Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 334 Ant Thief
The two thieves Pei Changcai and Shizihe started from Mount Tai.

But this is not the first time they have attacked a city. Starting from Mount Tai, in just one year, they have captured two county towns and plundered countless villages.

Facing Zhang Xutuo, who had played tricks on him just now, and that Zhangqiu City, he could not wait to enter the city immediately.

With the order to wash the city, the eyes of those thieves turned red, and they were all extremely excited.

In fact, among the more than [-] thieves under Pei thief, there were only a few hundred old thieves who followed him in the grass on Mount Tai in the early years, and the rest were snowballed over the past year or so.Some of them were unbearable conscripts and fled to Mount Tai and took the initiative to join him, but more of them were Min Zhuang who were coerced by him when he led his troops to plunder.

Most of them used to be good people, but together with the Eastern Expedition, the people had a hard time living, and their hometown was looted by bandits, and they couldn't survive, so they had no choice but to follow the bandits half-heartedly.

At first, he was forced, but later he became a thief. After several times of robbing together, he gradually got used to this new way of life.

So, in fact, although thieves were once good, they are indeed thieves now, and there is nothing innocent to speak of.

Once people break through their own limit and abandon morality, then there is no such thing as goodness, and they are all the same thieves.

More than [-] thieves and bandits surrounded Zhangqiu City, and they were preparing to attack the city non-stop.

on the city.

Du Ruhui pays homage to Zhang Xutuo.

Zhang Xutuo didn't even care about the wounds and blood on his body, so he went to the city to watch the enemy's situation.

"About [-] people." He first estimated the total number.

"However, the more than [-] people are not all thieves. The young and strong are thieves, and the old and weak are the wives, children, and parents of the common people. These people account for more than half. And I estimate that among the remaining [-] thieves, The real elite old thieves are only about [-]%."

His judgment was based on experience. The thieves robbed wherever they went, and after looting a place, they took the people away by the way.Young and strong men who follow the thief naturally have to bring their wives and children along with them, so among the thieves there are old camps, strong camps, and dependent camps.This old battalion is naturally the elite subordinates of the thieves, the strong battalion mostly coerces the newly joined young men, and the subordinate battalion is the family members of those bandits.

The thieves are basically on the move, and they don't have any base camps. Wherever they go, they rob, and their family members are brought with them, just like locusts crossing the border.

With such a calculation, Du Ruhui and the others felt relieved a lot.

"Tong Shou, there are now three hundred county soldiers and one thousand township warriors in Zhangqiu City."

For such a small number, Zhang Xutuo was dissatisfied. According to the compilation, Zhangqiu should have five hundred county soldiers and two thousand village braves.But he also knows the current situation. Together with the Eastern Expedition, not to mention that the soldiers of the Weifu were basically conscripted away. The county soldiers and township braves under the command were dissatisfied with the ranks, and most of them were also called to Liaodong this time to transport food as husbands.

Shan Binbin stepped forward.

"Luomen Shan has met the teacher, and he will send his greetings to the teacher on behalf of his husband Jun Wulang."

Seeing that it was her, Zhang Xutuo nodded, "Madam Qijun is well."

Although Luo Cheng is his protégé, Luo Cheng's wife and mother were granted imperial orders because of his meritorious service. Luo's mother was granted the imperial order by Mrs. Lu County, and Shan Binbin was granted the imperial order by Mrs. Qi County. Order.

"Teacher, my husband still has three hundred sons, and they are also in Zhangqiu City. They can also fight."

"I have also heard the name of Changbai Orphan. Zhangqiu put down the bandits three times, and they all made contributions. It is indeed remarkable."

While talking, the bandits had already started attacking the city with ants. These people thought that Zhangqiu City was also a county town they had conquered before. They had no defense capabilities, and they swarmed up in a mess. broken city.

Zhang Xutuo shook his head disdainfully.

"Can you beat back the bandits?"

The one who answered him was Luo Jizu, the captain of the county military school, "please don't worry, if the bandits want to go to the city so easily, it's a dream. We have also experienced several bandit attacks, so the defense has long been prepared. Please go to rest first, and leave it to us."

"Find a doctor, and I'll just bandage it here." Zhang Xutuo was still a little worried, after all, the thieves this time are powerful, even if the water is thrown away, there are nearly [-] thieves.

Luo Gui took his two sons to succeed his ancestors, his two sons-in-law Zhou Dewei and Zhou Xin, and his wife Shan Binbin to set up defenses in front of Zhang Xutuo. Zhang Xutuo looked at it for a while, but couldn't see Said that Luo Gui's arrangement was indeed watertight, so he was relieved.

The thieves seem to have a lot of momentum, but in the eyes of Zhang Xutuo, who has made great military achievements, they are like playing tricks.

There were no decent archers responsible for shooting arrows to suppress the city, nor did they prepare enough siege equipment, and they didn't even have a main attack direction, so they attacked the city from all sides, regardless of the severity, and there was no rhythm.

In short, relying on the large number of people, they rushed over desperately, and hundreds of people could follow behind a ladder.

To deal with this kind of offensive, it is simply not too simple.

If there is no city wall, it would be a bit troublesome to fight in the wild with few soldiers in Zhangqiu City, but now that there is a city wall, the [-] Zhangqiu troops will definitely be able to defend it.

What happened next was exactly as he expected.

Dad also divided the 2000 people into three shifts, and took turns to guard the city. Only one-third of the city was on duty at a time, and they were divided into four walls.

There are very few people on each wall, but there are many young and strong people in Zhangqiu City, and many people have been recruited to help defend.

The defenders stood on the city wall, leaned against the crenel, and fired arrows at the bottom of the city.

And the folk husbands are responsible for boiling the dung gold juice on the top of the city, heating oil and boiling water, and seeing which side has more thieves, they will pour a few spoons on him, making them howl like ghosts and wolves.

The thieves' attack lasted for about three hours, and they failed to attack the top of the city until it was dark.

On the contrary, thousands of corpses were left under the city.

The casualties were not insignificant, but Pei Changcai insisted on sending the old thief to supervise the battle and refused to retreat.

But when it was dark, the morale of those thieves was also exhausted. No one had the energy to wash and loot the city after the storm, as Ren Pei Caichang said. The corpses under the city made them fearful.

Seeing that it was getting dark and unable to attack again, Pei Changcai had no choice but to angrily order Ming Jin to withdraw his troops.

"Withdraw the troops and fight again tomorrow."

The bandits immediately receded like a tide, leaving countless corpses under the city, and no one cared about them.

After waiting for a long time, some women, children, and old people came to look for the bodies of their relatives, crying and crying the names of the dead.

Dusk, corpses, blood, mournful cries.

At this scene, everyone on the top of the city couldn't help sighing.

But no one felt sorry for them. Since they were thieves and came to attack Zhangqiu, it would either be you or me.

(End of this chapter)