The bandits integrated the hearts of the people inside, sharpened their knives, and of course Xie Shence's side was not idle, in fact, he had been preparing for defense since the second day Xie Shence came to Jincheng.

Yes, defense.

It's just that with a strength of 4,000 people, Xie Shence will not dare to fight a head-on battle with an army of 50,000 or 60,000. Even if the enemy is a bandit with almost no armor and extremely poor equipment.

When Xie Yi was young, he did the feat of 2,000 people breaking through to 300 miles, but it was the elite cavalry against the Southern Song Dynasty. There's no comparison.

The only cavalry in Xie Shence's hands was the four hundred black-armored guards brought from the Jin capital.

Decisive battle in the wilderness? Are you kidding.

It would be nice to prevent the bandits from entering Jincheng. This is an aspect that Xie Shence values very much.

Xie Shence has studied the strategy of Shuibo Liangshan to attack the prefecture and county. Liangshan went down the mountain, which time didn't there be an internal opening to win?

The same bandits, the same is equivalent to rebellion, the Taihang Mountain bandits are not fools, they are the ancestors of the methods that echo inside and outside. The reason why the Handan tragedy happened, in addition to Handan's own problems, is that the bandits can create chaos from the inside out and control the city gates.

The bandits did not have large-scale siege equipment, and they lacked weapons, even the number of bows and arrows was very small, so fools knew that if they wanted to defend Jincheng, they only needed to keep them out of the city.

As for being surrounded for a long time, and then cutting off the water ▽, ww≤w. running out of food, etc., it is not in the consideration of Xie Shence.

That's what the bandits have to think about.

Therefore, the function of the cavalry was maximized by Xie Shence.

Not only the inspection of entering the city, but also the curfew patrol and the like, are also in charge of the cavalry.

On September 20, when Xie Shence had just prepared everything, the front came to report that the bandits of Taihang Mountain were dispatched, and the forward was only ten miles away from Jincheng.

Xie Shence expected that this time there were many bandits from Taihang Mountain, totaling more than 58,000 people. Among them were seven hundred cavalry.

Xie Shence was taken aback when he learned that the bandits had 700 cavalry, and then quickly calmed down. Even in Yangquan, there are more than 10,000 bandits, and there are 200 cavalry, but the bandits in Baiyanzhai only have 700 cavalry, which is already a few. It stands to reason that there should be more.

But that's not the point.

Xie Shence still values the 13,000 elites. It is reported that the vast majority of these 13,000 people have leather armor to protect their bodies, and some also have shoulder armor and plate armor to protect their chests. They were armed with large knives, and each carried a wooden throwing spear, and some even carried a large shield.

Xie Shence couldn't help but think of the Roman infantry.

On September 21, the first group of bandits were killed.

The infantry of 2,000 people, as far as can be seen, are basically elite, and although they failed to climb the city wall, there are basically no casualties.

By the way, Jincheng does not have a moat. This is something that Xie Shence can't understand. Cities that rely on mountains and rivers do not have moats.

In the next two days, two more bandits attacked, and although they intensified their offensive, there was no progress.

They are still in the stage of testing each other, and the bluff is much greater than the real knife. Gun. In three days, less than a hundred people died of the bandits. Although this is because Xie Shence ordered to save arrows, it can also be seen that the bandits are indeed prepared.

On the 25th of September, after a day's rest, the bandits began to attack in a big way.

This time, Xie Shence really saw that there were really 20,000 people, and they were dressed in soap and black headbands.

Xie Shence was wearing black armor, and the bow and arrow of the bandit without a helmet couldn't shoot so far Looking at the black bandits under the city, he couldn't help but think in his heart.

The array of bandits could not be compared with the Northern Army or the Northwest Army, only scattered sand. Standing on the city wall, Xie Shence could easily see which bandits were powerful and which were small. Quite simply, the bandits have their own subordinates, and they are clearly divided into several areas of different sizes. The largest piece of it is the 5,000 Baiyanzhai elite led by Yan Jiegang himself.

Mi Yu was also dressed in iron armor, standing behind Xie Shence, pointing to the big banner below and saying: "That's the Heavenly Demon Li Fei, that's the Sect Destroying Ghost Dou Dongshan, that's the Black Lord Hengniu, that's the military marshal Yin Zhonghe, that's Xiao Wu Qiwenshan, the military god Huan Shi didn't come today, it is estimated that he is in the rear." The one under the middle is Yan Gongming and Yan Jiegang. ”

Xie Shence looked at the big words "Ask for the people's life" on the white big paper, and then put an eye on his forehead with his hand to look at it carefully, and said with a smile: "It's really like it." ”

Asking for the people's life, it sounds like a crepe in the end, it is better to come for the shocking and hearty way of heaven. But then again, after all, the four words for Tianxingdao are the result of Yanwu Xiuwen, and there are not many of the bandits under the city wall who can read and write, even among the leaders, who can write the four words above the big line.

After the formation was arranged, the cowhide drum on the opposite position sounded, and a deafening knock sounded, and the Chinese army parted like a tide, slowly walked out of a horse, and walked towards the land of a stone.

The man had a golden helmet and silver armor, and a white robe of Hua Shu brocade behind him, and a horse was snow-white, without a trace of variegation.

Yan Jiegang rode alone from the army to the front of the two armies, and his bearing was extraordinary.

Even Xie Shence, who was standing on the city wall, couldn't help but secretly praise, worthy of being a figure who could gather tens of thousands of bandits, and it was really extraordinary.

The bandit position suddenly erupted into a mountain roar tsunami. The war drums rumbled, and the bandits raised their weapons and shouted loudly.

After a long time, Yan Jiegang raised his right hand and slammed back, and the mountain of the thieves gradually became smaller.

Xie Shence pursed his mouth.

A fool who plays prestige like this in order to show his prestige will not gain more than he loses.

Then Yan Jiegang shouted towards the city tower: "Tiqi Si Xie Shence came out to answer!" ”

Xie Shence turned his head sideways and nodded.

A burly black-armored guard walked to the edge of the wall.

"My Admiral is here!"

A powerful roar passed through the battlefield and reached the opposite position.

Xie Shence exhaled deeply. He wasn't used to shouting like this. Fight, fight, you're here, I've both set up a position, just do it, what are you talking about, and the battle can't decide the outcome of the battle.

Like Xie Yi, when the two armies faced each other, there was never half a word of nonsense. According to his words, with the strength to shout, he can cut off three more heads after saving Ben Shuai. And once the emotions are up, people become irrational. The most important thing on the battlefield is to be calm, once it gets out of control, it will basically not be long in life.

When Xie Shence laughed in his heart, Yan Jiegang said below: "Today, traitorous ministers are in charge, and the people are not happy. The state officials poisoned the people, and the family was rich and unkind, and now I am tens of thousands of people in the mountains."

Xie Shence glanced at Yan Jiegang with disdain and plucked out his ears. It's all the same old thing, rebellion, you have to find an excuse for yourself, don't you?

However, Xie Shence was not prepared to let them make excuses for himself, so he nodded at the black-armored guard who looked back at him.

"Shut your beak!"

Once again, a thunderous roar rang out throughout the battlefield.

This roar overshadowed Yan Jiegang's voice and the excited panting of the bandits, and the entire battlefield instantly quieted down.

Everyone heard that.

Close your beak.

When Yan Jiegang was about to be in pain, Xie Shence made people shout such a sentence.

So someone covered their mouths and laughed.

So some people got angry.

The cavalry on the city wall desperately held back their laughter, and the captains and soldiers in the city frowned slightly.

Shouting before the war, this is an ancient rite, isn't it okay to interrupt people?

Not very kind.

They looked at each other, but Ti Cavalry was smiling.

Of course, some people couldn't hold it back, so they suddenly laughed, so the cavalry let go of laughing, so the captains and soldiers also laughed, and then there were even more laughers, so the laughter turned into a bright laugh, and finally into a big laugh.

"Ahahaha"

"Screaming like a fool."

"Shut your beak!"

"The pestle is like a stunned person"

Sarcasm and ridicule poured down from the city.

Yan Jiegang under the city was pale and sickly blue.

The pre-battle shouting was an act to increase the momentum of their camp, and now, when they were able to mention it, they were rudely interrupted.

Yes, rude interrupt.

Yan Jiegang thinks this is a rude performance of Xie Shence.

It's impolite! Is it really still a person from a scholarly family?

He scolded in his heart, but he also knew that Xie Shence made the most correct decision.

Half-crossed and hit it.

It is just as reasonable and effective to use when the enemy is demoralizing.

The 20,000 troops behind Yan Jiegang were furious.

"Kill him!"

"Flatten this bird city!"

"Chickens and dogs don't stay!"

Behind him, the angry bandits raised their weapons and roared. If it weren't for the leaders' efforts to restrain them, someone would have rushed out of the camp to take the lead in the charge, and the scene would have gotten out of control.

However, even so, someone rushed to the front, took off his pants, exposed his lower body, and peed in the direction of the castle tower.

"Fuck your ancestor!"

"Come, come, come! Try Grandpa's royal sake! ”

"Drown you dogs!"

“”

Such a move was immediately appreciated by the bandits, so all kinds of swear words flew towards the castle tower for a while.

The laughter on the walls was gone.

Xie Shence on the city wall stretched out his hand, and Youtiqi handed over a bow.

With a strong bow of two stones, Xie Shence gently pulled up an arrow, stood still with his feet, exerted force on his waist and shoulders, took a breath, and slowly pulled the bowstring.

The muscles of his arms swelled, and the sharp-eyed rice fish seemed to be able to see the bulging muscles under Xie Shence's arm guards.

The arm is steady, the whole person stands still like a sculpture, and Xie Shence opens the bow like a full moon.

He immediately released his fingers.

"Hum", there was a tremor on the castle tower.

One hundred and thirty paces away, a bandit who was walking back with his belt tied after peeing suddenly pounced, and the whole person was brought up, and then nailed to the ground.

The snow-white tail of the arrow only showed about six inches out of his back. He lay on the ground and died without even a struggle.

The bandits held their breath.

One hundred and thirty steps, one arrow kills.

The audience was silent.

Yan Jiegang felt a strong crisis, so he didn't think about it, and he was about to go back after pulling the horse's head.

At this time, a "hum" tremor sounded from the city tower again.

Yan Jiegang distinctly heard the sound of the impermanence ghost breathing in his ear.

But how can a ghost breathe?

But Yan Jiegang heard it.

When the horse turned around, Yan Jiegang only felt a sinking of his head and a buzzing of his head.

Not dead yet

Pulling out the horse's head, Yan Jiegang hurriedly ran towards the formation.

"The Yan family! The Admiral of my family said that the second arrow only shoots at your helmet, which is to keep your head on the neck and reward the Erlang for their contributions! Hahahaha"

Yan Jiegang galloped all the way, regardless of the mockery on the upper floor of the city in the rear.

"Attack!" Yan Jiegang yelled frantically.

"Kill!"

"Rush, brothers!"

"The first one to climb the tower will be rewarded with a hundred taels of silver!"

"Take down the head of the person who thanked the gods, and promote the general! Ten thousand taels of silver! ”

"Kill!"

A black torrent like a tide surged towards the city wall north of Jincheng.

The shouts of killing shook the sky. The bandits rushed forward with rudimentary shields.

Banners were waved on the walls, and rows of archers lined up and fired volleys at the influx of people.

Xie Shence has already retreated.

Nominally, it means not to interfere in the command of the specific battle, so that the three captains and Li Shoubei let go of their hands and feet, but in fact, Mi Yu can see that Xie Shence's right hand has trembled slightly after shooting two arrows.

The two-stone strong bow, Xie Shence is not Xie Shenwei is not He Ruoque, and it can only be opened three times at most. And the second arrow is obviously inaccurate.

An arrow shot off Yan Jiegang's helmet, but it was actually hit by mistake. What to leave on the head and the soldier to make meritorious contributions,! If he could, Xie Shence didn't want to shoot Yan Jiegang with an arrow and then use the usual means to suppress a group, win over a group, and divide a group?

The bandits don't have large-scale siege equipment, so they can't use ballistas, otherwise Xie Shence wouldn't have released cold arrows himself.

It's not like putting a dozen ballistae on the city wall just to kill Yan Jiegang and other leaders, right? Unless it's specially made by Tiqi, those things in Jincheng can't talk about the hit rate at all.

After three volleys, the bandits had already descended the city and set up a ladder against the city wall.

The archers went to the corner tower, firing freely, and now on the walls were rows of soldiers.

When the ladder was lifted, it was forked down, and a row of people fell.

Frames of stones were brought up from under the city by the people, and then the stones were thrown down the walls by the soldiers and down the ladders.

Every time the giant sassal wood is lowered, it breaks the ladder and crushes the person on top of the ladder to death, then retracts and is lowered again.

The boiling water and boiling oil were splashed, and the thieves below were burned to the ground. Throw in the torch, and the place where it burns is the Jedi.

screamed for a long time.

The siege, which lasted for an hour, did not achieve any results, and the bandits' scattered bows and arrows did not cause any trouble for the Jin army.

At this point in the fierce battle, Xie Shence's arm was much better, so he walked back onto the city wall.

Under the cover of heavy shields, Xie Shence inspected a section of the city wall.

On the corner tower, archers with excellent archery skills and archers of Tiqi specially selected the leaders of the bandits, and gave priority to those who were strong and charged forward, which played a certain role in curbing the attack of the bandits.

It was nearly noon, and the bandits slowly retreated, and the rear army formation was scattered.

General Da Li stepped forward and asked, "Lord Admiral, let the last general lead people down to pursue!" ”

Xie Shence shook his head and said, "There's no hurry, it's just the first day." ”

"But my lord, on the first day of the battle, it frustrated its spirit, and it had great advantages with our army. The enemy's retreating formation is so scattered, if you don't take advantage of the victory and pursue it, won't you miss it?"

Xie Shence smiled and said, "No, who said that if they retreated, they must be scattered?" They only came with 20,000 people, and there are 30,000 people behind them, even if they are defeated, why panic? Moreover, the rear army is the rear army, and the Chinese army they withdrew from is stable and stable. ”

General Wang also said: "What the Admiral said is true, the enemy army has not participated in the siege, although he has retreated, but his morale is still strong. Moreover, our army is limited in strength, and we must not act rashly. ”

Xie Shence said: "Merit, don't be in a hurry, take your time, when the time comes, you will have as much as you want, how big and how big you want." ”

Xie Shence then walked down the tower and went back to rest.

For several days in a row, the bandits' attacks became more and more fierce, and almost every time they had to drop one or two hundred corpses before retreating, and each retreat was still chaotic.

Xie Shence still couldn't hold out, even if there was a time when the bandits were retreating, they didn't see any flaws, and it stands to reason that they could be pursued, Xie Shence didn't move.

So the two sides were at a stalemate, and this stalemate lasted for ten days.

Ten days later, the bandits' assault ceased and was replaced by a harassment. That is, 10,000 people and 10,000 people take turns to fight, but they beat the drums and never fight.

This kind of harassment did not have much impact on the defenders of Jincheng, except for the poor sleep, everything else was the same as usual.

It's just that in this situation, the bandits are unable to attack the city, and the defenders don't have much pressure, so the tense atmosphere is slowly relaxed.

On October 5, the eleventh day after the first battle between the two sides, heavy rain came as scheduled.

The city was flooded, and many people fell ill because of the sudden cold of autumn. Although Xie Shence had already ordered that once there were symptoms such as fever, cold, and cough, they would all be sent to the designated place to receive free decoction, and all houses would have to be smoked with wormwood before they could be occupied, but there were still many people who fell one after another.

Because of some inherent customs, many people are still very resistant to having the decoction delivered to the designated place, so that the disease deteriorates rapidly and spreads to more people. This made Xie Shence have to take violent measures, once discovered, he was forcibly taken away, and if there was resistance, the whole family was punished as a husband, which made the situation slightly better.

These things gave Xie Shence the idea of developing military doctors and defending against the epidemic for the first time.

After five days of heavy rain, water accumulated everywhere in Jincheng City, unobstructed drainage system and unhygienic living habits made the environment extremely bad for a while. If it hadn't been for the lessons learned in the north and the fixed cleaning of the people arranged early, the city of Jinju would have been stinking now.

Xie Shence took off his damp coat and set it on the stove to bake, and the originally scorching hot weather became a little cold after several days of heavy rain. After a few sips of hot wine, Xie Shence felt much more comfortable.

Soon after, a Ti rode in to report that Osan had asked to see him.

Osan was sent by Xie Shence to investigate the enemy situation outside the city a few days ago, and came back at this time, dressed in a thick coat and covered in water.

Xie Shence motioned for him to sit down, the guard poured a bowl of wine, and Wu Shan drank it in two sips, and said: "Report to Lord Admiral, the lowly investigation has found that there seems to be a dispute among the bandits. ”

(PS: It's still only one chapter, everyone should rest early after reading it.) In addition, the ministers of the troubled times are on the wireless, and you can watch it directly by downloading the "and reading" app on your mobile phone. However, it is classified into martial arts, there is no cover, the introduction is one sentence less, and there are only more than 100 chapters. Well, good night~. ~）