Chapter 177: Defeat the Mountain Bandits
The army of mountain bandits rushed to the outside of Shaozhou at half past four in the afternoon.
Without even breathing, the mountain bandits ordered the mountain bandits to launch an attack on Shaozhou City!
The mountain bandits held shields and ladders, and rushed towards Shaozhou City in a swarm.
At the head of the city, the Tang army had been waiting for a long time, and when they saw that the mountain bandits didn't even have a formation, they launched an attack on Shaozhou City, and they couldn't help but feel a trace of contempt!
A group of rabble, it is not easy to eliminate them, there is no need for any tactics at all, just rush out and fight with them!
"Ready!"
Chen Shaohui shouted, and the Tang soldiers immediately pulled the bowstring, and the arrows were tied with oil-soaked cloths, which would burn as long as they were lit, and would not be extinguished until they were all burned to ashes.
The trebuchet behind him, turning the winch, pulled the trebuchet's arm to the horizontal line, and put the crockpot full of oil on it.
"Trebuchet, put!"
Chen Shaohui gave an order, and the trebuchet man immediately let go of the winch, and the trebuchet's arm bounced up, threw the crockpot filled with oil, and smashed it into the mountain bandit in an arc in mid-air.
The mountain bandits hurriedly raised their shields above their heads to fend off the falling unidentified objects.
Bang Bang Bang ......
There was a sound of objects shattering, and a smell of oil wafted into their noses, but the mountain bandits were already indifferent and continued to launch a fierce attack on Shaozhou City!
"Archer, put!"
The bowstring trembled, and the ignited arrows were fired, and the off-string rocket hit the mountain bandit's shield, instantly igniting a raging fire, and the mountain bandit was instantly engulfed in flames.
The mountain bandits who were on fire shouted and turned around and rushed towards their companions, the fire rose with the wind, many of the mountain bandits were burned to death by the fire, and the rest of the mountain bandits were frightened and retreated.
"Damn!"
Seeing the chaos in front, the fire in front of them, and the thick smoke billowing out, the mountain bandits were very angry, and the defenders of Shaozhou City dared to use fire against them.
It's really damned, after he captures Shaozhou City, he must personally skin the defenders to see who dares to use fire to deal with them in the future.
"Don't retreat, rush forward, rush forward!"
The big mountain bandits shouted, forcing the mountain bandits to continue to attack Shaozhou City, they have tens of thousands of people, and they can't take Shaozhou City, which only has a few hundred people, which is a shame.
Under duress, the mountain bandits launched a fierce attack on Shaozhou City again.
The archers in the city kept shooting arrows at the charging mountain bandits, and waves of arrow rain harvested the mountain bandits who had little defense, and the mountain bandits continued to suffer casualties, and by the time they rushed to the bottom of Shaozhou City, thousands of people had died.
The bandits immediately leaned the ladder against the city wall and began to climb upward, and as soon as they were halfway up, there were stones, rolling logs, and even bows and arrows shooting overhead!
Like dumplings, the bandits fell down the ladder one after another, becoming a corpse.
Seeing that their subordinates fell on the way to attack, the casualties continued to accelerate, and the mountain bandits were very angry!
A group of rats who can only hide in the city have the ability to come out and fight alone!
See if I don't hack you guys who just hide in the city and let go of cold arrows!
The mountain bandit roared in his heart, he never thought that this attack on Shaozhou City would lose so many people, a team of more than 30,000 people, thousands of people fell on the way to the charge, and many people died who climbed the ladder and climbed the wall.
The continuous death of the bandits in the mountains frightened the other bandits and they retreated one after another.
No matter how the mountain bandits shout and how they draw the pie, they just don't move forward, they rush to a dead end, and there is still a way to live when they retreat.
More and more mountain bandits gave up the charge, gave up the siege, and quickly turned and fled.
The mountain bandits were furious, and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't appease the fear in the hearts of the mountain bandits, and he couldn't stop them from escaping.
"Big brother, stay in the green mountains without fear of no firewood, this place is not suitable for a long time, we can't die here in vain, and the brothers will not agree."
The two mountain bandits persuaded the big mountain bandits to give up, they lost tens of thousands of people here, and if they continued to fight, they were afraid that they would all be planted here, so it was better to withdraw now and rob other states and counties, and it was not considered to go back empty-handed.
Instead of stumbling here, it's better to loot elsewhere, and maybe you can make up for the loss!
The mountain bandits were unwilling, but they also knew that the current Shaozhou City had become a difficult bone to gnaw, and one was not good, the bone was not bitten down, but the tooth was broken.
When I went back, I cut down the guy who was gathering information.
Meow, and tell me that the garrison of Shaozhou City is insufficient, and it only takes a charge to easily break through Shaozhou City.
I have lost tens of thousands of people on this horse, this is what you mean easily? It's easy for my people to die!
"Withdraw!"
The mountain bandits had to give the order to retreat.
The Ershan bandits immediately beckoned, beckoning their subordinates to retreat quickly, stop robbing Shaozhou City, and go to other places to rob it.
The mountain bandits are like being amnestied, and they are running faster than when they came!
Seeing that the mountain bandits were planning to escape, but Li Duozuo didn't see any movement on his side, Chen Shaohui was a little anxious, and if he didn't do anything, the mountain bandits would run away.
But he can't act without authorization, lest he ruin Li Duozuo's plan!
Chirp~bang~
At this moment, a resounding arrow quickly rose into the air and exploded in mid-air, which was Li Duozuo's signal to attack.
The Tang army that was ambushed nearby killed from both sides behind the mountain bandits, and the mountain bandits were caught off guard, and the two sides fought, and the mountain bandits were defeated by the Tang army, and they were killed by the Tang army.
"Brothers, follow me out of the city to kill the enemy!"
Chen Shaohui was overjoyed, and immediately took the lead in rushing down the city, ordered people to open the city gate, and led the whole army out of the city, and attacked the mountain bandits inside and outside with Li Duozuo.
"Big brother, we've been tricked! Tang Army, Tang Army, it's all Tang Army, withdraw quickly, big brother! ”
The two mountain bandits were shocked!
I didn't expect to be ambushed by the Tang army, urging the mountain bandits to flee quickly, and if they could escape, one would be counted as one, but this time they not only did not grab anything when they went down the mountain, but they also accompanied Lao Ben into it.
"Damn it!"
The big mountain bandits can be regarded as understanding at this moment, this time they were ambushed by the Tang army, and their old books were all accompanied by them, at this moment, he couldn't wait to scrape the guy who collected intelligence with his own hands.
There are tens of thousands of Tang troops hidden in Shaozhou City, can't he see it?
He didn't report such an important matter, and dared to say that there were only hundreds of defenders in Shaozhou City, so where did the tens of thousands of Tang troops come from?
The big mountain bandits and several mountain bandit leaders fled towards the mountains and forests.
Seeing this, Li Duozuo immediately opened his bow and arrows, and shot several leaders of the mountain bandits with several arrows in a row.
The battle is over soon!
In addition to the fleeing mountain bandits, in addition to the mountain bandits who died in the offensive and defensive battles, a total of 3,000 enemies were killed in this battle, and more than 10,000 mountain bandits were captured.
"On behalf of the people of the city, thank you General Li for your help, if it weren't for General Li, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to keep Shaozhou City!"
After the war, Chen Shaohui found Li Duozuo and paid tribute to him.
If it weren't for Li Duozuo's tens of thousands of troops, it would not have been possible to defeat the mountain bandits so smoothly, and even if they fought to the death, Shaozhou City might not be able to hold it.
This time, not only did he defend Shaozhou City, but he could also hit the mountain bandits in one fell swoop and win a respite for Shaozhou City.
After this heavy blow, Chen Shaohui believes that Shaozhou City will no longer have to worry about the infestation of mountain bandits in the next few years!
"I'll leave it to you here, while the mountain bandits are defeated now, I will hunt down and kill the mountain bandits!"
How could Li Duozuo let the mountain bandits run away, that was his merit in being promoted to the founding county duke, if he could personally capture the bandit leader, maybe he could also be promoted to the founding county duke.
Say everything and fight hard, what if it can be done?
"General, poor Kou Mo chase! In this mountain forest, there are many miasma, and there are many dangers, so we might as well go back and discuss it for a long time!"
Chen Shaohui was worried that Li Duozuo would be in danger if he went to chase the mountain bandits, so he hurriedly grabbed Li Duozuo and prevented him from taking this risk.
He was also out of kindness, but he was also worried that there would be other mountain bandits, if Li Duozuo led his troops away, what if the mountain bandits came to attack Shaozhou City again?
With two or three hundred men under his command, what can he do? It's enough to defend the city!
Of course, he is not greedy for life and afraid of death, as long as he still doesn't want General Li Duozuo to put himself in danger, it is really not worth it to exterminate these mountain bandits!
I didn't know what he was doing, which hindered Li Duozuo's meritorious service!
Li Duozuo was very annoyed, he was in a hurry to make meritorious service, this Shaozhou Sima was really annoying.
"I'll leave you two thousand soldiers and horses, you guard Shaozhou City immediately, and I'll go after the mountain bandits!"
Li Duozuo broke free from Chen Shaohui's hands, left 2,000 people and wounded, and took the remaining soldiers and horses to pursue the mountain bandits.
As a result, in the end, he still didn't catch up with the mountain bandits, Li Duozuo was very angry, if it wasn't for Chen Shaohui's bastard to stop him, he wouldn't have been able to catch up with the mountain bandits.
But surrounded by mountains in front of him, he didn't know where to find the traces of the mountain bandits, so Li Duozuo had no choice but to lead his troops back to Shaozhou City.
Chen Shaohui learned that Li Duozuo was back, and immediately came out to welcome Li Duozuo back to the city.
Looking at Chen Shaohui who was smiling in front of him, Li Duozuo couldn't wait to smash him in the face, Chen Shaohui's smile, in Li Duozuo's opinion, was the biggest humiliation to him.
If it weren't for Chen Shaohui in front of him, how could he have chased down the mountain bandits, if it weren't for Chen Shaohui, now he would have carried the head of the mountain bandit leader and went to ask the emperor for merit and reward!
"General, the mountain bandits have always been cunning, plus the mountain bandits are familiar with this generation of mountains and forests, it is normal that they can't catch up with the mountain bandits, the general doesn't have to be discouraged, at least this time to resist the mountain bandits' attack, we have achieved a great victory!"
"This victory can bring stability to Shaozhou City for several years, which is already very good, we do not seek to establish immortal feats, but only to live in peace!"
Chen Shaohui welcomed Li Duozuo into Shaozhou City and explained his thoughts to Li Duozuo, not only him, but even all the people in Shaozhou City.
can have a stable life, who wants to live a life of fear!
In Li Duozuo's view, Chen Shaohui is a person who has no ambitions and no ideals and ambitions in life, he only thinks about getting by, but he never thinks about making contributions!
He can't live like Chen Shaohui, he still has to make meritorious contributions, become a national prince as soon as possible, and pass on his foundation to the next generation in the future.
After returning to the city, Li Duozuo immediately sent all the scouts to the mountains and forests to find the traces of the mountain bandits.
As long as he finds the mountain bandits' nest, he will immediately lead people to exterminate all the mountain bandits!