Chapter 76 Moling County Offensive and Defensive Battle
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 was torn apart, plasma 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 pulled 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 according to orders. 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.
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In Piaoxiang Building, Manager Li was waiting on the side. Zhao Bancheng looked at the way he hesitated to speak and couldn't help but smile: "Mr. Li is wondering why I still speak for him like this when the storyteller has clearly left our Piaoxiang Building.
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"I have long said that this man is extraordinary. I never expected that he would become so fast. With the recent series of events, it is hard to tell that Gaojiazhai is already in the pocket. Even the Gaojia people themselves have not noticed it, so I want to continue.
Investing in him and letting him leave is the first step. As for the next step..."...
"But it means that rare things can be lived in." Manager Li subconsciously thought.
"How is the battle going today?" Zhao Bancheng asked after explaining.
"Old slave roughly estimated that he injured about a hundred people and killed more than a thousand people in Baihu Village. It should be a great victory."
"This is just a tentative attack by Yan Baihu. He can only win if he survives for a month. It is not only about the food and grass, but also the nature of the bandit's fighting. He must fight quickly without delay. The longer the time, the more lazy the bandit will be. Only
It will speed up Yan Baihu's defeat. Well, you go to the warehouse to get some meat and send it to them to comfort them. After all, they are also fighting for us."
Zhao Bancheng drank his wine and ordered: "Ask Xin'er to deliver wine and food to Zhu Kui alone."
Manager Li looked embarrassed and whispered: "My boss, the second lady has already sent her away a long time ago. I can't stop you, so I want to report it."
Zhao Bancheng's expression turned pale, and he secretly sighed that his daughter had moved so quickly.
Both sides stopped fighting. The county soldiers on the city tower breathed a sigh of relief and rested in an orderly manner according to the instructions. Some medical officers went up to the tower to treat the wounded, and those who could not be saved were dragged to Yizhuang in the city to wait for their families to be returned and resettled.
fee.
Zhao Xin took his maid Xiaoqiu and carried a food box up to the tower to look for Zhu Kui everywhere. He had learned about the incident in Baihu Village from him earlier. After hearing about it, Zhu Kui refused to leave and insisted on staying.
, insisting on accompanying him.
She could hear the shouts of killing Zhentian outside the city just now, which frightened the little girl so much that her heart skipped a beat, fearing that the person she loved was in danger. When the servants came to take revenge, the thieves retreated.
He hurried to the top of the city with his maid Xiaoqiu, taking the food that had been prepared.
At the city gate, Zhu Kui was standing on top, looking at the county soldiers, and giving orders to arrange their rest and reorganization after the war. These were all recorded in Wang Jian's Military Book. However, Wang Jian's suicide note was different from other Sun Tzu's and Wu Zi's Military Book.
The Art of War Strategy is just a one-by-one account of every battle in Wang Jian's life, detailing what the general should do and what he should pay more attention to.
Gao Ying gently untied the leather armor on his back, took out the silk scarf he was carrying, and wiped it gently with medicinal wine.
Zhu Kui frowned slightly, then relaxed.
"Good man, why would you cry out in pain over this? Hurry up."
The injury on his back was not serious. He knew that Gao Ying should give him medicine first.
At this time, Zhao Xin had also found Zhu Kui and saw this scene from a distance. The corner of his mouth twitched and his heart felt sour.
"Miss, he is hanging out with the Gao family's daughter again." Xiaoqiu raised the food box: "Do you want to send these over? Xiaoqiu thinks it's better to starve him to death."
"How can that happen? How could your lady admit defeat like this? Let's go."
Zhao Xin let go of the uncomfortable feeling in his heart and walked over as usual, saying from a distance: "Brother Kui, congratulations on your victory in the first battle. Xin'er specially brought some food to reward you."
"Why is she here?" Zhu Kui suddenly felt that the matter was a bit difficult to handle, but after all, she came with adult thoughts, so no one could detect the psychological changes. He smiled and thanked: "Then there will be more Xin'er."
"Brother Kui, why are you injured? Is it serious? Do you want to see a doctor?"
"It's nothing, it's just a minor injury. Ying'er has already taken care of it for me." Zhu Kui looked at his back. Sure enough, the wound, which was not deep, showed signs of scarring under Gao Ying's treatment.
Gao Ying winked at Zhao Xin proudly.
Zhao Xin's face was squeamish and angry, her cheeks were bulging red, she quickly relaxed her muscles and said with a smile: "Come on, Brother Kui, I'll bring you your favorite fragrant meat and Jiuzi wine."
Xiaoqiu took the food box and put it away. There were several dishes in a row, all of which were Zhu Kui's favorites over the years.
They began to force-feed Zhu Kui, and at the same time called Xiaoqiu to feed him alcohol.
The three girls seemed to be taking care of them, which made everyone around them envious...
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Yan Baihu did not continue to attack the city for several days, urging his men to cut wood and make ladders. Ten days later, there was a large-scale siege. The two sides fought from day to night. In addition to the main force from the south, the west gate and the north gate also attacked.
The thieves and soldiers started fighting. Although Zhu Kui's more than 2,000 troops were properly deployed, they still felt that they could not hold on.
The White Tiger Bandits are indeed well-known in history books, and their ferocity and combat prowess cannot be underestimated.
Zhu Kui had no choice but to go to the four major families and wealthy households such as Zhao Bancheng to borrow private soldiers. Until now, these people had no choice but to borrow only a few people. They all used all the young and strong slaves, hundreds of them, that is, two to three thousand.
With the strength of the troops and the arrogance of going to the city, they can at least help a little, moving arrows, pouring rolling wood, tung oil, etc.
The thieves who had already captured the city tower were driven down again, and Yan Baihu was so angry that he vomited blood.
In this battle, the bandit soldiers of Baihu Village fought extremely fiercely. A life was exchanged for a life, and more than a thousand county soldiers were killed. However, Baihu Village also lost about 3,000 people, and its military strength was directly reduced to less than 6,000.
The war subsided for a while, and Yan Baihu did not want to lose his troops like this before he thought of a definite plan to break the city, otherwise he would never be able to suppress other fellow villagers in the future. But Zhu Kui and the others retreated before Yan Baihu ran out of food.
He didn't dare to go out of the city to charge. Baihu Village's fighting strength was quite good, so Zhu Kui didn't dare to do anything he wasn't sure about.
Anyway, a messenger for help has been sent, and reinforcements will arrive soon. The one who needs to be urgent should be Yan Baihu.
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It was a dark and windy night, and a curfew had been banned in Moling City. The lights of the Feng family in the city were still bright. The head of the family, Feng Qiu, moved to Moling County only three years ago and engaged in a small salt farm business. He made a lot of money and became a prominent figure in the city.
Quite a wealthy businessman.
"Brother Feng, have you really decided? It has been three years since we moved to Moling County. We have been living a peaceful life. We have spent a lot of money and food to honor them. Do we have to break this peaceful life?"
"Brother Jia, we have to do this. Brother Jia has just received the message and asked us to find a move."
"Why."
This middle-aged man, known as Brother Jia, was originally the housekeeper of Feng Mansion, but for some reason he suddenly called the head of the family eldest brother.
"Don't hesitate. Our family members are still in the hands of others as hostages. For their sake, we have to fight hard, or we can succeed successfully and leave in the future after we have done something good."
Feng Qiu persuaded again.
"Well, I really envy the old Kaohsiung thief who has been able to clear his name in old age." Steward Jia said enviously.
"Okay, this matter is settled. You call the brothers to go down and prepare some things. I will go with you later."
Feng Qiu's face became solemn and he made up his mind.