Chapter 72: Thief Aid

In ancient times, there was no electric light, and people used to go to bed early and get up early. In the north, on a summer day when the sky dawns early, I will get up at four or five o'clock in the morning to work in the field, and go home at ten o'clock to eat "breakfast and lunch"; At four o'clock in the afternoon, at the latest at five or six o'clock, eat the second meal, which is dinner, and then chat, go to bed and have a baby. There is a saying: don't light the lamp when you eat in summer - lamp oil is also money, and if you can save it, you can save it. In winter, the sky dawns late, and you have to get up at five or six o'clock, get dark early, and go to bed earlier.

It's more than half past 2 p.m.

As usual, according to the routine of this era, shortly after the Shen Shi (3-5 p.m.), the two sides should collect their troops and return to the camp, and fight again tomorrow. At this time, thousands of fresh troops were sent to besiege it, could it be ...... The thieves want to break the city with one blow?

If you don't consider external factors such as the other party's command mistakes, Henan Mansion or Henan Province sending a brigade of reinforcements, and relying solely on the comparison of the strength of the Shaanzhou Mansion and the thieves, Wang Jian knows very well that although it may take even a month, it is always a matter of time before the thieves break the city. But there are too many uncontrollable things on the battlefield, not to mention reinforcements or anything, just take Liu Shiting's sworn "Immortal oracle, three-day thief" as an example, a heavy rain, the Yellow River bursts, the camp fire, etc., any of them is enough to wipe out the thieves without the protection of the city wall in an instant.

For the thieves who have an absolute advantage in strength, since they can take it sooner or later, it is not wise to break the city in the evening of the first day: not only will it increase a large number of casualties meaninglessly, but most of them have night blindness, and for the defenders and civilians in the city who are more familiar with the terrain of the streets and alleys, they will take a great advantage in the night street battles, and it will form a counter-killing situation. In the event of a partial collapse, it is likely to tear the entire front, and the tide of the battle will be completely reversed!

That...... Why are the thieves increasing their troops now? Wang Jian was puzzled.

If you don't understand, you can't understand it, and you should fight it.

Wang Jian saw clearly that these thousands of people were still unarmored auxiliaries, and most of them were not holding knives and guns, but hoes and pickaxes and other tools, and he was even more convinced in his heart that the thieves wanted to consume defensive strength through auxiliaries, and put in elite soldiers in one fell swoop at a critical moment, and fight at night after breaking the city.

The drawbacks of blocking the city gates are now exposed: if the city gates are unobstructed and there is no protection from armored soldiers, these thousands of unarmored auxiliaries are just fish to be slaughtered on the board, and only a few hundred commandos need to be gathered in the city, and a counterattack can defeat them. The thieves' soldiers rushed up from behind to respond, and they were also stopped by the routs all over the mountains. Take 10,000 steps back, even if the battle situation is unfavorable, the counterattack team will not be able to return to the city, and the long-range firepower on the head of the city can knock down a group of enemies who are chasing after them! It's good now, being pressed and beaten by thieves without fear, and I can only be beaten! Wang Jian is holding her breath.

The thief's horn sounded, and several yellow flags waved simultaneously on the lookout. Just now, when the thieves and auxiliaries dragged away the car at the city gate that was smashed by the grinding plate, the enemy formation also waved the yellow flag - Wang Jian guessed that this was a signal for a change. Several flags were waved together, presumably to replace all the auxiliaries who attacked in the first round.

Wang Jian guessed correctly.

The thieves and auxiliaries under the city did not retreat immediately, but waited for the second wave of replacements to rush to their side in the rain of arrows and stones before they began to retreat one after another. In order to reduce the casualties of the exposed open area, the thieves who evacuated the battlefield did not retreat directly to their own positions in a straight line, but moved and gathered on the east and west sides of the wall.

A group of thieves with large wooden shields poured up beside each tower, and under their cover, the thieves in the towers rushed down and ran wildly towards the shooting corner at the base of the wall. It may be that they saw that there was no place under the wall, or they were ordered to drag the tower back, and some thieves surrounded the tower and did not leave. At this time, another incident attracted Wang Jian's attention: the thieves should have seen the big stone bars blocked in the hole of the city gate, and knew that there was nothing they could do about the collision, and several crashed cars near the south gate also left one after another, turning around and moving to the west. The frontal protection of the crash car was very good, but when it turned to the west, the flanks were exposed, and in order to avoid the attack, the thieves concentrated on the south side and pushed hard, Wang Jian immediately organized the archers at the head of the city to shoot interfering - subconsciously felt that the empty tower would not be any threat, so he did not pay much attention.

If there is no accident after dark, it will be the biggest mistake Wang Jian has made.

Looking at the crashing cars and the towers that were not protected by soldiers, Wang Jian suddenly had a thought in his heart: hold on until after dark, move the stones away at night, and then disguise them slightly, so that when the thieves attack the next day, they can launch a counterattack by surprise!

However, just think about it, the mobilization of the people must be ordered by civilian officials - the supreme governor Ma Wensheng has not shown up.

At this moment, a loud baritone sounded in his ears: "This enemy can be attacked"! Turning his head to look, Liu Shiting twisted his beard and stood beside him like a mountain.

I didn't expect this to be a bosom friend! Wang Jian asked a little excitedly, "Mr. also thinks so?" ”

Liu Shiting was pulling his own little abacus in his heart, and he wanted to lay a foreshadowing for the boasted Haikou. Liu Shenxian didn't say the time in this sentence - can it be attacked now, or will it be attacked sooner or later? In a word, both ends are blocked, how you figure out how to be reasonable is the basic skill of this industry. Unexpectedly, Wang Jian took the bait all of a sudden, and nodded: "The metaphor of the immortals, how can it be fake?" Why, General Wang thinks so too? ”

Finding each other's thoughts is also the trick of this industry.

"Yes! Sir, please see, although there are many thieves, they are all without turtles, as long as a few hundred officers and soldiers counterattack, they will definitely be broken! The armored thief was more than 100 feet away from here, and he was rushed by the rout, and he was definitely too late to rescue. It's a pity ......"

Liu Shiting responded: "The grass people don't know the soldiers, but they know the art of looking at qi. General Wang, please see," he said, pointing with his hand, and continued as if it were the real thing, "There is a black qi churning there, and it is clear that the defeat has appeared!" By the way, General Wang said that it was a pity, dare to ask why? ”

Wang Jian stared at it with wide eyes for a long time, and in the end, it seemed that he really saw a black gas in a trance, so he said that the big stone blocked the door and that Ma Wensheng's approval was needed for a sneak attack.

After listening to Wang Jian's thoughts, Liu Shiting clenched his fists: "The grass people will go to Master Ma now." ”

Wang Jian was overjoyed: "There is Mr. Lao, thank you Mr."

Ma Wensheng is in the City God Temple at the moment.

As soon as the fight started in the morning, Ma Wensheng didn't dare to go to the city, ran to the tower of Baolun Temple to take a look, and saw so many thieves and siege towers and other equipment pushed over, and was shocked enough. Seeing that the bed crossbow couldn't help Gao Tengdou's lookout, he was even more frightened, and ran home without waiting for Wang Jian to set fire to destroy the first tower.

When I got home, I didn't know what to do, so I packed the fine soft, and changed the people under me to remember that the four doors were blocked and there was no way to escape. After pondering for a while, he changed back into his official clothes and ordered his family to find a boat - there are no thieves at the north gate, and no matter how urgent the Yellow River is, it can't compare to the fierce thieves, right? There will definitely be an experienced boat boss who can cross the river! The families roamed the city, and it was impossible for all the boatmen to say that throwing a plank would sweep the waves to the bottom of the river, and how could the wooden boat resist the rapids in front of the waterfall? was scolding Diao Min for deliberately prevaricating, Ma Wensheng received a report: Wang Jian collapsed a tower!

At this time, I thought of Liu Shiting, who was signed and fell from the sky, and suddenly there was a burst of hope in my heart! It is absolutely impossible to go to the battlefield: Mencius said, a gentleman does not erect a dangerous wall! There are two overseers, Pan and Jing, just staring at Wang Jian, a martial artist, and desperately cutting people, he should strategize with a good future, and he can't take risks without eyes!

Where to strategize? Come to think of it, it's still the City God Temple! Relying on the city god, you will have a score in your heart - your old man can't talk or count, right?

After kneeling in front of the city god for a short time, he heard the good news that the grinding plate smashed the thief and crashed the car, which was so good! Ma Wenshengzhi was full of pride, kowtowed in a proper manner, got up and walked out of the hall, and was thinking about whether to climb the tower again.

Pan Jing and the others are not counted, the stubborn resistance of Wang Jian and others is of course out of the responsibility of the imperial court to order officials to guard the land, more or less, psychologically there is also some hope for Liu Shiting's oath. But Liu Shiting knew in his heart that those nonsense were nonsense for defrauding the silver, and when he saw the thief menacing, he began to prepare for the future. I have to say that Liu Shiting still has a set, and he calculated that most of the adults would be in the City God Temple, so he went straight to find it.

Liu Shiting wanted to persuade Ma Wensheng to launch a counterattack.

After seeing Guan Shengyun's troops, Liu Shiting immediately came to the conclusion: Shaanzhou City is absolutely undefensible! Looking at Wang Jian's posture is to fight them to the end, this is not good - under the heavy casualties, anyone will be full of anger, this anger will definitely be vented, and if it is not good, it may even slaughter the city to vent its anger! It's worth it when you are an official on weekdays, and you deserve this life as a soldier, and I can't be like you! Therefore, Liu Shiting quickly thought of a way out for himself: to become a thief.

The silver in his hand has been hidden, as long as he can find a way to slip through, with his incorruptible tongue and the merit of dedicating the city, his life will definitely be saved—and then find a way to wait for the thief to leave, and when he comes back, he will be considered a great success.

The fighting outside the city continued.

Putting thousands of fresh troops into the battlefield, Guan Shengyun, Gao Tengdou and others actually had other plans in addition to further attacking the morale of the defenders.

The defenders on the wall don't think too much about it. Without the threat of crashes and towers, the ladder is the only way to climb the city. The defenders in the city fought with Ding Zhuang for most of the day, and their physical strength was a little exhausted. At this moment, Wang Jian still held the reserve team in his hands, and the remaining more than 400 people in Liu Shiting's Liujia Formation were still idle—obviously, General Wang and Liu Shenxian had reached some kind of tacit understanding, and they couldn't be counted on today. Fortunately, the thieves' attacks seem to be a little soft, and the main goal is to dig holes in the wall, not as violently as they did when they came up, so they can still deal with it. The soldiers breathed a sigh of relief.

Experienced officers, however, are even more worried. This group of thieves and auxiliaries was obviously different from the people who were desperately frightened in the morning, and it could be seen that most of them had battlefield experience: the frequency of attacks was well grasped, and the division of labor was also very clear.

Another new problem is the archers.

On the premise of mastering the rhythm of shooting, the field limit of an experienced archer is less than thirty rounds, and if the last few rounds are rushed against the charge, it is about twenty rounds, and the novice has to be halved. Even if the archers in the morning still had some stamina, the quiver should be empty. However, along with the thief auxiliaries, there are more than 100 new step archers - Guan Shengyun has transferred all the archers of his own guard battalion to Gao Tengdou! With the arrival of this group of people, the city suddenly felt pressure: the archers were often the elite of each battalion, not to mention Guan Shengyun's pro-army! For most of the hour, seven or eight officers commanded by probes had been shot on the wall, and the number of soldiers and civilians who had been hit by the arrows was even more fifty or sixty.