Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty Chapter 107: Shouzhou(3)

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Li Chongjin and Guo Shao summoned more than 20 generals in the former army camp. Because Guo Shao is now taking over the Shouzhou envoy, he needs to work here, so he should pay extra attention when introducing generals. There are too many people and only say it again. Most of Guo Shao can't remember his name or appearance, but he only pays attention to their positions in his heart, so as to understand what kind of army is outside Shouzhou City.

These people are completely different from the familiar military titles of the Forbidden Army. There are many different military names. Guo Shao listened silently for a while, and heard "self-provided weaponry", only to realize that they are Song, Hao, Chen, The township soldiers of Ying, Xu, Su, Xu, Cai and other prefectures, and some of them were tooth soldiers of local towns and festivals, and many of them were defensive envoys and princes. The township soldiers are not bad, at least they have a bugle; some of them are real people, "seven households send a soldier", and the directly recruited people will be brought to the battlefield after a little preparation.

The soldiers directly under the Forbidden Army were not the first-line troops of the Zhou Dynasty, but the "soldiers" in the area near Kaifeng Mansion. Most of the people eliminated during the rectification of the Forbidden Army from last year to this year belonged to the army in front of the palace. Now they usually don't have half the money for military expenses in farming, and they assemble and send to the front line after a beating of Huainan.

Guo Shao originally thought that although the military affairs he was assigned were a hard bone, his forces would soar. After all, there are so many soldiers and horses outside Shouzhou City... As a result, they were messed up, the only elite soldier he could use. No change at all: Tiger Jie's left-wing First Army and Second Army. This is the man he himself led from Tokyo.

There is also a regular army of nearly 20,000 outside Shouzhou City: the right side of the Tiger Jie Army.

But the military commander in charge of this army is Li Jixun. The person Guo Shao met when Xiang Xunjia Xiaoerlang was one year old, the elder brother-level figure of the "Ten Brothers of the Righteous Society", is now the commander of the pro-military guards and infantry divisions.

Guo Shao's immediate boss, he doesn't think he can command his boss. Li Jixun’s troops did not move, and seemed to indicate that they would not attack the city, but were just stationed here waiting for an opportunity to move, or preparing to fight the reinforcements of Nantang.

The situation is very bad, Guo Shao is worried and afraid. He didn't sleep well that night, and got up in the middle of the night to walk around to inspect the fortifications outside the city, but he didn't know very clearly, so he could only check the teams on duty at night.

It's entering mid-July, and it's still a bit cold at night. From time to time, there is a bonfire, and the brothers on duty gather around the bonfire to warm the fire. There was a soldier who didn't know where he got the lotus root, sprinkled it with salt and put it on the fire to roast, as if he was eating a barbecue. The camp stopped at night, but there were occasional injuries in the air|The soldiers groaning|groaning affected the tranquil atmosphere.

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In the early morning of the next day, Guo Shao just put on the ring armor and walked out of the small village house. There were already a lot of people outside the trench fence in the distance. Many people around the large equipment such as the catapult were dingling repairs. , Some people were lining up and pushed the ladder out, as if they were about to attack the city.

Li Chuyun, Luo Yanhuan and others walked first, and then more than 20 generals walked here. Seeing Guo Shao outside the door, everyone did not enter the hall and gathered around to follow him.

"You want to attack the city wall again?" Guo Shao asked.

A military commander said: "The moat has been filled in several places. It is arranged above. This time we will continue to fill the river and attack the city. General Guo, shall we follow the previous order?"

"Who gave the order?" Guo Shao asked again.

The general said: "General Li is deployed in Huainan."

Guo Shao didn't speak any more. When he arrived in Shouzhou, most of these people didn't know him. Since it was Li Zhongjin's previous military order, he asked the generals to follow the previous deployment. As long as it doesn't rain, the city seems to be siege every day, and it has been regularized, and it is not considered the eve of the battle, so Guo Shao didn't talk nonsense, and immediately ordered the disband and perform his duties.

At this moment, when a group of people gathered outside the fence of the village, Guo Shao ordered Luo Mengzi to let them in. The leader was an old man with a gully face and gray hair. Guo Shao looked familiar, and quickly remembered that it was the group of "soldiers" who interceded for them yesterday. This old man had said something, so he was impressed.

There is a thin man next to the old man. Both of them have relatively narrow faces, maybe they are relatives. When they walked to Guo Shao, the old man knelt down and said, "My eldest son is Dutou. My father and son have discussed it. Anyway, I will die. If I die on the battlefield, I won't be looked down upon by other brothers in the army! Please fight today. General Guo asked me to go to the front to attack the city, please be happy!"

Guo Shao turned around and saw that all the generals who had just left were watching curiously not far away. He pondered for a moment and said: "You go find your generals, go to the front to attack the city... Those who survived, were in battle yesterday. The crime of running away is exempted."

The father and son said: "We take the lead!"

After Guo Shao said, he took the reins from the guards, turned on his horse, and brought Yang Biao and other generals of the Tiger Jie army to the front. The group ran back and forth around the city twice to see the terrain. This is a big city, riding around the city twice, and the sun has been three poles above the horizon.

The catapults on all sides have started, and the huge rocks are whizzing towards the city wall two or three hundred steps away. The sergeant Zhou under the city wall rushes up, throwing arrows up and down, and the ladder is like a huge wooden "tank" Was pushed close to the city wall by groups of people. No matter how magnificent the scene in the wilderness, how big the equipment, but the power is still limited. The stone of the trebuchet can smash the city wall in all kinds of holes, but it has been hit for more than a month and still cannot break the thick brick-clad earthen wall.

Bows, arrows, arrows, and fireballs are just a prelude. In the end, they returned to the siege method Guo Shao often sees: climbing walls without brain. Of course, there is a more vivid term called "Yi Fu".

I saw a ladder being pushed to the wall. Underneath were the carriages and two rows of wooden wheels. The folded ladder on the top was unfolded and then laid down on the top of the city. There was a "slap" of the ladder as soon as it hit the wall. With a crazy cry, Sergeant Zhou surged forward.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, a wooden barrel on the top of the city was suddenly splashed with black oil, and then a few torches were thrown out, and the black oil hit the fire with a "boom", and a raging fire was ignited up and down the ladder. . The screams of Sergeant Zhou could hardly bear to hear. People fell off the ladder, some did not die on the ground and rolled in pain. Some people splashed with water, but it was not easy to splash them out. Many people couldn't stand it and jumped directly into the moat.

The black smoke billowed in the air, and the smell of burning asphalt was mixed with the smell of burnt hair.

Guo Shaoguang was standing a few hundred steps away and looking away, his scalp was numb. What is the difference between this and death? ! Where the oil dug up in the Southern Tang Dynasty can be used in this way.

This situation and situation filled Guo Shao's heart with shadows. He felt that fighting in battle would not be considered a horror. Siege was a nightmare.

There are also catapults in the city. It seems to be behind the city wall. Guo Shao can't see it, but some people can be seen standing on the city head while looking and shouting back, seeming to observe the direction. Not long after, I saw a burning earthen jar flying out of the city. The earthen jar fell into a crowd like a ball of fire accurately. It shattered with a bang, and oil and flames splashed all around. , The crowd dispersed in a rush, and people on fire rolled around on the ground.

The ladder in front has become more and more fierce, and the fire cannot be extinguished at all. People in and around the carriage have turned around and ran away, but as soon as they ran across the moat, a general on horseback came with a group of cavalry. Cut it head on, shouting curse. Then the rebels merged into the crowd behind a ladder.

Thick smoke billowed under the city wall, and Shouzhou City was soon enveloped in black smoke and fire.

The Zhou army followed one after another. After a series of crossbow and crossbow shooting, the ladder set up the city wall again, and some simpler ladders went up from the four sides, and people climbed up like ants. A military commander yelled from behind: "The first one to climb the city wall has a great reward! Enjoy the glory and wealth forever!"

I haven't seen the shadow of the glory and wealth, first see a barrel of oil poured down! Several people caught fire and fell directly, and a big fire ignited on the wooden ladder...This oil was really easy for the Southern Tang Army to ignite, otherwise it would not be easy to burn the ladder.

But this wave of Zhou's generals was exceptionally brave, and some people rushed up from the burning ladder in spite of death! It is a dry method that does not want to die. Guo Shao could see clearly that the hands and feet of the first soldier who rushed up burned, and the screams were so loud that they could be heard outside the footsteps. When he went up, he hugged a Tang soldier and jumped straight down from the city. ...What's the use of the first person to rush up, anyway, death.

Some people have paid great casualties. A few people climbed up the city wall from simple ladders, but they may be chopped into flesh when they see the flurry of swords and guns.

Soldiers who were so brave and ignored the death, died so meaninglessly? Guo Shao finally couldn't hold it back anymore, ignoring Li Zhongjin's orders, and shouted: "Send people to order the ministries in front to stop the siege immediately!"

After a while, a group of generals rushed to Guo Shao to confirm the order to retreat. Then amidst the shouts of people, the countless crowds under the city wall slowly receded like a tide. From a distance, it seemed that the sea was ebbing.

"Let's not attack Shouzhou? The other day, General Li ordered us to attack at any cost..." A general looked at Guo Shao in disbelief.

Guo Shao ignored him. He paid attention to the bravest group of people just now, pointed at the place with his whip, and sent soldiers to call them to meet. Not long after, a group of people came carrying some half-dead people.

The one who walked ahead was the old man who was invited to fight in the morning, and Guo Shao suddenly turned out to be that group of people! These deserters who wanted to escape from Shouzhou yesterday have become violent and fearless of death today. It is really difficult to determine the capabilities of human beings.

The wounded soldiers who brought them back couldn't bear to look directly at them, their skins were extensively burned, and their bodies were pitch-black, and their bodies were covered with skinless red flesh. They called out in pain on the shelf. It's like someone who has been bombed, not a scar from a cold weapon war.

The old man who had spoken to Guo Shao was wiping his tears, and he kept talking to the wounded lying next to him. The man was covered in pitch black and his clothes were torn and he was no longer a man. Perhaps the son of the old pawn?

Guo Shao asked: "What's your name?"

The old soldier choked up and said: "Tan Shishi."

Guo Shao said: "The people who survived are all innocent. You now change the designation, the left side of the attached tiger and the Jiefang army, the designation is off the camp, Tan Dashi, you are the head."

Guo Shao feels uncomfortable, looking back on the generals and saying: "I was raised by my mother's father. The battle was so fought. When I returned to Tokyo, the folks asked me if I wanted a husband or a son. What do I say?"z