Hengdao Sixteen Kingdoms

Chapter 127
Ran Min was cruel to Zhang Liang, but he was good to Li Yue. He distributed one-third of the equipment in the arsenal to the Heiyun Army.

Iron armor, bows and arrows, spears, swords, and the crossbow that Li Yue wanted most.

Bows and arrows require long-term training, and require extremely high physical strength of soldiers. In fact, archers have always been composed of elite soldiers. A strong man who slashes a hundred knives in a row will not feel any discomfort, but shooting a hundred arrows in a row will not cause any discomfort. Even a strong man can't bear it.

The crossbow does not require long-term training, it has high stability and a longer range, and soldiers can become proficient after practicing for a few hours.

Ran Min handed over the remaining 8000 old and weak to Chang Wei to take care of.

The establishment of these people has long been broken up, their morale is low, they lack food and clothing, and many of them are wounded.

Chang Wei was not proficient in military affairs, and he didn't have the mentality to manage it, so it finally fell on Li Yue's head.

Fortunately, there are a large number of reserve officers in the Heiyun Army, who are directly transferred to serve as temporary commanders and Du Bos.

He also opened a special hospital in the city to treat the lightly and seriously wounded.

If there is anything missing, in a word, Zheng Du can deliver it within an hour.

In this way, Li Yue looked at him with admiration, the children of the Zheng family were not rich, and Zheng Du was able to climb to the position of Xingyang prefect of two thousand shi, relying on the family's shadow alone was not enough.

Many of the reserve officers knew some simple bandages and nurses, and assisted Li Yue in treating the wounded.

The lives of those who survived in this era are very hard, and those who are too seriously injured cannot withdraw to Xingyang.

After working for two or three days, the wounded soldiers looked at Li Yue differently, with a sense of gratitude in awe.

The [-] army following Li Nongping's rebellion was divided into three parts, one part was the Jie people headed by Zhang Hedu, the other part was the standing troops in Yecheng, and the other part was the begging army from all walks of life.

The begging army is not incapable of fighting, but it is coerced by defeat.

Ran Min looked down on them, and Li Yue would not refuse anyone who came, and every time he saved one more person, he would gain more combat power.

Without Zhang Liang, the city would be harmonious.

Ran Min trained soldiers day and night, ate and lived together, and was bold, and soon won the trust of the new army.

Li Yue's 2 Heiyun Army, [-] Jingxiang Army, [-] Qihuo Army, and the [-] Xingyang Defenders led by Zheng Hui have nearly [-] troops. Nice exercise opportunity.

Commanding 1 people to fight is a threshold.

In history, many people performed well in wars with less than [-] people, but with more than [-] people, they were in a mess.

Liu Xuande had less than [-] soldiers, and he only closed Zhang Zhao, but he was able to defeat Xiahou Dun and Yu Jin's tens of thousands of troops in the battle of Bowangpo.

In all battles with less than [-] people, Liu Bei fought with great vigor.

However, if there are more than [-] people, they are completely defeated. In the battle of Yiling, [-] Shu Han elites were burned by Lu Xun...

Li Yue ordered Zhu Xubu to defend the north city, Chen Duanbu to defend the south city, Zheng Hui to defend the east city, and Liang Xiao to defend the west city.

The Heiyun army rested in the city in case of emergency.

A special team of thousands of people was formed, and Hu Yanhei, Yang Lue, and Zhang Zhuer were asked to patrol the four walls day and night, and if they found those who were weak or slack in defending the city, they could be whipped.

In the next battle at Hulaoguan, the Heiyun Army has already demonstrated its strength.

Wherever the supervisory team appeared, they kept silent, not daring to have the slightest desire to resist.

The sound of whipping every day also restored the morale of the begging army a lot.

At the same time, Li Yue confiscated the few people in the city to repair the city walls, emptied the houses under the inner city walls, and arranged antlers, trenches, and traps to prepare for street fighting.

Send people to the Gou family, Jing County, and the Zheng family to evacuate to Heiyun Mountain first to avoid the bandit army.

Although the morale of Liang Du's [-] rebels was low, their combat power should not be underestimated.

According to common sense, this war will definitely continue, unless Shi Min can really create a miracle, or Li Yang's Shi Bin figured it out, and then the two sides work together to encircle and suppress the bandit army.

Thinking about it carefully, it is more likely that Ran Min will perform a miracle.

Li Yue only knew that Ran Min in history was definitely a fierce man.

Four or five days later, the bandit army came from the west with smoke and dust, and surrounded Xingyang.

After the disastrous defeat in the last match, the morale of Gaoli's imperial guards was not as good as before. They did not attack as soon as they came as usual.

The thieves galloped out in the early morning on Qingqi, and drove the people back at night.

Every day, I could vaguely hear the screams and wailing from the enemy camp...

After three days of besieging the city, they finally couldn't hold back anymore and drove thousands of unarmed people to attack the city.

The cries were extremely miserable.

This is their traditional tactic, and they have already used it when attacking Heiyun Mountain.

Li Yue had no mercy back then, and it is even more impossible now. Only by surviving himself can he avenge them in the future.

But now, I can only give them a happy, free from the torture of the Jie people...

A crossbow shot down, and the unarmed man fell in a pool of blood.

The blood also stimulated the bandits.

Thousands of thieves in iron armor rushed out of the camp, roaring and shouting forward, knocking down the people who were still standing, and letting out bursts of grinning laughter.

It seems that only by torturing others can one experience one's own strength.

The rebel army attacked the east city defended by Zheng Hui.

On the four walls, although Zheng Hui's Xingyang defenders were many, they were the weakest.

Encountering the crazy Gaoli guards, he became flustered and was attacked on the city wall several times.

"Boss, Captain Zheng asked for reinforcements!" Zheng Hui's request for help came within half an hour of the start of the battle.

Li Yue refused with a cold face, "Go back and tell him that there are no reinforcements, and all the supervising troops will go to the East City, retreat one by one, and kill one by one!"

"Take orders!" Hu Yanhei saluted with one hand, with a murderous look on his face.

Compassion does not command soldiers, and support is not used in this way. The enemy army has [-] troops. If you support now, what will you do in the future?
It is likely that this is just a trial by the enemy.

I don't know when this battle will end.

Ran Min said that the enemy army would be defeated within twenty days, but Li Yue felt that he had to make two preparations.

Half of Xingyang City belongs to the Zheng family, so of course they have to contribute!
But just in case, Li Yue ordered Zhu Xu in the north city and Chen Duan in the south city to prepare for support.

People were forced to come out. After the supervisory team went up, they chopped off hundreds of deserters' heads and hung them on the flagpole. The effect was immediate.

Zheng Hui drove down the Gaoli guards who had attacked the city wall, and repelled three consecutive attacks by the bandit army.

The day's fighting stopped like this.

But that's just the beginning.

At night, the rebel army launched a night attack, attacking from both the north and the south.

The momentum is huge, and it is not the same as the thousands of people in the daytime.

Rows of rockets streaked across the sky and landed on the city wall.

Then there were swords and shields in front, and ax-wielding warriors mixed in, crashing into the city wall like a tide.

A brutal fight ensues.

Both Zhu Xu and Chen Duan had only 2000 men, but they all showed the combat power they should have.

Especially Zhu Xu's Jingxiang army, all of them are Huan Wen's elite, especially good at defending the city, with heavy crossbows at a distance, and rolling stones, beating wood and kerosene at a distance. None of them attacked the city wall.

And Chen Duan in Nancheng is another style.

No crossbows, arrows, wood or rocks are used, and everyone holds spears. As long as the head of the bandit army is exposed, six or seven spears will stab at the same time.

Even if a brave warrior with an ax climbed onto the city wall, he would be turned into a hedgehog by the spear prepared in advance.

After a fierce battle in the middle of the night, no one was sent for help.

(End of this chapter)