Chapter 67: The Siege
As soon as the east gate of the city creaked open, four fast horses rushed out of the door, Li Chengen watched the number of horses in the east of the city gradually move away, and the iron horse behind him was about to reach the west of the city, and his heart was a little calm.
When I looked back at the east gate of the city, I saw that the fast horses that were sending the letter on the four horses were attacked and killed by a group of rangers, and all of them fell off their horses and died!
"Bastard!!" Li Chengen slapped the wall and said fiercely.
Obviously, he came prepared, and sneaked into a group of light cavalry on the road to the east of the city, specially designed to intercept and kill the fast horse that sent the letter, obviously the beacon fort five miles east of the city has had an accident!
He hurried to Deng Pingyu in the west of the city and reported the situation.
Deng Ping's face sank like water, and he immediately said: "Now that the captives are prepared, they will naturally have internal responses, and strictly prevent internal and external cooperation." At this moment, the hearts of the people in the city are extremely important, so do not riot and cause an uproar. β
The sound of the sound of the nail leaf ringing, and the scattered military attachΓ©s at all levels rushed to the side of the west building of the city, waiting for Deng Pingyu's dispatch.
He looked at the iron cavalry that was gradually approaching outside the city, and said in a loud voice: "Kuang Zhenchuan, take your subordinates to calm the soldiers to patrol the whole city for martial law, and suppress the chaos in the city. If there are people with abnormal behaviors, malicious disorders, and those who disturb the morale of the army, they will be killed immediately, and they will be killed first, and there is no need to report it! β
"Yes!"
"Jiang Wei, who ordered to backfill the crypt, let him not stop for a moment, let the people of the city backfill the earth, bring firewood, and beware of the enemy attack from now on!"
"Yes!"
"Zhang Shanduan, take the elite of your sentry cavalry battalion, and immediately go to the Bao family to support the general banner Bao Yuanqian, there must be no loss!!"
"Obey!"
"Guo Xiong, collect the grain and grass in the whole city, intercept the water source, and distribute the stored gunpowder in the arsenal to the four gates for a long-term plan!"
"Order!"
Deng Pingyu's heart was turbulent, but after all, he was an old and spicy person, and he was deployed one by one in just a moment.
As soon as he finished speaking, countless black spots in the sky hit from far and near, and the sound of "whooshing" arrows breaking through the wind resounded continuously!
Immediately, a sergeant was hit by an arrow and fell to the ground struggling in pain. One man was shot in the throat and struggled hard, but he could not resist the approach of death.
Countless arrows rained down like a curtain wall, and the people on the city wall hid behind the female wall to avoid the arrows.
Thousands of arrows came and nailed the walls of the West City full of arrows, and the arrow feathers trembled and trembled, swaying back and forth shockingly.
Deng Pingyu looked through the gap in the women's wall, and saw that the iron horse rushed to the west gate and arrived at the shooting round, but turned the horse back and no longer stepped forward, but divided into two, divided into two roads, north and south, all the way from west to north, all the way from west to south!
Obviously, this is to first surround the whole city with the mobility of cavalry, and turn Suzhou City into a cage to trap death.
"Sure enough, it's the Warat cavalry!" Deng Pingyu saw the banner in the torrent.
These Warat cavalry have iron cavalry, as well as light cavalry, mixed together, for the Ming army on the tower of the Ming army's bronze firearms, handcuffs and other firearms seem to be very familiar with the firing range, always keep two or three hundred paces away.
It was difficult for the guns in the hands of the Ming army to exert their power, so they had to watch this torrent-like horse gradually surround the Suzhou city.
What do they mean? Siege without attack?! Li Chengen and others were a little puzzled.
Deng Pingyu shook his head, "Cavalry siege is a taboo for soldiers!" They wanted to surround us with cavalry, lock us firmly in the city, and wait for the siege troops to follow! β
"Siege troops!?"
Everyone couldn't help but be shocked in their hearts, the siege force was an army with large siege equipment such as return cannons, incendiary bombs, battering rams, charging vehicles and ladders.
Thinking of the dozens or hundreds of pounds of return cannons, everyone couldn't help but shudder, not knowing what would happen to their fate?
"Hehe, how many years. This time, the captives are huge, and if the city is broken, it will not be left behind. Deng Pingyu was right, and said lightly to the military attachΓ©s around him: "Listen, as a Ming general, this is a dangerous autumn, only with generosity and fearlessness, and with the determination to become benevolent, can there be a glimmer of life." β
"Yes!!" From the hundreds of households to the same acquaintance Li Chengen, they were all stabilized by Deng Pingyu's indifference, and then they each buried their heads and scattered to guard each door.
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"Run!!"
"Run! How come there are still people outside the city!? β
On the tower of the north gate, countless Ming soldiers were shouting loudly, shouting at the villagers in the farmland on the south bank of the Qiulai River outside the city tower.
They stood tall and saw far away, spotted the enemy early, and fired their cannons, and the people around the city poured into the city.
But when the gates were closed, they found that there were still many people in the villages by the Craai River.
Some of them were afraid that the captives would come, so they burned down their own things and secretly ran to their homes to rescue their belongings, and some of them took them home to get things when they went out of the city to get soil.
Whatever the reason, they missed the best time to enter the city, and now the captives have bypassed the northwest corner of the city and are heading straight around the north gate!
"Hurry up, hurry!" Sister-in-law Gao and Uncle Gao carried pots and pans, and chased after Xiao Gaojian, and couldn't help but rush towards the north gate with a group of villagers.
Along the way, hundreds of people cried for their fathers and mothers, and fled for their lives.
"Mother... I'm afraid! Xiao Gao was carried by Gao Sister-in-law and ran all the way, Gao Sister-in-law looked at the Warat cavalry galloping in the rear, and looked at the bright scimitars in their hands and felt a chill.
"Whoosh!!"
Countless stray arrows flew in, and immediately more than a dozen people were hit by arrows in the back and neck, and immediately fell to the ground and died on the spot!
The people around saw that the dead man was beside them, and they were afraid that the next one would be themselves, so they ran forward with enough strength to feed.
But how could two legs outrun a fast horse with four legs, and thousands of cavalry shot sideways, and arrows rained down.
The people, who were powerless, fell like mowing grass.
Uncle Gao was hit by four or five arrows in his back and was killed on the spot!
"Poof!" When Gao Gao's sister-in-law fled dozens of steps away from the north gate with Xiao Gao in her arms, she was also pierced by an arrow through her throat and fell to the ground and died.
"Sister-in-law Gao!!" A city guard on the city tower seemed to recognize the tall sister-in-law and shouted.
Xiao Gao looked around blankly, but these Warat cavalry were like emotionless harvesting machines.
Suddenly, a javelin was thrown in the air, splashing a scarlet!
"Kodaka!!" The sergeant's eyes were red, and he roared angrily, picked up the handcuff in his hand, and fired it at the outside of the tower.
Unfortunately, these cavalry were far out of range, and their handcuffs erupted in fire, but they sank into the sea, and in the face of the rolling torrent of iron horses, he was powerless to hang his hands and fiercely looked at the warats who were slaughtering outside the city.
The target of these Warat cavalry was not for these people, and after they killed them all, they immediately headed to the northeast corner of the city.
The purpose is to gather with the South Route Army under the East City Gate and completely complete the encirclement of Suzhou Wei.
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"Newspaper!! Outside the east gate, there are about 10,000 Warat troops! β
"Newspaper!! There are about 10,000 enemy troops outside the south gate! β
"Newspaper!! There are 10,000 captive cavalry at the north gate! β
Military intelligence followed, and messengers were constantly shuttling on the city tower.
Deng Pingyu looked at the more than 10,000 iron cavalry outside the West City Gate, listened to the news of the other three gates, and estimated in his heart that there were more than 40,000 cavalry in the first wave of siege alone!
"This is all taken out of the family, hehe..."Deng Pingyu sneered, looking at the enemy army outside the city.
These Warat cavalry besieged but did not attack, and one camp tent after another rose from the ground, besieging the city of Suzhou with three layers and three layers outside the city!
"Newspaper!! The North Gate Captives are cutting off the water source of the Zarai River! β
Dou Qin was so frightened that he almost and urinated, his lips turned white, and his hands trembled, "What should I do... What to do... More than 40,000 captives..."
Just now, ten thousand arrows were fired, and an arrow grazed his sleeve, and he slammed to the ground, looking at the arrow nailed into the earth, and shivering.
He was just an experience officer who came to Suzhou to pass the edict and walked around, and had a private meeting with his girlfriend, where did he see this formation, and now he has long been hiding in the city tower and shrinking into a ball.
Li Chengen said: "They want to cut off the water source, they have to stop them!" β
Deng Pingyu shook his head, "There are wells and groundwater in the city, and I have already asked Guo Xiong to intercept the flow." Even if they cut off the river, we can deal with it in the short term, and at this moment the morale of the enemy army is high, and if they leave the city, they will be sent to death. β
Li Chengen looked at the dense Warat army below, surrounded like an iron bucket, and asked a little timidly, "What should we do now?" They besiege but do not attack, and in a long time we will surely die. β
Deng Pingyu smiled indifferently, "What are you panicking about?" Xingdu Division will send a letter to Suzhou every seven days, we only need to hold on for a few days, Xingdu Division will not see a reply within seven days, and we will inevitably be suspicious. β
"Besides, they are besieging but not attacking, they are waiting for the large-scale equipment to attack the city in the future, and this time is a good opportunity for us to turn inferior into excellent and boost the morale of the army!"
Li Chengen was not good at attacking, so he asked, "What do you mean?" β
But seeing that Deng Pingyu not only did not panic, but smiled, and looked at the Wara military camp under the city wall meaningfully with an old face.
He now feels more and more that those spies are probably sent by Ugqi, and if they can't sneak around, they will come to ask for it, and when they see that they want the jade seal, they want to surround the Suzhou guard, hum.
If you want to change the jade seal, without going through a bloody battle, others don't know your ability to Deng Pingyu!