On Yingdao, Chu Qing was disgraced and experienced the most difficult battle since his debut.
Three cities, with fifteen thousand troops armed to the teeth, were not able to capture any of them.
The first city, Xiaye, 15,000 troops, stopped here.
The city is not high, but the bandits are numerous.
From a thousand miles away, on top of the ruined city, Japanese thieves were surging.
The rear troops of the Japanese thieves arrived and gathered in Xiaye, numbering more than 50,000.
Fifteen thousand people are attacking, but there is no need for fifty thousand people to defend the city. They can just open the city gate and rush out.
If the Ying thieves really did this, Chang Jun would not stop there.
Fifty thousand people, more than three times Chang's army, were only defending the city. This was what made Chu Qing worried.
The siege battle has been going on for two full days, two days and two nights, and Chang's army has been unable to advance even an inch.
Chu Qing was about to lose his mind. To a thousand miles away, the Japanese guard general showed a sinister smile, which was very dazzling.
"Fly, throw the flying wings to me!"
"Can't fly over."
Chu Qing was angry and looked at Cuiyu's old face of chaos: "What can you do!"
Cuttlefish yawned: "You go ahead."
Chu Qing was speechless.
Flying wings really can't fly over.
It's not a matter of wind direction or speed, it's about the archers, the Japanese archers.
On the top of the city wall of Shimoye Castle, the archers were almost shoulder to shoulder. The flying wings were not very fast. Under such intensive shooting, they could not get close to the city wall.
Wang Tianyu's face was full of ruthlessness: "I will take people to clear the gravel."
Qiu Baoyu gritted his teeth: "I'll go too."
Zhao Baodan kicked Wang Tianyu to the ground: "If you want to die, go back to the East China Sea and die!"
Chu Qing gasped. He really didn't expect that he would encounter such a situation.
Xiaye Castle is not built on a plain. It is surrounded by mountains on the west side and forests on the east side. The north side can go deep into the interior of Yingdao. Changjun came from the south, and there are many trees on the south side.
Kill those who are stubborn and drown those who know how to swim. When you get to Yingdao, you will play with the word "fire".
Chu Qing did not dare to station the army in the forest. If the other party also launched a fire attack, everyone would be unlucky. Seeing that the wind direction was just right, he asked Wang Tianyu to burn the forest with fire.
There is no problem in doing this. Although it cannot cause substantial damage to Shimono Castle, it will at least make the battlefield as far as the eye can see and prevent you from being caught off guard.
The flames were ignited, temporarily blocking the advance of the army, and burned for a day and a night.
We are all prepared to fight a protracted war and are not afraid of thieves. Prepare in advance. Besides, what can we prepare even if we are prepared? Fire extinguishers.
Facts have proved that everyone still underestimates the Japanese thieves.
After the fire burned, the people in Yingthief City all left the city. The people were in front, carrying shovels, and the officers and soldiers were behind, holding swords and guns.
In just one day and one night, the Japanese people dug countless trenches that were three to four meters wide and up to a hundred meters long.
Forget it, when the flames were about to extinguish, all kinds of rocks, boulders, boulders, gravel, and logs rolled down the mountain.
Before the fighting even started, the outside of Shimono Castle was already in a mess. Stones and logs of all sizes were scattered outside the city, covering a diameter of half a kilometer, and trenches were crisscrossed.
This means that no one can get close to anyone in a short period of time, and there is no way to launch a charge. If the defenders want to come out, they have to cross the ditch and avoid the boulders, which greatly delays the advance time. The same is true for the attacking party.
At dawn the next day, Cuiyu kept trying to use his flying wings to smash the fierce fire oil over, but he saw some results. However, the Japanese thieves quickly reacted and a large number of archers climbed onto the city wall. Even if there were only a few flying wings, it would still be impossible.
Carry out dense arrow rain coverage, and the accuracy is not enough to collect the quantity.
The trebuchet can reach such a long distance, but when everyone came, they didn't push the trebuchet at all. The mountain road was difficult and it couldn't be pushed. It was even more difficult to build it on site. There was not enough time, and there was no wood. Wang Tianyu burned the trees.
Gone.
Chu Qing looked at the second young master of the Fu family who was squatting on the ground, and shouted anxiously: "Find a way, quickly!"
Fu Yongkang opened his dead eyes and said, "Back off."
Fu Baobao squinted his eyes and said, "They are obviously doing this to buy time. There will definitely be more rebels in the rear, and they can't be defeated. What are you doing here? Go back."
Chu Qing gritted his teeth, extremely unwilling.
Just two hours ago, the Japanese thieves massacred some people, more than thirty people, right on the city gate. They cut the corpses into four pieces with very cruel methods, and then used the city slaves guarding the city to shoot the corpses over.
The people of Changzhou who saw this scene were furious and furious.
The Japanese thieves had no reason to massacre their own people, so these people who were brutally killed might be Chang people.
Everyone knew that this was an attempt by the Japanese thieves to provoke themselves into attacking the city, crossing those ditches, bypassing the rubble, and attacking the city in a way that was close to death.
Even the second young master of the Fu family was helpless, and the others were even more helpless.
Chu Qing felt very regretful. He had known that he had brought it to his uncle, but he would not have made up his mind when something happened.
It's a pity that the sea area is the basic base, so Chu Qing left his uncle on the Mo family's Revenge.
The corpses shot by long crossbows were not far away, and Chu Qing did not even dare to order people to collect those corpses.
This is what makes him angry and what makes everyone angry.
The Ying thieves are very cunning. The location where the long crossbow hits is neither too far nor too close. Far is only more than 200 steps. If it is close, if the body is restrained in the past, the Ying thieves will definitely hit the long crossbow again.
Come.
If those corpses were not Chang people at all, but Ying thieves, it would mean that everyone would risk their lives to snatch the Ying thieves' bodies and bring them back for burial. This would be a great humiliation for everyone.
But if these corpses are Chang people, it would be nothing if the soldiers went out to fight and saw the corpses of their compatriots exposed to the sun and exposed in the wilderness. It would also be a great insult to the soldiers.
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Those who have not joined the army or set off to fight in a foreign country cannot understand this feeling at all. No one wants to bury his own body in a foreign land, let alone let his compatriots’ corpses be exposed in a foreign land.
Chu Qing forced himself to calm down and re-analyze the problem before him.
The Ying thieves "destroyed" the road. There were many people, but they were only defending. So they were obviously waiting for reinforcements from the rear. There must be a lot of reinforcements, otherwise at least 50,000 people would not just be defending the city.
Chu Qing didn't know whether it was one hundred thousand or two hundred thousand, he only knew that it would be a lot.
If this is the case, everyone must return to the ship and enter the tug of war again.
The second young master of the Fu family suggested going back. The others didn't say anything, but their expressions betrayed their hearts. They all wanted to go back, not because they were cowardly, but because it was pointless to spend time here.
Everyone knows that if Xiaye City can be captured, the benefits will be huge. Through Xiaye City, a one-sided battle of annihilation and massacre can be carried out against the Japanese reinforcements in the rear.
The south side of Shimoye Castle has a clear view, but the north side is easy to defend and difficult to attack. As long as the supplies can keep up and the roads on the northwest sides are destroyed, this city can completely stop at least a hundred thousand troops.
Waiting for work, use the fierce fire oil and gunpowder to their greatest advantage.
"Either fight or retreat."
Taoist Feng looked at Chu Qing: "Don't hesitate any longer."
"Withdraw." Chu Qing let out a long sigh, having accepted the reality. Everything had to start from scratch again, turning into a tug-of-war and an unbreakable deadlock.
"Wait a minute." Chu Qing had already turned around, suddenly looked at the mountain top on the side of Xianye City, and murmured: "What if the mountain is exploded?"
"Blow up the mountain?" Cuiyu said angrily: "You have to say, even if the mountain is blown up, the mountain collapses and the city is destroyed, the Japanese thieves will not be able to get through, and we will not be able to get through either."
"Are you stupid? They don't have a boat, but we do. If we can't get through here, we'll hit the other side..."
"Wait a moment."
Fu Baobao suddenly stood up with an excited expression: "Little brother Chu, little brother Chu, 50,000 thieves are already quite a lot. They only defend but not attack because they are waiting for reinforcements. The so-called reinforcements must be far more than these 50,000!"
Fu Baobao also seemed to have thought of something, and nodded repeatedly: "At least one hundred thousand, at least one hundred thousand reinforcements. The General's Mansion on the south side of Yingdao will not allocate all its troops, so 80% of the reinforcements will come from other General's Mansion.
troops."
Fu Yongkang: "Then as long as you know which general's mansion it is, you will know which side is empty of military defenses!"
"What do you mean..." Chu Qing also reacted: "The plank road is built in the open and in the dark... Baoji?"