East Factory Governor

Chapter 543 Siege ([-])

So Zhang Miaoshou immediately ordered the soldiers to obey his orders when the officers and troops attacked the city, and no one was allowed to fire without his orders!
After the official army attacked twice in a row, they stopped attacking at the same time!

At this time, at the south gate, north gate, and east gate, a master with a cultivation level of Xiao Chengjing or above appeared at the same time, shouting the same words to the rogue soldiers on the city wall with his mighty true energy.

"Brothers defending the city, now your food, grass, and weapons have been burned, and you are at the end of the road! If you continue to fight against the army, you will only die! You also know that the emperor is merciful and treats you who are forced to become bandits. , It has always been a surrender without killing! Not only will you not be killed, the officers and soldiers will also give you rice, noodles, money and food, so that you can be sent back to your hometown! I repeat, fighting against the officers and soldiers is a dead end! Surrender to the officers and soldiers and return home safely! Gao Yingxiang wants to be emperor , but now it seems that he is dead, why do you bother to die with him?"

These few masters of Xiaochengjing used their true energy when they spoke, their voices were as loud as a bell, and they were so far away that even the rogue soldiers on the city wall could hear them clearly.

Although none of these rogue soldiers dared to speak, let alone answer, they were greatly shaken in their hearts.

It is a tradition for the officers and soldiers to surrender and not kill the rogues!If so, that would be great!He Gao Yingxiang wants to be the emperor, why should we use him as cannon fodder?It’s okay to say that the city has enough food, grass, and weapons, but now that the food is gone, and the arrows and bullets will be exhausted sooner or later, what will we use to fight the officers and soldiers?
Most rogue soldiers have this idea, but there are also many rogue soldiers who are also worried.

I heard that the leader of the army this time is the "Monster of Ming Dynasty" Qin Shuhuai. That monster is vicious. It is said that he killed all of the 8000 people we captured last time!Although the officers and soldiers said they would surrender and not kill us this time, who can guarantee that they are not lying to us?If that's the case, then I might as well die in battle, it's better than dying on my knees!
Needless to say, everything has two sides.Although Yang He's "no killing of prisoners" policy at the beginning would encourage bandits, it was really useful when persuading them to surrender.And Qin Shuhuai's thunderous method of punishing all rogues can certainly curb the spread of bandits, but it has become a negative factor when persuading them to surrender.

However, Qin Shuhuai didn't care what they thought now.He wrote this speech persuading him to surrender, and his purpose was to continue to hit the morale of the rogues defending the city and shake their morale.

Since ancient times, countless allusions have emphasized the importance of morale, such as Cao GUI's debates, ruined boats, and besieged on all sides.why?From a psychological point of view, once the morale is low, when an unfavorable situation arises, the mentality of "surrender and not die" will immediately gain the upper hand. This is determined by people's survival instinct, and this mentality is the most deadly for an army. of.

Therefore, whether it was burning rations, weapons, yamen, or persuading surrender, what Qin Shuhuai wanted was to speed up the collapse of the more than 4 defenders in the city, so as to help him quickly capture Shangluo City!

He couldn't afford it in Shangluo!
After the officers and soldiers shouted, naturally there was no situation where the rogues in the city opened their doors and surrendered, which was expected.

So, Hong Chengchou ordered to continue the attack!
The government army launched another wave of three-sided siege, this time more ferocious than the previous two.After the officers and soldiers arrived at the bottom of the city, they began to climb the ladder. The archer's platform was closer this time than before. The arrows shot by the officers' and soldiers' archers above were like raindrops.

The rogue soldiers at the west gate and north gate still counterattacked insanely, as if they were going to pour out all the ammunition at once.The rogue soldiers at the East Gate, under the command of Zhang Miaoshou, did not open fire until they knew that the officers and soldiers had begun to climb the ladder.But once they fired, they were crazy, and they would shoot whatever they had!
The strange thing is that the official army retreated halfway through the attack!
The soldiers who climbed halfway stopped climbing, jumped down one after another, and then ran away after throwing down about twenty ladders.

Zhang Miaoshou saw that all the troops in the rear of the officer's army were gone, and within 100 meters there were only three or four hundred soldiers left sparsely, and these soldiers were all wearing shields and armored vehicles.

He hurriedly ordered the soldiers to stop firing, but the west city was so long, where would his order be delivered in a short while?Every soldier fired wildly like a demon, and by the time they all stopped, a lot of arrows and ammunition had been wasted.

The Ming army never got tired of playing feint attacks, but the rogue soldiers at the top of the city couldn't bear it!

The most important problem is that they found that the military funds for counterattack are constantly decreasing, but they have not received the slightest supplement!
There are less than half of the arrows left, and the bullets, shells, thunderbolts, and kerosene of the bird gun are even less, less than one-third of the original.They don't know how to make these materials themselves, and they all rely on looting from the officers and soldiers.

Without arrows and ammunition, the soldiers at the top of the city panicked.

If you continue to fight like this, soon the skills of the archers, the blunderbuss of the blunderbuss soldiers, and the cannons will all become fire sticks!If so, how can we fight?
The officers and soldiers have deep routines.After this wave of fighting, the three Xiaochengjing masters shouted again, and they still shouted exactly the same words!
The expression of the rogue soldiers at the head of the city is completely wrong.Many soldiers kept looking in the direction of the big boss, obviously wanting to find out what the big boss was thinking.

But these leaders are all from Gao Yingxiang's old department, and the will to resist is still very firm.

Zhang Miao took a soldier's bow and arrow in his hand, pulled the bowstring fully and shot at the Ming army Xiaochengjing who was shouting to the city. Although he was easily caught by the opponent, it showed his determination to resist!
On the top of the city, the leader of the bandits began to repeatedly mention to the soldiers that Qin Shuhuai slaughtered eight thousand captives, telling them that once they surrender, what awaits them must be Qin Shuhuai's butcher knife!

After the second round of shouting, the officers and soldiers regrouped.

At this time, it was the time of the ugly, according to the agreement, this time they really wanted to attack!

Hong Chengchou advanced 300 meters. At this time, he was only 400 meters away from the top of the city, and he might be hit with a single shot.

And He Renlong's eyes were even redder, and he advanced to about 200 meters below the city to personally supervise the battle.This time is his last chance to save face. If there is another failure to attack the city, he doesn't want to go back alive!
Seeing that the fireworks representing the general attack had gone up, he drew out his saber and roared with his veins exposed, "Brothers, kill me!"

"kill!"

Accompanied by shouts like a mountain roar and a tsunami, the officers and soldiers rushed forward in overwhelming momentum!

This time, the officers and soldiers used not only twenty or thirty ladders on each city wall, but hundreds of them!In the past, there were only four or five archers on the high platform each time, but this time the number suddenly increased to thirty.Moreover, the strength of an echelon has suddenly increased from the original seven or eight hundred to one thousand and eight hundred!

Everyone knows that the officers and soldiers are going to get serious!
After four feints, the psychologically devastated Rogue soldiers ushered in a stormy attack from the officers and soldiers!
(End of this chapter)