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Chapter 417: Broken Castle

Baimadu Fort, not so much that he is a fortress, it is more appropriate to say that he is more like a barracks, because Baimadu itself is dangerous, most of the enemy troops attacking are defeated on the river beach, it is not how to build strong, because it is close to Baima Mountain, it is convenient to take wood, the main building of the whole fortress is all made of wood, the trunk of the thickness of the bowl mouth is erected, the middle is nailed with horizontal wood, it becomes a row of fences, the two rows of fences are about two steps apart, the middle is filled with river sand and stones, and the outside is painted with mud, It became a simple version of the city wall. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info Huge trebuchets were placed behind the walls.

In the fortress, a few sentry towers were also sparsely built, and long-range attack weapons such as eight-bull crossbows were placed on it, but in general, the designers of this fortress never thought that one day someone would successfully seize the beach and attack the front of the stockade, these front-mounted trebuchets have now become the target of the other party, and the defenders who frantically poured into the White Horse Fort were nearly 3,000 people, filling the entire stockade.

Lu Jiawen climbed to the top of the stockade, at this time he had calmed down, looking at the river beach, at least 10,000 enemy troops were pouring ashore, and on the gentle slope, the enemy troops who had attacked in advance were reorganizing their formation, and the wounded were quickly carried down, what made Lu Jiawen feel frightened was that the enemy was assembling more than a dozen trebuchets at a very fast speed under his nose.

The trebuchet is no stranger to Lu Jiawen, but once the trebuchet of the Northern Army is installed, it basically cannot be moved, and at most the angle and direction of the shooting can be adjusted, and at present, the Dingzhou side has obviously greatly modified this siege weapon, so that it can be quickly disassembled and installed. Just after the trebuchet of the two sides was firing, Lu Jiawen had already discovered that the other party's shooting speed was much higher than that of his side.

It is impossible for the White Horse Fort to be defended, and Lu Jiawen, who has regained his composure, immediately judged the current situation, there is only one way at present, that is, to retreat to the White Horse Mountain, relying on the steepness of the mountain, fortifying step by step, dragging and consuming the enemy, waiting for Lu Zhaoting's reinforcements to arrive, only when the elite of the Northern Army led by Lu Zhaoting arrived, it was possible for him to counterattack, it was possible to recapture the White Horse Fort, and drive the enemy down the river.

But at the moment, someone must stick to the White Horse Fort and cover the main force to withdraw to the White Horse Mountain, otherwise everyone will disperse in a hurry, and the enemy will take advantage of the situation to rush, and without the enemy fighting, their own army will be the first to collapse.

"Liu Yuan!" Lu Jiawen stretched out his hand to summon a general.

On the gentle slope, Zeng's army had formed a formation, and in front of them, more than a dozen newly formed trebuchets were ready to fire, and dozens of easy-to-move scorpion cannons were also neatly arranged, waiting for Zheng Zhiyuan's order to launch an attack.

"General Zeng Xin!" Zheng Zhiyuan recruited the generals of the Zeng clan this time.

"General Zheng!" Zeng Xin is a side branch of the Zeng family, and has always had a reputation for bravery.

"In this attack, we will provide fire cover, and the task of attacking the fortification will depend on you, you have also seen that the beach landing operation, my soldiers have lost too much, and they urgently need to be repaired!" Zheng Zhiyuan said politely.

"General Zheng rest assured, it's on us." Zeng Xin was eager to try, and he was thrilled by the beach-grabbing landing battle just now, although he was not very old, but he could be regarded as a battle-hardened general, but it was the first time he saw a fierce war like today, and he asked himself, if it was his own troops, in the previous position, he was afraid that he had collapsed, and he would be driven down the Tuojiang River by the enemy.

"White Horse Fort and the stockade on the White Horse, we have to fight as quickly as possible, the news of our troops out of Tuojiang must not be hidden from the enemy, if Lu Fengchun is not so arrogant, he will definitely send reinforcements to arrive, the sooner we take here, we will have more time to pack up the reinforcements, otherwise it will be troublesome."

Zheng Zhiyuan stared at Zeng Xin and said solemnly.

Zeng Xin nodded, "It's not very difficult to attack White Horse Fort, this stockade is not large, and it is extremely simple, but the stockade on White Horse Mountain may be more difficult!" ”

While the two were talking, a situation suddenly appeared in the White Horse Fort, and behind the stockade, a group of people and horses poured out and galloped towards the white horse.

"The other general's general is very smart, he wants to retreat to the mountain, take advantage of the steep mountain to fight us, and launch an attack!" Zheng Zhiyuan said loudly.

The trebuchet roared, and a dozen pounds of stone bullets rose into the air and hit the opposite wall, while dozens of scorpion cannons smashed a dozen pounds of small stone bullets into the village like raindrops.

Dozens of pounds of stone bullets smashed on the thin city wall, causing bursts of shaking, more than a dozen rounds, in a bang, a section of dozens of zhang long wall fell, Zeng Xin's command of the Zeng army shouted, over the trebuchet, towards the gap swarm. At the same time, the trebuchet diverted its target and bombarded another section of the wall.

Zheng Zhiyuan stared intently at the attacking team, at this time, all he wanted was time.

There was a sudden surprise to Zheng Zhiyuan in the White Horse Fort, a white flag appeared in the fort, swaying from side to side, and immediately, the gate of the fort also opened, and a group of enemies who appeared in the eyes of the attacking soldiers actually put down their weapons in their hands, held their heads in their hands, and squatted on the ground. Zeng Xin, who was about to make a big move, was also stunned, and the soldiers who were running wildly involuntarily slowed down and turned their heads to look at their main general. Zeng Xin, on the other hand, was also turning his gaze behind him at this time.

"Day!" Zheng Zhiyuan scolded bitterly, Zeng Xin is still the first brother on the battlefield, what are you hesitating about at this time, I don't know if Lao Tzu wants time, it seems that it must be the general of the Northern Army who led the main force to flee up the mountain, and those who stayed were either new annexed troops or strong men who were forcibly pulled, and there was no will to resist at all, as soon as the Northern Army left, these people who stayed as cannon fodder immediately surrendered, rushed over, crossed the fort, and it was possible to intercept part of the main force of the Northern Army that fled.

"Rush over, rush over!" The standard-bearer beside Zheng Zhiyuan desperately waved the banner towards Zeng Xin, and Zheng Zhiyuan took a big stride and led his personal guards to stride forward.

Liu Yuan surrendered without psychological pressure, he was originally a local hero in Baimadu, the northern army called, he didn't want to leave his hometown, so he surrendered to the northern army, and the northern army also took a fancy to his influence in the local area, recruited him into the army, sealed a position of general, and led the strong men recruited in the local area to help defend Baimadu. Now that the Zeng clan has fought back, and has succeeded in seizing the beach in one fell swoop, seeing that Baimadu will fall back into the hands of the Zeng clan, and Lu Jiawen left him as cannon fodder without thinking about it, resisting the wolf-like enemy, he is unwilling to surrender again neatly, he is convinced that whether it is the Northern Army or the Zeng clan, he cannot ignore his influence in the local area, he is a useful person.

The troops in the fort put down their weapons, knelt on the ground with their heads in their hands, Zeng Xin didn't look at them under the orders of Zheng Zhiyuan, swept across the fort like the wind, and chased after Lu Jia, who was fleeing from the back door of the fort.

Lu Jiawen, who hadn't run far, heard the thunderous shouts behind him, and when he looked back, the black-pressed enemy army also appeared in the field of vision, only a few miles away from them, and he was shocked, and immediately understood that Liu Yuan, the grass on the wall, had surrendered again.

"Fuck you!" Lu Jia asked and scolded, and said in his heart that one day Lao Tzu will definitely cut off your head for the night pot, but this is a later story, the current situation is that the enemy has bitten his tail, if it goes on like this, even if he escapes up the mountain, the enemy will also chase up, not only can he not escape, but also affect the village on the mountain.

"Come on, stop the troops immediately, and counterattack on the spot! Block at least half an hour! Lu Jiawen could only send a partial general to lead hundreds of people to garrison on the spot to cover the escape of the large army.

Zheng Zhiyuan's combat boots stepped into the White Horse Fort, stared at Liu Yuan who was kneeling in front of him, and asked with interest, "What is your name?" ”

"The villain's name is Liu Yuan."

"You're a local?" Zheng Zhiyuan asked.

"The general's eyes are like a torch, the villain is the local, the northern army called, Zeng Dashuai soldiers and horses were defeated, the villain was poisoned by the northern army to protect the hometown, forced to surrender to the northern army in desperation, and the snake was falsely wronged, today finally look forward to the king division, the people are in the upside down, the villain is not very grateful, when the banner of righteousness, respond to the king division." Liu Yuan raised his head, righteous and stern, with tears in the corners of his eyes, a heavy color mixed with infinite joy.

Zheng Zhiyuan laughed, Liu Yuan's performance was too clumsy in his opinion, and he really looked down on such wall grass, but Liu Yuan's local heroic identity could not be ignored by him, the commander's instructions were still in his ears, and he did not dare or forget, attack both sides of the Tuojiang River, drag the main force of the Northern Army, and at the same time expand Dingzhou's influence in this region as much as possible, occupy enough territory, so that after Dingzhou defeated the Northern Army, it could smoothly annex Zeng's. And Liu Yuan, a local hero who knows the current affairs and has a huge influence in the local area, although he has no backbone, is exactly the person he needs at the moment.

"You have to figure out one thing, I am not Zeng Dashuai's general, I am from Dingzhou, and I am a general under Li Dashuai in Dingzhou, do you know Li Dashuai? At the request of Zeng Dashuai, Li Dashuai of my family sent troops to assist Zeng Shuai. Zheng Zhiyuan said with a smile.

Liu Yuan is indeed smart, as soon as he heard Zheng Zhiyuan's words, his eyes blinked a few times, and he immediately looked surprised, "God, it turned out to be the army of Li Dashuai, who defeated the powerful barbarians in three years, no wonder it is dangerous to cross the sky with a white horse, and it is difficult to resist the blow of your army, and the villain admires the five-body throw." Li Dashuai is a martial arts star in the sky, even if the villain is in a poor and remote country, he also knows Li Dashuai's prestige, and it is a blessing for the villain to be able to serve Li Dashuai. In the words, Zeng Dashuai has been thrown out of the clouds by him.

"You're good, Ben will appreciate you, you go and appease these soldiers of yours first, and later on, Ben will summon you." Zheng Zhiyuan said lightly.

Liu Yuan kowtowed again, and then he got up in a hurry, but summoned his army to speak.

Looking at his back, Zheng Zhiyuan shook his head, "If the water is clear, there will be no fish, and if people are observed, there will be no disciples, and this is the only way, but whoever can use it must make the best use of it." As for the future, naturally someone else will come to wipe their buttocks, so they won't do their own business. ”