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Chapter 252 The Crisis of Xishan Camp

When Chen Changzhu saw the officers and soldiers attacking slowly, he couldn't help but frowned.When Zhang Shun explained the art of war, he said: "If you defend for a long time, you will lose. Therefore, the way to defend is to use offense as defense, use defense as offense, and transform offense and defense. The skill of using it is all in one mind!"

At that time, Chen Changliang asked strangely: "How can we use the magic with one mind?" Zhang Shun was silent for a long time, and responded: "Annihilating the enemy has a living force! Although there are many enemies, only those who can fight can be called a living force. I will kill one of them. He has one less person to attack; I have injured one person, and the other has only one person to defend. Whether it is attacking or defending, killing the enemy must be the first priority!"

When Chen Changzhu thought of these key points of the art of war, he seemed to understand something, and from time to time he sent soldiers out of the city to harass him, making Zuo Liangyu and Liang Fu very annoyed.

The officers and soldiers tossed for two days, but did not make much progress. Fortunately, some simple things were built for the siege equipment, and they were going to leave it for tomorrow to try out the effect.

As a result, that night, Chen Changzhu went out from the back of the camp to attack the officers and soldiers' camp.Although Zuo Liangyu and Liang Fu are also considered soldiers, they are just in the same position, there is no distinction between superior and inferior.

The military orders and tactics of the two sides are different, and there are often mistakes in coordination, so the defense of the camp is not very strict.Just in time, Chen Changzhu had the opportunity to harass and fight, and even set some tents on fire.

When Zuo Liangyu and Liang Fu were in a state of desperation, Chen Changzhu led the cavalry to rush to the location of the siege equipment. First he slashed and killed them, then ignited a lot of turpentine and pine oil, and threw them on the newly completed and unfinished siege equipment. A fire burned it clean.

At dawn the next day, Zuo Liangyu and Liang Fu counted the number of people and equipment, and found that the main force was not too damaged, only the craftsmen were killed by Chen Changjian, and the siege equipment that had been busy for two days was burned by Chen Changjian. .Even this guy was wicked enough to ignite a lot of wood that had just been packed.

Zuo Liangyu and Liang Fu had no choice but to move the camp back a mile or two to station, and once again ordered people to cut down trees to make siege equipment, and planned to attack the rebels' Xishan camp for a long time.

In order to prevent Chen Changling's cavalry, the two also specially built three wooden buildings around the camp to observe the movements of the surrounding rebels.

Chen Changzhu tried to attack a few more times, but the sentries on the wooden building discovered it in time, and they beat gongs and drums to inform the camp.When Chen Chang's cavalry arrived, the battalion had already made preparations for defense.

Chen Changliang had no choice but to retreat to the camp, and hurriedly made defensive equipment as a long-term plan.

So, after a few days of calm, another fierce offensive and defensive battle broke out between the officers and soldiers and the rebels.

The officers and soldiers made ladders and put them on the camp of the rebels, trying to climb the city wall.Xu Ziyuan then ordered the soldiers to take out the long-handled wooden forks prepared by the rebels, and hit the front end of the ladder. Five or six big men worked together to overturn the ladder and fell directly to the bottom. Not only did the officers and soldiers on the ladder die, but Even some of the officers and soldiers who were besieging the city were killed on the spot.

The officers and soldiers on the ladder were not to be outdone. They used iron hooks, ropes, etc. to try to fix the ladder on the wall of the camp. Just like causing officers and soldiers to rush to the city wall.

Fortunately, Li You led [-] soldiers to take the opportunity to charge and kill the officers and soldiers who climbed the city wall, or drove them all off the ground.

The officers and soldiers pushed up and charged the car again, trying to destroy the gate of the camp.Xu Ziyuan then ordered the rebels to push down a few boulders and smash the chariot directly.The strong man in the rush car who was in charge of hitting the city gate was directly smashed into a meat paste by falling rocks from the city, which was terrible.

The officers and soldiers made many trebuchets and threw stones into the city.When the huge stone hit the stone city wall, it shattered and bounced immediately, killing many rebels.Some were directly smashed to death, and some were directly pierced by splashed stones.

Xu Ziyuan quickly ordered the rebels to launch Western cannons, aimed at the trebuchets and fired several times. Once, a cannon just hit a team of more than a dozen people pulling the trebuchets, and directly hit each other. Seven or eight officers and soldiers were killed or injured. Immediately frightened others dare not go up throwing stones.

Even if there were a few bold people who stepped forward under the scolding and cursing of the officers, they responded in vain. The trebuchet was not fully loaded and could not shoot over the city wall.

The officers and soldiers had no choice but to pull out Western cannons and bombard the camp.As a result, the small-caliber Western cannons with relatively good maneuverability in the hands of officers and soldiers, shells the size of pebbles, can at most destroy some female walls, and cannot damage the stone walls of the Xishan Camp.

The two sides come and go, entering a long and boring moment of flesh and blood grinding.The two sides fought to the death in this mountain with their own flesh and blood.

The rebel army was poorly equipped and their combat effectiveness was low, and the officers and soldiers gradually gained the upper hand. It seemed that the officers and soldiers were about to capture the walls of the rebel army.As a result, the gate of the Xishan camp suddenly opened wide, and Chen Changzhu led five hundred cavalry to rush out, slashing and killing the unprepared officers and soldiers, only killing the soldiers of the two generals until they flowed into rivers of blood.

Chen Changliang defeated the enemy army stupidly, and instead of pursuing them, he rushed to the siege equipment, lit the turpentine and pine oil, and threw them on.Seeing this, the officers and soldiers quickly filled some water bags with water, trying to put out the fire.

But the turpentine and pine oil are on fire, how can it be so easy to extinguish?As a result, many siege equipment was burned by Chen Changzhu once.

On the second day, Xu Ziyuan suggested an idea to Chen Changzhu, and Chen Changzhu sent a dead man to visit Zuo Liangyu and Liang Fu with a basket of steamed buns and a letter.

The two men opened the letter and saw it said: "I, 'Lu Yanwang', have lived in the West Mountain for a long time. The camps are all built of stones, and I am not afraid of artillery. There are also grains and stones in the camp, enough to feed for several years. There are more than ten thousand soldiers, who are not afraid of life and death. If you are patient, you can make another weapon to attack, I am afraid that when your beards are white, you will be powerless!"

After hearing this, Zuo Liangyu and Liang Fu were speechless.But they didn't kill the messenger sent by Chen Changji, instead they made him bring back the letter from himself and others.

Chen Changbing opened the letter and saw that it read: "Bold thief, dare to resist Tianwei. Now the emperor is wise, if you surrender in time, you can save the lives of the whole family. If you rely on the high mountains and strongholds to resist Tianwei, we will wait for our fate." Come to Hongyi Cannon, under one shot, thunderbolts shake the sky, mountains fall and the ground cracks. At that time, the natural danger will become a tunnel, and you will all die!"

After Chen Changbing finished reading the letter, he couldn't help but pooing to show his disdain.In fact, Chen Changbing knew in his heart that his family was besieged here, the resources and food were used less and less, and the soldiers died less and less, and most of them were untested recruits. The camp will be in chaos.

Now, we can no longer find a way to defeat the enemy, and the Xishan camp is in danger!
(End of this chapter)