In Wenchi County, during the Northern Wei Dynasty, Bogulu Cangcheng was built to store grain, grass, horse supplies, and equipment to prepare troops.
This place is about 160 miles southwest of Yanzhou. The warehouse city has been abandoned, and there is not even a grain of grain in it. The county seat is still there. It originally had hundreds of soldiers, but temporarily recruited thousands of people. Currently, there are 1,500 soldiers.
The deputy envoy of the Yi Cong Army, Wu Zang Jieming, was the first general of the Dingnan Army to arrive at the city. He had more than 4,000 soldiers on hand, all of whom were soldiers brought from the mountains. They were from all tribes and had high morale. He had previously left for Feng Yin.
Hengshan selected troops and sent a lot of ordnance to the Yeli and Wuzang tribes, so the Yi Congjun's equipment is now better.
"Send someone to make a statement." Meuzou Yumei glanced at a shogunate envoy who was following him and ordered his subordinates.
Soon, a dozen Dangxiang sergeants who spoke relatively fluent Chinese came forward and shouted at the top of their lungs: "A teacher of benevolence and righteousness does not humiliate women, does not kill innocent people, does not plunder property, and lives without committing any crime. But when troops approach the city, you are not allowed to do so."
If you disobey, the first arrow will ask the seal officials to come out to greet you, the second arrow will ask the gentry to surrender, and the third arrow will ask the sergeants to abandon their weapons. If you close the city gate tightly and refuse to surrender, all the officials and soldiers will be slaughtered on the day of the attack.
Do not stay."
The people on the top of the city looked at each other in shock after hearing this. Of course they knew that outside the city were the troops from the east camp to recruit envoys, the Dingnan Army Jiedushi, and the King of Lingwu County. But what was going on with the party members in Yishui? Could they be fake?
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"General Zhang..." The sergeants all turned their attention to the deputy general Zhang Dao who was guarding the city.
"Anyone who dares to surrender will be beheaded immediately! Han Liu later treated me with kindness, and today is the time to repay the kindness." Zhang Dao led his soldiers with a fierce look on his face. The soldiers around him were intimidated by the threat, and they were not able to do anything.
Dare to speak out against it.
"Whoosh!" The first arrow was shot out from outside the city.
Zhang Dao stared at his sergeants fiercely and said: "Prepare for war!"
The second and third arrows were shot out one after another.
"Reinforcements will arrive in Lingzhou, don't worry." Zhang Dao continued to encourage morale, saying: "If they don't arrive, you can come and take my head."
After the three arrows were shot, the gates of Wenchi County were closed tightly, and people were coming and going at the top of the city. This was because they were determined not to surrender.
Wu Zang Jie Ming's face was ashen. The commander ordered the nearest rebel army to attack Wenchi County to clear the way for the main army. He didn't want anything to go wrong.
"Siege the city!" Wu Zangjieming ordered.
Dangxiang people also have the ability to siege cities. There were several rebellions in the country, and many states and counties fell. Especially for Hengshan Dangxiang, who mainly focuses on farming, if they want to go down the mountain to plunder, if they cannot break through the forts or prefectures and counties, then they are doomed.
Gains are limited.
Wu Zang Jie Ming selected more than 300 people, divided them into two teams, and pushed up the ladder. Wenchi County is not high and has no moat. The difficulty of attacking is much smaller than that of big cities like Youzhou and Suizhou, let alone
It can be called a perverted Xiazhou City.
The ladders were made in Xiazhou, and there were not many of them. The Yi Congjun only got two of them. They were made of big wood, with a big wheel on the bottom, two ladders on the top, and a rotating shaft in the middle. The carts were shielded by rawhide on all sides, and people pushed them inside.
When you reach the city, you take off the ladder on the cloud ladder to get a glimpse of the city, so it is called the cloud ladder.
To put it simply, if the general decides to attack the city, he will send out a ladder truck. There are six wooden wheels under the truck. The outside is anti-arrow and fireproof. People can stand on the inner layer. These people push the ladder truck forward.
The upper part of the car is a foldable two-story ladder. There is a rotating shaft connecting the two-story ladder. When opened, the two-story ladder can be fully released. There is a hook at the front end of the ladder for hooking the city wall.
As for the ones in the movies where people carry ladders and go up directly, they do exist, but they are too crude and not very responsible for the lives of soldiers. They are easy to be burned by the defenders, and they are also easy to be pushed down. Generally speaking, if you have the territory and the ability to manufacture ordnance,
All warlords will build this kind of equipment, otherwise the big-headed soldiers will feel unhappy and mutiny in front of the battle line, which will be tragic.
Two ladder trucks slowly marched to the bottom of the city. It can be seen that Wenchi County does not have strong troops to guard it, and the preparations are not very sufficient. However, it is really courageous to actually intend to hold on like this.
"Kill!" Dozens of Kunfa mountain people rushed out from under the ladder truck, with ferocious looks on their faces, and climbed up with equipment.
Arrows rained down from the city head. The shieldmen rushing at the front desperately grabbed the edge of the ladder and leaned their weight forward to offset the impact of the arrows. Behind them, some unshielded mountain people were shot and tragically
He screamed and rolled down the ladder. At this height, he would not necessarily fall to death, but there were still archers defending the city, so his survival rate while lying on the ground was worrying.
"Kill!" The ladder truck kept shaking, as the defenders were trying to push the truck out. However, this could easily expose their bodies, so some of the defenders kept being shot by the rebel archers below the city, screaming in agony.
The first wave of mountain people who climbed the ladder were all killed or wounded before they were even halfway up the ladder. However, they also succeeded in attracting the defenders at the top of the city to be exposed, because whether they pushed down the ladder, poured oil on fire or stabbed them with spears, their upper bodies would inevitably be exposed.
Wu Zang Jie Ming specially selected two hundred hunters with excellent archery skills to shoot at these exposed defenders. The Wenchi city wall was not high, so the effect was pretty good.
The second wave of mountain people rushed forward without waiting for a moment. The arrow rain was still fierce, and some people kept screaming and falling down. The people behind got angry and no longer cared whether the shields were tightly covered. They just wanted to rush forward.
Go up to the top of the city and have a good fight.
"Kill!" The first mountain man who rushed to the top of the city had no time to be happy. The knife in his hand hung down weakly just as he was halfway through swinging it. There were too many people at the top of the city, and there were almost seven or eight spears in an instant.
Stab him.
The people behind did not care and continued to rush upward. Now that we have reached this point, if we retreat, we will die. It is better to go up and fight, or to use a backrest before dying.
"Ah!" Hot water was poured down from the top of the city. The armor on his body could not resist it at all. The hot boiling water flowed towards the body along the gaps. Even with the buffer of military uniforms, many people still screamed. Even the man who was in the pocket
His head and face were covered with water, and there was almost no good flesh on his body. He fell off the ladder in an instant.
Of course, they were not the worst. There were people who were covered in fire and jumped directly from the ladder, rolling on the ground trying to extinguish the flames. There was no one around to help him. The archers stared at the defenders at the top of the city intently and shot. They even
He didn't even have time to pay attention to the incoming enemy arrows. He was almost trading life for life and injury for injury.
"Kill!" A mountain man with long hair and full armor rushed to the top of the city. He roared and rushed forward, relying on the protection on his body. The big ax in his hand kept swinging, causing death and injury in every collision.
Man is actually born with divine power.
"Uh..." As soon as he split open a guard soldier with a big ax, an arrow hit him in the throat.
Seven or eight defenders swarmed up and chopped him to death on the spot with swords and axes. Soon, his head was thrown down to weaken the morale of the attacking party.
To be able to wear armor all over and still be so brave, he must not be an ordinary mountain man!
Wu Zang Jie Ming stared at the offensive and defensive battle near the city wall with a livid face. More than two hundred people were packed in, and he only touched the city head once, but he was quickly driven down again, and a tribal leader died.
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This siege battle is indeed cruel!
He remembered what Judge Chen had told him about the Battle of Zhaojue Temple. Captain Ma Lin went straight into the middle of the army, seized the cards from both sides, drove left and right, and shaken the rebel army's position. At that time, he was quite fascinated and felt that his heart was racing, but
At this time, looking at the brutal siege battle, I had a clear understanding in my mind: If a peerless warrior like Ma Taiwei was allowed to attack the city with ants, I am afraid he would be furious on the spot. This may be the biggest reason why the commander has always avoided siege.
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"Continue to attack! Du Bao, you lead the attack!" Wu Zang Jie Ming ordered. The battle has reached this point. If the attack fails and the troops retreat, it will hurt morale. Moreover, he can see that the defenders are not
Strong, they should be the county soldiers and so on, and there are also many strong civilians mixed in. If you add more force at this time, maybe you can win!
Two hundred people were protected without hiding, and after a brief mobilization, they rushed forward with murderous intent.
The Dangxiang people at this time were indeed not as organized as those in Xixia in later generations. However, they lived together in tribal form and had high internal cohesion. "When there is a battle, they will help each other with evil, pass the arrows to each other, and they will follow like a stream."
Moreover, he has the "bravery" common to barbarians all over the world, otherwise he would not have been described by Du Mu as "born of the hostility of heaven and earth."
If they can be restrained and trained according to Chinese methods, and have sophisticated weapons and equipment, the first generation can indeed be called a powerful force before they fall. This is like the Huangtai Jihui of the Manchu Qing Dynasty in later generations, who conquered the Sauron people in the north every year and captured them.
The fish-skin Tartars served as dead soldiers. Those people were barbaric and ferocious enough. Huang Taiji led 28,000 fully armed banners against the 6,000 Saurons who had no armor and only had wooden spears, bows and arrows.
combat effectiveness.
Mu Zang Du Bao was the leader of a branch of the Mu Zang clan. The whole clan lived in poverty, but they also developed brutal and ferocious habits. At this time, many of the elite defenders on the city were killed or injured. They needed boiling water, hot oil, and torches.
, falling rocks and the like also consumed most of it, and when the two hundred people of Fuzang Dubao rushed forward, they were immediately in a panic.
On the top of the city, Zhang Dao fired his bow and arrows and shot seven or eight brave mountain people to death, suffocating his offensive. But soon, the mountain people rushed up again, throwing spears and flying swords and axes.
A hole was opened on the top of the city.
Zhang Dao's soldiers rushed forward desperately, and more than a dozen of them stabbed directly with spears. The mountain people did not care at all. They threw out the spears in their hands, created chaos, and rushed over with roars.
"Poof! Poof!" The spear was inserted into the stomach, and the mountain people rushing at the front screamed and fell. But more and more people climbed up, and the city was almost crowded with people, and the spear could not be used.
The two sides were slashing at each other with swords and axes without any evasive movements. They were just exchanging injuries for injuries and lives for lives.
Fuzo Dobo's face was covered with blood. He desperately hugged a garrison officer, and the two sides were fighting on the ground. He pinched his throat, bit his ears, inserted eyes, and hit his forehead, doing everything he could.
There was also the one who had a murderous temper, slashing with a knife and ax, almost splitting the opponent's head to pieces.
The brutal fighting lasted for as long as a stick of incense, and the people in the city couldn't bear it at first. They were either citizens doing business or farmers farming. They had never seen such a brutal fighting. After resisting for a while,
After that, it just collapsed.
Zhang Dao led his own soldiers to kill several people, but they could not stop them at all. He only had 400 county soldiers. In order to defend the city, he put these people at the front. After the Dangxiang Mountain people rushed to the city, these people
The county soldiers blocked it immediately, but suffered heavy casualties. Even if the people ran away, they could not withstand the enemy. The city was basically destroyed!
Under the city, Wu Zangjieming led a large group of people towards the city gate. There were no arrows to stop them at the city gate. After arriving at the city gate, if you listen carefully, you can hear the sound of killing behind the door. The last strength of the defenders should be
They gathered near the city gate, but it was no use. They had too few soldiers and could not stop them.
"Why don't these people surrender? Several hundred top-notch state soldiers dare to fight against my four thousand army with the support of the people?" Bu Zang Jie Ming couldn't figure out this question.
Perhaps Huang Chao had not figured it out. He brought 150,000 to 60,000 troops to attack Chenzhou, which had few troops. Why didn't they surrender? There are too many things in this world that are difficult to understand.
Not far away was a charred corpse. The fire had gone out. The deceased's body was charred black, his fingers and toes were melted together, his stomach was broken, and his blackened intestines were faintly visible.
I couldn't tell which side the sergeant was from, but it didn't matter. The siege of Wenchi County allowed young Muzo Yumei to see the cruelest side of war.
In the battle of Youzhou against Tuoba Sigong, if the city was attacked by force, the scene would probably be many times more tragic than the one before us, right?
The city gate creaked and was opened from the inside. The soldiers cheered and geared up to rush in and kill.
"Deputy Wu Zang, restrain the sergeants." The shogunate's envoy rushed to his side and said softly: "Only punish the officials and generals, and do not harm the people."
"You!" Wu Zang Jie Ming didn't expect this guy to come over and say this. After watching the battle for a long time, don't you know how many of us died? Now that you say this, aren't you afraid of death?
"Deputy Envoy Wu Zang, I am doing this for your own good. If you indulge the sergeant, your Majesty will be furious when he hears about it." The envoy did not say much and directly pointed out the consequences.
"The king is here to punish the people. If he robs and massacres the people, what will outsiders think?" At this point, the messenger lowered his voice and said: "The king has great ambitions and a bright future. My sister is quite impressed.
If you are favored by the king and give birth to an heir, it will definitely be extremely valuable if there is no one to collect it in the future. How can you lose a big thing because of a small thing? The general should check it out."
