Chapter Twenty-Eight: Short-term Work on the Battlefield
At noon, a group of officers and soldiers struck gongs and walked through the streets and alleys.
"Recruitment, recruitment, Princess Shu recruitment, carrying sand and gravel, cooking dung, daily salary of 200 Wen!"
"Throwing workers on the city wall, 500 wen a day."
"If you have martial arts, kill one enemy and reward one or two silver!"
"Wound management, death and burial!"
"There is sand, lime, grass ash, dung, firewood, and the palace buys it at a high price!"
"Settle on the same day, no arrears!" The city suddenly became lively, there was money to be made, and the action was extremely strong.
Before the time of application, 10,000 migrant workers had been recruited, and 2,000 people had brought their own weapons to join the household.
The Shu Wangfu began to exchange silver and copper plates from the money house, and the large boxes were constantly transported to the palace. Dozens of boiling dung cauldrons and oil pots were erected at the four city gates, and sand, lime powder, grass and wood ash were also continuously carried to the city wall.
Less than half of the preparations were made, King Lu's large-scale ladders, catapults and rushing carts arrived, if the first two days were hors d'oeuvres, today is the real meal. For a time, the four gates were attacked at the same time, the east gate and the south gate were the first to bear the brunt, and the forces of the Shu army were mainly concentrated in these two gates.
Under the cover of the shield armor, the ladder and the rushing cart soon reached the base of the city wall, the long-range bow and arrow temporarily lost its power, and the red tassel spear made a comeback. Boiling feces splashed down, screaming, poking one after another, crowd tactics would really work.
Kill it, the red and swollen arms don't feel pain, the movements are mechanical and repetitive, I just know, you can't let people go over the wall.
The power of the catapults was so great that half of the cauldrons at the city gates were smashed, and the nearby houses were also damaged, so they quickly evacuated. The city gates continued to clatter and be smashed, and on the ladders poured with fire oil, the soldiers who were burning into a mass screamed loudly, and the city gates, which were held up by five large stone lions, creaked and creaked.
"Report! The south gate is lost, there are enemy troops entering, and support is needed! "Riders are out of the ranks!" Cuihua, who has been traveling in Inner Mongolia for half a year, is also listed. More than 200 people, silently mounted their horses, and quickly rushed to the south gate.
There was still some glimmer of light in the sky, and the enemy and I appeared, whistling, and facing each other. One shot at a time, and run and kill, rampage into the enemy. Fighting with the Shu soldiers at the south gate for half an hour, holding on narrowly, this enemy army came from the subordinates of King Ning. General Pang was also killed with a return pistol, his shoulder was pierced, and he shouted to retreat.
The south gate, which had been closed again, let out a weak sigh.
Only then did the enemy stop attacking and hold on for a day. The wages at the gate of the Shu King's Mansion were only paid when they arrived, and there were no arrears for the night.
Today's migrant workers have shown good combat effectiveness, and sand and gravel and other objects are very useful when the enemy army climbs. The enthusiasm of the Shu Wangfu is higher, the large iron pot for cooking dung has doubled, and the migrant workers who pinch their noses to cook dung are crying, this work is so difficult to beat.
Gao Huaiyu is summarizing today's battle situation and deploying the next city defense in the palace, "Report, there is movement under the north gate!" ”。
Under the four gates of the city wall, deep pits were dug and large urns were buried, and the urns were covered with leather, and soldiers with good ears were sent to listen carefully. has also been preventing the other party from digging tunnels into the city, sure enough! The whole city collected wormwood and fire oil in preparation for this trick.
He whispered to his subordinates and returned to the first place with a sad smile.
In order to cooperate with the excavation of the tunnel at the north gate, the southeast and southeast gates continued to receive the most concentrated fire attacks on the fourth day. The casualties of the Shu army also gradually increased, and dozens of medical centers in the city were all requisitioned (given money).
In addition to the daily food to meet the people's livelihood, the rest of the grain store was also bought by the palace (summer soldiers + temporary conscription + migrant workers = 22,000 people), and the king's deposits were urgent. Cuihua made a move and asked the princess to borrow money from Qian Zhuang with the mortgage of the Shu Palace.
This, we don't dare to accept the title deed of the palace? Borrow, borrow, the five money banks borrowed 200,000 taels each, and the interest is easy to say, and they should all support the king of Shu.
It seems that this million-dollar loan can last for ten and a half days at present, and it is a little safer.
Cuihua has already discovered that the king of Shu and the princess don't know much money, and it has only been a long time before the finances are in deficit. If there are iron ore weapons, there is no driving force (money), and it is easy to have problems with logistics and supply.
Look at the king of Lu, who is worthy of being the first imperial merchant, these weapons for attacking the city, these armor of the soldiers, and the king of Ning can also be united vertically and horizontally, all because of his wealth.
It was another day of bloody killing, the body seemed to have entered the run-in stage, two consecutive days of force, the redness and swelling of the arms were not more serious, Zhang cried distressed when he rubbed them, the children were extremely obedient, and they were already very skilled in hiding in the cellar.
When I was ugly that night, I met Heiwa in the space, and they were all black, thin, and dry. Heiwa told Cuihua that their reinforcement force had been mobilized for 4 days, and if they held out for another 3 days, they would be able to reach Chengdu Mansion.
This time, the king of Shu divided his troops and asked Gao to bring 40,000 people back to help, and he took 50,000 people to find trouble with King Ning. Cuihua breathed a sigh of relief, there were still a few days before they could meet outside the space.
This night, after falling asleep, Cuihua didn't know that in the tunnel of the north gate, the smoke was billowing and the oil was at full power, and King Lu's sneak attack team suffered heavy casualties in the tunnel. The underground tunnel that was finally dug through buried his own people, and he really dug a pit and buried it himself.
From the fifth day to the sixth day, King Ning's summer soldiers, who did not get too much bargain, hesitated, and King Lu's troops were still more than 20,000 people, and King Ning's troops were less than 10,000 damaged, and there were more than 20,000 remaining, and the two kings had a total of 50,000 people and 20,000 casualties. The king of Shu also lost more than 2,000 people, and he still had to earn.
The two armies negotiated again and fought against the water.
On the seventh day, the Lu army, who hated the king of Shu, captured a group of women, children and children, tied them to the chariot and moved forward, making this group of people cry constantly:
"Princess, help, we are Shu people!"
"The princess save me, my man and the king of Shu are on the battlefield, you can't ignore us!"
"Princess, save me!" Seeing this scene, the eyes of the people on the city tower were about to split. Is this still human? Such a shameless person who learns the tricks of the northern Tatars, this is the people of the Great Xia Dynasty.
The chariot was getting closer and closer, and the people on the city wall were waiting with their bows and waiting for them, and they did not dare to send them out without a military order. Everyone is red-eyed, and it is inevitable that there will be relatives among these civilians.