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Chapter 83 Soldiers and bandits, trial attack

Li Fuchang pulled Li Changwen behind him and smiled at Wang Yingtai: "General, this Master Li is a nerd and can't speak. Don't be surprised.

When the army comes to suppress the bandits, we must entertain them.It's just that the villagers are not polite and are afraid of bumping into the military masters.

If the general needs money, food or something, how about asking him to go down and raise it? "

Wang Yingtai looked over with a smile and said: "You are a talkative one, okay, I will give you a chance to work in the army.

You quickly send someone 500 taels of silver and [-] shi of grain, and I will let the men leave the village. "

Hearing this, Li Fuchang wanted to give himself a slap, and thought to himself: Li Fuchang, why should you mind your own business? Are you okay now?Big money broke!

But he understood that he could not bear the money and food.

Otherwise, when the soldiers and bandits in the village get too excited, they might even break into his house.

So, he took Li Changwen back to the village to collect money and food.

However, Wang Yingtai stopped him and said, "Commander Li, don't leave in a hurry. I still have business to ask."

"Excuse me, General. I know absolutely everything and can tell you everything."

"You guys, Xiaoli Village, is right next to this bandit stronghold. You should know more about the rebel bandits, right? I heard someone said that the rebel bandits have a lair in the mountains. Is that true or not?"

Now that Liu Jiazhai is powerful, Li Fuchang is also afraid of offending Liu Sheng.

But the officers and soldiers' knives were right in front of him, so he was even more afraid, and he didn't feel the need to hide the matter.

So he smiled and said, "General, it's obvious that they built a stronghold in the mountains. I don't know exactly how many people are inside."

"Then do you know the specific location of the Thieves' Village?"

"How do I know this?"

Wang Yingtai was very satisfied when he learned that the rebels did have a stronghold in the mountains. He didn't think Li Fuchang dared to lie, so he waved his hand and said, "Okay, go and raise money and food."

"Yes."

Li Fuchang took Li Changwen to his home and saw his son Li Rongguang gathering more than [-] guards and male servants at his home, all holding weapons and about to go out.

He immediately asked nervously: "You brat, what are you going to do?"

Li Rongguang said angrily: "The dog officers and soldiers are bullying the villagers, I can't ignore them!"

Li Fuchang shouted angrily in a low voice: "There are more than 1000 officers and soldiers outside the village, how do you manage them?"

"I..."

Li Rongguang wanted to say that he would rush out and fight, but he was still unconscious. He knew that if he went out, he would die.

At this time, Li Fuchang patted Li Changwen, who was still repeating the words "officials, bandits, beasts," and said, "Master Li, my family can't afford this money and food, how can your family get some?"

Li Rongguang was surprised when he heard this, "We still want to give them money and food?!"

"How can we send them away without giving them money or food? Be careful if you rush into our house soon, you won't even be able to save your wife!"

"I..." Li Rongguang was furious, but felt powerless.

He regretted very much at this time. When Liu Sheng sent out the invitation more than a month ago, he did not agree to follow, otherwise he would be able to drag the rebels to fight these dog officers.

Li Changwen also came to his senses at this time, knowing that it was useless to be incompetent and furious. When Li Fuchang mentioned the matter of money and food, he said: "My family has borrowed a lot of money and food from the folks before, but now we have little money and food. We can only give out ten shi of food at most."

"Ten stones?"

Li Fuchang wanted to vomit blood after hearing this, but when he heard the cries of the villagers outside, he could only slap his thigh and said: "Grandma, I'm in bad luck, so I'll give you the money and food first. I'll definitely have to pay for it later from house to house!"

After speaking, he ordered the steward to take out 500 taels of silver and 500 shi of grain and send them to the officers and soldiers.

"As much as possible, choose miscellaneous grains and old grains for food, and get some broken silver and copper coins for your money. Don't let those dogs think that our family has a lot of money and food..."

Liujiazhai.

A group of scouts who had just returned reported to Liu Sheng.

"Chief, the army has stopped at Xiaoli Village, and a lot of spies have been released. We don't dare to get too close."

Liu Sheng nodded, "Go down."

"Yes!"

After the scout retreated, Liu Sheng couldn't help but stand on the wall of the village and look at Xiaoli Village with his binoculars.

Unfortunately, the straight-line distance was four to five miles, and there were trees covering the area. Even if he had a telescope, he could only see a lot of official and military flags outside Xiaoli Village.

However, he already knew about the division of troops between the government and the army.First, his scouts discovered that there were only 600 officers and soldiers on the road to Xiaoli Village.

Second, not long ago, Lady Red told him through the intercom that more than 1000 village warriors had arrived outside the east gate of Dashui Pingzhai and seemed to be preparing to storm the walled city.

After putting away the telescope, Liu Sheng couldn't help but mutter to himself: Is my response too conservative?
With this thought, he decided to personally investigate the situation of the officers and soldiers in Xiaoli Village.

With his physical prowess, investigative skills, and binoculars, if he was troubled by government spies, he might as well be killed by a piece of tofu.

When Liu Sheng arrived at a high place in the forest more than two miles away from Xiaoli Village, he found that the officers and soldiers had just left the village and turned towards the mountain road to Dashui Pingzhai.

'Are you really planning to attack Dashui Pingzhai? '

Immediately, he carefully looked at these officers and soldiers with his binoculars, and saw that four to five hundred officers and soldiers were walking loosely in front and behind. Many officers and soldiers were only wearing light red shabby military uniforms. They didn't even have cloth armor collars, and the soldiers couldn't tell. Strong look.

Many of the four to five hundred officers and soldiers behind were carrying grain bags, and some were catching chickens and sheep, just like civilians.

Only the five,600 people in the middle marched more uniformly, looking like some officers and soldiers.

'It seems that there are only 600 real soldiers in the official army along this route, and the 500 people in front and behind should be auxiliary soldiers. '

Judging from this, Liu Sheng finally had specific ideas on how to fight this battle...
Perhaps because of the misfortune to Xiaoli Village, morale was boosted in a different way, and the mountainous road a few miles back to the left was completed in less than half an hour.

The Ming Dynasty had been suppressing thieves for many years. Wang Yingtai was able to serve as a general in the camp, so he was naturally capable.

When they reached a place more than a mile away from the west gate of Dashui Pingzhai, he asked the team to stop.

This is a small slope, wider than other places on the mountain road, and the view is wider.

The only drawback is that due to the winding mountain road, there is a small forest separated from Dashui Pingzhai. The west village gate cannot be seen, and it is probably difficult to see clearly what is going on here on the wall of the village.

But this is actually an advantage in his opinion - it just helps him hide his troops.

So he first asked a general to lead [-] soldiers to set up defenses on the mountain roads to target the enemy from behind. He also asked [-] auxiliary soldiers to weed and cut trees, and build flying bridges and long ladders for siege.

He took a hundred servants, mixed with five hundred auxiliary soldiers, and asked Zhou Chengdong to lead them to the west gate of Dashui Pingzhai.

After seeing Dashui Pingzhai, Wang Yingtai and Zhou Chengdong couldn't help but curse - this village is too dangerous.

The Walled City Wall was built against the mountain and was more than ten feet high.It's like they have to climb the mountain first and attack the village wall and gate on the hillside!
The grass and trees on the hillside have long been cut down, no tree stumps are left, and the big rocks have been cleared away. It is completely a steep slope for rolling stones. Only the mountain road leading to the city gate is slightly flatter.

But whether attacking from the city gate or elsewhere, the defenders only need to throw rolling stones and logs to cause considerable damage to the attacking party.

After reading this, Zhou Chengdong wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "General, this village is really difficult to attack by force."

"We'll wait until the siege equipment is finished and try it out."

The auxiliary troops already had some wood and bamboo materials used for assembling long ladders and flying bridges, so five long ladders with hooks one and a half feet high were soon delivered.

The iron hook in front of this long ladder was placed on the wall stack, making it difficult for the defenders to push it down.

However, the defenders can also arrange in advance. For this kind of long ladder with hooks, such as erecting a wooden fence across the city wall, hanging wooden fences on the city wall, etc.

However, Lady Hong had not received similar military education and had no experience in defending cities, and the cities she saw in Xinyang Prefecture were not so tightly arranged.

Liu Sheng only knew about this kind of thing in novels, but he had never experienced an ancient siege battle, so he didn't think of it for a while, so he didn't ask Dashui Pingzhai to make similar arrangements.

Wang Yingtai first asked his servants to set off fireworks signals, and then ordered the Xiangyong from the east gate to attack the city.

He waited until the servants on the east gate set off fireworks to signal that Xiang Yong had begun to attack the city, then he ordered the auxiliary troops to attack the city.

Two teams of auxiliary soldiers were seen covering five long ladders with three layers of straw mats, and then they rushed up the slope holding the long ladders as shields.

A group of archers followed behind and shot arrows to cover, while 100 people ran to pretend to attack the Xizhai Gate.

In order to guard against rolling stones and logs, the officers and soldiers spread out as much as possible to avoid being crushed.

However, the area near the Xizhai Gate that is convenient for attacking is only so large. Once 200 people go up, no matter how dispersed they are, they will not look sparse.

Standing on the gate tower of Xizhai Gate, Lady Hong had a clear view of the situation outside the city. When she saw the officers and soldiers reaching halfway up the slope, she ordered: "Let go of rolling stones and wood!"

The rebels have not yet used flag language, so they have to send messengers to deliver orders.

Fortunately, the distance was not far and the order was conveyed quickly.

The rolling stones and wood prepared on the wall of the Walled City were lowered - at this time, the archers of the army were not close enough even if they wanted to shoot arrows to suppress the attack.

When the officers, soldiers and auxiliary soldiers saw the rolling stones and trees coming down, they immediately panicked and dodged left and right.

Fortunately, those who are not resistant to ladders can barely avoid it.

Many auxiliary soldiers carrying ladders were bumped into or even crushed by logs and rolling stones if they hesitated or delayed for a moment.

Suddenly there were screams on the hillside!
(End of this chapter)