Chapter 399 The Siege
As early as when Wang Wanjin was still in Nanzheng, Wang Wanjin extremely despised the landowners and squires in Nanzheng City, thinking that they were just a group of moths, so he had extremely strict jurisdiction over them, and there were limits on the number and frequency of people leaving the city every day.
If a big business wants to leave Nanzheng, it will be extremely difficult for them to do so.
However, when Zhu Zhaobai took charge of Nanzheng, the situation was completely different. Compared with Wang Wanjin, Zhu Zhaobai was more greedy than Wang Wanjin, but his ability was not as good as Wang Wanjin's.
This time, Zhu Zhaobai gradually lost himself because of some trivial wealth, a few women, and the repeated flattery of those big businessmen. He easily let go of all the big businessmen trapped in Nanzheng, and even got along with many Wang Wanjin.
If Wang Wanjin knew about the good deeds of his trusted sixth brother, he might be so angry that he would come back and kill his good brother on the spot.
After leaving Nanzheng, the wealthy families found their own way out. Some people fled back to their houses in the countryside, some went west to Mianyang, some went directly south to Sichuan to seek refuge with relatives and friends, and some even went deep into Dingjun Mountain to find and hide.
Pei Jiajun in Dingjun Mountain.
Yang Chulong took the initiative to send people deep into Dingjun Mountain to search for Chen Tianming. Unlike some other large households who only wanted to guard their 1 acre and 3 minutes of land, Yang Chulong wanted more, not to mention spending a lot of money to buy it.
His 'daughter' actually gave Zhu Zhaobai a headache. Should the principal and interest be counted as well?
Chen Tianming has always had sentinels near Nanzheng. However, these sentries can only operate around Nanzheng and do not dare to go deep into Nanzheng City to explore the movements in the city. Therefore, Chen Tianming can only rely on sentinels to know what is happening in Nanzheng City.
He slowly speculated based on his few words, but there was no doubt that something had happened in Nanzheng City.
Just when Chen Tianming and other troops were discussing whether to take the opportunity to launch a sneak attack on Nanzheng, Yang Chulong came directly to him. Yang Chulong's arrival tore apart the hazy veil in Nanzheng City and revealed the entire battle in Nanzheng City nakedly in front of Chen Tianming and other troops.
.So there was this sneak attack.
"We don't need to take these back to Dingjun Mountain for the time being. Let's attack Nanzheng again." Chen Tianming stopped the soldiers who were about to send the intercepted grain and grass into Dingjun Mountain and said with confidence.
All the generals were stunned when they heard it at first, and then they burst into loud shouts. They were defeated miserably at the foot of Nanzheng City. Nearly half of the more than 10,000 troops were killed or injured, and the remaining people were driven into Dingjun Mountain and eaten.
It has been snowing for more than a month. This feeling has been stuck in my heart, and now I can finally let it out.
Half an hour later, after Chen Tianming and his army had packed up, they continued to move forward and drove to the foot of Nanzheng City in a mighty manner.
Zhu Zhaobai of Nanzheng was shocked when he heard that a large army was approaching. He hurriedly led his soldiers to the city wall. Looking down, he saw thousands of troops under the city heading towards Nanzheng. There were forests of spears and flags covering the sky.
, although the main army only has more than 2,000 people, but with more than 2,000 prisoners, it should have the momentum of an army of nearly 10,000 people.
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As he got closer, Zhu Zhaobai could even spot a familiar figure in the opponent's military formation.
"Lin Xuan, what are you doing?" Zhu Zhaobai screamed, but immediately shut his mouth. The other party appeared in the enemy's formation, and he looked like a prisoner. Needless to say, he must have been captured by others.
Lin Xuan was the person sent by Zhu Zhaobai to escort Wang Wanjin's grain and grass. Now he appeared here. Doesn't this mean that 3,000 stones of grain and grass have fallen into the hands of the enemy? Zhu Zhaobai didn't even dare to think about the consequences. Once Wang Wanjin collected food from the front,
Without food and grass, they will be defeated soon.
"Zhu Zhaobai, the food and grass in Nanzheng City have long been exhausted. Why not surrender early so that we can get leniency from the Pei family army and leave you a whole body." At this time, a slightly familiar voice came from the city, and Zhu Zhaobai was furious.
, followed the sound, and saw that the person coming turned out to be Yang Chulong.
"Father-in-law, what's wrong with you?" Zhu Zhaobai was shocked. He never expected that Taishan, who was preparing to marry his daughters to him a few days ago, would actually join his enemy Pei Jiajun. What does it mean to know people but not know people's hearts?
That's it.
Zhu Zhaobai actually called the rebel soldier on the opposite side his 'father-in-law'? Hearing this, those on the city wall who had seen Yang Chulong were fine. Those who had not seen Yang Chulong thought that Zhu Zhaobai had betrayed Wang Wanjin, and immediately cast a strange look at Zhu Zhaobai.
Chen Tianming did not expect to be able to persuade Zhu Zhaobai to surrender at once. The purpose this time was to let the defenders in the city know that the grain escort team they sent had been captured by him, putting pressure on the defenders in the city. Unexpectedly, it could also sow discord.
He was not greedy for more, and immediately sent an order to retreat ten miles, set up camp, build siege equipment, and attack the city tomorrow.
At this time, on the battlefield a hundred miles away, Wan Wangjin drove his army to launch a fierce attack on the Pei family's army.
Wang Wanjin's soldiers only have about 45,000 elite veterans. These people constitute Wang Wanjin's main elite force and are also the backbone of Wang Wanjin's men. Most of the other soldiers are just rabble-rousers who can only fight the Shunfeng War.
"Kill!!! Whoever captures Pei Xiaoer will be rewarded with ten thousand taels of silver."
When Wang Wanjin's order was first given, it instantly ignited everyone's greed. The first wave of attacks was already carried out with all their strength. 4,000 veterans opened the way and attacked Pei Xiaoer's central army directly along the gaps between the Pei family's army formations.
The main force, and behind them are other miscellaneous soldiers.
The huge number directly overwhelmed the 5 military formations of the Pei family army. If the Pei family army formation were not strong enough, ordinary officers and soldiers might have been defeated by Wang Wanjin in one fell swoop.
"Fire the arrow!"
At this time, it was no longer the time to be stingy with arrows. A dense rain of arrows sprinkled into the sky and then fell. Wang Wanjin's army was like cutting wheat, falling one piece after another.
Roars, roars, and the sound of gold and iron echoing together.
Pei Xiaoer's large banner swayed in the wind, attracting the most enemies. There was only one goal in everyone's mind, and that was to rush under the banner to kill the head of the man who would never have more food and clothing in this life.
Worry-free.
The Pei family army's military formation at this time has no tricks, it is just a simple square formation. 1 There are 5 square formations in total, and there are large open spaces between each square formation for entry and exit. Among each square formation, 4
The soldiers on the side face outwards, and the archers are on the innermost side. The melee infantry on the outermost side is equivalent to a strong shell, protecting the lightly armored archers inside.
The archers inside, under the command of the commanders of their respective phalanxes, can turn at will and attack enemies in any direction. It can be said that the archers are the real killer moves of their respective phalanxes.
At this time, the attack target of the archers from each of the four square formations was to attack the large formation where Pei Xiaoer was guarding the center, which was guarded by four military formations.
Wang Wanjin's troops attacking Pei Xiao 2's Chinese Army not only had to withstand attacks from Pei Xiao 2's Chinese Army, but also had to withstand attacks from the back. In one moment, the Chinese army's four-week formation was like a flesh-and-blood mill.
It keeps devouring people's lives and turns them into cold corpses.
"That's almost it. Send the order and attack together." After Pei Xiao's 21st order, the ordering soldiers immediately climbed to a high place and used signal flags to issue orders to various military formations around 4 weeks.
Immediately, various military formations began to change in the 4th week. Between two adjacent military formations, a group of soldiers quickly broke out of the formation and rushed towards the adjacent military formation. At the same time, there was also a group of soldiers in the adjacent military formations.
A team of soldiers came out to respond. Under the pressure of the two forces, a whole body was formed to surround Wang Wanjin's troops who were inside the military formation.
Wang Wanjin felt bad when he saw this. Although he wanted to consume the troops of Ai Yingyin, Liang Yinglong, Li Yutian, Wang Zhang and others, and annoyed them for not listening to his orders. However, these few people also constituted the majority of Wang Wanjin's troops. If
These people have all been taken over by the Pei family army in this place, so what does Wang Wanjin have left? Just an empty frame.
Wang Wanjin looked at Zuo Guang's troops not far to the north who were still watching the excitement, and he was immediately dissatisfied. They were working for the imperial court. How could Zuo Guang's troops, who were also officers and soldiers of the imperial court, sit on the mountain and watch the fight between tigers?
Chapter completed!