Chapter 499: I'd rather touch 10,000 horses than break the formation
In the city tower, Wu Gan, Baoxiang and Meng Shuo talked for a long time before they figured out the intricate and intricate relationship between the Meng family.
It turned out that Meng Hao, the head of the contemporary Meng family, had five sons, stationed in five big cities, the main city Baiya City was garrisoned by the eldest Meng Gan, which was also the place where the head of the family was located, and the other cities were garrisoned by four sons.
Among the five sons, three sons have the same position as the head of the family, but they are unwilling to confront the Ji family with the Lu family, but the third son Meng Zhuo and the fifth son Meng Qi were attracted by the Lu family. This time, the private communication between the Meng family and the Ji family was leaked to the Lu family by these two people, which caused such a disaster.
In fact, the Meng family did not completely fall to the Ji family, but they felt that they would go to the dark with the Lu family, and they would not end up in the end of the death of the clan, so they left a way back for themselves.
However, even Meng Hao didn't expect the Lu family to be so ruthless, and directly sent the vicious dog of the Dreadnought Army to kill him, and he was a little caught off guard for a while.
According to Meng Shuo's estimation, after this incident, the Lu family will not necessarily let the Meng family disappear, and it will not be able to take away part of its territory, and then choose one person from Meng Zhuo or Meng Qi to be the head of the family, so as not to make it difficult for the Ji family to explain.
After listening to these inside stories, Baoxiang sighed, "This is troublesome, and there are many strange things when the family is big." ”
Wu Gen blinked, but he had some ideas in his heart, originally the Lu family let themselves take the three big cities of Qinghuai, Rolling Stone and White Cliff, since Meng Shuo could recruit his fourth brother, then Rolling Stone City was not counted, and it was still up to debate whether this White Cliff City could be taken.
The three of them were chatting, and suddenly Zhang Wuyang broke in, "Qiqi village master, the scout is coming, there are wolf soldiers haunting fifty miles, it should be a scout sent by the Meng family." ”
Coming, Wu Ganhuo got up, since the Lu family wants to test their loyalty, they must meet these wolf soldiers for a while.
"Wu Gan, the clan uncle is loyal and innocent, known as majestic, quite capable of fighting but not publicizing, if you deal with him, I'm afraid you won't be able to please anything." Meng Shuo got up and solemnly persuaded, "The wolf soldiers are not good at attacking the city in the field, so it is better to stay in the city and wait for him to become appropriate." ”
Wu Gen was noncommittal, got up and walked outside, walked to the door and turned his head and said: "Brother Meng is kind to Wu Gan, but if it is a cavalry commanded by your uncle, I am still a little scratching my head, but I have a lot of experience with the wolf soldiers." ”
A few people walked out of the city tower, Wu Yan turned around and said to Zhang Wuyang, "Keep an eye on him, we will rely on him to trick others in the future." ”
Since he got the news that the wolf soldiers were coming, Wu Gen naturally ordered the whole city to be under martial law, close the city gates, and hurry up to overhaul the chariots.
After waiting for a long time, Wu Gan, who was sitting on the east city gate, finally saw the dust and smoke billowing in the distance, and there were countless green wolves the size of Kui Niu, howling and rushing. On the backs of these green wolves sat two soldiers, one with a bow and the other with a halberd.
"There are 1,200 wolf soldiers in this one, it's not easy to fight." Wu Yan turned his head to look at the treasure elephant, and he roughly counted it, and there were more than six hundred wolves on the other side. According to the intelligence of the landing family, the Meng family only has less than four hundred wolves, which is a lot less. Moreover, there are two people in this wolf, plus these evil wolves, it is a little difficult to fight at this time.
Soon, two more infantry troops appeared from either side of the wolf soldiers, both in armor and shields, and with long knives in their hands. Soon poured out from both wings, protecting the flanks of the wolf soldiers.
The shepherd is good at cavalry, and the infantry is extremely rare in Kuntianzhou, and the Meng family has hidden so many infantry, which shows its uniqueness.
Wu Gen counted, there were 800 of these hoplites, and with these wolf soldiers, it could really be said to be a rare force.
"Or let's keep it." Baoxiang is also scratching his head, the opponent of 2,000 people, if it is a field battle, these fledgling subordinates of their own family really can't eat.
"Guard." Wu Yan nodded again and again, originally thinking about his chariot going out of the city to fight with the other party, but now he completely rested his mind, and it was better to stay in the city honestly and be a lock turtle.
At the sound of an order, most of the dreadnoughts went up to the city wall, put on all kinds of strong crossbows and strong bows, and prepared to defend the city.
After a while, the wolf soldiers on the opposite side rushed out of the three people, and the man at the head of them was dark-skinned, tall, and ran over with a big knife in his hand.
"Listen, thief, my Meng Zhenfu wants to talk to the leader of your family, and quickly call him out." The soldiers next to the man yelled at the city.
Wu Gen motioned for Zhang Wuyang and the others to get ready, and when he arrived at the head of the city, he leaned out half of his body and shouted: "I am Wu Gen of the Thousand Households of the Fearless Army, and the opposite is Meng Shun and Meng Zhenfu." ”
The man urged the green wolf under him to take a few steps forward, and said in a deep voice, "It is this Zhenfu, why did you raise a war and offend my Meng family for no reason." Today, our army is here, and if we don't go down to the city and surrender quickly, we may be able to leave a life. ”
Wu Gen raised his head and laughed loudly: "Meng Shun, give you a face and call you a soothing, what if you don't give face and call you a Meng thief." Your Meng family rebelled against the Lu family, and I was ordered to ask for it, you say, who is the thief. ”
"Impossible, the head of my family and Lu Wanhu are on a spring hunt, and the Lu family has no plan to send troops, it must be you, a thief, who pretended to be in the name of the Lu family and committed robbery." Meng Shun categorically retorted.
"What's impossible, you are also the Meng family's calmer, isn't it clear that the twists and turns here, why deceive yourself." Wu Gen couldn't help but sneer when he saw that the other party didn't admit that the Lu family had sent him.
"Less nonsense, my army is here. You are limited to take troops out of the city within half a day, if not, Hugh blames the sword and gun without eyes. Meng Shun knew that he couldn't dwell on this issue, so he simply threatened directly.
"Scare me, you have the ability to come up, is it interesting to say these cruel words." Wu Yan looked disdainful and hooked his finger at the other party.
"The thief is stubborn, I think you are looking for death." Meng Shun under the city said angrily.
"You're going to hit me." Wu Yan turned around, exposed his ass and patted it.
"That's right, if you have a seed, come up, if you don't have a seed, you don't have the surname Meng, the surname is Zi, it's good to be my good son." A shrill voice sounded, Niu Chao was wearing a huge helmet on his head, his two hands pulled out his mouth, and he stuck out his tongue to demonstrate at the other party.
There was a burst of laughter in the city, and more people followed Wu Gan's example and turned their butts to the outside of the city.
Meng Shun's face couldn't help trembling, he had led so many soldiers and fought so many battles, and it was the first time he had encountered such a shameless opponent.
Without saying a word, Meng Shun walked towards his team. At this moment, Wu Gan's body kicked heavily on the city wall, shooting towards Meng Shun like an arrow from the string.
Meng Shun seemed to be able to see the situation behind him, his body twisted, and the big knife in his hand whistled backwards, just colliding with the broken knife.
After a loud bang, the green wolf under Meng Shun screamed and lay on the ground on all fours, blood oozing from his mouth and nose, and he was killed on the spot.
Wu Gen was shocked by the force of this blow and also flew back. A puff of smoke ran to the wall and jumped on one foot at the head of the city. He was already injured, and these days his injuries have not healed, and he does not dare to fight hard with the other party.
Meng Shun was furious and just wanted to chase after him, but a row of archers appeared on the top of the city, and the black and faint arrow clusters were like poisonous snakes.
He didn't want to risk hundreds of arrows to get his face back, so he just glanced coldly at the ruffian-like young man and turned around and walked towards his team.
Meng Shun was a very rational and calm person, and despite such insults, he did not faint and attack the city. Their own wolf soldiers and formation breakers came from afar, and the people and wolves were exhausted, so they must not suddenly launch an attack on the city.
Moreover, although the march was on their own territory, the important town of Qinghuai City was captured, and an important supply base was lost, and the grain and straw in the army had to be transported from other places, and they also needed to wait for follow-up supplies.
Therefore, on this day, the two armies were at peace with each other. Meng Shun was building a camp, Wu Gen was supplementing the city defense, and neither side tacitly provoked the other party.
At night, Wu Qian invited Meng Shuo over, and as soon as they met, he complained: "What's the matter with those heavy infantry brought by your uncle, why do they look more fierce than the wolf soldiers." ”
Meng Shuo smiled, a little smug, "I didn't expect the clan uncle to bring all his own personal soldiers, but I didn't hide it from Commander Wu, these foot soldiers are called formation breakers, but they were built by the clan uncle himself, and there are eight hundred."
These soldiers are one in a hundred, not only are they well cultivated, but they are also extremely well-equipped, and more than half of them have learned the method of wishful thinking, plus the secret skills of the clan uncle, they are not inferior to any soldiers and horses.
There are many cavalry in Kuntianzhou, and no one thought that the clan uncle would build such a foot soldier. When he first joined the army, there were many jokes, but Uncle Clan was unmoved.
Until one time, when thousands of horse thieves invaded the territory, the clan uncle took these 800 people to intercept them, and the 5,000 horse thieves rushed to kill ten times in a row, but they failed to shake the formation of the broken soldiers, but the horse thieves were killed to less than 1,000 people, and the frightened horse thieves scattered and fled. Since then, there has been a saying that it is better to touch 10,000 horses than to break the formation. ”
"That's amazing." Wu Gen, Baoxiang and the others looked at each other, they just looked at these foot soldiers from a distance during the day, but they didn't expect to be so powerful. But think about it, in the case of cavalry prevailing in Kuntianzhou, this infantry can make a name for itself, and it definitely has its own uniqueness.
"This breaker is good at attacking cities." Zhang Wuyang asked with a frown.
"I don't know this, since the formation of the formation of many field battles, there is no precedent for siege." Meng Shuo spread his hands, looking like he couldn't help.
Wu Gan saw that the other party was unwilling to reveal too much information, so he sent him away, and several people discussed in the room.
Everyone felt a little scratching their heads, although the other party was small, if there were any means, it would be really difficult to defend against a certain section of the city wall. After all, a thousand dreadnoughts were scattered on the city walls, but in fact, there were not many troops.
And the most important thing is that Wu Gen and the others have never fought a battle to defend the city, and they are a little at a loss for a while.
On the contrary, Tudan proposed that since he did not know what was strange about the other party, he simply put all the bows and crossbows of the chariot on the head of the city according to the most stupid method, and then prepared things such as tung oil and lime, and put them all on the city wall.
Attacking and defending the city is a dull battle, there are no bells and whistles, and it can only be consumed by human life.
"Okay, take some men from the city tonight, and do your best to carry the fortification equipment to the wall, and Tudan will be in charge of this matter. Lexi unified the bow and crossbow, and killed the enemy as far as possible. In the end, Wu Qian could only give a simple order.
Some people died, but not completely......