Chapter 748: Temptation (5)
Hell, how come there's still a drum?!
At this time, the biggest reaction to the drumming on the city tower was not the Liangshan army, which was happy to kill, but the former Goryeo border army who worked for Li Ziqian.
For Liang Shanjun, the task is to seize the city, and let the opponent be full of tricks, and I only respond to all changes with the same. But these former Goryeo border troops are different, since they are members of the defenders, they still know some dirty things about their own people.
Li Ziqian's policy this time was to take the lead with strong private soldiers to resist the first wave of the Song army's onslaught and consume the opponent's vital forces. As the 40,000 border army infantry with the strongest combat effectiveness in the city, they are responsible for killing in one fell swoop after the first line of defense has problems.
For the powerful private soldiers who act as meat shields, no one is willing to stand on the front line and face the soldiers of the Song army. Helplessly, they looked numerous, but they were scattered. Their masters all asked Li Ziqian to break and play around, how could they have room for bargaining?
I have to say that Li Ziqian is still very methodical, and he is coercive against private soldiers. But for the border army, he was tempted.
Almost all the generals who led the troops in the border army before the war received rich rewards from Li Ziqian, coupled with Li Ziqian's intentional or unintentional complaints, as well as the innate contempt for the new Beijing army in the border army, finally made these relatively pure warriors enter the middle and proudly play the role of saviors.
Who would have thought that Li Ziqian still kept a hand in the end?
When someone threw an angry glance at the city with indignation, his eyes turned green in an instant. Countless crossbowmen emerged from their former hiding place, bending their bows and arrows, gesturing towards the city, with the posture of ten thousand arrows in unison. Another four thousand-man teams began to block the road to the city.
"Are these fucking brutes still human!?"
Chen Da, who slashed at the opponent's shield, couldn't help but be angry. The two stared at each other with wide eyes, and time seemed to freeze at this moment. One of the arrows shot by the same Koreans was stuck in Chen Da's left shoulder. And the next one, which is clearly erected on the opponent's back.
Two foreign soldiers who had never met before, in a moment of looking at each other, they both understood the meaning in each other's eyes, and almost at the same time, the two people who were eager to live and die just now tacitly chose to stop.
"They even attack their own people, if we don't leave, we will all become hedgehogs!" Yang Chun, who was covered in blood, approached Shi Jin and quickly gave his own Jian. Fall back.
Between the lightning and flint, Shi Jin did not hesitate. Although he and the whole army were determined to make meritorious contributions, fighting this kind of meaningless battle of despair was not even considered the courage of a horseman. Judging from the current situation, let alone taking the city, even if you pay heavy casualties, whether you can kill the city gate or not is a problem.
"Withdraw!"
Shi Jin gritted his teeth and made a decision, and Yang Chun beckoned to the soldiers. Fight and walk, and move closer to the ladder. At this time, the Goryeo border army was no longer entangled with the Song army, and they retreated to the edge of the city and scolded loudly, who knew how to greet them. But it is the cold arrow of the compatriots. No, it shouldn't be called a "cold arrow" in front of you, I'm afraid it can be directly defined as an execution or an act of extermination.
"Your Majesty, destroy the Great Wall before the enemy retreats. Bad omen! "This kind of barbaric behavior that distinguishes between friend and foe can't even stand the cronies around Li Ziqian.
"A bad omen?! No matter how ominous it is, it is better to ask Song Jun to rush in front of you and me and take your nine and a half catties! Li Ziqian sneered and said, "This king just wants to let that stinky kid take a look." I'm in a hurry, this king can do everything! ”
There are admonitions, and there are sycophants, but at this time, someone looked at Li Ziqian with a smile and said: "The king is wise!" ”
Li Ziqian glanced at this person, then turned his gaze away, and at the same time, a sad and indignant voice surged in his heart, "This king has even given up Renzhou, what else is there to be reluctant to!" ”
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Ling Zhen was probably the best general in this era at infantry and artillery coordination. When the Liangshan army gained the upper hand on the city wall, he ordered his subordinates to stop projecting completely, because the landing point of the stone cannon was very unstable, and because of the uneven strength, it was very likely to hit his own people.
The consequences of a stone projectile hitting one's own head, as well as the damage to morale, are irreparable, even if ten stone projectiles hit the opponent's head at the same time.
However, when he saw the great changes on the city wall, he began to provide fire support spontaneously without waiting for Wang Lun's order. He could never have imagined that his opponent would be able to make such a desperate move.
Because of the indiscriminate coverage and shooting of Wang Jing's defenders, almost everyone in the two armies who had already gone down the city was wounded. Li Kui, who took off the stripes, really suffered the biggest loss since he went up the mountain this time, although there was the cover of Li Gon and Xiang Chong, but this black man was still hit by three arrows in his body, and his blood flowed all over, dyeing his black skin into a dark red color, which seemed to be terrifying.
"What are you doing when you come back!? I'm going to kill all these people and avenge the children! ”
Li Kui's wild screams rang all the way, and although Fan Rui who was carrying him was wearing strong armor, he could still feel a wet patch on his back, and he knew that it was not sweat, but his brother's blood.
"Medic! Jiro, help! Save the Iron Bull! ”
Looking at Wu Song, who was rushing to meet him, Fan Rui screamed with all his might, Wu Song saw that this person had exhausted his strength, and hurriedly stepped forward to pick up Li Kui, and galloped to the camp with his back on his back. Li Kui was still scolding, which somewhat made Wu Song feel a little at ease, he was not afraid of this guy struggling and moving, but he was afraid that this guy would not move.
It was also thanks to Wu Song who carried him, Li Kui returned earlier than most people, and An Daoquan, who had been waiting for the preparation before the battle, hurriedly greeted him and rescued the love of the owner of the village. During the treatment process, Wang Lun came to visit, Tie Qing did not say a word, and finally just gave Ling Zhen a death order, if he didn't shoot out the stone bullets today, he would never withdraw his troops!
During this period, Zhu Wu accompanied Shi Jin to ask Wang Lun for guilt, and as soon as Shi Jin saw Wang Lun, he knelt down and said: "Marshal, the siege of the city is not good, and the young general has the trust of his brother, so he has come to accept the guilt!" ”
"It's me who underestimated Li Ziqian's murderous nature, and it has nothing to do with you!" Wang Lun stepped forward to help Shi Jin, who had returned from the fierce battle, and comforted him with words.
Shi Jin was extremely depressed in his heart, he knew that he could attack the city before Lu Zhishen and Wu Song, how rare this opportunity was! But he retreated so undignifiedly, so how could he be willing.
"Go and clean the wounds on your body with salt water! Fight, you have to fight! ”
Wang Lun's last sentence gave Shi Jin, who was almost in despair, a glimmer of hope, only to see him suddenly jump up and shout: "Brother, if there is a day of shame, don't forget your little brother!" ”
Wang Lun nodded and instructed, "Pay attention to appease the feelings of the brothers!" ”
"Command!" Shi Jin bowed and left, but Zhu Wu was silent on the side and did not follow him. Compared with Li Kui, this Wang Jiaotou's beloved methods are really higher, basically he did not suffer any serious injuries, and he can simply bandage it, which makes Zhu Wu feel a lot more at ease. Except for Chen Da being hit by two arrows in his body, Yang Chun was also fine, which was a blessing in misfortune.
"How is Brother Chen Da's injuries?" Wang Lun saw that Zhu Wu was depressed and asked.
"Fortunately, the armor is excellent, although there are two arrows in the body, but the flesh is not deep, the doctor has seen it, brother don't worry!" Zhu Wuyu said.
Wang Lun nodded and ordered: "Order the guards and the two armies of Panshi to be on guard, and the other military horses will return to the camp to rest, and Ling Zhen will continue as usual!" ”
After Wang Lun finished speaking, he held his sword in his hand and said, "The military advisor will accompany me to visit the injured brothers and see how their morale is!" ”
"I just came from there, and the morale of Dalang's soldiers and horses is okay, and the brothers are clamoring for revenge. Don't worry, brother, in my opinion, it won't be a battle! ”
"Let's go, the three armies will walk around in turn!"
Although Zhu Wu's words gave him the bottom, Wang Lun still wanted to walk around and see the team retreating from the city wall. After all, Li Kui and Shi Jin's armies have not experienced such a heart-warming battle.
Zhu Wu nodded when he heard this, Wang Lun's presence was of great significance after all, and he immediately accompanied Wang Lun back and forth among the two retreating armies. Although almost everyone was injured, everyone's mental outlook was fine, and they did not collapse as Wang Lun feared.
"Brother is here! Brother is here! ”
"Brother, let's hold our breath! What kind of battle is this fighting, it simply disgraces my Liangshan's face! ”
"Brother, you punish us! But when the punishment is over, we must go up to take revenge! ”
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Compared with the two indignant infantry teams, the atmosphere of Shi Wengong's temporary battalion was much calmer. Although the city wall was not taken, many soldiers of the temporary battalion thought that it was a victory, and taking a step back, at least it was not a defeat. The reason is also intuitive, that is, judging from the number of enemies killed, the defending side will definitely lose much more than the besieging side.
Although their way of judging victory and defeat is very unique, this spirit of "not believing in evil" is still desirable, and looking at their enthusiastic participation in the post-war casualty statistics (the normal process of receiving pensions), Wang Lun knows that he does not have to stay here for long.
"Marshal, why is refined salt so cheap and valuable? I'm ashamed to say that some of us have never seen the world, and we are almost cured meat! The young general knows that the Great Song Kingdom treats us like relatives, but there is no need to break the bank like this, and the pension has been given heavily enough! Everyone doesn't forget to talk about the marshal's goodness! ”
Li Zhizao saw that Wang Lun was in a bad mood, and took advantage of Wang Lun's failure to leave, and stepped forward to pat himself on the back. The Song people don't have a saying, called "Thousands of clothes are worn, but sycophants are not worn." "As long as you impress Wang Lun at this time, you won't have to worry about anything in the future.
Wang Lun glanced back at Li Zhizao, but said to Shi Wengong beside him: "The provisional battalion has a good performance today, meritorious rewards, punishments for the wrong, treatment of injuries, and pensions for the bereavement, you and General Li have made clear statistics and handed them over to the Military and Political Department for disposal!" ”
"Thank you, Marshal!" Li Zhizao fell to the ground and wept tears: "The puppet dynasty treats my generation as cattle, horses and livestock, and my generation is often resentful. Only the marshal regards us as human beings, treats us diligently, and gives generous compensation, and we are willing to be cattle and horses for the marshal! ”
Wang Lun looked back at this person again, nodded slightly, Li Zhizao was overjoyed, got up from the ground, and stood aside respectfully, Wang Lun thought for a while, and said: "At night, the Chinese military tent is discussed, you can also come over!" (To be continued......)