Pingcheng was besieged to a tight siege for several days.
The residents in the city all knew that the rebels had arrived, and their expressions were all different.
However, under the strong control of the government and military, no one can make waves.
Countless small areas were divided close to the surrounding city walls, and a large number of civilians were dispatched to this area to repair war equipment.
A large number of stones, logs, kerosene, etc. were carried to the city wall every day.
The Wanping Army beat drums and trumpets outside the city every day, pretending to attack by force.
Have a garrison mentality.
War of words, psychological warfare.
Next comes the hand-to-hand combat.
Finally on the fifth day of the siege.
Wanpingjun sent a letter of war and nailed it to the turret of the city wall.
Does this still require a formal declaration of war?
Cao Su thought to himself, with everyone surrounded like this, they couldn't be here for a concert?
"Woo~"
The thick horn sound sounded again.
Cao Su stood on the city wall and looked into the distance.
Countless soldiers walked out of the endless rebel camps.
The troops in front were not uniform in appearance.
Although they are called "armored soldiers", they actually do not wear neat armor. If the condition is good, they only wear leather armor.
But most people have weapons in their hands.
The people at the front all held wooden shields.
The military formation was arranged in the front and center. After the sound of a cannon, a large number of strong men in the military camp carried out more than ten ladders.
Subsequently, the military formation was divided in the middle, and more than ten ballista carts were placed in front of the formation.
Pull the string fully, and the huge crossbow arrows roar.
Just listen to a loud "dong" sound.
More than ten crossbow arrows were shot on the city wall.
Debris flew from the wall.
But it's almost harmless.
In the city, several trebuchets suddenly counterattacked.
The kerosene-lit artillery shells dragged a long plume of smoke and crashed into the Wanping Army formation that rushed towards them like a tidal wave.
On the battlefield, wailing sounds suddenly began.
In front of the moat, bows and arrows flew down like rain.
Cao Su held up his wooden shield and observed the enemy's scattered counterattack arrows.
"The Wanping Army has very few archers, almost all of them are infantry."
"The siege equipment is also very crude. The ballista cart is almost useless against a city wall as thick as Pingcheng."
"This kind of offensive may not even be able to cross the moat."
On the battlefield, there was a huge gap between the old and new Fu troops.
The new army was more or less nervous and their faces were pale.
Lao Jun, on the other hand, was calm and relaxed, obviously much calmer.
"Woo~"
The trumpet sounded again.
The Wanping Army's offensive became more rapid and fierce.
Under the rain of flying arrows, the sergeants in the front row fell one by one, and most of them rolled into the moat.
On the battlefield shrouded in black smoke, the entire moat instantly turned red.
This offensive lasted for a quarter of an hour, and the Wanping Army finally crossed many obstacles and forcibly crossed the moat.
Then, the ladder was set up.
There was a ladder right in front of Cao Su.
Cao Su was about to push the ladder away, but was held back by the archer he had been protecting.
"Don't push, let some people come up."
Put some people up?
Cao Su was confused. How could he still do this?
"The last wave, push the ladder away again, and let these people become alone."
This is probably the self-confidence of the veteran army, or the vast new army of the government also needs to quickly grow and hone through such battles.
Cao Su naturally followed the good example, so he waited for some vanguards of the Wanping Army to land on the city wall.
As soon as these vanguard troops landed on the city, Cao Su and others drew their swords and attacked them.
In a local war, the enemy is outnumbered and we are outnumbered.
Almost in the blink of an eye, these soldiers were hacked to death with random swords.
"They are all ordinary warriors."
As soon as Cao Su fought, he realized that the opponent was not strong.
The strength of the entire Wanping Army seems not to be high.
"Enter!"
On the tower, Wei Tao shouted loudly and gave instructions.
Following his order, some Laofu soldiers who had been hiding in the back row rushed to catch up.
The spear moved forward, stabbing the hearts of many Wanping Army sergeants.
"Push away the ladder!"
At this time, Zhou Qing, who had fought bloody battles, rushed to Cao Su's side.
The area of Cao Su is also the area that Centurion Zhou Qing is responsible for.
Seeing that Cao Su had cleared the area, he asked Cao Su to push the ladder away.
Cao Su tried to push the ladder.
He shouted loudly, and the power of Qi and blood exploded.
Hundreds of kilograms of force were exerted on the ladder, pushing it down and killing several rebels on the ladder.
Qi-blood warriors can generally push away ladders.
But Cao Su seemed particularly relaxed.
This surprised Zhou Qing. He didn't expect that Cao Su would remain silent.
The strength is not weak.
The archers climbed up the wall again and attacked the dense darkness below.
Wan Pingjun hurriedly set up wooden shields.
But there will still be some flying arrows that penetrate the wooden shields, wounding and killing some soldiers.
After about half a stick of incense, the ladder was set up again.
Wan Pingjun bravely climbed up the ladder.
There was another wave of killings, the Wanping Army dropped dozens of corpses, and the ladder collapsed.
After going back and forth three or four times, the Wanping Army's offensive became much weaker.
The morale of the vanguard death squads has dropped significantly.
The enemy's camp in the distance is striking with thunder and gold.
Amidst the rapid ringing of gold, the Wanping army was seen retreating back like a tide.
It comes in a hurry and goes in a hurry.
The first day of confrontation ended hastily.
It left behind a landscape of desolation and hundreds of corpses.
There was almost no damage to the Pingcheng Prefecture army. At first, the ballistae shot and killed a few unlucky guys who didn't react in time. In the actual battle to defend the city, almost no one was killed, but there were a few injured.
The Wanping Army retreated two miles away and returned to the military camp.
Pingcheng opened its gates, and a large number of civilians came out of the city gates to gather the corpses and clean the battlefield.
Some arrows can be picked up and used again, and gold and silver are still stored on some corpses. These are all trophies.
There were countless archers on the city walls watching eagerly, and the Wanping army could only watch Pingcheng clean up the battlefield.
"Those who died on the first day were the pioneer soldiers who dared to die. They were warriors without energy and blood, and their strength was very low."
"It's just a tentative attack. It is estimated that the intensity will become higher and higher in the future."
Cao Su stood on the wall, looking at the military camp in the distance, silently.
Zhou Qing came over specially to talk to him.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Cao Su's outstanding performance attracted his attention.
In Zhou Qing's eyes, Cao Su is young, has high martial arts skills, and has great potential, so he is worthy of friendship.
"It will be more difficult if the Qi-blood warriors rush onto the city wall. Once there are Qi-blood warriors on the wall, you must kill them as soon as possible, otherwise they will cause huge harm to ordinary soldiers."
Zhou Qing gave Cao Su a few words of advice.
Cao Su nodded and asked curiously: "How many people are there in the Wanping Army?"
"It is said to be one hundred thousand, but I guess there are definitely not, but there are at least fifty thousand sergeants. With a large number of civilians, there may be one hundred thousand, but it is definitely not a one hundred thousand army."
Zhou Qing has rich experience and his guess is accurate.
What surprised Cao Su was that the Wanping Army was more organized than he imagined.
It looks like a large army, not an ordinary refugee army.
"The Wanping Religion has a great ambition, and now that the troops are well organized, it has become quite a scene." Cao Su sighed with emotion.
Zhou Qing sneered: "They are just refugees. Once the imperial army arrives, they will surely fall apart."
Waiting for the imperial army is also the belief that supports the Pingcheng army to continue to defend.
From the moment we knew that rebels were about to invade Pingcheng, this was the biggest signal sent from top to bottom.
The imperial army.
Cao Su was a little silent, he didn't want to put his hope on others.
In his eyes, only by defeating this large army can we truly be safe.
How can we defeat this "100,000" army?
Cao Su found it very difficult. The entire army in Pingcheng was only three to four thousand strong.
The enemy is outnumbered and we are so tired just defending one wall. Later, the enemy has more and more siege equipment and attacks from all directions. How should Pingcheng be defended?
Fortunately, the morale in the city is very strong at the moment.
In the short term, the city should not be destroyed.
After the first day of fighting, the Wanping Army barracks was ablaze with lights. After countless torches were lit, it was like a long dragon of fire in the dark night.
At night, you have to be prepared for night attacks.
According to the previous rotation, Cao Su also had to watch for two hours, in the second half of the night.
So he went directly to the wall to rest.
Resting is also simple. The residential buildings near the city wall have been cleared. You can just find a residential house and rest.
Everyone in their team lives together.
Nothing happened on the first day, but after seeing the cruelty of the battlefield and the loss of hundreds of lives, everyone became relatively silent.
No one spoke.
When it got dark, he lit a bonfire and fell asleep.