Oh, and they still have dozens of bows and arrows.

But how many of these mud legs can shoot arrows?

What?

Defensive positions?

Jokes, these mud-legged people know something, the rabble only has brute force.

Zhao Shicheng thought so in his heart.

But that's not what it says.

In front of Yan Daoming, he wants to show embarrassment.

"Oh, I said Lord Yan, this matter is very troublesome! There are tens of thousands of people in the woodlogging field at the west entrance of Yanshan, and there are nearly 20,000 strong lumberjacks alone. ”

"These two battalions add up to more than 10,000 people, and they can't all be sent out, otherwise won't Fucheng become an empty city?"

When Yan Daoming heard Zhao Shicheng's words, he was all in difficulty, and hurriedly said: "General Staff General, don't we have more than 30,000 iron horsemen?" ”

Yan Daoming didn't say it, but as soon as he said Zhao Shicheng's face couldn't hold back, he only saw him

Tie Qing said in a deep voice:

"Lord Yan, don't you know the way to raise soldiers? For a long time, we have been in the clouds

The garrison of Hailiang Town has not changed its equipment for several years, the soldiers' knives are rusty, and the spear shafts are broken as soon as they are forced. ”

"The war horses are old and weak, and the iron palms on the horse's hooves are rusty, in a word, to exterminate this gang of thieves, is it more than enough to have more than enough strength, or please Lord Yan hurry up to the military department, or ask Lord Assassin Shi to come back and decide."

Zhao Shicheng's words are mysterious, and they belong to the words.

Do you think, the security of the Xishan Logging Factory is not under the jurisdiction of the Youzhou military, there are hundreds of soldiers in the field, are they vegetarians?

Now that there are people making trouble in the lumberyard, and then rebelling, if the Youzhou military wants to send troops to quell the rebellion, it must be approved by the imperial military department and allocate the army to pay for it.

In other words, it is not impossible for Zhao Shicheng to send troops to suppress it, and the army needs silver to open the way to the battle, which is the so-called opening fee.

In peacetime, officers withheld the salaries of soldiers and soldiers, and the cost of armament materials or ordnance repairs was diverted for other purposes, or directly embezzled.

'Drinking soldiers' blood and other shoddy behaviors have been unspoken rules throughout the ages.

If you want to send troops to war, if the officers can't fill this 'hole' before the war, how can the soldiers have the heart to give you their lives?

If you are in a hurry, it will also cause a mutiny.

In addition to the holes in the soldiers' salaries, guns and ammunition reserves, military rations, horses, grass, etc., which does not need silver?

Yan Daoming is not stupid, but his heart is dripping blood.

Hum! If this kind of thing can be reported to the Ministry of War, or if the assassin can agree, the old man still needs to invite you, Qiu Ba, to do it?

Two battalions with a total of more than 10,000 people?

Coax the ghost to go.

You Zhao Shicheng has eight or nine thousand people in his hands, which is not bad.

Don't think that this officer doesn't know that you are eating empty quotas, and that there is a good chance that the military funds allocated will fall into your pockets.

I'm afraid those brand-new weapons have already been resold to those horse bandits and bandits.

"Then I said that the General Staff General, these lumberyards are actually the meat of Lord Thorn Shi's heart! If there is no timber in the logging yard, I am afraid that the person who is anxious will be Lord Thorn himself, and it may not only be me who will be scolded at that time. ”

Yan Daoming hated in his heart, but he still had a smile on his face, and he said a lot of good and ugly things.

The soft and hard words were repeatedly emphasized, and finally Zhao Shicheng agreed to send troops.

However, the cost of unplugging cannot be saved.

After bargaining between the two sides, they finally exchanged 50,000 taels of snowflake silver for Zhao Shicheng's promise to send troops.

Seeing Zhao Shicheng's satisfied smile, Yan Daoming hated it in his heart.

Ma's, half of the 50,000 taels of silver had to be paid out of his own pocket.

The hoplite Wang Xingming watched coldly.

It's not his turn to come out of the heavy cavalry and kill chickens with a knife?

Moreover, his heavy cavalry was to come out, and the funds were made for fifty thousand taels of silver, so they were sent away.

There used to be too many deficits.

Now the mobile force in his hands is far inferior to Zhao Shicheng.

His grade is the same as Zhao Shicheng, but he is higher than him in terms of general authority.

Moreover, on the territory of Youzhou, it is the world of the Zhao family, and only the person surnamed Zhao can have the final say and be the master of the house.

Seeing that 50,000 taels of snowflake silver was about to arrive, Zhao Shicheng, who looked relaxed and proud, actually lifted Erlang's legs.

Wang Xingming is a real person, and he is still sober in the face of major events.

He still couldn't help but remind, "Lord Zhao, you can't be too careless when sending troops, although it's just some lumberjacks rioting, you have to be careful." ”

"In history, many black-legged uprisings were mostly started by lumberjacks and salt miners, and later they all became a major disaster for the imperial court."

Zhao Shicheng smiled when he heard this.

He arched his hand to Wang Xingming and grinned:

"Please rest assured, Commander Wang, a little thief, how can you mess with my Youzhou? You just wait to see the show, I'll be ready today and send troops early tomorrow morning. ”

"After three days, you can return triumphantly, hang the heads of those thieves on the walls of the capital city and the logging factory, and see if anyone dares to rebel in the future?"

Wang Xingming looked at Zhao Shicheng with disdain on his face, and shook his head helplessly.

He and Tu Duoyan, the light cavalry commander of Yunhai Town, glanced at each other, stood up and gestured slightly to Yan Daoming, and then strode out of the yamen.

Tu Duonan also arched with Yan Daoming, and then left the yamen with him.

They themselves are well aware.

The tens of thousands of cavalry in the town also had to make some necessary preparations, in case Zhao Shicheng's gang missed, the rioting lumberjacks would inevitably take the opportunity to attack Yunhai and Panlong.

Although you are not afraid, you will eventually lose something.

His own cavalry could not afford to suffer from the fish in the pond.

Faintly, Wang Xingming and Tu Duonan always felt that this matter was a little strange.

Something is wrong.

But I don't know what to do.

……

Three days later, at noon.

Zhao Shicheng and Zhao Hui's uncle and nephew, with a reorganized garrison battalion of nearly 5,000 people, finally arrived at the logging site at the west entrance of Yanshan.

Looking at the low and simple wall that appeared out of thin air, I was dumbfounded, and I couldn't help but shake my head and laugh.

Looking from the tall horses they were riding, behind the improvised wall, there were more people holding wooden sticks and bamboo guns.

Only a handful of them had spears and broadswords in their hands, and a small number of bows and arrows, presumably snatched from the slain soldiers.

Zhao Shicheng's horsewhip pointed at the opposite side, turned his head to the battalion general Zhao Hui and smiled:

"Virtuous nephew, please look, such mud-legged thieves are absolutely vulnerable, and it is a shame that the king still looks down on them."

Zhao Hui beside him had no choice but to laugh and say:

"What my uncle said is that with my uncle's divine might, these thieves haven't been taken down in one fell swoop, uncle, are we going to attack?"

Zhao Shicheng looked up at the sun and shouted:

"This hellish weather, it's really hot, the sun is still so poisonous, tell the brothers, after Ben will rush in, follow their will, and find money, treasures, and women belong to them, anyway, these thieves are all damned."

"Okay!" The herald excitedly ran to the ministries to herald.

Zhao Shicheng's words are actually to tell all the soldiers that after attacking the lumberyard, everyone does not have to care about military discipline.

Do whatever you want!

Although these mud-legged people don't have much money in their hands, more than a thousand girls must be indispensable.

These are the greatest rewards for soldiers who have been away from home for a long time.

Sure enough, after hearing Zhao Shicheng's military order, the soldiers who were lazy by the sun suddenly became excited.

Their eyes lit up, staring at the wall opposite, their eyes shining with greed.

"All-out attack!"

Zhao Shicheng waved the horsewhip in his hand and issued the first attack order.

But he himself dismounted first, and went to a shade of a tree, where his own soldiers had already set up a table and a stool, and waited for him to sit down.

Several pro-soldiers diligently brought him tea and soup, and at the same time told some three-meat jokes to make the general happy.

And the battalion general Zhao Hui did not have the blessing of his uncle, he had to ride a horse under the scorching sun on his head to supervise the battle.

All in all, although there were only 5,000 officers and soldiers, they were determined to win.

Everyone seemed so relaxed, as if they were engaged in a field military exercise.

The soldiers had just received the repaid salaries, so they naturally had to work hard to show them to the officials.

On the side of the rebel army in the lumber yard, the highest commander is, of course, Han Desan.

He was the one who started the whole affair.

At this time, he hid behind the wall, staring nervously at the swarming officers and soldiers opposite, the red cherry blossom spear in his hand trembled slightly, and the sweat oozing out made the barrel of the gun slippery and greasy.

"Whew..."

I saw him tear off a piece of his coat, wrap it around the barrel of the gun layer by layer, and then hold the barrel of the gun tightly with his bruised hands.

He turned his head to the foremen around him and said:

"Tell everyone, we can live by holding the wall separately, take a step back, not only will we die, but the family members behind us and the whole family will be tortured to death, so we have no way to retreat, so we will fight with the officers and soldiers here!"

"That's right, give the order to go down, hold the wall, never retreat, and fight with them!"

"Fight!"

“……”

Thinking that behind him were his own families, tens of thousands of young and strong people were completely reborn after death.

With wooden sticks and bamboo guns in hand, they rushed to the fortifications one after another, staring angrily at the officers and soldiers rushing over.

"Whoosh..."

"Whoosh..."

“……”

There was a burst of feathered arrows in the air, and it was the archers of the official army who were wielding their might.

The arrows hit the wall of the wooden ramparts, which was not strong.

"Clusters, clusters..."

Pieces of earth and sand were slashed and fell, and for a moment the walls were dusty.

Most of the garrison battalions led by Zhao Shicheng belonged to the old army, which was equivalent to the city security army, and its comprehensive combat strength was very different from that of the field army.

In addition to the standing feather arrows and a small number of riding crossbows, the rest of their weapons were red cherry spears and simple knives.

There are more than a dozen large crossbows and eight-ox crossbows in the warehouse, and they are too lazy to drag them to use.

Do you still need to use heavy ordnance to deal with the mud legs of these rabble?

It's a lot of work to drag it over.

Although these garrisons are chaotic, they will not forget how to attack.

Although they don't have any siege weapons, they really don't need those large siege equipment for such a simple wall in front of them, and I am afraid that a few people will rush up and collide with each other, and they will also knock the wall open.