Qin Songwang learned to be cautious from Li Yan, and he never dared to slack off since he was stationed in Hejin. During the day, Qin led his troops to patrol the Yellow River defense line within his jurisdiction, and even personally participated in several operations to intercept the small groups of rebels. He returned at dusk.
, I have been doing this every day for more than half a year, which can be said to be a dedication to my responsibilities.
A few days ago, the news came that Li Yan had successfully attacked Chaoyi at night. Qin Songwang was overjoyed when he heard the news. After guarding for more than half a year, he finally started to attack. He had already been unable to hold back and wanted to conquer Hancheng on the other side. He spent many nights there.
I gazed at the top of the city and meditated, thinking that one day I would send my troops across the river to break the city in one fell swoop and make another great move.
Now that the battle finally started, he was so excited that he would send his troops across the river just waiting for Li Yan's order, but he didn't expect that Han Cheng on the other side would attack first.
The thieves also started their attack in the early morning, when Qin Songwang had just fallen asleep. He heard the killing cry and thought it was another routine raid by thieves being chased by the guards outside the city... No, if it was an ordinary raid, there wouldn't be such a big noise.
will be passed into the city.
Qin Songwang had a premonition that something was wrong, so he woke up instantly, stood up and pushed out the door: "What happened?"
"The general has sent someone to investigate," the attendant outside the room said quickly.
"Get the armor." Qin Songwang walked to the yard and listened. The sound of killing became clearer and came from the west of the city. Could it be that the rebels were attacking? He was startled. He hurriedly put on his armor and rushed outside the government office. At this time, there were soldiers at the top of the city.
Report: "General, thieves are attacking the defense line outside the city."
Damn it, Qin Songwang was a little panicked, why did the rebel army suddenly attack Hejin: "How many people are there in the rebel army?"
The soldiers who sent the message were not sure, because unlike Puzhou where Hejin could be seen clearly on the bank of the Yellow River, Hejin was about ten miles away from the bank of the Yellow River and most lights could be seen at night.
Killing cries could be heard from ten miles away, which showed how fierce the fighting was and there were definitely a lot of people and horses. Qin Songwang felt cold in his heart. He mounted his horse and ran towards the city while sending people out of the city to investigate.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he arrived at the foot of the West City, someone from the other side of the Yellow River defense line arrived and said, "General, there are tens of thousands of thieves on the other side coming to kill!"
Ten thousand? Qin Songwang was startled, and his face suddenly turned pale. He hurried to the top of the city and took a look. There were a few faint lights flashing a few miles to the west of the city. He knew that they were the defenders who had fled back in defeat. Further away, there were
There were dots of fire, and it was roughly estimated that there were at least thousands of people.
Even if thousands of people attacked, let alone tens of thousands, the five hundred troops on the other side of the river couldn't stop them, let alone a night attack.
If it were during the day, maybe we could use the fortifications to delay waiting for rescue in the city. A night attack would really be a challenge every day. Of course, if we had discovered the opponent's intention early and pulled all the troops in the city to snipe, we might not be able to block it, but we could still do it.
Let the opponent lose a lot of troops, and then retreat to the city to defend.
However……
The wind on top of the city was very strong and cold, but it was not as cold as Qin Songwang's heart.
The sky was slightly bright and the gray sky was dimly visible. More than ten meters away, the more than 500 officers and soldiers of the Yellow River defense line were defeated and only less than 200 returned. The rest were either killed or captured or fled elsewhere.
The surprise attack by thousands of thieves left him almost powerless to resist, and he was defeated in less than half a cup of tea. Qin Songwang's young guerrilla general responsible for river bank defense knelt in front of him and complained in tears.
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Qin Songwang kicked him over: "Victory and defeat are common for military strategists. If the opponent wins with more than less, we won't be ashamed. But you are crying like a fucking bitch, which really disgusts me. Now the thieves are about to lay siege to the city."
, you still don’t want me to make up for it.”
The rebel army moved very quickly. After breaking through the river bank defense line of the officers and soldiers at lightning speed, they immediately advanced towards Hejin City after a short rest. At dawn, their leading troops had arrived two miles west of the city. By daybreak, Hejin City had been occupied by them.
Encirclement, sharpening swords and murderous intent.
Although Hejin City was not big, it was larger than Chaoyi City and had a moat. However, there was no water in the river at this time, but a lot of debris was thrown in as obstacles.
Qin Songwang stood at the top of the city with a solemn expression. He looked around at the bandits surrounding the city and became more and more frightened. There were not ten thousand but eight thousand bandits. And judging from his experience, this was not an ordinary bandit army. It was very powerful.
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This must be the elite of the bandit army!
Damn it, the bandits actually used their elite troops to attack Hejin. What did they think? Qin Songwang muttered in his heart. Suddenly he seemed to hear something. He quickly looked up and felt a chill in his heart. He blurted out: "Not good!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a military flag beside him broke with a snap, and then a piercing cry of a falcon shot straight into the sky. This made Qin Songwang suddenly frightened: Luo Hu is coming!
Qin Songwang had been in the bandit army for a long time, and everyone in the bandit army knew that there was a super fierce general Luo Hu in the old camp of Li Zicheng's direct lineage. He was so brave that he could almost be said to be invincible, except for his own greatness.
He also has two magic weapons at hand. One of them has a master archer with superb archery skills. The other is a tamed falcon, which can be used for high-altitude reconnaissance and surprise attacks on the opponent's generals.
Luo Hu's two magic weapons really changed the mood of everyone when they heard about them. Even Chang Yu almost stumbled several times. If he hadn't been very cautious, he would have died long ago.
But at this moment Luo Hu came here unexpectedly.
Now I'm afraid I'm going to be in trouble!
As soon as Luo Hu arrived, he gave the garrison in the city a show of strength and folded the military flag at the top of the city. This immediately made the officers and soldiers in the city tremble with fear. When the rebels below the city saw this, they cheered and their morale was greatly boosted. They shouted whatever they wanted.
The arrogance was overwhelming, and the officers and soldiers in the city were trembling.
"Although there are many thieves, they have neither artillery nor siege equipment. It is not that easy to break the city. We still have two thousand people who can hold out for at least three to five days. Hejin is only two to three hundred miles away from Puzhou, which is enough for Li
The commander came to help, what can I do?" Qin Songwang knew that he could not be chaotic or panic at this time. His words calmed the army's morale, but the dark clouds did not disperse under the siege of nearly 10,000 thieves.
As Qin Songwang said, it is indeed difficult for the traitor army to break the city if they don't have anything. But who can guarantee that if everything is not in place within two or three days, how much longer can he be able to block it?
The situation is still quite unfavorable, but it has not reached a moment of despair. Li Yan has sentry posts every few dozen miles along the Yellow River defense line. They will immediately discover the bandit army siege here and then rush to Puzhou through these sentry posts. Qin Songwang
He thought that Li Yan would have cavalry to come to his rescue in a day and a half soon, and a large army would arrive in three days at the latest.
Hold on and you will win!
Qin Songwang gave himself a shot. As long as he could withstand Luo Hu's attack this time, he would be famous in the army and become famous all over the world.
It is a crisis but also an opportunity.
However, Qin Songwang only knew that there was Luo Hu outside the city, but there was not only another ruthless man in the bandit army, Ma Bao!
Li Guo's game of chess is a bit big, one link after another, so he puts two pieces of good steel on the blade, so that he can be invincible when advancing, and calm when retreating.
Luo Hu and Ma Bao were the most courageous direct descendants under his command. He did not station these two men in a fixed place, but used them as mobile troops to go wherever needed.
While Qin Songwang was injecting chicken blood for his subordinates at the top of the city, Luo Hu and Ma Bao were gnawing on freshly roasted lamb legs outside the city. For this raid, the two of them had traveled long distances and had not slept well for several nights.
There are red threads in the eyes, but the spirit is still full, youth is good!
Luo Hu did not give Qin Songwang much time to prepare. After a short rest, he launched an attack at midnight. It was not an encirclement. He sent 2,000 men to attack from the north of the city with simple men. In less than half an hour, he was unexpectedly attacked by the officers and soldiers in the city.
Retreat, withdraw outside the moat.
After repelling a wave of attacks by the bandits, the morale of the officers and soldiers in the city gradually recovered, but Qin Songwang's mood was not relaxed at all. He could see that Luo Hu's attack was just a test move, and he just wanted to feel his strength. The highlight was still there.
It's at the back.
Sure enough, before dark, the rebels came again. This time they had more people, and the number and intensity of the attack were much greater. However, after the officers and soldiers rose up to resist, they fought fiercely for nearly an hour and then withdrew.
It's getting dark too.
Looking at the messy city, Qin Songwang, who was covered in blood, slowly sat down and breathed heavily. This time, the attacking bandit army used half of their troops, mainly attacking in two directions, and he used 80% of his strength to stop it.
If the bandits use all their strength and are surrounded by enough siege equipment, they will definitely not be able to stop them, and they won’t even have a chance to escape!
And this is just the first day, we still don’t know if the thieves will attack again at night!
Fortunately, the whole night was uneventful. Qin Songwang guessed that the rebel army was tired and needed to rest and was also waiting for the siege supplies from the rear to be in place.
He could imagine that the next wave of attacks would be stormy.
However, he only guessed half of it right. The bandit army was indeed tired and waiting for supplies from the rear. But more importantly, they did not intend to break the city so quickly, otherwise Luo Hu would launch a full-scale attack when the troops approached the city during the day.
When it comes to attacking, regardless of whether it can be defeated or not, he has to attack first and then talk about it.
The reason why he didn't invest all his troops and strength at once was because Li Guo wanted to attract reinforcements from Li Yan from Puzhou!
It was defeated immediately. Li Yan's reinforcements may not come, or they may not come in such a hurry. Only by putting Hejin on the fire will Puzhou become anxious.
Stewing over low heat is the most torturous. Of course, being able to destroy the city during slow simmering is also an unexpected joy.
In short, Hejin City has been in the bag for a long time, and it is just a matter of taking it early and taking it later. The purpose is to attract reinforcements from Puzhou, and then take advantage of Puzhou's emptiness to counterattack and regain the imperial city.
The next day, the sky was sunny. How could Luo Hu allow Qin Songwang to have free time on such a beautiful day? Another wave came at noon. This wave was so fierce that the bandit army even boarded the city, but was eventually defeated by Qin Songwang's men.
It went down, but suffered heavy losses.
To be honest, this is just Li Yan's people coming to defend the city. If other officers and soldiers may have surrendered long ago, this period is not bad. Before Chang Yu came to power, the traitors may have surrendered before they came to rescue him.
But with this intensity of attack, ordinary city-defending officers and soldiers might have a psychological breakdown. The reason why Qin Songwang withstood it was because he knew that if the city was broken or surrendered, it would be a dead end!
To the rebels, he was a traitor. After he followed Li Yan and surrendered to the imperial court, he contributed a lot during the Baoding War. This made everyone in the rebel army hate Li Yan. How could he die a good death as Li Yan's confidant?
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So the only way to survive is to hold on and wait until reinforcements arrive.
Qin Songwang understood this, and so did his soldiers, so he gritted his teeth and withstood this wave.
The performance of the officers and soldiers guarding the city also shocked Luo Hu and Ma Bao outside the city, and greatly changed their views on Qin Songwang. After all, Qin Songwang was just a follower of Li Yan when he was a thief, and his reputation was not well-known.
Gain fame and be known to thieves.
When he came, Luo Hu didn't pay attention to him at all, thinking that he was just taking advantage of Li Yan. After all, Li Yan had been by his side in previous battles, but this time he was in charge alone.
They thought they could get it at their fingertips, but who knew they were pricked in the hand. Luo Hu and Ma Bao were shocked and became furious. They had to break the city before the rebels came, otherwise they would capsize and wait until Li Yan's reinforcements arrived.
If you destroy the city, you will be ruined and you will be greatly humiliated.
But, according to Li Guo's instructions, it is necessary to make sure that Li Yan from Puzhou sends troops to help, so that they can truly break the city.
A day and a night have passed in the blink of an eye. Why is there still information from Puzhou about Li Yan's deployment of troops? Is it possible that Li Yan hasn't received the information from here?