As the heavily armored swordsmen and shieldmen gradually approached the city wall, the men in brocade robes on the top of the city became increasingly anxious.
Although they are not professional soldiers and have never fought in a war, they still know very well that once those pseudo-Tang rebels are allowed to rush to the city, everything will be over.
The last time Fengjiazhuang was breached, although there were not many casualties, the food and other properties were looted. So much so that the steward of Fengjiazhuang was severely punished by the city master's family. Now he still doesn't know where to wash the toilet.
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If Fengjiazhuang is breached again this time, how will the principals fare?
It's impossible. Even if you survive under the command of the puppet Tang thief army, you won't be able to explain it to your master when the time comes. You might just follow the footsteps of the previous manager and go straight to cleaning toilets.
But it was useless for them to be anxious. The young men of Fengjiazhuang on the top of the city did not dare to stick their heads out to fight back. They could only watch helplessly as the puppet Tang rebels crossed the moat and then gradually approached the top of the city. At this time, these
The bandits also started running.
More than thirty bandits wearing thick armor did not care about the formation at all, but they all rushed forward in a swarm. In this moment of charge, where every second counts, no one cared about the tight formation.
The one who rushed to the front was Butcher Chen. Not only was he wearing heavy armor and holding a shield and a butcher knife, he was also carrying a long ladder on his shoulders with another bandit.
They quickly rushed to the top of the city, and then erected the long ladder on the top of the city without hesitation. At this time, some of the young men in Fengjiazhuang on the top of the city were bold enough to lift stones or wood to go down.
Throw it, but as soon as they leaned out, they were hit by lead bullets and became a hornet's nest.
Just when Chen Tufu's heavy-armored swordsmen and shieldmen launched a charge, Wang Shanxu also ordered the musketeers and archers to move forward. At this time, they were on the other side of the moat, and the straight-line distance from the city wall was only thirty meters.
At this distance, not only the penetrating power of bows and arrows and muskets is greatly increased, but more importantly, the accuracy can be increased.
At a distance of thirty meters, the hit rate of the matchlock guns of the Huangzhushan bandits is already quite impressive. You must know that in the previous head-to-head confrontations, the last round of bullets fired by the musketeers before launching the final charge was also very impressive.
But it's only about twenty meters away.
Now, in order to better cover Butcher Chen and the others, they directly entered a distance of thirty meters. From this distance, they could not say where to hit, but the hit rate was still quite impressive.
Now, as long as someone dares to show his head on the city, he will immediately be shot by musketeers or archers.
As a result, Fengjiazhuang, a young man on the top of the city, could only hide behind the city head, then lift the stone and throw it down. However, if he threw it without looking at people, it would be strange for him to hit people.
The people in Fengjiazhuang on the top of the city were unable to resist, so they allowed Butcher Chen and the others to successfully set up the long ladder. Then each bandit held a long knife in his mouth, held a shield on his head with one hand, and grabbed the long ladder with the other and quickly moved toward the city.
Head crawled away.
When Butcher Chen and others started to climb the wall, Wang Shanxu also ordered the musketeers and archers to stop shooting to avoid accidental injuries.
At this time, the young men of Fengjiazhuang on the top of the city finally had the courage to stand up and throw rocks and pour boiling oil or boiling water. Some people also wanted to cut off the iron hooks on the long ladder to stop Butcher Chen.
Their ascent to the city.
But it's too late, the city wall is only one high.
Even if there is no long ladder at this height of three meters, as long as there is something to climb on, these gangsters can rush up directly.
If you want to really stop Butcher Chen and the others from approaching, the best chance is on their way to charge. Once Butcher Chen and the others get close to the city wall, it is impossible to stop Butcher Chen and the others with the three-meter-high wall.
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The first one to rush to the top of the city was not Butcher Chen, who was at the forefront before. It wasn't that he ran slowly, but that he ran too fast. Plus, he was already tall and powerful, so he was a huge threat at a glance.
, so many people in Fengjiazhuang threw stones at him.
Butcher Chen was forced to raise his shield and dodge at the same time. With this delay, the honor of being the first to rush to the top of the city was taken away.
The first person to rush to the city was a gangster who was equally tall. His face under the helmet was still a bit immature. Judging from his age, he was probably only eighteen or nineteen years old, but his arms were very powerful.
He held a shield in his left hand and a sword in his right hand. After climbing up the city, he used the shield to block, blocking a spear thrust towards him. Then he ignored the long sword of another young man from Fengjiazhuang who was slashing at him.
, withstood the sword with his armor, and at the same time, he swung the sword directly, splitting the young Fengjiazhuang man in front of him into two halves.
Then he turned over, raised his shield, and hit Fengjiazhuang's knife hand that had slashed at him before. He immediately knocked the man down, and the long knife in his hand did not fall. He swung it away and stabbed him again.
Here comes a spear.
At this time, another Huangzhushan bandit following him also climbed up to the top of the city and stood side by side with him to resist Fengjiazhuang Qingzhuang's counterattack.
Time passed bit by bit, and not long after, five or six armored bandits from Huangzhu Mountain climbed up on top of this small city. They relied on their heavy armor to forcefully advance to both sides of the city. This
In the process, the young men of Fengjiazhuang were retreating steadily. In less than thirty seconds, at least seven or eight people fell on the city wall.
And when all the armored swordsmen and shieldmen climbed up to the top of the city, several men in brocade robes from Fengjiazhuang had secretly left behind the city wall and ran away to who knows where.
Li Xuan, who was in the rear, saw that the heavy armored swordsmen and shieldmen had already rushed forward and established a solid position. When the subsequent spearmen also rushed forward, he knew that this siege battle had come to an end.
Even if the opponent was a regular guard force in the Ming army, it would be difficult to resist a group of dozens of armored bandits, not to mention that the opponent was just a group of ordinary tenant farmers.
In this era of cold weapons, once soldiers wearing heavy armor rush forward, it will be difficult for the enemy to resist if they do not have the same heavy armored units to counter them.
The reason why Western firearms were able to develop during the same period was because they had great penetrating power against armor.
The Qingzhuang of Fengjiazhuang on the top of the city were retreating steadily. In just a moment, the Qingzhuang of Fengjiazhuang standing on the top of the city could no longer be seen. It’s not that they were all killed or injured, but most of them had fled.
Well, actually not many were actually killed or injured by the Huangzhushan bandits, at most a dozen or so.
After capturing the city head, there is no need to describe the subsequent battle in too many words. They opened the city gate, and then the large troops of the Tang Dynasty King's Division entered one after another and took control of the entire city wall.
The defeated young people of Fengjiazhuang were unable to resist at all. Many people simply threw away their weapons and fled home to become good citizens.
For these young and strong men who fled Fengjiazhuang, the purpose of the Tang Dynasty king's army was not to kill or injure many people, but to break through Fengjiazhuang and take away the food.
Worried that the Ming army from Longhua Town would come over, Li Xuan and the others did not waste even a second. After capturing Fengjiazhuang, they immediately began to move the grain from the granary.
At this time, the more than two hundred young and strong peasants brought out by Li Xuan and others showed their value. They began to carry large and small bags of food. Some pushed it with carts, and some directly carried it on their shoulders. It took less than an hour.
The granary in Fengjiazhuang was emptied.
In order to avoid the continued fierce resistance of the young tenants of Fengjiazhuang, Li Xuan and others did not go to collect grain from door to door. They directly robbed the granary in the village and began to evacuate.
Grab and run, this was a strategy that Li Xuan had formulated long ago. If they were hesitant and stayed too long in a certain place while they were operating outside the mountains, they would accidentally be surrounded by the Ming army.
For safety's sake, grabbing and running is the best option.
This batch of grain, which requires hundreds of people to transport, is enough to alleviate most of the food crisis in Huangzhu Mountain deep in the mountains.
With this batch of food, Li Xuan and the others no longer have to worry about going there to rob food. They can concentrate on the next main task, which is to contain the Ming army and prevent them from entering the mountains.
Opportunity.
Because the safety of food was too important, Li Xuan did not let the baggage team escort the food back alone, but personally escorted the food back to the mountain with the main force.
He did not believe that the Ming army would watch helplessly as they plundered the grain from Fengjiazhuang and then arrogantly send the grain back to Huangzhu Mountain.
It is very likely that the Ming army will take action, but what specific actions the Ming army will take is not something Li Xuan can know.
That night, in Longhua Town, Diao Leixun listened to the messenger coming from Fengjiazhuang, crying and saying that Fengjiazhuang had been breached and all the food in the granary was stolen. His face was very ugly.
"Damn it, why is this Fengjiazhuang so unconquered? It only took half a day to be conquered!" Diao Leixun was a little annoyed. He would have known that he would have taken people there directly in the afternoon.
In the afternoon, he had already learned that the puppet Tang bandits had appeared in Fengjiazhuang, and immediately sent people to Zhengtai County to report the news and request reinforcements.
According to his original plan, Su Jiakang would arrive tomorrow with the troops from Zhengtai County. After joining him, the total force would be over a thousand, which would be enough to keep those daring puppet Tang rebels in Fengjiazhuang.
But what he didn't expect was that Fengjiazhuang was so easily breached. Although Fengjiazhuang was small, it still had a ten-foot-high wall. Its protective capabilities were far better than those of ordinary villages. He thought Fengjiazhuang was holding back
It shouldn't be a problem for those pseudo-Tang rebels in a day or two.
But the reality is that in just half a day, the puppet Tang bandits broke into Fengjiazhuang and stole the food!
This left him with a difficult problem, should he catch up?
It would be risky for a thousand households alone to pursue them. If not, would we just watch them transport so much food back to the mountains?