Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 1192 Siege and Rescue

In fact, there is nothing special about city offensive and defensive warfare, only those methods, such as burrowing, irrigation, ant attachment and so on.Anyone who has learned to fight is basically familiar with it.

As usual, the siege of Cangzhou City was the classic siege of three ques and one, that is, attacking the south city, east city, and west city, releasing the north city and urging it to escape.

Because Xia Jun came too fast, Cang Ren didn't have time to make complete preparations, leaving many flaws.

The biggest flaw is the house attached to Guo.

Cangzhou is a big city with numerous household registrations and convenient sea and river transportation. It is connected to Youzhou in the north, Weibo in the south, and Chengde in the west. Its business is developed.There is still salt profit in itself, so the source of wealth is endless, and a large number of people gather in Cangzhou, which has produced a large number of houses attached to the country.

The warriors in Cangzhou also know the dangers of the houses attached to the Guo, and they clean them up from time to time, but in the long run, there are not as many cleaned up as there are new ones, so there is no way.

In fact, this situation is very common, not unique to Cangzhou.

In some places, the control is strict, and no houses attached to the country are allowed, while in some places, the control is very loose, and the houses almost circle the city.The most famous one is Chang'an, which has many houses and a large population.If someone attacked, given the thinness and lowness of Chang'an City Wall, they could climb up the roof.

At this time, the siege of Cangzhou City was such a situation.

The miscellaneous soldiers cleared out some of the houses attached to the country to facilitate the entry and exit of siege equipment.The rest of the houses were basically not demolished, and the soldiers climbed up, put up ladders, climbed up, and fought with the thieves.There were even archers hiding under the houses and shooting at the top of the city. The guards were so angry that they cursed, poured oil from the top of the city, and set it on fire.

The battle was going on so fiercely, all kinds of miscellaneous cards came forward one after another, surged up, with arrows, golden juice, hot water, fire, and falling rocks, fighting desperately with the culprits.

Zang Dubao, the recruitment envoy of the East Road, also came to watch the battle in person.

The three thousand Jiangling soldiers were routed again, and were chased and killed by the enemy troops leaving the city, causing heavy casualties.Zhao Kuangming led a wave of counter-charges with his own soldiers, barely contained the enemy's offensive, and then finally couldn't hold on, and returned with disheveled hair.

Zang Dubao glanced at Zhao Kuangming, then at the remaining thousand soldiers, and smiled coldly.

He didn't think much of these thousand remnants.

In all fairness, Jiangling's soldiers are based on Xiangyang soldiers, and the Xiangyang soldiers initially used Cai thieves as the backbone, incorporated a large number of Caihua local aborigines, and trained them strictly, which is not that bad.

To put it bluntly, Jingnan Jiedu envoy Zhao Kuangning played tricks and didn't contribute elite soldiers.

"General Zhao fought bravely and worked hard, go down and rest." Zang Dubao nodded and asked Zhao Kuangming to go to the rear to rectify the rout.

"Obey." Zhao Kuangming didn't dare to disobey, and limped down.

He was shot by an arrow in his thigh, although it wasn't serious, but the pain was severe. To be able to run all the way back like this, it must be said that the desire to survive was extremely strong.

After the Jiangling soldiers lost their combat effectiveness, thousands of Huaihai Tuan villagers shouted together and started another wave of attacks.

Zhao Kuangming spat bloody saliva and sat down dejectedly.

This is a wounded barracks, which is full of warriors moaning in pain.Zhao Kuangming was disturbed when he heard that, he got up with the help of his soldiers, and went back to his tent directly, telling the medical officer to leave the wounded soldier alone and come quickly to treat him.

The medical officer came soon, and together with his assistant, saw off the arrow shaft for Zhao Kuangming, took out the arrow, and then bandaged the wound.

Zhao Kuangming frowned the whole time, without crying out in pain.

"My lord, Zhuge Tai is here." The general came over and reported.

"Let him come over." Zhao Kuangming said with a listless expression.

"Emissary Zhao." Zhuge Tai walked in, bowing and saluting.

"Emissary Zhuge." Zhao Kuangming stood up with difficulty and returned the salute.

Both are assassins.Zhugetai is the governor of Bazhou, and Zhao Kuangming is the governor of Kuizhou—only a remote leader, but his elder brother Zhao Kuangning just killed Ximen Daozhao and broke through the Kuixia states, and he will soon be the real leader.

"Emissary Zhuge doesn't have many people, right?" Zhao Kuangming sat back and grinned, but found that his smile was uglier than crying.

"The [-] Bazhou soldiers have been reorganized several times, and now there are only [-] left." Zhuge Tai said.

"There are 3000 people in our department, and there are still more than [-] left." Zhao Kuangming said.

Of course, he did not say that most of the 3000 recruits were newly recruited sergeants, most of whom had served in the army for no more than two years, and very few veterans.

The Bazhou soldiers were different from them. They should have brought most of their capital, and even recruited a large number of barbarians into the army.As for why they did this, he could also imagine that it was nothing more than worrying that the imperial court would not let them return to Bazhou, so they recruited more soldiers to make their capital stronger.

The army is the lifeline, and Zhao Kuangming is also a warrior, so he understands all this very well.

"It's not easy." Zhuge Tai laughed, and was speechless again.

Zhao Kuangming glanced at him, and said: "If you have something to say, just say it, we have fought together, and we are not outsiders."

"Then I'll say it." Zhugetai made up his mind, cleared his throat, and said, "Du Shangshu from the Ministry of War came from Taishan Palace and asked our soldiers if they would like to go to Liaodong, and each Ding would grant one hundred and fifty acres of land. He was a military soldier from the former Tang Dynasty. I thought about it and found no other way, so I decided to accept it."

"What benefit can Du Rang give you? Baba came to be a lobbyist?" Zhao Kuangming asked in surprise.

Liaodong is a wild place, and there are many natives, so what's the point of going there?But he is not stupid, so he quickly changed his mind, standing on Zhuge Tai's standpoint, if he didn't agree, all the soldiers under his hand would be wiped out, so what else would he have?A phoenix that has lost its hair is not as good as a chicken, and I am afraid that it can only go home to take care of itself.

The imperial court must have promised him a lot of benefits!
"The imperial court wants to establish Gaizhou in Liaodong." Zhuge Tai said directly without hiding it from him.

Zhao Kuangming thought it was true, but he still sneered: "Gaizhou is Gaimu City in the former Tang Dynasty, right? Besides horse manure and weeds, what else is there? What are you doing there?"

"I don't want to go to Gaizhou, even if I want to go, the court might not be at ease." Zhuge Tai shook his head and smiled wryly.

Zhao Kuangming was silent.

Zhuge Tai was bought by the officials in the Central Plains, and then persuaded his sergeants to go to Liaodong to serve as soldiers.Standing in the position of these sergeants, after a series of brutal and bloody siege battles, I am afraid that they are also frightened?Not to mention letting them go to the barren land to serve as government soldiers, even if they quit the army, they would probably be happy.

People, just don't cry when they don't see the coffin.After being tormented to such a miserable state by the Xia people, he finally gave in and is willing to accept some conditions that he would never even listen to before, cheap!

Immediately, I thought again, why is this not the case for myself?Just each other.What makes them better than the Bazhou soldiers is that there is still Jingnan Town as a retreat, and everything else is the same.

"You don't need to persuade me. I and my sons and daughters are going back to Jiangling." Zhao Kuangming said, "Actually, why do you bother? It sounds good to grant one hundred and fifty acres of land to one person, but three households are needed to replace you." Farming. Can you really find it?"

I've become a soldier of the government, so I need a set of armor, right?This is responsible for your own life.Whether it is iron armor, leather armor, rattan armor, paper armor or cloth armor, at least one set is needed.Considering the cold weather in eastern Liaodong, a set of armored cotton wool clothing may be needed—it appeared in the Western Han Dynasty, with iron sheets sewn on the outside of the cloth surface for protection, and reed wadding inside to keep warm.

You also need to have some weapons, spears for those who have no money, rifles for those who have money, and it is best to buy a heavy armor-piercing weapon with a long handle, such as a long axe.

Among the short weapons, horizontal knives are necessary, and armor-piercing blunt weapons such as iron maces must also be purchased.

There are also step bows, bucklers, quivers, arrows, and a horn bow if you need to mount a horse and shoot.

Weapons against enemy cavalry have been emphasized since the Tang Dynasty. Don't hooks and sickle guns need to be made?

These things cost money.

The output of 150 acres of land is indeed enough to support these equipment and training, but the question is where is the part?I have become a government soldier, so I can't still work in the fields by myself?I don't have that much time to help when I'm exhausted from the busy farming season, and to hone my martial arts and participate in group training at other times.

"There are so many people in Bohai, and the parts are all over the place, what are you worried about?" Zhuge Tai seemed to have thought about it a long time ago, and said directly.

"This..." Zhao Kuangming was at a loss for words.

Insane, insane!This Great Xia court is full of ruthless people from top to bottom, and there is not a single good person.

"Mr. Zhao, please think about it again." Seeing that Zhao Kuangming remained silent for a long time, Zhuge Tai quietly left and returned to the front line.

Minister of the Ministry of War Du Rangneng sat on Hu's bed, talking and laughing at Yan Yan with Zang Dubao, not thinking about the battle situation at all.It seems that in their opinion, it is good to break through Cangzhou now, but it doesn't matter if they can't take it down for a while.

Zhuge Tai looked forward intently.

The Tutuan peasants on Huaihai Road attacked and killed for a while, and retreated uncontrollably.

In fact, the quality of these people is not bad.

After the main forces of Zhu Xuan, Zhu Jin, and Shi Pu were eliminated by Zhu Quanzhong, they relied on recruiting these newcomers to survive.In Zhuge Tai's view, he is braver than Luoyang Township who attacked the city yesterday afternoon.

Of course, Luoyang Xiangyong will also improve.After seeing the blood a few times, not to mention combat power, he really has a lot of energy.In the past, he looked like an honest person who didn't have much temper when others pointed at his nose and scolded him, but now he has developed a bit of a ruthless and unruly temper, and I'm afraid it will be difficult to manage when he goes back.

"What did Zhao Kuangming say?" Zang Dubao turned to look at Zhuge Tai and asked.

While speaking, he waved his hand, and soon his relatives led people forward, captured dozens of the fastest runners, raised their knives, and beheaded them on the spot.

"Going back to the capital, the general tried to persuade me for a long time, but Zhao Kuangming refused." Zhuge Tai said.

"Good boy, I still want to go back to Jingnan as the governor." Zang Dubao smiled and said, "Let him attack the city tomorrow."

Du Rang Neng laughed at the side without saying a word.

Zhuge Tai felt a chill in his heart.These hair awls are also ruthless people, and they don't take persuasion, so why don't they treat them as human beings when they co-author?Fortunately, I jumped ship in time.

"Dong dong dong..." The war drum rang again, this time it was Tianxiong's army that had entered the battle.

Thousands of people lined up, followed the siege equipment, and launched a tidal attack.

"Report!" A scout got off his horse from afar and rushed all the way.

The soldiers stopped him, and led him over after verifying that he was upright.

"Report to the capital, there are more than a thousand cavalry soldiers of the Jin army in the west of the Lutai army." The scout reported.

"It's finally here!" Zang Dubao slapped his thigh, stood up excitedly, and said, "Send an order to Wang Jianji to search for the enemy army and find out where they came from. The rest of the army—"

Zang Dubao paused, and said: "Continue to attack the city, leave him alone!"

(End of this chapter)