The results of the battle of Xiangcheng greatly inspired the officials, heroes, and fathers of Xiangcheng who were specially invited to watch the battle at the head of the city.

It turns out that the thief's combat power is not good.

So how did they march all the way across Henan and kill here?

"Among the thieves, there should be officers and soldiers, but the training time is still short, and the large array cannot operate freely, resulting in this defeat." Someone patted the wall, listening to his tone, he was actually sighing for the thief, if he is not a person who really likes to fight, then he is definitely a thief.

"My family also invited a few Chinese military elementary schools to help with the training department, and I practiced up and down ten times a year, which is almost like this." Someone else said.

"Where are the people to please? Can Jing Si take a step to speak? ”

"There's no need to hide it, tell everyone it's okay. In the mountains, forests and grasslands, there are many scattered soldiers, who do not want to go home, and do not want to return to the team, and there are people in Bears Ears Mountain who call for wide eyes......"

"Thank you Jing Si."

"Thank you, Gong Li."

Everyone thanked them one after another, and secretly decided to hire these Luoyang Chinese Army colonels and veterans with heavy money when they went back, and practiced their troops.

The original martial artists, Zhuang heads, and generals in the family can't give up, although their abilities are average, they are loyal and diligent, and they just balance each other.

In this world, if you don't improve the combat effectiveness of the next part of the Qu Zhuangke, it will become more and more difficult.

"What's the use of practicing well?" Someone suddenly said: "Tens of thousands of thieves are coming, besieging day and night, you only have two or three thousand parts, and you will still be consumed to death if you are strong in battle." Lu Yanghou broke 10,000 people with less than 4,000 people, although he was a god, but it was impossible not to die. A few more fights, and the blade will be dull. What we should do is to watch and help each other, and when one family is in trouble, several families will come to help, so it is the best policy. ”

That's right.

People wash your neck and let you cut it, cut it a few more times, and the knife will curl the edge. No matter how elite the soldiers are, they can't stand the consumption again and again, and watching and helping each other is the right way.

"Duke Zhou, my little daughter will be thirteen years old next year, I heard that Ling Lang has not yet married a wife, I don't know what ......"

"Oh, Jiye, you and I have been married for two generations, so close to each other, I can't ask for it."

"In the future, we should communicate with each other and help each other. Zhou Gong has something to do, just say hello. ”

"As it should be."

The cruel world is showing up in front of everyone little by little, and you can't help but change it.

First, the Xianbei cavalry plundered Yuzhou, and now there are Wang Mi thieves crossing Henan, and the court seems to be less successful, and its own foundation still has to worry about its own family.

Can't skimp on money anymore.

The part should be practiced more.

Military personnel should be nurtured.

Equipment, money, and food should be accumulated.

It is also necessary to watch and help each other through righteousness, marriage, etc.

This world is too difficult.

"Lu Yanghou is back!" Someone exclaimed.

Everyone looked over, but saw that the silver spear army that had just won the battle had slowly retracted, and surrounded a red-robed general into the city.

Part of the auxiliaries was pursuing the enemy troops.

Some of the auxiliaries began to clean up the battlefield and escorted one group after another of the prisoners, driving them into the open field and guarding them. At a cursory glance, isn't there 3,000 people?

There was also a group of auxiliaries to fetch the enemy's baggage, most of which contained the goods and food looted by the thieves along the way, which was a small gain.

"Come down to town and greet you." Some people raised their heads, and the crowd followed.

As soon as I walked into the street, I saw an oncoming army.

No one spoke, and they all fell to the ground.

In the case of life and death, only force is the most convincing.

******

Unexpectedly, the siege of Yushanwu by the thieves lasted until the next day, as Wang Sang took over the battle.

Yesterday's first siege of the city, the "righteous division" returned with a great defeat, and was even driven all the way to the bottom of the mountain by the Yamen army that attacked from the dock fort, and was killed and wounded.

After Wang Sang received the news, he quickly came.

After learning from the pain, the thieves made certain improvements to their tactics.

They first dug several trenches in the mountain road, and built a low wall behind the trenches.

This will effectively prevent the rolling wood from rolling down from the top down, causing heavy casualties to your side, and will also prevent the defenders from rushing to the bottom of the mountain like sheep.

A large number of archers were deployed behind the low wall, and even a few crossbow machines were brought up, ready for battle. There are also strong thieves in the "backbone battalion" wearing armor, armed with spears and axes, which not only play a role in guarding and deterring, but also supervising the war team.

Using the elite to drive the old and weak to death, this tactic they have practiced countless times.

After doing all this, it is a siege battle that will continue one after another.

The people rushing ahead were all unarmored cannon fodder, wave after wave.

Arrows rained down on the dock fort, easily harvesting human lives.

The archer doesn't have to aim at all, he shoots casually, and most of the time he doesn't miss.

You don't have to exert too much force, because the enemy has no protective armor at all.

The trench outside the drawbridge has been filled.

The spikes at the bottom of the trench were strung with corpse after corpse.

Corpses were still corpses, layered on top of each other, until they were level with the ground.

After the first round of cannon fodder filled the trench with their lives and demolished the trench wall, the people behind them rushed up with the door panels and long ladders.

Even the elderly and children were engulfed, either frightened or hysterical, and their only function was to drain the defenders' physical strength, energy, arrows, and various defensive equipment.

A rain of arrows fell from the city.

The charging child fell down without saying a word.

The old man was holding a rusty wood knife, and as he walked, he was pushed directly to the front.

A spear stretched out from the small village outside the fort and stabbed the old man to death.

The strong man who was hiding behind rose up and cut off the spear directly, then turned over the low wall and rushed into the village.

A few more spears stabbed him, stabbing him and the two people who followed him to death.

But there were too many people, one after another, pouring in and slashing indiscriminately, although they were reluctant.

The defenders suffered seven or eight casualties, and had no choice but to abandon the low wall and retreat into the small building.

The thieves followed and stacked firewood at the door, intending to burn the door.

In front of the dock fort, the long ladder has been set up on the wall, and the ants are attached to the siege thieves endlessly.

After a wave of attacks retreated, a large number of arrows were fired from behind the low walls of the mountain road, sweeping down all the cannon fodder, forcing them to flee between the mountains and forests on both sides, and not to run into the sturdy old thief.

Wang Sang looked at all this coldly.

Under his command, another batch of more than 1,000 cannon fodder rushed straight up.

These Ding Zhuang, how many or how many they want, and then drive a batch after they die, they don't feel distressed at all.

Those who survived three times, if they were strong and strong, were assigned to the second battalions of "backbone" and "Taishan", where they were provided with good food and drink, and the equipment was as complete as possible.

If you can ride a horse, you will be charged into the "Harrier Battalion" and become an elite.

This is how they train their soldiers, and it has always been like this, and the so-called big waves wash the sand.

"Keep an eye on this, if the people who fall down run around, they will be killed." After Wang Sang looked at it for a while, he instructed his subordinates: "All the trenches, whoever dares to retreat without a fight will be killed." ”

"Even if you want to leave, you have to kill and wound the defenders before retreating. The strong bow and crossbow you were given are not ornaments, give me good use. ”

"Desperate for people's lives, the defenders can't fight us. But they must not be driven all the way to the foot of the mountain like sheep as they did yesterday. ”

"No." The thieves and generals responded one after another.

Wang Sang took another look, went down the mountain, and rested in the camp.

This dock fort is not a must, but since there are more than 3,000 families farming here, there are obviously a lot of Ding Zhuang, and it is always a threat.

It doesn't matter if you can't take it, but you must stop the defenders.

This elder brother is leading a large army to reach the Yuyuan Pass, and there can be no accidents, once the attack cannot be carried out for a long time and is forced to retreat, there can be no obstruction on the way.

Hurdles!

Wang Sang subconsciously looked to the north, sincerely hoping that the defenders would collapse without a fight like they had encountered along the way before.

If he can attack Luoyang, what kind of benefits will it have, Wang Sang can't think about it.

******

Outside the Yuyuan Pass, the first to arrive was the "Righteous Army" pioneer Liu Ling's department, which arrived on the third day after Wang Yan's departure, that is, on April 25.

The castle is slightly dilapidated, but overall it is still relatively strong.

The city is not big, and there are not many soldiers stationed, but the problem is that they can't put many troops on their plate.

After thinking of a way, Liu Ling simply didn't want to think about it, and after setting up camp, he drove Ding Zhuang who was recruited along the way to the next day.

After a day of attacking, more than 2,000 people were killed and wounded, and there was no result at all. Only once was he lucky enough to touch the head of the city, and he was quickly driven down.

He had some ominous premonitions.

If you can't attack for a long time, if the back road is cut off again, how can you fight?

was hesitating, but saw a team of cavalry rushing over, and looked at it, it was Wang Mi, the general of the expedition to the east.

"General." Liu Ling immediately went out of the camp to greet him.

"How? Can you beat it? Wang Mi looked at the majestic Guancheng and asked.

"It's going to take some work." Liu Ling said.

He is infinitely powerful and brave, but he can't do anything in the face of the iron bucket-like fortress.

"There was news from the rear team that Luyang Hou Shaoxun broke the king of Leprosy in Xiangcheng, and then moved to Jiacheng, fought several battles in Rushui, and defeated the Gaoping Zhang brothers." Wang Mi said with a frown.

Liu Ling thought about it for a while, but he had no impression of these people, so he said: "Shao Xun only fights on both sides of Rushui, it seems that he wants to keep his own altars and jars. I knew that we would kill the past in one go, maybe we could grab a good grab on Shao Xun's territory and go to Yique Pass into Luo. ”

"It's too late to say that." Wang Mi said: "After Shao Xun finishes cooking those fools who are running around, he will chase after us." Yushanwu is his, my brother has lost a lot of manpower, he can't take it down, and he has already complained about withdrawing. Mount Tai and the second battalion of the backbone, with ravines and barracks, still resisted very hard, alas. ”

"How many people does Shao Xun have?" Liu Ling asked.

"According to the rout, there are seven or eight thousand."

Liu Ling's heart moved, but when he thought that it was impossible to turn back now, he was immediately deflated.

"Yuyuan Pass will fight for another day, if it doesn't work, let's withdraw." Wang Mi said decisively.

"Where to retreat?"

"To the east, go to Xingyang and Chenliu."

If you go east to Xingyang, you need to discard a lot of baggage, and many troops will also be abandoned, so you can only run away with the elite battalion.

Although it is not a pity that these soldiers die, it is quite difficult to put them together.

But there's really nothing to do about it these days.

When it is broken, it is broken, this is the main reason why they keep failing, but they can always resurrect and start again - they can't learn the trick of severing their tails to survive, how can they still fight on the move? Go home and farm as soon as possible.

"I have a plan, maybe I can try." Wang Mi thought about it and felt that a hard fight was not a solution, so he pulled Liu Ling and whispered.

After hearing this, Liu Ling didn't hold out much hope, and said, "General, I'm afraid the guard general is not so stupid." ”

Wang Mi glared at him and said, "Just try, if it doesn't work, it's a big deal to die a few thousand burdens, don't feel distressed." ”

"Well, just give it a try." After Liu Lingying got down, he immediately went to make arrangements.

In the evening, all preparations were made.

When it was, there was a mess outside the Yuyuan Pass. The thieves marched out of camp in a noisy, and countless carts, horses, livestock, grain and grass, and even gold and silk were abandoned to the ground.

There were even more people shouting and shouting, constantly beckoning their men to follow, as if they could not conquer the city, and turned their heads and ran to other places.

In the dense forest halfway up the mountainside, Liu Ling was really seriously thinking about where to retreat.

Their own pro-army and a few elite battalions must be brought, and the rest of them are quite particular about who goes first and who breaks off - in fact, there will be no effective breaking at all, just throwing them to the officers and soldiers as substitutes for the dead, and they have done it many times.

After thinking about it, he looked at the gate of the city from time to time, and did not have much hope - if the enemy army did not chase it out, in fact, he could choose to withdraw at this time.

And just when he was waiting a little impatiently, the gate of the city that had been closed suddenly opened.

Liu Ling glanced at Wang Mi in disbelief, and both of them could see the ecstasy in each other's eyes.

Wouldn't you, really fooled?