Chapter 71: No Armor

The fire was ferocious.

The steaming waves dispersed the defenders above the city gates, and the scorching air made it impossible to gain a foothold within a radius of five or six feet.

However, the situation is not as exaggerated as stated in the "General Essentials of the Martial Arts", and the city gate tower, which has also been coated with a protective layer of wet mud, is in danger and does not burn. The huge flames stirred up by the pool water jumped up for a moment, and then the invisible heat wave kept licking upwards, and large swaths of the protective layer of the baked mud exploded and fell off, Ding Zhuang covered his head and face with wet sacks, forced by the swords and guns of the defenders, and braved the heat wave to continue pouring buckets of water along the holes of the Seven Star Pool that had been drained...... The city gate tower is safe for the time being.

The boiling oil was burning in the open space in front of the door, and it needed to be covered with soil to extinguish it.

There are bags of dirt in the city, which have been prepared for a long time, but the problem is that there is no one!

On the south wall, every battlement is in a fierce battle, and the east and west walls have to leave troops to guard against thieves who are eyeing each other, and it is difficult to draw out more manpower - as for the north gate, there are only about 20 old and weak people left on the hundred-foot-wide wall, and it is impossible to call them all over and let the city wall be empty!

After a long period of peace, the actual military strength of Shaanzhou City is completely different from the records in the archives of the Ministry of War, especially Ma Wensheng's tossing in the past year, which has hurt the vitality of Hongnongwei, and all the soldiers are full of 156, including those who are too old to walk! As for the people Ding Zhuang - thinking of this, Wang Jian was almost angry - Ma Wensheng closed the city gate, and the thousands of fresh troops who could have helped to defend the defense force were forced to attack the city by the thieves in a blink of an eye!

Wang Jian, whose face was red from the fire, was anxious: I have to find someone no matter what!

After a brief discussion with Pan Jing and the others, Jing Xiangshan handed over the dung spoon to Ding Zhuang and continued to sprinkle it on the city, and he temporarily took over the command of the defense of the city gate...... Well, well, in fact, there is an official who calms people's hearts, so that everyone will not disperse in a hurry, Pan Ding will go straight to the prison, and bring all the unstable elements who were continued to be locked up by Ma Wensheng and not released to the wall to assist in guarding, and Wang Jian himself went to Liu Shiting to ask for someone. Pan and Jing are civil officials, if Liu Shiting brings out Ma Wensheng to play a bastard, he really has no tricks for a while, and Wang Jian is a martial artist, it is unreasonable to talk about it, the soldiers are all ancestor-level, and Liu Shiting is not even enough to be a grandson!

Half of his face hurt hotly.

Without waiting to get off the wall, Wang Jian on the horse road saw Liu Shiting holding a wooden sword in front of an offering table, playing treasure with words, and six or seven hundred guys formed a strange circle in a small circle to watch the excitement. Wang Jian quickened his pace and walked over, thinking to himself, without saying a word, a big mouth turned over and brought all the people to the wall! The one surnamed Liu dared to stop nonsense and took it away together - and then threw it off the wall!

On the surface, Liu Shiting, who had a "practice" in mind, had secretly been paying attention to the movements in the city. Seeing Wang Jian, whose beard was half burned, went down to the wall with a murderous face, he immediately guessed most of the cause and effect, and without waiting for him to come over, he closed his momentum and shouted: "Team Chen Yin listens to the order!" There is a metaphor for the immortals, you wait to quickly go up to the wall to assist the guards! ”

Then, he stepped forward to greet Wang Jian, and arched his hand as he walked: "General Wang, please take two teams to guard the wall first." There is a saying in the immortals, stick to it for three days, and you will break the thieves! ”

Wang Jian was stunned. Originally, he only thought that he would ask for someone, but Liu Shiting would definitely not give it, and then he would do it directly without nonsense. But people took the initiative to send people over, and now there is no reason to have a seizure anyway! With a dark face, he said: "The two teams are not enough, these people want Wang." ”

Liu Shiting said: "Of course! All six teams are yours! ”

One sentence stunned Wang Jian.

What the hell is this!

Without waiting for Wang Jian, who was stunned, to continue to speak, Liu Shiting continued: "How can the grass people, what is the use of asking these people? The grass people invite the six jia formations of the immortals, which should be the reason of Jiazi, Jiaxu, Jiashen, Jiawu, Jiachen, and Jiayin, and ask the immortals to help them. The immortals have said that the thief will use the technique of fire attack! Chen is the dragon, the dragon is the main water, the water overcomes the fire, the Yin is the tiger, the tiger is mighty, and the general is strong! Please General Wang first take this dragon and tiger team to the city to assist in the defense, and it will be safe. The rest of the people, waiting for another immortal, the grass people will send it to the general. My great victory will be in three days! ”

Wang Jian's momentum was violent, half because of the urgency of the battle, and the other half because his face was burned and hurt, and he was naturally angry. Like everyone in that era, he still believes in things like ghosts, gods, fairies and demons in his bones. After listening to Liu Shiting's serious nonsense, and it only took three days to achieve the result he was looking forward to, his momentum suddenly became shorter, and he hurriedly hugged his fists and said: "So Mr. Lao." However, I have to talk about the front, and if the war situation is urgent, I still have to come to ask for someone. ”

"That's nature. General Wang rest assured, the grass people have the courage to leak the heavenly opportunity, and the great achievement can be achieved in three days! Liu Shiting said lightly.

The deflated ball-like Wang Jian led more than 200 people to turn around and go to the wall, and Liu Shiting also followed. After he carefully observed the Shura field-like battlefield under the city, the majestic military formation of Guan Shengyun in the distance, and the Rulin sword and gun, he quickly made up his mind.

Guan Shengyun and the others on the lookout saw hundreds of heads popping up in the city, although they felt some pressure, they didn't feel much surprise: after all, it was only the first day, and their side hadn't really exerted their strength, and the dog officers and soldiers were a little overstretched and in a hurry, which was a good sign!

The happiest is Gao Tengdou, seeing a group of people coming out, he looked at it carefully for a while, slapped his thigh, and actually pointed to the city and laughed, making the generals happy - if they didn't know that this guy was a murderous bandit, everyone would even wonder if this guy had suddenly gone crazy.

Gu Baihua scolded: "What are you laughing at, private baby? You are a fucking siege thief, do you remember! Seeing that the dog officers and soldiers are happy to become dogs, what evil did they fall into? ”

Gao Tengdou laughed and responded: "Hahaha no armor, no armor!" You gluttonous and sleepy rammers know it! When I first came up, I saw a large group of seven or eight hundred people driving from the city to the south wall, and I was a little scared at that time, there were already a lot of dog officers and soldiers on the wall, why did I still leave so many people? Look at the steps, they are all young and strong! But at that time, I just felt that something was wrong, and these dog killers disappeared in a blink of an eye, and I just didn't understand it. After the fight, I haven't seen the killers on the wall, and I've been hanging in my heart, I'm afraid that I'm waiting behind the door, and I don't know when I suddenly opened the city to counterattack! The sun is already in the west, and I was still thinking just now, if it is a counterattack, the time should be about the same, so I have been calling the Tiger Camp and the Bear Camp to be on guard. This time, I can see clearly, these guys on the wall are the same gang of killers I saw earlier, that's right! You see, they are all armorless! No armor! Haha, I think about it, or how do I feel wrong! I looked at the crowd and didn't pay attention. Haha, no armor, counterattack! ”

Guan Shengyun snorted and said, "Well, that's right." I'm talking about what you're laughing at. ”

Gao Tengdou rubbed his hands and said, "That's fine." On the first day, I forced the dog's armor on the wall, and I left a tiger camp to suppress the formation, freed up the bear camp, and let the sons and daughters see blood before dark! ”

The generals suddenly relaxed and continued to watch the battle with a grin.

Two or so archers were obviously unable to suppress the sudden increase of two or three hundred men at the head of the city, and as more and more sacks filled with wet sand fell from the city, the fire near the city gate gradually subsided. Black smoke billowed out, and the situation on the lookout could not be seen clearly for a while, but the fire had been burning for half an hour, and it was estimated that the city gate should be almost burned. Soon, through the shadow of the smoke, he saw a figure, dragging a large shield to protect himself and staggering back to his position.

The horn is to inform the archers behind that the person who comes is a messenger who carries the military information, not a deserter, and must not attack. Although the signals of the offensive and defensive forces were somewhat different according to the habits of the generals, they were generally similar, and the defenders at the head of the city understood the meaning and fired at the figures, and the archers under the city also secretly returned to protect the messengers.

Running all the way to the bottom of the lookout, the messenger was hit by an arrow in his upper arm near the shoulder.

But it's out of the way. Protected by arm armor, less than half an inch into the flesh, wait for Lang Zhong to cut the wound and pull out the arrow cluster, and then use a red-hot dagger to burn the wound, apply some herbs, as long as the person does not have a fever, there is nothing to worry about. In the Ming Dynasty, the way to remember injuries was: three arrows counted as one knife (minor injury), three knives counted as one shot (serious injury) - as for the gun...... There is a saying that "stabbed to death and slashed", no matter where you are, if you are shot, the person is basically not dead and is useless, as long as the battalion is still there, it will be fed and fed, and there is no need to think about anything else.

From the mouth of the messenger, it was learned that the gate had been burned down in half and had a hole in it. Looking through there, the city gate hole has been filled with large stones, all of which are large stones, which cannot be dragged by manpower, and must be pulled by oxen.

Although they felt a little tricky, the generals still looked at each other and smiled.

Blocking the city gate is the best strategy in any city defense battle! Only when the defenders of the city felt completely hopeless would they block the gates: it would be difficult for the enemy to get in, and it would be difficult for them to get out. In other words, there is no need to worry about the defenders going out of the city to counterattack, just fight around it safely!

In normal siege warfare, troops should be left outside the city gates. It's the best policy, as much as you want. If you leave more, the counterattack will naturally be very strong; Even if there are only a few dozen people, the fortifications such as the horse fence are erected, the defensive front is limited, and there is also the fire cover of the city gate tower above and on both sides, the wounded can retreat through the city gate at any time, and the new forces can be replenished and rotated when fatigued. The attackers outside the city never know when a surprise army may be killed in the city, so it is always necessary to keep enough emergency troops to guard against it......

If the troops are really tight, it is okay not to keep the troops, which is the best policy. But the gates were to be kept open: it was necessary to receive foreign aid or to rush out and destroy the siege equipment.

If the city gate is completely blocked, it is not only a tactical problem that the above means can no longer be realized, but the most important thing is that it will bring huge psychological pressure to the defenders and the people of the city: in the face of a strong enemy, there is no hope of breaking the siege, take the initiative to give up all means of counterattack, and be in the "invincible" place first! For the attacker, there is no more pressure, let go of all worries, and just fight......

After a while, the generals made some adjustments to the original plan.

Guo Qinglin had already assembled the second batch of auxiliaries. It was planned that they would not be required to play for the first two days, so the team sat in the back of the formation to rest, just in case they needed to be prepared. Seeing the herald coming from afar, Guo Qinglin knew that the new order was a bit complicated and could not be conveyed through the banner, so he took the lead in getting up and stepping forward. After hearing the order, he called the team officers to his side and gave an explanation, waved his hand, and each team took the order and drove towards the battlefield of the city wall.

The fire gradually went out, and the heat wave slowly subsided. Wang Jian sat down on the wall, and one of his guards carefully half-hunched over half of his red face with a linen cloth soaked in cool well water. A burning sensation suddenly hit, Wang Jian couldn't help but take a breath, and then, he felt much more comfortable. Suddenly, the guard's hand shook and pressed heavily on his face, and Wang Jian, who was in pain, was about to jump up and hit someone with an "ahhhhh

Through the smoke and dust that filled the battlefield, thousands of thieves lined up to drive towards him!