The white porridge and pickled mustard is enough, why am I wearing a royal robe?

Chapter 108 Siege
Yanchang County is only more than 120 kilometers away from Yanchuan.

The marching speed of the team was not too fast. They set off at noon and rested for a period of time. On the second day, they arrived one mile outside the south gate of Yanchang County.

The team began to rest on the spot and planned to attack the city early tomorrow morning.

"When the army goes out in the future, it won't need any food and grass at all!"

Liu Zhenhua sat on his horse and looked towards Yanchang County in the distance.

Others march, marching before the soldiers and horses have food and grass, but Liu Zhenhua's future army will march before the soldiers and horses move, and do not need food and grass.

He alone can provide enough food for this army every day. When there are cavalry in the future, he can also provide feed for the horses.

"If Zhu Di had me, the Ming Dynasty's territory would probably reach the Arctic Ocean."

Liu Zhenhua sighed with emotion.

Yanchang County in the distance is brightly lit, and even from such a distance, you can see the shadows of people on the city wall.

"I'm really willing to take the plunge."

Liu Zhenhua stared at the extension in the distance. The food and clothing for these rural warriors was not a small sum of money. Those iron roosters could pluck their feathers to feed these rural warriors. The rebel army really frightened them out of their courage.

Spies have been sent out to prevent anyone from snooping.

However, Liu Zhenhua's worries were obviously unnecessary. The Yanchang city gate was tightly closed, and no one was seen entering or leaving.

The night passed quickly, and many people were so excited that they could not sleep.

In the early morning, the sound of horns filled the sky.

"Change to a charge number in the future."

Liu Zhenhua listened to this heavy horn sound, which was like the roar of an ancient behemoth, and he always felt that it was a little worse than the Charge.

But the sound of the trumpet was enough to frighten many people.

On the wall of Yanchang County, inspection officer Chen Zhuang suddenly widened his eyes. He looked towards the direction where the horn sound came. Although the sky was hazy, he could see a large shadow moving forward in the distance.

"Thieves! The thieves are coming!"

A shrill cry came from Chen Zhuang's mouth. He originally thought that the county magistrate's worries were unnecessary, but now he realized why others were in the fifth rank and he was only a ninth-rank patrol inspector.

This vision alone was beyond his comparison. The thieves actually came, and there were quite a lot of them.

"Boom boom boom!"

The city wall came to life. The sound of drums and noises spread throughout the city wall. Soon after, Yanchang County also came to life. Each township hero was shouted from the private camp by the chief or awakened by the sound of drums and noises.

The thieves are coming!It’s really here!The bandits are in the north of the city, less than 500 meters away from the city gate!

The sun rises high and the sky becomes brighter.

The county magistrates, county magistrates, etc., as well as the landlords and squires all gathered on the city wall. Most of them looked into the distance with panicked expressions.

The sun shone slantly on the group of thieves in the distance.

Everyone's hearts almost stopped beating for a beat.

300 meters away, huge phalanxes formed an even larger phalanx. Each phalanx had hundreds of 'thieves', and no less than 2000 people could be seen.

Compared with the number of people, what frightened them was the orderliness of the team.

Almost every row of them and the distance between each row is the same. When more than 2000 people walked forward, there was no mess at all.

Mou~~
Mou~~
Boom!Boom!
The sound of neat footsteps accompanied by the solemn killing horn sounded in everyone's mind. The footsteps almost resonated with their heartbeats, making the brave officials and squires on the wall of Yanchang County tremble in their hearts.

"Is this the capital's army coming to help suppress the bandits?"

The county magistrate Zhang Douliang swallowed hard. How could this be a bandit? It was so neat. Only the troops in the capital could have such neat steps.

"Armor, these people are wearing armor!"

Some landowners shouted that they had seen the most, and at a glance they could see those wearing armor among the soldiers.

"So many people are holding red-tasseled guns," Wang Chuangui said this sentence almost groaning. Among the neat bandits, many were holding red-tasseled guns. The red tassel is particularly conspicuous.

"Oh my God, did they capture some military fortress?"

Otherwise, how can we explain the equipment of these people?

The panic atmosphere was spreading on the city wall. The opponent was a neat army. They were just local warriors recruited temporarily.

If it weren't for the solid city wall under their feet, they would probably turn around and run away.

"Quick, heat the oil, boil the water, and prepare to roll the wood and rocks."

Zhang Douliang shouted, these are bandits, "The city is broken, the bandits will definitely massacre the city, and they will all die by then!"

The county magistrate's words made everyone react.

These are the thieves who massacred cities and villages. If they were allowed to come in, they would either become thieves or be slaughtered.

If you ask them where they know it, it's all from hearsay or from officials.

The heroes on the city wall were quickly mobilized. They either boiled the water or continued to pile stones on the city wall.

There are a lot of people outside watching, and this will be a protracted battle.

Zhang Douliang's head was pounding. He looked at the bandits in the distance who were marching in an orderly manner. They didn't look like rioters.

"Can you stop it?"

Zhang Douliang asked himself, even with this fortified city, so many local warriors, and such careful preparations.

Zhang Douliang still didn't have any confidence in his heart.

More than 2000 people are less than 300 meters away from Yanchang County.

"Standing!"

The order was passed on, and the shouts of the heavenly soldiers echoed between heaven and earth.

More than 2000 people stopped neatly.

The chilling atmosphere spread across the entire battlefield.

The local warriors on the city wall looked nervously at the bandits outside the city, and they had no confidence in whether they could hold Yanchang County.

"Wooden Shield Bearer."

The sound came out.

Immediately, people holding shields came out of the team and formed two staggered teams.

"What are they doing?"

Zhang Douliang looked at this scene in confusion. What were these people planning to do standing so far away with shields in their hands? They had no crossbowmen.

And the two teams don't look neat. "crossbowman!"

At first the sound was quiet.

The magistrate and others on the city wall have not heard these two words clearly.

The county magistrate clicked his ears with some uncertainty. What were these bandits shouting?
He seemed to hear it, but those two words were a little too hard to accept.

Zhang Douliang felt more like auditory hallucinations.

But when the soldiers drank together, they finally heard clearly.

"crossbowman!"

Zhang Douliang stood frozen on the spot as if struck by lightning. He watched in disbelief as 50 people walked out of the middle of the team, each holding something in their hands.

The other party actually has a crossbowman?
"Why does this opponent have crossbowmen!"

Wang Chuangui asked with his eyes widened. It would be great if some bandits had weapons. They even had crossbows.

Zhang Douliang really wanted to say that you asked me how I knew. Who knew that a group of disaster victims gathered together and actually had a powerful crossbow.

Those 50 people seemed to be carrying crossbows. Were they really not soldiers who mutinied from somewhere?

With such an appearance, it is estimated that only the mutinous soldiers in the nine-sided important town have such sophisticated equipment.

The warriors on the city wall panicked. The other party had a crossbow. Doesn't this mean that they might be shot to death by those crossbow arrows.

Some people leaned back in panic.

"Don't be afraid! The opponent only has fifty crossbowmen!"

Zhang Douliang roared angrily, how could he mess up his position in this situation? The opponent only had fifty crossbowmen.

Such a long city wall may not be able to shoot people to death.

"Hurry up and reward the soldiers with heavy rewards!"

Zhang Douliang looked at the panicked landlords beside him.

After seeing that the opponent had a strong bow and crossbow, these people actually wanted to go to the city!

"You also know what will happen to the city!"

Zhang Douliang's words woke up all the landowners, thinking that the game would be over if the city was gone.

"If anyone kills an enemy, I will reward you with one tael of silver!"

Wang Chuangui shouted with red eyes.

"Whoever kills one person will be rewarded with an acre of land!"

"Whoever kills a person will be rewarded with food and a stone!"

the landowners shouted.

There must be brave men under heavy rewards, and the generous rewards from the landowners allowed the brave villagers on the city wall to stabilize their position a little.

"Fifty crossbowmen, so many people, it may not be my turn, but if so many people attack the city, I can always catch one."

This is the inner thought of many Xiangyong.

They stared at the crossbowmen and shield bearers in the distance.

"go ahead!"

Another shout.

The shield bearers and crossbowmen advanced together and stopped not far from their city wall.

At this distance, if you throw a stone that is not too big, you can hit someone.

"Be careful to avoid the arrows!"

Zhang Douliang looked at the crossbowmen, but they were not in front of them, so Zhang Douliang did not avoid them.

The heroes who were facing the crossbowmen panicked. They either clung to the wall or dodged left and right. In short, as long as they were not in front of the crossbowmen.

Some people made the whole group panic.

"Fire arrows!"

Zhao Shitong shouted as a crossbowman in command.

Brush brush.

The crossbowmen fired arrows at an angle at the front wall.

Fifty arrows flew towards the sky together.

The people on the city wall hurriedly fled left and right.

The people hiding behind the walls were shivering.

"Whoosh."

"what!"

Some screams were heard, and few of the people running around were shot.

But the people hiding under the city wall were shot by arrows.

And most of them are stuck in places like the back and neck.

After the arrow falls, although it is not as powerful as a direct shot, the sharp arrow can still penetrate the flesh and cause damage.

Screams and wails sounded, and four unlucky guys were shot in this salvo.

One was shot in the head and died instantly, while the other three were wailing with arrows stuck in their backs.

The arrows exchanged for reputation had blood grooves on them, and the backs of these people were bleeding profusely.

The local heroes around them were no longer brave anymore. They looked at the people who fell on the ground in horror, and the wailing sounds continued to dampen their already weak fighting spirit.

"The injured will also be rewarded with money!"

Seeing that the situation was not going well, Zhang Douliang shouted, and his military morale was on the verge of collapsing, "Get the wounded down quickly!"

"Counterattack! Throw stones at those people!" We can't passively be beaten, it will hurt morale too much.

The wounded were carried down, as were the corpses. There was no more wailing, and the guards on the city wall calmed down a little.

They raised some rocks that were not too big to throw and threw them at the crossbowmen, hoping to kill some soldiers.

(End of this chapter)