During this period, Tie Mo's name was resounding throughout northern Shanxi. When it came to suppressing bandits, Tie Mo was definitely the most ruthless, otherwise he wouldn't be called the Living King of Hell. But similarly, with so many soldiers and horses in Xuan Mansion and Datong Mansion,
The team belonging to the Living King of Hell is the best at fighting.
Precisely because he knew Tie Mo was difficult to deal with, Yuan Ma never thought of starting a war outside the city from the beginning. In order to cut off supplies, Yuan Ma even came up with a cruel trick. He ordered all living people in nearby villages to be driven out.
Once inside the city, Mizhi City has limited capacity, so those who can’t fit will be killed directly.
In Yuan Ma's view, this is the "strong wall and clear field" in the art of war.
Driving the people into the city has two advantages. On the one hand, it makes it difficult for the officers and soldiers to supply supplies. On the other hand, if the supplies on your side are insufficient, you can kill people to replenish the army.
Yuan Ma's nickname of Red-Eyed Rakshasa is not for nothing. Once he gets angry, he likes to eat people. Therefore, he is also known as the "Man-eating Rakshasa" secretly.
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Tie Mo finally knew what kind of army he was facing. This was simply a beast army. They burned, killed, looted, and committed all kinds of evil. Killing and eating meat was a common occurrence.
"Dingshan, Lao Liu, please tell us to go down and let all the troops rest for the night and attack Mizhi City tomorrow. There will be multiple hidden sentries at night to prevent the boat from capsizing in the ditch."
"Well" Liu Guoneng frowned. Ever since he knew that Yuan Ma was guarding the city, he felt a lot heavier. "General, Yuan Ma is a ruthless character. Even on Wu Yangui's side, few people are willing to deal with Yuan Ma.
Ma. This bastard can eat people and take their lives. He can do anything, but the people raised by this guy are also capable of fighting, and they are all masters who do not want their lives."
"Old Liu, I understand what you mean. The more inhuman the enemy is, the harder it is to deal with it!"
The next day, as soon as Si Shi arrived, Liu Guoneng took the lead and launched a fierce attack on Mizhi City. Liu Guoneng's troops were not brave, but the thieves guarding the city were also extremely fierce. As long as they saw someone climbing up the city, they would
There was a frantic attack, and some people even jumped down holding the attackers in their arms.
In just a quarter of an hour, Tie Mo reluctantly issued the order to withdraw his troops.
The thieves risk their lives and are not afraid of losses, but Tie Mo cannot afford such losses. It would be great if there is a field gun. After a few cannons are fired, a big hole can be blasted out in a dilapidated city wall like Mizhi very quickly.
Come.
Unfortunately, out of confidentiality, Tie Mo didn't want to reveal his true strength so soon.
Artillery is a good thing, but it is also easy to make people jealous. Moreover, when I came, I did not expect that I would encounter such a difficult opponent in the first battle.
Liu Guoneng returned to the temporary command post, took off his helmet, and cursed angrily: "You bastard, this Yuan Ma is really difficult to deal with. Each one of them looks like crazy. If we continue to fight like this, we will suffer a huge loss."
Tie Mo nodded heavily, "We can't fight this battle like this. We have to find a way to lure Yuan Ma out and fight."
Li Wanqing smiled bitterly and shook his head, "This is difficult. Looking at that posture, Yuan Ma has made up his mind to defend Mizhi City. I guess he might not be tempted even if we put a cart of gold outside the city."
Tie Mo suddenly felt a headache. He was really helpless when meeting a ruthless person like Yuan Ma. After thinking carefully for a while, Tie Mo patted the table heavily.
"Dingshan, go and cut down the nearby jujube trees. Aren't Yuan Ma going to defend Mizhi City? Then I'll burn Mizhi for him and see if he can get out!"
"Burning rice fat on fire?" Zhou Dingshan was shocked, and his face couldn't help but become extremely ugly, "Brother Tie, if this happens, there will be countless casualties among the people in the city. If this matter is brought to the top, it will be detrimental to you."
"At this time, do you still care about these things?" Tie Mo glared and said coldly, "Even if we don't do this, the people in the city will be better off? That bastard Yuan Ma really treats them as human flesh buns. Stop ink stains
Come on, just do as I tell you, and I’ll take care of anything you have to do.”
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In Mizhi City, Yuan Mada, a thin man, was sitting on the chair of the county government office. He frowned, and there was no joy at all on his face.
Ever since he knew that the one who attacked Mizhi was the Living King of Hell, he had never seen a smile on his face. The name of the Living King of Hell was not just blown away, it was acquired by killing.
After a real fight, I realized how difficult the team of the Living King of Hell was. Just a quarter of an hour after the fight, the team of the Living King of Hell shrank back. For Yuan Ma, this was not a good thing. If the officers and soldiers did not attack the city, then what he had done before
Wouldn’t the preparation be useless?
Just as he was thinking about it secretly, a leader under his command ran in in a panic and said, "Boss Yuan, it's bad, the officers and soldiers threw a lot of firewood at the bottom of the city. It looks like they are going to set fire to it."
"Set fire? Are they sick? Do they still want to use fire to burn down the city wall?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a muffled groan in the courtyard. Yuan Ma quickly got up and went out to check. As soon as he took a look, his triangular eyes narrowed.
I saw a man in gray clothes lying on the ground with a rocket stuck in his back. At this moment, cold sweat oozed out from Yuan Ma's forehead, and he said urgently: "Quickly, let the brothers take cover, the officers and soldiers are going to light fires everywhere."
.Damn, this mad dog is the living King of Hell..."
No wonder Yuan Ma was panicking, he really didn't expect that such dignified officers and soldiers could do such a thing.
How could the officers and soldiers do this when there are countless civilians in the city? I have fought against officers and soldiers countless times before, but I have never encountered anyone who does not follow the routine.
It's not that Yuan Ma is ignorant. In the early years of Chongzhen, military discipline was still very strict, unlike in the last years of Chongzhen, when military discipline was loose and officers and soldiers competed with the rebels to see who was more ruthless.
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Mizhi City is mostly made of earthen houses with reed meadows covering their roofs. Now in the cold winter, they are almost on fire. Tie Mo not only asked Li Wanqing to lead people to set off rockets, but also asked people to use gunpowder to make a few temporary gunpowders.
The bags were all thrown into Mizhi City.
In just one hour, Mizhi City was filled with thick smoke, wails filled the fields, and bandits and civilians were running around everywhere.
Tie Mo hardened his heart and let people continue to set fires. He was secretly cruel in his heart. I didn't believe it. If the fire continued like this, could Yuan Ma continue to huddle in Mizhi City and be a tortoise?
Mizhi City is too small, but Yuan Ma packed too many people into the city. Now that there is a fire, there will be big trouble.
Two hours later, the fire spread, and Yuan Ma's men also suffered heavy losses. Yuan Ma finally realized that this Living King of Hell had no intention of stopping. As long as there were enough rockets, the Living King of Hell would dare to burn Mizhi City down.
Into a white field.
Soon, Yuan Ma made a decision. Instead of being burned to death in a cowardly manner, it was better to go out of the city and fight to the death.
In the late afternoon, the gate of Mizhi City groaned in pain and fell to the ground. Yuan Ma finally led his people outside the city.
Yuan Ma not only led people out of the city, but also drove out the people in the city. Under the threat of death, tens of thousands of people fled in all directions, almost drowning Tie Mo's people.
Yuan Ma and his men followed closely behind, pressing towards Tie Mo's direction little by little.
Tie Mo couldn't help but get a little anxious. If the people were allowed to attack and the formation was scattered, how could they fight Yuan Ma's team?
I am mainly a musketeer, and my fire coverage and lethality are all maintained by my formation.
Almost instantly, Tie Mo made a difficult decision.
