Although it is claimed to be 100,000, it is actually far away, almost recruiting only about 30,000 young people around, but under the banner of 100,000 troops, it is also prestigious, all the way to the palace, not to mention any obstacles, but like a snowball, more than 10,000 soldiers were recruited. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Although this time the whole army attacked, but the Holy Martial League of Qingniu Mountain was the foundation, and it also left thousands of elite guards, although the prefect generals in the state capital where Qingniu County was located were indecisive and did not dare to come forward to attack with the Nanyang army, it was difficult to guarantee that they would not take advantage of the main force to come and attack immediately.

As the saying goes, there are tens of thousands of people without borders, and these tens of thousands of horses came to the front of the Nanyang city wall, which was extremely powerful and magnificent, and it scared some of the defenders and prefects in the city, and some of the timid people even began to think about retreating.

"Alas, it's over, once these 100,000 troops attack, these thousands of defenders in our city will be able to withstand it. An official said

"Lao Xu doesn't have to be so pessimistic, I look at this city, they may not attack it. Another official said

"What, Lao Du, what nonsense are you talking about, look at how many armies there are outside, there are not 100,000 but also 70,000 or 80,000, and that grandmaster, so many innate martial artists, where can we stop it." He said anxiously as he walked around

"Haha, my opinion is different, first, I used to be an official in Qingniu County, and I know that the population in the vicinity is young and strong, as far as I think, the 100,000 troops outside are no more than 30,000, and second, the city lord of Nanyang is five zhang high, and the blue bricks are stacked up to one and a half zhang thick. Those innate masters and grandmasters can't fly up even if they have any skills, and there are not many people on the city wall, and when the time comes, the arrow towers and crossbow machines in the city can easily clean them up.

Third, that is, those people are all rabble, think about how long they have been practicing, more than eighty percent of the tens of thousands of troops are newly recruited, and they can't attack the city at all, let alone make all kinds of trebuchets and other city-breaking equipment in a short time. Fourth, our Nanyang battalion still has thousands of troops waiting for ............. Officer Du said

There are still thousands of troops in the Nanyang camp, but I heard that General Gao Shun and his 5,000 men and horses were all wiped out by some great grandmaster. “

"This is a rumor, do you understand the rumor of the enemy, how can it be possible to have thousands of people in one move, it is just bad luck to encounter natural disasters and ambushes. “

With the spread of this conversation, the officials and businessmen of Nanyang City felt much more at ease.

"Lord Prefect Mingjian, his subordinates have already said that word, and the effect is obvious. The official surnamed Du said respectfully to the prefect in an unknown courtyard

"You're doing a good job. The prefect said

"Thank you for your compliment, although the words of the subordinates have calmed the hearts of the people temporarily, but after all, the enemy has a grandmaster, an innate master, and an army of tens of thousands, if they want to besiege the city and not retreat, can we hold out until the arrival of the imperial army. Officer Du asked

"Alas, this is also a question I have always wanted to answer, leave it to fate!!" said the prefect, but he thought in his heart, "When the attack and defense are fierce, and he sacrifices the city gate, the rebels will be happy, and may be able to save their lives and status." ”

However, their enemies were also in great trouble at this time, Gu Jianping and others arrived in Nanyang City in the early hours of the morning, and the army was fine when it was marching, but now as soon as it stopped, these young soldiers who had not been trained for a long time or even had no training at all could be described as undisciplined, and the fatigue and hunger of the multi-day raid made them sit or lie down suddenly, anyway, they refused to obey the order to camp in formation and act according to the predetermined plan.

"What should we do, Senior Elder Gu, we have never managed so many people. Look at the situation over there, I'm afraid that there will be chaos, not to mention our tens of thousands of troops attacking Nanyang City, which is a five-zhang high city wall, everything will be fine if there is no internal strife," Zhao Shanhe asked

"Don't panic, you lead Wan Yutong and the others to the grain and grass camp first, defend it tightly, and never let the chaos enter the grain and grass camp, and regardless of those who are sitting and lying down, first control the soldiers not to move around at will, stay in place, and order the patrol battalion to inspect all armies and brigades, and if anyone violates military law and discipline, they will be severely punished. Gu Jianping thought for a moment and said

"When breakfast is ready, let the soldiers have a full meal, and immediately line up to attack the city in batches according to the previous plan. Gu Jianping said again

The drums of war sounded, and according to experience, thousands of long-trained veterans and thousands of honest and obedient recruits were first dispatched, plus dozens of martial artists with outstanding merits, and a group of about 5,000 people began to attack Nanyang City.

In front of the south gate of Nanyang City is an open place, which can put down 10,000 people, which is the reason why Gu Jianping put the siege site here, although there is Li Yan's topographic map of the city, but Gu Jianping They did not use it at the beginning, training recruits, bringing blood, death and experience, so that these people can attack and defend the city This is the most important thing.

The simple bamboo ladders and wooden ladders had been made halfway down the road, and although there were no siege engines and catapults, dozens of tall ladders suddenly leaned against the city wall, and the sound of hundreds of people shouting to kill the enemy shook for miles, so that the defenders on the city wall were quite afraid.

However, the defenders were afraid, and in the face of death, they still dutifully did their duty to defend the task, bows and arrows, and the people on the ladder hit by flying stones were full of arrows when they could not dodge, and as soon as the rolling wood came out, a whole ladder of people was swept down, and the stenching hot gold juice was even more effective in retreating from the enemy. Some of the soldiers vomited just by asking about the smell, let alone besieging the city. Once the hot dung water was poured on the body, it was blistered, with a foul smell and fecal poison, and hundreds of people lost their combat effectiveness for a while.

Although it had been expected, the siege battle was fought so ugly and failed, which made Gu Jianping, Zhao Shanhe and others extremely depressed.

At this moment, a group of elite soldiers with all armor appeared on the city wall. As soon as those people appeared, the army defending the city was imposing, and immediately suppressed the attackers, and the recruits, who were already fighting very hard, were even more afraid, and their legs trembled and they couldn't even climb the ladder.

"Alas, Elder Gu, it seems that you have to go up and suppress it. Zhao Shanhe said