The sound of fighting in the valley came to an end. As the Jihu soldiers who were attacking the city retreated to rest, the guards on the city began to drag their tired bodies to clean the battlefield and repair the gaps. Some people simply sat on the ground and lay down on the city, seizing the time.
Physical recovery.
"Why are these barbarians so vicious? Bring over the subordinate of the thief officer surnamed Cui. I want to ask him what's weird about him!"
The guard held the wall and looked down. Jihu's corpses were scattered everywhere on the land outside the city as far as he could see. The arrogance and contempt in his eyes were no longer the same as before.
According to past combat experience, the fighting spirit of these Jihu tribesmen cannot be said to be tenacious. Let alone attacking the dangerous Guide city, even if they are encountered in the wild, they will often run away whenever they can and will never be willing to fight.
However, the Jihu troops who invaded along the way were not only numerous and filled the valley, but they were also full of fighting spirit when fighting. Each of them gritted their teeth and looked fearless in death, which really made people wonder whether these enemies were still Jihu?
These enemies did not stop to rest because their troops were far away. After arriving in the valley outside the city, they immediately launched an attack on the city. Although the city defenders successfully repelled the enemy offensive, they were also clearly aware that these alley soldiers were working together.
It was very different from what we had fought before.
In just one hour, the Jihu troops launched three rounds of offensives, and the troops invested were gradually increased. In the third time, more than 3,000 soldiers were directly invested, sealing the east wall of Guide City.
Although they were not assisted by siege equipment, these brave soldiers who were not afraid of death almost climbed to the top of Guide City by stacking people on top of each other.
Although the defenders repelled the disorderly offensive of these barbarians, more than half of the equipment and materials used to defend the city were consumed. Arrows were lost, and wood and stone were in urgent need of replenishment.
The guard general was quite confident at first, but he thought that with the city's favorable location and ease of work, it would not be a problem to hold on for ten days and a half with his own troops.
But looking at the current situation, Ruojihu can still maintain such a high-intensity siege rhythm in the future. If there are no reinforcements from outside, he may have to abandon the city in two or three days.
Cui Yansheng was quickly brought up again. Faced with the guard's question, Cui Yansheng replied: "The first attacker should be the thief Hu Wanqi Qushuai named Hao Renwang. He has more than ten thousand subordinates and is quite powerful. He was led by Li Shijun.
He attacked the enemy, burned his castle, and killed thousands of people. He is more hated than the other bandits. The general has seen that the thieves are rampant, so he should call for help early, and at least hold on until Li Shijun leads the crowd to kill him."
When the guard heard this, he was even more embarrassed and shouted angrily: "Since I am not a member of the thieves' officialdom, why should I risk my life for him and fight against the thieves? If you hadn't attracted these thieves, I would have lost my life in Guide City."
You don’t have to suffer this military disaster!”
"In the army, killing thieves is your job! If a general is limited by his duties and stays out of the matter, then I ask, do we, the military officers, have the responsibility to conquer thieves? In the states in northern Shaanxi, thieves are rampant and the people are in dire straits.
, the wilderness is full of wilderness, everything is in danger, whose fault is it?"
After Cui Yansheng heard this, he sneered: "The arrogance of the general before is still in my ears. When you pass by, there will be hundreds of soldiers. Because you see thieves doing evil in the wild, they will kill them in anger. They will attack thousands of miles away and kill countless thieves."
.If there was a plan at that time for everyone to perform their duties, why should they risk themselves? It must be reported to the incompetence of the frontier soldiers!
Your Majesty once said that attacking each other will only hurt feelings and burden things, and will not help the cause! Side feelings have their own sorrows, and sometimes they are unable to do what they can. It is better to be considerate. Relieving difficulties and relieving worries is the main strategy of the matter.
We should make rash accusations. The thieves are scattered and difficult to pursue, so gathering them together and killing them is the best strategy.
The general sees this as a disaster, so why did he build the city here? Cui is not talented, and he has killed several thieves with his own hands. Fortunately, he did not die outside. Now that he has entered the city, life and death can only be decided by the general!"
After hearing these words, the guard general looked furious at first and stared at Cui Yansheng. After a while, he looked back at his subordinates and said loudly: "We will not talk about the hardships of our frontier troops for now, but we should be underestimated for our great ambitions.
How to respond?"
"Kill the enemy! Kill the enemy!"
The soldiers nearby raised their arms and shouted, looking at Cui Yansheng with a bit of shame, but the worry in their eyebrows also disappeared.
"I look down on those disgusting people in Nanzhou who wield power, but if your envoy is really as ambitious as he said, and I have the honor to meet him in the future, I will confess to him myself. Since I have taken you under my protection, and the city is safe, I
There is no dead city. If there is any remaining strength, we can defend the city together and kill the enemy."
After saying this, the guard ordered someone to throw a sword to Cui Yansheng, and then ordered: "The thieves are in a hurry, so they rush to fight. The sons and daughters have made great contributions to the enemy. I'm here to reward you. I'll kill sheep for meals in the city. I'll be full."
You will be more powerful after eating!”
When the soldiers heard this, they shouted and cheered again. They were even happier than when they had repelled several enemy attacks. Although they were in the pastoral area, they had not eaten meat for a long time because of insufficient supplies and the need for frugal food.
Already.
The morale in the city has recovered somewhat, but the Jihu troops outside the city are a little unsustainable.
Needless to say, King Hao Ren hated Li Tai and his tribe. He had just led his tribe to attack the city. He used so much force that even the string of his bow was broken. At this moment, he retreated for a while and looked at the opposite city in the distance. He said solemnly
: "Tell the people at the rear to move forward. I have sacrificed my life for them to suppress the courage of the defenders. The city is exhausted and short of troops. This is a good opportunity to continue the attack!"
"On the way back, Liu Wanqi sent someone a message, telling them that they need to cut down trees and build ladders to climb the city, and they will not attack until tomorrow morning..."
Some generals came forward and bowed their heads to report.
After hearing this, King Hao Ren was furious: "Stupid, stupid! When we cross the border to attack, the most important thing is to defeat the enemy quickly. Those miscellaneous soldiers harvested along the way should be used here. Once the enemy calms down and calms down, then
It’s not easy to attack chaos! Then why can the bandit army in front kill and loot and flee here? It’s because of speed! Over ten thousand people and horses are trapped and unable to move forward. Once they stay, their hearts will definitely be shattered!”
King Hao Ren was heartbroken again when he thought of his own castle that was quickly breached by Li Tai and his party.
The unsuccessful pursuit in the past few days also made him deeply realize the importance of speed in fighting. Attacking is like a gust of wind and rain, while escaping is like an autumn wind sweeping across the wilderness. Fighting without fighting, leaving without leaving, will only delay the opportunity.
You Dunrufeng was supposed to be the special skill of their Ji Hu troops, but it was used to the fullest by that enemy army. The troops and horses had already chased them here. Those Hu chiefs still wanted to preserve their strength. In his opinion, it was stupid.
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"If they don't attack, I will attack! Tell the troops to eat quickly and attack again before nightfall!"
Although his heart was full of anger, King Hao Ren could not give orders to other troops, so he could only grit his teeth and give the order.
"Yes, but the loss of men and horses has exceeded a thousand..."
When the general heard this, he suddenly looked embarrassed.
"Capture this city and you will be able to make up for all your losses!"
When the situation reached this point, King Hao Ren had become a red-eyed gambler who never retreated, hoping to compensate for the huge losses he had suffered by continuing to move forward.
His mentality was also foreseen by other Hu chiefs. When his troops launched another attack on the city at dusk, several Hu chiefs in the rear laughed and said: "The king is really crazy this time, and he has lost the stability of previous years. The tribes are here."
, how could it be possible to return without success!
But since he wants to attack by force, who will compete with him for this difficult task? Attacking cities and fortifying them is not our strength. Besides this city, there are not no other forces in this situation. He insists on forcing his way into difficult situations.
But we can’t be stupid and seize the time to search and sweep the nearby herd villages!”
King Hao Ren's plan may be right, but his demands cannot represent the interests of all his fellow Hu tribes.
The joint dispatch of troops by various tribes this time is not essentially a clear-cut program. No matter what the name of the rebellion was in the beginning, for the Hu tribe, the most important thing now is to take advantage of the strength of their numbers to take advantage of the situation.
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Now that King Hao Ren is besieging and attacking the city, they will naturally seize the opportunity to sweep the surrounding countryside carefully. The benefits they can easily plunder are real. Even if they are lucky enough to capture the city, they can own it for a long time.
Dominate the land?
"Thieves are short-sighted and greedy in nature. They like to disperse and are afraid to gather together. They have no sense of honor or disgrace. They are only greedy for life. They collapse at the first touch. They are difficult to pursue and therefore difficult to eradicate."
The soldiers of Xiazhou rode their horses south, and Li Tai, who was riding alongside Yu Wengui, heard the other party's high-level summary of the character of the Jihu people, and couldn't help but nodded: "Your Majesty is indeed a wise man. Although the thief and I have not been together for a long time,
They fought against each other, but Hu Xing also felt deeply about this. When they tried to lure the group out, they used all their methods and the grudges were profound, but the group of Hus still hesitated to pursue them and almost lost control."
"I may have great insights, but my skills are clumsy, which is useless! I really don't deserve Gao Pingnan's praise. I have been in the town for a long time, but I have never been able to gather the thieves and attack them.
You have long been a nuisance on the surface. If you can annihilate the thief Hu this time, the officials and people of Beizhou will be grateful for your righteous deed!"
Yu Wengui sighed again and looked at Li Tai with admiration in his eyes.
"A ruler is short and an inch is long, and the nature of the instruments is different, so they must be used separately. Thieves are cunning and cautious. When they hear the name of the king, they are frightened and run away, and they dare not compete. But I am unknown, and thieves don't know how to be frightened.
, that’s why a group of thieves rose up and attacked without giving up. If it weren’t for the help of your power, it would never be possible to achieve this feat!”
Li Tai didn't mean to flatter Li Tai. He could gather but couldn't kill, which was just a fool's errand. If Yu Wengui was just like the garrison in other areas, he just protected himself without sending troops, then he might have to worry about the thief Hu and disturb the border state.
crime.
Everyone likes to hear good words. Yu Wengui also laughed when he heard the words. He rode his horse and said again: "If Gao Ping is a strong man, he wants to give me a good reputation, and I will no longer refuse. But we also need to fight before we can praise each other."
Feeling guilty.
I hope that the thief Hu will be killed in this battle. From now on, Gao Pingnan will not be called unknown in this situation. I am actually curious in my heart. After you become famous, if Daxingtai Enyong guards here, what clever plan can you use to punish you?
Husband?"
Hearing what Yu Wengui said, Li Tai was also looking forward to it. He really hoped to get an opportunity to sit in command and develop his power calmly. When he fled all the way before, he had many ideas in his mind.