Chapter 146: Drumming Gathers Generals
Xue San used the soup made by precious medicinal herbs to forcibly hang the life of the Sword Saint.
These medicinal materials, some of them are picked from the Tianduan Mountain Range, as the saying goes, relying on the mountains to eat the mountains and relying on the water to draught, in the original Shengle's foreign trade, the demon beasts are naturally extremely profitable, but some of the treasured specialties of the Tianduan Mountain Range also account for a lot of share, especially some rare medicinal materials.
There were some medicinal materials that Xue San had never seen before, that is, they were unique to this world, so he tried them himself and determined the medicinal properties.
In addition, when he went south to attack the Qianguo and sack the palace of the Jin Kingdom, he also harvested a lot of these precious medicinal materials, and this kind of thing was distressing to sell, so he simply stayed and used it himself.
At the beginning, Xue San gave the Lord a whole "big tonic bath", which also incorporated a lot of precious medicinal materials.
This expedition, it's impossible not to bring these things, to put it cold-bloodedly, what's wrong with the ordinary soldiers, if they don't carry it, they don't carry it, if there is a problem with a few demon kings, including the master, it will naturally have to be rescued at all costs.
Not to mention in this world, even if it is left in the afterlife, every time an epidemic disease appears, there are rich and powerful people who can be tested and treated first.
That's the reality.
Juggernaut, on the other hand, is very much in line with the criteria of "reality".
After Xue San came out, Zheng Fan immediately asked:
"How's it going?"
Xue San's face was solemn and said:
"The problem is very serious, the meridians on the body, broken and broken, cracked and cracked, I feel that even if I survive this time and survive, I have to become a waste, and it is difficult to take care of myself."
"So serious?"
General Zheng's heart is dripping blood.
"Well, but we're still saved." Xue San said.
"I understand that." Zheng Fan nodded.
The Sword Saint still has to be saved, even if he becomes a wasted person, but his understanding of the way of the sword, in this world, there are really few people who can compare to him.
Not to mention that there is also a natural sword embryo in Shengle City, let the Sword Saint continue to train it, maybe ten years later, Zheng Fan will be able to produce another female Sword Saint.
Let's just say that this feat of forcibly breaking the mirror and opening the second grade,
Originally, even Liang Cheng felt that the Sword Saint had to die categorically,
but
Fuck,
Who knows!
Zheng Fan suddenly discovered that in this world, Chen Daxia is counted as one, and the Sword Master is also counted as one, and they are all fucking the protagonist's life.
As a comic creator, he naturally knows what this kind of life means, which means that even if he is miserable and depraved at this time, he will suddenly rise again after a few years.
It stands to reason that the Sword Saint is now abolished, and the probability of a resurgence is almost minimal, but Zheng Fan doesn't mind waiting, and is willing to wait, anyway, the previous Sword Saint didn't spend much, and after the Sword Saint was abolished, the cost was naturally smaller.
It's that the 1,000-level combat exploits are converted into silver, and it's really a little distressing.
But you still have to give, this is not said, no matter how stingy General Zheng is, he will not owe his soldiers the salaries.
The arrears of wages only need to prevent them from making trouble, but the arrears of these Qiu Ba's salaries, they have knives in their hands!
"Send two of your trusted men to take good care of them."
"Don't worry, lord, your subordinates understand."
"Alright, I'm going to rest."
"Good night to the Lord."
Today, Zheng Fan didn't do anything, so he just ran away, but he was also scared and sweated.
There is no treatment for taking a bath, so I can only wash my face, light the brazier, lie down next to it and sleep directly.
Zheng Fan slept quickly, because his heart was much more steady.
Now that the wildlings have lost that Grim, let's see how they attack the city.
………
Sure enough, the next three days were calm.
The savages have lost their commanders and generals who know how to siege warfare, and they have been hit hard both in terms of military morale and tactics.
In the past three days, Liang Cheng took the time to train those Jin slaves, and let the old pawn teach some experience, so he can only say that he should try to make them become qualified cannon fodder as soon as possible.
In the north, from time to time, a small group of savage cavalry will come from the snow field to check the situation, it should be that some nearby tribes found that the snow customs was closed, and planted the black dragon flag of the Yan country, and specially came to inquire about the situation, but there was no established savage force.
finally
On the fourth day, the army of savages from the south began to attack the city.
Dead Grimu,
Dead Boss,
Lost the "professional" command of the siege,
All of this, all of this,
None of them could stop the determination of the wildlings to attack the Snow Customs.
Because they had no other choice but to take down this snow customs, they had to be beaten down.
Zheng Fan went up to the city wall early, Fan Li stood on Zheng Fan's right with a shield, and Ah Ming stood on Zheng Fan's left.
Outside the city, the army of the savages was already in formation.
It can be seen that in these days, they have also created a lot of siege equipment, mostly ladders, and siege rams, but this battering ram looks a little nondescript, and it can be regarded as forcibly adding wheels to them.
The number of savages is quite a lot, and from the visual point of view, it does give people great pressure.
But the kind of movable towers, slightly more high-end siege equipment, the wildlings should not have come out, one is the time is tight, the second is the lack of suitable craftsmen, and the third is that the nearby forests have been "cleared of the wilderness", and they need to cut wood to go farther, which greatly limits their efficiency.
Inside the Snow Customs, five artillery carts were ready, and the armor soldiers on the city wall were also ready for battle.
Because the snow customs were once looted by the savages, so here, Zheng Fan did not get enough equipment to replenish, but fortunately, General Zheng has always been willing to spend money on the construction of soldiers and horses under his command, especially before sending troops, there was a waiting period for a period of time, when all the workshops inside and outside Shengle were suspended, and they concentrated on replenishing the ordnance of the Shengle army.
Moreover, because of the success of the attack on Fengxincheng, the consumption of equipment was not only negligible, but also a lot of seizures, so there was no shortage of equipment here in the snow customs for the time being.
Bows and arrows should be sufficient for the time being, but according to Liang Cheng's calculations, if the battle lasts for a long time, it will still need agile soldiers to go down at night to collect arrows.
In addition, although the Snow Customs is a pass, it is actually a city, before the rise of the savages, because the power of the Situ family has long been pushed to the snow field, so the Snow Customs has not had a war for a long time, plus the trade is developed, so the original buildings and population in this pass are quite a lot.
The aborigines must have been taken captive when they were first breached, but the houses in the city, what should be demolished, what should be unloaded, everything that should be useful, piled up in front of them.
In this process, some underground cellars and warehouses were also discovered, the wild man was careless, and it may have been that when he had just broken through the snow customs, the wild man was still very "simple", and he didn't figure out the Jin people's habit of hiding things in the cellar, so they didn't "clean" here, which allowed Zheng Fan to get a lot of food supplements.
To sum up, all kinds of materials in the city are not abundant, but they are still enough, come on, do it first!
Zheng Fan silently took out a cigarette, and every time he went out on the expedition, the blind man would make him a few extra boxes of cigarettes to take with him.
And I don't know why, when I was in a hurry in my previous life, two packs of cigarettes a day were not enough to make, but after waking up in this world and having cigarettes, I may only have one cigarette a day, and I will only remember to light one when I encounter something.
This wall has a protruding "mouth" part, so that when the enemy is attacking the city, you can have two more walls to strike at the enemy.
At this time, Zheng Fan stood at the forefront of this "mouth".
Looking up and looking at the sky, Zheng Fan smoked silently.
Wait for a cigarette to finish,
There was also a new movement on the part of the savages, and groups of outcasts were driven forward, carrying very rudimentary ladders, most of them holding only spears sharpened from wood, and a few only holding knives in their hands.
They were driven to the city wall in batches, there was no moat to the south of the Snow Pass, and Liang Cheng did not waste any effort to dig any trenches in the winter, but he still left some spikes and thistles on the ground.
Many Jin displaced people don't even have shoes, and they step on them barefoot, that taste, and in this era of lack of medical treatment, they have suffered serious trauma in such extreme weather, and the fatality rate is quite high.
When the homeless people approached the city wall, Liang Cheng did not hesitate to order to be shot.
They can't be allowed to attack the city, otherwise it will affect the blow of the wall guards to the wildlings who follow.
In this Shengle army, there are mostly Jin people, but you also have to see where the Jin people are.
The pattern of the three families divided into Jin has been formed for more than a long time, and although they are collectively referred to as Jin people by the outside world, in fact, they have long been divided.
Under Zheng Fan's command, most of them were descended from the Helian family and the Wen family, or they were originally descended from the land of Gyeonggi, in short, the Situ family, that is, the Jin people on the boundary of Chengguo, there was no pity.
So
They carried out Liang Cheng's order very decisively and began to mercilessly shoot the homeless people under the city walls.
If the city is attacked has a moat or a ditch, they are asked to carry soil on their backs to fill the pit, and if the soil is not enough, then use their corpses to fill the pit, and the same is true.
But after the blow, above, there was the Yan army who shot arrows at themselves ruthlessly, and at the back, there were savages who were eyeing each other, and most of these homeless people were squatting on the ground with their heads in their hands and crying and screaming for death.
Liang Cheng ordered again to stop archery.
The arrows stopped;
The homeless people looked around in a bit of a daze, and no one dared to carry the ladder and continue to try to climb the wall, but they did not dare to go back, but instinctively gathered in the corners of the wall.
No matter how the wild people in the distance shouted and scolded and brandished their knives, anyway, the distance was still far away, and these homeless people were so stunned and did not move.
They are not stupid, they know that if they have any abnormal actions and attempts, they will inevitably shoot them again, people want to live, even if the hope is very slim, even if it is just a little late death, most people will still choose to do this.
For a moment longer, just as long as possible, even if you live like a walking corpse.
Zheng Fan cautiously poked his head out and looked down, and actually saw a woman huddled in the corner, breastfeeding the child in his arms.
I don't know if she can still squeeze out milk after being caught by wild people and driven so far.
It's just that Zheng Fan also knows that this is not the time to be soft-hearted, the Sword Saint is lying there resting, if he is there, it is estimated that he will find a way to go downstairs and save the child.
alas
The sense of justice can't be moved,
It's also quite trouble-free.
Over there
Seeing that the Jin people he had finally captured were actually lying on their stomachs, the savages began to divide their forces to attack the city.
It's just that they are savages, but in fact they are also the faces of the Jin people, but they are wearing armor and good weapons, the front row of soldiers is holding shields, the back row is carrying ladders, and then pushing the battering ram.
Then the battering ram was halfway away, and before the Shengle army on the city wall could shoot arrows, the wheels scattered on their own, and in the end, they could only rely on two rows of people to carry the big log and continue to move forward.
I knew I was going to be like this, so why take off my pants and fart?
"Lord, there have been two absurdities in the siege of the savages, one is that when there is no moat outside the city wall to the south of me, these slaves who have been captured with great difficulty are forcibly driven to attack the city, in fact, it is useless at all, and the consumption of this little arrow is actually negligible.
If the subordinates are on the other side, since these slaves were finally captured, I will let them be in charge of the logistics of the military camp, cutting, construction, etc., wherever and everywhere is a place where people need to be employed.
They now put their slaves under the city gate and city walls, which will cause great trouble for their main forces to attack the city in the future, after all, there is so much space under the city walls. ”
In ancient wars, the number of people was more than twice that of the regular army, which was a common thing, so many times those armies that claimed to be 400,000 or 800,000 at every turn were basically counted together with the logistics people.
"Actually........." Liang Cheng hesitated for a moment and continued: "They are accustomed to marching and fighting with herds of cattle and sheep to make war supplies, but it is obvious that after entering the customs this time, they only cared about looting and transferring things to their homes, and everything they needed was looted from Jindi.
In addition, from the time the savages entered the customs to the time when the war swept most of the country, in fact, the spring plowing and autumn harvest in these places were basically delayed, so on the savage side, even if they wanted to loot, it was difficult to get enough supplies from the vicinity.
After all, it was the place where they first came in, and it was also the place where they searched the hardest, and the savages should be running out of food. ”
"So, you mean, these slaves, can ............ Eat? ”
Liang Cheng acquiesced.
"Do you want to be so heavy-mouthed?"
I know that you are from a zombie background, and I know that you and Ah Ming are good, and you have nothing to drink red wine together to cultivate your sentiments, but there is no need to say it so directly.
"The subordinate is wrong."
"You go on, I'll listen."
General Zheng should be making up for the lesson.
"The second mistake made by the savages is that, Lord, you see, their main direction of attack is actually the city wall where we are now."
That is, the upper part of this "convex" character.
"However, in a real siege battle, the success rate of directly attacking the city gate and trying to break through here is very low, because any defender will defend the city gate the most."
"But I don't see much ......... under the city gate."
Zheng Fan understood, nodded, and said:
"You're deliberately trying to get them to break through this gate?"
"It's not intentional, I can only say that if you can keep it, you can keep it, if you can't keep it, let's just let them break the first door."
In the upper part of the word "convex", there is no staircase leading to the city wall, so if the wild people break through the city gate here and rush in happily, they will find that what awaits them will be another stronger city gate, and at the same time, the Shengle army soldiers on the four walls will shoot them from the inside without dead ends, and the wild people who rush in can only squeeze together and passively wait for death.
"It's really an old sow wearing a bra, one set after another."
General Zheng couldn't help but sigh.
"Lord, the subordinates have just discovered the third mistake, and now the savages are starting to attack the city, and the subordinates will escort the lord back to the back city wall first, let's talk while walking."
"Okay."
General Zheng is as good as a stream.
When the city wall was separated from the front-line battlefield after the two withdrew,
Liang Cheng continued:
"Lord, I look at the first wave of the savage army besieging the city, their appearance looks the same as the Jin people, and my subordinates guess that they should be the soldiers and horses under the command of Gerimu.
Since Gerim is from the Jin people, his subordinates are mainly Jin people, which is naturally a normal thing.
Now that Grim is dead, those savages and thousands of households will directly let the soldiers and horses under the original command of Grim be the main force to take the lead in attacking the city, which should have been right, someone has to make a sample first.
But that was when Gerim himself was still there, and now Gerim had already died, and then driving them to be the first batch of consumables for the siege in such a grand manner would easily cause the rebellion of these Jin people, not only that the morale of the siege was greatly reduced, but after that, if we plan to have another night attack, we can make a breakthrough from the camp where the Jin people surrendered to open it. ”
"Ready, put!"
Xue San was directing his men to release the stone eggs.
Actually, the lethality of this thing is also limited, after all, it is difficult for you to make a flowering bomb, originally, the defender of the city made a cannon cart, its purpose is to smash the towers of the siege party or to smash the siege team's artillery cart, but the other side of the wild man does not.
However, while besieging the city, you have to worry about "meteorites" landing overhead from time to time, which is a great blow to the morale of the besieging side.
"So, it's basically no problem for us to defend this city?"
"Thanks to that day, the Sword Master killed Grimu."
One less Gremu, the Savage is missing the most prestigious commander, after all, although Grim is a Jin person, he is the first to press all his belongings to follow the Savage King, and he is also the best at attacking the city on the Savage side.
In fact, what Zheng Fan and Liang Cheng didn't know was that the savages had previously successively broken through the two cities of the Situ family on the snow field and finally broke through the Snow Pass.
At the same time, the Jin army, which knew the most about siege warfare under Ge Limu, also fell into a low morale.
"Basically, it's not a big problem, unless the Savage King sends another general from the front line to bring in the elite all the way to integrate here and re-attack the city."
Hearing this "unless", Zheng Fan smiled.
apparently
Rao is "Gou" such as General Zheng,
They don't really care about this "unless".
On the front line of Wangjiang, the one who is facing the savage king is not the former prince, but the Marquis of Jingnan!
Do you smoke, do you continue to draw generals and elites back to attack the city, in the face of Jingnanhou, do you dare?
As the "high apprentice" of Jingnan Hou,
Zheng Fan is quite convinced of the Marquis of Jingnan's ability to use soldiers, plus the current subordinates of the Marquis of Jingnan, the Jingnan Army and the Zhenbei Army combined, there are more than 80,000, not counting the armies of other places in Yan State and the army of Chengguo.
General Zheng really dared to use the combination of a yang finger and a lion's roar skill, and arrogantly shouted to the savage king:
Come here, come here!
After escorting Zheng Fan back to the back wall, Liang Cheng looked at the situation in front of him and said:
"It seems that it is very rare for the savages to break through our front door."
In the midst of words,
There seems to be some regret that their designs could not be realized.
Zheng Fan stretched his back against the wall battlement,
Road:
"In other words, we're done here, and now it's up to Jing Nanhou to defeat the savages in front of him?"
Lose a Juggernaut,
Coupled with my more than 100 catties and 10,000 Shengle army's big run,
Snow Customs,
It's nailed.
Next, Tian Wujing,
It's time for the pen to be given to you.
……
Two flowers bloom;
On both sides of the Wangjiang River, in the near future, it can be said that it is not lively.
The Yan army, divided several times, made a posture of attacking in several positions;
Savages, then see the moves, and make corresponding deployments in response.
It's just that the Yan people are just light arrays, light changes defenses, and after so many days, they haven't tried to attack in a serious way.
It was clear that the Wangjiang River was already frozen, but the Yan people didn't seem to be thinking about taking advantage of the blessings of the changing weather.
On the savage side, it has always maintained the previous style, that is, how you move the Yan army, I will also greet accordingly, but at the same time, I have always been prepared to retreat when the situation is not good, as for whether I really retreated, I dare not fight with you, you come and try?
Therefore, with Wangjiang as the dividing line, the two sides added up to hundreds of thousands of troops, like two civilian "masters" in a move, circling in circles, constantly posing in various postures,
While shining the wings of the white crane, while fisting on the praying mantis,
On the one hand, the black tiger digs out the heart, and on the other hand, the eagle's claws are hideous,
in a word
It's just that if you don't make a move, it's just going to go around in circles, which has whetted the appetite of the audience.
……
Inside the savage tent,
The Savage King looked at the latest information from the rear that had just been sent,
Gerim,
He's dead
Killed by the Sword Saint of the Jin Kingdom.
The Savage King wanted to laugh,
He thinks it's the funniest joke he's ever heard this year!
This is a battle between the two armies, and you Grimu was actually killed in front of the battle by a master sent by others!
fortunately
The Savage King didn't go mad, he didn't laugh out loud,
just glanced at Alai, who had just delivered the military information to him,
Asked:
"Messenger ......"
Alema said:
"King, I have been executed."
The news of the fall of the snow customs in the rear is absolutely not allowed to spread in the army, if everyone knows that the way home is blocked by the Yan people, no matter how big and bright the stars are, they will not be able to stabilize the turbulent military heart.
"King, do you want to send someone back again........."
The Savage King shook his head and said:
"Opposite us is that Yan Nanhou."
This is a real opponent.
"Wang, our cavalry has blocked all the channels from the east, and the Yan Nanhou on the opposite side should not know that the Snow Customs has been .........."
The king of the savages stretched out his hand and stroked his forehead,
Sighing:
"I see."
"Huh?"
Alai didn't know why.
"I said, I see."
"This ........."
Of course I know, you know, King.
"Unless I don't know, but I actually knew the news of the fall of the Snow Customs for a long time, so I deliberately put on a posture that the Snow Customs was unhindered in front of the Yan army opposite."
"Yes, king, why ......?"
The Savage King gritted his teeth,
"Because I know, all my future responses are in disguise, I want to deceive the Yanren Nanhou on the other side, there is nothing to do in my rear, we are ready to return to the snow field at any time, it depends on whether you dare to cross the river to try!
But.........
That Yan Nanhou has been mobilizing troops on the other side of the river for a while, and I must also move troops.
This is like a clever lie, if you tell it too many times, it will always reveal flaws.
When I learned the news of the fall of the Snow Customs, all my responses actually had a layer of deliberateness on it.
Others, they may not be able to see anything.
But that Yan Nanhou ......"
"He, he'll see it?"
The Savage King wiped his face fiercely with both hands,
Take a deep breath,
Shaking his head,
Road:
"I don't know."
……
Across
The Commander of the Eastern Crusade.
Li Fusheng opened the curtain and walked in,
Kneel down on one knee in front of Jingnanhou and salute:
"The last general will see Hou Ye, I don't know if Hou Ye will summon the last ...... future"
"Do you feel it?"
"Huh?"
Li Fusheng didn't know why.
Straight thief, this question is so broad.
Li Fusheng misses the kid surnamed Zheng a little, that kid can speak, and he can figure out people's hearts, if that kid is here, he should be able to answer this question.
"Do you feel it?"
Jing Nanhou asked again.
Li Fusheng, who took pleasure in killing, could only stubbornly reply at this time:
"The last general is stupid, dare to ask Hou Ye, what do you feel?"
Jing Nanhou smiled,
Pointing to the east,
Road:
"Behind the savages, there should be something wrong."
"Huh?"
How does this feel?
Master Hou, do you know how to tell fortunes?
However, Li Fusheng didn't dare to ask this question, in front of this white-haired marquis, this murderous commander-in-chief of the Zhenbei Army really didn't dare to make the slightest mistake.
Although he has heard of the uncle of the Jingnan Hou family, it seems that he is a Xuan Xiu, so it is natural that Jing Nan Hou will have a little Xuan Xiu ability, right.
But as a battlefield veteran, Li Fusheng would never believe that the Marquis of Jingnan in front of him would use fortune-telling to fight, isn't this nonsense.
Jingnanhou doesn't seem to intend to explain,
Just stood up silently,
Road:
"Drumming gathering."
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Thanks to Xiang Lingyou for becoming the ninetieth leader of "Demon Lin".