Zhu Gaoxu not only wants to win the battle of Huguang, but also wants to enter Beiping?

"Guanzhong must be guarded." Teng Ju said excitedly.

Guanzhong can't hold it, and they and Song Sheng will be finished.

Fujiju asked again at this time: "How much grain is there in the city?" ”

"More than six hundred stones." Yang Xiong smiled bitterly.

Fuji Ju's face changed slightly, these more than 600 stones, more than 2,000 people for them, plus more than 200 people brought by Fujiju, it is enough to eat for more than a month.

Yang Xiong said at this time: "You came from the north just now, and you also saw that the road to the north is not easy to walk, and it is difficult to transport grain. ”

Moreover, Shangzhou, which is the closest to Wuguan in the north, is more than 100 miles, and it is unrealistic to rely on the north for supplies.

So it used to be Shangyang County in the southeast.

Now Shangyang County has been captured by the rebels, and they have completely lost their food source.

Yang Xiong also wanted to go to Shangzhou to ask for food, but the road in the north was really not easy to walk, and he had already learned it when they came up just now.

Fujiju two hundred rode up the hill and fell down three horses, one man.

If you want to bring food again, it will only be more dangerous.

"Send people down the mountain to carry grain, each person carries it on their backs, don't carry too much, ants move the style, and you can transport grain from the north." Song Jing said at this time.

What he meant was to transport the grain from Shangzhou to the bottom of the mountain by horse-drawn cart first, and then send people down to carry the grain, as long as it was not too much, it could be slowly transported up the mountain, and it was safer.

"The last general thinks the same thing, but it's enough for now."

Yang Wu can still eat here for more than a month, so he can leave it alone for the time being.

At this time, on the Longkun Ridge to the east of Chengguan, the rebel army had just occupied, and the official army had already retreated to Wuguan City.

Sheng Yong, Ping'an, Wang Bin, and Sun Lin, the four generals, climbed to the ridge out of breath.

"Mother, it's more tiring than fighting." Ping An crossed his hands on his waist and stood at the top of the ridge, looking around.

Sheng Yong also laughed: "Fortunately, there are Tusi soldiers, otherwise it will not be easy to defeat here." ”

The Tusi soldiers moved much neater than the Ming army in the mountains, and the frontal attack had just been frustrated, and the Si clan Si Cangmu asked to lead the troops to climb up from the back mountain.

Sheng Yong took a look, the mountain wall was very steep, and he almost couldn't believe it.

But Si Cangmu said that he was confident, so Sheng Yong asked him to try, and sure enough, they climbed up the mountain and attacked from behind, defeating this official army in one fell swoop.

At that time, Zhu Gaoxu wooed Yunnan Tusi, Sheng Yong thought that the Han King was short of troops and wanted to make up the number, but Ping An looked down on these toasts.

But after their training, coupled with excellent equipment, this Tusi soldier is actually stronger than the Ming army.

Wang Bin said at this time: "The Tusi also fight all the year round, and often act in the mountains, they are full of physical strength, and there are all kinds of hidden weapons. ”

Everyone nodded, and even Ping'an recognized the Tusi soldiers.

But before the Ming Dynasty, they had an advantage in fighting with Tusi soldiers, because of the advantage of the armor and the training.

When the Tusi soldiers were in Silunfa, they trained a lot, and they practiced every three or five days.

After Silunfa's death, the training intensity was not as good as that of the Ming army, and the armor was lacking, and the firearms were far inferior, so fighting alone, the Ming army may not be as good as the Tusi, and when it came to fighting, the Tusi were almost meaningless.

Now Zhu Gaoxu is constantly equipping the Tusi soldiers, and letting Sheng Yong train safely, and the Tusi soldiers are getting stronger and stronger.

Whenever a vicious battle is fought, Sheng Yong will send native soldiers as the vanguard, and the effect is very good.

But Wuguan is not easy to fight, although the lower Guancheng is a few hundred steps wide, the road that can be walked (without a moat) is only less than a hundred steps, that is to say, the place that can attack the city is only about a hundred steps wide, and there is water in other places, and it is far more than the width of the general moat, which cannot be filled.

Just a hundred steps at the gate of the city, even if one person is put in one step, only a hundred people can attack the city side by side at the same time.

Because it is an important pass, the official army is equipped with four Hongwu cannons at the head of the city, plus more than 20 bowls, and there are more than 1,000 soldiers and horses in the city, and the defense is very easy.

The main thing is that the places that need to be defended are relatively small, which makes their cannons and bowls, and even bows and arrows completely available.

No matter how many Sheng Yong's archers are, it is useless, in this hundred-step wide place, your bow and arrow stand full of a row of 100 people, you have to get a few rows, and the other party will shoot down with one shot, and he will suffer heavy casualties and sacrifice in vain.

"Let the brothers step back and rest." Sheng Yong saw that the strong attack would not work, and he would only suffer heavy casualties.

Following his orders, the rebels retreated in an orderly manner and soon returned to their camp.

Sheng Yong arranged defense on the one hand, in case an official army from the direction of Xiangyang came to hit them on the back, and at the same time discussed with the generals how to attack the city.

At this time, the periphery of Wuguan was basically cleared, and the following is how to attack Wuguan.

Several of Si's leaders were also called, and after seeing the terrain, Si Renfa proposed to attack from Drawbridge Ridge.

Ping'an exclaimed: "That road is known as 'not allowed to ride together', and the Qin soldiers are two to hundred, so it's not easy to fight." ”

The width of the drawbridge ridge is limited, and most places can only walk one by one, and some narrower places may fall directly if you walk a war horse.

Si Ren Fa said: "Let our people try, our people are heroic, and one should be worth two." "The demeanor is still relatively confident.

He followed Sheng Yong's eastward expedition to the east, first won a big victory in Guizhou, and then participated in the battle of Zhongjiang in Sichuan, and now it is also expanding.

Sheng Yong looked at Si Renfa's expression of seeking battle, and after thinking about it: "Have a good rest, and attack the suspension bridge ridge tomorrow morning." ”

"Thank you, General Sheng." Si Renfa is overjoyed.

That night they had a good rest and picked the elite.

According to Sheng Yong's statement, there are not many soldiers and horses attacking Suspension Bridge Ridge, the key is to be fast, and to fight in one go.

There can be two people standing on the opposite side, and you can only go up one by one, if the first ten people can't beat it, then there is no point in having more soldiers and horses behind.

Some people feel that they can use wheel warfare, but the two people on the opposite side can also be exchanged when they are tired, so there is no point in wheel warfare consumption.

On the opposite side is two people per row, and on your side there is one person per row, so it is almost impossible to attack by attrition.

Early the next morning, Sheng Yong brought people to the Sirenfa camp.

Si Renfa couldn't help but feel strange when he saw Sheng Yong bring over a bunch of hundred-level generals.

"I'll bring you fifty pairs of armor, come on, take off your armor."

Not everyone can wear armor in the army, because Zhu Gaoxu has too many soldiers and horses to make it at all.

Now there are only more than 100 households here that have pierced armor.

Then Sheng Yong waved his hand again, and a large number of soldiers and horses came over with a bunch of chain mail.

Si Renfa's face was moved.

He selected fifty elites last night, and Si Cangmu, who made great contributions last time, personally led the team to participate.

When Si Cangmu participated in the battle of Guizhou, he was a hundred households, and now he is a thousand.

But he still likes to go into battle in person, and he climbed the mountain yesterday, and he was also a pioneer and very brave.

Most of the Tusi soldiers only had leather armor, and now they wear piercing armor first, and then put on chain mail.

There is no way, the armor is relatively small, so you can only wear it inside.

After adding leather armor, each person has three layers of armor, which has strong protection, but it is a little inconvenient to move.

But fortunately, the road they are walking is difficult, and they must walk slowly, which is just right.

Sheng Yong suddenly thought of something: "The mountain wall is north (right), after you go up, try to lean north (right) with your body, and use all your strength on your right leg." ”

All the native soldiers nodded one after another, Sheng Yong was afraid that they would not think so, so he repeated it several times.

Soon everyone came to the east of the drawbridge ridge, and at this time the officers and soldiers on the opposite side were about two hundred steps away from them, and these two hundred steps were also the most difficult and dangerous sections of the road.

The officers and soldiers also knew that they were going to attack, and they got up to prepare.

Sheng Yong looked at it from a distance, the road of the officers and soldiers was wider than theirs, and two people could stand side by side, and in some places even three people.

There were two people in the first row of officers and soldiers, leaning against the wall with spears in both hands, and the other with a shield in one hand and a long knife in the other.

Two people in the first row were half-crouching, and two people behind them were all holding crossbows.

In this way, although there are only two officers and soldiers in the first row, after they are half-squatting, the two people behind them with crossbows can shoot in front, which is equivalent to four opponents, and after these two people finish shooting, they will hand the crossbow to the people behind to load the arrows, and they can pick up the spears and support the front.

No wonder Wanfu Mo opened, the attackers were really looking for death one by one.

Sheng Yong thought, if I kept it, wouldn't it be more convenient to block it directly with mud and stones?

But now there is no distinction between Qin and Chu, they are all Ming, and the road here is closer to the bottom of the mountain, so the officials and troops will not be easily blocked.

"Our guns are longer than the ones on the other side, aren't they?" Sheng Yong turned around and asked Wang Bin.

Wang Bin said: "Some of them are yes, the Han kings built them in Yunnan are longer than theirs. ”

But there were many surrenders in the rebel army, and there were also many spears made by the imperial court.

"Change the gun, change the gun made in Yunnan."

Si Cangmu and they changed their spears again, which were twenty centimeters longer than those of the official army.

Everything was ready, and the soldiers slowly walked up the narrow road.

They carry heavy loads and walk more slowly, but they are very steady.

Si Cangmu is the twelfth in the platoon, he wants to see how the officers and soldiers in front of him fight, and then think about what he does.

He had a shield in his left hand and an empty right hand, and at his waist was a short knife, a short axe, a javelin, and several other things.

Do it, do it, do it, Si Cangmu kept screaming in his heart.

Because he knew that if he did it today, as long as he could survive, he would definitely be promoted to command.

He just wanted to be promoted to the rank of commander.

He told himself in his heart that after being promoted to the command level, he would not have to work so hard.

The king of Han gave the commander a thousand acres of land, which was the biggest goal of Si Cangmu.

Think about how before he joined the rebel army, he was just a slave servant of the Si family.

Now it has become a thousand households.

But the thousand households of the Ming army will basically only be in this province.

In other words, if he is only a thousand households, he will be in Yunnan for the rest of his life.

However, if you are promoted to the command level, you can be transferred out of the provinces.

He didn't want to stay in Yunnan.

He wanted to go out there and the wider world.

Therefore, he wanted to make a greater contribution.

After fighting, Si Cangmu is very confident in himself.

Just under his cranky thoughts, the front had already begun to shout: "Ready, be careful." ”

The one in the front row had already begun to crouch down, as he was less than ten steps away from the other party.

The two crossbowmen in the back row were facing him.

He half-crouched behind him, trying to put his entire body under the protection of the shield.

Zhu Gaoxu's shield is rectangular, which has an advantage in this place, and there are more parts that can be protected.

At this time, both sides looked at each other with their eyes open, and some people didn't dare to breathe.

The first soldier cautiously moved forward.

"Shoot" the officer and soldier suddenly shouted.

The native soldiers hurriedly raised their shields.

Pounce, pounce, two sounds, and the opponent's two crossbows hit his shield.

He let out a long sigh of relief, lowered his shield and looked up.

The two sides are already close to five steps.

The opponent's spear was far ahead.

"Shoot" unexpectedly, the other party shouted again.

(End of chapter)