Red House Shoufu

Chapter 185 Attack and Defense

In the Fucheng, there are now only 300 Dragon Guards and more than [-] Fuwei, the total is less than [-].Not far to the north of the city, there are nearly ten thousand suspicious soldiers.

Lin Shu made a decisive decision and ordered Yang Shouyuan: "Close the city gate immediately and let the brothers go up the city wall..."

After the scouts sent the latest information, Lin Shu had recovered his composure, began to write quickly, and then arranged where to deliver the letter.

From the south gate, more than a dozen riders galloped out.They divided into three groups, all the way to the east, avoiding the thieves in the north, and went to the capital to report.

All the way to the west and all the way to the south, they went after Jia Lian and Tan Mingming, who were looking for thieves, and also reported to nearby counties.

After finishing all this, Lin Shu put on his official robe, hung his imperial sword on his waist, and climbed up to the north city gate with a calm expression.

Jia Zheng beside him looked at the darkness outside the city, his face was pale, and his legs and feet trembled unconsciously.

"Jinyu, what should we do?"

Lin Shu seemed calm and said to Jia Zheng: "Second uncle, there are only mobs outside, we just need to guard the city well, and when the reinforcements arrive, it's time to reward meritorious service."

He was talking to Jia Zheng, and at the same time he was talking to Xu Linwei next to him.There are too few defenders in the city now, the best way is to recruit the young and strong in the city to help defend the city.

Lin Shu whispered in Jia Zheng's ear for a while, and then took a last look at Xu Linwei: "Old Xu, take the yamen servants and follow Deputy Envoy Jia to where in the city to gather the people, speak powerful words, and recruit young men."

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"My lord, look over there!"

The sharp-eyed Yang Shouyuan pointed to the small mound outside the city and said to Lin Shu: "Those flags should be the person in charge."

Lin Shu took out a cylindrical object from his sleeve, pulled his hands together, and put the small end in front of his eyes.

This is a simple telescope that I made to coax Daiyu to play with when I was a child. I didn't expect to use it in this place.Because pure glass is hard to find, this is probably the first and only telescope in the world today.

Although it can only be magnified about ten times, it is enough for Lin Shu to see the banner on the mound clearly: vacuum home, birthless old mother!

Lin Shu saw that Yang Shouyuan was curious about the telescope in his hand, handed it to him and briefly taught him how to use it.

"Good baby, if the scouts have this, we can be the first to spot the enemy on the battlefield..."

"This one cost several pieces of top-quality colored glaze and thousands of taels of silver!"

Lin Shu's words made Yang Shouyuan almost drop the telescope on the ground, and he hurriedly held it carefully and wanted to return it to Lin Shu.

"You hold it first, how to defend the city and how to fight will depend on you."

Lin Shu didn't answer, he waved his hand and said, "Look at the armor and weapons on these people, they are obviously built according to the standard of the government guards. What is this white lotus sect? It should be the private soldiers of the people behind Li Jiamao."

Yang Shouyuan picked up the binoculars and took a closer look at the people outside the city. Although there were nearly 1000 people, there were more than [-] people wearing armor and holding standard knives and guns.

There are not many longbows, and there are no crossbow arrows.The well-equipped ones are basically surrounded by the mound, and they should be protecting someone.

……

Standing on the mound, Wan Zhongyuan looked at the Daming Mansion from a distance.A few rude men beside him kept chanting slogans such as vacuum hometown, birthless old mother and so on.

He glanced at a few people with a little disdain, and sighed in his heart that the timing was wrong.If he hadn't needed to use this mob to disrupt the situation in Henan, he would never have agreed to raise troops now.

A vulgar man next to him clasped his fists at Wan Zhongyuan and said, "Mr. Wan, when are we going to attack the city now?"

Wan Zhongyuan looked at the excited leaders next to him, and could only nod helplessly: "Since Duozhu Zhao has the confidence to capture the Daming Mansion, I will respect Hou Jiayin!"

"Hahahaha, don't worry, Mr. Wan, I, Zhao Xilai, have thousands of brothers under my command, all of them are made of dead bodies. Within two hours, Mr. Wan is invited to go to the city to rest!"

Zhao Xilai laughed loudly, pulled out the saber at his waist, slapped the iron armor on his chest twice with the back of the saber, and shouted: "Brothers, attack the city!"

Following his roar, the battle drums beside him rang, and countless White Lotus Sect members chanted slogans such as vacuum home, lifeless old mother, and flocked to the city of Daming Prefecture.

……

Snapped!
Yang Shouyuan, who put away the binoculars, let out a sneer: "It really is a mob, and the drums are all beating!"

Then he looked at Lin Shu, who nodded slightly and looked outside the city.

Yang Shouyuan knew that Lin Shu trusted him and let him go, so he drew out his saber, raised it high and shouted: "Drum Team, Yu!"

Boom, boom, boom, boom...

The battle drum at the top of the city beat rhythmically, and the crossbowmen took a step forward, aiming their arrows up, with Mo Dao hand guards beside them, and shield soldiers beside them.

"Two hundred steps!"

"150 steps!"

"One hundred steps!"

"Archers prepare!"

"Fifty steps!"

"Fire arrows!"

Whoosh whoosh...buzz...

Under the rain of arrows, hundreds of people from the White Lotus Sect who attacked the city fell down in an instant. Many people wanted to retreat, but they were squeezed to the ground by those who rushed up from behind, and then countless feet stepped on them. .

Attacking the city without any rules, in front of well-trained officers and soldiers, it is a death.After several waves of arrows rained down, nearly [-] congregants had been lost as soon as they reached the North City Gate.

"Rolling Stone Wood!"

Because the incident happened suddenly, it was too late to burn oil, but Fucheng has many stones, rolling logs and other defensive objects all year round.

Following Yang Shouyuan's command, the rhythm of the war drums changed rapidly, and the soldiers picked up stones and rolled logs, and smashed them down at the White Lotus Sect congregation huddled together under the city wall...

……

Although the battle was sudden, but Zhao Xilai, a war idiot, had thousands of congregants rushing forward as soon as the battle started. He never thought about forming an army at all, and even the siege equipment only had a dozen or so long ladders.

Seeing that the siege was frustrated, some people couldn't bear the blood and wanted to escape from the coverage of the officers and soldiers' Rolling Stones and Arrows.In extremely crowded environments, going in different directions often creates greater disaster.

After a shower of arrows, the crowd in the city was finally in complete chaos.In desperation, some people extended their butcher knives to their own people.

puff!When the knife in his hand was inserted into the belly of his brother, many people around him were aroused by this sudden action.

Yang Shouyuan, who had been paying attention to the city, immediately ordered: "Cavalry attack!"

The sound of the drums became louder in an instant, and the city gate slowly opened, and two hundred soldiers in black armor rushed out immediately.

This was like a signal, and the White Lotus Sect members who wanted to flee for their lives turned red-eyed and slashed at the people who stood in front of them with their knives.

Two hundred iron cavalry rushed back and forth three times, directly dividing thousands of White Lotus Sect into several pieces.As the sound of Ming Jin remembered, two hundred cavalrymen rushed back to Fucheng unscathed.

When the city gate was closed again, the White Lotus Sect reacted and gathered the scattered congregation.After checking, in less than two hours, nearly 2000 people were killed or injured, and they did not cause any damage to the officers and soldiers defending the city at all.

Yang Shouyuan looked at the enemy not far away, and chuckled: "My lord, it's really a mob. If I knew this, the last general wouldn't have to be so nervous!"

Lin Shu was not careless, but said slowly: "It is someone else's chess piece, used to test us. Next, it's time for the master to play!"

(End of this chapter)