Prancing Horse Xiliang

Chapter 29 Storming Qiao County
In the vegetable garden, the two left-behind soldiers saw Luo Zheng coming in, and immediately ran to greet him.

"Call the old blacksmith to General Ben."

Luo Zheng waved his hand, and the two soldiers had no time to talk nonsense, and immediately turned around and ran away.

Soon, the blacksmith old horse ran all the way, followed by two soldiers.

"The villain pays his respects to the general."

The old horse rushed forward and immediately fell to the ground.

"stand up."

Luo Zheng waved his hand and sat down on the chair brought by the soldiers.

As soon as he sat down, another soldier moved the table and put it on, and served melon and fruit herbal tea.

Luo Zheng took a bite of a cucumber, chewed it, and called the old horse to his side, handed the messy cloth in his hand to the old horse, and said, "Let's see how long it takes to make these things ?”

This guy doesn't ask if it can be made, but directly asks how long it will take, which is really overbearing.

The old horse picked up the cloth and looked at it for a long time, pointing to the figure in the shape of a horseshoe, and asked suspiciously, "General, what is this?"

Luo Zheng said displeased: "Don't ask this first, just say how long it will take to make it."

The old horse pondered for a while, and said: "If there are enough people, one day is enough."

Luo Zheng asked again, "What about those armors?"

The old horse replied: "It will take at least three days."

Luo Zheng asked: "How many people do you need?"

The old horse said: "200 people are enough."

Luo Zheng immediately waved his hand, "Then do it immediately, the sooner the better."

The old horse quickly agreed, "The villain obeys."

Luo Zheng asked again, "Is there enough refined iron?"

The old horse said: "The general has been fighting all the way from Wancheng to Qiaoxian. Every time he breaks a ground, he must collect refined iron. The refined iron in storage now is not [-] catties, but [-] catties. Even if there is a small difference, it can be replaced by copper." Of."

Luo Zheng'h' sounded, "That's good, you can choose the manpower, and it must be completed within three days."

The old horse agreed, and quickly got up with the cloth, and went to choose the manpower.

Luo Zheng was in a good mood, and took Xu Chu to patrol the vegetable garden, and found that there was not much left of the small piece of watermelon, and immediately scolded the two soldiers with wide eyes, "Fuck, no wonder this general thinks you two The guy has become more and more blessed recently, his face has become fatter, it turns out that my melons and fruits have lost more than half, fasting for three months, and the rest are kept for seeds."

The two soldiers laughed and scratched their heads, and hurriedly responded.

There are a lot of things planted in the vegetable garden, including food, vegetables, melons and fruits.

Although not many, but the variety is very complete.

Moreover, the land in the vegetable garden is fertile. Although not many are planted, the output is very high.

Luo Zheng has already harvested a bunch of seeds and kept a lot of seeds. He will vigorously promote planting when a piece of land is settled down.

In this era of famine everywhere, food production has largely restricted the development of the princes' strength.

If we can promote the planting of some high-yield crops, we will definitely have an unparalleled advantage.

When I came out of the vegetable garden, it was completely dark.

Luo Zheng personally went to the workshop to watch the blacksmith set up an earthen furnace and smelt iron to make armor. He didn't go back to rest until the time passed.

Before dawn the next morning, I heard the sound of war drums outside the city.

When the door opened, Xu Chu rushed in and said in a loud voice, "My lord, Sun Jian's rebel army has begun to attack the city."

"So fast."

Luo Zheng scolded his mother, quickly put on a stomach, went out and rode on the horse, and went straight to the north gate.

The morning light is slightly dew, and the darkness of the sky has not yet dissipated.

At the north gate of Qiao County, there are many spears and halberds.

Sun Jian straddled his horse and stood under the commander-in-chief's flag, with terrifying murderous intent in his eyes, he swung his right arm fiercely.

Amidst the thundering drums, the 5000 infantry were divided into three teams, each with [-] men, lined up in three square formations, front and back, and took turns attacking the city with neat steps.

At the head of the city of Qiao County, flags fluttered and crowds of people gathered.

Under the protection of Xu Chu and more than a dozen personal soldiers, Luo Zheng rushed to the top of the city.

"General."

"The general is here."

The Xiliang soldiers who had been waiting for their arms for a long time suddenly became energetic and noisy.

"General."

All the military academies also greeted him one after another, bowing their hands in salute.

Luo Zheng waved his big hand, and rushed to the battlements in a few steps, leaning on the city wall and looking down.

"Fire arrows."

At this time, the two thousand Guandong infantry in the front line had rushed within the range of their bows and arrows.

There was a Xiliang primary school with murderous eyes, raised his right arm and swung down fiercely, shouting loudly.

Whoosh...

Amidst the uniform sound of bowstrings, a dense wave of arrow rain poured down in an instant, pouring heavily on the heads of the Kanto infantry.

"Shield array."

In front of the formation of five thousand infantry, a school lieutenant raised his sword to the sky and roared loudly.

The Kanto infantry, carrying sandbags and running hard, immediately slowed down and raised their shields to protect their heads.

At this moment, the rain of arrows pouring down had already pierced through the air, and howled miserably.

It was impossible for the shield to protect the whole body. Under the first salvo of the Xiliang Army, nearly a hundred Kwantung infantry were still shot down.

"Don't stop, keep going."

With a loud roar, the commanding soldier smashed a powerful arrow with his sword, and charged forward with his shield in hand.

On the top of the city, the Xiliang Primary School was waiting to order the second round of salvo.

Luo Zheng suddenly shouted, "Wait a minute."

The little principal was stunned, and immediately ran over, asking in a loud voice, "What is the general's order?"

Luo Zheng waved his hand, "Wait until the city is under the fire."

The little principal said hurriedly, "Follow orders."

Soon, more than a thousand infantry in the front row rushed to the moat with their shields and sandbags on their shoulders.

"Fire arrows."

Luo Zheng shouted and swung his right arm heavily.

A thousand Xiliang soldiers who had drawn their bows and drawn their arrows, ready to wait, immediately let go of their taut bowstrings.

When the Kwantung soldiers who rushed to the moat were about to throw sandbags into the moat, a dense rain of arrows poured down at this moment, and immediately turned 500 infantrymen on their backs, at least [-] people were shot to the ground.

The shrill screams soared into the sky in an instant, and the eyes of the commanding officer turned red instantly.

Damn Xiliang barbarian, the timing of this archery is really too poisonous.

"Don't panic, form a shield formation and retreat."

The captain of the commander had rich experience and gave a decisive roar.

However, the quality of these Kwantung soldiers was really unsatisfactory. After being shot by a round of arrows and overturning a quarter of the soldiers, the soldiers immediately panicked. then escape.

These soldiers were all cobbled together by various princes, and they were not originally a group of soldiers.

After Sun Jian reorganized, although he had time to practice along the way, the effect in just a few days was uneven, and he couldn't cooperate well. Once he was hit head-on, he would naturally take care of himself first.

With this run, the army formation immediately became chaotic.

"Fire arrows."

When the captain of the commanding army realized that something was wrong, Luo Zheng's thunderous shout from the city head had already sounded again.

Like a rain of locust arrows pouring down again, they shot fiercely at the ground of the Kanto infantry.

Amidst the miserable howls, the soldiers scrambling to escape fell down in pieces. Some soldiers were shot directly in the vitals and died soon, but the vast majority of soldiers were not shot directly, and lay down one after another. Howling on the ground.

The cruelty of war is fully displayed at this moment.

In the heavy rain of arrows from the Xiliang Army, two thousand Kwantung infantry suffered heavy casualties.

In the end, less than a quarter of those who escaped alive were left, and most of them were injured.

The captain of the Commanding Bing Xiao's eyes were about to split, and he wanted to bite his steel teeth.

Damn Xu Jing, Qiao County has [-] soldiers and horses, and has the advantage of fortifying the city, and the city was taken by the Xiliang rebels.

To attack the fortified city, Li Lai paid for it with human life.

Even if Sun Wu came back to life, if he attacked the fortified city by force, he would have to pay a heavy price.

The 30 Kwantung Allied Forces stormed Hulao for more than a month, but nearly [-] casualties, which is a living example.

The rear of the Kwantung Army.

Sun Jian saw it clearly. Seeing that the first two thousand infantry had suffered heavy casualties, his face turned livid to the extreme.

If the casualties continue at this rate, even if Qiao County can be finally broken through, the [-] troops borrowed from all over the world will inevitably be very few.

What's more terrible is that this army was put together improvised.

They had never fought a few tough battles, and most of the soldiers were not familiar with the generals of the commanding army, so they could not form trust at all. They were not much better than those soldiers from the counties. situation.

Sun Jian had been fighting for many years, and soon realized this, and the tiger's eyes were full of cold flames.

These miscellaneous troops put together by princes from all walks of life are really not ordinary bad, much worse than the elite under their own command.

However, if these miscellaneous troops can fight off the [-] Xiliang cavalry, it will be worth it.

Thinking of this, Sun Jian immediately shouted, "Gongsun Yue listens to you."

"What is the commander's order?"

Gongsun Zan immediately urged his horse forward and stood by.

He is the general of Gongsun Zan, the prefect of Beiping, and also the general of Sun Jian this time.

Although Gongsun Zan borrowed the [-] Youyan cavalry, it was naturally impossible to give away his direct troops to others, so he appointed his younger brother Gongsun Yue as Sun Jian's deputy general to command the [-] Youyan cavalry, and he only obeyed Sun Jian.

Sun Jian said sharply, "Speed ​​up with three thousand cavalry and support with strong bows."

"The last will obey."

Gongsun Yue received the military order and immediately urged his horse to go.

Soon, You Ge's three thousand Youyan cavalry in the northeast corner quickly pressed up, lined up on the flanks of the siege infantry, and shot towards the head of the city with strong bows and arrows to cover the infantry attacking the city.

However, the result was somewhat unsatisfactory.

The Xiliang army shot down from the top of the city, which naturally took advantage of it.

Youzhou cavalry shoot from the bottom of the city to the top of the city. No matter how good the cavalry is, they will suffer a lot.

Only a few Youzhou soldiers with superior physical strength and strong bows can shoot powerful arrows into the city.As for the powerful arrows shot by the vast majority of Youzhou soldiers, they could not hit the top of the city at all, and they all fell into the moat from exhaustion.

"Humph!"

At the head of Qiaoxian County, Xu Chu snorted, and reached out like lightning to grab a powerful arrow that was shot at Luo Zheng.

The rest of the Xiliang Military Academy and soldiers also brandished their sabers one after another, parrying the powerful arrows that shot towards the city.

Fortunately, there were not many powerful arrows shooting into the city, and because of inertia, the momentum was exhausted, and they were easily blocked.

Luo Zheng's eyes were fixed, and he said in a deep voice: "The Youzhou cavalry's reputation for being good at riding and shooting is really well-deserved."

Li Meng said in a loud voice: "Our army occupies the most advantageous location. No matter how good Ren Youzhou's soldiers are at shooting, they are paper tigers without claws and claws. It will be difficult to hurt our army at all. Generals don't need to build up other people's ambitions and destroy their own prestige."

The rest of the Xiliang Military Academy and soldiers responded immediately, and their morale rose even higher.

Xu Chu stood beside Luo Zheng with a knife, his tiger eyes shining brightly, staring at the front.

(End of this chapter)