In order to attack Wu'an, the coalition forces, mainly the Taiping Army and the Good Friends Association, made ample preparations.

Even these first-in-camp refugees who were destined to be cannon fodder were also given much better equipment than when they were in the Upper Mountain Mansion. Almost every group of displaced people who attacked received large wooden shields, and the ladders issued were made of more elaborate materials and workmanship, and more than a third of them were equipped with iron weapons.

These large, heavy-looking, sturdy wooden shields gave the displaced people who had arrived in the camp first a lot of security.

Of course, it would be better if you didn't have a dirt bag tied to your body.

Under the orders of the rebels, except for the soldiers carrying ladders and wooden shields, the other homeless people were each required to tie small dirt bags to their bodies. It is not allowed to be left except in front of the city walls.

This puzzled many of the displaced people who had first entered the camp.

In their minds, the earthen bag was used to fill the moat. If the siege road has already been filled, why do you need to bring dirt bags?

Even if it's just half a bag, it still affects the action!

What puzzled them even more was that it was not only the attacking soldiers who had to tie up dirt bags, but also the rebels who had rushed to make a large number of wheelbarrows behind their queues.

These wooden carts, which can be pushed by one person, are all filled with dirt bags filled with mud and sand.

However, if they don't understand, it doesn't mean that Kang He in the city can't understand it.

"The thieves are preparing to attack the city!"

Kanghe's face was a little more solemn.

The walls of Wu'an are more than eight meters high, and some sections and gate towers will be even higher. Relying solely on ordinary ladders, the siege will be very difficult. But if you use a large amount of mud...... Or even the bodies of these homeless people, forcibly piled up a slope in front of the city walls?

The amount of work required for this method is extremely staggering, and I don't know how many people will die during this period. But once this is done, the slope will be paved to the head of the city. The advantage of the defending side will be greatly reduced. Even, if the slope angle is right and it is trampled, the rebels can dispatch a horse team and directly step on the slope made of soil to rush to the city!

In most cases, this stupid method is not used in siege.

First, there are too many casualties in doing so. Pay for one's whistle; Second, ordinary small cities can be broken directly with ladders and rushing cars, and if it is a large city, you can also make ideas on factors such as food and water sources for the defenders, or simply use tactics such as encirclement points to send reinforcements. If the ultimate goal can be achieved, it is not necessary to forcibly attack the city.

Unless you have enough manpower and you have to break through a certain important city, and there is no other plan to do so, this stupid way of attacking the city is suitable.

Unfortunately. At present, the thirteen coalition forces are perfectly suited to this condition.

The counties surrounding Taiping County have sealed off their borders to restrict their movement. The only remaining target in the vicinity, Dongguan Mansion, is far less valuable than Wu'an. This county town can be said to be a must-take. However, there are sufficient food and ordnance reserves in Wu'an City, and there is no shortage of water. On the other hand, on the side of the coalition army, there is not enough military strength, but there are countless homeless!

It's the most suitable mode for siege.

Finally. The drumbeat of the offensive sounded.

The first batch of soldiers to be recruited from the first battalion still had on their faces the horror of the tragic situation when the river was filled a few days ago. At the urging of the overseer team behind him, he was nervous and marched towards the city of Wu'an.

Seeing that these leading troops were cannon fodder, Kang He also did not send the main force of the officers and troops, but pulled up the second garrison brigade that had just been formed. On the one hand, it is to let the old troops recuperate and reserve them for future wars, and on the other hand, it also has the intention of taking the opportunity to hone the recruits of the Second Garrison Brigade.

See blood now. It is definitely much more useful to get used to it for a few days than to send it out on an ad hoc basis in a critical situation.

Because of the strong city to rely on, and the elite of the thief army has not yet come out, these recruits of the Second Garrison Brigade seem to be quite calm. The more than 1,000 veterans of the former garrison brigade who were used as the foundation for the expansion of the army were also appeasing their feelings. Teach some experience and experience in defending the city.

Although these things have been talked about a long time ago during training, what they said at that time obviously did not carry more weight than going to the battlefield in person.

In a solemn atmosphere, the displaced people who had arrived in the camp first rushed into the effective range of the bed crossbow.

At the behest of a group of soldiers from the Volunteer Battalion, the displaced people who had arrived in the camp first shouted, and they all began to trot up and sprint down the city.

Seeing this, the city defense equipment of the officers and soldiers also showed no mercy and opened fire one after another.

First the bed crossbow salvo, then the trebuchet that had already been calibrated. As the thieves got closer, the infantry archers began to fire volleys. When the thieves really rushed under the city wall and tried to set up a ladder, it was the time for the officers and soldiers to exert their might. They lifted the rolling wood and stones that had been prepared long ago and began to strike violently.

The large wooden shield in the hands of the soldiers who first ascended to the camp can indeed have a good protective effect when the distance is farther. Relying on the protection of this wooden shield, most of the cannon fodder still crossed the moat with difficulty and rushed to the bottom of the city.

However, the fate of the vast majority of them ended here.

The constant flow of rolling logs and stones, combined with the free-fire archers, made it almost impossible for them to erect ladders. Many were shot or smashed into patties even before they even stood up. The only contribution was to consume more of the city's defense equipment of the officers and soldiers, and to fill the dirt bag on his body, along with his own body, into the mound under the city wall!

Thirty, fifty, hundred......

The homeless cannon fodder who first entered the camp, under the urging of the warlords, rushed to the city wall one after another, threw down the dirt bags on their bodies, and began to attack the city by the way. Except for a few who were spared, most of them were left in place along with their own bodies. However, there is hardly any noticeable change in the slope under the city walls.

It wasn't until the addition of the wheelbarrow that changed that.

After the main firepower of the official army was attracted by the displaced people who first boarded the camp, a large number of wheelbarrows behind rushed towards the city wall under the push of the rebels. These wheelbarrows are simple in frame and can easily carry hundreds of pounds of dirt bags. There are strong and strong rebels, who can even push three or four hundred catties at a time, and they run very steadily, and their efficiency is far higher than that of those homeless people who go to the camp first!

In the real world before traveling, this thing created a miracle in the people's war.

Using ordinary homeless people to carry heavy soil, Kang He has read it in military books more than once, but this kind of wheelbarrow does not have it. Perhaps there is no shortage of similar carts for transporting goods, but the application of it to siege warfare is definitely Chen Wu's first initiative - at least, there is no such thing as the Eastern Continent of this world.

"Stop them!"

Seeing the efficiency of these wheelbarrows, Kang He sensed the threat of Yan zhòng.

As the order spread, the bed crossbows and stone throwers on the city head quickly made targeted adjustments.

However, even aircraft cannons can effectively stop transports, and bed crossbows and stone throwers are even more not. Although it is true that many of the rebels died halfway, or because they were not familiar with the operation, the wheelbarrows overturned, at least more than half of the wheelbarrows were pushed under the city wall.

After only two or three round-trips, the dirt slope under the walls was raised a little higher at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Siege, you can still come like this!"

The thirteen leaders of the forces who watched the battle under the southern city wall, including Chen Wu's henchmen in the Taiping Army, such as Xu Shizhong, Dian Yong, Mo Guohao and others, all widened their eyes when they saw this scene.

Although the first batch of cannon fodder for the first camp ended up with heavy casualties and destroyed along with siege equipment, and the wolf bèi escaped, everyone saw hope. As long as the official army does not have the advantage of the city wall, and the righteous army rushes directly to the city head along the slope, then this Wu'an City can be broken!

After all, these days, their carpenters have rushed to build a large number of siege equipment under the supervision of Chen Wu. It's just that for confidentiality reasons, it hasn't been used yet.

Yiqiē is waiting for the right moment!

………

That night, the bonfire was lit in front of the rebel camp.

Not only the southern city wall of the main attack, but also the other two city walls, Chen Wu also ordered people to prepare a large number of bonfires, which were enough to burn until dawn. Even the vacated city wall has a secret whistle to watch. Such preparations can ensure that the officers and troops cannot go out of the city to attack at night. Another effect is to prevent the officers and soldiers from descending from the southern city wall at night.

Chen Wu's side built soil during the day, and the official army could naturally flatten the soil bag and push it into the moat overnight, so as to delay the progress of the rebel army's siege of the city as much as possible.

Under the heavy recruitment, there are people in Wu'an City who dare to do it.

That's when the big bonfires that were prepared in advance came into play. Seeing that there was a faint black shadow hanging down with a rope on the head of the city, the night patrol personnel on this side immediately sent a signal. A moment later, a large group of archers rushed over, and without aiming, fired three volleys at the area of the day's earth, and the world was instantly quiet.

Of course, there were lucky people who escaped, but in the face of such an indiscriminate rain of arrows, most of the people who dared to come out were shot.

After two nights, the people in Wu'an City were honest.

The bounty is tempting, but no matter how good it is, it can't compare to your own life. Even if the bounty offered by Kanghe was already twice as high as on the first day, there were very few applicants.

This made the military attaches in the county town a headache.

It was clear that the thieves had only been in the army for a few months, but they felt like cunning old foxes. If you suffer a loss on the first day, it is just a matter of making targeted preparations after that. Now, before they moved, the thieves had already made all kinds of preparations and sealed their possible actions in advance.

I don't know how many people are secretly scolding the Shen County Order of Yicheng in their hearts at this moment.

If it weren't for the fact that this scraper shaved the ground too hard, how could he provoke such a gang of thieves. This Shen County ordered to commit suicide by taking poison, and he died a hundred, but he was relieved, and now it was their turn to bear the consequences. After complaining like this, someone scolded Zhang Qisheng again. If he hadn't cared about his position as the city lord and concealed the information and didn't report it, Wu'an would have sent a counterinsurgency army earlier, maybe there would have been no disaster in Xiayang Valley, let alone the danger of Wu'an today.

Of course, the current Governor is not without blame. It's just that everyone present is a subordinate, so it's not good to criticize rashly.

However, complaining and swearing never help to solve things.

After venting the frustration in their hearts, these military attaches in Wu'an still have to face the grim reality: the thieves are very patient to drive away the homeless, and they keep building slopes every day.

Every day, the slope under the walls rises a lot higher! (To be continued......)