The sound of jingling gold and iron sounded, and under the Weizhou City, the Weizhou Army wearing blue armor and the Guiyi Army mainly wearing cotton armor began to retreat slowly after ringing the gold.
After Murong Nobunaga and others captured and killed several brave generals of the Weizhou Army, Zhang Zhao immediately arranged for the three battalions of Er Zhujing, Zhao Cunyi and Luo Shande to take the initiative to attack.
However, the two parties only had a brief contact and then retreated.
The Weizhou Army suffered several waves of arrows. In addition, there was a shortage of iron armor, because those with iron armor followed the officers and ran to rebel. These waves of arrows directly caused the Weizhou Army to lose dozens of people.
The Guiyi army retreated because Zhang Zhao saw several crossbows appearing on the top of Weizhou City.
Moreover, the city was crowded with people, and many archers were ready to attack, which cut off the possibility of the Guiyi army to seize the door. If they tried to do so, they would probably suffer a lot of casualties and would not succeed.
Especially the bed crossbow is particularly useful when facing a dense military formation. Although there are only a few of them, they can hit a group. At this time, there are no shield cars, angry spoke cars and other defensive equipment, so you have to risk your life to grab the door. Very uneconomical.
Zhang Zhao planned to wait for the camel cyclone cannon to be in place, use a small trebuchet to smash the bed crossbow at the top of the city, and then use the angry spoke car to cover the blasters of Fenjindu, and go directly to the city gate to blow open the city gate.
Zhang Zhao retreated slightly. At the top of Weizhou City, the general Wang Shouye was even more confused. He looked at the soldiers pouring out from Danzheng Gorge under the city, and his brain was almost in a state of shutdown.
These soldiers are very difficult to deal with at first glance. There are at least several thousand soldiers among them. Except for some of the rangers who seem to be Yuanzhou party members who are a little confused, the rest of the troops have strict orders, are uniform, and have rules for advancing and retreating.
After they stationed three to four thousand troops in the west of the city, they quickly divided up more than two thousand troops and horses to block the path south of the city leading to Qinzhou and other places.
Then at least two to three thousand Qingqi dispersed. Although they were unable to surround Weizhou City, with the number of Qingqi, anyone who wanted to leave the city would definitely not be able to escape pursuit.
For a moment, Wang Shouye suddenly felt as if he was in the late Tang Dynasty and was being attacked by Tubo Zanpu's elite army.
But reality told him that this was impossible. He was not a loyal minister of the country, but was rebelling. But where did so many well-equipped soldiers come from?
"General, a large banner has been erected opposite, please submit a letter to the rebel military governor Zhang!" A young colonel with good eyesight pointed at the large banner in the distance and shouted loudly.
"Guiyi Army? What are they doing here?" Wang Shouye and one of the generals were stunned, and one of the generals scratched the bun on his head.
"He returned to the Zhang family of the rebel army and was at ease in the meadows. Why did he come here after traveling thousands of miles?"
"No! How can the Zhang family of the Guiyi army get thousands of soldiers? Let alone lead an army of more than ten thousand to our place. If he has this strength, doesn't he quickly annex the Longyou states in Hexi?"
All the generals were puzzled as to why the Zhang family of the Guiyi Army came here.
This is actually a misunderstanding, because Shi Jingtang only granted Zhang Zhao the official positions of Hexi Jiedushi and Shanlan River Surrounding Observation and Disposal Envoy, canonized the angel, and blocked it in Qinzhou, which is Tianshui, so the edict has not yet been issued at all. into the hands of Zhang Zhao.
As for the Jiedu Envoy's full-scale six-band banners and Yamen flags and other ceremonial guards, they had not yet been made, so Zhang Zhao used the large banner of the Guiyi Army's Jiedushi Army that had been obtained by his great-grandfather Zhang Yichao.
The Weizhou general at the head of the city was confused when he saw another young general galloping towards him on a tall red horse.
This horse was very fast, running hundreds of steps in the blink of an eye. The rising sun shone on this red horse, and its sweat and red hair actually reflected a faint auburn golden light.
"Pegasus! This is Pegasus! The sweat-blooded Pegasus of Dawan Kingdom!"
There was a schoolboy next to Wang Shouye who was very knowledgeable. His ancestor had been a town commander, so he recognized the unusual red horse in the distance as fast as lightning at a glance.
Suddenly, the city was buzzing with people, and the surrounding soldiers came running over. A group of people gathered together, marveling at the rumored sweat-blooded horse.
"Wu Ying'er, your Alang was not unjustly defeated. He has such a Pegasus, and he can arrive hundreds of steps in a blink of an eye. Who dares to take it?" Someone shouted to Wu Ying'er, who was the first to recognize the Pegasus.
"Boo! Woo!" There was a strange sound, and you were about two hundred steps away from the top of Weizhou City. The young general dismounted, took a huge hard bow, and shot a loud arrow towards the top of the city.
"Inspector Sikong, Hexi Jiedushi Commander Zhang Gong has issued an edict to fight against the rebellion! You will open the city and surrender immediately. We will only punish the culprits. If you dare to resist, your relatives will be implicated." Cui Huxin shouted at the bottom of the city.
Wang Shouye hurriedly asked someone to find the noisy arrow that had been shot onto the tower. Sure enough, there was a letter tied to the noisy arrow.
"Inspector Sikong, Hexi Jiedu envoy and Shanlan Hekuo four-state Jiedu envoy Zhang, were ordered to fight against the rebellion! The Hexi army's thirty thousand soldiers came out of Lanzhou, Hui, Yuan, and the Hedong army also sent out troops to celebrate, and went south to Ningnan.
Those who resist will live, those who resist will die!"
-The generals were silent. They were not very worried about the saying that the Hedong Army was celebrating itself and Ning went south. They also guessed that it was probably an exaggeration.
Because if you want to go south from Qingzhou (Qingyang, Gansu) and Ningzhou (Ningxian, Gansu), you must take the Malingshui (Huanjiang River)
However, there is a huge gap between the dry season and the wet season in Malingshui. It has not yet reached the wet season, so it is impossible to sail at all.
Without the advantage of boats, it would be difficult for the army to celebrate itself and go south to Ningzhou. What's more, Ningzhou's Ya soldiers and Zhenjun had already followed them to cause trouble. Even if the imperial army came, they would have to attack Ningzhou first.
It's just that the arrival of the Hexi Army is a bit bad. When everyone rebelled and made trouble, they never thought that people would come from the west. Therefore, all the elite soldiers left and are now gathering in the branch states to attack Chang'an. Stay behind.
The people in Weizhou, my hometown, are all old and weak.
At this time, the Jiedushi army generally consisted of two parts. The strong ones were the tooth soldiers, most of whom were recruited or brought by the Jiedushi when they took office.
There is also a small group of local tooth soldiers who have been passed down from father to son and from son to grandson in the local area, waiting specifically for Jiedushi to recruit them. This group of people are more capable of fighting and are the core force of the entire Jiedu Yamen.
The rest are supplemented by local recruitment. They usually follow the generals of various towns and are divided into various towns. They are considered semi-professional soldiers. Some of them are united soldiers with a term of service. They are all natives of the hometown.
If you refine it a bit, you can divide them into three parts.
The tooth soldiers are a professional army, corresponding to elite mercenaries.
The semi-professional town army is actually a remnant of the old government army system and can be regarded as a government army.
The united soldiers are the soldiers recruited from the local township regiments.
Of course, this is only true for ordinary vassal towns. Silver spears can save the army. Freaks like Jingyuan Yabing who occupy state capitals, marry each other, and create military democratization are not in this scope.
At this time, Wang Shouye and others who stayed behind were the local town troops and unity troops, while the Hechuan rebels were actually the Ya soldiers recruited from various places by Zhang Congbin, the previous military envoy.
Zhang Congbin took part of it with him when he went to Luoyang to take up his post, and kept part of it in order to control the place.
Regarding this rebellion, which may not be called a rebellion in many eyes, Wang Shouye supported it, but his family members were all in Weizhou, so they were not so active.
This is also the way to survive for this type of suppressing army. They provide food, grass, weapons, and even some brave men who follow the tooth soldiers to cause trouble, but they never take the lead.
If the Ya soldiers win, the court will do nothing to them, then the Ya soldiers will eat meat and they will drink soup.
If the tooth soldiers lose, they will either surrender quickly or stab them in the back in exchange for a lighter punishment or even no punishment from the court.
Of course, there are times when the game gets out of hand. Sometimes the tooth soldiers take money and food, and the weapons are not enough, so they will be killed completely.
The kind of military rebellion in a certain place and the massacre of a certain city is usually caused by local forces who have got away with it.
Sometimes, other Jiezhen troops and horses sent by the imperial court failed to deal with the imperial army. They could defeat the rebel fang soldiers without backstabbing them, and they could only follow in their misfortune.
Overall, this is a very difficult and dangerous job to control, comparable to dancing on an egg.
Zhang Zhao certainly knew this. He knew what was going on when he saw that Weizhou City was generally intact and there were no traces of looting in the surrounding countryside.
That's why he asked Cui Huxin to surrender. If he could capture the lair of the Changyi Army rebels, he would be in an invincible position and could attack, retreat or defend.
Wang Shouye sighed. Zhang Zhao's guess was correct. Almost all the tooth soldiers of Zhangyi Army ran to the east, and they were the only ones in Weizhou City who numbered several thousand.
Moreover, these thousands of people are not professional soldiers like Ya soldiers at all. They are hundreds of town troops with some armor, plus more than 2,000 united soldiers recruited from the whole city.
Weizhou is located on the border of Guanxi, and everyone can fight. Therefore, even a few thousand troops can be mobilized to fight in a decent manner.
But they will definitely not be able to fight a tough battle. As time goes by, these united soldiers will collapse in their hearts, and maybe they will start chaos on their own. If there are really thousands of tooth soldiers, then he will not be afraid of Zhang Zhao, and he will fight with the Guiyi Army under the city. .
"General Wang Zhen, don't listen to this. Who is this so-called Hexi Jiedushi Zhang? It's not clear yet.
Moreover, the imperial court had never controlled Hexi. Historically, Hexi Jiedu was concurrently held by the Lingwu Jiedushi, but it was a false position. How could it be ordered to let Hexi Jiedu quell the chaos?
If they are the thieves and thieves of the Liang and Lan generations, if we open the city gate, won’t we be able to let a sheep fall into a tiger’s mouth?”
"Yes! General Sun Shi's words are reasonable. Besides, the congratulatory troops and envoys are still outside. If we sell their small belongings, if they win, they will definitely not give up when they come back. Our city in Weizhou has high walls and thick walls. , we still have several thousand people, let’s hold on tight for now.”
Soon, the generals at the top of the city made a decision. Sun Shijiang, who urged not to surrender, took the opportunity to draw his bow and shoot an arrow at Cui Huxin below the city.
Cui Hu's heart didn't even move. The powerful bow in his hand could shoot to the top of the city. The bow in his hand didn't have such strength at first glance.
Sure enough, the arrow floated softly to a dozen steps in front of him, without even being inserted into the ground. However, this also showed the attitude of the city, they would not surrender.
Seeing this situation, Zhang Zhao calmly waved his hand in the distance. It seemed that he had to hit these guys to hurt them.
"Install cyclone cannons on site, cut down wood to build siege equipment, and order Hanhai Town to deploy a battalion of light cavalry to guard the surrounding areas and prepare to attack the city."
This chapter has been completed!