stubborn thief

Chapter 502
Gu Tianshou discovered that Liu Chengzong's army was all mentally ill.

On the first watch, that is, between Xu time and Hai time, the troops outside the city were not in a hurry to return to camp, and like professional farmers, they lit fires in the fields and were busy farming.

On the second watch, it was pitch black outside, they went back to the camp to eat, and they ate until the third watch, let alone eat until midnight, and they sang, and the ghost soldiers in the damn city who were preparing for the night attack were all sleepy, He was woken up again by the rough men outside the city singing and howling.

On the [-]th watch, the army outside the city seemed to be asleep, and the braziers in the camp were flickering and flickering. It was a good time when the night was dark and the wind was high, but the ghost soldiers couldn't stand it anymore, and they fell asleep at the base of the city wall one by one. , Barely fell asleep, and eyelids are fighting... With this virtue, can you still go out and make trouble?

On the first night of the siege, almost all the soldiers and civilians in Liangzhou City did not sleep.

Li Hongsi felt the most uncomfortable.

He had been with the ghost soldiers who had been selected in advance. He thought that they would go to battle in the third watch. Li Hongsi had a lot of combat experience, so he came here to boost their morale.

It never occurred to him that Liu Chengzong's besieging army would not sleep. He had tried his best to tell the ghost soldiers what he thought of Che Zhulu four times, and he really didn't know what to say.

The effect cannot be said to be non-existent. Although the morale has not been boosted, the sleep aid effect is excellent. Basically, if he speaks two words, one soldier will yawn boredly, and then one will infect two, and two will infect four. Direct coverage of the entire army.

Anyone who dozes off while Li Zongbing is lecturing can be seen at a glance.

"Ugh."

Suddenly Liu Chengzong's cavalry was holding torches from far to near outside, and soon dispersed and approached the city, shouting at the top of their voices, urging the soldiers farming outside the city to change their defenses and telling them to go to the back to sleep.

After the order was passed to the four gates, the defenders and ghost soldiers were relieved, and fell asleep with a relaxed heart, but it was already five o'clock at this time.

There was indeed some commotion in the city, but Li Hongsi didn't sound like he was attacking the city. Moreover, Liu Chengzong's army, which Li Hongsi had seen before, was the most courageous in battle. Who the hell attacked the city before dawn?
When Li Hongsi went out, he tore the old man's gong, and by the way, he issued an order that all the people in the city, including those with musical instruments at home, should hand them over to the yamen.

With three shells, Beetail Needle was convinced that he could communicate with the defenders on the city, but before he could send someone to communicate, Mr. Ding Guodong from the Suzhou Camp snatched the microphone that afternoon.

Now that he had heard Li Hongsi tell the ghost soldiers the precautions for the fourth time, he felt that he might have to relieve Li Zongbing, so he stepped forward and pointed to the dark blue city wall, discussing: "Marshal, if it doesn't work, let's forget about it today, and send ghost soldiers out of the city tomorrow night. I thought it would be abnormal enough for us to eat in the middle of the night, but I didn't expect them to sing in the middle of the night."

This battalion has a general, Tang Tong. When Tang Tong fought against the Zhenyi guerrilla Tang Mingshi, he dismantled the pre-loaded shotguns of the artillery and asked the firearms soldiers to stuff the shotguns into the heavy guns. The effect was very good.

However, Hong Chengchou arranged Liangzhou's plan to defend the city in every detail, and the Sanjiehui handed over Hong Chengchou's city defense manual, and things developed in an interesting direction.

As soon as the words were finished, the guards on the city politely let a hundred tigers run together.

Marshal Jun could recite it with his eyes closed.

"I don't know." Liu Shaozong shook his head: "It is estimated that we will not be able to fight. In the past five years, Liu Chengzong has met with the imperial court, pirates, Xifan, and Wala in turn. He is also a veteran. The cavalry must be very scattered. There are only two shots. I guess it will be a fight." No one."

As a colleague, you must not provoke them, even if there is no bad meaning in what you say, and the speaker has no intention of listening to it, what should you do if people think you are insulting others and look down on others?So Liu Shaozong stood by the side and bowed his head without saying a word.

So what the two of them discussed was that the Ganzhou camp would be responsible for planting before noon, and the Suzhou camp would be responsible for planting in the evening after waking up in the afternoon.

Wei Qian'er saw that there was nothing to be surrounded by, so he left some pond riders outside the city, and went straight to the southeast.

After all, farming is a very long-term act. There is no rule of heaven. Whoever plants the crops in a field will reap it.

They just waited for the camp outside the city to finish sowing the field, and the work and rest hours were normal.

These three cannons didn't kill anyone, but they did scare the defenders gathered in the three places in the west city enough. In addition, they also panicked the defenders in the east city wall.

In fact, Liu Chengzong didn't have so many bad intentions. He slept soundly in Fenglebao, fifty miles west of Liangzhou City, all night.

The reason why Beetail Needle had to wait for the sun to heat up was because at this time the defenders had no way to hide at the base of the west city wall for shade, so they would definitely rest in the courtyards, houses and shops near Yushou.

The two battalions slept in rotation, and their main task outside the city was to cultivate the land, while persuading the enemy. The other potential order was to lure the enemy, and Liu Chengzong had no intention of letting them attack the city.

Of course it would be best if the defenders could be lured out to beat them up. If not, just farm well.

Soon, Liu Shaozong, who also had dark circles under his eyes and a tired face, came to meet Li Hongsi, and said in a very helpless tone, "Liu Chengzong's cavalry ran like crazy outside the city, and there is a night guard in Xicheng who has never fought , I was nervous and fired the cannon; an artilleryman at the south gate was awakened, thinking that an order had been given, so he also fired the cannon."

The location they delineated is called Yushou, which means the intersection of the east-west street and the north-south street. This place is usually where the market is held when the market is open.

There are three east-west avenues and three north-south avenues in Liangzhou City, with a total of nine corners. They aimed at the three corners closest to the west gate.

According to the requirements of the manual, the reserve team of the defenders usually stays near Yushou, waiting for the assembly order.

Before the battle of Liangzhou began, he had no idea what the defending army would do when they were under siege.

Suddenly woke up, and returned to this body with white sideburns. Before recovering from the fear of the big horse's hoof stepping on his face, he heard the toothless old man who lived in the official office room beating the gong: "Beat it!" Hit, hit, hit!"

The defenders in Liangzhou City eat three meals a day. During each meal, what sounds are used by the defenders on the four walls to convey warning signs? Where will they be stationed in the city, when will they plan to leave the city, and what tactics will they use when they leave the city.

Now the firearms soldiers in their entire battalion are using this kind of charging method of one big bullet and three small bullets. They just wait to shoot at each other and give Liu Chengzong advice when the effect is achieved.

Li Hongsi said something unhappily. He thought that even if he thought about it with his toes, Liu Chengzong's tormenting them had just begun, so he said to Liu Shaozong: "It's better for the general to go to bed and replace me in the evening...we can't sleep. Well, they don't want to sleep well either."

Originally, Liu Chengzong was quite irritating when he planted land outside the city, but to be honest, this irritating effect was not successful for the army. They just planted the land if they liked it. It was nothing more than planting beans and corn. It is a crop that matures in three months.

For three days in a row, the Marshal's Ganzhou Camp and the Suzhou Camp worked day and night, taking turns to toss the defenders to keep them from sleeping.

Liu Shaozong also sighed, looked at the well-dressed Li Hongsi, and asked after deliberation: "Then why don't you go back to sleep, Commander?"

But the ghost soldiers were so sleepy that they couldn't open their eyes and couldn't go out to attack at night. They really pissed off the generals and soldiers in the city... They all thought that this Liu Chengzong was so bad, and everything was stuck in their favor.

In fact, this matter will only make the people of Liangzhou gnash their teeth at Hong Chengchou, and the defenders on the city will not feel anything.

Gao Yingdeng's camp behind the two of them is the main force to deal with the troops leaving the city. In fact, Gao Yingdeng's troops have been impatient for a long time. Those people are unwilling to plant the land. It is because there is no other way to push the plow to sow the seeds. , their reasons for not wanting to farm are also different from others.

The Iron Horse Glacier is dreaming, Li Hongsi had just fallen asleep in the West Street office for a quarter of an hour, and he dreamed back to his youth, fighting against the northern captives in the big battle, guns and guns fired, and the horses neighed. They all stepped on their faces.

After rushing to the city, the Dongcheng defenders were stunned: "There is no one outside the city, why are you rushing up here?"

"I'm afraid the world will not be chaotic!"

In fact, Liu Chengzong had no experience in defending the city. In the past five years, he had fought a lot in field battles, but not many sieges. As for defending the city, he had never defended it.

He took Li Hongsi's face into consideration and dared not interrupt.

Li Hongsi was not much disappointed, it was just as he expected, the hit or miss of the two cannonballs under tension had no effect on the battle situation, he looked at the pale sky and sighed: "The price of these two cannonballs is terrible." It was so big that the whole city woke up."

Li Hongsi licked his dry lips bitterly: "Did you shoot someone to death?"

The defenders in the west city were afraid because they really saw shells falling nearby. A seven-pound iron ball crossed the city wall and fell near their garrison site. One shell was a coincidence, and three landed at the intersection of three streets. It's where they stationed their troops, how can they not be afraid?
The reason why the defenders in Dongcheng were panicked was because in Hong Chengchou's manual, the alarms on the four walls used different voice signals to prevent the reserve team from moving around, and at the same time avoid the risk of the support being mobilized by the enemy outside the city.

Beetail Needle was very angry, but he didn't move at that time, until the sun became fierce, and some soldiers came back with farm tools, and asked people to set up cannons in the second mile to the west of the city.

Li Hongsi was not so happy when he escaped from Ganzhou City. He almost slapped his thigh with joy. Don't pick up!
He immediately waved his hand and said: "General Liu is right, let's go to bed today, it doesn't matter if the enemy's movements are abnormal, they like to farm the land, so let's let them do it, the day the land will be finished, and then they will be back to normal , let’s attack the camp again!”

There is really no one outside the east city wall. The encirclement circle arranged by Liu Chengzong is a large encirclement circle. The nearest marshal army in the east of the city is Wei Qian'er's camp. This guy is occupying the side wall forty miles to the southeast.

The reserve team gathered in the east of the city did not have a good rest all night. From the soldiers to the generals, they were all in a very poor state of mind. They were dazed and nervous, and suddenly heard three cannon shots. Before they could distinguish their positions, they assembled in a chaotic manner. Line up and rush towards the city wall.

"What's the point of sleeping here? How can you sleep? It's already dawn, and Liu Erhan is suffocating all night. Can you let us sleep during the day?"

They are all generals, and there are high and low positions, but on the battlefield, unless they are particularly unlucky and get killed directly, everyone has the experience of throwing away their helmets and armor when they lose a battle.

For emergency in the south of the city, beat the big drum; for emergency in the west of the city, hit the big bell; for emergency in the north of the city, ring the gong;

However, the Liangzhou defenders really dare not leave the city.

After all, their cannons were meant to be aimed indirectly, so it was difficult to accurately hit the corner, and the probability of spreading to the nearby courtyard was high, so they had to wait for the venomous sun to drive people into the house, so that the bombardment would kill two birds with one stone.

It can really draw the enemy out, as long as they are not defeated within half an hour, it is considered a great achievement.

Behind him is the guard Liu Shaozong.

Moreover, the east city wall of Liangzhou City itself is difficult to fight, and the west city wall is considered difficult to fight. There is Moon City outside and Urn City inside. Guan repaired the city wall and connected it into one.

A group of artillery officers gathered in the tent, looked and looked at their self-made Liangzhou defense map, and finally delineated an approximate location, and asked the soldiers to fire three artillery pieces as a counterattack.

The army in the west of Liangzhou City is the Suzhou Camp led by Ding Guodong, and the Ganzhou Camp led by Fengweizhen is in the northwest. Behind them is Gao Yingdeng's camp.

Hit the corner but did not hit anyone, nothing happened, hit very accurately, and the intimidation effect was achieved; did not hit the corner but hit a few broken tiles, there happened to be an army nearby, and the goal was achieved.

Don't look at Li Hongsi standing at the gate of the city with his helmet on and his armor on his sword. He looked majestic, but in fact he was so embarrassed that his toes were buckled into the Forbidden City in his military boots. Ah rubbing.

Just want to sleep?Still want ghost soldiers to attack at night?
Early the next morning, the sky was bright, and before the sun hurt people so much, the sergeants outside the city went to work again with farm tools on their shoulders.

When the first ray of sunlight penetrated the darkness on May 29, two cannons rang out on the west and south walls of Liangzhou, declaring that the entire city of Liangzhou had failed to fall asleep.

To guard against the bee-tailed needles of the Ximen defenders leaving the city, they also sent people to the city to read out the meaning of their generalissimo. The idea of ​​being an enemy, we have come all the way to rely on the army and the people, has won the hearts of the people, you should surrender.

Just because you planted it today doesn't mean you'll still be alive to reap the grain three months later.

At first they planted seeds manually, but the next day someone pushed a newly built three-legged cart down to sow the seeds. Using this device, the efficiency increased slowly, ten times faster than manual sowing, and finally got it The besieging army planted corn and soybeans in the surrounding fields, and the defenders were gearing up, thinking that the ghost soldiers finally had a place to use.

The marshal's army moved the camp.

They replaced a piece of unplanted land.

　good evening!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)