The first thousand two hundred and twenty-two chapters fierce battle within the library (below)
Guo Song's style of doing things was to be polite first and then use force, but there was not much room for maneuver between courtesy and force, and he would not give the other party any hope of bargaining just because he was being reasonable.
At the fourth watch, more than 400 3,000-stone ships from the Yellow River arrived at Longtan, 20 miles east of Luoyang. This is an artificial lake covering an area of thousands of acres. When Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty went south to Yangzhou, thousands of ships arrived.
The team parked here, built here, and started from here. At that time, the area was much larger than it is now. However, after nearly two hundred years of vicissitudes of life, more than half of the lake has become fertile farmland again.
At the same time, a hundred thousand troops had been assembled. In the wilderness shrouded in darkness, the endless soldiers lined up neatly, with 250 people in teams, preparing to board the ship.
Guo Song personally led 500 personal guards and dozens of generals to stand at the front. He would be the first to enter Luoyang City on his 5,000-stone boat.
In the night, a huge ship came slowly. It was Guo Song's Tianyun on board. It was a five thousand stone behemoth. The sails were spread out on it, and it was traveling with the east wind. On the side of the big ship
On the front, an iron horn is installed to hit the head, which can easily sink a thousand-stone warship.
The big ship stopped at the shore, and the gangway was lowered on it. Guo Song, surrounded by his own soldiers, stepped onto the big ship, followed by the generals and 500 soldiers who boarded the ship one after another.
In the distance, one after another three thousand stone ships were approaching in formation...
The battle for the inner treasury has become intense. The number of troops attacking the inner treasury has increased from 3,000 to 5,000. There are piles of corpses in front of the stone bridge. Many soldiers are holding shields, but they still cannot stop the opponent's precise shooting.
, most of them were shot in the leg by an arrow. When the soldiers fell, there would be a precise follow-up shot from the crossbow. Most of them were shot in the neck or head by a fatal arrow.
In just half an hour, more than 800 people were shot and killed beside the stone bridge and in the moat. Wang Xianzhong was filled with hatred. He also found that the opponent's strength was only a few hundred people, so he continued to order strong attacks.
An experienced general, Wang Xianzhong, said: "General Manager, the stone bridge is too narrow, which is not conducive to attacking the inner treasury. I suggest that we attack from the water, and bring the Feifeng Painted Boat on the Ningbi Pond, so that the brothers can use the painted boat to get on."
city.
Feifeng Painted Boat is Liu Guifei's pleasure boat. It is one foot and eight feet tall. You can almost jump directly from the top of the boat to the city wall. The top of the boat is very solid and solid, and there is no problem for dozens of people to stand on it.
Wang Xianzhong immediately ordered: "Send all two boats over!"
The other boat was Empress Xiao's cruise ship, which was slightly smaller than Liu Guifei's cruise ship. But Wang Xianzhong was already jealous. He didn't care about the Queen's ship or the Concubine's ship. They were all no match for the wealth in the inner treasury.
Another team of two hundred people began to attack, with dozens of people in the middle holding a wooden stick. The soldiers on both sides held their shields high, and the shields were held flat, one against the other, just like a long insect covered with scales.
Three thousand soldiers under the city fired arrows at the castle at the same time, trying to suppress the opponent with dense arrows and cover the advancement of the scale insects. However, once the scale insects got on the bridge, the soldiers on the top of the city could shoot from the sides and from below.
The incoming arrows have no effect on them.
Although this scaly insect is well guarded and even its legs are covered, to the scouts, fighter planes are often not found but created. Zhou Fei leaned against a battlement with his back and carried a
A short steel spear.
When the enemy troops under the city fired a round of arrows, he jumped up and threw his short spear at the long scale insect.
The fine steel short spear was like a bolt of lightning, carrying a powerful force, "Crack!" There was a crack, a shield was pierced, and the fine steel short spear pierced the bodies of two people in succession, and the two enemy soldiers screamed.
Fall down, revealing a gap.
Dozens of soldiers who cooperated with Zhou Fei immediately seized the opportunity to fire again. Dozens of crossbow bolts shot into the gap. Five or six soldiers fell down screaming, revealing a larger gap. Dozens more soldiers fired again.
Go inside and more soldiers fall again.
Just like dominoes, batches of soldiers fell down after being hit by arrows, and the entire scaly insect began to fall apart. Finally, dozens of soldiers could not resist it, shouted, turned around and ran for their lives, but they were shot from behind by soldiers from the city head.
It rained fiercely, and every escaping soldier was shot to the ground, and the entire army of two hundred people was wiped out.
At this time, two painted boats appeared in the distance. They sailed along a narrow river towards Neku Castle. On the top of the boats were dozens of soldiers, waiting for the opportunity to jump onto the high castle wall.
The soldiers on guard at the back rushed over and shouted: "General, a ship is coming, and they are going to use the ship to board the city!"
Zhou Fei knew very well that relying on ships was the only way to board the city. He immediately said to Zhang Yuanzhi: "You continue to command!"
He shouted to the soldiers again: "Bring the kerosene, and the first brigade will follow me!"
He led fifty soldiers and ran towards the rear of Neku Castle...
As soon as the two painted boats entered the fort protection river, dozens of soldiers on the top jumped up one after another and jumped onto the city wall. More than 40 people were on board at once. The helpless guards suddenly burst into cheers, and Wang Xianzhong was even more delighted.
, urgently ordered: "Go up, a thousand men, and rush to the city!"
A thousand soldiers carried several short ladders and rushed towards the two boats.
Zhou Fei arrived with dozens of soldiers. He pulled out two horizontal knives from his back and rushed into the enemy group like a foraging cheetah. The two horizontal knives flashed with cold light and flew up and down. In an instant, six or seven people
Several enemy soldiers were killed, all of them killed by slashing their throats with a knife.
The other dozens of soldiers, like a group of fierce tigers, also rushed into the enemy group. The ten soldiers threw a dozen clay pots filled with kerosene at the two boats. The kerosene filled the boats, and the soldiers lit several boats.
A torch was thrown onto the boat, and with a sound of "Boom!", flames rose into the sky and the flames spread quickly. In just a moment, the two boats were caught in the flames. The dozen or so soldiers who were supporting the boats were so frightened that they jumped into the water and headed to the shore.
Escape.
The two painted boats were hollow and exquisitely carved, covered with various flammable silk curtains. The thousand soldiers who had just rushed to the river stopped and watched as the two painted boats were completely engulfed in raging fire.
The battle on the top of the city was also over. Except for five soldiers who jumped into the water to escape, the remaining thirty-nine soldiers were all killed. They could not wait for reinforcements, and the boarding operation failed completely in less than a stick of incense.
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It was getting daylight. The guards had nearly 2,000 casualties and were still unable to capture the Neku Castle. Wang Xianzhong was so angry that he stamped his feet, but there was nothing he could do. It would have been possible to use a siege ladder, but there was no siege ladder in the palace.
At this time, Xiao Huju arrived with three thousand people. They brought more than twenty siege ladders. Not only Wang Xianzhong peeked at the wealth of the inner treasury, but Xiao Wanding also stared at it with eagerness. His nephew Xiao Di served as the inner treasury.
Du Zhishi made Xiao Wanding well aware of the amount of wealth in the inner treasury, which was definitely a piece of fat that made him salivate.
Once Zhu Si died, the inner treasury became de facto ownerless, and everyone couldn't help but want to attack the inner treasury. Wang Xianzhong was also afraid that Xiao Wanding would fight for it, so he wanted to carve up the inner treasury overnight, but he didn't expect that someone else would get there first.
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Xiao Wanding was also very angry. He believed that Xiang Fei wanted to monopolize the inner treasury wealth, which he could not tolerate. In addition, Qianniu Guards soldiers killed Tiger Guards soldiers, and he has not yet given an explanation. Xiao Wanding also took action. He ordered his second son Xiao
Hu Ju led 3,000 elite troops to the palace, nominally to support Wang Xianzhong, but actually participating in the internal treasury competition.
Hearing that Xiao Wanding sent troops to help in the battle, Wang Xianzhong suddenly became long-faced. He knew very well what Xiao Wanding was thinking. He was here to help the fight. He was clearly here to rob the inner treasury. But he was helpless. He couldn't swallow this piece of fat, so he couldn't
No wonder others want to take a share of the pie.
"Manager, let them try it!"
Liu Zhifu persuaded Wang Xianzhong: "They have a siege ladder, maybe they can capture it, it's better than taking it cheaper than Xiang Fei!"
Wang Xianzhong also believed that the people who occupied the inner treasury were Xiang Fei's elite Qianniu Guards. He never thought of Liu Feng's internal guards of the Prime Minister's Mansion. Liu Feng's recruitment of those people had always been regarded as a joke by them. A ragtag group of bandits could actually serve as internal guards.
Soldier?
Wang Xianzhong sighed, "Since they think they can, let them try!"
After a pause, he continued: "Once the inner treasury is captured, we must immediately send troops to fight for it, and we must get at least half of it!"
"I understand the humble position and will definitely be ready to fight for it!"
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‘Woo——’
The horn sounded, and three thousand Tiger Guard soldiers came. They launched a ten-pronged attack from all directions. The soldiers were promised that if they captured the inner treasury, they would be rewarded heavily, and they would get a share of the inner treasury. Inspired by wealth,
Next, the morale of the Tiger Guard soldiers was unexpectedly high.
The siege towers were four or five feet long, enough to cross the moat. They used the iron hooks at the top to hook the high walls of the castle. The soldiers climbed up the ladders with shields in hand.
Zhou Fei also adapted to the situation. He also divided the soldiers into ten teams, each with forty people, all led by a brigade commander. He also ordered Zhang Yuanzhi to lead fifty people to guard the stone bridge, and he himself led fifty people to respond to the encounter.
A brother in crisis.
It was more difficult to deal with the Tiger Guards than the palace guards. The Tiger Guard soldiers were well-equipped, well-trained, and had high morale. They held shields and swords and climbed up the siege ladder regardless of their own safety.
The close combat finally broke out. The scout soldiers were brave and good at fighting. They cooperated tacitly and cooperated from the front and side. They continuously stabbed the soldiers who rushed to the top of the city into the river. A tiger guard general jumped onto the top of the city and stabbed with three spears at the same time.
Come.
This general was also very brave. He blocked a spear with his shield and slashed at the soldiers on the opposite side with his sword. However, the other two spears came at extremely fast and pierced his body from the left and back.
He screamed and died miserably on the spot. His body was lifted in the air by two spears and thrown heavily towards the ladder, knocking over five or six soldiers in a row.