Three Kingdoms Bandits

Chapter 35
The Chenyang area is all mountainous, which is not suitable for cavalry operations.However, there are few mountains in the Linyuan area, and most of the places are alluvial plains.Cavalry is still very strategic deterrent.

The establishment of cavalry requires not only excellent soldiers, but also a large number of war horses. Bad horses that usually carry goods cannot be used as war horses.And in the south, war horses are ridiculously expensive.The Wushun cavalry unit must be established, but not now, the burden of the White Tiger Battalion and the barbarian troops alone has already made Yang Youcai complain.Food for the Sky Restaurant has a lot of profits, but there are more places to use the money.The people need a large number of farm tools to open up wasteland, and a large number of craftsmen are needed to repair the city, and the craftsmen need to pay wages.There are also repairs to official roads, etc. Yang Youcai watched the hard-earned money flow out like water, and his heart ached as if someone had cut his heart and liver.Wu Shun was used to throwing away his hands as the shopkeeper, and wasted money when he spent it.

Wu Shun embarked on the journey with [-] white tiger battalions and [-] barbarians.As for the county soldiers trained by Dongfang Qiang, they were left to Wen Qian, the current magistrate of Chenyang County, and Dongfang Qiang was also left to lead the troops by the way.Wen Qian is a scholar, not very good at military affairs.So he took the initiative to ask Wu Shun to send a general to the post of county lieutenant.

Dongfangqiang had a bitter face when he received this task. He didn't care about the county captain.He, the commander of the White Tiger Battalion, actually served as a county lieutenant for someone else, which is indeed a bit humiliating.But Wu Shun hoped that Dongfang Qiang would put more effort into doing a good job as the county lieutenant.After all, Chenyang can be regarded as their birthplace and also the rear area.

Three days later, Wu Shun led his army to Linyuan City, the seat of Wuling County.I saw the gate of the city was closed tightly, crowds of people gathered on the top of the city, banners and flags were like forests, and they looked like they were facing a big enemy.

Wu Shun lamented that some people were unwilling to lose the power in their hands, and they had to do a dying struggle in the end.

Zhang Xiong is a quick-tempered person, seeing Linyuan's people closing the city gate tightly and looking defensive, his heart became angry.

"People on the city wall listen up, my elder brother is the prefect of Wuling appointed by the emperor, open the city gate quickly!"

Zhang Xiong roared out, but there was no movement on the top of the city, and the city gate was still quiet.

"Where did the thieves come from to attack our Wuling County Government! Get back quickly, or you will never come back!"

Of course Pan Renmei, the prefect of Wuling, knew who was outside the city, but at the moment he could only pretend to be stupid.He didn't want to lose his current power and status, and most of the families in Wuling County supported him.Why do you support Pan Renmei?The reason is that Wu Shun's attitude towards the aristocratic family in Chenyang is not very friendly.

Hearing Pan Renmei's eyes open and talking nonsense, Zhang Xiong was so angry that he was about to order the attack but was stopped by Wu Shun.

"Second brother, don't be impulsive. We haven't brought siege equipment here. If we attack the big city of Linyuan, the casualties will be heavy."

"Brother, what should we do now? I can't wait to kill that guy right now!" Zhang Xiong said angrily.

"Second brother, don't worry, Linyuan will be ours sooner or later! Let's take Hanshou County first, and plan slowly!"

Wu Shun explained to Zhang Xiong, if Zhang Xiong couldn't give a reason, it would be hard to persuade Zhang Xiong's quick temper.Fortunately, I am here today, otherwise, no one would be able to stop Zhang Xiong from attacking the city.

Zhang Xiong is impatient, he doesn't use his brain when things happen, and he's ready for anything.So even though Zhang Xiong was the strongest in the camp, Wu Shun didn't dare to let him lead the army alone.

Wu Shun approached the city wall, stood still outside the range of the bow and arrow, and said to Pan Renmei on the top of the city: "You are the former prefect Pan, I have a document appointed by the imperial court, and there is an imperial decree from the emperor. I will give you three days to think about it. If you can’t make a decision after three days, don’t blame me for being ruthless after the city is broken!”

"Speak out loud! A group of bandits want to frame me too?" Pan Renmei was still stubborn!He has 3000 county soldiers under him, and he doesn't pay attention to Wu Shun's [-] men.I haven't heard of a siege battle where the attacking party has fewer people than the defending party.

Wu Shun didn't want to waste his time talking, he couldn't do anything about people pretending to be stupid, this is Pan Renmei's domain.However, Wu Shun is not a fuel-efficient lamp. If Linyuan, the government office, can't be defeated, can Hanshou next to him still have such a tall city wall?

Wu Shun led the troops back, and Pan Renmei smiled on the top of the wall.Regardless of his imperial decree, in Wuling, his words are the imperial decree.Now he has soldiers under his command and the support of the family, so Wu Shun's arrival will not affect anything.Find a chance to kill Wu by the way.

The dejected retreat dealt a great blow to the morale of the barbarians, and they were all downcast, like defeated roosters.The morale of the White Tiger Battalion did not decrease, on the contrary, there was an unstoppable momentum.The master humiliated his minister to death. At this moment, the sergeant of Baihuying felt angry and felt like he was going to explode.

"Target, Hanshou County, let's go!"

With Dongfang Qiang absent, Wu Shun could only lead the White Tiger Camp by himself.Since you can't attack Linyuan, let's go back to the next best thing.There is always a place to stay, camping in the wild is easy to be tricked.

After marching for a day, they finally approached Hanshou County. Wu Shun ordered to set up camp, eat and sleep well tonight, and attack the city early tomorrow morning.The auxiliary soldiers rushed to make ladders, battering hammers and other equipment for siege at night.At the same time, Wu Shun also asked to make more wooden shields.Minimize casualties!
There are only one thousand county soldiers in Hanshou City, and they are usually neglected in training, so their combat effectiveness is not high.And no one would have thought that Wu Shun would attack Hanshou.

Early the next morning, outside Hanshou City, the sound of killing was loud.When the county soldiers rushed into the county government office to report, the county magistrate of Hanshou was still sleeping soundly with his concubine in his arms!After learning that the county was being attacked and was in danger, the county magistrate actually thought of running away.

The county magistrate was not there, and the county lieutenant was shot to death by Shi Zhongyu with an arrow. Hanshou County soldiers had no unified command and could only fight on their own.Fortunately, the noble families in the city also sent private soldiers to help resist Wu Shun's army, which allowed Hanshou County to guard for a long time.Baihuying followed Zhang Xiong Guanhai to attack the East Gate again and again, and Hanshou Dongcheng was under great defensive pressure.The White Tiger Camp is dressed in armor and has a super high defense. If the bow and arrow misses the place where the armor is handed over, it will basically not be able to hurt the sergeants of the White Tiger Camp.The heavy armored infantry can resist the cavalry charge, so imagine the strength of the defense.

Of course, it is not impossible to attack the White Tiger Camp. The rolling stones and trees thrown down by the county soldiers from the city wall can hurt the White Tiger Camp.There is no way to attack the city with heavy infantry. If only barbarian soldiers attack the city in the first battle, it will not be conducive to future unity.Besides, the effect of the White Tiger Battalion's attack on the city gate was better than that of the barbarians, with fewer casualties.

Xiaobai and Tian Qian'er were waiting in the camp. Hearing the sound of killing ahead, Xiaobai felt extremely nervous.I kept begging all kinds of gods to bless me.Tian Qian'er grew up in a barbarian tribe and learned martial arts since she was a child. Seeing that Xiao Bai was so nervous about Wu Shun, she wanted to go to the front line to inquire about news.

"Sister, don't run around in the camp. I'll go find out about the bad guy." Tian Qian'er said to Xiao Bai, and was about to leave after speaking.

"Sister, there is a war ahead, it's too dangerous, let's wait for news in the camp."

Xiaobai was worried about Tian Qian'er's safety, so he spoke out to dissuade her.

"My sister forgot that I am a barbarian. I will protect myself. Don't worry." After speaking, he changed into the armor of a soldier from the White Tiger Camp and ran out.

Tian Qian'er ran all the way to the battlefield, and saw the attacking clansman being shot down from the ladder, falling to pieces, her eyes filled with tears in an instant.

Suddenly Tian Qianer moved, picked up a saber, and climbed up the ladder.From time to time, soldiers from one's own side would scream and fall off the ladder.

Tian Qian'er was agile, kept dodging the arrows from the top of the wall, and finally climbed to the top.After jumping down and cutting down several county soldiers in front of her, Tian Qian'er stormed forward for a while, quickly expanding the range of activities, making room for the soldiers who climbed up to the top of the wall behind!
Not long after Tian Qian'er led the barbarian soldiers up the city wall, the Baihu Battalion led by Zhang Xiong and others broke through the city gate, and Wu Shun led the troops to launch a general attack.

An hour later, Hanshou County changed hands!
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