Chapter Eighty-Six: The Military Formation
When the Taoist priest followed the group of people along the horse road to the city wall, the scene in front of him almost stunned him, not only the seemingly boundless white turban army, cavalry, Buddha flags, armor soldiers, and all kinds of tall siege weapons, but also outside the city wall.
Originally, more than half of the urn city had been demolished and was built again, and the place that had not been completely repaired was filled with horses and sasswood, and in the left and right directions of the east and west corners of the city wall, two stockades rose from the ground, and the following was made of bricks and stones, and the top was a structure built of logs, and the bed crossbow, bow and arrow, stone thrower, sassal wood, and iron ball circled a piece, no matter how you look at it, it looks like a huge group attack weapon.
Moreover, these two towers are built on the two opposite corners of the moat, whether it is filling the river or crossing the river, these things will probably give each other quite a good look; Lao Wang is a civil engineering major? It's only been a few months of hard work!
"It is worthy of the Mo family's Juzi Tower, and it is really strong!"
"At the beginning, the 20,000 Tusi rebels were unable to advance an inch under the four towers, and they were consumed until the army came to help. ”
"It's been twenty years, if it weren't for Wang Shangshu, no, it's now a letter from Wang Taifu, the old man really thought that he would die on the bed, and now the horse leather shroud, happy!!"
The Taoist priest finally understood, these old guys were all old officers led by the Tusi Rebellion in the Southwest twenty years ago, and the old prince led him, this old boy seems to have been prepared, could it be that Sima Slut informed him?
There is a way that there are more than 10,000 people and horses, boundless, these 100,000 people, just like the students who urgently gather in the playground, and then increase by dozens of times, it is almost a bit of a look, of course, the momentum is a sky, an underground, completely incomparable.
Originally, the Taoist priest thought that except for a few elites, the equipment of the White Turban Army should be the same as that of refugees, but he didn't expect that in addition to a small number of centaurs in the middle, all of them were in armor, and the vassal troops also had a sword and a shield at the bottom, and the most inferior was also a spear, and they were wearing thick cloth clothes and leggings.
Eight out of ten thanks to the contributions of the three major battalions, and now that the wind and rain are smooth, there is no shortage of food, and there is no shortage of money, money, food, land, and weapons, except for the lack of a sign of the imperial court, it is basically a regular army.
It's just that the bandits on the opposite side are all tied with white scarves, there is a very religious atmosphere, and then the dense crowd is separated from it, in the sound of 'boom boom', a wooden Buddha of ten zhang was slowly pushed up, just in front of the moat, the Buddha's head is just higher than the city wall, three heads and nine arms, the expression of each Buddha head is very weird, greed, hatred, stupidity, only there is no joy, gray-black eyes look directly at the generals, people can't help but have a numb scalp.
The huge chanting sound sounded almost at the same time, the sound shook the sky, and most of Luodu almost heard the movement, whether it was a wealthy nobleman or a small family, every household showed a panicked expression, and the white turban thief came!!
"There's something wrong with this Buddha statue!" Daoist Li thought secretly, in his heavenly eyes, a stream of gray gas came out of the military formation, and finally merged into the Buddha statue, an inexplicable feeling was born from the bottom of his heart, fear, fear, cowardice, this feeling was suppressed by the yin and yang qi in the Taoist priest's body as soon as he appeared, but he clearly saw this emotion from the eyes of other officers and soldiers, especially the recruits.
There is not much in Jiangnan, but there are many recruits who have not seen blood.
"Take the old man's bow and arrow!!" There was a sudden burst of shouting in his ears, it turned out that Lao Wang was in a frenzy!
Daoist Li perked up, could this old guy be the kind of archer who was in the legendary ancient times? Looking at his skillful posture, standard angle, and veteran with straight muscles, could it be that his target was the big Buddha? If this was nailed to the Buddha's head, it would definitely be able to lower the momentum of the other party!
The bowstring made of cooked beef tendon was 'crunching' and 'crunching', and the old king was as angry as a bullfight, and as soon as his hand was loosened, there was a 'collapse' explosion!
Good arrows!
What a good arrow!!
But where did the arrow go?
Daoist Li swept the Buddha's body for a long time, but he didn't see the slightest trace of the arrow, but on a big stone on the bank of the moat, he saw the arrow feathers that were still trembling.
“......”
Lao Wang, are you a monkey invited to make a joke? Such a big Buddha statue, even if you can't shoot the head, you can shoot another part for us to give us an errand, and if you can't shoot it, don't shoot it! Now it's good, if you shoot this arrow, the enemy's morale will be +30, and our morale will be -30.
It is estimated that Lao Wang didn't expect this, and couldn't help coughing dryly: "It's not as good as Xinpingjun." ”
Xin Pingjun is Lian Po, legend has it that this old guy can eat a bucket of rice, ten catties of meat in his later years, and open an iron bow, it seems that there is still a gap between people, between old guys and old guys.
“......”
His own people saw that it was not easy to talk to the boss's face, and the white turban thieves on the opposite side did not have this scruples, and laughed in an instant, and what was even more excessive was that a black-faced man ran out of the Chinese army, pointed to the city wall and laughed, and then rushed to the moat, wanting to pull out the arrow, which was a bit of a slap in the face.
The old hooligans on the city wall shouted and cursed one after another, the big man heard it as if he didn't notice it, and it was already within the range of fire, many soldiers threw all kinds of projectiles and direct shots, but this guy blocked it with a shield, and the armor on his body was heavy, even if he shot it, it was bounced off by the iron piece, and even several were caught by him empty-handed, and the reaction was fast.
Judging by his skills and dress, it is not impossible that he should be the leader of the White Turban Army, and even Qu Shuai.
Just when Lao Wang's face was as black as the bottom of a pot, a young general suddenly bowed down, "My lord." ”
"You give it a try," Lao Wang nodded, this ordinary-looking young man was the youngest of the old generals, with an ordinary face, but his eyes were big and small, and he looked very strange.
What's even more strange is that his arrow cluster is actually made of bronze, which is what kind of age it is, and then I saw him take out a few bottles from his waist and touch some black blood and red powder on them, and the Taoist priest could only determine that one of them was chicken blood.
The black-faced man pulled out the arrow, ran back with it held high, and then broke it in front of both people, and shouted: "Lotus Old Buddha, vacuum hometown!"
"Lotus Old Buddha, vacuum hometown!"
"Lotus Old Buddha, vacuum hometown!"
"Lotus Old Buddha, vacuum hometown!"
In these noisy sounds, there was a very subtle voice that reached the ears of the Taoist priest, "The spirit of the spirit, the great immortal, the heaven and the earth, the Tao is full of energy, the heavenly heart is the Dharma sacrifice channel, the urgent edict, the rewards and punishments are clear, the bow and arrow should be recited, the gods and men are united, I use the shot today, and quickly pursue it!"
The black shadow flashed away, and the big man on the opposite side seemed to be aware of it, and raised the shield violently, but unfortunately there were two sounds of "bang" and "bang", and the black shadow chiseled through the iron shield and helmet one after another, and the tip of the arrow then penetrated the skull, nailing this guy to the Buddha's leg, the thumb-sized hole on the head door, the eyes bulging, and he couldn't look at it.
The shouting stopped abruptly!
The black face of the sixteen commanders of the White Turban Army shot down in front of the battle!
Lao Wang was thick-skinned, stroked his beard and smiled slightly: "As expected, this official did not expect." Then he nodded to the commander, and with the regular sound of drums, a row of bed crossbows shot over with a 'bang', although it didn't tie a few people, but it also showed his attitude.
The show has just begun!
It's not that the White Turban Army is about to attack the city when it arrives, even if everyone is a believer, there is no need for material rewards, 100,000 people eat, drink, Lasa and sleep always have to be solved, the tents that set up tents, the stoves that open stoves, and the earthen embankments that pile up the earth embankments, ladders, nest cars, these relatively simple siege tools, also need to be built temporarily, which always takes two or three days of effort, otherwise the city wall is so high, you can really fly up.
Daoist Li was still shocked by the arrow just now, the sniper rifle was not so fierce, and in the other party's voice, he clearly felt a familiar power, different from the mana of Taoism and the breath of the evil demon, it was more like the feeling of double pupils and eyes.
You must have a good relationship with this big eye, what if you mess with him and squat in the grass? Snipers have always been very dangerous!
"Daoist, Daoist, Lord Wang asked you something. ”
"Well, what are you talking about?" Daoist Li woke up like a dream, his face was full of innocence, it turned out that unconsciously, he followed the army back to the yamen.
The scribe's face was full of black lines, and he said, "My lord asked you, what position would you like to live in?" but he was muttering in his heart, why did the adult be so good to this person, and he actually chose the position in the middle of the department.
"Well, this makes Poor Dao think about it. ”
“......”
The Taoist priest of the front-line troops said that he would not go to anything, originally he thought about it on the way here, with his own mouth cannon, no, it was the advantage of his tongue to fool Lao Wang first, and he was a staff member or a military advisor, but now it seems that there is a little deviation.
In ancient warfare, siege and defense of the city were relatively unskilled things, the former was filled with human lives, the latter was to block with life, and whoever was ruthless won the battle; there was no kind of dashing bull fork that waved a feather fan, arranged troops or dispatched troops to the future.
But this is just the personal idea of the Taoist priest, even Sun Tzu's military everyone has said, so the army is strategic, the second is to attack the enemy, the second is to attack the army, and then the next is to attack the city; this siege is the most difficult thing.
This kind of difficulty does not lie in mutual calculation and digging pits, but relying on real skills to speak, and in practice, if the Taoist priest is now serving as a staff member, he can only do two kinds of work, the first is logistics, grain, weapons, arrows, wood, boiling oil, the collection and distribution of these things, equivalent to modern procurement and accounting work, once the war starts, the staff system has to work overtime day and night, busy like a dog.
There is also a kind of military staff officer, which seems to be a military adviser, but it is also hard work, and it is more dangerous, that is, according to the needs of the front-line battlefield, temporarily deploy materials, and direct the placement of antler wood, the distribution of arrows, the repair of city walls, and the transportation and placement of various newly built city defense equipment in the rear.
Although the general direction is controlled by the front-line generals, but you are responsible for on-site scheduling and arrangement, often people say a word, you are estimated to run and break your legs, in case of which section of the city wall collapses, the chaotic army surges up, you will also Game-over; although it is said that the status of the scholars of this dynasty is high, but that is limited to those who have meritorious fame, most of the officials and scribes have not obtained meritorious fame, and it is common to be reprimanded and scolded by the generals, especially in wartime, and no one cares if they are cut down.
Your mother, it seems that he has dug a pit for himself, the Taoist priest scolded in his heart, although this is better than being a strong man, and it is a bit of a technical content, but it is also a variety of pits;
The key is that there is no danger in the work, and it is best to do five days off and two days off.
Looks like there really is!!
Daoist Li hurriedly told Lao Wang what he wanted in his heart, and the old rascal was puzzled at first, but the more he listened, the more he nodded, and finally said simply: "This matter will be handed over to you to be responsible, and this official will send people for your command!" (To be continued.) )