As expected by Zhou Yangong, Ouyang Zhuan didn't pay attention to the imperial envoy who had only a hundred guards. He only sent 1,500 men and horses to kill Ping'an, 200 cavalry and 1,300 infantry.
However, in terms of personnel arrangements, Ouyang Zhuan gave Zhou Yangong enough face. Actually, 300 of the 1,500 soldiers were veterans of the original food protection soldiers.
You must know that Ouyang gathered an army of 50,000 in a hurry. It turned out that the veterans of the food protection army under his hands were too important to him. Each battalion of new recruits must be equipped with a certain number of veterans, otherwise the common people who took up arms would be afraid
He would be beaten and run away if he was attacked by the enemy. It was beyond people's expectations to bring out three hundred veterans to deal with Zhou Yangong.
The general who led the army was called Pei Ben. He was originally just a small team in the food protection army. Because the team expanded too quickly, low-level generals like him were entrusted with important tasks. A captain like him was promoted several levels and became a
There are many commanders, and those former commanders have now been appointed generals.
From leading fifty food guards to becoming a captain leading a team of 1,500 people, Pei Ben can be said to be very high-spirited. In order to capture Zhou Yangong as soon as possible and return to his life, Pei Ben, who was eager to make meritorious service, worked day and night to fight from Qingzhou.
, it only took two days and one night to arrive outside Ping'an County.
The hundreds of Xiangyong who were organized by Zhou Yangong to defend the city looked at the rebels outside who were several times their own. Their faces turned pale with fright. They were all ordinary people. If it weren't for resisting the rebels, Mr. Zhou Yangong would have been busy these days.
After three meals of dry food, they were afraid that they would have collapsed from fear. Holding the big man's standard horizontal knife, their hands were shaking as if they were suffering from chicken claw madness.
There were not many hard bows to be found in Ping'an County. Fortunately, Wang Xiaoniu and the others each brought their own. Although the shooting range of the riding bow was much closer than that of the foot bow, the shooting range from a high position should not be too far.
Although morale was low, fortunately no one escaped.
"The rebels will attack the city soon, tell the brothers to pick out those who wear leather armor and shoot them!"
Duke Yan of Zhou leaned against Wang Xiaoniu and said.
Wang Xiaoniu nodded and conveyed Zhou Yangong's order. Now he had to admire this scholar who was so courageous as to be beyond imagination. He could think of attacking the veterans of the food protection army who were capable of fighting first. This was after several battles.
Accumulated experience. But Zhou Yangong could think of this when he actually went to the battlefield for the first time, which showed that his heart was not chaotic at all.
It doesn't matter if a scholar is full of ambition, and it is rare to see a scholar who is full of courage. He had always respected Zhou Yangong, but now Wang Xiaoniu looked at him with admiration.
"I know that those who are not wearing armor are ordinary people who were forced to join the army and cannot withstand the fight. As long as the loss of veterans of the food protection army exceeds one hundred, they will panic! When the city gate is opened, I will lead the brothers to kill
Go out, even if you can't kill the enemy generals in formation, you can still repel them!"
Wang Xiaoniu spat and said bitterly.
To be honest, as an officer, his hatred for the rebels is even greater than that of foreign enemies. If the emperor is not good, it is understandable that everyone will be forced to rebel. But although the life of the Han Dynasty is harder now, isn't Your Majesty improving little by little?
With these heavy snows, we only need to sow seeds after next spring, and we are guaranteed to have a field of green seedlings. But now that Ouyang Zhuan is rebelling, who knows how many people will die.
It's just that we are not facing a foreign enemy but the former Paoze. No matter what, I still feel a little uncomfortable when I attack.
"Sir, you see that the thief general outside is obviously eager to perform meritorious service. The cavalry has already arrived at the bottom of the city and the infantry is still running far behind. He only has more than 200 cavalry under his command. It is simply unreasonable to think that he can take down our Ping'an County with just this few manpower.
It's just a fool's dream. I don't think this person knows how to lead an army at all, so why not..."
Zhou Yangong looked carefully at the rebel soldiers outside and said: "Wang Xiaowei, you are right. The traitors came all the way to try to make a big move, but they forgot that they had come all the way and still had the strength to attack the city? I will lead the village warriors.
To defend the city, you take your brothers out of the city and charge. If you can kill the thieves, today's battle will be over early."
Both of them saw that although there were many thieves outside, they were just a bunch of rabble who didn't know how to fight. Even Zhou Yangong, a civil servant, could see the weakness of the other party, let alone a veteran like Wang Xiaoniu? Although
Wang Xiaoniu only has ninety cavalry under his command, but with the combat effectiveness of the veterans of the Gyeonggi camp to deal with the thieves who have not yet assembled into a formation, there is really no need to worry too much. After all, with the combat effectiveness of the Gyeonggi camp cavalry
And mobility, even if you can't complete the task of charging into the formation, it's not difficult to retreat without a trace.
Listening to Zhou Yangong's relaxed and indifferent words, Wang Xiaoniu admired Master Zhou's courage a little more. In his previous concept, those civil servants were not timid before fighting. Those who were under the rule of Yuzhou and Tanzhou
County, before the Zhou army showed its fangs, they opened the door and surrendered.
Although the Zhou Yangong in front of him usually spoke and acted with a certain sourness typical of literati, in terms of courage, he was no less generous than a military general.
"Don't worry, sir. The traitor soldiers are weak, and the traitor general is a young boy who doesn't know how to lead an army. I will go and pick off his head and present it to you."
Wang Xiaoniu cupped his fists and said with a hearty smile.
Zhou Yangong nodded and personally arranged Wang Xiaoniu's clothes and armor and said, "You are not as good as me when it comes to appeasing the people and managing the place. I am not as good as you when it comes to killing the enemy and leading the troops to break the formation. But even though there are many thieves outside, they are not as good as Wang Xiaoniu when they are put together."
You are worth a lot of money. If you can kill the thief in formation, it would be best. If you can't, don't force it. We only need to defend the city for three or four days and Hou Tinghou's reinforcements will arrive, so don't take any chances."
Wang Xiaoniu's heart warmed up when he said it: "Don't worry, sir, I know this."
Wang Xiaoniu went down to the city wall without taking all his cavalry with him. He only ordered fifty people and left forty to protect Zhou Yangong. After boosting his morale, he quietly slipped through another city gate with his fifty cavalry.
He went out and rode in a big circle, passing through the other side of Ping'an County.
Ping'an County was not a big city, and it only took a stick of incense to march around the city. Seeing the bandits gathering more and more and becoming more and more chaotic, Wang Xiaoniu knew that he would win this battle. Those who were protecting the food supply
The veterans of the army only focused on arranging the formation like herding sheep, kicking and beating the new recruits. Not only did the team of 1,500 people not send out scouts to guard, they shouted and made noisy for a long time without even forming the most basic square formation.
become.
The thief general Pei Ben originally planned to take Ping'an County in one go and go back to lead the attack, but he really didn't expect that his soldiers were in such a mess. The sparse team took half an hour and they still hadn't assembled, let alone charging.
Not many people could hear the orders I shouted.
After finally seeing the formation, he personally led hundreds of veterans to charge forward. After being shot by arrows on the wall for a while, he retreated in embarrassment. He did not attack the city gate, but lost more than ten people.
A veteran. All of these veterans are treasures. Although they have not experienced a war, they are much more clear about the execution of military orders. As for the new recruits behind them, Pei Ben became angry at the first sight.
The recruits holding white wax poles were either jumping to watch the fun, or holding their "weapons" and trembling with fear. Some of the timid ones were so scared that they wet their pants when they saw the killing scene, and they were so coquettish-
The smell can be clearly smelled from a long distance away.
He took out his riding crop and hit him on the head and face several times, and then he stabilized the rebel army.
"Everyone, please be quiet!"
Pei Ben shouted angrily.
The new recruits behind him were startled by him and all shut up. The veterans spontaneously stood in front of the queue they led. After losing more than a dozen people, order was stabilized.
"The three teams of the first battalion will take the lead, and the second battalion will support behind. The three teams of the third battalion will serve as a reserve team, ready to fill in at any time. I will personally supervise the team with a knife. Anyone who dares to attack me without working hard will chop him first.
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After threatening him fiercely for a while, Pei Ben saw that things were almost done, so he sent people to attack the city for the second time.
The city wall in Ping'an County is too short. As long as two people are stacked on top of each other, they can hook onto the wall. There is no need for any siege equipment such as ladders. Besides, the city gate in Ping'an County is old, broken, and not heavy. The thieves chopped it down halfway.
The branches of two big trees were cut off and used as battering rams. It would only take three or five blows to knock the city gate open.
The 150 people in the lead shouted to encourage themselves. When they rushed within 150 steps, the defenders on the city wall began to shoot arrows to block them. The cavalry in the Gyeonggi camp left by Wang Xiaoniu were all good at archery, and they took advantage of the terrain.
It is not a big problem to kill the enemy within a hundred and twenty steps. However, the newly recruited Xiangyong have never seen a fighting formation, and they panicked when the enemy was still far away. Zhou Yangong shouted to appease the Xiangyong.
Command the cavalry to pick up the armor-piercing armor among the thieves and shoot them.
After working hard for a while, the enemy had already lost fifty or sixty people when they rushed within thirty steps. However, the local warriors saw that the opponent was not an invulnerable demon. They would cry out when they were in pain, and even screamed in fear before they died, so
Their courage gradually grew. They were driven by the veterans from the Gyeonggi camp and squatted behind the city wall to avoid the arrows shot by the thieves. When the thieves reached the bottom of the city wall, they followed the veterans' instructions and raised the boiled blood water to head towards them.
Splash down.
The city wall is low. If you use stones to hit it, I'm afraid that few people will be able to hit it. It won't take long for the thieves to create a road. So Zhou Yangong had thought of a way before, giving up rolling wood and thunder stones, and instead ordered people to
On the other side of the city wall, use a large pot to melt the snow water and boil it.
This move was so cruel that the boiling water was poured down on the head, and those who were touched by the water were immediately burned and screamed. The dozens of people who rushed under the city wall in front were all burned to the point of jumping up and down, and their weapons were thrown away.
He held his head and started running back. The bandit soldiers behind him were driven forward, and they finally escaped the arrows of the defenders and were smashed into chaos by the defeated soldiers on their side.
Pei Ben was a food guard who had never fought before, and this scene was beyond his expectation. He thought that a small city could be captured with just one charge, but who would have thought that it would be so difficult to fight. Not only did the defenders not
He opened the door and knelt down to surrender, but the fight was far better and sharper than his own.
More than a dozen pots of boiling water were poured down, and no matter how courageous the thieves were, they would not dare to rush forward.
With the large number of people, the bandits suppressed them with a hail of arrows. The village warriors who defended the city just cheered a few times and were shot to death by random arrows. Only then did everyone remember that this was a war and not a house game.
The slightest negligence may cost you your name. The Xiangyong who was frightened by the arrows hid behind the city wall without even daring to raise their heads, while the veterans from the Gyeonggi Camp were cold-blooded and fired back with one or two arrows.
Seeing that the defenders were suppressed, Pei Ben drew his sword and hacked to death a few defeated soldiers before driving his troops to continue the attack. This time he also learned a lesson, and first let two to three hundred archers suppress the defenders at the top of the city.
, and then asked people to lean the giant shield made of door panels against the city wall, and urged the soldiers to rush towards the city wall along several slopes.
(Please collect it, collection is very important to Zhibai, um, very important. Everyone has their own masters who support them, so Zhibai does not ask for red tickets, nor does he ask for rewards, he just wants to collect them. Everyone should have them in his bookshelf.
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