The result of the Battle of Xiangcheng greatly excited the powerful officials and elders of Xiangcheng who were specially invited to the top of the city to watch the battle.
It turns out that the thieves are not very powerful.
So how did they march all the way across Henan and kill here?
"There should be officers and generals among the thieves. However, the training time is still short and the formation cannot operate freely, which leads to this defeat." Someone patted the wall. Listening to his tone, he was actually sighing for the thieves. If it wasn't true,
Those who love fighting are definitely rebels.
"My family has also invited several Chinese military primary schools to help with the training. We practice about ten times a year, and that's pretty much it." Another person said.
"Where did you invite the person? Can Jing Si take a step to speak?"
"There is no need to cover up. It's okay to tell everyone. There are many broken soldiers in the mountains, forests and grasslands. They don't want to go home or return to the army. There are people in Xiong'er Mountain who call for wide eyes..."
"Thank you Jingsi."
"Thank you Mr. Li."
Everyone thanked them one after another and secretly decided to spend a lot of money to hire these Luoyang Central Army junior officers and veterans to practice the army when they returned.
The original martial arts masters, village leaders, and generals in the family could not give up. Although their abilities were average, they were more loyal and diligent, which served as a check and balance for each other.
In this world, if we don't improve the combat effectiveness of Qu Zhuangke in the lower part, it will become increasingly impossible.
"No matter how well you practice, what's the use?" Someone suddenly said: "Tens of thousands of thieves are coming and besieging you day and night. You only have two or three thousand troops. No matter how powerful you are in battle, you will still be killed. Marquis of Lu Yang can't
When four thousand people are defeated by ten thousand people, it is indeed powerful, but it is impossible not to kill people. If we fight a few more times, the front of the army will be blunt. What we should do is to watch and help each other. When one family is in trouble, others come to help.
This is the best policy.”
There is nothing wrong with saying this.
They clean their necks and let you chop them. If you chop them a few times, the knife will still sharpen its edge. No matter how elite the soldiers are, they cannot withstand being consumed over and over again. The right way is to keep watch and help each other.
"Mr. Zhou, my little daughter will be thirteen next year. I heard that your son has not yet married. I don't know..."
"Oh, Jiye, your family and I have been married for two generations, and we are so close to each other. I couldn't have wished for it."
"From now on, we should let each other know what we have and help each other. If Duke Zhou has something to do, just say hello."
"As it should be."
The cruel world is revealed bit by bit in front of everyone, and you can't help but change it.
First, the Xianbei cavalry plundered Yuzhou, and now Wang Mi's bandits are crossing Henan. It seems that the imperial court is not in a good position, and it is still up to the family to take care of its own business.
I can no longer be stingy with money.
The part needs to be practiced more.
Military talents must be nurtured.
You need to save a lot of equipment, money and food.
It is also necessary to help each other through friendship, marriage, etc.
This world is so difficult.
"Marquis Lu Yang is back!" someone exclaimed.
Everyone looked around and saw that the Silver Spear Army, which had just won the battle, was slowly closing in, and was surrounding a red-robed general as they entered the city.
Some auxiliary troops are chasing the enemy.
Some of the auxiliary soldiers began to clean the battlefield, and escorted group after group of prisoners, driving them to the open space and guarding them. At a glance, could it be that there were three thousand people?
There was also a group of auxiliary soldiers who went to fetch the enemy's baggage, which probably contained the goods and grain that the bandits had looted along the way, which was another modest harvest.
"Hurry down to the city to greet us." Someone raised his head, and everyone followed.
As soon as I walked onto the street, I saw the oncoming army.
No one said anything, everyone prostrated themselves on the ground.
When it comes to life and death, only force is the most convincing.
****
Unexpectedly, the siege of Yushanwu by the thieves continued until the second day, because Wang Sang took over the war.
Yesterday, during the first attack on the city, the "Righteous Army" returned with a huge defeat. They were even driven all the way down the mountain by the Yamen Army who attacked from Wubao, suffering dead and wounded.
After Wang Sang received the news, he rushed over quickly.
After learning from the experience, the thieves made some improvements to their tactics.
They first dug several trenches on the mountain road and built a low wall behind the trenches.
This can effectively prevent rolling logs and stones from rolling down from the top, causing heavy casualties to one's own side. It can also prevent the defenders from rushing to the bottom and collapsing to the foot of the mountain like sheep.
A large number of archers were deployed behind the low wall, and even several crossbows were brought up to prepare for the attack. There were also strong thieves from the "backbone camp" wearing armor, holding spears and axes, which not only played a defensive and deterrent role, but also supervised the battle team.
Using the elite to drive the old and the weak to death was a tactic they had practiced countless times.
After doing all this, it was time to start the siege battle one after another.
Those rushing ahead were all unarmored cannon fodder, wave after wave.
Arrows rained down from Wubao, harvesting lives easily.
The archer does not need to aim at all, he can shoot casually, and most of the time he will not miss.
There is no need to use too much force, because the enemy has no protective armor at all.
The trench outside the suspension bridge has been filled in.
One corpse after another was strung on the spikes at the bottom of the trench.
There were corpses on top of corpses, layer upon layer, until they were level with the ground.
The first round of cannon fodder filled the trench with their lives and demolished the trench wall. The people behind carried the door panels and long ladders and rushed up bravely.
Even the elderly and children were trapped, with faces showing fear or hysteria. Their only role was to consume the defenders' physical strength, energy, arrows and even various defensive equipment.
A huge rain of arrows fell from the top of the city.
The child who was charging fell down without saying a word.
The old man was walking with a rusty hatchet in his hand when he was pushed to the front.
A spear stretched out from the small village outside Wubao and stabbed the old man to death.
Jingzhuang, who was hiding behind, raised his sword and cut off the spear directly, then jumped over the low wall and rushed into the village.
Several more spears came in, directly stabbing him and the two people following him to death.
But there were too many people, and they came in one after another and killed them indiscriminately, even though they were unwilling.
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 closely and piled firewood at the door, intending to burn the door to the ground.
In front of the Wubao, a long ladder has been erected on the wall, and there are endless ants and thieves attacking the city.
After the wave of attacks collapsed, a large number of arrows were fired from behind the low wall of the mountain road, sweeping down all the cannon fodder, forcing them to flee between the mountains and forests on both sides, not to collide with the strong old thieves.
Wang Sang watched all this coldly.
Under his command, another batch of more than a thousand cannon fodder rushed forward.
There are as many of these young men as you want. After one group dies, another group will be driven away. It doesn’t feel bad at all.
Those who survive three times, if they are strong and strong, will be incorporated into the "Backbone" and "Taishan" second battalions. They will be provided with good food and drink, and have as many equipment as possible. They will be bound by kindness and will be trained rigorously to serve as future leaders.
Main force.
If you can ride a horse, you can join the "Kite Camp" and become an elite.
This is how they train soldiers, and it has always been like this.
"Keep a close watch here. If the defeated people run around and bump into each other, shoot or kill them." After watching for a while, Wang Sang ordered the people below: "Anyone in the trenches who dares to retreat without fighting will be killed."
Rao."
"Even if you want to leave, you must kill and injure the defenders before retreating. The strong bows and crossbows I gave you are not decorations. Give them to me and put them to good use."
"Despite our lives, the defenders can't beat us. But we must not be driven all the way to the foot of the mountain like they were herding sheep like yesterday."
"No." The generals and generals of the bandit army responded one after another.
Wang Sang took another look, went down the mountain, and rested in the camp.
This Wubao does not have to be conquered, but since there are more than 3,000 families farming here, there are obviously a lot of young people, who are always a threat.
It doesn't matter if you can't capture it, but you must stop the defenders.
Now my brother is leading the army to reach Shenyuan Pass. There must be no accidents. If the attack cannot be held for a long time and is forced to retreat, there must be no obstructions on the way.
Shenyuan Pass!
Wang Sang subconsciously looked to the north, sincerely hoping that the defenders would collapse without a fight like what they had encountered along the way.
Wang Sang couldn't even imagine what benefits it would bring if he could capture Luoyang.
****
Outside Shenyuan Pass, the first to arrive were the troops of Liu Ling, the vanguard of the "Rebel Army". The arrival time happened to be the third day after Wang Yan left, that is, April 25th.
Guancheng is slightly dilapidated, but overall it is still relatively strong.
Guancheng is not big and cannot station many soldiers, but the problem is that they cannot deploy many troops.
After running out of ideas, Liu Ling simply gave up. After setting up camp, the next day he drove the men who had been marched along the way upwards.
After a day of attacking like this, more than 2,000 people were killed and injured, and no results were achieved. Only once by chance, they managed to reach the top of the city, and were quickly driven back.
He had some ominous premonitions.
After being unable to attack for a long time, if the retreat is cut off again, how can we still fight?
While he was hesitating, he saw a group of cavalry approaching. When he took a closer look, he saw that it was Wang Mi, the general who conquered the east.
"General." Liu Ling immediately came out of the camp to greet him.
"How? Can we defeat it?" Wang Mi asked, looking at the majestic Guancheng.
"It's going to take some work." Liu Ling said.
He is extremely powerful and brave, but there is nothing he can do against the iron-barrel-like Guancheng.
"The news came from the rear team that Shaoxun, the Marquis of Luyang, defeated Wang Lezi in Xiangcheng. He then moved to Jiacheng and fought several battles between Ru River and defeated the Zhang brothers in Gaoping." Wang Mi said with a frown.
Liu Ling thought for a moment and had no impression of these people, so he said: "Shao Xun only fights on both sides of the Ru River. It seems that he wants to protect his family's pots and jars. If he had known that we would kill them all together, maybe we could be able to fight on the other side."
Let’s seize Shao Xun’s territory and enter Luo via Yique Pass.”
"It's too late to talk about this now." Wang Mi said: "Shao Xun will sneak up on us after taking care of those idiots running around. Yushanwu belongs to him, and my brother has lost a lot of people.
, I couldn't take it down, and I was already complaining so much that I had to withdraw. Taishan, the backbone of the second battalion, relied on the ravines and the fortress to withstand it very hard, alas."
"How many troops does Shao Xun have?" Liu Ling asked.
"According to the defeated soldiers, there are probably seven or eight thousand."
Liu Ling's heart moved, but when she thought that it was impossible to turn around now, she suddenly became discouraged.
"We will fight at Shenyuan Pass for one more day. If it doesn't work, we will withdraw." Wang Mi said decisively.
"Escape to where?"
"Go east to Xingyang and Chenliu."
If you go east to Xingyang, you will need to discard a lot of baggage, and many troops will be abandoned, and you can only run away with your elite battalion.
Although it is not a pity to die for these weak soldiers, it is quite laborious to gather them together.
But now there is really no good solution.
When they are cut off, they are cut off. This is the main reason why they continue to fail, but always come back from the ashes and start again - if they can't learn the trick of cutting off 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 it." Wang Mi thought for a while and felt that fighting hard was not an option, so he pulled Liu Ling and whispered.
After hearing this, Liu Ling did not hold out much hope and said: "General, I'm afraid the guard is not that stupid."
Wang Mi glared at him and said, "Just give it a try. If it doesn't work, it will cost you thousands of people. I don't feel bad."
"Fine, let's give it a try." Liu Ling agreed and immediately went to make arrangements.
In the evening, all preparations were completed.
At that time, there was a mess outside Sheyuan Pass. The bandits broke out of camp in a noisy manner, leaving countless vehicles, horses, livestock, grain, grass, and even gold and silk abandoned on the ground.
There were even some who were shouting and calling for their troops to follow them. It seemed that they could not conquer the city and turned around and ran elsewhere.
In the dense forest halfway up the mountain, Liu Ling was really seriously considering where to evacuate.
You must bring your own troops and a few elite battalions with you. The remaining ones are very particular about who goes first and who breaks the rear. In fact, there will not be any capable rear guard at all, they will just be thrown to the officers and soldiers.
They're just scapegoats, they've done it many times.
While thinking about it, he looked at the Shenyuan Pass city gate from time to time, and did not hold out much hope - if the enemy did not chase them out, they could actually choose to withdraw at this time.
And just when he was getting impatient, the city gate that had been closed at Shenyuan Pass suddenly opened wide.
Liu Ling glanced at Wang Mi in disbelief, and both of them could clearly see the ecstasy in each other's eyes.
No way, are you really fooled?
Chapter completed!