Chapter 1243 - Weak Follow-up
Thunder bursts of clouds rolling, the small Wuhu city was drowned by the sound of killing, the thief army densely rushed to the city wall to climb bravely, the officers and soldiers on the city stretched their bows and threw stones desperately to block the enemy, but in the end the thief army still went to the city, and the two armies launched a fierce hand-to-hand battle on the city!
It is not surprising that the thief army attacked the city so quickly, after all, the difference in armaments between the two armies is too great, and the thief army originally wanted to defend against the enemy on the riverside, so almost all the strategic materials in the city were transported outside the city, there were stone throwers, ladders to climb the city, and enough bows and arrows and weapons.
On the other hand, the defense of the city, there is no artillery suppression, no catapult long-range strike, even the most important bows and arrows are extremely scarce, Jin Shenghuan's more than 1,000 cavalry are equipped with few bows and arrows, but the dozens of guards under the condition of Ren Ren each carry more than 20 on their backs, but in the face of thousands of thieves swarming, this bow and arrow can hardly play much suppressive power, and can only pick up the arrows that have been shot recently.
There is no long-range strike on the thief army can not cause a wide range of damage, so it is easy to let it rush to the city wall root ladder climbing, under the cover of firepower quickly climbed to the head of the city, the city defenders to the most critical time, but it is the best opportunity to counterattack, because at this time the firepower of the thief army in order not to accidentally injure the friendly army has almost stopped throwing stones and arrows at the city, this time is the courage of the narrow road encounter.
At this point, he has absolute self-confidence, most of the people who have landed in the city are far from being the opponents of his soldiers, and the combat effectiveness of more than 1,000 Nanjing soldiers and horses under Jin Shenghuan has been thrown away in time, and the thousands of villagers who have been beaten and killed to protect their families and defend the city are definitely not shaken by these homeless people.
"Kill them, or no one will live in the city!" The thief rushed to the battlement with his sword and slashed at the two thieves who had just climbed up, but the thief actually carried a knife on his shoulder, and slammed into the city wall with one hand and stabbed at the situation.
It was so fierce, it was not a regular thief army, Guo Ren was taken aback in his heart, and he dodged a knife and chopped it off, and he couldn't help frowning when he saw the endless stream of thieves who had landed in the city. He overlooked one thing, although the brave defenders of the city and countryside knew that if the city was broken, there would be no chickens and dogs left, and those exiles who attacked the city also knew that if the city could not be broken, they would definitely die!
Wang Zamao, who supervised the battle under the city, was excited and nervous when he saw the thief army landing on the city, and finally attacked it, but the resistance he encountered was extremely crazy, which made his heart go up and down and secretly pray that God could give him another chance, as long as the city was broken, he would hold on to it.
The rain was getting heavier and blurred his eyes, Wang Zamao wiped his face and stared at the city intently, and suddenly heard someone shouting next to him, and scolded impatiently: "What the fuck are you yelling about? ”
"General Yu, about 10,000 officers and soldiers sent reinforcements from Dangtu to the south!"
Yes! Wang Zamao was shocked, looked up at the dense rain in the sky, and was surprised, how could the officers and soldiers in Nanjing be so tough, dare to fight and kill, not only sneak attack and seize the city, but also brave the weather and rain to help, what a hell.
"What about Tang Hu's side, didn't you say that there are also officers and soldiers there?" Wang Zamao hurriedly asked, and he received a report from Tang Hu in the middle of noon, there were officers and soldiers stationed on a small hill thirty miles away from Wuhu Lake, and the specific strength was unknown, but because he did not continue to advance to the south for twenty miles of forbidden land, Tang Hu did not cause trouble but just paid close attention.
"Back to the general, the small ones probed the officers and soldiers to send reinforcements from three ways and came to report urgently, I don't know ...... General Tang's side" Before the spies finished speaking, they saw that they were being rushed by several horses, and said in a blink of an eye: "Report to the general, the officers and soldiers have sent troops......" It turned out that Tang Hu sent someone to report, and the officers and soldiers opposite him suddenly sent troops to advance, and when he heard that there were still a large number of reinforcements in the rear, Tang Hu beat a drum in his heart.
Damn it! All the actions of the officers and soldiers are linked one after another, and there is a master behind this! Wang Zhan Mao Tie blushed, the officers and soldiers did not move in the morning and did not move in the evening, but he wanted to send troops when he was attacking the city, this is to make himself take care of the front and the back!
Thinking about it again, the nearest officers and soldiers are also thirty miles, if this side is attacked tighter, it is entirely possible to break the city before it comes, what is there to be afraid of at that time! Thinking of this, he gritted his teeth: "Send the order to Tang Hu, you must block the officers and soldiers, even if the whole army is wiped out, you must drag the officers and soldiers to Lao Tzu!" ”
The spies rushed away, Wang Zamao's eyes returned to the city, the battle was fierce, and he secretly prayed in his heart: Guanyin Bodhisattva Buddha will bless me to recapture Wuhu City, and after the deed is completed, I will definitely reshape your golden body......
However, at this time, it is obviously useless to pray to God and Buddha, even if Jesus comes, it is in vain, and the only thing that can control the battle situation is the steel knives in the hands of both sides and their respective fighting intentions and courage! Obviously, these officers and soldiers have a great advantage, first of all, they condescended to occupy the geographical advantage, and the thieves have worked hard to climb the top of the city is exhausted, and most of these siegers are homeless, and they can't live with the family robbery on weekdays, once they go to the battlefield and see the blood, but it is another time, even if they know that there is no way back, but the momentum is still invincible to the brave city and countryside who want to desperately defend their homeland, not to mention that there are thousands of regular officers and soldiers and nearly a hundred battle-hardened soldiers!
Because of this, the thief army landed in the city but did not panic much, the long-range attack is not as good as the thief army, but hand-to-hand combat with the convenience of the terrain he has the confidence to cut off all these homeless people from the city, sure enough, although the thief army continues to climb the city, but almost in the blink of an eye will be beaten back by the officers and soldiers, from time to time there are thieves from the city wailing and falling, that is, the battlements are also hung with corpses.
The rain is getting heavier and heavier, the blood on the city is like a river, and the steel knife in the hand of the person is also curled, and he smashes it towards a thief who has landed in the city, and the short body picks up a thief with both hands to split a broken arm and beheads it, and then the knife pants and looks around, and a smile gradually appears on his face.
Brothers, the thieves can't hold on! Come on...... He suddenly felt that his voice was hoarse and couldn't make a sound, and he swung his knife in his heart and rushed towards the battlements...... The city is full of fighting figures, those ruthless village braves are not under the officers and soldiers, killing red eyes, no knife in their hands, smashed with wooden sticks, pinched their necks with their hands, and even bit with their teeth, some of them were hit by several knives, gooing out, bleeding out, but still with a hideous face, holding the enemy and fighting hard, the last breath to the city...... When the brave meet on a narrow road, what about the one who goes crazy?
Under the counterattack of the townsmen and the officers and soldiers, the stones and trees continued to be smashed towards the city, and those who climbed the city were constantly slashed and killed, and the most important time was that the siege ladders were pushed one after another, and the thieves who climbed the city suddenly did not follow, and the officers and soldiers took the opportunity to attack those thieves who climbed the city, and more than half of them were cut down in a blink of an eye.
It is extremely difficult to erect the siege ladder that was pushed to the city again, because at this time, the city wall is full of corpses, stones, huge wood and other sundries cannot get down, and the stones and corpses on the top also keep falling......
"it! , you guys, you rush! Seeing all this, Wang Zamao, who supervised the battle under the city, scolded madly, he couldn't understand how he could easily attack the city and go to the city, but he was easily beaten down by the other party!
What's going on with this Nima!
"You bunch of waste, you were terrible when you ate, but now you all have weak legs...... Dog, if you can't take the city, you all have to die, you all have to die, even if you don't starve to death, Lao Tzu will cut you all down......" Wang Zamao's eyes were red, almost crazy roaring.
"General, general, we can't hold on, the ladder can't go up......" A pro-soldier wailed, Wang Zamao was furious and slashed him with a knife: "Mess with Lao Tzu's army, mess with Lao Tzu's ......army heart" As he spoke, he slashed the pro-soldier several times until the other party breathed, and then looked up at the city, sat on the ground with weak legs and gasped, his face was pale and weak, holding his head with both hands, and screaming.
He didn't want to believe it, but the reality was cruel, although he could get to the city, he couldn't break it.
This was a predestined result from the beginning!
First of all, the preparations were too hurried, especially the soldiers were too tired, and most of the siegers were homeless, but last night they were drenched in wind and rain all night, and stayed up all night to make siege equipment, both mentally and physically on the verge of collapse, although after half a noon repair, they were also reluctant.
In such a state, although they forced themselves to land the city in one breath under the cover of firepower, how much physical strength can be left, and the combat power and fighting spirit are far inferior to the officers and soldiers defending the city, and going to the head of the city is equivalent to giving away people's heads, and the thief army that did not come up below was also unable to attack again because the siege ladder was pushed down several times, and saw the blood flowing like a river of corpses in all directions, and the cruelty of the battlefield made it mentally break down and no longer have the will to fight, so far the army's heart was both tired and collapsed.
On the other hand, after the officers and soldiers in the city killed and retreated the thieves who landed in the city, they began to throw arrows and stones, and the thieves under the city were unable to attack again and had to retreat .......
"General, cheer up! I can't hit it, but I still have the strength to spare! After recovering their strength, they can attack again, and the officers and soldiers may not be able to block the second wave.
"You can't hit it once, and you have a second time!" Wang Zamao looked up to the sky and howled: "The reinforcements of the officers and soldiers have arrived, how can we attack again!" This is heaven will not kill me, and God will kill me when he dies! ”
"General, the officers and soldiers have reinforcements, and we have them too! General Wang must be on the way to come now, and besides, the reinforcements of the officers and soldiers rushed to the outside of the city on such a rainy day and were unable to fight again, if we fight with them, it is hard to say who lives and who dies...... "A few pro-soldiers, you say a word of comfort, Wang Fangmao's mood gradually calmed down, yes, stay in the green mountains are not afraid of no firewood, although this wave of attacks was repulsed, but the defenders in the city must not have asked for anything, and also found out their old bottom, that is, the long-range defense is insufficient, and the righteous army can easily attack the city, It didn't even take much effort to get to the city, but it was the lack of combat power and the inability to succeed that led to this defeat.
If you regain your strength, you may not be able to break the city by adjusting your tactics.
As for the reinforcements of the officers and soldiers in the north, as the soldiers said just now, as long as they didn't come when he was attacking the city, he sent a desperate gamble, and it was really hard to say who would kill the deer, and besides, at this time, the king of Fanchang County should have received his news on the way to help.
So Wang Zamao couldn't hold on, so he quickly went to the north to inquire about the news and see where the officers and soldiers were? Did Tang Hu fight with the officers and soldiers? Then go to the south to urgently urge Wang Tizhong to come to help, at this time he didn't care about whether to be punished by Wang Tizhong, first of all, self-protection is important, if you can't capture the city and have no food on hand and then be besieged by officers and soldiers reinforcements, then there is only a dead end.