"Yanei, Raoyang City, it can be broken in the snap of a finger!"

"Don't be careless, although the duck is cooked, as long as it is not eaten in the mouth, it is still possible to fly."

Under Raoyang City, Wang Shiyuan was wearing a bright silver lacquered phoenix winged mountain armor, holding a big sword in both hands, standing under the banner, watching the battle in front of him intently. The one who took a step back beside him and spoke to him was his lieutenant Lu Feng. At this time, it was already evening, and the five thousand soldiers and horses led by Wang Shiyuan led by Wang Shiyuan of the Chengde army had been attacking Raoyang City for nearly a day.

The county order and regimental training envoys of Raoyang City surrendered to the Qin army, and they didn't want to follow the Wang family to death, who would have expected that now they would become the first cannon fodder to die? Although Raoyang is close to the Yingzhou River, it is the northern front line of Chengde, but this is only a small city, all along, the Chengde army has not arranged many soldiers and horses here, their real gate is in the south of Shenzhou, which is at most an early warning fence. How did some old and weak soldiers resist the onslaught of the Chengde army.

The defenders in Raoyang City, under such a fierce attack by the Chengde Ya army, have long been difficult to support, taking care of one and losing the other, if it were not for the fact that they have no way to retreat, and there is still a glimmer of hope that the Qin army in the river will come to the rescue, the city would have been broken at this time.

In less than a day, the Chengde Ya soldiers attacked the city wall several times, and once even hundreds of Ya troops attacked the city directly from the water gate. The army in the city, at this time, knew that Wang Shiyuan threatened to slaughter the city after breaking the city, so the whole city fought desperately to resist. barely maintained the city unbroken.

But. Under the onslaught of the day. They have also paid a very heavy price.

At noon, when the Raoyang County Commander was directing the battle in the city, he was directly hit by a thunderbolt, and his bones were immediately gone.

In the afternoon, in the bloody battle of desperately repelling the hundreds of German troops who attacked the city from the Water Gate, the Raoyang regiment was killed by several arrows.

Before the end of the day, the two main figures in Raoyang City who took the lead in surrendering to the Qin army to resist the Chengde army had been killed, Wang Shiyuan thought that Raoyang City would inevitably be leaderless, and it was already easy to take Raoyang City. However, to his surprise, the county lieutenant of Raoyang City stood on the head of the city and continued to command, in addition, the head of the Liu family, a big clan in Raoyang City, also took the whole family of men and all the family members to the city to preside over the defense, and directly opened a warehouse to release grain, and took out a lot of gold and silver to distribute to the people of Raoyang who assisted in defending the city. Under the fear of slaughtering the city and the stimulation of money to slaughter the city and defend the city, these people, soldiers and civilians in Raoyang City. Unexpectedly, it lasted for another half a day, until this time in the evening. Raoyang City has already been like a flat boat in a storm, and it seems that it is about to capsize at any time, but it has not capsized yet.

If it weren't for the fact that the command in the city was obviously not as good as the beginning, Wang Shiyuan would have doubted whether the Raoyang County Order and the regimental training envoy were not dead at all.

However, the balance of victory is inevitably tilting towards the Chengde Ya army after all, and the soldiers and civilians of Raoyang defending the city are becoming more and more tired and unstoppable.

Lu Feng glanced at the river outside the city, this moat is a river that leads directly to the Hutuo River, and boats can be used, but now, in the cold winter of Layue, not only the moat has long been frozen, but the Hutuo River is also frozen. The north is not like the south, and no matter how wide the rivers are, they only have a seasonal effect. In summer and autumn, rivers can be obstructive and defensive. But in the spring and winter, when the river freezes over, it becomes completely flat. That is, the huge fortress between the rivers has been maintained, and every spring and winter, people have to be sent to break the ice in the moat every day.

The moat outside Raoyang City froze, which was a good thing for the besieging Ya army. But Wang Shiyuan's heart has always been a little unsteady, because this also means that the Hutuo River is also frozen, and Hejian City is in the lower reaches of the Hutuo River, and now the ice on the river is thick, and it has already become an incomparably wide road, so the cavalry group of the Qin army can go south along the Hutuo River more easily and quickly.

In fact, Lu Feng also reminded him that if he surrounded Sanque and let go of Raoyang City, he would definitely be able to break their half-ambition and abandon the city and flee. But Wang Shiyuan came here, the purpose is very clear, they are not here to recapture the city, but to punish the traitors, to achieve the best effect, of course, a person who does not leave behind directly slaughters the whole city. In that case, how can you open the net?

In the southeast corner, to the sound of rapid war drums, three hundred tooth soldiers rushed over with shouts.

Several ladders quickly climbed the city wall, and although the rolling stones and trees fell from the city, it was obviously much sparse. Several of the first soldiers, holding a sword in one hand and a tiger head heraldic shield covered with raw cowhide in the other, like apes, quickly crawled towards the head, and when they saw that they were about to ascend to the top of the city, the defenders of the city were in a panic. A team of people ran to intercept, but at this time, the heads of the city had jumped onto the city, as soon as they landed, several of the heads quickly took out the "palm thunder" from their waists, lit the fire and threw it directly to the rushing Raoyang soldiers and civilians, then they heard a bang, and suddenly two Raoyang Zhuangding who could not avoid it were blown up by the flesh and blood, and the others were also dizzy.

Although the palm thunder is not as good as the Qin army's earth-shaking thunder, it is still more than enough to deal with a few Raoyang people.

While the smoke of gunpowder had not dissipated, several heads shouted and rushed over with knives.

The tooth soldiers under the city, seeing that someone had climbed to the top of the city again, couldn't help cheering, and their morale instantly soared. In the blink of an eye, several more teams of tooth soldiers opened the gap and climbed to the top of the city one after another.

"Rao Yang has taken it!" At this time, even Wang Shiyuan, who had always been steady, couldn't help shouting, he waved his hand, and suddenly the herald soldiers behind him waved the order flag, and hundreds of Chengde tooth soldiers let out a shout in unison, rushing towards Raoyang City, they divided into several roads, and directly threw the cloud ladder towards those gaps.

Although the palm thunder of the Chengde Ya Army is not as powerful as the Qin army's sky-shaking thunder and thunderbolt bombs, at this time, it is a siege weapon. For the time being, only officers above the rank of commander in the Chengde Tooth Army have equipment to carry, and they are used to it, and each officer who ascends the city is equivalent to a small moving catapult, and the power of a palm mine and a stone bullet is not much smaller.

Seeing that Raoyang City was about to break, Lu Fengce immediately took a few steps forward, raised his arms and shouted: "Sons, listen up." There is an order in the ya. Capture Raoyang. Bloody slaughter of the city, the first to rob the city, the second to enter the city to drink the northwest wind to fucking go! ”

Before he finished speaking, the head of the city, the besiegers, and those on standby all shook the sky with joy, and the tooth army on the ladder even had a few neat hands and feet. lest they be left behind.

Those soldiers and horses who were waiting under the city couldn't help but fluctuate, and a few horses came over to ask Wang Shiyuan for battle. Although Raoyang is a small city, it is actually guarded by the Hutuo River, and has always been a smuggling point on the border with the Qin Domain, and it is quite wealthy. No matter how rich you are, if something is grabbed a few times first and left behind, it may be someone who eats meat. They couldn't even drink the soup, so they could only do what Lu Feng said. Fucking gone to drink the northwest wind.

The treatment of the Chengde Yajun is better than that of the ordinary Chengde Army, and the food and salary are usually doubled. But if it is compared with the treatment of the sergeants of the Qin army, it will be far worse. These tooth soldiers were paid double salaries, and their families also had land and did not have to pay taxes. However, they often went out to fight, and most of them had to bring their own horses, armor, weapons, clothing, grain and grass, and even medicinal herbs. If you count on that little food, you will starve to death, how can you support your family?

They are counting on the opportunity to grab a grab when they are fighting. Therefore, the army of the feudal town is not afraid of war, and even likes to fight. Every time there is a war, before the troops are sent, the feudal towns have to pay for the extraction, there is a reward for killing the enemy, and there is also a pension for the wounded, and in some feudal towns, even before the two armies fight, the soldiers release a row of arrows, and then immediately there are officers with the soldiers carrying copper coins and sending money and so on.

Of course, the biggest benefit is that it can be looted. Not only can you rob the enemy's spoils after breaking the enemy, but you can also rob the enemy's people's property after breaking the city, and even sometimes, regardless of whether you are on the battlefield or even on the marching route.

Since the 5,000-tooth soldiers sent Rao Yang, these people have been looking forward to grabbing a handful of money, and at this time, I heard that they will fall behind others, where to live.

Wang Shiyuan looked up at the head of the city, and saw that the gap in the head of the city was getting bigger and bigger, and there were already hundreds of soldiers who had ascended the city, and the soldiers and civilians of Raoyang in the city were killed and retreated. In fact, there was no need to climb the top of the city at this time, and he didn't have many ladders left, so at this time, he should wait for the attackers to enter the city and open the city gates, and then lead the army into the city. However, seeing that the generals were gearing up, all of them were red-eyed, and they didn't want to fall behind or ruin their happiness. Commanding the soldiers and horses, he must make meritorious contributions, his subordinates will be rich, and both sides will benefit each other, so that everyone will always be loyal to him.

nodded at the moment and said: "Leave the battalion of the Ben Ya personal soldiers, and the rest will be left to attack the city!" ”

When he gave the order, except for the soldiers of his battalion of guards, who were disappointed, the rest of the troops were all smiling and thunderous. Everyone rushed towards the Raoyang city wall, some people did not have a ladder, so they simply ran directly towards the city gate, and they didn't know where to get a few woods, a group of people carried it, and went directly to hit the door.

"Congratulations to Yanei, in less than a day, that is, to break through Raoyang City, the marshal will be very happy when he hears it." Seeing that the cooked duck had finally fallen into his mouth, Lu Feng smiled and hugged his fist at Wang Shiyuan to congratulate!

Wang Shiyuan was smiling, but suddenly heard someone shouting: "Report-"

He turned his head, and saw a horse galloping towards them, until they were in front of them.

The man rolled down from the horse directly, and several soldiers next to him hurriedly helped him up, only to find that this person had a feather arrow stuck in his back, and a battle robe had been soaked in blood.

A personal soldier recognized this person as a scout horse sent to Lu, who had previously sent a total of 100 scouts and a team of 10 people to reconnoiter the movements of the Qin army in the direction of Hejian and Cangzhou. Unexpectedly, only one came back at this time, and he was seriously injured.

A pro-soldier took off a leather bag and poured a sip of wine into the sparrow's mouth, and after the young man, the spy finally woke up leisurely, saw Wang Shiyuan, struggled to get up, and reported weakly: "Yanei, Qin Jun, Qin Jun is here!" ”

When he saw this seriously injured spy, Wang Shiyuan was already mentally prepared. He asked in a deep voice, "How far is the Qin army from here, and how many people are there?" ”

"Riding side by foot, I can't count how many people and horses, when my subordinates met Lu Jian, they had already crossed Yingzhou and entered the territory of Shenzhou, less than a hundred miles away. At a glance, the Qin army came along the ice of the Hutuo River, overwhelming, with flags like the sea, boundless, at least tens of thousands of people! ”

Although the spy was weak, his head was still very clear, and he spoke very well. However, when talking about the number of people, he used a few very powerful words in a row, and Wang Shiyuan's face changed when he listened.

Lu Feng was stunned, "Overwhelmed, boundless, at least tens of thousands of people? This is impossible, and the city of Hejian did garrison 50,000 heavy soldiers in its early years. But in recent years, the Qin army took Lulong and Yiwu, and made every effort to operate Yanjing, Shanhaiguan and Junduguan, Lulongsai, and built Tianjin and Tangshan, and there were fewer and fewer soldiers and horses on this side of Hejian, and intelligence showed that now the Qin army in the Hejian fortress has only three armies and 15,000 soldiers, and there are also some unity soldiers and township soldiers and militia, all of which together are less than 20,000. Could it be that the Qin army between the rivers poured out of the city, and all came? Since last year, the unity soldiers, township soldiers, and militia near the Hejian Fortress have all been disarmed and returned to their hometowns, and only a few troops are on duty in Hejian City in peacetime. Where did they get the tens of thousands of horses? ”

Wang Shiyuan is also strange, when the Qin army gave Chengde Town the most ultimatum before, the Qin army that was close to them had no troops and horses in each city, and there was no movement of troops and horses, and there was calm on the border. It was precisely because of this that when Wang Jingyin made a decision, he thought that the Qin army was just scaring them, and he had no real intention of going south.

Chengde is not a small town, even if the Qin army wants to attack, it has to go all out. In addition, the Qin army does not have many soldiers, and they are scattered in various states and counties, so they have to assemble, and the auxiliary troops such as the united soldiers and township soldiers must also be assembled. In any case, these actions are difficult to hide. But the Qin army didn't move at all before, so Wang Shiyuan led 5,000 soldiers and horses directly to Raoyang City, which was only one hundred and eighty miles away from Hejian City, to clean up the gate and make an example of chickens and monkeys.

"The defenders of Hejian City don't have such courage to dare to attack the empty city, so he is not afraid that we will take the opportunity to seize his Hejian Fortress, the first town in southern Beijing?"

But before his words had fallen, he heard someone shouting, "Look! ”

When everyone looked up, they saw that the ice on the river that was excavated from the Hutuo River to the city of Raoyang was really dense, and thousands of cavalry rushed on the river. At this time, the ice surface is extremely thick, and the war horse is stepping on the ice, which is really a flat river.

This cavalry all wore navy blue cuirasses and red cloaks, and the tall knights in front of the team held military flags, embroidered with Qin characters, and painted with black flying eagles.

"This, this. Qin cavalry, iron cavalry legion? It can't be, they're too fast! Lu Feng looked at the river with a pair of eyes, muttering in his mouth, for a while, he couldn't believe that this was the truth. Although there are only more than 1,000 of these soldiers, anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is just a striker, or a horse.

Wang Shiyuan's brows were also furrowed, "The cavalry of the Qin army is basically equipped like this now, what is missing is the Iron Cavalry Legion, looking at it, it is more like the cavalry forward battalion from the Hejian Fortress." (To be continued......)