Chapter 179: The First Siege of the Western Army Free
Chapter 179: The Western Army’s First Siege (Free)
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In the end, Lin Chong agreed with Yue Fei's idea and let Yue Fei lead his troops out of the city that night. [This chapter is updated for you by friends]
At this moment, the southern city gate had been opened. Yue Fei gathered his 1,000 soldiers and horses, came out of the city gate, and arrived outside Jinning City.
"Brother, where are we going now?" Zhang Xian, Yue Fei's sworn brother, asked.
"Let's find a place to hide and look for fighters." Yue Fei said.
Now they headed all the way towards Puzhou City. Yue Fei left countless sentries along the way, investigating the surrounding situation at any time and waiting for the arrival of fighter planes.
Early the next morning, before the sun had risen, Yang Keshi and Liu Guangshi of the Western Army rushed towards Jinning City with 10,000 soldiers and horses. At noon, they finally saw what was ahead of them.
Jinning City.
Jinning City is a large city east of the river. The city wall is much higher than that of ordinary county towns. In addition to the city wall, there is also a natural moat formed by the Fen River in the west. If there are no big ships, there are only three directions that can be attacked.
Yang Keshi and Liu Guangshi looked at the scene on Jinning City and found many figures standing on it. They were both surprised.
"It seems that there are a lot of bandits in Liangshan?" Yang Keshi frowned.
"It shouldn't be! They have only occupied Hedong for two years, and they only have 30,000 to 50,000 troops at best. How could there be so many?" Liu Guangshi said in a skeptical tone.
"I think they organized all the people in the city, put on armor, and pretended to be an army. They wanted to scare our Western Army into retreating without a fight!" Yang Keshi analyzed.
"It must be like this!" Liu Guangshi fully agreed with Yang Keshi's analysis.
The two people had deep-rooted views on "grass bandits". Before they came to Hedong, they had looked down upon the Liangshan bandits in Hedong. Now that they saw so many soldiers and horses, they were not analyzing how to deal with them, but
They speculated that these soldiers and horses might be disguised as local people. After the two came to this conclusion, they despised and looked down upon the Liangshan bandits even more.
"Tell the soldiers to cut down the trees and attack the city immediately!" Yang Keshi gave the order loudly.
They did not carry siege weapons, so they planned to cut down the trees, use the trees to knock the city gates open, and then rush in and kill them all.
On the city wall, Lin Chong also looked at the scene below. The Liangshan soldiers beside him were very uneasy. These soldiers were all new recruits and had never been on the battlefield. They were eager and afraid of war.
At this time, a soldier came to Lin Chong and said: "Commander, we have found out that there are no other troops around, just these ten thousand infantry."
Lin Chong was stunned for a moment, and then stayed there. Like Yang Keshi and Liu Guangshi, he was also in disbelief that a mere 10,000 people would attack the city? What is the reason? Even if the Western Army is strong, it is not so strong as this
The point?
"Order the soldiers to go out from the west gate and fight the enemy!" Lin Chong gave the order decisively.
Because all Liangshan soldiers were new recruits and there were not many generals, Lin Chong and Zhu Wu formulated a comprehensive defense plan. But now facing only 10,000 enemies, if they continue to conduct a comprehensive defense, it would be a sign of weakness and would make Jinning City defenders
The morale of the army was greatly reduced.
At this moment, the west gate was opened, and Liangshan soldiers came out of the west gate in large ships, and then headed towards the distance, preparing to land from a distance, and then block the ten thousand enemies on land.
At this time, Yang Keshi and Liu Guangshi had already begun to attack the city. Countless soldiers held huge logs and slammed into the city gates. Suddenly, the city gates trembled, and countless hammers began to be smashed on the city walls.
Wood, boulders.
"Ah!" A court soldier screamed and fell to the ground. The other soldiers also backed up, not daring to go forward.
"How could the Liangshan bandits be so well prepared?" Yang Keshi frowned. He originally thought that the city wall was vulnerable and could be captured in one battle. Who knew that so many trees and boulders fell from it? His soldiers immediately
Withdrew.
"Tell the soldiers to rush forward! Use a shovel to level the city wall! Make a ladder and climb up for me!" Liu Guangshi cursed loudly.
While the 10,000 soldiers continued to cut down trees and make ladders, half an hour later, hundreds of crude ladders were made, and the Western generals used these crude ladders to climb up.
Unfortunately, the contrast in strength between the two sides was too great. The number of Liangshan soldiers on the city wall was several times that below. The wood and boulders prepared were enough to eliminate more than 100,000 enemies.
This mere 10,000 Western army generals were repulsed in a matter of seconds!
"How is that possible? It seems that the thieves above are not ordinary people pretending to be bandits, but are real Liangshan bandits?" Yang Keshi couldn't believe it.
"General Yang, it seems that we can't conquer Jinning City. It's better to retreat first and go back and tell Mr. Zhong to come with his troops," Liu Guangshi said.
"I'm really unwilling!" Yang Keshi gritted his teeth.
He originally thought that he would be able to achieve great success this time. With his ten thousand men, he would be able to sweep across the entire Hedong and conquer all the Liangshan bandits. Who would have thought that there were so many Liangshan bandits that they could block him in the first city?
It was impossible to get in. I was angry and disappointed at the same time.
"Wait a minute! These are bandits, and their defenses cannot be so strict. We will continue to attack the city at night, and we will definitely be able to break through it!" Yang Keshi said.
"That's fine! It's just that we don't have enough food and grass!" Liu Guangshi reminded.
"Damn it!" Yang Keshi cursed fiercely.
At this time, a soldier suddenly ran over and said: "Two generals, something bad is going on. We found many large ships on the Fen River, and they were full of Liangshan bandits."
"Oh? Where did they go?" Yang Keshi asked hurriedly.
"It looks like it's heading towards our rear," the soldier said.
Yang Keshi and Liu Guangshi both frowned secretly, wondering what kind of conspiracy the Liangshan bandits were planning.
Before they could think of a way to deal with it, suddenly another soldier rushed over and said: "Two generals, their big ship has landed, and many soldiers got off the ship!"
After hearing this, Yang Keshi and Liu Guangshi had expressions of "surprise" on their faces. Yang Keshi laughed and said, "Are you telling the truth? The Liangshan bandits landed from the south?"
The soldier hurriedly said: "Yes! There are many of them, at least 30,000."
Yang Keshi laughed and said: "A mere 30,000 bandits are nothing in front of our Western Army! Ten thousand of us can kill 100,000 of such bandits! Come on, follow me and charge south!"
Liu Guangshi was also ecstatic at this moment. If the Liangshan bandits were hiding in the city, they really had no good solution. But if the Liangshan bandits ran out on their own, it would be simple and they could just wipe them out.
In the eyes of Yang Keshi and Liu Guangshi, a mere charge of 30,000 thieves could disperse them all, and then just go up and kill them all!
"Haha, today is the day to make great achievements! These fools dare to come out and fight with us. They are really desperate!" Yang Keshi rode on the horse and kept laughing.
"Yeah, I didn't expect thieves to be so stupid!" Liu Guangshi also kept laughing.
The two of them, one is the "enemy of ten thousand people" in the Western Army, and the other is the legitimate son of the second-largest figure in the Western Army. They are both quite extraordinary in terms of force. Unfortunately, their deep-rooted concepts have harmed them. Until this moment, they
They all thought that this was a meritorious service given to them, and they never thought of treating the Liangshan army carefully.
Lin Chong led 30,000 soldiers to upload one after another. The 30,000 soldiers were now divided into three groups: left, center and right. He personally led the middle group of soldiers and horses, while the other two groups were led by the remaining generals.
They were all new troops, and even the generals were selected from the new recruits. Everyone was very nervous. The soldiers grabbed the spears in their hands, and their palms were sweaty. Some soldiers were shaking, obviously very scared.
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"Soldiers, we have 30,000 people, and the enemy only has 10,000 people! With our military strength in Liangshan, we will win this battle!" Lin Chong kept cheering up the people around him.
"We train every day. In addition to eating and sleeping, we train every day. Our training intensity is much higher than that of the enemy, so our combat power is much higher than theirs!"
"The Grand Governor led the army to repeatedly defeat powerful enemies in Goryeo. We cannot embarrass the Grand Governor!"
"Cheer up, and just poke the enemy in the belly with your spear when the time comes. Don't worry about the rest!"
"You can't go back, keep moving forward!"
Not only was Lin Chong encouraging the people around him, but the battalion commanders of each battalion, the company commanders of each company, as well as the platoon commanders and corps commanders were also constantly encouraging the soldiers around him.
Initially, everyone was new to the army and felt very scared, but with constant encouragement like this, they gradually regained their courage and were no longer as scared as before.
"After this war is won, I must take leave to go back and make a kite for Xiaofang. You don't even know how many kites I have made. They can fly up to the sky with just a few runs." A soldier trembled while giving
The comrade beside him said.
He looked to be almost thirty years old. In this era, men get married early, and the Xiaofang he mentioned was his daughter. Since joining the army, he has not seen his daughter for two years.
"Well, when the war is won, I will go back to see my mother. It will be her 80th birthday in October this year." The comrade next to him said.
"When the time comes, our entire battalion will go celebrate your mother's birthday, what do you think?" the battalion commander heard the conversation between the two and said with a smile.
"Thank you, battalion commander!" The soldier said with a smile on his face.
"Get your weapons ready and prepare to charge forward. The enemy is coming!" the battalion commander said suddenly, looking ahead.
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