Chapter 61: Brilliant Scheme

According to the meaning of Guan Shengyun and most of the generals, the battle should be resolved quickly, so as not to have too many dreams at night.

The war is imminent, and everyone is very excited, but Guo Qinglin is a little sullen. He knew that no matter whether Shaanzhou could be captured or not, the biggest loss in manpower would definitely be his auxiliary battalion. In terms of the number of people under his command, his men were two or three times as large as the total number of soldiers. The national team also understands in their hearts that these people are consumables that will be sacrificed at any time, and they will be replenished at any time. However, this is about to be the first time that he has sent the cannon fodder he has led to the ghost gate on a large scale, and he is still a little uncomfortable in his heart.

In fact, not to mention Guoqinglin, even Guan Shengyun himself, everyone has a similar sense of discomfort - you cut each other with knives to the death, none of these people will be afraid of which, but at this moment, most of them have not been tempered by the cruel reality, although in the eyes of the court they are anti-thieves, in the eyes of the people they are bandits, even if they themselves, they are not good people in their hearts, but they are calmly watching hundreds of people go to die, at this moment, no one has yet exercised this kind of courage.

Gu Baisong was the youngest, so he didn't think about it so much, and when he saw that everyone was gradually silent, he said: "At the beginning, my brother told me not to kill more people when driving the people, and he said that the dog official would wait for most of the people to run into the city before closing the door, so that I could intercept as much as possible and take the lead in the siege of the city." Unexpectedly, the dog official fell out of the door early, and none of them were put in, which is tens of thousands of people, so use them. ”

Luo Yonghao sighed: "Ah Song, everyone has thought of this. In fact, what I am most worried about is this-if there are only a few thousand people outside the city, even if it is ten thousand, it is the best, there is a large army in town, and I am not afraid that they will not obey. But, you see, there are always 30,000 or 40,000 people on the river beach now, right? With just our battalions, there are really some drastic changes, and I am afraid that the chaos will really not be suppressed, in case the defenders in the city take advantage of the chaos to kill ......"

When the generals heard this, they were shocked, and Gu Baisong stuck out his tongue: "Mother, really!" ”

"It's good to be hungry for a while." Luo Shifan, who was full of ghosts, interjected.

Guan Shengyun is a rogue after all, there are not so many sour rules in the camp that the father does not say to the son, Luo Yonghao on the one hand really spoils his precious son, on the other hand, he also secretly wants his son to win more respect in the camp, and Luo Shifan's interjection during the military discussion has always been acquiescing, hearing him say this, his heart moved: "Oh? You go on. ”

Luo Shifan continued lightly: "The people rushed out in a hurry, and they must not have brought any food. Let's attack the city, anyway, we have to build some equipment, no matter how fast it is, it will always take two or three days. This period of time is actually the most dangerous: on the first day of the food shortage, everyone was frightened, and they were killed and injured by the dog officers and soldiers, and they were frightened and dizzy, so there should be nothing wrong. In the past four or five days, he has been half starved to death, and he has no strength to make trouble, but in the middle of the next few days, sooner or later someone will understand: starvation to death, hacking to death, horizontal and vertical is death, as long as someone instigates, it is most likely to cause chaos. As he spoke, he smiled and added, "We've tasted the taste of hunger, it's really uncomfortable, otherwise I wouldn't have voted for a handsome ......."

"Nonsense! Where do you get so many bits and pieces! Luo Yonghao listened to his baby son's words and said something was wrong, and laughed and scolded.

"Hahaha, it's okay, Guan has won the military master's son, it's too late to rejoice! I have to thank God and the dog court for not letting you eat a lot of fish and meat! Hahaha, nephew, you go on. Guan Shengyun replied with a laugh.

The generals also burst into laughter, and Luo Yonghao also laughed bitterly.

Luo Shifan continued: "There is no need to say it today. I think we can send someone to tell the people early tomorrow morning and send them military rations in the afternoon. After that, every day, give a meal. As long as there is hope that they will not starve to death, no one will give up their lives to hit the knife edge. ”

Speaking of this, Master Xiao Luo paused deliberately, looked around the generals and continued: "First, let them have a hope, so that they won't make trouble." Second, let them first discuss the rules for receiving food by themselves, and when they attack the city, they will raise people according to their own rules, three, hehe, our military food will not only not be consumed, but also earned-the food they ran out without bringing is still in their own houses......"

"High!" Guan Shengyun slapped the table and praised loudly, "It's really a tiger father without a dog!" The nephew is really good! ”

Luo Yonghao stroked his beard and smiled silently - everyone could see that the pride in the heart of the military advisor was needless to say.

In the early morning of the next day, Guan Shengyun deliberately assigned his pro-army to Xiao Luo's military division as an escort. Surrounded by the fully armored Breaking Sky Battalion, Luo Shifan rode to the gathering place of the people on the shore.

Seeing the bright battle of swords and guns approaching, the people retreated in fear and crowded behind. Seeing this, Luo Shifan hurriedly waved his hand to stop the soldiers, rode alone to a place more than ten steps away from the crowd, and tore his throat and shouted: "Everyone, listen, my handsome family said, I will eat in the afternoon!" Don't be afraid, this army only kills dog officials, not ordinary people! Let me go ......"

The frightened and suspicious people cowered and got out of the way, and Luo Shifan, who was wearing a long robe, lightly clamped the horse's belly, slowly stepped into the crowd, walked slowly, and shouted all the way: "Listen, everyone, military rations will be sent in the afternoon!" When the food is delivered, we work in groups of 10 and sit down on the spot and wait! There's something for everyone! Those who stand don't give! Those who scramble and grab are killed on the spot! ”

In the blink of an eye, at the beginning of the Shen Dynasty (about three o'clock in the afternoon), more than 1,000 auxiliary soldiers carried their burdens and really brought food to the people under the escort of more than 100 soldiers: just salt water and coarse and gravel mixed bread. However, that's enough! The crowd erupted in nondescript cheers such as "the king lives a long life", "God bless the king and the Bodhisattva", and even "the king is the marquis of Wandai" - the marquis is the reward of the imperial court, how can the king who rebelled against the court get such an honor? But...... No one can ask too many of these illiterate people, right?

Waiting for the auxiliaries who sent food to leave, I don't know which one took the lead, the people sitting on the ground got up one after another, knelt down at the back of this group of cannon fodder who were the most humble in the eyes of Guan Shengyun and could be sacrificed at any time, and sincerely expressed their inner gratitude, and the worthless cannon fodder auxiliaries in Guan Shengyun's eyes also experienced unprecedented honor under the respect of the people, and became more and more arrogant one by one.

Obviously, the people of the Ming Dynasty are forgetful: they have forgotten that just yesterday, who drove them out of their homes! The people of the Ming Dynasty are cowardly: they know that on the surface, Guan Shengyun and Luo Yonghao are strong and strong, but if they are united, everyone will break through the fence in the blink of an eye. The people of the Ming Dynasty are shrewd: it is better to let others do what they take the lead in sending them to death, and it is best to enjoy the fruits of success themselves. The people of the Ming Dynasty are reluctant: although they are far from having enough to eat, and they don't know if tomorrow will pass, now-don't they still have half a piece of mixed bread in their hands!

So, their fate is predestined.

While the bread was being distributed to the people, a small group of auxiliaries had erected a wooden pole more than two feet high at a distance of about 100 paces from the crowd. When everyone was biting the cake and gobbling up a thousand thanks, Luo Shifan rode over again, pointed to the wooden pole in the crowd and shouted: "Carpenters, blacksmiths, craftsmen, craftsmen, those who have crafts, go to the pole, there is meat to eat!" ”

Several large pots of bone broth have brought more than 200 skilled technicians to Guoqinglin, the unique environment of Shaanzhou's transportation hub, which is a fertile ground for special talents.

The speed of manufacturing of small and medium-sized siege equipment such as ladders, crashes, and shield cars has been significantly accelerated, and thousands of new and old auxiliary soldiers who have no skills but have the strength to surround the south wall two arrows away, and dig a deep trench, and the excavated earthwork is piled up into a two-zhang high earth mountain, on the earth mountain, a wooden structure of the lookout began to gradually take shape - once completed, the defense of Shaanzhou City will be all taken into view by Guan Shengyun, at a glance. The auxiliaries even tried to build siege towers with the help of skilled local craftsmen......

Ma Wensheng didn't sleep well for two nights. When he closed his eyes, he secretly muttered to himself whether the thieves would launch a night attack, and he didn't know what to do when he got up and turned around a few times, so he lay down and still couldn't fall asleep, and he was just confused, and was woken up by the rooster's crowing, so he ran to the city with bloodshot eyes.

Everyone was very nervous in their hearts, and they all knew that Master Ma had almost become a psychopath, so they avoided it as far as they could. However, in the end, there was still an unlucky ghost who was caught. Just after this day, Ma Wensheng found a group of guys sleeping lazily in the temporary tent at the base of the city wall! The furious Ma was mad, and ordered the followers to whip them down, and jumped to their feet and cursed to beat the dead dogs to death—until the guys who were awakened from sleep screamed that Ma realized that these were the soldiers on duty at night who were taking turns to catch up on sleep.

Ma Wensheng has read several military books and knows that the key to the attack and defense of the city is in the city gate, so he is always worried, afraid that the soldiers will collude in private to steal the city gate and surrender to the enemy. So he sent his personal guards to the gates to keep an eye on them, and even sent people to the north gate, where there was no trace of the enemy at all—who knows if the thieves will want to capture him! These ordinary guys can seize the opportunity to be arrogant, and they all want to show their hands in front of Master Ma, and the whimsical ideas of "breaking the enemy" have come out one after another, and the guards at the gate are all miserable.

The most unfortunate are the unemployed vagrant beggars in the city. As is customary, these people were to be immediately organized and given two full meals a day in exchange for them to participate in the defense of the city. Master Ma was worried that these people would not be reliable, so they were arrested indiscriminately and all of them were imprisoned - in the eyes of Ma Wensheng, who has become the only way to heaven to catch "anti-thieves", everyone is suspicious. Soon, the cell boss began to complain, adding hundreds of mouths overnight, and if the state government allocated more food, I was afraid that the prison would starve to death.

Although Pan Ding and Jing Xiangshan promised many times that the grain in the state warehouse was enough to support four or five months, and that they could save some food for more than half a year, Ma Wensheng still asked the officials to collect and store grain door to door and arrest Ding Zhuang - the officials naturally took chicken feathers as arrows, and they grabbed and filled their pockets, and if they were not satisfied, they would put on a big hat needed for city defense to demolish your house, and toss Shaanzhou City to the point of chickens and dogs.

Seeing that the watchtower in the south of the city was almost completed, Ma Wensheng was even more afraid of the six gods and masters, forcing Wang Jian to think of countermeasures. Wang Jian, who had never really fought any battles, wanted to break his head, and finally suggested selecting the elite to go out of the city at night to counterattack the fire attack. As soon as he heard that the city gate was going to be opened, Ma Wensheng didn't want to say no, but asked Wang Jian to take people out of the city to steal the camp in the middle of the night!

Wang Jian was dumbfounded: If you don't leave the city gate, can you still come back? Isn't this a clear plan to send him to death, who will do it! Besides, if you burn people, you can build it again, and hundreds of lives can be exchanged for a wooden shelf, isn't it crazy?!

Ma Wensheng suddenly felt that this method was really good, and forced Wang Jian to "do what he wanted". Wang Jian could only scare him: hundreds of elites were trapped in the enemy, and when the thieves attacked the city, there would be no backbone for defense! Ma Wensheng immediately changed his tune and said that he would let the gang of homeless beggars he had just arrested go out to attack at night, so that they could prove their loyalty to the court with practical actions. Wang Jian took a long time to explain: Those guys don't have any training, and they can't see anything at night, so they can't be thrown out to death after grabbing their front feet and turning their heads in the prison...... In vain, of course. So that night, Ma Wensheng was on the wall and watched angrily as a group of people crying and wiping tears were taken down the city, and when he got off the wall, he lit torches and threw knives and guns, shouting at the king to spare his life and run to the thieves - sent more than 200 cannon fodder to Guoqinglin's auxiliary team!

Of course, Master Ma is right: I have long seen that these guys are unstable, so I arrested them! Then continue scolding. Wang Jian really had nothing to do, so he went to the state library to check the equipment, on the one hand, the dead horse was used as a live horse doctor, and more often it was actually a madman hiding from the horse. Unexpectedly, this turn really made him find a few dusty weapons in the corner - bed crossbows!

As the name suggests, a bed crossbow is a heavy weapon assembled by attaching several large hard bows to a launch mount similar to a bed frame. What Wang Jian found were several double-bowed bed crossbows, consisting of two bows, which were placed opposite to each other at the front and rear ends of the thick crossbow arms. When firing, it is necessary to use a thick rope with iron hooks at both ends to hook two crossbow strings, one end to hook the winch, more than ten people work together to turn the axle to open the crossbow string buckle on the teeth, and then place a huge special crossbow arrow - that is, a spear with iron arrow feathers installed behind - after aiming at the target, use a sledgehammer to smash the trigger (manpower cannot be wrenched) to shoot, the iron spear breaks through the air, and it is indestructible within 300 steps!

Wang Jian was overjoyed and immediately commanded his soldiers to install several large killing weapons on the southern city wall.