Late Tang

(Ask for a monthly ticket! I’ve been insomnia these days, and I can’t fall asleep until dawn in bed every day. I’m suffering so much. I’m trying to find a way to turn it around. I’m in a very bad state. Let’s wait for Muzi to improve his state before erupting!)

The moon was dark and the wind was high, underestimating the enemy during the day, Huang Chao, who was defeated by five thousand soldiers and horses in the town [***], became angry from embarrassment, disregarding Lord Shang's opposition again, after regrouping his troops, he made a comeback.This time, Shang Rang selected [-] elite veterans to sneak to the east gate of Yucheng, preparing to attack the south gate.However, the town [***] had been prepared for a long time. It seemed that there was no one on the top of the city, but in fact it was full of elite soldiers under the battlements.

Standing in the night, Shang Rang was very happy to see hundreds of old brothers climbed up to the top of the city with hooks.Listening carefully, there was a sound of gold and iron intersecting suddenly on the top of the city, and then it immediately fell silent.

Looking at the dark city gate, Shang Rang's face turned black. He didn't expect that more than a hundred brothers would be buried like this.

"General, look quickly, the city gate is open, Lao Ba and the others have taken down the city gate." Suddenly a voice of exclamation rang in his ears, Shang Rang raised his head, looked at the city gate that was gradually opening, eyes full of fear The color of confidence.

Before he could issue an order, the three thousand thieves who were ambushing not far from the city shouted and rushed towards the slowly opened city gate.Shang Rang wondered why he took down the city gate so easily.But the brothers had already rushed over, so he had to follow the charge.

Seeing that the hundreds of brothers in front had rushed into the city, Shang Rang finally let go of his tight heart.No matter what happens now, the city gate has finally been captured.

Shang Rang was so excited that he waved his horse and shouted loudly: "Come on, go, go!"

Seeing that nearly half of the people rushed into the city, and Shang Rang was only a few feet away from the city gate, there was a sudden loud bang, and the entire east gate tower suddenly collapsed, countless smoke and dust rose, dozens of people who were standing at the gate tower People were immediately crushed into flesh.

Shang Rang's war horse stood up, a few drops of liquid suddenly splashed on his face, is it raining?Shang Rang looked up, it was not raining, he wiped the liquid on his face with his hand, but there was still a trace of warmth, it was the blood of the brothers.

This sudden collapse left Shang Rang stunned.Why did the good city gate building collapse suddenly?

Before he could figure out the result, across the pile of rubble and chaotic trees, there were already countless sounds of gold and iron clashing from the other end, as well as the neighing of war horses, and the screams of human voices.Shang Rang's face changed drastically, and he already understood what happened.

They were tricked. It was not their brothers who opened the door, but Tang Jun. They deliberately lured them into the city, and then suddenly crossed the gate tower, dividing them in two.

"Rush, rush in!" Shang Rang yelled, these 3000 people are all his capital, and now half of the city has been sunk in one fell swoop, how could he not be angry.What made Shang Rang happy was that although the collapse of the gate tower separated them, it also allowed them to climb directly over the pile of ruins and enter the city.

The grass thieves are scrambling to climb, using both hands and feet.Seeing that they had already climbed to the top and could enter the city immediately, suddenly countless sharp arrows flew from all directions, whistling and ringing non-stop, hundreds of people who had just climbed up were shot and fell down one after another.

Charged several times in a row, but it only added countless corpses to the ruins.

Half an hour later, the killing sounds in the city gradually weakened, and finally stopped, and then fell silent.

Shang Rang knew that the more than 1000 old brothers were gone.He slammed his hands on the ground angrily, but to no avail.

Half an hour later, Wang Xianzhi, Shang Junchang and others arrived with [-] soldiers and horses that had been rearranged.This time, they didn't bring those auxiliary troops, but let Cao Shixiong come with the auxiliary army behind.

Arriving at the east city of Yucheng, what he saw was Shang Rang, who was left with only a thousand people left.

Knowing that Shang Rang fell into Tang Jun's scheme and lost nearly two thousand brothers, Wang Xianzhi was furious.

Now he can't wait to break the city immediately, tear up all the officers and soldiers in the city, smash their bones and ashes.

"Siege the city, attack the city immediately!"

Shang Junchang comforted the brothers, and said to Wang Xianzhi: "Brother, the officers and soldiers are strong because they are elite, but we are superior in numbers. I think we should send 3000 troops to attack the three walls in the west and north. Thousands of people, only for a feint attack. In addition, 5000 troops will be dispatched to storm the east city, taking advantage of our numerical advantage to break through the city."

"There are still 5000 people, why don't we send them together?" Wang Xianzhi was puzzled.

"This one is reserved for the reserve team. Although the other three sides are feigned attacks, if the Tang army really dares to transfer all the soldiers and horses to the east city, then our reserve team will send [-] troops to the other weak points to raid the city in one fell swoop and kill them." He was caught off guard." Shang Junchang said coldly.

Wang Xianzhi patted Shang Jun's long arm, "Okay, second brother is smart, so let's do it like this."

Following Wang Xianzhi's military order, dozens of drums among the bandits shook like thunder.At the same time, grass bandits attacked the city from all sides in the dark.

Li Jing sat in the gate tower of the south city, still looking at the book of war leisurely.The other soldiers were a little nervous at first, but they couldn't help but relax a lot after seeing the general's relaxed performance.

"Marshal, do you want someone to lead his troops out of the city to fight for a while?" Zhou Dewei asked, he had already seen that the enemy army did not bring auxiliary troops this time.

Li Jing smiled, "There is no need to be so troublesome. The mere bandits also want to fight at night. Don't you know that night battles are actually the most difficult battles to fight besides sneak attacks? Now that the bandit army's sneak attack plan has been exposed, instead of retreating, he forced himself to fight. Siege, this is looking for death. The moon is dark and the wind is high. First, the bandit army has no siege equipment, and second, they are not elite. It is a big joke that they want to fight in the dark. Let Liu Xun a few boys Let's play with them, it's just a good time to temper the selection of the striker."

Fighting night battles doesn't mean that you can fight just by fighting.Cold weapon wars, even daytime battles, are also difficult to command.It is difficult for a mob army like the bandit army to give orders at ordinary times, let alone during night battles.What's more, those hungry refugees are already thin and weak, so it is even more difficult for them to have night vision.Even with a torch, I'm afraid my eyesight won't be good.Under such circumstances, the mob army without siege equipment actually wanted to storm the city guarded by the elite officers and soldiers. It was really a dead end.

In the east of the city, most of the grass army attacked the city violently.

Although it is violent, it is just that the shouting is relatively loud. In fact, apart from dozens of ladders, they have no other siege equipment.A large group of refugees in messy clothes rushed forward.

Li Cunxiao, who was in charge of the east gate, watched coldly and remained motionless.

Lord Shang personally commanded the assembled thousands of archers to form an array and slowly press down the city. After reaching sixty steps below the city, they began to shoot arrows.Most of the archers among the grass thieves used to be hunters, and thousands of people shot arrows, which is also quite powerful.

Some of the roaring arrows hit the city wall, some whizzed past the heads of the defenders on the city, and some shot directly at the sandbags piled up on the top of the city.

"Battlemaster, do you want to fight back?" Zhu Wen stood beside Li Cunxiao and asked loudly.

Li Cunxiao shook his head, looked down the city lightly, "Don't worry, tell me when the bandits reach fifty paces."

After finishing speaking, Li Cunxiao took down the gourd that was handy, leaned back and took a sip.Zhu Wen whispered next to him: "Battlemaster, according to the military regulations, drinking alcohol is prohibited during the battle, and those who violate the law will be punished with twenty sticks. If serious consequences are caused, the most serious punishment is to beheaded for public display." For this boss, Zhu Wen still Thank you very much, he has already heard that the boss said a lot of good things for him in front of the general.

"Punish a bird!" Li Cunxiao scolded, "This gourd is full of water, I can't drink the war water?"

Zhu Wen clearly smelled the wine, but when he heard him say this, he couldn't say much, so he turned his head and stared at the bandit soldiers.

"Battlemaster, the bandits have already moved fifty paces!"

"Tell me when the bandits approach thirty paces." Li Cunxiao raised his head and took another big sip of wine.The gourd is indeed filled with wine, but it is fruit wine, just like water.Although he didn't have much energy to say, he didn't dare to drink baijiu in the fight against the wind.As for this fruit wine, I also drank it secretly, which can be regarded as a cure for addiction.

"Yamei, the thief has arrived within thirty paces!" Zhu Wen yelled.

Hearing this, Li Cunxiao stuffed the gourd, hung it on his waist, picked up a throwing gun, and yelled at Zhu Wen: "Brother Wuying obeys orders, throw the gun and prepare! Shoot!"

There are not many bows and arrows in the city, and most of them are handed over to those archers with excellent archery skills.There was no time to make catapults in the city, so Li Jing asked them to collect wood in the city and make many simple catapults.Although throwing a spear is simple, every soldier has a spear thrower on his body. The two are added together, and they are standing on the top of the city to attack downwards, so the effect is still excellent.

Li Cunxiao directly grabbed a sharp wooden stake about as thick as a single arm, and didn't need an iron gun head. He held it directly in his hand, twisted his waist and raised his arm, and threw it forward suddenly. It roared like a big crossbow and flew towards the city, directly linking up three bandit soldiers.With such a dense crowd under the city, there was no need to make any preparations at all, just killing three with one shot.

Li Cunxiao's brave performance attracted warm applause and cheers from the city.

Immediately afterwards, the rest of the soldiers took spear throwers and threw simple spears at the bandit soldiers below the city.

While the other soldiers were throwing their spears, Zhu Wen led more than a hundred archers from the Fifth Battalion to scatter on the top of the city. Seeing the enemy getting closer and closer, and within thirty steps, Zhu Wen couldn't help showing a little excitement on his face. color.

A top archer who can penetrate Yang with a hundred steps.A one-step archer always draws his bow within sixty steps, but when opening a bow within sixty steps, he usually shoots randomly.

But ejaculation is much more difficult.Especially now that it is night, it is even more difficult.

Li Cunxiao's order to Zhu Wen was to let him take those archers to stop the attacking bandits, that is, to shoot accurately.Specially shoot those officers wearing iron armor, leather armor and brave bandits.If you want to shoot accurately, it is impossible to shoot within [-] steps, but if you are within [-] steps, and you are condescending, hiding behind the arrow stack, this will greatly increase the success rate.

"Archer, let go!"

Zhu Wen yelled, and the step bow with a stone in his hand was rolled up like a full moon, and the finger holding the arrow was loosened, and an armor-piercing arrow had already left the string.With the sound of bowstrings, a tall thief in iron armor rushing forward under the city fell down! (To be continued.)