With the encouragement of the battalion commander, each company commander, platoon leader, and squad leader gave full play to their role. A thousand infantrymen left footprints one after another on the muddy road. Even if someone accidentally fell on
He will soon get up from the ground. Although his body is covered with dirt, his eyes are still clear and his steps are still firm...
Anseong.
On top of the city tower, County Magistrate Kong Yuanzheng looked out anxiously. Even though the heavy rain had already soaked his whole body, it seemed as if he hadn't heard of it.
Kong Yuan, a former private school teacher, was one of the youngest teachers in Longyuan. His usual responsibility was to teach everyone how to read.
A scholar like this, who wears a long coat, spends most of his life teaching and educating people. It cannot be said that his life is very good, but it should be much better than ordinary people. Then he can't survive like this, and he can't starve to death.
. Who made him have no backer and no one to appreciate him?
Under the recommendation-based official system, it is impossible for a scholar like him who has no family background or even a teacher to become a member of the powerful. At most, he is just a private school teacher of some powerful families. But right now
When he had accepted his fate and had no illusions about life, King Tang Ao of Ji appeared in front of him. Then he met a noble man and his life began to take a turn. Finally, under Tang Ao's assessment, he recognized his ability.
, directly banned him from the position of county magistrate.
From a white man to a seventh-grade county magistrate, this trick made Kong Yuan feel like he was in a dream at first. After he knew that all this was true, he made up his mind to do something so that others could
You know how precise King Ji's vision is. He, Kong Yuan, is a capable person.
After becoming the magistrate of Ancheng County, the first thing Kong Yuan did was to gather the county officials to measure the land and distribute it to the people, thus stabilizing the people's hearts. The second step was to strengthen the city wall. He knew the geography of Ancheng well.
The position is destined to be difficult to rest in, and it can even face the attack of alien troops at any time.
Survival is the top priority. Reinforcing the city wall and improving Ancheng's own defense capabilities are what he has been working hard to do in the six months since he came here. Even though it was reported that King Ji had defeated Beidi's 20,000 troops and Gu
When the 40,000-strong army of the state was involved, he did not give up or change his goal of strengthening the city wall. Now it seems that his choice was right.
When a message came from Fei Ge, saying that thousands of foreign cavalry had crossed the town and county and were probably coming to An City, he ordered the city gates to be closed tightly, and then began to organize the government officials to climb the city tower, and also recruited civilian servants.
Go upstairs and prepare kerosene, stones, crossbars, etc.
Although Ancheng was not big, and with strong mobilization and government officials, there were only less than 700 people defending the city, but Kong Yuan was still prepared to fight to the death and live or die with the city. He just wanted to repay the favor in this way.
Tang Ao was kind to him.
The rain began to slow down. In July and August, heavy rains come and go at a moment’s notice.
After the rain, the sky cleared up, and a rainbow even appeared in the sky. However, Kong Yuan did not feel better because of seeing that rainbow. On the contrary, he became more solemn. Because he knew that once the weather got better, some things would also change.
Faced.
Not to Kong Yuan's expectation, first a black spot faintly appeared in the distance, and then a group of black spots, and then the number of people became more and more. When they were two or three miles away, he could already see it while standing on the tower.
To get a general idea. At this time, more discerning people had begun to shout, "It's the Black Dragon One Claw Flag, and it's one of our people."
Those who came were indeed our own people, the Second Battalion with one thousand men and horses led by Xiao Zaiyin. But at this moment they looked very embarrassed. Under the heavy rain, their whole bodies were already soaked, and their shoes and trouser legs were all covered with yellow mud.
.Arriving at Anseong Castle with disheveled clothes and a somewhat unsteady formation.
The county magistrate Kong Yuan knew Xiao Zaiyin, so he immediately opened the city gate to let them into the city, arranged for people to bring clean clothes to change into, and prepared meals.
When the thousand officers and soldiers of Xiao Zaiyin's Second Battalion had just finished their meal and wanted to have a peaceful sleep, Qiao Xiong arrived under Ancheng with five thousand fine cavalry.
I would also like to thank God for the help. The heavy rain greatly hindered the speed of the Huns' cavalry. Otherwise, it would be impossible for Xiao Zaiyin's infantry to enter the city first.
The Huns cavalry came and formed a formation under the city, shouting to open the city gate and let them in. Otherwise, once they entered the city, they would massacre the city.
In the past, when foreigners came to plow the grass valley, they often committed murders and set fires. Kong Yuan knew that they were not just talking, they were serious. But he could never do anything to open the city gate.
King Ji believed in himself so much, how could he abandon the city and flee. Besides, isn't Xiao Zaiyin's second battalion arriving now? How could he resist one or two of them?
Soon, Xiao Zaiyin appeared on the Ancheng city tower with the still tired Second Battalion. After seeing the endless war horses and strange knights under the city, he couldn't help but take a breath of air.
It is impossible to say that he is not afraid. After all, he is far inferior to his opponent in terms of military strength and combat power. The only advantage is that they have a solid city wall, and Kong Yuan's efforts have not been in vain. Originally, they were only ten feet tall.
The city wall is now more than four meters high, making it a fortified city.
"Order the archers to be ready. As long as the foreign knights dare to approach the city wall, they will shoot to death." Xiao Zaiyin said without any hesitation. At this time, he had no choice but to fight to the death or fight to the death.
The thousand well-trained Quartet troops are not given for free. They have experienced several battles in a row. If they are not lazy and arrogant rangers, they have long become qualified or even members of the elite division.
Although it took a lot of energy to come all the way, but with the enemy in front, it is not time to go to bed. How to keep the enemy at bay is what they, the soldiers, should do and their responsibilities should be adhered to.
After the military order was issued, a thousand soldiers picked up their longbows and stood between the battlements one by one, looking outside the city with murderous intent in their eyes.
Naturally, what happened on the city tower couldn't escape Qiao Xiong's eyes. He thought that if he drank like this, the soldiers guarding the city would be out of their minds. At that time, he only needed to launch a symbolic attack, and the other party would be afraid, and even open the city gate on his own initiative.
It may not be impossible.
For a long time, foreigners have compared themselves to eagles and regarded the Han people as obedient sheep. It seems that as long as they want, they can take whatever they want with just one dive.
I just didn't expect that the soldiers guarding An City had some backbone. Facing the wolf-like and tiger-like Xiongnu cavalry, they dared to stand with strong bows. This was somewhat beyond Qiao Xiong's expectation. Due to the lack of confidence in the Jizhou Army,
Understandably, he didn't think that the Han people on these towers really dared to be enemies with them, they were probably just pretending.
"Han Sui, you lead a thousand cavalry to charge, and you must use the shortest possible time to impress others." Calling his vanguard young general Han Sui, Qiao Xiong said like an order.
"De Ling." Han Sui, who is less than thirty years old, is also a veteran of the killing field. He is very brave. He once fought a big insect (tiger) with bare hands in the continuous virgin forest in the north, and was able to escape intact. .It's just a mere thousand soldiers, so he really didn't put it in his eyes.
"Come here, the horse archers are ready, the others are preparing to charge the city vehicles, and we will attack in half an hour." Han Sui made arrangements in an orderly manner. It can be seen that this is indeed a well-trained army.
In ancient times, the city ram was just made up of a few huge logs. It used human legs as wheels and human power as kinetic energy to violently hit the wooden city gate. Without any interference, the city gate was broken open after repeated collisions. It's just a matter of time.
One thousand Huns cavalry, 800 people were responsible for shooting arrows under the city, and 100 people controlled the manpower assault vehicles, and they were ready to attack after half an hour.
Standing not far from the city gate with a hundred cavalrymen, Han Sui was already prepared to rush into the city with a hundred cavalrymen once the city gate was opened. This was not because he was arrogant. In fact, The elite hundreds of foreign cavalrymen are confident that they can win against five hundred or more infantry on the battlefield.
"Use arrows from a distance, boulders from a distance, sleepers and kerosene. This time, they will never get back." Xiao Zaiyin stood on the tower and made arrangements in an orderly manner. Afterward, he looked at Kong Yuan and asked : "Magistrate Kong, has everything been arranged?"
"Don't worry, Camp Commander Xiao. The city gate has been completely blocked from the inside. It's not that easy to break open the city gate." Kong Yuan's expression also calmed down a lot, and he was not as panicked as before. In fact, The moment he decided to block the city gate from the inside, he made the decision to live or die with Anjo.
"Okay, please rest assured, Magistrate Kong. With our Quartet Army here, the enemy will not take any advantage. As long as we can hold on for a while, Commander Feng will arrive with a large army, and the siege of Ancheng will be lifted." Xiao Zaiyin did not forget to cheer Kong Yuan up. After all, the other party was also a civil servant. Even if he had courage, his courage was limited. It was not like professional soldiers like them who were born for the battlefield.
"Captain Xiao, don't worry too much. Even if I block the city gate from the inside, I have already prepared for the worst." As if knowing that Xiao Zaiyin was deliberately comforting himself, Kong Yuan forced his way out. A slight smile.
"That's very good. Magistrate Kong, I would like to trouble you to organize the manpower to transport the required supplies to the tower. Please rest assured that as long as Xiao is still alive, the foreign knight will not seek any benefits." Xiao Zaiyin He patted his chest in assurance.
In unity, the soldiers and civilians of Ancheng were united, waiting for the foreign knights to rush forward and teach them how to behave.
"charge!"
Under the city tower, Han Sui was already ready. After giving the order, the cavalry began to advance steadily, and the city rams also came straight to the north gate under protection.