Chang Yu did not know when Liu Zeqing launched his troops to plunder and massacre the city. At that time, he was watching the battle in Zaoqiang, and Hejian Fucheng, dozens of miles away from Jingzhou, was also experiencing a fierce fighting.
The Black Wolf Battalion under Wuzhong was ordered to defend the city, and the deputy commander Lao Jiu took command. Chang Yu left a message with him and defended it for ten days, which was a great achievement. Lao Jiu was smart enough to hear the smell of gunpowder from these words. He Jian, as a thief in Fucheng
Since the army is too important to be lost, there will definitely be troops to attack, and there will be a big battle within a few days.
So Chang Yu left, and Lao Jiu mobilized the people in the city to help build fortifications, such as digging several trenches outside the city gate, demolishing houses and transporting wood and stones to the city, forming a militia to send weapons to the city to assist defense, etc.
Those who have been professionally trained are different. The Black Wolf Battalion was formerly the private army of Datong General Jiang Quan. It has excellent military quality and can build defensive fortifications step by step and without leaks. As a veteran, Lao Jiu's judgment is also top-notch.
Halfway through the next day, several groups of thieves were discovered outside the city.
The size of these bandit troops was not large, ranging from dozens to half a hundred, but by noon they had grown to nearly 500 people, and they were eager to start a tentative siege of the city.
As Chang Yu's most powerful force with the highest military literacy, although there were only more than 200 people, in a blink of an eye the bandit army knew what professionalism was and what Dongchang's unique ruthlessness was.
After several fights, the rebel army left nearly a hundred corpses outside the city and retreated to a confrontation several miles away. The pressure on Lao Jiu increased sharply. If the rebel army retreated, it meant that the dilemma had been solved. If the enemy surrounded and did not fight, it meant that there were reinforcements behind. The real
The storm is coming.
Lao Jiu did not dare to be careless, so he summoned the gentry in the city to mobilize the people to assist the officers and soldiers in defending the city. He said that if the traitor army broke through the city, they would definitely leave no chickens or dogs behind. The gentry was often tortured by the traitor army. Those who survived the disaster expressed fear and hatred.
By providing money and effort, they have always had appeal among the people. At this time, they mobilized the people in the city to vow to defend the city to the end!
Just after noon, a bandit army of about a thousand people arrived from the northwest. Lao Jiu concluded that they were reinforcements from Baoding Prefecture, and were most likely the bandit army entrenched in Gaoyang County.
There are more than 1,500 rebels and more than 200 defenders. The soldiers under Lao Jiuhao ordered to defend with all their strength. The rebels have no artillery and only a few siege ladders. It is not that easy to break the city!
Unexpectedly, at this moment, there was a sudden report that thousands of thieves were coming from the south, causing panic in the city. However, Lao Jiu was not worried but was happy. Everyone was puzzled, so he started talking...
The rebels set up a defense line at the Jingzhou border in the south to snipe the officers and soldiers heading north. How could the rebels at these defense lines suddenly turn around? Seeing that they were in such a miserable state, there was only one explanation: the little governor had led his troops to break through the defense line and was coming to kill them.
As soon as everyone heard this truth, their morale immediately rose. They only had to hold on for a moment and a half, and when the soldiers came to help, these thieves continued to flee.
After all, Lao Jiu was still a little green. Although his guess was generally good, it was wrong by a thousand miles. If Chang Yu really led his army to the north, he would have done so very quickly. However, at this time, he was watching Huang Degong and Huang Degong in Jizhou, hundreds of miles away in the southwest.
Gao Jie is attacking the city.
Liu Zeqing, who led his troops to break through the defense line, did not immediately pursue the rebels and settle in Hejian Fucheng. Instead, he burned, killed and looted Jingzhou City.
This will be a disaster for Lao Jiu and his Black Wolf Camp.
The rebel reinforcements coming from the north and the defeated rebel troops coming from the south saw that there were not many officers and soldiers defending Fucheng, so why not take the opportunity to capture Fucheng and re-establish a defense line, so after a brief discussion, they launched an attack!
Five to six thousand thieves besieged a city defended by only two hundred officers and soldiers. You can imagine how brutal this battle was...
However, just when the rebels were attacking Hejian Mansion with great fanfare, Liu Zeqing, who was slaughtering the city dozens of miles away, had his first reaction after receiving the news. He wanted to send troops to support immediately. He knew the importance of Hejian Mansion. If he was attacked by the rebels,
Zhan was a big obstacle for him to go north, and it would take a lot of effort to attack the city, but he might not be able to defeat it. If so, how could he regain the entire territory of Hejian Prefecture in ten days?
But just when he was mobilizing troops to support, the spies said that although the rebel army was large, they did not have the equipment to attack the city, and the thousands of defenders on the city fought hard and could not be defeated in an instant.
Thousands of garrison soldiers? Liu Zeqing was startled. The young eunuch once said that there were only two or three hundred soldiers left under his command. Why did it suddenly become thousands? Then he realized that it should be the people in the city who worked together to defend against the enemy.
If this is the case, why should I rush to call for reinforcements and let the two of them kill each other until they are exhausted before reaping the benefits? If the rebel army cannot be defeated, it can be easily defeated by the large army when they are tired. If the rebel army has
The importance of being able to defeat the city and kill it at the most critical moment shows its own importance. It must be the first contribution, otherwise it can only be regarded as an assist at most. Moreover, it is a life-saving grace for the people guarding the city. They should be grateful. It can be said that one stone kills multiple people.
Gain fame and fortune!
After the calculation, Liu Zeqing postponed the immediate rescue, but asked his subordinate Shi Xingming to command three thousand cavalry for nearly ten miles to act according to the situation. If the thieves are tired, kill them, and if the city is in danger, save them. In other words, if these two situations don't happen, just watch them fight.
Yes.
It is said that the bandits who were attacking the city suddenly saw a group of officers and soldiers chasing from Jingzhou. They were panicked. While intensifying the attack on the city, they dispatched a group of troops to prepare for the battle. Unexpectedly, they found that group of troops in the wilderness more than ten miles away.
They stopped moving forward, which made them very puzzled.
The rebel army suddenly attacked more fiercely, and the pressure on the defenders in the city increased sharply. Lao Jiu led his troops and the people fought bravely to kill the enemy. He did not realize that the reinforcements were ten miles away, but he was still looking forward to the little eunuch's thousands of troops.
The horse is coming soon...
The thieves surrounded the city and attacked. Although there was no artillery to suppress it, and there were even very few siege equipment, the numbers of people were overwhelming, and the situation was almost crazy. The cavalry circled the city with bows drawn, and the infantry charged with ladders. It was crazy to rush forward and follow the enemy...
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Faced with the madness of the rebel army, Lao Jiu calmly responded to the challenge and divided the troops of the Black Wolf Battalion into four groups to defend the four cities. He led the people to rise up and kill the enemy. The people in the city, young and old, risked their lives to transport stones and other armaments to the city. In one simple sentence, all the people participated in the war.
, because they all know that if the city is broken by the bandit army, they will all die without a burial place...
The more than fifty Black Wolf Battalion soldiers on each side of the city were the backbone, commanding the people on the city to bravely throw stones and wield swords to kill the enemy. Wave after wave of thieves and soldiers came in endlessly, and they were able to reach the top several times.
It was really a river of blood...
It was getting dark, and Jingzhou City was gradually reduced to ruins in the sea of fire. There were corpses everywhere in the small town, and there were no crowing of chickens or dogs barking, and there were piles of corpses of thousands of surrendered rebels thousands of miles outside the city.
Liu Zeqing's eyes slowly turned from the firelight in the city to the corpses, and then slowly raised his eyes to look north. There was a faint light in the sky due north, as if he could see the smoke rising over there. The corner of his mouth curled up slightly: "Send the order, attack the thieves."
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Both parties fighting in Hejian Prefecture were exhausted. The rebels outside the city had made several fierce attacks but were repelled by the defenders and people inside the city. At this time, they were breathing heavily and debating whether to leave or continue.
Lao Jiu looked at the corpses on the ground at his feet. With several stab wounds on his body, he couldn't help but tremble all over. The corners of his mouth trembled slightly. His eyes passed over the blood-covered colleagues and the people in the city one by one, and he shouted with all his strength: "
"People are in the city"
"People are in the city," tens of thousands of people roared in unison, causing the rebels below the city to shiver. Their eyes showed the intention to retreat. They fought for several hours and suffered numerous injuries. The defenders on the city were
The number of soldiers originally increased from a few hundred to thousands, then to thousands to nearly ten thousand. The more we fought, the more we fought, and the more we fought, the more chilling...
Okay, no more fighting, I'm leaving.
Unexpectedly, before they had time to order a retreat, they suddenly saw the officers, soldiers and cavalry that had been watching in the south suddenly crossed the Guyang River and killed them. Taking advantage of others' danger, the bandits immediately fled...
"Reinforcements are coming!" Lao Jiu's eyes lit up on the city and he couldn't help shouting. The people in the city cheered one after another. There were many people crying with joy, and some even fainted due to relaxation.
The officers and soldiers crossed the river, and the cavalry swept through Can Yun. The rebel soldiers were exhausted and fled away. The whole city of Hejian Mansion burst into cheers. After seeing the enemy's defeat, the city gates were opened wide to welcome the reinforcements. Lao Jiu on the city looked at the reinforcements outside the city.
Slowly his brows wrinkled...
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