Listening to the other party's words like this, Lu Gengyu couldn't believe his ears, is this what the imperial court generals should say? He turned back to Zhang Dayou and said, "Zhang Qianhu, did you hear his words?" This kind of person has no reverence for the imperial court, and has ill intentions, and must be a traitor who takes the opportunity of appeasement to infiltrate the officers and soldiers. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoIf you dare to open the gates and let them in, I'll join you! ”

Zhang Dayou asked helplessly, "Lord Lu, what do you want me to do?" ”

"Organize soldiers, resist to the death, and defend the county seat!"

At Lu Gengyu's insistence, the military households in the city successively climbed the city wall and began to arrange defenses, preparing to resist the threat from outside the city.

Seeing this, Tan Li, the commander of the first company, said to Wei Lianheng: "Battalion commander, it seems that they don't plan to open the door. ”

"Don't get in the way, if I don't open the door, I have more reason to rectify the county government and the thousand households, so I insisted that it was the thieves who controlled the county, and I saved a lot of tongue afterwards."

"Is that to do it right away and catch them off guard, or is it?"

Wei Lianheng observed the busy crowd on the city wall and said, "Why not wait until they are all ready?" We tried our best to subdue them once and for all, so that there would be no more complications when we entered the city. ”

Tan Li nodded, "Understood." ”

Changhua, like Lingao and other places, has been peaceful for many years, and occasionally a few pirates go ashore just to get some fresh water, and they have never threatened the county seat, so the garrison is naturally relaxed. The moat outside the city has long since dried up, and there are no thistles, horses, antlers, etc., and there are no sassae trees on the walls or wolf fangs. The soldiers hurriedly took out some rusty fork rods and waist knives from the arsenal, and talked about it better than nothing. In addition, some sand and lime were brought up, and there were quite a few of these things.

Lu Gengyu looked at these tattered equipment, and he was angry, Changhua was too poor, and there was a shortage of knives and guns, but there was a lot of kerosene reserves, but he couldn't see a drop, most of them were stolen and sold by the arsenal guards. But now is not the time to pursue this, so he can only hold back his emotions and say to Zhang Dayou: "Although there is a shortage of equipment, as long as you boost morale and unite as one, you will definitely be able to keep this gang of rebels out of the city, and ask Zhang Qianhu to preside over the defense." ”

Zhang Dayou secretly complained to himself, you are a rebel on the left and a rebel on the right, leaving no room for anything, are you really fighting with them to the death? No matter how arrogant the general with the troops is, he is still an army controlled by the imperial court, and he is not a real thief, just make a show!

But Lu Gengyu stands on the commanding heights of morality, and he wants to participate in this and that at every turn, and he is not too passive, so as not to be caught, and reluctantly raise his spirit to command the defensive arrangement of the wall.

Seeing that the wall was gradually calming down, Wei Lianheng knew that the defense was basically arranged. It's like playing chess, where someone loses a piece, and it's their turn to play.

To tell the truth, Wei Lianheng really has no experience in the siege of the city, and after joining the Qiongzhou battalion, he went to Guangzhou, but it was not a real siege, and he never went to the city wall from beginning to end, nor did he step into the city. In the small county town of Changhua in front of him, he didn't plan to rely on just two hundred ants to attack the city, and the Qiongzhou battalion had never practiced this, and there was no need to practice.

On the wall, the soldiers held waist knives and fork poles, hid behind the battlements, and watched the movement under the city from the battlements. I saw that half of the other party came out of the line, marched to the wall with a firearm in his hand, stood still about a hundred paces, felt something in his mouth, and then stuffed it into the mouth, as if he was charging the firecracker.

Although Lu Gengyu didn't know what to do when they stopped at this distance, but what the enemy was going to do, he would definitely not let him do it all the time, and said to Zhang Dayou: "Zhang Qianhu, the thief has stopped, hurry up and let the archer release the arrow, and catch him off guard." ”

Zhang Dayou had no choice but to order the archers to release their arrows.

There were more than 50 archers from the Thousand Households, and all of them went up to the city wall. Hearing Shangguan's order, they all stood by the wall, drew their bows and arrows, and shot towards the city.

At a distance of 100 paces, if it is flat ground, it is difficult for ordinary archers to hurt the opponent, but from the high city wall, the effect is different. Although most of the arrows missed their target, a dozen arrows were shot into the crowd.

Even if the arrow at this distance hits, it is difficult to be fatal, not to mention that the soldiers of the Qiongzhou battalion are wearing rattan armor, and the chest and abdomen are blocked, but the hands and feet cannot be covered, and some people are still wounded by arrows.

After seeing that seven or eight people on the other side were injured by arrows and were helped down, Lu Gengyu was still very encouraged, he was excited for a while, and crossed Zhang Dayou and gave orders directly: "Continue to release arrows, it is advisable to chase the poor man with the remaining Yong!" ”

The archers looked back at Zhang Dayou, and when they saw that he also nodded, they drew a second arrow and put it on the bowstring.

However, the other party did not give them a chance to shoot the second arrow, "Woo Woo Woo", a hundred firebolts rang out on the opposite side, and the lead bullet passed through the smoke produced by the black powder, hitting the wall, the battlement, and the body of the archer, the crackling sound was endless, the wall was littered, and the archer who was hit screamed and fell on his back.

Unlike the power of a bow and arrow, once you are hit by a lead bullet from a firebolt, you lose your ability to fight, even if you don't die. This platoon of guns came down, and more than fifty archers were reimbursed for more than ten.

The other party had no barrier in the wilderness, and his own side still had such large casualties under the cover of the battlements, Zhang Dayou was both afraid and painful - what he was afraid of was the strength of the other party, and it was these archers who were in pain. Regardless of the garrison, well-trained archers are a valuable resource and the key to determining the combat effectiveness of an army.

If it weren't for Lu Gengyu watching from the sidelines, he really wanted to immediately remove the archers and keep these baby bumps, so that he would have the capital to settle down. But Lu Gengyu will definitely not let him do this, if he joins him afterwards and is accused of "thief", he will not be able to eat and leave.

The archers of the guard station rarely faced the enemy's blows directly, and they were a little dazed by this heavy blow, not knowing whether to withdraw or continue the attack, and without the order of the superior, they stayed in place and were at a loss. Lu Gengyu saw that Zhang Dayou was trembling and silent, and shouted loudly: "It's not easy to reload the firecracker, this is the opportunity at this moment, hurry up and shoot arrows!" ”

With the order, the archers plucked up their courage and opened their bows to shoot the second arrow. Perhaps because of the loss of sharpness after the blow, this wave of arrows lost their previous accuracy, and only two soldiers on the opposite side were hit by arrows in the arms and calves.

What everyone in the city didn't expect was that the opponent's firearm could be launched again in such a short time.

"Boom, boom", the gunfire rang out again, and the unprepared archers fell more than a dozen people again. Now the archers panicked and turned to flee.

Lu Gengyu shouted: "You want to escape? Not to mention the need for military law, if the thieves capture the county seat, no one can leave, where can you escape? ”

(To be continued.) )