Zhou Xian came to Beicheng very early. When Yuan Cheng saw him, he was obviously a little surprised. But after hearing him tell him what he wanted to come, he was immediately overjoyed. But he knew that the Zhou family had a deep background and even the county magistrate Pan Hong wanted to give him three points. He did not dare to let Zhou Xian make any mistakes on his side.

He proposed that Zhou Xian lead a group of local heroes as reserve teams to support everywhere when the defense is critical. Zhou Xian knew that this was Yuan Cheng's good intention, and he came to help the boxing, so he could not go against the owner's wishes. He immediately agreed and said that he was willing to obey his arrangements.

Yuan Cheng saw Zhou Xian agreeing and was happy, and he felt a little more favorable to this resourceful and humble young man.

Zhou Xian stood at the top of the city and looked out of the city.

Wuyang City was surrounded on three sides, and Yang Siwei did not set up a large army in the south. This is a typical method of surrounding three without one. The defenders in the city will not resist with all their hearts. It will make ordinary people realize that when the city is destroyed, they can escape from one gate, and they will not do their best to help defend the city.

On the three sides of the encircled, the north faces the direction of Yang Si'an Village, and about two-thirds of the bandits are concentrated on this side. Moreover, all the siege equipment is also made here, which is Yang Si's main attack direction. Although there are thousands of bandits on the other two sides, looking at the clothes, I found that most of them were ordinary people in ragged clothes, probably just to restrain the defenders.

If you attack the city, you must have siege equipment. At this moment, Yang Si concentrated all the equipment at the north gate. The city was tall. Standing on the head of the city, you could see all the movements of the bandits from afar. If Yang Si wanted to attack the other two gates, he had to move the siege equipment there first. And that period was enough for the defenders in the city to redeploy the troops.

From this, we can basically see how crude Yang Si's command ability is. If he is an experienced general, he will disperse the siege equipment in all aspects, making the defenders unable to understand his main attack direction, so he dare not concentrate his troops on one side to defend one side. Yang Si obviously does not have such a vision. In his eyes, he may think that if there are many people, he can have great power, and if he attacks from one side, he can break through the city faster. But he forgot that in that case, the opponent's defense will be the same.

Yuan Cheng also made corresponding arrangements for Yang Si's troops distribution. Wuyang City defenders had 1,500 township lords, and he allocated half of them to be stationed in the north city. The west gate was guarded by the township lords, while the east gate and the south gate each had 300 county soldiers. There was no enemy army in the south gate. The role of the defenders was to prevent the people in the city from escaping from the south gate.

In addition to these 1,500 people, there were more than a thousand young and strong men. They were all recruited from various gentry and wealthy businessmen and scattered all over the city walls. Although there were countless victims in the city, no one dared to easily recruit them to help defend the city. Because the components were too complicated, if they suddenly became in chaos when the bandits attacked, the consequences would be unimaginable.

After years of disasters, local officials have become corrupt, gentry, wealthy businessmen are sinister and indifferent. The people’s hatred for them is far greater than their hatred for bandits. Preventing the people is like guarding against thieves, this sentence is the most intuitive scene manifestation at present.

Zhou Xian looked at the bandits in the distance. Most of them were not wearing armor, and they were holding weapons such as hoes and kitchen knives. Only the more than 3,000 people standing in the back formation were basically wearing paper armor, and some were even wearing leather armor and iron armor. They stood there quietly, holding weapons such as knives, guns, bows, etc., and lined up in an array, both in momentum and morale, far better than others.

In front of the array, there were more than 60 people, all of whom were wearing leather armor and riding on horses. They held bows and knives, with extraordinary momentum. They were Yang Si's cavalry, and he was formed by countless efforts. In that day, not only did Yang Da die, but he also lost more than 30 riders, which made him suffer for a long time and vowed to take revenge.

There were many bandits in Yang. The war in one day yesterday caused thousands of people to lose, but he didn't care at all. As long as the troops in the headquarters were not lost, he could supplement and complete them at any time. This time, these people were his greatest reliance on this siege.

"Dongdongdongdongdongdong"

Suddenly, the drum sounded clearly and came into Zhou Xian's ears. The drum sound was low and heroic, showing his existence with an unparalleled momentum, making people feel an indescribable pressure.

Yuan Cheng bowed to Zhou Xian and said, "Second Young Master, it seems that Yang Si is going to attack the city. I still have to command the soldiers to resist, so I won't accompany you."

Zhou Xian smiled lightly and bowed and replied, "Please give me some advice."

Yuan Cheng told Li Kai again, turned around and ran to the distance, then ran and shouted loudly: "Archer, bird gunner, prepare, once the bandits enter the range, concentrate on shooting. This time the attack was the real bandits, and no one should show mercy, otherwise, there would be no mercy to kill them."

Li Kai walked up to Zhou Xian, and said with a joking face: "Second Young Master, this order from Inspection Yuan is so interesting, and he also specifically pointed out that this time he was a real bandit. Could it be that those ordinary people siege the city, and he allowed his soldiers to show mercy?"

Zhou Xian smiled faintly and said, "If the state of mind is different, even if the Shangguan is strict order, the execution of the subordinates will be different. Yesterday, the bandits drove ordinary people to attack the city. Although they killed countless people, the morale of the soldiers guarding the city became increasingly weak. This is the reason. Although everyone knows that whether it is bandits or the people who attack the city are their own enemies, the mercy hidden in their hearts makes them unable to make up their minds, so they must show mercy."

Li Kai lowered his head and thoughtfully, and after a while, he nodded as if he suddenly realized his mind.

Zhou Xian continued: "Yuan Cheng's order is exactly what he is smart. He knew that all the soldiers yesterday were holding a breath in their hearts, a sense of resentment towards the bandits, resenting them to let ordinary people act as flesh shields. Today he pointed out that those who attacked the city were bandits, which was to let the soldiers guarding the city release this energy. With the morale boosted, today will be the end of the bandits such as Yang Si."

Li Kai looked at Zhou Xian with admiration and said, "Second Young Master, you know so much, you're good at talking."

Zhou Xian smiled slightly. "It's nothing big. Please prepare your brothers. Today's bandits are not the same as yesterday. Maybe Yuan Cheng has the time to be useful to us."

"Don't worry, second young master! You've been ready long ago."

Zhou Xian nodded and continued to look down at the city.

The drums were ringing one after another, and there were constant sounds, and cheers came from the bandits.

With an order, the bandits and bandits were divided into 500 troops, while the ordinary bandits contributed 2,000 people, and more than 1,000 ordinary people. They were divided into several attack formations, ranging from five hundred to three hundred, and they worked together to advance towards the city wall.

The ordinary people in front were carrying ladders and pushing siege cars. In the middle, some held shields and some held bows and arrows. They were the elite among the bandits, mainly to cover the soldiers to get close to the city. The ones at the end were holding spears and big swords, which were the main force in the next siege.

It looks pretty, but in fact it is scattered and uneven in density. I believe that a round of arrows will definitely teach them enough lessons.
Chapter completed!