A hundred flavors of life

Chapter 804 The troops are approaching the city! (Please order in full!)

When Shi Xiu killed Wang Ziteng, Zhou Tong secretly sighed in his heart. He had just killed Liang Zhongshu and his wife before, but now he kills Shangguan in full view of everyone. This is an obvious rebellion. No matter what the reason is later, the court will definitely pursue it. This disciple of his has finally come to the path of rebellion.

Hua Twelve didn't care. He briefly asked the defeated soldiers who had followed Wang Ziteng back. After learning the reason for their defeat, he couldn't help but scolded Wang Ziteng for being useless.

The soldiers led by Wang Ziteng were elite frontier troops who had experienced hundreds of battles. They were not necessarily capable of fighting, but they had seen blood. They were not much better than Tian Hu's rabble.

But Wang Ziteng was the commander of Xia Jiba. He fell into the trap one after another and lost his advantage. In the end, more than 50,000 people almost made dumplings for him. Although he was lucky enough to break through, the team was also broken up. He had to flee in panic.

Zhou Tong frowned as he listened and couldn't help asking for details.

It turned out that Wang Ziteng was ordered to work with Liang Zhongshu to put down the Tian Hu Rebellion. Liang Zhongshu was a gilded civil servant who only sat in Daming Mansion and left all matters of leading troops to fight to Wang Ziteng, the governor of nine provinces.

The prince was so satisfied with his military power that he selected 150,000 elite troops from the frontier army and Daming Mansion garrison to attack Tianhu.

As a result, before arriving in Tian Hu's Weisheng Prefecture, as soon as they arrived in Puyang County, they encountered an anti-thief cavalry team of more than 10,000 people.

150,000 against 10,000, the opponent will collapse at the first touch.

The prince thought that the opportunity was rare, so he ate Tian Hu's 10,000 cavalrymen in one bite.

Thinking about how precious war horses are these days, if these 10,000 cavalry are defeated, Tian Hu's rebel bandits will definitely be severely weakened.

Immediately ignoring the advice of other generals accompanying the army, he rushed forward greedily and was led into the valley by the enemy.

At this time, someone reminded Wang Ziteng that such terrain must be carefully explored and traveled with caution. As a result, Wang Ziteng scolded him, saying that the opportunity must not be missed, and if it is lost, it will never come back. He also said that the people who reminded him would delay the military plane. If they cannot catch up with the enemy, Then we have to hold others accountable.

No one tried to persuade him anymore. When he entered the depths of the valley, rolling logs and rocks immediately fell from both sides, followed by arrows raining down.

Several waves of arrows rained down, and thousands of corpses were thrown down by the officers and soldiers. They finally exited the valley. The ambush was already waiting outside.

Tian Hu's general Bian Xiang led 50,000 thieves to attack from one side. While waiting for work, the champion was beaten to pieces, and Wang Ziteng was defeated.

In the end, Wang Ziteng brought back these thousands of troops, and the rest went to no one knows where. Maybe they were killed, maybe they were captured, or the most likely thing was that they were all separated.

As if Bian Xiang had identified Wang Ziteng, he chased him all the way to Daming Mansion. It didn't take much to think about it. He was looking at the new defeat of the government and army and wanted to take advantage of the lack of troops in Daming Mansion. Opportunity to defeat Daming Mansion.

After Zhou Tong listened, Chaohua Twelve asked: "Is there any good strategy for defending the city?"

Hua Twelve smiled: "What good strategy is there? If the thieves come, just hold on during the day, and wait until night for us to wait for a while and lead people to attack the camp. As long as we capture and kill the general Bian Xiang, that group of mobs will not Attack yourself!"

Zhou Tong shook his head and said: "Chong'er, what you said is easy. I heard that the rebel is good at using tricks. It's hard to say whether you can survive the day with just a few people like you!"

There are more than 5,000 defenders at Daming Mansion, and nearly 5,000 local warriors brought by Lu Junyi. In addition to the more than 3,000 border troops brought back by Wang Ziteng, there are only more than 13,000 people.

Among them, Xiangyong and the defeated border troops are hidden dangers. Xiangyong has never seen the cruelty of the battlefield and has not received formal training. It is unknown how much combat power he can exert. As for those border troops, they seem to have lost their spirits. If they fight immediately , I'm afraid it won't be reusable.

Hua Twelve understood what Zhou Tong meant, but generals are brave soldiers. If there is a strong general commanding them, even the brave and defeated army will definitely be able to unleash extraordinary fighting power.

He looked at Zhou Tong and said with a smile: "Teacher, Lian Po is old, can he still make a living?"

If it was private at this time, Zhou Tong really wanted to kick him, but he was planning on his head. He said angrily: "Although he is an old man, he can still use a knife!"

Hua Twelve was waiting for his words and said with a smile:

"Teacher, those retired border troops are all elites who have seen blood. They were just used by the prince. I will leave these people to you, old man. In your hands, they will definitely be able to display their true combat effectiveness."

Zhou Tong pondered for a moment, then suddenly clasped his fists and said: "Your Majesty's Order!"

After saying that, he strode down the tower and went to find the defeated soldiers to reorganize his army. After a short time, he heard a roar like a tiger in the distance: "I have an iron arm and Zhou Dong, and I have been ordered to lead you to defend the city. Who is dissatisfied?"

Lu Junyi said with a smile: "Teacher is very talented, but because he is the heir of a military strategist, he is feared by the court and cannot be reused. Now he finally got his wish and can lead the troops in battle!"

Hua Twelve nodded and asked Lu Junyi: "Senior brother, Tan Ma came to report that the rebels are coming from the southwest. I will guard the west gate for the battle later. Is it okay for you to take the local warriors to guard the south gate?"

Lu Junyi patted his chest and said: "General, don't worry, these people I recruited are not ordinary country warriors. They are all escorts of several large caravans of my Lu family. Although they are not as elite as the official army, they are still fighting against bandits and Liao people." Those who have fought and seen blood, I will ensure that the south gate is not lost!"

"it is good!"

After hearing this, Hua Twelve became more confident and couldn't help but praise him, and then asked: "Senior brother, have you ever thought about what you will do in the future after you defended Daming Mansion today?"

When he asked, he looked at Lu Junyi with bright eyes. The latter pondered for a moment and then said:

"My Lu family is the richest man in Hebei. We have a lot of money in our family, and we will never be able to spend hundreds of dollars in a lifetime. My brother wanted to have wind and rain, and I thought that nothing in this world could trouble me, and nothing could. It worries me, but this time, Brother Wei understands that if you have no money and no power, you will always be a piece of fat in the eyes of others! "

He met Hua Twelve's eyes with scorching eyes: "Junior brother, I can see that you want to do great things. Without me, you would have endless wealth and this ability. If you are willing to I will give everything I have to help you succeed, junior brother, and also strive for a future for our Lu family!"

Lu Junyi's words were extremely sincere and also his true thoughts.

Hua Twelve smiled and nodded: "Okay, if senior brother is willing to invest in me, I will definitely not disappoint senior brother!"

Although Lu Junyi didn't understand what investment was, he could still understand what Hua Twelve meant. The two of them were so open and honest, which made him put down a huge stone in his heart. He cupped his hands and said, "In this case, I will take people to the south gate for my brother's sake!"

After that, he took Yan Qing, found Xiang Yong who was following him, and went to the south gate to prepare for the defense of the city.

The news that the rebels were coming to attack Daming Mansion spread like wildfire. The people in the city were suspicious before, but before Hua Twelve had people gather people from the villages around Daming Mansion into the city, this was confirmed, so that people's hearts were Panic, the streets were in chaos.

Fortunately, Hua Twelve had already predicted that the prefect Wang did not have the courage to go to the city, so he assigned him the task of maintaining public order.

He was asked to recruit young men and women from among the common people. Some of them would help defend the city, mainly carrying rolling logs and rocks at the four city walls. The other part would form a patrol team to maintain public order and prevent anyone from taking advantage of the chaos to rob.

In addition, Wang Taishou was asked to mobilize the wealthy households in the city to set up porridge sheds and give porridge to the people coming in from outside the city, so as to avoid trouble caused by hunger.

Not to mention, although Prefect Wang was too timid to lead troops into battle, he was still capable of doing these things and managed them in an orderly manner, which made Hua Twelve feel at ease.

In the afternoon, the thieves finally arrived. It was dark in the distance, rushing towards Daming Mansion like a tide. After receiving the report, Hua Twelve came out of the city gate tower and looked out of the city from the arrow stack. He saw that there were tens of thousands of soldiers and horses outside the city as far as the eye could see.

When the thieves came close, Hua Twelve laughed. Most of their weapons were simple knives, and some were holding sickles and wooden sticks. From their military appearance to their weapons, they were all miscellaneous troops. Unexpectedly, Wang Ziteng fell into the hands of such thieves.

However, Hua Twelve was also wary. With such an army, he could defeat Wang Ziteng's regular army. It was obvious that the person leading the army had extraordinary abilities.

He glanced around, and without any effort, his eyes were locked on a general on horseback among the bandit army.

The general's armor was quite neat, he was nine feet long and short, with a square face and broad shoulders, erect eyebrows and round eyes. He was holding a mountain-breaking ax. Although he was too far away to feel the opponent's energy and blood, he looked extraordinary. Come to think of it, This person is Bian Xiang.

Sure enough, when the bandits got into formation, the man rode up and shouted loudly: "Who is in the city?"

Hua Twelve really wanted to reply: "Your dad!"

But with so many people around him, all of them obeyed him, it would not be dignified to say so.

However, he did not give his name. He just replied: "My surname is Liang, and I am the prefect of Daming Prefecture. Who are you?"

He used Liang Zhongshu's name to paralyze the enemy. At this time, while he was talking, he used his hand that was blocked by the arrow stack to hook his fingers at Shi Xiu aside.

The latter squatted down and placed a large bow modified from the Shenbi bow in his hand, and put a crossbow arrow as thick as a goose egg in Hua Twelve's other hand.

The man laughed loudly: "I have long heard that Liang Zhongshu is a pretty boy. Because he was born well, he climbed up a high branch and became dominant in Daming Mansion. It turns out it is you. He is indeed a pretty boy. Listen. Well, grandpa is the general Bian Xiang who is under the throne of Jin Dynasty!"

The other party laughed, and Hua Twelve also laughed: "I don't see General Bian Xiang, you look like shit to me!"

As he spoke, he suddenly raised his hands, holding a big bow in his hand. He drew the bow with his right hand and set an arrow. The next moment, he activated the pupil technique learned from Hua Rong. Originally, due to the distance factor, the opponent's head was only the size of a copper coin in his eyes. At this time, It instantly became as big as a bowl of ocean.

Opening the bow to the full moon, he released his fingers towards the head as big as a bowl of ocean, and with a bang, the bow string shot out like thunder.

Arrows as thick as goose eggs were shot towards Bian Xiang like lightning.

Bian Xiang felt something was wrong when the other party also laughed with him. When the other party raised his hand, he felt a creepy feeling.

He subconsciously wanted to turn the horse's head, but it was too late at this time. Thunder came from the top of the city, and the next bit of cold light arrived first, so he subconsciously used a mountain ax to block it.

The palm of his hand shook suddenly, and the mountaineering ax was still hanging in his hand. Then there was a loud click, and the crossbow arrow hit the handle of the mountaineering ax made of hardware in his hand. It exploded instantly and shattered into countless wood chips.

Those sawdust still had enough power to shoot towards him.

At the moment, the whole body's Qi, blood and Gangqi automatically protect the body.

Bang bang bang.

Those sawdust smashed the armor on his body, and the steel armor was hit with pits. The parts that were not covered by the armor were protected by Gang Qi.

But even so, there were still half-inch-long pieces of wood that broke through the protective aura and nailed his eye sockets.

Although this piece of sawdust had gone through several layers of unloading force and had no lethality when it hit Bian Xiang, it still penetrated into the skin and caused a stream of blood to flow down.

Bian Xiang was horrified, so he dismounted and ran away. Several horsemen from the bandit army rushed out and guarded him, covering him as he retreated into the army formation.

Hua Twelve shot two more arrows. Although they were unstoppable, the soldiers around Bian Xiang blocked him. The arrows passed through the bodies of the two people and lost their power. In the end, they were unable to hit them with one arrow. kill.

Hua Twelve sighed. If it were a carefully crafted bow and arrow, Bian Xiang would already be a corpse at this time. Unfortunately, the wooden arrow, which was as thick as a goose egg, had no feathers. After it was shot, it drifted a little during the flight.

It was obvious that he was shooting at the center of the opponent's eyebrows, but due to the deflection, the speed was slowed down a bit, and the target position was changed to Bian Xiang's shoulder.

Only then did Bian Xiang react and escape this life-and-death disaster.

Hua Twelve sneered, if he didn't withdraw his troops, Bian Xiang wouldn't survive tonight.

After Bian Xiang retreated to the formation, he was still frightened. At this time, he still didn't know that it was not Liang Zhongshu at all. In anger, he ordered his thieves to start attacking the city.

Originally, the thieves like Bian Xiang could arrive at Daming Mansion in the morning, but they had to build engineering equipment, so it was delayed for half a day.

In half a day, they didn't need to think about any siege engines. They just got dozens of ladders and two rams to break the door.

After Bian Xiang gave the order, the rebels carried the ladders and rushed towards the city wall as if they were desperate. They were greeted by a hail of arrows.

It's just that there were too many rebels. Although the arrow rain left many corpses, the rebels were still allowed to rush to the city and set up ladders.

At this time, people were rolling wood, stones, and gold juice at the top of the city, and they were throwing it down the city. This siege battle lasted for two hours. It was not until it was getting late that Bian Xiang ordered his troops to retreat, retreat ten miles, and set up camp.

After the bandits retreated, Zhou Tong and Lu Junyi hurried over.

The rebel army not only attacked the city from one side, but also attacked from three sides, leaving only the east city silent.

Over in Nancheng, the disadvantages of Lu Junyi's lack of training and experience as rural warriors came to light, and the thieves actually rushed to the top of the city.

If Lu Junyi hadn't been extremely powerful personally, and together with Yan Qing killed two enemy generals who climbed into the city, and killed several hundred more people, Nancheng might have missed.

Zhou Tong suggested that several urns and jars should be buried under the base of the city wall to prevent the enemy from digging tunnels at night.

Hua Twelve waved his hand and said no, because he had previously decided to attack the enemy camp tonight to deal with Bian Xiang and also resolve the crisis in Daming Mansion. After all, he had to rush back to the capital. Without him as the provincial general, Lu Da and Wu Song could not control the situation, and there would be another trouble in the Beijing camp.

Now that troubled times have emerged, military power is the most precious thing. The 120,000 soldiers of the Beijing camp are his biggest capital at present, so there can be no accidents.

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