After hearing what Meng Shan said, none of these powerful men could say anything anymore. They were willing to surrender to the Jieyi Army and give up their position here because they were defeated by the Jieyi Army and were forced to do so. However, they had to let the Jieyi Army surrender.
If they hand over all their family's former money, grain, and land, it will cost them their lives, which they are naturally unwilling to do.
You know, for them to get to this point and become a powerful local here, it cost a lot of money, and they put in a lot of hard work and sweat. But if they were to be given away like this, none of them would be willing.
In fact, Meng Shan also thought about surrendering, but he understood that the Jieyi Army would not bypass the powerful locals like them. He knew very well how much money and goods he had accumulated, and he also understood that the Jieyi Army would capture this place and contain the water bandits.
What is the purpose? It can be said that these powerful people are still mortal enemies with the Jieyi Army. There can only be one side between the two.
From the fact that the navy of the Jieyi Army today can allow the water bandits to surrender, but still wants to kill all the powerful men, it can be seen that the Jieyi Army will not accept their surrender at all. Even if they hand over all their money, food and land. Therefore, Meng Shan
What I said before is just a reminder to them, letting them know that unless they hand over everything, they will become penniless again.
"Since none of you are willing to part with your family wealth, let's not talk about surrender. Of course, if you are confident that you can convince the Jieyi Army to accept you, you can also send people to communicate with the Jieyi Army. However, I also want to remind you.
, Judging from the situation on the front line today, the rebel navy has killed all our people this time. The people sent by others failed to contact us, and instead became meat buns beating dogs." Meng Shan saw someone talking,
I quietly saw this matter come to an end.[
"Now our military strength is not as large as that of the other side, so dividing our forces is not advisable. Don't forget that Yan Mingfeng, who has gathered the four most powerful water bandits to our south, was the one who was captured by the Jieyi Navy.
The partial division was defeated by dividing the troops. Now that the Jieyi army is scattered around us, they are taking the initiative. Our only way now is to defend the city and hope to wait until reinforcements arrive."
"Everyone, please go back and arrange your private soldiers. Now it's up to us to guard this place. If this place is attacked by the Jieyi Navy, you know better than me what the consequences will be. If you want to maintain your current status,
If you want to protect your family property, then give me your best effort. The Jie Yijun will not
If we retreat, we will not have good results. We are all sitting in the same boat now. If the boat breaks, everyone's will will sink. Therefore, I hope that the army can work together and give full play to its strength. If anyone dares
If something happens at this time, I don't mind getting rid of him first."
In the next two days, the soldiers of the Jieyi Army Navy did not launch an attack as far as Xishan Town. However, the soldiers of the Jieyi Army had openly launched operations against other villages except Xishan Town. The powerful people in Xishan Town only
Can watch the villages around Xishan Town
, one after another was controlled by the Jieyi Army. All villages in the west, south, north and east, in all directions, gradually fell into the hands of the Jieyi Army. Even the villages and towns closest to Xishan Town were also captured by the Jieyi Army.
, the Jieyi Army directly approached outside Xishan Town.
It was not until the afternoon of the third day that Mengshan, who had been suppressing the enemy for the past few days, received the news that the Jieyi Army had begun to take action. What shocked Mengshan and other powerful men was that the Jieyi Army came out from all directions, and outside every city gate, people
An army of Youjie rebels appeared, and there were quite a few of them.
On average, there are three to four thousand Qi soldiers outside each city gate. With this ratio, it can be said that no matter which city gate the Jieyi soldiers outside the city gate are not much different from the defenders inside the city. Look.
Seeing this situation, Mengshan and others felt even more stressed.
"What do they want to do? Don't they want to attack here immediately?" Meng Shan couldn't help but said in a deep voice as he looked at the approaching armies from all sides. It was already evening. Logically speaking, the Jieyi army should camp and rest instead of attacking the city immediately.
You must know that although Xishan Town is just a town, the city defense here is not simple. Otherwise, Mengshan and others would not dare to defend and wait for reinforcements. The town wall is based on strips of stone and covered with blue bricks.
Cover with rammed earth as the core, four feet high and three feet thick, surrounded by
Eight hundred paces. Among them, there is also the contribution of Meng Shan and other powerful men. When Meng Shan was appointed as the captain here, there were many bandits around here. In order to protect himself, Meng Shan built a city defense to guard against the bandits.
Construction started in name, and the building was extremely solid.
"Probably not! It's getting late now, and the Jieyi Army should camp and rest before taking action the next day!" The head of the He family, who was next to Mengshan, said to himself in a deep voice.
In fact, these powerful disciples are extremely nervous at this moment. The strong city walls here cannot suppress the worries in their hearts. Even the usually shrewd heads of the clans turned pale when faced with the attack of the army.
They were also extremely nervous. Where had they seen such a situation before?
"It's a pity that if we have enough troops, we can send out troops to attack them when they approach!" Meng Shan looked at the soldiers of the Jieyi Army who were gradually approaching, and couldn't help but murmured to himself. The Jieyi Army came out from all directions, but
It was thought that the Laijie rebels came from the southeast, so Meng Shan personally sat in the east and was responsible for the defense of the east city wall.
"Meng Xin, how many people have we gathered now?" Meng Shan asked the guards around him in a deep voice.
"Reporting to your lord, there are more than 4,500 private soldiers from all tribes. In addition, all the young men and women have been recruited from the city, about 3,000 people. At this moment, they have been evenly distributed on all sides."
Meng Shan nodded solemnly, but that didn't make him relax at all. He looked outside the city and realized that he couldn't let the Jieyi army approach the city without making any move. He also ordered his officers to bring in some powerful bows and crossbows.
The city wall here was raised to suppress the opponent's approach. In Mengshan's view, the opponent's behavior at the moment was just to put pressure on the powerful people in the city, and they would not really choose to take action now.
In fact, as Meng Shan expected, although it seemed that the Jieyi Army was coming out from all directions, the main force and main attack direction were placed in the east or south, with an average of about 4,000 elite soldiers on each side. Not only were they familiar with
They are familiar with water battles and are also familiar with land battles. On the north and west sides, there are only about 2,000 people on each side.
Most of them are sailors. Of course, on these two sides, the Jieyi Army has arranged a lot of crossbowmen. Even if these two sides are not used as the main attack directions, they can still suppress the enemy troops and prevent the enemy troops in the city from escaping from here. If
If they choose this place, the sailors of the Rebel Army will let them know the power of arrow rain and crossbow arrows.
However, the actions of the Jieyi Army were beyond the expectations of Meng Shan and others. The Jieyi Army did not pause at all, nor did they intend to camp for a rest. After waiting for the baggage team at the rear to assemble various equipment, they immediately began to attack the city.
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The Jieyi Army came from the Zhao Army, so they naturally had their own methods for dismantling and reorganizing various equipment. The crossbows and catapults were all dismantled by the Jieyi Army and then regrouped near Xishan Town. Why did the Jieyi Army regroup in the first two days?
No action was taken on the day? Just to get more catapults and bed crossbows.
At the beginning, the Jieyi Army did not attack immediately. Instead, they used sandbags to build their recommended protective wall outside the city wall to prevent the city wall's most perfect bed crossbows from causing too many casualties to their own side. After all, the opponent occupies a favorable location and our own soldiers
You cannot use a giant shield to protect the soldiers behind you for a long time. Use sandbags to build a protective wall, which can not only protect your own soldiers, but also serve as a bracket for the bed crossbow. After all, the bed crossbow needs to fire at high city walls, so it is impossible without a bracket.
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During this operation, Li Qingping, the commander-in-chief of the Jieyi Army, did not personally take charge. Instead, he handled and relocated the surrounding water bandits and the family members of the surrendered soldiers who had been included in the Jieyi Army Navy system. The Jieyi Army Navy had already made a decision.
To make this Taihu Lake
Xishan Island, the largest island in the water area, is the station of the Jieyi Army Navy in Taihu Lake, and Xishan Island is also the place under the rule of the Jieyi Army. Naturally, only the navy cannot be left here. On this large island, the Jieyi Army
A large number of people will also need to immigrate.
Of course, the surrounding islands will not be abandoned by the Rebel Army. Those areas will become the outposts of the Rebel Army. The Rebel Army will establish outpost naval camps in those areas as outlets to monitor the waters.
In addition, after the Jieyi Army captured the first line of defense of Xishan Island and marched into Xishan Island, Hu Changshui's work of persuading surrender suddenly became rapid. In just two days, thirteen or four small and medium-sized water bandits attacked the Jieyi Army.
The navy surrendered. Of course, the reason why these water bandits surrendered was not only because of the victory of the rebel army, but also because they had no food available. The water bandits can't go hungry, right? So,
After learning that the Jieyi Army had won and how Xishan Island was using the water bandits attached to Xishan Island as death squads, these small and medium-sized water bandits could no longer hold on. Under Hu Changshui's persuasion, they began to attack the Jieyi Army.
The division surrendered. They now also understand that in the future, the Qi army will no longer call the shots on Xishan Island and the waters around Xishan Island, but the Youjie Rebel Navy will make the call.[
In addition, after the navy of the Jieyi Army takes charge here, the good days of these water bandits are also over. As a large force that wants to rule a water area and has complete naval power, they will not allow there to be people around them.
There are organizations like water bandits. Therefore, if they don't surrender now, they will face an all-out attack by the Japanese Navy in the future.
Therefore, those water bandits with limited strength had to consider the future and had to surrender to the Jieyi Navy. Of course, Hu Changshui also played a very important role in this, deceiving and threatening, and making everything possible.
These water bandits are frightened. These water bandits are also living in embarrassment now.
The territory is no longer merchant ships, but has always been warships of the Rebel Army. Even if there are ships transporting supplies, they are transporting supplies for the Rebel Navy, and there are also warships of the Rebel Navy to escort them. Even if there are no ships
The warships of the Jieyi Army Navy were escorting them, and they did not dare to rob the Jieyi Army's supply ships easily.
After these water bandits learned that the Jieyi Army had landed, they already understood that the food and materials they wanted were probably not available to the powerful people on Xishan Island. It would be the Jieyi Army who would rule this place. The supplies they originally needed,
They only need to buy Xishan Island. But now, not only can they not rob passing merchant ships to obtain money, but they can also not buy food and daily necessities through Xishan Island. Then, the only way before them is to surrender to the Jieyi Army.
Although the large groups of water bandits have not yet surrendered, most of the small groups of water bandits have begun to surrender to the Jieyi Army. And they will be selected by the Jieyi Army, and the most suitable ones will be selected as soldiers, whether they are navy soldiers or army soldiers.
, the qualified ones will be selected first, and the rest will be dispersed by the Jieyi Army and arranged separately on Xishan Island to prevent them from causing trouble again.
The reason why the Rebel Army must first select the water bandits who can become soldiers is because they are used to making a living as water bandits robbing passing merchant ships. Therefore, if they are completely released, some trouble will definitely arise. Therefore
, simply put these guys into the army and train them to become qualified soldiers.
All in all, Li Qingping is very busy now. He has begun to divide places on Xishan Island, establish villages, and cultivate farmland so that the families of these water bandits can settle here. For this reason, Li Qingping even sent an order to Songjiang Prefecture to let them settle down.
Songjiang Prefecture transported a lot of food and daily necessities here. In addition, it also moved some refugees to settle here.
Originally, the people on Xishan Island were still very panicked about the naval attack of the Jieyi Army. Meng Shan's propaganda to the people here was that the Jieyi Army was more hateful than the water bandits. But after the Jieyi Army captured this place, the management implemented here
This method quickly gained popularity among the people in these villages and small towns.
Therefore, when the Jieyi Navy attacked Xishan Island, the Jieyi Army had already begun to win the hearts and minds of the people and began to take over the local area.
In Xishan Town, under Hu Le's military order, the Jieyi soldiers quickly piled up three nearly one-meter protective walls with sandbags. The soldiers and crossbows were behind the first two protective walls, while the catapults were behind the last one.
Behind the protective wall. The last protective wall is the tallest. It seems strange that the attackers set up protective walls. However, the appearance of these protective walls protected the soldiers and the crossbows and catapults at the rear.
Because this Xishan Town is the home base of Xishan Island's powerful people, their defense here is not low. Especially now that these powerful people are fighting for themselves, there are not a few privately made catapults and crossbows.
It wouldn't be a big deal if some powerful men had bed crossbows, but having catapults would be a bit weird. However, the situation here is special, because they are surrounded by water, and there are too many water bandits around them. In addition, they
He also keeps several teams of water bandits, and it is normal for the water bandits' warships and lairs to have small and medium-sized catapults.
Therefore, the guys on Xishan Island who are far from the powerful families in the big city not only use crossbows, but also have catapults. Before the Jieyi Army attacked Xishan Island, Mengshan and others used this place as their own
The last line of defense, so the defense here is very unusual. Especially the number of crossbows and catapults, they are deployed much more here than at the dock. They are just scattered on the four walls to disperse them.
Needless to say, the bed crossbows, the stones thrown by the catapults, they not only hit the enemy, but more importantly, these stones can roll and slide along the ground, causing casualties to more soldiers. And these three layers of protection
The appearance of the wall will allow these stones to hit one place without rolling and injuring people. If they directly hit the protective wall where the sandbags are piled up, they will even lose their impact and fall directly to the ground.
Especially the last protective wall, with the catapults located behind it, can effectively prevent the stone bombardment of enemy catapults on the wall of Xishan Town. For trebuchets, they do not need a very wide field of vision, so they are hidden in the protective wall.
Behind the wall, it has very good functions and effects.
In particular, the Jieyi Army had just arrived here and did not know much about the defensive situation here. The Jieyi Army could not determine the defensive offensives on the city wall one by one. Therefore, just in case, Hu Le decided to use this safe attack.
Law. After all, we already have a great advantage in our hearts, so there is no need to
In order to speed up the attack, we will cause greater casualties to our side. Now, except for here and some mountain and forest areas, Xishan Island, as long as there are people, has basically fallen into the hands of the Jieyi Army. The enemy here
, is already a turtle in the urn. It will be a matter of time to capture this place.
Regarding Hu Le's arrangement, the soldiers have already understood the importance of it. Not to mention other things, but there is an extra layer of protection for the soldiers. In this regard, the soldiers also treat the main general Hu Le and others.
Extremely satisfied.
In addition, a steady attack is also to allow the newly recruited soldiers in the army to be trained. Water warfare, land warfare, and mutual cooperation must be trained one by one so that they can grow up as soon as possible. This time the rebel navy is expanding here.
The original number of nearly 10,000 people has expanded to more than 15,000. This is because nearly 2,000 people were killed or injured and were arranged to patrol the local towns and villages.
Such rapid expansion will naturally lead to a decline in strength, and this attack is also to restore the strength of the navy of the Jieyi Army. In addition to these navy soldiers, there are more than 3,000 infantry soldiers who will also join in training. In the future,
They are the defense soldiers here.
In addition to these reasons, there is another reason, which is to let Hu Le get used to the soldiers under his command. Hu Le did not participate much in the establishment and training of the first naval town. Most of his participation was in recruiting water bandits in the waters of Taihu Lake.
Therefore, after actual combat, Hu Le also has an understanding of his subordinates, and the soldiers below will also have some understanding of him as a general, so that they can better cooperate and fight in the future.