Chapter 7: Task 2: Gaining Trust (Part II)
The Ant-Attached Siege began in the afternoon!
This time, it was Qi Yizheng, the fifth master of the "flying leopard", who was carrying a thousand bait people with ten cloud ladders, although it was only a bait, but they were each given a knife, a one-handed knife of about three feet!
Without any protection, those people braved the rain of arrows to rest the ladder on the city wall, and then with a knife in their mouths, they "rubbed" the ladder with both hands to climb up.
At this time, the sassal wood and rolling stones on the city wall continued to roll down from the ladder, especially the wood, which was covered with thorns all over the body, and the weight was heavy, and those who were hit were either killed or injured!
In addition, the defenders of the city also had crashes, yakshas, and forks used to hit the ladders, and thirty percent of the ten ladders were destroyed by these objects as soon as they were erected.
And when the rolling stones were used up, there was boiling oil and gold juice (boiled dung) splashed down, and those who stuck to it all wailed violently.
However, the thieves are not fools, they do not send out all their men at once, but only send out two posts and a hundred men at a time, only ten people next to each ladder, and only five people at a time.
As soon as the defending side saw the enemy attacking, it was possible for the elite division to inflict the maximum blow on the enemy with the least attrition, and if there were only a small number of regular troops defending the city with the young and strong men in the city, it would not be able to do this.
As soon as they saw the enemy attacking, all the defenses were thrown out, so that in a short time, the prepared wood and rolling stones, boiling oil, and gold juice would be used up, and the besieging side would find a way to destroy the city by burning it with fire and axes.
It is not easy to make one of these objects, there are often only a few in a city, once destroyed, it is not easy to make again, at that time, it is the best time to attack the city.
Of course, since it is an ant-attached siege, the besieging side will always suffer the greatest casualties, and it is common for the battle loss ratio to be 1 to 5, and there are also 1 to 10.
In other words, only if you have five to ten times the number of troops, it is possible to take the city by attacking the city with ants, and Rao is so, after taking the city, the damage of the attacker is also amazing.
However, because all the elites of the Ming Dynasty were on the nine sides at this time, most of the guards in the interior were rotten and unusable, so let them lead the young men in the city who had never experienced a war to defend the city, and the battle damage ratio was three to five times.
But if it is placed in the thieves, all this is not suitable again, they raise a large number of starvation, ravines, baiters, just for the cruel war of attrition.
He can consume all the ravines and baits in a siege battle, and recruit a group when he conquers the city, and there are few thieves at this time who slaughter the city, and after taking the city, he can't wait to use everyone to the end, who will be willing to slaughter it cleanly.
The massacre of the city apparently came later when the scale of the thieves grew.
For two days in a row, the leopard replaced it after half of the two outposts were lost, and then the other two outposts went up, and after two whole days, the bait of the twenty outposts almost took turns attacking several times.
At the end of the first day, twenty posts were reduced to ten, and at the end of the next day, they were reduced to five, which meant that at the end of the two days, there were only two hundred and fifty baits left for a thousand people!
On this day, Dian Dengzi arrived with a large team of people from Suidezhou City, and gave Song Jiang and Feibao an order to conquer Wubao County overnight.
This time, the two hundred men who had previously filled the ravine and failed to complete the task were assigned to the team of baiters, and attacked again and again in the middle of the night, at this time, the city's defenses were actually very weak, and even the baiters rushed up to the city wall several times, but it was just a failure.
In the past two days, Long Thirteen has spent the past two days in fear, compared with filling the ravine, the death of the bait is even more terrifying, but for him, today is the last day for him to complete the task of "gaining the trust of the lantern", look at this scene, let alone see the lantern, he didn't even see Zhao Jiu's figure.
However, it was obvious that the lantern was determined to take the county seat of Wubao, because Long Thirteen got a shocking news from the mouths of other "well-informed" ravines.
"Shenmu Ginseng General Ai Wannian is evacuating from Yansui Town, his goal is to light the lamp, and it will be there in ten days soon!"
About an hour before midnight, a man came while the ravines were lying outside the city and huddled together to rest.
I saw that the man was about in his early twenties, with a short beard, medium build, and a fierce expression, and he was the third leader of the camp, "Passing the Sky Star" Hui Dengxiang.
It is said that this man was the most powerful person in the entire Lamplight Battalion, and his appearance often meant that the decisive battle was about to begin.
"Ladies and gentlemen"
Hui Dengxiang was dressed in the iron armor of a Ming army general, and stood in front of the ravines with his hands behind his back.
"There's a great opportunity right now in front of you, just sign up for the last attack tonight, as long as you sign up, you'll be promoted to the bait, a big pie a day!"
"Those who attack the city wall are under the jurisdiction of the old battalion infantry army, with two meals a day, complete clothing and weapons, and can follow the main cavalry to move together"
"Those who kill the enemy's generals can be promoted to cavalry, and those who are outstanding have the opportunity to become a member of the family!"
However, after witnessing the tragic situation of the day, the ravines were frightened, and after Whitden said this, no one signed up.
"I'll go!"
Dragon Thirteen signed up, "I'm immortal, and this second mission is about to fail, this is the last chance"
Since he signed up on his own initiative and was given the opportunity to choose weapons first, he chose a serious shield that he could hang on his arm, a goose knife, and a spear, all of which he carried on his back.
There are about two hundred people like him, in addition to the bait and ravine, there are naturally regular soldiers, and they still put the ravines and bait at the front, and Long Thirteen is the first.
Looking at the black city wall that was three feet away, as well as the figures that appeared from time to time behind it, and the strong smell of blood emanating from under the city, Long Thirteen's heart almost jumped out!
Although he knew that he could continue to be reborn to cultivate, when he was really facing death, or when he was facing the death of the enemy's sword and gun, his state of mind was still different.
Besides, the wood, rolling stones, fire, oil, gold juice and other things on the city wall are intermittent, and I don't know if they have been exhausted, and now they are gathered under the city, and the people in the city have not released arrows, and it is obvious that the arrows are exhausted, but there may be other objects.
"Woo......"
"Knock ......"
In the rear, there was the sound of horns and drums, which was the order to officially attack the city.
Long Thirteen took a deep breath, holding the shield with an iron hoop in one hand, and climbing up the ladder that was already a little shaky with the other!
This time it seemed to be going well, and he was about to climb to the end before waiting for an enemy blow!
Kerosene!
It is estimated that it was the last batch of fire oil, maybe all the oil in the people's homes was brought, and when Long Thirteen and the others were only one meter away from the female wall on the city wall, the fire oil was spilled!
This was one of the things that scared Long Thirteen the most, second only to the boiling golden juice, and besides, the fire oil burned immediately after it met the wooden shield, and a large amount of fire oil was poured on him!
He turned into a fireball in an instant!
After a scream, he fell down the ladder!
......
"The emulator is restarting......"
"The emulator is restarting......"
"The emulator is restarting......."
I don't know how many times he repeated it, and I don't know how many times Long Thirteen died, but he finally summed up an experience.
"When he rushed up several times, all that was poured down was the fire oil, and the even number of times was the wood, compared with the oil oil, the wood that weighed 100 catties and was covered with thorns he couldn't resist at all, and the oil still had a chance of life!"
Eleventh!
This time, he replaced the shield with a larger pot lid, and climbed to a place only one meter away from the female wall in three or two strokes!
As soon as the familiar smell appeared, Long Thirteen slammed upward, and at this moment he happened to appear at the opening of the female wall, where two people were pouring boiling hot oil!
Dragon Thirteen's only chance was to slam the lid of the pot in his hand backwards before the oil tank was toppled!
At this time, because the lid of the pot just covered this gap, the fire oil could not be poured on him in a short time!
He did, but the lid was burning violently!
He threw the lid of the pot into the city wall, and the people inside naturally couldn't dodge!
However, he had repeated this action several times before, and if he stepped over the battlement of the female wall, because it was full of oil, he could not stand at all, and once he stepped on it, he would either quickly slide to the outside of the city wall and fall to his death, or slide into the city wall, and then be killed by the defenders!
And the battlement on the side was more than a meter away from him, and he couldn't cross it with his current ability.
So, he had only one way to go!
He sprang up before the fire at the battlement could widen, and then came to the highest part of the female wall (the raised part), which he had done before, but unfortunately he was either killed by arrows or spears.
This time, though, he was clearly well prepared, and as soon as his head popped out of there, he threw another object!
A bag of lime!
As soon as Lime was thrown out, he immediately buried his head, and then after about a few seconds, he jumped from it!
When he jumped down, his eyes kept looking around, and the Yanling knife in his hand was thrown at a person who pounced on him regardless of the lime rush, and when the person dodged the Yanling knife, Long Thirteen just landed on the ground, and according to the method taught by the martial arts hall, a shot stabbed the person in the chest!
Then he swept sideways with his spear, and blocked several more weapons, and took the opportunity to retreat to the side of the wall near the city, and leaned against the female wall on that side to launch a stabbing attack.
The stabbing technique he practiced in the Suidezhou City Martial Arts Hall came in handy at this time, he didn't have a move, what he pursued was fast!
A shot is as fast as a shot, ruthless and accurate!
At this time, in fact, if he learned the marksmanship of the martial arts hall, he would soon be killed by the enemy, but at this moment of life and death, it is not enough to be fast, and he is not afraid of death!
Under the combination of these two, several people were assassinated by him on the spot!
However, as the number of enemies grew, his fast and death-defying tactics were no longer useful, and his strength was rapidly depleting - you know, not long ago, he was still starving!
"Click"
His spear was cut off by a knifeman, and then the man forced him with a sinister smile, and Long Thirteen was only left with the short knife that Yuan Zongdi had given him in his hand.
However, luck seemed to be on his side, and the man was just about to pounce, but his foot slipped, and he stepped on the lid of the pot that was still burning with oil!
"Pounce", Long Thirteen stabbed him in the throat with a knife, and then swung the knife around!
This time, though, he clearly pounced!
It's not that he is exhausted and falls crookedly, but Hui Dengxiang and others have come up!
......
It was already before dawn to light the lamp and take the county seat of Wubao.
In the county office, Zhao Sheng, who lit the lamp, held a meeting overnight, and Long Shisan was honored that this time he finally met the famous leader of the thieves.
About forty, with three long beards, and the appearance of a lupine scarf, but with a large knife hanging from his waist, it shows that he is not as weak as he seems.
"Ladies and gentlemen, in the battle tonight, in terms of the first merit, it should be this little brother, if he hadn't killed more than ten people in a row after he stood firm on the city wall, it would be impossible for us to take this city today, you wait, how to reward it?"
Zhao Jiu came out at this time and said with a smile: "Speaking of which, this little brother also saved me, it is better to dial in the cavalry battalion."
This is already quite a great reward, and if you are transferred to the cavalry battalion, you don't have to fight under normal circumstances, you just need to be powerful and good on weekdays.
But Zhao Sheng had mostly talked with Long Shisan before this, and he also learned from his mouth that this kid could actually read and write, and he was an old boy himself.
"No, Ai Wannian is about to be killed, if the meritorious man can't be rewarded, won't it chill the hearts of the soldiers?"
"I have decided, Thang Long Thirteen is the sixth master, to assist me in taking care of the old battalion baggage, training, and leading the large battalion infantry army!"
......
"Dragon thirteen, eighteen years old, the second task 'to gain the trust of the lamp' character completed, after the siege battle, the force value increased to 60, after becoming the master, the commander value also rose to 60, killed more than ten people in a row and did not get hurt, agility value, luck value rose to 60"
"Since the lamp recognizes your status as a 'scholar', the wisdom value has also risen to 60"
Well, among the thieves, a strange character with all five assignments reaching 60 has appeared.