Chapter 2090 The fierce battle of the Guizi scroll begins, and the mountain of corpses and the sea of ​​blood

   No matter how hot the blood is, it can't stand the cold reality. Feng Ziying is not sure who will be the first to be unable to bear it when the cruel offensive and defensive battle grinds the soldiers of both sides into limbs and corpses like a blood mill.

  But former Wang Chengwu's words of encouragement were not in vain for him to bestow the title of Yueshanying, and to fight for him the title of Acting General Manager.

Slightly nodded, Feng Ziying said in a deep voice: "Very well, Cheng Wu, I, Feng Keng, never like big words. The same goes for you, Cheng Wu, as long as this battle is won, I will definitely ask the imperial court for credit for you!"

  Wang Chengwu didn't say much anymore, just nodded his head heavily, then headed straight for the Ximen Tower.

The variegated torrent that is seen rolling in like a tide is constantly devouring the yellow land under the city wall, just like the mudslide pouring out of the mountain, it is extremely irregular, and it looks uneven at every crest, but it also carries a few Very bloody.

  Wang Chengwu gritted his teeth, his cheeks stretched a bit from the tension, making his whole face look more ferocious.

   "Bao Ding, are you ready?" Wang Chengwu asked coldly, without turning his head, as the flow of people holding the ladder gradually came into sight.

   "Brother Ma, everything is ready." Yu Baoding said in a deep voice.

  He is Wang Chengwu's fellow countryman and best friend. In terms of close relationship alone, he is even closer than the two brothers Wang Chenghu and Wang Chengbiao.

Because he followed Wang Chengwu from Qingjian to Yanchuan to revolt from the beginning to the end, and then fled back to Qingjian after another incident failed, and recruited people from Qingjian to make a comeback in Qingjian, failed again and fled back to Qingcaowu to hide and lick. The wound, the last one came to Wubao together.

Now Wang Chengwu has three men and horses, the most important one is handed over to Yu Baoding, this one is mainly archers, because Yu Baoding was born as a hunter, and he is good at archery, even Wang Chengwu sighs that he is not as good as Wang Chengwu, so it is also the most valued by Wang Chengwu , handed it over to Yu Baoding, and he declared to Feng Ziying that Yu Baoding would be the general manager of the first division of the Yueshan Camp.

"Okay, you give the order, pay attention, there are too many enemies, first aim at the protrusion facing the city gate, especially the gang holding the ram, don't ask to finish shooting, but turn to the gang on the right wing immediately after killing, if I No mistake, it should be the old gazelle from Jiazhou, all of them are yellow homespun shirts tied with straw ropes, it seems that this time he is going to come to claim the prize,..."

  Yu Baoding was taken aback, shouldn't he take the opportunity to shoot him?

As soon as Wang Chengwu saw the other party's expression, he understood the other party's doubts, and explained: "Those bumping logs are extremely heavy, and it is difficult for a few people to lift them. With a suitable range, leave some to make them feel that they can get away with it, then as long as we cling to it, we can let them continue to die here,..."

  Yu Baoding suddenly realized: "Then the slightly higher terrain left in front of the city gate?"

   "Hehe, this is the shooting range specially reserved by Mr. Feng. Not only will these people who carry the rams have to go around such a big circle, but the high ground will also become their nightmare."

  Wang Chengwu admired Feng Ziying very much in his heart. Although the opponent was a civil servant, he was more proficient in the way of fighting than anyone else. The key was that he had already prepared such means and waited for him to take the bait.

Yu Baoding suddenly understood, and subconsciously took a look at the Tiger Crouching Cannon hidden on the top of the city gate with its barrel raised. It is no wonder that the test of the cannon in the first two days drove away the people around and prevented them from watching. The best shooting position is to set a trap and wait for the enemy to drill.

   There are only three tiger squat cannons sent from Hedong.

   In fact, it is useless to send more, because no one can operate them, and the operators of these three tiger squat cannons are also cannon test workers forced out of the military workshop by Shanxi merchants.

But it is not easy for a dozen or so gun test workers. These are workers who are specially used to test the accuracy and strength of the gun barrel of the tiger squat gun. It can be said that they test every day. skilled.

Although they don't pay much attention to the loading speed in normal times, their habitual actions over the years have made them so familiar with the whole process that even veteran soldiers in the army may not be able to catch up with them, and they are testing the distance adjustment It is even more powerful than anyone else. With just two shots, you can basically make the shooting accuracy close to ten.

   It was these dozen or so cannon test workers who were considered by the Shanxi merchants to be the archers who were also recruited by Feng Ziying, in order to concentrate their superior firepower in this battle and serve as an important variable weight in this war.

  The reason why he explained to Yu Baoding so carefully was that Wang Chengwu wanted to boost the morale of his subordinates and make them confident in winning this war.

   After finishing speaking in a few words, Yu Baoding had already understood, and his heart became more stable. He nodded, stopped talking, and began to yell at the various sentry officers and began to draw their bows.

  The wave-like flow of people began to stop about 80 steps away from the city wall. Obviously, there were still some people in the rebellious army who were proficient in military affairs.

  Wang Chengwu knew that he was gaining momentum, waiting for the final round of charge.

   Seven or eight giant rams were carried by dozens of people, forming a huge arrow shape. Around this huge arrow, there were several people piled up, apparently ready to follow up and take over at any time.

  Wang Chengwu's heart trembled, the opponent also has masters, it seems that he also anticipated what kind of blow he would encounter, and even prepared to pay the price in advance.

   Look at the three phalanxes formed around it, left, middle and right. Each phalanx has about a hundred people, all of whom are archers. It seems that they are also preparing to suppress the attack strength of their own archers at all costs.

  Wang Chengwu felt at ease, and Mr. Feng had no plans to spare. It seemed that the high ground that was given up in advance became the best trap.

  While Wang Chengwu was thinking about the opponent, Modren quietly watched the battle from behind.

The old Huangyang tribe is not considered to be the most powerful rebel army other than the Zhai army, but it can be regarded as the best among several chaotic armies, and the key is that the old Huangyang gang has been in Jiazhou for many years, and they have accumulated many years. Bandits are slick in battle, but also have tenacity, and they are not so easy to be defeated easily, which is what Modren values ​​more.

Xie Laogen is cooperating with the old yellow sheep department. This group has a large number of people, but has not experienced a few battles. Modren is a little worried about the opponent's combat effectiveness. He is afraid that he will collapse if he is hit hard, so he can only arrange for them to cooperate. A supervising team was placed in the back, ready to hold the ground when necessary.

  Following the waving of the flag, the chaotic army clustered along the city wall finally began to speed up their pace and launch a charge.

  Feng Ziying has already put on armor. In this kind of battle formation, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no sudden arrows flying. Wearing armor is at least a bit of protection. As for how effective it is, it is hard to say.

   It can be seen that the first wave of offensive troops was not a single one, with a strength of about 3,000 people, and there was also a reserve team behind, with a number of about 1,500 people.

  The siege equipment is relatively simple. Most of them are simple ladders, but there are a lot of them. With the huge manpower, and they are all from farmers, it is not a problem to make such simple ladders.

  Feng Ziying also saw a few siege vehicles, which are the kind of building vehicles that can push the running ladder directly to the top of the city wall.

  For the high walls of a big city, this kind of siege engine is not effective, and many of them are even difficult to reach the city wall before being destroyed. Even because the city wall is too high, the siege engine needs to reach the ladder to climb up.

But for a small county like Wubao, this kind of siege engine is quite a powerful weapon. Once multiple siege engines arrive under the city wall to charge, it is equivalent to opening several passages on the city wall at the same time. , leaving the defenders of the city wall facing several breached points.

  Wang Chengwu obviously noticed this too, his face tightened, "Bao Ding, order a whistle of archers, prepare the rocket!"

  Soaked in kerosene, the cloth strips wrapped around the arrow cluster extend to the arrow shaft. Once this kind of rocket is ignited, it is difficult to extinguish, and it is the best weapon against wooden siege weapons.

Yan'an Mansion has always produced kerosene. Feng Ziying began to buy kerosene from various merchants as soon as she entered Wubao City. However, although this kind of kerosene was used by poor people for lighting, it was not very popular due to the heavy oily smoke, so it was sold in The number of merchants in Wubao County is not large, even if they are all purchased, there are not many.

  The war finally started at the last moment.

   Shouting and howling, the first wave of attack holding the ladder high finally hit the city wall like a huge wave, splashing countless dark red blood.

In fact, Yu Baoding's crossbowmen launched multiple rounds of shooting before attacking the city. Under the command of Xiao Hongqi, the archers released their maximum attack power and concentrated their aim along that line. The ramming team bypassed the raised highland points everywhere.

  Because there is no moat in Wubao County, the city gate is the best breakthrough point, and ramming is the most practical attack method, which also makes the attack team carrying the ramming the primary target of the crossbowmen on the city wall.

  Although the simple wooden shield can cover part of it, but when shooting at such a close range, it can be said that if the upper body can be covered, the lower body cannot be hidden. If the right side can be covered, the left side will inevitably be exposed during running.

Arrows were thrown down like raindrops, and after several rounds, amidst the screams and roars of countless people, only two of the seven rams held up by countless people could be carried by the lifters, and the other five The roots have been thrown aside in all directions, leaving only the wailing wounded soldiers and more corpses.

  (end of this chapter)