Shi Min was cruel to Zhang Liang, but was kind to Li Yue, and gave one-third of the equipment in the arsenal to the Black Cloud Army.

Iron armor, bows and arrows, spears, swords, and the crossbow machine that Li Yue wanted most.

Bows and arrows require long-term training and require extremely high physical strength of soldiers. In fact, archers have always been elite members of the army. A strong man can slash a hundred swords continuously without any discomfort, but he can shoot a hundred arrows continuously.

Even a strong man cannot bear it.

Crossbows, on the other hand, do not require long-term training. They are highly stable and have a longer range. Soldiers can become proficient after practicing for a while.

Shi Min transferred the remaining 8,000 old and weak people to Chang Wei to take care of them.

The organization of these people has long been broken up, their morale is low, they lack food and clothing, and many of them are injured.

Chang Wei was not proficient in military affairs and did not have the mentality to manage, so it eventually fell to Li Yue.

Fortunately, there are a large number of reserve officers in the Heiyun Army, who were directly transferred to serve as the temporary commander of the camp, Du Bo.

A hospital was also opened in the city to treat the lightly and seriously injured.

Whatever you need, Zheng Du can deliver it within an hour with just a few words.

In this way, Li Yue looked at him with admiration. The children of the Zheng family were not idlers. Zheng Du could climb to the position of Xingyang Prefect with two thousand dan and sit firmly. The family's shadow alone was not enough.

Many of the reserve officers knew some simple bandaging care and assisted Li Yue in treating the wounded.

In this era, the lives of those who survived were very difficult, and even those who were seriously injured could not retreat to Xingyang.

After two or three days of busy work, the wounded soldiers looked at Li Yue differently, with awe and a bit of gratitude.

The 100,000-strong army that followed Li Nong to quell the rebellion was divided into three parts. One part was the Jie people headed by Zhang Hedu, the other part was the standing troops of Yecheng, and the other part was the begging army from all walks of life.

The beggar army is not incapable of fighting, it is just that it is overwhelmed by defeat.

Shi Min looked down on them, and Li Yue refused to accept anyone who came. Every time he rescued one more person, he gained more fighting power.

Without Zhang Liang, the city would be in harmony.

Shi Min trained the soldiers day and night, ate and lived with them, and was a generous man, so he quickly won the trust of the new army.

Li Yue had 4,000 Heiyun troops, 2,000 Jingxiang troops, 8,000 begging troops, and 5,000 Xingyang garrison led by Zheng Hui. He had nearly 20,000 troops. It was considered a large-scale battle, and it was a one-time battle.

A good exercise opportunity.

Commanding ten thousand people to fight is a threshold.

In history, many people performed well in battles with less than 10,000 people, but with more than 10,000 people, they were a mess.

Liu Xuande's troops were less than 10,000, and he only blocked Zhang and Zhao. However, he was able to defeat Xiahou Dun's tens of thousands of troops in the battle of Bowangpo.

In all battles involving less than 10,000 people, Liu Bei fought with great vigor.

But if there are more than 10,000 people, they will be completely defeated. In the Battle of Yiling, 50,000 Shu Han elites were burned by Lu Xun...

Li Yue ordered Zhu Xu to defend the north city, Chen Duan to defend the south city, Zheng Hui to defend the east city, and Liang Xiao to defend the west city.

The Black Cloud Army was resting in the city to prepare for emergencies.

A team of 1,000 people was specially formed to supervise the army, and Hu Yanhei, Yang Lue, and Zhang Zhuer were ordered to take turns patrolling the four walls day and night. If anyone found to be weak or slack in defending the city could be whipped.

In the battle at Hulao Pass, the Black Cloud Army had already demonstrated its strength.

Wherever the supervising team appeared, they remained silent and did not dare to show any resistance.

The sound of whipping heard every day also restored the morale of the beggar army a lot.

At the same time, Li Yue also recruited the few people in the city to repair the city wall, clear out the houses under the inner city wall, and arrange antlers, trenches, and traps to prepare for street fighting.

Send someone to send a message to the Feng family, Jingxian County, and the Zheng family, asking them to retreat to Heiyun Mountain first to temporarily avoid the enemy's attack.

Although the morale of Liangdu's 100,000 rebels is low, their combat power cannot be underestimated.

Based on common sense, this war will definitely continue, unless Shi Min can really create a miracle, or Shi Bin of Liyang figures it out, and then both parties work together to encircle and suppress the bandit army.

If you think about it carefully, Shi Min is more likely to create miracles.

Li Yue only knew that Shi Min in history was definitely a fierce man.

Four or five days later, the rebel army came from the west in billowing smoke and surrounded Xingyang.

After the disastrous defeat in the previous game, the morale of the Gaoli Imperial Guard was greatly reduced. Instead of attacking as usual, they built a deep trench and high fort outside the city, planning to besiege them for a long time.

The thieves' light cavalry galloped out in the early morning and drove the people back at night.

Every day I would faintly hear screams and wails coming from the enemy camp...

After besieging the city for three days, they finally lost control and drove thousands of unarmed people to attack the city.

The cry was extremely miserable.

This is their traditional tactic, which was already used when they attacked Black Cloud Mountain.

Li Yue had no mercy back then, and it is even less likely now. Only by surviving can he avenge them in the future.

But now, I can only give them a break, free from the torture of the Capricorns...

A crossbow machine shot down, and the unarmed man fell in a pool of blood.

The blood also stimulated the bandit army.

Thousands of thieves clad in iron armor rushed out from the camp, roaring and shouting, moving forward, hacking down the civilians who were still standing and letting out bursts of ferocious laughter.

It seems that only by torturing others can one realize one's own strength.

The bandits attacked Dongcheng, which was defended by Zheng Hui.

On the four city walls, Zheng Hui's Xingyang garrison, although numerous, was the weakest.

Encountering the crazy Gaoli Imperial Guards, everyone got into a panic and was attacked on the city wall several times.

"Leader, Captain Zheng is asking for reinforcements!" Less than half an hour after the battle started, Zheng Hui's request for reinforcements came.

Li Yue refused with a cold face, "Go back and tell him that there are no reinforcements. All the supervising team will go to the east city. If you retreat, kill one person, and if you retreat, kill everyone!"

"Take your orders!" Hu Yanhei saluted with one hand, his face filled with murderous intent.

Ci does not command troops, support is not used like this. The enemy has an army of 100,000. If we support now, what will we do next?

It is possible that this was just a test by the enemy.

I don't know how long this war will last.

Shi Min said that the enemy army would be defeated within twenty days, but Li Yue felt that he had to make two preparations.

Half of Xingyang City belongs to the Zheng family, so of course they have to contribute!

However, just in case, Li Yue sent orders to Zhu Xu in the north city and Chen Duan in the south city to prepare for support.

Everyone was forced out. After the war team went up, they cut off hundreds of deserter heads and hung them on the flagpole. The effect was immediate.

Zheng Hui drove down the Gaoli guards who had attacked the city wall, and repelled three consecutive attacks by the rebels.

The fighting for the day just stopped.

But this is just the beginning.

At night, the bandits launched a night attack, attacking from the north and south at the same time.

The momentum was huge, and it was incomparable to the thousands of people during the day.

Rows of rockets streaked across the sky and landed on the city wall.

Then there were sword and shield-bearers in front, and armored men with axes mixed in, crashing into the city wall like a tide.

A brutal fight ensued.

Both Zhu Xu and Chen Duan only had 2,000 men, but they all showed their due fighting prowess.

In particular, Zhu Xu's Jingxiang army was all Huan Wen's elite, and they were especially good at defending the city. They used heavy crossbows from a distance, and rolled stones and hit wood and kerosene when they were close. Zhu Xu personally commanded the front line with a sword.

None of them reached the city wall.

Chen Duan from Nancheng has a different style.

There is no need for crossbows, wood or stone, and everyone is armed with spears. As long as the head of the bandit army is exposed, six or seven spears will pierce it at the same time.

Even if a brave axe-wielding warrior scales the city wall, he will be stabbed into a hedgehog by the spear prepared in advance.

The battle raged for most of the night, but no one was sent to ask for help.
Chapter completed!