Chapter 75: During the Offensive and Defensive War in Moling County
The wall pushed down and everyone fell down, seeing that everything Zhu Kui had done for Gaojiazhai would be in vain.
At a glance, we can see that the county governor is the most clamorous. Since Kaohsiung took over the county captainship, he has taken charge of everything in the county more than Zhao An. The old county magistrate left it alone, and Ma Jun became the county chief. Gaojiazhai took charge of Moling.
Due to official duties, he became an idler, and rumors spread in the city that Kaohsiung would soon find someone to replace him as the new postal inspector of Moling, so that he could firmly establish himself in Moling. Now that he had the opportunity to eliminate the Gao family and his party in one fell swoop, he couldn't resist.
put.
Zhu Kui raised his eyebrows, grabbed the long knife from the hands of the county soldiers next to him, quietly came behind Du You, and took a bucket from back to front. Du You tried his best to turn around and see clearly, why he was killed for no apparent reason.
Zhu Kui stirred the sword again and pulled it out.
With a sound of "Ah", the governor fell down, and even to his death he could not figure out why Zhu Kui killed him.
Zhu Kui killed someone unexpectedly, causing everyone on the tower to look at him in confusion.
"As an official of the imperial court, this person does not want to resist the thieves, but instead confuses the public with his lies and wants to kill everyone. It is not a pity to die."
Stepping onto the edge of the city and coming to the banner of Chinese characters, Zhu Kui said loudly: "Who can tell me what these characters are? What kind of soldiers are you?"
The county soldiers and nobles were speechless. They naturally knew the meaning of Zhu Kui's words. They were soldiers of the Han Dynasty and people of the Han Dynasty.
"As soldiers of the Han Dynasty, the government pays you to protect your family and the country. Now that the little bandits are invading the country, they scare you like this."
"It would be better to break your own arm if you hand over Gao County Lieutenant. There is no point in protecting the family. Weakness will only make the bandits outside look down on you even more. I will ask you later to sacrifice your wives and daughters to comfort the bandit army. Are you willing?"
After speaking to the county soldiers, he then said to the squires in the city: "Who among you can guarantee to hand over the Gao County Lieutenant? Then Baihu Village will really retreat its troops. Wasn't it because Songjiang County was easily intimidated by Yan Baihu three years ago?"
Is it broken? Yan Baihu has a deep wolf nature. It is known to everyone that if the army goes out for revenge and does not just loot it and return, who will pay for the loss of military resources? "
"You are young, but you also understand that seeking the skin of a tiger is a recipe for death. When we hand over Gao County Lieutenant and open the city gate, it will be the time when the tragedy in Songjiang and other counties will be staged."
Everyone was shocked and couldn't help but think of the past of Baihu Village. Those five small towns were looted. Men were killed, women were humiliated, and money and goods were robbed. This gave Yan Baihu a notorious reputation. How could the bandits talk about trust?
Hope is based on the faith of a murderous bandit, rather than fighting to the death.
"Some of you still don't know that more than two months ago, our Lieutenant Gao County defeated Baihu Village on Shijiu Lake. Unexpectedly, Captain Gao County could defeat him once, and he could defeat him a second time. We have troops and a city
, united as one, vowing to protect our homeland."
"Swear to protect my homeland..Swear to protect my homeland..Swear to protect my homeland.."
As soon as Zhu Kui finished speaking, the fighting spirit of the county soldiers was aroused, and his remarks were finally supported by the county soldiers.
"Okay, the governor surrendered to the enemy, which is an unpardonable crime. Lu Ke represents the Lu family and supports Gao County Lieutenant."
"Seek the skin of a tiger and seek death. Zhang Chong represents the Zhang family and supports Gao Xianwei."
"Zhao Bancheng of Moling also paid Gao Xianwei."
After Zhao Bancheng finished speaking, he smiled kindly at Zhu Kui, as if to remind him that I actually support you.
The two stewards of the Gu family and the Zhu family did not know why Zhang Chong and Lu Ge supported Gao Yuntian. However, the four families had always been on the same side. Now public opinion has also turned to Gaojiazhai, and they also agreed with Zhu Kui's words.
All the respectable people agreed, and the remaining ordinary squires had no choice but to agree to a fight.
At this time, Kaohsiung must also express its determination.
"Gao Mou vowed to live and die with Moling. From now on, I will sleep in the tower. Yan Baihu will not retreat or say anything about going home."
Ma Jun on the side finally breathed a sigh of relief, walked to Zhu Kui's side, and thanked him softly: "Fortunately, Mr. Young Master saw the opportunity quickly and saved my life. I don't think that turning one's back is more dangerous than swords clashing.
"….
Soon Yan Baihu knew that the threat was unsuccessful, cursed a few words, returned to the formation, and prepared to attack the city. Seeing that a fight was about to start, the rest of the people on the tower left their servants behind and went home to wait for news, unwilling to stay on the front line.
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The city of Moling County is rectangular, long in the southwest and narrow in the northeast. The city wall is trapezoidal, and the city road is one foot wide (one foot in Han Dynasty is ten feet, and one foot is 2.34 centimeters). There is a waiting room every twenty feet (
The observation tower, which can respond quickly to the enemy's movements and can also provide shelter from wind and rain for the soldiers defending the city), is now piled with bows, arrows, spears, kerosene, push hooks, rolling logs, etc.
"Thank you very much, my dear nephew. If you're being polite, I won't say much. You are much better at arranging troops than I am. Shijiu Lake is also thanks to you. What should we do now?"
After Kaohsiung and Zhu Kui passed by Shijiu Lake, their relationship became obviously closer, and they no longer called each other unfamiliar names like Xiao Langjun.
"Uncle, don't panic. Although Yan Baihu's troops are four times as strong as mine, we have been prepared for this battle for a long time. The main force of the enemy is now at the south gate, but we must not neglect the other three gates. Each of them will have 200 men to be in charge. The remaining
The county soldiers and private soldiers from various families serve as reserve camps, and a thousand people at the south gate are enough."
Zhu Kui had already simulated many times in his mind how to set up defenses.
The sky was dark, the thundering drums suddenly stopped, the military flags were blown by the north wind, and the soldiers on both sides glared at each other. At this time, Yan Baihu shouted: "Come on, men, I will give you a reward for whoever climbs the city wall first."
Girl, if you kill a member of the Gao family, you will be rewarded with two hundred coins, and the one who takes the head of Kaohsiung will be the third head of Baihu Village."
Kill...
A large number of white tiger soldiers rushed over pushing the ladder, causing the ground to shake.
The archers on the city wall moved quickly, stringed arrows, and lifted them into the sky...
Three hundred steps, two hundred steps, one hundred and eighty steps,
"Prepare."
One hundred and fifty steps.
"put"
Kaohsiung gave an order, and five hundred soldiers armed with light bows divided into two columns and fired alternately. Training archers was originally a time-consuming task, but Zhu Kui adopted the modern indiscriminate shooting formation and fired into the sky. As long as the soldiers could draw the bows, it would be fine.
, no need to aim.
A huge rain of arrows rained down on the running bandit soldiers.
Tsk tsk...
Pu Chi, Pu Chi... The running bandit soldiers fell into pieces like leeks cut with knives, and the formation became chaotic.
Several people who looked like leaders quickly came out to stabilize the formation. The thieves holding wooden shields covered the archers and also fired wildly at the tower, attracting the firepower of the archers on the tower, so that other thieves could approach the city wall and set up ladders to climb up.
Hundreds of siege soldiers had already rushed to the moat, and more than fifty long ladders overturned on the river. The ladder soldiers who followed them roared and carried the ladder across the moat, bang... bang... along the ladder
The bandits began to climb up.
The county soldiers who reacted quickly pointed the push hook at the ladder and pushed it outward. As the ladder overturned, the enemies fell into the cold water one after another.
It’s just that the county soldiers obviously didn’t let them go so easily. The boiling oil and water splashed down, and the screams shook the earth. The injured bandits beat the river water, and the river water was dyed light red in an instant, and the corpses flowed downwards with the river water...
…
Kill... The shocking voice shocked everyone's hearts. The thieves rushed up regardless, lifted up the ladder and continued to move forward. The drowned person swam in the water towards the root of the city, climbed up the embankment, and slowly raised the ladder.
"Boom!" There was a loud noise, and a thick piece of wood fell from the sky.
Click! The ladder fell into pieces, blood splashed, and there were bursts of screams...
In Kaohsiung, Ma Jun directed the county soldiers to continuously carry logs and pour oil on the city wall; Zhu Kui led the archery team to shoot arrows below; Gan Ning led the swordsmen and axemen to kill the thieves who had rushed upstairs.
soldiers.
"Brush." One of the bandits who climbed up the city wall inadvertently looked at Zhu Kui's back."
Zhu Kui endured the stinging pain, turned around and was about to kill the opponent, when a smaller figure rushed out of the formation and shouted: "Brother Zhu, be careful."...
With a long sword in her hand, Shu Shu'er stabbed the thief in the heart and fell down.
"You're okay."
He grabbed Zhu Kui's back and tried to inspect him deeply.
After receiving the alarm, Zhu Kui changed into leather armor and went to the tower. Knowing that there was a big battle this time, he slashed with a long knife, only slicing the skin, and it was not serious.
"What are you doing here? The fighting in the city tower is dangerous. I thought it was a battle between rivers and lakes, so I didn't go back."
Instead, Gao Ying was shouted at and asked, "My father, the military advisor, and the others are all fighting bloody battles. I know martial arts, how can I lag behind?"
Apparently angry, he turned to go elsewhere for support, but Zhu Kui grabbed his wrist and dragged him back to him.
"Do as you please, stay by my side."
The two of them interacted and assisted in defense, allowing Zhu Kui to devote more of his attention to commanding the county soldiers.
Under the city, where the White Tiger bandits are forming.
"Brother, that's not right! The old thief in Kaohsiung was already prepared and ordered to withdraw his troops." Yan Xing looked worried.
Yan Baihu glanced at the city wall that was shouting to kill Zhentian, and hesitated.
A messenger came galloping from the south.
"Leader Chen sent a small one to report to the big boss that all the ladders have been destroyed. Please ask the big boss for reinforcements."
"Brother, there is no way to get up to the city wall without a ladder. Let's attack again later," Yan Xing advised.
"Okay, Ming Jin withdraws his troops."
Yan Xing is the second in charge of Baihu Village and Yan Baihu's younger brother.
Soon the bandit soldiers from Baihu Village retreated with their wounds. Waves of shouts came from Moling City. They held on. With this first victory, the county soldiers' fear of Yan Baihu was reduced to a minimum.
If we unite as one, we will be victorious.
Today's battle lasted from dawn to noon. After Kaohsiung sent people to make statistics afterwards, a total of more than 1,000 enemy troops were killed and wounded. 117 county soldiers were killed and more than 90 wounded. None of the Gaojia County soldiers were killed, and most of them were injured.
The arrow only scratched the enemy, and the number of casualties was ten times that of the enemy. It was a great victory.
In the Lu Family Courtyard, the managers of the four major families gathered here.
"Brother Zhang, Brother Lu, I wonder why the two of you are so unanimous in supporting Kaohsiung?"
Zhu and Gu's stewards asked in unison.
"These are all given by the young master. If Yan Baihu attacks Moling County, he will try his best to cooperate with the storyteller's actions."
Lu Ge and Zhang Chong returned without thinking. This is the fact. They acted as ordered. But the specific details cannot be said.
"Arrange in advance." The managers of the Zhu and Gu families looked at each other. There must be secrets that the Zhu and Gu families didn't know about. It seemed that they would be reported to the family immediately for a decision.
"This storyteller Zhu Kui is quite talented. I wonder if he is a branch of my Zhu family, or I can check it out." The manager of the Zhu family thought so.