestic sea appreciatively, and was slightly shocked in his heart.

He didn't expect that this rough-looking and heroic man would have such careful thinking and such good patience. He originally thought that a person like Xiong Kuohai was definitely a first-class warrior who rushed into battle to kill the enemy, and he was a tiger general who could tear apart the enemy's military formation by his own strength on the battle array, but he didn't expect that this big man who was taller than himself and could fit himself into it would also have such a way to defend the city.

He appreciated Yu Xiong Kuohai's ability, and even more appreciated Li Xian's indifference.

Since the Jibei army began to attack, Li Xian has never spoken since he taught Xiong Kuohai's greeting. The commander of the defenders on the city wall did not say much and did not even get close to the side of the majestic sea. He just stood by the city gate tower, quietly and indifferently watching his men suppress wave after wave of enemy attacks.

This is an attitude, an attitude of absolute trust in the subordinates.

Xu Shiji was shocked by this attitude.

Xu Shiji knows a truth very well, the more people who know about war, the more they feel that they are right. The more famous the general, the more accustomed he is to pointing fingers at his opponents. They feel that they are the masters of the battlefield, that every order must come from their mouths, and that every soldier must obey their will. The more famous the general, the more conceited he is, and the more he restricts the hands and feet of his subordinates. Because they all felt that victory in the war could only be achieved under their own command.

Li Xian, the person who shined in Liaodong under the pseudonym Yanyun, the person who wiped out Zhang Jincheng, the giant of the Green Forest Road in two wars, the person who pocketed the entire Dongping County in just over a month, this person who was unwilling to send his men as hostages even if he knew that he was going to face the threat of Wagangzhai, was still a person who absolutely trusted his subordinates.

Is this the use of people without doubt?

Xu Shiji took a deep breath and carefully looked at the handsome young man standing not far away.

Xu Shiji is conceited, although their Xu family is not a family but it is also one of the most prestigious families in the local area, since he was a child, his father spent a lot of money to hire various teachers to teach him, whether it is etiquette, culture, martial arts or the art of war. And he was a man of envy intelligence, who could master everything he had learned and was undoubtedly the blue, and the gentlemen who taught him ended up being his men.

He didn't think that those world-famous young talents were better than him, including Li Mi, Chai Shao, and other children from families like him.

However, what he couldn't figure out was how Li Xian managed to even admire himself?

How did he spend his youth?

When Li Xian smiled and looked at Xiong Kuohai commanding the defense of the city, and when Xu Shiji frowned slightly and pondered about Li Xian, Peng Zhen outside the city was so angry that he swung his knife and slashed three or four retreating Jibei Army soldiers one after another. The soldiers of the Jibei Army who were silted up under the city wall could not attack the city wall, and they had to face the endless shooting of the defenders on the city wall. I don't know who shouted to retreat first, and then the soldiers of the Jibei Army began to retreat like a tide.

"Kill those who retreat!"

Peng Zhen's voice had become hoarse, and the voice he shouted out was as unpleasant as the sound of the wind sweeping the sand and gravel in the northwest desert.

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"Peng Zhen, if you're tired, come down and rest, how can my brothers watch you shout hoarse and can't do anything? Why don't you change your brothers? ”

When Peng Zhen couldn't stop his subordinates from retreating and had to return to Wang Bo's side to ask for guilt, Qiu Ji, the fifth master next to Wang Bo, said with a smile on his face. Although his tone was gentle and gentle, as if an elder was caring for the junior, it was an insult to Peng Zhen's ears.

In fact, Chuki was by no means well-intentioned.

Sure enough, Peng Zhen said with a cold face: "Don't worry about the fifth brother, let my soldiers come down and rest for a while, I promise that the next attack will definitely take the city!" ”

Chuki smiled and said, "Peng Zhen, this cow is not just blowing. ”

"Which one is bragging!"

Peng Zhen said angrily: "When the soldiers rest for a while and recover their strength, I will definitely break through the city!" The big boss handed over the task of attacking the city to me, and the fifth brother is not old! ”

Chuki sneered: "If you say you can break it, you can break it? I've seen someone's team crumble! ”

Peng Zhen said: "I said that if I can break it, I can break it, I don't believe you look at it!" ”

"There is no joke in the army."

Chuki sneered and looked at Peng Zhen and said.

"I would like to make a military order! I can't take the big boss of Sucheng and cut off my head! ”

Peng Zhen said loudly.

Wang Bo glared at Qiu Ji, he knew that Qiu Ji was deliberately forcing Peng Zhen to make a military order. promoted Peng Zhen by himself, and those old people who rebelled with him at the beginning were a little unaccustomed to it. Let a young person like Peng Zhen be on an equal footing with them, how can they endure it? However, although Wang Bo had already seen that Qiu Ji was deliberately provoking Peng Town, he still did not stop it. Because he needs Peng Zhen to have this kind of morale and murderous spirit, as for things like military orders, Wang Bo doesn't care. If he doesn't nod, who can force Peng Zhen to death?

Qiu Ji was glared at by Wang Bo, sneered twice, and stopped talking.

"If you're really tired, just rest, and I'll send someone else to attack first."

Wang Bo looked at Peng Zhen and said.

"Not necessarily!"

Peng Zhen hugged his fists and said: "The big boss will give me another chance, and I will wash the city in blood!" ”

Wang Bo nodded and said, "It's okay, young people just have to have this kind of sharpness." If you can take Sucheng with one siege, I will look down on Yanyunzhai even more. is also the one who can defeat Zhang Jincheng, so naturally he will not admit defeat easily. But you don't need to be too anxious, I came with an army of 150,000 people, can I still be stopped by a small city? ”

He patted Peng Zhen on the shoulder and smiled, "Take a rest, I'll send five hundred soldiers to you later." ”

"The big boss is generous!"

The third master, Luo Lezi, said with a smile: "I have never seen the big boss send his own soldiers to others, Peng Zhen, if you can't take the city again, how can you be worthy of the trust of the big boss?" Anyway, if it were me, I wouldn't have the face to live if I couldn't take the city. ”

Peng Zhen said coldly: "There is no need for the third brother to be careful, I can't take Sucheng, I cut off this head myself to apologize!" ”

Luo Lezi laughed and said, "Big boss, this military order was made by Peng Zhen himself." ”

Wang Bo glanced at Luo Lezi coldly and said, "Shut up!" Do you think everyone else is stupid? In front of me, I can't be criticized! ”

Luo Lezi was stunned for a moment, and was startled by the coldness in Wang Bo's tone, but when he looked at Peng Zhen, the murderous aura in his eyes became even stronger.

On the city wall, Xiong Kuohai ordered the soldiers to take advantage of the retreat of the Jibei army to rest, and then let the people go up the city wall to carry the corpses down. Then they carried sandbags, rolling wood, stones, white ash and vegetable oil for defending the city.

"General, I'm going to send someone out to fight back."

Xiong Kuohai walked in front of Li Xian and wiped the sweat on his forehead and said: "The next time the Jibei army attacks again, I will personally lead people out from the south gate to go around to the flank of the Jibei army, and only need to defeat the second offensive of the Jibei army, and now the men and horses under Wang Bo will no longer be able to raise morale to attack the city." ”

Li Xian smiled and said, "Since I handed over the city to you to guard, do you think that you can defeat the Jibei army in this way." If there is any danger, I will personally lead the army to take you back to the city. ”

"Thank you, General!"

The majestic sea hugged his fists and saluted, and his heart was inexplicably moved.

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After Wang Bo's men and horses rested for half an hour, Peng Zhen ordered to blow the horn, sorted out his men and horses and rushed up again, this time Peng Zhen did not plan to take the city gate as the main target, there was too much consumption of troops, if he sent people to rush up to move the sandbags, the casualties would be greater, he looked at the city again, and felt that the low city wall was the real weakness of the city.

"As long as you take the city, the treasures of gold and silver and the women of the city will be yours. I have already helped you get the benefits from the big bosses, and everything in the city belongs to our battalion, and no one else can get a copper plate. I promise you again, I don't want anything in the city, and I will share it all fairly among everyone! Moreover, I have already made a military order in front of the big boss, if I can't take the city, I will apologize with death! Do you hear that if I die, you will not be able to hold your head up in front of others? ”

"Kill me!"

Peng Zhen shouted loudly: "Don't let the people of the other battalions look down on us, you are all men!" ”

"Kill!"

Peng Zhen brandished a horizontal knife with the five hundred personal soldiers sent to him by Wang Bo, and actually rushed to the front of the team. The seven or eight thousand men and horses under his command were once again inspired by Peng Zhen to fight, and rushed out shouting behind Peng Zhen.

After a rain of arrows, rolling logs, throwing guns, and vegetable oil, after all kinds of obstacles, the soldiers of the Jibei Army finally poured under the walls of Sucheng again. Peng Zhen personally carried the ladder with the soldiers and erected it, loudly encouraging the courage of the soldiers. Wang Bo's 500 soldiers stood around him, constantly counterattacking the city wall with feathered arrows.

Soldiers of the Jibei Army continued to climb the city wall, but they were soon killed by the defenders of Yanyunzhai. The corpses were also turned into weapons for the defenders, throwing them from the walls and smashing the ladder climbers to the ground.

Peng Zhen held a knife and killed two soldiers who were about to run back one after another, and said loudly: "Up, rush up, the people of Yanyun Village can't stand it, whoever is the first to go up to the city wall, Lao Tzu promised him a deputy village master, and a thousand taels of silver!" ”

As he was shouting, he suddenly found himself in a big mess on the flanks of his team!

When he rushed over with his men and horses, he found that the flank was actually defeated by a Yanyunzhai man who had been killed from the city! The thing that made him most angry was that the team of Yanyun Village would never exceed a thousand people.

"Kill!"

Peng Zhen roared and took Wang Bo's five hundred personal soldiers to meet him.

He rushed forward a dozen steps away, and was suddenly stopped by a magnificent figure. He subconsciously looked up, only to see a strong general like a mountain, holding a huge Mo knife, murderous.

He let out a loud cry and slashed at the strong man's shoulder.

saw that the man raised the Mo knife, and then slashed Huashan with a simple move.

Mo Dao first cut off the horizontal knife in Peng Zhen's hand, and then cut down from Peng Zhen's right shoulder, the blade slashed on the iron armor and burst out a series of sparks, but the iron armor couldn't block the Taishan overwhelming knife, and with a poof, Mo Dao cut out from under the crotch. The internal organs fell out and fell to the ground, just burying the half of the horizontal knife.

One knife, two sections.