Chapter 82: Capture of Bluestone Fort (Part II)
As soon as the sky was slightly bright, Zhao Tiequan was the first to wake up, thinking that he was going to attack Qingshi Fort today, he immediately woke everyone up.
Yang Zheng sat next to the fire that was about to be extinguished, his eyes closed and he was dozing.
At this time, Zhao Tiequan walked up to him and patted him lightly on the shoulder, "Owner, it's dawn!" ”
"Hmm......"
Yang Zheng rubbed his confused eyes, "Are you all up?" ”
Zhao Tiequan nodded, "It's all ready, just wait for the owner to give the order."
At this time, Yang Zheng slowly stood up, only to see that everyone was all around, with nervousness and excitement on their faces.
Facing hundreds of pairs of eyes full of anticipation, Yang Zheng took a deep breath and started the pre-war mobilization loudly, "Clansmen, brothers and sisters, although we have successfully escaped from the border of the Great Liao State and crossed the quicksand river, our current situation is very grim. Right now, it's freezing cold, we have no supplies, no rations, and if we continue like this, we will all starve to death in the wilderness. ”
As soon as these words came out, everyone's expressions were very solemn, and they knew very well in their hearts that if they didn't find a place to settle down as soon as possible, it was estimated that those old people and children would soon be unable to hold on.
Looking at the old and weak women and children with haggard faces, Yang Zheng sighed secretly and continued to say loudly: "In order for everyone to have a foothold as soon as possible, we must go to capture the Bluestone Fort, where there is food, a warm stove and beds, these are what we need most at the moment." ”
As soon as the words fell, Yang Shiyuan, Yang Mazi and other hot-blooded men shouted loudly.
"The owner of the village ordered, let's go and occupy the bluestone fort!"
"Yes, for the sake of the daughter-in-law and the children, we must fight!"
"My tiger was hungry last night, and if he doesn't get food, I'm afraid he won't last a few days."
"Owner, let's hurry up......"
Seeing that everyone's response was so enthusiastic and urgent, Yang Zheng was very satisfied, and he waved his hand at the moment and said: "Before going to attack the Bluestone Fort, we must settle the old and weak women and children, after all, it is forty or fifty miles away to go to the Bluestone Fort, and it will be inconvenient to take them with you." ”
Hearing this, Liu Shengyuan stood up, "Owner, you take the men and horses to capture the Qingshi Fort in advance, Yang Xiu and I stay to protect them, after the matter is completed, the owner of the village can get some mules and horses in the Qingshi Fort to pick us up." ”
Yang Xiu also followed and said, "Mr. is right, the owner of the village, you go on the road first, and my husband and I will take the big guy to find a safe place to hide, and the owner doesn't have to worry." ”
"Okay, since that's the case, then it's decided!"
After speaking, Yang Zheng waved his hand, raised his arms and shouted: "All the old and young masters of Yangjiazhuang, for the sake of our family and for survival, we are only allowed to succeed today, not to fail!" ”
As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere at the scene suddenly boiled.
Everyone responded loudly with excitement, "Only success, not failure......"
The chief housekeeper Yang Fengnian took out all the last remaining dry food, and asked Yang Zheng and his gang to attack the strong men of Qingshi Fort to cushion their stomachs, after all, they had traveled dozens of miles, and if they didn't eat something, they were afraid that everyone would not have the strength to rush to kill.
After a simple breakfast, Yang Zheng shouted, "Let's go!" ”
Suddenly, hundreds of the most elite strong men in Yangjiazhuang, under the leadership of Yang Mazi, rushed out of the valley and went straight to the bluestone fort dozens of miles away.
This time he went to attack Qingshi Fort, Yang Zheng did not bring all the strong men, but only brought one hundred and five people, including Zhao Tiequan, Yang Meng, Yang Mazi, and Yang Dapeng.
The remaining dozens of strong men were handed over to Yang Xiu's command, and let them stay behind to protect the old and weak women and children of the Yang family.
After all, the realm of the Western Wilderness is extremely chaotic, and it's always good to be cautious.
On the way, Yang Zheng found a secluded place, and in front of everyone, summoned all the arms and weapons out of thin air, which suddenly made everyone present stunned.
For a while, Yang Zheng became more and more mysterious in everyone's hearts, and everyone became more and more in awe and trust him.
Since you want to conquer the city, you can't rely on your own strength, and you must teach some people to use shotguns and grenades.
So, Yang Zheng selected more than a dozen strong clansmen with more intelligent minds and strong receptivity, and taught them to use grenades and shotguns in the fastest time, which made others jealous.
Last night, Yang Zheng entered the Infinity Arsenal and carried two boxes of grenades and eight Remington shotguns, as well as two thousand pistol bullets and three hundred shotgun ammunition.
After entering the Infinity Arsenal for the second time last night and carrying out eight Remington shotguns and three hundred rounds of ammunition, all the six overtime cards he had left last time had been used up.
Today, in their team of more than 100 people, they have six submachine guns, thirteen pistols, eight shotguns, and other cold weapons such as crossbows and crossbows, basically everyone has them.
Originally, there were twenty-three pistols, but before leaving, Yang Zheng left ten for Yang Xiu to defend themselves.
The 2,000 rounds of pistol ammunition that were carried last night can be used not only for pistols, but also for submachine guns, because the bullets used for pistols and submachine guns are the same.
The sun is gradually setting in the west, and it will soon be three or four o'clock in the afternoon.
Yang Zheng led everyone all the way over the mountains and mountains, and finally came to a hillside full of strange rocks.
At this time, Yang Mazi took out the map that Liu Shengyuan gave him and looked at it carefully.
"Owner, that's right, this is a strange stone slope, as long as you climb over this hillside, there is a bluestone castle in front."
Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but lift their spirits, and their mood became excited.
Yang Zheng waved his hand and said, "Everyone will rest here, and after half an hour, we will storm the Bluestone Castle!" ”
At this time, Zhao Tiequan, who was standing beside him, suddenly said: "Owner, while we are resting, Yang Mazi and I will go over to investigate first, and take a look at the environment around Qingshi Castle and their defensive strength." ”
Yang Zheng nodded, "Then it's hard Uncle Zhao." ”
Zhao Tiequan smiled, didn't talk nonsense, and directly took Yang Mazi to investigate the enemy situation in advance.
After less than half an hour, the two ran back out of breath.
Seeing this, Yang Zheng hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "How?" ”
Zhao Tiequan took a breath and said: "The gate of the bluestone fort is closed, and there are about hundreds of people stationed on the city defense, all of whom are Khitans, according to my observation just now, there seem to be more than a dozen ballistas installed on the city defense, three trebuchets, and on the city wall, there are many stones and rolling logs. ”
Hearing this, Yang Zheng frowned and said, "Except for the main gate, what is the defensive intensity in other places?" ”
Zhao Tiequan shook his head and said, "Except for the main gate, other places can't be passed at all." ”
"Why?" Yang Zheng said suspiciously
At this time, Yang Mazi wiped the sweat on his forehead and interjected: "The owner doesn't know, the bluestone castle is actually built in a huge valley full of bluestones, and the two sides of the bluestone castle are cliffs that are nearly 100 zhang high, except for entering from the main gate, the two sides can't go around at all." ”
Yang Zheng pondered for a moment, "Let's go, let's go over and have a look." ”
After that, he led everyone to quickly climb over the strange rock and climb to the top of the slope.
After everyone reached the top of the slope, their vision suddenly opened up.
At the foot of the hill was a narrow valley, and at the end of the valley appeared a strong wall made of boulders.
The city wall is only tens of meters long, but it is just embedded in the middle of the narrow valley, and the cliffs on the left and right sides are closely connected and leaning.
Hundreds of meters apart, Yang Zheng vaguely saw that a large number of city defense equipment had been installed on the city wall, and there were many Khitan people wearing leather robes and bald heads, walking back and forth on the city wall.
Seeing this scene, Yang Zheng secretly exclaimed, "This bluestone fort is really a good place, easy to defend and difficult to attack, occupying an absolute geographical defense advantage, if you capture the bluestone fort yourself, and then install a few heavy machine guns on the wall, it is estimated that the enemy will still have thousands of troops, don't want to conquer it!" ”
At this time, Yang Meng came up to him and whispered, "Big brother, what should we do next?" Assault? ”
Yang Zheng shook his head and said: "It is estimated that it will be very difficult to attack from the main gate in broad daylight, we can't afford any casualties now, we must be cautious, and after dark, we will quietly touch under the city wall and blow up the city gate, and kill them by surprise!" ”