The rain of arrows in Lushan did not stop the attack of these first camps.

The rebels who rushed to the city cheered, set up a ladder together, and began to climb to the top of the city with bamboo guns. Leave a few people below to hold down the ladder to prevent the officers and soldiers at the head of the city from pushing the ladder away. There were also people holding wooden shields next to them to deal with the shooting of the Orions on the city's head.

"Throw the log!"

Lu Baihu saw that the army's heart seemed to be a little shaken, and he hurriedly shouted. Under his command, a group of officers and soldiers of the city defense battalion hurriedly picked up the rolling logs stacked not far from his feet, erected them on the top of the city and threw them down. These rolling logs, which weighed at least hundreds of catties, suddenly brought big trouble to the besieging rebels.

In all fairness, the soldiers of these city defense battalions defending the city were very average in throwing logs.

Most people have never experienced such a siege since they joined the army. At the urging of Lu Baihu, he threw it down in a panic, and more than one fell directly to the open ground. But whenever it was hit, the cannon fodder rebels who landed in the camp first were all smashed by the rolling logs with a scream, and fell down from the ladder, and there was a big chaos all of a sudden.

The officers and soldiers at the head of the city took the opportunity to use their forks to overthrow the ladder from the top of the city.

A series of rolling logs were smashed down, more than a dozen volunteer soldiers were killed and wounded, and two ladders were also damaged, and the offensive could not help but be frustrated.

Seeing this, the officers and soldiers at the head of the city were much bolder.

They found that the thieves did not seem to be as strong as they thought.

Lu Baihu also calmed down a lot, shouted loudly, and urged the vigilante group on standby next to him to bring the cauldron of boiling water and prepare for the next wave of use.

Just a wave of offensive failures was not enough to deter the rebels. After regrouping, hundreds of temporary recruits set up ladders again and launched an attack on the city. With previous defeats, this time they moved a lot faster. The rebels at the front were holding bamboo guns, and when they saw the outcropping officers and soldiers, they raised their hands and stabbed them.

However, what awaited these rebels was a pot of boiling water.

After all, it is a very hot day, and the water is very slow to cool. The boiling water sent in advance has to be at least ten degrees Celsius. A large cauldron was poured down, and the attacking rebels suddenly screamed, and the bare skin on their cheeks and arms was scalded and covered with blisters, looking hideous and terrifying.

Scalding with boiling water is almost always accompanied by symptoms such as inflammation and suppuration. Although Chen Wu recruited doctors in Yicheng, he was able to treat ordinary injuries, and he was still helpless against this kind of large-scale Yan zhòng burns.

Even if they didn't die on the spot, the result of these people would inevitably be to wail for a few days and slowly die in agony.

This tragic scene frightened many people who went to the camp first. Although they were ready to die before they came out, they clearly underestimated the cruelty of war. Being stabbed to death by someone and being scalded by rolling wood and boiling water are completely different concepts. Suddenly, many people couldn't hold on and wanted to turn around and flee.

"The one who retreats is slashed!"

"Attack! If you attack it, you will survive! ”

The supervising team behind them showed no mercy, and these specially selected ones were the kind that dared to be ruthless. Seeing that these first campers wanted to retreat, they took their swords and cut two of them, and then drove them up again.

To retreat is to die, and in desperation, these people who first entered the camp made a heart, and killed the city with a more determined thought than before. This time, even with the rolling logs and boiling water on their heads, there were still rebels who gritted their teeth and climbed to the top of the ladder and jumped onto the city.

Seeing this, the rebels watching the battle under the city suddenly let out a burst of cheers.

"The thief is so fierce?"

Lu Baihu and the nearby officials and soldiers were taken aback, but everyone knew that if the thieves were allowed to attack the city so quickly, they would not be able to fight next. Several brave officers and soldiers of the city defense battalion immediately rushed forward, and while his foothold was not stable, they slashed him with a knife, and the body was pushed down from the city.

At the critical moment, another round of arrows rained down, and the offensive of the rebels was once again frustrated.

The Xiandeng battalion, which was responsible for the consumption of officers and troops, has so far killed or wounded about forty or fifty people, which is actually still within an acceptable range. But Chen Wu thought about it and waved his hand to pause the attack. The first time he used food to recruit cannon fodder, he didn't want to make too many casualties, so it would be difficult to recruit people in the future, and he always had to give the displaced people a little thought.

So, the gong sounded, and under the shouting of the supervising team, the rebels who had arrived in the camp first learned that the task was completed and they could retreat, and immediately cheered and fled back.

"Survived!"

"God forbid, I'm not dead!"

Similar sighs of joy can be seen everywhere in these people. What surprised them even more was that the rebels corresponded to their promises. While writing down their names, each of them was given a pound of grain!

This is undoubtedly a sad number: for the dozens of people who died, a life was exchanged for a full meal. Those who survived by luck only earned an extra pound of food.

But the rest of the homeless who were already starving didn't think so.

They didn't see the dozens of corpses that died under the city, only the people who had left not long ago, happily returning with food and a big meal. As the news spread throughout the entire army of displaced people in just a few hours, the other displaced people were immediately moved. Chen Wu used a total of only a few hundred catties of grain to make a living advertisement for tens of thousands of displaced people!

Next time, if you use such means to lure these people as cannon fodder, I am afraid that it will be ten times easier.

Chen Wu looked at the homeless people who were in turmoil with satisfaction, but his thoughts couldn't help but fly. After a while, after being interrupted by Xu Shizhong's hesitant request, he suddenly came back to his senses, thought about it, and ordered: "It's okay, let the people from the Volunteer Battalion go up and practice." ”

The order of General Tiangong was quickly spread.

The drumbeat of the attack was beaten again, and a moment later, the three brigades of volunteer battalions finished in front of the formation and began to prepare for a new round of attack.

"The thieves are attacking again!"

"Cheer up, this time the thief has to be serious!"

Lu Baihu was nervously inspecting, and at the same time, he looked at the city and knew that there was an extraordinary thief army. Compared with the previous disorganized and unorganized vanguards, the volunteer battalions of these three brigades had a neat queue, and their weapons, physique, and morale were far from being comparable to those people. What made him even more frightened was that the thief army of these three brigades had a yellow scarf tied on their right arm, and they must be the main force of the thief army.

"Kill!"

With the sudden rush of the drums, the banner of the attack was raised, and the three hundred volunteer battalions ran in unison, this time carrying fifteen hurried ladders. The gap between each other is also more dispersed than before, making it difficult for the officers and soldiers to focus on prevention.

"Kill the thief! The county commander has a saying, beheading one person will be rewarded with ten gold! ”

Not to be outdone, Lu Baihu shouted loudly, personally stood on the front line, and commanded the army to throw rolling logs.

The freshly boiled water was also brought up in a pot and began to pour down.

In the previous wave of siege, the officers and troops at the head of the city almost did not suffer losses, which gave them a lot of confidence. Therefore, compared with the beginning, the defense of the city by the Lushan official army and the militia is also much stronger. The attacking rebels screamed and were knocked down from the ladder from time to time. However, after all, the offensive strength of the Volunteer Battalion was not comparable to that of those temporarily recruited cannon fodder, and the abundant body lì completely exploded the latter. However, during tea time, some rebel soldiers forcibly broke into the city and fought with the official army.

Relying on the geographical advantage, the official army was able to gain the upper hand at the beginning. But as the soldiers of the Volunteer Battalion attacked the city one after another, the battle began to become stalemate.

The strength of the officers and soldiers lies in the fact that everyone in the city defense battalion has armor, but only a small number of people in the volunteer battalion have it. However, the disadvantage is that except for the city defense battalion, the other militia groups and young people are too weak, and they have almost no training, and they all rely on blood and courage to fight.

Compared with them, the combat strength of the Volunteer Battalion is relatively average, and the overall appearance is much better.

"The resistance of the officers and soldiers is much weaker than imagined."

Dian Yong and Xu Shizhong watched the battle under the city for a while, their expressions relaxed, and they all came to this conclusion.

Although at present, the situation of the officers and troops in Lushan is still relatively stable, the attack on the side of the rebels is still only a test of strength. Not to mention that the most elite Taiping Battalion did not move at all, just to say that the official army greatly transferred the garrisons of the other three city walls in order to defend the front, there is a lot to be done.

The Taiping rebels could have continued to invest their strength, inducing the officers and soldiers to gather their forces at the main gate, and then striking east and west, suddenly breaking through the other three walls.