Do you know: I am Yuan Wenshao

Chapter 17
The smell of golden juice boiling on the city wall was very unpleasant, and Yuan Wenshao resisted the urge to cover his nose.

The so-called golden juice is actually feces. This stuff is boiled and poured down when the enemy attacks the city. If it gets even a little bit, it will basically be death under current medical conditions.

It can be regarded as the earliest biological weapon.

In ancient wars, the death rate was not high, and most of them died of injuries and infections. The feces contained a large amount of bacteria, and after being boiled, the skin was sticky until the flesh was ripped apart, and infection would inevitably occur afterwards.

This method can be described as very vicious, but the battlefield is like this.

This was Yuan Wenshao's first real contact with war, and he was very nervous, but he did not dare to show it and could only pretend to be calm.

The general is the courage of a soldier, he can't show the slightest timidity.

About an hour later, a large number of figures appeared in the jungle outside the city.

"Xixia's cubs are here, cheer up!" Yuan Wenshao shouted.

At this moment, Yuan Wenshao's mood was very complicated. He had never really been on the battlefield in the two lives, so it was impossible to say that he was not afraid.

But besides being afraid, Yuan Wenshao was faintly excited.

Yuan Wenshao quickly came to the city tower and saw Sun Qi looking solemnly at the Xixia army who was gathering troops outside the city.

Seeing Yuan Wenshao approaching, Sun Qi said: "The defense materials in Minshan Fort are insufficient. Although the houses were demolished early, they can't last long. In addition, our army is not large, so this must be a tough battle. The old man Hui and you are responsible for a section of the city wall, only in this way can the morale be boosted."

Yuan Wenshao was stunned for a moment and said quickly: "My lord, this kind of thing can just be handled by subordinates. How can you be allowed to put yourself in danger?"

If something happened to Sun Qi, even if he defended Minshan Fort, he would be questioned. How could he dare to let Sun Qi take risks?

"When did this happen? Do as I say!" Sun Qi said coldly.

After saying this, he did not give Yuan Wenshao a chance to speak, and began to direct his soldiers to set up defenses.

Yuan Wenshao had no choice but to go back and wait for the enemy to attack.

He is not worried about Sun Qi's safety for the time being. Sun Qi's soldiers are all veterans of many battles and are very powerful. There should be no danger in the short term.

However, he had already made up his mind that if the situation was overwhelming, he would protect Sun Qi from retreating whether he wanted to or not.

Outside the city, Zat assembled his troops and began to command the soldiers to launch an attack.

He had made mistakes in cleaning up the scouts before. If Minshan Fort could not be captured this time, Xie Luo would definitely not let him go.

He is still very confident about taking Minshan Fort. There are only more than 100 people in Minshan Fort. The Han people often say that it can be attacked ten times. He has 1000 people. Although it is less than ten times, it is not far behind.

In addition, the walls of Minshan Fort are not as tall as those of those cities, so the difficulty of attacking them is also much reduced.

Yuan Wenshao looked at the enemy troops forming a battle formation outside the city and slowly approaching with a solemn expression.

According to a rough estimate, the strength of this attack was around one thousand, and the number of enemy troops detected by the scouts was several thousand.

In other words, these 1000 people are just pioneers.

What pleased him was that because there were dense forests outside Minshan Fort and only a sheep farm trail, the Xixia army could not carry some heavy siege equipment, only some ladders and not even many shields.

"Did you see that, the Xixia bastards only brought a few ladders, and the number would not be too many. After a while, Rolling Stone and Wood will greet their ladders and destroy their ladders. They will not be able to fly up, as long as they can defend them Tomorrow, reinforcements will arrive, and then the Dingguo Guild will personally ask for credit for us, promotion and fortune are just around the corner!" Yuan Wenshao said loudly.

He didn't tell the soldiers anything about the country, the country, and the world. These soldiers were all miserable and had never read any books. How could they understand those big principles?

Although it sounds vulgar to get promoted and get rich, it is what these soldiers desire most.

When Sun Qi boosted morale before, he did not mention the number of enemy troops. Suddenly seeing so many people, morale was a little low.

But when I heard Yuan Wenshao say this, my morale was high!
As the saying goes, good men don't serve as soldiers.

The families of these soldiers are not rich, otherwise they would not choose to join the army. If they can make contributions, the imperial court rewards them, and they can be considered small landlords if they go home and buy dozens of acres of land.

Yuan Wenshao breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that his troops were ready, and said: "No attack is allowed without my order for a while!"

Outside the city, the first 200 people started to speed up when they were about a hundred steps closer to the city.

Generally, the defenders of the city, taking advantage of the city and being condescending, can have good lethality with bows and arrows within a hundred steps. Therefore, after entering the attack range, they must rush to the city as soon as possible.

However, Yuan Wenshao did not order to release arrows, but watched the enemy approaching calmly.

On the other side, Sun Qi did not order the arrow to be fired, but looked towards Yuan Wenshao with admiration in his eyes.

If they have enough troops and supplies, they will naturally release arrows after the enemy enters the attack range.

But the enemy army only sent 200 people, and they only had more than 200 people. If they shot arrows as soon as they entered the attack range, the accuracy would be very poor, and it would not have much impact on the enemy at all.

On the contrary, their arrows will be consumed quickly.

Seeing that the other party has not launched an attack, Zat was a little puzzled. Could it be that the other party was scared stupid?

Yuan Wenshao had been calculating the distance. When the enemy was still about fifty steps away from the city wall, he shouted: "Fire arrows!"

"Shhhh~"

Following his order, the soldiers who had been ready to go released their bowstrings, and arrows galloped towards the Xixia army.

After the soldiers fired their arrows, they drew an arrow without even looking at it. They didn't even aim, they just drew their bows and shot.

"Ah~"

When the first wave of arrows fell, the Xixia army screamed and killed more than a dozen enemy soldiers.

After three rounds of arrow rain, a quarter of the two hundred Xixia troops were killed or injured. They came to the foot of the city wall, put up the ladder on the city wall, and began to climb.

Under the command of their respective corps commanders and centurions, the soldiers began to use rolling stones and wood to smash down, and poured the cooked gold juice on their heads.

"Ah~"

"Help me~"

The Xixia army below let out screams. Those who were hit by rolling stones and trees were fine.

These golden juices are not directly fatal, but they are very painful.

Yuan Wenshao looked at the hell-like scene under the city wall with a pale face and suppressed his nausea.

Seeing that the attack was unfavorable, Zate ordered the remaining 800 people to advance quickly.

Because there are still many enemy troops under the city wall, some troops need to be allocated to deal with them. The rain of arrows this time did not cause much damage to the enemy. Soon these people approached the city wall, took the ladder and began to climb.

Because there were sufficient defensive equipment, the Xixia army was unable to attack. However, as the gold juice ran out and new ones were not cooked, the defensive power weakened.

After attacking for half an hour, the first soldier of the Xixia Army climbed to the top of the city.

The soldier went up to the top of the wall with a ferocious face, and he drew out the long knife at his waist to slash at the Da Zhou soldier.

At this moment, a spear came through the air and passed through the Xixia soldier's chest.

Yuan Wenshao pushed back hard, and then drew his gun. The soldier's body fell down, knocking down several climbing soldiers.

"kill!"

Yuan Wenshao wiped the blood spattered on his face, shouted loudly, and stabbed another Xixia soldier who climbed up with his spear.

(End of this chapter)