Chapter 664 Encircled on all sides, how do you guard?
Four days later, a pair of patrolling officers were stationed listlessly on the city wall at the south gate of Mianshang County. One of the officers had just yawned and rubbed his sleepy eyes. The officer had a sharp eye, and suddenly he saw
On the distant horizon at the southern end, it seems that several groups of people are gradually emerging.
The officer's eyes narrowed, and he immediately cheered up and shouted to the man leading the team: "Boss! Look, there seems to be soldiers coming over there!"
When the man leading the team heard the words, he immediately looked to the south. It happened that at this moment, the sound of trumpets suddenly sounded from the large number of soldiers and horses. After a while, the man on the city wall suddenly
I saw more and more people and horses emerging from the mountains and dense forests in the south from the plains, like a large group of black ants. Moreover, those men could probably see clearly that the people and horses had various kinds of clothes and armors. It seemed that they were definitely not that kind of people.
Officers and soldiers from Luzhou Prefecture.
The thieves really came to attack Mianshang County!
That group of thieves arrived quickly. Fortunately, in the past two days, according to the instructions of Magistrate Li and Mr. Xiao, our brothers sent people around to guide the villagers from nearby villages into the city for temporary shelter. At least they were not exposed to the thieves.
Damn...
The man leading the team gritted his teeth and chanted, then kicked the guard next to him on the butt, and shouted: "Still fucking standing here! Go and report to Mr. Xiao and Magistrate Li immediately, the thief is going to
Attack the city!"
When Xiao Tang, Hua Rong, and Niu Gao rushed to the city with more than a dozen cavalry and archers, and more than a hundred horse soldiers, a thousand of the large number of thieves had already set up their formations, and there were also three groups of tribesmen who came to court.
They were advancing towards the east, west and north gates of Mianshang County, seemingly planning to encircle them on all sides and launch a siege attack. Suddenly, a strongman leader drew his sword and shouted violently. A thousand thieves under his command, together with nearly ten thousand people and horses around him,
Suddenly there was a cry like a mountain collapsing and the earth was shattering! The faces of the policemen standing on the top of the city were already pale. How could they withstand the force of the thieves with such a huge force?
"Master Xiao!" At this moment, Li Zhixian also rushed to Chengtou Mountain with a group of people. At this time, he, a civil servant, found a suit of clothes and armor in the style of the Song Army commander, and he was holding a handle in his hand.
He raised his sword and said to Xiao Tang: "According to Xie's instructions, I have organized the young men recruited in the city in the past few days into several teams. They are all lined up at the north gate to wait for orders!"
Xiao Tang nodded solemnly and replied to Li Zhixian: "Li Zhixian, as you and I have agreed, all the defensive equipment such as rolling logs and stones, gold soup and boiling oil have already been installed at the north gate of the county.
That’s all right, you can lead all the people and officials to just defend there!”
"I understand, it's just..." Li Zhixian glanced at the hundred or so soldiers behind Xiao Tang. Although Mianshang County originally lacked officers and soldiers to guard it, in recent days, through Li Zhixian's mobilization call
, there are about two thousand young people in the county who are willing to help Xiaotang and Li Zhixian to protect the county. After all, they all know very well that if the city is broken by the Hedong thieves, their wives, children, and children will fall into the hands of the thieves, regardless of their wealth or life.
, it is said that rabbits bite when they are anxious. In such a life-and-death situation, of course there will be many local heroes who must stand up to protect their property, homes and relatives.
However, Xiao Tang ordered Li Zhixian to lead all the village warriors to just defend the north gate. Now all the equipment used to defend the city has been placed there. With these numbers and configuration, they must be able to hold on for a while. Even Xiao
The soldiers under Tang's command were all brave and good at fighting, but they still had to guard the three gates in the east, west and south. So there were only more than forty people in each direction. How could this meager manpower be enough?
Xiao Tang saw the worried look on Li Zhixian's face and understood why he was worried, so he immediately said to him: "Li Zhixian doesn't need to worry. I have my own countermeasures on how to resist the thieves from climbing up the city wall."
"Lord! I'm coming!"
Before Xiao Tang finished speaking, he saw Ye Qing holding a spear in his hand and rushing to the city gate tower with a group of people. Now Ye Qing has agreed to join Xiao Tang, and his name has also been changed. At this time, Ye Qing reported to Xiao Tang again: "Fortunately, the martial arts masters who are familiar with me in the villages, counties and towns near Mianshang, the guards and some idle men in the county who are good at handling guns and sticks were also arrested. I have summoned over three hundred people, all of whom are willing to follow the Lord’s orders to resist the thieves!”
Xiao Tang patted Ye Qing on the shoulder to show encouragement, and then said to the martial arts masters he brought with him who had some martial arts skills, Xianhan said: "I am honored to be able to fight side by side with you today. The survival of Mianshang County depends on it. You all worked hard."
Upon hearing this, the more than 300 martial arts masters and idle men immediately returned the favor to Xiao Tang, saying that Xiao Renxia was exaggerating. It was a blessing for us to be able to guard the city side by side with the famous Xiao Renxia.
But Xiao Tang also knew very well that these people in and outside the county who relied on performing arts, worked as helpers for big families, and even hung out in the market had their own agendas. Although they looked at Ye Qing's face, of course some of them who often traveled around the world admired him because of him. He is willing to serve because of his reputation. But more people probably know that Xiao Tang plays an important role in the court. As long as he can help him defend Mianshang County this time, his future future will be far better than making a living by selling martial arts among the people.
What's more, Xiao Tang had already met with Ye Qingfang before and said: There will be a large number of officers and soldiers outside Mianshang County to help, and they will all go with Xiao Tang on a good fighting journey to Hedong Road, which is definitely not what they originally saw on Hedong Road. The thieves fled in panic. The officers and soldiers fled in panic. But these people saw that Xiao Tang was guarding Mianshang without fear in the face of danger, so they not only believed it, but were also willing to take this opportunity to fight for their future. Otherwise, under such a huge disparity in the numbers of the enemy and ourselves, another How many people would be willing to share weal and woe with this county?
Xiao Jiasui must have returned to Tongtian County to mobilize troops for support. When it comes to the life and death of himself, the commander-in-chief of the three armies, and all the people in Mianshang County, Xiao Tang also believes that his close brothers and subordinate generals will not neglect, and will stay. The time given to them to mobilize their troops should be enough. But now the two sides can't communicate with each other. No matter what happens in the middle, Xiao Tang can only rely on these manpower to resist the siege of Tianhu thieves until Xiao Jiasui and Hu Yanzhuo , Guan Sheng and others led a large group of officers and soldiers to Mianshang County.
In Tian Hu's view, it is a foregone conclusion that Mianshang County will be breached. Xiao Tang's fellow has absolutely no physiology.
At this time, Tian Hu, who was riding his horse to hold the army in the rear, had a more ferocious look on his face. Now he was commanding a large number of Hedong thieves. Xiao Tang was too overconfident and dared to lead a small group of cavalry troops to leave the official army without authorization. The area he was guarding now had no time to retreat to Tongtang County. It was surrounded from all sides. As long as one of the gates on all sides of Mianshang County was breached in a short time, the situation would turn into a one-sided massacre. Xiao Tang It is impossible to escape with wings. Ren Xia, who is famous in the world, will die in my hands. Looking at the entire Song Dynasty Green Forest, who can't open his eyes and dare to look down on me, Tian Hu?
As for the possibility of Tongtian County official troops coming to help, Tian Hu had not considered it. However, the time left for Xiao Tang to react was very short. Tian Hu also immediately ordered the assembly of the rebel army after fighting with him in Shishi Mountain.
He quickly came to attack Mianshang County. As for cutting off Xiao Tang's retreat and arranging soldiers and horses to patrol in dangerous places... Tian Hu did all these things that he asked himself to do. Now his serious problem has been revealed again.
Trapped in the city, how could he let the cooked duck fly away before his eyes?
Thinking of this, Tian Hu waved the riding crop in his hand angrily and shouted: "Young men, attack the city for me. The first one to occupy the city tower will be rewarded with a thousand coins. The beautiful women in the city will also be rewarded."
Let him choose first and kill!!"
Several strongman leaders beside Tian Hu immediately gave orders, and the thieves who were ordered to attack the east, west, south, and north gates of Mianshang County also responded with a bang after hearing the big leader's order to attack the city. First, there were four thousand thieves.
The army moved forward faster and faster. The thieves holding long ladders in the front row screamed strangely, and the sword and shield men among them had also set up their wooden shields, while the archers in the back row all
He took out his bow and arrow, filled the bow string, and aimed at the top of the city wall...
A brutal fight with Xiao Tang defending the city and Tian Hu attacking the city finally began.