Horse on the World

Chapter 74
Just after the sound of clappers knocking on the fourth watch, the silent Fuyuan Fortress began to boil. Countless soldiers came out from under the city wall and from the caves of the soldiers, busy like ants, and the barbed wood was tied up The ropes are pressed on the wheel racks. During the battle, these woods close to the city wall are put down to clean up the enemy soldiers attached to the ladder, and they can be picked up and reused after use. This is to save the woods.More eight-ox crossbows were brought out, the bowstrings were twisted, and the crossbows were installed. Every time the crossbow was as thick as a child's arm, it would take a string of lives.Piles of stones are piled up under the pallet, each weighing about tens of catties, and if they are dropped from the city wall of nearly 20 meters, tendons and bones will be broken if they hit it.

There was a burst of stench coming from behind the covering wall. It was soldiers boiling boiling oil and adding human and animal excrement collected into the boiling oil. The added oil contained toxins. In addition to being scalded, these toxins have invaded, and it is extremely difficult to treat them well. Generally speaking, these people will die in pain.

Bundles of arrows were moved and piled up on the city wall, and dozens of catapults in the city were ready to go. Because of the preparations for this war, all the corresponding stone bombs were well prepared, but the large catapults The machine was very difficult to manufacture and easy to damage, so even though the craftsman worked hard and recruited a lot of volunteers, he still could only try his best to repair the broken trebuchet a few days ago, and was unable to make a new one at all.

All the positions under the city had been lost, so Li Qing withdrew Feng Guo's troops back to the city at night. After a day's fierce battle, Feng Guo's right wing lost more than Wang Qinian's left wing. Although he caused huge casualties to the enemy, his entire wing had been reduced To only 800 people.

In one night, Li Qing still organized his people to prevent the densely packed horses and iron thorns to cover the ground below the city, and to effectively kill and injure the opponent's personnel was his main goal.

Let Wanyan Bulu bleed, and then let him bleed again, and then let him mobilize reinforcements again in a panic, let Shanglinli become an empty camp, and give Lu Dalin a chance to kill.

"Send an order to the reserve army hidden in the military gate, move to the Fuyuan Fortress, and be ready to fight at any time." Li Qing said.There are 5000 reserve troops concealed in the military gate. These people will definitely not be able to fight in the field, but they are more than enough to defend the city.The existence of these people is the reason why Li Qing has sufficient confidence to defend the Fuyuan Fortress. Wanyan Bulu thought that he only had three to four thousand people, but he has an army of more than 4000, which is a strong combat force. As many as 1 people.In the three days of fighting, I lost 5000 people, of which 2000 to 500 were killed, but Wanyan Bulu lost more than [-] people. The battle loss was one to five, and the old boy must have felt very distressed. .

The next step is the even more tragic battle of ascending the city. Li Qing has no doubt that he can hold the city, but he has a hard time thinking about how to lure Wanyan Bulu to transfer more troops here. To be safe, but also to make Wanyan Bulu feel that he can win Fuyuan with more effort, the speed of this is really difficult to grasp.

"General!" Shang Haibo walked to Li Qing's side and stood side by side with him, looking at the camp in the distance.

Glancing at Shang Haibo, behind Leo, there was a man about 30 years old standing with a downcast face, but still quite dignified. This must be Fang Jiahao, the eldest son of the Fang family.Li Qing couldn't help laughing, Shang Haibo was still so sharp in his work, he went straight in, took the vital points, and brought Fang Jiahao, not afraid that Fang Wenhai would fly into the sky.

"Mr. Fang, now Fuyuan is facing a fierce battle. Can you defend Fuyuan and protect me from the hundreds of thousands of people in Fuyuan, so we will all fight here. At this critical moment, Mr. Fang can come to the fortress in person to help defend the fortress. Cheng, um, you really have great courage and great benevolence!" Li Qing said with a fake smile.

Fang Jiahao was furious in his heart, did I come here by myself?It was you who sent someone to arrest me. Seeing this young general, who was almost ten years younger than me, suddenly lose his aura for no reason, what kind of scheming was hidden under the seemingly kind face of the other party, At a young age, with heavy soldiers in hand, commanding Fang Qiu, beheading the barbarians in front of the formation with a wave of his hand, watching thousands of souls die in front of him without changing his face, does he have this kind of bearing and heart if he changes himself?The Li family of the Li family, this first-class wealthy family in the Great Chu, is indeed full of talents, and a child from a concubine has such abilities, so what about the direct descendants they cultivated with all their heart?

"General, Mr. Shang!" Yang Yidao came over, "Mr. County Yalu just heard the news that the Fang family has sent four hundred miners here, and their housekeeper wants to see the general and their young master."

Li Qing smiled, and sure enough, Fang Wenhai was obedient, "Well, the Fang family is good. After this battle, you will be rewarded. Bring the four hundred miners and let Feng Guo arrange them. By the way, the butler wants See me, bring it!"

"I've seen General Li!" Fang Zhong bowed deeply and saluted Li Qing, "Following the general's order, our Fang family has brought all four hundred mine guards, and all the necessary weapons have been prepared by ourselves."

While speaking, Li Qing saw that the 400 people had already climbed the city wall. Feng Guozheng accepted it with a smile, and distributed them. One by one, Guochang happily separated the 400 people and brought them to his station. One day of fierce fighting, heavy losses, and now there are four hundred well-equipped and well-trained veterans to supplement the team, all of them are overjoyed, this is much better than a group of rookies, a group of rookies, maybe they haven't figured out the status , and then die, waiting for a rookie recruit to grow up to become a seasoned veteran, less than half of the ten recruits will be seen.

Fang Jiahao's heart is bleeding, this is the elite that his family has carefully cultivated for many years, dragged to the front line like this by this goddamn guy, after a battle, I don't know how many will survive.

"Is Patriarch Fang's illness better?" Li Qing asked casually while watching the soldiers' defenses on the city.

"Thanks to the general's concern, he is much better and can get up now." Fang Zhong said with a smile on his face.

"Oh, that's good, that's good. After this battle, I'll visit Patriarch Fang and thank him for sending people to help me." Li Qing turned his head and looked at Fang Zhong.

Fang Zhong's face twitched, he was really spitting, and he wanted to watch people wipe it off by himself, but he could only laugh along with him: "Thank you, General, it's just General, my master is sick, and there must be no one to preside over the house. Please also let the general let my son go back."

Li Qing glanced at Fang Zhong in surprise, and said: "Mr. Fang, how can this be done when you go back? There are 400 people in the Fang family here, so there must be someone here to take charge. Mr. Fang is the right person. Since Patriarch Fang can get up , it must be all right, Mr. Fang agreed to stay here for a few days, there should be nothing wrong, don't worry, after a few days the battle is over, I will personally send you back."

Fang Zhong wanted to slap himself, saying that the Patriarch is well enough to get out of bed, how can he leave the young master on this dangerous battlefield? This General Li has no good intentions, so it is even more impossible to keep the young master here.I couldn't help admiring the foresight of the Patriarch in my heart, as expected, fortunately, I had already made preparations.

Fang Zhong took out a bank note from his sleeve, and handed it to Li Qing respectfully, "General, the Patriarch said that the General came to Fuyuan to fight against the enemy not long after he set up camp. The military expenses must be very tight. This is a little thought of the Patriarch , please accept it, General."

Give money?Li Qing was overjoyed, he was really short of money!After receiving the silver ticket, I couldn't help but be surprised when I saw it. This Fang family is really generous. One gift is 10 taels of silver. It seems that the Fang family is really rich. Still really worth the money.I think Li Shidao only gave me 10 taels of silver back then.

He took the bank note with a smile, "Okay, okay, not bad, Patriarch Fang is indeed seriously ill, and it is really unreasonable for me to keep the eldest son here, ah, how about it, let Master Fang go back to fulfill his filial piety, why not?" Mr. Yang Shang?"

Shang Haibo nodded slightly, "What the general said is very reasonable, all goodness and filial piety come first."

Fang Zhong finally heaved a sigh of relief, the young master was brought back, but the four hundred miners were probably meat buns beating dogs, and they would never return.But as long as the son is safe, these miners can be equipped again at any time.

There was a continuous sound of drums in the opposite company camp, Li Qing said: "The enemy is about to attack, so Steward Fang and Mr. Fang should go back. The soldiers here are fierce and dangerous, so please don't hurt the Eldest Young Master's golden body. Bar!"

Seeing the two of them leave, the smile on Li Qing's face gradually faded, for the sake of 10 taels of silver and [-] soldiers, let you live a few more days, and there is no rush to clean up you.Now I'm too busy playing with Yan Bulu!

(End of this chapter)